Dutch Vocabulary

Food Vocabulary

Additional Food Vocabulary

Snacks

Taste and Flavor Vocabulary

Smell Vocabulary

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The Verbs: Eten and Drinken

Eten – to eat

Simple Present Tense of Eten

Simple Past Tense of Eten

ik heb gegeten – I have eaten

Drinken – to drink

Simple Present Tense of Drinken

Simple Past Tense of Drinken

ik heb gedronken – I have drunk

dronken – drunk (intoxicated)

Examples

Cooking Verbs

Koken – to cook, to boil

ik ben aan 't koken – I'm cooking

Ik heb de aardappelen gekookt – I have boiled the potatoes

Vind je 't leuk om te koken? – Do you enjoy cooking?

een gekookt ei – a boiled egg

de gekookte aardappels – the boiled potatoes

Bakken – to bake, fry, sauté

ik ben een brood aan 't bakken – I'm baking a bread

ik heb de aardappelen gebakken – I have fried the potatoes

gebakken ei – fried egg

gebakken champignons – sautéed mushrooms

kort gebakken – shortly baked, rare

Other Cooking Vocabulary

Units (Deelaanduidende Woorden)

Food Quantities

Bread and Sandwiches

Sweets and Snacks

Meals and Drinks

Milk, Juice, Water

Alcoholic Drinks

Time for Meals

These phrases are often used for instructions about medication timing: before, during, or after meals.

Special Expression

Inviting Etc.

Inviting for Dinner

Old-fashioned Phrase

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