What do you want to learn?
Jump straight to an area of interest, a grammar topic or a practice tool.
Lessons by topic
First steps
Greetings, numbers, time and the questions you need from day one.
People & relationships
Family, feelings, describing people and the big moments in life.
Food & shopping
Groceries, cafés, restaurants, cooking, clothes and shopping online.
Home & daily life
Your routine, your home, the weather and what you did at the weekend.
Travel & outdoors
Finding your way, trains and buses, hotels, nature and camping.
Work, study & admin
Jobs, meetings, emails, the town hall, the bank, school and education.
Health & emergencies
Your body, the doctor and what to say when something goes wrong.
Free time & culture
Hobbies, sport, going out, invitations, plans and Dutch traditions.
Media & online
Social media, staying safe online, music and books.
News & society
The environment, the news, politics and talking about numbers and trends.
Speaking & writing well
Debating, complaining, negotiating, storytelling, emails, meetings and the little words that set the tone.
B2 · Upper intermediate
Complex grammar plus the economy, science, diplomacy at work and media literacy.
C1 · Advanced
Register, collocations, figurative language, connectors, hedging, debate and academic Dutch.
C2 · Mastery
Archaic forms, near-synonyms, wordplay, legal and literary Dutch, regional variation and irony.
Grammar focus
Lessons built around one grammar topic: tenses, de/het, word order and more.
Guides by category
Grammar
How Dutch sentences work — nouns, verbs, word order and all the small words in between.
Vocabulary
Themed word lists and the words that trip English speakers up.
Pronunciation & spelling
Sound Dutch and write it correctly — from the g to the dt-rule.
Idioms & expressions
Colourful sayings, proverbs and the everyday phrases you hear all the time.
Culture & communication
Greetings, messages, traditions and the differences between the Netherlands and Flanders.
Living in the Netherlands
The words and phrases you need for renting, healthcare, school, work and paperwork.
Advanced Dutch (B2–C2)
In-depth theory for upper-intermediate, advanced and near-native learners.
Learning Dutch
How to study effectively and what to expect from the integration exam.
Exercises by level
A1 exercises
62 reading texts and 242 drills for verbs, prepositions, adjectives and word order.
A2 exercises
62 reading texts and 242 drills for verbs, prepositions, adjectives and word order.
B1 exercises
62 reading texts and 242 drills for verbs, prepositions, adjectives and word order.
B2 exercises
62 reading texts and 242 drills for verbs, prepositions, adjectives and word order.
C1 exercises
62 reading texts and 142 drills for verbs, prepositions, adjectives and word order.
C2 exercises
12 reading texts and 142 drills for verbs, prepositions, adjectives and word order.
Practice tools
Exercises
Reading texts with questions, plus drills for verbs, prepositions, adjectives and word order — A1 to C2.
Review
Spaced-repetition flashcards for every word from the lessons you've finished.
De or het? trainer
Drill the article of 908 nouns by theme, with the rule behind each one.
Dutch idioms
Browse 243 idioms and sayings by theme and test yourself.
Vocabulary list
Every word in the course, searchable, with audio.
Verb conjugations
Full tables for 124 common verbs in every tense, with examples.
Course by level
A1 · Beginner
17 units: First words, Numbers & time, People & things, Food & drink, Getting around, Daily life, Shopping, Me and my day, Learning & describing, Everyday words, Home, tech & days out, Getting by, Eating at home, Getting ready, Family & visitors, Out and about, Fun & free time.
A2 · Elementary
22 units: The past, Health, Work & opinions, Home & plans, Free time, Travel, Getting things done, People, De or het?, Life admin, Going out, Living in the Netherlands, Nature & relationships, Health & wellbeing, Working life, Around town, Media & online, Home & garden, On the road & in the air, Out & about, Health & care, Money & community.
B1 · Intermediate
14 units: Grammar in context, Expressing yourself, Society & culture, Communicating well, News & society, Grammar workshop, Speaking & writing well, Grammar workshop 2, Grammar workshop 3, Housing & community, Health, sport & food, Travel & culture, Career & learning, Modern life.
B2 · Upper intermediate
12 units: Advanced grammar (B2), Work, society & media (B2), Housing & society (B2), Working life (B2), Money, energy & water (B2), Technology, health & justice (B2), Culture, sport & communication (B2), Education & innovation (B2), Work & business today (B2), Mobility & nature (B2), Society, news & history (B2), Media, stage & service (B2).
C1 · Advanced
12 units: Style & register (C1), Argument & nuance (C1), Meetings & leadership (C1), Writing with purpose (C1), Speaking in public (C1), Ideas & society (C1), Negotiating & agreements (C1), Strategy & projects (C1), Numbers, evidence & funding (C1), Policy debates (C1), Culture & criticism (C1), Tact & formality (C1).
C2 · Mastery
12 units: Mastery (C2), Language & culture (C2), Literature & rhetoric (C2), Translation & borrowing (C2), Spelling, media & street language (C2), Idiom & heritage (C2), Between the lines (C2), Essays, columns & satire (C2), Translating, mediating & precision (C2), Art, music & taste (C2), Parliament, sport & society (C2), Dutch worldwide & new words (C2).