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"she" in Dutch

zij
She. The Dutch for "she" is "zij".
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Summary

The Dutch translation for “she” is zij.

Pronounced the same

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she (short form) ze
you (formal) u
them (indirect object) hun
them ze
you ge

Examples of "she" in use

There are 98 examples of the Dutch word for "she" being used:
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She again struck a match on the wall, and again it became bright around her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet loving in her appearance. Zij streek weer een lucifertje tegen den muur af, het werd weer helder, en in den glans daarvan stond haar oude grootmoeder, helder en glinsterend, vriendelijk en liefderijk.
She gave him a piercing look. Zij keek hem doordringend aan.
She concealed her double chin with scarves. Zij verborg haar onderkin met sjaals.
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.
She practices divination with tarot cards. Zij beoefent waarzeggerij met tarotkaarten.
She has a valid reason to be absent. Zij heeft een deugdelijke reden om afwezig te zijn.
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.
She took the child’s temperature to see if they had a fever. Zij temperatuurde het kind om te zien of het koorts had.

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"she" Practice (77)
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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.,
After saying this, she grabbed it and stroked its feathers smooth.,
And she lit all the matches in the box, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her.,
And so they went to the duck cage.,
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.,
And yet she said she was a true princess.,
and, see, she has a red patch on her leg,
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 now she became colder, but she didn't dare to go home.,
but she didn’t think about that,
but she had poor eyesight, and therefore she thought, that this duckling must be a fat duck, who had got lost,
Do you think maybe she would like to swim, and to let the water splash over her head?,
Does she speak English?,
For sure, her father would beat her, and at home it was also cold.,
Her little feet she had drawn under her.,
How is she?,
In a corner formed by two houses, one of which protruded a little more than the other, she squatted down.,
In an old apron she carried a number of matchboxes, she was holding one of them in her hand.,
It shone towards the little girl, as if she was sitting at a large iron stove.,
It was a warm, bright flame, like a light, as she held her hands over it.
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