Learn Dutch with songs

Learning Dutch through music

Dutch sits close enough to English that a speaker recognises hundreds of words on sight — water, hand, winter, storm — and far enough away that word order and the guttural g have to be learned properly rather than guessed. Songs help with the half that reading never fixes: how the language actually runs when nobody is slowing it down for a learner. There are fewer Dutch songs here than English ones, so this part of the catalog is chosen rather than broad — every card is one worth knowing.

Grammar and pronunciation lessons

Short lessons on the points these songs teach, each linked to the songs that use them.

Dutch grammar (14) →Dutch pronunciation (8) →

The Dutch words these songs share

These 60 words appear across the most Dutch songs in the catalog, so they are the ones to learn first. Ranked by how many songs use them, translated by us, and taken word by word — never as lines of lyric.

Every Dutch song in the catalog

Sorted from the easiest card to the hardest. Each one opens a full page with its own glossary and sample quiz.

• Parijs — Kenny B (2015)A1+
• Bloed, Zweet en Tranen — André Hazes (2002)A1+
• Leef — André Hazes Jr. (2015)A2-
• Traag — Bizzey feat. Jozo & Kraantje Pappie (2017)A2-
• Als het avond is — Suzan & Freek (2018)A2-

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