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"stayed (singular)" in Dutch

bleef
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Summary

The Dutch translation for “stayed (singular)” is bleef.

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to stay blijven
stayed bleven
stayed verbleven
to stay (long form) te vertoeven

Examples of "stayed" in use

There are 10 examples of the Dutch word for "stayed" being used:
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This is all that remained for me. Dit is al wat er bleef voor mij.
Everybody stayed. Iedereen bleef.
At last he became exhausted, and lay still and helpless, frozen fast in the ice. Eindelijk werd het moede, bleef doodstil liggen en vroor in het ijs vast.
Not a single piece was left. Er bleef geen enkel stukje over.
There it lay down quite exhausted Daar bleef het geheel uitgeput liggen.
Then the match went out, and there remained nothing but the thick, damp, cold wall. Daar ging het lucifertje uit, en nu bleef slechts de dikke, vochtige, koude muur over.
And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged En zo bleef het roerloos liggen, terwijl de hagel door het riet snorde en er schot op schot knalde.
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.
The same question continued to turn in his head. Diezelfde vraag bleef door zijn hoofd malen.
Boldi kept tripping over his own feet. Boldi bleef maar over zijn eigen voeten struikelen.

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And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged,
At last he became exhausted, and lay still and helpless, frozen fast in the ice.,
Boldi kept tripping over his own feet.,
Everybody stayed.,
Not a single piece was left.,
The same question continued to turn in his head.,
Then the match went out, and there remained nothing but the thick, damp, cold wall.,
There it lay down quite exhausted,
This is all that remained for me.,
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
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