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"but" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “but” is maar.

Examples of "but" in use

There are 134 examples of the Dutch word for "but" being used:
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He acts holy, but he is a hypocrite. Hij doet alsof hij heilig is, maar hij is een schijnheilige.
then watch out that you don’t devour each other kijk dan maar uit dat u elkaar niet verslindt
Boldi kept tripping over his own feet. Boldi bleef maar over zijn eigen voeten struikelen.
The policy will only accelerate inflation. Het beleid zal inflatie alleen maar versnellen.
I can only go by that which was relayed to me. Ik kan alleen maar afgaan op hetgeen dat mij werd verteld.
Don’t be proud, but do your best to be humble. Wees niet hoogmoedig, maar doe uw best nederig te zijn.
I waited for Tom for three hours, but he never showed up. Ik heb drie uur op Tom gewacht maar hij liet zich niet zien.
Victory is unlikely, but possible. Overwinning is onwaarschijnlijk, maar mogelijk.
The movie was somewhat boring in the beginning but became captivating later. De film was enigszins saai in het begin, maar werd later boeiend.
The day starts dull and grey, but in the afternoon there are broad sunny spells. De dag start grauw en grijs, maar in de namiddag zijn er brede opklaringen.

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A single match would do her good, if she would dare to take one from a box, strike it against the wall to warm her fingers.,
all the more,
And now all the little ducks hurried, as much as they could, and they emerged from the eggs and looked everywhere under the green leaves; and the mother let them look, as much as they wanted; because green is good for the eyes.,
And that is what they did; but the other ducks around looked at them and said to each other:,
And the mother said, “I wish you went away from here!”,
And the tomcat, whom she called her son, could arch his back and purr; he even gave sparks, but then one had to stroke his hair the wrong direction.,
Ask anybody.,
Ask the tomcat about it.,
At first the job looked good to him, but later it became tiresome.,
At first, Tom thought French was difficult, but now he thinks it’s easy.,
At such moments I don’t think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains.,
Boldi kept tripping over his own feet.,
but - the light already went out, the stove disappeared and all that was left, was the remains of a half-burnt match in her hand.,
but apparently they lived wrongly,
but few ethical forms of investment,
But good heavens!,
but he felt something towards them as he had never felt for anything else,
but how did it help?,
But I fear that there will always be people who will slip through the net.,
But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.
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