Understand spoken Dutch

"as" in Dutch

als
Unstarted

Summary

The Dutch translation for “as” is als.

Pronounced the same

Recording English Dutch Learn
when als

See also

Recording English Dutch Learn
as naarmate

Examples of "as" in use

There are 84 examples of the Dutch word for "as" being used:
Recording English Dutch Learn
the arrows began to wriggle across the board like caterpillars de pijltjes begonnen als rupsen over het bord te wriemelen
Most people nowadays consider jazz to be old-fashioned. De meeste mensen beschouwen jazz tegenwoordig als ouderwets.
Seen at a distance, the rock looks like a squatting human figure. Gezien vanaf een afstand, ziet de rots eruit als een gehurkte menselijke figuur.
Make sure that all items in the menu are marked as completed. Zorg dat alle onderdelen uit het menu zijn gemarkeerd als afgerond.
Caryatids are sculpted female figures that serve as columns. Kariatiden zijn gebeeldhouwde vrouwenfiguren die als zuilen dienen.
“It’s too big!” they all said, and the turkey that had come into the world with spurs and therefore thought he was emperor, blew himself up like a ship with full sails and came up to him; then he clucked and his head turned bright red. “Het is te groot!” zeiden allen, en de kalkoense haan, die met sporen ter wereld gekomen was en daarom dacht, dat hij keizer was, blies zich op als een schip met volle zeilen en kwam op hem af; toen klokte hij en werd zijn kop vuurrood.
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. En nu haasten zich al de kleine eendjes, wat zij konden, en zij kwamen uit de eieren te voorschijn en keken naar alle kanten onder de groene bladeren; en de moeder liet ze kijken, zoveel als zij maar wilden; want groen is goed voor de ogen.
Buddhism is often seen as a religion, but also as a philosophy of life. Het boeddhisme wordt vaak gezien als een religie, maar ook als een levensfilosofie.
The predominantly Christian victims are often abused as sex slaves. De overwegend christelijke slachtoffers worden vaak als seksslavinnen misbruikt.
King Philip, designated Bart De Wever as a federal power broker, in addition to his role as Flemish power broker. Koning Filip heeft Bart De Wever aangeduid als federaal informateur, bovenop zijn rol van Vlaams informateur.

Practice Lesson

"as" Practice (85)
Lesson
Lesson words
as
etc.

View all lesson words

Lesson phrases
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.
etc.

View all lesson phrases

Themed Courses

Part of Speech Courses