os

Afrikaans: os

Negerhollands: os

From Middle Dutch osse, from Old Dutch *osso, earlier *ohso, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô.


beer

nl-noun

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

beren (plural)
beertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: beer

From Middle Dutch bêer, from Old Dutch *bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

De kinderboerderij heeft een aantal zeugen en maar één beer.

The petting zoo has a number of sows and only one boar.


dar

dar m (plural darren, diminutive darretje n)

darren (plural)
darretje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch darne, by metathesis from dorne, from Old Dutch *drān, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēnuz.

drone (non-working male bee, ant or wasp)


ram

ram m (plural rammen, diminutive rammetje n, feminine ooi)

rammen (plural)
rammetje (diminutive neuter)
ooi (feminine)

Afrikaans: ram

From Middle Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), from Old Dutch *ram, of West-Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate to English ram (“a male sheep”).


ruin

ruin m (plural ruinen, diminutive ruintje n)

ruinen (plural)
ruintje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch rûun. Cognate with Middle Low German rûne, Middle High German rūn. Further origin unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to dig out, rip off”).


mot

nl-noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

motten (plural)
motje (diminutive neuter)


gander

gander m (plural ganders, diminutive gandertje n)

ganders (plural)
gandertje (diminutive neuter)

Most likely from English gander or Low German gander, ganner. Both are possibly formed from gans (“goose”) in an analogous way as kater (“male cat”) from kat (“(female) cat”) and doffer (“male dove”) from duif (“(female) dove”).


eend

eend f (plural eenden, diminutive eendje n)

eenden (plural)
eendje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eend

Jersey Dutch: êntśe (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, Proto-West Germanic *anad, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Cognate with German Ente, English ennet.

Coordinate term: woerd

duck, waterfowl of the family Anatidae excluding the subfamily Anserinae; in non-scientific usage the term may be reserved for only the smaller (not goose-like) members of the Anatidae or reserved for females only


bok

bok m (plural bokken, diminutive bokje n)

bokken (plural)
bokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bok
→ Xhosa: ibhokhwe

Negerhollands: bok

Sranan Tongo: boko, bokoboko

Aukan: boko boko

From Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.


hen

ik (first-person personal pronoun singular stressed subjective)
'k (first-person personal pronoun singular subjective unstressed)
mij (first-person objective personal pronoun singular stressed)
me (first-person objective personal pronoun singular unstressed)
mijn (first-person personal possessive pronoun singular stressed)
m'n (first-person personal possessive pronoun singular unstressed)
mijne (first-person personal possessive predicative pronoun)
me (first-person personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive)
mijner (archaic first-person genitive personal predicative pronoun)
mijns (archaic first-person genitive personal predicative pronoun)
jij (personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective)
je (personal pronoun second-person singular subjective unstressed)
jou (objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
je (objective personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
jouw (personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed)
je (personal possessive pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
jouwe (personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
je (personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
jouwer (archaic genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
jouws (archaic genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
gij (archaic dialectal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective)
ge (archaic dialectal personal pronoun second-person singular subjective unstressed)
u (archaic dialectal objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uw (archaic dialectal personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uwe (archaic dialectal personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
u (archaic dialectal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic dialectal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic dialectal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
u (formal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective)
u (formal objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uw (formal personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uwe (formal personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
zich (formal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic formal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic formal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
hij (masculine personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person)
ie (masculine personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed)
hem (masculine objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
'm (masculine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijn (masculine personal possessive pronoun singular stressed third-person)
z'n (masculine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijne (masculine personal possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (masculine personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
zijner (archaic genitive masculine personal predicative pronoun third-person)
zijns (archaic genitive masculine personal predicative pronoun third-person)
zij (feminine personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person)
ze (feminine personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed)
haar (feminine objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
h'r (feminine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
'r (feminine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
d'r (feminine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
haar (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular stressed third-person)
h'r (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
'r (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
d'r (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
hare (feminine personal possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (feminine personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
harer (archaic feminine genitive personal predicative pronoun third-person)
haars (archaic feminine genitive personal predicative pronoun third-person)
het (neuter personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person)
't (neuter personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed)
het (neuter objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
't (neuter objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijn (neuter personal possessive pronoun singular stressed third-person)
z'n (neuter personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijne (neuter personal possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (neuter personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
zijner (archaic genitive neuter personal predicative pronoun third-person)
zijns (archaic genitive neuter personal predicative pronoun third-person)
wij (first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
we (first-person personal plural pronoun unstressed)
ons (first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
onze (first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
onze (first-person personal plural possessive predicative pronoun)
ons (first-person personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive)
onzer (archaic first-person genitive personal plural predicative pronoun)
onzes (archaic first-person genitive personal plural predicative pronoun)
jullie (personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
je (personal plural pronoun second-person unstressed)
je (personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
gij (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
ge (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person unstressed)
u (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uw (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uwe (archaic dialectal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
u (archaic dialectal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic dialectal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic dialectal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
u (formal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uw (formal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uwe (formal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
zich (formal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic formal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic formal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
zij (personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
ze (personal plural pronoun third-person unstressed)
hen (personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
hun (personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
hunne (personal plural possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
hunner (archaic genitive personal plural predicative pronoun third-person)
huns (archaic genitive personal plural predicative pronoun third-person)

From Old Dutch hin, from Proto-Germanic *himaz.


hen

hen f (plural hennen, diminutive hennetje n, masculine haan)

hennen (plural)
hennetje (diminutive neuter)
haan (masculine)

Afrikaans: hen

Jersey Dutch: hän

From Middle Dutch henne, from Old Dutch *henna, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).

hen, female chicken; female of a related species

a female of the species of birds brooding on the ground

(figuratively) 'bird', colloquial term for a human female


hen

Chosen in an online poll by Transgender Netwerk Nederland in 2016. The alternative die arose from the same poll.

(gender-neutral, nonstandard) they (singular) (subject pronoun). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.

(gender-neutral, nonstandard) them (singular) (object pronoun). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.


gent

gent m (plural genten, diminutive gentje n)

genten (plural)
gentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gent, from Old Dutch *genit, variant of *ganut, from Proto-West Germanic *ganut, from Proto-Germanic *ganutaz.


apin

apin f (plural apinnen, diminutive apinnetje n, masculine aap)

apinnen (plural)
apinnetje (diminutive neuter)
aap (masculine)

From aap (“monkey, ape”) + -in (feminine suffix).


kater

nl-noun

kater m (plural katers, diminutive katertje n, feminine kat or kattin or vrouwtjeskat or poes)

katers (plural)
katertje (diminutive neuter)
kat (feminine)
kattin (feminine)
vrouwtjeskat (feminine)
poes (feminine)

From Middle Dutch cāter, from Old Dutch *kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō.


poes

poes f (plural poezen, diminutive poesje n)

poezen (plural)
poesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: poes
→ English: poes

Berbice Creole Dutch: pusi, pusiki

→ Ambonese Malay: pus

→ Cayuga: dagu:s (possibly via Mohawk)

→ Indonesian: pus

→ Loup A: puspus

→ Mahican: póschees, poschesch

→ Mohawk: takús

→ Mohegan-Pequot: bopoose

→ Munsee: póoshiish

→ Papiamentu: pushi, poesji (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: puspusi

→ Lokono: pusu

→ Kari'na: pusipusi

→ Unami: pushis

Ultimately from a common Germanic word for cat, perhaps ultimately imitative of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic بسة). More at puss.

onomatopoeic

imitative


mannetje

Negerhollands: manje

Het mannetje bouwt een nest.

the male of a species of animal or plant


haan

nl-noun

haan m (plural hanen, diminutive haantje n)

hanen (plural)
haantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haan

Berbice Creole Dutch: han

Jersey Dutch: hân

Negerhollands: haan

Petjo: chaan

From Middle Dutch hane, from Old Dutch *hano. Compare German Hahn, Danish hane.


leeuwin

leeuwin f (plural leeuwinnen, diminutive leeuwinnetje n, masculine leeuw)

leeuwinnen (plural)
leeuwinnetje (diminutive neuter)
leeuw (masculine)

Afrikaans: leeuin

From Middle Dutch leeuwinne. Equivalent to leeuw + -in.


ooi

ooi f (plural ooien, diminutive ooitje n)

ooien (plural)
ooitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ooi

From Middle Dutch ooi, ou, from Old Dutch *ōi, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare German Aue, West Frisian ei, English ewe. Unrelated to ooibos (“riparian forest”).

1988, Het Boek, International Bible Society, Genesis 31:38

I have been with you for twenty years and all the time I took good care of your ewes and goats; so that they brought healthy offspring into the world. I never touched merely a single ram to eat one of them.

Twintig jaar ben ik bij u geweest en al die tijd heb ik goed voor uw ooien en geiten gezorgd, zodat zij gezonde jongen ter wereld brachten. Nooit heb ik ook maar één ram aangeraakt om ervan te eten.


bul

bul m (plural bullen, diminutive bulletje n, feminine koe)

bullen (plural)
bulletje (diminutive neuter)
koe (feminine)

From Middle Dutch bulle, from Old Dutch *bullo, from Proto-Germanic *bulô. Cognate with English bull.

bull (male bovine, or one of certain other male mammals)


wijfjeskat

wijfjeskat f (plural wijfjeskatten, diminutive wijfsjeskatje n)

wijfjeskatten (plural)
wijfsjeskatje (diminutive neuter)

From wijfje (“female”) + -s- + kat (“cat”).


hengst

hengst m (plural hengsten, diminutive hengstje n)

hengsten (plural)
hengstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hings

From Middle Dutch henxt, from Old Dutch *hengist, from Proto-West Germanic *hangist, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Deze hengst heeft een uitstekende stamboom.

This stallion has an excellent pedigree.

stallion (male horse, especially uncastrated)


hamel

hamel m (plural hamels, diminutive hameltje n)

hamels (plural)
hameltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hamel, from Old Dutch *hamal, from Proto-Germanic *hamalaz (“mutilated, castrated”). Cognate with German Hammel. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to ham (“bacon”).


moer

nl-noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

moeren (plural)
moertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: moer (dated)

Contraction of moeder (“mother”) by regular syncope of medial /d/ (compare broer, blij, leer, la).


wijfje

Het wijfje draagt een welp in haar bek.

The female animal carries a whelp in her mouth.


woerd

woerd m (plural woerden, diminutive woerdje n)

woerden (plural)
woerdje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch woert, woort, apparently dialectal forms of *waart (whence the byform given below). Compare regional Low German Warte (“drake”). Further origin unknown.


berin

berin f (plural berinnen, diminutive berinnetje n)

berinnen (plural)
berinnetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bērinne. Equivalent to beer (“bear”) + -in.

a she-bear / female bear (female large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae)


teef

teef f (plural teven, diminutive teefje n, masculine reu)

teven (plural)
teefje (diminutive neuter)
reu (masculine)

From Middle Dutch teve, from Old Dutch *tiva, from Proto-West Germanic *tibā, perhaps from the root of Old Norse tík (“bitch”).
Cognate to Old English tife and probably German Zibbe.

a bitch, a female dog: a female dog or other canine


reu

reu m (plural reuen or reus, diminutive reutje n, feminine teef)

reuen (plural)
reus (plural)
reutje (diminutive neuter)
teef (feminine)

From Middle Dutch reude, possibly from Proto-Germanic *hruþjô (“large dog, hound”), itself possibly from *hruttōną (“to roar”), from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza), Old English hrot. Or, from Proto-Germanic *hreutaną, *hrūtaną, *hruttōną (“to snore”), which would be related to Old Norse hrjóta.
Cognate to German Rüde.


stier

nl-noun

stier m (plural stieren, diminutive stiertje n, feminine koe)

stieren (plural)
stiertje (diminutive neuter)
koe (feminine)

Afrikaans: stier

From Middle Dutch stier, from Old Dutch stier, from Proto-Germanic *steuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros. Doublet of tauros.

a bull; a male of certain mammals, in particular bovines


doffer

doffer m (plural doffers, diminutive doffertje n, feminine duif or duivin)

doffers (plural)
doffertje (diminutive neuter)
duif (feminine)
duivin (feminine)

From Middle Dutch duvers, duve (“dove, pigeon”).


ganzerik

ganzerik m (plural ganzeriken, diminutive ganzerikje n)

ganzeriken (plural)
ganzerikje (diminutive neuter)

A calque from early modern German Gänserich.


merrie

merrie f (plural merries, diminutive merrietje n, masculine hengst)

merries (plural)
merrietje (diminutive neuter)
hengst (masculine)

Afrikaans: merrie

Negerhollands: merri, mėri

From Middle Dutch merrie, from Old Dutch *meria (compare Old High German meriha), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō. Cognate with West Frisian merje, German Mähre, English mare.

nachtmerrie

not related, but connected through folk etymology


zeug

zeug f (plural zeugen, diminutive zeugje n)

zeugen (plural)
zeugje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sog

From Middle Dutch soge, suege, from Old Dutch *soga, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu. The regular form in Middle Dutch was soge with a back vowel, with fronted suege occurring only in the western dialects. The original form is still found dialectally as zoog.


hinde

hinde f (plural hindes, diminutive hindetje n)

hindes (plural)
hindetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hinde, from Old Dutch *hind, from Proto-West Germanic *hindi, from Proto-Germanic *hindiz.

1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
Evenals een moede hinde / naar het klare water smacht, / schreeuwt mijn ziel om God te vinden / die ik ademloos verwacht.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


voedster

voedster f (plural voedsters, diminutive voedstertje n, masculine voeder)

voedster f (plural voedsters, diminutive voedstertje n, masculine konijn)

voedsters (plural)
voedstertje (diminutive neuter)
voeder (masculine)
voedsters (plural)
voedstertje (diminutive neuter)
konijn (masculine)


tijgerin

tijgerin f (plural tijgerinnen, diminutive tijgerinnetje n, masculine tijger)

tijgerinnen (plural)
tijgerinnetje (diminutive neuter)
tijger (masculine)

/ˌtɛi̯.ɣəˈrɪn/


wolvin

wolvin f (plural wolvinnen, diminutive wolvinnetje n, masculine wolf)

wolvinnen (plural)
wolvinnetje (diminutive neuter)
wolf (masculine)

From Middle Dutch wolvinne, from Old Dutch *wulfinna, from Proto-West Germanic *wulfini. Equivalent to wolf + -in.


mannetjeseend

mannetjeseend m (plural mannetjeseenden, diminutive mannetjeseendje n, feminine vrouwtjeseend)

mannetjeseenden (plural)
mannetjeseendje (diminutive neuter)
vrouwtjeseend (feminine)

From mannetje (“little man”) + eend (“duck”).


hommer

hommer m (plural hommers, diminutive hommertje n)

hommers (plural)
hommertje (diminutive neuter)

Coordinate term: kuiter


duiver

duiver m (plural duivers, diminutive duivertje n, feminine duif or duivin)

duivers (plural)
duivertje (diminutive neuter)
duif (feminine)
duivin (feminine)

From Middle Dutch duver. From duif + -er.


werkbij

werkbij f (plural werkbijen, diminutive werkbijtje n, masculine dar)

werkbijen (plural)
werkbijtje (diminutive neuter)
dar (masculine)


bijenkoningin

bijenkoningin f (plural bijenkoninginnen, diminutive bijenkoninginnetje n)

bijenkoninginnen (plural)
bijenkoninginnetje (diminutive neuter)

From bijen (“bees”) + -en- + koningin (“queen”). Cognate with German Bienenkönigin.

affix

a queen bee (fertile female of social insects)


werkster

nl-noun

werkster f (plural werksters, diminutive werkstertje n, masculine werker)

werksters (plural)
werkstertje (diminutive neuter)
werker (masculine)


werkster

werkster f (plural werksters, diminutive werkstertje n, masculine dar)

werksters (plural)
werkstertje (diminutive neuter)
dar (masculine)


koebeest

koebeest n (plural koebeesten, diminutive koebeestje n)

koebeesten (plural)
koebeestje (diminutive neuter)

(now chiefly Belgium) cow, female bovine