willen zeggen in Dutch

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Etymology: Literally, “to want to say”. Possibly a calque of French vouloir dire. Compare many similar constructions in Romance languages such as French vouloir dire, Spanish querer decir, etc. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|to want to say}} “to want to say”, {{lit|to want to say}} Literally, “to want to say”, {{clq|nl|fr|vouloir dire|nocap=1}} calque of French vouloir dire, {{cog|fr|vouloir dire}} French vouloir dire, {{cog|es|querer decir}} Spanish querer decir Head templates: {{nl-verb}} willen zeggen Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-see|willen}}

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"willen zeggen" meaning in Dutch

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