[food plate]
meals 		[a living room]
a livingroom 		[lightswitch]
electricity 		[flame]
fire 		[A collection of tools]
tools		 [clothespins]
laundry, cleaning 		[a building]
buildings 		[garden]
yard

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[The Face of Dutch]

Everyday Dutch House Words 2

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[a window]
raam click to hear ( = venster click to hear )		 [curtain]
gordijn click to hear - 2 - 3 		[sliding glass doors]
schuifdeuren click to hear		 [shelves]
kast click to hear - 2 		[cabinet]
kast 		[a small cabinet, two drawers, a few shelves]
kastje click to hear
a [bookcase]
boekenkast click to hear		 [a bookcase]
boekenkast click to hear		 [a desk]
bureau click to hear >>		 [a desk]
bureau click to hear		 [drawers cabinet]
ladenkastje click to hear - 2
[a bed]
bed click to hear		 [night stand]
nachtkastje click to hear		 [night stand]
nachtkastje click to hear		 [clothes closet]
kleerkast click to hear - 2
[mattress]
matras click to hear		 [bedsheets]
lakens click to hear		 []
dekbed click to hear		 []
kussens click to hear		 [blanket]
deken click to hear
[a painting]
schilderij click to hear		 [art print]
reproductie click to hear - 2 		[pictures]
foto's click to hear - 2 		[a tapestry]
wandkleed click to hear >>		 [a tapestry]
wandkleed click to hear		 [cut flowers]
bloemen click to hear - 2
[a vase for cut flowers]
vaas click to hear		 [vases for cut flowers]
vazen click to hear		 [a living room plant]
plant click to hear		 [a living room plant]
plant click to hear		 [a living room plant]
plant click to hear		 [a Christmas tree]
kerstboom click to hear
[statuettes]
beeldjes click to hear		 [costume dolls]
klederdrachtpoppen click to hear - 2 		[small figures]
poppetjes click to hear		 [doll]
pop click to hear - 2 		[toy cars]
auto'tjes click to hear
[moving: a room full of boxes and empty shelves]
verhuizen click to hear		 [moving: a room full of boxes and empty shelves]
verhuizen click to hear		 [moving truck]
verhuiswagen click to hear

de / het / 't click to hear (the)
een, 'n click to hear - 2 (a, an)
één click to hear (one)
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(de) kast
(het) kastje
(het) bureau*
hear 		(cabinet/cupboard/shelves)
(small cabinet)
(desk)
 (het) raam
(de) ruit
(het) gordijn
hear 		(window)
(windowpane)
(curtain)
 (de) vensterbank
(het) kozijn
hear 		(windowsill)
(windowframe)
(het) bed
(de) matras
(de) kussen
hear - 2 		(bed)
(mattress)
(pillow)
 (de) sloop
(het) laken
(de) deken
(het) dekbed
hear - 2 		(pillowcase)
(bedsheet)
(blanket)
(down comforter)
 (de) bloem
(de) vaas
(de) plant
(de) pot
hear - 2 		(flower)
(vase)
(potted plant)
(flowerpot)
 (het) schilderij
(het) wandkleed
hear - 2 		(painting)
(tapestry)


* Bureau and auto are words from French.
Both Dutch gordijn click to hear and English 'curtain' come from the Late Latin word cortino.
The common meaning of sloop click to hear - 2 - is 'pillowcase,' but it's also 'wrecking,' and that place where some people go to buy parts of wrecked cars.
Dutch bureau click to hear means both 'desk' and 'office.' Politiebureau click to hear - 'the Police Department office.' The 'eau' is French.
kamerplant click to hear ('house plant')

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[A Dutch flag on the edge of a puddle of water]
colors 		[grapes]
food 		[pan]
kitchen		 [a path]
the outdoors 		[books]
media 		[jacket]
clothing 		[a mirror]
beauty 		[glasses, watch, etc.]
necessities

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