Dutch example sentences

"Dutch" Example Sentences

1. The Netherlands is a country in Western Europe where Dutch is the official language.
2. Dutch explorers sailed around the globe in the Age of Exploration.
3. The Dutch Golden Age occurred in the 17th century under the Dutch Republic.
4. The Tulip Mania boom and bust in the 1630s occurred in the Dutch Republic.
5. Dutch traders founded the colony of New Amsterdam, which later became New York City.
6. The Dutch East India Company established trading posts in Indonesia and South Africa.
7. Vincent van Gogh and Rembrandt were famous Dutch painters.
8. Anne Frank's diary, written in Dutch, became famous after her death in the Holocaust.
9. Many Dutch people are tall due to natural selection and good nutrition.
10. The flag of the Netherlands features three horizontal bands of red, white and blue.
11. Typical Dutch foods include stroopwafels, poffertjes and hagelslag on bread.
12. The streets and buildings of Amsterdam exemplify traditional Dutch architecture.
13. Windmills, tulips and wooden clogs are symbols often associated with the Dutch.
14. The Dutch language is closely related to German but uses different verb conjugations.
15. Some Dutch words, like "bliksem" for thunder, have been borrowed into English.
16. Traditional Dutch costumes featured clogs, aprons, and elaborate headdresses.
17. Dutch people are known for being direct and to the point in conversation.
18. Football and speed-skating are popular sports in the Netherlands.
19. Dutch chocolate brands like Droste and Verkade are famous worldwide.
20. Randstad is a metropolitan region in the western Netherlands.
21. The Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau, hasruled since 1815.
22. Haarlem is a city in the province of North Holland, known for its history and tulips.
23. Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands and an important port.
24. Delft is famous as the town where Vermeer painted most of his famous works.
25. Utrecht is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands and a center of culture.
26. The North Sea Coast and Zeeland region in the south are popular Dutch tourist destinations.
27. In the Delta Works, the Dutch engineered large dams and barriers to protect from flooding.
28. The traditional Dutch folk tales by the Brothers Grimm were adapted by Walt Disney.
29. The Dutch band Golden Earring is famous for their song "Radar Love".
30. Tulips were once so valuable in the Netherlands they were used as currency.
31. Some 19th century American architecture was heavily influenced by Dutch styles.
32. Dutch spices like nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon were highly valued in medieval Europe.
33. The Netherlands has a multiparty parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy.
34. Traditional Dutch pastries include oliebollen and boterkoek.
35. The traditional Dutch blue-and-white delft pottery was copied worldwide.
36. Dutch explorers named New York after the Duke of York and Albany.
37. The Flat Hat golf club in Hampton, Virginia was inspired by traditional Dutch Colonial architecture.
38. Erasmus, the renowned Dutch philosopher, wrote in both Latin and Dutch.
39. Saint Nicholas, the origin of Santa Claus, was a 4th-century bishop from Turkey venerated in the Dutch Church.
40. The Treaty of Munster formally ended the 80 Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic in 1648.
41. The Dutch word "gezelligheid" describes an atmosphere of comfort and coziness.
42. Dutch people are known for their direct communication style and practical approach to life.
43. Geert Wilders is a controversial far-right politician in the Dutch Parliament.
44. Dutch elm disease, caused by a fungi, decimated the elm tree population in Europe and North America.
45. Dutch is mutually intelligible to a limited degree with German, English and Afrikaans.
46. According to legend, Santa Claus lives at the North Pole in the Netherlands.
47. Karl Marx lived in exile in the Netherlands from 1849 to 1864.
48. The Dutch整数 Mark Rutte has been Prime Minister since 2010.
49. The Dutch landscape features many lakes, rivers, canals and polders.
50. The Dutch 词作 family Buses include Sybrand, Suus, Pieter and Gerard.
51. The Dutch and Boers eventually clashed during the South African Wars.
52. De Stijl was an influential Dutch art movement founded in 1917.
53. 广播 are a traditional Dutch stew made with meat and vegetables.
54. Dutch 专素 Anne Frank wrote her famous diary while hiding from the Nazis.
55. The Tulip Mania occurred during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century.
56. The famous painting ʻThe Night Watchʼwas painted by Dutch artist Rembrandt.
57. Dutch chocolate 引 is famous for being creamy and rich.
58. The Dutch 臭 bean paste sambal oelek is used in Indonesian cuisine.
59. Dutch 写 functions as an official language in the Caribbean Netherlands.
60. Afrikaans developed from Dutch and is mutually intelligible to some degree.

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• The low countries (The Netherlands and Belgium)
• West Flemish (a Dutch dialect spoken in Belgium)
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