Language/Dutch
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Welcome to the Dutch learning page!
You will find below many free resources to learn and practice this language.
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Facts about Dutch
Dutch is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million people as a second language, constituting most of the population of the Netherlands and about 60% of the population of Belgium.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
nld
- Autonyms (how to write "Dutch" in Dutch):
Nederlands
- Other names for "Dutch":
Nederlands, Flemish, Vlaams, Hollands
- The Dutch language is spoken in:
Netherlands
Dutch Dictionaries
• Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal: dictionary of the Dutch language, etymology & middle Dutch
• Van Dale: Dutch dictionary & bilingual
• Reverso: Dutch-English dictionary & words in context
• Allwords: multilingual dictionary Dutch-English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
• Iate: multilingual terminological dictionary (European Union)
• Uitmuntend: Dutch-German dictionary & Dutch grammar (in German)
• LatijnNederlands: Latin-Dutch dictionary
• Etymologiebank: Dutch etymological dictionaries
• Etymological dictionary of Dutch: addenda, by Michiel de Vaan (2020)
• Leenwoordenboek: de invloed van andere talen op het Nederlands (Dictionary of the Dutch loanwords from other languages) by Nicoline van der Sijs (1996)
• Woordweter: dictionary of old, forgotten, regional words, with etymology, by Frits Stoffels
• Synoniemen.net: dictionary of synonyms
• Rijmwoordenboek.net: dictionary of rhymes
• Taalunie: place names: countries, regions, cities (+ audio)
• Meertens Institut: Dutch first names (Voornaam): origin & meaning
• Loecsen: Dutch-English common phrases (+ audio)
• Goethe-Verlag: Dutch-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• Shtooka: Dutch words, with translation (audio)
• Tatoeba: sentences in Dutch, with translation (audio)
• Van Goor's English-Dutch and Dutch-English dictionary by Franciscus Prick van Wely (1959)
• Engelsch woordenboek: Dutch-English dictionary by Karel Ten Bruggencate (1920)
• Hossfeld's Dutch dialogues & idiomatic phrases (1903)
• Dictionary of the English and Dutch language & the most usual proper names & list of the irregular verbs, by Dirk Bomhoff (1851)
• Dutch and English
• Zak-Woordenboek der Nederduitsche en Engelische Talen: Dutch-English & English-Dutch dictionary, by Baldwin Janson (1831)
• Compleat dictionary English and Dutch by William Sewel (1766)
• Dutch and English
• Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal: Etymological dictionary of the Dutch language by Jozef Vercoullie (1898)
• Etymologisch Handwoordenboek der nederduitsche Taal: Etymological dictionary of the Dutch language by Johannes Leonardus Terwen (1844)
• Verklarende lijst der Nederlandsche Woorden, die uit het Arabisch, Hebreewsch, Chaldeeuwsch, Perzisch en Turksch afkomstig zijn (Oosterlingen): Dutch words from Arabic, Hebraic, Chaldean, Persian, Turkish origin, by Reinhart Dozy (1867)
• Woordenweb: Dutch words with a Latin or Greek origin & translation into English, French
• Yiddish loanwords in Dutch by Jenia Gutova (2010)