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Centraal in a sentence

Using Centraal

  • In the example corpus, centraal often appears in combinations such as: amsterdam centraal, utrecht centraal, centraal railway.

Context around Centraal

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

amsterdam 1× utrecht 1×

Often after:

station 2× amsterdam 1× museum 1×

Sentence patterns with Centraal

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

at the centraal museum utrecht 1× at utrecht centraal 1× hs and centraal station cs 1× in amsterdam centraal from track 1× spoor and centraal amsterdam airport 1× terminate at centraal station whereas 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all morning rosalie 1× because these two 1× international intercityexpress ice 1× rail there are 1× recognition rietveld had 1×

Common sentence endings:

at utrecht centraal 1× hague by air 1× through hollands spoor 1× utrecht in 1958 1×

Words around Centraal

Just before it in the word index:

centra 10 centoni 2 centogene 2 cento 3 centners 2 centiva 14

Just after it in the word index:

centracare 13 centrais 2 central 19.356 centrale 16 centrales 4 centralia 28

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Centraal

  • In this selection, "centraal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, amsterdam, utrecht, station, amsterdam and museum stand out and add context to how "centraal" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include at the centraal museum utrecht and at utrecht centraal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "centraal" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with centraal

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

International InterCityExpress (ICE) services to Germany (and further) through Arnhem call at Utrecht Centraal. (14 words)

Recognition Rietveld had his first retrospective exhibition devoted to his architectural work at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, in 1958. (19 words)

Rail There are two main railway stations in The Hague: Hollands Spoor (HS) and Centraal Station (CS), only convert distant from each other. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

All morning, Rosalie had been migrating between platforms in Amsterdam Centraal, from Track 4 to Track 10 then to Track 7 to Track 11 and back to 4. The trains to Brussels, both express and local, had been cancelled one after another. (42 words)

Because these two stations were built and exploited by two different railway companies in the 19th century, east-west lines terminate at Centraal Station, whereas north-south lines run through Hollands Spoor. (32 words)

However, with several direct trains per hour from the railway stations Hollands Spoor and Centraal, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is more frequently used by people travelling to and from The Hague by air. (32 words)

Example sentences (6)

All morning, Rosalie had been migrating between platforms in Amsterdam Centraal, from Track 4 to Track 10 then to Track 7 to Track 11 and back to 4. The trains to Brussels, both express and local, had been cancelled one after another.

Because these two stations were built and exploited by two different railway companies in the 19th century, east-west lines terminate at Centraal Station, whereas north-south lines run through Hollands Spoor.

However, with several direct trains per hour from the railway stations Hollands Spoor and Centraal, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is more frequently used by people travelling to and from The Hague by air.

International InterCityExpress (ICE) services to Germany (and further) through Arnhem call at Utrecht Centraal.

Rail There are two main railway stations in The Hague: Hollands Spoor (HS) and Centraal Station (CS), only convert distant from each other.

Recognition Rietveld had his first retrospective exhibition devoted to his architectural work at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, in 1958.

Common combinations with centraal

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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