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"as" in Dutch

als

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The Dutch translation for “as” is als.

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when; if

als

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as

naarmate

Examples of "as" in use

There are 74 examples of the Dutch word for "as" being used:
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I wish I’d been born Canadian.

Was ik maar als Canadees geboren.
My career started as an intern.

Mijn loopbaan begon als stagiair.
My father’s hobby is growing roses.

Mijn vader heeft als hobby het kweken van rozen.
The old barn serves as shelter for the animals.

De oude schuur dient als beschutting voor de dieren.
This guy lives simply as a doctor, not as a hero or a martyr.

Deze man leeft gewoon als een dokter, niet als een held of een martelaar.
Creation is making something new as the created result.

Schepping is het maken van iets nieuws als het geschapen resultaat.
It was a warm, bright flame, like a light, as she held her hands over it;

Het was een warme, heldere vlam, als een lichtje, toen zij er haar handen bovenhield;
Shivering with cold and hunger, the poor little girl crept along as the picture of pitty and misery.

Sidderend van koude en honger sloop de arme kleine voort als een beeld van jammer en ellende!
The duckling expressed as his opinion, that it could be different, but the chicken was not able to do that.

Het eendje gaf als zijn mening te kennen, dat het toch ook wel eens anders zou kunnen zijn maar dat kon de kip niet velen.
a memory like a sieve

een geheugen als een zeef

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a branch that was as thick as a python,
a country that is known as tolerant,
and as soon as they were out of his sight, he dived under the water until the bottom, and when he rose again he was almost beside himself with excitement,
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 so they were as good as home.,
as the seventh king of the Belgians,
both English and French,
both French and Dutch,
But the poor duckling that had hatched last and looked so ugly was bitten, bumped and fooled by both the ducks and the chickens.,
Creation is making something new as the created result.,
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.,
He has repented and now lives as a father in an abbey.,
He whirled himself in the water like a wheel, stretched out his neck towards the swans, and uttered such a loud and strange scream that it frightened himself.,
I was as cool as a cucumber.,
It felt like a heart attack.,
it gave light, and where it shone against the wall, it went as transparent as a veil,
It is sad that in the Netherlands, a country known as tolerant, parents cannot make this choice.,
It was a warm, bright flame, like a light, as she held her hands over it;,
just like,
Just like everyone in the Netherlands.
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