Dutch Language and Culture

The dutch wanted to keep the Indonesians from joining the army.

According to the English, Dutch women are shapeless, as they call the long pillow Indonesians call "guling" a "Dutch wife". In terms of manners, Dutch ladies are considered the most unlady-like of Europe, as they tend to speak their mind very bluntly and loudly. Those from the North are generally tall, blonde and sturdy thanks to the Vikings, and remain loyal friends once the Nordic ice has been broken. A Portuguese pen pal tells me Dutch ladies are seen as fearless and aggressive when it comes to chasing Mediterranean men, but that may be based on prejudice.

Holland has 3 kinds of secondary school, in ascending order: VMBO level, HAVO-level and VWO-level. VWO-level grades make you qualify directly for University.

The secondary school-level that a pupil can take is determined by an entrance exam, taken at the end of 6th grade.

They have been influenced from the Netherlands. But they speak very differently. Kind of street accent. Nice to hear.

1. That's a very intriguing question! I've said it aloud a couple of times, but I can't figure it out. The only words that came to mind where 'lekker sjekkie', which means 'nice cigarette' (a 'sjekkie' is self-made cigarette made from rolling tobacco, called 'shag' - pronounced as 'sjek' in Dutch)

In what situation was 'sacky sacky' used? Do you remember other words of the sentence in which the words where used?

2. I do. he said "you are Sacky sacky. and also once we were watching a documentry on the industrial revolution and there was this very fat ugly guy and he said "wow! too much sakcy sakcy" does that help?

3. It's not Dutch...

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'Hoeden-truc' is a literal Dutch equivalent of 'hat trick' or 'hat-trick', which is the way it tends to be expressed, as an English loan word among Dutch language speakers.

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Hallo daar. Je ziet er goed uit.

'Spruce' is an English equivalent of 'Spar' (Piceaspp).

Oke, ik zal het haar vertellen.

I think it means "echtscheiding" which means devorce.

Fok in the Dutch language means Foresail

Or breeding, when you are talking about a verb.

It's a name from the north of the Netherlands (from the region Friesland). '-ma' means 'son of'. 'Sikke' comes from the first name 'Sicke' or 'Sicco' (it does not mean 'the sick one'!). 'Sicke' comes from 'Sigi' as in 'Sifridus'. 'Sig-' means 'Winner' ('sieger' in German).

So 'Sikkema' means: the son/daughter of a winner.

laten we gaan Nederland is the translation. This is translated from English to Dutch.

I would say: 'Happy thanksgiving'. Because Thanksgiving is an American holiday, not a Dutch, there is no specific translation for it.

'Spoorzoeken' is a Dutch equivalent of 'tracking' as the term is used in ecology and in hunting.

'Don't throw away your old shoes until you have got new ones' is

'gooi geen oude schoenen weg voordat je nieuwe hebt' in dutch

Dank je

'hug' is 'knuffel' in Dutch

'perssinaasappels' are 'juice oranges'

Waar is het centraal station?

Payroll is an English equivalent of 'Bedrijfsvoorheffing'.

Vreselijk is a Dutch equivalent of 'appalling'.

The answer for this question is vliegtuig...