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Dutch (NL) vs Flemish (BE)

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Key vocabulary differences between Netherlands Dutch and Belgian Flemish.

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  1. 1sidewalk
    NL: stoep · BE: trottoir (from French)
  2. 2driver's license
    NL: rijbewijs · BE: rijbewijs (same) but often 'permis' (from French)
  3. 3hello/bye (casual)
    NL: hoi / doei · BE: hallo / daag or salu/salut (from French)
  4. 4train
    NL: trein · BE: trein (same)
  5. 5breakfast
    NL: ontbijt · BE: ontbijt (same)
  6. 6phone
    NL: telefoon · BE: GSM (for mobile phone)
  7. 7mobile phone
    NL: mobiel or mobiele telefoon · BE: GSM (Global System for Mobile)
  8. 8eighty
    NL: tachtig · BE: tachtig (same, but some older speakers use 'quatre-vingts' influence)
  9. 9ninety
    NL: negentig · BE: negentig (same)
  10. 10seventy
    NL: zeventig · BE: zeventig (same, but older generation sometimes 'septante' like in French)
  11. 11fries
    NL: patat (or friet) · BE: frieten or friet (never patat)
  12. 12delicious
    NL: lekker · BE: lekker (same)
  13. 13fun
    NL: leuk · BE: leuk (same)
  14. 14sandwich
    NL: broodje · BE: broodje or boterham
  15. 15to park (a car)
    NL: parkeren · BE: parkeren (same)
  16. 16car
    NL: auto · BE: auto or wagen
  17. 17to call (phone)
    NL: bellen · BE: bellen (same)
  18. 18please
    NL: alsjeblieft (informal) or alstublieft (formal) · BE: alsjeblieft or s.v.p. (s'il vous plaît from French)
  19. 19to fetch/get
    NL: halen · BE: halen (same)
  20. 20store/shop
    NL: winkel · BE: winkel (same)
  21. 21bottle
    NL: fles · BE: fles (same)
  22. 22kitchen
    NL: keuken · BE: keuken (same, but some use 'cuisine' from French)
  23. 23bathroom
    NL: badkamer · BE: badkamer (same)
  24. 24to clean
    NL: poetsen or schoonmaken · BE: kuisen (uniquely Flemish) or poetsen
  25. 25vacuum cleaner
    NL: stofzuiger · BE: stofzuiger (same)
  26. 26to vacuum
    NL: stofzuigen · BE: stofzuigen (same)
  27. 27trash can
    NL: prullenbak or vuilnisbak · BE: vuilbak or vuilnisbak
  28. 28wallet
    NL: portemonnee · BE: portefeuille (from French)
  29. 29jacket
    NL: jas · BE: jas or vest (vest in Flemish means jacket)
  30. 30vest/waistcoat
    NL: vest · BE: gilet (from French, because 'vest' means jacket in Flemish)

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