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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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don’t silence the voices of the children de stemmen van de kinderen niet doen verstommen
I do not know whether to accept or to refuse. Ik weet niet of ik het zou aanvaarden of afwijzen.
It lay there for two whole days; then two wild geese or, rather said, gannets came to him; it was not that long ago that they hatched from the egg, and that is why they were so overconfident. Zo lag het twee hele dagen; toen kwamen er twee wilde ganzen of, liever gezegd, genten naar hem toe; het was nog niet lang geleden, dat zij uit het ei gekropen waren, en daarom waren zij zo overmoedig.
Or have the planets sometimes not revealed that to you? Of hebben de planeten dat soms niet aan je onthuld?
After internal consultation, your candidacy has not been accepted. Na intern overleg is je kandidatuur niet weerhouden.
Despite his best attempts, the car would not start. De auto wou niet starten ondanks zijn inspanningen.
He wasn’t pearly white and translucent any more. Hij was niet parelwit en doorschijnend meer.
She was so shocked that she couldn’t speak. Ze was zodanig geschrokken dat ze niet kon praten.
though I do not immediately have a ready alternative al heb ik ook niet meteen een pasklaar alternatief
we didn’t give it the proper attention then wij schonken daar toen niet de juiste aandacht aan

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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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