"zeg maar" meaning in Dutch

See zeg maar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈzɛx maːr/ Audio: Nl-zeg maar.ogg
Etymology: Literally, “just say”. Head templates: {{head|nl|interjection}} zeg maar
  1. an expression that indicates the speaker's hesitation (e.g. unable to find a precise word to describe an idea) or simply as an expletive between two phrases or ideas; roughly equivalent to the English phrases you know, like, let's say
    Sense id: en-zeg_maar-nl-intj-K-Tb~nEb
  2. in other words
    Sense id: en-zeg_maar-nl-intj-rAH9I79l Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 31 69

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          "english": "I feel weird today, you know, just sad.",
          "text": "Ik voel me raar vandaag, zeg maar gewoon verdrietig.",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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