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"was" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “was” is was.

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wash

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wax

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Examples of "was" in use

There are 258 examples of the Dutch word for "was" being used:
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Yanni was decapitated.

Yanni was onthoofd.
It was a cowardly attempt.

Het was een laffe poging.
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.

want haar oude grootmoeder, de enige die haar ooit had liefgehad, maar die nu dood was, had haar verteld, dat er, als er een ster naar beneden valt, een ziel tot God opstijgt.
His beard was long and bushy.

Zijn baard was lang en ruig.
The lake was frozen.

Het meer was bevroren.
Lit up by the blazing sun, there stood an old castle, that was surrounded by a deep canal, and from the wall to the water thick brushwood was growing.

Door de glans der zon beschenen, stond daar een oud kasteel, dat door een diepe gracht omgeven was, en van de muur tot aan het water groeide dicht kreupelhout.
Tom said he thought I was lazy.

Tom zei dat hij dacht dat ik lui was.
everyone was tense

iedereen was gespannen
Yanni’s body was naked.

Yanni zijn lichaam was naakt.
Tom’s grandfather was a slave.

Toms grootvader was een slaaf.

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