How to Say "Soup" in Dutch - How To Say Guide

soep

/sup/feminine

The Dutch word for "soup" is soep.

Meaning: dish (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

The word is a feminine noun. To say "a soup," you use the indefinite article een soep.

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There is a Dutch expression de soep in lopen, which means to go wrong or to end in disaster, similar to the English 'go south'.
The Dutch tradition of snert is a thick pea soup so dense that it is traditionally served with a piece of pork and often thick enough to hold a spoon upright.
The Dutch word soep actually has a distant 'cousin' in English: the word 'sop'. Both words trace back to the same idea of dipping bread into liquid.

U eet uw soep.
You eat your soup.
This sentence shows how to use soep with a possessive pronoun.
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De soep is dik.
The soup is thick.
This sentence describes the texture of the soep.
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De soep is koud.
The soup is cold.
This sentence describes the temperature of the soep.
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Mag ik een kom soep?
May I have a bowl of soup?
Heb je zin in soep?
Do you feel like having soup?
Kun je me een lekker soepje aanbevelen?
Can you recommend me a tasty little soup?
Zullen we een kom heerlijke snert eten?
Shall we have a bowl of delicious snert?
Wat voor soepen zijn er?
What kinds of soups are available?
Welke soepen raad je aan?
Which soups do you recommend?
Welke soep moet ik proberen in Amsterdam?
Which soup should I try in Amsterdam?
De soep was heerlijk!
The soup was delicious!
Bedankt voor de heerlijke soep!
Thank you for the delicious soup!
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Sources

Wiktionary, “soup” translations and entries soep, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries soep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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