De werkelijkheid
Example: In de werkelijkheid lijken dingen soms anders dan ze zijn.
Definition
"De werkelijkheid" refers to the state or quality of being real, encompassing everything that actually exists or happens, as opposed to what is imagined or hypothetical. It is the actual world and facts as opposed to perceptions or illusions.
Etymology
The Dutch phrase "de werkelijkheid" combines "werk", meaning work, and "elijkheid", a suffix forming nouns related to quality or condition. It literally means 'the work-ness' or the state of things being worked or actualized, reflecting the idea of reality as what is concretely existing or happening.
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"De werkelijkheid" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - Philosophy - (B1) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used words.
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