{"id":739,"date":"2010-07-26T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=739"},"modified":"2017-06-09T11:07:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:07:00","slug":"in-the-dutch-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/in-the-dutch-bathroom\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Dutch Bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re almost through our basic household vocabulary for the month, and really no room by room exploration would be complete without a trip to the bathroom.\u00a0 In the Netherlands, and many other countries as well, there is frequently a separate water closet (WC) and bathroom.\u00a0 The WC will always have a toilet and sink, whereas the bathroom will have the tub or shower, and also perhaps another toilet.\u00a0 In larger homes in the Netherlands it is not uncommon to find the WC in the entrance hallway to the house.\u00a0 And as I talked about in a previous post, the WC is the place to hang your verjaardagskalender<\/a>, so you will frequently see this on the wall and be reminded of all the important birthday events coming up.<\/p>\n

Another common feature of the Dutch WC or bathroom is the shelf toilet.\u00a0 The shelf toilet is basically the bane of my existence, but it really is a preference sort of thing.\u00a0 I’m not going to go into too much detail here as to what the shelf toilet is, but basically image a shelf being put in the basin of the toilet so that it catches everything that comes into it.\u00a0 That’s a shelf toilet and that is more than I wish to say about it.<\/p>\n

Lastly, it is also not uncommon for Dutch bathrooms to only have a shower and no tub.\u00a0 You will find this especially in smaller city housing as a space-saving measure, although my bathroom is more than large enough to accommodate a bath tub and yet I remain tubless.\u00a0 Ahhh….a girl can dream though.<\/p>\n

de badkamer : the bathroom
\nde wc : the water closet
\nde tegel : the tile
\nhet bad : the bath
\nde douche : the shower
\nzich baden : to bathe oneself
\nzich wassen : to wash oneself
\ndouchen : to shower
\nhet toilet : the toilet
\nde handdoek : the towel
\nhet washandje : the washcloth
\nde tandenborstel : the toothbrush
\ntanden poetsen : to brush one’s teeth
\nde tandpasta : the toothpaste
\nde zeep : the soap
\nde douchegel : the shower gel
\nde lotion : the lotion
\nde deodorant : the deodorant
\nde scheerzeep : the shaving soap
\nde scheercr\u00e8me : the shaving cream
\nhet wegwerp mesje : the disposable razor
\nhet scheerapparaat : the electric shaver
\nscheren : to shave
\nde haarborstel : the hairbrush
\nde conditioner : the hair conditioner
\nde shampoo : the shampoo
\nshampoo\u00ebn : to shampoo
\nde kam : the comb
\nkammen : to comb
\nde f\u00f6hn: the hairdryer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re almost through our basic household vocabulary for the month, and really no room by room exploration would be complete without a trip to the bathroom.\u00a0 In the Netherlands, and many other countries as well, there is frequently a separate water closet (WC) and bathroom.\u00a0 The WC will always have a toilet and sink, whereas…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3590],"tags":[9608,7337,13],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-dutch-language","tag-badkamer","tag-bathroom","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t