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Dutch vocabulary: numbers and quantities

Numbers in Dutch, along with quantities and measurements: counting, paying, giving a size or a weight.

Here are 100 Dutch words on “Numbers and quantities”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 40 words

DutchEnglish
allesall
ongeveerapproximately
oppervlaktearea
hoogstensat most
gemiddeldeaverage
stukjebit
stelcoupleTwo people who form a couple
afstanddistance
dubbeldouble
achteight
leegempty
genoegenough
weinigfew
eerstefirst
vijffive
vierfour
volfull
hoogteheight
laatstelast
metingmeasurement
negennine
geennone
nummernumberIdentifier
tariefrate
restremainder
serieseries
zeventienseventeen
meerdereseveral
aandeelshare
tekortshortage
zessix
somsum
tienten
derdethirdFraction
derdethirdRank, ordinal
bereikento reach
te veeltoo many
eenentwintigtwenty one
tweetwo
eenheidunit

Level 2: medium 35 words

DutchEnglish
tientalabout ten
partijbatch
graaddegree
dieptedepth
cijferdigit
dozijndozen
evenevenNumber divisible by two
vijftienfifteen
vijftigfifty
vijfhonderdfive hundred
veertigforty
honderdhundred
inchinch
lengtelength
metermetre
miljoenmillion
negentiennineteen
negentigninety
paarpairSet of two identical items
stukpiece
stapelpile
proportieproportion
kwartquarterFraction
rangrank
schaalscale
zesdesixth
zestigsixty
dertienthirteen
dertigthirty
duizendthousand
driekwartthree quarters
schattento estimate
metento measure
tweehonderdtwo hundred
volumevolume

Level 3: hard 25 words

DutchEnglish
ampèreampere
bytebyte
centimetercentimetre
decimaaldecimal
kommadecimal point
graad Celsiusdegree Celsius
FahrenheitFahrenheit
breukfraction
gigabytegigabyte
hectarehectare
honderdstehundredth
kilometerkilometre
literlitre
megabytemegabyte
millilitermillilitre
onevenodd
verhoudingratio
vierkante metersquare metre
optellento add up
verdubbelento double
vermenigvuldigento multiply
aftrekkento subtract
verdrievoudigento triple
wegento weigh
wattwatt

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Dutch words on “Numbers and quantities”. The full topic holds 159 in the KoKo app: 63 at the easy level, 56 at the medium level and 40 at the hard level.
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With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
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