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Curious Dutch Words: Are You The Hostage Or Hostage Taker? Posted by on Aug 2, 2021

In Dutch, we have a pretty straightforward rule. If the word ends with -aar, that means that this person does whatever verb it is derived from: makelaar is a realtor (from makelen). An aarzelaar is a hesitator (from aarzelen). A handelaar is a trader (from handelen). A gijzelaar is a hostage (from gijzelen). But wait… gijzelen means to…

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Answers to the Word of the Day Practice Posted by on Aug 6, 2009

All these words are in the Word of the Day. Find the Dutch equivalent of these words. 1) to kiss (kussen) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=06-01-2009 2) to reveal (onthullen) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=06-04-2009 3) to giggle (giechelen) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=06-08-2009 4) to knit (breien) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=06-09-2009 5) to garden (tuinieren) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=06-16-2009 6) to explore (verkennen) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=06-17-2009 7) deceptive (bedrieglijk) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=06-19-2009 8) broken (kapot) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=06-25-2009 9)…

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