Need some Dutch swear words? Dutch profanity? I still remember the first time I biked past a red light in The Netherlands. After almost crashing into a bakfiets full of 2-year-olds, I had my first experience with Dutch swear words. Fair enough. You ever been so angry at someone that you verbally express your desire for them getting cholera?
How about typhoid fever? Still no? Not always, of course. Swearing with diseases sounds pretty bad. The only other situation where you should use one of these is also never. When are these appropriate to use : You stub your little toe on the corner of a desk at 7am, and you are somehow alone on an uninhabited island. Big no-no there. Of course, things like the weather or other inconveniences of life might incite you to curse under your breath. Someone does not signal a turn when riding a bicycle.
Zakkenwasser bagswasher or ballsackwasher, a Dutch favorite and meaning douchebag Klootzak Ballsack, this one is the most commonly Dutch swear against fellas, more or less the same as asshole Kloothommel scrotum bumblebee, we really like our junk here in the Netherlands. Kutwijf vaginalady , Heks Witch , Trut bitch , slet slut and the beautiful Dutch word of lellebel also slut , but a bit more cute. When are these appropriate to use : when someone steals the last chair in a train from a pregnant lady, when your Dutch partner cheats on you.
Jeeh, this is not a happy-go-lucky article. But for the full picture we just need to tackle this bit as well. Obviously like any country, the Netherlands have tons of swear words based on race and nationality. Jeez Louise, my soul just turned 10 percent darker for compiling this list of ethnic slurs in the Netherlands.
So here are a couple of Dutch swear words that are almost totally fine to utter every now and then:. Profanity in the Netherlands, the unholy grail of the Dutch pronunciation challenge. The thing you have to know about Godverdomme is that you can also just repeat it in the same word when you feel like uttering profanities. Then it will be godverdegodverdomme, here at 0. That all when it comes to profanity in the Netherlands?
