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"of" in Dutch

van
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Summary

The Dutch translation for “of” is van.

Pronounced the same

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at ter
at aan
of aan
at bij
at op
at om
at ten
at naar

Examples of "of" in use

There are 520 examples of the Dutch word for "of" being used:
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Poverty is no hindrance to anyone who can be of use to the state, however low his prestige. Armoede is voor niemand die de staat van nut kan zijn een beletsel, hoe gering zijn aanzien ook is.
You are responsible for the quality of the product on a functional and non-functional level. Je bent verantwoordelijk voor de kwaliteit van het product, op functioneel en niet-functioneel vlak.
The barn is an important part of rural life in the Netherlands. De schuur is een belangrijk deel van het plattelandsleven in Nederland.
A license is an official permission from the government to carry out a particular activity. Een vergunning is een officiële toestemming van de overheid om een bepaalde activiteit uit te voeren.
Shivering with cold and hunger, the poor little girl crept along as the picture of pitty and misery. Sidderend van koude en honger sloop de arme kleine voort als een beeld van jammer en ellende!
He thought about how he had been persecuted and despised, and now he heard them all say he was the most beautiful of all the birds. Het dacht aan, hoe het vervolgd en bespot was, en hoorde nu allen zeggen, dat het de mooiste van al die mooie vogels was.
The composition of the new European Commission is not going smoothly. De samenstelling van de nieuwe Europese Commissie loopt niet van een leien dakje.
I’ve made advancing gender equality a foreign policy priority. Ik heb het bevorderen van gendergelijkheid een prioriteit van het buitenlands beleid gemaakt.
You are also required to submit your child’s school attendance four times a year. Je bent ook verplicht de schoolaanwezigheid van je kind vier keer per jaar in te dienen.
“It stretches far beyond the other side of the trees, until the pastor’s garden; but I have never been there.” “Die strekt zich nog ver aan de andere kant van het geboomte uit, tot aan de tuin van de pastoor; maar daar ben ik nog nooit geweest.”

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"of" Practice (513)
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Lesson words
lily of the valley,
love (1st person singular, long form),
love (plural),
loves (3rd person singular, long form),
of
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Lesson phrases
19-year-old dies of hardship,
a beach of stones and pebbles,
A bomb shelter is a basement to protect the population from air raid and other types of danger.,
a bush on the edge of the clearing was shaking,
A chirp was heard, and all the animals of the eggs came alive and stuck their heads out of the egg shells.,
A clothes hanger is a piece of wood, metal or plastic, in the shape of the human shoulders and has a hook on the top.,
a cumbersome way of doing things,
a dark patchwork of fields and trees,
A daughter is a person of the female gender in relation to one or two parents.,
a disease of the connective tissue,
A girl was injured in her face at the level of the neck and ear.,
A license is an official permission from the government to carry out a particular activity.,
A loan can help buy a house.,
a mixture of envy and viciousness,
a person of flesh and blood,
a piece of cake,
A protest against the return of Afghans.,
A reconstruction of an eventful day.,
a reflection of society,
A semi-trailer is a trailer that does not have its own front axle and of which an important part of the weight rests on the towing vehicle (the tractor).
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