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Cooking actions and fresh ingredients

Ten Dutch kitchen words, one dangerously fast soup.

Ingredients and tools land on beat into a cooking pot. The kitchen is a language lab you already own.

12 minutes. No account needed for lesson 1. No rush.

Ingredients and tools land on beat into a cooking pot.38
de geur ·de pan ·het vuur ·de rook ·de vork ·het mes ·de lepel ·het bord ·de fles ·eet smakelijk ·vers ·de wortel ·de boon ·de knoflook ·de sla ·de komkommer ·de tomaat ·de ui ·het ei ·de soep ·de geur ·de pan ·het vuur ·de rook ·de vork ·het mes ·de lepel ·het bord ·de fles ·eet smakelijk ·vers ·de wortel ·de boon ·de knoflook ·de sla ·de komkommer ·de tomaat ·de ui ·het ei ·de soep ·

Today you will

  • 1Name kitchen tools and vegetables in Dutch.
  • 2Use the right article: de or het.
  • 3Follow a simple cooking story in the present tense.
  • 4Say 'eet smakelijk' with confidence.

The 10 words you actually use

Dutch first, said out loud. Say each word before you flip the card, then check yourself. Every card speaks.

trap word

de pan

de pahn

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de pan

the pan

De pan staat op het vuur. The pan is on the fire.

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het vuur

het vuur

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het vuur

the fire

Het vuur is hoog. The fire is high.

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de vork

de vork

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de vork

the fork

De vork ligt naast het bord. The fork lies next to the plate.

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het mes

het mes

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het mes

the knife

Het mes snijdt de ui. The knife cuts the onion.

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de lepel

de lepel

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de lepel

the spoon

De lepel roert de soep. The spoon stirs the soup.

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het bord

het bord

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het bord

the plate

Het bord is warm. The plate is warm.

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trap word

eet smakelijk

eet smakelijk

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eet smakelijk

enjoy your meal

Eet smakelijk! Enjoy your meal!

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de knoflook

de knoflook

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de knoflook

the garlic

De knoflook is vers. The garlic is fresh.

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de ui

de ui

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de ui

the onion

De ui maakt de soep lekker. The onion makes the soup tasty.

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de soep

de soep

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de soep

the soup

De soep is heet. The soup is hot.

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de or het?

In this lesson, most words are de. But het vuur, het mes, het bord, het ei are het. When you learn a noun, always say it with its article. That's the Dutch way.

de
de geur · de pan · de rook · de vork · de lepel · de fles · de wortel · de boon
het
het vuur · het mes · het bord · het ei

The trap: 'de' or 'het'?

Dutch nouns carry a gender. You can't always guess it. But here's the gem: most kitchen tools that end in -pan, -vork, -lepel are de. Het mes is the exception. Learn the article with the word, not alone. Then it becomes a habit.


Een snelle soep

Kees makes soup. Everything happens fast.

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Helper words in this story

  • pakt takes
  • zet puts
  • hoog high
  • snijdt cuts
  • vult fills
  • gooit throws
  • kookt boils
  • stijgt op rises
  • proeft tastes
  • legt puts
  • tafel table
  • ernaast next to it
  • zegt says

Thirty seconds. Prove it.

Three words from this lesson. Answer before you doubt yourself.

Prove it · 1 of 3

de pan

All 20 words in this lesson

01

de geur

the smell / scent

02

de pan

the pan

03

het vuur

the fire

04

de rook

the smoke

05

de vork

the fork

06

het mes

the knife

07

de lepel

the spoon

08

het bord

the plate

09

de fles

the bottle

10

eet smakelijk

enjoy your meal

11

vers

fresh

12

de wortel

the carrot

13

de boon

the bean

14

de knoflook

the garlic

15

de sla

the lettuce

16

de komkommer

the cucumber

17

de tomaat

the tomato

18

de ui

the onion

19

het ei

the egg

20

de soep

the soup

Hear all 20, then say them back

The interactive lesson plays every word, walks the story line by line, records your voice next to a native one, and remembers the ones you find hard. Lesson 1 needs no account.

  • I can name common kitchen tools in Dutch.
  • I can say 'de' or 'het' for these nouns.
  • I can follow a simple cooking story.
  • I can say 'eet smakelijk' when serving food.
  • I can recognize fresh ingredients in Dutch.

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