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"when" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “when” is toen.

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Examples of "when" in use

There are 33 examples of the Dutch word for "when" being used:
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“I had never imagined such happiness, when I was still an ugly duckling!” «Zoveel geluk had ik mij niet kunnen voorstellen, toen ik nog een lelijk eendje was!»
When she left the house she must have been wearing slippers; but what did that help? Toen zij het huis uitging, had zij wel is waar pantoffels aangehad; maar wat hielp dat?
The woman clapped her hands together, which made him fly first into the butter churn, and then into the meal-tub De vrouw sloeg de handen in elkaar, waarop het eerst in het botervat en toen in de meelton vloog
“That’s because I’m so ugly,” thought the duckling, closing the eyes for a moment and then walked on. “Dat komt, omdat ik zo lelijk ben,” dacht het eendje, kneep de ogen even dicht en liep toen weer voort.
And then another bang was heard. En toen deed zich andermaal een knal horen.
When she left the house, it is true, all that she he had on was a pair of slippers Toen zij het huis uitging, had zij weliswaar pantoffels aangehad
It lay in the swamp among the reeds when the sun began to shine warmly again. Het lag in het moeras tussen het riet, toen de zon weer warm begon te schijnen.
It was a warm, bright flame, like a light, as she held her hands over it. Het was een warme, heldere vlam, als een lichtje, toen zij er haar handen bovenhield.
When he saw the duckling, he approached it, broke the ice in pieces with his clog, and took the animal home to his wife. Toen hij het eendje zag, ging hij er heen, trapte het ijs met zijn klomp aan stukken en bracht het dier naar zijn vrouw toe.
One evening, just as the sun set amid radiant clouds, there came a large flock of beautiful birds out of the forest Op zekere avond, juist toen de zon in haar pracht onderging, kwam er een hele troep grote vogels uit het bos

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and as soon as they were out of his sight, he dived under the water until the bottom, and when he rose again he was almost beside himself with excitement,
And then another bang was heard.,
and then twenty more feather-down quilts on the mattresses,
First later on the day it became quiet; but the poor duckling did not dare to get up yet; it waited several hours more, before it turned around, and then it rushed out of the swamp as fast as it could.,
He let out a cry of delight when he saw them.,
how simply they lived back then,
It lay in the swamp among the reeds when the sun began to shine warmly again.,
It lay there for two whole days; then two wild geese or, rather said, gannets came to him; it was not that long ago that they hatched from the egg, and that is why they were so overconfident.,
It was a warm, bright flame, like a light, as she held her hands over it.,
One evening, just as the sun set amid radiant clouds, there came a large flock of beautiful birds out of the forest,
She cried for joy when she heard that her son had survived the plane crash.,
She got married when she was twenty-five.,
She went berserk when she heard that her flight was canceled.,
that village from back then, it’s gone,
The dew evaporated when the sun rose.,
The driver went berserk when he couldn’t find his keys.,
The little creature had lost them when she rushed across the street, because of two carriages running by, at a terribly high speed.,
The woman clapped her hands together, which made him fly first into the butter churn, and then into the meal-tub,
then he realized with horror that someone was sponging his forehead,
Then we knew it was ammonia and we got out as quickly as possible.
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