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Free Dutch books for people learning Dutch
40 books in Dutch, all public domain and free to download as EPUB from Project Gutenberg. Each one is measured from its own text — sentence length, and how much of it is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words.
These shelves carry no CEFR level. A CEFR-graded wordlist exists for English and is used on the English shelf; no equivalent is available for Dutch, and inventing one from word frequency would be a number that looks precise and means nothing. What is shown here is measured — how, exactly.
Books on this shelf
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Het Verloren Tooverland
Gentle 8 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
86.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 8 h at a learner’s pace.
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Beatrice
Gentle 14 h
Romance Dialogue-heavy
84.8% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 14 h at a learner’s pace.
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De vreemde plant
Gentle 3 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
83.7% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 3 h at a learner’s pace.
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Door het land der Skipetaren
Gentle 19 h
AdventureHistorical
83.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 19 h at a learner’s pace.
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Andersens Sproken en vertellingen: Morgenrood
Gentle 19 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
83.1% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 19 h at a learner’s pace.
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Liesje van den Lompenmolen
Gentle 9 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
83.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 9 h at a learner’s pace.
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De Zonderlinge Lotgevallen van Gil Blas van Santillano, deel 1 van 2: De Spaansche Avonturier
Gentle 15 h
AdventureComedy Dialogue-heavy
83.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 15 h at a learner’s pace.
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Een verlaten post
Gentle 3 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
81.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 3 h at a learner’s pace.
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Gevoel en verstand
Gentle 16 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
83.5% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 16 h at a learner’s pace.
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Dokter Helmond en zijn vrouw
Gentle 26 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
81.4% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 26 h at a learner’s pace.
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Sprookjes: Tweede verzameling
Steady 8 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
84.4% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 8 h at a learner’s pace.
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Noli me tangere: Filippijnsche roman
Steady 18 h
Historical Dialogue-heavy
79.2% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 18 h at a learner’s pace.
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Een strijd om de schatten van Alva: of De watergeuzen in 1572
Steady 13 h
AdventureHistorical Dialogue-heavy
79.5% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 13 h at a learner’s pace.
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De Vurige Oven: Een verhaal uit den tijd der dragonades in Nederland
Steady 6 h
Historical Dialogue-heavy
78.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 6 h at a learner’s pace.
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Gouden Daden
Steady 9 h
AdventureHistorical
77.7% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 9 h at a learner’s pace.
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Wonderlijke avonturen van een Chinees, gevolgd door Muiterij aan boord der 'Bounty'
Steady 9 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
77.7% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 9 h at a learner’s pace.
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Mathias Sandorf [1] — Een verijdelde samenzwering; Dokter Antekirrt
Steady 8 h
AdventureMystery Dialogue-heavy
77.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 8 h at a learner’s pace.
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De Geschiedenis van Woutertje Pieterse, Deel 1: Uit de 'ideen' verzameld
Steady 14 h
Fiction
76.6% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 14 h at a learner’s pace.
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Sagen van Koning Arthur en de Ridders van de Tafelronde
Steady 22 h
Historical Dialogue-heavy
79.4% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 22 h at a learner’s pace.
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Het ivoren aapje: Een roman van Brusselsch leven
Stretching 18 h
Fiction
75.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 18 h at a learner’s pace.
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Eene Egyptische Koningsdochter: Historische Roman van George Ebers
Stretching 25 h
Historical Dialogue-heavy
77.5% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 25 h at a learner’s pace.
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Kamerplanten: Handboek tot het kweeken van planten in de kamer
Stretching 17 h
Fiction
77.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 17 h at a learner’s pace.
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Reisontmoetingen van Joachim Polsbroekerwoud en zijne Vrienden
Stretching 15 h
AdventureComedy Dialogue-heavy
78.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 15 h at a learner’s pace.
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De lelie van 's-Gravenhage
Stretching 19 h
Historical Dialogue-heavy
77.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 19 h at a learner’s pace.
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Ivanhoe
Stretching 23 h
Historical Dialogue-heavy
78.5% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 23 h at a learner’s pace.
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De vroolijke tocht
Stretching 4 h
Fiction
74.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 4 h at a learner’s pace.
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Het Nieuwe Leven (La Vita Nuova)
Stretching 5 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
77.0% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 5 h at a learner’s pace.
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Nieuw Utopia
Stretching 5 h
Science fiction Dialogue-heavy
74.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 5 h at a learner’s pace.
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Multatuli: Onze groote schrijvers, deel 2
Stretching 5 h
Biography Dialogue-heavy
73.8% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 5 h at a learner’s pace.
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Brieven uit en over Amerika
Stretching 4 h
Fiction
74.9% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 4 h at a learner’s pace.
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Gekken
Demanding 6 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
72.4% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 6 h at a learner’s pace.
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Napoleon
Demanding 24 h
Biography Dialogue-heavy
74.5% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 24 h at a learner’s pace.
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Sexueele Zeden in Woord en Beeld: Liefde en Zinnelijkheid
Demanding 7 h
Fiction
73.8% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 7 h at a learner’s pace.
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De Vegetarische Keuken: Kookboek van den Nederlandschen Vegetariërsbond
Demanding 7 h
Fiction
71.6% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 7 h at a learner’s pace.
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Laatste verzen
Demanding 2 h
Fiction
71.1% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 2 h at a learner’s pace.
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De grondbeginselen der Nederlandsche spelling: Regeling der spelling voor het woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal
Demanding 10 h
Fiction
70.7% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 10 h at a learner’s pace.
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Reis-impressies
Demanding 3 h
Fiction
71.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 3 h at a learner’s pace.
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Zoölogische Philosophie: Of beschouwingen over de Natuurlijke Historie der dieren etc
Demanding 7 h
Fiction
69.5% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 7 h at a learner’s pace.
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Nederlandsche Volkskunde
Demanding 24 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
67.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 24 h at a learner’s pace.
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Nederlandsche Doopnamen: Naar Oorsprong en Gebruik
Demanding 5 h
Fiction Dialogue-heavy
45.3% of this book is built from the two thousand commonest Dutch words. About 5 h at a learner’s pace.
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