| to educate | education | nursery school/kindergarten |
| primary school | secondary school | comprehensive school |
| grammar school | boarding school | subject |
| innovate | innovation | innovative |
| to graduate | graduate | scholarschip |
| to enable | boring/dull/tedious | to be bored |
| to skip | term | mark/grade |
| to pass | to fail | pass/pass mark |
| fail/fail mark | mathematics/maths | unless |
| average | actually | diary |
| kleuterschool | opleiding/onderwijs | opleiden |
| scholengemeenschap | middelbare school | basisschool |
| vak | kostschool | gymnasium |
| vernieuwend | vernieuwing | vernieuwen |
| studiebeurs | afgestudeerde | afstuderen |
| zich vervelen | saai | in staat stellen |
| cijfer | trimester/periode | overslaan |
| voldoende | zakken voor | slagen voor |
| tenzij | wiskunde | onvoldoende |
| agenda/dagboek | eigenlijk | gemiddeld |