Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
small, medium, large
Dutch translation:
klein, middel, groot
Jan 23, 2001 08:39
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English term
Eric Rick
small, medium, large
Non-PRO
English to Dutch
Bus/Financial
refers to sizes, like clothing sizes
Proposed translations
(Dutch)
| 0 | small, medium, large |
Carla Zwanenberg
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| 0 | klein, middel, groot |
traverse (X)
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| 0 | klein, medium, groot |
Evert DELOOF-SYS
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| 0 | idem |
Paul Adriaenssens
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Carla Zwanenberg
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
Netherlands
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Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands) 
Works in: English to Dutch, German to Dutch
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small, medium, large
In Dutch shops, that is in the Netherlands, we just use small, medium and large, I've never seen these words translated when refering to clothing sizes. If you want or have to translate them anyway, klein, middel and groot as suggested by Traverse and Delta will do fine.
Have a nice evening,
Carla
Have a nice evening,
Carla
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Comment: "Thanks for the extra explanation of the usage. I'm actually going to use these to describe sizes of medical implants, just used the clothing example to give some common context. Thanks for your help!"
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traverse (X)
traverse (X)
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klein, middel, groot
in sommige gevallen wordt ook "medium" gehandhaafd in een vertaling, maar "klein" en "groot" voor resp. "small" en "large" kun je in alle contexten gebruiken. Succes!
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Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Belgium
Native in Dutch
Belgium
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klein, medium, groot
Clothing sizes: S (small), M (medium), L(large), XL (extra large), XXL (extra large) is used over here as well
woulmd translate into: 'klein' (lit.: 'smal'), 'medium' or 'middelmaat', 'groot', 'extra groot'...
When related to companies, you'd have to use: 'klein', 'middelgroot' and 'groot'
HTH
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idem
in Belgium these terms are not translated either; you will often hear the pronunciation tampered with, though
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