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Events is the sixty-first (assuming left to right) skill in the Dutch language tree. The skill contains four lessons which teach about important events in the history of a person, as well as important events in the history of the Netherlands.

Lessons

Lesson 1

  • de gebeurtenis = event
  • het verkeer = traffic
  • de levering = delivery
  • de actie = action
  • stoppen = to stop

Lesson 2

  • het geboortedatum = birthdate
  • de start = start
  • het feest = party
  • de kermis = fair

Lesson 3

  • de veldslag = battle
  • het verleden = past
  • de aanval = attack
  • aanvallen = to attack
  • het rijk = empire
  • de onafhankelijkheid = independence
  • de toekomst = future

Lesson 4

  • de Tachtigjarige Oorlog = the Eighty Year's War (The Dutch war of independence)
  • de opstand = rebellion
  • de beeldenstorm = iconoclasm
  • den Nederlanden = the Netherlands (officially)
  • de scheepvaart = shipping
  • de wereldoorlog = World War

References

Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/dn/Events

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