detail
[noun]
[het de-tail, de de-tails]

The only detail worth mentioning here is the pronunciation of the word "detail". Due to the "ai" sound, the "l" kind of turns into a "j". Listen to Marc giving it a try as soon as the audio is available 🙂

Examples:
– "Ach man, dat zijn toch allemaal details, waar maak je je druk om!" 
("Man, those are all just details, what are you so worried about!")

– "Sander is gek op al de details die oude Amsterdamse huizen hebben." 
("Sander really likes all the details that old Amsterdam houses have.")

– "Is Sarah in Oslo of in Lillehammer?" – "Wat maakt het uit, dat is slechts een detail!"
("Is Sarah in Oslo or in Lillehammer?" – "Whatever, that’s just a detail!")

– "Hij richt zich altijd op de technische details van een oplossing en nooit op het grotere plaatje." 
("He always focuses on the technical details of a solution and never on the bigger picture.")

– "Wie, Frank? Nee die geeft inderdaad niet om details, dat kun je wel zien aan zijn voorkomen." 
("Who, Frank? No, clearly he doesn’t care about details, you can tell from his appearance.")

Expressions:
– "In grote lijnen": on the whole, broadly speaking.
– "Oog hebben voor detail": to have an eye for detail.
– "High level": high level. One of the many English management expressions that have been incorporated into Dutch office jargon.

Related words:
– Gedetailleerd: detailed [adjective/adverb].
– Helicopterview: helicopter view [noun].
– Mierenneuken: to nitpick [verb] [mierenneukte, gemierenneukt].