Dates and times
Monday, 09 May 2005

List of terms you need to translate dates and times. Note on dates: Dutch dates are written in the form dd-mm-yyyy, so 2-5-1920 means 2 May 1920.

Names of the months

Dutch termEnglish translation
januariJanuary
februariFebruary
maartMarch
aprilApril
meiMay
juniJune
juliJuly
augustusAugust
septemberSeptember
oktoberOctober
novemberNovember
decemberDecember

Names of the weekdays

Dutch termEnglish translation
maandagMonday
dinsdagTuesday
woensdagWednesday
donderdagThursday
vrijdagFriday
zaterdagSaturday
zondagSunday

Approximations

Dutch termEnglish translation
voorbefore
tijdensduring
naafter
circa, ca.about, approximately
tussenbetween
tussen ... en ...between ... and ...

Times

Dutch termEnglish translation
half ....half to ... ("half 2" means 1.30)
kwart overquarter past
kwart voorquarter to
kwartierquarter of an hour
minutenminutes
minuutminute
na de middagafter noon, PM
's avondsin the evening, PM
's middagsin the afternoon, PM
's morgensin the morning, AM
's nachtsin the night, AM
urenhours, o'clock
uurhour, o'clock
voor de middagbefore noon, AM