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"that" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “that” is dat.

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Examples of "that" in use

There are 480 examples of the Dutch word for "that" being used:
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The room was so dark that we had to feel our way to the door. De kamer was zo donker dat we op de tast naar de deur moesten gaan.
I don’t think Tom has any idea where Mary is now. Ik denk dat Tom geen flauw benul heeft van waar Mary nu is.
When she left the house she must have been wearing slippers; but what did that help? Toen zij het huis uitging, had zij wel is waar pantoffels aangehad; maar wat hielp dat?
I don’t mind your groping in the dark for a solution, but I wish you’d come to a decision. Het maakt mij niet uit dat je in het donker tast naar een oplossing, maar ik zou willen dat je tot een besluit zou komen.
Make sure to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front for safe driving. Zorg ervoor dat je voldoende afstand houdt tot je voorligger om veilig te rijden.
“That’s because I’m so ugly,” thought the duckling, closing the eyes for a moment and then walked on. “Dat komt, omdat ik zo lelijk ben,” dacht het eendje, kneep de ogen even dicht en liep toen weer voort.
That brings such a dangerous natural phenomenon very close. Dat brengt zo’n gevaarlijk natuurverschijnsel heel dichtbij.
and then he began to feel such a great longing for a swim on the water, that he could not help telling the hen. het kreeg zulk een lust om in het water te zwemmen, dat het zich niet kon weerhouden, dit tegen de kip te zeggen.
It is sad that in the Netherlands, a country known as tolerant, parents cannot make this choice. Het is verdrietig dat in Nederland, een land dat bekend staat als tolerant, ouders deze keuze niet kunnen maken.
I was surprised that the laws on home education in that country are very different compared to the laws in the United States. Ik verbaasde me erover dat de wetten over thuisonderwijs in dat land heel verschillend zijn in vergelijking met de wetten in de Verenigde Staten.

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a country that is known as tolerant,
A guitar is a stringed instrument that is played with the fingers or with a plectrum.,
a liar that is right, that’s true,
A lot of women buy shoes one size too small, because they find them prettier.,
A poll showed that 79% felt themselves hampered in their right to vote.,
A semicolon is a punctuation mark that consists of a period and a comma one below the other.,
According to a survey by the Association for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems.,
According to Tom, that’s not going to happen.,
All the instructions are on that paper.,
And that is what they did; but the other ducks around looked at them and said to each other:,
And the matches were glowing so bright, brighter than at noon-day.,
And the mother said, “I wish you went away from here!”,
and then he began to feel such a great longing for a swim on the water, that he could not help telling the hen.,
And whose idea was that?,
and will be verified during an interview that may be preceded by a written test,
And yet she said she was a true princess.,
Are you going to throw that away?,
Are you sure about that?,
Are you sure we have enough money?,
As they climbed higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt wonderfully weary
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