{"id":6401,"date":"2019-12-05T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2020-10-29T15:59:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:59:59","slug":"spreekwoorden-en-uitdrukkingen-sayings-and-expressions-13-sinterklaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/spreekwoorden-en-uitdrukkingen-sayings-and-expressions-13-sinterklaas\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreekwoorden en Uitdrukkingen (Sayings and Expressions) 13 – Sinterklaas!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s December. A month full of long hours at work to meet that early end-of-the-month deadline, sitting in traffic on the way home in the dark, and trying to stay warm despite blazing up the fireplace. But it is also a month of coming together with friends and family, reminiscing the year past and looking forward for what’s coming next – and gifts, of course. This all starts a bit earlier for the Dutch, since they celebrate\u00a0Sinterklaas <\/em>already tonight on December 5! Read all about Sinterklaas here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>. You can also improve your Dutch for Sinterklaas – with a spreekwoord<\/em> (saying) and an\u00a0uitdrukking<\/em> (expression). Let’s start with the\u00a0spreekwoord<\/em>!<\/p>\n

For other sayings and expressions in this series, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Ik ben Sinterklaas niet!<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n