bot

nl-noun

bot m (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

botten (plural)
botje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bot

→ West Frisian: bot

From Middle Dutch bot, from Old Dutch *but, from Proto-West Germanic *butt (“stumpy”), from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“stumpy”). Cognate with English butt (“flatfish”), German Butt (“lefteye flounder”), West Frisian bot (“flounder”).

Ik heb een heerlijke bot gevangen tijdens het vissen.

I caught a delicious flounder while fishing.


pos

pos f (plural possen, diminutive posje n)

possen (plural)
posje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch posch, from Old Dutch *posc, of unknown descent. Compare West Frisian poask.

Gymnocephalus cernua
Gymnocephalus cernua#Translingual


aal

aal m (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

alen (plural)
aaltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Anguilla anguilla
Anguilla anguilla#Translingual


tong

tong m (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)

tongen (plural)
tongetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch tonge, from Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. The sense "Solea solea" likely refers to these flat fish' resemblance to a tongue.


rog

rog m (plural roggen, diminutive rogje n or roggetje n)

roggen (plural)
rogje (diminutive neuter)
roggetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: rog (dated)

From Middle Dutch rochge, rogge, possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz (“rough”), referring to the fish's texture. Cognate with Middle Low German roche, ruche, Old English reohhe, ruhha, German Rochen.

skate (flat-bodied fish of the family Rajidae)


sardine

sardine f (plural sardines, diminutive sardinetje n)

sardines (plural)
sardinetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sardyn, sardien

→ Caribbean Javanese: dhèntyis

desc

→ Papiamentu: saldinchi, sardinchi, sardin (Aruba)

Inherited from Middle Dutch sardeyne, sardayne, sardine, from Latin sardīna.


schol

nl-noun

schol m (plural schollen, diminutive scholletje n)

schollen (plural)
scholletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch scholle, scolle, sculle. Related to Dutch schil and schel. Cognate with German Scholle (“floe”).

Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes platessa#Translingual

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa, a species of flatfish)


sprot

sprot m (plural sprotten, diminutive sprotje n)

sprotten (plural)
sprotje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: sprat

Uncertain. Possibly from the root of spruit (“sprout, shoot”).

Sprattus sprattus
Sprattus sprattus#Translingual

sprat (Sprattus sprattus), a small, herring-like fish


haai

haai m (plural haaien, diminutive haaitje n)

haaien (plural)
haaitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haai

→ German: Hai

→ West Frisian: haai

From Middle Dutch haeye, from Old Norse hár (“shark”), with the /j/ appearing influenced by the declined forms /hajə(n)/. Probably from Proto-Germanic *hanh-u-, related to *hakô (“hook”), referring to the shark's back fin. Cognate with Swedish haj, and German Hai.

a shark, fish of the superorder Selachimorpha (sometimes also including certain extinct shark-like members of the Elasmobranchii outside this superorder)


zalm

zalm m (plural zalmen, diminutive zalmpje n)

zalmen (plural)
zalmpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: salm

→? West Frisian: salm

→ Caribbean Javanese: salem

From Middle Dutch salm, salme, from Old Dutch *salmo, from Latin salmō (“salmon”), of uncertain origin. Related to Old Saxon salmo (> Middle Low German salme (“salmon”)), Old High German salmo (> German Salm (“salmon”)) from the same Latin source.


kabeljauw

kabeljauw m (plural kabeljauwen, diminutive kabeljauwtje n)

kabeljauwen (plural)
kabeljauwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kabeljou
→ English: kabeljou

From Middle Dutch cabelliau, from Old Dutch *cabillao, possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Or, with metathesis from/influenced by Basque bakailao (“cod”), Portuguese bacalhau (“cod”).


paling

paling m (plural palingen, diminutive palinkje n)

palingen (plural)
palinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: paling

Berbice Creole Dutch: palinggi

Negerhollands: paliṅ

→ Papiamentu: paling (dated)

From Middle Dutch palinc, padelinc, paeldinc, from Old Dutch paelding, paleding, palezinc. The original form seems to be *palathing (attested in the placename Palathingadīc) or, as some sources prefer, *pathaling. This has no cognates outside Dutch and probably goes back to a substrate language. As the oldest attestation is (latinised) palengus, one could alternatively see the -th- as excrescent and thus derived the word from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”) after the fish's shape. While this is less likely, the distinction sometimes made between aal (“juvenile eel”) and paling (“large, adult eel”) may indeed have been influenced by association with paal.


haring

haring m (plural haringen, diminutive harinkje n)

haringen (plural)
harinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haring

Negerhollands: heriṅ

→ Caribbean Hindustani: eleng

→ Papiamentu: hering

From Middle Dutch hârinc, from Old Dutch *hārinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.

Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus#Translingual


leng

leng m (plural lengen, diminutive lengetje n)

lengen (plural)
lengetje (diminutive neuter)

Related to English ling, Old Norse langa. Likely derives from the same root as lang (“long”).


fint

fint f (plural finten, diminutive fintje n)

finten (plural)
fintje (diminutive neuter)


makreel

makreel m (plural makrelen, diminutive makreeltje n)

makrelen (plural)
makreeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: makrell

From Middle Dutch makereel, from Old French maquerel.

Scomber scombrus
Scomber scombrus#Translingual


zeepaard

zeepaard n (plural zeepaarden, diminutive zeepaardje n)

zeepaarden (plural)
zeepaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seeperd

From Middle Dutch seepaert. Equivalent to zee + paard.

seahorse (more often used in its diminutive form - zeepaardje), fish of the genus Hippocampus


stokvis

stokvis m (plural stokvissen, diminutive stokvisje n)

stokvissen (plural)
stokvisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stokvis

→ Papiamentu: stokvis (dated)

From Middle Dutch stocvisch, from Middle Low German [Term?]. Equivalent to stok + vis.


goudvis

goudvis m (plural goudvissen, diminutive goudvisje n)

goudvissen (plural)
goudvisje (diminutive neuter)

Carassius auratus
Carassius auratus#Translingual


prik

prik f (plural prikken, diminutive prikje n)

prikken (plural)
prikje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: prek

From Middle Dutch pricke, likely a variant of pikken with an emphatic -r-.

lamprey, fish of the order Petromyzontiformes


steur

steur m (plural steuren, diminutive steurtje n)

steuren (plural)
steurtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch store, from Old Dutch sturo, from Proto-West Germanic *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).
Cognates include Old High German sturio and Old English styria and more remotely Russian осётр (osjótr, “sturgeon”), Lithuanian eršketras.


platvis

platvis m (plural platvissen, diminutive platvisje n)

platvissen (plural)
platvisje (diminutive neuter)

Pladijs is een geliefde platvis.
Plaice is a popular flatfish.


pladijs

pladijs f (plural pladijzen, diminutive pladijsje n)

pladijzen (plural)
pladijsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pladijs, from Old Dutch *pladīs, from Old French pladisse, plaïse, plaise, from Latin platessa. Cognate with German Platteis, English plaice.

Synonym of schol (“European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)”)


heilbot

heilbot m (plural heilbotten, diminutive heilbotje n)

heilbotten (plural)
heilbotje (diminutive neuter)

→ French: elbot (dialectal)

From Middle Dutch heilbot. Equivalent to heil + bot.

halibut, the largest flatfish species of marine genus Hippoglossus


baars

baars m (plural baarzen, diminutive baarsje n)

baarzen (plural)
baarsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: bèrs, bérs

From Middle Dutch bars, baers, from Old Dutch *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz.

Perca fluviatilis
Perca fluviatilis#Translingual

(particularly) Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis)


zeetong

zeetong f (plural zeetongen, diminutive zeetongetje n)

zeetongen (plural)
zeetongetje (diminutive neuter)

From zee (“sea”) + tong (“tongue”). Compare German Seezunge, Swedish sjötunga, Danish søtunge.


haringhaai

haringhaai m (plural haringhaaien, diminutive haringhaaitje n)

haringhaaien (plural)
haringhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɦaːrɪŋɦaːi̯/

Compound of haring (“herring”) + haai (“shark”).


karper

nl-noun

karper m (plural karpers, diminutive karpertje n)

karpers (plural)
karpertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: karp

→ West Frisian: karper

→ Indonesian: karper

From Middle Dutch carpere, further unknown. Possibly from Vulgar Latin carpa; cognates include English carp, French carpe, Russian карп (karp), Serbo-Croatian krȁp / kárpa, Italian carpione. Might stem from a non-Indo-European substrate language native to the Alps.

Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio#Translingual


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)


barbeel

barbeel m (plural barbelen, diminutive barbeeltje n)

barbelen (plural)
barbeeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch barbeel, from Old French barbel.


zeelt

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

zeelten (plural)
zeeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch zielt, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Old Norse síld (“herring”).

unk

unknown


zwaardvis

nl-noun

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”).

a fish species commonly used for the above


sardien

sardien f (plural sardienen, diminutive sardientje n)

sardienen (plural)
sardientje (diminutive neuter)

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


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.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

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


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”).

com+

Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias#Translingual

spiny dogfish, spurdog (Squalus acanthias)


Donauzalm

nl-noun

Donauzalm m (plural Donauzalmen, diminutive Donauzalmpje n)

Donauzalmen (plural)
Donauzalmpje (diminutive neuter)

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


zee-engel

nl-noun

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


hamerhaai

hamerhaai m (plural hamerhaaien, diminutive hamerhaaitje n)

hamerhaaien (plural)
hamerhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɦaː.mərˌɦaːi̯/

hammerhead shark, any shark of the Sphyrnidae


zebrahaai

zebrahaai m (plural zebrahaaien, diminutive zebrahaaitje n)

zebrahaaien (plural)
zebrahaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zebra (“zebra”) + haai (“shark”).


luipaardhaai

nl-noun

luipaardhaai m (plural luipaardhaaien, diminutive luipaardhaaitje n)

luipaardhaaien (plural)
luipaardhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

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


hommer

nl-noun

hommer m (plural hommers, diminutive hommertje n)

hommers (plural)
hommertje (diminutive neuter)

Coordinate term: kuiter


longvis

longvis m (plural longvissen, diminutive longvisje n)

longvissen (plural)
longvisje (diminutive neuter)


tonijn

tonijn m (plural tonijnen, diminutive tonijntje n)

tonijnen (plural)
tonijntje (diminutive neuter)


schuttersvis

schuttersvis m (plural schuttersvissen, diminutive schuttersvisje n)

schuttersvissen (plural)
schuttersvisje (diminutive neuter)

largescale archerfish
largescale archerfish

archerfish, specifically largescale archerfish


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)


visstick

visstick m (plural vissticks, diminutive visstickje n)

vissticks (plural)
visstickje (diminutive neuter)


lekkerbekje

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


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) common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)


zandaal

nl-noun

zandaal m (plural zandalen, diminutive zandaaltje n)

zandalen (plural)
zandaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zand (“sand”) + aal (“eel”).

great sand eel (Hyperoplus lanceolatus) (individual or species)


zeewolf

zeewolf m (plural zeewolven, diminutive zeewolfje n)

zeewolven (plural)
zeewolfje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zee (“sea”) + wolf (“wolf”).

Anarhichas lupus
Anarhichas lupus#Translingual


clownvis

clownvis m (plural clownvissen, diminutive clownvisje n)

clownvissen (plural)
clownvisje (diminutive neuter)

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

A clownfish; any of various fish of the subfamily Amphiprioninae.


zeeduivel

zeeduivel m (plural zeeduivels, diminutive zeeduiveltje n)

zeeduivels (plural)
zeeduiveltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zee (“sea”) + duivel (“devil”). Compare German Seeteufel.

Lophius piscatorius
Lophius piscatorius#Translingual


louw

louw f or m (plural louwen, diminutive louwtje n)

louwen (plural)
louwtje (diminutive neuter)

Synonym of zeelt (“tench (Tinca tinca)”)


kogelvis

kogelvis m (plural kogelvissen, diminutive kogelvisje n)

kogelvissen (plural)
kogelvisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kogel (“bullet”) + vis (“fish”).

blowfish, puffer, any fish of the Tetraodontidae


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


koekjessnijder

koekjessnijder m (plural koekjessnijders, diminutive koekjessnijdertje n)

koekjessnijders (plural)
koekjessnijdertje (diminutive neuter)

Isistius brasiliensis
Isistius brasiliensis#Translingual

cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis)


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.


negenoog

Compound of negen (“nine”) + oog (“eye”).

com+

lamprey, fish of the order Petromyzontiformes


lamprei

nl-noun

lamprei f (plural lampreien, diminutive lampreitje n)

lampreien (plural)
lampreitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lampreide, from Old Dutch lamprētha, from Latin lampreda.


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.


blankvoorn

blankvoorn m (plural blankvoorns, diminutive blankvoorntje n)

blankvoorns (plural)
blankvoorntje (diminutive neuter)

Rutilus rutilus
Rutilus rutilus#Translingual


elzenvoorn

(uncommon, dialectal) Synonym of riviergrondel (“gudgeon”) (Gobio gobio gobio)


elrits

elrits f (plural elritsen, diminutive elritsje n)

elritsen (plural)
elritsje (diminutive neuter)

Phoxinus phoxinus
Phoxinus phoxinus#Translingual


ellerling

/ˈɛ.lərˌlɪŋ/

Synonym of elrits (“common minnow”) (Phoxinus phoxinus)


grondel

grondel m or f (plural grondels, diminutive grondeltje n)

grondels (plural)
grondeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch grondel. Equivalent to grond (“ground, bottom”) + -el, because fish of this species usually stay on the bottom of the water they live in.


snotolf

From Middle Dutch snottolf, from Old Dutch [Term?]. Equivalent to a compound of snot (“snot”) + an uncertain second element, possibly wolf (“wolf”) with assimilation of the w.

lumpsucker, lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)


franjehaai

Compound of franje (“frill, fringe”) + haai (“shark”).

com+

Chlamydoselachus anguineus
Wikispecies:Chlamydoselachus anguineus

frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus)


kopvoorn

nl-noun

kopvoorn m (plural kopvoorns, diminutive kopvoorntje n)

kopvoorns (plural)
kopvoorntje (diminutive neuter)

Squalius cephalus
Squalius cephalus#Translingual


horsmakreel

From hors + makreel, very likely a calque of English horse mackerel.

Atlantic horse mackerel
Atlantic horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus
Trachurus trachurus#Translingual

scad, Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)


haringkoning

/ˈɦaː.rɪŋˌkoː.nɪŋ/

Regalecus glesne
Regalecus glesne#Translingual

giant oarfish, king of herrings (Regalecus glesne)


maanvis

maanvis m (plural maanvissen, diminutive maanvisje n)

maanvissen (plural)
maanvisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of maan (“Moon”) + vis (“fish”).

com+

Pterophyllum scalare
Pterophyllum scalare#Translingual


zeenaald

a pipefish; certain fish of the family Syngnathidae, particularly of genus Syngnathus


stekelrog

nl-noun

stekelrog m (plural stekelroggen, diminutive stekelrogje n)

stekelroggen (plural)
stekelrogje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of stekel (“sting, barb”) + rog (“ray”).


hondshaai

Compound of hond (“dog”) + -s- + haai (“shark”).

small-spotted catshark
small-spotted catshark

Scyliorhinus canicula
Scyliorhinus canicula#Translingual

sandy dogfish, small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)


kathaai

Compound of kat (“cat”) + haai (“shark”).

Scyliorhinus stellaris
Scyliorhinus stellaris#Translingual


citroenhaai

citroenhaai m (plural citroenhaaien, diminutive citroenhaaitje n)

citroenhaaien (plural)
citroenhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of citroen (“lemon”) + haai (“shark”), cognate with German Zitronenhai, compare also Spanish tiburón limón and English lemon shark. Named for its yellowy appearance.

com+

Negaprion brevirostris
Negaprion brevirostris#Translingual


stierhaai

nl-noun

stierhaai m (plural stierhaaien, diminutive stierhaaitje n)

stierhaaien (plural)
stierhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Carcharhinus leucas
Carcharhinus leucas#Translingual

the fish species bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas


nijlbaars

nijlbaars m (plural nijlbaarzen, diminutive nijlbaarsje n)

nijlbaarzen (plural)
nijlbaarsje (diminutive neuter)

Lates niloticus
Lates niloticus#Translingual


pijlstaart

pijlstaart m (plural pijlstaarten, diminutive pijlstaartje n)

pijlstaarten (plural)
pijlstaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pylstert

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

(uncommonly) Synonym of pijlstaartrog (“Dasyatis pastinaca”)


rumbus

rumbus m (plural rumbussen, diminutive rumbusje n)

rumbussen (plural)
rumbusje (diminutive neuter)


maatjesharing

maatjesharing m (plural maatjesharingen, diminutive maatjesharinkje n)

maatjesharingen (plural)
maatjesharinkje (diminutive neuter)

From haring (“herring”). The element maatjes- is an alteration of maagdjes (“virgins”), maatjesharing being caught at a point in the life cycle of the fish where it has not spawned yet or formed any milt or roe (thus being "virgin"); the herring is intentionally caught during this window (from roughly late May until early July) as its quality is considered superior to that caught earlier or later in the year.

Herring caught during late spring and early summer, having had time to fatten up after winter but before having produced any milt or roe, eaten (raw) as a delicacy.


Hollandse Nieuwe

Literally, “Hollandic new [catch]”, a TSG product subject to specific quality criteria including the criterium that it be caught and sold between the 1st of May and the 31st of August of a given calendar year, whence the qualifier Nieuwe - it having been caught early in the season and sold while still fresh.

Maatjesharing (fat herring caught before having spawned) that, being a TSG product, must be prepared using traditional Hollandic methods in addition to being subject to other specific quality criteria.

List of traditional specialities guaranteed by country


spiering

spiering m (plural spieringen, diminutive spierinkje n)

spieringen (plural)
spierinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch spierinc, from Old Dutch spierinc, from Old Dutch *spīr (“muscle, summit”) + -inc

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