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Dutch (''Nederlands''), like English and German, is a Germanic language derived from Old Low Franconian and Old Saxon. Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands, northern Belgium (Flanders), the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean, and Suriname.

In addition, Dutch is found in some early records of the United States (mostly in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and Iowa) and in South Africa, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Brazil and Taiwan.  

==Key Words==

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|baptism/christening

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|January

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|Sunday

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|des avonds ('s avonds)

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===Grammar===

In Dutch, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. Who—whose—whom, or marry—marries—married are examples of words in English with variant forms. This word list gives the standard form of each Dutch word. As you read Dutch records, you will need to be aware that some words vary with usage.

In Dutch, many words are formed by joining two or more words. Very few of these compound words are included in this list. You will need to look up each part of the word separately. For example, ''geboortedag'' is a combination of two words, ''geboorte ''(birth) and ''dag'' (day).

===Alphabet===

IJ is equivalent to a Y. If a word whose first letter is to be capitalized starts with IJ, then both must be capitalized. Usually words beginning with IJ are alphabetized under Y, but not always.  

't '''Z'''andt

===Spelling===

Most writers from before the 18th century would have found the idea of a single spelling for any particular word rather odd. If several possible spelling variants are available, why should one be limited to only one choice? Early writers certainly took advantage of the many possibilities available to them. After all, variety is the spice of life. In modern Dutch, the sound represented by the English word ‘I’ can be rendered by several letter sets, including ‘ij’ and ‘ei.’ Again, writers from previous centuries could and did use either of these in addition to several others that are not in common use today to render the ‘I’ sound.  

::Tussenbroek spelled as Tusschenbroek

The researcher should not be alarmed, nor think the scribe ‘did not know how to spell,’ when he encounters these variants. Many of these variants will be found well into the 19th century. In some cases, it is impossible to tell whether the scribe wrote ‘ij’ or ‘y’. Although we list a few of these, to list every possible variation with this set would be superfluous.<ref>Juengling, Fritz. "Spelling Variants in Dutch Documents." Dutch-American Genealogy Spring 2015: 1-8.</ref><br><br>

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|aangenomen

|agtien

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|ambtenaar

|gekoomen

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|genaemt, genaemd, genaempt

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|getuigen

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|gevluchte

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|tussen

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|vader

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|verstorven

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|verzocht

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|zijn

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|zijne

===Additional Resources===

Additional dictionaries are listed in the Subject search of the FamilySearch Catalog under DUTCH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES or in the Place search under NETHERLANDS - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES. These include dictionaries of various dialects and time periods.

The [[Image:German Gothic Handwriting Guide.pdf|Gothic Handwriting Guide|link=https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:German_Gothic_Handwriting_Guide.pdf]]includes an example of the German (Gothic) alphabet in print and handwriting. Also go to [[Germany Handwriting]].

Additional language aids, including dictionaries of various dialects and time periods, are listed in the Place search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

DUTCH LANGUAGE – DICTIONARIES

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|communion, sacrament

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|besnijdenis

|circumcision

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|bet-overgrootvader

|bruidegom

|bridegroom

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|buiten(kant)

|neighborhood

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====C====

|confirmation

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====D====

|dysentery

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====E====

|evangelical

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====F====

|French

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====G====

|guilder (unit of money)

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====H====

|to marry

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====I====

|inhoud

|contents

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|inwoner

|Italy

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====J====

|June

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====K====

|pedigree, family tree

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====L====

|rope maker

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====M====

|mile (varying lengths, up to 5.5 km.)

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====N====

|namiddag, ('s namiddags)

|afternoon (in the afternoon)

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|neder

|November

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====O====

|ondergetekende

|the undersigned

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|ondertrouw

|to extract

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====P====

|Prussia

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====Q====

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|national and/or state archive, public record office

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====S====

|butcher

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|slaughter month, November

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|stream, river

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====T====

|typhoid patient

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====U====

|hour, o'clock

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====V====

|Dutch West Indies Company

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====W====

|forest

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====X====

====Y====

====IJ====

|ironworker

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==References==