"waroom" meaning in Dutch

See waroom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Head templates: {{nl-adv}} waroom
  1. misspelling of waarom Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: waarom
    Sense id: en-waroom-nl-adv-R7-DW8le Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "english": "But mummy, hwy specifically sugar?",
          "ref": "1932, Bataviaasch nieuwsblad, volume 47, number 158, page 12:",
          "text": "Maar mama, waroom juist suiker?",
          "translation": "But mummy, hwy specifically sugar?",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "english": "And hwy would one do that? As an homage to purists like Charivarius?",
          "ref": "1955, H. van Straten, P. van Ostaijen, “Tweemaal nee”, in Het vrije volk, volume 10, number 3024, page 13:",
          "text": "En waroom zou men dat doen? Als eerbetoon aan puristen à la Charivarius?",
          "translation": "And hwy would one do that? As an homage to purists like Charivarius?",
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          "english": "„Wy, child.” Then Jannie confessed to him her biggest worry of the last years.",
          "ref": "1981, J. Visser-Roosendaal, “De Lage Hoek”, in Trouw, volume 39, number 11399, page 17:",
          "text": "„Waroom, kind.” Toen onthulde Jannie hem haar grootste zorg van de laatste jaren.",
          "translation": "„Wy, child.” Then Jannie confessed to him her biggest worry of the last years.",
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          "ref": "1932, Bataviaasch nieuwsblad, volume 47, number 158, page 12:",
          "text": "Maar mama, waroom juist suiker?",
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          "text": "En waroom zou men dat doen? Als eerbetoon aan puristen à la Charivarius?",
          "translation": "And hwy would one do that? As an homage to purists like Charivarius?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "english": "„Wy, child.” Then Jannie confessed to him her biggest worry of the last years.",
          "ref": "1981, J. Visser-Roosendaal, “De Lage Hoek”, in Trouw, volume 39, number 11399, page 17:",
          "text": "„Waroom, kind.” Toen onthulde Jannie hem haar grootste zorg van de laatste jaren.",
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          "type": "quotation"
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