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Dutch for Dummies Trivia Quiz

Dutch is such an easy language. This quiz is meant for those of you who do not speak it. Let's see how much you understand without ever having learned it. And let's see what us Dutch mean when we call you an 'Oelewapper'.

A multiple-choice quiz by inezje. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
inezje

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
19,943

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
16 / 20

Plays
2614

Last 3 plays: Guest 190 (20/20), Guest 31 (17/20), jonnowales (15/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. What's a 'kurkentrekker'? Hint

corkscrew

someone who follows tracks

churchbell

spoon

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Question 2 of 20

2. What's a 'bijdehandje'? Hint

towel

beehive

curtain

smartass

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Question 3 of 20

3. What's a 'knuffelbeest'? Hint

knife

stuffed animal

shoe

kind of tree

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Question 4 of 20

4. What's a 'wekker'? Hint

cloud

weak person

alarmclock

duck

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Question 5 of 20

5. If you're 'ziek', what are you? Hint

nuts

sick

ugly

sad

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Question 6 of 20

6. If you're 'gek', what are you? Hint

nuts

ugly

sick

cute

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Question 7 of 20

7. If you have 'liefdesverdriet', what are you? Hint

ugly

crossdresser

extremely ugly

heartbroken

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Question 8 of 20

8. What's 'slagroom'? Hint

something extremely dirty

livingroom

radio

whipped cream

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Question 9 of 20

9. What's a 'roos'? Hint

candy

something red

pen

rose

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Question 10 of 20

10. What's 'Shakespeare'? Hint

a special kind of book

the English playwright

an old poem

a mushroom

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Question 11 of 20

11. What's a 'rekenmachine'? Hint

T.V.

coffeemachine

calculator

toaster

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Question 12 of 20

12. What's 'geld'? Hint

gold

the color yellow

silver

money

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Question 13 of 20

13. What's a 'gloeilamp'? Hint

candle

lightbulb

pipe

photo

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Question 14 of 20

14. What's a 'woordenboek'? Hint

dress

encyclopedia

dictionary

atlas

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Question 15 of 20

15. The Dutch word for poster is _________?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 16 of 20

16. What's a 'paard'? Hint

horse

pear

pair

basket

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Question 17 of 20

17. What's an 'aardappel'? Hint

car

trousers

potato

tomato

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Question 18 of 20

18. What's a 'kletskous'? Hint

heating

house

piano

someone who talks too much

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Question 19 of 20

19. What's a 'tulp'? Hint

turnip

tulip

small house

oven

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Question 20 of 20

20. Last but not least: 'Oelewapper'. Hint

cute girl

coward

dictionary

idiot

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What's a 'kurkentrekker'?

Answer: corkscrew

Kurk is cork and trekken is to pull.

2. What's a 'bijdehandje'?

Answer: smartass

Literally, near the hand. God knows what that means... Sorry, that was a tough one.

3. What's a 'knuffelbeest'?

Answer: stuffed animal

Knuffelen is to hug and beest is beast, so: a beast to hug.

4. What's a 'wekker'?

Answer: alarmclock

Wekken is to awake someone.

5. If you're 'ziek', what are you?

Answer: sick

6. If you're 'gek', what are you?

Answer: nuts

Also used: geschift, geflipt, idioot, malloot, debiel, raar, gestoord and vaag.

7. If you have 'liefdesverdriet', what are you?

Answer: heartbroken

Liefde is love and verdriet is sorrow, so: sorrow because of love.

8. What's 'slagroom'?

Answer: whipped cream

Slag is hit and room is cream, so: cream that has been hit.

9. What's a 'roos'?

Answer: rose

It also means dandruff and bullseye (a rose by any other name...).

10. What's 'Shakespeare'?

Answer: the English playwright

Now that was kind of obvious, wasn't it?

11. What's a 'rekenmachine'?

Answer: calculator

Rekenen is to calculate and machine is machine, so: a machine for calculations.

12. What's 'geld'?

Answer: money

Gold-geld, now that kind of resembles each other doesn't it? (gold in Dutch is 'goud')

13. What's a 'gloeilamp'?

Answer: lightbulb

Gloeien is to glow and lamp is lamp, so: a glowing lamp.

14. What's a 'woordenboek'?

Answer: dictionary

Woord is word and boek is book, so: book of words.

15. The Dutch word for poster is _________?

Answer: poster

Good guess!

16. What's a 'paard'?

Answer: horse

17. What's an 'aardappel'?

Answer: potato

Aarde is earth and appel is apple, so: apple of the earth. Cf. French 'pomme de terre'.

18. What's a 'kletskous'?

Answer: someone who talks too much

Kletsen is to babble and kous is stocking, now that does not make sense!

19. What's a 'tulp'?

Answer: tulip

Yeah, you know. Holland is tulips.

20. Last but not least: 'Oelewapper'.

Answer: idiot

There is no literal translation for that.

Source: Author inezje

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