{"id":860,"date":"2010-08-24T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T11:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=860"},"modified":"2010-08-24T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T11:41:08","slug":"dutch-bicycle-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-bicycle-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Bicycle Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"
At some point while in the Netherlands your bicycle is going to break. \u00a0I don’t mean to be the bearer of bad news, but it just happens. \u00a0Like the day that I had a job interview and ran over a piece of glass on Raadhuisstraat only to return to a completely flat tire. \u00a0In the pouring rain. \u00a0With no bicycle shops open because it was a Monday…so I walked home. \u00a0These are just the kinds of things that can happen unexpectedly, and it’s terribly helpful if you can walk into a bicycle shop and explain what your bicycle-related problem is. \u00a0Although, I must admit, generally pointing and grunting works too because those guys have changed a million flat tires.<\/div>\n
So, without further ado, your bicycle-related Dutch vocabulary list.<\/div>\n
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the bicycle: de fiets<\/div>\n
the saddle: het zadel<\/div>\n
the brakes: de remmen<\/div>\n
the handlebars: het stuur<\/div>\n
the chain: de ketting<\/div>\n
the tire: de band<\/div>\n
the bicycle tire: de fietsband<\/div>\n
the pedal: het pedaal<\/div>\n
the light: het lampje<\/div>\n
the bicycle bell: de fietsbel<\/div>\n
the bicycle bag: de fietstas<\/div>\n
the saddle bag: de zadeltas<\/div>\n
the frame: het frame<\/div>\n
It doesn’t work anymore.: Het werkt niet meer.<\/div>\n
the accident: het ongeluk<\/div>\n
the flat tire: de lekke band<\/div>\n
too loose: te los<\/div>\n
too tight: te strak<\/div>\n
too high: te hoog<\/div>\n
too low: te laag<\/div>\n
to inflate: opblazen<\/div>\n
to replace: vervangen<\/div>\n
to adjust: aanpassen<\/div>\n
to cycle: fietsen<\/div>\n
the cyclist: de fietser<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At some point while in the Netherlands your bicycle is going to break. \u00a0I don’t mean to be the bearer of bad news, but it just happens. \u00a0Like the day that I had a job interview and ran over a piece of glass on Raadhuisstraat only to return to a completely flat tire. \u00a0In the…<\/p>\n

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