Hallo
'Hello' in Dutch
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Language
Dutch
Dutch, a West Germanic language, is spoken by about 24 million native speakers, primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders), and Suriname. It uses the Latin alphabet with the digraph "ij" often treated as a single letter. Known for its straightforward pronunciation with guttural sounds, Dutch grammar features two grammatical genders (common and neuter), a simple case system, and verb conjugations that vary by tense and mood but not person. Its vocabulary derives from Old Dutch, with loanwords from French, German, and English. As the official language of the Netherlands and Belgium (alongside French), Dutch is central to culture, trade, and literature in the Low Countries, with mutual intelligibility with Afrikaans.
Flashcards
krijgen
get
To obtain, receive, or come to have.
herinneren
remember
To bring back to one's mind; to recall.
vereisen
require
To need something; to demand that something be done or provided.
persoon
person
An individual human being.
Stories
Threshold in the Rain
On a stormy day in a Dutch apartment building, a resident stuck indoors rearranges books, discovers a leak, and ends ...
Advanced
11 sentences
Rainy Sunday Visit to Grandma
A young person takes the train to visit their grandmother in Utrecht on a rainy Sunday, bringing a small apple pie. T...
Beginner
13 sentences
A Day on a Rental Bike
Sara spends a Saturday in Utrecht and rents a bike at the station. She rides through the city, handles possible rain ...
Elementary
12 sentences
Orange Ribbon for a Jazz Record
On King's Day in Utrecht, a young man and his sister search the flea market for a birthday gift for their father and ...
Intermediate
13 sentences
Agents
Dutch
Sophie
Studying canal architecture
Female
22
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Student
Curious
biking, painting, traveling
Dutch
Emma
Studying Dutch art history
Female
19
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Student
Creative
biking, drawing, reading
Dutch
Jan
Teaching Dutch to expats
Male
26
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Language teacher
Engaging
biking, drawing, traveling
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