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Learn Dutch: meten - to measure

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/meten

meten

Word

meten

Meaning

to measure

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Dummy subject with infinitives (het is ... om te)

Usages of meten

Het is gevaarlijk om iets nieuws in het laboratorium te meten.

It is dangerous to measure something new in the laboratory.

De wetenschapper had de stof geanalyseerd, want het is belangrijk om het effect te meten.

The scientist had analyzed the substance, because it is important to measure the effect.

De wetenschappers hadden niets gevaarlijks gemeten.

The scientists had measured nothing dangerous.

Het is makkelijk om het effect te meten, tenzij het laboratorium dicht is.

It is easy to measure the effect, unless the laboratory is closed.

Het is lastig om de stof zonder laboratorium te meten.

It is tricky to measure the substance without a laboratory.

De sterkte die de opticien gemeten heeft, is een stuk sterker.

The prescription that the optician measured is a lot stronger.

Verklaart de in het laboratorium gemeten toename het incident?

Does the increase measured in the laboratory explain the incident?

Men meet altijd eerst de lengte en dan de breedte.

One always measures the length first, and then the width.

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