{"id":4983,"date":"2018-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nllanguagep-bali.savviihq.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/10-interesting-facts-about-the-dutch-language\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:17:44","slug":"10-interesting-facts-about-the-dutch-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/languagepartners.nl\/en\/blog\/dutch-as-a-second-language\/10-interesting-facts-about-the-dutch-language\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Interesting Facts about the Dutch Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you learning Dutch? Do you find yourself confused or amused in the Netherlands or Belgium? Are you trying to puzzle it out by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internations.org\/magazine\/intercultural-communication-15409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">communicating with other expats<\/a> who know a thing or two about <em>hagelslag<\/em>? Have no fear, it\u2019s not just you! Dutch is even stranger than you thought. Read on for ten interesting facts about the Dutch language.<\/p>\n<h2>1.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s probably the easiest foreign language for native English speakers to learn<\/h2>\n<p>Given their Germanic roots, Dutch, German, and English bear some similarities; Dutch is probably somewhere in the middle between English and German. While Dutch does enjoy leaving the verb at the end of the sentence occasionally, like in German, it doesn\u2019t have the cases German does, which makes it more akin to English. Further, where German has three (nominative) definite articles, <em>der<\/em>, <em>die<\/em>, <em>das<\/em>, and English one, <em>the<\/em>, Dutch has two, <em>de<\/em> and <em>het<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/languagepartners.nl\/blog\/nederlands-nt2\/uitgesproken-nederlands-uitspraak\/\">Dutch pronunciation<\/a> is notoriously difficult. Your pronunciation of Dutch words, e.g. <em>Scheveningen<\/em>, tells native speakers whether or not Dutch is really your mother-tongue; this was the downfall of more than one German spy during WWII.<\/p>\n<h2>2.\u00a0\u00a0 You already speak some Dutch<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever eaten coleslaw after leaving some cookies for Santa Claus, then you\u2019ve definitely used a few Dutch words, including: koolsla, koekje, and Sinterklaas.<\/p>\n<p>There are many other <a href=\"https:\/\/languagepartners.nl\/en\/?p=3085\">words in English that are similar to their Dutch cousins<\/a>, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>appel = apple<\/li>\n<li>banaan = banana<\/li>\n<li>blauw = blue<\/li>\n<li>groen = green<\/li>\n<li>peer = pear<\/li>\n<li>rood = red<\/li>\n<li>tomaat = tomato<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, you see, you\u2019re half way to learning Dutch already!<\/p>\n<h2>3.\u00a0\u00a0 The first words written in Dutch date back to the 6<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/h2>\n<p>A love poem scribbled on scrap paper to test a writing implement in the 12<sup>th<\/sup> century was long considered the earliest Dutch writing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hinase hic enda thu. Wat unbidan we nu?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Have all birds begun nests, except me and you? What are we waiting for?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Romantic lot aren\u2019t they? Unfortunately, the current oldest manuscript written in Dutch turns out to be some old boring book on Salic Law from the sixth century.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8686\"  class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8686 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/languagepartners.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Dutch-language2.jpg\" alt=\"Netherlandish Proverbs \/ Dutch language\" width=\"400\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u201cNetherlandish Proverbs\u201d, painted in 1559 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>4.\u00a0\u00a0 Flemish is not a language<\/h2>\n<p>Nope, it\u2019s not. The people living in Flanders \u2013 the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium \u2013 speak Dutch, albeit a variant of Dutch called Flemish. This is reflected in Belgian policy: The official language of Flanders, and one of the three official languages in Belgium, is Dutch. The other two are French and German.<\/p>\n<h2>5.\u00a0\u00a0 There\u2019s a difference between Dutch and Deutsch, but there didn\u2019t used to be<\/h2>\n<p>The word <em>Dutch<\/em> stems from the Middle Ages\u2019 word <em>Dietsc<\/em>, or perhaps <em>Duutsc<\/em>, which simply means \u201clanguage of the people\u201d. In fact, in Dutch, you would say you speak <em>Nederlands<\/em>, e.g. ik spreek Nederlands. Just like in German, you would say you speak <em>Deutsch<\/em>, i.e ich spreche Deutsch.<\/p>\n<p>So, in English you call the language Dutch, when it\u2019s actually called Nederlands, and you call their neighbor\u2019s language German, when it\u2019s actually called Deutsch. Confused yet?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, English speakers even go completely against the tide of all languages involved by calling that group of people in the USA<em> Pennsylvania Dutch <\/em>when they are actually of German background!<\/p>\n<h2>6.\u00a0\u00a0 The Dutch language, like English, is a cheeky thief!<\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s right, Dutch is guilty of \u2018stealing\u2019 words from all over the place, especially from French and Hebrew, as well as several other languages. If you were a right posh Dutch-speaking person back-in-the-day, you dropped French words into conversation every now and again just to show how posh and upper-class you were. Many of them stuck! Amongst lots of others, Dutch words of French origin include: au pair (nanny), bouillon (broth), bureau (desk or office), humeur (mood), jus d\u2019orange (orange juice), pantalon (pants), etc.<\/p>\n<p>Some Hebraic words made it into Dutch as street slang, including: bajes (jail), geinig (funny), jatten (steal), mazzel (lucky), tof (cool). Nowadays, Dutch finds itself influenced by the variety of cultures that speak it and the multiculturalist society of the Netherlands. You might hear street slang comprised of Moroccan, Surinamese, and Antillean words, and of course English is all pervasive in all modern genres of Dutch, especially \u201csocial media language\u201d and texting abbreviations.<\/p>\n<h2>7.\u00a0\u00a0 The longest Dutch word in the dictionary is 35 letters long<\/h2>\n<p><em>Meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornis<\/em> means multiple personality disorder. While it is sometimes written as two words, some linguists argue it changes the meaning. Of course, as Dutch is a language capable of compounding nouns, it is possible to make some monsters, especially when it comes to bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>53 letters: <em>kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamhedenplan<\/em> = preparation activities for a children&#8217;s carnival procession<\/li>\n<li>41 letters: <em>hottentottententententoonstellingsterrein<\/em> = exhibition ground for Hottentot tents<\/li>\n<li>38 letters: <em>overeenstemmingsbeoordelingsprocedures<\/em> = conformity assessment procedures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>English, in comparison, only features the measly 28 characters of <em>antidisestablishmentarianism<\/em>, which refers to a group of people who loved the Church of England and didn\u2019t want to see it disestablished as the nation\u2019s official church in 19<sup>th<\/sup> century England.<\/p>\n<p>German, like Dutch, has some linguistic wonders. In the Duden dictionary \u2013 the authoritative German dictionary \u2013 you\u2019ll still find words like the 33-letter <em>Arbeiterunfallversicherungsgesetz<\/em> (worker accident insurance law). In the Duden\u2019s corpus (database) of German words, some titans pop up, such as the 67 letter <em>Grundst\u00fccksverkehrsgenehmigungszust\u00e4ndigkeits\u00fcbertragungsverordnung<\/em>, which doesn\u2019t make much sense in English either: regulation on the delegation of authority concerning land conveyance permissions.<\/p>\n<h2>8.\u00a0\u00a0 Dutch loves consonants<\/h2>\n<p>Even if you are incredibly scared and let out a scream, you have to remember your Dutch consonants \u2013 eight of them in fact. What you do is called an <em>angstschreeuw<\/em>, which literally means a <em>scream of fear<\/em>. English does hold its own with the seven consonants of <em>rhythms<\/em>, but that\u2019s the only common word with so many. On the other side of things, the Hawaiian word <em>hooiaioia<\/em>, meaning <em>certified<\/em>, has eight consecutive vowels.<\/p>\n<h2>9.\u00a0\u00a0 Dutch is a regulated language<\/h2>\n<p>The <em>Taalunie<\/em> \u2013 the Dutch Language Union \u2013 is a public organization managed by the Dutch and Flemish ministers for culture and education. It is responsible for both standardizing the Dutch language and promoting Dutch language and culture around the world. <em>Algemeen Nederlands<\/em>, or <em>AN<\/em> for short, is Dutch for Standard Dutch, and it is what is taught in the schools of Dutch-speaking countries. It is set out and defined in a book called the <em>Woordenlijst Nederlandse taal<\/em>, the <em>Word-List of the Dutch Language<\/em>. However, this book is the authority only on the spelling of Dutch words; for the meanings of said words, grab yourself a \u201cFat van Dale\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>The leading dictionary of the Dutch language is the <em>Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal<\/em>, i.e <em>Van Dale&#8217;s Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language<\/em>, but the locals call it the <em>Dikke van Dale<\/em> \u2013 the Fat van Dale \u2013 for short. This is probably due to its enormous size, though many pocket, electronic, and online editions are available to accommodate the average Dutch-speaking person. The <em>Dikke van Dale<\/em> is the authoritative dictionary to which all turn when they require the definitions and uses of Dutch words. It has, therefore, a significant regulatory influence on the language.<\/p>\n<h2>10.\u00a0The most important word in Dutch might just be \u201cgezellig\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>This word has no satisfactory, literal translation in English, though German-speakers \u2013 particularly Bavarians \u2013 will recognize it as <em>gem\u00fctlich<\/em>. Situations can be <a href=\"https:\/\/languagepartners.nl\/blog\/nederlands-nt2\/lekker-gezellig\/\"><em>gezellig<\/em><\/a>, as can people and places \u2013 it\u2019s an adjective, the noun being <em>gezelligheid<\/em>. If something is <em>gezellig<\/em>, it is familiar, warm, friendly, cozy, and jovial. For example, enjoying a cozy dinner with old-friends in one of your favorite, quaint, little restaurants with some tasty food and wine is <em>gezellig<\/em>; being in a meeting at work is not <em>gezellig<\/em>!<\/p>\n<h2>Bonus: Dutch is weird and wonderful<\/h2>\n<p>In case you haven\u2019t figured it out yet, Dutch is an interesting language. The only way to learn it is to <a href=\"https:\/\/languagepartners.nl\/en\/language-courses\/nt2-course\/\">dive right into the language itself<\/a> and, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/languagepartners.nl\/en\/cultural-training\/\">the culture<\/a>. Even though the Dutch in general speak English quite well, acquiring (at least) the basics of the Dutch language is essential for you to be able to fully integrate into Dutch society.<\/p>\n<p>It takes some time to adjust to your new situation of working and living in a new environment, but we\u2019re here to help! Download our whitepaper below, in which our trainers and consultants will share some of their own experiences and tips on how to conquer both the Dutch language and Dutch business culture.<\/p>\n<p><em>Veel plezier!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small>This is a guest blog post, written by Gregor Wills, travel writer.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you learning Dutch? 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