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"there" in Dutch

er

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Summary

The Dutch translation for “there” is er.

Pronounced the same

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looks (part 2)

er

See also

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there

erheen
there (place)

daar

Examples of "there" in use

There are 155 examples of the Dutch word for "there" being used:
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How it looked like now

Wat zag het er nu uit
Are they still here?

Zijn ze er nog?
once upon a time

er was eens
They already have one.

Ze hebben er al een.
There was a lot to do.

Er was veel te doen.
What is there to do?

Wat is er te doen?
to do something about it

om er iets aan te doen
No one’s home.

Er is niemand thuis.
And so they were as good as home.

En zo waren zij er dan zo goed als thuis.
But that doesn’t matter!

Maar dat doet er niet toe!

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"there" Practice (155)
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15 samples have already been examined.,
a bright winter sun was shining,
A fly fell into the milk.,
A great hunt was held; the hunters lay around the swamp; yes, some sat up in the branches of the trees, which stretched far over the reed.,
a handful of snails slipped out of his mouth,
A resounding silence fell.,
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.,
According to the on-board computer there is something wrong with my tyre pressure.,
After the fire, there was a lot of ash.,
An expert is speaking.,
And immediately an old duck flew to the poor beast and bit it in the neck,
And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged,
And so they were as good as home.,
And they clapped their hands and danced about, ran to their parents, and bread and cake were thrown into the water,
Are there any vegetarian restaurants here?,
Are they still here?,
ask the tomcat about it,
but he felt something towards them as he had never felt for anything else,
but no eggs came,
But that doesn’t matter!
etc.

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