In the examples you'll see the F-V and S-Z shift a few times. Dutch
words 'cannot' end in V or Z, that's an unusual sound for the Dutch
mouth. V and Z need to be followed by a vowel of diphthong. V or Z at
the end of a word or before a consonant will change
to F or S ‑>>
- (de) boef
2
/ boeven
2
('criminal'/'criminals' - often jocular)
- (de) poes
/
poezen
2
3
('cat'/'cats')
Look for letters or letter combinations that are difficult for
you. Repeat words after me, try saying them like I do, and record
yourself or ask a friend or fellow student to compare how you say them
with how I say them. Try to bring your pronunciation of the words
closer and closer to how I say them. Use as few or as many examples as you like.
OE |
- (de) klamboe
('mosquito net' - from Malay)
- (de) rimboe
2
('jungle' - from Malay)
- doe!
('do!')
- ik doe
2
('I do, I'm doing')
- (het) gedoe
2
('fuss, hassle')
- (de) koe
('cow')
- moe
2
3
4
('tired') ‑>>
- "opoe"
2
('great- grandmother' - children's language)
|
OEA |
- zouaaf
/
zouaven
('zouave'/'zouaves' - Papal soldier)
|
OEB |
- troebel
('murky')
|
OED |
- (het) foedraal
('leather bag' for a tool)
- goed
2 /
goede
/
goed/goede
('good, well, correct etc.)
‑>>
- goedkoop
2
3
/ goedkope
2
3
('cheap, not expensive')
‑>>
- een goed mens
2
3
('a good person')
- (de) hoed
2
('hat')
‑>>
- (de) voorhoede
2
3
('vanguard') ‑>>
- (de) achterhoede
2
('rearguard')
- gloednieuw
2
3
([glowing-] 'brand-new')
- (de) vloed
('high tide')
‑>>
- (de) invloed
2
('influence')
- (de) moed
('courage')
- moedig
2
('brave, courageous')
- (de) moeder
('mother') ‑>>
- moedwillig
2
('deliberate')
- (het) poeder
('powder')
- [(de)] spoed
('urgent,' // 'urgency')
- (de) broeder
('friar' - lower clergy // 'male nurse' // 'brother' - all old-fashioned)
- (de) gebroeders
2
('brothers' - old-fashioned)
values' ‑>>)
- (de) vroedvrouw
2
3
('midwife')
- (de) voedingswaarde
2
('nutritional
- voedzaam
2
3
('nutritious') ‑>>
- (de) woede
2
('anger')
|
OEE |
Doe even serieus!
2
Be serious 'for a moment' - stop the joking
around, it's no joke, it's a serious matter
Doe een beetje normaal!
2
Act normally! Behave!
Doe er een postzegel op
2
3
Put a stamp on it - mail
|
OEF |
- (de) oefening
2
('exercise')
->>
- oefenen
2
('to practice')
‑>>
- (de) boef
2
('criminal' - also jocular)
- (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')
- stroef
('stiff - with difficulty, not easy' - not lubricated)
|
OEG |
- (de) ploeg
('plow' // 'team' - old-fashioned)
- hij vroeg
2
3
('he asked') ‑>>
- (de) toegang
2
3
('entry, entrance' // 'access')
- Hoegaarden
(a town in Belgium and a beer brand)
- genoeg
('enough') ‑>>
- goed genoeg
2
3
('good enough')
- (het) genoegen
('pleasure, satisfaction' - old-fashioned)
- (de) kroeg
('~bar, ~café')
- vroeg
/ vroege
)
('early')
- 'vroeger'
('earlier, sooner' // 'in the past')
- (de) toegift
2
('encore' - music performance)
- (de) wroeging
('remorse, feeling bad about past actions)
- (de) vervoeging
2
('conjugation')
- Joegoslavië
(the former country of Yugoslavia)
- Oegstgeest
2
(a town)
|
OEH |
- (de) metaaalmoeheid
2
3
4
('metal fatigue')
- (de) aardappelmoeheid
2
('potato fatigue' - a plant disease, actually a nutrition deficiency)
Hoe heet je?
What's your name?
|
OEI | The I
in OEI is pronounced as Consonant-Y, Dutch J
- (de) boei
2
('buoy')
- boeiend
2
3
('fascinating, gripping')
- doei!
('bye!' - slang)
- foei!
2
('bad!' - disapproval)
- Goeie gunst!
2
('Good grief!')
- Hoei
(a town in Belgium)
- vloeibaar
2
3
('liquid')
- bloeien
('to bloom, flower')
- gloeiend heet
2
3
([glowing -] 'red-hot')
- (de) moeite
2
('difficulty, exertion')
- moeilijk
/ moeilijke
('difficult')
- vermoeid
/
vermoeide
('tired')
- (de) vermoeidheid
2
3
4
('fatigue, tiredness')
- knoeien
2
('to spill' // 'to swindle, cheat')
- (de) snoeischaar
('pruning clippers')
- (de) roeiboot
('rowboat')
- roeien
2
('to row')
- (de) sproeier
('sprinkler')
- (de) broeikas
2
('hothouse')
- (de) groei
2
('growth') ‑>>
Al wat groeit en bloeit en ons telkens weer boeit
2
'All things that grow and flower
and fascinate us time and again' -
title of the nature segment
of a popular radio program by Dr. Fop I. Brouwer
- boeien
2
is literally 'to shackle, to handcuff,'
but is often used figuratively, 'to captivate, to be fascinating'
Het boeide me niet
'It was not really interesting,
I was bored by it'
|
OEIE |
- doe-ie!
('goodbye' - slang)
|
OEJ |
See also OEI above
- Goejanverwellesluis
a hamlet near
Gouda
2
- in 1787 a local militia stopped and detained
the stadhouder's wife, the sister
of the king of Prussia
Wat doe je nou?
2
What in heaven's name are you doing?
(it looks stupid or questionable)
Wat doe je me aan!
2
The things you do to me! You're causing me much grief
Doe je best!
2
[Do your best] - Give it your best!
Waarom doe je dat?
2
3
Why do you do that? Why are you doing that?
Zó doe je dat!
2
3
That's the way to do it
|
OEK |
- Oekraïne
('Ukraine')
- (het) boek
2
3
('book')
- (het) boekje
2
('"small, little" book')
- (het) boekweit
2
('buckwheat')
- (de) boekwinkel
2
3
('bookstore')
- (de) doek
2
('cloth,' piece of fabric)
- (de) handdoek
2
('towel')
- Doeke
(a boys' name)
- (de) hoek
('corner // angle')
- Hoeks
2
(a family name)
- om de hoek
2
3
('around the corner')
- driehoeken
('triangles') ‑>>
- (de) eethoek
2
('dining area')
- rechthoekig
2 /
rechthoekige
2
('rectangular')
- (de) koek
2
('~cake')
- (het) koekje
('cookie')
- (de) kruidkoek
2
3
('spice cake')
- (de) koekoek
2
3
4
('cuckoo')
- Loek
(a boys' name)
- (de) vloek
('curse')
- (de) snoek
2
('pike' - a fish)
- (de) roek
('rook' - a bird)
- (de) broek
2
('pants, trousers')
‑>>
- zoek
2
('gone, lost, not to be found, missing')
- zoeken
2
('to search, to seek')
‑>>
|
OEL |
- 'n boel
2
(much, many, a lot')
- 'n heleboel
2
(very much, very many, really a lot')
- doel
('goal, objective')
- (de) doelgroep
2
('target audience')
- doelbewust
2
('purposeful,' focused on goals)
- (de) foelie
('mace,' a spice)
- krioelen
2
3
('teeming, swarming, crawling')
- sjoelen
2
3
('playing ~shuffleboard' - a game)
- koel
2
3
4
5
6
('cool' - temperature only)
- (de) koelkast
('fridge, refrigerator')
- (de) poel
2
('puddle')
- (de) spoel
2
3
4
('spool' - for winding string etc.)
- Roel
(a boys' name)
- Roelof
(a boys' name)
- (de) stoel
('chair')
- voelen
2
('to feel') ‑>>
- (het) gevoel
/
gevoelens
2
('feeling'/'feelings' - irregular plural)
- zwoel
2 /
zwoele
/
zwoel/zwoele
2
('sultry, sensual')
|
OEM |
- (de) doem
('doom')
- (de) bloem
2
3
('flower' ‑>> //
'flour')
- (het) bloemetje
2
('small flower' // 'bouquet,' a bunch of cut flowers)
- Bloemfontein
/
Bloemhof
2
(towns in South Africa)
- (de) bloemkool
2
('cauliflower')
- (het) bloempje
2
('small flower')
- noemen
2
('to call, name')
- (de) poema
('puma, mountain lion')
- (de) roem
2
3
4
('fame')
- beroemd
('famous')
- Roemenië
('Rumania')
- roemloos
('inglorious, no fame or renown')
- toe maar!
2
('don't exaggerate' // 'go ahead')
- (de) ketoembar
('coriander' - a spice, a word from Malay)
|
OEN |
- (de) oen
2
('a stupid guy,' a person who habitually acts in a stupid way)
Hij is een oen
He is stupid
- (de) boenwas
('polishing wax' for wooden floors)
- doen
2
3
('to do') ‑>>
- uitdoen
2
3
(1. 'to turn off' - lights etc. 2. 'to take off' - clothes)
- Bargoens
2
('~slang') ‑>>
- (de) hoen
('chicken')
- (de) kampioen
2
('champion')
- (het) miljoen
2
('million')
- Koen
2
(a boys' name)
- (de) watermeloen
('watermelon')
- limoenen
('limes' - actually an old word for 'lemons')
- (de) poen
('money' - slang)
- (de) harpoen
('harpoon')
- groen
2
3
/ groene
2
3
4
('green')
- (de) groente
('vegetables') ‑>>
- Groenland
2
(Greenland)
- (het) fatsoen
('decency, good manners')
- (de) schoenmaker
2
3
([shoe repairman] - 'cobbler')
- (de) schoen
/
schoenen
('shoe'/'shoes')
- (het) schoentje
2
('small, little shoe')
- toen
2
3
('then' // 'when')
‑>>
- (het) katoen
('cotton')
- (de) toename
2
('increase')
- (de) woensdag
('wednesday') ‑>>
- (de) zoen
('kiss')
|
OEO |
geen boe of bah
2
['neither boo nor yuck'] - 'without a word''
Veel gedoe om niks
'Much ado about nothing'
|
OEOU |
Hoe oud ben je?
2
3
'How old are you? What is your age?'
Hoe oud ben je geworden?
2
'How old [have you become] are you now?'
- Birthday
|
OEP |
- (de) hoepel
('hoop')
- (de) loupe (loep)
('magnifying glass')
- floep!
(exclamation about a quick movement or rapid development)
- (de) sloep
2
3
('sloop' - small rowboat)
- (het) snoep
('candy')
- (het) snoepje
('piece of candy')
- (de) roep
('call, cry, shout')
- roepen
2
3
('to call' - by voice)
- (de) roeping
2
3
('calling, mission, vocation')
- (het) beroep
2
3
4
('job, occupation')
- (de) groep
('group')
- troepen
2
('soldiers, military units')
- (de) soep
('soup')
- (de) stoep
2
3
4
('sidewalk' - "stoop")
- (de) Koepoort
('Cow Gate' - in city wall)
- (het) soepvlees
2
([soup meat] - 'stew beef')
|
OER |
- oerdom
2
('very stupid')
- (het) oerwoud
2
3
([primeval forest] - 'jungle')
- (de) boer
('farmer')
- (de) boerderij
('farm')
- hoera!
2
('hurrah, hurray, hooray')
- (de) koers
2
('course, direction, course')
- (de) vloer
('floor, ~bottom')
- loeren
('to leer')
- jaloers
2
('jealous')
- (de) moer
('nut' - for bolt)
- (het) moeras
('swamp')
- (het) rumoer
2
3
4
('hubbub' - many people shouting or muttering)
- (het) snoer
2
('cable, string')
- (het) roer
2
('rudder' - ship steering)
- (de) broer
2
('brother')
- (het) broertje
('little brother')
- beroerd
2
3
('miserable, sick')
- (de) beroerte
2
('stroke' - old-fashioned - a more modern word is
- (de) hersenbloeding
2
('brain-hemorhage')
- roeren
2
3
('to stir, mix')
- (het) roerei
2
('scrambled eggs')
- roerloos
('motionless' - living beings)
- Roermond
(a town)
- Toerkonje
(a town in Belgium
- (het) toertje
('very small trip')
- (het) voer
/
(het) veevoer
('feed, fodder' - food for animals)
- Woerden
2
('a town')
|
OES |
- Does
(a boys' name)
- Doesburg
(a town)
- Goes
(a town)
- (de) hoes
('cover, sleeve')
- (de) hoest
('cough')
- Loesje
2
(a girls' name)
- (de) bloesem
('bloom, blossom')
- (de) moes
('pulp,' mashed food)
- (de) smoes
2
3
('fake excuse')
- (het) smoesje
('fake excuse')
- (de) poes
('cat')
- (de) roes
('high,' intoxication)
- (de) toeslag
2
3
('premium, surcharge, extra payment')
- (de) toespraak
2
('speech, address')
- (de) roest
('rust')
- roestig
2
3
('rusty')
- Soest
(a town)
- (het) toestel
('machine, apparatus')
- (de) woestijn
('desert')
|
OET |
- Oeteldonk
(Carnival name of the city of Den Bosch
)
- (de) boete
('fine,' money punishment)
- Doetinchem
(a town)
- (het) koetje
2
('little cow')
- (de) koets
('stagecoach')
- (de) moet
2
3
('dent,' - impression of print in paper)
- hij moet
2
('he has to,
he should')
- (de) snoet
('face' - snout)
- (de) poet
2
3
('loot' - slang)
- (de) poets
2
('practical joke, trick')
- (het) roet
2
('soot')
- (de) groet
2
3
('greeting')
- [(het)] bankroet
2
('bankrupt')
- (het) toetje
('dessert')
- (de) toets
2
3
('key' of keyboard // 'test')
- (het) toetsenbord
2
('keyboard')
- (de) voet
2
/
voeten
2
('foot'/'feet')
- (het/de) voetbal
('soccer' // 'soccer ball')
- zoet
/
zoete
2
3
/
zoet/zoete
2
('sweet')
- (de) zoetigheid
2
3
('sweets, candy'- sweet stuff')
- (de) zoetwatervis
([sweet-] 'freshwater fish') - zoetzuur
2
3
('sweet-sour' - pickles taste variety)
|
OEU |
See French OEU - below
|
OEUI |
Hij zie er moe uit
He looks tired
|
OEV |
- (de) rivieroever
('river bank')
- boeven
2
('criminals' - often jocular)
- (de) hoeveelheid
/
hoeveelheden
2
('amount'/'amounts')
- hoeven
('hooves' // ‑>>)
- droevig
/
droevige
('sad')
- (de) steengroeve
('stone quarry')
- proeven
2
('to taste' // 'experiments')
- schroeven
('screws' // 'to screw screws')
- (het) toeval
('chance, coincidence')
- toevoegen
2
('to add')
- zoeven
2
('~to move quickly, to zoom, swish')
|
OEW |
- hoewel
('although')
Hoe werkt 't?
2
How does it work, how does it go, what's the mechanism?
Hoe weinig we weten
2
How little we know
|
OEY |
- Adriaan Boeyens
2
3
(Adrian VI, the first Dutch pope 1522-23)
|
OEZ |
- (de) boezem
2
('bosom')
- doezelen
2
('to snooze,' half-sleep)
- hoezee!
2
('hurrah!' - old-fashioned, formal)
- hoezo?
2
3
('How so? What do you mean?')
- (de) jaloezie
2
('envy')
- smoezen
(having informal, often somewhat questionable discussions)
- snoezelen
(a sensory stimulation
therapy) ‑>>
- poezen
2
3
('cats')
|
OE |
- oefenen
2
('to practice')
‑>>
- (de) oefening
2
('exercise')
->>
- Oegstgeest
2
(a town)
- Oekraïne
('Ukraine')
- (de) oen
2
('a stupid guy,' a person who habitually acts in a stupid way)
Hij is een oen
He is stupid
- oerdom
2
('very stupid')
- (het) oerwoud
2
3
([primeval forest] - 'jungle') - Oeteldonk
(Carnival name of the city of Den Bosch
)
|
BOE |
- (de) boef
2
/ boeven
2
('criminal'/'criminals' - often jocular)
- (het) boefje
2
('naughty boy')
- (het) boegeroep
2
('booing,' - audience shouting disapproval or contempt)
- (de) boei
2
('buoy')
- boeiend
2
3
('fascinating, gripping')
- (het) boek
('book')
- (het) boekweit
2
('buckwheat')
- (de) boekwinkel
2
3
('bookstore')
- 'n boel
2
(much, many, a lot')
- 'n heleboel
2
(very much, very many, really a lot')
- (de) boenwas
('polishing wax' for wooden floors)
- (de) boer
('farmer')
- (de) boerderij
('farm')
- (de) boerenkaas
(cheese made with raw milk)
- (de) boete
('fine,' money punishment)
- (de) boezem
2
('bosom')
|
COE |
- Coevorden
2
(a town - Vancouver, Canada is named after the Englishman
George Vancouver whose family originally came from Coevorden
- Jan Pieterszoon Coen
2
(an early governor of the Dutch East Indies)
|
DOE |
- doe!
('do!')
- (de) doedelzak
('bagpipes')
- doe-het-zelf
('DIY, do-it-yourself')
- (de) doek
2
('cloth,' piece of fabric)
- (de) handdoek
2
('towel')
- Doeke
(a boys' name)
- doel
('goal, objective')
- (de) doelman
('goalkeeper' - usually the English word 'keeper' is used)
- (het) doelpunt
('goal! // goal scored')
- doeltreffend
2
([goal-scoring] - 'effective')
- (de) doem
('doom')
- doen
2
3
('to do') ‑>>
- duur doen
2
('showing off,' acting as if you're rich or important)
- uitdoen
2
3
('to turn off' - lights etc. // 'to take off' - clothes)
- Does
(a boys' name)
- Doesburg
(a town)
- Doetinchem
(a town)
- doezelen
2
('to slumber, half-sleep')
|
FOE |
- (de) foedraal
('leather bag' for a tool)
- foei!
2
('bad!' - disapproval)
- (de) foelie
('mace,' a spice)
|
GOE |
- goed
2
/
goede
/
goed/goede
('good, well, correct etc.)
‑>>
- goedkoop
2
3 /
goedkope
2
3
('cheap, not expensive')
‑>>
- Bargoens
2
('~slang') ‑>>
- Goeie gunst!
2
('Good grief!')
- goeiemorgen!
2
('good morning! - colloquial for
- goedemorgen
- also: môhge
2
3
- goeie reis!
2
('have a safe and nice trip!) - colloquial for
- goede reis!
- Goeree Overflakkee
(an area in the province of
Zuid Holland
2
- Goes
(a town)
- Hugo van der Goes
2
(a painter, ~1440 - ~1482) - also known as
- Hugo van Goes
|
HOE |
- hoe?
('how?')
‑>>
Hoe doe je dat?
How do you do that?
- (de) hoed
2
('hat') ‑>>
- (de) vingerhoed
(['finger-hat'] - 'thimble')
- (de) voorhoede
2
3
('vanguard') ‑>>
- (de) achterhoede
2
('rearguard')
- (de) hoef
/
hoeven
('hoof'/'hooves' - horn on horses' feet)
- see also
- (het) hoefijzer
2
('hoof iron' - horseshoe)
- (de) hoefsmid
2
3
([hoof smith] - 'farrier')
- Hoegaarden
(a town in Belgium and a beer brand)
- Hoei
(a town in Belgium)
- (de) hoek
('corner // angle')
‑>>
- Hoeks
2
(a family name)
- (de) hoen
('chicken')
- hoepla!
2
3
(an exclamation)
- (de) hoest
('cough')
‑>>
- (de) hoestbui
2
('coughing fit')
- hoeveel
('how much, how many?')
‑>>
- (de) hoeveelheid
('amount, quantity')
‑>>
- [niet/geen] hoeven
('don't need, not necessary, don't want, don't
have to')
‑>>
- hoewel
('although')
‑>>
- hoezo?
2
3
('How so? What do you mean?')
|
IEOE |
The I
in IOE is pronounced as Consonant-Y, Dutch J
in
- (het) pensioen
('pension')
but is more often pronounced as English EE, Dutch Long I, IE:
- krioelen
2
3
('teeming, swarming, crawling')
- (de) kampioen
2
('champion')
- (de) schorpioen
2
('scorpion')
- (het) visioen
2
('vision')
|
JOE |
- Joegoslavië
- sjoelen
2
3
('playing ~shuffleboard' - a game)
- (het) miljoen
2
('million')
|
KOE |
(de) koe
/
koeien
/
koe/koeien
2
3
('cow'/'cows' - irregular plural)
- (de) koek
2
('~cake')
- (het) koekje
('cookie')
- (de) kruidkoek
2
3
('spice cake')
- koel
2
3
4
5
6
('cool' - temperature only)
- (de) koelkast
('fridge, refrigerator')
- (de) koelte
('coolth')
- Koen
2
(a boys' name)
- (de) Koepoort
('Cow Gate' - in city wall)
- (de) koers
2
('course, direction, course')
- (de) akoestische gitaar
2
('acoustic guitar')
|
LOE |
- Loe (Lou)
(a boys' name)
- (het) bloed
('blood')
- (de) bloeddruk
2
3
('blood pressure')
- (de) bloedgroep
2
3
('blood group, blood type')
- gloednieuw
2
3
([glowing-] 'brand-new')
- (de) vloed
('high tide')
- (de) ploeg
('plow // team')
- sloeg
('slapped, hit' - simple past singular)
- vloeibaar
2
3
('liquid')
- Loek
(a boys' name)
- (de) vloek
('curse')
- (de) bloem
2
3
('flower' // 'flour')
- floep!
(exclamation: something happening quickly)
- (de) sloep
2
3
('sloop' - small rowboat)
- jaloers
2
('jealous')
- (de) vloer
('floor, surface')
- (de) bloesem
('bloom, blossom')
- Loesje
2
(a girls' name)
|
MOE |
- moe
2
3
4
('tired') ‑>>
- (de) moed
('courage')
- (de) armoede
2
('poverty')
- moedwillig
2
('deliberate')
- (de) gemoedsrust
2
3
('peace of mind')
- vermoeid
/
vermoeide
('tired')
- (het) rumoer
2
3
4
('noise, hubbub, commotion') - moes
('something mashed')
- (de) moestuin
2
('vegetables garden, kitchen garden')
- hij moet
2
('he ~must') ‑>>
- (de) mammoet
('mammoth')
- smoezen
(having informal, often somewhat questionable discussions)
|
NOE |
- (de) gnoe
2
('gnu,' "wildebeest")
- genoeg
('enough')
- knoeien
2
('to spill' // 'to swindle, cheat')
- (de) snoeischaar
('pruning clippers')
- (de) snoek
2
('pike' - a fish)
- (de) kornoelje
('cornel' - a tree)
- noemen
2
('to call, name')
- het noenmaal
("noon meal" - 'lunch' - very old-fashioned)
- (het) snoep
('candy')
- (het) snoer
2
('cable, string')
- (de) knoest
('knot' - in wood)
- (de) snoet
('face' - snout)
|
POE |
- "opoe"
2
('great- grandmother' - children's language)
- [(de)] spoed
('urgent,' 'urgency')
- (de) poedel
2
('poodle' - a dog)
- (het) poeder
('powder')
- (de) kroepoek
('deep- fried shrimp crackers - from Malay)
- (de) poel
2
('puddle')
- (de) spoel
2
3
4
('spool' - for winding string etc.)
- Spoelstra
2
(a family name)
- Swanepoel
(a family name)
- (de) poema
('puma, mountain lion')
- (de) poen
('money' - slang)
- (de) harpoen
('harpoon')
- (de) poes
('cat')
- poeslief
2
3
('sweet as a cat' - insincere)
- poetsen
('to polish') ‑>>
- poezen
2
3
('cats')
|
ROE |
- (de) roe
('rod, a bundle of small twigs' - a punishment instrument)
- troebel
('murky')
- (de) gebroeders
2
('brothers' - old-fashioned)
- (de) wichelroede
('divining rod')
- (de) vroedvrouw
2
3
('midwife')
- bedroefd
/
bedroefde
2
('sad, sorrowful')
- (de) droefenis
2
3
('sadness, distress')
- (de) droefheid
2
‑>>
('sorrow, sadness')
- (het) proefwerk
2
3
('written test' - in secondary school)
- (de) proef
2
('experiment')
- (het) proefje
2
('small experiment,' usually chemistry practice)
- (de) schroef
/
schroeven
('screw'/'screws')
‑>>
- stroef
('stiff' - 'with difficulty, not easy' - not lubricated)
- (de) kroeg
('~bar, ~café')
- vroeg
/ vroege
('early')
- vroeger
('earlier, sooner' // 'in the past')
(de) wroeging
('remorse, feeling bad about past
actions) ‑>>
- (de) roeiboot
('rowboat')
- roeien
2
('to row')
- (de) broeikas
2
('hothouse')
- (de) groei
2
('growth')
- groeien
2
3
('to grow')
- (de) roek
('rook' - a bird)
- (de) broek
2
('pants, trousers')
- Roel
(a boys' name)
- Roelof
(a boys' name)
- (de) roem
2
3
4
('fame')
- beroemd
('famous')
- roemloos
('inglorious, no fame or renown')
- Jeroen
(a boys' name)
- (de) citroen
2
('lemon')
- groen
2
3
/ groene
2
3
4
('green')
- Groenland
2
(Greenland)
- (de) groente
('vegetables') ‑>>
- (de) roep
('call, cry, shout')
- roepen
2
3
('to call' - by voice)
- (de) roeping
2
3
('calling, mission, vocation')
- (het) beroep
2
3
4
('job,
occupation') ‑>>
- (de) groep
('group')
- troepen
2
('soldiers, military units')
- (het) roer
2
('rudder' - ship steering)
- (de) broer
2
('brother')
- beroerd
2
3
('miserable, sick')
- (de) roes
('high,' intoxication)
- Kroes
2
(a family name)
- (de) roest
('rust')
- roestig
2
3
('rusty')
- (het) roet
2
('soot')
- (de) groet
2 ('greeting')
- [(het)] bankroet
2
('bankrupt')
- proeven
2
('to taste' // 'experiments')
- (de) beproeving
2
3
4
('challenge, test, hardship')
|
SOE |
- (het) fatsoen
('decency, good manners')
- fatsoenlijk
2
('decent, according to good manners')
- een kop soep
2
('a cup of
soup')
- soepel
2
3
('supple, flexible')
- Soest
(a town)
|
SCHOE |
- (de) schoen
/
schoenen
('shoe'/'shoes')
- (het) schoentje
2
('small, little shoe')
- (de) schoenmaker
2
3
([shoe repairman] - 'cobbler')
|
TOE |
- toe
('~towards // come on!')
- toe nou!
('come on!')
- (de) toegang
2
3
('entry, entrance' // 'access') - stoeien
2
('pretend-fighting with children)
- (de) stoel
('chair')
- toen
2
3
('then' // 'when')
‑>>
- (het) katoen
('cotton')
- toepassen
2
3
('to apply, put into practice')
- stoep
2
('sidewalk,' "stoop")
- (het) toertje
('very small trip')
- (de) toeslag
2
3
('premium, surcharge, extra payment')
- (de) toespraak
2
('speech, address')
- (het) toestel
('machine, apparatus')
- (het) toetje
('dessert')
- (de) toets
2
3
('key' of keyboard // 'test')
- (het) toeval
('chance, coincidence')
- toevallig wel!
2
("Just by accident" 'I happen to be right')
- (de) toevoer
2
('supply, provisioning')
|
VOE |
- ondervoed
2
3
(underfed, malnourished')
- voederen
2
('to feed - animals)
- (de) voeding
2
('nutrition')
- (het) voedsel
('food')
- toevoegen
2
('to add')
- (de) toevoeging
2
('addition')
- (het) voorvoegsel
2
('prefix')
- (het) achtervoegsel
2
3
('suffix')
- voelen
2
('to feel') ‑>>
- aanvoelen
2
3
('to sense,' to notice non-verbally, intuitively)
- (het) gevoel
/
gevoelens
2
('feeling'/'feelings' - irregular plural)
- gevoelig
2
('sensitive')
- (het) voer
/
(het) veevoer
('feed, fodder' - food for animals)
- (de) afvoer
2
('drain')
- (het) vervoer
('transportation')
- (de) woordvoerder
2
3
4
('spokesperson')
- (de) vervoering
2
3
('extasy,' "transport")
- (de) voet
2
/
voeten
2
('foot'/'feet')
- stapvoets
2
3
('step-by-step, slow, measured')
|
WOE |
- (de) woede
2
('anger')
- woedend
2
3
('very angry')
- woelen
2
('to toss, turn about' // 'to churn, turn up' - soil)
- (de) woelwater
2
('fidget,' hyperactive child or person)
- (de) woensdag
('wednesday')
‑>>
- Woensdrecht
2
(a town)
- Woerden
2
('a town')
- (de) woestijn
('desert') - zwoel
2 /
zwoele
/
zwoel/zwoele
2
('sultry, sensual')
- zweren / zwoer / gezworen
('to swear / swore / sworn')
|
ZOE |
- zoek
2
('gone, lost, not to be found, missing')
- zoeken
2
('to search, to seek')
‑>>
- (het) aanzoek
('marriage
proposal') ‑>>
- (het) bezoek
2
('company' - one or more
visitors) ‑>>
- opzoeken
('to look up things, search for information' //
'to look up people, to visit')
- (het) onderzoek
2
('examination, investigation, research')
- (het) verzoek
2
('request')
- (de) zoen
('kiss')
- (het) seizoen
('season') ‑>>
- zoet
/
zoete
2
3
/
zoet/zoete
2
('sweet')
|
A
|
- hoe lang?
2
3
('how long?')
- hoektand
2
3
('[corner tooth] incisor')
- broeikas
2
('hothouse' - heated greenhouse)
- moeras
('swamp')
- woensdag
('Wednesday')
- dagboek
('diary')
- stapvoets
2
3
('step-by-step, slow, measured')
- bankschroef
('vise')
- kalkoen
2
('turkey')
- lakmoes
2
('litmus') |
AA
| - toestaan
2
('to allow, permit')
- toespraak
2
('speech, formal address to an audience')
- hoera!
2
('hurrah, hurray, hooray')
- bloedblaar
2
3
('blood blister')
- hoepla!
2
3
('an exclamation')
- nadoen
2
3
('to imitate')
- aanzoek
('marriage proposal')
|
E
|
- proefwerk
2
3
('written test in elementary and secondary school')
- hoe ver?
('how far?')
- bloemperk
2
3
('[flower area] flowerbed')
- toestel
('machine, apparatus, gear')
- hoewel
('although')
- zwembroek
2
('swimming trunks (men)')
- pensioen
('pension')
|
EE
|
- soepvlees
2
('[soup meat] stew beef')
- schoensmeer
2
('shoe cream, shoe polish')
- hoezee!
2
('hurrah! - old-fashioned)
- preekstoel
([preaching, sermon chair] - 'pulpit')
- veevoer
('fodder, animal feed')
- smeerpoets
2
3
('a person who's always dirty')
|
E-uh
|
- noemen
2
('to call,' give a name // 'to mention, name')
- groeten
('greetings // to greet')
- groente
('vegetables')
- moeder
('mother')
- voedsel
('food')
- beroep
2
3
('occupation, profession, job')
- gedoe
2
('hassle, fuss, trouble,' "ado")
- 'n boel
2
('a lot, a large amount of')
- beroemd
('famous')
- verzoek
2
('request')
- genoeg
('enough')
|
I
| - proefschrift
2
('PhD thesis')
- roeping
2
('calling' - to an important task)
- hoefsmid
2
3
('farrier,' installer of horseshoes)
- plicht roept
2
3
('duty calls')
- gifgroen
2
3
4
5
([poison green] - 'very bright green')
- miljoen
2
('(a) million')
|
IE
| - poeslief
2
3
('sweet 'as a cat' - insincere')
- foelie
('mace - a spice)
- koetsier
('coachman, horse carriage driver')
- citroen
2
('lemon')
- niet goed
2
3
('not good, not well, bad')
|
O
| - voetvolk
2
3
('[foot people] foot soldiers')
- oerdom
2
('very stupid')
- stofdoek
2
('dusting cloth,
dusting rag')
- kom soep
2
3
('a bowl of soup')
|
OO
| - goed zo!
2
3
('well done!' // 'Serves them right!')
- hoezo?
2
3
('[how so?] What do you mean?')
- bloemkool
2
('cauliflower')
- roerloos
('motionless')
- goedkoop
2
('inexpensive, cheap')
- voordoen
2
('to show, demonstrate something')
- kookboek
('cookbook')
|
U
|
- (de) bloeddruk
2
3
('blood pressure')
- (het) doelpunt
('goal! // goal scored')
- (de) drukproef
2
3
('galley,' test run of print)
|
UU
| - zoetzuur
2
3
('sweet-and-sour,' a taste of for instance pickles)
- (het) rumoer
2
3
4
('hubbub' - many people shouting or muttering)
- duur doen
2
('showing off,' acting as if you're rich or important)
|
AU/OU
|
- (het) oerwoud
2
3
('[primeval forest] jungle')
- toe nou!
('come on!')
- (de) vroedvrouw
2
3
('midwife')
- (de) rouwstoet
2
3
('[mourning] funeral procession')
|
EI/IJ
|
- woestijn
('desert')
- roerei
2
('[stir- egg] scrambled eggs')
- boekweit
2
('buckwheat')
- proeftijd
2
3
('trial period')
- zoek zijn
2
3
('to be gone, lost, cannot be found')
- seizoen
('season')
- mijn boek
2
('my book')
- hij vroeg
2
3
('he asked')
|
EU
| - (de) bloedneus
2
('nosebleed')
- (het) kleurboek
2
('coloring book')
|
UI
| - (de) hoestbui
2
('coughing fit')
- (de) moestuin
2
('vegetables garden, kitchen garden')
- (de) kruidkoek
2
3
('~spice cake')
- uitdoen
2
3
(1. 'to turn off' - lights etc. 2. 'to take off' - clothes)
|