Example: Ik heb het gevoel dat het vandaag gaat regenen.
Definition
"Het gevoel hebben" means to have a sensation or intuition about something, often referring to an impression or belief that something might be true without definite proof. It expresses a subjective feeling or hunch, as in "Ik heb het gevoel dat het vandaag gaat regenen" (I have the feeling that it will rain today).
Translations
to have the feeling
tener la sensación
tenir la sensació
avoir le sentiment
das Gefühl haben
avere la sensazione
ter a sensação
Etymology
The phrase "het gevoel hebben" comes from Dutch, where "gevoel" means 'feeling' or 'sense', and "hebben" means 'to have'. Together, they literally translate to 'to have the feeling'. This expression reflects the way Dutch combines a noun and a verb to convey a state of experiencing an internal sensation or intuition.
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"Het gevoel hebben" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (A2) - set 1", containing 106 commonly used expressions.
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to have the feeling