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"There was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went to open it." in Dutch

Daar werd er op de stadspoort geklopt, en de oude koning ging er heen, om haar open te doen.
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Englishthere (place) Dutchdaar Learn
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Englishbecame Dutchwerd Learn
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Englishon Dutchop Learn
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Englishcity gate Dutchstadspoort Learn
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Englishknocked Dutchgeklopt Learn
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Englishand Dutchen Learn
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Englishold (inflected form) Dutchoude Learn
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Englishking Dutchkoning Learn
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Englishwent (singular) Dutchging Learn
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Englishaway Dutchheen Learn
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Englishin order to Dutchom Learn
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Englishto do (long form) Dutchte doen Learn

Summary

The Dutch translation for “There was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.” is Daar werd er op de stadspoort geklopt, en de oude koning ging er heen, om haar open te doen.. The Dutch, Daar werd er op de stadspoort geklopt, en de oude koning ging er heen, om haar open te doen., can be broken down into 18 parts:"there (place)" (daar), "became" (werd), "there" (er), "on" (op), "the" (de), "city gate" (stadspoort), "knocked" (geklopt), "and" (en), "the" (de), "old (inflected form)" (oude), "king" (koning), "went (singular)" (ging), "there" (er), "away" (heen), "in order to" (om), "her" (haar), "open" (open) and "to do (long form)" (te doen).

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