We’ve all heard that the words cookie and coleslaw originated in Dutch. But did you know brewery and pinky are also of Dutch origin? And both Broadway and Wall Street owe their names to the Dutch as ...

Thousands of new words will be included in the new edition of the Groene Boekje – the official list of Dutch words – when it is published on October 13, the Telegraaf says on Tuesday. The current ...

We all have them: favourite words. It can be the sound, the meaning, or the way it makes us feel. We conducted an entirely unscientific enquiry into favourite words during our End of Year party. We ...

Cape Town - It's no secret that Afrikaans was once classified as the 'Kombuistaal' of it's origin language, Dutch. Although many pure Dutch words have translated into Afrikaans as is, there are also ...

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.

When you have learned words in another language, it may be worth listening to them again in your sleep. A study has now shown that this method reinforces memory. "Our method is easy to use in daily ...

With coronavirus dominating just about every aspect of our lives, it seems fitting a term relating to the pandemic has been voted Dutch word of the year by a considerable (social) distance. The ...

Cape Town - It's no secret that Afrikaans was once classified as the 'Kombuistaal' of it's origin language, Dutch. Although many pure Dutch words have translated into Afrikaans as is, there are also ...