🥤 Drinks in Dutch – Learn Dutch Beverage Vocabulary
Whether you're ordering at a café or talking about your favorite drink, it's important to know beverage vocabulary in Dutch. This guide covers the most common Dutch drink words, from water to wine, with example sentences to help you use them confidently.
🚰 Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- Water – water
- Kraanwater – tap water
- Mineraalwater – mineral water
- Thee – tea
- Koffie – coffee
- Cappuccino – cappuccino
- Espresso – espresso
- Sap – juice
- Sinaasappelsap – orange juice
- Appelsap – apple juice
- Chocolademelk – chocolate milk
- Frisdrank – soft drink / soda
- Cola – cola
- Ijsthee – iced tea
🍷 Alcoholic Beverages
- Bier – beer
- Wijn – wine
- Rode wijn – red wine
- Witte wijn – white wine
- Rosé – rosé wine
- Sterke drank – liquor / spirits
- Jenever – Dutch gin
- Whisky – whiskey
- Wodka – vodka
- Cocktail – cocktail
📘 Example Sentences
- Ik drink graag koffie in de ochtend. – I like drinking coffee in the morning.
- Ze bestelt een glas water bij haar maaltijd. – She orders a glass of water with her meal.
- We drinken bier op het terras. – We drink beer on the terrace.
- Hij houdt van sinaasappelsap bij het ontbijt. – He loves orange juice at breakfast.
- Wil je rode wijn of witte wijn? – Do you want red wine or white wine?