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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
of them er

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there erheen
there (place) daar
there heen

Examples of "there" in use

There are 265 examples of the Dutch word for "there" being used:
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Tom said that he didn’t think that Mary was hungry. Tom zei dat hij er niet aan gedacht had dat Maria honger had.
Are there any vegetarian restaurants here? Zijn er vegetarische restaurants in de buurt?
How many students are there in the classroom? Hoeveel leerlingen zitten er in het klaslokaal?
“Now I am almost getting bored!” and she sat down on it again. “Nu begint het mij haast te vervelen!” en zij ging er weer op zitten.
whether he likes to swim in the water, or to dive under it of hij er van houdt, in het water te zwemmen of onder te duiken
There were enough princesses; but he could not find out if they were real princesses. Prinsessen waren er genoeg; maar of het echte prinsessen waren, kon hij niet te weten komen.
“Piff! Paff!” it sounded again, and now whole flocks of wild geese were flying out of the reeds. “Piefpafpoef!” klonk het weer, en nu vlogen er gehele scharen wilde ganzen uit het riet op.
One slipper was nowhere to be found, and the other one was taken by a boy who ran off with it. De ene pantoffel was niet weer te vinden, en de andere had een jongen opgeraapt en snelde er mee weg.
No one could imagine the beautiful things she had seen, nor into what glory she had entered with her grandmother, on New Year’s Day. Niemand had er enig vermoeden van, wat al schoons zij gezien had, in welk een glans zij met haar grootmoeder het nieuwe jaar ingetreden was.
I didn’t feel like it. Ik had er geen zin in.

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"there" Practice (244)
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with it
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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 lot has happened in the meantime.,
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.,
An owl is on the roof.,
and bread and cake were thrown into the water,
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.,
Are there any rooms available?,
Are there any tourists here this evening, by any chance?,
Are there any vegetarian restaurants here?,
Are they still here?,
Ask the tomcat about it.
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