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House & Home in Dutch

🇳🇱 Vocabulary
📖 3 min read  |  🟢 Level: A1  |  🌐 DutchEnglish.com

Your home is where you spend most of your time, so knowing house vocabulary in Dutch is incredibly useful. This article covers rooms, furniture, household items and essential phrases for talking about your home — including how to find accommodation in the Netherlands.

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Dutch houses are famous for their enormous windows without curtains — a tradition dating back to Calvinist values that promoted openness and transparency. Neighbours can often see straight into Dutch living rooms, and this is considered completely normal!

🏘️ Types of Housing

DutchEnglish
het huis / de woninghouse / home
het appartement / de flatapartment / flat
de studio / het studio-appartementstudio apartment
de villadetached house (large)
de rijtjeswoningterraced house
de twee-onder-een-kapwoningsemi-detached house
de boerderijfarmhouse
huren / kopento rent / to buy
de huur / de hypotheekrent / mortgage

🚪 Rooms of the House

EmojiDutchEnglish
🍳de keukenkitchen
🛋️de woonkamerliving room
🛏️de slaapkamerbedroom
🚿de badkamerbathroom
🚻het toilet / de wctoilet
🍽️de eetkamerdining room
🪜de hal / de ganghallway / corridor
📚de studeerkamer / het kantoorstudy / home office
🏚️de zolderattic / loft
🏠de keldercellar / basement
🌿de tuingarden
🏡het balkon / het terrasbalcony / terrace
🚗de garagegarage

🛋️ Furniture & Interior

EmojiDutchEnglish
🛋️de bank / de sofasofa / couch
🪑de stoel / de fauteuilchair / armchair
🛏️het bedbed
📺de televisie / de tvtelevision
🪟het raamwindow
🚪de deurdoor
📦de kastcupboard / wardrobe
🗄️de boekenkastbookcase
💡de lamplamp / light
🪞de spiegelmirror
🛁het bad / de douchebath / shower

💬 Talking About Your Home

Dutch phraseEnglish
Waar woon jij?Where do you live?
Ik woon in Amsterdam / op de derde verdieping.I live in Amsterdam / on the third floor.
Ik huur een appartement.I rent an apartment.
Wij hebben een tuin.We have a garden.
Het huis heeft drie slaapkamers.The house has three bedrooms.
De woonkamer is heel gezellig.The living room is very cosy.
Ik woon in een appartement op de tweede verdieping. Het heeft twee slaapkamers en een kleine tuin.I live in an apartment on the second floor. It has two bedrooms and a small garden.

✏️ Practice Exercises

Translate into Dutch:

  1. Where do you live? → Waar woon jij?
  2. I rent a house with three bedrooms. → Ik huur een huis met drie slaapkamers.
  3. The bathroom is on the right. → De badkamer is rechts.
  4. Our living room is very cosy. → Onze woonkamer is heel gezellig.
  5. There is a big garden behind the house. → Er is een grote tuin achter het huis.

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