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((Short description|English spoken inside of the Netherlands))
((refimprove|date=September 2012))
[[File:Netherlands United Kingdom Locator.png|thumb|The [[United Kingdom]] (orange) and the [[Netherlands]] (green). The cultural relationship between the two countries dates back centuries.]]

In the [[Netherlands]], the [[English language]] can be spoken by the vast majority of the population, with estimates of English proficiency reaching 90%<ref>((cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_en.pdf|title=EUROPEANS AND THEIR LANGUAGES|website=Ec.europa.eu|accessdate=2017-08-23))</ref> to 93%<ref>((cite web|url=https://alisonedwardsdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/phd-thesis_edwards.pdf|title="English in the Netherlands: Functions, forms and attitudes" p. 316 and onwards|website=Alisonedwardsdotcom.files.wordpress.com|accessdate=23 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222138/https://alisonedwardsdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/phd-thesis_edwards.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead))</ref> of the Dutch population. Contributing factors for the high degree of English fluency are the similarity of the two languages, the country's small size, dependence on international trade,<ref name="degruyter">[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/eujal-2020-0020/html Language Learning beyond English in the Netherlands - A fragile future?]</ref> and the use of [[subtitles]] for foreign languages on [[television]], rather than [[dubbing (filmmaking)|audio dubbing]]. Dutch children have to start learning English in primary school from age ten at the latest.<ref>[https://www.expatica.com/nl/education/children-education/dutch-education-system-100816/#Primary A complete guide to education in the Netherlands – Expatica.htm]</ref> Additionally, more and more Dutch schools, at all levels of education, have adopted English as a language to teach in.<ref name="degruyter" /> 

[[Dutch language|Dutch]]'s genealogical proximity to English is also noted as a significant factor since both languages share a closely related [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic language]] origin.<ref name="English in Europe">((cite book |title=English in Europe: The acquisition of a third language |year=2000 |publisher=Multilingual Matters, Ltd.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iaEGdFnQDJcC&q=English+language+in+the+Netherlands&pg=PR7|author=Cenoz J., Jessner U.|isbn=9781853594793 |accessdate=2009-09-04))</ref> Occupations that require advanced knowledge of English, such as those in aviation and the sciences, are above averagely chosen in the Netherlands. Furthermore, it is an official and the majority language in the Caribbean municipalities of [[Saba (island)|Saba]] and [[Sint Eustatius]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0028063/|title=Regeling - Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba - BWBR0028063|website=Wetten.overheid.nl|accessdate=23 August 2017))</ref>

Culturally, the Dutch have a long tradition of foreign language learning. The focus of modern foreign language (MFL) learning in school lies on English, German and/or French. Despite an ever stronger focus on English, learning two or even three foreign languages is still not unusual. For instance, 31% of the Dutch also claim to speak German well enough to have a conversation in it.<ref name="degruyter" />

==History==
Various explanations contribute to the popularity of English in the Netherlands. The small size and population of the Netherlands and hundreds of years of it having a trade and commerce economy, particularly between Continental Europe and the United Kingdom, the Dutch put strong emphasis on learning English and other foreign languages, especially German.((cn|date=September 2023)) In the following decades, with American-dominated globalization, English gradually increased in importance as a [[lingua franca]], at the expense of both [[German language|German]] and [[French language|French]], which lost popularity as second languages in the latter half of the 20th century. That is in spite of [[Germany]] being the most important trade partner of the Netherlands. Nevertheless, knowledge of more than one foreign language is still more widespread than in many other member states of the [[European Union]].((cn|date=September 2023))

Visitors may find that it is possible to live in the Netherlands for a long time without learning Dutch, mostly because 2.5 million citizens in the country are not fluent in Dutch.<ref>((Cite news |title=2,5 miljoen Nederlanders beheersen taal onvoldoende |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/04/20/25-miljoen-nederlanders-beheersen-taal-onvoldoende-a1407775 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NRC |date=20 April 2016 |language=nl |last1=Verlaan |first1=Jos ))</ref> A substantial number of the inhabitants of Amsterdam have English as their native language, mostly British and North American immigrants.((Citation needed|date=January 2024)) Nevertheless, in and around Amsterdam, one may find announcements, traffic signs and advertisements in both Dutch and English or even in English only, as in [[Schiphol Airport]].((Citation needed|date=January 2024)) Amsterdam, however, already has had an English-speaking community for hundreds of years. A church worshipping in English, the [[English Reformed Church, Amsterdam|English Reformed Church]] was reopened for worship in 1607.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.ercadam.nl/about-us/history/|title=History - English Reformed Church Amsterdam|website=Ercadam.nl|accessdate=23 August 2017))</ref>

Most important scholarly and scientific publications in the Netherlands are now in English with the exception of government and legal publications.

==English-language education in the Netherlands==
English is compulsory at all levels of the [[education in the Netherlands|Dutch secondary education system]]:
* Many [[elementary schools]] teach English in the upper grades.
* Pupils must score at least a 5.5/10 for English Language and Literature at the high school finals to be able to graduate, which equals to a A2 level at the lowest (At [[Voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs|VMBO]] high school level),<ref>((Cite web|title=ERK streefniveaus Engels|url=https://www.slo.nl/handreikingen/vmbo/handreiking-se-engels-vmbo/examenprogramma/erk-streefniveaus/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=SLO|language=nl))</ref> and a B2 to C1 level at the highest (At [[Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs|VWO]] high school level).<ref>((Cite web|title=Cambridge English op de vwo: een Engels examen voor iedereen|url=https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/nl/exams-and-tests/general-english-and-for-schools/vwo/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=www.cambridgeenglish.org))</ref>

The official goal is for pupils to learn [[Received Pronunciation]], or the [[Queen's English]]. However, the availability of American-English television, as well as British English television programmes that are freely available without audio dubbing has resulted in Dutch pupils speaking and writing a mix of these major influences.
Since secondary schools in the Netherlands have different levels of education (preparatory mid-level professional, higher general continued education and pre-university college/preparatory scientific education), a test from the elementary school and the advice of the teacher determines the level that a pupil will attend.
The first teaches a pupil enough English to have simple conversations.
The second is focused on achieving the ability to speak formally and in a professional setting.
The third is focused on understanding the more difficult texts and communicating on a university/scientific level, which is a bit more than a master in English needed for British universities demands but without the proverbs or sayings.((cn|date=June 2021))
* Around 100 schools offer [[bilingual education]] (Dutch-English). The concept was first introduced in several secondary schools, but it has found its way to elementary schools.
* The first university professor of English, Jan Beckering Vinckers, was appointed at the [[University of Groningen]] in 1885.
* Most [[university]] [[master's degree]]s are in English, and an increasing number of [[bachelor's degree]]s are as well,<ref>((cite web| url=http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2187638.ece/English_takes_over_at_Dutch_universities| title=NRC| website=Nrc.nl| accessdate=23 August 2017))</ref> and even the first degrees of community college given in English have made their way into existence. In addition, many degrees that are taught in Dutch use English-language materials (such as books) and names.
* Students are often taught to perform internet searches in English, which allow for far more types and amounts of information than in Dutch.

==English-language television in the Netherlands==
In addition to the availability of the British channels [[BBC One]], [[BBC Two|Two]] and [[BBC World News|World News]], the American [[CNN]] and the English edition of [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]], many programmes broadcast on Dutch channels are broadcast in their original English language with Dutch [[subtitles]].<ref name="English in Europe"/> English language children's programmes, however, are usually [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]].
Dubbed commercials, films and television programmes, apart from animations and cartoons, have often come to be disliked by the Dutch public. People very much prefer them to be broadcast with subtitles or even with no form of translation at all.((citation needed|date=April 2022))

There are also a few television stations broadcasting in English, which target the English-speaking community of the Netherlands, such as AF-TV, or dedicate large portions of airtime to programming in English, such as [[RTV7]] and Amsterdam local TV channel Salto 1. (See also [[Television in the Netherlands#Television in other languages|Television in the Netherlands]])

==Dunglish==
((main|Dunglish))
Dunglish (called ''steenkolenengels'' in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] translating to ''coal English'') is a portmanteau of ''Dutch'' and ''English'' and a term often used pejoratively to refer to the mistakes native Dutch speakers make when speaking English.

==See also==
*[[Languages of the Netherlands]]
*''[[The UnDutchables]]''

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article693143.ece/Cursus_Engels Cursus Engels] Dutch language article about use of English in science and scholarship] column in the [[Volkskrant]]  by Bram Buunk 1996
*[http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article719911.ece/Talenkennis Talenkennis] Dutch language column in the [[Volkskrant]] by Bram Buunk on 3 May 1997
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222138/https://alisonedwardsdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/phd-thesis_edwards.pdf English in the Netherlands Functions, forms and attitude by Alison Edwards Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics University of Cambridge Dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, April 2014] 9

((Languages of the Netherlands))
((English dialects by continent))

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