sjappietouwer

sjappietouwer m (plural sjappietouwers, diminutive sjappietouwertje n)

sjappietouwers (plural)
sjappietouwertje (diminutive neuter)
sjappetouwer (alternative)

From sjappetouw + -er, from Malay siapa tahu (“who knows?”).

Zoo begint „een nieuw lied, wegens het gelukkig arriveeren van een-en-twintig Oost-Indische retourscheepen, 1718 " — op de stemme: Sa Trompen en Trompetten —; en deze aanhef kan als de leuze gelden waarnaar de heeren „sjappetouwers" aan den wal leefden.

En de „Heeren van zes weken“, die Amsterdam op stelten gezet hadden, berustten er in, om hun kort genot, met zeven jaren harde slavernij zoo duur betaald, te doen volgen door een nieuw dienstverband bij de Cmpagnie en als sjappietouwer (de fatalist „siapa tau”, wie weet, wat je nog boven je hoofd hangt”) zich maar, en nu willens en wetens, weer te doen strikken door een ronselaar, met wéér het verblijf bij den zielverkoopr, en wéér de afschuwelijke zeereis en wéer de harde tropische jaren, tot, haast als genade, een schipbreuk, kogel of ziekte, een streep zette onder de triestige rekening.

1930 January 18, “Opium-smokkelen”, in Soerabaiasch Handelsblad, volume 78, number 15, page 17:

Liepen de ontgroenden met Spaanschen mantel en degen, de pas-aangekomenen sjouwden er bij als echte sjappietouwers, met vuil, gehavend kleed — ontoonbaar.

1908 June 29, “De universiteit te Jena”, in Haagsche courant:

Mr. Abraham droomde dat ie voor de Koninginnebrug stond en dat al de wachtende sjappietouwers hem als schietschijft voor pruimen-extract bezigden.

1923 October 19, “Spijkers uit het timmerhuis. Oververbindings droomen”, in Voorwaarts:

1962 November 29, "Bootwerker_Havenarbeider_Stuwer", Het Vrije Volk (havenbijvoegsel), page 3.
De bootwerkers van Rotterdam, dat waren de knokkers op rumoerige zaterdagavonden in de stad, de drinkers en de keetschoppers in de kroegen van de havenbuurten. Dat waren bij de eeuwwisseling de sjappietouwers met de pezige lichamen, de balensjouwers en ruwe klanten uit de armoewijken van Rotterdam.

1902 May 5, presumably "Robben", "Typen uit het Kikkerland. Een Amsterdamsche barbieraanspreker", De Preanger-Bode (tweede blad), No. 101.
Mijn scheerjongen is der nog niet. Die sjappietouwer komp nou altijd te laat.

My barber's boy isn't here yet. The loafer always comes too late.

1932 November 8, Het Vaderland (avondblad C), page 1.
De politie nam het kodakje in beslag en het werd een heel vervelend oploopje, waarbij allemaal sjappietouwers en pastjepeeërs kwamen kijken en erg ón-klassieke opmerkingen maken in het Grieksch met een modern-Atheensch accent.

Dan kan men elke sjappietouwer van de straat oppakken.

1947 June 20, “Misdadige jeugd”, in Nieuwsblad van Friesland, volume 73, number 21:

Then one can sweep up every loafer on the street.

1901 December 28, "Bramsen" (presumably "Robben"), ""Vrijdagavondcadetjes. LXV", De Preanger-Bode, vol. 6, issue 295.
Nou breekt mijn pijp; maar mijn God, snapt u dan niet, die . . . . dat zoo iets on in den gond boort, dat als we die chineezen niet meer van de europeanen kunnen onderscheiden we nog meer dan vroeger door die sjapptieouwers er tusschen worden genomen?

De snuiten van deze twee wereldberoemde grootheden heb je maar aan te zien om te weten wat ze zijn : De één een proleet van buldogachtige pasterigheid en de ander je^([sic]) reinste sjappietouwer, een rijkgebokst apache.

1922 April 15, “Dempsey–Carpentier”, in Sumatra Post:

Foord's transformatie van gentleman tot sjappietouwer vervulde iedereen met stomme verwondering.

1938 April 27, “Uit den Ring”, in Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad:

'Maar ik vraag je niks, kwaje aap, boemelstudent,' aldus de grijsaard. 'Bemoei je liever met je eigen.'
Tjeerd Overbeek glimlachte. 'Zag u de politie er liever niet in gemengd?' vroeg hij zoetsappig.
'Gaat je geen bliksem an, sjappietouwer.

1961, Remco Campert, Het leven is vurrukkulluk, De Bezige Bij:

Daarenboven, in die tijd waren er meer Nederlanders, en lang niet allemaal sjappietouwers, die in het nationaa^([sic])-socialisme een antwoord meenden te zien op de geweldige chaos die de versnipperde parlementaire democratie bezig was aan te richten in economisch en sociaal toch al onttakelde Nederland^([sic]).

1979 March 10, “Los en vast”, in Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, page 27:

(Netherlands, dated) nasty or deceitful person, jerk, crook

Jimmie Rinsen en ik waren in een theetuin een glas bier gaan drinken, en beiden zaten we uit te blazen onder een zwaren boom, toen een sjappietouwer, die er uitzag als de eenig-overgeblevene van een Noordpool-expedit[i]e, ook den tuin inkwam.

1905 September 11, “Het zeeslang-syndicaat”, in De Sumatra post, number 212:

„De controleur verkleedde zich dus als een sjappietouwer, maakte z'n gezicht vuil, schoor zich niet, takelde zich wat toe.

1911 October 24, “Opium-smokkelen”, in Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, volume 24, number 251, page 1:

Dan wordt ge spoedig een paria gelijk. Uw heerlijke hoffelijkheid en beleefdheid wordt lompe boerschheid; Uw schoon aristoratisch uiterlijk wordt banaliteit als van den sjappietouwer; Uw bekoorlijkheid wordt gelijkvloers; Uw schoone kleeding smakeloos; […]

1938 January 6, “De Oogstfilm”, in Middelburgsche Courant, volume 181, number 4, page 6:

(Netherlands, dated) someone with an unkempt appearance


pimpelen

pimpelen (infinitive)
pimpelen (gerund neuter)
pimpel (first-person present singular)
pimpelde (first-person past singular)
pimpelt (present second-person singular)
pimpel (present second-person singular)
pimpelde (past second-person singular)
pimpelt (formal present second-person singular)
pimpelde (formal past second-person singular)
pimpelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
pimpelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
pimpelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
pimpelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
pimpelt (present singular third-person)
pimpelde (past singular third-person)
pimpelen (plural present)
pimpelden (past plural)
pimpele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
pimpelde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
pimpelen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
pimpelden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
pimpel (imperative present singular)
pimpelt (archaic imperative plural present)
pimpelend (participle present)
gepimpeld (participle past)

(Netherlands, of any alcoholic drinks) to drink (heavily)


pimpeltje

Along with the verb pimpel (“to guzzle, drink”), probably related to the first element of pimpelmees (“tiny bird”). It is unclear which word derived from the other, but in all likelihood both are ultimately imitative, similar to Swedish pimpla (“to guzzle”), French pompette (“tipsy”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

(Netherlands) small glass for drinking spirits, in particular gin


mazzelpik

nl-noun

mazzelpik f (plural mazzelpikken, diminutive mazzelpikje n)

mazzelpikken (plural)
mazzelpikje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of mazzel (“luck”) + pik (“dick”).

Wat ben je toch weer een mazzelpik!


revolutiebouw

(Netherlands, historical) speculative construction of slum housing


koeioneren

koeioneren (infinitive)
koeioneren (gerund neuter)
koeioneer (first-person present singular)
koeioneerde (first-person past singular)
koeioneert (present second-person singular)
koeioneer (present second-person singular)
koeioneerde (past second-person singular)
koeioneert (formal present second-person singular)
koeioneerde (formal past second-person singular)
koeioneert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
koeioneert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
koeioneerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
koeioneerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
koeioneert (present singular third-person)
koeioneerde (past singular third-person)
koeioneren (plural present)
koeioneerden (past plural)
koeionere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
koeioneerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
koeioneren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
koeioneerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
koeioneer (imperative present singular)
koeioneert (archaic imperative plural present)
koeionerend (participle present)
gekoeioneerd (participle past)
koejonneren (alternative)
koejeneren (alternative)
coujonneren (alternative)

Borrowed from French coionner or couillonner (“to cheat, dupe, rip off”). Cognate to German kujonieren.


bruine beer

bruine beer m (plural bruine beren, diminutive bruin beertje n)

bruine beren (plural)
bruin beertje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, idiomatic, slang) dump, defecation, donation


een bruine trui breien

(Netherlands, idiomatic, informal) to take a dump, to have a dump, to defecate


ontdubbelen

ontdubbelen (infinitive)
ontdubbelen (gerund neuter)
ontdubbel (first-person present singular)
ontdubbelde (first-person past singular)
ontdubbelt (present second-person singular)
ontdubbel (present second-person singular)
ontdubbelde (past second-person singular)
ontdubbelt (formal present second-person singular)
ontdubbelde (formal past second-person singular)
ontdubbelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
ontdubbelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
ontdubbelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
ontdubbelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
ontdubbelt (present singular third-person)
ontdubbelde (past singular third-person)
ontdubbelen (plural present)
ontdubbelden (past plural)
ontdubbele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
ontdubbelde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
ontdubbelen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
ontdubbelden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
ontdubbel (imperative present singular)
ontdubbelt (archaic imperative plural present)
ontdubbelend (participle present)
ontdubbeld (participle past)

From dubbel + ont- -en. The Belgian sense is a calque of French dédoubler, the Dutch linguistic sense is a calque of English degeminate.

(Netherlands, linguistics) to degeminate

(Netherlands) to undo duplication, to remove duplications


HDP

nl-adj

HDP (used only predicatively, not comparable)

heerlie de peerlie
heerlie de peerlie#Dutch

(Netherlands, slang, humorous) Initialism of heerlie de peerlie (“lovely, wonderful”).


lulletje rozenwater

nl-noun

lulletje rozenwater n (plural lulletjes rozenwater)

lulletjes rozenwater (plural)
lulletje rozewater (alternative)

Die lakei is echt een lulletje rozenwater.
That lackey is a complete doormat.

(Netherlands, derogatory) man without any spine, pushover


lullo

lullo m (plural lullo's, diminutive lullootje n)

lullo's (plural)
lullootje (diminutive neuter)

1980s or early 1990s. Popularised in 1996 by Jiskefet. From lul (“dick, cock”) + -o (typical denominative suffix in several slangs, particularly Turbotaal).

suf

Hé lullo, heb je nog geneukt?

(slang, derogatory, Netherlands) a dick, a dickhead, an arse (generic insult, usually for males)

(slang, derogatory, Netherlands) a posh frat boy studying in Leiden


kakkie

(Netherlands, colloquial, chiefly in the plural) foot


kenau

nl-noun

kenau f (plural kenaus, diminutive kenautje n)

kenaus (plural)
kenautje (diminutive neuter)

From Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer, after her defence of Haarlem (1572-1573).

(Netherlands, derogatory, offensive) domineering woman, shrew

Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
nl:Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer


pielemuis

pielemuis c (plural pielemuizen, diminutive pielemuisje n)

pielemuizen (plural)
pielemuisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of piel (“penis”) + -e- + muis (“mouse”).

(Netherlands) penis (often suggesting a small size)


handjeklap

(Netherlands) children's game in which players clap each other's hands

(Netherlands, chiefly historical) system of bargaining on certain markets according to which parties would slap on each other's hands with each bid until an agreement is reached

(Netherlands, chiefly politics, derogatory) system of political negotiation according to which compromise is sought by exchanging policy proposals more or less wholesale on an issue-by-issue basis


AOW

algemene ouderdomswet
algemene ouderdomswet#Dutch

(Netherlands) Initialism of algemene ouderdomswet.


bakbeest

bakbeest n (plural bakbeesten, diminutive bakbeestje n)

bakbeesten (plural)
bakbeestje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of bak (“container, crate”) + beest (“beast”).

compound

(Netherlands) whopper, hulk (any particularly large object, person or animal)


afhaalrestaurant

nl-noun

afhaalrestaurant n (plural afhaalrestaurants or afhaalrestauranten, diminutive afhaalrestaurantje n)

afhaalrestaurants (plural)
afhaalrestauranten (plural)
afhaalrestaurantje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly Netherlands) takeaway (restaurant)


Sjakie

From Sjaak (a male given name) + -ie (diminutive suffix).


sleurhut

nl-noun

sleurhut f (plural sleurhutten, diminutive sleurhutje n)

sleurhutten (plural)
sleurhutje (diminutive neuter)

Early 1990s. Compound of sleuren (“to drag”) + hut (“hut”).


coulance

Borrowed from German Kulanz, previously spelt as Coulance.

(Netherlands) accommodation (fe. of insurance company toward its clients)


misdaad tegen de menselijkheid

misdaad tegen de menselijkheid f (plural misdaden tegen de menselijkheid, diminutive misdaadje tegen de menselijkheid n)

misdaden tegen de menselijkheid (plural)
misdaadje tegen de menselijkheid (diminutive neuter)

crime against humanity
crime against humanity


keldermot

keldermot f (plural keldermotten, diminutive keldermotje n)

keldermotten (plural)
keldermotje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kelder (“cellar”) + mot (“sow”). Cf. English sowbug.

(Netherlands, mainly used in Overijssel and Gelderland) pill bug, woodlouse: any member of the Isopoda, isopod


hoekbank

hoekbank m or f (plural hoekbanken, diminutive hoekbankje n)

hoekbanken (plural)
hoekbankje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of hoek (“corner”) + bank (“top, sofa, bench”).


kelderzeug

nl-noun

kelderzeug f (plural kelderzeugen, diminutive kelderzeugje n)

kelderzeugen (plural)
kelderzeugje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kelder (“cellar”) + zeug (“sow”). Cf. English sowbug.

(Netherlands, mainly used in Gelderland, also Brabant) woodlouse, pillbug


Bijltje

(historical, Netherlands) an 18th-century shipwright who supported the house of Orange


gasrotonde

gasrotonde f (plural gasrotondes or gasrotonden)

gasrotondes (plural)
gasrotonden (plural)

Compound of gas (“gas”) + rotonde (“roundabout”).

(Netherlands) hub in the trade and transfer of natural gas


oetlul

oetlul m (plural oetlullen, diminutive oetlulletje n)

oetlullen (plural)
oetlulletje (diminutive neuter)

From lul.
Could possibly be a compound of Limburgish oet (“out, without”) + lul; which in this would mean "without dick".

af

Limburgish <i class="Latn mention" lang="li">oet</i> (“out, without”)

Trainer Dick Advocaat van AZ is in de slotfase van de uitwedstrijd tegen Ajax (1-0) naar de tribune gestuurd. "Want ik noemde hem oetlul", verduidelijkte de boosdoener. "Volgens mij is dat zelfs geen correct Nederlands. Hij had me dus mogen laten zitten."

Bondscoach Advocaat scheldt scheids uit voor "oetlul", De Morgen (24 January 2010)

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(Netherlands, derogatory) dumbass, tool, nincompoop, dipshit


beneden de Moerdijk

(Netherlands) in the Southern Netherlands; (less commonly) in the southern Low Countries


boven de Moerdijk

(Netherlands) in the Northern Netherlands


krent

nl-noun

krent f (plural krenten, diminutive krentje n)

krenten (plural)
krentje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French raisin de Corinthe (literally “grapes of Corinth”).

bor

(Netherlands) a currant, a small dried grape

(Netherlands) a miser, a scrooge, a niggard

(Netherlands, originally nautical) Buttock, butt, hindquarters


de krenten uit de pap halen

Literally, “to get the currants from the porridge”.


krijg nou tieten

Literally, “get/grow boobs now”, originally self-referential.

(Netherlands, colloquial, vulgar) an expression of surprise


toetred

17th century. From toe + tred, probably a calque of German Zutritt.


chic de friemel

chic de friemel (adverbial positive predicative)
chic de friemel (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
chic de friemel (indefinite neuter positive singular)
chic de friemel (indefinite plural positive)
chic de friemel (definite positive)
sjiek de friemel (alternative)

Parody of French terms used in exclusive, expensive cuisine.

(colloquial, humorous, Netherlands) posh


chic de friemel

(colloquial, humorous, Netherlands) An expression of amazement.


pestbos

nl-noun

pestbos n (plural pestbossen, diminutive pestbosje n)

pestbossen (plural)
pestbosje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pest (“plague, pestilence”) + bos (“forest”).

compound

(Netherlands, chiefly diminutive) a small, densely grown tract of forest in a pasture, where livestock were buried after dying from a contagious disease


teringlijder

nl-noun

teringlijder m (plural teringlijders, diminutive teringlijdertje n)

teringlijders (plural)
teringlijdertje (diminutive neuter)
teringlijer (alternative)

Compound of tering (“tuberculosis”) + lijder (“someone afflicted by a disease”).

compound

(Netherlands, derogatory) asshole (generic term of abuse)


Schubbekutteveen

Compound of schub (“scale (as of fish or reptiles)”) + -e- + kut (“pussy”) + -e- + veen (“bog”); literally, "bog of the scaly vaginas".

(Netherlands, vulgar, slang) fictional backwater place, used metonymously for the backwoods; Podunk


spuit elf geeft ook modder

Literally, “hose eleven gives mud, too”. The origin of the phrase is unclear; hypotheses include:
* from the concept of 11 as a crazy or incomplete number, not quite a dozen (cf. gekkengetal);
* from an old firefighting figure of speech: by the time the eleventh fire hose arrives at the scene of a fire, the canal from which the fire brigade was drawing water may have only mud remaining.

(Netherlands, derogatory) Indicating that a nobody (an irrelevant person) has given a belated, often irrelevant or ignorant, comment.


spuit elf

spuit elven (plural)
spuitelf (alternative)

Uncertain. Literally, “hose eleven”; referring to the eleventh fire company. Querido glosses it as “mud hose”, compare spuit elf geeft ook modder, but why “eleven” is linked to “mud” is unclear. Hypotheses include:
* from the concept of 11 as a crazy or incomplete number, not quite a dozen (cf. gekkengetal);
* from an old firefighting figure of speech: by the time the eleventh fire hose arrives at the scene of a fire, the canal from which the fire brigade was drawing water may have only mud remaining.
Sometimes pronounced as if it is interpreted as a compound of spuit (“hose; syringe”) or spuiten (“to spray, to spund; to inject”) and elf (“eleven; elf, fae”).

- Louw kans, spuit Elf!.. Ik ferdom 't!... Is da kwant of nie?...

1925, Israël Querido, "Mooie Karel", in De Jordaan. Amsterdamsch epos, part 4, Scheltens & Giltay (6th ed., first ed. 1924), page 435. Karel wrong zich overeind en schreeuwde

(Netherlands) a nobody who is late in commenting or catching up, often one whose comment is ignorant or irrelevant


broger

Borrowed from Yiddish בחור (bokher), from Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhúr).

(Netherlands, slang) guy, chap, dude, bloke


pieterman

nl-noun

pieterman m (plural pietermannen, diminutive pietermannetje n)

pietermannen (plural)
pietermannetje (diminutive neuter)

certain monetary units
(Netherlands, slang) euro

(historical, Netherlands, slang) guilder


hebbie

(Netherlands, colloquial) Contraction of heb ie.


loonheffing

loonheffing f (plural loonheffingen, diminutive loonheffinkje n)

loonheffingen (plural)
loonheffinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈloːnˌɦɛ.fɪŋ/

(Netherlands, taxation, law) the combination of payroll tax(es) and certain premiums for collective insurances


smurfendebat

smurfendebat n (plural smurfendebatten, diminutive smurfendebatje n)

smurfendebatten (plural)
smurfendebatje (diminutive neuter)

Coined in 2006 by Alexander Pechtold. Compound of smurf + -en- + debat (“debate”).

(Netherlands, politics, neologism) a debate between the leaders of small political parties


boertig

nl-adj

boertig (comparative boertiger, superlative boertigst)

boertiger (comparative)
boertigst (superlative)
boertig (adverbial positive predicative)
boertiger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het boertigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het boertigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
boertige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
boertigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
boertigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
boertig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
boertiger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
boertigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
boertige (indefinite plural positive)
boertigere (comparative indefinite plural)
boertigste (indefinite plural superlative)
boertige (definite positive)
boertigere (comparative definite)
boertigste (definite superlative)
boertigs (partitive positive)
boertigers (comparative partitive)


scheefhuren

(Netherlands, politics, derogatory) the practice of renting social housing for a rent lower than one's income legally requires


scheefhuren

scheefhuren (infinitive)
scheefhuren (gerund neuter)
huur scheef (first-person main-clause present singular)
huurde scheef (first-person main-clause past singular)
scheefhuur (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
scheefhuurde (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
huurt scheef (main-clause present second-person singular)
huur scheef (main-clause present second-person singular)
huurde scheef (main-clause past second-person singular)
scheefhuurt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
scheefhuurde (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
huurt scheef (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
huurde scheef (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
scheefhuurt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
scheefhuurde (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
huurt scheef (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
huurt scheef (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
huurde scheef (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
huurde scheef (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
scheefhuurt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
scheefhuurt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
scheefhuurde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
scheefhuurde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
huurt scheef (main-clause present singular third-person)
huurde scheef (main-clause past singular third-person)
scheefhuurt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
scheefhuurde (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
huren scheef (main-clause plural present)
huurden scheef (main-clause past plural)
scheefhuren (plural present subordinate-clause)
scheefhuurden (past plural subordinate-clause)
hure scheef (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
huurde scheef (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
scheefhure (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
scheefhuurde (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
huren scheef (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
huurden scheef (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
scheefhuren (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
scheefhuurden (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
huur scheef (imperative main-clause present singular)
huurt scheef (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
scheefhurend (main-clause participle present)
scheefgehuurd (main-clause participle past)

(Netherlands, politics, derogatory) to rent a home for a rent that is too low according to legal income-dependent norms for pricing


scheefhuurder

nl-noun

scheefhuurder m (plural scheefhuurders, diminutive scheefhuurdertje n)

scheefhuurders (plural)
scheefhuurdertje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, politics, derogatory) someone who rents a home (social housing) for a rent that is considered too low when compared to income


poepseks

Compound of poep (“poop, excrement”) + seks (“sex”).

(Netherlands) poop sex (scatological sexual activity)


deelcertificaat

deelcertificaat n (plural deelcertificaten, diminutive deelcertificaatje n)

deelcertificaten (plural)
deelcertificaatje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of deel (“part, partial”) + certificaat (“certificate”).

compound

(education, Netherlands) certificate demonstrating qualification for a single course or subject at a given level, not for a complete education


MAVO

(Netherlands) Alternative letter-case form of mavo


HAVO

(Netherlands) Alternative letter-case form of havo


WAO

w:nl:Wet op de arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering

(Netherlands) Initialism of Wet op de arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering.


dikke vinger

/ˌdɪkə ˈvɪŋər/

Literally, “fat finger”, a penile euphemism.

(Netherlands, vulgar, derogatory) impolite way of turning down a request or expressing disagreement: fuck off, get lost


dikke vinger

/ˌdɪkə ˈvɪŋər/

(Netherlands, vulgar, derogatory) used as an object in impolite rejections


aankakken

aankakken (infinitive)
aankakken (gerund neuter)
kak aan (first-person main-clause present singular)
kakte aan (first-person main-clause past singular)
aankak (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
aankakte (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
kakt aan (main-clause present second-person singular)
kak aan (main-clause present second-person singular)
kakte aan (main-clause past second-person singular)
aankakt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aankakte (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
kakt aan (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
kakte aan (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
aankakt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aankakte (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
kakt aan (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
kakt aan (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
kakte aan (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
kakte aan (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
aankakt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aankakt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aankakte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aankakte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
kakt aan (main-clause present singular third-person)
kakte aan (main-clause past singular third-person)
aankakt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
aankakte (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
kakken aan (main-clause plural present)
kakten aan (main-clause past plural)
aankakken (plural present subordinate-clause)
aankakten (past plural subordinate-clause)
kakke aan (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
kakte aan (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
aankakke (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aankakte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
kakken aan (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
kakten aan (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
aankakken (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aankakten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
kak aan (imperative main-clause present singular)
kakt aan (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
aankakkend (main-clause participle present)
aangekakt (main-clause participle past)

De klassiekers kwamen later dan verwacht aankakken.

The classical cars came crawling in later than expected.

Hij komt nu pas op zijn fiets aangekakt.

(Netherlands, informal, intransitive, often left unconjugated in combination with komen) to drawl (near), to arrive or approach slowly and leisurely


krekelhuis

nl-noun

krekelhuis n (plural krekelhuizen, diminutive krekelhuisje n)

krekelhuizen (plural)
krekelhuisje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, Brabant, dialectal) Alternative form of knekelhuis


uitbuikwandeling

uitbuikwandeling f (plural uitbuikwandelingen, diminutive uitbuikwandelinkje n)

uitbuikwandelingen (plural)
uitbuikwandelinkje (diminutive neuter)

2015 December 16, "Uitbuikwandeling in de Gendtse Polder", Hét Gemeente Nieuws. Dé krant voor de gemeente Lingewaard, page 11.

2016 December 21, "Koffie met koek en chocolade toe", De Nieuwspeper, page 15.
En kom na de uitbuikwandeling weer op adem met de kunstzinnige kerstchocolade van Chocolate Company.

2016 December 21, "Uitbuikwandeling", Amstelveens Nieuwsblad, page 7.
Onder leiding van een boswachter vindt op tweede kerstdag (maandag 26 december) van 13.00 tot 14.30 uur een uitbuikwandeling plaats in het Amsterdamse Bos.

(informal, Netherlands) a walk taken after a heavy meal


geloofsovertuiger

geloofsovertuiger m (plural geloofsovertuigers, diminutive geloofsovertuigertje n)

geloofsovertuigers (plural)
geloofsovertuigertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of geloof (“faith”) + -s- + overtuiger (“persuader, convincer”), influenced by geloofsovertuiging.

compound

(Netherlands, neologism, informal) religious proselytiser (in particular door-to-door proselytisers like Jehovah's Witnesses)


koekblik

nl-noun

koekblik n (plural koekblikken, diminutive koekblikje n)

koekblikken (plural)
koekblikje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, informal) small car of poor quality


bovenbaas

bovenbaas m (plural bovenbazen, diminutive bovenbaasje n)

bovenbazen (plural)
bovenbaasje (diminutive neuter)

Coined in 1963 by Marten Toonder. Compound of boven + baas.

(informal, Netherlands) boss, person who is (de facto) in charge


kaolo

kaolo (adverbial positive predicative)
kaolo (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kaolo (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kaolo (indefinite plural positive)
kaolo (definite positive)

Die kaolo koala's vreten m'n hele boom leeg!

Those damn koalas are eating every last leaf from my tree!

(originally Suriname, slang in the Netherlands, vulgar, offensive) An expletive generally used in attributive position; fucking, shit, damn


tresorie

(Netherlands, chiefly uncountable) treasury


pruikentijd

Afrikaans: pruiketyd

Compound of pruik (“wig”) + -en- + tijd (“time, era”).

compound

1875 March, P., letter, in Het Nederlandsch tooneel: kroniek en critiek, vol. 4, page 192.
Zulke producten uit den pruikentijd zijn we ontwassen.

We have outgrown such products of the Augustan Era.

(Netherlands, informal, derogatory or humorous) the 18th century, the Enlightenment, particularly in reference to the Netherlands


bak troost

nl-noun

bak troost m (plural bakken troost, diminutive bakje troost n or bakkie troost n)

bakken troost (plural)
bakje troost (diminutive neuter)
bakkie troost (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, informal, chiefly diminutive, chiefly singular) cup of coffee, cup of joe


op wieltjes

De één was heel erg actief op kerkelijk gebied, terwijl een ander getypeerd kan worden als "christen op wieltjes".

1990 October 2, “5 Jaar Evang. Gemeente”, in De IJsselbode, page 2:

Hij knipoogde. ‘Denkt u dat we nu ‘gelovigen op wieltjes’ genoemd kunnen worden?’

2006, Annette Smith, Thuis in Ruby Praire, tr. by Petra Koopmans, Zomer en Keuning, →ISBN, page 73:

2013, Diederick Klein Kranenburg, ‘Samen voor ons eigen’. De geschiedenis van een Nederlandse volksbuurt: de Haagse Schilderswijk, 1920–1985, Uitgeverij Verloren (1st ed.), →ISBN, page 110, quoting a man named Gillian.
Het gevolg was dat ze met kerst van alle kanten een kerstpakketje kreeg. Ze zeggen wel eens: een katholiek op wieltjes. Nou mijn oma was nog veel erger.

(colloquial, Netherlands) nominally belonging to a religion or denomination but nonpracticing


beregeil

beregeil (adverbial positive predicative)
beregeile (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
beregeil (indefinite neuter positive singular)
beregeile (indefinite plural positive)
beregeile (definite positive)
beregeils (partitive positive)

From bere- (“as/like a bear, very”) + geil (“sexy, horny”).

af

(informal, Netherlands) incredibly sexy, incredibly horny


achtermiddag

nl-noun

achtermiddag m (plural achtermiddagen, diminutive achtermiddagje n)

achtermiddagen (plural)
achtermiddagje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: āxterméddix

Negerhollands: astermiddag, astumenda

(dialectal, literary, Netherlands) late afternoon


bruidsjurk

bruidsjurk f (plural bruidsjurken, diminutive bruidsjurkje n)

bruidsjurken (plural)
bruidsjurkje (diminutive neuter)

From bruid (“bride”) + -s- + jurk (“dress”).


patat oorlog

patat oorlog f (plural patatten oorlog, diminutive patatje oorlog n)

patatten oorlog (plural)
patatje oorlog (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “chips/fries [à la] war”, named after the dish's chaotic appearance.

(Netherlands, uncountable) "war fries"; a fast food dish of fries (US)/chips (UK) with mayonnaise, peanut sauce and usually onion, sometimes also including curry ketchup and/or ketchup

(Netherlands, countable, rare except in the diminutive) a serving of the above


penoze

From Yiddish פּרנסה (parnose, “life, livelihood”), from Hebrew פַּרְנָסָה (parnasá).

bor

(Netherlands, Bargoens, informal) underworld


bijgoochem

nl-noun

bijgoochem m (plural bijgoochems, diminutive bijgoochempje n)

bijgoochems (plural)
bijgoochempje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, chiefly Amsterdam) know-all, know-it-all, smart aleck


bammetje

Nu eerst even een bammetje eten.


boterkoek

boterkoek m (plural boterkoeken, diminutive boterkoekje n)

boterkoeken (plural)
boterkoekje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands) a type of (usually) large, rather flat cake containing large amounts of butter


geinponem

geinponem m (plural geinponems, diminutive geinponempje n)

geinponems (plural)
geinponempje (diminutive neuter)
geinporem (alternative)

(Netherlands, informal) jokester, wisecrack


vouwfiets

vouwfiets f (plural vouwfietsen, diminutive vouwfietsje n)

vouwfietsen (plural)
vouwfietsje (diminutive neuter)


prikkie

From prik (“sting, prick”) + -ie (informal diminutive suffix).

af

(informal, Netherlands) Alternative form of prikje


zakkenwasser

nl-noun

zakkenwasser m (plural zakkenwassers, diminutive zakkenwassertje n)

zakkenwassers (plural)
zakkenwassertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zak (“sack”) + -en- + wassen (“to wash”) + -er.

af

(informal, derogatory, Netherlands) fool, oaf, tool


doks

nl-noun

doks m (plural doksen, diminutive doksje n)

doksen (plural)
doksje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo doksi, from English ducks.


dagobertducktaks

dagobertducktaks f (plural dagobertducktaksen, diminutive dagobertducktaksje n)

dagobertducktaksen (plural)
dagobertducktaksje (diminutive neuter)

Named after Dagobert Duck (“Scrooge McDuck”) + taks (“tax”).

compound

(Netherlands, neologism) a type of special tax for the wealthiest


stiefelen

stiefelen (infinitive)
stiefelen (gerund neuter)
stiefel (first-person present singular)
stiefelde (first-person past singular)
stiefelt (present second-person singular)
stiefel (present second-person singular)
stiefelde (past second-person singular)
stiefelt (formal present second-person singular)
stiefelde (formal past second-person singular)
stiefelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
stiefelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
stiefelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
stiefelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
stiefelt (present singular third-person)
stiefelde (past singular third-person)
stiefelen (plural present)
stiefelden (past plural)
stiefele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
stiefelde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
stiefelen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
stiefelden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
stiefel (imperative present singular)
stiefelt (archaic imperative plural present)
stiefelend (participle present)
gestiefeld (participle past)

Mid-20th century, from German stiefeln. More at stevel.


Oranjeleeuwin

nl-noun

Oranjeleeuwin f (plural Oranjeleeuwinnen, diminutive Oranjeleeuwinnetje n)

Oranjeleeuwinnen (plural)
Oranjeleeuwinnetje (diminutive neuter)

(sports, Netherlands, chiefly plural) a member of the women's national soccer team of the Netherlands


mokkel

mokkel n or f (plural mokkels, diminutive mokkeltje n)

mokkels (plural)
mokkeltje (diminutive neuter)

Related with Luxembourgish mockeleg (“plump”), German muckelig (“cozy, pleasantly warm or soft”). Further origin uncertain. Possibly from dialectal mocke (“slut, babe”), which could be a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *mokkus (“swine, pig”), or related to mok (“mug, large cup”), with the original sense of "roundish object."

cog

(derogatory, offensive, Netherlands) slut

1914, "Een hongerdemonstratie en hakkende politieagenten", De toekomst. Vrij-Socialistisch Weekblad voor het Zuiden des lands, vol. 22, issue 25, page 3 (attributed to policemen).
Godverdomme zeg, die eene, die… hij zeit… en ik geef 'm meteen een opsodemieter… Had je dat wijf motte hoore, dat dikke mokkel, ik zeg zoutzak en geef d'r een trap voor d'r…

(colloquial, Netherlands) chubby woman or girl


neo-tofelemoon

nl-noun

neo-tofelemoon m (plural neo-tofelemonen)

neo-tofelemonen (plural)
neotofelemoon (alternative)

Naar dat ene meisje te oordelen ben ik bang dat de neo-tofelemonen ook diep in de socialistische rijen zijn doorgedrongen.

1972 May 19, Henk Broekhuis, “De lopende band”, in NRC Handelsblad (Cultureel supplement), page 5:

1975 April 16, "Deze week Vrij Nederland" (advertisement), NRC Handelsblad, page 1.
een profiel: het PVDA-congres en de opkomende macht van de neo-tofelemonen

a profile: the Labour Party congress and the surging power of the New Left with Roman Catholic roots

Het is hier waar toneelgroep Sater een taak zou moeten hebben wanneer zij meent zich te moeten aansluiten bij de genoemde traditie van leuk doen over de neotofelemonen.

1981 October 7, Michaeël Zeeman, “Sater: te gemakkelijke poging to hekeling”, in Leeuwarder Courant, page 19:

(Netherlands, politics, derogatory, uncommon) socialist with a Roman Catholic background


kakkineus

nl-adj

kakkineus (comparative kakkineuzer, superlative meest kakkineus or kakkineust)

kakkineuzer (comparative)
meest kakkineus (superlative)
kakkineust (superlative)
kakkineus (adverbial positive predicative)
kakkineuzer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het kakkineust (adverbial predicative superlative)
het kakkineuste (adverbial predicative superlative)
kakkineuze (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kakkineuzere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
kakkineuste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
kakkineus (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kakkineuzer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
kakkineuste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
kakkineuze (indefinite plural positive)
kakkineuzere (comparative indefinite plural)
kakkineuste (indefinite plural superlative)
kakkineuze (definite positive)
kakkineuzere (comparative definite)
kakkineuste (definite superlative)
kakkineus (partitive positive)
kakkineuzers (comparative partitive)

From kak + -ineus, mimicking a French-derived suffix that is common in formal language.

(informal, Netherlands) posh, pretentious, foppish


wieleraar

1906 August 12, L. Simons, "Rijwielen, automobielen en verkeerswegen" (letter to the editor), De Groene Amsterdammer, page 2.
Ik voor mij, die geen wieleraar ben, meen dat we het rijwielgebruik van overheidswege moeten bevorderen, en niet tegengaan; zoowel omdat het voor velen een onmisbaar vervoermiddel is, als omdat het voor ieder die zittend werk heeft, en te vèr ervan af woont om er heen te wandelen, beter is er heen te fietsen dan te trammen.

Als er al sprake is van voorrang-uit-angst, dan is dat denk ik eerder omdat een automobilist bij aanrijding van een wieleraar moet kunnen aantonen (of op zijn minst aannemelijk maken) dat de schuld niet bij hem (de automobilist) lag.

2005 June 30, Peer Mankpoot, “Fietser van rechts voorrang?”, in nl.fiets (Usenet):

Vanmiddag op doorreis van Enschede naar Zuidlaren kwam er in Duitsland een groepje van 4 wieleraars ongeveer 100 meter voor mij de weg opdraaien.

2007 August 15, Harmen Westerhof, “iemand in je wiel....”, in nl.fiets (Usenet):

(Netherlands, informal) cyclist, especially a race cyclist


ijsco

nl-noun

ijsco c (plural ijsco's, diminutive ijscootje n)

ijsco's (plural)
ijscootje (diminutive neuter)

From IJsco, clipping of IJscompagnie (ijs (“ice cream, ice”) + compagnie (“company”)), used for several ice cream companies in the Netherlands in the 1910s and 1920s (first in Amsterdam in 1913). First attested as a common noun in 1918.

U moet n.l. weten, dat dezen door de directrice en vrouw Mathijsen meermalen waren onthaald op ritten in de Rodelbaan[,] koek, ijsco's enz., en dat genoemde Meeuwis reeds zorgde voor ritten in de caroussel, in ruil voor water uit de Centrale Keuken.

1918 August 13, E.A. Couvee, “Ingezonden stukken”, in Bredasche courant, volume 128, number 102, page 2:

(Netherlands, slightly dated in some areas) an ice cream


wuft

nl-adj

wuft (comparative wufter, superlative wuftst)

wufter (comparative)
wuftst (superlative)
wuft (adverbial positive predicative)
wufter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het wuftst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het wuftste (adverbial predicative superlative)
wufte (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
wuftere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
wuftste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
wuft (indefinite neuter positive singular)
wufter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
wuftste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
wufte (indefinite plural positive)
wuftere (comparative indefinite plural)
wuftste (indefinite plural superlative)
wufte (definite positive)
wuftere (comparative definite)
wuftste (definite superlative)
wufts (partitive positive)
wufters (comparative partitive)

(chiefly Netherlands) frivolous, unserious, playful

(chiefly Netherlands) capricious, whimsical

(chiefly Netherlands) indulgent, sensuous

(Netherlands, dated) wandering, itinerant


buuf

nl-noun

buuf f (plural bufen, diminutive buufje n)

bufen (plural)
buufje (diminutive neuter)

(colloquial, Netherlands) female neighbour


zeebaboe

Compound of zee (“sea”) + baboe (“Indonesian female babysitter”).

compound

(historical, Netherlands) female babysitter of Indonesian descent on a ship


mataglap

nl-adj

mataglap (used only predicatively, not comparable)

(Netherlands) out of one's mind, insane (especially out of rage), enraged


penisplant

Compound of penis (“penis”) + plant (“plant”).

(chiefly Netherlands) Synonym of reuzenaronskelk (“titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum”)


sleepwet

Blend of sleepnet (“dragnet”) + wet (“law”). Named after the law's authorisation of the indiscriminate collection of personal data of non-suspects, compared to a dragnet.

blend

Nederlanders gaan volgend jaar stemmen over de zogenoemde ‘sleepwet’ in een raadgevend referendum.

2017 October 9, Christiaan Paauwe, “Genoeg handtekeningen voor referendum ‘sleepwet’”, in NRC Handelsblad:

The Dutch will vote about the so-called dragnet law in an advisory referendum next year.

Sybrand Buma, de fractievoorzitter van regeringspartij CDA, spreekt zich in de Volkskrant van vandaag uit over het raadgevend referendum in het algemeen en het aanstaande referendum over de sleepwet voor de inlichtingendiensten in het bijzonder.

2017 October 28, Hans Wansink, “Buma diskwalificeert bij voorbaat sleepwet-referendum”, in Volkskrant:

Sybrand Buma, parliamentary party leader of the governing party CDA, expresses his opinion today in de Volkskrant about the advisory referendum in general and the upcoming referendum about the dragnet law for the intelligence agencies in particular.

2018 October 3, “Felle kritiek op Ollongren: 'Rapport sleepwet te lang achtergehouden'”, in AD:

2018 November 1, Marcel van Lieshout, “Toezichthouder ‘sleepwet’ tikt geheime diensten geregeld op de vingers”, in Volkskrant:

(Netherlands, politics) Nickname of the Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2017, a revision of the Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2002.


quinoakut

Coined by Tim den Besten in 2014. Compound of quinoa (“quinoa”) + kut (“cunt”).

(Netherlands, derogatory, vulgar) female superfoodie


mannenbroeder

(Netherlands) orthodox Reformed Protestestant (in contemporary Dutch this strongly suggests that the referent is gereformeerd)

(Netherlands, archaic) brother (as a title not necessarily denoting actual kinship)


zure bom

First attested in the early 20th century.


gaan met die banaan

Literally, “go with that banana”. Gaan is an infinitive with imperative force.

2011, Lisa Gardner, Spaar het meisje, tr. by Ralph van der Aa of Live to Tell.
Haar broek uittrekken, Alex' gesteven blauwe overhemd van zijn lijf rukken en gaan met die banaan.

Strip off her jeans, rip off Alex's starched blue shirt, and go to town. (original English)

(colloquial, Netherlands) go on, get going (commence), go ahead


haaibaai

nl-noun

haaibaai f (plural haaibaaien, diminutive haaibaaitje n)

haaibaaien (plural)
haaibaaitje (diminutive neuter)
heibei (alternative)

(derogatory, Netherlands) loud or domineering woman


van heb ik jou daar

Ik werd na het feest wakker met een kater van heb ik jou daar.

I woke up after the party with a hell of a hangover.

(idiomatic, Netherlands, only used postnominally) a hell of a .


toespijs

toespijs f or m (plural toespijzen, diminutive toespijsje n)

toespijzen (plural)
toespijsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch toespise. Equivalent to toe (“to-; additional; after-”) + spijs (“food, meal”). Compare German Zuspeise, Ancient Greek προσφάγιον (prosphágion).

compound

Ga rustig in je tuin of kostgrond werken, met je kinderen bezig zijn en klusjes in huis afmaken, zolang je water en brood en rijst met wat toespijs en groente uit de tuin hebt…

2020 April 5, Rappa, “Column: Politieke Borrelpraat 606 [Column: Political Banter 606]”, in StarNieuws, retrieved 2022-11-10:

Go and work quietly in your garden or allotment, spend some time with your children and finish chores around the house, as long as you have water and bread and rice with some sidedishes and vegetables from the garden...

(current in Suriname, archaic in the Netherlands and Belgium) side dish


strandvonder

(Netherlands) official responsible for the recovery and lawful return or distribution of stranded objects and vessels within a specified area at or near the shore


Jopie

(Netherlands) A familiar form for Joop, Jakob, Johannes, etc.


knurft

nl-noun

knurft m (plural knurften, diminutive knurftje n)

knurften (plural)
knurftje (diminutive neuter)

(informal, Netherlands) a stupid, silly person; a buffoon


krakeling

krakeling m (plural krakelingen, diminutive krakelingetje n)

krakelingen (plural)
krakelingetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch crakelinc, whence also French craquelin. Equivalent to kraken + -e- + -ling.

(Netherlands) a brittle, usually sweet pretzel-shaped pastry, often a puff pastry


rustoord

rustoord n (plural rustoorden, diminutive rustoordje n)

rustoorden (plural)
rustoordje (diminutive neuter)


kliko

From Kliko, acronym of proper names Klinkenberg and Koster, a company that historically sold wheelie bins.

(Netherlands) wheelie bin (outdoor tall plastic garbage container with two wheels to one side)


deltaplan

deltaplan n (plural deltaplannen, diminutive deltaplannetje n)

deltaplannen (plural)
deltaplannetje (diminutive neuter)
Deltaplan (alternative)

Common use of Deltaplan. Equivalent to delta + plan.

(Netherlands) a high-priority government project aimed at fundamentally addressing a societal risk or problem


rokertje

rokertjes (plural)
rookertje (alternative)

Diminutive of roker. The sense “cigarette” became dominant in the 1940s.

(chiefly Netherlands) a smoke, a tobacco product that is smoked:


bemazzel

From an abbreviation of Yiddish בעל־מזל (bal-mazel).

(Netherlands, Bargoens) lucky devil (person who is lucky)


met zijn neus in de boter vallen

Literally, “to fall with one's nose into (the) butter”.
Earliest attested use in 1613, in Gerbrand Bredero's Klucht v.d. Molenaar, vs. 474, as "mit myn neus in 't vet raken" (to fall with my nose in the fat)
A couple of more vulgar variants such as "to fall with one's asshole into the butter" exist in Belgium (met zijn gat in de boter vallen) as well as in Friesland (mei 't gat yn 'e bûter (or bûterfet) falle), both typically used to denote someone who was born into wealth, or in Friesland also a woman who married her way into a rich family.

lit

(chiefly Netherlands, idiomatic, intransitive) to be lucky, to be in luck; particularly: to arrive at a lucky or opportune moment


poeper

nl-noun

poeper m (plural poepers, diminutive poepertje n)

poepers (plural)
poepertje (diminutive neuter)
poeperd (alternative)

From poepen (“to defecate, to shit, to poo”) + -er.

suf

Wie het als eerste ruikt, heeft zijn poepertje gebruikt.

He who was the first one to smell it, has used his shitter. (Dutch equivalent of "He who smelt it dealt it.")

(informal, Netherlands) a butthole, arse/ass, anus

(informal, Netherlands) a shitter, a pooper, one who defecates


gladakker

nl-noun

gladakker m (plural gladakkers, diminutive gladakkertje n)

gladakkers (plural)
gladakkertje (diminutive neuter)
gladjakker (alternative)

(chiefly Netherlands) a sneak, a cheat, a slick


Erfgooier

(Netherlands, historical) a male from 't Gooi with inherited use rights of the local commons


mijnsteenberg

mijnsteenberg m (plural mijnsteenbergen)

From mijn (“mine”) + steenberg (“spoil heap”).

compound

(Netherlands) spoil heap (mound made up of rubble from mining excavations)


zuiveringseed

(Netherlands, politics, law) an oath by government ministers and important civil servants in which it is affirmed that they haven't purchased their position


hatseflats

First attested in the 1980s; compare earlier hatsekidee. For similar formations, compare hupseflups, oepsefloeps.

Hatseflats, dat was de laatste!

(Netherlands) Expresses a sudden or completed occurrence.


hatseflats

nl-noun

hatseflats ? (plural hatseflatsen, diminutive hatseflatsje n)

hatseflatsen (plural)
hatseflatsje (diminutive neuter)

Het gerecht staat in een hatseflats op tafel!

The dish will be on the table in no time!

(Netherlands, colloquial) a jiffy; a very short moment or very little effort


rikketik

(informal or childish, Netherlands) heart


vrijmibo

vrijmibo m (plural vrijmibo's, diminutive vrijmibootje n)

vrijmibo's (plural)
vrijmibootje (diminutive neuter)

Shortened from vrijdagmiddagborrel, taking the initial syllables of its constituent words vrijdagmiddag (“Friday afternoon”) and borrel (“informal meetup or reception involving alcoholic drinks”). Such clipped compounds are common in informal usage; compare for example baco.

(Netherlands, informal) an informal meetup, usually involving alcoholic drinks and snacks, held on Friday afternoon (typically with one's colleagues or friends) at the end of the workweek


appgroep

appgroep f or m (plural appgroepen, diminutive appgroepje n)

appgroepen (plural)
appgroepje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands) a group chat on a text messaging app


soepkip

soepkip f (plural soepkippen, diminutive soepkipje n or soepkippetje n)

soepkippen (plural)
soepkipje (diminutive neuter)
soepkippetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of soep (“soup”) + kip (“chicken”).

(derogatory, Netherlands) dumbass, loser, sucker


vergistoerist

vergistoerist m (plural vergistoeristen)

Compound of vergissen (“to mistake, to be mistaken”) + toerist (“tourist”).

compound

(Netherlands) a tourist who mistakenly shows up for an event on an incorrect date, usually because of reliance on outdated guide books


ledikant

nl-noun

ledikant n (plural ledikanten, diminutive ledikantje n)

ledikanten (plural)
ledikantje (diminutive neuter)
ledekant (alternative)
lidekant (alternative)

Afrikaans: ledekant

→ Papiamentu: ledikant (dated)

→ West Frisian: ledykant

Borrowed from Middle French lit de camp.

(chiefly Netherlands) cot, crib (bed for children)


dattie

(Netherlands, colloquial) Contraction of dat ie.


kat in 't bakkie

(Netherlands, informal) something easy, a cakewalk; in particular an easy chore or easy money


kat in 't bakkie

(Netherlands, informal) Bob's your uncle, easy-peasy


autoped

autoped m (plural autopeds, diminutive autopedje n)

autopeds (plural)
autopedje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: otopet (“kick scooter”)


hèhè

Hèhè, we zijn eindelijk thuis.

Hèhè, het is weer droog.

Hèhè, even zitten.

Ik heb eindelijk nieuwe schoenen gekocht. – Zo, hèhè!

I finally bought new shoes. – About time too!

Van het gesprek over de Nederlander en zijn identiteit, dat vorig jaar door Nederland rumoerde, is me één bijdrage in het bijzonder bijgebleven. Dat was een ingezonden brief over een Engelsman die in de metro van Londen alle Nederlanders ogenblikkelijk herkende aan hun gewoonte op een bankje te gaan zitten onder de verzuchting ‘hèhè’.

2008, Marjolijn Februari, “Frans Kellendonk-prijs 2008. Dankwoord door Marjolijn Februari [Frans Kellendonk Prize 2008. Acceptance speech by Marjolijn Februari]”, in Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, page 204:

One contribution to the discussion on the Dutch and their identity that rumbled through the Netherlands last year particularly struck me. It was a letter to the editor about an Englishman who, on the London underground, instantly recognised all Dutchmen by their habit of sighing 'hèhè' when sitting down on a bench.

(Netherlands, colloquial) Used to express a feeling of mild satisfaction and/or mild relief about having concluded a certain task or activity, or about a certain condition, event, or part of the day having come to an end; used to mark a transition from a state of being active or vexed to a state of relative rest and peace of mind.

Ja hèhè, het is niet dat ik dat niet snap.

Well duh, it's not like I don't get that.


uitprinten

uitprinten (infinitive)
uitprinten (gerund neuter)
print uit (first-person main-clause present singular)
printte uit (first-person main-clause past singular)
uitprint (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
uitprintte (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
print uit (main-clause present second-person singular)
printte uit (main-clause past second-person singular)
uitprint (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
uitprintte (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
print uit (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
printte uit (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
uitprint (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
uitprintte (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
print uit (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
print uit (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
printte uit (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
printte uit (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
uitprint (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
uitprint (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
uitprintte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
uitprintte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
print uit (main-clause present singular third-person)
printte uit (main-clause past singular third-person)
uitprint (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
uitprintte (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
printen uit (main-clause plural present)
printten uit (main-clause past plural)
uitprinten (plural present subordinate-clause)
uitprintten (past plural subordinate-clause)
printe uit (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
printte uit (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
uitprinte (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
uitprintte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
printen uit (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
printten uit (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
uitprinten (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
uitprintten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
print uit (imperative main-clause present singular)
print uit (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
uitprintend (main-clause participle present)
uitgeprint (main-clause participle past)

(transitive, Netherlands) to print (out)


Oranjeklant

Oranjeklanten (plural)
oranjeklant (alternative)

Compound of Oranje + klant. First attested in the 1780s.

(Netherlands, chiefly historical) a fervent supporter of the House of Orange-Nassau


anaalridder

Compound of anaal (“anal”) + ridder (“knight”).

(Netherlands, derogatory) Pejorative term for a male homosexual.


grote visserij

Named after its economic importance in historical times.

(chiefly historical, Netherlands) herring fishing


mijn naam is haas

Calque of German mein Name ist Hase, German student Victor von Hase's famous denial. The German surname Hase, which literally means “hare”, was replaced with the Dutch common noun haas. The phrase was popularised by the song of the same name by the Lowland Trio released in 1973, but attested as early as the late 19th century.

(chiefly Netherlands) I don't know, I don't know anything about anything, no clue


kutjebef

(slang, Netherlands) An expression of annoyance or surprise; fuck, shit, holy shit


kutjebef

kutjebef (adverbial positive predicative)
kutjebef (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kutjebef (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kutjebef (indefinite plural positive)
kutjebef (definite positive)
kutjebefs (partitive positive)

(slang, Netherlands) sucky, of low quality


hopman

hopman m (plural hopmannen or hoplieden or hoplui, diminutive hopmannetje n)

hopmannen (plural)
hoplieden (plural)
hoplui (plural)
hopmannetje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, historical) a military captain, belonging to a city guard, militia or army


makkie

From clipped makkelijk + -ie.
Originally Amsterdam slang. Attested since 1903.

(chiefly Netherlands, informal) breeze, cakewalk, cinch, doddle, piece of cake, walk in the park (something that is easy to do or easy to complete)


geilbek

(Netherlands, vulgar) lecher, horny person


geilbekken

(intransitive, Netherlands, vulgar) to act in a lecherous fashion, to be horny


reaguursel

reaguursel n (plural reaguursels, diminutive reaguurseltje n)

reaguursels (plural)
reaguurseltje (diminutive neuter)

From reaguren + -sel, modelled on reaguurder.

(Internet slang, Netherlands) a hateful reaction in a comment section


boemlauw

nl-adj

boemlauw (comparative boemlauwer, superlative boemlauwst)

boemlauwer (comparative)
boemlauwst (superlative)
boemlauw (adverbial positive predicative)
boemlauwer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het boemlauwst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het boemlauwste (adverbial predicative superlative)
boemlauwe (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
boemlauwere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
boemlauwste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
boemlauw (indefinite neuter positive singular)
boemlauwer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
boemlauwste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
boemlauwe (indefinite plural positive)
boemlauwere (comparative indefinite plural)
boemlauwste (indefinite plural superlative)
boemlauwe (definite positive)
boemlauwere (comparative definite)
boemlauwste (definite superlative)
boemlauws (partitive positive)
boemlauwers (comparative partitive)

From boem (“boom”) + lauw (“nice, cool”).

Gast, ik vind die baan als administratief medewerker bij de dienst Vergunningen boemlauw, maar hoeveel doekoe schuift het?

2013, Kluun, Klunen, Podium b.v. Uitgeverij, →ISBN, page 80:

Dude, I think that job as an administrative clerk for the licensing department is wicked, but what kind of dough are we talking about?

Ook de 'MSN-generatie' heeft warme herinneringen aan de puntkomma. Jeffrey ('Jef', 23) weet het nog goed: 'Dat was echt boemlauw, afsluiten met een smiley :-).'

2014 February 3, Thom Groot Nibbelink Nathan de Groot, “Het leesteken dat het helemaal gaat maken: ;”, in Volkskrant:

The 'MSN-generation' also has nostalgic memories of the semicolon. Jeffrey ('Jef', 23) remembers it like yesterday: 'That was really wicked, closing with a smiley :-).'

Sinds pakweg een decennium of twee dendert er een nieuw fenomeen door onze binnenstad; de quad. Het is een motorachtig sportvoertuig, maar dan met vier wielen. In bepaalde kringen is dit monster helemaal de shit, dope, onmin boemlauw, of noem het maar wat, liefst in wat minder gedateerde straattaal.

2017 September 3, Josse Kok, “Vroem vroem”, in Algemeen Dagblad:

Since roughly a decennium or two a new phenomenon roars through our inner cities; the quad. It's a motor-like sport vehicle, except it has four wheels. In some circles this monster is totally the shit, dope, very wicked, or whatever you want to call it, preferably using somewhat less dated street slang.

(informal, Netherlands) really cool, wicked


van de gekke zijn

Literally, “to be of the crazy (one)”. From the television series Pipo de Clown, where the character Klukkluk would often say dat zijn (toch) van de gekke.

(chiefly Netherlands) to be ridiculous, to be absurd, to be insane (generally referring to situations)


overnieuw

(Netherlands, informal, often proscribed) again (suggesting a complete retry in a different way)


knaak

nl-noun

knaak m (plural knaken, diminutive knaakje n)

knaken (plural)
knaakje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: knaka

→ West Frisian: knaak

(informal, Netherlands) a 2½ guilders coin


puffertje

(Netherlands, informal) inhaler, puffer (medical inhalation device)


afhaalchinees

(chiefly Netherlands) Chinese takeaway (restaurant) (in practice usually a Chinese-Indonesian restaurant)


naatje

Probably from Naatje, a nickname of het Monument ter herinnering aan den Hollandse Volkswil, possibly influenced by naadje (“vulva, slit”), though Naatje was already in use as a (nick)name for women at the time. The statue was of poor quality.

Het is naatje dat ze nu al moeten vertrekken.

It sucks hard that they have to already leave now.

Dat nieuwe boek van die man is echt naatje.

(Netherlands, slang, only used as part of a predicate) something that is of poor quality or that is unpleasant; something that sucks


pretpakket

pretpakket n (plural pretpakketten, diminutive pretpakketje n)

pretpakketten (plural)
pretpakketje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pret (“fun”) + pakket (“package, boxset”).

compound

(Netherlands, derogatory) any curriculum in secondary education with no or relatively mathematics and science subjects; currently the nickname of the cultuur en maatschappij curriculum


Jan Boerenfluitjes

First attested in the early 20th century. The phrase op z'n boerenfluitjes may predate the personification Jan Boerenfluitjes.

Jan boerenfluitjes (alternative)
jan-boerenfluitjes (alternative)

(Netherlands) Personification of a slapdash, unprofessional person.


klabak

nl-noun

klabak m (plural klabakken, diminutive klabakje n)

klabakken (plural)
klabakje (diminutive neuter)

Likely from Yiddish כּלבֿ (kelev, “damn dog, son of a bitch”) + Yiddish ־אַק (-ak).
First attested with its current meaning in 1884.

af

Yiddish <i class="Hebr mention" lang="yi">כּלבֿ</i> (kelev, “damn dog, son of a bitch”)

Yiddish <i class="Hebr mention" lang="yi">־אַק</i> (-ak)

(Netherlands, originally Bargoens, derogatory) cop, pig: synonym of politieagent (“police officer”)


zo stoned als een garnaal

nl-adj

zo stoned als een garnaal (not comparable)

Literally, “as stoned as a shrimp/prawn”, coined by Dutch comedians Van Kooten & De Bie in 1975 in their song Stoont als een garnaal (deliberately misspelt).

coinage

1993, Peter Burger, De wraak van de kangoeroe. Sagen uit het moderne leven, Prometheus (publ.), page 154.
Zijn die Newyorkse alligators wel zo gevaarlijk? Als een ander gerucht op waarheid berust, zijn ze hun leven lang zo stoned als een garnaal.

Are those New York alligators in fact all that dangerous? If another rumour is based on truth, they are stoned like mad for their entire lives.

(informal, Netherlands, simile) very stoned (intoxicated by drugs, usually marijuana, to a high degree)


rukbeer

nl-noun

rukbeer m (plural rukberen, diminutive rukbeertje n)

rukberen (plural)
rukbeertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of rukken (“to wank, to jerk off, to toss”) + beer (“bear (or alternatively boar)”).

compound

(Netherlands, colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) a habitual wanker, a tosser


dijkgraafschap

nl-noun

dijkgraafschap n (plural dijkgraafschappen)

From Middle Dutch dijcgraefschap. Equivalent to dijkgraaf + -schap.

(Netherlands) the office of a dijkgraaf, the status of being a dijkgraaf

(Netherlands) water board, region presided over by a dijkgraaf


klootviool

(Netherlands, colloquial, derogatory, somewhat humorous) bastard, asshole, arse


brugklas

brugklas f (plural brugklassen, diminutive brugklasje n)

brugklassen (plural)
brugklasje (diminutive neuter)
brugklasse (alternative)

→ West Frisian: brêgeklasse (calque)

Compound of brug + klas. First attested in the 1920s, although the current format became law in 1963 and went into force in 1968.

(Netherlands) the first form or grade of secondary education

(Netherlands) a school class of pupils at this level


brugklasser

brugklasser m (plural brugklassers, diminutive brugklassertje n)

brugklassers (plural)
brugklassertje (diminutive neuter)

From brugklas + -er. First attested in the early 1950s.

(Netherlands) a pupil in the first form or grade of secondary education, usually at the age of twelve or thirteen


brugger

brugger m (plural bruggers, diminutive bruggertje n)

bruggers (plural)
bruggertje (diminutive neuter)

Audio

From a clipping of brugklas + -er, equivalent to brug + -er. First attested in the late 1980s.

(Netherlands, informal, slightly derogatory) a pupil in the first form or grade of secondary education, usually at the age of twelve or thirteen


brugpieper

brugpieper m (plural brugpiepers, diminutive brugpiepertje n)

brugpiepers (plural)
brugpiepertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of brug + piepen (“to squeak”) + -er. Brug refers to brugklas. First attested in the early 1980s.

(Netherlands, slang, derogatory) a pupil in the first form or grade of secondary education, usually at the age of twelve or thirteen


patat met

patat met f (uncountable, diminutive patatje met n)

From elision of the prepositional complement mayonaise; literally, “chips/fries with”.

(Netherlands) chips with mayonnaise, fries with mayonnaise


broekie

Northern colloquial diminutive of broek.

(Netherlands, colloquial, derogatory) a rookie, a whippersnapper, a beginner or a relatively young person


sterkedrank

sterkedranken (plural)
sterke drank (alternative)

Univerbation of sterke drank. Literally, “strong (alcoholic) drink/beverage”.

lit

(Netherlands) beverage with 15%+ alcohol content

liquor, spirit(s)
beverage with 15%+ alcohol content


estafettestaking

nl-noun

estafettestaking f (plural estafettestakingen)

Compound of estafette (“relay race”) + staking (“strike”).

compound

(Netherlands) a relay strike; a type of strike where workers in a particular sector strike sequentially per company or employer, with work ceasing for a period in a business when the strike in another business has ended


schijnheil

(colloquial, Netherlands) a sanctimonious person


kwekerij

nl-noun

kwekerij f (plural kwekerijen, diminutive kwekerijtje n)

kwekerijen (plural)
kwekerijtje (diminutive neuter)

a nursery where: (Belgium, Suriname) any animals are raised or (Netherlands) fish, molluscs, arthropods or algae are raised or grown


miltvuurbos

miltvuurbos n (plural miltvuurbossen, diminutive miltvuurbosje n)

miltvuurbossen (plural)
miltvuurbosje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of miltvuur (“anthrax”) + bos (“forest”).

(Netherlands, chiefly diminutive) a small, densely grown tract of forest in a pasture, where livestock were buried after dying from anthrax, or sometimes from an other contagious disease


kankerbos

kankerbos n (plural kankerbossen, diminutive kankerbosje n)

kankerbossen (plural)
kankerbosje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kanker (“cancer (disease)”) + bos (“forest”).

com

(Netherlands) a forest dedicated to people who died from cancer


bumor

(informal, Netherlands, politics) the dry wit of Sybrand van Haersma Buma


graftempo

Compound of graf (“grave”) + tempo (“pace, tempo, time”).

compound

Aan je sig te zien moet het toch helemaal niet snel gaan? Een graftempo lijkt me precies gepast ;)

2001 June 21, J-P, “t.k. Honda CB500Four uit '75 i.z.g.st.!”, in nl.motorfiets (Usenet):

Judging from your sig it shouldn't have to fast at all, no? A gravely slow pace seems right appropriate ;)

(Netherlands, colloquial) an extremely slow pace


eenheidsworst

nl-noun

eenheidsworst f (plural eenheidsworsten)

From eenheid (“unity, uniformity”) + -s- + worst (“sausage”), calque of German Einheitswurst.

compound

(derogatory, uncountable, countable, Netherlands) something uniform and bland; uniformity


opbokken

opbokken (infinitive)
opbokken (gerund neuter)
bok op (first-person main-clause present singular)
bokte op (first-person main-clause past singular)
opbok (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
opbokte (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
bokt op (main-clause present second-person singular)
bok op (main-clause present second-person singular)
bokte op (main-clause past second-person singular)
opbokt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opbokte (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
bokt op (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
bokte op (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
opbokt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opbokte (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
bokt op (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
bokt op (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
bokte op (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
bokte op (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
opbokt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opbokt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opbokte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opbokte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
bokt op (main-clause present singular third-person)
bokte op (main-clause past singular third-person)
opbokt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
opbokte (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
bokken op (main-clause plural present)
bokten op (main-clause past plural)
opbokken (plural present subordinate-clause)
opbokten (past plural subordinate-clause)
bokke op (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
bokte op (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
opbokke (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
opbokte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
bokken op (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
bokten op (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
opbokken (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
opbokten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
bok op (imperative main-clause present singular)
bokt op (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
opbokkend (main-clause participle present)
opgebokt (main-clause participle past)

Opbokken met je jutezakken, belletjeleller!
Take your burlap sacks and take a hike, ding-dong ditching dipshit!

(intransitive, colloquial, Netherlands) to get lost, to go away


kankerhoer

nl-noun

kankerhoer f (plural kankerhoeren, diminutive kankerhoertje n)

kankerhoeren (plural)
kankerhoertje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, derogatory, vulgar) fucking whore, fucking slut (insult for a woman)


kerstkind

kerstkind n (plural kerstkinderen, diminutive kerstkindje n)

kerstkinderen (plural)
kerstkindje (diminutive neuter)
kerstekind (alternative)

From kerst (“Christmas”) + kind (“child”).

(Netherlands) a child born on Christmas (Eve or Day)


slaoliestijl

Compound of slaolie (“salad oil”) + stijl (“style”). Named after a print in art nouveau by Jan Toorop for a salad oil company. The print became a famous example of art nouveau in the Netherlands.

Deze werd gewonnen door Suze Fokker (1864-1900), met een ontwerp in slaoliestijl, waarop de nijverheid en arbeid van bijen die van vrouwen symboliseren.

2016, Willem Jan Verlinden, De zussen Van Gogh:

This was won by Suze Fokker (1864-1900), with a design in the art nouveau style, in which the industriousness and labour of bees symbolised the industriousness and labour done by women.

(Netherlands, chiefly derogatory) art nouveau


kopkaas

(Netherlands, vulgar, slang, Randstad, chiefly Amsterdam) penile smegma accumulated between the glans and the foreskin; cock cheese


groepsapp

groepsapp f or m (plural groepsapps, diminutive groepsappje n)

groepsapps (plural)
groepsappje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands) a group chat on a text messaging app


jeempie

Alteration of jemig, itself a euphemistic alteration of Jezus.

(Netherlands) A mild exclamation of (perhaps unpleasant) surprise, wonder or amazement.


tjeempie

Alteration of jeempie with fortition of the initial consonant. Compare tjonge (from jongen), and tja (from ja).


klassieker

klassieker m (plural klassiekers, diminutive klassiekertje n)

klassiekers (plural)
klassiekertje (diminutive neuter)
Klassieker (alternative)

Borrowed from German Klassiker. Equivalent to klassiek (“classical”) + -er. The sports sense was originally Belgian Dutch and derives from French classique.
The football subsense gradually arose starting in the 1950s, when it was applied to many other football matches, and is based on the fact that Amsterdam and Rotterdam and their football clubs Ajax and Feyenoord are, respectively, two of the most prominent cities and clubs in the country with a traditional rivalry going back many decades. A Feyenoord-Ajax match therefore became considered to be the classic football matchup in the Netherlands.

Men zou het de klassieker van de techniek kunnen noemen, al is die van Feijenoord momenteel dan wel meer geslepen.

1957 March 14, “Klassieker der techniek: Ajax-Feijenoord. Ook Fortuna-Enschede van belang”, in De waarheid, volume 18, number 62, page 4:

One could call is the classic of technique, although in taht case Feijenoord's technique is currently more polished.

Door ernstige supportersrellen wordt de klassieker sinds 2009 zonder uitpubliek gespeeld.

2014, P. Onkenhout et al., Koning voetbal: een lexicon van het Nederlandse voetbal, page 134:

Due to serious rioting by supporters [of the two clubs], the classic has been played without the guest club's supporter base [in attendance] since 2009.

(sports, originally cycling) a sports classic, a traditional match

(Netherlands, soccer, often preceded by the definite article) a match between the football clubs Ajax and Feyenoord


Gooise r

/ˌɣoːi̯sə ˈɛr/

Named after its use in broadcasts. Hilversum, a town functioning as the main centre for television and radio broadcasting, is located in het Gooi.

(Netherlands) a realisation of the r phoneme in Dutch as a uvular trill in onsets and as a velar bunched approximant, or alternatively non-rhotically, in codas; associated with the upper middle class and social climbers


basisbeurs

basisbeurs f (plural basisbeurzen, diminutive basisbeursje n)

basisbeurzen (plural)
basisbeursje (diminutive neuter)

From basis (“base”) + beurs (“bursary”).

(Netherlands, historical, education, politics) a basic allowance that was granted to all university students regardless of income level until the early 2010's


leenstelsel

leenstelsel n (plural leenstelsels, diminutive leenstelseltje n)

leenstelsels (plural)
leenstelseltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of lenen (“to loan, borrow”) + stelsel (“system”).

compound

a system based on loans or rents, especially:

(Netherlands, education, politics) a contentious system of government scholarships and student loans introduced in the early 2010's, which abolished a previous universal student grant


heitje

Borrowed from Yiddish ה (hey) + -tje, from Hebrew ה, the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The kwartje had a value of five stuivers (each stuiver being worth 5 cents, for a total of 25 cents per kwartje). Compare the obsolete vijfje for the same coin.

(Netherlands) a coin with the denomination of 25 guilder cents


ziekenfonds

(Netherlands, historical) health fund, sickness fund


kweekschool

nl-noun

kweekschool f (plural kweekscholen, diminutive kweekschooltje n)

kweekscholen (plural)
kweekschooltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kweekskool

→ Peranakan Indonesian: kweekschool

(historical, Netherlands) a school where enrollees, as teenagers or adolescents, were educated in a profession


BN'er

BN'er m (plural BN'ers, diminutive BN'ertje n)

BN'ers (plural)
BN'ertje (diminutive neuter)

From BN (initialism of bekende Nederlander, literally “famous Dutch person”) + -er.


paarse krokodil

nl-noun

paarse krokodil m or f (plural paarse krokodillen)

Literally, “purple crocodile”. From a 2005 television commercial by Dutch insurance company OHRA, in which a swimming bath employee refuses to return a lost inflatable purple crocodile to its owners unless they comply with several pointless lost and found regulations, even though their object is sitting right next to him.

Er hangt een praktische, doenerige sfeer — de mensen van wat het Veereberaad is gaan heten willen ‘problemen oplossen’. De paarse krokodil te lijf, blootleggen waar de bureaucratie verstikkend wordt. Op zondagmiddagen Nederland fiksen, dat idee.

2016, Sheila Sitalsing, Mark. Portret van een premier, Prometheus:

A practical, can-do atmosphere looms — the people of what has come to be called the Veere advisory group want to "solve problems". Taking on red tape, laying bare where bureaucracy becomes suffocating. To fix the Netherlands on Sunday afternoons, that kind of idea.

(Netherlands, idiomatic) inordinate bureaucracy, red-tapism


basisarts

(Netherlands) a medical doctor who has not (yet) completed specialised education


knudde

knudde (adverbial positive predicative)
knudde (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
knudde (indefinite neuter positive singular)
knudde (indefinite plural positive)
knudde (definite positive)
knuddes (partitive positive)

A word that rapidly came into fashion in the 1920s. Probably related to kneuter and kneuterig.

Met de voorhoede was het ook „knudde”

1921 May 14, “Sport. O. S. V.-nieuws”, in De Waterlander, volume 16, number 697, page 6:

Among the forwards it was also amateur hour.

(chiefly Netherlands, informal) bad, clumsy, worthless, oafish


poepgat

poepgat n (plural poepgaten, diminutive poepgaatje n)

poepgaten (plural)
poepgaatje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of poepen (“to shit, to poo”) + gat (“hole”).


hermelijnkoorts

Compound of hermelijn (“stoat, ermine”) + koorts (“fever”), referring to the ermine that royals often wore in the past. Reportedly coined by Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, according to Thijs Booy.

(Netherlands, derogatory) fawning servility towards a monarch

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
nl:Thijs Booy


luchtgastvrouw

nl-noun

luchtgastvrouw f (plural luchtgastvrouwen)

From lucht + gastvrouw, calque of English air hostess.

(dated, Netherlands) air hostess, stewardess (female flight attendant)


beppen

beppen (infinitive)
beppen (gerund neuter)
bep (first-person present singular)
bepte (first-person past singular)
bept (present second-person singular)
bep (present second-person singular)
bepte (past second-person singular)
bept (formal present second-person singular)
bepte (formal past second-person singular)
bept (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bept (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bepte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bepte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bept (present singular third-person)
bepte (past singular third-person)
beppen (plural present)
bepten (past plural)
beppe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bepte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
beppen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bepten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bep (imperative present singular)
bept (archaic imperative plural present)
beppend (participle present)
gebept (participle past)

From Bep + -en. Likely also influenced by the synonym kleppen. The use of an old-fashioned lower-class female (nick)name was likely intended to associate chit-chatting with older women from a modest background.

(intransitive, Netherlands, colloquial) to chit-chat, to blab


botervlinder

Compound of boter (“butter”) + vlinder (“butterfly”).

compound

(Netherlands) a sweet bun or biscuit made of puff pastry, usually in a tightly knotted or volute-like form vaguely resembling a butterfly


plaggenhut

nl-noun

plaggenhut f (plural plaggenhutten, diminutive plaggenhutje n)

plaggenhutten (plural)
plaggenhutje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands) a hut constructed of sods of peat


waterbom

waterbom f (plural waterbommen, diminutive waterbommetje n)

waterbommen (plural)
waterbommetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of water + bom. The tomato sense comes from German Wasserbombe and is named after the tomatoes' supposedly watery taste.


uppie

(Netherlands) a small marble, either a glass toothpaste marble or (dated) a clay marble

(dated, Netherlands) a half cent, a coin with the value of ½ guilder cent


linkmiegel

Borrowed from German Linkmichel. Equivalent to link + Michel.

(Netherlands, Bargoens) a sly, deceptive and untrustworthy man


weidewinkel

/ˈʋɛi̯.dəˌʋɪŋ.kəl/

Compound of weide (“pasture”) + winkel (“shop”), named because they were often (planned to be) built outside developed areas on agricultural land.

(Netherlands) a large supermarket, DIY centre or warehouse built on an industrial estate or outside built-up areas


pakkie-an

Borrowed Malay bagian, likely modified under influence of aanpakken, aanpak.

Zij kunnen optyfen, dat is hun pakkie-an niet!

They can sod off, it isn't their business at all!

(Netherlands, colloquial) task, concern, chore, business (that which someone is tasked to do, that which is of concern to someone)

(Netherlands, colloquial) forte, one's strength (something in which one excels)


lerarenkamer

lerarenkamers (plural)
leraarskamer (alternative)

(chiefly Netherlands) a staff room for teachers in a school


rijksweg

(chiefly Netherlands) a road built and maintained under national authority


taptemelk

Univerbation of (ge)tapte + melk. Tapte instead of getapte may indicate a West Frisian or North Hollandic origin.


spreeuwenkist

spreeuwenkist f (plural spreeuwenkisten)

Compound of spreeuw (“starling”) + -en- + kist (“chest”).

compound

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

1939 October 3, "Radio. Bandoeng in uw huis" (advertisement), De Tijd, evening edition, page 7. Tobt toch ook niet langer met Uw oud versleten spreeuwenkist, het kost u maar geld aan lapmiddelen; een radiotoestel dat oud begint te worden, wordt een ergernis voor de huisgenooten en moet dan ook vervangen worden; […]

„Maar je weet het nooit,” zegt kapitein Van Oosten, „de Noordzee is eigenlijk een pokkenzee; het stormt of je ziet niks. Wacht, ik ga even naar die spreeuwenkist”, en hij loopt naar de zenderontvanger op de brug voor het weerbericht, dat bepalend is voor de vraag of de sleepboten met hun duizenden paardenkrachten de Vliehors haar prooi kunnen ontroven.

1960 February 20, “Lieve Vrouwekerk komt nu langzaam los van Vliehors”, in Het Parool, page 9:

(Netherlands, colloquial, uncommon) a contraption that makes sounds (used for radios, loudspeakers, televisions and certain musical instruments such as pianos, organs and accordions)


buitenboord

→ Caribbean Javanese: bètenbor

(Suriname, Netherlands) an outboard motor


lul-de-behanger

nl-noun

lul-de-behanger m (plural lul-de-behangers)

lul-de-behangers (plural)
lul de behanger (alternative)

(Netherlands, derogatory) a clumsy man, a male bungler


zo stoned als een kanarie

nl-adj

zo stoned als een kanarie (not comparable)

(informal, Netherlands, simile) very stoned (intoxicated by drugs to a high degree)


loeder

nl-noun

loeder n (plural loeders, diminutive loedertje n)

loeders (plural)
loedertje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: loeder

From Middle Dutch loeder (“bait, lure”). The relatively recent, mostly postwar shift toward denoting females in particular may be inspired by its cognate German Luder (“slut”). Also cognate to English lure.

(Netherlands, derogatory) a nasty person or animal

(Netherlands, derogatory, offensive, now especially) a bitch, a nasty woman (or female animal)


peuterspeelzaal

peuterspeelzaal f (plural peuterspeelzalen, diminutive peuterspeelzaaltje n)

peuterspeelzalen (plural)
peuterspeelzaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of peuter (“toddler”) + spelen (“to play”) + zaal (“hall, room”).

compound

kleuterschool

official in Flanders, Belgium; usually for children aged 3 to 6

(Netherlands) an educational institution (nursery school) for children usually aged 2 to 4, with a strong focus on play and socialising


hoogheemraadschap

nl-noun

hoogheemraadschap n (plural hoogheemraadschappen)

From hoogheemraad + -schap or hoog + heemraadschap.

(Netherlands) water board, level of government structure for water management (only used for a few water boards in Holland and Utrecht)


klappernoot

klappernoot f (plural klappernoten, diminutive klappernootje n)

klappernoten (plural)
klappernootje (diminutive neuter)


grijpstuiver

grijpstuiver m (plural grijpstuivers, diminutive grijpstuivertje n)

grijpstuivers (plural)
grijpstuivertje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly Netherlands) a very small amount of money, a shoestring


pinautomaat

pinautomaat m (plural pinautomaten, diminutive pinautomaatje n)

pinautomaten (plural)
pinautomaatje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pin (“personal identification number”) + automaat (“machine”).


banjeren

banjeren (infinitive)
banjeren (gerund neuter)
banjer (first-person present singular)
banjerde (first-person past singular)
banjert (present second-person singular)
banjer (present second-person singular)
banjerde (past second-person singular)
banjert (formal present second-person singular)
banjerde (formal past second-person singular)
banjert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
banjert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
banjerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
banjerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
banjert (present singular third-person)
banjerde (past singular third-person)
banjeren (plural present)
banjerden (past plural)
banjere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
banjerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
banjeren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
banjerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
banjer (imperative present singular)
banjert (archaic imperative plural present)
banjerend (participle present)
gebanjerd (participle past)

From banjer + -en, a shortening of banjerheer whose first element ultimately derived from Malay banyak.

(intransitive, Netherlands) to walk slowly back and forth, to saunter around

(intransitive, Netherlands) to boast, to act important


banjer

Shortening of banjerheer, whose first element ultimately derived from Malay banyak.

(Netherlands, dated) a braggart, a self-important person, a boaster


banjer

(Netherlands, historical, chiefly in relation to Indonesia, archaic) a flood caused by torrential rains


knoeperd

knoeperds (plural)
knoeper (alternative)
knoepert (alternative)

(Netherlands) a whopper, something particularly large


toedeledokie

Expansion of toedeloe, from English toodeloo.

(Netherlands, chiefly humorous or ironic) toodeloo, so long


purper

purper (adverbial positive predicative)
purpere (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
purper (indefinite neuter positive singular)
purpere (indefinite plural positive)
purpere (definite positive)
purpers (partitive positive)

Negerhollands: purpur

From Middle Dutch purper, from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).


vierduitstuk

nl-noun

vierduitstuk n (plural vierduitstukken, diminutive vierduitstukje n or vierduitstukkie n)

vierduitstukken (plural)
vierduitstukje (diminutive neuter)
vierduitstukkie (diminutive neuter)
vierduitenstuk (alternative)

Compound of vier (“four”) + duit (“historical coin worth 1/160th of a guilder”) + stuk (“piece”).

compound

(historical, Netherlands) a 2½ cent piece, a coin with the value of 1/40th of a guilder or half the value of a stiver, issued until 1942 and accepted as legal tender until 1948


vierduitenstuk

nl-noun

vierduitenstuk n (plural vierduitenstukken, diminutive vierduitenstukje n)

vierduitenstukken (plural)
vierduitenstukje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of vier (“four”) + duit (“historical coin worth 1/160th of a guilder”) + -en- + stuk (“piece”).

compound

(Netherlands, historical) Alternative form of vierduitstuk


statuut

nl-noun

statuut n (plural statuten, diminutive statuutje n)

statuten (plural)
statuutje (diminutive neuter)

→ Lokono: statuta (from the plural form)

→ Indonesian: statuta (semantic loan)

→ Papiamentu: Statüt

From Middle Dutch statute, from Old French statut, from Latin statūtum.


vlaflip

Compound of vla + flip. Introduced in 1963 by a marketing campaign of a dairy industry organisation (Voorlichtingsraad Melkvoorziening).

(Netherlands) a dessert made from vla, yogurt and cordial, mainly eaten by children


patjepeeër

patjepeeër m (plural patjepeeërs, diminutive patjepeeërtje n)

patjepeeërs (plural)
patjepeeërtje (diminutive neuter)

Uncertain. Often said to be a blend of patser + plebejer, possibly influenced by patjakker.
Attested since 1934, originated in Amsterdam.

Die Rick met z'n lelijke pak is echt een patjepeeër.

That one guy Rick with his ugly suit is a real parvenu.

(Netherlands, colloquial, derogatory) a tasteless and vulgar nouveau riche (or pretending to be) show-off


vertrossen

Backformed from vertrossing. Equivalent to TROS + ver- -en.

(Netherlands, chiefly derogatory, of public broadcasting organisations) to increasingly focus on entertainment over educative television and radio and lose one's distinctive (ideological or religious) character


nachtapotheker

nachtapotheker m (plural nachtapothekers)

Compound of nacht (“night”) + apotheker (“pharmacist”).

compound

(slang, Netherlands, uncommon) a clandestine drug dealer


minizuil

nl-noun

minizuil f (plural minizuilen, diminutive minizuiltje n)

minizuilen (plural)
minizuiltje (diminutive neuter)

(society, chiefly historical, Netherlands) a small pillar (institutional subgrouping), now usually associated with either orthodox Reformed Protestantism or esotericism


hannesen

hannesen (infinitive)
hannesen (gerund neuter)
hannes (first-person present singular)
hanneste (first-person past singular)
hannest (present second-person singular)
hannes (present second-person singular)
hanneste (past second-person singular)
hannest (formal present second-person singular)
hanneste (formal past second-person singular)
hannest (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
hannest (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
hanneste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
hanneste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
hannest (present singular third-person)
hanneste (past singular third-person)
hannesen (plural present)
hannesten (past plural)
hannese (archaic present singular subjunctive)
hanneste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
hannesen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
hannesten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
hannes (imperative present singular)
hannest (archaic imperative plural present)
hannesend (participle present)
gehannest (participle past)

From hannes (“loser, dweeb, klutz”) + -en.

(Netherlands, intransitive) to mess around, to bungle, to act clumsily


bangalijst

(slang, offensive, Netherlands) a list of women who are considered to be easy sex partners


bolletjestrui

bolletjestrui f (plural bolletjestruien)

bolletjestruien (plural)
bollekestrui (alternative)

(chiefly Netherlands, cycling) an official shirt worn and accorded daily to the leader in the mountains classification in the Tour de France; a polka dot jersey


donnie

(Netherlands, slang, dated) a 10-guilders banknote


Afro-Surinamer

Afro-Surinamer m (plural Afro-Surinamers)

Afro-Surinaamse Nederlander
Afro-Surinaamse Nederlander#Dutch

(Netherlands) Ellipsis of Afro-Surinaamse Nederlander (“Afro-Surinamese Dutchman”).


fatoe

fatoe n (plural fatoes, diminutive fatoetje n)

fatoes (plural)
fatoetje (diminutive neuter)


broekhoest

Compound of broek (“pair of trousers, pants”) + hoest (“cough”).


klef

nl-adj

klef (comparative kleffer, superlative klefst)

kleffer (comparative)
klefst (superlative)
klef (adverbial positive predicative)
kleffer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het klefst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het klefste (adverbial predicative superlative)
kleffe (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kleffere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
klefste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
klef (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kleffer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
klefste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
kleffe (indefinite plural positive)
kleffere (comparative indefinite plural)
klefste (indefinite plural superlative)
kleffe (definite positive)
kleffere (comparative definite)
klefste (definite superlative)
klefs (partitive positive)
kleffers (comparative partitive)

(chiefly Netherlands) overattached, clingy


onder het kleed

(Netherlands) under the rug, meaning to conceal something


retributie

Likely borrowed from French rétribution, from Latin retribūtiō.


kniepertje

kniepertjes (plural)
kniepertie (alternative)
knijpertje (alternative)

From a Low Saxon pronunciation of knijpertje.

(Netherlands, especially Northeastern Netherlands) a sweet, thin, brittle waffle eaten around and in particular before New Year


poepchinees

nl-noun

poepchinees m (plural poepchinezen, diminutive poepchineesje n)

poepchinezen (plural)
poepchineesje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, childish, ethnic slur, derogatory) A derogatory term for a Chinese person or an other East Asian person.

(Netherlands, childish, derogatory) A derogatory term for a person with a name rhyming on /eːs/.


takitaki

Pseudo-loan from Sranan Tongo, possibly from English talkee-talkee (“creole language, especially in the Guianas”), influenced by Sranan Tongo takitaki (“to jabber, to chatter”). Not attested as an endonym.

der

taki-taki (alternative)
takie-takie (alternative)

Alleen de allerlaagste volksklasse bedient zich van een taal, samengesteld uit een mengelmoes van verschillende talen[,] Neger-Engelsch of taki-taki geheeten, welke taal ook gebezigd wordt bij de bestuurs-aanraking met boschnegers en Indianen. In de stad raken echter vele Neger-Engelsche uitdrukkingen geleidelijk vergeten en worden meer en meer vervangen door Nederlandsche. Te verwachten valt dan ook dat reeds in een zeer nabije toekomst van het taki-taki niet veel meer zal zijn overgebleven, althans in de stad zal zulks het geval zijn.

1931 January 3, [J.H. Heslinga], “Uit onze West. Nederlandsch in Suriname. [From our West-Indies. The Dutch language in Suriname.]”, in De Maasbode, page 10:

Only the very lowest classes of the population use a language made up of a mishmash of different languages, called Negro English or takitaki, which is also used in administrative contacts with Bush Negroes and Indians. In the city, however, many Negro English expressions are gradually being forgotten and increasingly replaced by Dutch ones. It is therefore to be expected that in the very near future not much of takitaki will remain; at least in the city, this will be the case.

Van dat neger-engels – door de Amerikanen takie-takie geheten en door de Surinamers vaak Srnan-tongo^([sic]) (Surinaamse taal) genoemd – bestaan hedentendage twee schakeringen: het stads-neger-engels (Paramaribo) en het distrikt-neger-engels.

1951, Willem Pée, Wytze Hellinga, Antoon Donicie, “Het Neger-Engels van Suriname [The Negro English of Suriname]”, in Taal en Tongval, →ISSN, page 131:

Two versions of this Negro English – called takitaki by the Americans and often called Sranan Tongo (Surinamese language) by the Surinamese – exist today: City Negro English (Paramaribo) and District Negro English.

Het Sranan of Sranantongo – een betere naam dan takitaki zoals het nooit door de bevolking zelf is genoemd (omdat deze term ‘gepraat’ of ‘geklets’ betekent) en een juistere naam ook dan Negerengels (omdat de wezenlijkste bestanddelen ervan niet Engels, maar Zuidwest-Soedanees zijn, terwijl de taal zeker door evenveel niet-negers als door negers gesproken wordt) – het Sranan dan, is een geestige, schilderachtige, muzikale, maar... een tamelijk woordarme verkeerstaal.

1994, Albert Helman, Adyosi / Afscheid, Nijmegen: Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, pages 8-9:

Sranan or Sranan Tongo – a better name than takitaki as it was never called by the population itself (because this term means ‘idle talk’ or ‘chatter’) and a more correct name too than Negro English (because its most essential constituents are not English but Southwestern Sudanese, while the language is certainly spoken by as many non-Negroes as Negroes) – Sranan then, is a witty, quaint, musical, but a rather word-deficient contact language.

(chiefly Netherlands, dated, derogatory, offensive) Sranan Tongo (an English-based creole language and lingua franca in Suriname)


bankzitter

someone sitting on a bench, pew or (Netherlands) couch


DPG

(Netherlands, healthcare, emergency services) Initialism of directeur publieke gezondheid (“director of public health”).


kut met peren

nl-adj

kut met peren (used only predicatively, not comparable)

(vulgar, humorous, Netherlands) crap, bad