ansjovis

ansjovis f (plural ansjovissen, diminutive ansjovisje n)

ansjovissen (plural)
ansjovisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ansjovis

→ Danish: ansjos

→ Estonian: anšoovis

→ Faroese: ansjós

→ German: Anchovis, Anschovis

→ Hebrew: אַנְשׁוֹבִי (anshóvi)

→ Icelandic: ansjósa

→ Latvian: anšovs

→ Lithuanian: ančiuvis

→ Norwegian: ansjos

→ Papiamentu: anchóvis, ansjovis

→ Russian: анчо́ус (ančóus)

→ Armenian: անչոուս (ančʻous)

→ Azerbaijani: ançous

→ Karelian: ančoussu

→ Swedish: ansjovis

→ West Frisian: ansjofisk

Borrowed from Spanish anchovas, plural of anchova, phonetically adapted to Dutch vis (“fish”). The Spanish is in turn from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Engraulis encrasicolus
Engraulis encrasicolus#Translingual

(also collective) an anchovy (small, edible saltwater fish species, especially Engraulis encrasicolus)


honingbij

nl-noun

honingbij f or m (plural honingbijen, diminutive honingbijtje n)

honingbijen (plural)
honingbijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: heuningby

→ Papiamentu: honingbei

/ˈɦoː.nɪŋˌbɛi̯/

Over de hele wereld loopt het aantal honingbijen sterk terug. De teelt van groente en fruit komt hierdoor onder druk te staan.

Over the whole world, the number of honeybees goes down strongly. Because of this, the cultivation of vegetables and fruits comes under stress. (nl.wikipedia news, 1.28.2009)


nesteling

nesteling m (plural nestelingen, diminutive nestelingetje n)

nestelingen (plural)
nestelingetje (diminutive neuter)

Coordinate term: takkeling


huia

Borrowed from English huia, from Maori huia.


dinosauriër

dinosauriër m (plural dinosauriërs, diminutive dinosauriërtje n)

dinosauriërs (plural)
dinosauriërtje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Dinosaurier, from translingual Dinosauria.


scherm

scherm n (plural schermen, diminutive schermpje n)

schermen (plural)
schermpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: sekèrm

→ Indonesian: sekeram

→ Papiamentu: skèrmu

From Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz.


takahe

Borrowed from English takahē, from Maori takahē.

Porphyrio hochstetteri
Porphyrio hochstetteri#Translingual

a takahē, particularly the South Island takahē, Porphyrio hochstetteri


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)


rucola

rucola f (uncountable, diminutive rucolaatje n)

Eruca vesicaria
Eruca vesicaria#Translingual

wilde rucola

perennial wall rocket, Diplotaxis tenuifolia


anjelier

anjelier f or m (plural anjelieren, diminutive anjeliertje n)

anjelieren (plural)
anjeliertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: angelier

→ Indonesian: anyelir

→ West Frisian: anjelier

Attested since the early 16th century. Possibly derived from Angera (earlier Anghiera; Latin: Angleria), a town at Lago Maggiore.


anjer

anjer f (plural anjers, diminutive anjertje n)

anjers (plural)
anjertje (diminutive neuter)

Shortening of anjelier, possibly derived from Angera (earlier Anghiera; Latin: Angleria), a town at Lago Maggiore.


tormentil

From earlier tormentille, from Middle French tormentille.

tormentil (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla)


salp

salp f (plural salpen, diminutive salpje n)

salpen (plural)
salpje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Latin salpa (“stockfish”), from Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē, “a species of fish”).


fluiter

nl-noun

fluiter m (plural fluiters, diminutive fluitertje n)

fluiters (plural)
fluitertje (diminutive neuter)

From fluiten (“to whistle”) + -er; thus, "whistler".

the wood warbler, a songbird of the species Phylloscopus sibilator


vors

vors m (plural vorsen, diminutive vorsje n)

vorsen (plural)
vorsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch vorsch, from Old Dutch *frosk, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”). Cognate with German Frosch, West Frisian froask, dialectal English frosh, Icelandic froskur.


veelvraat

nl-noun

veelvraat m (plural veelvraten, diminutive veelvraatje n)

veelvraten (plural)
veelvraatje (diminutive neuter)

1710; compound of veel (“much”) + vraat (“gobbling, eating gluttonously”), calque of German Vielfraß or German Low German Veelfraat. The term originally meant simply ‘glutton’ in German, but was applied to the hyena in pre-modern times. In the 15th century, Old Norwegian fjellfross (“wolverine”, literally “mountain cat”) was borrowed into Middle Low German by Hanseatic fur traders as villevrās and folk-etymologically blended with the existing word for ‘glutton’, possibly influenced by Finnish ahma (“glutton; wolverine”), giving veelvratz (Reinke de Vos, 1498), vēlevrās, vēlevrāt. The meaning ‘wolverine’ was initially the only one received into Dutch, although by 1849 the word had acquired the meaning ‘glutton’.


klokje

a bellflower; a plant of the family Campanulaceae


waterhond

nl-noun

waterhond m (plural waterhonden, diminutive waterhondje n)

waterhonden (plural)
waterhondje (diminutive neuter)


Portugese waterhond

Portugese waterhond m (plural Portugese waterhonden, diminutive Portugees waterhondje n)

Portugese waterhonden (plural)
Portugees waterhondje (diminutive neuter)

Portuguese Water Dog
Portuguese Water Dog


kauw

kauw m (plural kauwen, diminutive kauwtje n)

kauwen (plural)
kauwtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kauwá

From Middle Dutch cauwe, from Old Dutch *kāwa, from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (compare West Frisian ka), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”) (compare Lithuanian giedóti, Tocharian A kāk (“he calls upon”), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati)).

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Een kauw kan de menselijke spraak leren nabootsen.

A jackdaw can learn to imitate human speech.

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual

a jackdaw, the bird species Coloeus monedula, closely related to the crow, magpie and raven


steenbok

nl-noun

steenbok m (plural steenbokken, diminutive steenbokje n)

steenbokken (plural)
steenbokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: steenbok
→ English: steenbok

From steen (“stone”) + bok (“billy goat”). The sense Raphicerus campestris is attested from at least as early as 1787.

Synonym of steenbokantilope (“steenbok, Raphicerus campestris”)


kikvors

kikvors m (plural kikvorsen, diminutive kikvorsje n)

kikvorsen (plural)
kikvorsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kikvors

Aan de oever van de Rotte, / Tussen Delft en Overschie, / Zat een kikvors luid te wenen, / Met een zuig'ling op haar knie.

year unknown (but attested as early as 1887), traditional, Aan de oever van de Rotte [On the banks of the Rotte]:

On the banks of the Rotte, / Between Delft and Overschie, / Sat a frog weeping loudly, / With a suckling on her knee.


kieken

kieken n (plural kiekens, diminutive kiekentje n)

kiekens (plural)
kiekentje (diminutive neuter)

From Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn. Doublet with kuiken.


mierikswortel

mierikswortel m (plural mierikswortels or mierikswortellen, diminutive mieriksworteltje n)

mierikswortels (plural)
mierikswortellen (plural)
mieriksworteltje (diminutive neuter)

Synonym of mierik (“the horseradish plant, Armoracia rusticana”)


mensaap

mensaap m (plural mensapen, diminutive mensaapje n)

mensapen (plural)
mensaapje (diminutive neuter)

ape, any member of the superfamily Hominoidea


aardnoot

aardnoot f (plural aardnoten, diminutive aardnootje n)

aardnoten (plural)
aardnootje (diminutive neuter)

a peanut, a crusted legume resembling a nut and growing in the ground


stinkdier

stinkdier n (plural stinkdieren, diminutive stinkdiertje n)

stinkdieren (plural)
stinkdiertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of stinken (“to stink”) + dier (“animal”). Compare German Stinktier, which is attested slightly earlier, and Danish stinkdyr.

1761, Martinus Houttuyn, Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige Beschryving der Dieren, Planten en Mineraalen, vol. I, part 2, publ. by F. Houttuyn, page 154.
Dit Dier, waar van de Afbeelding hier nevens gaat‚ mag met regt den naam voeren van Stinkdier, 't welk het Woord Mephitis betekent: want, vergramd zynde, geeft het, met een Veeſt, een ſtank uit, afſchuwelijker dan iemand zig kan verbeelden.

skunk, any member of the family Mephitidae


Duitse herdershond

Duitse herdershond m (plural Duitse herdershonden, diminutive Duits herdershondje n)

Duitse herdershonden (plural)
Duits herdershondje (diminutive neuter)


buideldier

buideldier n (plural buideldieren, diminutive buideldiertje n)

buideldieren (plural)
buideldiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: buideldier

From buidel (“pouch”) + dier (“animal”), probably a calque of German Beuteltier. First attested in the late 18th century.

marsupial, any member of the infraclass Marsupialia


eidereend

eidereend f (plural eidereenden, diminutive eidereendje n)

eidereenden (plural)
eidereendje (diminutive neuter)

Somateria mollissima
Somateria mollissima#Translingual

the eider, a duck species, Somateria mollissima


paardenbloem

paardenbloem f (plural paardenbloemen, diminutive paardenbloempje n or paardenbloemetje n)

paardenbloemen (plural)
paardenbloempje (diminutive neuter)
paardenbloemetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: perdeblom

From paard (“horse”) + -en- + bloem (“flower”).

compound

Taraxacum officinale
Taraxacum officinale#Translingual

the dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, a wild flower species of the genus Taraxacum


secretaris

nl-noun

secretaris m (plural secretarissen, diminutive secretarisje n, feminine secretaresse)

secretarissen (plural)
secretarisje (diminutive neuter)
secretaresse (feminine)

→ Caribbean Javanese: suketaris

→ Indonesian: sekretaris

From Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“one entrusted with secrets”), from Latin sēcrētus (“private, secret”), perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“I separate; I part; I reject”), from sē- (“apart”) + cernō (“I separate, sift”).


suikerbiet

nl-noun

suikerbiet f (plural suikerbieten, diminutive suikerbietje n)

suikerbieten (plural)
suikerbietje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of suiker (“sugar”) + biet (“beet”).

the plant sugar beet, Beta vulgaris var. rapa


kokmeeuw

kokmeeuw f (plural kokmeeuwen, diminutive kokmeeuwtje n)

kokmeeuwen (plural)
kokmeeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

From kok (onomatopoeic) + meeuw (“gull”).

Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Chroicocephalus ridibundus#Translingual

the black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus


tjiftjaf

tjiftjaf m (plural tjiftjaffen or tjiftjafs, diminutive tjiftjafje n)

tjiftjaffen (plural)
tjiftjafs (plural)
tjiftjafje (diminutive neuter)

Phylloscopus collybita
Phylloscopus collybita#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.

inh

Allium sativum
Allium sativum#Translingual

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


mangoeste

nl-noun

mangoeste f (plural mangoesten, diminutive mangoestje n)

mangoesten (plural)
mangoestje (diminutive neuter)

mongoose, any member of the family Herpestidae


kasuaris

kasuaris m (plural kasuarissen, diminutive kasuarisje n)

kasuarissen (plural)
kasuarisje (diminutive neuter)


cassave

Berbice Creole Dutch: kasabi

Sundanese: kasapeu

Negerhollands: kassavie

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kasaw

→ Sranan Tongo: kasaba, ksaba

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kasábá

→ Caribbean Javanese: kasabah, kaspé

→ Saramaccan: kasába

Borrowed from French cassave, from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno caçabi.


koningspinguïn

koningspinguïn m (plural koningspinguïns, diminutive koningspinguïntje n or koningspinguïntje n)

koningspinguïns (plural)
koningspinguïntje (diminutive neuter)

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus#Translingual


ezelspinguïn

ezelspinguïn m (plural ezelspinguïns, diminutive ezelspinguïntje n or ezelspinguïntje n)

ezelspinguïns (plural)
ezelspinguïntje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of ezel (“donkey”) + -s- + pinguïn (“penguin”). Named after its braying call.

compound

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua#Translingual


keizerspinguïn

nl-noun

keizerspinguïn m (plural keizerspinguïns, diminutive keizerspinguïntje n)

keizerspinguïns (plural)
keizerspinguïntje (diminutive neuter)

From keizer + -s- + pinguïn, possibly a calque.

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri#Translingual


miauwen

miauwen (infinitive)
miauwen (gerund neuter)
miauw (first-person present singular)
miauwde (first-person past singular)
miauwt (present second-person singular)
miauw (present second-person singular)
miauwde (past second-person singular)
miauwt (formal present second-person singular)
miauwde (formal past second-person singular)
miauwt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
miauwt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
miauwde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
miauwde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
miauwt (present singular third-person)
miauwde (past singular third-person)
miauwen (plural present)
miauwden (past plural)
miauwe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
miauwde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
miauwen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
miauwden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
miauw (imperative present singular)
miauwt (archaic imperative plural present)
miauwend (participle present)
gemiauwd (participle past)

→ Papiamentu: miou

From Middle Dutch mauwen, an onomatopoeia, cognate with High German mauen, miauen; parallel sound imitations include English meow, French miauler.

(intransitive) to meow, make a feline's gentle, yet shrill type of cry


luzerne

Medicago sativa
Medicago sativa#Translingual


fregatvogel

fregatvogel m (plural fregatvogels, diminutive fregatvogeltje n)

fregatvogels (plural)
fregatvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

From fregat (“frigate”) + vogel (“bird”).

Fregata aquila
Fregata aquila#Translingual

a frigate bird, the species Fregata aquila or another rapacious seabird of the Fregatidae family


tijgerhaai

tijgerhaai m (plural tijgerhaaien, diminutive tijgerhaaitje n)

tijgerhaaien (plural)
tijgerhaaitje (diminutive neuter)


steenezel

steenezel m (plural steenezels, diminutive steenezeltje n)

steenezels (plural)
steenezeltje (diminutive neuter)

From steen (“stone”) + ezel (“ass, donkey”).

(derogatory) ass, stupid person, especially one who won't learn


waterhoen

waterhoen n (plural waterhoenen or waterhoenders, diminutive waterhoentje n)

waterhoenen (plural)
waterhoenders (plural)
waterhoentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch waterhoen, from Old Dutch *watarhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *watarhōn, equivalent to water + hoen. Cognate with German Wasserhuhn (“coot”).

a moorhen; a bird of the genus Gallinula


monnikskap

monnikskap f (plural monnikskappen, diminutive monnikskapje n)

monnikskappen (plural)
monnikskapje (diminutive neuter)

From monnik (“monk”) + -s- + kap (“cap, hood”).

affix

(botany) the herbs known as monkshood, of genus Aconitum; notably the very toxic species Aconitum napellus and its ornamental cultivars


brilslang

nl-noun

brilslang f (plural brilslangen, diminutive brilslangetje n)

brilslangen (plural)
brilslangetje (diminutive neuter)

From bril (“spectacles, glasses”) + slang (“snake”), on account of the resemblance with the shape of the black marking on its collar.


gifslang

nl-noun

gifslang f (plural gifslangen, diminutive gifslangetje n)

gifslangen (plural)
gifslangetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gifslang

From gif (“poison, venom”) + slang (“snake”).


zandloper

zandloper m (plural zandlopers, diminutive zandlopertje n)

zandlopers (plural)
zandlopertje (diminutive neuter)

From zand (“sand”) + loper (“walker, runner”).

compound

a tiger beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae, in particular one of the genus Cicindela


agrimonie

From Middle Dutch agrimonie, from Latin agrimōnia, from argemōnia, from Ancient Greek ἀργεμώνη (argemṓnē).


steenuil

nl-noun

steenuil m or f (plural steenuilen, diminutive steenuiltje n)

steenuilen (plural)
steenuiltje (diminutive neuter)

Athene noctua
Athene noctua#Translingual


gaai

gaai m (plural gaaien, diminutive gaaitje n)

gaaien (plural)
gaaitje (diminutive neuter)

From Old French gai, from Late Latin gaius (“jay”). Further etymology uncertain, though plausibly echoic, and supposedly influenced by the Roman common given name Gaius.

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual

the jaybird, Garrulus glandarius, a woodland corvine species


koolraap

koolraap m (plural koolrapen, diminutive koolraapje n)

koolrapen (plural)
koolraapje (diminutive neuter)

From kool (“cabbage”) + raap (“turnip”).

the related Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes or Brassica oleracea var. caulorapa, and their corresponding part


pinda

pinda m (plural pinda's, diminutive pindaatje n)

pinda's (plural)
pindaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: pinda

Borrowed from Papiamentu pinda and Sranan Tongo pinda, both from Kongo mpinda; cognates include English pinder. Usage spread from the West Indies to the Netherlands from the 1910s onwards. Sense 4 is from the pejorative term pindachinees from the 1930s, which was later applied even more pejoratively to people from East Asia in general, including Indonesians who came en masse to the Netherlands in the late 1940s.

pl the above seeds, gathered to be eaten as a snack or processed into food products


blauwe vinvis

blauwe vinvis m (plural blauwe vinvissen, diminutive blauw vinvisje n)

blauwe vinvissen (plural)
blauw vinvisje (diminutive neuter)

Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera musculus#Translingual


meikever

meikever m (plural meikevers, diminutive meikevertje n)

meikevers (plural)
meikevertje (diminutive neuter)

the cockchafer (beetle), Melolontha melolontha


scholekster

scholekster m (plural scholeksters, diminutive scholekstertje n)

scholeksters (plural)
scholekstertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of schol + ekster (“magpie”), named on account of its similar plumage.

Haematopus ostralegus
Haematopus ostralegus#Translingual

Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus


paardenstaart

paardenstaart m (plural paardenstaarten, diminutive paardenstaartje n)

paardenstaarten (plural)
paardenstaartje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch perdestert. Equivalent to paard (“horse”) + -en- + staart (“tail”); compare English horsetail.

compound

a horsetail (plant of the genus Equisetum)


tuinkers

Lepidium sativum
Lepidium sativum#Translingual


barbeel

nl-noun

barbeel m (plural barbelen, diminutive barbeeltje n)

barbelen (plural)
barbeeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch barbeel, from Old French barbel.


nonnetje

Literally, “little nun”.
* The sense "smew" is derived from the black and white coloring of the male's plumage.
* The sense "mollusk" is said to derive from fishermen's slang, alluding to nuns' chastity: reportedly, the clam is difficult to open with the tongue.

Mergellus albellus
Mergellus albellus#Translingual

the smew, a type of merganser, Mergellus albellus

the Baltic macoma, Baltic clam, Baltic tellin, Limecola balthica syn. Macoma balthica


kraakbeenvis

kraakbeenvis m (plural kraakbeenvissen, diminutive kraakbeenvisje n)

kraakbeenvissen (plural)
kraakbeenvisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kraakbeen (“cartilage”) + vis (“fish”).

cartilaginous fish, any member of the class Chondrichthyes


kruisspin

kruisspin f (plural kruisspinnen, diminutive kruisspinnetje n)

kruisspinnen (plural)
kruisspinnetje (diminutive neuter)

From kruis (“cross”) + spin (“spider”), referring to the cross-shaped pattern on its back.

Araneus diadematus
Araneus diadematus#Translingual

European garden spider
European garden spider

Araneus diadematus (European garden spider)


hazelnoot

hazelnoot m or f (plural hazelnoten, diminutive hazelnootje n)

hazelnoten (plural)
hazelnootje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of hazel (“hazel”) + noot (“nut”).

a hazel, a hazel nut tree or shrub; tree of the genus Corylus


blauwe reiger

blauwe reiger m (plural blauwe reigers, diminutive blauw reigertje n)

blauwe reigers (plural)
blauw reigertje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌblɑu̯ə ˈrɛi̯ɣər/

Ardea cinerea
Ardea cinerea#Translingual

the grey heron, the Old World wading bird species Ardea cinerea, of the heron family


kerkuil

kerkuil m or f (plural kerkuilen, diminutive kerkuiltje n)

kerkuilen (plural)
kerkuiltje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: tsjerkûle (calque)

From Middle Dutch kerchule. Equivalent to kerk + uil.


klaver

klaver f or m (plural klavers, diminutive klavertje n)

klavers (plural)
klavertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klawer

Jersey Dutch: klâver

→ Indonesian: klaver

→ West Frisian: klaver

From Middle Dutch clavere, from Old Dutch *klēvara, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā.

(botany, strictly speaking) A clover, trefoil; a plant of the tribe Trifolieae, particularly of the genus Trifolium


boterbloem

boterbloem f (plural boterbloemen, diminutive boterbloempje n)

boterbloemen (plural)
boterbloempje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: botterblom

From boter (“butter”) + bloem (“flower”).

the wild herb buttercup, a yellow crowfoot species of genus Ranunculus


zeelt

zeelt f or m (plural zeelten, diminutive zeeltje n)

zeelten (plural)
zeeltje (diminutive neuter)


lepelaar

lepelaar m (plural lepelaars, diminutive lepelaartje n)

lepelaars (plural)
lepelaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lepelaar

From Middle Dutch lepelaer. Equivalent to lepel (“spoon”) + -aar, named after the shape of the bill. Compare also German Löffler.

Platalea leucorodia
Platalea leucorodia#Translingual

Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris#Translingual

the herb Capsella bursa-pastoris, shepherd's purse


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


veldsla

veldsla m or f (uncountable, diminutive veldslaatje n)

Valerianella locusta
Valerianella locusta#Translingual

mâche (plant and vegetable), Valerianella locusta


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


bidsprinkhaan

nl-noun

bidsprinkhaan m (plural bidsprinkhanen, diminutive bidsprinkhaantje n)

bidsprinkhanen (plural)
bidsprinkhaantje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of bidden (“to pray”) + sprinkhaan (“grasshopper, locust”).

compound

a praying mantis, any of various predatory insects of the order Mantodea


knol

nl-noun

knol m (plural knollen, diminutive knolletje n)

knollen (plural)
knolletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kònòlchi (from the diminutive)

From earlier knolle; first attested in the early sixteenth century. The earliest attested meaning in Dutch is "turnip" (now obsolete, the derived knolraap having become the standard term), which appears to be the result of a semantic narrowing from a broader meaning "bulging protrusion"; compare for example the cognates Old High German knollo (“rocky outcrop; lump”), English knoll (“hill”).


roodborst

nl-noun

roodborst m (plural roodborsten, diminutive roodborstje n)

roodborsten (plural)
roodborstje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: rôbôśe

→ Caribbean Hindustani: redi borsu

From rood + borst. Primarily found in the diminutive, and attested in the diminutive as Middle Dutch roodborstken.

Erithacus rubecula
Erithacus rubecula#Translingual

a vernacular name for an animal species with a charactistic red (spot on) the chest, notably:

(commonly in the diminutive roodborstje) The robin, Erithacus rubecula

gekraagd roodstaartje
gekraagd roodstaartje#Dutch

(less common, but also usually in the diminutive) Synonym of gekraagd roodstaartje (“Phoenicurus phoenicurus”)


latuw

From Middle Dutch latuwe, from Old French laitue, from Latin lactūca.


ral

ral f (plural rallen, diminutive ralletje n)

rallen (plural)
ralletje (diminutive neuter)


zwaardvis

zwaardvis m (plural zwaardvissen, diminutive zwaardvisje n)

zwaardvissen (plural)
zwaardvisje (diminutive neuter)

Xiphias gladius
Xiphias gladius#Translingual


kookvis

kookvis m (plural kookvissen, diminutive kookvisje n)

kookvissen (plural)
kookvisje (diminutive neuter)

From koken (“to boil, cook”) + vis (“fish”).


roodborstlijster

roodborstlijster f (plural roodborstlijsters, diminutive roodborstlijstertje n)

roodborstlijsters (plural)
roodborstlijstertje (diminutive neuter)

From rood (“red”) + borst (“breast, chest”) + lijster (“thrush”).

compound

Turdus migratorius
Turdus migratorius#Translingual


pompoen

nl-noun

pompoen m (plural pompoenen, diminutive pompoentje n)

pompoenen (plural)
pompoentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pampoen

Berbice Creole Dutch: pampuna

Negerhollands: pampuen, pampon

→ Virgin Islands Creole: pum pum (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: pampun

→ Papiamentu: pampuna, pampoena

→ Sranan Tongo: pampun

→ Saramaccan: pampú

→ West Frisian: pompoen

Early modern borrowing from Middle French pompon.


sardien

sardien f (plural sardienen, diminutive sardientje n)

sardienen (plural)
sardientje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch sardeyne, sardayne, sardine, from Latin sardina.


meidoorn

meidoorn m (plural meidoorns, diminutive meidoorntje n)

meidoorns (plural)
meidoorntje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of mei + doorn. Compare English maythorn.

any species of the genus Crataegus, including hawthorn and mayblossom


radijs

radijs m (plural radijzen, diminutive radijsje n)

radijzen (plural)
radijsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: radijs

Negerhollands: radies

→ German: Radies

⇒ German: Radieschen (diminutive)

→ Papiamentu: radijs (dated)

From Middle Dutch radijs (“radish”), from Middle French radis, from Italian radice, from Latin rādīx (“root; radish”), from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Raphanus sativus
Raphanus sativus#Translingual

the root vegetable harvested from Raphanus sativus


meelworm

meelworm m (plural meelwormen, diminutive meelwormpje n)

meelwormen (plural)
meelwormpje (diminutive neuter)

From meel (“meal”) + worm, compare German Mehlwurm.


lintworm

lintworm m (plural lintwormen, diminutive lintwormpje n)

lintwormen (plural)
lintwormpje (diminutive neuter)


bakvis

bakvis m (plural bakvissen, diminutive bakvisje n)

bakvissen (plural)
bakvisje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: bakfes

From bakken (“bake, fry”) + vis (“fish”), calque of German Backfisch.

1863, von Ehrenkreutz, De liefhebber van het hengelen. Volledig handboek ten dienste der hengelaars, tr. from German, H. C. A. Campagne (publ.), page 82.
Het [De Hesseling] is een gezonde, vooral goede bakvisch.

(rare) a fish cooked by frying (rather than boiling etc.), referring either a culinary dish or a species usually thus prepared


walnoot

walnoot f (plural walnoten, diminutive walnootje n)

walnoten (plural)
walnootje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch walnote, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *walhahnuts (“foreign nut; walnut”). Compare English walnut.


walnoot

nl-noun

walnoot m (plural walnoten, diminutive walnootje n)


koolrabi

koolrabi f (plural koolrabi's, diminutive koolrabietje n)

koolrabi's (plural)
koolrabietje (diminutive neuter)


rododendron

rododendron m (plural rododendrons, diminutive rododendronnetje n)

rododendrons (plural)
rododendronnetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin rhododendron (“rosebay”), from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

der

a rhododendron, plant of the genus Rhododendron


visarend

nl-noun

visarend m (plural visarenden, diminutive visarendje n)

visarenden (plural)
visarendje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: visarend

Pandion haliaetus
Pandion haliaetus#Translingual


uitsmijter

uitsmijter m (plural uitsmijters, diminutive uitsmijtertje n)

uitsmijters (plural)
uitsmijtertje (diminutive neuter)

dish consisting of fried eggs, which have been fried together with ham and cheese


jasmijn

jasmijn f or m (plural jasmijnen, diminutive jasmijntje n)

jasmijnen (plural)
jasmijntje (diminutive neuter)


brommer

brommer m (plural brommers, diminutive brommertje n)

brommers (plural)
brommertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: bolomu

→ Papiamentu: bròmer

→ Sranan Tongo: brom

From brommen (“to hum, buzz, drone”) + -er. The sense “moped” probably after bromfiets, though both terms were first attested in the same year (1950).
The sense “coach taxi” may instead be derived from a taxi company Brom in Utrecht, the identity of which is obscure, however.


taxus

taxus m (plural taxussen, diminutive taxusje n)

taxussen (plural)
taxusje (diminutive neuter)

Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata#Translingual


morgenster

morgenster f (plural morgensterren, diminutive morgensterretje n)

morgensterren (plural)
morgensterretje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: morgster

From morgen (“morning”) + ster (“star”).

(botany) a goat's-beard; any plant of the genus Tragopogon


bieslook

bieslook m (plural biesloken, diminutive bieslookje n)

biesloken (plural)
bieslookje (diminutive neuter)

Allium schoenoprasum
Allium schoenoprasum#Translingual


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)


golden retriever

golden retriever m (plural golden retrievers, diminutive golden retrievertje n)

golden retrievers (plural)
golden retrievertje (diminutive neuter)


keeshond

keeshond m (plural keeshonden, diminutive keeshondje n)

keeshonden (plural)
keeshondje (diminutive neuter)


juffer

juffer f (plural juffers or jufferen, diminutive juffertje n)

juffers (plural)
jufferen (plural)
juffertje (diminutive neuter)


waterjuffer

waterjuffer f (plural waterjuffers, diminutive waterjuffertje n)

waterjuffers (plural)
waterjuffertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: waterjuffer

→ West Frisian: wetterjuffer (calque)

pond damselfly; any damselfly that belongs to the family Coenagrionidae


snuiftabak

snuiftabak m (uncountable, diminutive snuiftabakje n)


bokje

From bok (“billy goat”) + -je (diminutive suffix).

af

Het bokje is Nederlands kleinste soort snip.

The jacksnipe is the Netherlands' smallest snipe species.

Lymnocryptes minimus
Lymnocryptes minimus#Translingual


steeneik

nl-noun

steeneik m (plural steeneiken, diminutive steeneikje n)

steeneiken (plural)
steeneikje (diminutive neuter)


wolfskers

wolfskers f or m (plural wolfskersen, diminutive wolfskersje n)

wolfskersen (plural)
wolfskersje (diminutive neuter)

Atropa belladonna
Atropa belladonna#Translingual

belladonna, deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna


nachtschade

nachtschade f or m (plural nachtschaden or nachtschades)

nachtschaden (plural)
nachtschades (plural)

From Middle Dutch nachtschade. A compound of nacht + schaduw, where schade was an older form of the latter.

nightshade, any plant of the genus Solanum


poolbeer

poolbeer m (plural poolberen, diminutive poolbeertje n)

poolberen (plural)
poolbeertje (diminutive neuter)

From pool + beer, probably a calque of English polar bear.


hennep

Afrikaans: hennep

From Middle Dutch hannep, hennep, from Old Dutch *hanap, *henip, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Compare German Hanf, English hemp, Danish hamp.


pimpelmees

pimpelmees f (plural pimpelmezen, diminutive pimpelmeesje n)

pimpelmezen (plural)
pimpelmeesje (diminutive neuter)

Second element from mees (“titmouse, chickadee”), first element uncertain. Presumably from a word describing the bird's small size (compare pimpeltje (“small glass”), from pimpelen (“drink with small sips”)). But, the latter words could have instead come from pimpelmees as they are attested a century later. Also compare southern Dutch pepel (“butterfly”) and Flemish pimpaljoentje (“ladybug”). Or, possibly imitative. Or, less likely, from blauw (“blue”), referring to its crown.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Cyanistes caeruleus
Cyanistes caeruleus#Translingual


tijgerin

nl-noun

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

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

/ˌtɛi̯.ɣəˈrɪn/


margriet

margriet f or m (plural margrieten, diminutive margrietje n)

margrieten (plural)
margrietje (diminutive neuter)

Leucanthemum vulgare
Leucanthemum vulgare#Translingual


madelief

madelief n (plural madelieven, diminutive madeliefje n)

madelieven (plural)
madeliefje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch matelieve. The first element is disputed, the second element is lief.

Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis#Translingual


glimworm

glimworm m (plural glimwormen, diminutive glimwormpje n)

glimwormen (plural)
glimwormpje (diminutive neuter)

From glimmen (“to glow”) + worm (“worm”).

a firefly, beetle of the family Lampyridae, especially its grub


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.


winde

From Middle Dutch winde. Equivalent to a deverbal from winden (“to wind”).

De winde is een dier planten, waarvan het loof, in casu de ranken, meer de aandacht trekt dan de bloemen.

1933, Enkele bloemnamen in de Zuidnederlandsche dialecten, page 30:

2008, Romke van de Kaa, Alles kan wachten. Tuinieren op ontspannen wijze, Uitgeverij Contact (publ.).
Tenminste – als ze zich niet met wortels van andere planten verweven hebben, want dan moet je alle planten uitgraven om de wortels van de winde te verwijderen.

(botany) bindweed (Convolvulus or Calystegia)


muurbloem

muurbloem f (plural muurbloemen, diminutive muurbloempje n)

muurbloemen (plural)
muurbloempje (diminutive neuter)

Erysimum cheiri
Erysimum cheiri#Translingual

wallflower (Erysimum cheiri syn. Cheiranthus cheiri)


maagdenpalm

maagdenpalm m (plural maagdenpalmen, diminutive maagdenpalmpje n)

maagdenpalmen (plural)
maagdenpalmpje (diminutive neuter)


vlinderstruik

vlinderstruik c (plural vlinderstruiken, diminutive vlinderstruikje n)

vlinderstruiken (plural)
vlinderstruikje (diminutive neuter)


witlof

(chiefly Netherlands) Belgian endive, Cichorium intybus subsp. foliosum, a chicory eaten as a leafy vegetable


patat

patat f (plural patatten, diminutive patatje n)

patatten (plural)
patatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French patate, from Spanish patata, probably from Taíno batata. Doublet of tatta and bataat.

(Northern, uncountable) chips, french fries


eierdooier

eierdooier m (plural eierdooiers, diminutive eierdooiertje n)

eierdooiers (plural)
eierdooiertje (diminutive neuter)


eidooier

eidooier m (plural eidooiers, diminutive eidooiertje n)

eidooiers (plural)
eidooiertje (diminutive neuter)

Kan ik alleen de eidooier gebruiken voor dit recept?

Can I use just the egg yolk for this recipe?

Het eidooiertje was perfect voor de kleine portie saus.

The small egg yolk was perfect for the little portion of sauce.

De eidooiers geven de pasta een rijke en romige textuur.

The egg yolks give the pasta a rich and creamy texture.


blauwtje

The sense rejection refers to a blauwe plek (“bruise”, literally “blue spot”); the butterfly subfamily refers to the blue color of these species' wings (although some butterfly species with this name do not have blue wings, such as the bruin blauwtje).

a blue, a butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Polyommatinae


mierenboerderij

mierenboerderij f (plural mierenboerderijen, diminutive mierenboerderijtje n)

mierenboerderijen (plural)
mierenboerderijtje (diminutive neuter)

From mier (“ant”) + -en- + boerderij (“farm”).


bijeneter

nl-noun

bijeneter m (plural bijeneters, diminutive bijenetertje n)

bijeneters (plural)
bijenetertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of bij (“bee”) + -en- + eter (“eater”).

Merops apiaster
Merops apiaster#Translingual


vuurvlieg

vuurvlieg f (plural vuurvliegen, diminutive vuurvliegje n)

vuurvliegen (plural)
vuurvliegje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of vuur (“fire”) + vlieg (“fly”).


kauri

kauri m (plural kauri's, diminutive kauri'tje n)

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

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bontebok

bontebok m (plural bontebokken, diminutive bontebokje n)

bontebokken (plural)
bontebokje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: bontebok
→ English: bontebok
→ Italian: bontebok

Univerbation of bonte (“motley”) + bok (“buck”). Attested from the mid-18th century.

univerbation

a grysbok, any small antelope of the genus Raphicerus


hondachtige

nl-noun

hondachtige m or f (plural hondachtigen)

/ˈɦɔntˌɑx.tə.ɣə/


passievrucht

passievrucht f (plural passievruchten, diminutive passievruchtje n)

passievruchten (plural)
passievruchtje (diminutive neuter)

a passion fruit, fruit of a plant of the genus Passiflora


strandwolf

strandwolf m (plural strandwolven, diminutive strandwolfje n)

strandwolven (plural)
strandwolfje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: strandwolf
→ English: strandwolf

From strand + wolf, attested from the late 18th century onwards.

Synonym of bruine hyena (“brown hyena, Hyaena brunnea”)


fitis

nl-noun

fitis f (plural fitissen, diminutive fitisje n)

fitissen (plural)
fitisje (diminutive neuter)

Phylloscopus trochilus
Phylloscopus trochilus#Translingual


torenvalk

torenvalk m (plural torenvalken, diminutive torenvalkje n)

torenvalken (plural)
torenvalkje (diminutive neuter)

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual


alant

From Middle Dutch alant, also alaen. The form on -ant might well derive from Low or High German. Ultimately from Latin inula, probably via a variant.

Inula helenium
Inula helenium#Translingual

(particularly) Synonym of Griekse alant (“elecampane, Inula helenium”)


strandloper

strandloper m (plural strandlopers, diminutive strandlopertje n)

strandlopers (plural)
strandlopertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: strandloper

→ English: strandloper

a sandpiper, used of certain waders of the family Scolopacidae, especially of the genus Calidris


kastanje

kastanje m (plural kastanjes, diminutive kastanjetje n)

kastanjes (plural)
kastanjetje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: kestänne

→ Indonesian: kastanye

From Middle Dutch castaenge, from Picard Old French castagne, from Latin castānea, from Ancient Greek κᾰστᾰ́νειᾰ (kastáneia), variant of κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana).


pieper

pieper m (plural piepers, diminutive piepertje n)

piepers (plural)
piepertje (diminutive neuter)


huif

huif f (plural huiven, diminutive huifje n)

huiven (plural)
huifje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch huve, from Old Dutch *hūfa, a conflation of Proto-West Germanic *hūbā (“hood, cowl”) and *hūfi (“hive”).
Cognate with English houve and hive.


tauros

nl-noun

tauros m (plural taurossen, diminutive taurosje n)

taurossen (plural)
taurosje (diminutive neuter)

Based on Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) and presumably (being an initiative of Stichting Taurus), Latin taurus (“bull”). The variant in -os was apparently chosen for the superficial resemblance to the Dutch word os (“ox”), as in oeros (“aurochs”); note also the stylized variant TaurOs. Doublet of stier.


renoster

Afrikaans: renoster

Borrowed from Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs).


berberaap

berberaap m (plural berberapen, diminutive berberaapje n)

berberapen (plural)
berberaapje (diminutive neuter)

Macaca sylvanus
Macaca sylvanus#Translingual


bandeng

bandeng m (plural bandengen, diminutive bandengetje n)

bandengen (plural)
bandengetje (diminutive neuter)

Chanos chanos
Chanos chanos#Translingual


doornhaai

doornhaai m (plural doornhaaien, diminutive doornhaaitje n)

doornhaaien (plural)
doornhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of doorn (“thorn”) + haai (“shark”).

Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias#Translingual

spiny dogfish, spurdog, Squalus acanthias


Donauzalm

Donauzalm m (plural Donauzalmen, diminutive Donauzalmpje n)

Donauzalmen (plural)
Donauzalmpje (diminutive neuter)

From Donau (“Danube”) + zalm (“salmon”), literally “Danube salmon”.


zebrahaai

zebrahaai m (plural zebrahaaien, diminutive zebrahaaitje n)

zebrahaaien (plural)
zebrahaaitje (diminutive neuter)


hamerhaai

hamerhaai m (plural hamerhaaien, diminutive hamerhaaitje n)

hamerhaaien (plural)
hamerhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɦaː.mərˌɦaːi̯/

hammerhead shark, any shark of the Sphyrnidae


luipaardhaai

luipaardhaai m (plural luipaardhaaien, diminutive luipaardhaaitje n)

luipaardhaaien (plural)
luipaardhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of luipaard (“leopard”) + haai (“shark”).


zee-engel

zee-engel m (plural zee-engelen, diminutive zee-engeltje n)

zee-engelen (plural)
zee-engeltje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈzeːˌɛ.ŋəl/

Compound of zee (“sea”) + engel (“angel”).

angel shark, shark of the family Squatinidae


venijnboom

venijnboom m (plural venijnbomen, diminutive venijnboompje n)

venijnbomen (plural)
venijnboompje (diminutive neuter)

From venijn (“venom, poison”) + boom (“tree”); many parts of the yew are highly poisonous.


doerian

nl-noun

doerian m (plural doerians, diminutive doeriannetje n)

doerians (plural)
doeriannetje (diminutive neuter)

From Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an. Attested since the late 16th century.


wandelende tak

wandelende tak m (plural wandelende takken)


korenslang

korenslang c (plural korenslangen, diminutive korenslangetje n)

korenslangen (plural)
korenslangetje (diminutive neuter)


melkslang

melkslang f (plural melkslangen, diminutive melkslangetje n)

melkslangen (plural)
melkslangetje (diminutive neuter)


koningscobra

koningscobra f (plural koningscobra's, diminutive koningscobraatje n)

koningscobra's (plural)
koningscobraatje (diminutive neuter)

From koning (“king”) + -s- + cobra (“cobra”).

Ophiophagus hannah
Ophiophagus hannah#Translingual


ringslang

ringslang f or m (plural ringslangen, diminutive ringslangetje n)

ringslangen (plural)
ringslangetje (diminutive neuter)


trapslang

trapslang f or m (plural trapslangen, diminutive trapslangetje n)

trapslangen (plural)
trapslangetje (diminutive neuter)


pofadder

pofadder f or m (plural pofadders, diminutive pofaddertje n)

pofadders (plural)
pofaddertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pofadder

→ English: puffadder

puffadder, African adder, viper of the genus Bitis


kievit

kievit m (plural kieviten, diminutive kievitje n)

kieviten (plural)
kievitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch kievit, which is onomatopoeic, imitating the bird's call.

Vanellus vanellus
Vanellus vanellus#Translingual


eendenmossel

eendenmossel f (plural eendenmossels, diminutive eendenmosseltje n)

eendenmossels (plural)
eendenmosseltje (diminutive neuter)


distel

distel m (plural distels, diminutive disteltje n)

distels (plural)
disteltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: distel

Negerhollands: distel

From Middle Dutch distel, from Old Dutch *thistil, from Proto-West Germanic *þistil, from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz.


beetwortel

beetwortel m (plural beetwortels or beetwortelen, diminutive beetworteltje n)

beetwortels (plural)
beetwortelen (plural)
beetworteltje (diminutive neuter)


robinia

robinia m (plural robinia's, diminutive robiniaatje n)

robinia's (plural)
robiniaatje (diminutive neuter)


peul

peul m or f (plural peulen, diminutive peultje n)

peulen (plural)
peultje (diminutive neuter)

(especially in the diminutive, botany) snow pea, Pisum sativum var. saccharatum, or its pod eaten as food


viervoeter

viervoeter m (plural viervoeters, diminutive viervoetertje n)

viervoeters (plural)
viervoetertje (diminutive neuter)

From vier + voet + -er, possibly a calque of German Vierfüßler.

tetrapod, any member of the superclass Tetrapoda


kwakkel

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

kwakkels (plural)
kwakkeltje (diminutive neuter)

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.


zeekomkommer

zeekomkommer f (plural zeekomkommers, diminutive zeekomkommertje n)

zeekomkommers (plural)
zeekomkommertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seekomkommer

sea cucumber, echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea


raketsla

raketsla f (uncountable, diminutive raketslaatje n)


mungboon

mungboon f or m (plural mungbonen, diminutive mungboontje n)

mungbonen (plural)
mungboontje (diminutive neuter)

Vigna radiata
Vigna radiata#Translingual

mung bean (plant or edible seed of Vigna radiata)


kiemgroente

kiemgroente f (plural kiemgroenten or kiemgroentes, diminutive kiemgroentetje n)

kiemgroenten (plural)
kiemgroentes (plural)
kiemgroentetje (diminutive neuter)

sprout (an edible vegetable that comes from germinated seeds)


langsat

Borrowed from Indonesian langsat. From Malay langsat.

Lansium domesticum
Lansium domesticum#Translingual

langsat (fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum)


heide

heide f (plural heides or heiden, diminutive heidetje n)

heides (plural)
heiden (plural)
heidetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: heide

From Middle Dutch heide, hede, from Old Dutch *heitha, *hētha, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī.


amarant

amarant m (plural amaranten, diminutive amarantje n)

amaranten (plural)
amarantje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin amarantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).


tajer

Borrowed from Portuguese tajá. Cognate of Sranan Tongo taya.

Ik gaf ordres dezelve met alle spoed te volgen, dat met alle moogelyke schielykheid geëxecuteerd wierd, en ons om half drie uuren bragt in een Kostgrond, groot circa 10 akkers, beplant met Casaven, Bannane, Tayers, Pindas, Okkerom, en Tabak (...).

1796, [Charles Brouwn], “Historie der oorlogen met de Marrons of Surinaamsche boschnegers. [History of the wars with the Maroons or Surinamese bush negroes]”, in Surinaamsche Staatkundige Almanach voor den Jaare 1796, Paramaribo: W.P. Wilkens, page 108:

I gave orders to follow them at full speed, which were executed with all possibly hastiness, and, at half past two, we got to a plot of land cleared for subsistence agriculture, measuring about 10 distinct fields, planted with cassava, banana, cocoyam, peanut, okra, and tobacco (...).

arrowleaf elephant ear
arrowleaf elephant ear

Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Xanthosoma sagittifolium#Translingual

(chiefly Suriname) new cocoyam, arrowleaf elephant ear, Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Colocasia esculenta
Colocasia esculenta#Translingual

(chiefly Suriname) old cocoyam, taro, Colocasia esculenta


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


landbouwhuisdier

landbouwhuisdier n (plural landbouwhuisdieren, diminutive landbouwhuisdiertje n)

landbouwhuisdieren (plural)
landbouwhuisdiertje (diminutive neuter)


sijs

sijs m (plural sijzen, diminutive sijsje n)

sijzen (plural)
sijsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch siseken, borrowed from Middle Low German sisek, from a Slavic language such as Czech číž. Cognate to English siskin.

Spinus spinus
Spinus spinus#Translingual

(particularly) the Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus as a species or any member thereof


piopio

piopio m (plural piopio's, diminutive piopiootje n)

piopio's (plural)
piopiootje (diminutive neuter)

a piopio; any bird in the genus Turnagra


hardgekookt

hardgekookt (adverbial positive predicative)
hardgekookte (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
hardgekookt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
hardgekookte (indefinite plural positive)
hardgekookte (definite positive)
hardgekookts (partitive positive)

Hij houdt van hardgekookte eieren.

De dooier van een hardgekookt ei kan groen geworden zijn.

The yolk of a hard-boiled egg may have turned green.

hard-boiled (of a boiled egg)
hard-boiled


wikke

From Middle Dutch wicke, from Old Dutch *wikka, from Proto-West Germanic *wikkjā, from Latin vicia.

vetch, leguminous plant of the genus Vicia


kamichi

Presumably via French kamichi from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.


weka

weka m (plural wekas, diminutive wekaatje n)

wekas (plural)
wekaatje (diminutive neuter)

Gallirallus australis
Gallirallus australis#Translingual


kaarde

Synonym of kaardenbol (“teasel, plant of genus Dipsacus”)


blesbok

blesbok m (plural blesbokken, diminutive blesbokje n)

blesbokken (plural)
blesbokje (diminutive neuter)


mispel

mispel f (plural mispels or mispelen, diminutive mispeltje n or mispelke n)

mispels (plural)
mispelen (plural)
mispeltje (diminutive neuter)
mispelke (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: mespel, mespu, mispel

→ Sranan Tongo: mispu

→ Aukan: mesupu

Inherited from Middle Dutch mispele, mespele, from Old Dutch *mespila, from Proto-West Germanic *mespilā, from Late Latin mespila.

medlar; any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus


parnassia

parnassia f (plural parnassia's, diminutive parnassiaatje n)

parnassia's (plural)
parnassiaatje (diminutive neuter)

(more broadly) parnassia, grass of Parnassus, plant of the genus Parnassia


reebok

reebok m (plural reebokken, diminutive reebokje n)

reebokken (plural)
reebokje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch reeboc. Equivalent to ree (“roe”) + bok (“buck”).

(obsolete, South Africa) an antelope native to southern Africa


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”)


tureluur

tureluur m (plural tureluurs, diminutive tureluurtje n)

tureluurs (plural)
tureluurtje (diminutive neuter)

Tringa totanus
Tringa totanus#Translingual


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”)


paradijsvogel

paradijsvogel m (plural paradijsvogels, diminutive paradijsvogeltje n)

paradijsvogels (plural)
paradijsvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

From paradijs (“paradise”) + vogel (“bird”).


toekan

toekan m (plural toekans, diminutive toekannetje n)

toekans (plural)
toekannetje (diminutive neuter)

From Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.


mannetjeseend

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

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

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


klipdas

klipdas m (plural klipdassen, diminutive klipdasje n)

klipdassen (plural)
klipdasje (diminutive neuter)

→ English: klipdas

Afrikaans: klipdas, klipdassie

→ German: Klippdachs

From klip (“rock; cliff”) + das (“badger”). First attested in the 18th century.

1784, De Buffon & Daubenton, "De klip-das", in De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, met de beschryving van des konings kabinet, vol. 15, publ. by J. H. Schneider, page 213.
[…] dit is de reden, waarom wy hem den naam van klip-das gelaaten hebben, onder welken hy aan de Kaap de Goede-hoop bekend is.


huismus

huismus m (plural huismussen, diminutive huismusje n)

huismussen (plural)
huismusje (diminutive neuter)

Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus#Translingual


imme

imme f (plural immen, diminutive immetje n)

immen (plural)
immetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch imme, from Old Dutch *imbi, from Proto-West Germanic *imbī. Cognate with Old Saxon *imbi, Middle Low German imme, German Low German Imm, Old High German imbi, impi, Middle High German imbe, German Imme, Bavarian Imp, Old Frisian *em, *eme, Saterland Frisian Ieme, West Frisian ime.


hommer

hommer m (plural hommers, diminutive hommertje n)

hommers (plural)
hommertje (diminutive neuter)

Probably via Middle Low German hummer, from Old Norse humarr (“lobster”). The term came to be used because many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway.


hommer

Coordinate term: kuiter


muishond

muishond m (plural muishonden, diminutive muishondje n)

muishonden (plural)
muishondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: muishond
→ English: muishond

From Middle Dutch muushont (“weasel; cat”). Equivalent to muis + hond.

(East and West Flanders, Brabant, South Africa) weasel


longvis

longvis m (plural longvissen, diminutive longvisje n)

longvissen (plural)
longvisje (diminutive neuter)


valkuil

valkuil m or f (plural valkuilen, diminutive valkuiltje n)

valkuilen (plural)
valkuiltje (diminutive neuter)


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 dar)

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


kattenjong

From kat (“cat”) + -en- + jong (“youngling”).


knobbelzwaan

knobbelzwaan m (plural knobbelzwanen, diminutive knobbelzwaantje n)

knobbelzwanen (plural)
knobbelzwaantje (diminutive neuter)


kattenluik

kattenluik n (plural kattenluiken, diminutive kattenluikje n)

kattenluiken (plural)
kattenluikje (diminutive neuter)

From kat (“cat”) + -en- + luik (“hatch”).


warmoes

From Middle Dutch warmoes, from warm (“warm”) + moes (“food pulp”).

(collective, historical) vegetables, greens


oeros

oeros m (plural oerossen, diminutive oerosje n)

oerossen (plural)
oerosje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle High German ūrochse, from Old High German ūrohso (compare German Auerochse).


lindeboom

lindeboom m (plural lindebomen, diminutive lindeboompje n)

lindebomen (plural)
lindeboompje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lindeboom

From Middle Dutch lindenboom. Equivalent to linde + boom.


jeneverbes

jeneverbes f (plural jeneverbessen, diminutive jeneverbesje n)

jeneverbessen (plural)
jeneverbesje (diminutive neuter)

a juniper tree; tree of the genus Juniperus

the berry of this plant; a juniper berry


sperzieboon

sperzieboon f (plural sperziebonen, diminutive sperzieboontje n)

sperziebonen (plural)
sperzieboontje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: spèrzibon

Compound of sperzie (“asparagus”) + boon (“bean”), named after its use along with asparagus in dishes.

Phaseolus vulgaris
Phaseolus vulgaris#Translingual

a variety of green bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, with seeds that have not fully matured


wede

wede f (plural weden or wedes, diminutive wedetje n)

weden (plural)
wedes (plural)
wedetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wede, from Old Dutch *wēd, from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Doublet of wouw.

Isatis tinctoria
Isatis tinctoria#Translingual

a plant of species Isatis tinctoria (woad or dyer's woad)


eierbal

eierbal m (plural eierballen, diminutive eierballetje n)

eierballen (plural)
eierballetje (diminutive neuter)


schildluis

schildluis m (plural schildluizen, diminutive schildluisje n)

schildluizen (plural)
schildluisje (diminutive neuter)

From schild (“shield”) + luis (“louse”).


klimop

Afrikaans: klimop

→ Papiamentu: klemòk


spiegelei

spiegelei n (plural spiegeleieren, diminutive spiegeleitje n)

spiegeleieren (plural)
spiegeleitje (diminutive neuter)

From spiegel (“mirror”) + ei (“egg”), calque of French œuf au miroir.


Duitse herder

Duitse herder m (plural Duitse herders, diminutive Duits herdertje n)

Duitse herders (plural)
Duits herdertje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “German shepherd, German herder”.


avondrood

either of two species of moth with characteristic pinkish-red coloring: Deilephila elpenor (elephant hawk moth or large elephant hawk moth) or Deilephila porcellus (small elephant hawk moth)


kwak

black-crowned night heron
black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax
Nycticorax nycticorax#Translingual

(particularly) the black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax


lemmetje

Afrikaans: lemmetjie

→ Sranan Tongo: lemki

From limmetje, from a Romance language + -tje.


witkopmeeuw

nl-noun

witkopmeeuw f (plural witkopmeeuwen, diminutive witkopmeeuwtje n)

witkopmeeuwen (plural)
witkopmeeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

From wit (“white”) + kop (“head”) + meeuw (“seagull”).


zilvermeeuw

nl-noun

zilvermeeuw f (plural zilvermeeuwen, diminutive zilvermeeuwtje n)

zilvermeeuwen (plural)
zilvermeeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

From zilver (“silver”) + meeuw (“seagull”), after its colour.

European herring gull
European herring gull

Larus argentatus
Larus argentatus#Translingual


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”).


hertenbok

hertenbok m (plural hertenbokken, diminutive hertenbokje n)

hertenbokken (plural)
hertenbokje (diminutive neuter)


monarchvlinder

monarchvlinder m (plural monarchvlinders, diminutive monarchvlindertje n)

monarchvlinders (plural)
monarchvlindertje (diminutive neuter)

the monarch (butterfly), Danais plexippus


dadelpalm

dadelpalm m (plural dadelpalmen, diminutive dadelpalmpje n)

dadelpalmen (plural)
dadelpalmpje (diminutive neuter)


pomerans

pomerans f (plural pomeransen, diminutive pomeransje n)

pomeransen (plural)
pomeransje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pomerancien, from German Pomeranze, from Medieval Latin pomerancium, from pomum (“fruit”) + arancia (“orange”).

a bitter orange tree, of the species Citrus ×aurantium


tonijn

tonijn m (plural tonijnen, diminutive tonijntje n)

tonijnen (plural)
tonijntje (diminutive neuter)


menievogel

menievogel m (plural menievogels, diminutive menievogeltje n)

menievogels (plural)
menievogeltje (diminutive neuter)


boerenkool

boerenkool f (plural boerenkolen, diminutive boerenkooltje n)

boerenkolen (plural)
boerenkooltje (diminutive neuter)

→ English: borecole

Compound of boer (“farmer”) + -en- + kool (“cabbage”).

compound

Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea#Translingual

kale, curly kale, one of several cultivars of Brassica oleracea


schuttersvis

nl-noun

schuttersvis m (plural schuttersvissen, diminutive schuttersvisje n)

schuttersvissen (plural)
schuttersvisje (diminutive neuter)

largescale archerfish
largescale archerfish

archerfish, specifically largescale archerfish


oehoe

oehoe c (plural oehoe's, diminutive oehoetje n)

oehoe's (plural)
oehoetje (diminutive neuter)


steenmarter

steenmarter m (plural steenmarters, diminutive steenmartertje n)

steenmarters (plural)
steenmartertje (diminutive neuter)

From steen (“stone”) + marter (“marten”).


boommarter

boommarter m (plural boommarters, diminutive boommartertje n)

boommarters (plural)
boommartertje (diminutive neuter)

Martes martes
Martes martes#Translingual


fluwijn

fluwijn n (plural fluwijnen, diminutive fluwijntje n)

fluwijnen (plural)
fluwijntje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch fluwijn, from Old Northern French *floïne (modern Picard floène, flouène), a variant of Old French foïne (modern French fouine), from Latin fāgīna (mūstēla) (“beech weasel”).


kokako

kokako m (plural kokako's, diminutive kokakootje n)

kokako's (plural)
kokakootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kokako, from Maori kōkako.


papaja

papaja m (plural papaja's, diminutive papajaatje n)

papaja's (plural)
papajaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Lokono: papâja

→ Caribbean Hindustani: papaiyá


kriek

kriek f (plural krieken, diminutive kriekje n)

krieken (plural)
kriekje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch crieke f, from Old Dutch *krieka, unexplained; perhaps from Late Latin prunum graecum (“Greek plum”), though this isn't attested until 1517 in a Latin-German dictionary. Latin gr was often derived as kr in older Germanic borrowings (see Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō (“Greek”)). See German Krieche for more cognates.

unk

unexplained

Prunus cerasus
Prunus cerasus#Translingual


kriek

Afrikaans: kriek

→ Papiamentu: kriki, krieki

From Middle Dutch crekel, from Old Dutch *krik-, of imitative origin, similar to krekel. See also French criquer, English cricket.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(Netherlands, dialectal, Gelderland, formerly also in Holland) a cricket, insect of the family Gryllidae


leverbot

nl-noun

leverbot m (plural leverbotten, diminutive leverbotje n)

leverbotten (plural)
leverbotje (diminutive neuter)

Fasciola hepatica
Fasciola hepatica#Translingual

liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica), a parasitic trematode


gup

gup c (plural guppen, diminutive guppy n or gupje n or guppie n)

guppen (plural)
guppy (diminutive neuter)
gupje (diminutive neuter)
guppie (diminutive neuter)


goudvink

goudvink m (plural goudvinken, diminutive goudvinkje n)

goudvinken (plural)
goudvinkje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: goudfink

Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula#Translingual


pelsrob

pelsrob m (plural pelsrobben, diminutive pelsrobje n)

pelsrobben (plural)
pelsrobje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pels + rob. First attested in the nineteenth century.

fur seal, pinniped of the subfamily Arctocephalinae


leeuwerik

leeuwerik m (plural leeuweriken, diminutive leeuwerikje n)

leeuweriken (plural)
leeuwerikje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch leewerike, from Old Dutch *leiwerka, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ.


baardaap

baardaap m (plural baardapen, diminutive baardaapje n)

baardapen (plural)
baardaapje (diminutive neuter)

the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)


kwartel

kwartel m (plural kwartels, diminutive kwarteltje n)

kwartels (plural)
kwarteltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch quattel, quattele, from Old Dutch *kwahtila, from Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā.


hanenkam

hanenkam m (plural hanenkammen, diminutive hanenkammetje n)

hanenkammen (plural)
hanenkammetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kam

From haan (“cock”) + -en- + kam (“comb”).

a cockscomb, the fleshy crest on the top of a rooster's head


secretarisvogel

secretarisvogel m (plural secretarisvogels, diminutive secretarisvogeltje n)

secretarisvogels (plural)
secretarisvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

From secretaris (“secretary”) + vogel (“bird”).


kerstroos

nl-noun

kerstroos f (plural kerstrozen, diminutive kerstroosje n)

kerstrozen (plural)
kerstroosje (diminutive neuter)

From kerst (“Christmas”) + roos (“rose”).

Helleborus niger
Helleborus niger#Translingual

(botany) Christmas rose or black hellebore, Helleborus niger


valeriaan

Valeriana officinalis
Valeriana officinalis#Translingual


krodde

krodde f (plural krodden, diminutive kroddetje n)

krodden (plural)
kroddetje (diminutive neuter)

Rhamphospermum arvense
Rhamphospermum arvense#Translingual

Sinapis arvensis
Sinapis arvensis#Translingual

Synonym of herik (“charlock”) (Rhamphospermum arvense, syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)


minivarken

minivarken n (plural minivarkens, diminutive minivarkentje n)

minivarkens (plural)
minivarkentje (diminutive neuter)


dikhoornschaap

dikhoornschaap n (plural dikhoornschapen, diminutive dikhoornschaapje n)

dikhoornschapen (plural)
dikhoornschaapje (diminutive neuter)

Ovis canadensis
Ovis canadensis#Translingual


baardgras

annual beardgrass, annual rabbitsfoot grass, Polypogon monspeliensis


nachtvlinder

nachtvlinder m (plural nachtvlinders, diminutive nachtvlindertje n)

nachtvlinders (plural)
nachtvlindertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound from nacht (“night”) + vlinder (“butterfly”).

(entomology) nocturnal moth (nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera)


meerkoet

meerkoet m (plural meerkoeten, diminutive meerkoetje n)

meerkoeten (plural)
meerkoetje (diminutive neuter)

From meer (“lake”) + koet (“Eurasian coot, (later) coot-like bird”).


waterkip

nl-noun

waterkip m (plural waterkippen, diminutive waterkippetje n)

waterkippen (plural)
waterkippetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of water (“water”) + kip (“chicken”).

Gallinula chloropus
Gallinula chloropus#Translingual

(Northern Netherlands and Zeeland, dialectal) moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

[…] op de Reuss zwemmen vele waterkippen, zwart met wit bles, die zeer vaardig zijn in het duiken, wanneer ze iets op den bodem zien dat hun past; […]

1876 December 21, “Genève”, in Provinciale Noordbrabantsche en 's Hertogenbossche courant, page 2:

— M. S., alhier. Zoowel de taling en de smient als de meerkoet of waterkip, kunt ge in gevangen staat voeren met oud brood, boukweit en wat hennepzaad.

1909 February 15, “Correspondentie”, in Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad, page 2:

De platanenallee langs de kaden is nog groen, vele boomen staan nog in hun kleurenprachts, maar de nevels onttrekken ze aan het oog; het meer dampt van de mist en het schouwspel van de honderden waterkippen, zwart met witten snavel en witten staarttip of wit met zwarten staart en snavel, gaat gansch en al verloren.

1920 November 14, “Buitenland. Volkenbond”, in Algemeen Handelsblad. Nieuwe Amsterdamsche Courant, page 1:

Ze lachen. Stil zitten. Kijken naar het dobbertje. Naar de zwart-witte waterkip die aan de overkant tussen het riet scharrelt.

1972 June 10, “Aas met maggi... Het visseizoen is open”, in Het vrije volk, page 19:

(Northern Netherlands, dialectal) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)


zeekoet

zeekoet m (plural zeekoeten, diminutive zeekoetje n)

zeekoeten (plural)
zeekoetje (diminutive neuter)

From zee (“sea”) + koet (“coot, coot-like bird”).

compound

(particularly) the common murre, Uria aalge


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.


vrouwtjeskat

vrouwtjeskat f (plural vrouwtjeskatten, diminutive vrouwtjeskatje n)

vrouwtjeskatten (plural)
vrouwtjeskatje (diminutive neuter)


mannetjeskat

mannetjeskat m (plural mannetjeskatten, diminutive mannetjeskatje n)

mannetjeskatten (plural)
mannetjeskatje (diminutive neuter)


doekoe

Lansium domesticum
Lansium domesticum#Translingual


zeeolifant

zeeolifant m (plural zeeolifanten, diminutive zeeolifantje n)

zeeolifanten (plural)
zeeolifantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: gajah laut (calque)

From zee (“sea”) + olifant (“elephant”).

elephant seal, member of the genus Mirounga


doodshoofdaapje

doodshoofdaapje n (plural doodshoofdaapjes)

A compound of doodshoofd (“skull, death's-head”) + aapje (“small monkey”).

compound

squirrel monkey, monkey of the genus Saimiri


visstick

nl-noun

visstick m (plural vissticks, diminutive visstickje n)

vissticks (plural)
visstickje (diminutive neuter)


dwergchimpansee

dwergchimpansee m (plural dwergchimpansees, diminutive dwergchimpanseetje n)

dwergchimpansees (plural)
dwergchimpanseetje (diminutive neuter)

From dwerg (“dwarf”) + chimpansee (“chimpanzee”).


krielkip

nl-noun

krielkip f (plural krielkippen, diminutive krielkippetje n or krielkipje n)

krielkippen (plural)
krielkippetje (diminutive neuter)
krielkipje (diminutive neuter)

From kriel (“something puny”) + kip (“chicken”).


kikkererwt

nl-noun

kikkererwt f (plural kikkererwten, diminutive kikkererwtje n)

kikkererwten (plural)
kikkererwtje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Latin cicer. Reanalysed as kikker + erwt.

Cicer arietinum
Cicer arietinum#Translingual


neusbeer

neusbeer m (plural neusberen, diminutive neusbeertje n)

neusberen (plural)
neusbeertje (diminutive neuter)

coati, procyonid of the genera Nasua or Nasuella


rode kool

rode kool f (plural rode kolen, diminutive rood kooltje n)

rode kolen (plural)
rood kooltje (diminutive neuter)

Identical in meaning to the English term.

(uncountable, countable) red cabbage, purple-leaved variety of Brassica oleracea


koebeest

koebeest n (plural koebeesten, diminutive koebeestje n)

koebeesten (plural)
koebeestje (diminutive neuter)

(now chiefly Belgium) cow, female bovine


rode biet

rode biet f (plural rode bieten, diminutive rood bietje n)

rode bieten (plural)
rood bietje (diminutive neuter)


zeearend

zeearend m (plural zeearenden, diminutive zeearendje n)

zeearenden (plural)
zeearendje (diminutive neuter)

Equivalent to zee (“sea”) + arend (“eagle”).

Haliaeetus albicilla
Haliaeetus albicilla#Translingual

the white-tailed eagle, sea eagle; the species or any bird of the species Haliaeetus albicilla


Europese zeearend

Europese zeearend m (plural Europese zeearenden, diminutive Europees zeearendje n)

Europese zeearenden (plural)
Europees zeearendje (diminutive neuter)

(retronym) Synonym of zeearend (“Haliaeetus albicilla”)


vliegende deur

vliegende deur f (plural vliegende deuren)

From the white-tailed eagle's large size. Literally, “flying door”.

De ‘vliegende deur’ wordt geregeld in Friesland waargenomen, aldus onze vogelkundig medewerker Jan de Jong uit Joure.

1993 January 5, “‘Vliegende deur’ boven Friesland”, in Leeuwarder Courant, volume 242, number 3, page 14:

De vliegende deuren die Nederland 's winters bezoeken, zijn vrijwel altijd onvolwassen.

1998, Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van Vogels, Vogels, page 30:

Behalve zeevogels komen hier flinke aantallen zeearenden voor, spectaculaire 'vliegende deuren' waar veel vogelaars op afkomen.

2013, Albert Beintema, Eilanden: van Andoya tot Vuurland:

(nickname) Synonym of zeearend (“Haliaeetus albicilla”)


drijfsijs

drijfsijs m (plural drijfsijzen, diminutive drijfsijsje n)

drijfsijzen (plural)
drijfsijsje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of drijven (“to float”) + sijs (“siskin”).

(colloquial, humorous, chiefly Amsterdam) duck


judaspenning

judaspenning f (plural judaspenningen, diminutive judaspenninkje n)

judaspenningen (plural)
judaspenninkje (diminutive neuter)


boomkikker

boomkikker m (plural boomkikkers, diminutive boomkikkertje n)

boomkikkers (plural)
boomkikkertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of boom (“tree”) + kikker (“frog”).

tree frog, any frog of the family Hylidae


kuifeend

kuifeend f (plural kuifeenden, diminutive kuifeendje n)

kuifeenden (plural)
kuifeendje (diminutive neuter)

From kuif (“crest, quiff”) + eend (“duck”).

Aythya fuligula
Aythya fuligula#Translingual

the tufted duck (individual or species), Aythya fuligula


lekkerbekje

(Netherlands) deep-fried battered fish (generally of one piece)


ophokken

ophokken (infinitive)
ophokken (gerund neuter)
hok op (first-person main-clause present singular)
hokte op (first-person main-clause past singular)
ophok (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
ophokte (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
hokt op (main-clause present second-person singular)
hok op (main-clause present second-person singular)
hokte op (main-clause past second-person singular)
ophokt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ophokte (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
hokt op (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
hokte op (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
ophokt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ophokte (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
hokt op (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
hokt op (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
hokte op (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
hokte op (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
ophokt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ophokt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ophokte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ophokte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
hokt op (main-clause present singular third-person)
hokte op (main-clause past singular third-person)
ophokt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
ophokte (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
hokken op (main-clause plural present)
hokten op (main-clause past plural)
ophokken (plural present subordinate-clause)
ophokten (past plural subordinate-clause)
hokke op (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
hokte op (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
ophokke (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
ophokte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
hokken op (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
hokten op (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
ophokken (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
ophokten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
hok op (imperative main-clause present singular)
hokt op (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
ophokkend (main-clause participle present)
opgehokt (main-clause participle past)

(transitive, of livestock and pets) to bring inside, to stable


maritieme oorworm

maritieme oorworm m (plural maritieme oorwormen, diminutive maritiem oorwormpje n)

maritieme oorwormen (plural)
maritiem oorwormpje (diminutive neuter)


pijlstaartrog

pijlstaartrog m (plural pijlstaartroggen, diminutive pijlstaartrogje n or pijlstaartroggetje n)

pijlstaartroggen (plural)
pijlstaartrogje (diminutive neuter)
pijlstaartroggetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pijl (“arrow”) + staart (“tail”) + rog (“ray”).

compound

(particularly) the common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca


roofgier

Compound of roof (“theft, robbery”) or roven (“to rob”) + gier (“vulture, desire”).


renkoekoek

nl-noun

renkoekoek m (plural renkoekoeken, diminutive renkoekoekje n)

renkoekoeken (plural)
renkoekoekje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of rennen (“to run”) + koekoek (“cuckoo”).


scholver

scholver m (plural scholvers, diminutive scholvertje n)

scholvers (plural)
scholvertje (diminutive neuter)

(dated) Synonym of aalscholver (“cormorant”)


schollevaar

schollevaar m (plural schollevaars or schollevaren, diminutive schollevaartje n)

schollevaars (plural)
schollevaren (plural)
schollevaartje (diminutive neuter)

1724, Jacob Campo Weyerman, Den ontleeder der gebreeken. Deel 1, Hendrik Bosch (publ.), 124.
Een pikzwarte Schollevaar, een groot Lief hebber van Rynvisch, woonde om en by de Stichtsche Vaart, en hy stelde al de Vyvers onder contributie.

1862, Tiberius Cornelis Winkler (misprinted as Dr. C. T. Winkler), Natuurlijke geschiedenis van het dierenrijk. Zoogdieren en vogels, publ. by Van Druten & Bleeker (second edition), 500.
Een over dwars gegrepen visch wordt in de hoogte geworpen, en de schollevaar vangt hem zoo behendig weder op, dat de kop van den visch naar beneden komt; hij slikt hem dan gemakkelijk in, want de slokdarm en huid van den hals zijn zeer uitzetbaar.


bruine beer

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

bruine beren (plural)
bruin beertje (diminutive neuter)


pissebed

pissebed m or f (plural pissebedden, diminutive pissebedje n)

pissebedden (plural)
pissebedje (diminutive neuter)

isopod, pill bug, woodlouse: any member of the Isopoda


clownvis

clownvis m (plural clownvissen, diminutive clownvisje n)

clownvissen (plural)
clownvisje (diminutive neuter)

From clown (“clown”) + vis (“fish”), a calque of English clownfish.


wolfsspin

wolfsspin f (plural wolfsspinnen, diminutive wolfsspinnetje n)

wolfsspinnen (plural)
wolfsspinnetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of wolf (“wolf”) + -s- + spin (“spider”).

wolf spider, spider of the family Lycosidae


linze

linze f (plural linzen, diminutive linsje n)

linzen (plural)
linsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lins, lynsen, from Middle High German linse, from Old High German linsa, likely a borrowing from an unidentified source.
Compare Latin lēns, Lithuanian lęšis, and Old Church Slavonic лѧща sounding too similar for a coincidence, however different enough to prohibit reconstruction of a common PIE protoform.
If ultimately a non-IE loanword, locating the source is virtually impossible because cultivation of lentil was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

Lens culinaris
Lens culinaris#Translingual

lentil, the seed of Lens culinaris (pulse)


beenbreker

beenbreker m (plural beenbrekers, diminutive beenbrekertje n)

beenbrekers (plural)
beenbrekertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of been (“bone”) + breker (“breaker”). Compare brekebeen.

1660, John Honston, Dᴿ. Ionstons Beſchrijving vande Natuur der Vogelen, neffens haar Beeldeniſſen in koper geſneden, tr. by M Grausius from Latin, publ. by I. I. Schipper, page 13.
Dit ſchijnt de waarheid t'onder ſchryven : Maar nochtans wijl de Arend‚en Beenbrekers, en Gieren, gelijk uit Ariſtoteles en Plinius blijkt, ſich met elkander vermenghen : kander lichtlijk uit vogelen van verſcheide gedaanten, een derde , en die onvrughtbaar, gelijk uit een Merry,en Eſel de muil, voort geteelt werden, welke om de gelijkheid mette Gieren, groter dan de Arenden eer onder d'andere plaats gegeven werd.

vs. 13 En van het gevogelte zult gij deze verfoeijen, zij zullen niet gegeten worden, zij zullen een verfoeiſel zijn: den arend, en den beenbreker, en den meerarend.

1789, De bybel vertaald, omschreeven en door aanmerkingen opgehelderd, page 481, margin note:

vs. 13 And of the birds you shall abhor these ones, they shall not be eaten, they shall be an abomination: the golden eagle, and the sea eagle, and the "lake eagle".

1811 December 27, H. Kluit, "Bylage tot het berigt wegens eene Fransche Grammatica", in Algemeene konst- en letterbode, page 412 (italics original, emphasis added).
De Beenbreker heet in 't Fransch l'Osſifrague, of le grand aigle de mer.

(obsolete) Synonym of zeearend (white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla)


sneeuwpanter

sneeuwpanter m (plural sneeuwpanters, diminutive sneeuwpantertje n)

sneeuwpanters (plural)
sneeuwpantertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of sneeuw (“snow”) + panter (“panther”).

Panthera uncia
Panthera uncia#Translingual

snow panther, snow leopard, Uncia uncia syn. Panthera uncia


sneeuwuil

sneeuwuil m or f (plural sneeuwuilen, diminutive sneeuwuiltje n)

sneeuwuilen (plural)
sneeuwuiltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of sneeuw (“snow”) + uil (“owl”).

Bubo scandiacus
Bubo scandiacus#Translingual


muurvarken

muurvarken n (plural muurvarkens, diminutive muurvarkentje n)

muurvarkens (plural)
muurvarkentje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of muur (“wall”) + varken (“pig”). Cf. English sowbug.


kelderzeug

kelderzeug f (plural kelderzeugen, diminutive kelderzeugje n)

kelderzeugen (plural)
kelderzeugje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


steenmot

steenmot f (plural steenmotten, diminutive steenmotje n)

steenmotten (plural)
steenmotje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of steen (“stone”) + mot (“sow”). Cf. English sowbug.

(Northern, mostly used in the east and north of the Netherlands) woodlouse, isopod


varkensbeest

varkensbeest n (plural varkensbeesten, diminutive varkensbeestje n)

varkensbeesten (plural)
varkensbeestje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of varken (“pig”) + -s- + beest (“animal, beast”). Cf. English sowbug.


duiventil

nl-noun

duiventil f (plural duiventillen, diminutive duiventilletje n)

duiventillen (plural)
duiventilletje (diminutive neuter)


hondenhok

hondenhok n (plural hondenhokken, diminutive hondenhokje n)

hondenhokken (plural)
hondenhokje (diminutive neuter)

18th century or earlier. Compound of hond + -en- + hok.


sidderaal

sidderaal m (plural sidderalen, diminutive sidderaaltje n)

sidderalen (plural)
sidderaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Early 19th century. Compound of sidderen (“to tremble”) + aal (“eel”), after siddervisch (“electric ray, torpedo”, 18th c., now distinguished as sidderrog). Both terms may be calques from German Zitterfisch (16th c.), Zitteraal (18th c.).

Electrophorus electricus
Electrophorus electricus#Translingual


pieterman

pieterman m (plural pietermannen, diminutive pietermannetje n)

pietermannen (plural)
pietermannetje (diminutive neuter)

weever, any individual fish or species of the family Trachinidae


buidelmol

buidelmol m (plural buidelmollen, diminutive buidelmolletje n)

buidelmollen (plural)
buidelmolletje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of buidel (“pouch”) + mol (“mole”).

marsupial mole, any animal of the two species from the genus Notoryctes and the family Notoryctidae


bitterzoet

bitterzoet c (plural bitterzoeten, diminutive bitterzoetje n)

bitterzoeten (plural)
bitterzoetje (diminutive neuter)

Solanum dulcamara
Solanum dulcamara#Translingual


sneeuwgans

sneeuwgans f (plural sneeuwganzen, diminutive sneeuwgansje n)

sneeuwganzen (plural)
sneeuwgansje (diminutive neuter)

Chen caerulescens
Chen caerulescens#Translingual

the snow goose, Chen caerulescens (individually or as a species)


aardmuis

aardmuis f (plural aardmuizen, diminutive aardmuisje n)

aardmuizen (plural)
aardmuisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of aard (“earth”, alternative form of aarde) + muis (“mouse”).


kamavos

nl-noun

kamavos m (plural kamavossen, diminutive kamavosje n)

kamavossen (plural)
kamavosje (diminutive neuter)


woestijnvos

woestijnvos m (plural woestijnvossen, diminutive woestijnvosje n)

woestijnvossen (plural)
woestijnvosje (diminutive neuter)


poolvos

poolvos m (plural poolvossen, diminutive poolvosje n)

poolvossen (plural)
poolvosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes lagopus
Vulpes lagopus#Translingual


kitvos

kitvos m (plural kitvossen, diminutive kitvosje n)

kitvossen (plural)
kitvosje (diminutive neuter)


zilvervos

zilvervos m (plural zilvervossen, diminutive zilvervosje n)

zilvervossen (plural)
zilvervosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes#Translingual

silver fox, colour variation of Vulpes vulpes


rode vos

rode vos m (plural rode vossen, diminutive rood vosje n)

rode vossen (plural)
rood vosje (diminutive neuter)


grootoorkitvos

grootoorkitvos m (plural grootoorkitvossen, diminutive grootoorkitvosje n)

grootoorkitvossen (plural)
grootoorkitvosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes macrotis
Vulpes macrotis#Translingual


grijze vos

grijze vos m (plural grijze vossen, diminutive grijs vosje n)

grijze vossen (plural)
grijs vosje (diminutive neuter)


gewone vos

gewone vos m (plural gewone vossen, diminutive gewoon vosje n)

gewone vossen (plural)
gewoon vosje (diminutive neuter)

red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (in contrast to other fox species)


Kaapse vos

Kaapse vos m (plural Kaapse vossen, diminutive Kaaps vosje n)

Kaapse vossen (plural)
Kaaps vosje (diminutive neuter)


vale vos

vale vos m (plural vale vossen, diminutive vaal vosje n)

vale vossen (plural)
vaal vosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes pallida
Vulpes pallida#Translingual


Afghaanse vos

Afghaanse vos m (plural Afghaanse vossen, diminutive Afghaans vosje n)

Afghaanse vossen (plural)
Afghaans vosje (diminutive neuter)


Indische vos

Indische vos m (plural Indische vossen, diminutive Indisch vosje n)

Indische vossen (plural)
Indisch vosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes bengalensis
Vulpes bengalensis#Translingual

Bengal fox, Indian fox (Vulpes bengalensis)


oostelijke zandvos

oostelijke zandvos m (plural oostelijke zandvossen, diminutive oostelijk zandvosje n)

oostelijke zandvossen (plural)
oostelijk zandvosje (diminutive neuter)


Bengaalse vos

Bengaalse vos m (plural Bengaalse vossen, diminutive Bengaals vosje n)

Bengaalse vossen (plural)
Bengaals vosje (diminutive neuter)


Azaravos

Azaravos m (plural Azaravossen, diminutive Azaravosje n)

Azaravossen (plural)
Azaravosje (diminutive neuter)

Lycalopex gymnocercus
Lycalopex gymnocercus#Translingual

pampas fox, Azara's fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus)


steppevos

steppevos m (plural steppevossen, diminutive steppevosje n)

steppevossen (plural)
steppevosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes corsac
Vulpes corsac#Translingual


zandvos

zandvos m (plural zandvossen, diminutive zandvosje n)

zandvossen (plural)
zandvosje (diminutive neuter)

De zandvos of de Vulpes ruepelli heeft hetzelfde slanke voorkomen als de rode vos.

2016, Nathalie van Caster, De zandvos en de poolvos: zelfde familie, twee uitersten.:

Iedere keer dat ze 's nachts gemekker hoort, slaat haar een onrust om het hart, wat kan het zijn dat de geit doet opschrikken, een zandvos, een wolf, een mens die in het duister op pad is, een man die de slaap niet kan vatten tenzij na het genot van een vrouw?

Vulpes rueppellii
Vulpes rueppellii#Translingual

Rüppell's fox, sand fox (Vulpes rueppellii)


andesvos

andesvos m (plural andesvossen, diminutive andesvosje n, feminine andesvossin)

andesvossen (plural)
andesvosje (diminutive neuter)
andesvossin (feminine)

Verder komen hier ook de grote hoornuil en de andesvos voor.

2006, Veerle Van Haerenborgh, Ecotoerisme als duurzame ontwikkeling in Ecuador. Ontwikkeling van een ecotoeristisch model in een inheemse gemeenschap, published 2007, page 20:

Lycalopex culpaeus
Lycalopex culpaeus#Translingual


eilandvos

eilandvos m (plural eilandvossen, diminutive eilandvosje n)

eilandvossen (plural)
eilandvosje (diminutive neuter)

From eiland + vos, calque of English island fox.

Ik ben ook geholpen door Susan en Alexandra Morris en Tim Coonan, die zich vele jaren hebben ingezet voor de eilandvos.

2009, Jane Goodall, Hoop voor dier en wereld. Hoe bedreigde diersoorten gered worden van uitsterven:

Met een aantal dieren, zoals de lederschildpad, twee albatrossoorten en de eilandvos, gaat het iets beter dan voorheen, vooral door menselijk ingrijpen.

2013 November 26, “Okapi op lijst bedreigde diersoorten”, in Het Parool:

Urocyon littoralis
Urocyon littoralis#Translingual


bintoerong

bintoerong m (plural bintoerongs, diminutive bintoeronkje n)

bintoerongs (plural)
bintoeronkje (diminutive neuter)


beermarter

beermarter m (plural beermarters, diminutive beermartertje n)

beermarters (plural)
beermartertje (diminutive neuter)

Arctictis binturong
Arctictis binturong#Translingual


tuinboon

tuinboon f (plural tuinbonen, diminutive tuinboontje n)

tuinbonen (plural)
tuinboontje (diminutive neuter)


roodkop

roodkop m (plural roodkoppen, diminutive roodkopje n)

roodkoppen (plural)
roodkopje (diminutive neuter)

Aythya ferina
Aythya ferina#Translingual

Synonym of tafeleend (“common pochard, Aythya ferina”)


tafeleend

tafeleend f (plural tafeleenden, diminutive tafeleendje n)

tafeleenden (plural)
tafeleendje (diminutive neuter)


zwerfkat

zwerfkat f or m (plural zwerfkatten, diminutive zwerfkatje n)

zwerfkatten (plural)
zwerfkatje (diminutive neuter)

From zwerven (“to wander”) + kat (“cat”).


zwerfhond

zwerfhond m (plural zwerfhonden, diminutive zwerfhondje n)

zwerfhonden (plural)
zwerfhondje (diminutive neuter)

From zwerven (“to wander”) + hond (“dog”).


vismarter

vismarter m (plural vismarters, diminutive vismartertje n)

vismarters (plural)
vismartertje (diminutive neuter)

Pekania pennanti
Pekania pennanti#Translingual

Martes pennanti
Martes pennanti#Translingual

fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)


sabelmarter

sabelmarter m (plural sabelmarters, diminutive sabelmartertje n)

sabelmarters (plural)
sabelmartertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of sabel (“sable”) + marter (“marten”).

2004, Anton Tsjechov, De reis naar Sachalin, tr. by Anita Roeland, Uitgeverij Atlas (3rd print, 2010), →ISBN.
Van de dieren die voor de handel het meest waardevol zijn, komen hier in bijzonder grote hoeveelheden sabelmarters, vossen en beren voor.

Out of the animals that are the most valuable in trade, particularly large numbers of sables, foxes and bears can be found here.

Martes zibellina
Martes zibellina#Translingual


sabeldier

sabeldier n (plural sabeldieren, diminutive sabeldiertje n)

sabeldieren (plural)
sabeldiertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of sabel (“sable”) + dier (“animal”).

1861, August Wilhelm Grube, Schetsen en tafereelen uit het leven der natuur en der menschen in de vijf werelddeelen, tr. from High German by A. W. van Campen, publ. by Van Druten & Bleeker, page 17.
De noordelijke streken van Azië en Amerika zijn rijk aan sabeldieren, wier deugdzaamheid toeneemt naarmate zij meer oostwaarts gevangen worden.

The northern regions of Asia and America abound in sables, whose quality increases along with how far to the east they are caught.


vinvis

vinvis m (plural vinvissen, diminutive vinvisje n)

vinvissen (plural)
vinvisje (diminutive neuter)

17th century. Compound of vin (“fin”) + vis (“fish”).

any cetacean of the family Balaenopteridae, rorqual


griend

griend m (plural grienden, diminutive griendje n)

grienden (plural)
griendje (diminutive neuter)

pilot whale, blackfish dolphin of the genus Globicephala


zeemeeuw

zeemeeuw f (plural zeemeeuwen, diminutive zeemeeuwtje n)

zeemeeuwen (plural)
zeemeeuwtje (diminutive neuter)


koolzaad

koolzaad n (plural koolzaden, diminutive koolzaadje n)

koolzaden (plural)
koolzaadje (diminutive neuter)

Middle French: colzat

French: colza (see there for further descendants)


huismarter

huismarter m (plural huismarters, diminutive huismartertje n)

huismarters (plural)
huismartertje (diminutive neuter)

From huis (“house”) + marter (“marten”).


meerval

meerval m (plural meervallen, diminutive meervalletje n)

meervallen (plural)
meervalletje (diminutive neuter)

From meer (“lake”) + val (“catfish”), the compound formed to clarify the meaning. Compare walvis, compounded similarly.


doks

doks m (plural doksen, diminutive doksje n)

doksen (plural)
doksje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo doksi, from English ducks.


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


schorseneer

schorseneer f (plural schorseneren, diminutive schorseneertje n)

schorseneren (plural)
schorseneertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowing from French scorsonère, from Italian scorzonera.

salsify, used for plants of the genera Tragopon and Scorzonera


gierzwaluw

gierzwaluw f (plural gierzwaluwen, diminutive gierzwaluwtje n)

gierzwaluwen (plural)
gierzwaluwtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of gieren (“to make a loud noise”) + zwaluw (“swallow”).


zakpijp

nl-noun

zakpijp f (plural zakpijpen, diminutive zakpijpje n)

zakpijpen (plural)
zakpijpje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch sacpipe. Equivalent to zak (“bag”) + pijp (“pipe”).

sea squirt, any member of the class Ascidiacea


reuzenaronskelk

reuzenaronskelk m (plural reuzenaronskelken)

Compound of reus (“giant”) + -en- + aronskelk (“arum”).


penisplant

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

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


aronskelk

nl-noun

aronskelk m (plural aronskelken, diminutive aronskelkje n)

aronskelken (plural)
aronskelkje (diminutive neuter)


distelvink

distelvink m (plural distelvinken, diminutive distelvinkje n)

distelvinken (plural)
distelvinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch distelvinc. Equivalent to distel (“thistle”) + vink (“finch”). Goldfinches commonly eat thistle seeds and use thistle down as nest material, and are as such commonly named after this plant; compare English thistlefinch, German Distelfink, Latin carduelis.

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


elft

elft m (plural elften, diminutive elftje n)

elften (plural)
elftje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch elft, possibly from an Old Dutch *alvit, from Proto-West Germanic *albut (“swan”). The semantic link to swans would be the fish's white color; the Germanic term ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”). This Indo-European word is generally accepted to be the most likely origin of this word, even if elft were found not to derive directly from Germanic *albits but to have entered the language through some other route.


kroos

From Middle Dutch croes, ultimately from the root of kroezen (“to be tightly curled”), from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), possibly from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).


dwergvalk

nl-noun

dwergvalk m or f (plural dwergvalken, diminutive dwergvalkje n)

dwergvalken (plural)
dwergvalkje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dwerg (“dwarf”) + valk (“falcon”).

any falcon of the genera Microhierax and Polihierax; falconet or pygmy falcon


witgat

witgat c (plural witgatten, diminutive witgatje n)

witgatten (plural)
witgatje (diminutive neuter)

Tringa ochropus
Tringa ochropus#Translingual


bacove

Berbice Creole Dutch: bakofu, bakof

Negerhollands: bakoba, bakuba

Skepi Creole Dutch: bakofa

Sranan Tongo: bakuba, bakba

Aukan: bakuba

Saramaccan: bakúba

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bakwa

→ Lokono: bakofa

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bacuba

Borrowed from Portuguese pacova or pacoba (“banana”), ultimately from Old Tupi pakoba (“rolling leaf”).


fluithaas

Compound of fluiten (“to whistle”) + haas (“hare”). First attested in the 19th century.

pika, lagomorph of the family Ochotonidae


vogelstruis

vogelstruis m (plural vogelstruisen or vogelstruizen)

vogelstruisen (plural)
vogelstruizen (plural)

From the older form vogel struis, reinterpreted as a compound of vogel + struis, from Middle Dutch vogel struus, calque of Latin avis strūthiō.


korhoen

korhoen n (plural korhoenders or korhoenderen or korhoenen, diminutive korhoentje n)

korhoenders (plural)
korhoenderen (plural)
korhoenen (plural)
korhoentje (diminutive neuter)

Lyrurus tetrix
Lyrurus tetrix#Translingual

the black grouse, blackgame, Lyrurus tetrix syn. Tetrao tetrix


auerhoen

auerhoen n (plural auerhoenders or auerhoenderen or auerhoenen)

auerhoenders (plural)
auerhoenderen (plural)
auerhoenen (plural)

Borrowed from German Auerhuhn; compare hoen.

western capercaillie
western capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus
Tetrao urogallus#Translingual

western capercaillie, wood grouse, Tetrao urogallus


waterral

waterral f (plural waterrallen, diminutive waterralletje n)

waterrallen (plural)
waterralletje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of water (“water”) + ral (“rail”).

Rallus aquaticus
Rallus aquaticus#Translingual


zandhoen

zandhoen n (plural zandhoenders or zandhoenderen)

zandhoenders (plural)
zandhoenderen (plural)

sandgrouse; any bird of the family Pteroclididae


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


kermodebeer

kermodebeer m (plural kermodeberen, diminutive kermodebeertje n)

kermodeberen (plural)
kermodebeertje (diminutive neuter)

Kermode bear, Ursus americanus kermodei; a subspecies of the American black bear, of whom a minority display leucism


zonnedauw

Compound of zon (“sun”) + -e- + dauw (“dew”); compare English sundew, German Sonnentau, Icelandic sóldögg.

sundew, any carnivorous plant of the genus Drosera


kneu

kneu f or m (plural kneuen, diminutive kneutje n)

kneuen (plural)
kneutje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cnuut, cnuyt (“jackdaw, crow”), from cnoteren, cnueteren, cneuteren (“to twitter”). Equivalent to an apocope of kneuter.

Linaria cannabina
Linaria cannabina#Translingual


gors

gors f (plural gorzen, diminutive gorsje n)

gorzen (plural)
gorsje (diminutive neuter)

a bunting, any bird of the genus Emberiza

(chiefly in compounds) a New World sparrow, any bird of the family Passerellidae


spruitje

Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea#Translingual

(chiefly in the plural) a Brussels sprout, a variant of Brassica oleracea of the gemmifera group


cloacadier

monotreme, any member of the order Monotremata


monotreem

Ultimately from Latin monotrema, from Monotremata.


wever

wever m (plural wevers, diminutive wevertje n, feminine weefster)

wevers (plural)
wevertje (diminutive neuter)
weefster (feminine)

From Middle Dutch wever. Equivalent to weven + -er.

a weaverbird, passerine bird of the family Ploceidae


kardoes

kardoes f (plural kardoezen, diminutive kardoesje n)

kardoezen (plural)
kardoesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kardoes

Borrowed from Middle French cartouche, Italian cartoccio, derived from Latin carta.

(historical) a package or cartridge containing one charge of black powder for a cannon

(dated) a pack of tobacco, in particular snuff


kardoes

kardoes m (plural kardoezen, diminutive kardoesje n)

(dated) a kind of medium-sized dog with curly hair, comparable to a poodle or terrier


rode ibis

rode ibis m (plural rode ibissen, diminutive rood ibisje n)

rode ibissen (plural)
rood ibisje (diminutive neuter)

Eudocimus ruber
Eudocimus ruber#Translingual