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  3. /het ding

het ding

het ding
the thing
From Lesson 70:Complex diminutives (-pje, -etje, -kje)·Dutch

Usages of het ding

Wat is dit dingetje?
What is this little thing?
Iemand moet dit dingetje snel repareren.
Someone must repair this little thing quickly.
Noch hij noch zij bezit overbodige dingen.
Neither he nor she owns superfluous things.
Dit ding is te nutteloos om te bewaren.
This thing is too useless to keep.
U begreep de waarheid, aangezien u bepaalde dingen wilde weten.
You understood the truth, since you wanted to know certain things.
Zij wil niets anders dan chique dingen voor haar status.
She wants nothing but chic things for her status.
Afgezien van de meterstand moeten we nog twee dingen noteren.
Apart from the meter reading, we still need to note down two things.

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