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What is the difference between brand and vuur ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between brand and vuur ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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vuur = (a) fire
brand = fire burning something/on fire
vuren = to fire (a gun)
branden = to burn
* Het dak staat in (de) brand.
- The roof is on fire.
* De grote brand van Londen van 1666
- The Great Fire of London of 1666
* Laat je eten niet aanbranden!
- Don't let your food burn!
* Er brandt een vuur in de open haard.
- There's a fire burning in the fireplace.
* Het vermogen om vuur te maken.
- The ability to make fire.
* De commandant van het
vuurpeloton schreeuwde: 'Vuur!'
- The commander of the firing squad
shouted: 'Fire!'
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het vuur = the flames
* het vuur in de open haard (fireplace)
de brand = the situation when a big object (a car, a house, a town) is on fire
* de grote brand van Londen (1666)
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- Dutch
Bij een brand is er altijd vuur, namelijk de vlammen. Maar brand is bovenal een ongewenst vuur. Dus als iets in brand staat dan is het ongewenst en roept men ook ābrand!ā. Anders noemen we het een āvuur(tje) stokenā of āiets verbrandenā.

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