B1 · 33 words
Numbers and quantities in Dutch
Per cent, metres, litres, double — handling numbers.
Practise this list
From these 33 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
Dutch writes decimals with a comma and large numbers with a full stop, the other way round from English: 2,5 kilo (“twee komma vijf” or “tweeënhalve kilo”), 10.000. “Per cent” is procent and does not take an ending: tien procent. Approximate amounts are often formed with -tal: een tiental (about ten), een twintigtal. “A few” is een paar or enkele, “several” is verschillende or meerdere. Note that een paar usually means “a few”; only for things that come in twos is it “a pair”: een paar schoenen.
The words
Verb (8)
wegento weighVerbB1
metento measureVerbB1
stijgento riseVerbB1
dalento fall, to dropVerbB1
optellento add upVerbB1
Separable: ik tel op.
aftrekkento subtract, to deductVerbB1
Separable; past: trok af – afgetrokken.
delento divide; to shareVerbB1
Both “to share” and “to divide”.
tellento countVerbB1
Adverb (2)
maximaalat most, maximumAdverbB1
minimaalat least, minimumAdverbB1
Pronoun (2)
enkelea few, somePronounB1
verschillendeseveral; differentPronounB1
Numeral (3)
een derdea thirdNumeralB1
driekwartthree quartersNumeralB1
Written as one word.
een tientalabout ten, ten or soNumeralB1
Phrase (1)
een paara few, a couple ofPhraseB1
Usually “a few”; “a pair” only of things that come in twos: een paar sokken.
Noun (het) (7)
het procentper centNoun (het)B1
Used with a number without any ending: tien procent.
het gewichtweightNoun (het)B1
Literally “What is the weight of the parcel?”
het aantalnumber, quantityNoun (het)B1
A count of separate things; for mass quantities use de hoeveelheid.
het totaaltotalNoun (het)B1
het gemiddeldeaverageNoun (het)B1
het dubbeledouble, twice as muchNoun (het)B1
het dozijndozenNoun (het)B1
Noun (de) (10)
de metermetreNoun (de)B1
de centimetercentimetreNoun (de)B1
de kilometerkilometreNoun (de)B1
de literlitreNoun (de)B1
de gramgramNoun (de)B1
de lengtelengthNoun (de)B1
de breedtewidthNoun (de)B1
de hoogteheightNoun (de)B1
de hoeveelheidamount, quantityNoun (de)B1
de kommacomma; decimal pointNoun (de)B1
In Dutch figures the comma is where English has a point.
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This list belongs to Basic words: numbers, time, verbs — 15 lists and 556 words that can also be practised as a whole.