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"she" in Dutch

zij

She. The Dutch for "she" is "zij".
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Summary

The Dutch translation for “she” is zij.

Pronounced the same

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they

zij
side

zij

See also

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they

zij
them

hen
you (singular, emphatic)

jij
you (indirect object)

jou
me (emphatic)

mij
you (singular)

je
him

hem
her

haar
they (short form)

ze
you (plural)

jullie

Examples of "she" in use

There are 95 examples of the Dutch word for "she" being used:
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she is

zij is
she was

zij was
How is she?

Hoe is zij?
she could see into the room

zij kon in de kamer zien
but she didn’t think about that

maar daaraan dacht zij niet
Yes, that is what she was thinking about.

Ja, daaraan dacht zij.
And yet she said she was a true princess.

En toch zei zij, dat ze een echte prinses was.
“What a terribly big duckling that is,” she thought; “None of the others looks like this.”

“Wat is dat een verschrikkelijk groot eendje,” dacht zij; “geen van de anderen ziet er zo uit.”
She drinks coffee.

Zij drinkt koffie.
She is used to staying up late.

Zij is gewend laat op te blijven.

Practice Lesson

"she" Practice (77)
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A single match would do her good, if she would dare to take one from a box, strike it against the wall to warm her fingers.,
After saying this, she grabbed it and stroked its feathers smooth.,
And she lit all the matches in the box, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her.,
And so they went to the duck cage.,
And the tomcat, whom she called her son, could arch his back and purr; he even gave sparks, but then one had to stroke his hair the wrong direction.,
And yet she said she was a true princess.,
and, see, she has a red patch on her leg,
but - the light already went out, the stove disappeared and all that was left, was the remains of a half-burnt match in her hand.,
but now she became colder, but she didn't dare to go home,
but she didn’t think about that,
but she had poor eyesight, and therefore she thought, that this duckling must be a fat duck, who had got lost,
Do you think maybe she would like to swim, and to let the water splash over her head?,
Does she speak English?,
For sure, her father would beat her, and at home it was also cold.,
Her little feet she had drawn under her,
How is she?,
In a corner formed by two houses, one of which protruded a little more than the other, she squatted down.,
In an old apron she carried a number of matchboxes, she was holding one of them in her hand.,
It shone towards the little girl, as if she was sitting at a large iron stove.,
It was a warm, bright flame, like a light, as she held her hands over it;
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