Learn Dutch online, at your own pace
A birthday in a Dutch living room. Everyone shakes your hand and congratulates you on your mother-in-law's birthday. Then the conversation moves on, in Dutch.After our beginners' course, you introduce yourself, ask the others about their work and tell them about your weekend.
Enjoy Dutch
We make Enjoy Dutch for English speakers who want to learn Dutch at their own pace: the Dutch of the Netherlands.
The beginners' course takes you from your first words to doing your own shopping. The intermediate course is for when you can get by and want to say more: what happened, what you think and why.
One situation per lesson
Every lesson is built around something you'll need to do: buy fruit at the market, catch a train, call the doctor.
Words first, then a conversation
Each word has audio in a man's and a woman's voice. Then you listen to a short conversation that uses them.
It comes back
What you learned last week returns in the revision lesson at the end of each module, so it stays with you.
How you learn Dutch with us
Why does Dutch say ik heb honger (I have hunger) where English says I'm hungry? A few lines in plain English explain it, with examples you can use at the dinner table.
Plain English: short sentences and few idioms. If you can read this page, you'll be fine.
Hear it before you say it: every word in the word lists has audio, with the accent of the Netherlands. You say it out loud after the voice.
3 kinds of exercises: choose the right answer, fill in the missing word, true or false and dialogue cards. Each one marks your answer straight away.
What's in a lesson?
Every lesson starts with what you'll be able to do afterwards. Then come the words, a conversation, a short explanation and the exercises.
- Explanation: a few paragraphs on what's new in the grammar, with Dutch examples and their English translation.
- Word lists with audio
Who learns Dutch with us?
Your partner is Dutch
So are the in-laws, the birthday parties and the family group chat. Now you can follow more than the first sentence.
You're moving to the Netherlands
Start before you go. The shop, the station, the doctor and the neighbours are all in the beginners' course.
You have Dutch family
A grandmother from Friesland, cousins in Utrecht, a surname nobody at home can pronounce. Learn the language they speak.
You live elsewhere in Europe
In Brussels, Berlin or Dublin. You learn in your browser, so it doesn't matter where you are or what time it is there.
You have little time
Also suitable if you have dyslexia
You can learn Dutch with your ears. Every word and every conversation has audio, so you don't have to read everything. Helpful if long texts tire you out.
- Short explanations, one topic at a time
- 1,755 Dutch words with audio, in a man's and a woman's voice
- After each exercise you see straight away what was right
You don't need a talent for languages. You take it slowly, one lesson at a time. You can repeat every exercise as often as you like.
Learn Dutch online: the courses
One-off payment, start straight away, yours for life
Questions about Enjoy Dutch
Who makes Enjoy Dutch?
Enjoy Dutch is part of Enjoylingua, a trade name of Oxido Media B.V. in Amersfoort, in the Netherlands. We make online language courses and explain them in English.
Does English need to be my first language?
No. The explanations use short sentences and plain English. If you can read this page, you'll be fine.
Which Dutch do I learn?
The Dutch of the Netherlands, the way people speak it in Amsterdam or Utrecht. In Flanders, people understand you fine.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay once per course and keep it. No monthly fees and no end date.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Everything works in your browser, on a phone, tablet or computer.
