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"had (singular)" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “had (singular)” is had.

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had gehad
to have hebben
have (plural) hebben
have (2nd person singular in a question or command) heb
have (2nd person singular) hebt
have (1st person singular) heb
had (plural) hadden
have (2nd person formal) heeft

Examples of "had" in use

There are 82 examples of the Dutch word for "had" being used:
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The construction site had a large crane. De bouwplaats had een grote kraan.
I never imagined meeting you here. Ik had nooit gedacht u hier te zien.
Tom should’ve protected Mary. Tom had Maria moeten beschermen.
The fire had a devastating effect. De brand had een verwoestend effect.
Her little feet she had drawn under her. Haar voetjes had zij naar zich toe getrokken.
She had little experience; nevertheless, she got the job. Ze had weinig ervaring; niettemin kreeg ze de baan.
Tom said that he didn’t think that Mary was hungry. Tom zei dat hij er niet aan gedacht had dat Maria honger had.
“I had never imagined such happiness, when I was still an ugly duckling!” «Zoveel geluk had ik mij niet kunnen voorstellen, toen ik nog een lelijk eendje was!»
When she left the house she must have been wearing slippers; but what did that help? Toen zij het huis uitging, had zij wel is waar pantoffels aangehad; maar wat hielp dat?
One slipper was nowhere to be found, and the other one was taken by a boy who ran off with it. De ene pantoffel was niet weer te vinden, en de andere had een jongen opgeraapt en snelde er mee weg.

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Actually, he should have been torn to pieces.,
After he had received a new kidney, he no longer had to have dialysis.,
After he’d been at the festival, he had problems with his hearing.,
Although he had no experience, he did well.,
At first he did not realize that he had won the speech contest.,
because the arrow had hit a tendon in his neck,
but he felt something towards them as he had never felt for anything else,
but she had poor eyesight, and therefore she thought, that this duckling must be a fat duck, who had got lost,
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,
Google co-founder Sergey Brin had paid a deposit for the flight.,
Gustav was so distracted early this morning that he accidentally put on two different socks.,
Harry had wandered through the school for three consecutive nights,
He had a hole in his sock.,
He had asked for 50 euros.,
He had never looked so disturbed.,
He had nightmares.,
He had no defense against it.,
He now felt so glad at all the suffering and hardships which he had undergone.,
He turned his back on me when I needed him most.,
Her little feet she had drawn under her.
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