Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering is definitely a very common word. It’s compound, but we basically write compound words together, with no spaces. Arbeid = work or labour. Geschikt = fit. Ongeschikt = unfit. The heid part makes it into a noun describing the situation you’re in when unfit for work. Unfitforworkiness. Verzekering = insurance. So that’s how we spell unfitforworkinessinsurance. Hahaha!!!!!!!

@rvb2986

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation!

@__bugc__

2 жыл бұрын

/knap uitgelegd :D. Loved the 'workiness' part, hahaha

@wbism

2 жыл бұрын

Disability insurance … 😉

@arposkraft3616

2 жыл бұрын

@Sam SAM not ridiculous, descriptive, as almost all european languages are with exception of modern english, the fun fact wants that old-english is easier to understand for dutch people then for modern english as it had many of the same trades and wordforms

@thedutchqirlll9172

2 жыл бұрын

Het is wel een goed word voor galgje

As a dutch person this is hilarious to watch

@TyphoonNLD

2 жыл бұрын

it sure did, omg his reaction on the word Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering is pure gold

@mini_patetoo7264

2 жыл бұрын

True

@gameify_yt

2 жыл бұрын

'Gezelling'

@alexanderwevers760

6 ай бұрын

Bro hoe dom kun je zijn

I thought hottentottententententoonstelling is one of the longest Dutch words we have ❤️

@Populiervogel

2 жыл бұрын

aansprakelijkheidswaardevaststellingsveranderingen is the longest Dutch word.

@marcha.m

2 жыл бұрын

You can add a part: "hottentottententoonstellingsterrein" 😉

@els4044

2 жыл бұрын

Kinderdekbedovertreksetjes

@JanJaapZwaag

2 жыл бұрын

Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamhedencomitéleden

@els4044

2 жыл бұрын

@@JanJaapZwaag 😂

Hahah I lost it when the American dude was practicing his swing after learning about swaffelen

@dianebaven2457

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@dutchman7623

2 жыл бұрын

And his wife perfectly knew what he wanted to swaffle, The White House and Trump Tower! But also admitted he wouldn't reach The White House over the fence!!

@Jayll1984

2 жыл бұрын

Like he was playing tennis.... now now good sir, no need to exaggerate.

@Edwin-pq6dg

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianebaven2457 Ik ben 100 procent nederlandstalig opgegroeid ,maar swaffel had ik voor dit filmpje echt nog nooit van gehoord .

@johnvanhal2450

2 жыл бұрын

@@Edwin-pq6dg Is al jaren opgenomen in de Dikke van Dalen hoor. Was zelfs woord van het jaar. Net als Bokitaproof bijvoorbeeld.

Thank you for your reaction on "arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering" That was priceless! :-) And yes, we Dutch like to "stick words together" so there are very long words, indeed ;-)

🤣🤣the way ppl reacted at arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering 🤣🤣

Omg of all the dutch words highly knows swaffellen 🤣🤣🤣🤣 So funny🤣🤣🤣

Fun fact: in Dutch (German also) we just concatenate words that have a direct relation, so we can make new words from other words. Which I think is pretty cool. Unlike English, where the words stay separated in most cases. When typing in English, I have to remind myself not to concatenate words that are in Dutch concatenated.

When you've got the time, you could watch learn Dutch with Bart de Pau KZread video's. 😃

@riconl2937

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I also wanted to suggest that.

@bonsai67

2 жыл бұрын

You are looking at one.

@mariadebake5483

2 жыл бұрын

Dutchies to be- Learn Dutch with Kim is better

@connectedeurope

2 жыл бұрын

He's a legend. As a Dutchman I really like his videos and here in Ukraine I share them a lot as well

the fun thing in Dutch is you can add things on to a word as long as it's functional within it all. There's a "kids word": hottentottententententoonstellingsgebouwvoordeursleutel" or add more to it if you want. This means it's a front door key (=voordeursleutel) of a exhibition building (=tentoonstellingsgebouw) for tents (=tenten) of the tribe Hottentotten. This way we know when things belong together. You never have to think about whether it's 1 or more words ... it's just always 1. 😃

Please do the best one of this series pal: "how to survive dutch fireworks" Best one of this series. Anyways, appreciate the content lad. Cheers

@dymphievannoordtwieringa7391

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@pascalterhorst6

2 жыл бұрын

Second that one!

@suzikane

2 жыл бұрын

It's on the list!!! Cheers Suzette #TeamHighly

@rick1901

2 жыл бұрын

That one is hilarious 😂

@dymphievannoordtwieringa7391

2 жыл бұрын

@@suzikane also enjoy Netherlands second🤣

Aansprakelijkheidswaardevaststellingsveranderingen is the longest Dutch word.

@xztream2455

2 жыл бұрын

As a Dutchie i had to read that like 3 times 😂

@spithoffm

2 жыл бұрын

Im almost getting hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliofobie off my own language. And that our word for having a phobia for long words🤣

@itsmemiranda954

2 жыл бұрын

@@xztream2455 as am I, I had to do the same! 😬

@JanJaapZwaag

2 жыл бұрын

Nee, dat is 'Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamhedencomitéleden'...

Love how the guy was practiceing his golf swing while talking about swaffelen 🤣

You didnt see OUR Long word in HUNGARIAN.... Eltöredezettségmentesítőtleníthetetlenkedhetettetek...

@ST-vt4nu

2 жыл бұрын

What does that mean? Must be a big combination of words, right? 😅

My only take away is the SWAFFELEN 😉🤣

Those Bart de Pau video's are awesome. It's not only about language, but also about Dutch customs or typical Dutch things of which they have to guess what it is. So funny!

@DenUitvreter

2 жыл бұрын

Especially when the fresh immigrants get a chance to make fun off the Dutch. "Only Dutch people use this" is funny, but also the ones about first impression on arrival, culture shock and things like that. But some others are simply not understandable for people outside the country.

Laughed my *ss off with this one! 😂 Love from Dutchland! 😁

It's so ridiculous that a substantial part of modern English was influenced by it. Arbeid=labour, ongeschiktheid= inability and verzekering=insurance. Put it together and you get arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering. An insurance for when you are not able to work. The difference is that we put the three words together since they form one subject. Like you would write golf ball, where we would write golfbal, because it's one thing. That's how we got a word with 8 consonants in a row: angstschreeuw. Angst=fear, schreeuw= scream. Angstschreeuw is scream of fear

4:37 his face lol

Gezellig is the most dutch word and we use it for everything cosy, fun, nice, things on your own and things together. A cat can be gezellig and cup of tea, a house, a vacation, a gathering, music. I think it's what shows what dutch people are like on the inside even when on the outside they can seem a bit gruff cause we like to complain, we use -je to make words small and cute and we chase things that are "gezellig".

@GaryKertopermono

2 жыл бұрын

Unless you say "lekker gezellig", then it can be used more cynically.

@Iflie

2 жыл бұрын

@@GaryKertopermono Yeah sarcasm is also a very dutch thing.

@gertvanderstraaten6352

Жыл бұрын

Gezellig lied over gezellig. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6yL2K2ilc-YZ8Y.html

4:49 don't worry, we simply paste words together if they are one thing. In this case it's one type of insurance so it's one thing and thus we don't put a space between the words.

@Iflie

2 жыл бұрын

Yups, I still want to paste all kinds of english words together but spellcheck will not let me, haha Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering isn't even a difficult word in dutch, just a bit long but there are only three words in it.

@Iflie

2 жыл бұрын

@@RViscara haha, yeah i always feel sorry for the foreigners. I just can't imagine what it sounds like to them to have to start using our hard g's all the time. Let alone the long words for simple things. Though the english get us back with so many extra letters you do not pronounce.

we dutch love these video's we don't take our weirdness not serious whahahahaha

Swaffelen became a more prominent word when In April 2008, the term received wide media attention in the Netherlands and Belgium, when a Dutch student committed the act on the Taj Mahal and uploaded the video to KZread. The student was suspended for this action. Before that it was not widely know in the Netherlands.

Your face🤣🤣 Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering... you are killing me.😂😂🤣🤣

You've made my day, so funny (72yr old Dutchy living in the UK)

To swaffel or not to swaffel , that is the question ☝️

@merilicious1594

2 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS swaffel! 😂

The longest Dutch word, hottentottententententoonstelling 😅

It s funny/when you ar laughing with the word swaffeling😅🤣😂😂🤣🤣👍😃 Nice video.

HahA I died laughing at arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering 😂

Lol .. " I swaffle, You Swaffle ,he swaffle , we all swaffle " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg that comment from Trump about him not reaching the Tower to swaffle it made me laugh so hard . We dutch people have some crazy words here 🤣🤣🤣

i have been speaking dutch for my whole life, was born in the netherlands, spoke with all different kinds of people about all different kinds of topics, and now is the first time i hear the word swaffelen. like what-

I like Dutch, learned some in school and a lot from watching Dutch TV. Plus it's very similar to German, which makes most of it easy to understand. It does sound funny, though. I had no problem with Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering since German always uses compound words. The translation for this one for example would be Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung. The most famous German compound word would be "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" (beef labeling supervision duties delegation law). Never heard of "swaffelen", though.

@therealdutchidiot

2 жыл бұрын

I believe our longest word is "meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornissen", which literally translates to "multiple personality disorders". German almost doubles our longest word (63 vs 38 letters).

@BobWitlox

2 жыл бұрын

According to Onze Taal, the longest word is aansprakelijkheidswaardevaststellingsveranderingen (literal translation: liability valuation changes)

@therealdutchidiot

2 жыл бұрын

@@BobWitlox Which literally is a word noone would ever use.

@danny9905

Жыл бұрын

@@therealdutchidiot iedereen in de verzekerings of juridische branche wel!

@therealdutchidiot

Жыл бұрын

@@danny9905 Uh, nee. Echt niet. Het is een bedacht woord dat misschien relevant zou zijn binnen de juridische branche maar zelfs zij zouden hem niet begrijpen. Maar, bewijs het tegendeel: deel een foto waarop de term op papier staat.

Always fun when a foreigner is interested in the Dutch language. Hartelijk dank :)

I love how that American couple immediately "got" where you would swaffel. It doesn't count if it's not done on a famous landmark, building or monument.

@marks.6480

2 жыл бұрын

@@RViscara he didnt and they're not.

@hedwignl8118

2 жыл бұрын

@@RViscara .. not accurate and it never happened. He could try but we’re not that obedient.

@marks.6480

2 жыл бұрын

@@RViscara no it didnt happen and you dont know what you are talking about, just like Trump.

@marks.6480

2 жыл бұрын

@@RViscara you made the claim, you prove it or shut up.

@connectedeurope

2 жыл бұрын

@@RViscara we are not mad about Trump doing this. To the other Dutch I can say, yes Trump has complained so much about the defense budgets European countries have that he said they should pay more. For the Netherlands it means from less than 1.4 % going to 2.0 % of the national income should be spend on defense NATO budget by 2024. But it's part of a bigger deal they made at this summit. And basically it's done by Trump to feed the weapon and defence manufacturers in the USA more money from Europe, because we still buy much from there.

This is such a great video and reaction! 😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😅🤣😂😂👊👊👊

The main thing to remember is that in Dutch you can combine words to make new once. It took me a while to figure out that you don't do this in Englisg.

@PyrusFlameborn

2 жыл бұрын

Anglosaxon could do it. Tooth + paste = toothpaste. We just kept going😂

@psychwolf7590

2 жыл бұрын

English has compound words too... except you don't write them together but apart

Ik had alle woorden goed !!

Haha I can see how “arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering” will just look like a random string of letters to someone who doesn’t know Dutch.

If you want to know more Dutch, watch Dutchies to be - Learn Dutch with Kim. She's very good. In fact there's also the word arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekeringsmaatschappij, so even longer! And yes it's a legit Dutch word. There are compound nouns in Dutch so you can have very long ones.

We have some words in dutch, you don't wanna say in America! Our shower creme is called douche creme , and yes there is also a douche creme for men. 🤣 My family in Michigan is always telling me not to say that out loud🤣🤣

Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering 😂 thats a real word 😅

Milieubeschermingsmaatregelplan 😄😉 Compliments...and kind regards from the Netherlands! 🥇💫⚡️

You do not need to butcher the G like that. thats only something they do in holland. In other parts they use a softer g. Think of the g in the english word: grand, goodmorning etc

@johnvanhal2450

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

Sorry man, Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering is a word 🤔😂

@evagronlund1786

2 жыл бұрын

In swedish I think it's called arbetsskadeförsäkring. So not so weird for me.

Bart’s lessons are a blast 💥 nice reaction 🤘🏻🇳🇱

Well, since we have the Arbeitsunfähigkeitsversicherung in Germany as well...^^ AND we have the word pimmeln, which is the our equivalent to swaffeln

Hahaha yess I’m Dutch but live almost 2 years in L.A . And a lot of Americans ask me to teach them Dutch words and I just can’t 😂😂

Yes 'arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering' is a real word, we have a lot of words like that because we combine words to make a new word if they form a singular combined meaning. The word consists of 'arbeid' (S to connect it with;) 'ongeschiktheid' (S again to connect it with;) 'verzekering'.

these videos are so funny more videos like this would be nice! maybe another tip you should look around at dutch advertisements, especially the insurance advertisements here in the netherlands are legendary!

@ianvandam3727

2 жыл бұрын

even amesfoort bellen

Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingen❤😂😂

He or she swaffles. LOL!!!!

Official longest word in Dutch: Aansprakelijkheidswaardevastellingsveranderingen (50 letters)

@weswesyall2827

2 жыл бұрын

Ik dacht dat het hottentottentententoonstelling was

@Pasunsoprano

2 жыл бұрын

@@weswesyall2827 nee, hottentottententententoonstellingstentententoonstellingstent. So a tent in which the tents are exhibited which hold the exhibition of the hottentot tents.

@johnvanhal2450

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pasunsoprano Zo werkt het niet helemaal. Je kunt dan alles wel aan elkaar plakken. Zoals voetgangersoversteekplaats bestaat, maar je er bijvoorbeeld schildersbenodigdhedenfabrikanten aan kunt plakken. En nog wel andere woorden. Makkelijk om aan 100 letters te komen dan. Voetgangersoversteekplaatsenschildersbenodigdhedenfabrikantenonderzoekscomissieledenagenda. Maar da's niet officieel.

@Pasunsoprano

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnvanhal2450 in tegenstelling tot hottentottententententoonstelling? Das wel officieel? Who cares.

@johnvanhal2450

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pasunsoprano Das inderdaad ook geen officieel woord. En het maakt uit voor mij en veel anderen die hun taal liefhebben. Het taalonderwijs tegenwoordig laat veel te wensen over, mijns inziens.

Learn each day one new word dutch and in 3 Month's almost 100 words and you loves dutch.

Try Gronings, a local dialect. "Kiek'n of de muur spijt" In Dutch that would be: kijken of de muur spuugt. Literally: check if the wall vomits. Meaning: drawing cash from an ATM machine

This was really funny. Especially your reaction to the last word. But don't worry it is also commonly abbreviated as AOV 😉

I like the "a made up language, that's what it sounds like". But isn't every language made up? The fact that she doesn't speak any other language than english doesnt make English less made up.

@black4pienus

2 жыл бұрын

Facts!

@Kuubaan

2 жыл бұрын

Word! Exactly what I was thinking too :)

@stonedmountainunicorn9532

2 жыл бұрын

*Tolkien crying in the corner*

I’m dutch, and your reaction at 3:08. Every day I’m swaffeling… PRICELESS!!!👍👍👍

Oh Yeah!.. "Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering" We do indeed have a habit to put things together, just like the Germans.. with words like "Fussbodenschleifmaschinenverleihbetrieb", that is why we're masters at scrabble.. :)

Haha it was in one of Simple's reactions that I paused the video after a few seconds because I realized he was wearing your swaffelen t-shirt! I really love how you two interacted during the ESC 2019 reaction video and also how much you love the word swaffelen. Keeping that in mind and then trying to imagine the conversation of you explaining to Simple what swaffelen is, is just adding a huge smile on my face haha

Face saving note: we, people form the south of the Netherlands, do not use rolling G's and R's, so we decently sound like the rest of the world. We don't like to grind our vocal cords into kroket- or bitterbal filling.

@Widdekuu91

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from the North and I was tired when I read this. I missed "the south" in your comment and kept thinking; But we dó! Nó, we dó!" Then I finally read "we, people from the south" and I understood.

HAhahahaha that's me, i am arbeidsongeschikt LMAO

The longest Dutch word is: aansprakelijkheidswaardevaststellingsveranderingen (50 letters). Good luck with that one 🤣

i got so happy seing arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekerning becouse that is my favorite word. another great dutch word is aansprakelijkheidswaardevastellingsveranderingen

Actually 'gezellig' also was in the Old english 'gesealig', meaning 'with your companion'. Normally being with your compagnion should be nice 😊

You just gained a dutch subscriber 😂

OMG I laughed shit. So funny was your reaction. Briljant. This is really a good and funny video.

nice reaction..... !!

4.50 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you made my day

@HighlyCombustibleReacts

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Claudia!! Keep coming back!

LOL architecture🤣🤣

I knew this would be difficult. But it does sound funny. Yes, the Netherlands has long words, but you don't speak it every day!!! It would help to learn the Alphabeth, it already makes a difference to pronounce the letters correctly. But Chinese or Arabic again seems to me to be a difficult Language. This is HELLO 嘿 😳 IN CHINESE and This is HELLO IN ARABIC مرحبًا😳 This seems to me to be very difficult. Top video 🔝💜👍

Arbaidsonsjik????? I’m going crazy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

"Very different", it's one of the closest languages to English next to Frisian and German.

I had a good laugh...i liked it! The language is difficult i know.

The Netherlands salute you my friend! Keep uploading these nice and fun videos! I am having a blast watching them!

I am Dutch and I have never heard of Swaffelen xD! I didn't even know we have a word for that.

@johnvanhal2450

2 жыл бұрын

Staat al lang in het woordenboek. Zeker ook nooit van "Bokitaproof" gehoord?

Funny when foreigners try to speek Dutch, but i have the same problems when speaking another language people are always laughing that always makes it so funny speaking each others language

Haha…love it

As a general tip to English speakers, as a lot of people explain in the comments; we use word-rhyme or compounding multiple words into one (not uniquely so as a language) , because this tends to trow of Anglons who don't you can use "-" hyphens in between words, you can then disect them individually , youll find that the compound is a very litteral description in most cases

Here you go 🤣🤣🤣🤣☝️

That was funny😹

You are awesome bro! +1 for your video's Greetingz from 🇳🇱

"Potvoordriedubbeltjes"! -a lesbian for three dimes 🤣

@aorta538

2 жыл бұрын

sorry, it means something like 'Damn, oh noo'...

Swaffelen is a pretty funny word ngl. A real thigh-slapper... or car... or street lantern... but niet in de dixie :')

As a 63 year old Dutch man I won't react anymore I have to laugh to much haha Greetings

How about achthonderdachtentachtig achtkantige gaskachels 😁

@lydiavandodeweerd2984

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Highly I want u to say that lol 😂😆

@mariadebake5483

2 жыл бұрын

You have to add prachtige after achtentachtig

They are reaching the GGGGGGGG-spot.

Here's another one for ya ......"Meervoudigepersoolijkheidsstoornis" meaning: Multiple personality disorder. :)

arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering makes more sense when you break it up. Arbeid meaning work, ongeschikt meaning not being able to, verzekering meaning insurance. basically it's some kind of disability insurance.

The longest word is: vrachtwagenautobandenventieldopjesfabrikant

Actually, if English speakers hadn’t forgotten old-English, they would probably understand Dutch. I do the other way around. Try this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pXmVtKR6hJO6fNY.html

You should try to pronounce hotttentottententetentoonstelling

A lot of languages can mae very large words for specific things. Not just Germanic ones either. I learned Turkish for a while and they tend to make extremely long words beecause they add what we have as pronouns to a word. So my house is one word for instance and they can add a lot to it. I think Hungarian and Finnish/Estonian have that too.

Just 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Afvalwaterzuiveringsinstallatie = Wastewater treatment facility

@2:34 , 2 of em pronounced it correctly, it is like americans would say it with the difference that we ... as you should... pronounce the short "a" as ah not as eh ... so not so much tehnd-pehsta, (like in tending to and pesto) but tahnd-pahsta (like the a in dacia or the italian food pasta or bartering)

Oh yeah, arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering is a real word.

Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering : I've read all comments..and all the translations were right however, i think nobody was correct in what it actually means...the insurance is for when you get injured in such a bad way that you cannot ever work again it doesn't have to be an injury perse a stroke for example could disable you in such manner that work is no longer possible ...and there are ofcourse more ways why such things can happen...

@MarieSallaupHalse

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Norwegian, I don't know dutch, When I saw the written word, I only got that the word had something to do with work, because "Arbeid" means "work" also in Norwegian. But when I heard it pronounced, I picked up on the "verzekering" part, that is written as "Forsikring" in Norwegian. I connected the two dots from then on, and was sure it was the same as what we in Norway call "Uføreforsikring". This is an insurance for when you are injured or get ill in such a way that you won't be able to get back to work again.

Dutch is actualy a mix of English nedersaksish German and French.😂😂😂

Lady at 3.17 , "I swaffle " Me : Im sorry lady but you cant swaffle ! Lady : why not ? Me : Its a "man" thing .

"It sounds like a made-up language" *laughs distastefully* The dutch: *Laughs in ancient germanic*