Resources

Welcome to the wiki of Nederlands Leren / Learn Dutch. On this page, you will find links to various Dutch learning resources!

It isn't always easy to find the best sources to train with. As such members are encouraged to highlight in bold the sources that are quality. Bold reflects appreciation and general trust of the quality of a resource. It does not mean a resource is perfect nor that we officially endorse it under any circumstances.

Otherwise, do not hesitate to ask questions or seek guidance in the server.

And enjoy learning!

Communities
Discord
 * Nederlands Leren / Learn Dutch - onze Discordserver | Our Discord server
 * Expats in the Netherlands - get advice and exchange about life in the Netherlands

Reddit
 * /r/learndutch - de subreddit om Nederlands te leren | the subreddit for learning Dutch

others
 * conversly emily barker talk group - beginner and intermediate talking groups at american based hours

General learning sites

 * linkify - put a word in and get back a definition, audio, it's also an interactive dictionary...

Online Courses & exercises

 * Dutch Duolingo course - Not a course. It's fine to just get to start off with the language but has to be dropped rather quickly due to lack of explanations and lessons. It helps you get a feel for basic word order but that's about it, don't waste too much time there. To keep learning, make sure you use other sources. Other similar sites such as clozemaster, busuu or babel also exist.
 * brulingua - an online language learning platform that offers a large number of European languages, including Dutch. Think Duolingo but better. Courses are divided into levels which are then divided into smaller sub-topics, like talking about items around the house or your family. To use it, make an account. When you're asked for a zip code, enter 1200.
 * NT2 nederlands oefenen - A great site with exercises classed by level and types (listening, vocabulary, ...)
 * taal-oefenen.nl - lessons meant for children in 🇳🇱 groep 8 / 🇧🇪 het 6e leerjaar
 * Valley Trail Dutch - another good source, the course for beginners is broken but the advanced one works.
 * hotpotatoes - A site from SNT in brugge to practice grammar and vocabulary with different themes and exercise types. You can select a level from beginner to a bit more complex.
 * TaalThuis - an older, basic course, with accompanying videos
 * Nedbox - interactive step-by-step exercises
 * Linguatext - a Dutch textbook for free. A bit dated (1995). Download on the left
 * futurelearn- three week free course, basics of the basics
 * IElanguages - Dutch course with audio
 * learndutch.org - some free courses, also a paid program. Some server members have used this, you can ask around for opinions.
 * Leren.nl - good for intermediate learners or those with existing knowledge of Dutch
 * Oefenen.nl - various exercises for all levels
 * 2BDutch - Dutch videos subtitled in Dutch and English, German, Spanish, French or Portuguese <- this link throws me away, might be dead?
 * NT2TaalMenu - interactive exercises on all levels, on reading, writing, grammar, music etc.
 * Quizlet study guide - Dutch course created by a redditor
 * Wikibooks Dutch course - Free and complete online course covering beginner, intermediate, and advanced Dutch. Well organized and indexed, it is easy to use as a reference after completing.

Language advice sites

 * taaladvies.net - contains well-elaborated advice published by the Nederlandse Taalunie, the Dutch language organization supported by the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname. Great source.
 * TeamTaaladvies - just as good as taaladvies.net but tends to pay more attention to issues Belgian native speakers might struggle with. You can also actually call and get linguistic advice live and with your smartphone!
 * vlaanderen taaladvies
 * OnzeTaal generally follows taaladvies.net's advise but boasts some articles that other sites lack. This site is maintained by language enthusiasts, so keep in mind that advise found here is slightly more subjective.

Books and PDFs

 * Short Stories in Dutch for Beginners - The name says it all (A2~ apparently)
 * Linguatext - A story in low level dutch. (A1~ apparently)
 * Linguatext - a Dutch textbook for free. A bit dated (1995). download on the left
 * In de startblokken - a book to learn Dutch from German. Paying.
 * Nederlands in gang - a book to go from 0 to A2, also check Nederlands in actie, Nederlands op niveau & Nederlands naar perfectie for higher level books.

Vocabulary

 * Combinatiewoordenboek - enter a noun and it'll show you an extensive list of what verbs/prepositions are usually used together with that noun to form certain expressions.
 * Verwarwoordenboek - explains the differences between word pairs that look similar
 * Woordpost - initiative by OnzeTaal. Learn a new word each week.

Flashcards

 * Memrise 1000 Most Common Dutch words - learn the 1000 most common Dutch words, on the very popular website Memrise
 * Memrise A2-B1 - NL/EN/PL
 * Memrise met pictogrammen - all Dutch, pictures instead of other languages
 * Links for setting up anki: Main page and download - Manual - Premade Dutch decks
 * Anki deck 5000 most common dutch words - teaches you common vocabulary and is also read on top, so you can get used to the sound.
 * Anki deck 1000 most common dutch words - Also vocabulary and read.

Dictionaries

 * Wiktionary - a dictionary of Dutch words with extensive definitions & translations. The language can also be set to other languages than dutch by replacing the "nl" part of the url by, for exemple, "en".
 * Van Dale - the authoritative dictionary of the Dutch language, comparable to Oxford dictionaries. Not a free resource. They have different online dictionaries to be purchased at the online shop.
 * The free online Van Dale - The free online version of Van Dale. It's not as comprehensive but still more than sufficient for learners
 * Instituut voor de Nederlandse taal - historic dictionary for Dutch and Frisian
 * wikikids - a wiki/dictionary aimed at children and thus with simpler Dutch

Spelling

 * Woordenlijst - the official Dutch word list. Unsure how a Dutch word is spelt? Or unsure if a word exists in Dutch? Woordenlijst.org is a great tool for that. It also has conjugation tables for verb entries.
 * NT2 Schrijfassistent - an online spelling and grammar checker for learners of Dutch.

Grammar

 * dutchgrammar.com - by far the best multilingual grammar site out there. Very comprehensive, accessible articles on Dutch grammar and spelling rules. Thousands of articles and many audio snippets, a forum, and podcast.
 * thedutchonlineacademy - a site with grammar lessons of different levels, as well as more lessons if an account is made, blog posts, Dutch level test... The Dutch version is *
 * bab.la - input a verb infinitive and see how it gets conjugated in all tenses
 * Algemene Nederlandse Spraakkunst (ANS) - official Dutch grammar, only in Dutch. It is very complete but also advanced.
 * Irregular Dutch verbs - irregular verbs can be a pain while learning any language. The more you learn early on, the less of a hassle they will be
 * ZichtbaarNederlands.nl - illustrations and useful schematic representations. Site in NL/EN/FR/PL
 * Beter Spellen - great site to practise spelling rules. Click "Dagelijkse test" to get your daily dose of spelling exercises!
 * Zij, hen and hun - when to use which word?
 * Het-woorden - when are words neuter?
 * Mannelijk of vrouwelijk? - how to tell whether a de-woord is masculine or feminine? <- should be clear it's for not for Dutch Dutch
 * WelkLidwoord - practise de/het
 * google document - on de/het
 * Taalportaal - Dutch, Frisian and Afrikaans linguistics
 * Taaltelefoon spelling - all spelling rules you’ll ever need
 * Nederlands in Gang YouTube Pt. 1 and Nederlands in Gang YouTube Pt. 2 - Dutch grammar lessons made by the Language Centre University of Groningen
 * False friends (Google Docs) - a document about false friends in English and Dutch.
 * Flemish genders (Google Docs) - a document about the 3-gender system in Flemish.
 * 3000 most used words in English - a word list of the 3000 most common English words with Dutch translations. Can also be used to acquire Dutch vocabulary.

General

 * LuisterboekenNl - Dutch audiobooks based on Disney classics. Not just audio, you can read along with the slideshow of pages from the books! Check the descriptions

News & TV

 * 🇳🇱 NPO Start - Video On Demand service by the NPO (Dutch public broadcaster). You can watch all sorts of shows on the NPO on NPO Start. Geo-restricted except for news. VPNs will fix that problem
 * 🇳🇱 Kijk.nl - Video On Demand service of a few major commercial TV broadcasters. You can watch all sorts of reality and amusement shows, often with Dutch subtitles (make sure to select "Doven en Slechthorende" in subtitle options). Geo-restricted. VPNs will fix that problem. If you use an ad-blocker like uBlock Origin, there won't be any ads before or during the shows.
 * 🇧🇪 VRT Max - all programs broadcasted by VRT (Flemish public broadcaster). The news is a great resource for Belgian Standard Dutch pronunciation. Flemish shows are usually in Tussentaal (Flemish vernacular). Also geo restricted. Use of VPNs also recommended.
 * 🇳🇱 BVN - a non-stop Dutch TV channel geared toward Dutch speakers living abroad. There is a selection of TV shows in Dutch with subtitles from the Netherlands.
 * Net In Nederland - “New to the Netherlands” is a website from Dutch public broadcaster NPO. Offers a variety of videos and TV programmes in Dutch, with subtitles available in Dutch, English, and Arabic (لغة عربية)
 * 🇳🇱 NOS Jeugdjournaal and 🇧🇪 Karrewiet - News broadcasts in Dutch for the youth. News are done in simple language, making it also suitable for learners. Jeugdjournaal is broadcasted by NPO (the Netherlands) and Karrewiet by VRT (Belgium).
 * Pokemon in Dutch - Lots of episodes seem to be corrupted. There are no subtitles.

Pronunciation

 * Forvo - unsure how to pronounce a word? Hear native speakers' pronunciations!
 * 🇳🇱 HowToDutch - YouTube channel with videos on how to pronounce Dutch.
 * HearDutchHere - thousands of Dutch words pronounced, and many articles on grammar and Dutch culture. Site looks dated but is frequently updated.
 * YouGlish Dutch - Hear how a word or phrase is pronounced in real life contexts. YouGlish searches through YouTube videos that contain your word or phrase that you want to hear.

Radio and Podcasts
🧾 = has transcripts. ❌ = no transcripts.


 * 🇳🇱 NPO Luister - Application to listen to podcasts and livestreams of the radio stations by NPO (Dutch public broadcaster). You can download them as well.
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ NPO Live radio - livestreams of radio stations by NPO (Dutch public broadcaster).
 * 🇧🇪 ❌ VRT Live radio - livestreams of radio stations by VRT (Flemish public broadcaster).
 * 🇧🇪 ❌ VRT Radioshows en podcasts - radio shows and podcasts by VRT.
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Zeg het in het Nederlands - paid transcripts. Slowly spoken podcast, great for beginner and lower intermediate levels.
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Een Beetje Nederlands - Free transcripts A nice podcast roughly A2
 * 🇧🇪 ❌ Zwijgen is geen optie - a podcast of interviews with known and less known Flemish personages.
 * 🇧🇪 ❌ Qmusic - Belgian radio station
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 The Dutch Online Academy podcast
 * Praatwafel - a podcast with & for Dutch learners.
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 5-minuten Nederlands - A really nice podcast (for beginners also intermediate)
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ Echt Gebeurd - podcast about crazy, funny stories that really happened to people.
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ Kinderpodcasts - podcasts for children
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ Dutch Stories - stories in Dutch for learners in slow and easy Dutch. Recommended for A2+.

Video channels & playlists
🧾 = usually has subtitles. [currently only a few are marked, some have subtitles but aren't marked] ❌ = no subtitles.

Children/beginner:
 * Nijntje - Children show. an all time classic for learners
 * Musti - Children show. Also great
 * 🇧🇪 Nieuw Leven - Beginner show. a short soap series for non-native speakers in basic Belgian Dutch!
 * 🇳🇱 Peppa pig
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ kinderen voor kinderen - children show
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ Nickelodeon Nederlands - the Dutch Nickelodeon channel
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ Baby TV NL
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Pretlettertjes baby - Don't dismiss it too quickly, it's meant for babies to learn words but is easily understandable
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Kennis Kids - Teaches knowledge for kids such as name of simple geometrical forms

Dutch learning:
 * juf M NT2 - beginner/children word and pronunciation learning playlist.
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Dutchies to be - a widely appreciated channel to learn Dutch
 * 🇳🇱 LearnDutchwithNiels - No longer updated but great content. Definitely worth it. Speaks in English
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Learn Dutch with Bart de Pau - a very appreciated Dutch learning youtube channel
 * 🇧🇪 LearnDutchwithAlain - regular content. Speaks in english
 * 🇧🇪 DutchRound1 - regular content. Speaks in English

Humor:
 * 🇬🇧 Would I Lie To You - 7 episodes of a British panel show with Dutch subtitles:
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Zondag met Lubach - (TV Show) Satirical show about the news
 * 🇧🇪 🧾 De Ideale Wereld - (TV Show)
 * 🇳🇱 Sluipschutters - (TV Show) Very dry humoristic sketches
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Klikbeet - (TV Show) Similar to Sluipschutters
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Kud - Animated sketches
 * 🇧🇪 Kabouter Wesley - Our favorite West Flemish gnome
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Rundfunk - (TV Show)
 * 🇳🇱 DylanHaegens
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Studio Massa - Animated sketches
 * 🇳🇱 De Speld - Satirical news, explanations, etc. akin to The Onion ("news" website: https://speld.nl/)

Interesting/Educational/Experiments/Entertainment:
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Universiteit van NL - high quality channel with social science, history, so on
 * 🇧🇪 🧾 Universiteit van Vlaanderen - the Flemish counterpart to Universiteit van NL
 * 🇳🇱 Klokhuis - (TV Show) Family friendly educational videos and sketches
 * 🇳🇱 StukTV - Social experiments and other entertainment (I recommend Jachtseizoen, now also a TV show)
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 easy dutch - interviews of Dutch persons in the streets
 * 🇳🇱 Proefkonijnen - (TV Show) Educational experiments
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 Drugslab - (TV Show) Educational channel about drugs (they try drugs n stuff)
 * 🇳🇱 Spuiten en Slikken - (TV Show) Advice, discussions and general videos about sex, drugs, and the body
 * 🇳🇱 Kalvijn - (social) Experiments, pranks, and general entertainment
 * 🇳🇱 Sejecem
 * 🇳🇱 Bondgenoten - Social experiments
 * 🇧🇪 ACID 2
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ Darrellsteg
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ Danny Op Straat - (TV Show) Danny provides journalistic coverage of issues in the Netherlands among groups that are usually difficult to engage with

Gaming:
 * 🇳🇱 LekkerSpelen
 * 🇳🇱 Gamemeneer
 * 🇳🇱 Milan Knol
 * 🇳🇱 RoediMentair
 * 🇳🇱 Yarasky
 * 🇳🇱 DylanHaegens Gaming
 * 🇳🇱 SerpentGameplay
 * 🇳🇱 iJordiii - Old but gold
 * 🇳🇱 DusDavidGames

Vlogging:
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ Enzo Knol
 * 🇧🇪 Arne Haelewyn (West-Flemish legend)
 * 🇳🇱 ❌ Politievlogger Jan-Willem

News YouTube channels:
 * 🇳🇱 🧾 NOS nieuws van de week - News with subtitles
 * 🇧🇪 VRT NWS
 * 🇳🇱 NOS op 3
 * 🇳🇱 NOS Jeugdjournaal - News for the youth

Others:
 * hoorcollege - close to 5 hours of spoken Dutch. Seems to be courses.
 * Harry Potter Anki audio cards deck - Marvellous to train listening. It's an Anki deck of Harry Potter being read. Apparently the owner is very nice and does offer much more cards if you give him like 5 bucks

Reading

 * Dutch Children's Books - read a few classics here!
 * leeslicht.nl - a list of famous Dutch literature, rewritten in easier Dutch, targeted at beginners (mostly A2/B1)
 * eenvoudigcommuniceren.nl - a more complete collection but also targeted at the same audience
 * Soms kietelt het - A cute digitalized book for children
 * kidsweek.nl - articles aimed at children, roughly A level articles
 * childhood-stories.com - kid fables, tales & stories
 * Wikibooks - Free online educational books on a wide variety of subjects. WikiJunior is also available for easier reading.

Gaming

 * Miraheze list of games - List of video games available in Dutch.

Miscellaneous

 * bab.la Phrases - opening and closing formulas of Dutch/English formal letters
 * leesniveau - estimates the CEFR level of a text you input. Max 10 uses per day.
 * a dictionary of proverbs
 * langaroo - Cute interactive game, perfect for beginners (O - A).
 * pronouns and nonbinary language

Translators
Tip: Never translate words alone with translators. Use dictionaries for words! Usage of translators to translate whole sentences is allowed but it is advisable to take time to look at how the sentence is structured.


 * DeepL - a better translator than Google Translate
 * Linguee - language-in-context translation search engines using bilingual data basically dictionaries that doesn't focus on definitions, but on example sentences and their translations
 * Reverso Context - language-in-context translation search engines using bilingual data basically dictionaries that doesn't focus on definitions, but on example sentences and their translations

Navigator extensions

 * DutchReader - a free Chrome extension that selects articles and texts for you, based on your CEFR level ranging between A1 and C1.
 * Language learning with Netflix - don't let the name fool you, it also works on YouTube. It allows you to repeat texts, has shortcuts and has pretty good translations. A Chrome extension
 * TWP - Translate Web Pages - a Firefox extension to translate pages
 * YouTube dual subtitles - provides subtitles in two languages

Anki add-ons

 * Nederlands Leren Assistent - Get the definition (from Woorden.org), pronunciation (from Forvo), or example sentences (from Reverso (take these with a grain of salt btw)) upon right-clicking a word on your card!

Twitter accounts
For people who want to follow Twitter accounts in Dutch. Naturally, none of those accounts are endorsed.

Officiële organisaties:
 * Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal https://twitter.com/ivdnt
 * Meertens Instituut https://twitter.com/meertens_knaw
 * Taalunie https://twitter.com/taalunie
 * Onze Taal https://twitter.com/onzetaal
 * Redactie Taalpost (nieuwsdienst van Onze Taal) https://twitter.com/Taalpost
 * Taalhelden.org (jongerenwebsite van Onze Taal) https://twitter.com/Taalhelden
 * Literatuurmuseum https://twitter.com/Litmuseum
 * Neerlandistiek (online tijdschrift) https://twitter.com/Neerlandistiek
 * Taalcentrum-VU https://twitter.com/TaalcentrumVU

Personen & onofficiële organisaties:
 * De Taalstaat (radioprogramma) https://twitter.com/De_Taalstaat
 * Taalwerkplaats https://twitter.com/taalwerkplaats
 * Taaldieren https://twitter.com/Taaldieren
 * Straatnamen https://twitter.com/straatnamen
 * Taalprof https://twitter.com/taalprof
 * Gaston Dorren https://twitter.com/taaljournalist
 * Wouter van Wingerden https://twitter.com/doetietsmettaal
 * MaartenJan Hoekstra https://twitter.com/woordhistorie
 * Ewoud Sanders https://twitter.com/ewoudsanders
 * Meneer D https://twitter.com/talendblog

Humor & rariteiten:
 * Taalvoutjes https://twitter.com/Taalvoutjes
 * Evert Kwok https://twitter.com/evertkwok
 * Woordhumor https://twitter.com/Woordhumor
 * Woordgrap https://twitter.com/Woordgrap_com
 * Make That The Cat Wise https://twitter.com/MTTCW
 * Bruun https://twitter.com/bruniversum
 * Spelen met Taal https://twitter.com/SpelenMetTaalOT
 * Allemaal Taal https://twitter.com/Allemaaltaal
 * Aptoniem https://twitter.com/aptoniem
 * Spatiegebruik https://twitter.com/spatiegebruik
 * Taalmissers https://twitter.com/taalmissers
 * Verhaspeling https://twitter.com/verhaspeling
 * Beter Spellen https://twitter.com/beterspellen

The resources fetched from the bronnen channel in nl leren go as far back in time as this message: https://discord.com/channels/238393736478851074/248775706031554560/636917635220504583 Do check the pinned messages as well.

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