{"id":721,"date":"2010-07-14T08:35:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T08:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=721"},"modified":"2017-06-09T11:12:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:12:23","slug":"in-the-dutch-bedroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/in-the-dutch-bedroom\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Dutch Bedroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.\u00a0 We’ve already had a good look around the kitchen<\/a>.\u00a0 After this we’ll check out some verbs for household work, and vocabulary for the living room, the bathroom and the garden.\u00a0 Then we should be about done around the house.<\/p>\n

On a more cultural note, the Dutch use a type of bedding called a dekbed<\/em>.\u00a0 In English I would call it a duvet, a cover that you put a down or filled comforter into.\u00a0 There are usually no flat sheets or blankets on the bed, and the inner dekbed<\/em> is changed in thickness seasonally.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Are you a die hard dekbed<\/em> fan?\u00a0 Tell us why in the comments section below!\u00a0 You might even change my indifference.<\/p>\n

de slaapkamer : the bedroom
\nhet bed : the bed
\nhet stapelbed : the bunkbed
\nhet dekbed : the comforter, duvet
\nde sprei : the quilt, bedspread
\nhet laken : the bed sheet
\nhet hoeslaken : the fitted sheet
\nde deken : the blanket
\nhet kussen : the pillow
\nde sloop :\u00a0 the pillowcase
\nde wekker : the alarm clock
\nhet verhaaltje voor het slapen gaan : the bedtime story
\nde bedtijd : the bedtime
\nhet nachtlampje : the night light
\nhet nachtkastje : the bedside table
\nde kleerkast : the wardrobe
\nde ladekast : the dresser
\nde pyjama : the pajamas
\noogjes open! : literally eyes open, meaning: wakey wakey!
\nopstaan : to get up
\nslapen : to sleep
\nde slaap : the sleep
\nontspannen : to relax
\nlezen : to read
\nslaapdronken : (adj) drowsy
\nhet slaapgebrek : the lack of sleep
\nhet tukje: the nap
\nwakker : awake<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.\u00a0 We’ve already had a good look around the kitchen.\u00a0 After this we’ll check out some verbs for household work, and vocabulary for the living room…<\/p>\n

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