C1 — Woordenschat · Vocabulary

Vocabulary · C1

Academic and professional Dutch

A1 A2 B1 B2 C1lessons in this section: 12

Academic Dutch: onderzoeksvraag, steekproef, bevinding

Academisch Nederlands

Words for academic papers and articles: question and hypothesis, sample and method, results, significance, reliability and limitations.

◷ 26 min

C1nederlands

Legal language: eiser, dagvaarding, hoger beroep

Juridische taal

Who's who in court, how a case proceeds from summons to cassation, the difference between bezwaar and beroep, and connecting words in legal texts.

◷ 27 min

C1nederlands

Administrative language: beleidskader, draagvlak, uitvoering

Bestuurstaal en beleid

How officials speak and write: the policy cycle from memo to evaluation, municipal bodies, motions and amendments — and how to translate bureaucratic jargon into plain language.

◷ 26 min

C1nederlands

Medical Dutch: anamnese, overdracht, triage

Zorg als professional

Words for healthcare professionals: history-taking, the SBAR handover, triage, diagnosis and the care plan — and everyday words that mean something different in a hospital.

◷ 27 min

C1nederlands

Teacher talk: differentiëren, leerlijn, intern begeleider

Onderwijs als professional

Words for working in schools: how lessons are structured and differentiated, how student progress is monitored, and who is responsible for students who need support.

◷ 26 min

C1nederlands

Economics in the news: koopkracht, inflatie, begroting

Economie in het nieuws

Purchasing power, inflation, rates, national budget and recession — and the language of numbers: met or tot, procent or procentpunt, stijgen or oplopen.

◷ 27 min

C1nederlands

Advanced idioms: de kat de bel aanbinden

Uitdrukkingen voor gevorderden

Twenty idioms you'll hear at work, in the news, and at the dinner table: about decisions, troubles, and people — with the grammar hidden inside them.

◷ 25 min

C1nederlands

Nuance and degree: enigszins, beduidend, allerminst

Nuance en gradatie

A scale from “a little bit” to “extremely” and from “not very” to “not at all”: which words are formal, which are colloquial, which are ironic — and why niet bepaald goedkoop means “expensive”.

◷ 24 min

C1nederlands

Emotions and attitude: gelaten, verbolgen, beduusd, laconiek

Emoties en houdingen, genuanceerd

Precise words for anger, resignation, bewilderment and attitude towards people — from ontstemd to woedend, from beduusd to verbouwereerd — and the false friends laconiek and nuchter.

◷ 25 min

C1nederlands

Science and technology: klimaatmodel, taalmodel, doorbraak

Wetenschap en technologie

A glossary of science news: climate models and scenarios, artificial intelligence, clinical trials — and how journalists write about “breakthroughs”.

◷ 26 min

C1nederlands

Culture and criticism: recensie, vertolking, oeuvre

Cultuur, kunst en kritiek

Theatre, exhibitions and reviews: how to talk about a production or performance, an artist’s body of work — and how critics praise or pan without saying “good” or “bad”.

◷ 25 min

C1nederlands

Negotiating and the polder model: compromis, concessie, water bij de wijn

Onderhandelen en polderen

How to negotiate: offers and counter-offers, concessions, deadlocks and compromises — and the Dutch polder model, where everyone sits at the table.

◷ 26 min