Dutch Prepositions

Learn Prepositions in Dutch, with Pronunciation

   

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Dutch Prepositions

 

about	over	in	in, over (time)
above / over	boven / over	in front of	voor
according to	volgens	inside / within	binnen
after	na	in spite of	ondanks
against	tegen	near	bij
along	langs	next to	naast
around	rond(om)	of	van
at	bij, om, aan	on top of / on	op / aan
because of	vanwege	opposite	tegenover
before	voor	out (of)	uit
behind	achter	since	sinds, sedert
between	tussen	through	door
by	met, door	to / towards	aan, naar(toe)
during	gedurende, tijdens	under	onder
except for	behalve voor	until	tot, totdat
for	voor	with	met
from	van, uit, vandaan	without	zonder

 

At translates as bij when it's a personal location, such as ik ben bij Jan (I'm at Johns place/I am with John). Om refers to time: om 12 uur (at noon); and aan refers to an impersonal location: aan tafel (at the table). By is met in the sense of ik doe het met de hand (I do it by hand) or ik ga met het vliegtuig (I go by plane). From is van when it refers to a person, een kado van jou (a gift from you); and uit when it is a location, ik kom uit Japan (I come from Japan.) Vandaan indicates from where, as in waar kom jij vandaan (where are you from?)

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