Dutch Nouns
Learning the Dutch Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Dutch language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Dutch.
Dutch nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Dutch Nouns |
| nouns | naamwoorden |
| my car | mijn auto |
| green car | groene auto |
| three cars | drie auto's |
| car garage | garage |
| outside the car | buiten de auto |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Dutch has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Nederlands.
List of Nouns in Dutch
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Dutch placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Dutch vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Dutch Nouns |
| arm | arm |
| back | rug |
| cheeks | wangen |
| chest | borst |
| chin | kin |
| ear | oor |
| elbow | elleboog |
| eye | oog |
| face | gezicht |
| finger | vinger |
| fingers | vingers |
| foot | voet |
| hair | haar |
| hand | hand |
| head | hoofd |
| heart | hart |
| knee | knie |
| leg | been |
| lip | lip |
| mouth | mond |
| neck | nek (back)/hals (front) |
| nose | neus |
| shoulder | schouder |
| stomach | maag |
| teeth | gebit/tanden |
| thigh | dij |
| throat | keel |
| thumb | duim |
| toe | teen |
| tongue | tong |
| tooth | tand |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Dutch, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Nederlands Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Dutch lessons here: Learn Dutch. Don't forget to bookmark this page.