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"to be" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “to be” is zijn.

Pronounced the same

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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 in love with verliefd zijn op
I’d be grateful. Ik zou dankbaar zijn.
I would be grateful if you could do that for me. Ik zou dankbaar zijn als je dat voor me zou willen doen.
He must be aware of the danger. Hij moet zich bewust zijn van het gevaar.
He already would have been happy if the ducks would have accepted him around them Het zou al blij geweest zijn als de eenden hem maar in haar midden geduld hadden
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but it had to be a real princess. Er was eens een prins, die met een prinses wilde trouwen; maar het moest een echte prinses zijn.
Love can be blind. Liefde kan blind zijn.
She can rightly be proud of her daughter. Ze kan terecht fier zijn op haar dochter.
Would you be interested? Zou je geïnteresseerd zijn?
Surely you don’t want to be wiser than the tomcat and the woman. Je zult toch wel niet wijzer willen zijn dan de kater en de vrouw.

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Although the Netherlands and Germany are very similar, the differences are also very significant.,
Banking does not have to be difficult and time-consuming.,
be jealous of,
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.,
Children should always be supervised at the pool to prevent drowning.,
Could it perhaps be a turkey chick?,
He already would have been happy if the ducks would have accepted him around them,
He must be aware of the danger.,
I can’t agree with you.,
I don’t know if this will be enough.,
I want to be a cat.,
I want to be here.,
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 can be confusing for the user.,
It could be any one of us.,
It could be anyone.,
It won’t be easy for you.,
It would be premature to set a date for the wedding right now.
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