Brug

bridge [noun] [de brug, de bruggen]

Examples:
– "Wat is tegelijkertijd open en dicht?" –  "Een brug!"
("What is open and closed at the same time?" – "A bridge!")

– "Een brug te ver."
("A bridge too far." This is the title of a book about operation Market Garden which took place in the Netherlands in September 1944. The allied force did not succeed in securing the final (Rhine) bridge near Brug Arnhem.)

– "Brug open? Motor af!"
("Bridge open? Shut down engine!" Literally: "Engine off!" This sign you might see when you queue up with your car for a closed bridge.)

Expressions:
– "Over de brug komen.": to deliver the goods/to pay up, to comply with the demands (literally: "to come over the bridge.")

Example:
"Het bedrijf wordt verkocht, tenzij de directie met de 2 miljoen over de brug komt."
("The company will be sold, unless the board of directors pays the 2 million (that are demanded)."

– "Ezelsbruggetje": memory aid, mnemonic (lit.: "donkey (little) bridge").