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smelten

smelten
to melt
From Lesson 116:The present passive voice (worden)·Dutch

Usages of smelten

Vandaag wordt het staal gesmolten.
Today the steel is melted.
Je snijdt het materiaal niet, maar het wordt gesmolten.
You do not cut the material, but it is melted.
We moeten roeren totdat de kaas smelt.
We must stir until the cheese melts.
Doordat de gletsjers smelten, stijgt de zeespiegel.
Because the glaciers melt, the sea level rises.
De kust wordt bedreigd doordat de gletsjers smelten.
The coast is threatened because the glaciers melt.
Door de hete lava dreigen de camera's te smelten.
Due to the hot lava, the cameras are at risk of melting.
De suiker is gesmolten.
The sugar has melted.
Hij heeft de suiker gesmolten.
He has melted the sugar.

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