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"there" in Dutch

er

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Summary

The Dutch translation for “there” is er.

Pronounced the same

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er

See also

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there

erheen
there (place)

daar
there

heen

Examples of "there" in use

There are 220 examples of the Dutch word for "there" being used:
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Tom said that he didn’t think that Mary was hungry.

Tom zei dat hij er niet aan gedacht had dat Maria honger had.
Are there any vegetarian restaurants here?

Zijn er vegetarische restaurants in de buurt?
Behind that green car is a red trailer.

Achter die groene auto hangt er een rode aanhangwagen.
“Now I am almost getting bored!” and she sat down on it again.

“Nu begint het mij haast te vervelen!” en zij ging er weer op zitten.
There were enough princesses; but he could not find out if they were real princesses.

Prinsessen waren er genoeg; maar of het echte prinsessen waren, kon hij niet te weten komen.
“Piff! Paff!” it sounded again, and now whole flocks of wild geese were flying out of the reeds.

“Piefpafpoef!” klonk het weer, en nu vlogen er gehele scharen wilde ganzen uit het riet op.
One slipper was nowhere to be found, and the other one was taken by a boy who ran off with it.

De ene pantoffel was niet weer te vinden, en de andere had een jongen opgeraapt en snelde er mee weg.
No one could imagine the beautiful things she had seen, nor into what glory she had entered with her grandmother, on New Year’s Day.

Niemand had er enig vermoeden van, wat al schoons zij gezien had, in welk een glans zij met haar grootmoeder het nieuwe jaar ingetreden was.
I didn’t feel like it.

Ik had er geen zin in.
She took one out!

Zij haalde er een uit!

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"there" Practice (154)
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15 samples have already been examined.,
a bright winter sun was shining,
A fly fell into the milk.,
A great hunt was held; the hunters lay around the swamp; yes, some sat up in the branches of the trees, which stretched far over the reed.,
a handful of snails slipped out of his mouth,
A resounding silence fell.,
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.,
According to the on-board computer there is something wrong with my tyre pressure.,
After the fire, there was a lot of ash.,
An expert is speaking.,
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 so they were as good as home.,
Are there any vegetarian restaurants here?,
Are they still here?,
ask the tomcat about it,
but he felt something towards them as he had never felt for anything else,
but no eggs came,
But that doesn’t matter!,
But the poor duckling that had hatched last and looked so ugly was bitten, bumped and fooled by both the ducks and the chickens.
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