[rainbow]
weather 		[a path]
the outdoors 		[tree]
trees 		[rose]
flowers 		[park]
parks 		[garden]
yard 		[bus]
traffic 		[a building]
buildings

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[The Face of Dutch]

The Animals in Dutch 1

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[cows]
koeien click to hear 		[Daniel's Dog]
hond click to hear (foto: Daniel Baskin)		 [dachshund, old]
hond click to hear (oude teckel)
Dieren -hear- animals

zoogdieren
vogels
reptielen
hear - 2 		(mammals)
(birds)
(reptiles)
 amfibieën
vissen
insecten
hear - 2 		(amphibians)
(fish)
(insects)
 apen
mensapen
hear 		(monkeys)
(apes)
 dier
beest
hear 		(animal, usually a mammal)
(beast)

mens
(man, human)		 man
(man, male)		 vrouw
(woman)		 kind
(child)		 jongen
(boy)		 meisje
(girl)		 baby
(=baby)		 kleuter
(toddler)		 hear
Dutch Family

blindengeleidehond -hear - 2- [steering-the-blind dog] seeing-eye dog

Many of the words for animals show the common roots of English and Dutch, like cow/koe, sheep/schaap, fowl/vogel and mare/merrie.
Some words shifted meaning, like pork/varken (=pig), pig/big (=piglet), steer/stier (=bull), deer/dier (=any animal) and hound/hond (=any dog).
Other words look unrelated, like horse/paard and rooster/haan; 'horse'is related to Dutch ros, which is either used jocularly or designates an older horse.

[bear]
beer click to hear		 [bear]
beer click to hear		 [wolf]
wolf click to hear
Bears and wolf pictures by © Siem & Monique Sipma. All rights reserved.

[an orangutang holding a little one]
orang-oetang click to hear
animal adult male adult female offspring
paard
(horse)		 hengst
(stud)		 merrie
(mare)		 veulen
(foal)		 hear - 2
rund*
(bovine)		 stier
(bull)		 koe
(cow)		 kalf
(calf)		 hear
varken
(pig)		 beer
(boar)		 zeug*
(sow)		 biggetje
(piglet)		 hear - 2 'Beer' is also the common word for 'bear' (ursus: brown, grizzly, polar.)
Also notice the similarity but different meaning of pork and varken, pig and big.
schaap
(sheep)		 ram*
(ram)		 ooi*
(ewe)		 lammetje
(lamb)		 hear
kip
(chicken)		 haan
(rooster)		 (kip)
 kuiken, kuikentje
(chick)		 hear
kat, poes
(cat)		 kater
(tomcat)

hear 'Kater' is also the common Dutch word for 'hangover' (katzenjammer?)
geit
(goat)		 bok
(he-goat)

hear
* - not common words
vee
herkauwen
pluimvee
hear 		(cattle)
(to [re-chew] ruminate)
(poultry)
 huisdieren
roofdieren
hear 		(pets, domesticated animals)
([rob-animals] predators)
[a horse]
paard click to hear		 [cats]
poezen click to hear		 [a deer] [a deer]
herten click to hear - 2

And What They Say

Wat zeggen de dieren?
What do the animals say?		 hear - 2
honden blaffen
(dogs bark)		 hear waf-waf
(raf-raf)
honden grommen
(dogs growl)		 hear grrr
()
poezen/katten miauwen
(cats meow) 		hear miauw
(meow)
katten spinnen
(cats purr)		 hear prrrr
()
katten blazen
(cats hiss)		 hear - 2 - 3 hsjjj
()
paarden hinniken
(horses neigh) 		hear
koeien loeien
(cows moo)		 hear boe
(moo)
schapen blaten
(sheep bleat)		 hear bèè
()
geiten mekkeren
(goats ?)		 hear
hanen kraaien
(roosters crow)		 hear kukeleku
()
kippen kakelen
(chickens cluck)		 hear tok-tok-tok-tok-tok
(cluck-cluck)
kraaien krassen
(crows caw)		 hear - 2 kchchchch
()
vogels fluiten
(birds [whistle] sing)		 hear
De koekoek zegt 'koekoek' -hear- The cuckoo says 'cuckoo.'
Uilen roepen 'oe-hoe' -hear- Owls hoot.
slangen sissen
(snakes hiss)		 hear ssssss
()
muggen zoemen
(mosquitoes buzz)		 hear bzzz
()
olifanten trompetteren
(elephants trumpet?)		 hear retteketet
()
leeuwen brullen
(lions roar)		 hear
wolven huilen
(wolves [cry] howl)		 hear - 2
varkens knorren
(pigs oink)		 hear ...
(oink)
eenden kwaken
(ducks quack)		 hear kwek-kwek
(quack quack)
eenden snateren
(ducks smatter)		 hear
ezels balken
(donkeys bray)		 hear - 2 ia
()
krekels tsjirpen
(crickets chirp)		 hear
mussen kwetteren
(sparrows twitter)		 hear
kwikkers kwaken
(frogs croak)		 hear
muizen piepen
(mice beep)		 hear
[sheep]
schapen click to hear - 2 		[elephants bathing]
olifanten click to hear		 [riding an elephant]
olifant click to hear

Basic Animals

(de) mens
(het) dier
(de) vogel
(het) insekt
hear 		(man)
(animal)
(bird, fowl)
(insect)
(de) mier
(de) bij
(de) vlieg
(de) worm
(de) slang
hear - 2 		(ant)
(bee)
(fly)
(worm)
(snake)
(de) aap
(het) paard
(de) hond
(de) kat
(de) rat
hear - 2 		(monkey)
(horse)
(dog)
(cat)
(rat)
(de) koe
(het) varken
(de) kip
(het) schaap
(de) geit
hear 		(cow)
(pig)
(chicken)
(sheep)
(goat)
Dutch slang click to hear - 2 ('snake') also means 'hose.' A Dutchman may talk affectionately about his 'garden snake.'
Hondsdolheid click to hear ([dogs' craziness] 'rabies')
The human (and horse) 'head' is hoofd click to hear, while animals have a kop click to hear. Likewise, humans (and horses) have benen click to hear ('legs' - singular (het) been click to hear) while animals (and tables and chairs) have poten click to hear - singular: (de) poot click to hear.
Body Parts
[shells]
schelpen click to hear		 [snail's shell]
slakkenhuis click to hear		 [birdhouse]
nestkastje click to hear		 [doghouse]
hondenhok click to hear
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[A Dutch flag on the edge of a puddle of water]
colors 		[grapes]
food 		[a house]
the house 		[a path]
the outdoors 		[books]
media 		[jacket]
clothing 		[a mirror]
beauty 		[glasses, watch, etc.]
necessities

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