Welcome to The Hear Dutch Here Website

On my website you can hear thousands of Dutch words, names and phrases. On top of that the site offers resource material and a suggested method for learning Dutch, and a series of lessons. You can also read about Holland ('The Netherlands') on my website - about the land, the people, the history and the 'culture' (including recipes.) What's New? May 2013: Eating and Drinking, Food Phrases - the 'Conversation Templates' series May 2013: Easy Dutch 3 - recognizable verbs and activities April 2013: Easy Dutch 2 - added 50 recognizable words for animals April 2013: Vowels and Diphthongs - a major page upgrade Sound On my website, you will hear a word, name or phrase spoken when you click the speaker icon next to it. Sometimes there is a "2" (and occasionally a "3") that will let you hear a slower or a slightly different pronunciation; on some of my older pages you'll have to click "hear" for sound. The troubleshooting page has some suggestions if there is a problem with sound. Introducing Dutch Listen to and read a foreign language like you look at pictures of foreign lands. Or hear and read some Dutch as an introduction to the language: Prose and Poems from the best Dutch writing The Beauty of Dutch Alliterations Colors words and lines for your convenience Slow Dutch Names Words Foreigners often have trouble pronouncing Dutch. Some of the sounds in Dutch are not found in other languages, letters may not represent the same sounds, and the stress may be in another place than expected. Browse the Names or Words pages - or use the Search Window (near top left on most of my pages) when you're looking for a specific name or word: Search my site: Pronunciation A reference page - and hear more than 2000 examples Learning Dutch, Lessons The 'Learning Dutch' page has suggestions for studying the language and an overview of the lessons. The other links below lead to various useful pages for studying Dutch by yourself. Learning Dutch? - Lesson 1 - Pronunciation - Vocabulary - Listening - Grammar Easy Dutch Recognizable Words: words that look or sound like the English words and have about the same meaning. Easy vocabulary and also quickly learn pronunciation. 1 - 2 - 3 Texts Hear and Read Longer Dutch Texts From Famous Books - Prayers and Readings from the Bible - From My Own Writing Essays, Short Stories Read about Holland and the Dutch Language Essays (mostly from the Lessons) and short stories: Essays - Christmas Stories - Pulp / Going to Pieces (A story in Dutch and in English) Exercises Pronunciation 1 - Pronunciation 2 - Listening Miscellaneous Hebrew Words in Dutch - Malay Words in Dutch Cognates (English, Dutch and German Words from a Common Root) Hear Some Frisian - False Friends - English with a Dutch Accent Site Map Other Overview Pages: Names - Words - Pronunciation - Pictures Dictionary Basic Dutch - Listening - Lessons - Grammar - Essays Services Skype lessons; Translating into good Dutch; Spoken Dutch, voice-overs, and English with a Dutch accent; Checking Dutch words and names in Manuscripts Support Hear Dutch Here Your support will help pay for the continuing development of the Hear Dutch Hear Website Support or Buy My Website on a USB Stick or CD-ROM Other Imperial and Metric Weights and Measurements inch foot yard mile ounce cup gallon ounce pound millimeter centimeter meter kilometer milliliter liter gram kilogram Cooking & Baking What to put on the table? Recipes Soccer Fields Lining Diagrams & Instructions Elementary School Bike Safety Editing Graphics for The Blind Pictorial Overview - Manual not bad better wrong right

Hallo 2 - welkom 2 molen - windmill in Steenderen (Bronckhorst), Gelderland (picture by Peter Schuffelen) The Speaking Dutchman

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Many thanks to Amy Gregson for suggesting the new look of the page.

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