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"as" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “as” is als.

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Examples of "as" in use

There are 84 examples of the Dutch word for "as" being used:
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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
both private and business zowel privé als zakelijk
You look like your father. Je ziet eruit als je vader.
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. Het draaide zich als een tol in het water rond, strekte zijn kop hoog in de lucht naar de zwanen uit en gaf zulk een luide en zonderlinge schreeuw, dat het er zelf van schrikte
We ate sandwiches for breakfast. We aten sandwichen als ontbijt.
She aspired to a job as a journalist. Ze ambieerde een job als journalist.
His fame as a reviewer continued to grow. Zijn faam als recensent werd almaar groter.

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a branch that was as thick as a python,
a country that is known as tolerant,
a memory like a sieve,
A raven is as black as coal.,
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,
At school we have religious education as a subject.,
both English and French,
both French and Dutch,
both private and business,
Buddhism is often seen as a religion, but also as a philosophy of life.,
But the poor duckling that had hatched last and looked so ugly was bitten, bumped and fooled by both the ducks and the chickens.,
Caryatids are sculpted female figures that serve as columns.,
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.,
His fame as a reviewer continued to grow.
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