betrachten

betrachten (infinitive)
betrachten (gerund neuter)
betracht (first-person present singular)
betrachtte (first-person past singular)
betracht (present second-person singular)
betrachtte (past second-person singular)
betracht (formal present second-person singular)
betrachtte (formal past second-person singular)
betracht (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
betracht (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
betrachtte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
betrachtte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
betracht (present singular third-person)
betrachtte (past singular third-person)
betrachten (plural present)
betrachtten (past plural)
betrachte (archaic present singular subjunctive)
betrachtte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
betrachten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
betrachtten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
betracht (imperative present singular)
betracht (archaic imperative plural present)
betrachtend (participle present)
betracht (participle past)

From Middle Dutch betrachten (“to look at, to observe”), from Old Dutch *bitrahton. Equivalent to be- + trachten.


zwarte

(history, Belgium) a (fascist) collaborator with the Nazis during World War II, member of the Dietsche Militie - Zwarte Brigade; by extension, a neo-nazi


frak

nl-noun

frak m (plural frakken, diminutive frakje n or fraksken n)

frakken (plural)
frakje (diminutive neuter)
fraksken (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French frac or German Frack (itself from French), from English frock, from Middle English frok, from Old French froc, from Frankish *hrokk. Doublet with Dutch rok.

De frakken hangen aan de kapstok.

(Belgium) a coat, a overcoat (item of apparel)


kleed

kleed n (plural kleden or klederen, diminutive kleedje n)

kleden (plural)
klederen (plural)
kleedje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: kleed

→ Papiamentu: klechi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch clêet, from Old Dutch *klēth, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą. Cognate with German Kleid, Luxembourgish Kleed, English cloth.

(now chiefly Belgium) long cloth garment, notably:

long cloth garment, notably:
formal robe

long cloth garment, notably:
female dress


gasthuis

gasthuis n (plural gasthuizen, diminutive gasthuisje n)

gasthuizen (plural)
gasthuisje (diminutive neuter)

From gast (“guest”) + huis (“house”).
From Middle Dutch gasthūs.
a. 1700s house for the reception of strangers/foreigners/indigents/invalids, tavern, jail,
 c. 1800s hospital, almshouse, charitable institution.
 This term as well as its Germanic cognates: Old High German gasthūs whence Middle High German gasthūs, Modern German Gasthaus, and Old English gæsthūs are likely calqued from Medieval Latin hospitale (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse, jail”), Cf. hôpital, hôtel.


doorheen

door ... heen (circumposition)
doorheen (adverb postpositional)
erdoorheen
hierdoorheen
daardoorheen
waardoorheen
ergens doorheen
nergens doorheen
overal doorheen

Univerbation of door (“through”) + heen (“away, forth”).

univerbation

Hij is doorheen de jaren erg veranderd.

He has changed considerably through the years.


kuis

From Middle Dutch cuusch (“chaste”), from Latin conscius (“conscious”), a compound of com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Cognate with English conscious, German keusch.


kuisen

kuisen (infinitive)
kuisen (gerund neuter)
kuis (first-person present singular)
kuiste (first-person past singular)
kuist (present second-person singular)
kuis (present second-person singular)
kuiste (past second-person singular)
kuist (formal present second-person singular)
kuiste (formal past second-person singular)
kuist (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
kuist (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kuiste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kuiste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
kuist (present singular third-person)
kuiste (past singular third-person)
kuisen (plural present)
kuisten (past plural)
kuise (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kuiste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
kuisen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
kuisten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
kuis (imperative present singular)
kuist (archaic imperative plural present)
kuisend (participle present)
gekuist (participle past)

From Middle Dutch cuuschen, from cuusch (modern kuis).

(chiefly Belgium, colloquial, transitive, literally) to clean, cleanse


aanhalen

aanhalen (infinitive)
aanhalen (gerund neuter)
haal aan (first-person main-clause present singular)
haalde aan (first-person main-clause past singular)
aanhaal (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
aanhaalde (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
haalt aan (main-clause present second-person singular)
haal aan (main-clause present second-person singular)
haalde aan (main-clause past second-person singular)
aanhaalt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanhaalde (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
haalt aan (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
haalde aan (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
aanhaalt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanhaalde (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
haalt aan (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
haalt aan (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
haalde aan (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
haalde aan (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
aanhaalt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanhaalt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanhaalde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanhaalde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
haalt aan (main-clause present singular third-person)
haalde aan (main-clause past singular third-person)
aanhaalt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
aanhaalde (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
halen aan (main-clause plural present)
haalden aan (main-clause past plural)
aanhalen (plural present subordinate-clause)
aanhaalden (past plural subordinate-clause)
hale aan (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
haalde aan (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
aanhale (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aanhaalde (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
halen aan (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
haalden aan (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
aanhalen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aanhaalden (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
haal aan (imperative main-clause present singular)
haalt aan (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
aanhalend (main-clause participle present)
aangehaald (main-clause participle past)

Afrikaans: aanhaal

From Middle Dutch aenhalen. Equivalent to aan + halen.

(transitive, law, now chiefly Belgium) to (temporarily) confiscate, to hold


adviseur

nl-noun

adviseur m (plural adviseurs, diminutive adviseurtje n, feminine adviseuse)

adviseurs (plural)
adviseurtje (diminutive neuter)
adviseuse (feminine)

→ Peranakan Indonesian: adviseur

(Belgium) a hierarchical rank and title (usually for college graduates) in certain administrations, such as the Belgian federal and various lower-level public offices


doppen

doppen (infinitive)
doppen (gerund neuter)
dop (first-person present singular)
dopte (first-person past singular)
dopt (present second-person singular)
dop (present second-person singular)
dopte (past second-person singular)
dopt (formal present second-person singular)
dopte (formal past second-person singular)
dopt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
dopt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
dopte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
dopte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
dopt (present singular third-person)
dopte (past singular third-person)
doppen (plural present)
dopten (past plural)
doppe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
dopte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
doppen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
dopten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
dop (imperative present singular)
dopt (archaic imperative plural present)
doppend (participle present)
gedopt (participle past)

From Middle Dutch doppen. Equivalent to dop (“pod”) + -en.

(colloquial, Belgium) to be on the dole, enjoy unemployment benefits


sacoche

sacoche f (plural sacoches, diminutive sacocheje n or sacocheken n)

sacoches (plural)
sacocheje (diminutive neuter)
sacocheken (diminutive neuter)
chacoche (alternative)
sjakosj (alternative)

From French sacoche, from Italian saccoccia, from sacco, from Latin saccus, Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.


kletskop

nl-noun

kletskop m (plural kletskoppen, diminutive kletskopje n)

kletskoppen (plural)
kletskopje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Glatzkopf (“baldie”), itself from Glatze (“bald head;”) + Kopf (“head”).

(metonymic, Belgium) a bald person (usually said of a man), a baldie


bovenkleed

bovenkleed n (plural bovenkleden, diminutive bovenkleedje n)

bovenkleden (plural)
bovenkleedje (diminutive neuter)

From boven (“upper”) + kleed (“cloth, robe, garment”).


arrè

(Belgium) exclamation used for emphasis, when giving something to someone, commenting etc.


marginaal

nl-adj

marginaal (comparative marginaler, superlative marginaalst)

marginaler (comparative)
marginaalst (superlative)
marginaal (adverbial positive predicative)
marginaler (adverbial comparative predicative)
het marginaalst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het marginaalste (adverbial predicative superlative)
marginale (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
marginalere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
marginaalste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
marginaal (indefinite neuter positive singular)
marginaler (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
marginaalste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
marginale (indefinite plural positive)
marginalere (comparative indefinite plural)
marginaalste (indefinite plural superlative)
marginale (definite positive)
marginalere (comparative definite)
marginaalste (definite superlative)
marginaals (partitive positive)
marginalers (comparative partitive)

From French marginal, from Medieval Latin marginalis, itself from Latin margō (“edge”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”)) + -ālis (“-al”). By surface analysis, marge + -aal.


sluikstort

nl-noun

sluikstort n or m (plural sluikstorten, diminutive sluikstortje n)

sluikstorten (plural)
sluikstortje (diminutive neuter)

From sluiken (“smuggle”) + stort (“dump”).


sluikstorten

sluikstorten (infinitive)
sluikstorten (gerund neuter)
sluikstort (first-person present singular)
sluikstortte (first-person past singular)
sluikstort (present second-person singular)
sluikstortte (past second-person singular)
sluikstort (formal present second-person singular)
sluikstortte (formal past second-person singular)
sluikstort (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
sluikstort (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
sluikstortte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
sluikstortte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
sluikstort (present singular third-person)
sluikstortte (past singular third-person)
sluikstorten (plural present)
sluikstortten (past plural)
sluikstorte (archaic present singular subjunctive)
sluikstortte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
sluikstorten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
sluikstortten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
sluikstort (imperative present singular)
sluikstort (archaic imperative plural present)
sluikstortend (participle present)
gesluikstort (participle past)

From sluiken (“smuggle”) + storten (“to dump”).


opcentiem

nl-noun

opcentiem m (plural opcentiemen, diminutive opcentiempje n)

opcentiemen (plural)
opcentiempje (diminutive neuter)

From op- (“upward, additional”) + centiem (“1/100 of a franc”), presumedly modelled on strictly parallel opcent.

prefix

(Belgium) (generally in the plural: opcentiemen) An addition of 1 percent to a tax, which is imposed by another public authority, e.g. by way of municipal or provincial supplement to the Belgian income tax


kernkabinet

nl-noun

kernkabinet n (plural kernkabinetten, diminutive kernkabinetje n)

kernkabinetten (plural)
kernkabinetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kern (“nucleus”) + kabinet (“cabinet, government”).

compound

(Belgium) the inner cabinet, the exclusive gremium of major ministers within a cabinet, as institutionalized in Belgian politics

(Belgium) a similar cabinet committee for a specified sphere of government policy interest, e.g. socio-economic


correcteur

nl-noun

correcteur m (plural correcteurs, diminutive correcteurtje n)

correcteurs (plural)
correcteurtje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French correcteur, from Latin corrēector, from corrigere (“to straighten (out), to rectify, to correct”).

a corrector, notably:
(dated, chiefly Belgium) proofreader


crisette

De jongste crisette bracht de regering weer niet ten val.

Once more, the latest minor crisis didn't cause the government's downfall.

(Belgium) a minor crisis, notably in politics


kuisvrouw

kuisvrouw f (plural kuisvrouwen, diminutive kuisvrouwtje n)

kuisvrouwen (plural)
kuisvrouwtje (diminutive neuter)

From kuisen (“to clean”) + vrouw (“woman”).


esculaap

esculaap m (plural esculapen, diminutive esculaapje n)

esculapen (plural)
esculaapje (diminutive neuter)

From Esculaap, the Greco-Roman god of healing, fromMiddle Dutch esculapius, from Latin Aesculapius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós).

(Belgium, colloquial) a physician, medical doctor


stamgenoot

stamgenoot m (plural stamgenoten, diminutive stamgenootje n)

stamgenoten (plural)
stamgenootje (diminutive neuter)

From stam (“tribe”) + genoot (“fellow member”).

affix

Onderdanen van het Nederlandse Rijk van alle rassen hebben zich verenigd om rijksgenoten van Chinese stam onder ons, in hun streven hun stamgenoten in China menslievende hulp te brengen, te ondersteunen.

1937 December 28, “Dr. M. van Blankenstein: Nederlandse solidariteit [Dr. M. van Blankenstein: Dutch solidarity]”, in Het volksdagblad : dagblad voor Nederland, page 3:

Subjects of the Dutch Empire of all races have united to support co-denizens of Chinese extraction among us in their efforts to bring humanitarian aid to their kinsmen in China.

Ik vind het zo jammer dat mijn stamgenoten verglijden naar een soort monosyllabisch gereutel dat kennelijk volstaat om hen door het leven te leiden.

2013 July 24, “Goesting, maar dan in steeds minder woorden [Appetite, but in fewer and fewer words]”, in De Morgen:

I am so sorry that my fellow Flemings are slipping into a kind of monosyllabic muttering that is apparently enough to get them through life.

(dated in Belgium, archaic elsewhere) someone of a shared ethnic ancestry or with a shared linguistic heritage


pilipili

alternative form of piri-piri; the common term in Belgium


koevoet

nl-noun

koevoet m (plural koevoeten, diminutive koevoetje n)

koevoeten (plural)
koevoetje (diminutive neuter)
koeienvoet (alternative obsolete)
koeivoet (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch coevoet. Equivalent to koe + voet.

western yellow wagtail
western yellow wagtail

Motacilla flava
Motacilla flava#Translingual

(Belgium) vernacular term for two yellow-coloured wagtail species:

the western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava (compare koevinkje)

Motacilla cinerea
Motacilla cinerea#Translingual


ereloon

ereloon n (plural erelonen, diminutive ereloontje n)

erelonen (plural)
ereloontje (diminutive neuter)
eereloon (alternative archaic)

From ere- (“honorary”) + loon (“wage, fee”).

(Belgium) an honorarium, a customary ('honorary') or often regulated fee for the highly qualified services of doctors, lawyers, architects, surveyors etc.


wedde

wedde f (plural wedden or weddes, diminutive weddetje n)

wedden (plural)
weddes (plural)
weddetje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly Belgium) a wage, salary, periodic pay for a civil servant or long-term employee


betonneren

betonneren (infinitive)
betonneren (gerund neuter)
betonneer (first-person present singular)
betonneerde (first-person past singular)
betonneert (present second-person singular)
betonneer (present second-person singular)
betonneerde (past second-person singular)
betonneert (formal present second-person singular)
betonneerde (formal past second-person singular)
betonneert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
betonneert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
betonneerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
betonneerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
betonneert (present singular third-person)
betonneerde (past singular third-person)
betonneren (plural present)
betonneerden (past plural)
betonnere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
betonneerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
betonneren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
betonneerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
betonneer (imperative present singular)
betonneert (archaic imperative plural present)
betonnerend (participle present)
gebetonneerd (participle past)
betonneeren (alternative obsolete)

(intransitive, Belgium) to pour concrete

(transitive, Belgium) to cast, to fit, to set in concrete

(transitive, figuratively, Belgium) to freeze, to set unchangeably (as if cast in concrete)


Nauw van Kales

Nauw van Calais (alternative Netherlands)

(chiefly Belgium) the English Channel or Strait of Dover, the North Sea strait between Dover (England) and Calais (France)


zothuis

zothuis n (plural zothuizen, diminutive zothuisje n)

zothuizen (plural)
zothuisje (diminutive neuter)
sothuys (alternative obsolete)
zothuys (alternative obsolete)
zottenhuis (alternative)

From zot (“fool, crazy; insane”) + huis (“house”).

compound

(Belgium, literally) a madhouse, asylum for the insane

Tijdens de les van de schuchtere stagiair wordt de klas een zothuis.

During the timid apprentice's course the class turns into a madhouse.

(Belgium, figuratively) a madhouse, crazy place and/or situation


zichtrekening

nl-noun

zichtrekening f (plural zichtrekeningen, diminutive zichtrekeningetje n)

zichtrekeningen (plural)
zichtrekeningetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zicht + rekening. Compare Belgian French compte à vue.

(Belgium) a checking account, a current account (bank account)


zoölogie

zoölogie f (plural zoölogieën, diminutive zoölogietje n)

zoölogieën (plural)
zoölogietje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, colloquial, countable) zoo; especially the old one in Antwerp


allee

allee f (plural alleeën, diminutive alleetje n)

alleeën (plural)
alleetje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, architecture) landing (at upper floor of a house)


makaak

makaak m (plural makaken, diminutive makaakje n)

makaken (plural)
makaakje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, ethnic slur, offensive) a person from North Africa or of North African descent


preuts

nl-adj

preuts (comparative preutser, superlative meest preuts or preutst)

preutser (comparative)
meest preuts (superlative)
preutst (superlative)
preuts (adverbial positive predicative)
preutser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het preutst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het preutste (adverbial predicative superlative)
preutse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
preutsere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
preutste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
preuts (indefinite neuter positive singular)
preutser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
preutste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
preutse (indefinite plural positive)
preutsere (comparative indefinite plural)
preutste (indefinite plural superlative)
preutse (definite positive)
preutsere (comparative definite)
preutste (definite superlative)
preuts (partitive positive)
preutsers (comparative partitive)
preutsch (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch preus, also prues, pruets, from Old French preux, proz, from Latin prōdest (“it is useful”).


veralgemeend

veralgemeend (comparative veralgemeender, superlative veralgemeendst)

veralgemeender (comparative)
veralgemeendst (superlative)
veralgemeend (adverbial positive predicative)
veralgemeender (adverbial comparative predicative)
het veralgemeendst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het veralgemeendste (adverbial predicative superlative)
veralgemeende (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
veralgemeendere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
veralgemeendste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
veralgemeend (indefinite neuter positive singular)
veralgemeender (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
veralgemeendste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
veralgemeende (indefinite plural positive)
veralgemeendere (comparative indefinite plural)
veralgemeendste (indefinite plural superlative)
veralgemeende (definite positive)
veralgemeendere (comparative definite)
veralgemeendste (definite superlative)
veralgemeends (partitive positive)
veralgemeenders (comparative partitive)

(Belgium) generalized (US), generalised (UK)


peinzen

peinzen (infinitive)
peinzen (gerund neuter)
peins (first-person present singular)
peinsde (first-person past singular)
peinst (present second-person singular)
peins (present second-person singular)
peinsde (past second-person singular)
peinst (formal present second-person singular)
peinsde (formal past second-person singular)
peinst (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
peinst (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
peinsde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
peinsde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
peinst (present singular third-person)
peinsde (past singular third-person)
peinzen (plural present)
peinsden (past plural)
peinze (archaic present singular subjunctive)
peinsde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
peinzen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
peinsden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
peins (imperative present singular)
peinst (archaic imperative plural present)
peinzend (participle present)
gepeinsd (participle past)

From Middle Dutch pensen, peinsen, from Old French penser, from Latin pensō.


toer

nl-noun

toer m (plural toeren, diminutive toertje n)

toeren (plural)
toertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch toer, from Old French tour. Several senses are borrowed from French tour.

In de oorlog zijn nogal toeren gebeurd.

Rather odd actions have taken place during the war.

(Belgium) whim, urge (odd emotional action or behaviour)


kapoen

kapoen m (plural kapoenen, diminutive kapoentje n)

kapoenen (plural)
kapoentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch capoen, ultimately from Latin cāpō.

(Belgium) A term of endearment for a little child.


inzicht

inzicht n (plural inzichten, diminutive inzichtje n)

inzichten (plural)
inzichtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: insig

From in + zicht or inzien (“to realise, inspect”) + -t (“verbal noun”). Compare also German Einsicht and English insight.

suffix

(dated, chiefly Belgium) intention, intent


taks

nl-noun

taks f (plural taksen, diminutive taksje n)

taksen (plural)
taksje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch taxe, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa.


BV

BV f or m (plural BV's, diminutive BV'tje n)

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


Hollands

nl-adj

Hollands (comparative Hollandser, superlative meest Hollands or Hollandst)

Hollandser (comparative)
meest Hollands (superlative)
Hollandst (superlative)
Hollands (adverbial positive predicative)
Hollandser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Hollandst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Hollandste (adverbial predicative superlative)
Hollandse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Hollandsere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Hollandste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Hollands (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Hollandser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Hollandste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Hollandse (indefinite plural positive)
Hollandsere (comparative indefinite plural)
Hollandste (indefinite plural superlative)
Hollandse (definite positive)
Hollandsere (comparative definite)
Hollandste (definite superlative)
Hollands (partitive positive)
Hollandsers (comparative partitive)
Hollandsch (alternative obsolete)
Hollantsch (alternative obsolete)

Jersey Dutch: Hôl-läänts

Negerhollands: hollands

→ Aukan: Olansi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: holáns

→ Trió: oransi

From Middle Dutch hollandsch. By surface analysis, Holland + s.

(chiefly Belgium, proscribed) Netherlandic Dutch


Hollands

Hollandsch (alternative obsolete)
Hollantsch (alternative obsolete)


deemster

From Middle Dutch deemster, demster (“dark”), from Old Dutch *thimster (in the compound thimsternisse (“darkness”)), from Proto-West Germanic *þimstr.

(Belgium, dated in Netherlands) twilight


stortbad

nl-noun

stortbad n (plural stortbaden, diminutive stortbadje n)

stortbaden (plural)
stortbadje (diminutive neuter)


maskesvlees

maskesvlees n (plural maskesvlezen, diminutive maskesvleesje n)

maskesvlezen (plural)
maskesvleesje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) a kind of chewy marshmallow often covered in a layer of white frosting


muilen

muilen (infinitive)
muilen (gerund neuter)
muil (first-person present singular)
muilde (first-person past singular)
muilt (present second-person singular)
muil (present second-person singular)
muilde (past second-person singular)
muilt (formal present second-person singular)
muilde (formal past second-person singular)
muilt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
muilt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
muilde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
muilde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
muilt (present singular third-person)
muilde (past singular third-person)
muilen (plural present)
muilden (past plural)
muile (archaic present singular subjunctive)
muilde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
muilen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
muilden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
muil (imperative present singular)
muilt (archaic imperative plural present)
muilend (participle present)
gemuild (participle past)


feeëriek

nl-adj

feeëriek (comparative feeërieker, superlative feeëriekst)

feeërieker (comparative)
feeëriekst (superlative)
feeëriek (adverbial positive predicative)
feeërieker (adverbial comparative predicative)
het feeëriekst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het feeëriekste (adverbial predicative superlative)
feeërieke (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
feeëriekere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
feeëriekste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
feeëriek (indefinite neuter positive singular)
feeërieker (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
feeëriekste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
feeërieke (indefinite plural positive)
feeëriekere (comparative indefinite plural)
feeëriekste (indefinite plural superlative)
feeërieke (definite positive)
feeëriekere (comparative definite)
feeëriekste (definite superlative)
feeërieks (partitive positive)
feeëriekers (comparative partitive)

(chiefly Belgium) wonderful, charming, magical, fairy-talelike


ambras

nl-noun

ambras m (uncountable, diminutive ambraske n)

Borrowed from French embarras, introduced in Napoleontic times in the Low Countries.


omkleden

omkleden (infinitive)
omkleden (gerund neuter)
kleed om (first-person main-clause present singular)
kleedde om (first-person main-clause past singular)
omkleed (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
omkleedde (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
kleedt om (main-clause present second-person singular)
kleed om (main-clause present second-person singular)
kleedde om (main-clause past second-person singular)
omkleedt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
omkleedde (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
kleedt om (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
kleedde om (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
omkleedt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
omkleedde (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
kleedt om (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
kleedt om (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
kleedde om (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
kleedde om (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
omkleedt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
omkleedt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
omkleedde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
omkleedde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
kleedt om (main-clause present singular third-person)
kleedde om (main-clause past singular third-person)
omkleedt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
omkleedde (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
kleden om (main-clause plural present)
kleedden om (main-clause past plural)
omkleden (plural present subordinate-clause)
omkleedden (past plural subordinate-clause)
klede om (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
kleedde om (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
omklede (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
omkleedde (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
kleden om (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
kleedden om (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
omkleden (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
omkleedden (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
kleed om (imperative main-clause present singular)
kleedt om (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
omkledend (main-clause participle present)
omgekleed (main-clause participle past)

Zij kleedden zich om in de kleedkamers.

(reflexive, Belgium) to get changed, to change clothes, to reclothe


labeur

From Middle Dutch labeur, from Middle French labeur, from Old French labor, from Latin labor.

(chiefly Belgium) toil, hard labour, heavy labour, in the past esp. on agricultural land


makak

makak m (plural makakken, diminutive makakje n)

makakken (plural)
makakje (diminutive neuter)

From French macaque (“macaque”), from Portuguese macaco (“macaque”), of unknown origin. Doublet with Dutch makaak (“macaque”).

(Belgium, derogatory, ethnic slur) someone of Moroccan or Maghreb origin


flik

flik m (plural flikken, diminutive flikje n)

flikken (plural)
flikje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French flic (“cop, policeman”).

(informal, chiefly Belgium) synonym of politieagent (“police officer”)


gaarne

From Middle Dutch gerne, gaerne, from Old Dutch *gerno, from Proto-West Germanic *gernō, from Proto-Germanic *gernô (“willingly, gladly”), an adverbial form of *gernaz (“willing”).

inh

(now chiefly Belgium, formal or slightly dated in the Netherlands) with pleasure, gladly


degustatie

nl-noun

degustatie f (plural degustaties, diminutive degustatietje n)

degustaties (plural)
degustatietje (diminutive neuter)


nijg

nl-adj

nijg (comparative nijger, superlative nijgst)

nijger (comparative)
nijgst (superlative)

Contraction from nijdig.
Part of the local slang of some Flemish rural areas; not understood everywhere.

Messi is de nijgste speler op deze aardkloot!

(Belgium, regional, slang) impressive, fabulous


nijg

nijg snugger

Ze zijn nijg aan 't spelen!

nijg knoeften


nijg

"Lebron scoorde 44 punten." — "Nijg!"


evolueren

evolueren (infinitive)
evolueren (gerund neuter)
evolueer (first-person present singular)
evolueerde (first-person past singular)
evolueert (present second-person singular)
evolueer (present second-person singular)
evolueerde (past second-person singular)
evolueert (formal present second-person singular)
evolueerde (formal past second-person singular)
evolueert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
evolueert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
evolueerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
evolueerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
evolueert (present singular third-person)
evolueerde (past singular third-person)
evolueren (plural present)
evolueerden (past plural)
evoluere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
evolueerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
evolueren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
evolueerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
evolueer (imperative present singular)
evolueert (archaic imperative plural present)
evoluerend (participle present)
geëvolueerd (participle past)


verdiep

nl-noun

verdiep n (plural verdiepen, diminutive verdiepje n)

verdiepen (plural)
verdiepje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, informal, elsewhere obsolete) synonym of verdieping (“storey”)


plezant

nl-adj

plezant (comparative plezanter, superlative plezantst)

plezanter (comparative)
plezantst (superlative)
plezant (adverbial positive predicative)
plezanter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het plezantst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het plezantste (adverbial predicative superlative)
plezante (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
plezantere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
plezantste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
plezant (indefinite neuter positive singular)
plezanter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
plezantste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
plezante (indefinite plural positive)
plezantere (comparative indefinite plural)
plezantste (indefinite plural superlative)
plezante (definite positive)
plezantere (comparative definite)
plezantste (definite superlative)
plezants (partitive positive)
plezanters (comparative partitive)


frituur

nl-noun

frituur f (plural frituren, diminutive frituurtje n)

frituren (plural)
frituurtje (diminutive neuter)
friture (alternative rare)

Borrowed from Middle French friture, from Late Latin *frīctūra, from frīctūrus.

We eten morgenochtend frituur.

We will eat deep-fried fastfood tomorrow morning.

(Belgium) deep-fried food, now especially used of snacks and fast food


friture

friture f (plural fritures or frituren, diminutive frituretje n or frituurtje n)

fritures (plural)
frituren (plural)
frituretje (diminutive neuter)
frituurtje (diminutive neuter)

(rare, Belgium) alternative form of frituur


botten

botten (infinitive)
botten (gerund neuter)
bot (first-person present singular)
botte (first-person past singular)
bot (present second-person singular)
botte (past second-person singular)
bot (formal present second-person singular)
botte (formal past second-person singular)
bot (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bot (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
botte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
botte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bot (present singular third-person)
botte (past singular third-person)
botten (plural present)
botten (past plural)
botte (archaic present singular subjunctive)
botte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
botten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
botten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bot (imperative present singular)
bot (archaic imperative plural present)
bottend (participle present)
gebot (participle past)
butten (alternative)


onderbouwen

onderbouwen (infinitive)
onderbouwen (gerund neuter)
onderbouw (first-person present singular)
onderbouwde (first-person past singular)
onderbouwt (present second-person singular)
onderbouw (present second-person singular)
onderbouwde (past second-person singular)
onderbouwt (formal present second-person singular)
onderbouwde (formal past second-person singular)
onderbouwt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
onderbouwt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
onderbouwde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
onderbouwde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
onderbouwt (present singular third-person)
onderbouwde (past singular third-person)
onderbouwen (plural present)
onderbouwden (past plural)
onderbouwe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
onderbouwde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
onderbouwen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
onderbouwden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
onderbouw (imperative present singular)
onderbouwt (archaic imperative plural present)
onderbouwend (participle present)
onderbouwd (participle past)


proclamatie

proclamatie f (plural proclamaties, diminutive proclamatietje n)

proclamaties (plural)
proclamatietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: proklamasie

→ Indonesian: proklamasi

From proclameren + -atie, from Latin proclamatio, from proclamare.

(Belgium) announcement of school results


daveren

daveren (infinitive)
daveren (gerund neuter)
daver (first-person present singular)
daverde (first-person past singular)
davert (present second-person singular)
daver (present second-person singular)
daverde (past second-person singular)
davert (formal present second-person singular)
daverde (formal past second-person singular)
davert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
davert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
daverde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
daverde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
davert (present singular third-person)
daverde (past singular third-person)
daveren (plural present)
daverden (past plural)
davere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
daverde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
daveren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
daverden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
daver (imperative present singular)
davert (archaic imperative plural present)
daverend (participle present)
gedaverd (participle past)

From Middle Dutch daveren. From marginally attested daven + -eren.

(intransitive, Belgium) to shake, to tremble


vergiffenis

Afrikaans: vergiffenis

From Middle Dutch vergiffenisse. Equivalent to vergeven + -nis.


bouwheer

bouwheer m (plural bouwheren, diminutive bouwheertje n)

bouwheren (plural)
bouwheertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: bohir

From bouwen (“to build”) + heer (“lord”).

(Belgium) a person who commissions an architect for an architectural design


smoren

smoren (infinitive)
smoren (gerund neuter)
smoor (first-person present singular)
smoorde (first-person past singular)
smoort (present second-person singular)
smoor (present second-person singular)
smoorde (past second-person singular)
smoort (formal present second-person singular)
smoorde (formal past second-person singular)
smoort (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
smoort (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
smoorde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
smoorde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
smoort (present singular third-person)
smoorde (past singular third-person)
smoren (plural present)
smoorden (past plural)
smore (archaic present singular subjunctive)
smoorde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
smoren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
smoorden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
smoor (imperative present singular)
smoort (archaic imperative plural present)
smorend (participle present)
gesmoord (participle past)

Negerhollands: smoor

Petjo: smoor

→ Indonesian: smoor, semur

→ English: semur

desctree

→ Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩꦸꦂ (semur)
→ Indonesian: semur
→ English: semur

→ Papiamentu: smor, smoor

From Middle Dutch smoren, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”).


d'office

Als ge geen inkomsten hebt, zoudt ge d'office moeten kwalificeren voor het bestaansminimum, zonder allerhande administratief gezever!

If you don't have any income, you should automatically qualify for guaranteed benefits, without all kinds of administrative humbug!


verwittigen

verwittigen (infinitive)
verwittigen (gerund neuter)
verwittig (first-person present singular)
verwittigde (first-person past singular)
verwittigt (present second-person singular)
verwittig (present second-person singular)
verwittigde (past second-person singular)
verwittigt (formal present second-person singular)
verwittigde (formal past second-person singular)
verwittigt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
verwittigt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
verwittigde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
verwittigde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
verwittigt (present singular third-person)
verwittigde (past singular third-person)
verwittigen (plural present)
verwittigden (past plural)
verwittige (archaic present singular subjunctive)
verwittigde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
verwittigen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
verwittigden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
verwittig (imperative present singular)
verwittigt (archaic imperative plural present)
verwittigend (participle present)
verwittigd (participle past)

From Middle Dutch [Term?]; contains the prefix ver-. The element -wittig- represents the Middle Dutch adjective wittich, deriving from Proto-West Germanic *witīg and relating to the modern verb weten.

(Belgium, Suriname) to inform, to notify


berd

nl-noun

berd n (plural berden, diminutive berdje n)

berden (plural)
berdje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bert (“table; plank”), from Old Dutch *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą. Cognate with German Brett (“board; plank”).


gordijn

gordijn n (plural gordijnen, diminutive gordijntje n)

gordijnen (plural)
gordijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gordyn

Negerhollands: garduin

→ Aukan: gaiden

→ Indonesian: gorden

→ Papiamentu: gordein (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: gardein, garden

→ Caribbean Javanese: garding, gordhèn

→ Kari'na: gardeny

→ Saramaccan: gaidé

→ Sundanese: hordéng

From Middle Dutch gordine, gardine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).


pieper

pieper m (plural piepers, diminutive piepertje n)

piepers (plural)
piepertje (diminutive neuter)


bomma

bomma f (plural bomma's, diminutive bommaatje n)

bomma's (plural)
bommaatje (diminutive neuter)


bromfiets

bromfiets f (plural bromfietsen, diminutive bromfietsje n)

bromfietsen (plural)
bromfietsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bromfiets

→ Caribbean Javanese: bromfit, brompit

→ Indonesian: brompit

→ Papiamentu: bròmfits

→ Sranan Tongo: brom

→ West Frisian: bromfyts

From brommen (“to hum, drone, grumble”) + fiets (“bicycle”), referring to the sound made by their combustion engines; compare for example Danish knallert (“moped”), which similarly owes its name to the noise produced by these vehicles.

compound

(Belgium) snorfiets moped, limited to 25 km/h speed


pintelieren

pintelieren (infinitive)
pintelieren (gerund neuter)
pintelier (first-person present singular)
pintelierde (first-person past singular)
pinteliert (present second-person singular)
pintelier (present second-person singular)
pintelierde (past second-person singular)
pinteliert (formal present second-person singular)
pintelierde (formal past second-person singular)
pinteliert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
pinteliert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
pintelierde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
pintelierde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
pinteliert (present singular third-person)
pintelierde (past singular third-person)
pintelieren (plural present)
pintelierden (past plural)
pinteliere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
pintelierde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
pintelieren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
pintelierden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
pintelier (imperative present singular)
pinteliert (archaic imperative plural present)
pintelierend (participle present)
gepintelierd (participle past)


resem

nl-noun

resem m (plural resems, diminutive resempje n)

resems (plural)
resempje (diminutive neuter)

Uncertain. Possibilities include:
* from the o-grade ablaut of rijgen (“to baste, impale”) (visible in the past tense reeg) + a suffix, possibly the same as in desem;
* from Middle Dutch rese (whence rist (“ordened package”));
* from Middle Dutch reeseem, which is from Spanish resma, from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma).

In deze negende editie wordt vooral gefocust op de thema’s “gevoel en emotie” en daar horen zoals ieder jaar tal van activiteiten bij waarvan ook een hele resem in Brussel.

2023-10-01, “Week van het Nederlands: dierentaalkunde, zingend leren en digitale stadsspelletjes”, in Bruzz:

(Belgium, figuratively) long list of similar things


solden

Borrowed from French solde; compare solder.

(Belgium) sale (a period of reduced prices)


epuratie

epuratie f (plural epuraties, diminutive epuratietje n)

epuraties (plural)
epuratietje (diminutive neuter)

(now chiefly Belgium) (political) purification, cleansing, now especially in the context of World War II


groen lachen

Compare German grün lachen, grünes Lachen, French rire jaune, Italian risata verde.

(idiomatic, Belgium) to smile or laugh desperately, in a forced way (as in gallows humor)


kwakkel

kwakkel f or m (plural kwakkels, diminutive kwakkeltje n)

kwakkels (plural)
kwakkeltje (diminutive neuter)
kwackel (alternative)
quakkel (alternative)
quackel (alternative)

Afrikaans: kwakkel

From Middle Dutch quackele, from *kwakila (compare Low German Quakkel), blend of *kwak (“quack”) and Proto-Germanic *hwahtilō (“quail”) (compare dialectal Dutch wachtel, German Wachtel), diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *kʷoḱt- (compare Latin co(c)turnīx, Lithuanian vaštaka, Sanskrit चातक (cātaka, “pied cuckoo”)), metathesis of *u̯ortokʷ- (“quail”) (compare Dutch kwartel). More at kwartel. Not related to kwakkelen.


weeral

Univerbation of weer (“again”) + al (“already”).

univerbation

Weeral dat gedoe met die paspoorten!

Once again the mess with those passports!


miljaar

Probably an abbreviation of the Flemish expression miljaarde nondedju, from French milliards de noms de Dieu (“billions of names of God”). See also Dutch nondeju.


minister-president

nl-noun

minister-president m (plural minister-presidenten or ministers-presidenten, diminutive minister-presidentje n, feminine minister-presidente)

minister-presidenten (plural)
ministers-presidenten (plural)
minister-presidentje (diminutive neuter)
minister-presidente (feminine)

Coordinating compound of minister + president.

De huidige minister-president van Vlaanderen is Jan Jambon.


wattman

wattman m (plural wattmannen, diminutive wattmannetje n)

wattmannen (plural)
wattmannetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French wattman. Equivalent to watt + man.


drij

From Middle Dutch dri, from Old Dutch *thrī, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

(Belgium, colloquial, dialectal, archaic) alternative form of drie


gazet

gazet f (plural gazetten, diminutive gazetje n)

gazetten (plural)
gazetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta.

(now chiefly Belgium or historical) newspaper


hesp

From Middle Dutch hespe. Potentially related to Middle Dutch haspe (“bolt, latch”).

(chiefly Belgium) ham (type of pork, meat from the thigh of a hog)


sjans

From French chance. Doublet of kans, cadens, and cadans.


zenne

Straks komen we nog te laat! — Nee zenne, we hebben nog genoeg tijd.

We'll be late! — Nah, surely not, we have plenty of time.

Wilt u het bonnetje? — Nee zenne, bedankt.

(Belgium) modal particle indicating reassurance or confidence from the speaker: certainly, surely, at all, but often weak and untranslatable

De kou valt best mee. — Nou, ik vind het toch wel koud zenne!

The cold isn't so bad. — Well, I still think it's pretty cold regardless!

(Belgium) modal particle indicating disagreement or a certain nuance with an earlier statement: regardless, despite that, anyway, you know


coördinaten

Calque of French coordonnées. Plural of coördinaat.


duts

duts m (plural dutsen, diminutive dutske n or dutseke n)

dutsen (plural)
dutske (diminutive neuter)
dutseke (diminutive neuter)


verkeerswisselaar

verkeerswisselaar m (plural verkeerswisselaars, diminutive verkeerswisselaartje n)

verkeerswisselaars (plural)
verkeerswisselaartje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) interchange (grade-separated infrastructure junction)


andersvalide

andersvalide (adverbial positive predicative)
andersvalide (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
andersvalide (indefinite neuter positive singular)
andersvalide (indefinite plural positive)
andersvalide (definite positive)
andersvalides (partitive positive)

Compound of anders + valide, coined as an alternative or euphemism for invalide.

(Belgium) disabled, handicapped, differently able


draaitrap

draaitrap m (plural draaitrappen, diminutive draaitrapje n)

draaitrappen (plural)
draaitrapje (diminutive neuter)


slaapwel

(chiefly Belgium) good night, sleep well


inwijking

inwijking f (plural inwijkingen, diminutive inwijkinkje n)

inwijkingen (plural)
inwijkinkje (diminutive neuter)


doctorandus

doctorandus m (plural doctorandi or doctorandussen, diminutive doctorandusje n, feminine doctoranda)

doctorandi (plural)
doctorandussen (plural)
doctorandusje (diminutive neuter)
doctoranda (feminine)
drs. (alternative abbreviation)

→ English: doctorandus

→ Indonesian: doktorandus

→ Sranan Tongo: datra (semantic loan)

Borrowed from Latin doctorandus (“who is to be awarded a doctorate”).


boeleke

boelekes (plural)
boeleken (alternative)


sneeuwman

nl-noun

sneeuwman m (plural sneeuwmannen, diminutive sneeuwmannetje n, feminine sneeuwvrouw)

sneeuwmannen (plural)
sneeuwmannetje (diminutive neuter)
sneeuwvrouw (feminine)


microgolfoven

microgolfoven m (plural microgolfovens, diminutive microgolfoventje n)

microgolfovens (plural)
microgolfoventje (diminutive neuter)

From microgolf (“microwave”) + oven (“oven”), a loan translation of English microwave oven. Similar to Afrikaans mikrogolfoond, also a loan translation of the English word.

(chiefly Belgium) microwave oven, a fast heating device with mainly culinary use


microgolf

microgolf m (plural microgolven, diminutive microgolfje n)

microgolven (plural)
microgolfje (diminutive neuter)

On the surface, a clipping of microgolfoven.
Likely influenced as a semantic loan by French micro-onde and English microwave.
Compare also Afrikaans mikrogolf.

Ze at niets van de visschotel die Tony in de microgolf had opgewarmd.

2013, Louis van Dievel, De vrouwenhater, Vrijdag Uitgevers:

She ate nothing from the fish casserole that Tony had heated up in the microwave.

(Belgium) microwave oven, a fast heating device with mainly culinary use


deemstering

From Middle Dutch deemsteringe. Equivalent to deemsteren + -ing.

(Belgium, dated, now literary) dusk, twilight


schuimwijn

schuimwijn m (plural schuimwijnen, diminutive schuimwijntje n)

schuimwijnen (plural)
schuimwijntje (diminutive neuter)


zelfzeker

nl-adj

zelfzeker (comparative zelfzekerder, superlative zelfzekerst)

zelfzekerder (comparative)
zelfzekerst (superlative)
zelfzeker (adverbial positive predicative)
zelfzekerder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het zelfzekerst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het zelfzekerste (adverbial predicative superlative)
zelfzekere (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
zelfzekerdere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
zelfzekerste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
zelfzeker (indefinite neuter positive singular)
zelfzekerder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
zelfzekerste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
zelfzekere (indefinite plural positive)
zelfzekerdere (comparative indefinite plural)
zelfzekerste (indefinite plural superlative)
zelfzekere (definite positive)
zelfzekerdere (comparative definite)
zelfzekerste (definite superlative)
zelfzekers (partitive positive)
zelfzekerders (comparative partitive)

From zelf- (“self-”) + zeker (“certain”), calque of German selbstsicher (“confident”).


kortelings

nl-adj

kortelings (comparative kortelingser, superlative meest kortelings or kortelingst)

kortelingser (comparative)
meest kortelings (superlative)
kortelingst (superlative)
kortelings (adverbial positive predicative)
kortelingser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het kortelingst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het kortelingste (adverbial predicative superlative)
kortelingse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kortelingsere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
kortelingste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
kortelings (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kortelingser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
kortelingste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
kortelingse (indefinite plural positive)
kortelingsere (comparative indefinite plural)
kortelingste (indefinite plural superlative)
kortelingse (definite positive)
kortelingsere (comparative definite)
kortelingste (definite superlative)
kortelings (partitive positive)
kortelingsers (comparative partitive)


Rijsel

From Middle Dutch risele, presumably from an older unattested *isele, a calque of Old French isle (“island”).
Like its French counterpart Lille, the name was rebracketed: The phrase ter isele (“at the islet”) was reinterpreted as te risele (“at Rijsel”).

(chiefly Belgium) Lille (the departmental capital of Nord department, France; the regional capital of Hauts-de-France)


moluur

nl-noun

moluur f (plural moluren, diminutive moluurtje n)

moluren (plural)
moluurtje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) decorative moulding that connects ceiling with wall


prot

prot m (plural protten, diminutive protje n)

protten (plural)
protje (diminutive neuter)


unitarisme

(Belgium, politics) centralism, up to the point of a unitary state


cupcakemama

cupcakemama f (plural cupcakemama's, diminutive cupcakemamaatje n)

cupcakemama's (plural)
cupcakemamaatje (diminutive neuter)

'Ook hier willen veel cupcakemama's zich volledig terugplooien op hun gezin. Maar gelukkig word je daar niet van', zegt relatiedeskundige Rika Ponnet.

2012 June 22, Tom Le Bacq, “'Cupcakemama' rukt op”, in Het Nieuwsblad:

De epische strijd over wie de beste moeder is, woedt al langer. Cupcakemama's tegen carrièremoeders.

2012 November 10, “Vrouwen, stop met elkaar de les te spellen”, in De Morgen:

The epic battle about who is the best mother has been raging for a longer time. Homely mothers versus career mothers.

Dat heeft redelijk wat gevolgen, het leidde tot onhaalbare rolmodellen zoals de perfecte gecoiffeerde cupcakemama die elke dag om halfvier aan de schoolpoort staat, als de moeder die moeiteloos drie kinderen en een carrière als neurochirurg combineert en elke avond in haar Prada's op een vernissage staat te glunderen.

2014 November 25, Cathérine Ongenae, “Vrouwen en kinderen eerst!”, in VRT NWS:

(Belgium, derogatory, rare) a woman who has sacrificed her successful career to spend more time on parenting or housework


bougeren

bougeren (infinitive)
bougeren (gerund neuter)
bougeer (first-person present singular)
bougeerde (first-person past singular)
bougeert (present second-person singular)
bougeer (present second-person singular)
bougeerde (past second-person singular)
bougeert (formal present second-person singular)
bougeerde (formal past second-person singular)
bougeert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bougeert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bougeerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bougeerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bougeert (present singular third-person)
bougeerde (past singular third-person)
bougeren (plural present)
bougeerden (past plural)
bougere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bougeerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bougeren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bougeerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bougeer (imperative present singular)
bougeert (archaic imperative plural present)
bougerend (participle present)
gebougeerd (participle past)

(intransitive, dialectal, Belgium) to move, to budge


eenzaat

eenzaat m (plural eenzaten, diminutive eenzaatje n)

eenzaten (plural)
eenzaatje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly Belgium) hermit, monastic recluse


sjoe

sjoe m (plural sjoes, diminutive sjoeke n)

sjoes (plural)
sjoeke (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French chou (literally “cabbage”), from Old French chous, from Latin caulis.

(Belgium) darling (also as form of address)


grauwvuur

grauwvuur n (plural grauwvuren, diminutive grauwvuurtje n)

grauwvuren (plural)
grauwvuurtje (diminutive neuter)

From grauw (“gray, grey”) + vuur (“fire”).


appelblauwzeegroen

nl-adj

appelblauwzeegroen (comparative appelblauwzeegroener, superlative appelblauwzeegroenst)

appelblauwzeegroener (comparative)
appelblauwzeegroenst (superlative)
appelblauwzeegroen (adverbial positive predicative)
appelblauwzeegroener (adverbial comparative predicative)
het appelblauwzeegroenst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het appelblauwzeegroenste (adverbial predicative superlative)
appelblauwzeegroene (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
appelblauwzeegroenere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
appelblauwzeegroenste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
appelblauwzeegroen (indefinite neuter positive singular)
appelblauwzeegroener (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
appelblauwzeegroenste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
appelblauwzeegroene (indefinite plural positive)
appelblauwzeegroenere (comparative indefinite plural)
appelblauwzeegroenste (indefinite plural superlative)
appelblauwzeegroene (definite positive)
appelblauwzeegroenere (comparative definite)
appelblauwzeegroenste (definite superlative)
appelblauwzeegroens (partitive positive)
appelblauwzeegroeners (comparative partitive)

From a mix of the components of the compounds appelgroen (“apple-green”) (a compound of appel (“apple”) + groen (“green”)) and zeeblauw (“sea-blue”) (a compound of zee (“sea”) + blauw (“blue”)).


smoutebol

nl-noun

smoutebol m (plural smoutebollen, diminutive smoutebolletje n)

smoutebollen (plural)
smoutebolletje (diminutive neuter)
smoutenbol (alternative common misspelling)

From smout (“animal fat, lard; oil”) + -e- + bol (“ball, sphere”).

compound

(Belgium) an oliebol-like treat, deep-fried in lard


zwelten

zwelten (infinitive)
zwelten (gerund neuter)
zwelt (first-person present singular)
zwolt (first-person past singular)
zwelt (present second-person singular)
zwolt (past second-person singular)
zwelt (formal present second-person singular)
zwolt (formal past second-person singular)
zwelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
zwelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
zwolt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
zwolt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
zwelt (present singular third-person)
zwolt (past singular third-person)
zwelten (plural present)
zwolten (past plural)
zwelte (archaic present singular subjunctive)
zwolte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
zwelten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
zwolten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
zwelt (imperative present singular)
zwelt (archaic imperative plural present)
zweltend (participle present)
gezwolten (participle past)

From Middle Dutch swelten, from Old Dutch *sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

(Belgium, dated) to succumb to injury or illness

(Belgium, dated) to die in miserable circumstances


zwemkelle

nl-noun

zwemkelle f (plural zwemkellen, diminutive zwemkelletje n)

zwemkellen (plural)
zwemkelletje (diminutive neuter)

From zwemmen (“to swim”) + kelle (“a lake or pool that remains on shore at low-tide”).

compound

2013 October 8, Edwin Fontaine, "Bredene krijgt vloedzwembad", de Standaard (emphasis original).
Zo’n zwemkelle heeft allerlei voordelen.

A flood pool like that has all kinds of benefits.


samenhorigheid

From samen (“together”) + horen (“to belong”) + -heid. Cognate with Swedish samhörighet and Danish sammenhørighed.

(Belgium) affinity, fellowship, community feeling


dominostekker

(electricity, Belgium) a plug with three outlets integrated into it


slukes

A shortening of salukes (“goodbye”), the Belgian regiolectal diminutive of French salut (“goodbye”). The -t in the French word is not pronounced.


moederschapsrust

nl-noun

moederschapsrust f or m (plural moederschapsrusten)

From moederschap (“motherhood”) + -s- + rust (“rest”).


putje

In putje winter wordt zonnen op het strand afgeraden.

Tanning on the beach is discouraged in the midst of winter.

Putje zomer staat er dikwijls een ijsverkoper op het plein.

There is often an ice-cream seller at the square in the heart of summer.

Newaar, we weten wat ervan is honger en koude te moeten afbijten; gaan we nu de anderen, als 't in putje van den winter is, ook op straat smijten met een leêgen buik?

1921, Achilles J. Mussche, “Tseezeken onder ons”, in De Stem, volume 1, page 359:

(Belgium, followed by a noun for a season or a proper noun for a location) heart, midst


almanak

nl-noun

almanak m (plural almanakken, diminutive almanakje n)

almanakken (plural)
almanakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: almanak

Negerhollands: almanak

→ Caribbean Hindustani: almanák

→ Caribbean Javanese: almenak

→ Indonesian: almanak

→ Sundanese: almenak

From Middle Dutch almanag, from Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “almanac, calendar”).

der

Zij heeft een almanak met kruiswoordpuzzels uitgebracht.

She has published a tear-off calendar with crossword puzzles.


doctoranda

nl-noun

doctoranda m (plural doctoranda's or doctorandae, masculine doctorandus)

doctoranda's (plural)
doctorandae (plural)
doctorandus (masculine)

Borrowed from Latin doctoranda (“she who will become a doctor”).


dagdagelijks

nl-adj

dagdagelijks (comparative dagdagelijkser, superlative meest dagdagelijks or dagdagelijkst)

dagdagelijkser (comparative)
meest dagdagelijks (superlative)
dagdagelijkst (superlative)
dagdagelijks (adverbial positive predicative)
dagdagelijkser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het dagdagelijkst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het dagdagelijkste (adverbial predicative superlative)
dagdagelijkse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
dagdagelijksere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
dagdagelijkste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
dagdagelijks (indefinite neuter positive singular)
dagdagelijkser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
dagdagelijkste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
dagdagelijkse (indefinite plural positive)
dagdagelijksere (comparative indefinite plural)
dagdagelijkste (indefinite plural superlative)
dagdagelijkse (definite positive)
dagdagelijksere (comparative definite)
dagdagelijkste (definite superlative)
dagdagelijks (partitive positive)
dagdagelijksers (comparative partitive)

Equivalent to dag (“day”) + dagelijks (“daily”). Calque of German tagtäglich (“day in day out”).


trouwkleed

nl-noun

trouwkleed n (plural trouwkleden, diminutive trouwkleedje n)

trouwkleden (plural)
trouwkleedje (diminutive neuter)

From trouwen (“to marry”) + kleed (“dress”).


klavier

klavier n (plural klavieren, diminutive klaviertje n)

klavieren (plural)
klaviertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klavier

→ Papiamentu: klavier (dated)

From Middle Dutch klavier, from Middle French clavier.

(computing, Belgium) keyboard (input device for computers, etc.)


bleiten

bleiten (infinitive)
bleiten (gerund neuter)
bleit (first-person present singular)
bleitte (first-person past singular)
bleit (present second-person singular)
bleitte (past second-person singular)
bleit (formal present second-person singular)
bleitte (formal past second-person singular)
bleit (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bleit (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bleitte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bleitte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bleit (present singular third-person)
bleitte (past singular third-person)
bleiten (plural present)
bleitten (past plural)
bleite (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bleitte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bleiten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bleitten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bleit (imperative present singular)
bleit (archaic imperative plural present)
bleitend (participle present)
gebleit (participle past)
blèten (alternative)

Umlaut-form of blaten (“to bleat”). Both cognate to English bleat.

Excuseer mij als ik niet uit mijn woorden kom. Of als ik begin te bleiten. Volwassen mannen die bleiten zijn belachelijk, ik weet het.

2011, Louis van Dievel, De Pruimelaarstraat:

Forgive me if I can't find the words. Or if I start crying. Grown-up men who cry are ridiculous, I know.

En mijn kinderen bleiten! Enfin, ik hen in hun knieschijfjes geschoten. Maar ik dwaal af.

1997, Herman Brusselmans, Logica voor Idioten:

And my children are crying! So, then I shot them in the kneecaps. But I digress.

Alleen al het simpele feit dat een miljoen Vlamingen een homo van vlees en bloed leert kennen, hem soms ziet bleiten als een klein kind, doet meer voor de verdraagzaamheid dan duizend meetings en pamfletten.

Just the simple fact that a million Flemings are getting to know a real homosexual, are seeing him sometimes shed tears like a small child, does more for tolerance than thousands of meetings and pamphlets.

(chiefly Belgium, intransitive, derogatory) to loudly cry, to whine


donormoeheid

From donor (“donor”) + moeheid (“fatigue”), probably a calque of English donor fatigue.

Het gevolg van deze donormoeheid is dat sommige campagnes steeds verder gaan in het tonen van expliciete beelden, in de hoop dat die ons zo choqueren dat we toch geld overmaken.

2017, Ignaas Devisch, Het empatisch teveel. Op naar een werkbare onverschilligheid:

(chiefly Belgium) donor fatigue (decrease in giving donations to charities due to the exhaustion of empathy)


brol

brol m (uncountable, diminutive brolleke n)

Dju - me weer brol laten aansmeren in die strontwinkel!

God, they palmed me off some rubbish again at that shitty store!

Weer kapot - stomme brolpc!

Da's gene brol!

(Belgium) rubbish, crap, things of inferior quality or little value


kaaskop

kaaskop m (plural kaaskoppen, diminutive kaaskopje n)

kaaskoppen (plural)
kaaskopje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kaas (“cheese”) + kop (“cup”, “head”).

(Belgium, derogatory) Dutch person (in general)


vetzak

vetzak m (plural vetzakken, diminutive vetzakje n)

vetzakken (plural)
vetzakje (diminutive neuter)

Equivalent to vet (“fat”) + zak (“sack, bag”).


belgicisme

Likely from French belgicisme. Equivalent to België (“Belgium”) + -isme (“-ism”)

(Belgium, politics, often derogatory) the political ideology which supports the economic and political unity of Belgium; Belgicism

(Belgium, linguistics) a Dutch word or phrase of Belgian origin, typically never or rarely present in the Dutch spoken in the Netherlands; a Belgicism

(Belgium, linguistics) a French word or phrase of Belgian origin, typically never or rarely present in the French spoken in France; a Belgicism


toek

toek m (plural toeken, diminutive toekje n)

toeken (plural)
toekje (diminutive neuter)


schabouwelijk

nl-adj

schabouwelijk (comparative schabouwelijker, superlative schabouwelijkst)

schabouwelijker (comparative)
schabouwelijkst (superlative)

Possibly from Dutch schabouw (“a position of the sails of a mill”) + -lijk, from French escabeau, from Latin scabellum, diminutive form of scamnum, from Proto-Indo-European *skap-. This would make sense phonetically but it would be unclear how the meaning of the words transitioned from "a position of the sails of a mill" to "miserable".

suffix

Belgische soccer journalist op VRT: "het was een schabouwelijke eerste helft"


mottig

nl-adj

mottig (comparative mottiger, superlative mottigst)

mottiger (comparative)
mottigst (superlative)

From mot (“drizzle; murky weather”) + -ig.

Amai, die zijn vriendin is maar een mottige, zé!

Dju, ik ben mottig van al dat ronddraaien!

God, I am nauseous from spinning around!


aprilvis

nl-noun

aprilvis m (plural aprilvissen, diminutive aprilviske n or aprilvisje n)

aprilvissen (plural)
aprilviske (diminutive neuter)
aprilvisje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “April fish”. From april (“April”) + vis (“fish”), a calque of French poisson d'avril. From the practical joke played on April Fools', of pinning a fish to the back of a person.

(Belgium) April fool, a joke played on April Fools' Day

aprilgrol

all current in both Belgium and the Netherlands


koeken

(uncountable, card games, Belgium) diamonds

(Belgium) a playing card of the diamonds suit


koeken

(Belgium, colloquial) chewing on one's own teeth (especially after having taken drugs)


stikkapot

nl-adj

stikkapot (comparative stikkapotter, superlative stikkapotst)

stikkapotter (comparative)
stikkapotst (superlative)
stikkapot (adverbial positive predicative)
stikkapotter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het stikkapotst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het stikkapotste (adverbial predicative superlative)
stikkapotte (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
stikkapottere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
stikkapotste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
stikkapot (indefinite neuter positive singular)
stikkapotter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
stikkapotste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
stikkapotte (indefinite plural positive)
stikkapottere (comparative indefinite plural)
stikkapotste (indefinite plural superlative)
stikkapotte (definite positive)
stikkapottere (comparative definite)
stikkapotste (definite superlative)
stikkapots (partitive positive)
stikkapotters (comparative partitive)

Die avond, aan het eind, was ik stikkapot. Ik was in jaren niet meer zo moe geweest.

2010 September 4, Douglas De Coninck, “Ik was zo blij, zo intens blij”, in De Morgen, →ISSN, page 26:

(Belgium) very tired, exhausted; knackered, dead tired


crapuul

crapulen (plural)
krapuul (alternative)
krapul (alternative)

(Belgium, collective, uncountable, derogatory) scum, odious people

(Belgium, countable, derogatory) scumbag, odious person


crapuleus

crapuleus (comparative crapuleuzer, superlative meest crapuleus or crapuleust)

crapuleuzer (comparative)
meest crapuleus (superlative)
crapuleust (superlative)
crapuleus (adverbial positive predicative)
crapuleuzer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het crapuleust (adverbial predicative superlative)
het crapuleuste (adverbial predicative superlative)
crapuleuze (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
crapuleuzere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
crapuleuste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
crapuleus (indefinite neuter positive singular)
crapuleuzer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
crapuleuste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
crapuleuze (indefinite plural positive)
crapuleuzere (comparative indefinite plural)
crapuleuste (indefinite plural superlative)
crapuleuze (definite positive)
crapuleuzere (comparative definite)
crapuleuste (definite superlative)
crapuleus (partitive positive)
crapuleuzers (comparative partitive)

Borrowed from French crapuleux. Equivalent to crapuul + -eus.


kattin

nl-noun

kattin f (plural kattinnen, diminutive kattinnetje n)

kattinnen (plural)
kattinnetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cattinne, equivalent to kat + -in. Compare German Kätzin.


veralgemenen

veralgemenen (infinitive)
veralgemenen (gerund neuter)
veralgemeen (first-person present singular)
veralgemeende (first-person past singular)
veralgemeent (present second-person singular)
veralgemeen (present second-person singular)
veralgemeende (past second-person singular)
veralgemeent (formal present second-person singular)
veralgemeende (formal past second-person singular)
veralgemeent (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
veralgemeent (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
veralgemeende (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
veralgemeende (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
veralgemeent (present singular third-person)
veralgemeende (past singular third-person)
veralgemenen (plural present)
veralgemeenden (past plural)
veralgemene (archaic present singular subjunctive)
veralgemeende (archaic past singular subjunctive)
veralgemenen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
veralgemeenden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
veralgemeen (imperative present singular)
veralgemeent (archaic imperative plural present)
veralgemenend (participle present)
veralgemeend (participle past)

From algemeen + ver- -en, calque of German verallgemeinern.


waterschap

waterschap n (plural waterschappen, diminutive waterschapje n)

waterschappen (plural)
waterschapje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: wetterskip (calque)

From Middle Dutch waterschap (“watercourse, waterway, stream; water board”). Equivalent to water + -schap.

inh

water board, government structure for water management

(Belgium, Flemish Region) intermediary structure for several distinct levels of government to discuss and plan water management


afschrijven

afschrijven (infinitive)
afschrijven (gerund neuter)
schrijf af (first-person main-clause present singular)
schreef af (first-person main-clause past singular)
afschrijf (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
afschreef (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
schrijft af (main-clause present second-person singular)
schrijf af (main-clause present second-person singular)
schreef af (main-clause past second-person singular)
afschrijft (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afschreef (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
schrijft af (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
schreef af (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
afschrijft (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afschreef (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
schrijft af (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
schrijft af (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
schreeft af (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
schreeft af (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
afschrijft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afschrijft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afschreeft (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afschreeft (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
schrijft af (main-clause present singular third-person)
schreef af (main-clause past singular third-person)
afschrijft (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
afschreef (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
schrijven af (main-clause plural present)
schreven af (main-clause past plural)
afschrijven (plural present subordinate-clause)
afschreven (past plural subordinate-clause)
schrijve af (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
schreve af (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
afschrijve (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afschreve (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
schrijven af (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
schreven af (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
afschrijven (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afschreven (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
schrijf af (imperative main-clause present singular)
schrijft af (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
afschrijvend (main-clause participle present)
afgeschreven (main-clause participle past)

(transitive, intransitive) to copy in writing; (Belgium) also as cheating in a test


kattenmoeder

nl-noun

kattenmoeder f (plural kattenmoeders, diminutive kattenmoedertje n)

kattenmoeders (plural)
kattenmoedertje (diminutive neuter)

From kat (“cat”) + -en- + moeder (“mother”).

(Belgium) a mother who neglects or mistreats her children; a bad mother


hondenmoeder

hondenmoeder f (plural hondenmoeders, diminutive hondenmoedertje n)

hondenmoeders (plural)
hondenmoedertje (diminutive neuter)

From hond (“dog”) + -en- + moeder (“mother”).


waterkans

waterkans f (plural waterkansen, diminutive waterkansje n)

waterkansen (plural)
waterkansje (diminutive neuter)


bijkomen

bijkomen (infinitive)
bijkomen (gerund neuter)
kom bij (first-person main-clause present singular)
kwam bij (first-person main-clause past singular)
bijkom (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
bijkwam (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
komt bij (main-clause present second-person singular)
kom bij (main-clause present second-person singular)
kwam bij (main-clause past second-person singular)
bijkomt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
bijkwam (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
komt bij (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
kwam bij (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
bijkomt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
bijkwam (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
komt bij (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
komt bij (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
kwaamt bij (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
kwaamt bij (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
bijkomt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
bijkomt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
bijkwaamt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
bijkwaamt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
komt bij (main-clause present singular third-person)
kwam bij (main-clause past singular third-person)
bijkomt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
bijkwam (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
komen bij (main-clause plural present)
kwamen bij (main-clause past plural)
bijkomen (plural present subordinate-clause)
bijkwamen (past plural subordinate-clause)
kome bij (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
kwame bij (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
bijkome (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
bijkwame (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
komen bij (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
kwamen bij (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
bijkomen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
bijkwamen (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
kom bij (imperative main-clause present singular)
komt bij (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
bijkomend (main-clause participle present)
bijgekomen (main-clause participle past)

(intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to gain weight


foor

foor f (plural foren, diminutive foortje n)

foren (plural)
foortje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French foire, from Middle French foire, from Old French foire, from Latin fēriae.


dikoor

From dik (“fat, swollen”) + oor (“ear”).


inwijkeling

inwijkeling m (plural inwijkelingen, diminutive inwijkelinkje n)

inwijkelingen (plural)
inwijkelinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɪnˌʋɛi̯.kə.lɪŋ/

(Belgium) newcomer, new arrival, new resident


kibbelkabinet

kibbelkabinet n (plural kibbelkabinetten, diminutive kibbelkabinetje n)

kibbelkabinetten (plural)
kibbelkabinetje (diminutive neuter)

Neologism. From kibbelen (“to squabble”) + kabinet (“administration; government”).

compound

(Belgium) a government that is in-fighting on a regular basis


subiet

From Middle Dutch subiet, subijt (“sudden”), from Middle French subit (“sudden”), from Latin subitus (“sudden”) or subitō (“suddenly”).
Already in early modern Dutch the meaning “immediately” appeared. The dialectal sense shift from “immediately” to “later on” is similar to English dialectal drekly from directly.


bepotelen

bepotelen (infinitive)
bepotelen (gerund neuter)
bepotel (first-person present singular)
bepotelde (first-person past singular)
bepotelt (present second-person singular)
bepotel (present second-person singular)
bepotelde (past second-person singular)
bepotelt (formal present second-person singular)
bepotelde (formal past second-person singular)
bepotelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bepotelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bepotelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bepotelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bepotelt (present singular third-person)
bepotelde (past singular third-person)
bepotelen (plural present)
bepotelden (past plural)
bepotele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bepotelde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bepotelen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bepotelden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bepotel (imperative present singular)
bepotelt (archaic imperative plural present)
bepotelend (participle present)
bepoteld (participle past)

(transitive, Southern, chiefly Belgium) to grope, to touch sexually

Arthur kan beter de Traction Avant bepotelen dan haar.

2016, Peter Theunynck, De Slembroucks, Wereldbibliotheek:

It's better that Arthur handles the Traction Avant than that he touches her.

Reden genoeg dus om de originele laptop eens te bepotelen.

2016 September 6, Michaël Aussems, “Aan de slag met de Surface Book: hybride met spierballen”, in ZDNet:

So there's enough cause to get our hands on the original laptop.

(transitive, Southern, chiefly Belgium) to get one's hands on, to handle, to control


praatbarak

nl-noun

praatbarak f (plural praatbarakken, diminutive praatbarakje n)

praatbarakken (plural)
praatbarakje (diminutive neuter)

all talk and no action
all talk and no action

(Belgium, derogatory) an official body that is perceived as all talk and no action

(Belgium, derogatory) any meeting that is expected to be all talk and no action


platte broodjes bakken

(idiomatic, Belgium) to grovel, to fawn, especially after having said something bold or controversial before; to attempt to reingratiate


plattekaas

plattekaas m (plural plattekazen, diminutive plattekaasje n)

plattekazen (plural)
plattekaasje (diminutive neuter)
platte kaas (alternative)

Univerbation of platte kaas (“soft cheese”).


platte kaas

(Belgium) alternative form of plattekaas


pagadder

pagadder m (plural pagadders, diminutive pagadderken n or pagaddertje n)

pagadders (plural)
pagadderken (diminutive neuter)
pagaddertje (diminutive neuter)

(Brabantian) En let oep ave pagadder, hij zat bijkans onder d'auto's!

'N look after your lil' one, he almost got himself under the passing cars!


koebeest

koebeest n (plural koebeesten, diminutive koebeestje n)

koebeesten (plural)
koebeestje (diminutive neuter)

(now chiefly Belgium) cow, female bovine


karoot

karoten (plural)
kroot (alternative)
karote (alternative)

Borrowed from French carote, variant of carotte.


zeem

From Middle Dutch sêem, from Old Dutch sēm, from Proto-Germanic *saimaz.

(archaic, dialectal, chiefly Belgium) honey, in particular virgin honey


zaan

From Middle Dutch saen, from Old Dutch *sān, from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō).


navorser

navorser m (plural navorsers, diminutive navorsertje n)

navorsers (plural)
navorsertje (diminutive neuter)


buitenwipper

buitenwipper m (plural buitenwippers, diminutive buitenwippertje n)

buitenwippers (plural)
buitenwippertje (diminutive neuter)


versassen

versassen (infinitive)
versassen (gerund neuter)
versas (first-person present singular)
versaste (first-person past singular)
versast (present second-person singular)
versas (present second-person singular)
versaste (past second-person singular)
versast (formal present second-person singular)
versaste (formal past second-person singular)
versast (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
versast (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
versaste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
versaste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
versast (present singular third-person)
versaste (past singular third-person)
versassen (plural present)
versasten (past plural)
versasse (archaic present singular subjunctive)
versaste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
versassen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
versasten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
versas (imperative present singular)
versast (archaic imperative plural present)
versassend (participle present)
versast (participle past)

(Belgium, transitive) to transit, to ship through


kribbe

kribbe f (plural kribben, diminutive kribbetje n)

kribben (plural)
kribbetje (diminutive neuter)
krib (alternative)

From Middle Dutch cribbe, from Old Dutch kribba, from Frankish *kribbija, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ. Doublet of crèche.


nieuwsanker

From nieuws + anker, calque of English news anchor.


domper

domper m (plural dompers, diminutive dompertje n)

dompers (plural)
dompertje (diminutive neuter)

From dompen (“to dim, to dampen, to extinguish”) + -er (denominative agent suffix).

af

(Belgium, historical, Roman Catholicism, derogatory, by extension) reactionary Flemish Roman Catholic


straatschender

nl-noun

straatschender m (plural straatschenders, diminutive straatschenderke n)

straatschenders (plural)
straatschenderke (diminutive neuter)

Compound of straat (“street”) + schender (“violator”).

com+

(Belgium, obsolete elsewhere) hooligan, vandal


drukkingsgroep

nl-noun

drukkingsgroep m or f (plural drukkingsgroepen, diminutive drukkingsgroepje n)

drukkingsgroepen (plural)
drukkingsgroepje (diminutive neuter)

From drukking + -s- + groep, calque of English pressure group.


liflaffen

liflaffen (infinitive)
liflaffen (gerund neuter)
liflaf (first-person present singular)
liflafte (first-person past singular)
liflaft (present second-person singular)
liflaf (present second-person singular)
liflafte (past second-person singular)
liflaft (formal present second-person singular)
liflafte (formal past second-person singular)
liflaft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
liflaft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
liflafte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
liflafte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
liflaft (present singular third-person)
liflafte (past singular third-person)
liflaffen (plural present)
liflaften (past plural)
liflaffe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
liflafte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
liflaffen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
liflaften (archaic past plural subjunctive)
liflaf (imperative present singular)
liflaft (archaic imperative plural present)
liflaffend (participle present)
geliflaft (participle past)

(dated, now chiefly Belgium) to grovel, to fawn, to flatter


samsonseks

(Belgium) parents' undisturbed sex (sexual activity) while their children are occupied by a television show or movie (e.g. Samson & Gert)


de wubbes krijgen

“Vooral die lange vluchten. Ik kan gewoon niet lang stilzitten, ik krijg er tintelende knieën van, de wubbes zoals ze hier zeggen. […]”

2018 August 7, “Bartel Van Riet presenteert Expeditie Robinson: “Ze kregen een kapmes en daarna: trek je plan””, in Het Nieuwsblad:

'Ik krijg de wubbes van politici die hun beklag doen over het eigen bedrijf,' zegt Stuer, […]

2020 September 26, Filip Rogiers, “Ziek van politiek”, in De Standaard:

(Belgium) to get irritated or worked up [with van ‘by something’]


denkpiste

denkpiste f (plural denkpistes or denkpisten)

Compound of denken (“to think”) + piste (“piste”).

(Belgium) hypothesis, hypothetical explanation


kassaticket

kassaticket n (plural kassaticketten, diminutive kassaticketje n)

kassaticketten (plural)
kassaticketje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, regional) misspelling of kasticket


knoeften

knoeften (infinitive)
knoeften (gerund neuter)
knoeft (first-person present singular)
knoeftte (first-person past singular)
knoeft (present second-person singular)
knoeftte (past second-person singular)
knoeft (formal present second-person singular)
knoeftte (formal past second-person singular)
knoeft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
knoeft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
knoeftte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
knoeftte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
knoeft (present singular third-person)
knoeftte (past singular third-person)
knoeften (plural present)
knoeftten (past plural)
knoefte (archaic present singular subjunctive)
knoeftte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
knoeften (archaic plural present subjunctive)
knoeftten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
knoeft (imperative present singular)
knoeft (archaic imperative plural present)
knoeftend (participle present)
geknoeft (participle past)

Onze Niels reed half koers, met nog vijf rondjes te “knoeften”, moederziel alleen, met een halve minuut voorsprong.

2012 February 1, “De triomfantelijke solotocht van grootmeester Albert”, in 't Pallieterke, volume 67, number 5, page 15:

Our Niels was riding halfway down the race, with five more laps to toil ahead, completely alone, with a lead of half a minute.

2012 December/2013 January, Maarten Bernaerts, "Een tekst schrijven, dat is knoeften", Gazet van Zurenborg, page 32.
Bert Dockx: “Om de zoveel maanden komt er eens een tekst vlot uit. Maar voor de rest is dat knoeften. Dan ben je soms uren bezig zonder resultaat.”

Bert Dockx: "Once in a few months a text will come out naturally. But at other times it is drudgery. Sometimes you are then working at it for hours without any result."

(Belgium, specifically Antwerp) to work laboriously or hard


refter

refter m or n (plural refters, diminutive reftertje n)

refters (plural)
reftertje (diminutive neuter)
reefter (alternative historical)

From Middle Dutch reefter, from Latin refectōrium.


godshuis

godshuis n (plural godshuizen, diminutive godshuisje n)

godshuizen (plural)
godshuisje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch godshuus. Equivalent to god (“god”) + -s- (“house”, genitival interfix) + huis.

compound

(now Belgium) a hospice, a charitable institution providing housing to the elderly, the infirm, etc.


chappement

nl-noun

chappement n (plural chappementen, diminutive chappementeke n)

chappementen (plural)
chappementeke (diminutive neuter)


chapeluur

(Belgium, dialect) alternative spelling of chapelure


rocambolesk

nl-adj

rocambolesk (comparative rocambolesker, superlative meest rocambolesk or rocamboleskst)

rocambolesker (comparative)
meest rocambolesk (superlative)
rocamboleskst (superlative)
rocambolesk (adverbial positive predicative)
rocambolesker (adverbial comparative predicative)
het rocamboleskst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het rocamboleskste (adverbial predicative superlative)
rocamboleske (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
rocamboleskere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
rocamboleskste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
rocambolesk (indefinite neuter positive singular)
rocambolesker (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
rocamboleskste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
rocamboleske (indefinite plural positive)
rocamboleskere (comparative indefinite plural)
rocamboleskste (indefinite plural superlative)
rocamboleske (definite positive)
rocamboleskere (comparative definite)
rocamboleskste (definite superlative)
rocambolesks (partitive positive)
rocamboleskers (comparative partitive)

(chiefly Belgium) incredible, unbelievable, fantastic


borstbol

nl-noun

borstbol m (plural borstbollen, diminutive borstbolleke n)

borstbollen (plural)
borstbolleke (diminutive neuter)


fichebak

fichebak m (plural fichebakken, diminutive fichebakje n)

fichebakken (plural)
fichebakje (diminutive neuter)


mecanicien

mecanicien m (plural mecaniciens, feminine mecanicienne)

mecaniciens (plural)
mecanicienne (feminine)


enkelgeld

/ˈɛŋ.kəlˌɣɛlt/

De daders gingen aan de haal met ongeveer een 5 à 600 euro aan enkelgeld.

2020 December 4, Kristien Bollen, “Inbrekers gaan aan de haal met geld”, in Het Laatste Nieuws:


ambetant

nl-adj

ambetant (comparative ambetanter, superlative ambetantst)

ambetanter (comparative)
ambetantst (superlative)


zeveraar

nl-noun

zeveraar m (plural zeveraars, diminutive zeveraarke n)

zeveraars (plural)
zeveraarke (diminutive neuter)

→ French: zieverer

Zware Julien zijn zuster zaliger zei: "Zo'n zeveraars! Ze zijn zijle zeker zot zeg! Ze zullen zinken!"

(Belgium) someone who lies, nags or gives unwanted or unreliable comments


lastverkoper

lastverkoper m (plural lastverkopers, diminutive lastverkoperke n)

lastverkopers (plural)
lastverkoperke (diminutive neuter)


vogelpik

vogelpik m (plural vogelpikken, diminutive vogelpikske n)

vogelpikken (plural)
vogelpikske (diminutive neuter)
vogelenpik (alternative)
vogelepik (alternative)

Compound of vogel (“bird”) + pik (“peck, pecking”). Up to the early twentieth century sharp-beaked bird figurines were frequently used in Belgium instead of a dart.


pimpelen

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


sojascheut

sojascheut m (plural sojascheuten, diminutive sojascheutje n)

sojascheuten (plural)
sojascheutje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of soja (“soy”) + scheut (“sprout, shoot”). Probably named “soy sprout” due to the resemblance of mung bean sprouts to soy bean sprouts.


ontdubbelen

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

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


overdood liggen

Iejest iel zenenof omdoen, 'n dan twie weike overdood ligge me't spit, slum!

(Belgium, colloquial) being extremely tired (especially after previous strenuous exertion)


accapareren

(now Belgium, transitive) to appropriate, to seize


bleuke

suf

French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">bleu</i>


deklat

nl-noun

deklat f (plural deklatten, diminutive deklatteke n)

deklatten (plural)
deklatteke (diminutive neuter)


ruiven

ruiven (infinitive)
ruiven (gerund neuter)
ruif (first-person present singular)
ruifde (first-person past singular)
ruift (present second-person singular)
ruif (present second-person singular)
ruifde (past second-person singular)
ruift (formal present second-person singular)
ruifde (formal past second-person singular)
ruift (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
ruift (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
ruifde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
ruifde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
ruift (present singular third-person)
ruifde (past singular third-person)
ruiven (plural present)
ruifden (past plural)
ruive (archaic present singular subjunctive)
ruifde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
ruiven (archaic plural present subjunctive)
ruifden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
ruif (imperative present singular)
ruift (archaic imperative plural present)
ruivend (participle present)
geruifd (participle past)
ruiven (infinitive)
ruiven (gerund neuter)
ruif (first-person present singular)
roof (first-person past singular)
ruift (present second-person singular)
ruif (present second-person singular)
roof (past second-person singular)
ruift (formal present second-person singular)
roof (formal past second-person singular)
ruift (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
ruift (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
rooft (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
rooft (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
ruift (present singular third-person)
roof (past singular third-person)
ruiven (plural present)
roven (past plural)
ruive (archaic present singular subjunctive)
rove (archaic past singular subjunctive)
ruiven (archaic plural present subjunctive)
roven (archaic past plural subjunctive)
ruif (imperative present singular)
ruift (archaic imperative plural present)
ruivend (participle present)
geroven (participle past)


AOW

(Belgium) initialism of arbeidsongevallenwet


valling

valling f (plural vallingen, diminutive vallingske n)

vallingen (plural)
vallingske (diminutive neuter)

From vallen (“to fall”) + -ing, which comes from an old belief in body humors; namely that bad humors would befall a certain body part.

vastgeroeste valling

Lap, wee een valling, 'k z'n me persies aan 't verloren snutten!


kopvalling

kopvalling f (plural kopvallingen, diminutive kopvallinkje n or kopvallingske n)

kopvallingen (plural)
kopvallinkje (diminutive neuter)
kopvallingske (diminutive neuter)

From kop (“head”) + valling (“common cold”).


snotvalling

snotvalling f (plural snotvallingen, diminutive snotvallingetje n or snotvallinkje n)

snotvallingen (plural)
snotvallingetje (diminutive neuter)
snotvallinkje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) cold with prominent runny nose