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Dutch Everyday: Trees

the: de click to hear 2 / het click to hear 2 3 - 't click to hear ->>
Plurals always take 'de'
a: (een) - 'n click to hear / one: één click to hear 2 3

[a leaf]
(het) blad click to hear		 [leaves]
bladeren click to hear		 [small leaves]
blaadjes click to hear - 2
[Fall changing of the colors]
herfstkleuren click to hear - 2 		[fallen leaves]
dode bladeren click to hear		 [tree]
(de) boom click to hear
[tree]
(de) boom click to hear		 [small branch]
(het) takje click to hear		 [branch]
(de) tak click to hear
[small tree]
(het) boompje click to hear		 [small tree]
(het) boompje 		[trees]
bomen click to hear		 [trees]
bomen click to hear
[tree trunk]
(de) boomstam click to hear		 [tree trunk]
(de) boomstam click to hear		 [tree stump]
(de) boomstronk click to hear
[roots]
wortels click to hear		 [roots]
wortels click to hear
[forest]
(het) bos click to hear		 [jungle]
(het) oerwoud click to hear - 2 - 3 		[jungle]
(het) oerwoud click to hear - 2 - 3
de / het / 't click to hear (the)
een, 'n click to hear - 2 (a, an)
één click to hear (one)
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(het) blad
(het) blaadje
(de) bladeren
hear 		(leaf)
(small leaf)
(leaves)
 (de) tak
(de) boomstam
(de) boomstronk
(de) wortel
hear - 2 		(branch)
(tree trunk)
(tree stump)
(root)
 (de) boom
(het) bos
(het) woud
hear 		(tree)
(forest)
(deep, vast forest)

Blad click to hear ('leaf') has the irregular plural: bladeren click to hear ('leaves') - irregular both in the lengthening of the vowel and in the -eren ending.
The diminutive blaadje click to hear ('small leaf') also has that lengthened vowel.
You could also say, poetically (or rough): blâren click to hear ('leaves') though that word (written without the accent circonflexe) also means 'blisters.'
Dode bladeren click to hear, dooie blâren click to hear ('[dead] fallen leaves.')
(de) bosbouw click to hear 2 3 4 forestry, the managing of forests, or the science thereof
(het) Staatsbosbeheer click to hear 2 3 the National Forest Service

Boom click to hear ('tree') is written with two O's, while the plural bomen click to hear ('trees') has only one O: but the sound is the same ("long O.")
The Dutch spelling rules are fairly straightforward, mostly consistent, and not difficult.
A double vowel is always long:
boom click to hear ('tree') - maan click to hear - 2 ('moon')
A single vowel will be long in an open syllable (ending in a vowel):
stro click to hear - 2 ('straw') - ma click to hear - 2 ('mom')
A single vowel will be short in a closed syllable (ending in a consonant):
bom click to hear - 2 ('bomb') - man click to hear - 2 ('man')
If there is only one (1) consonant between vowels when a word (or part of a word) is split up in syllables,
that consonant almost always goes to the second syllable, leaving the first syllable open with a long vowel:
bomen: bo-men click to hear ('trees') - manen: ma-nen click to hear - 2 ('moons')
If there are two or more consonants between vowels when a word (or part of a word) is split up in syllables,
then usually one of those consonants remains with the first syllable, and makes it a closed syllable with a short vowel:
bommen: bom-men click to hear - 2 ('bombs') - mannen: man-nen click to hear - 2 ('men').
fully explained.

[family tree]
(de) stamboom click to hear >>
[wine bottle cork]
(de) kurk click to hear
(het) woud click to hear - 2 is a vast, deep forest, like: Het Zwarte Woud click to hear - 2 ('The Black Forest.')
Very large trees are sometimes called woudreuzen click to hear - 2 ('giants of the forest.')
(het) Oerwoud click to hear - 2 - 3 ('jungle') is literally 'primeval forest.'
Wortels click to hear ('roots') is also the common word for 'carrots.'
(de) Boomschors click to hear ('tree bark.') Also: bast click to hear
Note that (de) boomstronk click to hear is 'tree stump,' while (de) boomstam click to hear is 'tree trunk.'
(de) kurk click to hear is the bottle stopper 'cork,' while het kurk click to hear is the tree bark those stoppers are made from
(de) humus click to hear 2 3 4 humus, decomposed leaves
[fir tree]
(de) dennenboom click to hear		 [a Christmas tree]
(de) kerstboom click to hear		 [pine needles]
dennennaalden click to hear		 [pinecone]
(de) dennenappel click to hear
[pineapple]
(de) ananas click to hear		 [chestnuts]
kastanjes click to hear 2		 [acorn]
(de) eikel click to hear 2 3
'Pineapple' is ananas click to hear in Dutch; there is an old-fashioned word (de) pijnappel click to hear for 'pinecone,' but the common word is (de) dennenappel click to hear 2. A related (and also old-fashioned) word is (de) pijnappelklier click to hear 2 ('pineal gland.')
[blossom, bloom]
(de) bloesem click to hear		 [oak leaf]
(het) eikenblad click to hear		 [acorns]
eikels click to hear

(de) timmerman click to hear 2 'carpenter'
(de) houthakker click to hear 2 ['woodchopper'] 'lumberjack, logger'

(de) boom click to hear 2 tree
bomen click to hear trees

A Few Common Trees
(de) eik click to hear oak
(de) beuk click to hear beech
(de) berk click to hear 2 birch
(de) iep click to hear 2 elm
(old-fashioned:)  (de) olm click to hear 2 elm
(de) es click to hear 2 ash
(de) esdoorn click to hear maple
(de) els click to hear alder
(de) populier click to hear poplar
linde click to hear 2 linden (lime?)
(de) wilg click to hear willow
(de) treurwilg click to hear weeping willow
(de) kornoelje click to hear cornel
(de) den click to hear
(de) dennenboom click to hear		 pine tree
pine tree
(de) spar click to hear 2 spruce
(de) ceder click to hear cedar
(de) hazelaar click to hear hazel
(de) tulpenboom click to hear
= (de) magnolia click to hear 2 		tulips tree >>
= magnolia *
(de) kastanje click to hear
(de) kastanjeboom click to hear 2		 chestnut (both nut and tree)
chestnut tree
(de) appelboom click to hear 2 apple tree
(de) perenboom click to hear 2 pear tree
(de) kersenboom click to hear 2 cherry tree
(de) pruimenboom click to hear plum tree
(de) notenboom click to hear walnut tree
[wood, lumber, timber]
(het) hout click to hear - (het) timmerhout click to hear 		[knot in wood]
(de) knoest click to hear
[a wooden stool]
het houten krukje
- het krukje is van hout click to hear 		[clogs, the Dutch wooden shoes]
de houten klompen
- de klompen zijn van hout click to hear

[a wooden spoon]
de houten lepel
- de lepel is van hout click to hear

[laminated board, <5 layers]
(het) multiplex click to hear 2		 [laminated board, 3 layers]
(het) triplex click to hear 2
(de/het) spaanplaat click to hear particle board
timmeren click to hear 2 1. (doing) carpentry 2. to hammer ‑>>

[A collection of tools]
tools 		[A Dutch flag on the edge of a puddle of water]
colors 		[grapes]
food 		[a house]
the house 		[glasses, watch, etc.]
necessities

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