Dutch for Beginners (Level A0 → early A1)

Vocabulary flashcards covering core Dutch words, essential conversational phrases, and basic grammar concepts from Dutch for Beginners (Level A0 → early A1).

dag

hello / bye

hallo! / Hoi!

hello! / hi!

goedemorgen

good morning

goedemiddag

good afternoon

goedenavond

good evening

Hoe gaat het?

How are you?

Hoe heet je?

What's your name?

Waar kom je vandaan?

Where are you from?

Waar woon je?

Where do you live?

alsjeblieft

please / here you go

dank je (wel), bedankt

thank you

graag gedaan

you’re welcome

sorry

sorry / pardon

Ik begrijp het niet.

I don't understand.

Ik weet het niet.

I don't know.

Een beetje.

A little bit.

Tot ziens!

Goodbye!

doei

bye

Tot later!

See you later!

tot morgen

see you tomorrow

U

The formal (polite) way in Dutch to address another person or group of people.

zijn

The Dutch verb 'to be' (present tense forms: ik ben, jij/u bent, hij/zij/het is, wij/jullie/zij zijn).

blij

happy

hier

here

moe

tired

de student

student

thuis

at home, home

de vriend

(boy)friend

de vriendin

(girl)friend

de leraar

teacher

de & het

The two Dutch definite articles, both corresponding to 'the' in English.

een

The Dutch indefinite article, equivalent to English 'a/an'.

het boek

book

de stoel

chair

de tafel

table

de deur

door

het raam

window

de kamer

room

de fiets

bicycle

de auto

car

het huis

house

de school

school

de boom

tree

de pen

pen

de tas

bag

Diminutive Article Rule

A grammar rule stating that all diminutives in Dutch invariably take the definite article 'het' (e.g., de deur → het deurtje).

Plural Article Rule

A grammar rule stating that all plural nouns in Dutch take the definite article 'de', even if the singular form takes 'het'.

groot

big

klein

small

nieuw

new

oud

old

mooi

beautiful

lelijk

ugly

duur

expensive

goedkoop

cheap

rood

red

blauw

blue

maar

but

ook

also, too

wat

what

doen

to do

vandaag

today

werken

to work

studeren

to study

veel

much, many, a lot of

hebben

to have

daarna

after that

na

after (referring to time)

fietsen

to cycle, to ride a bike

morgen

tomorrow

wonen in

to live in

leren

to learn, to teach

nu

now

koken

to cook, prepare food

vaak

often

soms

sometimes

altijd

always

zien

to see

gaan + infinitive

A grammatical construction used to talk about an action in the near future, equivalent to English 'going to + verb'.

eten

to eat

nooit

never

lezen

to read

lopen

to walk

naar

to, towards

maken

to make

F ↔ V and S ↔ Z spelling rule

When adding a syllable to a word ending in -f or -s after a long vowel, the ending changes to -v or -z (e.g., huis → huizen, brief → brieven).