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"grandmother" in Dutch

grootmoeder

Grandmother. The Dutch for "grandmother" is "grootmoeder".
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The Dutch translation for “grandmother” is grootmoeder.

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grandmother (informal)

oma
grandma

grootmoe
grandfather (informal)

opa
grandfather

grootvader

Examples of "grandmother" in use

There are 8 examples of the Dutch word for "grandmother" being used:
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the grandmother

de grootmoeder
her grandmother had never before been so beautiful, so big

haar grootmoeder was vroeger nooit zo mooi, zo groot geweest
And she lit all the matches in the box, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her.

En zij streek al de lucifers uit het doosje af, want zij wilde haar grootmoeder zo graag bij zich houden.
“Grandmother!” shouted the little one.

«Grootmoeder!» riep de kleine uit.
No one could imagine the beautiful things she had seen, nor into what glory she had entered with her grandmother, on New Year’s Day.

Niemand had er enig vermoeden van, wat al schoons zij gezien had, in welk een glans zij met haar grootmoeder het nieuwe jaar ingetreden was.
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.

want haar oude grootmoeder, de enige die haar ooit had liefgehad, maar die nu dood was, had haar verteld, dat er, als er een ster naar beneden valt, een ziel tot God opstijgt.
She again struck a match on the wall, and again it became bright around her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet loving in her appearance.

Zij streek weer een lucifertje tegen den muur af, het werd weer helder, en in den glans daarvan stond haar oude grootmoeder, helder en glinsterend, vriendelijk en liefderijk.
that miserable old hag of a grandmother

dat misselijke ouwe loeder van een grootmoeder

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And she lit all the matches in the box, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her.,
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.,
her grandmother had never before been so beautiful, so big,
No one could imagine the beautiful things she had seen, nor into what glory she had entered with her grandmother, on New Year’s Day.,
She again struck a match on the wall, and again it became bright around her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet loving in her appearance.,
the grandmother,
“Grandmother!” shouted the little one.
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