aan het
Dutch
Alternative forms
- aan't (informal)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːnət/ (normal)
- IPA(key): /aːnt/ (contracted)
- IPA(key): /aːnɦət/, /aːnɦɛt/ (overly formal; spelling pronunciation)
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Particle
- For non-idiomatic uses, see aan, het.
- Aan het eind van de straat moet je links afslaan.
- At the end of the street you must turn left.
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- Forms the continuous aspect, together with the gerund (which in Dutch matches the infinitive) and with zijn as auxiliary verb.
- Ik ben aan het eten.
- I am eating. (lit. I am at the eating.)
- Ik was aan het eten.
- I was eating. (lit. I was at the eating.)
- Wat ben je aan het doen?
- What are you doing? (lit. What are you at the doing?)
- Ik ben de afwas aan het doen.
- I am washing up. (lit. I am the wash-up at the doing.)
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