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Welcome to the A-Z of Turning Dutch. What’s that? I hear you cry. Simply put: what springs to mind about life in the Netherlands when you think of the letter A? What aspect of life in the land of the Dutch do you associate with the letter B? And C? You get the picture. And this post, what with it being the third in the series, is all about the Dutch associations you have with the letter C.

The A-Z of Turning Dutch – The Letter C

My expectation was that you would struggle with the letter C, seeing as it’s not commonly used at the start of Dutch words. But no, you knocked C out of the park. Here’s the Cs you associate with your lives in the Netherlands. There is a slight chocolate theme….

• caravan, caravan park
• container (referring to the bins here)
• carnaval
• Chocomel
• Cruyff
• chocoladepepernoten
• chocoladeletter
• Consultatiebureau
• cafeïne
• Cruquius (Cruquius Museum)
• cirkelgesprek (Op verjaardagen of anderszins)
• coalitie
• compromis
• chipkaart (OV variety)
• champignon soep met balletjes
• Cujik

A Dutchie word I like is Cafeïne, I find it beautiful (met die twee puntjes erop).

— Dianacarolinadb (@Dianacarolinadb) November 18, 2022

Over to You

So that’s what the Twitterverse had to offer for the A-Z of Turning Dutch for the letter C. So what C word would you add to the list that encapsulates your Dutch life?

Next time around, it’s D’s turn!

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