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"so" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “so” is zo.

Pronounced the same

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so dus

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so that zodat

Examples of "so" in use

There are 103 examples of the Dutch word for "so" being used:
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she is of Spanish descent, which is why she is so fat zij is van Spaanse afkomst, daarom is zij zo dik
My foot is so fat that it no longer fits in my shoe. Mijn voet is zo dik dat hij niet meer in mijn schoen past.
In the majority of states here, the laws are not that strict. In de meeste staten hier, zijn de wetten niet zo streng.
“Listen, companion!” they said; “You are so ugly that you fit well with us.” “Hoor eens, kameraad!” zeiden zij; “je bent zo lelijk, dat je goed bij ons past.”
“Besides, it is a drake,“ they said; “and that is why it doesn’t matter that much.“ “Bovendien is het een woerd,” zeide zij; “en daarom doet het er zo veel niet toe.”
So he came home again and was sad, because he really wanted to have a real princess. Zo kwam hij dan weer thuis en was treurig, want hij wilde toch zo heel graag een echte prinses hebben.
“Look, that is how it goes in the world now!“ said the mother of the ducklings, and she was sticking out her beak, because she also wanted the eel head. “ “Kijk, zo gaat het nu in de wereld!” zei de moeder der eendjes, en zij stak haar snavel al uit, want zij wilde de palingkop ook wel hebben.”
Keep your decency and bow to the old duck you see there: that is the most important of all; she is of Spanish descent, which is why she is so fat. Houdt je fatsoen en maak een buiging voor de oude eend, die je daar ziet: dat is de voornaamste van alle; zij is van Spaanse afkomst, daarom is zij zo dik.
Don’t speak so fast. Praat niet zo snel.
Am I that transparent? Ben ik zo doorzichtig?

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a branch that was as thick as a python,
A lie has no legs.,
Am I that transparent?,
Am I that transparent?,
And she lit all the matches in the box, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her.,
And so it stayed motionless, while the hail whirled through the reeds and one shot after another banged,
and so the duckling was allowed to remain on trial for three weeks,
And so the duckling went away,
And so they went to the duck cage.,
And so they were as good as home.,
as soon as possible,
As they climbed higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt wonderfully weary,
But the poor duckling that had hatched last and looked so ugly was bitten, bumped and fooled by both the ducks and the chickens.,
But they will kill me, because I, who am so ugly, dare to approach them,
Don’t put your legs inward like that!,
Don’t speak so fast.,
Everyone wants to pay as little as possible.,
First later on the day it became quiet; but the poor duckling did not dare to get up yet; it waited several hours more, before it turned around, and then it rushed out of the swamp as fast as it could.,
Gustav was so distracted early this morning that he accidentally put on two different socks.,
He is really not that bad.
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