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"but" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “but” is maar.

Examples of "but" in use

There are 133 examples of the Dutch word for "but" being used:
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It’s only Tom. Het is Tom maar.
all the more almaar
but she said nothing maar ze zei niets
She has a car, but I don’t. Zij heeft een auto, maar ik niet.
but she didn’t think about that maar daaraan dacht zij niet
But that doesn’t matter! Maar dat doet er niet toe!
but no eggs came maar er kwamen geen eieren
ask the tomcat about it vraag er de kater maar eens naar
but it is where I was born maar het is waar ik geboren ben
I have a car, but I almost never use it. Ik heb een auto maar ik gebruik hem bijna nooit.

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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.,
all the more,
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 that is what they did; but the other ducks around looked at them and said to each other:,
And the mother said, “I wish you went away from here!”,
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.,
Ask anybody.,
ask the tomcat about it,
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 such moments I don’t think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains.,
Boldi kept tripping over his own feet.,
but - the light already went out, the stove disappeared and all that was left, was the remains of a half-burnt match in her hand.,
but apparently they lived wrongly,
but few ethical forms of investment,
But good heavens!,
but he felt something towards them as he had never felt for anything else,
but how did it help?,
But I fear that there will always be people who will slip through the net.,
But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.
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