en

From Middle Dutch ne, en, from Old Dutch ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.

1544, "Van proper Janneken" (song 123), in Dieuwke E. van der Poel, Dirk Geirnaert, Hermina Joldersma, J.B. Oosterman & Louis Peter Grijp (eds.) Het Antwerps liedboek, vol. 1, Lannoo (publ. 2004), page 283.
Schoon soete lief, waert u bequame / Dat ghi mi gaeft een troostelijc woort, / Ic en soude certeyn geen ander boelken kiesen, / Al sout mi oock aen mijn leven gaen.

Beautiful sweet darling, if it were pleasing to you / that you gave me a word of consolation, / I would certainly choose no other girlfriend, / even if it were to put my life at risk.

1632, Jacob Cats, Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijt, bestaende uyt spreeckwoorden ende sinspreucken, "Een rotten appel in de mande, maeckt oock het gave fruyt te schande.", in J. van Vloten (ed.), Alle de werken, vol. 1, 1862, page 649.
Daer magh geen rotte peer in onse manden wesen, / En wat'er niet en deught, dat dient'er uyt gelesen;

There should not be any rotten pear in our baskets, / and what is not of decent quality, that ought be taken out of it;

"Herr Halewyn", A.H. Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Horae Belgicae, page 41.
‘Uw zoon heer Halewyn is gaen jagen, / g’ en ziet hem weêr uw levens dagen.’

'Your son Lord Halewyn has gone hunting / you won't see him again for the rest of your life.'

Gij zegt dat 't vlaamsch te niet zal gaan: / 't en zal! / dat 't waalsch gezwets zal boven slaan: / 't en zal!

c. 1860, Guido Gezelle, Gij zegt dat 't vlaamsch te niet zal gaan:

You say that Flemish will go extinct: / no, it won't! / That Walloon banter [i.e. Belgian French, not the Walloon language] will gain the upper hand: / No, it won't!

...dat aldaer binnen Utrecht niet meer geacht ende respecteert en wordt, ...

that in Utrecht is no longer valued and respected...

(colloquial or dialectal in Belgium, obsolete elsewhere) not (often with another negator, see usage notes)


bot

nl-noun

bot f (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

botten (plural)
botje (diminutive neuter)


drink

(Belgium) a social event were beverages are served, with or without snacks, e.g. as a celebration


sol

sol f (plural sollen, diminutive solletje n)

sollen (plural)
solletje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist all note names were taken from.

(music, Belgium) sol (the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la)


amai

According to the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, the term is an evolution of the now obsolete interjections amij, amy or ammy (formed from ah and the personal pronoun mij; compare also French à moi), as an exclamation of sorrow or indignation, pain, aversion, pity, etc.

Amai, wa'ne klap!

Wa'ne stoot, amai!

(Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders) exclamation of surprise or disappointment; boy!

Amai, da'ziet er goed uit!

(Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders) oh my, amazing


Maneblusser

Maneblusser m (plural Maneblussers, diminutive Maneblussertje n)

Maneblussers (plural)
Maneblussertje (diminutive neuter)

From maan (“moon”) + -e- + blusser (“extinguisher”), after an incident where the moon shining through fog was mistaken for a tower on fire. http://www.trabel.com/mechelen-intro.htm

af

(humorous, Belgium) an inhabitant of the city of Mechelen, Belgium


accident

nl-noun

accident n (plural accidenten, diminutive accidentje n)

accidenten (plural)
accidentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch accident, from Middle French accident.


marina

marina f (plural marina's, diminutive marinaatje n)

marina's (plural)
marinaatje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) common, ordinary girl (often with a pejorative meaning)


johnny's en marina's

johnny's en marina's pl (plural only, diminutive johnny'tjes en marinaatjes n)

johnny'tjes en marinaatjes (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, derogatory) young people who are considered unsophisticated


barak

barak f (plural barakken, diminutive barakje n)

barakken (plural)
barakje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: barag, mbarag

→ Indonesian: barak

→ Papiamentu: barak

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca.


re

re's (plural)
re'tje (diminutive neuter)


gans

ganse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
gans (indefinite neuter positive singular)
ganse (indefinite plural positive)
ganse (definite positive)
gansch (alternative)
gantsch (alternative)

Afrikaans: gans

Negerhollands: gans

From Middle Dutch gansch, gans, gands, gants, borrowed from Middle High German ganz, from Old High German, from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“all, whole, entire”).

der

het ganse land

Dus de onderzoeksrechter wordt geacht ook om objectief te zijn. Allez, we hebben al gezegd van, kijk, u moet ons garanderen dat wij op een objectieve manier dit onderzoek kunnen verder voeren; wij twijfelen daar ook aan. En door het feit dat nu opnieuw gans dienen boel gelekt wordt, ja dan denken wij van, kijk, wat gebeurt hier opnieuw?

2022 March 10, Radionieuws (news bulletin; radio), Brussels, via VRT:

So the investigating judge is supposed to be objective too. Well, we already said, look, you have to guarantee us that we can continue this investigation in an objective way; we have our doubts about that. And because of the fact that now, once more, the whole thing is leaked to the press, well then, we think, look, what is going on here, yet again?

(now chiefly Belgium, informal) whole, entire


dodo

Wil je dodo doen?


living

Borrowed from French living or, less plausibly, an independent truncated borrowing from English living room.


mare

nl-noun

mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje n)

maren (plural)
maartje (diminutive neuter)

Middle Dutch language
Old Dutch language
Proto-West Germanic language

From Middle Dutch mâre, from Old Dutch māri, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“story”).

(Belgium, archaic) message, report, story


mare

mare f (plural mares, diminutive maartje n)

mares (plural)
maartje (diminutive neuter)

Middle Dutch language
Old Dutch language
Proto-Germanic language
Proto-West Germanic language

From Middle Dutch māre (“incubus”), from Old Dutch *mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ.


sofa

sofa m (plural sofa's, diminutive sofaatje n)

sofa's (plural)
sofaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French sofa, perhaps via Turkish sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa).


ne

From nen through apocope, itself a contraction of eenen, enen, the now-obsolete accusative form of een.

ne man


pot

pot m (plural potten, diminutive potje n)

potten (plural)
potje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pot

Berbice Creole Dutch: poto

Negerhollands: pot, put, potji

→ Virgin Islands Creole: poty

Papiamentu: pòchi (from the diminutive)

Petjo: pot

→ Caribbean Javanese: pot

→ Indonesian: pot, poci (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch pot, from Old Dutch pot, from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”). Cognate with English pot (“pot”).


pint

pint f (plural pinten, diminutive pintje n)

pinten (plural)
pintje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: pinchi (from the diminutive)

(Belgium) a glass of beer (usually 25 cl or 33cl, not an imperial pint)


college

college n (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje n)

colleges (plural)
collegetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kolese

/ˌkɔˈleː.ʒə/

From Middle Dutch college, from Middle French college, from Latin collēgium.

Na de basisschool ging hij naar het college om verder te studeren.

After elementary school, he went to the high school to continue his studies.

In Vlaanderen wordt een middelbare school vaak een college genoemd.

In Flanders, a high school is often called a college.

a secondary school, a high school, (now Belgium) especially in Roman Catholic education


zoo

zoo m (plural zoos, diminutive zootje n)

zoos (plural)
zootje (diminutive neuter)

Probably a borrowing from French zoo. Equivalent to a shortening of zoölogische tuin.


Brabant

From Middle Dutch Brabant, from Old Dutch *Brācbant (attested in Latin as pāgus brācbatensis), from Frankish, a compound of Proto-Germanic *brēk-, *brekaną (“fallow, originally 'to break'”) + *bant-, *bantō, *banti (“district, region”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰonHdéh₂ (“beneficial, good”), from *bʰHdús.
The latter element is also found in other toponyms such as Oosterbant, Swifterbant and Teisterbant.

der

(Belgium) Brabant (a former province of Belgium)

Zuid-Brabant (1815-1830, also in the Netherlands to contrast with Noord-Brabant)


Holland

nl-proper noun

Holland n (adjective Hollands, demonym Hollander m or Hollandse f)

Hollands (adjective)
Hollander (demonym masculine)
Hollandse (demonym feminine)
Hollant (alternative obsolete)

Javindo: Hollaan

Jersey Dutch: Hôl-läänt

→ Caribbean Javanese: Holan

→ Kwinti: hollan

desctree

→ Portuguese: holanda, Holanda
→ Chinese: 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hélán)
→ Manchu: ᡥᠣ
ᠯᠠᠨ (ho lan)
→ Tibetan: ཧོ་ལན (ho lan)
→ Vietnamese: Hà Lan
→ Zhuang: Hozlanz
→ Japanese: オランダ (oranda)
→ Korean: 화란 (Hwaran)
→ Okinawan: ウランダ (uranda)
→ Vietnamese: Hoà Lan
 (和蘭陀, 阿蘭陀) → 和蘭 (oran)
→ Javanese: ꦮꦭꦤ꧀ꦢ (Walanda), ꦭꦤ꧀ꦢ (Landa)
→ Ambonese Malay: walanda
→ Malay: Belanda
> Indonesian: Belanda (inherited)
Makasar: Balanda
→ Acehnese: Blanda
→ Dhuwal: balanda
→ Dutch: Blanda, blanda
→ Sranan Tongo: Blanda
→ Iban: Belanda
→ Tausug: Balanda'
→ Thai: วิลันดา (wí-lan-daa)
→ Petjo: blandeu, blandees

From Middle Dutch Hollant, from Old Dutch *Holtland (sometimes found in Latin texts), from holt (“wood”) + lant (“land”). A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from hol land (“hollow land”), inspired by the low-lying geography of the Dutch region. Doublet of Blanda.

Hij is voor zijn werk naar Holland geëmigreerd.

He has emigrated to Holland for his job.

Meneer Keller lachte. - Hier is geen Holland, zei hij. - Mi sabi, mi sabi, zei Joyce ongeduldig. Ik wil ook niet, dat Suriname Holland wordt. Ik hou van dit land zoals het is.

1969, Thea Doelwijt, Wajono, Paramaribo: Eldorado, page 24:

Mr Keller laughed. "Here, it's not the Netherlands", he said. "I know, I know", Joyce said impatiently. "I don't want Suriname to become the Netherlands either. I love this country the way it is. (...)"

(mostly in Belgium and Suriname, somewhat informal, proscribed) the Netherlands as a whole


proper

nl-adj

proper (comparative properder, superlative properst)

properder (comparative)
properst (superlative)
proper (adverbial positive predicative)
properder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het properst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het properste (adverbial predicative superlative)
propere (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
properdere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
properste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
proper (indefinite neuter positive singular)
properder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
properste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
propere (indefinite plural positive)
properdere (comparative indefinite plural)
properste (indefinite plural superlative)
propere (definite positive)
properdere (comparative definite)
properste (definite superlative)
propers (partitive positive)
properders (comparative partitive)

From Middle Dutch proper, from Old French propre, from Latin proprius.


mango

nl-noun

mango m (plural mango's, diminutive mangootje n)

mango's (plural)
mangootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

der

Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy)

Mangifera indica
Mangifera indica#Translingual

(Netherlands, Belgium) mango tree, Mangifera indica


ecologist

nl-noun

ecologist m (plural ecologisten, diminutive ecologistje n)

ecologisten (plural)
ecologistje (diminutive neuter)

Probably borrowed, e.g. from French écologiste. Equivalent to ecologie + -ist.

Je hoeft geen ecoloog zijn om ecologist te worden

You don't need to be an ecologist to become an environmentalist


rob

rob f (plural robben, diminutive robbeken n)

robben (plural)
robbeken (diminutive neuter)
robbe (alternative)

Uncertain; compare English rabbit, as well as English rub, referring to the fur. Or, from Proto-West Germanic *reufan (“to tear”), hinted by the animals' digging of tunnels.


ATM

ATM m (plural ATM's, diminutive ATM'etje n)

ATM's (plural)
ATM'etje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English ATM. Pronounced like in English.

automated teller machine
automated teller machine

(chiefly Belgium) automated teller machine


zit

zit m (plural zitten, diminutive zitje n)

zitten (plural)
zitje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, by extension) an exam term at university or an institution of intermediate tertiary education


baas

baas m (plural bazen, diminutive baasje n, feminine bazin)

bazen (plural)
baasje (diminutive neuter)
bazin (feminine)

Afrikaans: baas
→ English: baas

Negerhollands: baas, baes

→ Lokono: basia

→ Aukan: basi

→ Belizean Creole: baas

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bás

→ Caribbean Javanese: bas

desctree

→ English: boss
→ Cantonese: 波士 (bo¹ si⁶⁻²)
→ Danish: boss
→ French: boss
→ Indonesian: bos
→ Italian: boss
→ Japanese: ボス (bosu)
→ Korean: 보스 (boseu)

→ Guyanese Creole English: baas

→ Indonesian: bas (“boss”)

→ Petjo: bas

→ Jamaican Creole: baas

→ Kwinti: basia

→ Papiamentu: bas, baas, ba

→ Saramaccan: bási

→ Sranan Tongo: basi

→ Kari'na: ba`si

→ Trió: paasi

→ West Frisian: baas

Inherited from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô. Cognates include Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”); possibly also Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)).

gl

"father's sister, cousin"; > German <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Base</i> (“aunt, cousin”)


piste

nl-noun

piste f (plural pistes, diminutive pistetje n)

pistes (plural)
pistetje (diminutive neuter)


poep

poep f (plural poepen, diminutive poepje n)

poepen (plural)
poepje (diminutive neuter)

From French poupe (“poop, stern”). Ultimately from Latin puppis.

(colloquial, Belgium) a butt, bottom, behind, rear-end, hiney, tush


wonde

wonde f (plural wondes or wonden, diminutive wondje n)

wondes (plural)
wonden (plural)
wondje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly Belgium) alternative form of wond


diet

Revival by Flemish nationalists of Middle Dutch diet (“people, folk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Compare Diets (“Dutch, German”).

(Belgium, archaic) the combined Flemish, Dutch and Afrikaner people


student

student m (plural studenten, diminutive studentje n, feminine studente)

studenten (plural)
studentje (diminutive neuter)
studente (feminine)

→ Papiamentu: student (dated)

Borrowed from Latin studēns, present participle of studēre (“to study”).

(Belgium, Suriname) a student at an institute for secondary or tertiary education.


clochard

clochard m (plural clochards, diminutive clochardje n)

clochards (plural)
clochardje (diminutive neuter)
klosjaar (alternative)

(chiefly Belgium, quite derogatory) vagrant, tramp, bum


serre

serre f (plural serres, diminutive serretje n)

serres (plural)
serretje (diminutive neuter)


kot

kot n (plural kotten or koten, diminutive kotje n or kotteke n)

kotten (plural)
koten (plural)
kotje (diminutive neuter)
kotteke (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: kot, cot

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kot (dated)

From Middle Dutch cot, cote, from Old Dutch [Term?] cota (in place names), kota (“little house”), from Proto-West Germanic *kautā, from Proto-Germanic *kutą (“shed”).

Leuvense koten brandden vaak af in de jaren 90.

Student rooms in Louvain burned down often in the nineties.


frigo

frigo m (plural frigo's, diminutive frigootje n)

frigo's (plural)
frigootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French frigo, apocopic form of réfrigérateur.


pere

pere m (plural peren, diminutive pereke n)

peren (plural)
pereke (diminutive neuter)

Ik tegen m'n neefke: "Zeg, Viggo, bleitsmoel, gadis aan ave pere z'n broek hange jong, trezebees!"


col

col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)

cols (plural)
colletje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French col (“collar”), from Latin collum (“neck”).

(informal, chiefly Belgium) (clothing) collar


col

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

collen (plural)
colletje (diminutive neuter)

(informal, Belgium, sports) mountain pass


lavabo

lavabo m (plural lavabo's, diminutive lavabootje n)

lavabo's (plural)
lavabootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French lavabo, from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”, verb).


palier

palier m (plural paliers, diminutive paliertje n or palierke n)

paliers (plural)
paliertje (diminutive neuter)
palierke (diminutive neuter)
paljee (alternative)


pol

pol m (plural pollen, diminutive polletje n)

pollen (plural)
polletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pol


tas

tas f (plural tassen, diminutive tasje n)

tassen (plural)
tasje (diminutive neuter)

From French tasse, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās) (a shortening of طَسْت (ṭast)), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt).

(Belgium) cup (like a cup of coffee or tea)


lap

(chiefly Belgium) exclamation of dismay, disappointment


prise

prise f (plural prises or prisen, diminutive prieske n)

prises (plural)
prisen (plural)
prieske (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) electrical outlet, wall socket


reserve

reserve f (plural reserves, diminutive reservetje n)

reserves (plural)
reservetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: reserwe

→ Indonesian: reserve (“reserve”)

desctree

>? Javanese: ꦱꦺꦉꦥ꧀ (sèrep, “spare”)
Caribbean Javanese: sèrep
→ Indonesian: sèrêp (“spare”)

Borrowed from Middle French reserve, from Old French reserver.


tut

nl-noun

tut f (plural tutten, diminutive tutje n)

tutten (plural)
tutje (diminutive neuter)


pil

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilleke n)

pillen (plural)
pilleke (diminutive neuter)


trekken

trekken (infinitive)
trekken (gerund neuter)
trek (first-person present singular)
trok (first-person past singular)
trekt (present second-person singular)
trek (present second-person singular)
trok (past second-person singular)
trekt (formal present second-person singular)
trok (formal past second-person singular)
trekt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
trekt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
trokt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
trokt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
trekt (present singular third-person)
trok (past singular third-person)
trekken (plural present)
trokken (past plural)
trekke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
trokke (archaic past singular subjunctive)
trekken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
trokken (archaic past plural subjunctive)
trek (imperative present singular)
trekt (archaic imperative plural present)
trekkend (participle present)
getrokken (participle past)

Afrikaans: trek
→ English: trek

Jersey Dutch: träkke

Negerhollands: trek, treek

→ Papiamentu: trèk

From Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch *trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną (“to drag”).

(intransitive, Belgium) to photograph, take a picture


zagen

zagen (infinitive)
zagen (gerund neuter)
zaag (first-person present singular)
zaagde (first-person past singular)
zaagt (present second-person singular)
zaag (present second-person singular)
zaagde (past second-person singular)
zaagt (formal present second-person singular)
zaagde (formal past second-person singular)
zaagt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
zaagt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
zaagde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
zaagde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
zaagt (present singular third-person)
zaagde (past singular third-person)
zagen (plural present)
zaagden (past plural)
zage (archaic present singular subjunctive)
zaagde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
zagen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
zaagden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
zaag (imperative present singular)
zaagt (archaic imperative plural present)
zagend (participle present)
gezaagd (participle past)

Afrikaans: saag

→ Fanagalo: saga

Berbice Creole Dutch: sagi

→ Sranan Tongo: sa, seki

→ Lokono: sekidin

From Middle Dutch sagen. Equivalent to zaag (“saw”) + -en.

(Belgium, Brabant) to nag, to speak in an annoying tone, to repeat oneself ad nauseam


fondant

fondant m or n (plural fondants, diminutive fondantje n)

fondants (plural)
fondantje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from French fondant.


kiosk

kiosk f (plural kiosken, diminutive kioskje n)

kiosken (plural)
kioskje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kiosk

→ Indonesian: kios
→ Ternate: kios

Borrowed from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).


dop

dop m (plural doppen, diminutive dopje n)

doppen (plural)
dopje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: dop

→ Indonesian: dop

→ Papiamentu: dòpi

From Middle Dutch doppe, dup, from Old Dutch *dopp, *dupp, from Proto-West Germanic *dopp, *dupp, from Proto-Germanic *duppaz (“hollow, well, bowl”). Cognate with German Topf (“pot”).

inh

(Belgium, uncountable) the dole, unemployment benefit


bocht

From Middle Dutch bocht, becht, bacht (“garbage, dung, shit”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan (“to buy”), though this is at odds with the last two forms.


parking

Borrowed from English parking or from French parking.


nadar

nl-noun

nadar m (plural nadars, diminutive nadarke n)

nadars (plural)
nadarke (diminutive neuter)

Named after Nadar, pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, French cartoonist and balloonist. Cf. Belgian French barrière Nadar.


mie

From Mie, a contraction of the common Dutch name Marie, from Maria, from Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).


crème

crème f (plural crèmes, diminutive crèmepje n or crèmeke n)

crèmes (plural)
crèmepje (diminutive neuter)
crèmeke (diminutive neuter)
kreem (alternative Belgium colloquial)

→ Indonesian: krèm

→ Papiamentu: krèm

‘Een crèmeke, alstublief, m'dam.’

HIER CRÈME MET ÉCHTE FRAISEN!

2011, Guido van Heulendonk, Terug naar Killary Harbour:

2017 October 15, 'Goesting' (pseud.), "Crème de la crème: hier lik je de lekkerste ijsjes van het land", Het Laatste Nieuws.
Goesting ging testen en serveert de crème de la crème onder de crème, al zeggen we er meteen bij dat deze lijst uiteraard niet volledig is.
Goesting went to test and serves the crème de la crème of ice cream, although we say right away that this list is obviously not exhaustive.


graf

From French grave (“serious, grave”). Most likely influenced by Dutch erg which can mean "serious, grave" as well as "very". The alternative form graaf (“very”), also slang, has the same origin and meaning, but stays closer to the original French pronunciation.

Dat is graf duur


janet

janet f (plural janetten, diminutive janetje n)

janetten (plural)
janetje (diminutive neuter)
jeanet (alternative)
janette (alternative)
zjanol (alternative)

Borrowed from French janet, from Jeannette, from Jeanne d'Arc. Named after the members of a Roman Catholic girlscouts' organisation.

Onze tegenstanders zijn een stel janetten.

(Belgium, vulgar, offensive) an effeminate man

(Belgium, vulgar, offensive, by extension) a homosexual


regent

regent m (plural regenten, diminutive regentje n, feminine regentes)

regenten (plural)
regentje (diminutive neuter)
regentes (feminine)

From Middle Dutch regent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.

(Belgium) a secondary school teacher whose non-university degree only qualifies to teach in the lower grades


kol

kol f (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

kollen (plural)
kolletje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) wizard, magician, sorcerer, conjuror, warlock


kol

nl-adj

kol (comparative koller, superlative kolst)

koller (comparative)
kolst (superlative)
kol (adverbial positive predicative)
koller (adverbial comparative predicative)
het kolst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het kolste (adverbial predicative superlative)
kolle (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kollere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
kolste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
kol (indefinite neuter positive singular)
koller (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
kolste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
kolle (indefinite plural positive)
kollere (comparative indefinite plural)
kolste (indefinite plural superlative)
kolle (definite positive)
kollere (comparative definite)
kolste (definite superlative)
kols (partitive positive)
kollers (comparative partitive)


velo

nl-noun

velo m (plural velos, diminutive velootje n)

velos (plural)
velootje (diminutive neuter)


terril

terril m (plural terrils, diminutive terrilletje n)

terrils (plural)
terrilletje (diminutive neuter)


deb

(Belgium, offensive, colloquial) clipping of debiel


nota

nota f (plural nota's, diminutive notaatje n)

nota's (plural)
notaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: nota


schol

Compare Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål.


mantel

mantel m (plural mantels, diminutive manteltje n)

mantels (plural)
manteltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mantel

Negerhollands: mantel

Petjo: mantel

→ Caribbean Javanese: mantel

→ Indonesian: mantel

→ Makasar: manteleʼ

→ Papiamentu: mantel

From Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mantēllum.

(now chiefly Belgium, elsewhere somewhat dated outside certain compounds) coat, jacket


hof

hof n or m (plural hoven, diminutive hofje n)

hoven (plural)
hofje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hof

Negerhollands: hofje, hofi, hoffie (from the diminutive)

→ Papiamentu: hòfi, hoffie (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch hof, from Old Dutch *hof, from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą.


trees

trees f (plural trezen, diminutive treesje n)

trezen (plural)
treesje (diminutive neuter)
treze (alternative)

From Trees, a Dutch variant of the female names Thérèse and Theresia.


bak

bak m (plural bakken, diminutive bakje n)

bakken (plural)
bakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bak

Berbice Creole Dutch: baksi

Negerhollands: bak

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bak, baks (archaic)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: báki

→ Caribbean Javanese: bak, bag

→ Indonesian: bak, baki

→ Javanese: ꦧꦏꦶ (baki)

→ Ternate: baki

→ Javanese: ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)

→ Papiamentu: baki (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: baki

→ Caribbean Javanese: baki

(informal, Netherlands, Belgium, Bargoens) the slammer, jail, prison


sas

sas n or f (plural sassen, diminutive sasje n)

sassen (plural)
sasje (diminutive neuter)


merci

(chiefly Belgium or colloquial Netherlands) thank you


merci

merci f (plural mercis, diminutive mercikes n)

mercis (plural)
mercikes (diminutive neuter)


flaneur

flaneur m (plural flaneurs, diminutive flaneurtje n)

flaneurs (plural)
flaneurtje (diminutive neuter)


baan

baan f (plural banen, diminutive baantje n)

banen (plural)
baantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: baan

→ Indonesian: ban

From Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō. Compare German Bahn.

Ik zit al acht uur op de baan.

I've sat on the road for eight hours already.


komen

komen (infinitive)
komen (gerund neuter)
kom (first-person present singular)
kwam (first-person past singular)
komt (present second-person singular)
kom (present second-person singular)
kwam (past second-person singular)
komt (formal present second-person singular)
kwam (formal past second-person singular)
komt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
komt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kwaamt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kwaamt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
komt (present singular third-person)
kwam (past singular third-person)
komen (plural present)
kwamen (past plural)
kome (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kwame (archaic past singular subjunctive)
komen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
kwamen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
kom (imperative present singular)
komt (archaic imperative plural present)
komend (participle present)
gekomen (participle past)
kommen (alternative)

Afrikaans: kom

Berbice Creole Dutch: kumu

Javindo: kom

Jersey Dutch: kôme

Negerhollands: kom

Skepi Creole Dutch: kum, com, come

From Middle Dutch cōmen, from Old Dutch cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

Ik kom wakker


wreed

From Middle Dutch wreet, from Old Dutch *wrēth, from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþ, from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz. Cognate with English wrath.

Ik heb mij wreed geamuseerd.


lichaam

lichaam n (plural lichamen, diminutive lichaampje n)

lichamen (plural)
lichaampje (diminutive neuter)
ligchaam (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: liggaam

Negerhollands: lichaam, likam

→ Indonesian: badan (semantic loan)

From Middle Dutch lichame, lechame, from Old Dutch lichamo, from Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô (“body, bodily frame, corpse”), equivalent to lijk (“body, lich”) + haam (“covering, cover”).


schoon

nl-adj

schoon (comparative schoner, superlative schoonst)

schoner (comparative)
schoonst (superlative)
schoon (adverbial positive predicative)
schoner (adverbial comparative predicative)
het schoonst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het schoonste (adverbial predicative superlative)
schone (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
schonere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
schoonste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
schoon (indefinite neuter positive singular)
schoner (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
schoonste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
schone (indefinite plural positive)
schonere (comparative indefinite plural)
schoonste (indefinite plural superlative)
schone (definite positive)
schonere (comparative definite)
schoonste (definite superlative)
schoons (partitive positive)
schoners (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: skoon

Berbice Creole Dutch: skono

Jersey Dutch: sxôn

Negerhollands: skoon

Petjo: schoon

From Middle Dutch schône, from Old Dutch scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.


lopen

lopen (infinitive)
lopen (gerund neuter)
loop (first-person present singular)
liep (first-person past singular)
loopt (present second-person singular)
loop (present second-person singular)
liep (past second-person singular)
loopt (formal present second-person singular)
liep (formal past second-person singular)
loopt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
loopt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
liept (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
liept (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
loopt (present singular third-person)
liep (past singular third-person)
lopen (plural present)
liepen (past plural)
lope (archaic present singular subjunctive)
liepe (archaic past singular subjunctive)
lopen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
liepen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
loop (imperative present singular)
loopt (archaic imperative plural present)
lopend (participle present)
gelopen (participle past)
loopen (alternative archaic)

Afrikaans: loop

Negerhollands: loop, loo, lo, lu

desc

Skepi Creole Dutch: lop, louphe, luffi, loup

From Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch lōpan, *loupan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.

(intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, go fast on one's own legs

Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.

(intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, cover distance, follow a track etc.


gelijk

Inherited from Middle Dutch gelike, from Old Dutch *gilīko, from Proto-West Germanic *galīkō, from Proto-Germanic *galīkô.

landen gelijk Engeland en Frankrijk

(Belgium, archaic, elsewhere) like, such as

Juist gelijk dat?

Het is gelijk ge wilt.

(Belgium, archaic, elsewhere) as, just like, just as, the way that


vierkant

From vier (“four”) + kant (“side”). Compare Danish firkant and Swedish fyrkant.

(uit "De Standaard" (krant): ‘Ik ben hier vierkant tegen’ (politierechter over alcoholslot in wagen)


sambal

sambals (plural)
sambel (alternative Suriname)

Borrowed from Malay sambal, from Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (sambel). In Surinamese Dutch, it may have been directly borrowed from Javanese, although the meaning is rather distinct from the Javanese word, probably an ellipsis of Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ꦲꦠꦶ (sambel ati).

1797, J. S. Stavorinus, Reize van Zeeland over de Kaap de Goede Hoop en Batavia, naar Samarang, Macasser, Amboina, Suratte, enz., vol. I, publ. by A. & J. Honkoop, page 261.
Ook maakt men van dit fijnſte meel iets gereed dat men Popeda noemt, het welk veel overeenkomst heeft met onze zoogenaamde Boekweite-brei, doch het is veel lijmiger; men eet dit van ſtokjens, die, in de Popeda geſtoken, een gedeelte, dat aan dezelven kleeven blijft, medeneemen, die voords in vischnat gedoopt zijnde, met een weinig visch en Sambal voor de beste ſpijs der Amboineezen gehouden wordt; ja zelfs voor die geenen, welke van Europeërs afkomstig zijn.

Also from this finest flour something is prepared that is called papeda, which is very similar to our so-called buckwheat porridge, but it is much more gluey; it is eaten from sticks which, when dipped in the papeda, take with them a quantity that remains stuck to them, which, after it is then dipped in fish juice, together with some fish and sambal, is considered the best dish of the Ambonese; indeed, even of those originating from Europeans.

(Netherlands, Belgium, chiefly uncountable) Sambal, a relish made from chili peppers


jat

nl-noun

jat f (plural jatten, diminutive jatje n)

jatten (plural)
jatje (diminutive neuter)

From French jatte (“pan; bowl; skeel”), from Latin gabata (“a kind of deep dish or platter”).

der

(Belgium, dialect) cup (like a cup of coffee or tea)


VSA

Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Verenigde Staten van Amerika#Dutch

United States of America
United States of America#English

(chiefly Belgium) initialism of Verenigde Staten van Amerika (= United States of America): a country in North America: USA


gracht

nl-noun

gracht f or m (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n)

grachten (plural)
grachtje (diminutive neuter)
graft (alternative)

Afrikaans: grag

→ English: gracht

→ German: Gracht

→ Papiamentu: gracht (dated)

→ West Frisian: gracht

From Middle Dutch gracht, from Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz. Equivalent to graven (“to dig”) + -t (“verbal noun”).

2017 January 10, Het Laatste Nieuws, "Monsterfile op E17 na ongeval in Destelbergen, vrachtwagen in gracht op E40".
Op de E40 tussen Beernem en Aalter kreeg een vrachtwagen rond 7 uur 's morgens een klapband. Hierdoor belandde de vrachtwagen, die geladen was met aarde, op zijn zijkant in de gracht.

A truck got a flat tyre on the E40 between Beernem and Aalter around 7 o'clock in the morning. This caused the truck, which was loaded with earth, to end up on its side in the ditch.

(Belgium) ditch, trench (in the countryside, referring to both those that contain water and those that are dry)


passeren

passeren (infinitive)
passeren (gerund neuter)
passeer (first-person present singular)
passeerde (first-person past singular)
passeert (present second-person singular)
passeer (present second-person singular)
passeerde (past second-person singular)
passeert (formal present second-person singular)
passeerde (formal past second-person singular)
passeert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
passeert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
passeerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
passeerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
passeert (present singular third-person)
passeerde (past singular third-person)
passeren (plural present)
passeerden (past plural)
passere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
passeerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
passeren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
passeerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
passeer (imperative present singular)
passeert (archaic imperative plural present)
passerend (participle present)
gepasseerd (participle past)

Berbice Creole Dutch: paseri

Negerhollands: passeer, pasė, pase

Skepi Creole Dutch: pasere, passaer


choco

choco m (plural choco's, diminutive chocootje n)

choco's (plural)
chocootje (diminutive neuter)

Shortenings of compounds with chocolade (“chocolate”).

(Belgium, offensive, ethnic slur) Term of abuse for a person of black-African descent.

(Belgium, offensive, vulgar) a homosexual man


zwanzer

zwanzer m (plural zwanzers, diminutive zwanzertje n)

zwanzers (plural)
zwanzertje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, informal) one who jokes; a joker


pomelo

pomelo m (plural pomelo's, diminutive pomelootje n)

pomelo's (plural)
pomelootje (diminutive neuter)

Citrus maxima
Citrus maxima#Translingual

(chiefly Belgium) pomelo (fruit of the tree Citrus maxima)


classeur

classeur m (plural classeurs, diminutive classeurtje n)

classeurs (plural)
classeurtje (diminutive neuter)


gom

gom m (plural gommen, diminutive gommetje n)

gommen (plural)
gommetje (diminutive neuter)
gum (alternative)

Afrikaans: gom

→ Indonesian: gom

→ Japanese: ゴム

→ Makasar: hong (“eraser”)

→ Papiamentu: gòm, gom

From Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.

(now Belgium) alternative form of gum (“eraser”)


netel

netel f (plural netels, diminutive neteltje n)

netels (plural)
neteltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch netele, from Old Dutch *netila, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā.

(now chiefly Belgium) stinging nettle, nettle of the genus Urtica


dikkop

dikkop m (plural dikkoppen, diminutive dikkopje n)

dikkoppen (plural)
dikkopje (diminutive neuter)


gedacht

gedacht n (uncountable, diminutive gedachtje n)


kous

kous f (plural kousen, diminutive kousje n)

kousen (plural)
kousje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: kous
→ Sotho: kausi
→ Xhosa: ikawusi

Berbice Creole Dutch: kausu

Negerhollands: koussen, kous

→ Lokono: kauso

→ Caribbean Javanese: kaos

→ Danish: kovs

→ German: Kausch

→ Gusilay: ekawaas, gakawaas (possibly via Wolof)

→ Indonesian: kaus

→ Mandinka: kàwáasí (possibly via Wolof)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kause

→ Polish: kausza

→ Russian: коуш (kouš)

→ Sranan Tongo: kowsu
→ Aukan: kowsu
→ Caribbean Hindustani: kausu
→ Kari'na: kosu
→ Saramaccan: köúsa

→? Swedish: kaus (alternatively from Low German)

→ Finnish: kaussi

→ Wolof: kawas

From Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.


zot

nl-noun

zot m (plural zotten, diminutive zotje n)

tlb

(today mostly restricted to Belgium and colloquial Southern Netherlands)

zotten (plural)
zotje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sot

From Middle Dutch sot, a borrowing from Old French sot, from Medieval Latin sottus, of unknown origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern French zut! (“damn it!”).
Compare Old English sott (“foolish, stupid”), English sot, modern French sot.

onomatopoeic

expressive


fiche

(Belgium) form (blank template on paper)


holebi

nl-noun

holebi m or f (plural holebi's, diminutive holebietje n)

holebi's (plural)
holebietje (diminutive neuter)

Blend of homoseksueel + lesbisch + biseksueel. Originated in Belgian Dutch.

blend

(chiefly Belgium) collective name for homosexuals, lesbians and bisexuals; lesbigay; LGB


combi

nl-noun

combi m (plural combi's, diminutive combietje n or combieke n)

combi's (plural)
combietje (diminutive neuter)
combieke (diminutive neuter)

Either shortened from combinatiewagen or combinatie, or borrowed from German Kombi, used in Volkswagen Kombi (whence also Afrikaans kombi and South African English kombi).


stappen

stappen (infinitive)
stappen (gerund neuter)
stap (first-person present singular)
stapte (first-person past singular)
stapt (present second-person singular)
stap (present second-person singular)
stapte (past second-person singular)
stapt (formal present second-person singular)
stapte (formal past second-person singular)
stapt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
stapt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
stapte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
stapte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
stapt (present singular third-person)
stapte (past singular third-person)
stappen (plural present)
stapten (past plural)
stappe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
stapte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
stappen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
stapten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
stap (imperative present singular)
stapt (archaic imperative plural present)
stappend (participle present)
gestapt (participle past)

Negerhollands: stap

From Middle Dutch stappen, from Old Dutch *stappen, *steppen, from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną. By surface analysis, stap + -en. The sense to go out may derive from op stap (“on the town; out”).


labo

labo n (plural labo's, diminutive labootje n)

labo's (plural)
labootje (diminutive neuter)
lab (alternative)


werf

werf m (plural werven, diminutive werfje n)

werven (plural)
werfje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch werf. Related to werven. Compare English wharf.


schouw

schouw f (plural schouwen, diminutive schouwtje n)

schouwen (plural)
schouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Unclear. Possibly derived from schouden, schouwen (“to wash with hot water”).

unk

Unclear


pompelmoes

nl-noun

pompelmoes f or m (plural pompelmoezen, diminutive pompelmoesje n)

pompelmoezen (plural)
pompelmoesje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: jeruk pompelmus

→ Dhivehi: ބަނބުޅަބޮސް (baᵐbuḷabos)

→ English: pompelmous

→ French: pamplemousse

→ German: Pampelmuse

→ Italian: pompelmo

→ Sinhalese: බංබලෝසි (baṁbalōsi)

Uncertain. Possibly from pompoen (“pumpkin”) or pompel (“big, swollen”) + limoes, a variant of limoen modeled after Portuguese limões (“citrus, lemons”). Another explanation is a gradual corruption of Portuguese pomos limões (“citrus fruit”).


ket

nl-noun

ket m (plural ketten, diminutive ketje n)

ketten (plural)
ketje (diminutive neuter)
ked (alternative)
kedde (alternative)
kid (alternative)
kidde (alternative)

From Middle Dutch *kitte, from Old Dutch kitto (“fawn, kid”), from Proto-West Germanic *kittō (“fawn, chit”). Compare English chit. Compare also West Frisian kedde (“pony”), English, Swedish and Danish kid, German Kitz and Kitze, Albanian kedh and kec.


terug

Afrikaans: terug

Javindo: teruh

Negerhollands: teryg

Petjo: truh

Univerbation of te (“to”) + rug (“back”); compare German zurück, Low German torüch.

univerbation

Toen ze zag dat het nog donker was, viel ze terug in slaap.

When she saw it was still dark, she fell back asleep.


maquillage

nl-noun

maquillage m (plural maquillages, diminutive maquillagetje n)

maquillages (plural)
maquillagetje (diminutive neuter)

In een M.A.C.-shop kan je niet alleen de beste make-up producten kopen, maar je kan er ook terecht voor professioneel advies en maquillage.

2014 March 13, Elisabeth Baeten, “SHOP. Top make-up store komt naar Leuven”, in Het Nieuwsblad:


schoonbroer

schoonbroer m (plural schoonbroers, diminutive schoonbroertje n)

schoonbroers (plural)
schoonbroertje (diminutive neuter)
schoonbroeder (alternative dated formal)

Negerhollands: skonbutji (from the diminutive)

From schoon + broer, calque of Middle French beau-frere.

(chiefly Belgium and Suriname) brother-in-law


camion

camion m (plural camions, diminutive camionnetje n)

camions (plural)
camionnetje (diminutive neuter)


pistolet

pistolet m (plural pistolets, diminutive pistoletje n)

pistolets (plural)
pistoletje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) a type of small round bread bun


boten

boten (infinitive)
boten (gerund neuter)
boot (first-person present singular)
bootte (first-person past singular)
boot (present second-person singular)
bootte (past second-person singular)
boot (formal present second-person singular)
bootte (formal past second-person singular)
boot (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
boot (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bootte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bootte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
boot (present singular third-person)
bootte (past singular third-person)
boten (plural present)
bootten (past plural)
bote (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bootte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
boten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bootten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
boot (imperative present singular)
boot (archaic imperative plural present)
botend (participle present)
geboot (participle past)

From Middle Dutch boten, from Old Dutch *bōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”).

(transitive, agriculture, chiefly Belgium) to knock the seeds out of a flax plant


chape

chape m or f (plural chapes, diminutive chapeje n or chapeke n)

chapes (plural)
chapeje (diminutive neuter)
chapeke (diminutive neuter)


precies

percies (alternative)
persies (alternative)
prc (alternative)

Afrikaans: presies

Borrowed from Middle French precis, from Latin precisus, from praecīsus.

't Is hier precies een feest - de Lotto gewonnen of zo?

There seems to be a party here - did someone win the lottery or something?


horloge

horloge n (plural horloges, diminutive horlogetje n)

horloges (plural)
horlogetje (diminutive neuter)
horlogie (alternative archaic)
horologie (alternative obsolete)
orloge (alternative obsolete)
orlogie (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: horlosie

desc

Negerhollands: horlooschi, holosi, holochi

→ Virgin Islands Creole: holosi (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: holósi

→ Caribbean Javanese: arloji

→ Indonesian: arloji

→ Petjo: airlodji

→ Papiamentu: oloshi, horlosji, holósji

→ Sranan Tongo: oloisi

→ Aukan: oloisi

→ Kari'na: olosi

→ Saramaccan: olóísi

→ Trió: oroisi, joroisi

/ɦɔrˈloː.ʒə/

From Middle Dutch orlogie, from Old French orloge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). The current spelling was influenced by Modern French horloge.

(Belgium) any timepiece (watch or clock)


's middags

Petjo: smiddags

Originally des middags, a fossilized genitive form of middag (“noon”) in contemporary Dutch.


piet

nl-noun

piet m (plural pieten, diminutive pietje n)

pieten (plural)
pietje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, childish, slang or slightly vulgar) penis


verstaan

verstaan (infinitive)
verstaan (gerund neuter)
versta (first-person present singular)
verstond (first-person past singular)
verstaat (present second-person singular)
versta (present second-person singular)
verstond (past second-person singular)
verstaat (formal present second-person singular)
verstond (formal past second-person singular)
verstaat (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
verstaat (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
verstondt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
verstondt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
verstaat (present singular third-person)
verstond (past singular third-person)
verstaan (plural present)
verstonden (past plural)
versta (archaic present singular subjunctive)
verstonde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
verstaan (archaic plural present subjunctive)
verstonden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
versta (imperative present singular)
verstaat (archaic imperative plural present)
verstaand (participle present)
verstaan (participle past)

Afrikaans: verstaan

Berbice Creole Dutch: frustan, furstan

Jersey Dutch: verstâne

desc

Negerhollands: verstaan, fostó, fóstán, verstaen

Skepi Creole Dutch: forstan, forestan

→ Sranan Tongo: ferstan, frustan (see there for further descendants)

From Middle Dutch verstaen, from Old Dutch farstān, from Proto-Germanic *fura + *stāną, compare Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”). Cognate with German verstehen; English forstand, Swedish förstå. Equivalent to ver- + staan.

cog

(chiefly Belgium) to understand (an idea, meaning), to comprehend


toedoen

toedoen (infinitive)
toedoen (gerund neuter)
doe toe (first-person main-clause present singular)
deed toe (first-person main-clause past singular)
toedoe (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
toedeed (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
doet toe (main-clause present second-person singular)
doe toe (main-clause present second-person singular)
deed toe (main-clause past second-person singular)
toedoet (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
toedeed (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
doet toe (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
deed toe (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
toedoet (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
toedeed (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
doet toe (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
doet toe (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
deedt toe (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
deedt toe (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
toedoet (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
toedoet (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
toedeedt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
toedeedt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
doet toe (main-clause present singular third-person)
deed toe (main-clause past singular third-person)
toedoet (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
toedeed (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
doen toe (main-clause plural present)
deden toe (main-clause past plural)
toedoen (plural present subordinate-clause)
toededen (past plural subordinate-clause)
doe toe (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
dede toe (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
toedoe (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
toedede (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
doen toe (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
deden toe (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
toedoen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
toededen (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
doe toe (imperative main-clause present singular)
doet toe (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
toedoend (main-clause participle present)
toegedaan (main-clause participle past)

From toe (“towards”) + doen (“to do”).
Cognate to German zutun


poepen

poepen (infinitive)
poepen (gerund neuter)
poep (first-person present singular)
poepte (first-person past singular)
poept (present second-person singular)
poep (present second-person singular)
poepte (past second-person singular)
poept (formal present second-person singular)
poepte (formal past second-person singular)
poept (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
poept (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
poepte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
poepte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
poept (present singular third-person)
poepte (past singular third-person)
poepen (plural present)
poepten (past plural)
poepe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
poepte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
poepen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
poepten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
poep (imperative present singular)
poept (archaic imperative plural present)
poepend (participle present)
gepoept (participle past)

Probably an onomatopoeia (compare to English pop and poop, respectively). In the sense “to fuck” related with western German poppen.

onom

onomatopoeia


statie

nl-noun

statie f (plural staties, diminutive statietje n)

staties (plural)
statietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: stasi

Variant of station, based on other words in which French -ion corresponds to Dutch -ie.


natie

natie f (plural naties or natiën, diminutive natietje n)

naties (plural)
natiën (plural)
natietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nasie

Negerhollands: natie, naschie, naśi

→ Sranan Tongo: nâsi

→ West Frisian: naasje

From Middle Dutch nacie, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiō.


koer

koer f or m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

koeren (plural)
koertje (diminutive neuter)

"Juffra, 'k moe dringend naa de koer, of 't is in m'n broek!"

Miss, I need to urgently [go] to the restroom, or else it's in my pants!


scherper

scherper m (plural scherpers, diminutive scherpertje n)

scherpers (plural)
scherpertje (diminutive neuter)


appelsien

appelsien f (plural appelsienen, diminutive appelsientje n)

appelsienen (plural)
appelsientje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: aposin, apelsina

desc

→ Virgin Islands Creole: apelsina (archaic)

→ Papiamentu: apelsina, apusina, appelsina

desctree

→ Russian: апельсин (apelʹsin)
→ Belarusian: апельсі́н (apjelʹsín)
→ Chechen: апельсин (apelʲsin)
→ Kazakh: апельсин (apelsin)
→ Ukrainian: апельси́н (apelʹsýn)

→ Sranan Tongo: apresina

→ Lokono: apresjina

→ Aukan: apeesina

→ Caribbean Hindustani: parsina

→ Caribbean Javanese: jeruk prasinah

→ Kari'na: apelisina

→ Saramaccan: apeesína

→ Trió: aperisina

→ Wayana: peresinan

Compound of appel + Sina (old form of China), a calque of French pomme de Sine.

compound

old form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">China</i>

(Belgium, Limburg, archaic elsewhere) orange (fruit)


paars

nl-adj

paars (comparative paarser, superlative meest paars or paarst)

paarser (comparative)
meest paars (superlative)
paarst (superlative)
paars (adverbial positive predicative)
paarser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het paarst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het paarste (adverbial predicative superlative)
paarse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
paarsere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
paarste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
paars (indefinite neuter positive singular)
paarser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
paarste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
paarse (indefinite plural positive)
paarsere (comparative indefinite plural)
paarste (indefinite plural superlative)
paarse (definite positive)
paarsere (comparative definite)
paarste (definite superlative)
paars (partitive positive)
paarsers (comparative partitive)

From Middle Dutch paers, peers, pers (“purple”), from Middle French pers (“blue-grey, dark violet”), from Medieval Latin persus, persum (“dark blue”). Possibly derived from either Latin Persae (“Persians”), Persia (“Persia”), referring to the colour of a garment, or from Late Latin persica (“peach”), referring to the colour of peach blossom.

der

(politics, Netherlands, Belgium) relating to cooperation between liberals and social democrats of the third way


paars

→ Papiamentu: püs, pis

(politics, Netherlands, Belgium) a coalition of third way social democrats and liberals


pickles

Borrowed from English pickles, itself from Middle Dutch pekel (“brine”).


ratel

nl-noun

ratel f (plural ratels, diminutive rateltje n)

ratels (plural)
rateltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ratele, a compound of râte (“honeycomb”) and -ele. The suffix is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental/diminutive suffix), and râte (now raat) is ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hrātu (“honeycomb”), which is probably inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrētō-.

der

Zij zullen meêdoogenloos uitgeplunterd worden ; zelfs de ratels zullen hunne vraatzucht niet ontgaan, zooals gij verder zult zien.

1895, De Mandelbie, volume 1, number 6, page 86:

Honig diende tot voeding en werd als offer in de godsdienstige plechtigheden aangeboden. De oude Kelten, over drie duizend jaren, boden de landelijke godheden een ratel (raat) zeem aan om de zegening der veldvruchten te bekomen.


misdaad

nl-noun

misdaad f (plural misdaden, diminutive misdaadje n)

misdaden (plural)
misdaadje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch misdaet, from Old Dutch *misdād (“misdeed”), from Proto-Germanic *missadēdiz < *missa- (“mis-”) + *dēdiz (“deed, act”). Equivalent to mis- + daad or misdoen (“to misdo”) + -d (“verbal noun”). Cognate with Old Saxon misdād (“misdeed”), German Missetat, West Frisian misdied, English misdeed, Danish misdåd. More at misdeed.


Short for C4-formulier, C4-document or C4-werkloosheidsbewijs. From the Belgian administrative form "C4".

(Belgium) a document provided by the ex-employer proving dismissal so that the unemployed person can apply for unemployment benefits

(by extension) (Belgium) dismissal (especially in semi-set phrases such as "C4 krijgen" and "C4 geven")


alternativo

nl-noun

alternativo m (plural alternativo's, diminutive alternativootje n, feminine alternativa)

alternativo's (plural)
alternativootje (diminutive neuter)
alternativa (feminine)

Either from alternatief + -o or a borrowing, in which case Italian alternativo would be a plausible etymon.

(chiefly Belgium, derogatory) someone who participates in an alternative subculture (e.g. a hipster, emo or punk) and typically has leftist opinions


farmacie

farmacieën (plural)
pharmacie (alternative)

Borrowed from French pharmacie, from Middle French pharmacie, from Old French farmacie, from Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía).

(chiefly Belgium) chemist, pharmacy (establishment selling medicine)


autostrade

autostrade f (plural autostrades or autostraden, diminutive autostradeke n or autostradetje n)

autostrades (plural)
autostraden (plural)
autostradeke (diminutive neuter)
autostradetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French autostrade, from Italian autostrada.


ypsilon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).


sos

sos m (plural sossen, diminutive sosje n, feminine sosse)

sossen (plural)
sosje (diminutive neuter)
sosse (feminine)


graaf

nl-adj

graaf (comparative graafer, superlative graafst)

graafer (comparative)
graafst (superlative)

From French grave (“serious, grave”). Most likely influenced by Dutch erg which can mean "serious, grave" as well as "very".

Skateboarden is graver dan inline-skaten! — Skateboarding is cooler than inline skating!

(slang, Belgium) cool (in the sense of nice or impressive)


graaf

Dat is graaf duur.


atheneum

nl-noun

atheneum n (plural athenea or atheneums)

Borrowed from Latin Athēnaeum, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναῖον (Athēnaîon).

(Belgium) a type of public secondary school


cordon sanitaire

cordon sanitaire n (plural cordon sanitaires, diminutive cordon sanitairtje n)

cordon sanitaires (plural)
cordon sanitairtje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from French cordon sanitaire.

ubor

cordon sanitaire
cordon sanitaire#English

(figuratively) cordon sanitaire (barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable)

(Belgium, politics) the agreement amongst Belgian political parties to not govern with the party Vlaams Belang


tot en met

Hij heeft het tot-en-met verknoeid.


eens

From Middle Dutch eens, from Old Dutch ēnis. Equivalent to een + -s.

Eens we het eens zijn, kunnen we verder.


vrijzinnig

nl-adj

vrijzinnig (comparative vrijzinniger, superlative vrijzinnigst)

vrijzinniger (comparative)
vrijzinnigst (superlative)
vrijzinnig (adverbial positive predicative)
vrijzinniger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het vrijzinnigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het vrijzinnigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
vrijzinnige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
vrijzinnigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
vrijzinnigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
vrijzinnig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
vrijzinniger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
vrijzinnigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
vrijzinnige (indefinite plural positive)
vrijzinnigere (comparative indefinite plural)
vrijzinnigste (indefinite plural superlative)
vrijzinnige (definite positive)
vrijzinnigere (comparative definite)
vrijzinnigste (definite superlative)
vrijzinnigs (partitive positive)
vrijzinnigers (comparative partitive)

From vrij + -zinnig, calque of German freisinnig.

(religion, Belgium) irreligious, freethinking


speelvogel

nl-noun

speelvogel m (plural speelvogels, diminutive speelvogeltje n)

speelvogels (plural)
speelvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

From spelen (“to play”) + vogel (“bird”).

2015, Jan Verplaetse & Charles Delmotte, Ethiek en rechtsfilosofie. Basisboek, Maklu (publ.), page 72.
Zijn een grapjas en een speelvogel minder vrij dan een ernstige muziekliefhebber?

Are a japester and a playful person less free than a serious music lover?

(Belgium) a person with a very playful nature


dollekoeienziekte

dollekoeienziekte f (plural dollekoeienziekten or dollekoeienziektes)

dollekoeienziekten (plural)
dollekoeienziektes (plural)

From dolle koe (“crazy cow”) + -en- + ziekte (“disease”).


schacht

nl-noun

schacht m (plural schachten, diminutive schachtje n)

schachten (plural)
schachtje (diminutive neuter)
schaft (alternative archaic)

→ Papiamentu: schacht (dated)

From Middle Dutch schacht, from Old Dutch skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

(Belgium, university slang) a pledge, freshman, especially if subject to hazing


doop

doop m (plural dopen, diminutive doopje n)

dopen (plural)
doopje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: doop

Skepi Creole Dutch: doup

From Middle Dutch dôpe, from Old Dutch dōpa, from Proto-Germanic *daupō. Equivalent to a deverbal from dopen.


zoekmotor

zoekmotor m (plural zoekmotoren, diminutive zoekmotortje n)

zoekmotoren (plural)
zoekmotortje (diminutive neuter)

From zoeken (“to search”) + motor (“engine”), a calque of English search engine.


zoekrobot

zoekrobot m (plural zoekrobotten or zoekrobots, diminutive zoekrobotje n)

zoekrobotten (plural)
zoekrobots (plural)
zoekrobotje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zoeken (“to search”) + robot (“robot”).


rotzak

rotzak m (plural rotzakken, diminutive rotzakje n)

rotzakken (plural)
rotzakje (diminutive neuter)

Compound rot (“rotten”) + zak (“scrotum, bag”). Reportedly (WNT, De Vries) a bahuvrihi meaning “a syphilitic”. Syphilis was also known as the French disease, explaining why it became a slur for French and Walloon people.

Zij hielden de lucht in het oog tegen roofvogels en rotzakken, alias vlaamse gaaien, en spraken over het nieuws en de problemen.

1966, Gerard Walschap, Het Gastmaal, page 123:

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual

(Belgium, Brabant) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)


bompa

bompa m (plural bompa's, diminutive bompaatje n)

bompa's (plural)
bompaatje (diminutive neuter)


nonkel

nonkel m (plural nonkels, diminutive nonkeltje n)

nonkels (plural)
nonkeltje (diminutive neuter)

From French oncle, with a prothetic n- via metanalysis, from den onkel and other pronominal and adjectival forms with masculine -en in spoken Flemish.

(Belgium) uncle (brother of someone’s father or mother)


moederhuis

moederhuis n (plural moederhuizen, diminutive moederhuisje n)

moederhuizen (plural)
moederhuisje (diminutive neuter)

(colloquial, Belgium) maternity, a specialized hospital ward for childbirth and neonatal care


neerzetten

neerzetten (infinitive)
neerzetten (gerund neuter)
zet neer (first-person main-clause present singular)
zette neer (first-person main-clause past singular)
neerzet (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
neerzette (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
zet neer (main-clause present second-person singular)
zette neer (main-clause past second-person singular)
neerzet (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
neerzette (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
zet neer (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
zette neer (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
neerzet (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
neerzette (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
zet neer (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
zet neer (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
zette neer (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
zette neer (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
neerzet (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
neerzet (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
neerzette (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
neerzette (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
zet neer (main-clause present singular third-person)
zette neer (main-clause past singular third-person)
neerzet (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
neerzette (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
zetten neer (main-clause plural present)
zetten neer (main-clause past plural)
neerzetten (plural present subordinate-clause)
neerzetten (past plural subordinate-clause)
zette neer (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
zette neer (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
neerzette (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
neerzette (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
zetten neer (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
zetten neer (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
neerzetten (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
neerzetten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
zet neer (imperative main-clause present singular)
zet neer (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
neerzettend (main-clause participle present)
neergezet (main-clause participle past)

Negerhollands: set neer, sit neer


brosser

brosser m (plural brossers, diminutive brossertje n)

brossers (plural)
brossertje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, informal) a truant, who skips class


eenieder

De ouders (...) zijn een ieder van het Surinaams team en het Nederlands team heel erg dankbaar.

2020 December 31, “Baby Amalia naar huis [Baby Amalia goes home]”, in StarNieuws, retrieved 2021-01-13:

The parents (...) are very grateful to everyone on the Surinamese team and the Dutch team.

(current in Suriname, formal in the Netherlands and Belgium) everyone


kerstekind

kerstekind n (plural kerstekinderen, diminutive kerstekindje n)

kerstekinderen (plural)
kerstekindje (diminutive neuter)
kerstkind (alternative Netherlands)

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

compound

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

(Belgium, informal) a dupe, as easy to trick as a young child


abri

nl-noun

abri m (plural abri's, diminutive abrietje n)

abri's (plural)
abrietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: abri

Borrowed from French abri, derived from southern French abrier (“shelter (from wind)”). Ultimately from Latin aprīcārī (“keep warm”).


goesting

goesting f (plural goestingen, diminutive goestinkje n)

goestingen (plural)
goestinkje (diminutive neuter)


fuif

fuif f (plural fuiven, diminutive fuifje n)

fuiven (plural)
fuifje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) party, festive gathering as celebration (often named in compounds, e.g. kerstfuif for Christmas) or just for fun


vossen

vossen (infinitive)
vossen (gerund neuter)
vos (first-person present singular)
voste (first-person past singular)
vost (present second-person singular)
vos (present second-person singular)
voste (past second-person singular)
vost (formal present second-person singular)
voste (formal past second-person singular)
vost (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
vost (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
voste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
voste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
vost (present singular third-person)
voste (past singular third-person)
vossen (plural present)
vosten (past plural)
vosse (archaic present singular subjunctive)
voste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
vossen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
vosten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
vos (imperative present singular)
vost (archaic imperative plural present)
vossend (participle present)
gevost (participle past)


pollepel

pollepel m (plural pollepels, diminutive pollepeltje n)

pollepels (plural)
pollepeltje (diminutive neuter)

First attested in 1348. Etymology unclear. Commonly suggested to be derived from potlepel (pot (“pot”) + lepel (“spoon”)), but this form of the word is not attested, and assimilation from -tl- to -ll- is uncommon. When viewed as pol + lepel, pol may refer to a round, hollow object.
The word probably used to refer to a large wooden spoon with a round bowl. In the Netherlands, the meaning of "wooden spoon" was kept, while in Belgium, the meaning of "spoon with a round bowl" was kept.

unc

Etymology unclear

(Belgium) ladle, a large deep spoon used to serve soup and other food


Indisch

nl-adj

Indisch (comparative Indischer, superlative meest Indisch)

Indischer (comparative)
meest Indisch (superlative)
Indisch (adverbial positive predicative)
Indischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het meest Indisch (adverbial predicative superlative)
het meest Indische (adverbial predicative superlative)
Indische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Indischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
meest Indische (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Indisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Indischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
meest Indische (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Indische (indefinite plural positive)
Indischere (comparative indefinite plural)
meest Indische (indefinite plural superlative)
Indische (definite positive)
Indischere (comparative definite)
meest Indische (definite superlative)
Indisch (partitive positive)
Indischers (comparative partitive)


buizen

buizen (infinitive)
buizen (gerund neuter)
buis (first-person present singular)
buisde (first-person past singular)
buist (present second-person singular)
buis (present second-person singular)
buisde (past second-person singular)
buist (formal present second-person singular)
buisde (formal past second-person singular)
buist (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
buist (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
buisde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
buisde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
buist (present singular third-person)
buisde (past singular third-person)
buizen (plural present)
buisden (past plural)
buize (archaic present singular subjunctive)
buisde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
buizen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
buisden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
buis (imperative present singular)
buist (archaic imperative plural present)
buizend (participle present)
gebuisd (participle past)

(transitive, Belgium) to give a failing grade

(intransitive, Belgium) to get a buis, i.e. a failing grade


kartel

nl-noun

kartel n (plural kartels, diminutive kartelletje n)

kartels (plural)
kartelletje (diminutive neuter)
cartel (alternative)

Indonesian: kartel

Borrowed from German Kartell in its current senses; the now-obsolete sense "treaty" was borrowed directly from French cartel.


hemd

hemd n (plural hemden, diminutive hemdje n)

hemden (plural)
hemdje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hemp (see there for further descendants)

Berbice Creole Dutch: hemdu

Jersey Dutch: häämt

Negerhollands: hemmede, hemmete, hemete

Skepi Creole Dutch: hemde

→ Lokono: hemede

→ Indonesian: hem (“shirt”)

→ Mahican: hámed

→ Munsee: héemput

→ Sranan Tongo: empi (see there for further descendants)

→ Unami: hèmpës

→ West Frisian: himd

From Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”). Doublet of chemise.

(now Belgium, Suriname) a shirt (article of clothing)


failliet

→ Indonesian: pailit

→ Papiamentu: fayit

Borrowed from French faillite, from Italian fallito.


misdrijf

misdrijf n (plural misdrijven, diminutive misdrijfje n)

misdrijven (plural)
misdrijfje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kejahatan (semantic loan)

→ Indonesian: misdrijf


overtreding

overtreding f (plural overtredingen, diminutive overtredinkje n)

overtredingen (plural)
overtredinkje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, law) minor offence, petty offence


limonade

limonade f (plural limonades, diminutive limonadetje n)

limonades (plural)
limonadetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: ayomanali

→ Caribbean Hindustani: nimnár

→ Indonesian: limonade

(Belgium) soft drink, fizzy drink, soda (carbonated sweet drink based on processed fruit juice)


cassant

nl-adj

cassant (comparative cassanter, superlative cassantst)

cassanter (comparative)
cassantst (superlative)
cassant (adverbial positive predicative)
cassanter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het cassantst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het cassantste (adverbial predicative superlative)
cassante (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
cassantere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
cassantste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
cassant (indefinite neuter positive singular)
cassanter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
cassantste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
cassante (indefinite plural positive)
cassantere (comparative indefinite plural)
cassantste (indefinite plural superlative)
cassante (definite positive)
cassantere (comparative definite)
cassantste (definite superlative)
cassants (partitive positive)
cassanters (comparative partitive)


matrak

nl-noun

matrak c (plural matrakken, diminutive matrakje n)

matrakken (plural)
matrakje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) a club, cudgel (weapon used by police)


kring

kring m (plural kringen, diminutive kringetje n)

kringen (plural)
kringetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kring

Negerhollands: rink

desc

→ Indonesian: kring; → lingkungan (semantic loan)

→ Papiamentu: kren

From Middle Dutch kring, from Old Dutch *kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

(chiefly Belgium) the student organization of a university faculty


volzet

(Belgium) full (only in some definitions, like a parking)


taloor

nl-noun

taloor ? (plural taloren, diminutive taloortje n)

taloren (plural)
taloortje (diminutive neuter)
teljoor (alternative)

→ Papiamentu: tayó

From Middle Dutch taeljoor, from Middle French tailloir.

(Belgium, informal) plate, dish (cutlery)


afgeven

afgeven (infinitive)
afgeven (gerund neuter)
geef af (first-person main-clause present singular)
gaf af (first-person main-clause past singular)
afgeef (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
afgaf (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
geeft af (main-clause present second-person singular)
geef af (main-clause present second-person singular)
gaf af (main-clause past second-person singular)
afgeeft (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afgaf (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
geeft af (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
gaf af (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
afgeeft (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afgaf (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
geeft af (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
geeft af (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
gaaft af (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
gaaft af (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
afgeeft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afgeeft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afgaaft (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afgaaft (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
geeft af (main-clause present singular third-person)
gaf af (main-clause past singular third-person)
afgeeft (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
afgaf (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
geven af (main-clause plural present)
gaven af (main-clause past plural)
afgeven (plural present subordinate-clause)
afgaven (past plural subordinate-clause)
geve af (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
gave af (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
afgeve (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afgave (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
geven af (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
gaven af (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
afgeven (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afgaven (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
geef af (imperative main-clause present singular)
geeft af (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
afgevend (main-clause participle present)
afgegeven (main-clause participle past)

Afrikaans: afgee

From Middle Dutch avegeven, from Proto-Germanic *abagebaną; equivalent to af + geven.

(intransitive, Belgium) to give up, to forfeit


Vercruysse

Contraction of van der Cruysse; see ver-.


nefast

nl-adj

nefast (comparative nefaster, superlative meest nefast or nefastst)

nefaster (comparative)
meest nefast (superlative)
nefastst (superlative)

Borrowed from French néfaste, from Latin nefāstus, from nefās.


rekentoestel

nl-noun

rekentoestel n (plural rekentoestellen, diminutive rekentoestelletje n)

rekentoestellen (plural)
rekentoestelletje (diminutive neuter)


overlopen

overlopen (infinitive)
overlopen (gerund neuter)
loop over (first-person main-clause present singular)
liep over (first-person main-clause past singular)
overloop (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
overliep (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
loopt over (main-clause present second-person singular)
loop over (main-clause present second-person singular)
liep over (main-clause past second-person singular)
overloopt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overliep (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
loopt over (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
liep over (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
overloopt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overliep (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
loopt over (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
loopt over (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
liept over (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
liept over (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
overloopt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overloopt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overliept (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overliept (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
loopt over (main-clause present singular third-person)
liep over (main-clause past singular third-person)
overloopt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
overliep (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
lopen over (main-clause plural present)
liepen over (main-clause past plural)
overlopen (plural present subordinate-clause)
overliepen (past plural subordinate-clause)
lope over (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
liepe over (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
overlope (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
overliepe (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
lopen over (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
liepen over (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
overlopen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
overliepen (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
loop over (imperative main-clause present singular)
loopt over (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
overlopend (main-clause participle present)
overgelopen (main-clause participle past)

Afrikaans: oorloop

Negerhollands: loop over

→ Papiamentu: overlop


woonst

From Middle Dutch woonste. By surface analysis, wonen + -st.


rieken

rieken (infinitive)
rieken (gerund neuter)
riek (first-person present singular)
rook (first-person past singular)
riekt (present second-person singular)
riek (present second-person singular)
rook (past second-person singular)
riekt (formal present second-person singular)
rook (formal past second-person singular)
riekt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
riekt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
rookt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
rookt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
riekt (present singular third-person)
rook (past singular third-person)
rieken (plural present)
roken (past plural)
rieke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
roke (archaic past singular subjunctive)
rieken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
roken (archaic past plural subjunctive)
riek (imperative present singular)
riekt (archaic imperative plural present)
riekend (participle present)
geroken (participle past)

From Middle Dutch rieken, from Old Dutch riecan, from Proto-West Germanic *reukan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną. Doublet of ruiken. Cognate to English reek.

(Belgium, informal) to smell (i.e. to produce, give off a smell)

(Belgium, informal) to smell (i.e. to sense a smell)


camionette

camionette f or m (plural camionetten or camionettes, diminutive camionetje n)

camionetten (plural)
camionettes (plural)
camionetje (diminutive neuter)


leed

nl-adj

leed (comparative leder, superlative leedst)

leder (comparative)
leedst (superlative)
leed (adverbial positive predicative)
leder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het leedst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het leedste (adverbial predicative superlative)
lede (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
ledere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
leedste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
leed (indefinite neuter positive singular)
leder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
leedste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
lede (indefinite plural positive)
ledere (comparative indefinite plural)
leedste (indefinite plural superlative)
lede (definite positive)
ledere (comparative definite)
leedste (definite superlative)
leeds (partitive positive)
leders (comparative partitive)

From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþ, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.


spoed

Afrikaans: spoed

→ Indonesian: seput, spoed

From Middle Dutch spoet, from Old Dutch *spuot, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi.
The "emergency department" sense is a clipping of spoedafdeling.

(chiefly Belgium) emergency department of a hospital


rondlopen

rondlopen (infinitive)
rondlopen (gerund neuter)
loop rond (first-person main-clause present singular)
liep rond (first-person main-clause past singular)
rondloop (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
rondliep (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
loopt rond (main-clause present second-person singular)
loop rond (main-clause present second-person singular)
liep rond (main-clause past second-person singular)
rondloopt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
rondliep (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
loopt rond (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
liep rond (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
rondloopt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
rondliep (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
loopt rond (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
loopt rond (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
liept rond (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
liept rond (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
rondloopt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
rondloopt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
rondliept (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
rondliept (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
loopt rond (main-clause present singular third-person)
liep rond (main-clause past singular third-person)
rondloopt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
rondliep (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
lopen rond (main-clause plural present)
liepen rond (main-clause past plural)
rondlopen (plural present subordinate-clause)
rondliepen (past plural subordinate-clause)
lope rond (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
liepe rond (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
rondlope (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
rondliepe (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
lopen rond (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
liepen rond (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
rondlopen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
rondliepen (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
loop rond (imperative main-clause present singular)
loopt rond (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
rondlopend (main-clause participle present)
rondgelopen (main-clause participle past)

Afrikaans: rondloop

Negerhollands: loop rond

From rond (“round, around”) + lopen (“to walk, run”).


gsm

nl-noun

gsm m (plural gsm's, diminutive gsm'etje n)

gsm's (plural)
gsm'etje (diminutive neuter)


bibi

(informal, Belgium) yours truly (I, me or myself)


serviet

serviet n (plural servietten, diminutive servietje n)

servietten (plural)
servietje (diminutive neuter)
servet (alternative)


flamand

flamand m (plural flamands, diminutive [please provide])

Ugh, die flamand kijkt weer naar een koers op Sporza.

Ugh, that Flemish guy is again looking at cycling on Sporza.

(Belgium, slang) a Flemish person, doing characteristically Flemish things


helaba

From French hé (“hey”) + French là-bas (“there”)

com

hey, you! used to point out somebody has to watch out (watch it!), or to (work up to) reprove


palmares

nl-noun

palmares n or m (plural palmaressen, diminutive palmaresje n)

palmaressen (plural)
palmaresje (diminutive neuter)


pandoering

pandoering f (plural pandoeringen, diminutive pandoerinkje n)

pandoeringen (plural)
pandoerinkje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) a harsh/abusive beating, thrashing, roughing-up


koopje

(Belgium, in the plural) sale (a period of reduced prices)


strafstudie

strafstudie f (plural strafstudies, diminutive strafstudietje n)

strafstudies (plural)
strafstudietje (diminutive neuter)


verschieten

verschieten (infinitive)
verschieten (gerund neuter)
verschiet (first-person present singular)
verschoot (first-person past singular)
verschiet (present second-person singular)
verschoot (past second-person singular)
verschiet (formal present second-person singular)
verschoot (formal past second-person singular)
verschiet (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
verschiet (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
verschoot (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
verschoot (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
verschiet (present singular third-person)
verschoot (past singular third-person)
verschieten (plural present)
verschoten (past plural)
verschiete (archaic present singular subjunctive)
verschote (archaic past singular subjunctive)
verschieten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
verschoten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
verschiet (imperative present singular)
verschiet (archaic imperative plural present)
verschietend (participle present)
verschoten (participle past)

Afrikaans: verskiet

From Middle Dutch verschieten. Equivalent to ver- + schieten (“to shoot”).

Sorry dat ik je deed verschieten.

(intransitive, Belgium) to be startled, to get a scare


Hollander

Hollander m (plural Hollanders, feminine Hollandse)

Hollanders (plural)
Hollandse (feminine)

Jersey Dutch: Hôl-läänder

→ Caribbean Hindustani: Holandar

From Middle Dutch hollander. Equivalent to Holland + -er.
The toponym is first attested in 1978 as Hollander. It is derived from the demonym and refers to the first inhabitant(s) of the settlement. Compare Brabander.

(Belgium) Dutchman (person from the Netherlands)


namiddag

namiddag m (plural namiddagen, diminutive namiddagje n)

namiddagen (plural)
namiddagje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: nāmeddix

From na- (“after”) + middag (“midday, noon”). Compare German Nachmittag.

In België is het warmer in de namiddag.

In Belgium, it's warmer in the afternoon.

Ik heb een afspraak in de namiddag.

Kinderen spelen buiten in de namiddag.

(Belgium) afternoon, between 12 and 6 o'clock


voormiddag

voormiddag m (plural voormiddagen, diminutive voormiddagje n)

voormiddagen (plural)
voormiddagje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: voor middag

From voor (“before”) + middag (“midday, noon”).

compound

Ik heb een vergadering op dinsdag voormiddag.

I have a meeting on Tuesday late morning.

De winkels zijn open op zaterdag voormiddag.

The shops are open on Saturday late morning.

Het beste moment om te joggen is in de voormiddag.

The best time to jog is in the late morning.

(Belgium) late morning, part of the day before noon (before the 12th hour of the day)


melig

nl-adj

melig (comparative meliger, superlative meligst)

meliger (comparative)
meligst (superlative)
melig (adverbial positive predicative)
meliger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het meligst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het meligste (adverbial predicative superlative)
melige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
meligere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
meligste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
melig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
meliger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
meligste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
melige (indefinite plural positive)
meligere (comparative indefinite plural)
meligste (indefinite plural superlative)
melige (definite positive)
meligere (comparative definite)
meligste (definite superlative)
meligs (partitive positive)
meligers (comparative partitive)


verlof

nl-noun

verlof n (plural verloven, diminutive verlofje n)

verloven (plural)
verlofje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: verloov

→ Aukan: folofu

→ Caribbean Javanese: perlop, ferlof

→ Indonesian: perlop

→ Petjo: perlop

Probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permission”) (possibly via or influenced by German Verlaub), from the verb verlōven (“to allow”), from Old Saxon far- + levian (“to give over, leave”).
Cognate with English furlough, Danish forlov, German Verlaub (“permission”).


obus

nl-noun

obus m (plural obussen, diminutive obusje n)

obussen (plural)
obusje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, military) an artillery shell, particularly one from the First World War


suppo

suppo m (plural suppo's, diminutive suppootje n)

suppo's (plural)
suppootje (diminutive neuter)

Shortening of suppositoire (“suppository”).

(Belgium) a suppository, a pill to be plugged into a bodily cavity


meenemen

meenemen (infinitive)
meenemen (gerund neuter)
neem mee (first-person main-clause present singular)
nam mee (first-person main-clause past singular)
meeneem (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
meenam (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
neemt mee (main-clause present second-person singular)
neem mee (main-clause present second-person singular)
nam mee (main-clause past second-person singular)
meeneemt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
meenam (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
neemt mee (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
nam mee (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
meeneemt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
meenam (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
neemt mee (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
neemt mee (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
naamt mee (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
naamt mee (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
meeneemt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
meeneemt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
meenaamt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
meenaamt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
neemt mee (main-clause present singular third-person)
nam mee (main-clause past singular third-person)
meeneemt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
meenam (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
nemen mee (main-clause plural present)
namen mee (main-clause past plural)
meenemen (plural present subordinate-clause)
meenamen (past plural subordinate-clause)
neme mee (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
name mee (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
meeneme (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
meename (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
nemen mee (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
namen mee (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
meenemen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
meenamen (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
neem mee (imperative main-clause present singular)
neemt mee (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
meenemend (main-clause participle present)
meegenomen (main-clause participle past)

From mee (“with, along”) + nemen (“to take”).

(transitive, Belgium, of university courses) to drop a course or postpone it to the next year, either deliberately or by necessity


-de

From Middle Dutch -dī, from a contraction of the þ in Proto-Germanic *-aiþ (second person plural ending) and *jīz (“you (plural)”), somewhat comparable to Icelandic þér. Sometimes incorrectly seen as a remnant of Middle Dutch du (“you”).

inh

Gade vandaag naar huis?

Indicates second person in inversion, substituting or supplementing gij: you


monovolume

Borrowed from French monovolume or Italian monovolume.


fysisch

fysisch (adverbial positive predicative)
fysische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
fysisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
fysische (indefinite plural positive)
fysische (definite positive)
fysisch (partitive positive)
physisch (alternative obsolete)

→ Indonesian: fisis

Borrowed from German physisch, ultimately from Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós), cognate with English physical, Malay fizikal.

(now chiefly Belgium) physical, having to do with matter, nature, the material world


zwaantje

(Belgium) a national police officer in a motorcycle-mounted unit


secundaire school

nl-noun

secundaire school f or m (plural secundaire scholen, diminutive secundaire schooltje n)

secundaire scholen (plural)
secundaire schooltje (diminutive neuter)


bussen

bussen (infinitive)
bussen (gerund neuter)
bus (first-person present singular)
buste (first-person past singular)
bust (present second-person singular)
bus (present second-person singular)
buste (past second-person singular)
bust (formal present second-person singular)
buste (formal past second-person singular)
bust (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bust (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
buste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
buste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bust (present singular third-person)
buste (past singular third-person)
bussen (plural present)
busten (past plural)
busse (archaic present singular subjunctive)
buste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bussen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
busten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bus (imperative present singular)
bust (archaic imperative plural present)
bussend (participle present)
gebust (participle past)

(transitive, now chiefly Belgium) to put into a mailbox


bekomen

bekomen (infinitive)
bekomen (gerund neuter)
bekom (first-person present singular)
bekwam (first-person past singular)
bekomt (present second-person singular)
bekom (present second-person singular)
bekwam (past second-person singular)
bekomt (formal present second-person singular)
bekwam (formal past second-person singular)
bekomt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bekomt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bekwaamt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bekwaamt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bekomt (present singular third-person)
bekwam (past singular third-person)
bekomen (plural present)
bekwamen (past plural)
bekome (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bekwame (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bekomen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bekwamen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bekom (imperative present singular)
bekomt (archaic imperative plural present)
bekomend (participle present)
bekomen (participle past)

From Middle Dutch becōmen, from Old Dutch bikuman, from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną. Equivalent to be- + komen.

Verslag van den toestand der gemeente Amsterdam gedurende het jaar 1907, 1908, 266.
Bij een kleinen binnenbrand in perceel Rozengracht 195, ontstaan door het in brand geraken van een petroleumtoestel, heeft de bewoonster, welke in beschonken toestand verkeerde, ernstige brandwonden aan het onderlijf bekomen;

E. Derom, Ro. Gosselink & M. Decramer, "Longfunctieonderzoek op de intensieve zorgenafdeling", in M. Demedts & M. Decramer (eds.), Longfunctieonderzoek. Technieken, toepassingen, interpretaties, 1998, 259.
Om accurate metingen van het debiet te bekomen, wordt een pneumotachograaf aan de endotracheale tube, het circuit of het mondstuk bevestigd.

Geert Verbeke, "Kun je met statistiek werkelijk alles bewijzen?", in Bart Raymaekers (ed.), Denken en weten over de wereld, in Lessen voor de eenentwintigste eeuw (series), is. 14, 2008, 225.
Toch is de p-waarde slechts een kans die uitdrukt hoe waarschijnlijk het is dat een bekomen resultaat puur toeval is.

(transitive, Belgium) to obtain, to acquire