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"so" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “so” is zo.

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so; therefore

dus

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so that

zodat

Examples of "so" in use

There are 102 examples of the Dutch word for "so" being used:
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“I have also been fooled like that and it caused me a lot of work with my young ones, because they were afraid of the water.”

“Ik ben ook eens zo beetgenomen en had toen heel wat werk met mijn jongen, want zij waren bang voor het water!”
“It might be true, but it is too big and it looks to strange,“ said the other duck, “that is why it has to have a bite.“

“Dat is wel mogelijk, maar het is te groot en ziet er zo vreemd uit,” zei de andere eend, “en daarom moet het eens een pikje hebben.”
“I will still sit on it for a bit longer,” answered the duck; “I’ve sat on it for so long already, so I can sit on it for a few more days!”

“Ik zal er toch nog een beetje op blijven zitten,” antwoordde de eend; “ik heb er nu al zo lang op gezeten, en dus kan ik er nog wel een paar dagen op zitten!”
Now it noticed that the door had come out of one hinge and slanted so badly that it could sneak through the gap into the room, and that is what it did.

Nu bemerkte het, dat de deur uit het ene scharnier geraakt was en zo scheef hing, dat het door de reet in de kamer kon sluipen, en dit deed het dan ook.
In the middle of this there was a duck in her nest, who had to hatch her young; but it almost bored her, it took so long, before the ducklings hatched.

Te midden hiervan zat in haar nest een eend, die haar jongen moest uitbroeden; maar het begon haar bijna te vervelen, zo lang duurde het, eer de jongen uitkwamen.
Why so cumbersome?

Waarom zo omslachtig?
It’s not that noticeable.

Het is niet zo opvallend.
The kids grew so much.

De kinderen groeiden zo veel.
Is the pain usually this bad?

Is de pijn gewoonlijk zo erg?
Towards evening it reached a small, shabby farm hut; it was so dilapidated that it did not know to which side it would fall, and that is why it stayed up

Tegen de avond bereikte het een kleine, armoedige boerenhut; deze was zo bouwvallig, dat zij zelf niet wist, naar welke kant zij zou vallen, en daarom bleef zij maar staan.

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a branch that was as thick as a python,
A lie has no legs.,
And she lit all the matches in the box, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her.,
And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged,
and so the duckling was allowed to remain on trial for three weeks,
And so the duckling went away,
And so they went to the duck cage.,
And so they were as good as home.,
As they climbed higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt wonderfully weary,
But the poor duckling that had hatched last and looked so ugly was bitten, bumped and fooled by both the ducks and the chickens.,
But they will kill me, because I, who am so ugly, dare to approach them,
Don’t put your legs inward like that!,
Don’t speak so fast.,
Everyone wants to pay as little as possible.,
First later on the day it became quiet; but the poor duckling did not dare to get up yet; it waited several hours more, before it turned around, and then it rushed out of the swamp as fast as it could.,
Gustav was so distracted early this morning that he accidentally put on two different socks.,
He is so young and looks so beautiful!,
he laughed so much that he could hardly move,
her grandmother had never before been so beautiful, so big,
He’s so generous.
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