pinguïn

pinguïn m (plural pinguïns, diminutive pinguïntje n or pinguïnnetje n)

pinguïns (plural)
pinguïntje (diminutive neuter)
pinguïnnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pikkewyn

desctree

→ French: pingouin
→ Danish: pingvin
→ Italian: pinguino
→ Persian: پنگوئن (pangu'an)
→ Portuguese: pinguim
→ Romanian: pinguin
→ Spanish: pingüino
→ Swedish: pingvin
→ Turkish: penguen

penguin (a flightless seabird of the order Sphenisciformes)


ijsvogel

nl-noun

ijsvogel m (plural ijsvogels, diminutive ijsvogeltje n)

ijsvogels (plural)
ijsvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ijsvōgel. Equivalent to ijs (“ice”) + vogel (“bird”). There is some dispute about the origin of the name, some relate the first element to ijzer (“iron”) instead. Compare German Eisvogel, Icelandic ísfugl.

Alcedo atthis
Alcedo atthis#Translingual


ooi

ooi f (plural ooien, diminutive ooitje n)

ooien (plural)
ooitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ooi

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

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

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

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


herder

herder m (plural herders, diminutive herdertje n, feminine herderin)

herders (plural)
herdertje (diminutive neuter)
herderin (feminine)

Negerhollands: herder

→ Papiamentu: herder

From Middle Dutch herder, earlier herde from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”) + agent suffix -e; the agent suffix -er replaced -e when the latter fell in disuse as signifying agency.


smid

smid m (plural smeden, diminutive smidje n)

smeden (plural)
smidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: smid

Negerhollands: smid

→ Munsee: shumát

→ Papiamentu: smet, smid

→ Sranan Tongo: smeti, smitti

→ Saramaccan: simítima

→ Unami: shëmìt, shmìt

From Middle Dutch smit, from Old Dutch *smith, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz.

the tree frog species Boana faber, whose call resounds like a smith's hammer coming down


papegaai

papegaai m (plural papegaaien, diminutive papegaaitje n)

papegaaien (plural)
papegaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: papegaai

Berbice Creole Dutch: papkai

→ Aukan: papakai

desctree

→ Russian: попуга́й (popugáj)
→ Ingrian: popugai
→ Veps: popugai
→ Yakut: попугай (popugay)

From Middle Dutch papegay, from Old French papegai, ultimately from Arabic ببغاء, of onomatopoeic origin. Cf. English popinjay.

Men gaf hem, boven dien, waerschynlyk zynen naem van Garrulus, omdat hy, in eene kooi opgevoed, zeer wel leert klappen, gelyk de Pappegaeyen.

1770, Nederlandsche vogelen, part 1, page 2:

[The Eurasian jay] was moreover probably given its name Garrulus as he, when raised in a cage, learns to talk very well, like parrots do.

parrot, member of the order Psittaciformes, especially of the families Psittacidae and Psittaculidae


klauwier

nl-noun

klauwier m (plural klauwieren, diminutive klauwiertje n)

klauwieren (plural)
klauwiertje (diminutive neuter)

shrike, butcherbird, bird of the family Laniidae


zwaluw

zwaluw f (plural zwaluwen, diminutive zwaluwtje n)

zwaluwen (plural)
zwaluwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: swael

From Middle Dutch swaluwe, from Old Dutch *swalwa, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian svale, English swallow, German Schwalbe, Swedish svala. Doublet of schwalbe.

In de lente en zomer zie je vaak zwermen zwaluwen die door de lucht vliegen.

In spring and summer, you often see flocks of swallows flying through the air.

a swallow, bird of the family Hirundinidae


fint

fint f (plural finten, diminutive fintje n)

finten (plural)
fintje (diminutive neuter)


lori

lori m (plural lori's, diminutive lorietje n)

lori's (plural)
lorietje (diminutive neuter)

a lory, fig parrot, used for certain parrots of the subfamily Loriinae


lori

Borrowed from French loris, probably from Dutch loeris (“fool, simpleton”).

a loris, a primate of the subfamily Lorisinae


maina

maina c (plural maina's, diminutive mainaatje n)

maina's (plural)
mainaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Hindi मैना (mainā) / Urdu مینا (mainā).


varaan

varaan m (plural varanen, diminutive varaantje n)

varanen (plural)
varaantje (diminutive neuter)

From Arabic وَرَل (waral), cognate with German Waran, French varan.

the monitor lizard, a lizard of the genus Varanus


koet

koet m (plural koeten, diminutive koetje n)

koeten (plural)
koetje (diminutive neuter)


krekel

krekel m (plural krekels, diminutive krekeltje n)

krekels (plural)
krekeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch crekel, possibly a diminutive of an older form kreke (“cricket”). Ultimately of imitative origin and related to the root of kraken (“to crack”), with the suffix -el. Related to kriek, English creak.

onomatopoeic

imitative


makreel

nl-noun

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


jager

jager m (plural jagers, diminutive jagertje n, feminine jaagster)

jagers (plural)
jagertje (diminutive neuter)
jaagster (feminine)

→ Lokono: jagernu

→ Papiamentu: jager (dated)

From Middle Dutch jager, from Old Dutch jageri. Equivalent to jagen + -er.

skua, any bird of the genus Stercorarius


dooier

dooier m (plural dooiers, diminutive dooiertje n)

dooiers (plural)
dooiertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: dor, dojer (Aruba)

From Middle Dutch doder, from Old Dutch *dodro, from Proto-West Germanic *dodrō.

De dooier brak toen ik het ei opende.

The yolk broke when I cracked the egg open.

Het verschil tussen dooier en eiwit is duidelijk zichtbaar.

The difference between the yolk and egg white is clearly visible.

Deze taart vraagt om vier dooiers.


eigeel

eigeel n (plural eigelen, diminutive eigeeltje n)

eigelen (plural)
eigeeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of ei (“egg”) + geel (“yellow”).

Het eigeel heeft een rijke gele kleur.

Om de saus romiger te maken, voegde ze een eigeel toe.

To make the sauce creamier, she added an egg yolk.

Ik gebruikte twee eigelen voor de custard.


vlinder

vlinder m (plural vlinders, diminutive vlindertje n)

vlinders (plural)
vlindertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vlinder

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fî-faldrôn (“flying, folding”), from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ (“butterfly”). If so, related to Faroese firvaldur and German Falter.
Compare obsolete or dialectal English flinder.

der

butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera


poedel

nl-noun

poedel m (plural poedels, diminutive poedeltje n)

poedels (plural)
poedeltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Pudel. Cognate with English poodle.

Poedels zijn van oorsprong jachthonden.

Poodles were originally used as hunting dogs.

poedelnaakt

'naked as a poodle', starkers, from the fashion of shaving most of a poodle's fur


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


kwal

kwal f or m (plural kwallen, diminutive kwalletje n)

kwallen (plural)
kwalletje (diminutive neuter)

From earlier qualle; likely an ablaut variant from the same root as kwellen (“to well up, swell up”), whence also kwelder. Cognate with German Qualle.


fuut

fuut m (plural futen, diminutive fuutje n)

futen (plural)
fuutje (diminutive neuter)

Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps cristatus#Translingual

great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)


kolibrie

kolibrie m (plural kolibries, diminutive kolibrietje n)

kolibries (plural)
kolibrietje (diminutive neuter)


sperwer

sperwer m (plural sperwers, diminutive sperwertje n)

sperwers (plural)
sperwertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch sperware, from Old Dutch *sparwaro, *sparwari, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwarī. Cognate with German Sperber.

Accipiter nisus
Accipiter nisus#Translingual


zwaan

zwaan m (plural zwanen, diminutive zwaantje n)

zwanen (plural)
zwaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: swaan

→ Indonesian: soang

From Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch *swano, from Proto-Germanic *swanô. Existed next to Middle Dutch swan, from Old Dutch *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz.
Cognate with Low German Swaan, West Frisian swan, German Schwan, English swan, Swedish svan.

a swan, a large waterbird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba


struisvogel

struisvogel m (plural struisvogels, diminutive struisvogeltje n)

struisvogels (plural)
struisvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of struis (“ostrich”) + vogel (“bird”). Attested since the 17th century, displacing earlier vogelstruis. The element struis derives from Latin strūthiō.

Struthio camelus
Struthio camelus#Translingual

(particularly) common ostrich (Struthio camelus)


pelikaan

pelikaan m (plural pelikanen, diminutive pelikaantje n)

pelikanen (plural)
pelikaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pelikaan

From Middle Dutch pellicaen, from Old French pelican, from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).


bul

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

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

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

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


bul

bul f (plural bullen, diminutive bulletje n)

bullen (plural)
bulletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: bùl

From Middle Dutch bulle, from Latin bulla (“bull, decree”).

great seal affixed to certain documents, notably charters from reigning princes and certain dignitaries


koon

koon f (plural konen, diminutive koontje n)

konen (plural)
koontje (diminutive neuter)

Audio

Unknown. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kon (“cheek”).

Ik zie, dat op haar zachte koon
Ook frisse lenterozen bloeien,

I see that on her soft cheek
Fresh spring-roses blossom too,


krak

Mareca strepera
Mareca strepera#Translingual


snavel

snavel m (plural snavels, diminutive snaveltje n)

snavels (plural)
snaveltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch snavel, from Old Dutch *snaval, from Proto-Germanic *snabulaz.


roofdier

roofdier n (plural roofdieren, diminutive roofdiertje n)

roofdieren (plural)
roofdiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: roofdier

→ West Frisian: rôfdier

From roven (“to rob, to capture”) + dier (“animal”), perhaps a calque of German Raubtier. Compare roven.

compound

a carnivoran, any member of the order Carnivora


welp

nl-noun

welp m or n (plural welpen, diminutive welpje n)

welpen (plural)
welpje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch welp, from Old Dutch welp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz.

human youngster, especially of age group 8-11 in boy scouts


fazant

fazant m (plural fazanten, diminutive fazantje n)

fazanten (plural)
fazantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: fisant

From earlier faisant, from Middle Dutch faisant, rare form of fasaen, from Old French faisan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós).

De uitbundig gekleurde fazant is geliefd onder zowel jagers als vogelaars.

The exuberantly-colored common pheasant is beloved among both hunters and birders.

Phasianus colchicus
Phasianus colchicus#Translingual

(particularly) common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)


puit

puit m (plural puiten, diminutive puitje n)

puiten (plural)
puitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch puut (“frog”), from Old Dutch pūt, from Proto-Germanic *put-, *pud- (“to swell”). Compare dialectal English pod (“belly”), pout (“a kind of fish”), Swedish puta (“to pout”). Akin to French bouder.


blaffen

blaffen (infinitive)
blaffen (gerund neuter)
blaf (first-person present singular)
blafte (first-person past singular)
blaft (present second-person singular)
blaf (present second-person singular)
blafte (past second-person singular)
blaft (formal present second-person singular)
blafte (formal past second-person singular)
blaft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
blaft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
blafte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
blafte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
blaft (present singular third-person)
blafte (past singular third-person)
blaffen (plural present)
blaften (past plural)
blaffe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
blafte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
blaffen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
blaften (archaic past plural subjunctive)
blaf (imperative present singular)
blaft (archaic imperative plural present)
blaffend (participle present)
geblaft (participle past)

Afrikaans: blaf

Negerhollands: baf

→ English: blaff

→ Papiamentu: blaf

(intransitive) to bark, like a canine and certain others species

(intransitive) to grumble, notably said of a hungry stomach

(intransitive) to utter pointless sounds, e.g. protest or argue in vain


kalkoen

kalkoen m (plural kalkoenen, diminutive kalkoentje n)

kalkoenen (plural)
kalkoentje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: kalkoen
→ English: kalkoentjie
→ Swazi: ingalukhuni
→ Xhosa: ikarukwini
→ Zulu: ikalikuni
→ Shona: Garukuni

Berbice Creole Dutch: kalkuna

Jersey Dutch: kääl'kûn

Negerhollands: kalkuen

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kalkun (dated)

→ Lokono: kalakona

→ Caribbean Javanese: kalkun

→ Danish: kalkun

→ Faroese: kalkun

→ Icelandic: kalkúnn

→ Indonesian: kalkun

→ Japanese: カラクン

→ Low German:

→ Dutch Low Saxon: kalkoen

→ German Low German: Kalkuun

→ Mohegan-Pequot: goongeyox

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kalkun

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kalkun

→ Papiamentu: kalakuna

→ Sranan Tongo: krakun
→ Aukan: kaakun
→ Caribbean Hindustani: krákun
→ Kari'na: karakuna

→ Swedish: kalkon

→ Finnish: kalkkuna

→ West Frisian: kalkoen

From older Dutch Calcoensche haan (modern kalkoense haan), from Calcoen, the then-used name for the Indian city Calicut, modern Kozhikode. Although the bird originated in the Americas, confusion arose due to its similarity to the African guinea fowl, which was exported to and imported from India since the 15th century by Portuguese traders.

Meleagris gallopavo
Meleagris gallopavo#Translingual

a turkey; any bird of genus Meleagris, particularly Meleagris gallopavo


kikkervisje

From kikker (“frog”) + visje (“fish”). Compare West Frisian kikkertsfiskje (“tadpole”).


wijfjeskat

nl-noun

wijfjeskat f (plural wijfjeskatten, diminutive wijfjeskatje n)

wijfjeskatten (plural)
wijfjeskatje (diminutive neuter)

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


kakkerlak

kakkerlak m (plural kakkerlakken, diminutive kakkerlakje n)

kakkerlakken (plural)
kakkerlakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kakkerlak

Berbice Creole Dutch: kakalaka

Negerhollands: kakerlaker, kakelak

desc

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kakalaka, kakaroachee (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: kakalaka

→ Lokono: kakalaka

→ Aukan: kakaaka

→ Caribbean Hindustani: calcattá

→ Danish: kakerlak

→ Indonesian: kakerlak

→ Papiamentu: kakalaka

→ Sranan Tongo: kakalaka

→ Saramaccan: ahalakpákpa

From kacker, a contemptuous term derived from kakken (“to shit, defecate”), and lacker (“talker, freeloader”), from likken (“to lick”), confused with an unrelated early Portuguese form cacalacca designating the insect. The Portuguese word has in turn been argued to be derived from a Caribbean word, which Spanish cucaracha and hence Englich cockroach also originate from.‘

(soccer, colloquial, often derogatory) supporter of Feyenoord


straal

nl-noun

straal m or f (plural stralen, diminutive straaltje n)

stralen (plural)
straaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: straal

→ Papiamentu: stral, straal

From Middle Dutch strâel, strâle, from Old Dutch strāla, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu.


gemsbok

gemsbok m (plural gemsbokken, diminutive gemsbokje n)

gemsbokken (plural)
gemsbokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gemsbok

→ English: gemsbok


inktvis

inktvis m (plural inktvissen, diminutive inktvisje n)

inktvissen (plural)
inktvisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: inkvis

Inktvis is een misleidende naam: het is helemaal geen vis, zelfs geen gewerveld dier, en inktvissen produceren ook geen echte inkt, al wordt er wel pasta sepia gekleurd met het goedje

"Inktvis" is a misleading name: it's not a fish at all, not even a vertebrate, and squids produce no actual ink either, although some pasta is colored sepia with the stuff

a squid, marine mollusk of the superorder Decabrachia or Decapodiformes or more generally (including octopuses) of the class Cephalopoda


hoornaar

hoornaar m (plural hoornaars, diminutive hoornaartje n)

hoornaars (plural)
hoornaartje (diminutive neuter)

By surface analysis, hoorn + -aar (perhaps referring to its antennae), but likely actually derived from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu, whence English hornet.


moer

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

moeren (plural)
moertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: moer (dated)

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


hengst

hengst m (plural hengsten, diminutive hengstje n)

hengsten (plural)
hengstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hings

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

Deze hengst heeft een uitstekende stamboom.

This stallion has an excellent pedigree.

stallion (male horse, especially uncastrated)

Hij gaf zijn aanvaller een geweldige hengst.

He gave his attacker an enormous wallop.

(metonymically) a very hard hit, like given by a angrily kicking stallion


kalf

kalf n (plural kalveren, diminutive kalfje n)

kalveren (plural)
kalfje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kalf

Jersey Dutch: käälv

Negerhollands: kalv, kalfi, calluf

From Middle Dutch calf, from Old Dutch calf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

a calf (young elephant; young deer; young of certain marine mammals)


gewei

gewei n (plural geweien, diminutive geweitje n)

geweien (plural)
geweitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gewei

→ West Frisian: gewei

Borrowed from German Geweih. Doublet of gewicht.

an antler or a set of antlers, the bony structure(s) on the head of deer, moose or other antilope species


baviaan

baviaan m (plural bavianen, diminutive baviaantje n)

bavianen (plural)
baviaantje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: babiana

→ German: Pavian (see there for further descendants)

From Middle Dutch baubijn, from Old French babuin, perhaps from baboe (“grimace”).
The spelling with -iaen (modern spelling: -iaan) first appears in the sixteenth century, becoming common in the seventeenth century, perhaps due to the Arminian controversy as a rhyme for arminiaan.


patrijs

patrijs f (plural patrijzen, diminutive patrijsje n)

patrijzen (plural)
patrijsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: patrys

→ West Frisian: patriis

From Middle Dutch patrise, from older partrise, from Old French pertriz, variant of perdriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Forms retaining the first r existed into the 17th century.

der

Perdix perdix
Perdix perdix#Translingual

(particularly) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)


hamel

nl-noun

hamel m (plural hamels, diminutive hameltje n)

hamels (plural)
hameltje (diminutive neuter)

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


everzwijn

nl-noun

everzwijn n (plural everzwijnen, diminutive everzwijntje n)

everzwijnen (plural)
everzwijntje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch everswijn. Equivalent to ever + zwijn.


wijfje

Het wijfje draagt een welp in haar bek.

The female animal carries a whelp in her mouth.


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.


pauw

pauw m (plural pauwen, diminutive pauwtje n)

pauwen (plural)
pauwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pou

Negerhollands: powwis

→ Munsee: páaw

→ Papiamentu: pòwis

From Middle Dutch pau, pauwe, from Old Dutch *pauwo, from Proto-Germanic *pāwô, from Latin pāvō, likely from Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs), of uncertain further origin.


aardworm

aardworm m (plural aardwormen, diminutive aardwormpje n)

aardwormen (plural)
aardwormpje (diminutive neuter)

From aarde + worm. Cognate to German Erdwurm.

an earthworm, the most common terrestrian worm species


marter

marter m (plural marters, diminutive martertje n)

marters (plural)
martertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch marter, borrowed from Old French martre, in turn borrowed from Frankish *marthar, from Proto-Germanic *marþraz.


lieveheersbeestje

Afrikaans: lieweheersbesie

→ West Frisian: leavehearsbistke

From Onze Lieve Heer (“our Dear Lord”) + beestje (“beast, animal”). Compare Russian бо́жья коро́вка (bóžʹja koróvka), Irish bóín Dé, Polish boża krówka.

ncog

бо́жья коро́вка

ladybird, ladybug, insectivore beetle of the family Coccinellidae


nachtegaal

nl-noun

nachtegaal m (plural nachtegalen, diminutive nachtegaaltje n)

nachtegalen (plural)
nachtegaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nagtegaal

desc

→ West Frisian: nachtegael, nachtegeal, nachtegeale

Inherited from Middle Dutch nachtegale, from Old Dutch *nahtagala, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigalā.

IN ITHACA ZINGEN DE NACHTEGALEN / boven de cederwouden bij de zee / die op de rotsen ruischt als aan cimbalen; / de sterren bloeien tot een wilde sneeuw.

1946, Anton van Wilderode, “Ivoor en brood”, in Dietsche Warande en Belfort, volume 91, page 2:

In Ithaca the nightingales sing / above the cedar woods at the sea / that rustles against the rocks as if against cymbals; / the stars bloom into a wild snow.

Luscinia megarhynchos
Luscinia megarhynchos#Translingual


goudvis

nl-noun

goudvis m (plural goudvissen, diminutive goudvisje n)

goudvissen (plural)
goudvisje (diminutive neuter)

Carassius auratus
Carassius auratus#Translingual


woerd

woerd m (plural woerden, diminutive woerdje n)

woerden (plural)
woerdje (diminutive neuter)

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


woerd

woerd f (plural woerden, diminutive woerdje n)

From Middle Dutch woert, either from Old Dutch *wurth, *wuorth or from Old Frisian wurth, from Proto-Germanic *wurþiz. Frisian origin might be suggested by the irregular -oe- and the fact that it is a coastal word. Cognate with German Wurt (“man-made hill”), Icelandic urð (“area covered by fallen rocks”).

cog

man-made hill or elevation (as used in low areas to protect farmhouses against flooding)


papegaaiduiker

nl-noun

papegaaiduiker m (plural papegaaiduikers, diminutive papegaaiduikertje n)

papegaaiduikers (plural)
papegaaiduikertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of papegaai (“parrot”) + duiker (“diver”).

com+

De zonderlinge snavel van den papegaaiduiker onderscheidt dezen vogel ten hoogste van de overige zeevogels, die de dorre klippen van het strand der noordsche zeeën bevolken.

1862, C. T. Winkler, Natuurlijke geschiedenis van het dierenrijk: zoogdieren en vogels, 2nd edition, volume VII, section 484:

The weird beak of the puffin distinguishes this bird in the utmost degree of the other seabirds, that populate the arid cliffs at the beachlines of the northern seas.

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica#Translingual

puffin (Fratercula arctica), a diving seabird with a coloured beak


paasei

nl-noun

paasei n (plural paaseieren, diminutive paaseitje n)

paaseieren (plural)
paaseitje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of Pasen (“Easter”) + ei (“egg”).

Easter egg (egg-shaped chocolate confection)


kiekendief

kiekendief m (plural kiekendieven, diminutive kiekendiefje n)

kiekendieven (plural)
kiekendiefje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: kääukendîf, kääukerdîf

Negerhollands: kikindif

From kieken (“chicken”) + dief (“thief”).

a harrier, predatory bird of the subfamily Circinae


berin

berin f (plural berinnen, diminutive berinnetje n)

berinnen (plural)
berinnetje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


roek

roek m (plural roeken, diminutive roekje n)

roeken (plural)
roekje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch roec, from Old Dutch *ruok, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōk, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz.

Corvus frugilegus
Corvus frugilegus#Translingual


teef

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

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

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

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


hommel

hommel f (plural hommels, diminutive hommeltje n)

hommels (plural)
hommeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hommel. Likely an onomatopoeic derivation from a verb and the archaic diminutive suffix -el (see Dutch -el).
Cognate with Middle Low German homel, Old High German humbal, German Hummel, West Frisian hommel, Middle English humbil, English humblebee, Norwegian humle, Swedish humla. See also hommelen, hommeles and German hummeln.


kraanvogel

kraanvogel m (plural kraanvogels, diminutive kraanvogeltje n)

kraanvogels (plural)
kraanvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

From kraan (“crane (bird)”) + vogel (“bird”).


vink

vink f or m (plural vinken, diminutive vinkje n)

vinken (plural)
vinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vink

From Middle Dutch vinke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *finkiz.

Fringilla coelebs
Fringilla coelebs#Translingual


mijt

mijt f (plural mijten, diminutive mijtje n)

mijten (plural)
mijtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch mite, from Old Dutch *mīta, from Proto-Germanic *mītōn.


roerei

roerei n (plural roereieren, diminutive roereitje n)

roereieren (plural)
roereitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: roereier

→ Papiamentu: webu rurònt

From roeren (“to stir, scramble”) + ei (“egg”), probably a calque of German Rührei.

compound

(countable) a serving of scrambled eggs; (uncountable) scrambled eggs


reu

nl-noun

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

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

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


pekari

nl-noun

pekari ? (plural pekari's, diminutive pekarietje n)

pekari's (plural)
pekarietje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Proto-Cariban *pakira. Doublet of pakira.


slak

slak f or m (plural slakken, diminutive slakje n)

slakken (plural)
slakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: slak

From Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch *slekki (attested in personal names), from Proto-Germanic *slikkō, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Schleek, German Low German Slacke, Slack (“snail”).


slak

From Middle Low German slagge, whence also German Schlacke, English slag. See the latter.

slag (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore)

hard, molten leftovers of burnt coal and other solid fuels


panter

panter m (plural panters, diminutive pantertje n)

panters (plural)
pantertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pantera, from Latin panthera, possibly via Middle French panthère.

Panthera pardus
Panthera pardus#Translingual


ulk

ulk m (plural ulken, diminutive ulkje n)

ulken (plural)
ulkje (diminutive neuter)

Related to Low German Ilk, German Iltis, of uncertain origin. Possibly from el- (“reddish, brownish”) + a word for "stench" found in wezel (“weasel”); or, possibly from ellende (“strangeness, misery”) + the suffix -iso, -wiso, meaning "strange being." Also compare Old English el- (“strange, else, other”).

cog

Maar de Kampenaars spreken niet meer van ulk, en bunsink zeggen ze ook niet, nee, ze duiden het beest met een kruisingsproduct van die beide namen aan: een bulsik!

1948, Herman Lambertus Bezoen, Taal en volk van Twente, section 16:

Jagen op deze roofdieren viel niet onder stroperij, want ulken waren zelf stropers, die het vooral gemunt hadden op de kippen van de keuterboertjes.

1972, G. J. van Roekel, De Gelderse Achterhoek in de negentiende eeuw: Heren en boeren, ambachtslieden en dagloners, stropers en huttemannen, section 107:

Vergeleken daarmee was de otter, al net zo door iedereen gehaat als zijn neefje de ulk, bepaald minder opvallend, want egaler van kleur, en met een minder sprekende snuit.

2009, Maarten t' Hart, Het psalmenoproer:

Hier nam het lot de gedaante van een ulk aan.

2012, A. L. Snijders, Ik leef aan de rand van de wereld:

Mustela putorius
Mustela putorius#Translingual

(Northern Netherlands, dialectal) European polecat (Mustela putorius)


zee-eend

nl-noun

zee-eend f (plural zee-eenden, diminutive zee-eendje n)

zee-eenden (plural)
zee-eendje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zee (“sea”) + eend (“duck”).


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


eiwit

eiwit n (plural eiwitten, diminutive eiwitje n)

eiwitten (plural)
eiwitje (diminutive neuter)

Coordinate term: eigeel

Het eiwit moet gescheiden worden van de dooier.

The egg white needs to be separated from the yolk.

Een meringue wordt gemaakt van geklopt eiwit.

A meringue is made from whipped egg white.

Ik heb drie eiwitten nodig voor dit recept.

I need three egg whites for this recipe.


rups

rups f (plural rupsen, diminutive rupsje n)

rupsen (plural)
rupsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ruspe

From Middle Dutch rupse, from earlier rupsene, from Proto-Germanic *rūpō and probably related to *raupijaną.
Related to German Raupe and West Frisian rûp.

caterpillar, metal alternative for a tire


stier

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

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

Afrikaans: stier

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

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


pitbull

pitbull m (plural pitbulls, diminutive pitbulletje n)

pitbulls (plural)
pitbulletje (diminutive neuter)


ruiter

ruiter m (plural ruiters, diminutive ruitertje n)

ruiters (plural)
ruitertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ruiter

→ German: Reuter

From Middle Dutch ruter, from Old French routier.


formicarium

formicarium n (plural formicaria, diminutive formicariumpje n)

formicaria (plural)
formicariumpje (diminutive neuter)


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.


duiker

duiker m (plural duikers, diminutive duikertje n, feminine duikster)

duikers (plural)
duikertje (diminutive neuter)
duikster (feminine)

desctree

Afrikaans: duiker
→ English: duiker, duyker
→ Irish: dícear

→ Papiamentu: deik

From Middle Dutch dukere. Equivalent to duiken (“to dive”) + -er.

a loon (N-Am) or diver (UK), waterbird of the order Gaviiformes

a duiker, antelope of the subfamily Cephalophinae


edelhert

nl-noun

edelhert n (plural edelherten, diminutive edelhertje n)

edelherten (plural)
edelhertje (diminutive neuter)

From edel + hert, calque of German Edelhirsch.

Cervus elaphus
Cervus elaphus#Translingual


bruine rat

bruine rat f (plural bruine ratten, diminutive bruin ratje n)

bruine ratten (plural)
bruin ratje (diminutive neuter)

Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus#Translingual


taling

taling m (plural talingen, diminutive talinkje n)

talingen (plural)
talinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch talinc, from Proto-Germanic *tailijaz, of unknown ultimate origin, with no cognates outside of Germanic. English teal is a cognate.

unk

unknown

De taling at mijn paling.

teal, one of certain small ducks of the genera Anas and Spatula


platvis

nl-noun

platvis m (plural platvissen, diminutive platvisje n)

platvissen (plural)
platvisje (diminutive neuter)

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


primaat

primaat m (plural primaten, diminutive primaatje n)

primaten (plural)
primaatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: primaat

primate, any member of the order Primates


kraak

kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

kraken (plural)
kraakje (diminutive neuter)


lijster

lijster f (plural lijsters, diminutive lijstertje n)

lijsters (plural)
lijstertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: lijster (dated)

From Middle Dutch lijstre (“thrush”), from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *lī(h)strō, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (“to move about”) or possibly related to Ancient Greek λιγύς (ligús, “shrill, piercing”). Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands suggests a borrowing from a substrate language because of the word's local range.

cog

a thrush, one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae


kuiken

nl-noun

kuiken n (plural kuikens, diminutive kuikentje n)

kuikens (plural)
kuikentje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: kääukötśe (from the diminutive)

desc

Negerhollands: kikentje, kikkentje, kikintśi, kikinsji (from the diminutive)

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kinkinsti (dated)

From Middle Dutch kuken, kiken, from Old Dutch *kiukīn, originally from Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn.

chick, the hatched young of a bird, especially fowl


uilskuiken

nl-noun

uilskuiken n (plural uilskuikens, diminutive uilskuikentje n)

uilskuikens (plural)
uilskuikentje (diminutive neuter)


parelhoen

parelhoen n (plural parelhoenders, diminutive parelhoentje n)

parelhoenders (plural)
parelhoentje (diminutive neuter)

From parel (“pearl(y)”) + hoen (“fowl”), so called after its white-dotted plumage.

a guinea fowl, any fowl of the family Numididae


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.

Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes platessa#Translingual

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


doffer

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

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

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


ruigpootuil

ruigpootuil m or f (plural ruigpootuilen, diminutive ruigpootuiltje n)

ruigpootuilen (plural)
ruigpootuiltje (diminutive neuter)

Aegolius funereus
Aegolius funereus#Translingual

boreal owl (US, Canada), Tengmalm's owl (Aegolius funereus)


ezelsveulen

ezelsveulen n (plural ezelsveulens, diminutive ezelsveulentje n)

ezelsveulens (plural)
ezelsveulentje (diminutive neuter)

From ezel (“donkey, ass”) + -s- (genitive interfix) + veulen (“foal”).

af

(figuratively) ass, utter idiot, hopeless fool


veulen

nl-noun

veulen n (plural veulens, diminutive veulentje n)

veulens (plural)
veulentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch volen, from Old Dutch *folīn, from Proto-Germanic *fulīną, from *fulô, cognate with English foal, German Fohlen.

a foal, the young of any equine and some other quadrupeds, either colt (male) or filly (female); unless specified, usually a horse's

(figuratively) a young person, especially behaving naively; fool


hengstveulen

hengstveulen n (plural hengstveulens, diminutive hengstveulentje n)

hengstveulens (plural)
hengstveulentje (diminutive neuter)


bosuil

bosuil m or f (plural bosuilen, diminutive bosuiltje n)

bosuilen (plural)
bosuiltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch boschule. By surface analysis, bos (“forest”) + uil (“owl”).


zwarte specht

nl-noun

zwarte specht m (plural zwarte spechten, diminutive zwart spechtje n)

zwarte spechten (plural)
zwart spechtje (diminutive neuter)

2015, Willem van Manen, "De zwarte specht", Caspar Janssen, In de ban van het beest. Nederlandse dieren door de ogen van hun kenners.
De aanleiding om nestonderzoek te doen bij zwarte spechten was dat ik begon te twijfelen aan de hoge aantallen die overal werden geteld, ook door mijzelf.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Dryocopus martius
Dryocopus martius#Translingual


ganzerik

ganzerik m (plural ganzeriken, diminutive ganzerikje n)

ganzeriken (plural)
ganzerikje (diminutive neuter)

A calque from early modern German Gänserich.


zeekat

zeekat f (plural zeekatten, diminutive zeekatje n)

zeekatten (plural)
zeekatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seekat

a cuttlefish, a 10-armed predatory marine mollusc


monniksgier

monniksgier m (plural monniksgieren, diminutive monniksgiertje n)

monniksgieren (plural)
monniksgiertje (diminutive neuter)

From monnik (“monk”) + -s- + gier (“vulture”).

affix

Aegypius monachus
Aegypius monachus#Translingual


zijdevlinder

nl-noun

zijdevlinder m (plural zijdevlinders, diminutive zijdevlindertje n)

zijdevlinders (plural)
zijdevlindertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zijde (“silk”) + vlinder (“butterfly”).

domestic silkmoth (Bombyx mori); the butterfly species commonly used for silk production


alikruik

alikruik f (plural alikruiken, diminutive alikruikje n)

alikruiken (plural)
alikruikje (diminutive neuter)


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


wild zwijn

wild zwijn n (plural wilde zwijnen, diminutive wild zwijntje n)

wilde zwijnen (plural)
wild zwijntje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌʋɪlt ˈzʋɛi̯n/

Literally, “wild pig”. Compare German Wildschwein.


merrie

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

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

Afrikaans: merrie

Negerhollands: merri, mėri

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

nachtmerrie

not related, but connected through folk etymology


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)


sprinkhaan

sprinkhaan m (plural sprinkhanen, diminutive sprinkhaantje n)

sprinkhanen (plural)
sprinkhaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sprinkaan

Berbice Creole Dutch: springhan

Jersey Dutch: spränghân, spränghântśe (from the diminutive)

Negerhollands: springhaen

From springen (“to jump”) + haan (“cock”).

locust, grasshopper, insect of the suborder Caelifera or infraorder Acrididea


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.


kreeft

kreeft f (plural kreeften, diminutive kreeftje n)

kreeften (plural)
kreeftje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kreef

Negerhollands: kreeft, greef

→ Papiamentu: kref, kreeft

From Middle Dutch crevet, creeft, from Old Dutch *krevit, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz. Akin to German Krebs and Swedish kräfta.

lobster, crayfish, used of certain members of the Pleocyemata


schorpioen

schorpioen m (plural schorpioenen, diminutive schorpioentje n)

schorpioenen (plural)
schorpioentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skerpioen

→ Papiamentu: skorpioen, schorpioen (dated)

From Middle Dutch scorpioen, from Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

(zoology) a scorpion, an arachnid with a venomous sting of the order Scorpiones

a European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)

European mole cricket
European mole cricket

a certain weed; shortened from the derived term schorpioenkruid

a scourge, a flail with sharp ends used for flogging


zeeleeuw

zeeleeuw m (plural zeeleeuwen, diminutive zeeleeuwtje n)

zeeleeuwen (plural)
zeeleeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seeleeu

Compound of zee (“sea”) + leeuw (“lion”) (as the male appears maned).

the sea lion, a seal species, member of the Otariidae family


zeug

zeug f (plural zeugen, diminutive zeugje n)

zeugen (plural)
zeugje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sog

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


oorworm

oorworm m (plural oorwormen, diminutive oorwormpje n)

oorwormen (plural)
oorwormpje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of oor (“ear”) + worm (“worm, critter”).


zeehond

zeehond m (plural zeehonden, diminutive zeehondje n)

zeehonden (plural)
zeehondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seehond

→ Indonesian: anjing laut (calque)

From Middle Dutch seehont. By surface analysis, zee (“sea”) + hond (“hound, dog”).
Middle Dutch seehont, is possibly an alteration of seelhont (literally “seal-hound, seal-dog”), from seel (“seal”), from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Compare Low German Saalhund (“seal”).


moerasschildpad

nl-noun

moerasschildpad f (plural moerasschildpadden, diminutive moerasschildpadje n)

moerasschildpadden (plural)
moerasschildpadje (diminutive neuter)

From moeras (“swamp”) + schildpad (“turtle”).

pond turtle, terrapin (emydid turtle species)


haringhaai

haringhaai m (plural haringhaaien, diminutive haringhaaitje n)

haringhaaien (plural)
haringhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɦaːrɪŋɦaːi̯/

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


bloedzuiger

nl-noun

bloedzuiger m (plural bloedzuigers, diminutive bloedzuigertje n)

bloedzuigers (plural)
bloedzuigertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bloetsuger. Equivalent to bloed (“blood”) + zuiger (“sucker”). Cognate to Icelandic blóðsuga (“leech”).

(zoology) a leech, blood-sucking annelid


karper

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


bruinvis

bruinvis m (plural bruinvissen, diminutive bruinvisje n)

bruinvissen (plural)
bruinvisje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bruunvisch. Equivalent to bruin (“brown”) + vis (“fish”). Compare West Frisian brúnfisk.

any porpoise, marine mammal of the family Phocoenidae (certain small cetacean)

Phocoena phocoena
Phocoena phocoena#Translingual


zwaardwalvis

zwaardwalvis m (plural zwaardwalvissen, diminutive zwaardwalvisje n)

zwaardwalvissen (plural)
zwaardwalvisje (diminutive neuter)

From zwaard (“sword”) + walvis (“whale”).


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

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.


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.


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’.


ork

nl-noun

ork m (plural orken, diminutive orkje n)

orken (plural)
orkje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French orque, from Latin orca.

(dated) Synonym of orka (“killer whale, orca”)


waterhond

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)).

der

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.


mensaap

mensaap m (plural mensapen, diminutive mensaapje n)

mensapen (plural)
mensaapje (diminutive neuter)

ape, any member of the superfamily Hominoidea


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

eider (Somateria mollissima, a duck species)


secretaris

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”).


kokmeeuw

nl-noun

kokmeeuw f (plural kokmeeuwen, diminutive kokmeeuwtje n)

kokmeeuwen (plural)
kokmeeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

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

Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Chroicocephalus ridibundus#Translingual

black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)


tjiftjaf

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

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

Coordinate term: fitis

Phylloscopus collybita
Phylloscopus collybita#Translingual


mangoeste

mangoeste f (plural mangoesten, diminutive mangoestje n)

mangoesten (plural)
mangoestje (diminutive neuter)

mongoose, any member of the family Herpestidae


kiek

kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

kieken (plural)
kiekje (diminutive neuter)

(birdwatching slang) Clipping of kiekendief.


kasuaris

kasuaris m (plural kasuarissen, diminutive kasuarisje n)

kasuarissen (plural)
kasuarisje (diminutive neuter)


koningspinguïn

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

koningspinguïns (plural)
koningspinguïntje (diminutive neuter)
koningspinguïnnetje (diminutive neuter)

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus#Translingual


ezelspinguïn

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

ezelspinguïns (plural)
ezelspinguïntje (diminutive neuter)
ezelspinguïnnetje (diminutive neuter)

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

com+

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua#Translingual


keizerspinguïn

nl-noun

keizerspinguïn m (plural keizerspinguïns, diminutive keizerspinguïntje n or keizerspinguïnnetje n)

keizerspinguïns (plural)
keizerspinguïntje (diminutive neuter)
keizerspinguïnnetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of 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


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


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


aarsmade

aarsmade f (plural aarsmaden, diminutive aarsmadetje n)

aarsmaden (plural)
aarsmadetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of aars (“arse, anus”) + made (“maggot”).

com+

The parasitic threadworm or pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis), which lives in human intestines.


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


sultanshoen

nl-noun

sultanshoen n (plural sultanshoenders, diminutive sultanshoentje n)

sultanshoenders (plural)
sultanshoentje (diminutive neuter)

Porphyrio porphyrio
Porphyrio porphyrio#Translingual

Synonym of purperkoet (“sultana bird (Porphyrio porphyrio)”)


steenuil

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

jaybird (Garrulus glandarius), a woodland corvine species


blauwe vinvis

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

blauwe vinvissen (plural)
blauw vinvisje (diminutive neuter)

Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera musculus#Translingual


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.


meikever

nl-noun

meikever m (plural meikevers, diminutive meikevertje n)

meikevers (plural)
meikevertje (diminutive neuter)

Melolontha melolontha
Wikispecies: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)


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

Baltic macoma, Baltic clam, Baltic tellin (Limecola balthica syn. Macoma balthica)


barbeel

barbeel m (plural barbelen, diminutive barbeeltje n)

barbelen (plural)
barbeeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch barbeel, from Old French barbel.


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)


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.


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


lepelaar

nl-noun

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

Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)


makaak

makaak m (plural makaken, diminutive makaakje n)

makaken (plural)
makaakje (diminutive neuter)

macaque (any monkey of the genus Macaca)


bidsprinkhaan

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


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) robin (Erithacus rubecula)

gekraagde roodstaart
gekraagde roodstaart#Dutch

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


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”).

a fish species commonly used for the above


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


sardien

nl-noun

sardien f (plural sardienen, diminutive sardientje n)

sardienen (plural)
sardientje (diminutive neuter)

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


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


visarend

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


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.


visotter

visotter m (plural visotters, diminutive visottertje n)

visotters (plural)
visottertje (diminutive neuter)


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


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


coloradokever

nl-noun

coloradokever m (plural coloradokevers, diminutive coloradokevertje n)

coloradokevers (plural)
coloradokevertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of Colorado + kever, probably a calque of English Colorado beetle.

Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Leptinotarsa decemlineata#Translingual

potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)


poolbeer

poolbeer m (plural poolberen, diminutive poolbeertje n)

poolberen (plural)
poolbeertje (diminutive neuter)

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


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/


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.


mandril

Probably borrowed from French mandrill (first attested in Dutch translations of Buffon), from English mandrill.

Mandrillus sphinx
Mandrillus sphinx#Translingual


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”).

com+

Merops apiaster
Merops apiaster#Translingual

(particularly) European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)


zeboe

nl-noun

zeboe m (plural zeboes, diminutive zeboetje n)

zeboes (plural)
zeboetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: sébu


vuurvlieg

vuurvlieg f (plural vuurvliegen, diminutive vuurvliegje n)

vuurvliegen (plural)
vuurvliegje (diminutive neuter)

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


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/


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)

Coordinate term: tjiftjaf

Phylloscopus trochilus
Phylloscopus trochilus#Translingual


torenvalk

torenvalk m (plural torenvalken, diminutive torenvalkje n)

torenvalken (plural)
torenvalkje (diminutive neuter)

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual


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


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”) (from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ) and *hūfi (“hive”).
Cognate with English houve and hive.

der

canvas wrapped around a prairie schooner or other covered wagon


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”).

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”).


wandelende tak

nl-noun

wandelende tak m (plural wandelende takken)


melkslang

melkslang f (plural melkslangen, diminutive melkslangetje n)

melkslangen (plural)
melkslangetje (diminutive neuter)


ringslang

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

ringslangen (plural)
ringslangetje (diminutive neuter)


koningscobra

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

koningscobra's (plural)
koningscobraatje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of koning (“king”) + -s- + cobra (“cobra”).

com+

Ophiophagus hannah
Ophiophagus hannah#Translingual


korenslang

nl-noun

korenslang c (plural korenslangen, diminutive korenslangetje n)

korenslangen (plural)
korenslangetje (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)


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


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


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


blesbok

blesbok m (plural blesbokken, diminutive blesbokje n)

blesbokken (plural)
blesbokje (diminutive neuter)


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


tureluur

tureluur m (plural tureluurs, diminutive tureluurtje n)

tureluurs (plural)
tureluurtje (diminutive neuter)

Tringa totanus
Tringa totanus#Translingual


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


aasgier

aasgier m (plural aasgieren, diminutive aasgiertje n)

aasgieren (plural)
aasgiertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of aas (“carrion”) + gier (“vulture”).

com+

Neophron percnopterus
Neophron percnopterus#Translingual

Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)


longvis

nl-noun

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.


werkster

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

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


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)


kattenjong

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


knobbelzwaan

nl-noun

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”).


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).


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”).


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) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)


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

European herring gull (Larus argentatus)


witkopmeeuw

witkopmeeuw f (plural witkopmeeuwen, diminutive witkopmeeuwtje n)

witkopmeeuwen (plural)
witkopmeeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

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


hertenbok

nl-noun

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)

Danais plexippus
Wikispecies:Danais plexippus


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)


oehoe

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

oehoe's (plural)
oehoetje (diminutive neuter)


schuttersvis

schuttersvis m (plural schuttersvissen, diminutive schuttersvisje n)

schuttersvissen (plural)
schuttersvisje (diminutive neuter)

largescale archerfish
largescale archerfish

archerfish, specifically largescale archerfish


boommarter

boommarter m (plural boommarters, diminutive boommartertje n)

boommarters (plural)
boommartertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of boom (“tree”) + marter (“marten”).

com+

Martes martes
Martes martes#Translingual


steenmarter

nl-noun

steenmarter m (plural steenmarters, diminutive steenmartertje n)

steenmarters (plural)
steenmartertje (diminutive neuter)

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


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”).

Synonym of steenmarter (“beech marten (Martes foina)”)


kokako

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

kokako's (plural)
kokakootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kokako, from Maori kōkako.


kriek

kriek f (plural krieken, diminutive kriekje n)

krieken (plural)
kriekje (diminutive neuter)

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

(Suriname) burnished-buff tanager (Tangara cayana)


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”).


minivarken

nl-noun

minivarken n (plural minivarkens, diminutive minivarkentje n)

minivarkens (plural)
minivarkentje (diminutive neuter)


kobbe

Uncertain. Perhaps referring to an animal with a thick, round body, in which probably from the same source as Old Norse kobbi (“seal”), which see. Compare English cob (“male swan”) and dialectal German Koppe (“crow”).

(Groningen, dialectal) European herring gull (Larus argentatus)


dikhoornschaap

dikhoornschaap n (plural dikhoornschapen, diminutive dikhoornschaapje n)

dikhoornschapen (plural)
dikhoornschaapje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dik (“thick”) + hoorn (“horn”) + schaap (“sheep”).

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Ovis canadensis
Ovis canadensis#Translingual


nachtvlinder

nl-noun

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)

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

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(particularly) common murre (Uria aalge)


stinkmarter

nl-noun

stinkmarter m (plural stinkmarters, diminutive stinkmartertje n)

stinkmarters (plural)
stinkmartertje (diminutive neuter)

From stinken (“to stink”) + marter (“marten”).

compound

Marters? Marters? Wij hebben geen stinkmarters nodig!
Martens? Martens? We don't need no stinkin' polecats!

Veel bekender is de bunzing of stinkmarter, die trouwens heel wat locale benamingen heeft.

1926 April 10, “Allerlei: Otter en bunzing”, in De Zeeuw. Christelijk-historisch nieuwsblad voor Zeeland, section 2:

Much more famous is the polecat or fitch, that has a lot of local names by the way.

Nertz. Deze zeer kostbare bontsoort is afkomstig van de stinkmarter.

1956 March 29, “ADAT A.B.C (31)”, in Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, page 21:

Mink pelt. This very valuable type of fur comes from the polecat.

'Zij doet niets anders,' zei de vent die heel dicht de aard van de stinkmarter genaakte.

2010, Pjeroo Roobjee, Een mismaakt gouvernment:

'She doesn't do anything else,' said the guy who approached the nature of the foumart very closely.

Mustela putorius
Mustela putorius#Translingual

(uncommon) European polecat (Mustela putorius)


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.


mannetjeskat

mannetjeskat m (plural mannetjeskatten, diminutive mannetjeskatje n)

mannetjeskatten (plural)
mannetjeskatje (diminutive neuter)


vrouwtjeskat

vrouwtjeskat f (plural vrouwtjeskatten, diminutive vrouwtjeskatje n)

vrouwtjeskatten (plural)
vrouwtjeskatje (diminutive neuter)


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


zevenslaper

nl-noun

zevenslaper m (plural zevenslapers, diminutive zevenslapertje n)

zevenslapers (plural)
zevenslapertje (diminutive neuter)

After the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. Originally a univerbation; equivalent to zeven + slaper.


relmuis

relmuis f (plural relmuizen, diminutive relmuisje n)

relmuizen (plural)
relmuisje (diminutive neuter)


visstick

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”).


dwergpinguïn

nl-noun

dwergpinguïn m (plural dwergpinguïns, diminutive dwergpinguïntje n or dwergpinguïnnetje n)

dwergpinguïns (plural)
dwergpinguïntje (diminutive neuter)
dwergpinguïnnetje (diminutive neuter)

Eudyptula minor
Eudyptula minor#Translingual


neusbeer

neusbeer m (plural neusberen, diminutive neusbeertje n)

neusberen (plural)
neusbeertje (diminutive neuter)

coati, procyonid of the genera Nasua or Nasuella


koebeest

koebeest n (plural koebeesten, diminutive koebeestje n)

koebeesten (plural)
koebeestje (diminutive neuter)

(now chiefly Belgium) cow, female bovine


zeearend

zeearend m (plural zeearenden, diminutive zeearendje n)

zeearenden (plural)
zeearendje (diminutive neuter)

Haliaeetus albicilla
Haliaeetus albicilla#Translingual

white-tailed eagle, sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla, species or individual)


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


boomkikker

boomkikker m (plural boomkikkers, diminutive boomkikkertje n)

boomkikkers (plural)
boomkikkertje (diminutive neuter)

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

com+

tree frog, any frog of the family Hylidae


lekkerbekje

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