Practice Dutch at A1 level

A free, government-linked program teaching the 1,200-1,500 most common Dutch words - explicitly designed to bring learners to A1.

Free online lessons, audio, translations, and animations covering the 1,200 basic words needed for the actual inburgering A1 exam.

Free exercises organized by CEFR level, including a structured A1 entry point.

The well-known free, gamified vocab/grammar app - has dedicated course interfaces for Ukrainian and Russian speakers.

Bart de Pau's platform with a full A1 track, exercises, and video lessons.

Structured lessons including dedicated A0-A1 beginner content and a graded beginner soap-opera series.

English-language grammar explainer videos, beginner-friendly and actively updated.

Street-interview format with Dutch and English subtitles - great early exposure to real spoken Dutch.

A0-A1-targeted graded stories - told in Dutch, then translated, then repeated at a faster pace, hosted by a professional Dutch teacher.

No new episodes since March 2023, but the complete back catalog remains a coherent A1 course.

An actively updated beginner-friendly podcast, biweekly, with 5+ years and 60+ episodes.

A long-running podcast with true absolute-beginner content, slow audio, and vocab lists.

The Dutch Sesame Street, now on Netflix - simple, repetitive, native-level vocabulary appropriate for A1.

Daily children's news, ~20 minutes, in simple Dutch - a good near-streaming companion at A1.

A daily 10-minute adult news bulletin in deliberately slow, explained Dutch - a gentle A1-to-A2 on-ramp.