With about 28 million speakers worldwide, Dutch is the third most widely-spoken Germanic language (after English and German, of course!). With Dutch being known for its varied, interesting, and long vocabulary (the longest Dutch word is 53 letters long!), we thought we’d take a deep dive into 14 unusual and delightful Dutch nouns. Are we …
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Have you ever heard any bike-related expressions in Dutch? If there is anything we can say about Dutch people it is that they love their ‘kaas‘, they love their ‘bier‘, and they love their ‘fiets‘. In fact, their love for bikes seems to go so far it has even infiltrated their language, giving us a …
If there was a type of potion that would magically improve your foreign language skills, would you take it? Turns out the answer had been right in front of us the whole time. Anyone who has ever learned a foreign language and then had a conversation in that language while under the influence of alcohol …
We all know every language has their own words, but even sounds are described differently around the world! Here is a list of 35 languages and how they translate the “knock knock” sound. Albanian – “Tak Tak” Arabic (Morocco) – “Dak Dak” Arabic (Syria) – “Taq Taq” / “Taa Taa” Bulgarian – ” чук …
Music // Muziek classics // klassiekers This list is a compilation of some of the most famous songs in the Dutch music history from all genres. The Dutch Classic Playlist pop music // popmuziek Acda en de Munnik, Marco Borsato, Eefje de Visser, Miss Montreal, Ilse DeLange, Waylon, Dotan, Nielson, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Mr. Probz, VanVelzen, Het …
Jumpstart your language learning journey by focussing on the most important words in Dutch. Are you interested in learning a new language? Or do you have a friend that desperately needs to get down the basics of yours? Whether you are simply interested in knowing the basics, or you are on the road to fluency, …