Vocabulary
Themed word lists and the words that trip English speakers up.
Word lists 7
The 100 most useful Dutch words for beginners
The 100 most useful Dutch words for beginners in themed tables, from pronouns and verbs to question words, with articles, English and example sentences.
Dutch numbers, dates and telling the time
Count to a million in Dutch, say dates and years, read prices, and finally understand "tien voor half vier" with a full clock table.
Days of the week and months in Dutch (plus dates and seasons)
Dutch days of the week, months and seasons, parts of the day, the right prepositions, how to say dates, and everyday expressions like overmorgen.
Colours in Dutch: names, adjective endings and idioms
Learn the colours in Dutch, when they take -e (rood, rode), light and dark shades, colour nouns with het, and colourful idioms like een blauwtje lopen.
Dutch family words: from moeder to schoonzus
Learn Dutch family vocabulary with articles and plurals, from vader and zus to neef, nicht and schoonmoeder, plus how to talk about your family.
Dutch food vocabulary: from hagelslag to stamppot
Learn Dutch food and drink words with their articles, typical Dutch dishes, phrases for meals and how to ask for quantities like een ons or een pak.
Talking about the weather in Dutch: words, forecasts and small talk
Learn Dutch weather words and phrases, from het regent and het miezert to forecast language, easy small-talk lines and idioms like het regent pijpenstelen.
Tricky words 4
Confusing Dutch word pairs: kennen or weten, maken or doen?
Kennen or weten? Maken or doen? Toen, dan or als? Clear explanations and examples for the Dutch word pairs English speakers mix up most.
Dutch false friends: 25 words that don't mean what you think
Slim, brutaal, eventueel, kind, room, map... 25 Dutch false friends that trick English speakers, with what they really mean and the word you need instead.
How to say 'like' in Dutch (graag, leuk vinden, houden van and more)
All the ways to say 'like' in Dutch: graag, houden van, leuk vinden, mogen, bevallen, zin hebben in, zoals, net als and lijken op, with common mistakes.
15 common mistakes English speakers make in Dutch
From word order to false friends like eventueel and slim, here are 15 mistakes English speakers make in Dutch, with wrong and right examples.
Useful phrases 3
Giving your opinion in Dutch: ik vind, volgens mij and more
Learn how to give your opinion in Dutch with ik vind, volgens mij and ik denk dat, how to agree and disagree, and the difference between vinden and denken.
Telling a story in Dutch: tenses, toen and time words
Learn to tell a story in Dutch, with the perfect and simple past, time words like toen and daarna, reported speech, and a short example story.
Common Dutch abbreviations: bijv., d.w.z., i.v.m. and more
Learn the Dutch abbreviations you'll see in letters, forms and signs, like bijv., i.v.m., t/m and z.s.m., with full forms and English meanings.
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Everyday verbs
A1 · Twelve verbs you'll use every day — and how to conjugate them.
Asking questions
A1 · Ask who, what, where, when, why and how — and simple yes/no questions.
Introducing yourself
A1 · Your name, where you’re from and where you live.
Numbers
A1 · Count from zero to a hundred.
Days & telling time
A1 · Days of the week and what time it is.
In the shop
A1 · Buy things, ask for prices and point at what you want.