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By Bieneke Berendsen

The Dutch do not make a difference between 'someone' and 'anyone'. They are both called iemand.

Iemand and niemand are singular pronouns.

Dutch Application English
iemand singular someone, anyone
niemand singular noone
Heb je het al aan iemand verteld? Did you already tell anyone?
Ik heb het al aan iemand verteld. I already told it to someone.
Nee, ik heb het nog aan niemand verteld. No, I did not tell anyone yet.
Niemand mag het weten. Noone is allowed to know.

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