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Dutch

Sitting on the the West Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname, and is known for its close relation to both German and English.

  • Classification

    Indo-European > Germanic

  • Speakers

    24 million

  • Script

    Roman

  • Text direction

    Left-to-right

  • Official language

    Netherlands, Belgium, Republic of Suriname

  • Also spoken

    Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten

Dutch

The vast majority of Dutch speakers are in the Netherlands and Belgium but can also be found in Suriname, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten.

Notable minorities of Dutch speakers exist in Indonesia. It also evolved into Afrikaans in South Africa; the two languages remain mutually intelligible to a high degree.

Due to its Germanic roots, which are shared with English, Dutch is reckoned to be one of the easiest languages for English speakers to learn. Much of the vocabulary is easily recognizable (e.g. appel, tomaat, spook, glas, drillen, etc.) and the grammar is more simple than German.

At Geo Language Services, we provide high-quality translations that ensure your content is precise, relevant and easily understood by Dutch-speaking audiences.

Services offered for this language

Translation / Transcreation / Subtitling / Localization / Adaptation / Copywriting / Authoring / Proofreading / Revision / Editing / Translation quality assurance / Terminology / Linguistic validation / Glossary creation / Dubbing / Voice-overs / Transcription / Typesetting / Simultaneous interpreting / Consecutive interpreting / Conference interpreting / Telephone interpreting / Public service interpreting / Interpreting equipment hire / Foreign language consulting

Interesting fact

About 1% of English words come from Dutch, including such favourites as cookie, frolic, snoop, waffle and walrus.

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