iPhone & Android · Dutch at A2–B2
Leer Nederlands zoals het echt gesproken wordt.
You can order a koffie in Dutch. But a Dutch group chat? A dating profile? Doe Normaal teaches real-life Dutch through dating profiles, group-chat drama and everyday chaos.
Doe Normaal teaches you Dutch with funny, real-life content. The learning is built in, so you're picking up new words while you're judging someone's dating bio.
“Nederlandse datingprofielen. Inclusief red flags.”
Swipe through (fictional) Dutch dating profiles. Read the bios, spot the red flags and answer questions about them. Swipe right and some matches text you back, so you'd better have a reply ready. In Dutch.
Dutch dating culture →
“Iemand vreemdgaan? De groepsapp weet het al.”
Chat episodes in a WhatsApp-style group chat. The drama unfolds message by message, and you get to jump in. Season 1: someone spots their friend's boyfriend Daan on a dating app…
How the Dutch text →
Ff, wss, zelfs? Tap it.
Underlined words and expressions can be tapped for an English explanation. That includes the slang and chat shorthand (ff, wss) your textbook politely skipped.
Browse Dutch words →
Look it up once. We'll make sure it sticks.
Every word you look up is saved with the sentence you found it in. A short word quiz brings each word back right when you're about to forget it, until you type it from memory. Get it right on 3 different days and it's ⭐ mastered. Listen to every word (slowly too), or flip through them as flashcards.
Practise on the train, even when the train wifi doesn't work. Again.
Progress syncs. Sign in to keep it when you get a new phone.
New profiles and episodes are added regularly. No app update needed.
A taste of the words you'll pick up in the app, explained in English.
All Dutch words →Texting abbreviations →Dutch culture →Dutch slang your textbook skipped →
You're starting from zero. Learn the basics first, then come back.
Stuck, or spotted a mistake in the Dutch? Doe normaal and just ask: contact@codeswept.com
Learners who already know some Dutch, roughly A2 to B2. If you're starting from zero, learn the basics first and come back when Hoe gaat het? no longer scares you.
'Act normal', or 'calm down, don't be ridiculous'. It comes from the saying doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg: just act normal, that's crazy enough already. More about doe normaal.
No. All dating profiles and chat characters are fictional, and their photos are AI-generated. Nobody else sees your swipes or replies.
Go to Ik → Account settings and sign in. Then sign in with the same account on your new phone.
Tap Forgot password on the sign-in screen.
Go to Ik → Account settings. You can clear your progress or delete your account there. Or email us at contact@codeswept.com and ask us to.
Email contact@codeswept.com. Tell us what happened (a screenshot helps). We like being corrected about as much as any Dutch person, which is to say: go ahead.
Doe normaal.
And learn some Dutch while you're at it.