Weather words in Dutch

Weather words and weather-related expressions in Dutch (Nederlands) with English equivalents.

In the Netherlands the weather is important, and people tend to talk about it, and particularly to complain about it a lot.

Nederlands	English
Het weer	The weather
Het weerbericht	The weather forecast
De weersverwachting	The weather forecast
Het is zonnig	It is sunny
De zon schijnt	The sun is shining
Het is warm	It is warm
Het is heet	It is hot
Het is snikheet	It is stifling hot / sweltering ("It is snob hot")
Het is bloedheet	It is boiling hot / sweltering ("It is blood hot")
Hittegolf	Heat wave
De mussen vallen van het dak	The sparrows fall from the roof = It's very hot
Rokjesdag	"Skirt day" - The very first warm day in spring when women start to wear a skirt
Het is lekker weer	It is a comfortable temperature
Het is koel	It is cool
Het is fris	It is chilly
Het is koud	It is cold
Het vriest	It is freezing
Het is ijzig koud	it is freezing cold
De weersomslag	A change in the weather - usually from good to bad weather
De neerslag	Precipitation
Het regent	It is raining
Het miezert	It is drizzling
Motregen	Drizzle
Een bui / een regenbui	A shower / a rain shower
Een hondenweer	Dog weather - weather you would only go out in to walk your dog
Onweer	Thunderstorm
Het onweert	It is thundering
Donder en bliksem	Thunder and lightning
Er hangt onweer in de lucht	There is a storm brewing
De mist	The fog
Het is mistig	It is foggy
De nevel	The mist
Het is nevelig	It is misty
Hagel	Hail
Het hagelt	It is hailing
Sneeuw	Snow
Het sneeuwt	It is snowing
Natte sneeuw	Wet snow
Sneeuwstorm	A blizzard
Ijzel	Glazed frost
Ijzelen	It is icing up
De wind	The wind
De storm	The storm
De windkracht	The wind force
De wervelwind / de windhoos	The whirlwind
Windstil	calm
Een briesje	A breeze
Een zuchtje wind	A breath of wind
Een windvlaag	A gust of wind
Waaien	To blow
Het waait	It is windy
De wind waait	The wind is blowing
Uitwaaien	Get a breath of fresh air - you go for a walk in the wind to make your head clear
Tegenwind	Headwind / adverse wind
Ik heb weer tegenwind	I have headwind again - very important when you are on a bike
Ik heb de wind mee	I have the wind behind me - very important when you are on a bike
Zijwind	Crosswind
Ijzige wind	Icy wind
Snijdende wind	Cutting or piercing wind
De wolk	The cloud
Het is bewolkt	It is cloudy
Schapenwolkjes	Sheep clouds
Wolkeloos	Cloudless
Geen wolkje aan de lucht	No cloud in the sky = there is no problem at all

Expressions for heavy rain

Nederlands	English
Een stortbui / een hoosbui	A downpour
Een wolkbreuk	A cloudburst
Het regent pijpenstelen	It's raining pipe stems = It's raining heavily
Het komt met bakken uit de lucht	It falls with buckets from the sky = It's raining heavily

Other idioms for heavy rain in various languages

Dutch weather words and expressions supplied by Anke Rutten

A recording of these words by Anke Rutten

Hear some Dutch weather-related words and expressions:

Links

More weather words in Dutch
https://www.learndutch.org/lessons/the-weather-in-dutch/
https://www.heardutchhere.net/duweather2.html
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/dutch-word-for-weather.html
https://dutchreview.com/expat/learn-dutch/netherlands-weather-its-raining-words-hallelujah/

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How to talk about the weather in a variety of languages

Breton, Bulgarian, Chinese (Mandarin) Cornish, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Irish, Italian, Kadazandusun, Neolatin, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Welsh

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