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Master Lists of Dutch Words
with pronunciation, translation and links to explanation, samples of usage and/or related words: Dutch Listing - English Listing

The author's biographies on the front pages of Penguin books often had a phrase like 'He is married with two children.' This looks somewhat funny to a Dutchman: a pervert polygamist? (That cannot be) - because 'with' is usually translated into Dutch as 'met' - and Dutch says: getrouwd met click to hear for 'married to' - Hij is getrouwd met een Belgische click to hear ('he is married to a Belgian woman.') 'He is married with two children' translates (a bit longish) as: Hij is getrouwd en heeft twee kinderen click to hear - Prepositions can only rarely be translated straightforward, it's not often that preposition A in English can every time be translated as preposition B in Dutch.


English Alphabetic Listing
a - about - above - across - after - again - against - all - almost - although - among - and - any - as - as a - at - because - before - between - but - but for - by - completely, entirely - completely, entirely - down - enough - even - ever - every - except for - far - few - fewer - for - forward - from - here - how - if - in - into - less - little - much, many - near - nevertheless - no - not - now - not any - of, 's - of - off - on - one - only - or - other - out - over, above - Personal Pronouns - Query Words - quite - rather - so - some - still - such - such a - such as - than - that - the - then - there - these - those - though - through - this - till - to - together - under - up - very - well - with - without - what - when - where - while - who - why

This lists of 'Little Words' complements the Pictorial


about

across
over click to hear ‑>>

above see over  below

after

against

among

at

before

below see under below

between

by

down

from

in

into

off

on

over, above

though see although

through

to ‑>>

under, below

up

with

without


as

as a

for

of, 's
of

than

till


the

a

one


Adjectives often get an -E ending, only  'het'-words in the singular after  'een,' 'geen' or no article not 
enig / enige click to hear 'any' - elk / elke click to hear 'every' - ieder / iedere click to hear 'every' - ander / andere click to hear 'other' - zulk / zulke click to hear 'such' - more

all

any
not any

every

no

other

some

such
such a
such ... as


When used as adjectives,  'dit' and  'deze' are 'this' and 'these' - but Dutch uses  'dit' for  het-words, and  deze for  de-words, and all plurals;  'dat' and 'die' are 'that' and 'those' - but Dutch uses  'dat' for  het-words, and  die for  de-words, and all plurals.  - see picture

that

this

those

these


Personal Pronouns
Basic English only has three personal pronouns:
I, he and you. I'll give a few more for Dutch:

ik
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I
je
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you
hij
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he
ze
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she
't
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it
we
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we
jullie
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you
ze
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they
U
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you
je - you (singular, informal)
jullie - you (plural, informal)
U - you (polite)

Dutchmen use a variety of personal pronouns. The extreme instance is second person singular 'you,' which can be can be 'jij,' 'je,' 'jou' - and the possessive 'your' is 'jouw' - but in almost all cases the simple 'je' is good enough, also as the possessive form.
Likewise, use 'ze' for both 'she' and 'they.'

simplified list (Supplement)
complete list (Lesson 7)
sample sentences


and

because

but
but for, except for

or


although, though

if

while


Query Words:

wie
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who
wat
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what
waar
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where
wanneer
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when
hoe
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how
waarom
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why
Simple Answers

Keep in mind that in question mode, the verb comes before the subject ‑>>

who

what

where

when

how

why


again

ever

far

forward

here

near

now

out

still

then

there

together

well


almost

enough

even

few, little
little

less, fewer

much, many

not

only

quite

so

very


Desktop Systematic List Alphabetic List

Basic Dutch: Nouns - Adjectives, Adverbs and Verbs - Prepositions (etc.): pictorial / list - Supplement

- Verbs and Their Prepositions

Master Lists of Dutch Words
with pronunciation, translation and links to explanation, samples of usage and/or related words: Dutch Listing - English Listing

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