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"but" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “but” is maar.

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only maar

Examples of "but" in use

There are 138 examples of the Dutch word for "but" being used:
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but few ethical forms of investment maar weinig ethische vormen van beleggen
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. Eerst laat op de dag werd het stil; maar het arme eendje durfde nog niet opstaan; het wachtte nog verscheidene uren, voordat het omkeek, en toen snelde het uit het moeras weg, zo vlug als het maar kon.
He acts holy, but he is a hypocrite. Hij doet alsof hij heilig is, maar hij is een schijnheilige.
Boldi kept tripping over his own feet. Boldi bleef maar over zijn eigen voeten struikelen.
The policy will only accelerate inflation. Het beleid zal inflatie alleen maar versnellen.
I can only go by that which was relayed to me. Ik kan alleen maar afgaan op hetgeen dat mij werd verteld.
Don’t be proud, but do your best to be humble. Wees niet hoogmoedig, maar doe uw best nederig te zijn.
I waited for Tom for three hours, but he never showed up. Ik heb drie uur op Tom gewacht maar hij liet zich niet zien.
Belgians claim that French fries are not French but Belgian. Belgen beweren dat frietjes niet Frans maar Belgisch zijn.
The monkey is actually very sad but he looks very happy. De aap is eigenlijk heel verdrietig, maar hij ziet er erg blij uit.

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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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