l

l'en (plural)
l'etje (diminutive neuter)

(euphemistic) Short for lul or any other word starting with an l.


gemak

nl-noun

gemak n (plural gemakken, diminutive gemakje n)

gemakken (plural)
gemakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gemak

From Middle Dutch gemac, from Old Dutch *gimak, from Proto-Germanic *gamaką, a substantivised form of *gamakaz.


paal

paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

palen (plural)
paaltje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: paal
→ Tsonga: pala
→ Xhosa: ipala

→ Caribbean Hindustani: pál

→ Caribbean Javanese: pal

→ Guyanese Creole English: paal

→ Indonesian: pal (“milestone”)

→ Papiamentu: palu

From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.


spugen

spugen (infinitive)
spugen (gerund neuter)
spuug (first-person present singular)
spoog (first-person past singular)
spuugt (present second-person singular)
spuug (present second-person singular)
spoog (past second-person singular)
spuugt (formal present second-person singular)
spoog (formal past second-person singular)
spuugt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
spuugt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
spoogt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
spoogt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
spuugt (present singular third-person)
spoog (past singular third-person)
spugen (plural present)
spogen (past plural)
spuge (archaic present singular subjunctive)
spoge (archaic past singular subjunctive)
spugen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
spogen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
spuug (imperative present singular)
spuugt (archaic imperative plural present)
spugend (participle present)
gespogen (participle past)
spugen (infinitive)
spugen (gerund neuter)
spuug (first-person present singular)
spuugde (first-person past singular)
spuugt (present second-person singular)
spuug (present second-person singular)
spuugde (past second-person singular)
spuugt (formal present second-person singular)
spuugde (formal past second-person singular)
spuugt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
spuugt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
spuugde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
spuugde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
spuugt (present singular third-person)
spuugde (past singular third-person)
spugen (plural present)
spuugden (past plural)
spuge (archaic present singular subjunctive)
spuugde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
spugen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
spuugden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
spuug (imperative present singular)
spuugt (archaic imperative plural present)
spugend (participle present)
gespuugd (participle past)

Afrikaans: spuug, spoeg

Berbice Creole Dutch: spuku

Negerhollands: spug, spieg

Petjo: spoggen

Reformed from spuwen, by analogy with its older strong past tense spoog.


rietje

→ Papiamentu: richi

Telkens Meneer het rietje greep werd het muisstil en voelden de schoolbanken keihard aan.

Every time Sir reached for the cane, it become earily quiet and the school benches felt awfully hard.

(euphemistic) cane, hickory, or other stick used for corporal punishment


hoeven

hoeven (infinitive)
hoeven (gerund neuter)
hoef (first-person present singular)
hoefde (first-person past singular)
hoeft (present second-person singular)
hoef (present second-person singular)
hoefde (past second-person singular)
hoeft (formal present second-person singular)
hoefde (formal past second-person singular)
hoeft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
hoeft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
hoefde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
hoefde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
hoeft (present singular third-person)
hoefde (past singular third-person)
hoeven (plural present)
hoefden (past plural)
hoeve (archaic present singular subjunctive)
hoefde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
hoeven (archaic plural present subjunctive)
hoefden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
hoef (imperative present singular)
hoeft (archaic imperative plural present)
hoevend (participle present)
gehoeven (participle past)

Afrikaans: hoef

Javindo: hoef

Unclear. Cognates are attested much more sparsely, and later, than those of the prefixed form behoeven. It therefore appears that hoeven is a back-formation from behoeven.

(intransitive, euphemistic) to need to urinate or defecate, to need to go


behoefte

nl-noun

behoefte f (plural behoeftes or behoeften, diminutive behoeftetje n)

behoeftes (plural)
behoeften (plural)
behoeftetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch behoefte. Equivalent to behoeven + -te.

U kunt in het toilet boven uw behoefte doen.

You may defecate in the toilet upstairs.


bips

bips f (plural bipsen, diminutive bipsje n)

bipsen (plural)
bipsje (diminutive neuter)

Uncertain. Perhaps a shortening of bibbers, itself a humorous euphemism for billen (“buttocks, behind”).

Twips twips twips. Eerst de handen op de heupen, dan de handen op de bips.

1967, Carla Lipp, “De twips”, in Ja zuster, nee zuster:

Twips twips twips. First put your hands on your hips, then put your hands on your butt.

(slightly euphemistic, chiefly childish) butt, buttocks


woordenwisseling

woordenwisseling f (plural woordenwisselingen, diminutive woordenwisselingetje n or woordenwisselinkje n)

woordenwisselingen (plural)
woordenwisselingetje (diminutive neuter)
woordenwisselinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌʋoːrdə(n)ˈʋɪsəlɪŋ/

From woord (“word”) + -en- + wisseling (“exchange”).

compound

(euphemistic) an angry discussion using unfriendly words


zitvlak

nl-noun

zitvlak n (plural zitvlakken, diminutive zitvlakje n)

zitvlakken (plural)
zitvlakje (diminutive neuter)

From zitten (“to sit”) + vlak (“plane, surface”).

compound

(euphemistic) butt, seat, posterior (part of the torso and legs on which one sits)


bekennen

bekennen (infinitive)
bekennen (gerund neuter)
beken (first-person present singular)
bekende (first-person past singular)
bekent (present second-person singular)
beken (present second-person singular)
bekende (past second-person singular)
bekent (formal present second-person singular)
bekende (formal past second-person singular)
bekent (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bekent (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bekende (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bekende (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bekent (present singular third-person)
bekende (past singular third-person)
bekennen (plural present)
bekenden (past plural)
bekenne (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bekende (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bekennen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bekenden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
beken (imperative present singular)
bekent (archaic imperative plural present)
bekennend (participle present)
bekend (participle past)

Afrikaans: beken

Negerhollands: beken, bekennen

From Middle Dutch bekennen, from Old Dutch bikennen, from Proto-West Germanic *bikannijan. Equivalent to be- + kennen. Cognates include German bekennen, and English and Scots beken.

(transitive, biblical, euphemistic) to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge


spuit

nl-noun

spuit f (plural spuiten, diminutive spuitje n)

spuiten (plural)
spuitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spuit

Javindo: spuit

Petjo: spuit

→ Indonesian: sepuit

→ Japanese: スポイト

→ Papiamentu: spùit

→ Norwegian Bokmål: sprøyte

→ Sranan Tongo: spoiti

→ Aukan: sipoiti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: spoiti

→ Caribbean Javanese: sepoiti

→ Saramaccan: sipóíti

From Middle Dutch spoyte, probably related to spuien.

Ons konijn heeft vorige week een spuitje gekregen.

(euphemistic, usually diminutive) euthanasia; lethal injection (particularly in relation to animals, usage in relation to humans may be considered crass)


gezet

nl-adj

gezet (comparative gezetter, superlative gezetst)

gezetter (comparative)
gezetst (superlative)
gezet (adverbial positive predicative)
gezetter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het gezetst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het gezetste (adverbial predicative superlative)
gezette (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
gezettere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
gezetste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
gezet (indefinite neuter positive singular)
gezetter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
gezetste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
gezette (indefinite plural positive)
gezettere (comparative indefinite plural)
gezetste (indefinite plural superlative)
gezette (definite positive)
gezettere (comparative definite)
gezetste (definite superlative)
gezets (partitive positive)
gezetters (comparative partitive)

From Middle Dutch geset. Past participle of zetten.

stout, stocky; (euphemistic or ironic) obese, overweight


harde

nl-noun

harde m (plural harden, diminutive hardetje n)

harden (plural)
hardetje (diminutive neuter)

(euphemistic) a stiffy, hard-on, erected phallus


hemelen

hemelen (infinitive)
hemelen (gerund neuter)
hemel (first-person present singular)
hemelde (first-person past singular)
hemelt (present second-person singular)
hemel (present second-person singular)
hemelde (past second-person singular)
hemelt (formal present second-person singular)
hemelde (formal past second-person singular)
hemelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
hemelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
hemelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
hemelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
hemelt (present singular third-person)
hemelde (past singular third-person)
hemelen (plural present)
hemelden (past plural)
hemele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
hemelde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
hemelen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
hemelden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
hemel (imperative present singular)
hemelt (archaic imperative plural present)
hemelend (participle present)
gehemeld (participle past)

(intransitive, euphemistic) to die, with the implication of going to heaven


oudste beroep ter wereld

oudste beroep ter wereld n (uncountable)

Literally, “oldest profession in the world”.

lit

world's oldest profession
world's oldest profession

(euphemistic) the world's oldest profession


inslapen

inslapen (infinitive)
inslapen (gerund neuter)
slaap in (first-person main-clause present singular)
sliep in (first-person main-clause past singular)
inslaap (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
insliep (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
slaapt in (main-clause present second-person singular)
slaap in (main-clause present second-person singular)
sliep in (main-clause past second-person singular)
inslaapt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
insliep (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
slaapt in (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
sliep in (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
inslaapt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
insliep (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
slaapt in (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
slaapt in (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
sliept in (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
sliept in (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
inslaapt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
inslaapt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
insliept (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
insliept (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
slaapt in (main-clause present singular third-person)
sliep in (main-clause past singular third-person)
inslaapt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
insliep (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
slapen in (main-clause plural present)
sliepen in (main-clause past plural)
inslapen (plural present subordinate-clause)
insliepen (past plural subordinate-clause)
slape in (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
sliepe in (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
inslape (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
insliepe (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
slapen in (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
sliepen in (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
inslapen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
insliepen (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
slaap in (imperative main-clause present singular)
slaapt in (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
inslapend (main-clause participle present)
ingeslapen (main-clause participle past)

Negerhollands: slaap in

From Middle Dutch inslâpen, from Old Dutch inslāpan; equivalent to in + slapen. Cognate with German einschlafen.


stoffelijk overschot

Zijn stoffelijk overschot wordt vandaag begraven.

Op het slagveld lag het stoffelijk overschot van duizenden soldaten.

The remains of thousands of soldiers lay on the battlefield.


dakhaas

nl-noun

dakhaas m (plural dakhazen, diminutive dakhaasje n)

dakhazen (plural)
dakhaasje (diminutive neuter)

From dak (“roof”) + haas (“hare”). Compare English roof rabbit.

(humorous, euphemistic) cat, often when a cat is referenced as food; roof rabbit


voorbips

voorbips f (plural voorbipsen, diminutive voorbipsje n)

voorbipsen (plural)
voorbipsje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of voor (“front”) + bips (“butt”).

(often euphemistic or childish) vulva; front bottom


jenevervriend

jenevervriend m (plural jenevervrienden, diminutive jenevervriendje n)

jenevervrienden (plural)
jenevervriendje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of jenever (“jenever”) + vriend (“friend”).

(obsolete, euphemistic) jenever (gin) addict


je-weet-welkater

je-weet-welkater m (plural je-weet-welkaters, diminutive je-weet-welkatertje n)

je-weet-welkaters (plural)
je-weet-welkatertje (diminutive neuter)

From "je weet wel": 'you know?' and kater: 'tomcat': term originally from the Dutch comic strip "Jan, Jans en de kinderen", "Jack, Jacky and the Juniors" in English.


heengaan

heengaan (infinitive)
heengaan (gerund neuter)
ga heen (first-person main-clause present singular)
ging heen (first-person main-clause past singular)
heenga (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
heenging (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
gaat heen (main-clause present second-person singular)
ga heen (main-clause present second-person singular)
ging heen (main-clause past second-person singular)
heengaat (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
heenging (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
gaat heen (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
ging heen (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
heengaat (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
heenging (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
gaat heen (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
gaat heen (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
gingt heen (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
gingt heen (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
heengaat (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
heengaat (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
heengingt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
heengingt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
gaat heen (main-clause present singular third-person)
ging heen (main-clause past singular third-person)
heengaat (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
heenging (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
gaan heen (main-clause plural present)
gingen heen (main-clause past plural)
heengaan (plural present subordinate-clause)
heengingen (past plural subordinate-clause)
ga heen (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
ginge heen (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
heenga (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
heenginge (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
gaan heen (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
gingen heen (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
heengaan (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
heengingen (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
ga heen (imperative main-clause present singular)
gaat heen (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
heengaand (main-clause participle present)
heengegaan (main-clause participle past)


blikslager

(obsolete, euphemistic) Minced oath for bliksem.


afromen

afromen (infinitive)
afromen (gerund neuter)
room af (first-person main-clause present singular)
roomde af (first-person main-clause past singular)
afroom (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
afroomde (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
roomt af (main-clause present second-person singular)
room af (main-clause present second-person singular)
roomde af (main-clause past second-person singular)
afroomt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afroomde (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
roomt af (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
roomde af (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
afroomt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afroomde (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
roomt af (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
roomt af (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
roomde af (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
roomde af (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
afroomt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afroomt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afroomde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afroomde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
roomt af (main-clause present singular third-person)
roomde af (main-clause past singular third-person)
afroomt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
afroomde (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
romen af (main-clause plural present)
roomden af (main-clause past plural)
afromen (plural present subordinate-clause)
afroomden (past plural subordinate-clause)
rome af (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
roomde af (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
afrome (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afroomde (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
romen af (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
roomden af (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
afromen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afroomden (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
room af (imperative main-clause present singular)
roomt af (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
afromend (main-clause participle present)
afgeroomd (main-clause participle past)

(euphemistic) to economise, to cut budget


de pijp aan Maarten geven

Unknown. Literally, “to give the pipe to Maarten [Martin]”.

lit

6 kleine teringtubbies aan een waterpijp
1 gaf die pijp aan Maarten, toen waren er nog 5

2000 April 6, One Two Trio (lyrics and music), “10 kleine teringtubbies”:


voorbillen

(euphemistic or childish, rare) vulva, vagina; front bottom


herenliefde

Compound of heer (“gentleman”) + -en- + liefde (“love”).

compound

(euphemistic) male homosexuality, sexual and/or romantic love between men


dwingend advies

nl-noun

dwingend advies n (plural dwingende adviezen)

From dwingend (“forced”) + advies (“advice”), either a pun on or a misconstruction of dringend advies (“urgent advice”).
This is a contradictio in terminis.

De weerstanden, die hiertegen bij de betrokkenen kunnen bestaan, moeten worden opgespoord en zo mogelijk tot verdwijnen gebracht. Dit kan niet door een autoritair dwingend advies omdat de weerstand innerlijk moet worden opgegeven.

1956, Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Psychiatrie en Neurologie, Folia psychiatrica, neurologica et neurochirurgica neerlandica, F. van Rossen, page 197:

The resistance, that may occur within those involved, have to be tracked down and removed if possible. This can't be done by an authoritarian forced advice because the resistance has to be given up internally.

Zij kunnen tegen het advies ingaan, zij het onder voorwaarden: blijkt de leerling te hoog te hebben gegrepen, dan wordt het dringende advies omgezet in een dwingend advies. In dat geval zal de leerling alsnog het teamadvies moeten volgen.

2005, Janneke Eising, Op weg naar leerlingprofielen - Praktijkvoorbeeld van determineren en adviseren in het Voortgezet Onderwijs, Garant, →ISBN, page 86:

They can oppose the advice, albeit under conditions: if the student turns out to have reached too high, the urgent advice gets changed to a forced advice. In that case the student will have to follow the team advice after all.

Preken: de counselor geeft een dwingend advies aan de cliënt. Hierdoor krijgt de cliënt geen kans om iets anders te vinden of om op onderzoek uit te gaan.

2010, Gert van Veen, Handboek Counseling, Van Gorcum, →ISBN, page 58:

Preaching: the counselor gives a forced advice to the client. This gives the client no chance to find an alternative or research their options.


bonusvader

Dit sprookje begint wanneer een slechte bonusvader zijn bonuskinderen aan een vleesveehouderij verpatst.

This fairy tale begins when an evil stepfather sells his stepchildren off to a meat-producing livestock farm.


liquidatie

Afrikaans: likwidasie

→ Indonesian: likuidasi

Borrowed from Middle French liquidation, from Italian liquidazione.

(crime, euphemistic) targeted assassination


troostmeisje

From troost + meisje, a somewhat loose calque of Japanese 慰安婦.

(euphemistic) a comfort woman, a comfort girl (woman forced into prostitution by the Imperial Japanese Army)


de Russen zijn in het land

Literally, “the Russians are in the country”, i.e. the Soviets have invaded (the phrase dates to the second half of the 20th century). The reference is to the red color common to both menstrual blood and to socialism/communism; thus the association with Soviet Russians (the "reds").

lit

Trek je niets aan van haar humeur, de Russen zijn weer eens in het land.

Don't mind her bad mood, she's menstruating again.

(idiomatic, humorous, euphemistic) Said to indicate that a woman is menstruating.


straatmadelief

nl-noun

straatmadelief n (plural straatmadelieven, diminutive straatmadeliefje n)

straatmadelieven (plural)
straatmadeliefje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of straat (“street”) + madelief (“daisy”).

com+

(euphemistic, informal) female streetwalker


Jodenrein

Jodenrein (adverbial positive predicative)
Jodenreine (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Jodenrein (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Jodenreine (indefinite plural positive)
Jodenreine (definite positive)
Jodenreins (partitive positive)

Compound of Jood + -en- + rein, a calque of German judenrein.


de liefde bedrijven

(intransitive, euphemistic) to make love