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Learn Dutch: overleven - to survive

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/Concession (ondanks dat)
/overleven

overleven

Word

overleven

Meaning

to survive

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Concession (ondanks dat)

Usages of overleven

Je kunt in de wildernis overleven.

You can survive in the wilderness.

Hij wil de wildernis overleven.

He wants to survive the wilderness.

Ondanks dat de kou extreem is, overleven we.

Even though the cold is extreme, we survive.

Het konijn overleeft de operatie wel. De dierenarts is namelijk uitstekend.

The rabbit will survive the operation. The vet is excellent, you see.

Ik eet de smaakloze vis zodat ik overleef.

I eat the tasteless fish so that I survive.

We bouwen koloniën zodat we overleven.

We build colonies so that we survive.

Nauwelijks hadden we de looping overleefd, of het karretje stopte.

Hardly had we survived the loop, when the cart stopped.

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