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"because" in Dutch

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Summary

The Dutch translation for “because” is want.

Pronounced the same

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wall wand

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because omdat

Examples of "because" in use

There are 26 examples of the Dutch word for "because" being used:
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Eat, for you are hungry. Eet, want jullie hebben honger.
Tom is tired because he works a lot. Tom is moe, want hij werkt veel.
Tom has to buy new shoes, because his old ones are already worn out. Tom moet nieuwe schoenen kopen, want zijn oude zijn al versleten.
because see how rich life is want ziet, hoe rijk het leven is
Keep speaking, because you speak well. Blijf praten, want je spreekt goed.
“The world is so big!” all the young ones said; because now they had much more space than in the egg. “Wat is de wereld toch groot!” zeiden al de jongen; want nu hadden zij heel wat meer plaats dan in het ei.
So he came home again and was sad, because he really wanted to have a real princess. Zo kwam hij dan weer thuis en was treurig, want hij wilde toch zo heel graag een echte prinses hebben.
“Look, that is how it goes in the world now!“ said the mother of the ducklings, and she was sticking out her beak, because she also wanted the eel head. “ “Kijk, zo gaat het nu in de wereld!” zei de moeder der eendjes, en zij stak haar snavel al uit, want zij wilde de palingkop ook wel hebben.”
Don’t believe her because she always lies. Geloof haar niet, want ze liegt altijd.
for it was New Year’s Eve want het was oudejaarsavond

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a necessity because criminals are increasingly sophisticated,
All the windows were brightly lit, and it smelled wonderfully of goose roast; because it was New Years Eve.,
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 she lit all the matches in the box, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her.,
because see how rich life is,
because the arrow had hit a tendon in his neck,
Don’t believe her because she always lies.,
Eat, for you are hungry.,
for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who had now passed away, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God,
for it was New Year’s Eve,
for they believed themselves to be half the world, and the better half too.,
Forgive me, for I have sinned.,
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 was summer, the corn was ripe, the hay stood on the green pastures and the stork was walking on its long, red legs and talking Egyptian; because he had learned this language from his mother.,
I’m yawning because I’m tired.,
Keep speaking, because you speak well.,
Now the prince took her to be his wife; because now he knew that he had a real princess, and the pea was placed in the cabinet of rarities, in which it can still be seen, if at least no one has stolen it.,
Now the time has come for Esperanto, because communication is becoming increasingly important in the world.,
She rarely got visitors, because the other ducks preferred to swim in the canal, than to come out of the water to talk to her.,
So he came home again and was sad, because he really wanted to have a real princess.
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