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Is Dutch Hard To learn?

“Is Dutch hard to learn?” If you want to learn Dutch, then this is a question that’s probably been rattling around the back of your mind.. Now, unfortunately, there is no one size fits all answer. It depends on your native language, your previous experience learning foreign languages, your level of motivation, and how much

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DutchPod101 Review

DutchPod101 Review

Dutch (or Nederlands) is the official language of The Netherlands, and over 23 million people speak it worldwide. Another four million people speak Dutch as a second language. As an Indo-European language, Dutch falls into the Germanic language family. Because of this, it is closely related to English, German and the Scandinavian languages. If you

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How Similar or Different are German and Dutch?

Dutch and German: Similar or Different?

German and Dutch are 2 languages from the Germanic family and I’ve had the pleasure of learning them both of them in recent years. I’ve also lived in both Germany (Munich) and the Netherlands (Utrecht) for a little over a year each so I’ve had more or less the same in situ exposure to both.

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5 Top Differences between Dutch in the Netherlands and Belgium (featured)

5 Top Differences between Dutch in the Netherlands and Belgium

Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands and one of Belgium’s 3 official languages (along with French and German). In Belgium it is the predominant language in the northern province of Flanders. I have had the opportunity to live in the Netherlands (in Utrecht) for one year and Belgium (in bilingual Brussels) for 5.

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