A collection of useful phrases in Dutch (Nederlands), a West Germanic language spoken mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium.
See these phrases in any combination of two languages in the Phrase Finder. If you can provide recordings, corrections or additional translations, please contact me.
Abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal
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Page compiled with help from David W., with corrections and recordings by Erik L., and Floor van't Ende.
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Collections of Dutch phrases (some with audio)
http://www.smartphrase.com/Dutch/dutch.shtml
https://ielanguages.com/dutch1.html
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_dutch.htm
https://www.transparent.com/learn-dutch/phrases.html
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