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Events is the hundred-nineteenth (assuming left to right) skill in the Dutch language tree. The skill contains five lessons which teach about important events in the history of the Netherlands, covering the medieval times, the Eighty Years War, and colonialism.

LessonsEdit

Lesson 1Edit

de prehistorie = prehistory
romeins = Roman
het rijk = empire
de middeleeuwen = Middle Ages
de aanval = attack
aanvallen = to attack
de ridder = knight

Lesson 2Edit

in opstand komen = to revolt
de opstand = revolt
de beeldenstorm = iconoclasm
de Tachtigjarige Oorlog = the Eighty Year's War (The Dutch war of independence)
de veldslag = battle
de onafhankelijkheid = independence
de burgeroorlog = civil war

Lesson 3Edit

de VOC = Dutch East India Company
de scheepvaart = shipping
de Gouden Eeuw = the Golden Age
de Nederlanden = the Netherlands (officially)
het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden = the Kingdom of the Netherlands (full title)
de kolonie = colony
de republiek = republic

Lesson 4Edit

de slave = slave
de plantage = plantation
de slavernij = slavery
Suriname = Suriname
Zuid-Afrika = South Africa
Indonesië = Indonesia

Lesson 5Edit

de Wereldoorlog = World War
bezetten = to occupy
de voorouder = ancestor
de herdenking = commemoration, remembrance
het verzet = resistance
het gevolg = consequence
de Nationale Dodenherdenking = Remembrance Day

ReferencesEdit

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

Dutch Skills

Basics 1 • Basics 2 • Phrases 1 • Negative 1 • Food 1 • Animals • Questions • Plurals • Stressed Pronouns • Clothing • Verbs:Present • Adjective Basics • Objective Pronouns • Possessives • Conjunctions 1 • Indefinite Pronouns • Formal • Family 1 • Word Order 1 • Word Order 2 • Colors • Prepositions 1 • Questions 2 • Verbs 1 • Numbers 1 • Conjunctions 2 • Position • Places • Adverbs 1 • Time • Negative 2 • Senses • Er • Jobs • Modal Verbs • Home • Body • Verbs 2 • Numbers 2 • Calender • Present Continuous • Prepositions 2 • Family 2 • Present Perfect 1 • Shopping • Separable Verbs • Te + infinitive verbs • Emergency • Feelings 1 • Adjectives 2 • Comp. Nouns • Imperative • Demonstrative Pronouns • Geography • Directions • Phrases 2 • Adverbs 2 • Pronominal Adverbs • Health 1 • Present Perfect 2 • Food 2 • Diminutive • Travel • Simple Past 1 • Reflexive Verbs • People • Verbs 3 • Bathroom • Present Perfect 3 • Nature • Traffic • Communication • Buildings • Future • Recreation • Comparison • Kitchen • Materials • School • Relative Pronouns • Weather • Language • Simple Past 2 • Technology • Passive • Arts 1 • Adjectives 3 • Abstract Nouns 1 • Shape • Media • Conditional • Space • Map • Adverbs 3 • Pluperfect • Present Participle • Arts 2 • Sports • Mind • Opinions • Suffixes • University • Health 2 • Looks • Science 1 • Society • Business • Modal Perfect • Romance • Past Participle • Feelings 2 • Politics 1 • Gerund • Science 2 • Abstract Nouns 2 • Economics • Politics 2 • Spiritual • History • Holidays • NL 1 • NL 2 • BE •

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