Dutch culture 😀
Learning a new language can be hard, frustrating even… but it can also be fun. You just have to know where to look.
Luckily for me, you don’t have to look too far to find funny sounding words and phrases in Dutch. Here are some I’ve learnt so far…
1. Apetrots
My first Dutch WTF moment was watching a film with subtitles when the screen flashed up “Ik ben apetrots op je” literally meaning “I am monkey proud on you.” (The correct translation in English is “I’m really proud of you”.) A brilliant Dutchism… and it’s now one of my favourite Dutch sayings 😀
2. Boterham
Boterham, courtesy of Laura Frame Illustration
Literally translated as “butter ham” – it actually means sandwich or a slice of bread.
3. Eekhoorntjesbrood
While we’re on the food theme… let’s go with the word for Porcini mushrooms, which literally translates as “little squirrels’…
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Feb 17, 2015 @ 09:21:19
You will like this book, if your Dutch is a bit better. http://www.bol.com/nl/p/i-always-get-my-sin/1001004002618092/ This is a book about stupid Dutch people translating Dutch literally to English. Things like “How do you do? And how do you do your wife?”
Mar 02, 2015 @ 02:44:36
I will have to read it then 🙂