Example: Ik heb het gevoel dat het vandaag gaat regenen.
Definition
"Ik heb het gevoel dat" is a Dutch expression used to convey a personal intuition or suspicion about something likely to happen or be true. It means 'I have the feeling that' and is often used to introduce a guess or impression, as in 'Ik heb het gevoel dat het vandaag gaat regenen.'
Translations
I have the feeling that
tengo la sensación de que
tinc la sensació que
j'ai le sentiment que
ich habe das Gefühl dass
ho la sensazione che
eu sentir que
Etymology
The phrase "ik heb het gevoel dat" comes from Dutch, where 'ik' means 'I', 'heb' is the present form of 'have', 'het gevoel' means 'the feeling', and 'dat' means 'that'. Together, they form a natural way to express a subjective impression or hunch. Did you know? This phrase literally translates word-for-word into English as 'I have the feeling that', showing the close linguistic ties between Dutch and English.
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"Ik heb het gevoel dat" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (B1) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used expressions.
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