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"was" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “was” is was.

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laundry was
were was
wash was
wax was

Examples of "was" in use

There are 291 examples of the Dutch word for "was" being used:
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I forgot that today was Tom’s birthday. Ik was vergeten dat het Tom zijn verjaardag was vandaag.
Here it lay all night; it was tired and sad. Hier lag het de gehele nacht; het was vermoeid en verdrietig.
After he’d been at the festival, he had problems with his hearing. Nadat hij op het festival was geweest, had hij last van zijn gehoor.
I was a child, how could I know that that would pass forever Ik was een kind, hoe kon ik weten dat dat voorgoed voorbij zou gaan
I found out that she was an intelligent student. Ik kwam erachter dat ze een intelligente leerling was.
She was too arrogant to accept others’ suggestions. Ze was te verwaand om de suggesties van anderen te accepteren.
This was the last major setback that the Dutch had to endure. Dit was de laatste grote tegenslag die de Hollanders moesten verduren.
Tom told me that I was wasting my time. Tom zei me dat ik mijn tijd aan het verspillen was.
There was a conspiracy to assassinate the president. Er was een samenzwering om de president te vermoorden.
the wind tore them off, so they danced around, and up in the air it was ice cold de wind rukte ze af, zodat zij in de rondte dansten, en boven in de lucht was het snerpend koud

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a branch that was as thick as a python,
A slight poke was enough to stop her.,
After he’d been at the festival, he had problems with his hearing.,
After only a few minutes, he was gone again.,
After the fire, there was a lot of ash.,
All the windows were brightly lit, and it smelled wonderfully of goose roast; because it was New Years Eve.,
Almost everyone was late.,
Although he was sick, he still went to school.,
and up there, there was no cold, nor hunger, nor fear, they would be with God,
And what was more beautiful to see,
And whose idea was that?,
And yet she said she was a true princess.,
but she had poor eyesight, and therefore she thought, that this duckling must be a fat duck, who had got lost,
But the poor duckling that had hatched last and looked so ugly was bitten, bumped and fooled by both the ducks and the chickens.,
By the way, did you find the umbrella you lost recently?,
Didn’t you know Tom was married?,
Every effort was in vain.,
everyone was moody and short-tempered,
everyone was tense,
for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who had now passed away, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God
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Domien De Groot