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The A-Z of Turning Dutch – the Letter E

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Up today in the The A-Z of Turning Dutch – the Letter E. What words beginning with E do you associate with living here in the Netherlands? Or with the Dutch themselves? That’s the question I posed on Twitter as part of the A-Z of Turning Dutch series.

With no further ado, here’s what you said:

  • Eekhorns and the Eekhornbrug (I’m going to come back to this)
  • Eikel (the word I had expected to hear first, and multiple times)
  • Eigenwijs
  • E zelsbruggetje: which is further explained by a tweeter, “…the mnemonics that help you learn and remember things (like languages). I always thought the name was great, a little donkey bridge!”
  • Ex-pat bubbel (definitely a thing, if you let it be)
  • Eierkoek
  • Erwtensoep
  • Emmerbaggermolen. Yes, you probbaly need more, and this is what you’re getting from the tweeter: “The old ships are the most amazing ones”
  • Elfstedentocht
  • Elektrische fiets or E-bike, as it’s known to its friends
  • Eindhoven (PSV) Dagblaad
  • Edammer kaas
  • Eieren
  • Efteling

Squirrels, or Eekhorns

There was much ophef once upon a time about the squirrels and the bridge that was built for them to cross the Benoordenhoutseweg in The Hague in 2012. It cost 150,000 euro but the little critters refused to use it in any significant number. Until 2021, when it was used 400 times.

I want to give the red squirrels that run around our garden leaving their nuts everywhere a special mention. The number of walnuts I have dug up in random places is mind-boggling. But entertaining.

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