Food and Drinks in Dutch

In this chapter you will learn words about food and drinks. We'll take a look at breakfast foods, dinner foods, drinks, fruits and vegetables in Dutch. You'll also learn the words for tableware. Last but not least, you will be introduced to some Dutch specialties!

Dutch breakfast

Het ontbijt (breakfast) is simple, but very nutritious. You will find some breakfast products in the table below.

Breakfast product	English	Dutch
	muesli	muesli
	sandwiches	boterhammen
	cheese	kaas
	cold meats	vleeswaren
	chocolate sprinkles	hagelslag
	marmalade	jam
	eggs	eieren
	yoghurt	yoghurt
	fruits	fruit

The Dutch lunch (middageten) is similar to the Dutch breakfast. Many Dutch people prepare sandwiches at home to eat during lunch at school or at work.

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Dutch dinner

A classic Dutch dinner (avondeten) is simple, but nutritious. A typical Dutch dinner consists of potatoes, vegetables and meat. During celebrations such as birthdays, many families choose to eat fries with snacks or pancakes.

Product	English	Dutch
	soup	soep
	salad	salade
	potatoes	aardappelen
	vegetables	groentes
	meat	vlees
	chips/fries	friet / patat
	pancakes	pannenkoeken
	pepper	peper
	salt	zout
	onion	ui

Dutch desserts

Het nagerecht / toetje (dessert), most Dutch people choose between either yoghurt or custard. For special occasions, they most often eat pie or ice cream instead.

Product	English	Dutch
	Custard	Pudding / Vla
	Yoghurt	Yoghurt
	Ice cream	IJs
	Pie	Taart

Dutch drinks

In this table you will find the translation of drinks from English to Dutch.

Drink	English	Dutch
	coffee	koffie
	milk	melk
	tea	thee
	orange juice	sinaasappelsap
	beer	bier
	wine	wijn
	water	water
	soda	frisdrank

Fruits in Dutch

In this tabel you will learn the names of fruits (fruit) in Dutch.

Fruit	English	Dutch
	pineapple	ananas
	apple	appel
	strawberry	aardbei
	lemon	citroen
	kiwi	kiwi
	lime	limoen
	mandarin	mandarijn
	mango	mango
	banana	banaan
	blackberry	braam
	grapes	druiven
	raspberry	framboos
	pomegranate	granaatappel
	cherry	kers
	melon	meloen
	pear	peer
	peach	perzik
	orange	sinaasappel

Vegetables in Dutch

In this table, you can find the names of vegetables (groentes) in Dutch.

Vegetable	English	Dutch
	pickle	augurk
	cauliflower	bloemkool
	peas	erwten
	cucumber	komkommer
	bell pepper	paprika
	leek	prei
	Brussels sprouts	spruitjes
	tomato	tomaat
	carrot	wortel
	garlic	knoflook

Dutch tableware

In this table you will learn the translations of tableware from English to Dutch:

Tableware	English	Dutch
	cutlery	bestek
	knife	mes
	spoon	lepel
	fork	vork
	plate	bord
	cup	beker; tas
	glass	glas
	wine glass	wijnglas

Typical Dutch food

There are many products that are typical Dutch and are not eaten elsewhere. Foreigners like some of these products, but many of them also hate them.

A stroopwafel (syrup waffle) is a biscuit that consists of two layers of baked dough with a caramelsyrup in between the layers. The stroopwafel was first created in the early 19th century in the city of Gouda in South-Holland.

Drop (liquorice) is a typical Dutch sweet. There are many different kinds of drop that are generally divided into 2 groups: sweet and sour drop. On the picture you see the so-called 'dropveter' (liquorice lace), which tastes sweet.

 Maatjesharing (herring) is also known as Hollandse Nieuwe . People eat the fish raw, straight from the hand or on a white bun. Often raw onions are served with it.

A kroket (croquet) is a typical Dutch snack. There are many different kinds of kroketten, but the vleeskroket (meatcroquet) is the most famous. It is often eaten on a white bun or with french fries.

Boerenkool (Green kale) is a vegetable which is mainly used in stamppotten (hotchpots) in the Netherlands. A hotchpot is a dish that consists of mashed potatoes mixed with a certain type of vegetables such as boerenkool. Dutch people like to eat rookworst (smoked sausage) together with the stamppot.

An oliebol is a fried doughball that is traditionally eaten on New Year's Eve. Oliebollen are often covered with icing sugar and there are raisins in the dough.

Erwtensoep ( split pea soup) is also known as snert. Erwtensoep is a thick soup made of split peas. The soup is traditionally eaten in winter with roggebrood (rye bread).

The Dutch love their cheese.There are many types of Dutch cheeses. The most famous ones are Gouda and Edam named after the towns they come from. Other famous cheeses are Maasdammer, a cheese with large holes, and Frisian Clove Cheese.

Hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles) are small pieces of chocolate sprinkles that are eaten on top of sandwiches. There are many different types of hagelslag including chocolate, anise and fruit.

Hopefully, you have gained enough knowledge about food and drinks in Dutch, now it is time to make some exercises!