Het valt niet uit te sluiten dat



Example: Het valt niet uit te sluiten dat het morgen regent.

Definition


"Het valt niet uit te sluiten dat" is a Dutch expression used to indicate that something cannot be ruled out or excluded as a possibility. For example, it means that there is a chance that the event may happen, such as rain tomorrow.

Translations


  • it cannot be ruled out that
  • no puede descartarse que
  • no es pot descartar que
  • il n'est pas exclu que
  • es kann nicht ausgeschlossen werden dass
  • non si può escludere che
  • não se pode excluir que

Etymology


The phrase "het valt niet uit te sluiten dat" comes from Dutch, where 'vallen' means 'to fall', 'niet uit te sluiten' means 'not to exclude'. Together, they express the idea that a certain outcome 'does not fall to be excluded', or simply, cannot be ruled out. Did you know this phrase is a common way to express uncertainty or possibility in Dutch?

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"Het valt niet uit te sluiten dat" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (B2) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used expressions.
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