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"it" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “it” is het.

Pronounced the same

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the (neutral) het

Examples of "it" in use

There are 578 examples of the Dutch word for "it" being used:
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If today is Wednesday, yesterday was Tuesday. Als het vandaag woensdag is, was het gisteren dinsdag.
If today is Thursday, yesterday was Wednesday. Als het vandaag donderdag is, was het gisteren woensdag.
“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
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
It’s poison. Het is gif.
I’m sorry. Het spijt me.
it’s Christmas Day het is Kerstmis
Is he going to show me it? Gaat hij het mij laten zien?
I’ll consider it. Ik zal het overwegen.
Does everybody understand? Begrijpt iedereen het?

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After midnight, it will be dry in most places.,
After saying this, she grabbed it and stroked its feathers smooth.,
Agreed, as long as the wind doesn’t start blowing.,
All the windows were brightly lit, and it smelled wonderfully of goose roast; because it was New Years Eve.,
Although he had no experience, he did well.,
Although it rained, we went outside.,
Am I wrong?,
and as soon as they were out of his sight, he dived under the water until the bottom, and when he rose again he was almost beside himself with excitement,
and before he well knew how it had happened, he found himself in a large garden, in which fragrant elders bent their long green branches down to the water,
And immediately an old duck flew to the poor beast and bit it in the neck.,
And it’s nearby here.,
And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged,
And the matches were glowing so bright, brighter than at noon-day.,
and then he began to feel such a great longing for a swim on the water, that he could not help telling the hen.,
Are you busy?,
Are you going to show me?,
Around noon, it started to rain.,
As they climbed higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt wonderfully weary,
Ask anyone.,
At first the job looked good to him, but later it became tiresome.
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