B1 · 32 words
Office and colleagues in Dutch
Minutes, deadlines, consultation — the language of the workplace.
Practise this list
From these 32 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
In a Dutch office people mostly say je to each other, even to the boss. A meeting has an agenda, de agenda — which is also the ordinary Dutch word for a diary — and at the end the minutes, de notulen. Many expressions come from English: de deadline. But het overleg is Dutch and means “consultation, a talk together”. Even overleggen is what you say before you decide something.
The words
Verb (7)
overleggento consult, to discuss with each otherVerbB1
afrondento complete, to finish offVerbB1
Separable: ik rond af.
delegerento delegateVerbB1
samenwerkento work together, to collaborateVerbB1
Separable: we werken samen.
doorsturento forwardVerbB1
Separable: ik stuur door.
bijwonento attendVerbB1
Separable: ik woon bij.
inwerkento show somebody the ropes, to train inVerbB1
Separable: ik werk in.
Noun (1)
de notulenthe minutesNounB1
Always plural in Dutch.
Phrase (1)
de vrije dag opnemento take a day offPhraseB1
Noun (het) (6)
het overlegthe consultation; the discussionNoun (het)B1
het agendapuntthe agenda itemNoun (het)B1
het koffieapparaatthe coffee machineNoun (het)B1
het functioneringsgesprekthe performance reviewNoun (het)B1
het verlofthe leaveNoun (het)B1
ouderschapsverlof = parental leave.
het roosterthe rota; the timetableNoun (het)B1
Noun (de) (17)
de presentatiethe presentationNoun (de)B1
de werkplekthe workplace, the deskNoun (de)B1
de kantinethe canteenNoun (de)B1
de directeurthe director, the managing directorNoun (de)B1
de ondernemerthe entrepreneur, the business ownerNoun (de)B1
de klantenservicethe customer serviceNoun (de)B1
de opdrachtthe assignment, the commissionNoun (de)B1
de planningthe planning, the scheduleNoun (de)B1
de prioriteitthe priorityNoun (de)B1
de achterstandthe backlog; the arrearsNoun (de)B1
de samenwerkingthe cooperation, the collaborationNoun (de)B1
de feedbackthe feedbackNoun (de)B1
de ccthe cc (copy of an e-mail)Noun (de)B1
From “carbon copy”; said as the two letters.
de werkdrukthe workload, the pressure of workNoun (de)B1
de vrijdagmiddagborrelthe Friday afternoon drinksNoun (de)B1
de flexplekthe flexible desk (hot desk)Noun (de)B1
de samenvattingthe summaryNoun (de)B1
Missing a word? Look it up in the dictionary
This list belongs to Work and study — five lists and 162 words that can also be practised as a whole.