CEREALS AND GRAINS

arrowroot - pijlwortel
barley - gerst
buckwheat - boekweit
bulgur - bulgur
corn - mais
cornmeal - maismeel
couscous - couscous
millet - gierst
oats - haver
oatbran - haverzemelen
oatmeal - havermout
porridge - pap
quinoa - quinoa
rice - rijst
long grain rice - langgraanrijst
quick cooking rice - snelrijst
white - witte or geslepen
rye - rogge
wheat - tarwe
wheatgerm - tarwekiemen
bran - tarwezemelen

BREADS AND PASTRIES

sliced - gesneden
bread - brood
brown - bruin brood
currant - krentenbrood
French bread - stokbrood
raisin - rozijnenbrood
rye (Scandanavian) - roggebrood
rye (German) - pumpernickel
sandwich bread - casino brood
white - wittebrood
white milk - melkbrood
whole grain - granen
whole wheat - volkoren brood

bread rolls - broodjes
round hamburger rolls - bolletjes
oval hot dog rolls - (zachte) puntjes
Dutch rusks - beschuit

cake - cake or koek
apple cake - appelgebak
breakfast cake - ontbijtkoek
butter / pound - botercake
Christmas bread - Kersttol

cookies / biscuits - koekjes / biscuit
shortbread - boterkoek

pastries - pasteitjes
apple fritters - appelbeignets
apple balls - appelbollen
apple turnovers - appelflappen
cream puffs - soezen
Danish pastries - koffie broodjes
tart - taart

HERBS AND SPICES

herbs - kruiden
spices - specerijen
seed - zaad
dried - gedroogde
ground - gemalen
kernels - korrels
leaves - blaadjes
mild - mild
powder - poeder
root - wortel
sprig - takje
whole - heel

allspice - piment / Jamaica peper
anise - anijs
basil - basilicum
bay leaves - laurierbladden
capers - kappertjes
caraway - karwij
cardamon - kardemom
cayenne - cayennepeper
chamomile - kamille
chervil - kervel
chili - chili / Spaanse peper
chives - bieslook
cinnamon - kaneel
cloves - kruidnagels
coriander - koriander
cumin - komijn
curry - kerrie
dill - dille
fennel - venkel
ginger - gember
ginseng - ginseng
horseradish - mierikswortel
juniper berry - jeneverbes
lemon balm - citroenmelisse
lemon grass - sereh
marjoram - marjolein
mint - munt (peppermint - pepermunt) (spearmint - kruizemunt)
mustard seed - mosterdzaad
nutmeg - nootmuskaat
oregano - oregano
paprika - paprika
parsley - peterselie
pepper - peper
peppercorn - peperkorrel
poppy seed - papaver zaad
rosemary - rozemarijn
saffron - saffraan
sage - salie
sesame seed - sesamzaad
star anise - steranijs
sunflower seeds - zonnebloem zaden
tamarind - tamarinde
tarragon - dragon
thyme - tijm
turmeric - koenjit or kunyit or kurkuma
vanilla - vanille
wasabi - wasabi

NUTS

nut - noot
almond - amandel
brazil nut - paranoot
cashew - cashewnoot
chestnut - kastenjes
hazelnut - hazelnoot
macadamia - macadamia noot
mixed nuts - gemende noten
peanut - pinda
pecan - pecan
pine nut - pijnboomnoot
pistachio - pistachenoot
walnut - walnoot

DAIRY PRODUCTS

box - doos
bottle - fles
carton - karton
glass - glas
packet - pakje
plastic bag - plastik zakje
tube - tube

butter - boter or roomboter
cheese - kaas
grated - geraspte
slice - plakken
wedge - punt, stuk
blue-veined - schimmel kaas
cheese spread - smeerkaas
cottage cheese - hutenkase
cream cheese - roomkaas
curd cheese - verse kaas
diet - dieet kaas
goat cheese - geitekaas
fresh cheese - fromage frais
processed - fabriekskaas
smoked cheese - rookkaas
creamy - romig
firm - stevig
less fat - minder vet
less salt - minder zout
melting - smeltkaas
tasty - pittig (smaakvol)
soft - smeuig (zacht)
spreadable - smeerbaar
cream - room or slagroom
creme fraiche - creme fraiche
sour cream - zure room or sour cream
whipping cream - slagroom
custard - vla
ice cream - ijs or roomijs
margarine - margarine
milk - melk
buttermilk - karnemelk
condensed - gecondenseerde melk
evaporated - geevaporeerde melk
full cream - volle melk
half cream - halfvolle melk
low fat or skim - magere melk
powdered milk - melkpoeder
sweetened condensed milk - gecondenseerde volle melk met suiker or gestilliseerd gecondenseerde melk
yoghurt - yoghurt
yoghurt drink - yoghurt drank

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

fruit - fruit (vrucht)
vegetable - groente
salad - sla, salade

apple - appel
apricot - abrikoos
avocado - avocado
banana - banaan
berries - bessen en krenten
blackberry - braam
blueberry - blauwebes
cranberry - cranberry or veenbes
gooseberry - kruisbes
raspberry - framboos
strawberry - aardbei
coconut - kokosnoot
custard apple - cherimoya or annona
cherry - kers
currant - krent of bes
black currant - zwarte bes or cassis
red currant - rode bes or aalbes
white currant - witte bes
date - dadel
fig - vijg
grape - druif
grapefruit - grapefruit or pompelmoes
kiwi - kiwi fruit or Chinese kruisbes
kumquat - kumquat
lemon - citroen
lychee - lychee or litchi
lime - limoen
mango - mango or manga
melon - meloen
cantaloupe / rockmelon - cantaloup
honeydew - honingmeloen
sugar melon - suikermeloen
watermelon - watermeloen
mixed dried fruits - tutti frutti
nectarine - nectarine
olive - olijf
orange - sinaasappel
blood - bloed
navel - navel
mandarin - mandarijn
tangarine - tangerine
papaya - papaya
passionfruit - passievrucht
peach - perzik
pear - peer
persimmon - kaki or Sharon fruit
pineapple - ananas
plum - pruim
pomegranate - granaatappel
prickly pear - cactus or woestijnvijg
prune - gedroogte pruim
raisin - rozijn
rhubarb - rabarber

artichoke - artisjok
asparagus - asperge
beans - bonen
broad - tuinboon
brown bean - bruine boon
snap been - sperziebonen
kidney - kidneyboon or niuerboon
lima - lima boon
butter - boterboon
mung - katjang idjo
pinto - kievitboon
runner - snijboon
soybean - soyaboon
bean sprouts - bonenkiem
alfalfa - alfalfa groente
mung bean sprouts - tauge
radish sprouts - radijssla
mixed sprouts - kiemmix
beetroot - rode biet
cooked - gekookt, gare
broccoli - broccoli
brussels sprouts - spruitjes
cabbage - kool
capsicum (bell pepper) - paprika
green - groene paprika
red - rode paprika
yellow - gele - paprika
carrot - wortel or peen
cauliflower - bloemkool
celery - selderij
corn - mais
baby - babymais
corn on the cob - maiskolven
sweet corn - zoete mais
cress - kers
watercress - waterkers
cucumber - komkommer
gherkin - augurk
eggplant - aubergine
endive - andijvie
garlic - knoflook
kohlrabi - koolrabi
leek - prei
lentil - linze
lettuce - sla
mushroom - paddestoel
button - champignon
portobello - portobello
shiitake - shiitake
truffle - truffel
okra - okra
onion - ui (onions - uien)
shallot - sjalot
spring - sla or lente uitje
parsnip - pastinnaak or witte peen
pea - erwt
chick pea - kikkererwt
green pea - doperwt or groene erwt
snow pea - peultje
split pea - spliterwt
sugar snap - spliterwt
peppers - (see capsicum)
chili - Spaanse peper
potato - aardappel
pumpkin - pompoen
radish - radijs
sorrel - zuring
spinach - spinazie
squash - pompoen
sweet potato - zoete aardappel or bataat
Swiss chard - snijbiet
tomato - tomaat
cherry - kriel-cocktail-kers-tomaat
sun dried - gedroogde tomaten
turnip - knolraap or koolraap
zucchini - courgette
kale - kool

MEATS

rare - rood
medium - roze
well done - doorbakken

beef - bief
steak - biefstuk
brisket - borststuk or klapstuk
half mince beef and half mince pork - half om half
loin chop - haaskarbonade
stewing steak - hacheevlees
stewing meat - stoofvlees or stooflappen
ribs - ribben
rib steak - ribstuk
marrow bone - mergpijp
chop - karbonade
cutlet - kotelet
porterhouse - porterhouse
rib eye - rib eye
rolled roast - rollade
roast beef - rosbief
minced beef - rundergehakt
minute steak - runderquicksteak
oxtail - ossestaart
ox tongue - ossetong
rump roast - staartstuk
t-bone - t-bone
medallions - tournedos
corned beef - corned beef

veal - kalf
minced veal - kalfgehakt
veal steak - kalfsbiefstuk
tenderloin - kalfshaas
chops or cutlets - koteletten
loin cutlets - koteletten van de dunne lende
slices - lappen

pork - varken
salted, smoked pork loin - casselerrib
ham - ham
smoked leg ham - achterham
uncooked, air dried ham - rauwe ham
smoked shoulder ham - schouderham
pork slices - varkenslappen
pork spare ribs - krabbetjes
rolled roast - rollade
blade chop - schouderkarbonade
fat - spek
salted and lightly smoked bacon - bacon
fresh bacon slices - speklapjes
smoked bacon - katenspek
breakfast bacon - ontijtspek
pork steak - varkensbiefstuk
pork mince - varkensgehakt
fillet or tenderloin - varkenshaas
medallions - varkensoester

lamb - lam
cutlets - halskotletten
leg of lamb - lamsbout
rack of lamb - lamsrugribstuk or zadel
rib roast - lamsrib rollade
crown roast - spinnekop

offal - offal
brains - hersen
heart - hart
kidney - nieren
liver - lever
tongue - tong
horse meat (smoked) - paarderookvlees
liverwurst - leverworst
pate - pate

sausage meats
blood sausage - bakbloedworst
bologna - gekookte worst or boterhamworst
cervelat - cervelaat
frankfurters - knackworstjes
hot dogs - frankfurter knakworstjes
meatloaf - gebraden gehakt
salami - salami
sausage - worst
fresh sausage - verse worst
smoked sausage - rookworst
Bavarian bratwurst - beierse braadworst

POULTRY AND GAME

boar - zwijn
chicken - kip
breast - kipborst
crumbed cutlets - kipschnitzel
drumsticks - kippepootjes
fillet - kipfilet
wings - vleugels
wing drumsticks - tv sticks
deer - ree or hert
duck - eend
eggs - eieren
free range - scharrel
semi-free range - voliereeiren
organic - eko-eieren
frogs legs - kikkerbilletjes
goose - gans
grouse - korhoen
guinea fowl - parelhoen
hare - haas
partridge - patrijs
pheasant - fazant
pigeon - duif
quail - kwartel
rabbit - konijn
turkey - kalkoen
venison - wildbraad

SEAFOOD

cleaned (no head or scales) - kop en vel eraf
deep fried - gebakken
filleted - gefileerd
fresh - verse
salted and smoked - kippered
scaled - geschrapt
smoked - gerookte

anchovy - anjovis
carp - karper
catfish - meerval
cod - kabeljauw
eel - paling
flounder - bot
garfish - geep
haddock - schelvis
hake - heek
halibut - heilbot
herring - haring
mackerel - makreel
monkfish - zeeduivel
mullet - mul or mullet
perch - baars
pike - snoek
pollack - pollak
ray - rog
red snapper - rode zeebaars
roe - kuit
salmon - zalm
salmon trout - zalmforel
sardine - sardine
sea bass - zeebaars
sea bream - goudbrasem
smelt - spiering
sole - tong
trout - forel
tuna - tonijn
turbot - tarbot
whiting - wijting
white bait - witvis

abalone - zeeoor
clam - clam
cockle - kokkel
crab - krab
crawfish - ecrevisse
crayfish - rivierkreeft
cuttlefish - inktvis
lobster - kreeft
mussel - mossel
octopus - octopus
oyster - oester
prawn - kreeft garnalen
scallop - Sint-Jacobsschelp
sea cucumber - zeekomkommer
shrimp - garnaal
squid (calamari) - pijlinktvis

BEVERAGES

beer - bier
coffee - koffie
de-caffinated - caffeinevrij
coffee milk - koffie melk
coffee creamer - koffiecreamer
liquor and liqueurs - dranken
soft drinks - fris dranken
tea - thee
water - water
carbonated - koolzuurhoudend
spring - bronwater
wine - wijn
red - rood
white - wit
rose - rose
dry - droog
very dry - brut
sweet - zoet
sparkling - mousserend
with ice cubes - met ijsblokjes
lukewarm water - lauw water ( "Luke" was a Middle English word meaning "warm," which was based on "lew," another word for "warm." "Lew," in turn, was derived from the Dutch word "lauw" meaning slightly warm. "Lukewarm"

OTHER

yummy - lekker (this is a very common term that you will hear a lot)
additives - toevoegingen
no additives - geen toevoegingen
artificial colour - kunstmatige kleur
artificial flavouring - kunstmatige smaak
artificial preservative - kunstmatige conserveringsmiddel
artificial sweetener - kunstmatige zoetstof
ingredients - ingrediënten
use before - ten minste houdbaar tot
alfoil - aluminium folie
cling wrap - vershoudfolie

CLEANING PRODUCTS

antiseptic - antisepticum
bathroom cleaner - badkamer reiniger
bleach - bleekmiddel or chloor
broom - bezem
bucket - emmer
brush - borstel
calcium remover - schoonmaakazijn or ontkalker
carpet cleaner - tapijt reiniger
chamois - zeem
cleaning fluid - wasbenzine
cloth - doek
dish detergent - afwasmiddel
dishwasher detergent - machine afwasmiddel
dishwasher rinse - glansspoelmiddel
dish towel - theedoek
disinfectant - desinfecteer
distilled water - gedistilleerd water
drain cleaner - afvoer ontstopper
dust cloth - stofdoek
dustpan - vuilnisblik
fabric softener - wasverzachter
furniture polish - meubelolie
furniture wax - meubelwas
floor wax - vloerwas
kerosene - kerosine
laundry detergent - wasmiddel
metal polisher - metaal poetsmiddel
mop - zwabber
mopping rag - dweil
multi-purpose cleaner - allesreiniger
oven cleaner - ovenreiniger
scourers - schuursponsjes
soap - zeep
spirits - spiritus or alcohol
sponge - spons
stain remover - ossegal zeep
starch - stijfsel
toilet cleaner - WC reiniger
turpentine - terpentijn
vacuum cleaner bags - stofzuigerzakken
water softener - waterontharder
window cleaner - ruiten reiniger
wood alcohol - brandspiritus