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Depending on how y is used, six (or five) letters are vowels and 20 (or 21) letters are consonants. In some aspects, the digraph ij behaves as a single letter. e is the most frequently used letter in the Dutch alphabet, as it is in English. The least frequently used letters are q and x , similar to English.
The Word list of the Dutch language (Dutch: Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal [ˈʋoːrdə(n)ˌlɛist ˈneːdərlɑntsə ˈtaːl]) is a spelling dictionary of the Dutch language (Dutch orthography). It is officially established by the Dutch Language Union ( Nederlandse Taalunie ).
a - a; aan - on; aanbieden - to offer/offering; aandacht - attention; aandachtig - attentively; aandeel - part; aandeelhouder - shareholder; aandelen - shares
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That practice has long been deprecated, since 1804, and the standard Dutch alphabet has the letter ij in the alphabet between the "x" and the "z". The letter "y" is not part of the Dutch alphabet, but commonly used in loan words and archaic names. [4] In scientific disciplines such as mathematics and physics, the symbol y is usually pronounced ...
In Dutch, ë appears in the plural form of most words that end in -ie or -ee, like kolonie-> koloniën, zee-> zeeën, and knie-> knieën (Dutch-language rules stipulate an extra e before the ë in plurals if the accent falls on the syllable containing the ë).
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!
The uninflected form of an adjective is implicitly also an adverb. This makes it hard at times to distinguish adjectives and adverbs in Dutch. Dat is een snelle auto. De auto rijdt snel. ("That is a fast car. The car drives fast.") Wij werden vriendelijk begroet door die vriendelijke mensen. ("We were kindly welcomed by those kind people.")