aan het

Dutch

Alternative forms

• aan't (informal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːnət/ (normal)
• IPA^(key): /aːnt/ (contracted)
• IPA^(key): /aːnɦət/, /aːnɦɛt/ (formal; spelling pronunciation)

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Particle

aan het

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aan,‎ het.
2. Forms the continuous aspect, together with the gerund and with zijn as auxiliary verb.

   Ik ben aan het eten.

   I am eating. (lit. I am on the eat. / I am at eating.)

   Ik was aan het eten.

   I was eating. (lit. I was on the eat. / I was at eating.)

   Wat ben je aan het doen?

   What are you doing? (lit. What are you on the do? / What are you at doing?)

   Ik ben de afwas aan het doen.

   I am washing up. (lit. I am the wash-up on the do. / I am at washing up.)