mol
/mɔl/masculine
The Dutch word for the burrowing insectivore 'mole' is mol.
Meaning: burrowing insectivore (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
mol is a masculine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
/mɔl/
Did you know?
- Dutch has a unique word for a skin mole, moedervlek, which literally means 'mother spot'.
- The verb mollen can be used as slang to mean 'to destroy' or 'to ruin' a piece of machinery.
- While the animal is a mol, the French loanword mol means 'soft' or 'supple' in Dutch. You might use it to describe a 'soft' personality or a 'supple' texture in food.
Examples in context
- Is dat een mol?Is that a mole?Tatoeba #9670567 by MarijnKp, translation #8913408 by CK
- Hij is zo blind als een mol.He is blind as a mole.Tatoeba #3840616 by PaulP, translation #2721543 by Hybrid
- Het schijnt dat we een mol in ons midden hebben.It seems as though we have a mole in our midst.Tatoeba #4574294 by PaulP, translation #1955345 by _undertoad
- Ik zag gisteren een mol graven in de tuin.I saw a mole digging in the garden yesterday.
- Kijk, er is een molshoop in de achtertuin!Look, there's a molehill in the backyard!
- Toen ik jong was, las ik een boek over een mol genaamd Molletje.When I was young, I used to read a book about a mole named Moley.
- 1 more sentence on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Sophie and Daan are looking at a garden hole.
- SophieZie je dat gat in de tuin?Do you see that hole in the garden?
- DaanJa, is het een mol?Yes, is it a mole?
- SophieDe mol heeft de grasmat kapot gemaakt.The mole has ruined the lawn.
- DaanDat is vervelend voor de tuin.That is annoying for the garden.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “mole” translations and entries mol, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
