Dutch Prepositions. A worksheet on Dutch Prepositions with grammar explanations and exercises.

Dutch Prepositions

Dutch Prepositions

Learning the Dutch Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Dutch language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Dutch.

Dutch prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:

English Prepositions	Dutch Prepositions
Prepositions	Voorzetsels
inside the house	in het huis
outside the car	buiten de auto
with me	met mij
without him	zonder hem
under the table	onder de tafel
after tomorrow	na morgen
before sunset	voor zonsondergang
but I’m busy	maar ik heb het druk

Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Dutch.

List of Prepositions in Dutch

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Dutch placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Dutch vocabulary.

English Prepositions	Dutch Prepositions
about	over
above	boven
across	over
after	na
against	tegen
among	onder
around	rond
as	als
at	op
before	voor
behind	achter
below	onder
beneath	onder
beside	naast
between	tussen
beyond	buiten/achter
but	maar
by	door/ (depends on context)
despite	ondanks
down	naar beneden
during	gedurende/tijdens
except	behalve
for	voor
from	uit/van
in	in
inside	binnen
into	in
near	nabij
next	volgende
of	van
on	op
opposite	tegenover
out	uit
outside	buiten
over	over
per	per
plus	plus
round	rond
since	sinds
than	dan
through	via/door
till	tot/totdat
to	aan
toward	in de richting van
under	onder
unlike	anders
until	tot/totdat
up	omhoog
via	via
with	met
within	binnen
without	zonder

two words	twee woorden
according to	volgens
because of	vanwege
close to	dicht bij
due to	dankzij/door
except for	met uitzondering van
far from	verre van
inside of	binnenin/in
instead of	in plaats van
near to	in de buurt van
next to	naast
outside of	buiten
prior to	voorafgaande aan

three words	drie woorden
as far as	tot aan
as well as	evenals
in addition to	in aanvulling op
in front of	voor
in spite of	ondanks
on behalf of	namens
on top of	bovenop

demonstratives	aanwijzende voornaamwoorden
this	dit/deze
that	dat/die
these	deze
those	die