Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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Etymology 1 edit

metaal +‎ -en

Adjective edit

metalen (not comparable)

  1. metallic, metal -, made of metal or resembling it in color or other properties
    De metalen buis bracht een metalen klank voort.
    The metal tube produced a metallic sound.
Inflection edit
Inflection of metalen
uninflected metalen
inflected metalen
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. metalen
n. sing. metalen
plural metalen
definite metalen
partitive

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

metalen

  1. plural of metaal

West Frisian edit

Noun edit

metalen

  1. plural of metaal