het licht zien

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “to see the light”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈlɪxt ˈzin/, /(ɦ)ət ˈlɪxt ˈzin/

Verb

het licht zien

  1. (idiomatic) to see the light
    1. to become public, to be published
      Haar debuut zag dertig jaar geleden het licht.
      Her debut was published thirty years ago.
    2. to gain understanding
    3. (religion) to undergo a conversion
      Dus toen schreeuwde de rare oude man "wololo" tot mij voor de vierde keer en toen zag ik het licht.
      So then the strange old man yelled "wololo" at me for the fourth time and that's when I saw the light.

Inflection
Conjugation of het licht zien: see zien.
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