I know, it sounds like a rather tawdry title for this post, but nothing to see here folks! Just some basic vocabulary for items you will find in the bedroom.  We’ve already had a good look around the kitchen.  After this we’ll check out some verbs for household work, and vocabulary for the living room, the bathroom and the garden.  Then we should be about done around the house.

On a more cultural note, the Dutch use a type of bedding called a dekbed.  In English I would call it a duvet, a cover that you put a down or filled comforter into.  There are usually no flat sheets or blankets on the bed, and the inner dekbed is changed in thickness seasonally.  Both methods have their pros and cons, I’m personally rather indifferent, although quite fond of how easy it is to make the bed in the morning without the hassle of sheets and blankets.  Are you a die hard dekbed fan?  Tell us why in the comments section below!  You might even change my indifference.

de slaapkamer : the bedroom
het bed : the bed
het stapelbed : the bunkbed
het dekbed : the comforter, duvet
de sprei : the quilt, bedspread
het laken : the bed sheet
het hoeslaken : the fitted sheet
de deken : the blanket
het kussen : the pillow
de sloop :  the pillowcase
de wekker : the alarm clock
het verhaaltje voor het slapen gaan : the bedtime story
de bedtijd : the bedtime
het nachtlampje : the night light
het nachtkastje : the bedside table
de kleerkast : the wardrobe
de ladekast : the dresser
de pyjama : the pajamas
oogjes open! : literally eyes open, meaning: wakey wakey!
opstaan : to get up
slapen : to sleep
de slaap : the sleep
ontspannen : to relax
lezen : to read
slaapdronken : (adj) drowsy
het slaapgebrek : the lack of sleep
het tukje: the nap
wakker : awake