Complete Dutch translation table for care instructions, washing labels, and textile symbols. Copy-ready translations for your Shopify product labels.
Dutch is the native language of 23 million people across the Netherlands and Belgium. If your Shopify store ships to either country, your washing labels and care instructions need to be in Dutch. Customers expect it, and EU textile labelling regulations require it. This guide gives you every care symbol translated to Dutch, plus the most common washing instructions word for word. For automatic translation across your entire product catalogue, the Translate Product Images app for Shopify handles Dutch and dozens of other languages without manual work.
TL;DR: Need to translate washing labels and care instructions to Dutch for your Shopify store?
Here’s a complete translation table plus tips for the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders), Suriname market.
If you sell clothing, textiles, or any products with care labels to Dutch-speaking customers, you need translated washing instructions. Customers expect to see care information in their language – and in many markets, it’s legally required.
Here’s every standard washing label instruction translated to Dutch (Nederlands). Copy these directly or use them as reference:
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| Machine wash cold | Machinewas koud |
| Machine wash warm | Machinewas warm |
| Hand wash only | Alleen handwas |
| Do not wash | Niet wassen |
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| Do not bleach | Niet bleken |
| Bleach when needed | Bleken indien nodig |
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| Tumble dry low | Droogtrommel lage temperatuur |
| Tumble dry medium | Droogtrommel gemiddelde temperatuur |
| Do not tumble dry | Niet in de droogtrommel |
| Dry flat | Liggend drogen |
| Hang to dry | Hangend drogen |
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| Iron low heat | Strijken lage temperatuur |
| Iron medium heat | Strijken gemiddelde temperatuur |
| Iron high heat | Strijken hoge temperatuur |
| Do not iron | Niet strijken |
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| Dry clean only | Alleen stomerij |
| Do not dry clean | Niet stomen |
The Netherlands has one of the highest e-commerce penetration rates in Europe at 95%. Combined with Flanders, the Dutch-speaking market exceeds €35 billion.
Properly translated care labels signal that you take the Dutch-speaking market seriously. It builds trust and reduces returns from customers who couldn’t understand washing instructions.
Dutch uses the digraph ‘ij’ (sometimes written as ÿ) and compound words similar to German. The trema (ë, ï) indicates separate vowel pronunciation.
When translating product images for your Shopify store, keep these language-specific requirements in mind. Your translations need to display correctly on the actual product labels.
You have several options to display translated care instructions:
For stores with many products, manually translating each care label is time-consuming. Our bulk translation features let you translate all product images and labels to Dutch in minutes instead of hours.
Care labels are just one type of product label that needs translation. Consider also translating:
Now you have all the Dutch care instruction translations you need. For a complete solution that handles all your product image translations automatically: