{"id":123,"date":"2010-01-09T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=123"},"modified":"2010-01-09T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T13:00:12","slug":"dagen-maanden-en-seizoenen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dagen-maanden-en-seizoenen\/","title":{"rendered":"Dagen, Maanden en Seizoenen: Days, Months and Seasons in Dutch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Days, months and seasons are pretty important words to remember. If I call the de huisarts<\/strong> (the doctor) and need to make een afspraak<\/strong> (an appointment) I better be certain what day of the week I should be there. Plus I’d hate to miss a good party because I showed up a day late. In Dutch you do not capitalize the first letter of the day, month or season.<\/p>\n

Dagen<\/strong><\/p>\n

maandag : Monday<\/p>\n

dinsdag : Tuesday<\/p>\n

woensdag : Wednesday<\/p>\n

donderdag : Thursday<\/p>\n

vrijdag : Friday<\/p>\n

zaterdag : Saturday<\/p>\n

zondag : Sunday<\/p>\n

Maanden<\/strong><\/p>\n

januari : January<\/p>\n

februari : February<\/p>\n

maart : March<\/p>\n

april : April<\/p>\n

mei : May<\/p>\n

juni : June<\/p>\n

juli : July<\/p>\n

augustus : August<\/p>\n

september : September<\/p>\n

oktober : October<\/p>\n

november : November<\/p>\n

december : December<\/p>\n

Seizoenen<\/strong><\/p>\n

de lente : the spring<\/p>\n

de zomer : the summer<\/p>\n

de herfst : the autumn<\/p>\n

de winter : the winter<\/p>\n

When writing the date in Dutch you always write the day first, then the month, then the year.<\/p>\n

09 januari 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

09\/01\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one has been known to cause some trouble for those of us who come from the US. A word to the wise, always double check which date format you are using in which country to avoid some serious confusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Days, months and seasons are pretty important words to remember. If I call the de huisarts (the doctor) and need to make een afspraak (an appointment) I better be certain what day of the week I should be there. Plus I’d hate to miss a good party because I showed up a day late. In…<\/p>\n

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