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Dutch Everyday: The Outdoors

buiten 2 ('outside') - buitenshuis 2 ('outside the house')
(de) buitenmens 2 ('outdoors person') - (het) platteland ('the countryside') -
op het platteland 2 3 in the countryside, in the country also:  Hij woont ergens achteraf 2 3 He lives [somewhere remote] in the countryside
(de) lucht ('air;' 'sky') - (de) hemel ('sky;' 'heaven') - (de) horizon 2 ('horizon')
De lucht is blauw - de blauwe lucht 2 The sky is blue - the blue sky
De hemel is blauw - de blauwe hemel The sky is blue - the blue sky
't Viel uit de hemel 2 3 It fell from the sky

(de) polder 2 'polder' (reclaimed land) (de) dijk dike, levee (de) sloot ditch (de) molen windmill (het) gemaal pumping station (het) kanaal canal, channel het nieuwe land the new, reclaimed land >>

(de) molen in Steenderen (Bronckhorst), Gelderland

(de) boerderij in Steenderen (Bronckhorst), Gelderland

Sinterklaas in De Polder - 2

moderne windmolen (de) windmolen

(het) weiland 2

(de) akker

(het) paadje

(de) rivier

(de) rivier

(de) brug

(de) ruïne 2

more pictures of beautiful Holland

(de) berg

(het) bergpad

(het) meer

(de) vijver

(de) waterval

(de) fontein

de / het / 't

(the)

een, 'n - 2

(a, an)

één

(one)

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'City canal' is (de) gracht
Amsterdam tour guides sometimes come up with the Dutch tongue-twister
"achtentachtig prachtige grachten" 2 ('88 wonderful canals.')
A longer variation:
"Smachtend dacht ik aan de prachtige nachten tussen d(i)e achtentachtig grachten" 2
('Full of longing I was thinking of the wonderful nights in the city of 88 canals.')

(See also picture above)
Er zijn geen bergen in Nederland
There are no mountains (bergen 2) in Holland. The highest point in the country is about 300 meters (1000 feet) above sea level. Still, many Dutch hills have the word berg in their names, like the about 40 meter (120 feet) high Hinkelseberg 2 and Wageningse berg 2 of my home town. >>
(de) heuvel 'hill' - plural: (de) heuvels 2
(de) molshoop 2 3 'molehill'
Dutch bergaf 2 is 'downhill.'

een berg zand 2 3

Meer ('lake') also means 'more': meer vrijheid 2 ('more freedom')
uiterwaarden - the meadows between a river and the river dikes that may flood from time to time
Stadsmensen 2 ('city folk')
See also: place names (Dutch and Belgian towns and cities etc.) and Dutch geographical features

Een frisse neus halen '[Get a fresh, clean nose] To go outside, get some fresh air'
frisse lucht 2 3 ('fresh air' - usually: outside)
't Is lekker fris buiten. 2 3 4 ('it's [pleasantly cool] nice and cool outside.')
- fris 2 (fris / frisse ) can mean both 'fresh, new, clean' and 'cool' (not warm)
Ik ben vandaag niet buiten geweest 2 3 'I've not been outside today, I've stayed in today'
Ik ben de hele dag binnen gebleven 2 3 'I've stayed inside all day, I have not been outside all day'
Ik ga even een blokje om 2 'I'll to step out for a little walk ("around the block")'

Windmill and farmhouse pictures: Peter Schuffelen; mountain, lake and fountain pictures: Siem & Monique Sipma; river IJssel picture: Margo Griffin

See also 'The Beauty of Dutch' for a few more very nice pictures of Holland and a collection of alliterations

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