A1 · 37 words
Odds and ends for every day in Dutch
Phone, money, time and work — words that keep coming up.
Practise this list
From these 37 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
More about this list
This list holds what is needed everywhere and belongs nowhere in particular. Watch the words English speakers easily misuse: de tijd is “time”, but het tijdschrift is a magazine; het werkis “work” as an activityde baanis a job A few look just like English and behave differently: de les is a lesson or class, and de keer is “time” in the sense of “once”, “twice”, not the clock. Remember the article too: het boek is a het word, de krant a de word.
The words
Verb (6)
kostento costVerbA1
The noun de kosten is only plural: “the costs”.
spelento playVerbA1
openento openVerbA1
In everyday speech mostly opendoen or opengaan.
sluitento closeVerbA1
beginnento begin, to startVerbA1
begon – begonnen.
stoppento stopVerbA1
Adverb (8)
graaggladly, with pleasureAdverbA1
English has no adverb for this: graag after a verb means “like to”. Ik drink graag thee is “I like to drink tea”.
misschienperhaps, maybeAdverbA1
samentogetherAdverbA1
alleenalone; onlyAdverbA1
altijdalwaysAdverbA1
nooitneverAdverbA1
No second negative: Ik drink nooit koffie, not “I don’t never”.
vaakoftenAdverbA1
somssometimesAdverbA1
Noun (de) (13)
de tijdtimeNoun (de)A1
Literally “have you got time for a moment”. Not to be confused with het tijdschrift, a magazine.
de euroeuroNoun (de)A1
After a number, money and measures stay singular: vijf euro, twee kilo.
de centcentNoun (de)A1
de krantnewspaperNoun (de)A1
de telefoontelephone, phoneNoun (de)A1
The mobile phone is de mobiel in the Netherlands, de gsm in Flanders.
de briefletterNoun (de)A1
de leslesson, classNoun (de)A1
de vraagquestionNoun (de)A1
You “put” a question: een vraag stellen.
de taallanguageNoun (de)A1
de keertime, occasionNoun (de)A1
één keer “once”, twee keer “twice”. For the clock, de tijd.
de fotophotoNoun (de)A1
You “make” a photo in Dutch: een foto maken.
de muziekmusicNoun (de)A1
de filmfilmNoun (de)A1
You “look at” a film: een film kijken.
Noun (het) (10)
het geldmoneyNoun (het)A1
Always singular: het geld, never “moneys”.
het werkworkNoun (het)A1
A het word. For a particular job, de baan.
het boekbookNoun (het)A1
het nummernumberNoun (het)A1
het antwoordanswerNoun (het)A1
het woordwordNoun (het)A1
het landcountryNoun (het)A1
Also “land” as opposed to sea: aan land.
het dingthingNoun (het)A1
het probleemproblemNoun (het)A1
het cadeaupresent, giftNoun (het)A1
Plural cadeaus. Pronounced “kah-DOH”.
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This list belongs to Greeting, talking, giving opinions — five lists and 191 words that can also be practised as a whole.