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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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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.
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.
It’s very hard to get rid of the cockroaches in our house. Het is moeilijk van de kakkerlakken af te geraken in ons huis.
This afternoon it will remain heavily cloudy, windy and rainy. Deze namiddag blijft het zwaarbewolkt, winderig en regenachtig.

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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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