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"it" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “it” is het.

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There are 460 examples of the Dutch word for "it" being used:
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It lay there for two whole days; then two wild geese or, rather said, gannets came to him; it was not that long ago that they hatched from the egg, and that is why they were so overconfident. Zo lag het twee hele dagen; toen kwamen er twee wilde ganzen of, liever gezegd, genten naar hem toe; het was nog niet lang geleden, dat zij uit het ei gekropen waren, en daarom waren zij zo overmoedig.
These are certainly valid questions and concerns. Het zijn zeker terechte vragen en bezorgdheden.
They refuse to take a detour because it’s shorter. Ze weigeren een omweg te nemen omdat het korter is.
It was a tumor on the upper-left lobe of my lung. Het was een tumor op de linker bovenkwab van mijn long.
Please wrap it like a Christmas present. Wikkel het als een kerstcadeau, alsjeblieft.
It’s impossible to predict what’ll happen. Het is onmogelijk te voorspellen wat er gaat gebeuren.
It wasn’t very clever of you to throw away that note. Het was niet zo erg snugger van je om dat briefje weg te gooien.
It never occurred to me that someone would make up such a thing. Het is nooit in me opgekomen dat iemand zoiets zou verzinnen.
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Wraak is een gerecht dat het best koud geserveerd kan worden.
It is useless to get up early and toil late into the night. Het is zinloos als u vroeg opstaat en tot diep in de nacht ploetert.

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After midnight, it will be dry in most places.,
After saying this, she grabbed it and stroked its feathers smooth.,
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.,
As they climbed higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt wonderfully weary,
At last he became exhausted, and lay still and helpless, frozen fast in the ice.,
Believe me, it is a turkey egg!,
but he felt something towards them as he had never felt for anything else,
But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.,
but it is where I was born,
But what did it see now in the clear water?,
but with every night, the space on which he swam became smaller and smaller,
But you are uncontrollable, and it is anything but enjoyable to spend time with you,
Could it perhaps be a turkey chick?,
Do you get it?,
Do you know how long the trip takes?
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