Colors & Appearance in Dutch

This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Dutch. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

Contents

Colors
Appearance & attributes
Questions & phrases
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Dutch“.

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Colors

	English	Dutch	Pronunciation (Audio)
	light / clear	licht helder
	dark	donker
	color	kleur
	colored	bont gekleurd
	white	wit
	black	zwart
	yellow	geel
	orange	oranje
	red	rood
	pink	roze
	violet	paars
	blue	blauw
	green	groen
	brown	bruin
	grey	grijs

Appearance & attributes

	English	Dutch	Pronunciation (Audio)
	new	nieuw
	old	oud
	small	klein
	large / big	groot
	young	jong
	kind / pleasant	prettig
	unkind / unpleasant	onaardig
	patient	geduldig
	tall (When talking about people)	lang
	middle sized (When talking about people)	middelgroot
	small (When talking about people)	klein
	fat	Dik
	thin / slim	dun slank
	nice / pretty	vrij
	beautiful	mooi aardig
	ugly	lelijk
	ill / sick	ziek
	healthy	gezond
	happy / cheerful	vrolijk
	sad	verdrietig
	sporty	sportief
	ambitioned	ambitieus
	intelligent	intelligent
	creative	creatief
	active	actief
	sentimental	sentimenteel
	rational	rationeel
	emotional	emotioneel
	natural	natuurlijk
	romantic	romantisch
	nice / amiable	sympathiek
	spontaneous	spontaan
	energetic	energiek
	stressed (out)	gestrest
	relaxed	ontspannen
	frustrated	gefrustreerd
	talented	getalenteerd

Questions & phrases

	English	Dutch	Pronunciation (Audio)
	What does he look like?	Hoe ziet hij eruit?
	What does she look like?	Hoe ziet zij eruit?
	What is he like?	Hoe is hij?
	What is she like?	Hoe is zij?

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