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"knew (singular)" in Dutch

wist
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Summary

The Dutch translation for “knew (singular)” is wist.

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knew kende
knew (plural) wisten

Examples of "knew" in use

There are 25 examples of the Dutch word for "knew" being used:
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The poor animal did not know what these birds were called nor where they were flying to Het arme beest wist niet, hoe die vogels heetten, ook niet, waar zij naar toe vlogen
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 en voordat het beest het recht wist, bevond het zich in een grote tuin, waarin de vlierbomen geurden en hun lange, groene takken tot in het water neerbogen
I didn’t know that Tom and John were brothers? Ik wist niet dat Tom en John jouw broers waren?
He knew that Dumbledore would immediately see through that excuse. Hij wist dat Perkamentus die smoes onmiddellijk zou doorzien.
How did you know Tom and Mary were the ones who stole your saxophone? Hoe wist je dat Tom en Mary degenen waren die je saxofoon hadden gestolen?

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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,
Didn’t you know Tom was married?,
He didn’t know how to behave himself.,
He knew that Dumbledore would immediately see through that excuse.,
How did you know Tom and Mary were the ones who stole your saxophone?,
I didn’t know that Tom and John were brothers?,
I didn’t know that Tom couldn’t speak French.,
I had no idea that Mary was your daughter.,
I had no idea that Mary was your granddaughter.,
I had no idea that Mary was your wife.,
I had no idea that Tom was your son.,
I had no idea that you could cook so well.,
I knew,
I knew you were trouble the minute I saw you.,
I knew you’d come.,
I knew you’d mess things up.,
I thought you knew that.,
I was a kid and didn’t know any better than that it would never pass,
I wish everyone knew this.,
I wonder if Tom knew we had to do that.
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