A2 · 31 words
Personal care in Dutch
Showering, brushing teeth, combing hair — the morning in the bathroom.
Practise this list
From these 31 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.
More about this list
Many grooming verbs are reflexive in Dutch where English leaves out the “self”: zich wassen“to wash (oneself)”zich scheren“to shave”zich aankleden“to get dressed” The reflexive pronouns are me, je, zich, ons, je, zich: Ik was me, hij scheert zich. “To brush your teeth” is tandenpoetsen and is written as one word when it is the activity: Vergeet niet te tandenpoetsen! With an object it is two words: Ik poets mijn tanden.
The words
Verb (10)
douchento showerVerbA2
zich wassento wash (oneself)VerbA2
Reflexive: ik was me, hij wast zich. Washing objects takes no zich.
poetsento clean, to brush; to polishVerbA2
kammento combVerbA2
föhnento blow-dryVerbA2
zich scherento shaveVerbA2
Past: schoor – geschoren.
zich aankledento get dressedVerbA2
zich uitkledento get undressedVerbA2
Separable.
ruikento smellVerbA2
Past: rook – geroken. Both “to smell of” and “to sniff” use ruiken; “of” is naar.
knippento cut (with scissors)VerbA2
Adjective (1)
frisfreshAdjectiveA2
Phrase (1)
in bad gaanto have a bath, to bathePhraseA2
Noun (het) (5)
het badbath, bathtubNoun (het)A2
Also the tub itself.
het scheermesrazorNoun (het)A2
het parfumperfumeNoun (het)A2
het toiletpapiertoilet paperNoun (het)A2
het zweetsweatNoun (het)A2
Noun (de) (14)
de tandenborsteltoothbrushNoun (de)A2
de tandpastatoothpasteNoun (de)A2
de zeepsoapNoun (de)A2
de shampooshampooNoun (de)A2
de handdoektowelNoun (de)A2
de kamcombNoun (de)A2
de borstelbrushNoun (de)A2
de föhnhair dryerNoun (de)A2
de spiegelmirrorNoun (de)A2
de crèmecream, lotionNoun (de)A2
de nagelnail (finger)Noun (de)A2
de kapperhairdresser, barberNoun (de)A2
de make-upmake-upNoun (de)A2
de wctoilet, WCNoun (de)A2
Said as the two Dutch letter names, roughly “way-say”. Also het toilet.
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This list belongs to Body and health — four lists and 129 words that can also be practised as a whole.