Clothes and shoes in Dutch

In this chapter, we discuss Dutch words for clothing items, and different types of shoes. These words can be used for when you go shopping or when you want to describe a person.

Clothing in Dutch

In this table you will find the translations of clothing items from English to Dutch.

Item	English	Dutch
	the trousers; the pants	de broek
	the jeans	de spijkerbroek
	the jumper	de trui
	the coat	de jas
	the skirt	de rok
	the dress	de jurk
	the socks	de sokken
	the belt	de riem
	the T-shirt	het T-shirt
	the blouse/shirt	de blouse
	the suit	het pak
	the tie	de stropdas
	the bowtie	het strikje
	the pyjamas	de pyjama
	the hat	de hoed
	the cap	de pet
	the scarf	de sjaal
	the gloves	de handschoenen
	the bonnet/hat	de muts
	the swimming trunks	de zwembroek
	the bathing suit	het badpak
	the bikini	de bikini

Take a look at the Dutch colour chapter to be able to describe the colour of a clothing item.

• 'Hij draagt een groene broek.' (He is wearing green trousers.)
• 'Haar trui is geel.' (Her jumper is yellow.)

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Shoes in Dutch

In this table you will find the translations of different types of shoes from English to Dutch. 

Shoe	English	Dutch
	the shoes	de schoenen
	the clogs	de klompen
	the slippers	de pantoffels
	the sandals	de sandalen
	the flipflops	de slippers
	the sneakers	de sportschoenen / sneakers
	the heels	de hakken

Hopefully, these translations of clothing items and shoes will be useful for you, now it is time to make some exercises to train your vocabulary!