What does om te beginnen in Dutch mean?

What is the meaning of the word om te beginnen in Dutch? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use om te beginnen in Dutch.

The word om te beginnen in Dutch means ten eerste, op de eerste plaats, om te beginnen, om te beginnen. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word om te beginnen

ten eerste, op de eerste plaats, om te beginnen

(firstly)

Waarom vind ik hem niet leuk? In de eerste plaats omdat hij zich niet wast.
Why don't I like him? Well, in the first place, he doesn't wash.

om te beginnen

(informal (the first reason is)

No, you can't go out! For one thing, you can't afford it.

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Dutch (Nederlands) is a language of the Western branch of the Germanic languages, spoken daily as a mother tongue by about 23 million people in the European Union — mainly living in the Netherlands and Belgium — and second language of 5 million people. Dutch is one of the languages closely related to German and English and is considered a mixture of the two.