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"it" in Dutch

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Summary

The Dutch translation for “it” is het.

Pronounced the same

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the (neutral) het

Examples of "it" in use

There are 552 examples of the Dutch word for "it" being used:
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I’ll consider it. Ik zal het overwegen.
Does everybody understand? Begrijpt iedereen het?
he was angry that I hadn’t done it hij was boos dat ik het niet deed
Please consider it. Overweeg het alsjeblieft.
Sorry to be late. Het spijt mij dat ik te laat ben.
We have to keep it going now. We moeten het nu gaande houden.
It was the only thing I could do. Het was het enige ding dat ik kon doen.
showed his sharp teeth and liet het zijn scherpe tanden zien en
So it is wrong, we must change Het is dus verkeerd, we moeten het veranderen
Around noon, it started to rain. Omstreeks de middag begon het te regenen.

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After midnight, it will be dry in most places.,
After saying this, she grabbed it and stroked its feathers smooth.,
Agreed, as long as the wind doesn’t start blowing.,
All the windows were brightly lit, and it smelled wonderfully of goose roast; because it was New Years Eve.,
Although he had no experience, he did well.,
Although it rained, we went outside.,
Am I wrong?,
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 immediately an old duck flew to the poor beast and bit it in the neck.,
And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged,
And the matches were glowing so bright, brighter than at noon-day.,
and then he began to feel such a great longing for a swim on the water, that he could not help telling the hen.,
Around noon, it started to rain.,
As they climbed higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt wonderfully weary,
Ask anyone.,
At first the job looked good to him, but later it became tiresome.,
At first, Tom thought French was difficult, but now he thinks it’s easy.,
At last he became exhausted, and lay still and helpless, frozen fast in the ice.,
Believe me, it is a turkey egg!
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