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"himself" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “himself” is zich.

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herself zich
itself zich
themselves zich

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himself zichzelf

Examples of "himself" in use

There are 75 examples of the Dutch word for "himself" being used:
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I waited for Tom for three hours, but he never showed up. Ik heb drie uur op Tom gewacht maar hij liet zich niet zien.
he was looking forward to the new school year hij verheugde zich weliswaar op het nieuwe schooljaar
He worked hard to meet the deadline. Hij heeft zich uit de naad gewerkt om de deadline te halen.
The approach of autumn brings cooler temperatures. De aantocht van de herfst brengt koelere temperaturen met zich mee.
He laughed so much that he could hardly move. Hij moest zo vreselijk lachen dat hij zich nauwelijks kon verroeren.
Whoever takes on the task must be well-organized. Eender wie de taak op zich neemt, moet goed georganiseerd zijn.
She dressed herself quickly. Ze kleedde zich rap aan.
Ryanair has to date felt safe in the so-called ‘secondary airports’. Ryanair voelde zich tot op heden veilig op de zogenoemde ‘secondary airports’.
They went to great lengths to row the ship ashore, but failed. Zij spanden zich nog meer in om het schip naar de wal te roeien, maar het lukte niet.
“It’s too big!” they all said, and the turkey that had come into the world with spurs and therefore thought he was emperor, blew himself up like a ship with full sails and came up to him; then he clucked and his head turned bright red. “Het is te groot!” zeiden allen, en de kalkoense haan, die met sporen ter wereld gekomen was en daarom dacht, dat hij keizer was, blies zich op als een schip met volle zeilen en kwam op hem af; toen klokte hij en werd zijn kop vuurrood.

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Lesson words
himself,
to be located,
to dress oneself,
to turn oneself
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A chirp was heard, and all the animals of the eggs came alive and stuck their heads out of the egg shells.,
A great hunt was held; the hunters lay around the swamp; yes, some sat up in the branches of the trees, which stretched far over the reed.,
A poll showed that 79% felt themselves hampered in their right to vote.,
A single match would do her good, if she would dare to take one from a box, strike it against the wall to warm her fingers.,
A squirrel hid among the branches.,
Also in our country, especially the coastal municipalities braced themselves last night and today.,
and as soon as they were out of his sight, he dived under the water until the bottom, and when he rose again he was almost beside himself with excitement,
and before he well knew how it had happened, he found himself in a large garden, in which fragrant elders bent their long green branches down to the water,
And now all the little ducks hurried, as much as they could, and they emerged from the eggs and looked everywhere under the green leaves; and the mother let them look, as much as they wanted; because green is good for the eyes.,
and the duckling sat in a corner, feeling very low spirited,
And the tomcat, whom she called her son, could arch his back and purr; he even gave sparks, but then one had to stroke his hair the wrong direction.,
And then another bang was heard.,
and then he began to feel such a great longing for a swim on the water, that he could not help telling the hen.,
asks oneself questions,
Attention is the cognitive process of selectively targeting one aspect of the environment, while other aspects are ignored.,
Even the elder tree bent down its bows into the water, and the sun shone warm and lovely!,
for the players to register,
Gert has always pushed away from himself the business side.,
Gert is mainly concerned with the creative process.,
He acted very arrogantly during the conversation.
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