Separable verbs: where does 'op' go?
Opstaan, opbellen, aankomen: the prefix moves to the end of the sentence, but not with every verb. One question tells you whether a verb is separable. With exercises you can do right away.
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Gewerkt or gewerkd? Remember soft ketchup
Does the past participle end in -t or -d? One phrase gives the answer: soft ketchup. With exercises you can do right away.
Niet or geen? The rule in one question
When do you say niet and when geen? One question gives the answer, and then you see where niet goes in the sentence. With exercises you can do right away.
BIG registration: is the Dutch language requirement going up to C1?
Is the Dutch language requirement for the BIG register going up to C1, or even C2? No. A motion for C1 was rejected on 22 September 2026. Which requirements apply now, what a motion does and does not do, and what happens if the requirement ever does go up.
Civic integration Act 2021: B1 route, education route, Z route and when A2 applies
How does civic integration work under the Dutch Civic Integration Act 2021 (Wet inburgering 2021)? The broad intake, the PIP, the three learning routes and their exams, and the situations in which a language exam at A2 is still allowed or enough. With links to inburgeren.nl and ind.nl.
NT2 State Exam Programme I or II: which one do you need?
Programme I (B1) or Programme II (B2) of the Staatsexamen NT2? Situation by situation: mbo, hbo and university, work (including healthcare with the BIG register and teaching), civic integration in the B1 route or the education route, and naturalisation. With links to the official sources.
From B1 to B2 in Dutch: how long does it really take?
How long the step from B1 to B2 takes differs per person and per skill. What is fixed is the exam schedule of the NT2 state exam Programme II. How to plan from that schedule, and how to take the parts separately.
Dutch civic integration exam A2 Speaking: what the exam looks like
The A2 Speaking exam (Spreken) of the Dutch civic integration exam takes 35 minutes and has 16 questions in 4 parts. For each part: what happens, what a good answer sounds like and how DUO marks it.
NT2 state exam dates 2026-2027: registration, results and diploma
All exam dates of the Dutch NT2 state exam (Staatsexamen NT2), Programme I and II, up to and including January 2027, with the registration deadline and results date for each exam. Plus: how long it takes from registration to diploma.
The NT2 state exam or the civic integration exam: what is the difference?
The Staatsexamen NT2 is a language exam at B1 or B2. The civic integration exam is the whole set of language and knowledge exams for civic integration. The language exams at B1 and B2 within civic integration are the Staatsexamen NT2. Which exam you need, situation by situation.
Language levels A1, A2, B1, B2: what do they really mean?
What do the CEFR language levels A1, A2, B1 and B2 mean? What you can do at each level, with examples, and which level you need in the Netherlands for civic integration, naturalisation, study and work. With a short quiz and links to the official sources.
The Dutch civic integration exam: everything you need to know
Who has to integrate, which exams make up the civic integration exam under the 2013 and 2021 Acts, which language level you need, what it costs, how much time you have and how to prepare. Checked against inburgeren.nl and ind.nl.