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What's your Dutch level?

18 questions with real-life Dutch, in three rounds that get harder. It takes about five minutes, there's no sign-up, and at the end you know whether you're around A2, B1 or B2.

  • Don't guess. Not sure? Pick “I don't know”. A lucky guess only makes your result less accurate.
  • Don't look anything up. You want to know what you know, not what your dictionary knows.
  • 2 questions are sound clips. No sound right now? Pick “I don't know” there: you can miss two questions in a round and still pass it.

Round 1 of 3

Short, everyday Dutch.

Question 1 of 18A friend texts you:
Sorry, ik ben wat later. Mijn trein heeft twintig minuten vertraging.

What's going on?

Question 2 of 18A colleague texts you:
Zullen we morgen om half negen beginnen?

What time does he mean?

Question 3 of 18A friend leaves you a voice message:

You can play it more than once.

When and where does your friend want to meet?

Question 4 of 18Which fits the gap?

Morgen blank naar de tandarts.

Question 5 of 18Which fits the gap?

Heb je de boodschappen al blank?

Question 6 of 18Which fits the gap?

Sorry, ik heb vanavond blank tijd.

Round 2 of 3

A bit harder: longer messages and expressions.

Question 7 of 18A friend texts you:
Ik heb eigenlijk geen zin om vanavond nog de stad in te gaan. Zullen we gewoon bij mij thuis een film kijken?

What does he want?

Question 8 of 18You ask a colleague how her exam went. She texts:
Het viel me eigenlijk best mee.

How did it go?

Question 9 of 18A friend leaves you a voice message:

You can play it more than once.

What does Iris suggest?

Question 10 of 18Which fits the gap?

Ik blijf vandaag thuis, omdat blank.

Question 11 of 18Which fits the gap?

Heb je Tim ook blank voor je verjaardag?

Question 12 of 18Which fits the gap?

Als ik meer tijd blank, zou ik vaker sporten.

Round 3 of 3

The hard ones: what people mean, and formal Dutch.

Question 13 of 18You tell a colleague that the team day has been moved to Saturday. She replies:
Nou, lekker dan. Net nu ik een weekendje weg ben.

How does she feel about it?

Question 14 of 18You ask a colleague whether your manager will approve your holiday. She says:
Geen idee. Hij draait er altijd een beetje omheen.

What is she saying about him?

Question 15 of 18A letter from your housing association says:
Mocht u op deze datum verhinderd zijn, dan verzoeken wij u vriendelijk uiterlijk twee werkdagen van tevoren contact met ons op te nemen.

What are you asked to do?

Question 16 of 18Which fits the gap?

We eten in de tuin, blank het gaat regenen. Dan dekken we de tafel binnen.

Question 17 of 18Which fits the gap?

Dat hangt helemaal blank het weer af.

Question 18 of 18Which fits the gap?

Achteraf blank ik dat natuurlijk eerder moeten zeggen.

We don't store your answers.

Questions about the test

How is my level worked out?

Each round has six questions and is one level harder: A2, then B1, then B2. You pass a round with at least 4 right, so two slips are allowed. Your level is the highest round you pass, as long as you passed the rounds before it too. Pass none and you're not at A2 yet; pass all three and you're at B2 or higher.

What do A2, B1 and B2 mean?

They're levels of the CEFR, the European scale for language skills, which runs from A1 (beginner) to C2 (near-native). At A2 you manage short, simple, everyday Dutch. At B1 you can follow and join in most everyday situations. At B2 you're comfortable, also with longer and more complicated Dutch.

Why is there no slang in it?

Because slang isn't a level. You can be at B2 and still be lost in a Dutch group chat full of ff, wss and sws, and it wouldn't be fair to mark you down for that. That gap is what our app, Doe Normaal, is for.

Do you save my answers?

No. Your answers are only used to work out your result, and we don't store them.