Questions tagged [dutch]

For question concerning the Dutch language, a Germanic language spoken in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname.

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When did Dutch lose its Aspirated Consonants

from wikipedia French, Standard Dutch, Tamil, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Modern Greek, and Latvian are languages that do not have aspirated consonants. Dutch is a Germanic language without aspirated consonants. I think this is an influence of…
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Are the set of Dutch tussenvoegsels finite?

I'm wondering if there is a finite set of tussenvoegsels. If so can someone please point me to the list? For example in the name Alice van Herk, the tussenvoegsel van. Wikipedia lists common tussenvoegsels but not all of them. I'm wondering if there…
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Does Dutch have two Het's? (English The)

My Dutch friend were telling me that in Dutch there are technically two ways of using "the" in Dutch (het), but that there are no grammatical rules for this. I don't think that is quite the case. In my own language, Danish, we have "En" and "Et". In…
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