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"to be" in Dutch

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Summary

The Dutch translation for “to be” is zijn.

Pronounced the same

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are (plural) zijn
its zijn

Examples of "to be" in use

There are 81 examples of the Dutch word for "to be" being used:
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to be (long form) te zijn
What’ll it be like? Hoe zal het zijn?
to be good at goed zijn in
to be good for goed zijn voor
I want to be here. Ik wil hier zijn.
to agree het eens zijn
I can’t agree with you. Ik kan het niet met je eens zijn.
We are at school. Wij zijn op school.
to be well off goed af zijn
I want to be a cat. Ik wil een kat zijn.

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Although the Netherlands and Germany are very similar, the differences are also very significant.,
But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.,
But to tell all the distress and misery the duckling had to endure in that harsh winter would be too dire.,
Could it perhaps be a turkey chick?,
He already would have been happy if the ducks would have accepted him around them,
I don’t know if this will be enough.,
I want to be a cat.,
I would be grateful if you could do that for me.,
If you will be hard on yourself, life will be easy on you.,
It won’t be easy for you.,
It would be premature to set a date for the wedding right now.,
I’d be grateful.,
I’d like to be Picasso.,
I’m scared of being alone.,
Line twelve only comes in half an hour, but line five should be here in three minutes.,
Love can be blind.,
No one else could be so sensitive than a true princess.,
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but it had to be a real princess.,
Some religious people can be very judgemental.,
Surely you don’t want to be wiser than the tomcat and the woman.
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