the – English–Nederlands translations

🇬🇧 en nl 🇳🇱

the article

  /jiː/ , /ðeː/ , /ði/ , /ði/ [ðɪj] , /ðiː/ , /ðə/ , /θeː/
  • stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention
  • used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class
  • with a superlative
  • used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts
  • with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”
 de
  • article
 de, het

the adverb

  /jiː/ , /ðeː/ , /ði/ , /ði/ [ðɪj] , /ðiː/ , /ðə/ , /θeː/
  • the + comparative, the + comparative
 des te + comp., des te + comp., hoe + comp., des te + comp., hoe + comp., hoe + comp.
Acts of the Apostles
Handelingen van de apostelen, Handelingen
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent en de Grenadines
The Hague
Den Haag, 's-Gravenhage, De Haag
will o' the wisp
dwaallicht, hersenschim
shoot the breeze
babbelen, kletsen
lily of the valley
lelietje-van-dalen, meiklokje
on the other hand
daarentegen, anderzijds
the end
einde
on the contrary
integendeel

🇳🇱 nl en 🇬🇧

use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as voorheen or vroeger
used to
Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper
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