cefr.nl — Practising Dutch
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Practising Dutch.
Made by a learner, for anyone else doing the same.
Vocabulary, verbs, word order, grammar: A1 to C1.
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Eight places to start
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Words
Vocabulary practice from A1 to C1, with pronunciation, an illustration where it helps, and a note on how each word is built from smaller pieces.
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Verbs
Conjugation drill — present, imperfectum, perfectum. Regular and irregular, separable and inseparable, in the example sentences that make the pattern stick.
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Structure
Build Dutch sentences by ordering tiles. Dutch word-order doesn't come from instinct — it comes from doing the patterns until they feel familiar.
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Listening
Hear a Dutch sentence, then reconstruct it word by word. Two modes: write what you heard in Dutch, or translate it into English.
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Expressions
Idioms and proverbs with their literal reading, their meaning, and the bit of story behind them. Useful, and quietly entertaining.
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Grammar
The shape of a Dutch sentence, told top-down. Each slot in the frame, the patterns that fill it, and what shifts when you pick one.
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Search
Look up any word in the dictionary view: pronunciation, decomposition, example sentences, level.
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Lists
Collect words into your own study lists — for a chapter, a topic, or whatever a teacher just handed you.
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Assessment
Not sure of your level? A short mix of vocabulary, conjugation, and word-order questions that ends with a level recommendation.
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