#Wie würde man das niederländische Wort „wel“ ins Deutsche übersetzen?

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wohl/doch/denn/schon, depends on the context. Modalpartikel are complicated.

i'll go through the examples:

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you'd say: "Doch, ich mag Schokolade" or "Ich mag Schokolade wohl!", where the latter might be a little irritated/annoyed

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"Was magst du denn dann?"

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"Das kann ich wohl machen." >> but it's not necessarily exactly the same meaning, as it does not carry the "not a big deal"-sentiment necessarily

"Ich kann das schon machen." >> this one carries more of the "not a big deal" sentiment

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closest i can think of would be: "ganz", like in the example:

"Sie ist ganze 3 Wochen krank gewesen" >> but it's not necessarily putting emphasise on how big the number is

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nothing really here:

"Du bist schwer gestürzt! ("Du bist schwer hingefallen" >> but that sounds less idiomatic, more like a direct translation) "Geht's dir gut"? > "Ja, mir geht's gut, dank dir."

"Petra kann ziemlich/schon schön singen"

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clearly "schon":

Ich spreche kein Englisch, aber ich spreche schon Französisch

Er ist unaufmerksam, aber schon anwesend.

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it's interesting that it's related to german "wohl" and swedish "väl" but doesn't share their most common sentiment, which is: "likely", "there's reason to believe that ..." and also almost has lost the other popular meaning, which is close to the english: "well", like:

välmående / Wohlbefinden / well-being