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Mother’s cookie, children’s heads and other silly words in Dutch Posted by Karoly Molina on Aug 28, 2019
Those who speak Dutch have a funny habit of stacking words together, creating very long and sometimes confusing for learners. These be as simple as kortingkaart (discount card), hondenbelasting (dog tax), and verkeersboete (traffic fine). Unfortunately, there are other words that might seem are part of these compounding nouns and make you wonder what the heck could they…
Top 3 Dutch April Fool’s Jokes 2018! Posted by Sten on Apr 2, 2018
1 april, kikker in je bil! (April 1, frog in your butt!) Every year, on April 1, people play pranks on each other – and 2018 is no different! And it is not just your brother, dad or neighbor that jokes with you, but also companies and news sources! In my opinion, the Dutch have a pretty great…
Those Lovely Dutch Monday Air Raid Sirens Posted by sarah on Jun 7, 2010
If you have never been in the Netherlands on the first Monday of any given month, you have managed to miss out on a real treat. I can remember my first Monday of the month like it was yesterday. I had been in the Netherlands for about a week and a half, it was a…