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„foolish" in Dutch
How do you say "foolish" in Dutch?
foolish
→
foppen
/tə fˈuːl/
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Translations · 4
- to fool→foppen
- the fool→de dwaas
- the fool→de gek
- the fool→de zot
Phrases · 6
- be foolish→Dom
- the foolish puppet→de dwaze pop
- to be foolish enough→dom genoeg zijn
- foolish mothers→dwaze moeders
- the wise and foolish builders→de wijze en dwaze bouwers
- It is foolish to expect success without verification.→Succes verwachten zonder verificatie is dom.
Example sentences · 20
- How foolish! → Hoe dwaas!
- I was foolish. → Ik was stom.
- Tom is foolish. → Tom is dwaas.
- He is a foolish man. → Hij is een dwaze man.
- Tom felt foolish. → Tom voelde zich belachelijk.
- The woman is not foolish. → Zij is niet dwaas.
- That seems foolish to me. → Dat lijkt me dwaas.
- Doing that would be foolish. → Het zou dom zijn dat te doen.
- How foolish I am to believe him! → Hoe dwaas ben ik om hem te geloven!
- Tom admitted he'd been foolish. → Tom gaf toe dat hij stom was geweest.
- You were foolish to do that again. → Het was dwaas van je om dat nog eens te doen.
- I was foolish enough to believe him. → Ik was dom genoeg om hem te geloven.
- Is she so foolish as to believe that? → Is ze zo dom, dat ze dat gelooft?
- A foolish head makes for weary feet. → Door een dwaas hoofd lijden de benen.
- It is foolish to read such a magazine. → Het is dwaas om zo'n tijdschrift te lezen.
- It was foolish of him to do such a thing. → Het was dom van hem om zoiets te doen.
- Didn't the foolish builder's house collapse? → Stortte het huis van de dwaze bouwer niet in?
- Pinocchio was a foolish puppet sometimes. → Pinocchio was soms een dwaze pop.
- Weren't the foolish virgins unprepared? → Waren de dwaze maagden niet onvoorbereid?
- The clown wore a foolish grin on his face. → De clown had een dwaze grijns op zijn gezicht.
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