look

nl-noun

look n or m (plural loken, diminutive lookje n)

loken (plural)
lookje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch look, from Old Dutch *lōk, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz. Compare Low German look, Look, German Lauch, English leek, Danish løg, Swedish lök. More at leek.


peen

peen f (plural penen, diminutive peentje n)

penen (plural)
peentje (diminutive neuter)

Originally the plural of pee, perhaps from Middle Dutch *pede, with plural peden (with a single attestation), of uncertain origin. Compare schoen and teen, also originally plurals but later singulars. Proposed cognates include English pith and French pied.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota#Translingual


munt

munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

munten (plural)
muntje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: min

From Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.


paprika

paprika f (plural paprika's, diminutive paprikaatje n)

paprika's (plural)
paprikaatje (diminutive neuter)

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan language.

Deze paprika bevat veel zaadjes.

This bell pepper contains a lot of seeds.

Het lukt me niet om paprika te laten groeien op mijn balkon.

I can't get a Capsicum annuum plant to grow on my balcony.

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual

sweet pepper, bell pepper (plant or fruit of Capsicum annuum varieties yielding sweet peppers)


ui

Afrikaans: ui

From a reinterpretation as a plural of Middle Dutch uyen, from Old French oignon (whence also Southern Dutch ajuin), from Latin ūniō.


chili

Borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.


oregano

Borrowed from Spanish orégano, from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

(botany) Synonym of wilde marjolein (“oregano plant, Origanum vulgare”)


pepermunt

pepermunt f (plural pepermunten, diminutive pepermuntje n)

pepermunten (plural)
pepermuntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: peperment

→ Caribbean Javanese: permèn

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→ Indonesian: permen (“candy, sweet”), pepermin (“peppermint”)

→ Papiamentu: pepermint (dated)

From peper + munt, Calque of translingual Mentha × piperita.


wortel

nl-noun

wortel m (plural wortels or wortelen, diminutive worteltje n)

wortels (plural)
wortelen (plural)
worteltje (diminutive neuter)

desc

Afrikaans: wortel (“carrot, square root”)

Negerhollands: wortel, wolter

Skepi Creole Dutch: wotl (“carrot”)

→ Indonesian: akar (“square root, root”) (semantic loan)

→ Indonesian: wortel (“carrot”)

Simon Stevin
nl:wortel (groente)
nl:wortel (plant)
nl:wortel (wiskunde)

From Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”), formed from the Proto-Indo-European roots *wréh₂ds + *welH-.
The mathematical sense was coined by Simon Stevin. Compare German Wurzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu; cf. also English wort.

carrot, Daucus carota, especially Daucus carota subsp. sativa


rozemarijn

nl-noun

rozemarijn m (plural rozemarijnen, diminutive rozemarijntje n)

rozemarijnen (plural)
rozemarijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: roosmaryn

→ Papiamentu: rósamarein

Borrowed from Middle French rosmarin, from Old French rosmarin, from Latin rōsmarīnus. Secondarily influenced by roos (“rose”), for which compare English rosemary.

Salvia rosmarinus
Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual

Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual

(chiefly uncountable, countable) the rosemary plant, Salvia rosmarinus syn. Rosmarinus officinalis


selderij

selderij m (plural selderijen, diminutive selderijtje n)

selderijen (plural)
selderijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seldery

→ Caribbean Javanese: slèdri

→ Belarusian: сельдэрэ́й (sjelʹderéj)

→ Malay: seladeri

Malay: saderi (by elision)

Indonesian: seledri

desc

→ Papiamentu: sèlder, sèldu, selde, selder

desctree

→ Russian: сельдере́й (selʹderéj), селлере́й (selleréj), селере́й (seleréj), сендере́й (senderéj)
→ Kyrgyz: сельдерей (selderey)
→ Tatar: сельдерей (sel’derey)
→ Turkmen: seldereý
→ Uzbek: selderey
→ Yiddish: סעלדעריי (selderey)

Borrowed from French céleri, from Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). For the epenthetic d, which was productive well into the seventeenth century, compare kelder, zolder, daalder, mulder, vilder, volder.

Apium graveolens
Apium graveolens#Translingual


prei

nl-noun

prei m (plural preien, diminutive preitje n)

preien (plural)
preitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: prei

→ Indonesian: prei

→ Papiamentu: prei

→ West Frisian: prei

From Middle Dutch poreye, from Old French poree.

Allium ampeloprasum
Allium ampeloprasum#Translingual

Allium porrum
Allium porrum#Translingual

leek, Allium ampeloprasum syn. Allium porrum (stem vegetable)


blauwe zeedistel

blauwe zeedistel m or f (plural blauwe zeedistels, diminutive blauw zeedisteltje n)

blauwe zeedistels (plural)
blauw zeedisteltje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “blue sea thistle”; the plant grows in the dunes near the sea.

Eryngium maritimum
Eryngium maritimum#Translingual


knoflook

knoflook m or n (plural knofloken, diminutive knoflookje n)

knofloken (plural)
knoflookje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: knoffel, knoflok

→ Aukan: kunofoluku

desc

→ Papiamentu: konofló, konoflok, knoflo, knofló

→ Sranan Tongo: knofroku

From Middle Dutch knofloick, knuuflooch, a dissimilated variant of earlier Middle Dutch cloffloc (literally “clove-leek”), from Old Dutch *kloflōk, from Proto-West Germanic *klobulauk (literally “clove-leek”), equivalent to klieven + look. Compare German Knoblauch, West Frisian knyflok and English clove.

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Allium sativum
Allium sativum#Translingual

garlic, Allium sativum (bulb, used as a culinary herb, or plant)


kervel

Afrikaans: kerwel

From Latin caerefolium, chaerephyllum, from Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon).


peterselie

nl-noun

peterselie f (plural peterselies, diminutive peterselietje n)

peterselies (plural)
peterselietje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: peterselje

desc

→ Papiamentu: pitiseli, piterselie, piteseel

From Middle Dutch petercelie, petercelle, petersille, from Latin petroselinum, of Ancient Greek origin.

Petroselinum crispum
Petroselinum crispum#Translingual


bieslook

nl-noun

bieslook m (plural biesloken, diminutive bieslookje n)

biesloken (plural)
bieslookje (diminutive neuter)

Allium schoenoprasum
Allium schoenoprasum#Translingual


pastinaak

pastinaak f (plural pastinaken, diminutive pastinaakje n)

pastinaken (plural)
pastinaakje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pastenake, from Latin pastināca (“root, carrot”).

Pastinaca sativa
Pastinaca sativa#Translingual


bijenkorfje

The botanical sense ("common selfheal") derives from the resemblance of its flower to a beehive (see picture).

Synonym of gewone brunel (“common selfheal, Prunella vulgaris”)


salie

Afrikaans: salie

→ Papiamentu: sali

From Middle Dutch salie, from older saelge, from Old French selge.

Salvia officinalis
Salvia officinalis#Translingual

(particularly) Synonym of echte salie (“common sage, Salvia officinalis”)


klimop

Afrikaans: klimop

→ Papiamentu: klemòk


ajuin

ajuin m (plural ajuinen, diminutive ajuintje n)

ajuinen (plural)
ajuintje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: uintjie

Berbice Creole Dutch: ajun

→ Saramaccan: ajón

→ Sranan Tongo: ayun

Aukan: ayun

→ Akawaio: ayunu

→ Lokono: ajoeng

→ Kari'na: ajunu, junu

From Middle Dutch oinjun, ayuun, ejuun, from Old French oignon (“onion”). See also Dutch ui (“onion”) and rams (“ramson; now only in place names”).


valeriaan

Valeriana officinalis
Valeriana officinalis#Translingual


alsem

Afrikaans: als

Negerhollands: alsem, als

→ Papiamentu: alsem (dated)

From Middle Dutch alsene, from Old Dutch *alasina, from Proto-West Germanic *alahsinā.

(chiefly uncountable) an artemisia, any herb of the genus Artemisia


bosui

bosui m (plural bosuien, diminutive bosuitje n)

bosuien (plural)
bosuitje (diminutive neuter)

Allium fistulosum
Allium fistulosum#Translingual

spring onion, scallion, Allium fistulosum; particularly when cultivated for its bulb


stengelui

stengelui m (plural stengeluien, diminutive stengeluitje n)

stengeluien (plural)
stengeluitje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈstɛ.ŋəlˌœy̯/

spring onion, scallion (Allium fistulosum); particularly when cultivated for its stem, similar to a leek


lente-ui

lente-ui m (plural lente-uien, diminutive lente-uitje n)

lente-uien (plural)
lente-uitje (diminutive neuter)


betonie

betonie f (plural betonies, diminutive betonietje n)

betonies (plural)
betonietje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bētonie, from Old French betonie, from Latin betōnica.

Stachys officinalis
Stachys officinalis#Translingual

betony, Betonica officinalis syn. Stachys officinalis


eslook

eslook m or n (uncountable, diminutive eslookje n)

From Middle Dutch *aschlook, from Old Dutch *asklōk, Proto-West Germanic *askalauk (“shallot”).

inh

Allium cepa var. aggregatum#Translingual

Synonym of sjalot (“shallot, Allium cepa var. aggregatum”)


sjalot

nl-noun

sjalot f (plural sjalotten, diminutive sjalotje n)

sjalotten (plural)
sjalotje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: salot

→ Papiamentu: sjalot (dated)

Borrowed from French échalote, from Middle French eschalote, from Old French eschaloigne, from Medieval Latin escalonia, from Classical Latin ascalonia (cēpa), referring to Ashkelon.


komijn

Afrikaans: komyn

Negerhollands: komin

From Middle Dutch comijn. Ultimately from Latin cumīnum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon). The word had already entered early West Germanic as *kumīn (also *kumil), but such a form should have umlaut and initial stress in Dutch (*keumen). Therefore borrowed anew from Old French comin, or at least influenced by it. Doublet of kummel (from German).

Cuminum cyminum
Cuminum cyminum#Translingual


andoorn

a woundwort, betony, plant of the genus Stachys


dovenetel

Univerbation of dove netel (“deaf nettle”). As with English deadnettle, the name refers to the fact that these plants (particularly Lamium album) resemble nettles, but lack any sting. Compare German Taubnessel.

a deadnettle, any nettle-like plant of the genus Lamium


bonenkruid

Compound of boon (“bean”) + -en- + kruid (“herb”). Named for its use along with legumes, its primary use in Dutch cooking. Cf. German Bohnenkraut, one of the two terms might have been calqued from the other.

savory, plant of the genus Satureja, used in particular of those species and varieties used as culinary herbs


kranssalie

the lilac sage plant, Salvia verticillata


tijm

Negerhollands: tiim

Borrowed from Middle French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon).


daslook

From das (“badger”) + look (“garlic, leek”).

Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum#Translingual


witte dovenetel

witte dovenetel f (plural witte dovenetels)


hondspeterselie

hondspeterselie f (plural hondspeterselies, diminutive hondspeterselietje n)

hondspeterselies (plural)
hondspeterselietje (diminutive neuter)

(botany) fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium)


gewone bereklauw

gewone bereklauw ? (plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide])

Heracleum sphondylium
Heracleum sphondylium#Translingual


zevenblad

Compound of zeven (“seven”) + blad (“leaf”).

Aegopodium podagraria
Aegopodium podagraria#Translingual

(chiefly uncountable) ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria)


gewone pastinaak

gewone pastinaak f (plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide])


berenklauw

berenklauw f (plural berenklauwen, diminutive berenklauwtje n)

berenklauwen (plural)
berenklauwtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of beer (“bear”) + -en- + klauw (“claw”).

hogweed, any plant species of the genus Heracleum, from the family Apiaceae


fluitenkruid

From fluit (“whistle”) + -en- + kruid (“herb, plant”); the stalks can be made into rudimentary whistles.

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Anthriscus sylvestris
Anthriscus sylvestris#Translingual


veldsalie

Compound of veld (“field”) + salie (“sage”).


weidesalie

Compound of weide (“pasture”) + salie (“sage”).

Synonym of veldsalie (“meadow sage, Salvia pratensis”)


echte salie

the common sage plant and spice, Salvia officinalis


watermunt

From water + munt. The plant is named after the fact that it grows in and near freshwater.


absintalsem

From absint (“absinthe”) + alsem (“artemisia”).

compound

Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia absinthium#Translingual


bijvoet

nl-noun

bijvoet m (plural bijvoeten, diminutive bijvoetje n)

bijvoeten (plural)
bijvoetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bīvoet. Cognates include German Beifuß.

Artemisia vulgaris
Artemisia vulgaris#Translingual


weermoed

weermoed m (plural weermoeden, diminutive weermoedje n)

weermoeden (plural)
weermoedje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wermoed, from Old Dutch *wermuoda, from Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā. Doublet of vermout.

(obsolete) Synonym of absintalsem (“wormwood, Artemisia absinthium”)


echte marjolein

echte marjolein f (uncountable, diminutive echt marjoleintje n)

Origanum majorana
Origanum majorana#Translingual


marjolein

marjolein f (uncountable, diminutive marjoleintje n)

(botany, broadly speaking) a marjoram; any plant of the genus Origanum


wilde marjolein

wilde marjolein f (uncountable, diminutive wild marjoleintje n)

Origanum vulgare
Origanum vulgare#Translingual


majoraan

majoraan f (uncountable, diminutive majoraantje n)

(cooking) Synonym of marjolein (“marjoram (used as food)”)


reuzenberenklauw

reuzenberenklauw f (plural reuzenberenklauwen, diminutive reuzenberenklauwtje n)

reuzenberenklauwen (plural)
reuzenberenklauwtje (diminutive neuter)

From reus (“giant”) + -en- + berenklauw (“hogweed”).

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Heracleum mantegazzianum
Heracleum mantegazzianum#Translingual


zeedistel

nl-noun

zeedistel m (plural zeedistels, diminutive zeedisteltje n)

zeedistels (plural)
zeedisteltje (diminutive neuter)

From zee (“sea”) + distel (“thistle”); the plant grows in the dunes near the sea.

Synonym of blauwe zeedistel (“sea holly, Eryngium maritimum”)


straalscherm

straalscherm n (plural straalschermen, diminutive straalschermpje n)

straalschermen (plural)
straalschermpje (diminutive neuter)

From straal (“ray”) + scherm (“screen, umbel”).


gewone brunel

nl-noun

gewone brunel f (plural gewone brunellen, diminutive gewoon brunelletje n)

gewone brunellen (plural)
gewoon brunelletje (diminutive neuter)

Prunella vulgaris
Prunella vulgaris#Translingual


brunel

brunel f (plural brunellen, diminutive brunelletje n)

brunellen (plural)
brunelletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch brunelle, from Latin prunella, brunella.

a prunella, selfheal; any plant of the genus Prunella


wolfspoot

wolfspoot m (plural wolfspoten, diminutive wolfspootje n)

wolfspoten (plural)
wolfspootje (diminutive neuter)

From wolf (“wolf”) + -s- + poot (“leg”); the meaning is identical to that of the genus name Lycopus.


malrove

From Middle Dutch malrovie, marobie, marubie, from Latin marrubium.

Marrubium vulgare
Marrubium vulgare#Translingual


gamander

gamander m (plural gamanders, diminutive gamandertje n)

gamanders (plural)
gamandertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gamander, gamandrea, from Medieval Latin gamandrea, earlier chamaedrys, from Ancient Greek χαμαίδρῡς (khamaídrūs).

a germander; any plant of genus Teucrium


watereppe

From water (“water”) + eppe (“celery”); both species are in the celery family (Apiaceae).

Sium latifolium
Sium latifolium#Translingual

either of two plant species of the celery family, Berula erecta or Sium latifolium


eppe

From Middle Dutch eppe (“celery or similar plant”), from Old Dutch *eppi, from Proto-West Germanic *api, from Latin apium.

inh

(dialectal) Synonym of selderij (“celery”)


moerasscherm

nl-noun

moerasscherm n (plural moerasschermen, diminutive moerasschermpje n)

moerasschermen (plural)
moerasschermpje (diminutive neuter)

From moeras (“swamp”) + scherm (“umbel”).

any plant of genus Apium (and some formerly of that genus), such as marshworts


kruipend moerasscherm

kruipend moerasscherm n (plural kruipende moerasschermen, diminutive kruipend moerasschermpje n)

kruipende moerasschermen (plural)
kruipend moerasschermpje (diminutive neuter)

creeping marshwort (Helosciadium repens syn. Apium repens)


nachtegaalskruid

From nachtegaal (“nightingale”) + -s- (“herb, plant”) + kruid.

af

(obsolete) Synonym of fluitenkruid (“cow parsley”)


madame-jeanette

nl-noun

madame-jeanette f (plural madame-jeanettes, diminutive madame-jeanetteje n)

madame-jeanettes (plural)
madame-jeanetteje (diminutive neuter)

Madame Jeanette, a variety of chili pepper from Suriname