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English Spelled Like Dutch Somewhat
English Spelled Like Dutch Somewhat are words similar to Dutch, but spelled somewhat differently than Dutch -- although easily recognizable as clearly related to Dutch. After English Spelled Like Dutch, the next easiest for Dutch speakers are English Words Spelled Somewhat Like Dutch. The English version is placed first to encourage you to look for and recognize English words similar to ones in your own language and deduce what the English words mean by yourself without being given the translation first. [In the following pronunciation guide, only English words pronounced like Dutch are included now, enclosed in single quotation marks. The rest of the English pronunciations will be added later.] ----- English Spelled Partly Like Dutch ENGLISH -- DUTCH -- [SAY DUTCH] accupuncture -- accupunctuur -- [‘accupunctuur’] address -- adres -- [‘adres’] allergic -- allergisch all -- alle America -- Amerika -- [‘Amerika’] anchovies -- ansjovis -- [‘ansjovis’] apartment -- appartement aperitif -- aperitief -- [‘aperitief’] apple -- appel -- [‘appel’] arthritis -- artritis artichoke -- artisjok -- [‘artisjok’] asthma -- astma -- [‘astma’] Australia -- Australië -- [‘Australië’] baker -- bakker bakery -- bakkerij ball -- bal -- [‘ball’] basketball -- basketbal -- [‘basketbal’] battery -- batterij -- [‘batterij’] beef -- bief -- [‘bief’] beer -- bier -- [‘bier’] beet -- biet -- [‘biet’] begin -- beginnen better -- beter -- [‘beter’] bloom -- bloem -- [‘bloem’] boat -- boot -- [‘boot’] book -- boek -- [‘boek’] bring -- brengen buttermilk -- botermelk -- [‘botermelk’] camp (v) -- kamperen camping -- kamping -- [‘kamping’] can -- kan -- [‘kan’ – in British] canal -- kanaal -- [‘kanaal’] canoe -- kano -- [‘kano’] carafe -- karaf -- [‘karaf’] castle -- kasteel caviar -- kaviaar -- [‘kaviaar’] check (v) -- checken class -- klas -- [‘klas’ – in British] coffee -- koffie -- [‘koffie’] cold -- koud come -- kom -- [‘kom’] cook (n) -- kok cool (temp.) -- koel -- [‘koel’] conference -- conferentie copper -- koper -- [‘koper’] coriander -- koriander -- [‘koriander’] cost (v) -- kost -- [‘kost’] cost (v) -- kosten cramp -- kramp -- [‘kramp’] dance (n) -- dans -- [‘dans’] dance (v) -- dansen day -- dag deck -- dek -- [‘dek’] diarrhea -- diarree disco[theque] -- diskotheek do -- doe -- [‘doe’] doctor -- dokter -- [‘doktor’] door -- deur double -- dubbel -- [‘dubbel’] end (n) -- einde English -- Engels excursion -- excursie express -- expres -- [‘expres’] find -- vinden for -- voor -- [‘voor’] fork -- vork -- [‘vork’] fountain -- fontein free -- vrij -- [‘vrij’] go -- gaan good -- goed half -- helft handicapped -- gehandicapt have -- hebben hello -- hallo help (v) -- helpen here -- hier -- [‘hier’] heterosexual -- hetero hot -- heet hour -- uur how -- hoe I -- ik ice -- ijs -- [‘ijs’] information -- informatie interesting -- interessant jeweler -- juwelier kid (child) -- kind -- [kihd] kohlrabi -- koolrabi -- [‘koolrabi’] lamb -- lam -- [‘lam’] late -- laat lesbian -- lesbisch light -- licht line -- lijn -- [‘lijn’] linen -- linnen -- [‘linnen’] liqueur -- likeur -- [‘likeur’] long -- lang -- [‘lang’] longer -- langer -- [‘langer’] make -- maken market -- markt May (month) -- mei -- [‘mei’] milk -- melk -- [‘melk’] mineral -- mineraal -- [‘mineraal’] Monday -- maandag Muslim -- moslim -- [‘moslim’] mussel -- mossel -- [‘mossel’] my -- mijn myself -- mezelf -- [‘mezelf’] name -- naam network -- netwerk -- [‘netwerk’] night -- nacht noodles -- noedels -- [‘noedels’] not -- niet number -- nummer -- [‘nummer’] on -- aan -- [‘aan’] one -- één onion -- uien -- [‘uien’] open (v) -- openen pain -- pijn -- [‘pijn’] palace -- paleis park (v) -- parkeren pass -- pas -- [‘pas’] passport -- paspoort -- [‘paspoort’] pear -- peer -- [‘peer’] penicillin -- penicilline photo -- foto -- [‘foto’] picnic -- picknick -- [‘picknick’] pill -- pil -- [‘pil’] price -- prijs -- [‘prijs’] print (v) -- printen probleem -- problem pure -- puur -- [‘puur’] repair (v) -- repareren reservation -- reservering ripe -- rijp -- [‘rijp’] river -- rivier romantic -- romantish ruins -- ruïne since -- sins -- [‘sins’] soup -- soep -- [‘soep’] speak -- spreken stadium -- stadion start (v) -- starten street -- straat style -- stijl -- [‘stijl’] supermarket -- supermarkt -- [‘super’-] symbol -- symbool -- [‘symbool’] synagogue -- synagoge table -- tafel tart -- taart -- [‘taart’] technique -- techniek -- [‘techniek’] telephone -- telefoon temple -- tempel -- [‘tempel’] thyme -- tijm -- [‘tijm’] to -- te -- [‘te’] tofu -- tofoe -- [‘tofoe’] tongue -- tong -- [‘tong’] train -- trein -- [‘trein’] truffle -- truffel -- [‘truffel’] vegetarian -- vegetariër volleyball -- volleybal -- [‘volleybal’] waffle -- wafel -- [‘wafel’] what -- wat where -- waar work (n) -- werk -- [‘werk’] you -- u -- [‘u’] young -- jong -- [‘jong’] -----
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