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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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But the newspaper stressed that it will not be sufficient to meet the stated climate goals. Maar de krant benadrukt dat het niet zal volstaan om de vooropgestelde klimaatdoelstellingen te halen.
Dries Buytaert is unknown to many, but whoever uses the Internet, comes into contact every day with his work. Dries Buytaert is voor velen een onbekende, maar wie het internet gebruikt, komt elke dag in aanraking met zijn werk.
This is confirmed by the fact that most accidents do not happen when braking or maneuvering, but when accelerating. Dit wordt bevestigd door het feit dat de meeste ongevallen niet gebeuren bij het remmen of manoeuvreren, maar bij het optrekken.
mechanical: like a tool, so automatically, without thinking, like a reflex, as a matter of course but therefore predictable and reliable werktuiglijk: als een werktuig, dus automatisch, zonder nadenken, als een reflex, als vanzelf maar daardoor wel voorspelbaar en betrouwbaar

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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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