A2 · 33 words
House and flat in Dutch
Hall, balcony, heating — what belongs to a home.
Practise this list
From these 33 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
Many Dutch houses are narrow and tall, with steep stairs: het rijtjeshuis, a terraced house, is the commonest type. A rented home is de huurwoning, the rent de huur. Watch out: de gang is the hall or corridor of a house, not a “gang”. The ground floor is de begane grond, which matches British “ground floor”; the first floor, de eerste verdieping, is the floor above it — as in Britain, not as in the United States.
The words
Verb (2)
hurento rentVerbA2
aanbellento ring the doorbellVerbA2
Separable: ik bel aan. “Nobody opens” is the literal Dutch.
Noun (1)
de burenneighboursNounA2
Plural of de buur.
Adjective (1)
ruimspaciousAdjectiveA2
Noun (de) (19)
de woninghome, dwellingNoun (de)A2
Covers a house or a flat; het huis is a house.
de flatflat, apartment; block of flatsNoun (de)A2
de huurrentNoun (de)A2
de huurdertenantNoun (de)A2
de huisbaaslandlordNoun (de)A2
de ganghall, corridorNoun (de)A2
de keldercellarNoun (de)A2
de bergingstoreroomNoun (de)A2
de begane grondground floorNoun (de)A2
de verwarmingheatingNoun (de)A2
de liftliftNoun (de)A2
de belbell, doorbellNoun (de)A2
de brievenbusletterboxNoun (de)A2
de kraantapNoun (de)A2
Also a crane: the same word.
de dekenblanketNoun (de)A2
de ovenovenNoun (de)A2
de wasmachinewashing machineNoun (de)A2
de magnetronmicrowaveNoun (de)A2
de schaarscissorsNoun (de)A2
Singular in Dutch: de schaar, where English has the plural “scissors”.
Noun (het) (10)
het rijtjeshuisterraced houseNoun (het)A2
het balkonbalconyNoun (het)A2
het dakroofNoun (het)A2
het stopcontactsocketNoun (het)A2
het gordijncurtainNoun (het)A2
Normally plural: de gordijnen.
het kussencushion, pillowNoun (het)A2
het plafondceilingNoun (het)A2
het fornuiscooker, stoveNoun (het)A2
het meubelpiece of furnitureNoun (het)A2
Dutch counts furniture: een meubel, twee meubels. English “furniture” cannot be counted.
het hekfence; gateNoun (het)A2
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This list belongs to Home and household — five lists and 163 words that can also be practised as a whole.