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"but" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “but” is maar.

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Examples of "but" in use

There are 138 examples of the Dutch word for "but" being used:
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“But it is so delightful to swim about on the water,” said the duckling “Maar het is zo prettig, in het water te zwemmen,” zei het eendje
Leave that behind and teach your other children to swim! Laat dat maar liggen, en leer je andere kinderen liever zwemmen!
if only it could get the permit to lie in the reeds als het maar de vergunning kon krijgen, om in het riet te liggen
but of a swan maar van een zwaan
We only have one thing left to do. We moeten maar één ding meer doen.
Such a thing will bring you only misery. Zo’n ding brengt alleen maar ellende.
Yes, do that! Added the chicken to this “Ja, doe dat maar!” Liet de kip hierop volgen.
but with every night, the space on which he swam became smaller and smaller maar met iedere nacht werd het gat, waarin het zwom, al kleiner en kleiner
He already tried five different hair-growing supplements to no avail. Hij probeerde al vijf verschillende haargroeimiddelen, maar zonder baat.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but it had to be a real princess. Er was eens een prins, die met een prinses wilde trouwen; maar het moest een echte prinses zijn.

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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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