Learn Dutch about Sinterklaas

VIJFHEERENLANDEN - Sinterklaas arrives by steamboat in the Vianen passers-by harbor. Source: SIPA USA / ANP/ROB ENGELAAR/ANP/Sipa USA/AAP IMAGES

This episode of our podcast series Learn Dutch is dedicated to the most exciting day of the year, for children in the Netherlands: pakjesavond. Joyce Diebels from Dutch with Joyce, discusses the most common words and sentences related to Sinterklaas.

Words from lesson 23: Sinterklaas

English	Dutch
Saint Nicolas	Sinterklaas / de Sint / Sint Nicolaas
the evening when Sinterklaas brings his presents (like Christmas even), traditionally on 5 December.	Sinterklaasavond OF pakjesavond
the names of the helpers of Sinterklaas	Pieten
steam boat	(de) stoomboot
shoe	schoen
fire place	openhaard
"putting your shoe" in front of the fire place or door	schoenzetten
songs you sing for / to Sinterklaas	Sinterklaasliedjes
small round spiced biscuits you only eat around Sinterklaas	kruidnoten OF pepernoten
chocolate letter	chocolade letter
Sinterklaas parade	Sinterklaas optocht
I get a chocolate letter from Sinterklaas.	Ik krijg een chocolade letter van Sinterklaas
traditional way to say goodbye to Sinterklaas	Dag Sinterklaasje

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