zij

• Pron

  1. Third person singular feminine subject pronoun; she
  2. Third person plural subject pronoun; they

• Noun
• Noun
• Verb

stonden

• Noun

  plural of stond

• Verb

aan het

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aan, het.
2. Forms the continuous aspect, together with the gerund and with zijn as auxiliary verb.

roer

• Noun

  1. A boat's wheel
  2. A rudder, device to steer a vessel
  3. (used absolutely, with the definite article: het roer) control

• Verb

toen

• Adv

  1. then, subsequently (at a time in the past)
  2. back then, at the time, in those days

• Conj

dit

• Det

  this (neuter); referring to a thing or a person closer by.

• Pron

alles

everything

gebeurde

1. inflection of gebeuren:
2. inflection of gebeuren: