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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 575 examples of the Dutch word for "it" being used:
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It was love at first sight. Het was liefde op het eerste gezicht.
I knew you’d mess things up. Ik wist dat je het ging verprutsen.
It’s a pleasure to meet you. Het is een genoegen om je te ontmoeten.
I can’t emphasize it enough. Ik kan het niet genoeg benadrukken.
She did it the old fashioned way. Ze deed het op een ouderwetse manier.
There it lay down quite exhausted Daar bleef het geheel uitgeput liggen.
but it makes me rather melancholic maar het maakt me wat melancholiek
it truly did not think to marry het dacht er waarlijk niet aan te trouwen
It was summer, the corn was ripe, the hay stood on the green pastures and the stork was walking on its long, red legs and talking Egyptian; because he had learned this language from his mother. Het was zomer, het koren was rijp, het hooi stond op de groene weiden aan oppers, en de ooievaar liep op zijn lange, rode poten en praatte Egyptisch; want deze taal had hij van zijn moeder geleerd.
If today is Wednesday, yesterday was Tuesday. Als het vandaag woensdag is, was het gisteren dinsdag.

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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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