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Short     Some Dutch Breads
[loaf of bread]
een brood click to hear 		['floor bread' - a loaf baked on a baking sheet, not in a bread pan]
(het) vloerbroodje click to hear
[baked bread rolls]
bolletjes click to hear
[kneading bread dough]
(het) deeg click to hear kneden click to hear 2 3		 [slicing bread]
brood snijden click to hear		 ['heel' - end piece of a loaf of bread]
(het) kapje click to hear
[slices of bread]
sneetjes brood click to hear		 [slices of rye bread]
sneetjes roggebrood click to hear 2
[baguette]
(het) stokbrood click to hear 2 3 		[two baguettes]
stokbroden click to hear 		[toast (roasted bread)]
geroosterd brood click to hear - or say 'toast'
Stokbrood (baguette) is probably a fairly recent French innovation, but there is a good Dutch word for it.
[a slice of bread with cheese]
(de) boterham met kaas click to hear 2 		[bread with tomato]
tomaat op brood click to hear 2 3		 [open-faced cheese sandwiches]
boterhammen met kaas click to hear 2
[preparing sandwiches]
brood smeren click to hear 2 (preparing sandwiches)		 (De) boterham (the H is not pronounced) click to hear 2 3 ('slice of bread') is a word for at home. In a restaurant or a sandwich shop ((de) broodjeszaak click to hear 2) I would order a (het) broodje click to hear 2 ('bread roll') - which is actually not a slice of bread but something like a bread roll. Of course, 'broodjes' click to hear 2 3 can be had at home too.
When visiting someone at home you don't 'order' but 'ask for' things - bestellen click to hear 2 ('to order something') - vragen om click to hear 2 3 ('to ask for' >>)
een broodje kaas click to hear 2 a cheese sandwich
(het) meel click to hear flour
volkoren click to hear 2 wholewheat, whole grain
(het) volkorenmeel click to hear wholewheat flour
(de) bloem click to hear white flour
also: flower
(het) water click to hear 2 water
(de) gist click to hear yeast
(het) zout click to hear 2 salt
(de) boter click to hear butter
(het) volkorenbrood click to hear wholewheat bread
(het) bruinbrood click to hear 2 'brown bread,' bread
with some wholewheat flour
(het) witbrood click to hear 2 white bread
(het) kadetje click to hear 2 white, oblong bread roll
(like a hot dog bun)
zuurdesem click to hear 2 3 sourdough
Ik ben een brood aan 't bakken click to hear 2 'I am baking (a) bread'
Het brood is niet goed gerezen click to hear 2 'the bread has not risen well'
Vers brood is altijd lekker click to hear 2 Fresh bread is always [tasty] good
[a few slices of raisin bread]
krentenbrood		 [raisin bread]
(het) krentenbrood click to hear 2 (with nuts)
['raisin bread roll']
(de) krentenbol click to hear 2 		['raisin bread roll']
(de) krentenbol click to hear 2
[rye bread]
(het) roggebrood click to hear 2 - recipe 		[rye bread with cheese]
roggebrood met kaas click to hear
[Christmas/Easter bread] [Christmas/Easter bread]
(het) Kerstbrood / (het) Paasbrood click to hear ... met boter click to hear 2
(raisin bread with  spijs click to hear - almond paste)
['Stollen:' Christmas or Easter bread: raisin bread with almond paste]
krentenbrood met spijs click to hear 2		 [a handful of grain]
het gouden graan click to hear 2		 Het Vrouwtje van Stavoren
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