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"not" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “not” is niet.

Examples of "not" in use

There are 479 examples of the Dutch word for "not" being used:
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no longer that of a cumbersome, grey, ugly bird niet meer die van een logge, grauwe, lelijke vogel
Come on, let’s not distract Tom from his work. Kom op, laten we Tom niet afleiden van zijn werk.
No, Mary isn’t my stepsister, she’s my half sister. Neen, Maria is niet mijn stiefzuster, zij is mijn halfzuster.
You may not judge the servant of another person. U mag de bediende van een ander niet beoordelen.
But now she became colder, but she didn't dare to go home. Maar nu werd zij nog kouder, en naar huis durfde zij niet.
I had no idea that Mary was your granddaughter. Ik wist niet dat Mary jouw kleindochter was.
The laws are there, but they are not observed. De wetten zijn er, maar ze worden niet nageleefd.
If God did not exist, we’d have to invent him. Als God niet bestond, zouden we hem moeten verzinnen.
Oh, it could not forget those beautiful, happy birds O, het kon die mooie, gelukkige vogels niet vergeten
Wisdom does not automatically come with age. Wijsheid komt niet automatisch met de leeftijd.

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a non-governmental organisation,
A storm prevented the plane from taking off.,
According to Tom, that’s not going to happen.,
After he had received a new kidney, he no longer had to have dialysis.,
After internal consultation, your candidacy has not been accepted.,
All the efforts of the doctors were of no avail.,
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 he began to feel such a great longing for a swim on the water, that he could not help telling the hen.,
Aren’t you even a little curious?,
Aren’t you going to introduce us?,
At first he did not realize that he had won the speech contest.,
At such moments I don’t think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains.,
At the last minute, he decided not to go.,
Banking does not have to be difficult and time-consuming.,
Bob could not control his anger.,
But now she became colder, but she didn't dare to go home.,
but she didn’t think about that,
But that doesn’t bother him one bit.,
But that doesn’t matter!,
But the newspaper stressed that it will not be sufficient to meet the stated climate goals.
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