You probably work fine in English already — but learning Dutch opens the door to really joining in: at the coffee machine, in informal standups, and with Dutch-speaking colleagues and clients.
At international scale-ups, English really is the working language. But at banks, insurers, government-adjacent IT organisations and more traditional companies, tickets, internal documentation and stakeholder conversations often still run in Dutch.
Banks, insurers and government-adjacent IT often have Dutch-language tickets, requirements and internal wikis — even when the team itself is international.
For a junior dev role, English often gets you far. As you move into a tech lead role or into client/stakeholder contact, you're increasingly expected to hold your own in Dutch.
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Whether you write code, manage systems or lead teams — we work with vocabulary and situations that match your daily work.
Working in a different sector? Check out my general Dutch for work page.
Many Dutch tech terms are closer than you think — a small sample.
This kind of vocabulary comes back in your lessons, alongside the standup and sprint terms you'll actually use.
Practical, flexible, and with vocabulary you'll actually use in standups, code reviews and at the coffee machine.
Introducing yourself, coffee machine chats, informal standup updates — we practise situations you'll recognise right away.
Standups, sprints, code reviews, retros and incident conversations — practised with words you encounter daily at work.
Writing tasks are practised at home, with detailed feedback — so every lesson minute goes to speaking and active learning.
Lessons adapt to your sprint planning and on-call duties. Free rescheduling up to 12 hours in advance.
No standard course. We determine together which level and pace fits your role and goals — and build the lessons around that.
Real reviews from Preply and private students.
"Tim is very clear, patient, and encouraging. Lessons are well structured and make learning the language enjoyable and practical. Ik vind het leuk om Nederlands te leren met Tim!"
"Tim prepares every lesson carefully and draws up a personal schedule. Everything is always well organised — he is friendly and professional at the same time."
"I passed the writing and speaking exams. I'm so grateful for your help. See you tomorrow!"
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