Lucy Deutekom says in the introduction to her self-published book ‘Let’s Talk Dutch’ that her aim is to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of Dutch society by explaining common sayings and ...

Members of the Onze Taal Dutch language association have voted twitteren (to twitter – or send short text messages via a weblog) as new word of 2009. Last year the winning word swaffelen (meaning to ...

One-and-a-half-metre-society has been voted the Dutch word of the year by a (social) distance. Anderhalvemetersamenleving, a compound noun describing life under the Dutch government’s 1.5-metre ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Although sometimes confusing and hard to pronounce or to spell, the place names of Dutch origins that fill the Hudson River Valley and the region around the state capital are charming.