English-Dutch translations for orphan

wees
Het gezegde dat succes vele vaders heeft en mislukking een wees is, wil ik niet laten gelden. It is said that success has many fathers and failure is an orphan. Mevrouw de Voorzitter, een bekend gezegde luidt: "De overwinning heeft vele vaders, de nederlaag is een wees" . Madam President, there is a well-known saying: 'Victory has a thousand fathers, defeat is an orphan'. Kinderen, wees geworden of zonder contact met hun familieleden, zijn extra kwetsbaar in deze omstandigheden. Children who have been orphaned or separated from family members are particularly vulnerable in these circumstances.
weesjongen

weeskind
Het is zoals een arm weeskind, waar niemand zich om bekommert en waarvoor niemand echt verantwoordelijk is.It is like a poor orphan. No one really cares about it; no one is really responsible for it.
weesmeisje

A person, especially a minor#Noun|minor, both or one of whose parents have died
A person, especially a minor#Noun|minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them
Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise#Noun|demise or decision to abandon
Any unreferenced object
Deprived of parents (also
Remaining after the removal of some form of support
To deprive of parents
To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to

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