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"knew (singular)" in Dutch

wist
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The Dutch translation for “knew (singular)” is wist.

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knew kende
knew (plural) wisten

Examples of "knew" in use

There are 27 examples of the Dutch word for "knew" being used:
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The poor animal did not know what these birds were called nor where they were flying to Het arme beest wist niet, hoe die vogels heetten, ook niet, waar zij naar toe vlogen
and before he well knew how it had happened, he found himself in a large garden, in which fragrant elders bent their long green branches down to the water en voordat het beest het recht wist, bevond het zich in een grote tuin, waarin de vlierbomen geurden en hun lange, groene takken tot in het water neerbogen
Towards evening it reached a small, shabby farm hut; it was so dilapidated that it did not know to which side it would fall, and that is why it stayed up Tegen de avond bereikte het een kleine, armoedige boerenhut; deze was zo bouwvallig, dat zij zelf niet wist, naar welke kant zij zou vallen, en daarom bleef zij maar staan.
I didn’t know that Tom and John were brothers? Ik wist niet dat Tom en John jouw broers waren?
Now the prince took her to be his wife; because now he knew that he had a real princess, and the pea was placed in the cabinet of rarities, in which it can still be seen, if at least no one has stolen it. Nu nam de prins haar tot vrouw; want nu wist hij, dat hij een echte prinses bezat, en de erwt kwam in het kabinet van zeldzaamheden, waarin zij nog te zien is, als niemand haar ten minste gestolen heeft.
He knew that Dumbledore would immediately see through that excuse. Hij wist dat Perkamentus die smoes onmiddellijk zou doorzien.
How did you know Tom and Mary were the ones who stole your saxophone? Hoe wist je dat Tom en Mary degenen waren die je saxofoon hadden gestolen?

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and before he well knew how it had happened, he found himself in a large garden, in which fragrant elders bent their long green branches down to the water,
Didn’t you know Tom was married?,
he didn’t know how to behave himself,
He knew that Dumbledore would immediately see through that excuse.,
How did you know Tom and Mary were the ones who stole your saxophone?,
I didn’t know that Tom and John were brothers?,
I didn’t know that Tom couldn’t speak French.,
I had no idea that Mary was your daughter.,
I had no idea that Mary was your granddaughter.,
I had no idea that Mary was your wife.,
I had no idea that Tom was your son.,
I had no idea that you could cook so well.,
I knew,
I knew you were trouble the minute I saw you.,
I knew you’d come.,
I knew you’d mess things up.,
I thought you knew that.,
I was a kid and didn’t know any better than that it would never pass,
I wish everyone knew this.,
I wonder if Tom knew we had to do that.
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