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Learn & Practice Dutch Halloween Vocabulary

Learn & Practice Dutch Halloween Vocabulary

Marieke OLS Community Manager -
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Hi friends,

In light of the Spooky Halloween season we are in at the moment, I thought it would be fun to learn some Halloween-inspired Dutch vocabulary this week besišypsantis

Halloween in the Netherlands
Although the Dutch traditionally haven't celebrated Halloween very much, it is now a day that many Dutch people do celebrate. Some host parties, and others cosy up on the sofa with a cup of tea and movie. Kids who ring the doorbell to trick-or-treat is typically not something that you see in the Netherlands on Halloween. We do however have a very similar event to Halloween called Sint-Maarten on the 11th of November. I will share the story of Sint-Maarten in a blog post in a couple of days. Now onto the vocabulary besišypsantis

Dutch Spooky season & Halloween-inspired Vocabulary

  • Haunted House = Spookhuis
  • Pumpkin = Pompoen
  • Witch = Heks
  • Ghost = Geest/ Spook
  • Costume = Kostuum
  • Spooky = Griezelig
  • Spider = Spin
  • Spider Web = Spinnenweb
  • Goosebumps = Kippenvel
  • Scary = Eng/ Angstaanjaagend
  • Scared = Bang
  • Boo! = Boe!
  • Bat = Vleermuis
  • Candy/sweets = Snoep
  • Skeleton = Skelet
  • Jack-O'-Lantern = Halloween-Pompoen
  • Trick or Treat = Je Snoep of Je Leven
  • Dark = Donker
  • Poltergeist = Klopgeest
  • Spell = Toverspreuk

Now it's your turn to practice
Fill in the translations of the English words in following sentences:

  1. De (poltergiest) was niet (scared) voor de (bat).
  2. Het is al (dark) als de (ghost) roept (trick-or-treat)!
  3. Als je (scared) bent krijg je vaak (goosebumps).
  4. De (witch) doet een (spell) waardoor de (spider) in een (pumpkin) veranderd.
  5. Ik hoorde ('boo!') in het (haunted house)... (Spooky) hè?!


You can share you answers to this Halloween quiz in the comments below besišypsantis


Spooky greetings from Amsterdam,

Marieke, OLS Community Manager - Dutch


English translations of the exercise:
*(1) The poltergeist wasn't scared of the bat., (2) It's already dark when the ghost calls 'Trick-or-Treat'!, (3) If you're scared you often get goosebumps., (4) The Witch does a spell that turns the spider into a pumpkin., (5) I heard 'boo!' in the haunted house... Scary right?!


Atsakymas į Marieke OLS Community Manager

Re: Learn & Practice Dutch Halloween Vocabulary

dufn -
Hi Marieke,
Thank you for your help and sharing. I will definitely work on these words.
Fijne Halloween-week voor iedereen!
Atsakymas į dufn

Re: Learn & Practice Dutch Halloween Vocabulary

Marieke OLS Community Manager -
Hi Berna!

So glad to see you back on the forum! Let us know how the practicing goes. And if you want you can create your own Dutch sentences with the words as practice. I'd be happy to give you feedback on them besišypsantis

Also, you may like to know that I'm releasing some new learning material in the upcoming week. So you can keep an eye on the forum digest to see when it comes up on the forum.

Hope you have a good weekend! And till next time besišypsantis

Warm wishes,

Marieke, OLS Community Manager - Dutch