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"each other" in Dutch

elkaar
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The Dutch translation for “each other” is elkaar.

Examples of "each other" in use

There are 33 examples of the Dutch word for "each other" being used:
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Tom and Mary put their drinks down and started kissing each other. Tom en Mary zetten hun drankjes neer en begonnen elkaar te kussen.
It’ll be difficult to glue the two pieces together. Het zal moeilijk zijn om de twee stukken aan elkaar te lijmen.
We should encourage each other to achieve our goals. We moeten elkaar aanmoedigen om onze doelen te bereiken.
Two families attack each other on the street with baseball bats Twee families gaan elkaar op straat te lijf met honkbalknuppels
I put it together. Ik steek het in elkaar.
therefore confess your sins to one another beken daarom uw zonden aan elkaar
Inside there was a terrible noise; because there were two families disputing each other’s possession of an eel head, and finally the cat still got it. Daarbinnen was een verschrikkelijk rumoer; want daar waren twee families, die elkaar het bezit van een palingkop betwistten, en eindelijk kreeg de kat die toch.
The tangle of yarn was difficult to unravel. De kluwen garen was moeilijk uit elkaar te halen.
then watch out that you don’t devour each other kijk dan maar uit dat u elkaar niet verslindt
The authorities concerned bounced the ball to each other. De betrokken instanties kaatsten de bal naar elkaar door.

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a lot like each other,
A semicolon is a punctuation mark that consists of a period and a comma one below the other.,
accept each other,
And that is what they did; but the other ducks around looked at them and said to each other:,
beaten up,
Harry had wandered through the school for three consecutive nights,
I put it together.,
Inside there was a terrible noise; because there were two families disputing each other’s possession of an eel head, and finally the cat still got it.,
It’ll be difficult to glue the two pieces together.,
plans and organizes a complex set of interdependent tasks with a longer duration,
Stop condemning each other.,
The authorities concerned bounced the ball to each other.,
the children tumbled over each other, in order to catch the duckling,
The tangle of yarn was difficult to unravel.,
the village youths stick together,
The woman clapped her hands together, which made him fly first into the butter churn, and then into the meal-tub,
then watch out that you don’t devour each other,
Then you have no right to express an opinion when sensible people are speaking.,
therefore confess your sins to one another,
They suit each other.
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Domien De Groot