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"so" in Dutch

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Summary

The Dutch translation for “so” is zo.

Pronounced the same

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so dus

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so that zodat

Examples of "so" in use

There are 106 examples of the Dutch word for "so" being used:
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Oh, it was so beautiful here, so wonderful. O, hier was het zo schoon, zo heerlijk.
You can’t address me like that. Je kunt me zo niet aanspreken.
Without his glasses, he is as blind as a bat. Zonder zijn bril is hij zo blind als een mol.
Why are you causing so much fuss here? Waarom maken jullie zo veel heibel hier?
Don’t put your legs inward like that! Zet je poten niet zo binnenwaarts!
She is as beautiful as Snow White. Ze is zo mooi als Sneeuwwitje.
The loot was so large that they were surprised. De buit was zo groot dat ze verrast waren.
It went like that the first day, and later it got worse and worse. Zo ging het de eerste dag, en later werd het al erger en erger.
The room was so dark that we had to feel our way to the door. De kamer was zo donker dat we op de tast naar de deur moesten gaan.
“Well there, how are you?” an old duck asked, who came to visit her. “Wel zo, hoe gaat het?” vroeg een oude eend, die haar eens een bezoek kwam brengen.

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a branch that was as thick as a python,
A lie has no legs.,
Am I that transparent?,
Am I that transparent?,
And she lit all the matches in the box, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her.,
And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged,
and so the duckling was allowed to remain on trial for three weeks,
And so the duckling went away,
And so they went to the duck cage.,
And so they were as good as home.,
as soon as possible,
As they climbed higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt wonderfully weary,
But the poor duckling that had hatched last and looked so ugly was bitten, bumped and fooled by both the ducks and the chickens.,
But they will kill me, because I, who am so ugly, dare to approach them,
Don’t put your legs inward like that!,
Don’t speak so fast.,
Everyone wants to pay as little as possible.,
First later on the day it became quiet; but the poor duckling did not dare to get up yet; it waited several hours more, before it turned around, and then it rushed out of the swamp as fast as it could.,
Gustav was so distracted early this morning that he accidentally put on two different socks.,
He is really not that bad.
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