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Dutch Names for Tools 7 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 words

[I am drawing]
ik teken click to hear
[I am sawing, cutting wood]
ik zaag click to hear
[I am planing, smoothing a wood surface]
ik schaaf click to hear
[I am drilling]
ik boor click to hear
[I am hitting a nail with a hammer]
ik timmer click to hear
[I am sanding]
ik schuur click to hear
[I am painting (with clear finish)]
ik lak click to hear
English Dutch
infinitive
simple
present
singular
simple
past
singular
perfect
tense
English
example
to say I say I said I have said
to draw tekenen ik teken ik tekende ik heb getekend hear
to cut with a saw zagen ik zaag ik zaagde ik heb gezaagd hear
to plane schaven ik schaaf ik schaafde ik heb geschaafd hear
to drill boren ik boor ik boorde ik heb geboord hear
to hammer timmeren ik timmer ik timmerde ik heb getimmerd hear
to sand schuren ik schuur ik schuurde ik heb geschuurd hear
to paint
(color)
verven ik verf ik verfde ik heb geverfd hear
to paint
(clear finish)
lakken ik lak ik lakte ik heb gelakt hear
to write schrijven ik schrijf ik schreef ik heb geschreven hear - more
See also Dutch Verbs
'Timmeren' is not only wielding a hammer, but to perform carpentry in general.
[I am writing]
ik schrijf click to hear - more

[pencils]
potloden click to hear
[pencil sharpeners]
puntenslijpers click to hear
[mechanical pencils]
vulpotloden click to hear
[erasers]
gummetjes click to hear
[ballpoint pens]
balpennen click to hear
[a fountain pen]
vulpen click to hear
[felt-tip pens]
viltstiften click to hear
[pencil and small paintbrush]
potlood en penseel click to hear
[small paintbrushes]
penselen click to hear
[compasses, tool for drawing circles]
passers click to hear
[rulers]
linialen click to hear
[triangles]
driehoeken click to hear
[compasses (drawing tools to make circles)]
passers click to hear
[small paintbrushes]
penselen click to hear
[staples]
nietjes click to hear
[staplers]
nietmachines click to hear
[Scotch tape]
plakband click to hear

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