Dutch-English translation for "strikken"

 

"strikken" English translation

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strikken {verb}

strikken {vb} (also: toebinden, vastknopen, afbinden, knopen)

to tie {vb}

Op deze manier hebben ze meesten van ons leren veters strikken.

This is the way that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

Ik heb echter ook het idee dat velen, zo niet de meerderheid van jullie jullie schoenen verkeerd strikken.

However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

strikken.

Now up until that moment, I would have thought that, by age 50, one of the life skills that I had really nailed was tying my shoes.

strikken {vb} (also: vangen)

to enmesh {vb}

strikken {vb} (also: vangen)

strikken {vb} (also: ophangen)

to noose {vb}
 

Usage examples

Usage examples for "strikken" in English

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Wij moeten ons niet laten strikken.

We must not allow ourselves to fall into this trap.

Washington Post-verslaggever Gene Weingarten besloot hem te strikken voor een gewaagd experiment.

And the Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten decided to enlist him for an audacious experiment.

Ik heb echter ook het idee dat velen, zo niet de meerderheid van jullie jullie schoenen verkeerd strikken.

However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

Tot dat moment zou ik hebben gedacht dat ik op de leeftijd van 50, toch een van de vaardigheden van het leven echt doorhad, namelijk veters strikken.

Now up until that moment, I would have thought that, by age 50, one of the life skills that I had really nailed was tying my shoes.

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