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"but" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “but” is maar.

Pronounced the same

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just maar
only maar

Examples of "but" in use

There are 138 examples of the Dutch word for "but" being used:
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I have a car, but I almost never use it. Ik heb een auto maar ik gebruik hem bijna nooit.
I found one of my shoes under my bed, but I can’t find the other one. Ik heb één van mijn schoenen onder mijn bed gevonden, maar de andere kan ik niet vinden.
I only made a couple of mistakes. Ik heb maar een paar fouten gemaakt.
I understand a little French, but I can’t speak it. Ik begrijp een beetje Frans, maar ik kan het niet spreken.
I’m tired, but I still can’t fall asleep. Ik ben moe maar ik kan nog niet slapen.
You can do whatever you want to do, of course. Uiteraard kan je doen wat je maar wilt.
Let me get straight to the point. Laat ik maar meteen met de deur in huis vallen.
But that doesn’t bother him one bit. Maar dat zit hem niet dwars.
We were just being honest. We waren alleen maar eerlijk.
But what did it see now in the clear water? Maar wat zag het nu in het heldere water?

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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.,
all the more,
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 that is what they did; but the other ducks around looked at them and said to each other:,
And the mother said, “I wish you went away from here!”,
And the tomcat, whom she called her son, could arch his back and purr; he even gave sparks, but then one had to stroke his hair the wrong direction.,
Ask anybody.,
Ask the tomcat about it.,
At first the job looked good to him, but later it became tiresome.,
At first, Tom thought French was difficult, but now he thinks it’s easy.,
At such moments I don’t think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains.,
Belgians claim that French fries are not French but Belgian.,
Boldi kept tripping over his own feet.,
Buddhism is often seen as a religion, but also as a philosophy of life.,
but - the light already went out, the stove disappeared and all that was left, was the remains of a half-burnt match in her hand.,
but apparently they lived wrongly,
but few ethical forms of investment,
But good heavens!,
but he felt something towards them as he had never felt for anything else,
but how did it help?
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