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zeggen werkwoord | say [said, said, saying, says](to communicate verbally or in writing) tell [told, told, telling, tells](to pass information) utter [uttered, uttering, utters]verb |
zeggen van werkwoord | be like(say) |
zeggen zoals het is werkwoord | call a spade a spade(to speak the truth) |
zeggenschap substantief {f} | say [says](chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide) |
daden zeggen meer dan woorden phrase | actions speak louder than words(actions indicate true sentiments) |
dat kan je gerust zeggen phrase | you can say that again(that is very true) |
dat wil zeggen bijwoord | that is(in other words) |
een belletje doen rinkelen; iets zeggen werkwoord | ring a bell(to seem vaguely familiar) |
gedag zeggen werkwoord | say goodbye(wish someone farewell upon their leaving) |
geen woorden maar daden; daden zeggen meer dan woorden phrase | actions speak louder than words(it is more effective to act than speak) |
herzeggen werkwoord | repeat [repeated, repeating, repeats](do or say again) |
laten wij zeggen werkwoord | say [said, said, saying, says](imperative: let's say) |
moet ook b zeggen | in for a penny, in for a pound(Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof) |
nazeggen werkwoord | parrot [parroted, parroting, parrots](to repeat exactly without showing understanding) |
nietszeggend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | vacuous(lacking meaningful content) |
om niet te zeggen voegwoord | not to say(even; perhaps; almost) |
ontzeggen werkwoord | abnegate [abnegated, abnegating, abnegates](to deny oneself something) forbid [forbade, forbidden, forbidding, forbids](to disallow) |
opzeggen werkwoord | denounce [denounced, denouncing, denounces](to announce the termination of; especially a treaty) line [lined, lining, lines](to read or repeat line by line) say [said, said, saying, says](to recite) |
terugzeggen werkwoord | echo [echoed, echoing, echoes](to repeat back what another has just said) |
vaarwel zeggen werkwoord | say goodbye(wish someone farewell upon their leaving) |
van horen zeggen substantief | hearsay(information that was heard by one person about another) |
waarzeggen werkwoord | augur [augured, auguring, augurs](to foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events) divine [divined, divining, divines](foretell (something)) |
wie zal het zeggen? phrase | who knows(rhetorical question: one doesn't know) |
willen zeggen werkwoord | mean [meant, meant, meaning, means](to convey, indicate) |