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Dutch Colors & Shapes Vocabulary

The 14 beginner words (A1–A2) for colors & shapes, with their English translations and part of speech, across 3 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.

Colors & Shapes Basics

A1
EnglishDutchTypeLevel
blackzwartadjA1
blueblauwadjA1
greengroenadjA1
orangeoranjeadjA1
purplepaarsadjA1
redroodadjA1
whitewitadjA1
yellowgeeladjA1

Colors & Shapes Intermediate

A1–A2
EnglishDutchTypeLevel
brighthelderadjA1
brownbruinadjA1
pinkrozeadjA1
colorfulkleurrijkadjA2

Colors & Shapes Advanced

A2
EnglishDutchTypeLevel
shadetintnounA2
tonekleurtoonnounA2

The A1–A2 words are here. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The colors & shapes packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

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