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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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it tells you most probably nothing het zegt u hoogstwaarschijnlijk niets
Here it lay all night; it was tired and sad. Hier lag het de gehele nacht; het was vermoeid en verdrietig.
Please wrap it like a Christmas present. Wikkel het als een kerstcadeau, alsjeblieft.
The distraction makes it difficult to focus. De afleiding maakt het moeilijk te focussen.
The gusts of wind made cycling hard. De rukwinden maakten het moeilijk om te fietsen.
That’s how it arrived at the great swamp, where the wild ducks lived. Zo kwam het aan het grote moeras, waar de wilde eenden woonden.
it went in at the toes of her shoes and went out again at the heels het liep er bij de neuzen van haar schoenen in en bij de hakken weer uit
I will lend you any book that I have, so long as you keep it clean. Ik zal je eender welk boek lenen, op voorwaarde dat je het schoon houdt.
They were bright white and had long, flexible necks: they were swans Zij waren spierwit en hadden lange, buigzame halzen: het waren zwanen
“It is taking a long time with that egg,” said the duck, who was sitting on it again. “Het duurt geducht lang met dat ene ei,” zei de eend, die er nu weer op zat.

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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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