The 'first series' is grouped by the letter after the F's, the
'second series' is grouped by the letter before the F's:
Repeat the words after me, try saying them like I do, and record
yourself or ask a friend to compare how you say them with how I say
them. Use as few or as many examples as you like.
FA |
- (de) fabriek
2
('factory, plant')
- (de) fakkel
('torch')
- (de) familie
('family, relatives')
‑>>
- (het) familielid
('relative')
- Famke
2
(a girls' name)
- (de) olifant
('elephant')
- fantastisch
2
3
/ fantastische
('fantastic')
- (de) fantasie
('imagination')
- gefascineerd
('fascinated')
- (de) fat
('a dandy')
- (het) fatsoen
('decency, good manners')
- fatsoenlijk
2
('decent, according to good manners')
- [(de)] favoriet
('favorite')
- (de) fazant
2
('pheasant,' a bird)
|
FAA |
- Agfa
2
(former German photography company)
- (het) fabeltje
('fable, untrue belief')
- Faber
(a family name)
- (het) alfabet
2
('alphabet') ‑>>
- Rafaël
(a boys' name)
- (de) fagot
2
('bassoon')
- Fake
2
3
(a boys' name)
- falen
2
3
4
('to fail, not succeed')
- Sint Stefaan
(a saint)
- (de) lafaard
2
('coward')
- (de) fase
('phase')
- Bonifatius
(Boniface, an 8th Century saint)
|
FB |
- (de) afbakenening
2
('demarcation, outlining of an area, ~staking out')
- strafbaar
2
3
4
('punishable')
- stoom afblazen
2
('to blow off, release steam')
- afblijven
2
3
4
('to stay away from, do not touch!')
- (de) afbraak
2
('demolition')
- afbreken
2
3
('to break down, take down, demolish, destroy' //
'to break off, interrupt')
- (de) hefboom
('lever') ‑>>
- (het) opschrijfboekje
('notebook') - plural:
opschrijfboekjes
2
('notebooks')
- (de) zelfbediening
2
('self-service, supermarket')
- (de) zelfbeheersing
2
('self-control, self-possession, restraint')
- (de) golfbaan
('links, golf course')
- korfballen
2
3
(playing 'co-ed proto-basketball')
|
FC |
- (de) ledenwerfcampagne
('memebership drive')
|
FD |
- begaafd
('gifted, talented')
- verslaafd
2
('addicted')
- beleefd
2
('polite')
- verliefd
('in love') ‑>>
- (het) hoofd
('head')
- Hoofddorp
2
(a town)
- gestoofd
2
('stewed)
- bedroefd
/
bedroefde
2
('sad, saddened')
- (de) afdeling
2
('department')
- schaafde
2
('planed' - simple past singular)
- hetzelfde
/
dezelfde
('the same')
- beefde
2
('shook' - simple past singular)
- (de) liefde
('love' - the sentiment)
- [(de)] geliefde
('beloved')
- (de) vijfde
2
('fifth')
- beloofde
2
('promised')
- geloofde
2
('believed' - simple past singular)
- ik hoefde
2
‑>>
- hoofden
2
('heads')
- schuifdeuren
('sliding doors')
- afdingen
2
3
('to bargain' over price)
‑>>
- (de) stofdoek
2
('dusting cloth')
- (het) afdruiprek
('dishes rack')
- (de) afdruk
2
('print')
|
FE |
- (het) effect
2
3
('effect, result')
- (de) infectie
('infection')
- fel
('fierce, sharp, keen')
- Femke
(a girls' name)
- Femmetje
2
(a girls' name)
- (de) lucifer
('match' - fire) - plural:
- lucifers
('matches')
- Ferry
(a boys' name)
- (de) offerte
2
3
4
("bid")
- (de) professor
('professor') ‑>>
|
FEE |
- (de) fee
(fairy')
- (het) café
2
('café')
- februari
- February
‑>>
2
- feliciteren
2
3
('to congratulate')
‑>>
- Felix
(a boys' name)
- Feenstra
2
(a family name)
- (de) conifeer
('conifer, pine tree')
- (de) sfeer
2
3
('ambiance')
- (de) atmosfeer
2
3
('atmosphere' // 'ambiance')
- inferieur
('inferior')
- (het) feest
2
3
4
('party, festivities')
- (het) feestje
2
- small party
‑>>
- (de) profeet
2
('prophet')
|
FEuh |
- laffe
2
('cowardly')
- effe
2
('for a moment, for a short time' - slang)
- groffe
('coarse, rude')
- (de) katastrofe
2
('catastrophe')
- (de) doffe E
2
([dull E] - 'schwa')
- (de) tafel
2
3
4
(table')
- effen
2
3
4
('solid, one
color) ‑>>
2
- (de) schilfer
2
('sliver')
|
FEI |
- (het) feit
/
feiten
('fact'/ 'facts')
‑>>
- 'n half ei
('half an egg')
- Feyenoord
2
(Rotterdam soccer club)
Diaeresis: (äëïöü)
- (de) cafeïne
2
('caffeine') - cafeïnevrij
2
3
('decaf') - the two dots on top of a vowel (called
(het) trema
)
mean there is a vocal stop before this vowel
- the I is pronounced separately from
the E, is not part of a diphthong EI
more
See and hear also FIJ below
|
FEU |
- (de) chauffeur
2
('driver' - car, truck, bus - French CH and AU)
- (de) buschauffeur
2
3
('bus driver')
- (de) feut
('new college student to be hazed' - slang)
French EU, pronounced as Dutch UI
(de) portefeuille
('wallet')
- (het) feuilleton
2
3
('feuilleton,' - print serial)
|
FG |
- gifgroen
2
3
4
5
('"poison" green' - very bright)
- afgevaardigden
2
('representatives')
- afgezaagd
2
3
4
5
('sawed off, cut off' - past participle - but often
figuratively: 'boring, not original, heard too often already')
- (het) gifgas
2
('poison gas')
- (de) afgang
2
('failure, flop, public failing')
- afgelopen
2
('finished, ended' // 'last, previous' - time units)
- afgelasten
2
3
('to cancel' an event or a match)
|
FH |
- afhangen van
2
3
('to depend,
depend on') ‑>>
- afhankelijk
/ afhankelijke
('dependent')
- onafhankelijk
('independent')
- onafhankelijkheid
('independence')
- afhalen
2
(' to pick up, collect' // 'to strip off, remove covers'
- beds,
vegetables)
- Wil je kaas of ham op je brood?
('Would you like cheese or ham on your bread?')
- of heb ik dat verkeerd?
2
3
('or am I wrong about that?')
- (de) liefhebber
2
('lover of things, enthusiast')
- Wolfheze
2
(a town)
- scheef houden
2
('to hold at an angle, to tilt')
|
FI |
- (de) fictie
('fiction, ~made-up')
‑>>
- fictief
('fictional, not reality')
- (de) fik
2
('fire' - slang)
- in de fik
steken
2
3
('to set on fire' - slang)
- Fikkie
(a typical dogs' name)
- fiks
('~strongly')
- (de) film
2
('film, movie')
‑>>
- (de) filmster
2
('movie star')
- (de) voorfilm
2
3
('movie trailer')
- (het) filter
2
3
('filter')
- (het) finkie
2
('bird' - slang)
- (de) Fin
('Finnish person')
- Finland
('Finland')
- de) opheffing
('closing down, discontinuing')
- fit
('in good physical shape')
- (de) fitting
2
('socket, lamp
holder') ‑>>
|
FIE |
- (de) koffie
('coffee')
- een kopje koffie
2
3
('a cup of coffee')
- Sofie
(a girls' name)
- Sofietje
(a girls' name)
- (het) fiat
2
('fiat, permission, approval')
- (het) fiasco
2
('fiasco, total failure')
- (de) amfibie
2
('amphibian')
- (de) officier
2
3
4
('officer' - u sually military)
- (het) figuur
('figure')
- figuurlijk
2
3
('figuratively')
- (de) figurant
2
3
("extra," 'background actor or actress')
- (de) grafiek
2
3
('graph')
- magnifiek
("magnificent")
- (de) file
('traffic jam')
- Fien
(a girls' name)
- fier
('proud, brave' - old-fashioned)
- (de) fiets
2
('bicycle')
- fietsen
2
‑>>
('bicycles// 'to ride a bicyle')
‑>>
- (de) omafiets
('grandma bicycle' - a bike type))
- "op die fiets!"
2
3
("Oh, you mean in that way"
- standard phrase)
- (de) ligfiets
2
3
('recumbent bicycle')
- (de) bakfiets
2
('cargo bike')
- (de) bromfiets
2
('small motorcycle' - 50cc combustion engine)
- mijn fiets
2
3
('my bike')
- (de) loopfiets
('walker bike'- no pedals, no chain etc.)
- (de) transportfiets
2
3
4
5
('cargo bike')
- (de) vouwfiets
('folding bike')
more bicycles and bicyling
|
FIJ |
- fijn
2 /
fijne
2
('nice, pleasant' // 'fine, small')
- ragfijn
2
3
([fine like a spider's web] - 'very subtle')
- (de) dolfijn
2
('dolphin')
- (de) fijnproever
2
('gourmet')
- (het) hoefijzer
2
('horseshoe' - ['hoof iron'])
FIJ also see and hear EI above
|
FJ |
- liflafjes
2
('small bites of food, nice but insubstantial')
- (het) voorafje
('appetizer')
- Eefje
(a girls' name)
- (het) neefje
('nephew')
- (het) theezeefje
2
('tea strainer')
- madeliefjes
('daisies')
- (het) briefje
('small note' // 'banknote' - colloquial)
- (het) spiekbriefje
2
3
('cheat sheet')
- vijf jaar
2
('5 years')
- 'n half jaar
('6 months, half a year')
- (het) kalfje
2
('calf')
- (het) hofje
(courtyard with small houses)
- (het) boefje
2
('little rascal' - endearment for a somewhat naughty boy)
- (het) proefje
2
('experiment' - chemistry)
- (het) voorproefje
2
3
4
('foretaste' - figuratively)
- Kuifje
2
('TinTin' - [little quiff])
|
FK |
- (de) afkeer
2
('strong dislike, distaste')
- afknippen
2
3
('to cut off' - with
scissors) ‑>>
- (de) afkomst
2
('descent')
- (de) mafkees
('a guy deliberately behaving in an odd way, a goofball')
- Aafke
(a girls' name)
- (de) briefkaart
('postcard')
- (de) huifkar
('covered wagon')
- zelfklevend
2
3
('self-adhesive')
- op dreef komen
2
3
('to get going, on a roll, hit your stride')
|
FL |
- (de) flapdrol
('jerk' - [whopping turd])
- (de) flater
2
3
('a glaring mistake' - public, embarassing)
- Delfland
2
3
(the area around the city of Delft
2)
- Hofland
(a family name)
- Lijfland
2
('Livonia,' - Medieval name, ~Latvia & Estonia)
- liflafjes
2
('small bites of food, nice but insubstantial')
- (de) inflatie
2
3
(inflation)
- flauw
/
flauwe
2
('weak of taste' - not enough salt? // '~not funny')
- flauwvallen
2
('to faint')
- (de) fles
('bottle')
- (het) flesje
2
('small bottle')
- (de) flat
('high-rise building' // 'apartment in a high-rise building'
- English A)
- flats
2
('high-rise buildings'
- English A)
- (het) flatje
('apartment in a high-rise building'
- English A)
- (de) reflex
2
('reflex')
- flexibel
/ flexibele
2
('flexible') - Flevoland
2
('Flevoland' - the new province of reclaimed
land)
- (de) souffleur
('stage whisperer' - French OU)
- (het) conflict
2
('conflict')
- flink
2
3
(firm, robust')
- Flip
(a boys' name)
- (de) flits
2
3
('flash')
- (de) losse flodder
2
('blank' - gunshot)
- Floor
(a girls' name)
- (de) Florijn
2
('Florin,' a Medieval gold coin)
- floep!
(exclamation about a quick movement or rapid development)
- (het) fluor
2
3
('fluoride, F')
- (het) fluweel
('velvet')
- (de) fluit
('flute,
whistle') ‑>>
fluiten - floot - gefloten
2
to whistle - whistled - whistled
|
FM |
- afmaken
2
('to finish' (a job, work, a creation) // 'to murder'
(in a gruesome way) - 'to off')
- afmetingen
2
('measurements, dimensions, size')
- (de) schuifmaat
('Vernier caliper' - a measuring tool)
- (de) stiefmoeder
('stepmother')
- stofmaskers
('dust masks')
- (het) stuifmeel
('pollen')
- (het) turfmolm
('peat dust')
- (de) zweefmolen
2
('whirligig')
- Kop of munt?
/ Kruis of munt?
2
('Heads or tails?' - coin toss)
- meer of minder
('more or less' - amount, literally)
- min of meer
2
([less or more] 'more or less,' - meaning 'about, roughly')
- vandaag of morgen
('today or tomorrow' - 'someday soon')
- vanaf morgen
2
3
('from tomorrow, starting tomorrow')
- Geef maar hier
2
('You may hand it to me' - 'I'll take care of it')
- vijf minuten
2
('5 minutes')
|
FN |
- fnuiken
('to thwart')
- (de) afname
2
3
(decrease, lessening')
- afnemen
2
('to take away' // 'to decrease, become less'')
- Dymfna
(a girls' name)
- (de) hofnar
2
('court jester')
- nu of nooit
2
('now or never')
- 't initiatief nemen
2
('taking the initiative')
|
FO |
- Fokker
2
(a family name and an airplane brand)
- (de) fokker
2
('breeder' - horses etc.)
- (de) folder
('brochure')
- (het) foldertje
('flyer')
- Folkert
(a boys' name)
- (de) folklore
2
('folklore')
- comfortabel
2
('comfortable')
- (de) kaasfondue
2
3
('cheese
fondue' ‑>>
- Alfons
(a boys' name)
- Fongers
2
(a family name and a bicycle brand)
- (het) uniform
('uniform')
- (het) platform
2
('platform')
- (de) transformator
2
('transformer' - current)
- (de) formateur
2
('coalition cabinet
builder') ‑>>
- (het) fornuis
('stove' - kitchen)
- (het) fosfor
('phosphorus')
|
FOO |
- (de) fobie
2
('phobia')
- (de) fooi
('tip' - to server)
- (de) telefoon
2
('telephone')
- (de) symfonie
('symphony')
- (de) xylofoon
('xylophone')
- (de) grammofoon
('gramophone,' vinyl records player)
- (de) microfoon
('microphone')
- (de) saxofoon
2
('saxophone')
- (de) olijfolie
('olive oil')
- (de) forel
('trout' - a fish)
- Amersfoort
(a city)
- (de) foto
('picture, photograph') - plural:
- foto's
- (de) Röntgenfoto
('X-ray picture')
- (de) roofoverval
2
('robbery' - violent)
|
FOE |
- (het) foedraal
('leather bag' for a tool)
- foei!
2
('bad!' - disapproval)
- (de) foelie
('mace,' a spice)
|
FOU |
- [(de)] fout
('mistake' // 'wrong')
‑>>
- foute
/ fout/foute
2
3
('wrong')
- "foutje!"
2
3
('I made a mistake!')
French OU, pronpounced like Dutch 'OE'
- fouilleren
2
('to frisk, body-search, pat down')
|
FP |
- afpakken
2
3
('to take away'
- violently)
‑>>
|
FR |
- (de) fractie
2
3
('fraction')
‑>>
- (het) fragment
('fragment,' a very small piece of ...
- (de) framboos
2
('raspberry')
- (de) franje
2
3
('frill, decoration')
- Frank
(a boys' name)
- Frankrijk
('France')
- Frans
(a boys' name // 'French')
- Frans Hals
2
3
(painter, ~1582-1666)
- fraai
('beautiful' // 'splendid')
- Franeker
(a town)
- Van Fraassen
2
3
(a family name)
- (de) fraude
('fraud')
- Fred
2
(a boys' name)
- (de) fret
('fret,' bar on the neck of a string instrument)
- Freek
(a boys' name) - Freerk
2
(a boys' name)
- (de) frequentie
2
3
('frequency')
- Freya
2
('Mrs Wotan')
- frictie
2
('friction')
‑>>
- fris
2 /
fris/frisse
('fresh, refreshing
‑>>
// 'chilly')
‑>>
- Afrika
2
('Africa')
- Afrikaans
2
('African' // 'South-African' - a Dutch-rooted language of
South Africa)
- Zuid-Afrika
2
3
('South-Africa')
- Friesland
2
3
('Friesland')
‑>>
- a province of The Netherlands
- (de) friet
2
3
('French fries'
‑>>
- also: - frietjes
and - (de) patat-friet
2
3
- gefrituurd
2
('deep-fried')
- (het) fruit
('fruits')
|
FS |
- afslaan
2
3
(1. 'to turn,' change direction
// 2. 'to turn down, decline'
// 3. 'to repulse, drive back' - by force)
- afsnijden
2
('to cut off' - with a knife - and also figuratively)
- (de) afspraak
('appointment' // 'agreement' - informal)
- afspreken
2
(1. 'setting up an appointment'
(2. 'reaching an (informal) agreement')
- afstammelingen
('descendants')
- (de) afstand
('distance')
- tevergeefs
2
3
('in vain' - no success, no results)
- (de) vergeefse moeite
2
3
('wasted trouble,' effort without success)
- (de) diefstal
('theft')
- liefste
2
3
("dearest" // 'most preferred')
- (het) archiefstuk
2
('archival item, document')
- zelfs
('even') ‑>>
- vanzelfsprekend
('obvious')
- zelfstandig
2
('independent')
- Delfshaven
2
(formerly the sea harbor of the city of
- Delft
2
but now part of the city of - Rotterdam
)
- delfstoffen
2
('minerals, mineral resources')
- (de) verblijfsvergunning
2
('residence permit')
- Hofstra
2
3
(a family name)
- doofstom
('deaf-mute')
- (de) hoefsmid
2
3
('farrier,' horseshoes installer)
- (de) herfst
('Fall,
Autumn') ‑>>
|
FSCH |
- (het) afscheid
('goodbye, leave-taking')
- afscheid nemen
2
('to take your leave,' say goodbye)
- (de) afschuw
2
('horror, disgust, loathing')
- afschuwelijk
2
('awful, horrible')
- de Graafschap
(another name for de Achterhoek
- an area in the East of the Country)
- ofschoon
('although' - old-fashioned)
- 't kofschip
(old ship type //
grammar rule)
- (het) proefschrift
2
('PhD thesis')
- 'n brief schrijven
('writing a
letter') ‑>>
- een groffe belediging
2
a grave insult
- 't Is een grof schandaal
2
3
It's a [coarse scandal] crying shame,
a major deplorable thing
|
FT |
- aftrekken
2
('to subtract')
- de Efteling
2
(an amusement park)
- Schaft
2
3
(a family name)
- draaft
2 ('trots')
- het paard draaft
2
('the horse trots')
- heftig
2
3 /
heftige
2
3
('violent, vehement, fierce, emotional')
- hij heeft
2
('he has')
- heeft-ie
2
('does he have ..? - colloquial)
- (de) leeftijd
2
3
('age') ‑>>
- (de) difterie
2
('diphteria')
- (de) gift
('donation')
- (de) toegift
2
('encore' - music performance)
- liften
2
3
('elevators' // 'to hitch-hike')
- viltstiften
('felt-tip pens')
- (het) schrift
('notebook')
- De Schrift
('the Bible' - old-fashioned)
- alsjeblieft
2
('please') ‑>>
- (het) elftal
/
'n enlftal
('team of eleven' - soccer)
- Delft
2
(a town)
- (de) helft
('half') ‑>>
2
- (de) bruiloft
('wedding')
- (de) belofte
2
('promise') ‑>>
- slofte
2
('shuffled,' 'walked tiredly' - single simple past)
- (de) behoefte
('need (for)'
- 'want (of)')
‑>>
- (de) proeftijd
2
3
('trial period')
- (de) zwerftocht
2
('ramble, trek')
- (de) schurft
2
(a skin disease)
- wuft
2
3
('frivolous, fickle' - old-fashioned)
|
FU |
- (de) fut
('energy, strength,' "vim")
- (de) functie
2
3
4
5
('position // function')
- (de/het) parfum
('perfume')
|
FUU |
- (de) fuut
('grebe' - a bird )
- furieus
('furious, very angry')
- (het) infuus
('IV')
- (de) fusie
('fusion, merger')
- (de) futiliteit
2
3
('futility')
|
FUI |
(de) fuif
2
('party' - slang)
- (de) fuik
2
3
('fyke' - a fish trap) |
FV |
- (het) afval
2
('garbage')
- afvegen
2
3
('to wipe')
- (de) afvoer
2
('drain')
- vijfvoud
2
3
('five-fold')
- (het) zelfvertrouwen
2
('self-confidence')
- zelfverzekerd
2
('self-assured, very self-confident')
- vorm of vent
2
3
4
([structure
or personality - the shape of a narrative or the author's
character] - schools of literary criticism)
|
FW |
- afwachten
2
3
('to wait for,' "~wait and see")
- (de) lijfwacht
2
('bodyguard')
- (de) afwas
(dishes etc. to be washed)
- afwassen
2
3
('doing' the dishes)
- Halfweg
2
('Halfway' - a small town between Amsterdam and Haarlem)
- (het) proefwerk
2
3
('written test' - in secondary school)
- (de) afweging
('consideration,' ["weighing"])
- afwisselen
2
('to alternate, take turns, vary')
- (de) afwisseling
2
3
('change, variety')
- afwijken
('to deviate, differ')
|
FY |
- (de) fysicus
2
('physicist,' physics scientist - also:
(de) natuurkundige
- (de) kernfysica
2
('nuclear physics')
|
FZ |
- afzagen
2
3
('to cut off' - with a
saw) ‑>>
- (de) afzetter
2
3
(seller whose prices are too high, swindler, cheater)
- afzien
2
3
('to give up, abandon, renounce, forego' // 'making a great
and exhausting effort,' like in sports or
exercise
‑>>
- afzonderlijk
/ afzonderlijke
2
('separate, special, apart')
- Delfzijl
(a town)
- zichzelf zien
2
3
('to see yourself'
‑>>
- stofzuiger
2
('vacuum cleaner' [dust-sucker])
- ik stofzuigde
('I was vacuuming')
- (de) stuifzwam
2
3
('puffball mushroom')
|
AF |
- af
('off' //
'away from' // other meanings
- (het) café
2
('café')
- (de) Daf
(1950s/60s Dutch car brand)
- gaf
('gave' - simple past singular)
- ik gaf
2
('I gave')
- heldhaftig
2
3
('heroic')
- laf
2 /
laf/laffe
2
('cowardly')
- (de) komaf
2
('descent, origin, parentage, heritage')
- onaf
2
3
('unfinished' - colloquial)
- (de) giraf
2
('giraffe' - French G)
- (het) graf
('grave')
- (de) straf
('punishment')
- Schaft
2
3
(a family name)
- is 't af?
2
3
4
('is it done, finished?')
|
AAF |
- Aafke
(a girls' name)
- gaaf
2
3
('undamaged, whole' // "cool")
- begaafd
('gifted, talented')
- (de) slaaf
2
('slave')
- verslaafd
2
('addicted')
- (de) raaf
('raven' a bird)
- braaf
2
('well-ehaved, obedient')
- (de) graaf
('count')
- (de) kaasschaaf
('cheese slicer')
- schaafde
2
('planed' - simple past singular)
- (de) tafel
2
3
4
(table')
- (de) staaf
2
('bar, stick')
- (het) octaaf
('octave' - music)
- Gustaaf
2
(a boys' name)
- (de) wafel
2
('waffle')
|
AUF |
French CH, and French AU (pronoounced as Dutch
'long O'
)
- (de) chauffeur
2
('driver' - car, truck, bus
- (de) buschauffeur
2
3
('bus driver')
|
BF |
- (het) ribfluweel
2
corduroy
|
CHF |
- Ga toch fietsen!
2
3
4
(['go ride a bike!']
- usually an exclamation of frustration with
someone, like 'I don't believe you, stop bothering me, go take a
hike')
|
DF |
- Godfried
(a boys' name)
- Godfried van Bouillon
2
3
(Godfrey
of Bouillon - a crusader)
|
EF |
- (het) effect
2
3
('effect, result')
- effen
2
('in a moment' - slang / 'solid' - color)
- effe
2
('in a moment' - slang "ff")
- efficiënt
('efficient')
- efficiënter
2
('more efficient')
- de Efteling
2
(an amusement park)
- (de) hefboom
('lever') ‑>>
- (de) ophef
('commotion')
- de) opheffing
('closing down, discontinuing')
- heftig
2
3 /
heftige
2
3
('violent, vehement, fierce, emotional')
- (het) lef
2
('courage' - colloquial)
- treffen
('to hit, strike' // 'to meet, find')
- Stef
(a boys' name)
French CH: - (de) chef
2
('boss, manager, supervisor')
- chef-kok
2
('chef')
|
EEF |
- Eefje
(a girls' name)
- beef
2
('tremble, shake' - simple present tense singular)
- ik beef
2
('I'm shaking, trembling')
- beefde
2
('trembled, shaked' - simple past tense singular)
- from the verb - beven
2
('to tremble, shake')
- geef 't aan
2
3
('give it to ...//' 'mark
it') ‑>>
- 't geeft niet
2
3
4
('it doesn't matter, never mind')
- hij heeft
2
('he has')
- heeft-ie
2
('does he have ..? - colloquial)
- U heeft
2
3
('you have' - polite 'you')
- (de) leeftijd
2
3
('age') ‑>>
- Kleef
(a city in Germany)
- beleefd
2
('polite')
- (de) neef
('cousin' - male // 'nephew')
- (het) neefje
('nephew' // 'cousin' - male)
- (de) kreeft
2
('lobster, crayfish')
- ik schreef
('I wrote')
- (de) wreef
2
3
('instep, arch' - foot)
- scheef
('skewed')
- scheef houden
2
('to hold at an angle, to tilt')
- (het) weefgetouw
2
('loom')
- (de) zweefmolen
2
('whirligig')
- (de) zeef
('strainer, sieve')
- (het) theezeefje
2
('tea strainer')
|
EuhF |
- gefascineerd
('fascinated' - past participle)
- gefeliciteerd
2
('congratulations!' // 'congratulated' - past participle)
- gefrituurd
2
('deep-fried' - past participle)
- (de) reflex
2
('reflex')
- (het) refrein
('chorus' - song)
- Jozef
(a boys' name)
- Jozefien
(a girls' name)
|
EIF |
- weifelen
('to hesitate')
|
EUF |
- sleuf
('a dry ditch')
Greek EU, pronounced as Dutch UI
- (het) eufemisme
2
('euphemism')
|
GF |
- (de) ligfiets
2
3
('recumbent bicycle')
- Agfa
2
(former German photography brand)
- ragfijn
2
3
([fine like a spider's web] - 'very subtle')
|
IF |
- (de) difterie
2
('diphteria')
- (het) vergif
2
('poison')
- (de) vergiftiging
2
3
('poisoning')
- de) vergiffenis
2
('absolution, forgiveness')
- (het) gifgas
2
('poison gas')
2
3
4
5
('"poison" green' - very bright)
- (de) gift
('donation')
- (de) toegift
2
('encore' - music performance)
- liflafjes
2
('small bites of food, nice but insubstantial')
- (de) lift
('elevator')
- liften
2
3
('elevators' // 'to hitch-hike')
- viltstiften
('felt-tip pens')
- (het) schrift
('notebook')
- De Schrift
('the Bible' - old-fashioned)
- (de) lippenstift
2
('lipstick')
- Swifterbant
2
(a town)
|
IEF |
- naïef
2
('naive, naïve')
- (de) lucifer
('match' - for fire) - plural:
- lucifers
('matches')
- (het) archief
('archive')
- (de) dief
2
('thief')
- (de) diefstal
('theft')
- "op die fiets!"
2
3
("Oh, you mean in that way"
- standard phrase)
- lief
('dear,
sweet') ‑>>
- verliefd
('in love')
- (de) liefdadigheid
('charity')
- (de) liefde
('love' - the sentiment)
- [(de)] geliefde
('beloved')
- liefste
2
3
("dearest" // 'most preferred')
- alsjeblieft
2
('please') ‑>>
- Californië
2
('California')
- (de) olifant
('elephant')
- (de) conifeer
('conifer, pine tree')
- (het) uniform
('uniform')
- (de) brief
2
('letter')
- (het) briefje
('small note' // 'banknote' - colloquial)
- (de) briefkaart
('postcard')
- (de) briefwisseling
2
('correspondence' [exchange of letters])
- massief
('massive, solid, not hollow')
- depressief
2
3
4
('depressed')
- cursief
2
('italic' - typeface, writing)
- lucratief
2
('lucrative, profitable')
- (het) initiatief
2
('initiative')
- actief
2
3
4
5
('active')
- subjectief
2
('subjective,
biased')
‑>>
- (het) motief
2
3
('motive')
- suggestief
2
('suggestive')
|
IJF |
- (het) lijf
('human body' - slang, impolite)
- (het) verblijf
2
('stay' // 'residence, place to stay')
- (de) olijf
2
('olive')
- IJslijf
2
3
('ice body' - a historical tulip)
- stijf
('stiff, inflexible')
- (het) bedrijf
2
('business, company')
- (de) schijf
('disk')
- vijf
('5')
- (de) vijfde
2
('fifth')
- (de) twijfel
('doubt') - twijfelen
2
3
('to doubt')
- (het) cijfer
/
cijfers
('number'/'numbers')
‑>>
- lijfeigenen
2
('serfs' - almost
slaves) ‑>>
- Lijfland
2
('Livonia,' - Medieval name, ~Latvia & Estonia)
- (de) olijfolie
('olive oil')
- (de) schijfrem
2
('disk brake')
- vijfvoud
2
3
('five-fold,' - 5 copies)
- (de) lijfwacht
2
('bodyguard')
- Leendert Knijff
2
3
(painter, 17th Century)
- (het) misdrijf
2
3
('crime') ‑>>
- (het) tijdverdrijf
2
('pastime')
- (de) schijfrem
2
('disk brake')
- (het) vijfvoud
2
3
('five-fold, five copies')
Wie schrijft, die blijft
[he who writes, remains] - 'the person writing down the
scores always remains in the game'
IJF also hear - EIF above
|
KF |
- (de) bakfiets
2
([box-bike] - 'cargo bike')
- (het) kraakfestijn
2
3
4
5
6
('croakfest, croaking festival')
- ik fiets
2
3
('I'm riding
a bicycle') ‑>>
- (de) blokfluit
('recorder' - flute)
|
LF |
- half
('half')
‑>>
2
- (de) zalf
('ointment, cream')
- (het) kalf
2
3
('calf')
- (het) alfabet
2
('alphabet') ‑>>
- (het) kalfje
2
('young calf')
- twaalf
('12')
- [(de)] elf
('11' // 'elf')
- hetzelfde
/
dezelfde
('the same')
‑>>
- Delfland
2
3
(the area around the city of Delft
2)
- (de) spelfout
2
3
('typo, spelling mistake')
- zelfs
('even') ‑>>
- Delfshaven
2
('Delft Harbor' - now part of
Rotterdam
)
- delfstoffen
2
('minerals, mineral resources')
- Delft
2
(a town)
- (de) helft
('half') ‑>>
- (het) elftal
(sports team of 11 - for instance soccer)
- zichzelf zien
2
3
('seeing yourself')
- veel fietsen
('do a lot of bicycling')
- (de) schilfer
2
('sliver')
- (de/het) golf
2
('wave' // 'golf' - the sport/pastime)
- (de) wolf
('wolf')
- Wolfheze
2
(a town)
- (de) dolfijn
2
('dolphin')
- (het) wolfraam
2
('wolfram, tungsten' - a rare metal)
|
MF |
- (de) amfibie
2
('amphibian')
- (de) triomf
2
3
4
('triumph')
- triomfantelijk
2
3
('triumphant')
- (de) bromfiets
2
('small motorcycle' - 50cc combustion engine)
- comfortabel
2
('comfortable')
- Bloemfontein
(a town in South-Africa)
- Dymfna
(a girls' name)
- (de) symfonie
('symphony')
- de triomf der rede
2
3
('the triumph of reason' - old-fashioned)
|
NF |
- (de) infectie
('infection')
- inferieur
('inferior')
- n flesje water
('a bottle of water' -small)
- n fles wijn
('a bottle of wine')
- 'n fout antwoord
2
('a wrong answer')
- (de) inflatie
2
3
(inflation)
- mijn fiets
2
3
('my bike')
- (het) ziekenfonds
(former health insurance system)
- (de) informateur
2
('coalition cabinet building
scout') ‑>>
- (het) conflict
2
('conflict')
- (het) infuus
('IV')
- (de) kernfysica
2
('nuclear physics')
- 'n fractie van 'n seconde
2
[a fraction of a second] - a very short time,
'a split second'
- Een frisse neus halen
'(going outside) to get [a fresh nose]
some fresh air'
|
OF |
- of
('or' //
'~if') ‑>>
- of ... of
2
('either ... or')
- alsof
('as if') ‑>>
- de bof
2
('mumps' - a childhood disease)
- dof/doffe
('dull, muffled; not shiny')
- (de) doffe E
2
([dull E] - 'schwa')
- (het) hof
('court')
- (de) hofnar
2
('court jester')
- Hofstra
2
3
(a family name)
- (de) koffer
2
('suitcase')
- (de) belofte
2
('promise') ‑>>
- Roelof
2
(a boys' name)
- ploffen
2
3
('to plop' // 'to pop, bang')
- (de) ontploffing
('explosion')
- (de/het) witlof
2
3
('Belgian endives')
- (de) knoflook
('garlic')
- opofferen
2
('to sacrifice')
- grof
2
3 /
groffe
('coarse, rude')
- tof
("cool," 'likable' - slang)
- (het//de) stof
2
3
4
('dust' //
'~material')
‑>>
- Stoffel
(a boys' name)
- (de) troffel
2
('trowel' - bricklaying tool)
- (de) katastrofe
2
('catastrophe')
|
OOF |
- doof
2
('deaf')
- (het) hoofd
('head') - plural:
- hoofden
2
('heads')
- (het) warhoofd
2
('confused person')
- 't Hooft
2
3
(a family name)
- sjofel
2
('looking poor,' especially clothes)
- beloofde
2
('promised' - adjective and simple past singular)
- (het) geloof
2
3
('belief, religion')
- geloofde
2
('believed' - simple past singular)
- ongelofelijk
/
- ongelooflijk
('incredible, unbelievable')
- (de) grammofoon
('gramophone,' vinyl records player)
- (de) roof
2
3
('robbery,
theft')
- (de) broodroof
2
([bread-robbery] - stealing someone's livelihood)
- (de) roofoverval
2
('robbery' - violent)
- (de) microfoon
('microphone')
- (de) profeet
2
('prophet')
- (de) filosoof
('philosopher')
- gestoofd
2
('stewed')
- Sofie
(a girls' name)
- Sofietje
(a girls' name)
- (de) saxofoon
2
('saxophone')
|
OEF |
- (de) oefening
2
('exercise')
->>
- oefenen
2
('to practice')
‑>>
- (de) boef
2
('rogue, criminal')
- (het) boefje
2
('naughty boy')
- (de) hoef
('hoof' - horn on horse feet)
- (het) hoefijzer
2
([hoof iron] - 'horseshoe')
- (de) hoefsmid
2
3
([hoof smith] - 'farrier')
- bedroefd
/
bedroefde
2
('sad, sorrowful')
- (de) behoefte
('need, want')
- (de) proef
2
('experiment')
- (het) proefje
2
('small experiment,' usually chemistry practice)
- (de) drukproef
2
3
('galley,' test run of print)
- (de) vuurproef
('trial by fire, a serious challenge')
- proefwerk
2
3
('written test in elementary and secondary school')
- stroef
('stiff - with difficulty, not easy' - not lubricated)
- (de) boef
2
('criminal')
- (de) schroef
('screw')
- bankschroef
('vise')
- proefschrift
2
('PhD thesis')
- hoefsmid
2
3
('farrier,' installer of horseshoes)
- proeftijd
2
3
('trial period')
|
OUF |
French OU, pronounced as
Dutch OE
- (de) souffleur
('stage whisperer')
|
PF |
- (het) zeepflesje
('soap bottle' - dispenser)
- (de) loopfiets
('walker bike'- early bicycle, no pedals, no chain etc.)
- (de) typefout
2
3
('typo,' typing mistake)
|
RF |
- (het) erf
2
3
('~lot, ~premises' - the area around a farmhouse and its side
buildings, not the agriculture land)
- (de) werf
2
3
('shipyard')
- erfelijk
2
3
('hereditary, congenital' - disease)
- (de) erfenis
2
('inheritance')
- (de/het) parfum
('perfume')
- (het) bederf
2
('decay,'
"rot") ‑>>
- bederfelijk
2
('perishable' - food)
- (de) verf
('paint')
- (het) woonerf
2
('residential area with limited car access)
- perfect
2
('perfect, flawless')
- (de) waterfles
- (de) erfenis
2
('inheritance')
waterfles3.MP3">2
3
('water bottle')
- (de) herfst
('Fall,
Autumn') ‑>>
- (de) zwerftocht
2
('ramble, trek')
- fris
2
('fresh' // 'refreshing' // 'nippy,
chilly') ‑>>
- hij stierf
2
3
('he died, passed away')
- korfballen
2
3
(playing 'co-ed proto-basketball')
- (de) voorfilm
2
3
('movie trailer')
- (de) durf
2
3
4
('daring, courage')
- (de) schurft
2
(a skin disease)
- (de) smurf
('smurf')
- (de) turf
('peat')
- (het) turfmolm
('peat dust')
Vowels and diphthongs are really longer when followed by R
|
SF |
- (de) sfeer
2
3
('ambiance')
- (de) atmosfeer
2
3
('atmosphere' // 'ambiance')
- (de) kaasfondue
2
3
('cheese
fondue' ‑>>
- (het) maïsfeest
2
('corn - maize - festival')
- vogels fluiten
('birds sing')
- (de) transformator
2
('transformer' - current)
- thermosflessen
('thermos bottles')
- (het) fosfor
('phosphorus')
- vlinders fladderen
2
('butterflies flutter')
- Amersfoort
(a city)
- (de) dwarsfluit
2
('flute' - German: Querflöte)
|
TF |
- (het) platform
2
('platform')
- (de) patat-friet
2
3
('French fries')
- West-Friesland
2
(the Northern part of the province of
Noord-Holland
2
- the area around the city of Alkmaar
)
- (de) transportfiets
2
3
4
5
('cargo bike')
- 't Is niet fout ...
2
3
It's not wrong ...
|
UF |
- duf
2
3
4
('drowsy, temporarily not very alert,' "out of it")
- (de) juffrouw
2
3
4
('Miss' -old-fashioned // female elementary school teacher')
- bluffen
2
3
('to bluff')
- suffen
2
3
('not being entirely awake and alert, not paying attention'
// 'woolgathering')
- (de) sufferd
('a not very bright person')
- (het) tuf
('saliva' - childish // 'pumice' - volcanic rock)
- wuft
2
3
('frivolous, fickle' - old-fashioned)
|
UIF |
- (de) fuif
2
('party' - slang)
- (de) huifkar
('covered wagon')
- (de) kuif
2
3
('quiff,' 'shock of hair')
- (de) druif
('grape')
- (het) struif
('egg stuff')
- schuifdeuren
('sliding doors')
- (de) schuifmaat
('Vernier caliper - a measuring tool')
- (de) kluif
2
('bone' - for dog // 'big job')
- Kuifje
2
('Tintin')
- (de) luifel
('awning')
- (het) stuifmeel
('pollen')
- (de) stuifzwam
2
3
('puffball mushroom')
- (de) vetkuif
2
3
('greased quiff' - a hairstyle like Elvis)
|
WF |
- (de) vouwfiets
('folding bicycle')
|
YF |
Jacob Knyff
2
3
(painter, 1640-1681)
also written as: Knijff
|