News
What austerity looks like around the world
In the National Review, Veronique de Rugy argues that many European countries are relying too heavily on tax increases rather than spending cuts to rein in their deficits. (This mainly seems to describe Austria, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands.)

Ireland-bound Eaton is latest to end US corporate citizenship
The spinoff of Sara Lee Corp's international coffee and tea business into a Netherlands-incorporated company will likely help the company's rate too. Dutch companies pay a tax rate of 20 percent. Last year Sara Lee paid an effective tax rate of 31

Europe's Wrongheaded Austerity Policies
When taxes are raised even further, the economy begins to contract. A typical example can currently be seen in the Netherlands. The country's economy has not grown in the last three quarters. Pressured by the European Union, austerity policies were

Read here what our international students have to say about Digidutch.

Dutch Language Like most Germanic languages, Nederlands has both weak and strong verbs, with the strong ones following the patterns of ablaut. Frequently updated Webcam views from Grote Markt, updated every half minute. The Dutch translation has been made possible with the volenteer efforts of a team of members. Deutsch, obviously, became the name of Deutschland. Read here what our international students have to say about Digidutch. Are you missing from the above list? Send me a Private Message and I will update the . Dutch poetry , best books, Dutch trial lesson and other interesting subjects. You Brits and Americans must have been mighty loving about us Dutchmen, ey? Well, if nothing else, at least we are known for being tolerant, and are more likely to shrug, have another Grolsch, Amstel or Heineken and shrug it all off.

The oldest known Dutch text was found in 1932 by an English academic in Oxford. You shouldn't have too many problems because most people in Belgium and the Netherlands, especially the young, speak excellent English. The amount of varieties of Dutch that currently exist counts up to twenty-eight dialects as distinguished by dialectologist Jo Daan. To my knowledge, this should be a fairly complete list. An Englishman's difficulties with the DutchBefore we treat the problematic aspects of Dutch spelling in detail, let us first treat some theoretical aspects, especially for the case where you are striving for consistency. The greatest written works in one magnificent collection. There's also a small Dutch-speaking community in northern France around Dunkerque.

Many people speak Dutch in Surinam, the Dutch Antilles and Aruba. The Latin translation was written above the sentences. Good compilation of material about Dutch literature on the WWW. Alle mensen worden vrij en gelijk in waardigheid en rechten geboren. The family tree for the Germanic languages as developed by A. It was a love poem written by a Flemish monk who lived in Kent in England, around 1100 AD.