A1 · 32 words
Clothes in Dutch
Coat, trousers, shoes — putting on, taking off and trying on.
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From these 32 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
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For putting on and taking off clothes Dutch has two separable verbs, close relatives of English phrasal verbs: aantrekken (“to put on”) and uittrekken (“to take off”): Ik trek mijn jas aan. The verb for wearing is dragen: Ze draagt een bril. If you try something on in a shop, you say passen — Mag ik dit passen? — and when it fits: Het past. Watch de broek: it is the trousers (American “pants”) and a singular word, deze broek is te lang; the underpants are de onderbroek. And het pak is the suit — but in everyday Dutch also a parcel or a carton.
The words
Verb (4)
aantrekkento put on (clothes)VerbA1
Separable: ik trek aan; trok – aangetrokken.
uittrekkento take off (clothes)VerbA1
Separable: ik trek uit; trok – uitgetrokken.
dragento wear; to carryVerbA1
droeg – gedragen.
passento try on; to fitVerbA1
Noun (1)
de klerenthe clothesNounA1
Plural only; more formal: de kleding.
Adjective (5)
nieuwnewAdjectiveA1
oudoldAdjectiveA1
schooncleanAdjectiveA1
In Flanders schoon also means “beautiful”.
viesdirtyAdjectiveA1
mooibeautiful, niceAdjectiveA1
Noun (de) (19)
de jasthe coat, the jacketNoun (de)A1
de broekthe trousersNoun (de)A1
Singular in Dutch: de broek, “a pair of trousers”.
de truithe jumper, the sweaterNoun (de)A1
de jurkthe dressNoun (de)A1
de rokthe skirtNoun (de)A1
de schoenthe shoeNoun (de)A1
de sokthe sockNoun (de)A1
de laarsthe bootNoun (de)A1
de mutsthe (woolly) hatNoun (de)A1
de petthe capNoun (de)A1
de sjaalthe scarfNoun (de)A1
de handschoenthe gloveNoun (de)A1
de riemthe beltNoun (de)A1
de tasthe bagNoun (de)A1
de brilthe glasses, the spectaclesNoun (de)A1
Singular in Dutch: de bril, mijn bril.
de onderbroekthe underpantsNoun (de)A1
de pyjamathe pyjamasNoun (de)A1
de zakthe pocket; the sack, the bagNoun (de)A1
de maatthe size; the measureNoun (de)A1
Noun (het) (3)
het overhemdthe (dress) shirtNoun (het)A1
het shirtthe T-shirt, the shirtNoun (het)A1
het pakthe suitNoun (het)A1
Also: the parcel, the packet (een pak melk, a carton of milk).
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This list belongs to Money, shopping and official business — six lists and 196 words that can also be practised as a whole.