Dutch Language Institute

Algemeen Nederlands Woordenboek API

The API for the Algemeen Nederlands Woordenboek can be found at https://anw.ivdnt.org/backend/.

Please note:

• our data is copyrighted. Small scale personal use is fine, but for larger scale and/or commercial use, you need a license. (contact us)
• please don’t overload the servers with requests
• we cannot provide official support
• we cannot guarantee availability now or in the future

Find a word (basic search)

Search for the word test:

https://anw.ivdnt.org/backend/search?searchtype=funqy%3Asearch_form(%27test%27)&sort=relevance&output=json&pagenumber=1&resultsperpage=20

List of entries

Get a list of entries in JSON:

https://anw.ivdnt.org/backend/lemmalist?output=json

The response is a list of items. Each item consists of:

• headword (can be used to retrieve the entry XML)
• how to display this headword (which may differ slightly in some cases)
• is this a minimal entry?
• is there an image?
• is there a video?
• is there a sound?

Retrieve an entry

Retrieve XML for an entry:

https://anw.ivdnt.org/article/bibliotheek?output=xml