What is hello in Flemish? (2023)

What is hello in Flemish?

Ik hou(d) van jou. The correct spelling would indeed be 'ik houd van jou' (as in Dutch), but most people don't pronounce nor write the 'd' .

"Flemish" was historically a geographical term, as all inhabitants of the medieval County of Flanders in modern-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands were referred to as "Flemings", irrespective of their ethnicity or language.

Lief means sweet in Dutch, but in Flemish, is it also used as 'loved one', to refer to a romantic partner. It is a derivative of the Dutch word for love, liefde.

Flemish translation: goedemorgen/goedemiddag.

Many people cite it as being somewhere between English and German, making it one of, if not the easiest languages to learn for English speakers. The language has 23 million speakers and is spoken in the Netherlands, regions of Belgium, Suriname, and even parts of the Caribbean.

' Hoed, e me joen? Hoed, e me gie? What's your name?

What is beautiful in Flemish?

beautiful → mooi, schoon, prachtig. beautiful → mooi, worden, schoon, fraai, knap, net.

'Maat' is an informal translation of friend, 'vriend' is more formal.

In Flemish, just the Dutch in the north of Belgium, we say Skal very often. Skål! Slainte mhath. Yes slange is health and mhath is big.

Do you know how to say “good morning” in three languages? Bon Matin. Guten Morgen. Buongiorno.

Dutch language, also called Netherlandic or Dutch Nederlands, in Belgium called Flemish or Flemish Vlaams, a West Germanic language that is the national language of the Netherlands and, with French and German, one of the three official languages of Belgium.

Many Flemish people can also speak French as a second language. Like the Dutch spoken in Flanders, Belgian French is mostly similar to the dialect spoken in France, but there are small differences in vocabulary and pronunciation.

The term Flemings (Dutch: Vlamingen) is currently mostly used to refer to the ethnic group native to Flanders (the northern half of Belgium, historically part of the Southern Netherlands), which in total numbers about 6 million people in Belgium (the majority of all Belgians) .

A common term of endearment in Dutch is lieve and its diminutive form liefje.

dragueur/-euse [ masculine-feminine ] You're such a flirt! Tu es un tel dragueur !

Is Flemish and Dutch the same?

After all, Flemish is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as the “Dutch language spoken in Northern Belgium”. So, the terms 'Flemish' and 'Belgian Dutch' actually refer to the same language.

Flemish is spoken by approximately 5.5 million people in Belgium and by a few thousand people in France. Flemish is spoken by about 55% of the population of Belgium. There are also several thousand Flemish speakers in France.

Considering the overlap in mainstream definitions, it's not surprising that many believe Dutch and Flemish to be one of the same – or rather that they refer only to a geographical difference. However, while the two are remarkably similar in some ways, they feature various significant differences.