Flemish Nouns
Learning the Flemish 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 Flemish language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Flemish.
Flemish 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 | Flemish Nouns |
| nouns | zelfstandige naamwoorden |
| my car | mijn auto |
| green car | mijn 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 Flemish has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Flemish.
List of Nouns in Flemish
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Flemish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Flemish vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Flemish Nouns |
| arm | arm |
| back | rug |
| cheeks | wangen/kaken |
| 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/hals |
| nose | neus |
| shoulder | schouder |
| stomach | buik |
| teeth | tanden |
| thigh | dij |
| throat | keel |
| thumb | duim |
| toe | teen |
| tongue | tong |
| tooth | tand |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Flemish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Flemish Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Flemish lessons here: Learn Flemish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.