Linguistic Resources for the Dutch Language
Discover a collection of linguistic and translator resources for the Dutch language.
- Official spelling dictionary of the Dutch language
List of words in the official normative spelling of the Dutch language in accordance with the Green Booklet (het Groene Boekje) published by the Nederlandse Taalunie (the Dutch Language Union) - Unofficial spelling dictionary of the Dutch language
List of words in the unofficial normative spelling of the Dutch language in accordance with the White Booklet (het Witte Boekje) published by Genootschap Onze Taal (Society Our Language) - Inventio
Look up the gender of Dutch nouns - Onze Taal
Advice on Dutch language usage - Geographical names
Foreign geographical names in Dutch - The technical dictionary
English to Dutch technical translation dictionary - My dictionary life: learning Dutch one word at a time
An illustrated Dutch-English dictionary for self-learners and anyone else who is learning Dutch and wants to supplement their textbooks with a bit of color and frivolity. Over a thousand original drawings paired with their accompanying words, arranged into twelve categories.
Linguistic Resources for the English Language
Discover a comprehensive list of linguistic resources dedicated to the English language.
- Merriam-Webster dictionary
Extended edition of the famous American online dictionary and thesaurus - Merriam-Webster visual dictionary
Visual Dictionary Online - Urban Dictionary
The slang dictionary written by its users - OneLook Reverse Dictionary
For when that one word evades you - Acronym finder
Find out what any acronym, abbreviation or initials mean - Paul Brian
Common English language errors - The Eggcorn Database
A collection of unusual English spellings - Definitions etc.
Abbreviations, conversions, definitions, quotations, synonyms and references - British National Corpus
A hundred million word collection of samples of both written and spoken language from a wide range of sources, designed to represent a broad cross-section of modern British English - Oliver Strunk
The elements of style - Google UK
Google UK, exact search
Technology Resources
Explore this collection of tech tools designed to support translators and other language professionals.
- Woordenlijst-checker
A handy tool to quickly look-up words in Woordenlijst.org within your active Windows-app - TransTools
TransTools is an indispensable set of translation productivity plug-ins for Microsoft Office and AutoCAD that takes away most of the nuisances of the pre-translation process. I use TransTools on a daily basis and don't know where I would be without it - Trados Studio TM and TB Converter
Free Trados Studio TM and TB converter. Converts Trados Studio translation memories in SDLTM format to TMX or Trados Studio term bases in SDLTB format to CSV or TXT - IntelliWebSearch
IntelliWebSearch is an indispensable research tool for any translator! As IWS provides an application independent search capability across the operating system, I highly recommend it for use outside the office as well - Handleiding HTML
Your definitive Dutch HTML and CSS resource
A Variety of Other Linguistic Resources
Enjoy this eclectic mix of additional resources.
- Best translation podcasts in 2025
Overview of the best English and Dutch podcasts for translators - Inter-Active Terminology for Europe
The EU inter-institutional terminology database - Top Translation Agencies in the Netherlands
BlacKKite is listed in the Translation Agencies Directory for the Netherlands