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Vandaag is het Luilak! Het is een feest waarbij langslapers en te laat komers worden bespot. Luilak wordt vooral door jongeren gevierd. Ze staan zeer vroeg op en proberen iedereen wakker te maken door aan te bellen en lawaai te maken.

Today it is Luilak! it is a celebration whereby people who sleep in or come late are mocked. Luilak is especially celebrated by the youth. They get up early and try to wake up everyone by ringing doorbells and making lots of noise

De luilak = The slacker
Inslapen = to sleep in
De lawaai = The noise

It's Queen Maxima's birthday. Maxima is Argentinian and she has also learned the Dutch language. What do you say to someone at their birthday (in Dutch 😉 )?

Today it is Hemelvaartsdag. A day to celebrate the ascension of Jesus to the Hemel (heaven). A lot of Dutch people get up early to go Dauwtrappen (kicking dew). They wake up early in the morning and go for a walk. Traditionally, people would walk barefoot, dance, and sing through the dew, which would have natural healing powers.

So today's words of the day are:

Hemel = Heaven
Dauw = Dew
Trappen = Kicking

Vandaag is het windmolendag in Nederland. Nederland zou niet bestaan zonder de molens, aangezien molens werden gebruikt om het land droog te houden. Vandaag honderden windolen zullen hun wieken laten draaien

Today it is Windmolendag in the Netherlands. The Netherlands would not exist without the windmills, as windmills were used to keep the land dry. Today hundreds of windmills will be turning their blades

So today's word of the day is

De molen = The windmill
De wieken = The blades
Malen = to grind
Draaien = to turn
De windkracht = The wind power

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Het is vandaag Bevrijdingsdag in Nederland - de dag dat Nederland het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog voor heel Nederland viert. Vrijheid is niet van zelfsprekend en daarom vieren de Nederlanders op 5 mei Bevrijdingsdag

It is Liberation Day in the Netherlands today - the day that the Netherlands celebrates the end of World War II for the entire country. Liberty is not a given and therefore the Dutch celebrate Liberation Day on the 5th of May

Therefore today's words are:

De vrijheid = The freedom
De oorlog = The war
Het einde = The end
Vieren = To celebrate

Vandaag is het 4 mei en op deze dag herdenken wij de mensen die stierven tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog en de daaropvolgende oorlogen. Nederland is vandaag om 20.00 twee minuten stil

Today it is the 4th of May and on this day we commemorate the people who died during the Second World War and the following wars Today the Netherlands is silent for two minutes at 20.00

Today's words are:
Herdenken = To remember / To commemorate
Sterven = To die
De oorlog = The war
De stilte = the silence

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