Modern Dutch since Dutch is a rather conservative language.[citation needed] Several phonological changes occurred leading up to the Middle Dutch period...

Dutch (endonym: Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second...

Dutch is a West Germanic language, that originated from the Old Frankish dialects. Among the words with which Dutch has enriched the English vocabulary...

Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (Vlaams-Nederlands), Belgian Dutch (Belgisch-Nederlands [ˈbɛlɣis...

Dutch language literature (Dutch: Nederlandstalige literatuur) comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language...

Middle Dutch literature (1150–1500) is the Dutch literature produced in the Low Countries from the 12th century to the 16th century. It is preceded by...

from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch loanwords in French. Old Dutch is regarded as the primary stage in the development of a separate Dutch language. It was...

German which were affected by the Second Sound Shift; the Middle Low German and Middle Dutch languages spoken to the North and North West, which did not participate...

Dutch Language Union (Dutch: Nederlandse Taalunie, NTU) is an international regulatory institution that governs issues regarding the Dutch language....

Joseph M. Williams in Origins of the English Language it is estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin. In many cases the loanword has assumed...