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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 467 examples of the Dutch word for "it" being used:
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Nevertheless, the topic is worth discussing. Desalniettemin is het thema het discussiëren waard.
I only want to live in an apartment if it has a balcony. Ik wil enkel in een appartement wonen als het een balkon heeft.
For sure, her father would beat her, and at home it was also cold. Van haar vader zou zij zeker slaag krijgen, en thuis was het ook koud.
How the fire burned, and spread such a delightful warmth! Wat brandde het vuur daarin, welk een heerlijke warmte gaf het van zich!
We shouldn’t make it public. We moeten het niet aan de grote klok hangen.
His arrogant behaviour made it difficult to collaborate with him. Zijn verwaand gedrag maakte het moeilijk om met hem samen te werken.
“Well there, how are you?” an old duck asked, who came to visit her. “Wel zo, hoe gaat het?” vroeg een oude eend, die haar eens een bezoek kwam brengen.
There were enough princesses; but he could not find out if they were real princesses. Prinsessen waren er genoeg; maar of het echte prinsessen waren, kon hij niet te weten komen.
It was impossible to find a laptop with the two connections. Het was onmogelijk om een laptop met de twee aansluitingen te vinden.
Lights were shining from every window, and there was a savoury smell of roast goose. Al de ramen waren helder verlicht, en het rook heerlijk naar ganzengebraad.

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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 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.,
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.,
At first, Tom thought French was difficult, but now he thinks it’s easy.,
At last he became exhausted, and lay still and helpless, frozen fast in the ice.,
Believe me, it is a turkey egg!
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