Example: Niettemin blijft gelden dat eerlijkheid het belangrijkste is.
Definition
"Niettemin blijft gelden dat" is a Dutch phrase used to emphasize that despite other considerations or circumstances, a particular fact or principle still holds true. For example, it can stress that honesty remains the most important value regardless of other factors.
Translations
nevertheless it remains true that
sin embargo sigue siendo cierto que
tanmateix continua sent cert que
néanmoins il reste vrai que
nichtsdestotrotz gilt weiterhin dass
tuttavia rimane valido che
não deixa de ser válido que
Etymology
The phrase "niettemin blijft gelden dat" comes from Dutch, where "niettemin" means 'nevertheless' or 'nonetheless,' "blijft" is the third-person singular form of 'blijven,' meaning 'remains,' and "gelden" means 'to apply' or 'to hold true.' Together, they form a formal expression used to assert the continuing validity of a statement.
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"Niettemin blijft gelden dat" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (B2) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used expressions.
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