No matter how you end up in the Netherlands, you will be greeted by a local in dutch. And you will need to reply to that greeting. It is as simple as that and you do not want to sound like an alien. Yes, they do speak English but greeting them in their own language shows off respect to the culture. So let’s dig into the vocabulary of the greetings in dutch.
EXPRESSIONS
Good Morning
Goedemorgen
Good afternoon
Goedemiddag
Good evening
Goedenavond
Good night (when going to sleep)
Goedenacht/welterusten
Welcome
Welkom
Good bye
Tot ziens
See you later
Tot straks
See you tomorrow
Tot morgen
Have a pleasant journey
Goede reis
And now let’s make things not so official with some useful expressions.
Nice to meet you –
Aangenaam (kennis te maken)
How are things going?
Hoe gaat het ermee
hi
hoi
bye
doei
PRACTICE
Now it is time to put all these words in your head. The best way to do it is with this embedded Quizlet board. You can play various games that you can pick from the dropdown in the bottom right corner. Have fun and enjoy self-studying Dutch.
