zelf

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Meaning

1. oneself, referring to the subject of a sentence: myself, yourself, itself, ourselves, themselves etc.
2. oneself, by oneself, alone

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zɛlf/

Cognate with English

self

Cognate with German

selbst

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Sentences

Ik heb de lamp zelf in elkaar gestoken .

I put the lamp together myself.

Mijn mama maakt zelf verse soep
🍲

.

My mom makes fresh soup herself.

Ik heb zelf een cake gebakken .

I baked a cake myself.

Zalig , heb je dat zelf voorgesteld ?

Blessed, did you propose that yourself?

Hier heb ik zelf ook altijd weer
🔁

op
🆙

gewezen .

Do you think I do not know that?

Verzamel je al die statistieken zelf ?

Do you collect all those statistics yourself?

Wij hebben daar ook belangen en die worden ook erkend door de regio zelf .

We have interests there, too, and the region itself does recognise them.

Ze smeert zelf haar boterhammen .

She makes her own sandwiches.

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