Learn Dutch
by playing
Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands and in Flanders, the northern half of Belgium. Piquoli teaches every noun with its article (de or het) and lets you hear every word and sentence in a Flemish voice, female or male as you prefer.
Why learn Dutch with Piquoli?
- ✓Essential for living or working in Belgium or the Netherlands.
- ✓De or het learnt with every word, so you never have to guess.
- ✓Close to English in many words (water, hand, warm): fast early progress.
- ✓Grammar explained in English, with an example after every answer.
- ✓More than 2,700 words and sentences from level A1 to A2, in 43 themes.
A few words to start with
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| hello | hallo |
| thank you | dank je wel |
| dog | de hond |
| house | het huis |
| Where is the station? | Waar is het treinstation? |
What makes Dutch hard, and how Piquoli helps
The great Dutch puzzle is “de” or “het”. There is no simple rule: you have to learn it with each noun. Piquoli always gives you the noun with its article, and the Memory game has you match pairs until the article comes naturally.
Pronunciation is the next hurdle: the throaty “g”, the “ui” in “huis”, the “ij” in “mijn”. Every word is spoken by a Flemish voice that you can replay and slow down as often as you like.
Word order also moves around: in some sentences the verb goes to the very end (“omdat ik moe ben”). Building sentences piece by piece gets you used to this order without rules to recite.
What you learn, level by level
Piquoli follows the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). You start with the essentials and move up at your own pace.
The basics: introducing yourself, greetings, numbers, colours, family, food, home.
Everyday life: shopping, travelling, health, work, weather, asking the way.
Levels B1, B2 and C1 are already written and arrive with the updates, at no extra cost.
Ten minutes a day, the right way
Learning a language is not an hour of revision on Sunday: it is a little every day. Piquoli is built for that. A game lasts a few minutes, the daily goal tells you when you have done enough, and your day streak makes you want to come back tomorrow.
Behind the games, spaced repetition decides what you review: a missed word comes back soon, a well-known word comes back less and less. You spend your time on what you do not know yet, not on what you already know.
Each word is practised in several ways: reading it, hearing it, recognising it, writing it, using it in a sentence. That variety is what makes it stick for good.
6 games to learn Dutch
Flashcards
Spaced repetition: the words you find hard come back more often, the ones you know come back less.
Matching game
Match each word with its translation, as fast as you can.
Sentences
Build or write the translation of everyday sentences.
Listening
Hear a word and find it: to train your ear to the pronunciation.
Dictation
Listen to a sentence and write it without mistakes.
Memory
Find the word / translation pairs in as few moves as possible.
Questions about learning Dutch
How long does it take to learn Dutch with Piquoli?
With ten minutes a day, the essential words of level A1 stick quickly. Piquoli currently covers from level A1 to A2: enough to hold a simple everyday conversation.
Can I learn Dutch for free?
Yes: the “Basics” and “Colours” themes are free forever, and the 7-day trial opens all of Piquoli, with no card needed. After that, the subscription starts at €2.99 a month.
Does Piquoli replace a Dutch course?
Piquoli is ideal for vocabulary, listening and everyday sentences, and it works very well alongside a course or school: it makes you review every day what you would otherwise forget.
Start for free
The “Basics” and “Colours” themes are free forever, and the trial gives you 7 days of full access, with no card needed. On Mac, Windows, or straight in your browser.
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