Dutch vocabulary:
Poetry.
Poetry.
Below is a list of poetry vocabulary.
This page is a work in progress, and I will continue adding more words, including more advanced vocabulary (C1–C2 level). I will also be adding quizzes soon, along with interactive activities to help you practice. In addition, I will connect the words to songs, movies, newspapers, books, and other media so you can see how these expressions are used in everyday French.
Lastly updated: 27.5.2026
- aanhef (de) (pl: de aanheffen) [EN: opening / salutation][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- alliteratie (de) (pl: de alliteraties) [EN: alliteration][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- allegorie (de) (pl: de allegorieën) [EN: allegory][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- antithese (de) (pl: de antithesen) [EN: antithesis][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- beeld (het) (pl: de beelden) [EN: image / poetic image][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- beeldspraak (de) (pl: —) [EN: figurative language / imagery][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- beklemtonen [EN: to stress / emphasize][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R] #verb
- beschrijven [EN: to describe][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R] #verb
- betekenis (de) (pl: de betekenissen) [EN: meaning][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- betekenislaag (de) (pl: de betekenislagen) [EN: layer of meaning][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- citaat (het) (pl: de citaten) [EN: quotation][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- couplet (het) (pl: de coupletten) [EN: stanza / verse][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- dichter (de) (pl: de dichters) [EN: poet][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- dichterlijk (bijv.) [EN: poetic][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- dichtkunst (de) (pl: —) [EN: poetry / poetic art][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- dichtregel (de) (pl: de dichtregels) [EN: line of poetry / verse line][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- dichten [EN: to write poetry / compose poetry][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R] #verb
- dichtvorm (de) (pl: de dichtvormen) [EN: poetic form][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- dichtbundel (de) (pl: de dichtbundels) [EN: poetry collection][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- dramatiek (de) (pl: —) [EN: dramatic style / drama][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- eindrijm (het) (pl: —) [EN: end rhyme][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- elegie (de) (pl: de elegieën) [EN: elegy][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- enjambement (het) (pl: de enjambementen) [EN: enjambment][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- epigram (het) (pl: de epigrammen) [EN: epigram][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- episch (bijv.) [EN: epic][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- epos (het) (pl: de epen) [EN: epic poem / epic][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- gedicht (het) (pl: de gedichten) [EN: poem][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- gedachte (de) (pl: de gedachten) [EN: thought][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- gedichtenbundel (de) (pl: de gedichtenbundels) [EN: poetry collection][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- gevoel (het) (pl: de gevoelens) [EN: feeling / emotion][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- herhaling (de) (pl: de herhalingen) [EN: repetition][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- herhalen [EN: to repeat][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R] #verb
- hyperbool (de) (pl: de hyperbolen) [EN: hyperbole][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- ik-figuur (de) (pl: de ik-figuren) [EN: first-person speaker / persona][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- imago (het) (pl: de imago’s) [EN: image / public image][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- interpunctie (de) (pl: —) [EN: punctuation][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- ironie (de) (pl: —) [EN: irony][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- klank (de) (pl: de klanken) [EN: sound][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- klankbeeld (het) (pl: de klankbeelden) [EN: sound image][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- klanknabootsing (de) (pl: de klanknabootsingen) [EN: onomatopoeia][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- klankrijm (het) (pl: —) [EN: sound rhyme][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- klassiek (bijv.) [EN: classical][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- kwatrijn (het) (pl: de kwatrijnen) [EN: quatrain][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- lyriek (de) (pl: —) [EN: lyric poetry / lyricism][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- lyrisch (bijv.) [EN: lyrical][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- metafoor (de) (pl: de metaforen) [EN: metaphor][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- metrum (het) (pl: de metra) [EN: meter / poetic meter][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- motief (het) (pl: de motieven) [EN: motif][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- mythe (de) (pl: de mythen) [EN: myth][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- narratief (het) (pl: de narratieven) [EN: narrative][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- natuur (de) (pl: —) [EN: nature][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- neologisme (het) (pl: de neologismen) [EN: neologism][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- octaaf (het) (pl: de octaven) [EN: octave][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- ode (de) (pl: de oden) [EN: ode][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- openingsregel (de) (pl: de openingsregels) [EN: opening line][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- paradox (de) (pl: de paradoxen) [EN: paradox][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- parallelisme (het) (pl: de parallelismen) [EN: parallelism][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- personage (het) (pl: de personages) [EN: character][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- personificatie (de) (pl: de personificaties) [EN: personification][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- poëet (de) (pl: de poëten) [EN: poet][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- poëzie (de) (pl: —) [EN: poetry][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- poëtica (de) (pl: de poëtica’s) [EN: poetics / poetic theory][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- poëtisch (bijv.) [EN: poetic][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- rijm (het) (pl: —) [EN: rhyme][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- rijmen [EN: to rhyme][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R] #verb
- rijmschema (het) (pl: de rijmschema’s) [EN: rhyme scheme][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- ritme (het) (pl: de ritmes) [EN: rhythm][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- ritmisch (bijv.) [EN: rhythmic][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- regel (de) (pl: de regels) [EN: line / verse][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- regelafbreking (de) (pl: de regelafbrekingen) [EN: line break][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- retoriek (de) (pl: —) [EN: rhetoric][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- retorische vraag (de) (pl: de retorische vragen) [EN: rhetorical question][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- rijmklank (de) (pl: de rijmklanken) [EN: rhyming sound][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- sonnet (het) (pl: de sonnetten) [EN: sonnet][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- spreker (de) (pl: de sprekers) [EN: speaker / poetic voice][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- spreektaal (de) (pl: —) [EN: colloquial language / spoken language][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- strofe (de) (pl: de strofen) [EN: stanza][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- symboliek (de) (pl: —) [EN: symbolism][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- symbool (het) (pl: de symbolen) [EN: symbol][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- thema (het) (pl: de thema’s) [EN: theme][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- tegenstelling (de) (pl: de tegenstellingen) [EN: contrast / opposition][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- tekst (de) (pl: de teksten) [EN: text][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- toon (de) (pl: de tonen) [EN: tone][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- toonzetting (de) (pl: de toonzettingen) [EN: musical setting / tone-setting][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R]
- vers (het) (pl: de verzen) [EN: verse][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- versregel (de) (pl: de versregels) [EN: verse line][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- verzen [EN: to compose / write verse][C1-C2][24.8.2026, R] #verb
- verbeelding (de) (pl: de verbeeldingen) [EN: imagination / representation][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- vergelijken [EN: to compare][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R] #verb
- vergelijking (de) (pl: de vergelijkingen) [EN: comparison / simile][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- verhaal (het) (pl: de verhalen) [EN: story][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- verteller (de) (pl: de vertellers) [EN: narrator][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- vertellen [EN: to tell / narrate][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R] #verb
- vorm (de) (pl: de vormen) [EN: form / shape][A1-A2][24.8.2026, R]
- vrij vers (het) (pl: de vrije verzen) [EN: free verse][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- woordkeuze (de) (pl: de woordkeuzes) [EN: word choice / diction][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- zinsbouw (de) (pl: —) [EN: syntax / sentence structure][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]
- zintuiglijk (bijv.) [EN: sensory][B1-B2][24.8.2026, R]