“Gezond Eten” — Eat Well, Drink Water Song in Dutch for Kids
In “Gezond Eten” (Eat Well, Drink Water), kids sing key Dutch words like gezond, de groente, de wortel and de appel, going back and forth between English and Dutch, so the meaning is never a mystery. It's a early-learner (A1) song from Unit 25: Healthy Habits, 2:44 long, made for ages 2–8.
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- Level: A1
- Unit 25 · Gezonde Gewoontes
- ⏱ 2:44
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“Gezond Eten” lyrics with English translation
Every line as it's sung, with its meaning beside it. Dutch is shown in teal.
| Sung | Meaning |
|---|---|
| One, two, three, let's eat! | Eén, twee, drie, we gaan eten! |
| Eten is fijn, let's go! | |
| Healthy! | Gezond! |
| Gezond! | Healthy! |
| I eat healthy! | Ik eet gezond! |
| Ik eet gezond! | I eat healthy! |
| Vegetables! | De groente! |
| De groente! | Vegetables! |
| Crunchy carrot! | Knapperige wortel! |
| De wortel! | The carrot! |
| Juicy apple! | Sappige appel! |
| De appel! | The apple! |
| Yellow banana! | Gele banaan! |
| De banaan! | The banana! |
| Yummy, yummy! Lekker, lekker! | |
| One more bite, nog één hapje! | |
| Yummy and healthy, lekker en gezond! | |
| Drink some water, drink een glas water! | |
| It makes me strong, ik word lekker sterk! | |
| Nog één hapje, one more bite! | |
| Gezond en lekker, bright and light! | |
| A glass of water! | Een glas water! |
| Een glas water! | A glass of water! |
| Cold and fresh! | Koud en vers! |
| Koud en vers! | Cold and fresh! |
| One more bite! | Nog een hap! |
| Nog één hapje! | One more little bite! |
| It makes me strong! | Ik word lekker sterk! |
| Ik word lekker sterk! | It makes me strong! |
| Yummy! | Lekker! |
| Lekker! | Yummy! |
| Very yummy! | Heel erg lekker! |
| Heel erg lekker! | Very yummy! |
| Eat your veggies, happy and strong! | Eet je groente, blij en sterk! |
| One more bite, nog één hapje! | |
| Yummy and healthy, lekker en gezond! | |
| Drink some water, drink een glas water! | |
| It makes me strong, ik word lekker sterk! | |
| Nog één hapje, one more bite! | |
| Gezond en lekker, bright and light! | |
| Sweets are sometimes! | Soms een snoepje! |
| Soms een snoepje! | Sweets are sometimes! |
| Water every day! | Water elke dag! |
| Water elke dag! | Water every day! |
| Little broccoli trees! | Kleine boompjes! |
| Kleine boompjes! | Little broccoli trees! |
| Broccoli and apples, carrot and banana! | Broccoli en appels, wortel en banaan! |
| De groente, de appel, de wortel, de banaan! | The vegetables, the apple, the carrot, the banana! |
| Gezond, gezond! We are strong! | |
| One more bite, nog één hapje! | |
| Yummy and healthy, lekker en gezond! | |
| Drink some water, drink een glas water! | |
| It makes me strong, ik word lekker sterk! | |
| Nog één hapje, one more bite! | |
| Gezond en lekker, bright and light! | |
| Healthy! | Gezond! |
| Gezond! | Healthy! |
| A glass of water! | Een glas water! |
| Een glas water! | A glass of water! |
| Yummy! | Lekker! |
| Lekker! | Yummy! |
| Ik eet gezond, yay! | I eat healthy, yay! |
Key Dutch words in this song
The 10 words and phrases this song is built around.
| Dutch | English |
|---|---|
| gezond | healthy |
| de groente | vegetables |
| de wortel | carrot |
| de appel | apple |
| de banaan | banana |
| een glas water | a glass of water |
| nog één hapje | one more bite |
| lekker | yummy |
| sterk | strong |
| ik eet gezond | I eat healthy |
How to use this song with your child
- 1
Make “nog één hapje” the word of the day
This song repeats “nog één hapje” (one more bite) on 7 lines. Use it once or twice during the day outside the song, and let your child correct you if you get it wrong.
- 2
Split the parts
Once the song is familiar, you sing the English lines and your child sings the Dutch ones, then swap. It turns listening into speaking.
- 3
Make it a routine
At 2:44, play it once a day at the same moment for a week. Play doctor with a teddy: listen to its heart and say the Dutch words from the song.
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