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when meaning in Dutch

English	Dutch
when (as soon as, at the time that) conjunction [UK: wen] [US: hwen]	alsvoegwoord wanneervoegwoord zodravoegwoord
when (at what time, as a direct question) adverb [UK: wen] [US: hwen]	wanneerbijwoord
when (what time; which time) pronoun [UK: wen] [US: hwen]	wanneerpronoun
when conjunction [UK: wen] [US: hwen]	toenvoegwoord
when Hell freezes over (never) adverb [UK: wen hel ˈfriː.zɪz ˈəʊv.ə(r)] [US: hwen ˈhel ˈfriː.zəz ˈoʊv.r̩]	als Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallenbijwoord met sint-juttemisbijwoord wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallenbijwoord
when in Rome, do as the Romans do (behave as those around do) phrase [UK: wen ɪn rəʊm duː əz ðə ˈrəʊ.mənz duː] [US: hwen ɪn roʊm ˈduː ˈæz ðə ˈroʊ.mənz ˈduː]	's lands eerphrase 's lands wijsphrase
when pigs fly (never, expressed by an idiom) adverb [UK: wen pɪɡz flaɪ] [US: hwen ˈpɪɡz ˈflaɪ]	)bijwoord met sint-juttemisbijwoord wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallenbijwoord
when push comes to shove (when the pressure is on) phrase	als puntje bij paaltje komtphrase
when the cat's away (People take advantage of the absence of authority) phrase	als de kat van huis isphrase
when the cat's away the mice will play (in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances) phrase [UK: wen ðə ˈkæts ə.ˈweɪ ðə maɪs wɪl ˈpleɪ] [US: hwen ðə ˈkæts ə.ˈweɪ ðə ˈmaɪs wɪl ˈpleɪ]	als de kat van huis isphrase dansen de muizen op tafelphrase
whence (from where; from which place or source) adverb [UK: wens] [US: hwens]	waarvandaanbijwoord
whence conjunction [UK: wens] [US: hwens]	waar … vandaan…voegwoord
whenever conjunction [UK: wen.ˈev.ə(r)] [US: hwen.ˈev.r̩]	wanneer ookvoegwoord

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