De waarschijnlijkheid
Example: De waarschijnlijkheid van regen vandaag is vrij hoog.
Definition
"De waarschijnlijkheid" refers to the likelihood or probability that a certain event will occur. It expresses how probable or certain something is, often used in contexts like weather forecasts, such as the chance of rain today being quite high.
Etymology
The Dutch word "de waarschijnlijkheid" comes from 'waarschijnlijk,' meaning 'likely' or 'probable,' combined with the suffix '-heid,' which forms nouns indicating a quality or state. Interestingly, 'waarschijnlijk' itself derives from the Middle Dutch 'waer' (true) and 'schijn' (appearance), so "de waarschijnlijkheid" literally means 'the quality of appearing true.'
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"De waarschijnlijkheid" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - (B2) - set 3", containing 112 commonly used words.
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