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"each other" in Dutch

elkaar
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The Dutch translation for “each other” is elkaar.

Examples of "each other" in use

There are 35 examples of the Dutch word for "each other" being used:
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Tom couldn’t tell one twin from the other. Tom kon de tweeling niet uit elkaar houden.
Tom and I haven’t talked in years. Tom en ik hebben elkaar al jaren niet gesproken.
the children tumbled over each other, in order to catch the duckling de kinderen liepen elkaar omver, om het eendje te pakken
And that is what they did; but the other ducks around looked at them and said to each other: En dat deden zij; maar de andere eenden in de rondte bekeken ze en zeiden tegen elkaar:
accept each other aanvaard elkaar
Then you have no right to express an opinion when sensible people are speaking. Dan mag je ook geen mening hebben, als verstandige lieden met elkaar spreken.
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
the village youths stick together de dorpsjeugd klit wat bij elkaar
We met before. We hebben elkaar eerder ontmoet.
We make fun of each other all the time. We steken de hele tijd de draak met elkaar.

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a lot like each other,
A semicolon is a punctuation mark that consists of a period and a comma one below the other.,
accept each other,
And that is what they did; but the other ducks around looked at them and said to each other:,
beaten up,
Harry had wandered through the school for three consecutive nights,
I put it together.,
Inside there was a terrible noise; because there were two families disputing each other’s possession of an eel head, and finally the cat still got it.,
It’ll be difficult to glue the two pieces together.,
plans and organizes a complex set of interdependent tasks with a longer duration,
Stop condemning each other.,
The authorities concerned bounced the ball to each other.,
the children tumbled over each other, in order to catch the duckling,
The tangle of yarn was difficult to unravel.,
the village youths stick together,
The woman clapped her hands together, which made him fly first into the butter churn, and then into the meal-tub,
then watch out that you don’t devour each other,
Then you have no right to express an opinion when sensible people are speaking.,
Therefore confess your sins to one another.,
They suit each other.
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Domien De Groot