A lot of Dutch slang comes from the Hebrew language. Thanks to the Netherlands’ historic hospitality to people of all origins, the Dutch adopted many words from its significantly large Jewish population.
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Bart K.Dutch
The Netherlands
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Native in Dutch, fluent in English. Clients like Head & Shoulders, Listerine, Michelin, the Red Cross and ... |
Starting at $75
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Michaël L.Dutch
The Netherlands
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I’m exited to be your PROFESSIONAL DUTCH VOICE OVER. With over 20 years of experience I deliver your NARRATION... |
Starting at $75
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Floris V.Dutch
The Netherlands
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My name is Floris, I am fulltime male voiceover in the Dutch language. My voice can sound warm and friendly ye... |
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Maaike B.Dutch
The Netherlands
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I am a female voice over. Since 2013 I have done several voice over projects. |
Bob S.Dutch
The Netherlands
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My name is Bob (29) and I’m a professional Dutch voice actor.The human voice is the most amazing instrument th... |
Meina K.Dutch German
Germany
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The flexibility of Meina’s voice expresses itself in the variety and diversity of assignments: a warm, friendl... |
Gerda V.Dutch
The Netherlands
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With a warm, young voice and more than 10 years of experience I can provide a professional VO for commercials,... |
Zeno G.Dutch
The Netherlands
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Professional native Dutch voice over since 1988 with over 30 years of professional experience. |
Maaike S.Dutch
United Kingdom
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I am an experienced Dutch voice over artist, based in the UK. I’ve worked with brands such as Birdseye, Oral B... |
Loeke P.Dutch
The Netherlands
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Native in Dutch, near native in French and fluent in English (with a charming Dutch accent) With experience in... |
Sébastien D.Dutch
The Netherlands
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I am Sébastien and I have been working as a professional voice-over and voice actor for over 14 years. I own a... |
Mike K.Dutch
The Netherlands
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I’m a professional Dutch voice-over / actor for more than 22 years. Very experienced in recording rtv commerci... |
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Dutch is a part of the West Germanic Language family and is the first language to around 24 million people. Additionally, 5 million speak Dutch as a second language. It is the single official language of the Netherlands and is one of Belgium’s official three languages.
With Dutch being the third most common Germanic language, its spread is far and wide – from Aruba, Curacao, to parts of Southern Africa.
A lot of Dutch slang comes from the Hebrew language. Thanks to the Netherlands’ historic hospitality to people of all origins, the Dutch adopted many words from its significantly large Jewish population.
The Dutch language as we know it today went through quite a few changes over the centuries. Dutch as a modern language developed from Old Dutch – a variety of dialects spoken in the early Middle Ages (c. 500-1150).
By 1150, what is now called Middle Dutch – a collective of closely related dialects was already widely used, kicking off a rich period for Medieval Dutch Literature.
Standardization of Dutch started in the middle ages when the dialects of Flanders and Brabant were the most influential. One of the most important years for the Dutch is 1637 – when the first widely printed Bible translation was distributed and spread.
The Netherlands and Belgium were historically closely related for centuries, with an important event in 1980 when the two signed a Language Union Treaty, which encourages mutual language policy and a common spelling system.
As Dutch is part of the West Germanic language family, it shares a lot in common with German and English. The three are actually considered to be sister languages.
The Dutch vocabulary is mostly Germanic and borrows from Romance languages as well.
Additionally, Dutch shares the three grammatical gender systems, the same as the German language and similar word order. Meanwhile, Dutch and English share similarly structured compound words and word origins.
The Dutch language also has many similarities with continental Scandinavian languages like Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic but is not mutually intelligible with them.
That the Cape Dutch dialect used in Southern Africa eventually evolved into its own daughter language – Afrikaans. Dutch and Afrikaans are mutually intelligible!
The Dutch regional dialects are spread across the Netherlands and Northern Belgium. They are divided into five main groups: Standard Dutch, West Flemish, Hollandic, Brabantian, and Limburgish.
The standard Dutch variety is based on the West Flemish dialect. When focusing on the standard dialect, it is important to remember that Dutch has certain oddities. For example, velar fricatives change into glottal fricatives, and in some cases, much like in the French language, muting the written “h”.
Additionally, Dutch tends to have complex consonant clusters, which may be tough to pronounce fluently.
When planning your voice over, keep in mind that Dutch is most commonly spoken informally even when talking to superiors at a workplace, with a warm and friendly tone. Formal speech is mainly used in politics, by officers, or when engaging with someone that is your senior by many years.
This lively and engaging voice over for the Plus500 trading app was recorded by the talented Meina K.
Meina is a bilingual voice over artist, and she records in both Dutch and German.
This localized Dutch voice recording for SolarEdge’s AdvantEdge Designer software has been recorded by Hans V.
Hans has recorded voice overs Since 2006 for brands like Apple, Boeing, KLM, and many more in his studios in the US and The Netherlands.