kiwi

nl-noun

kiwi m (plural kiwi's, diminutive kiwietje n)

kiwi's (plural)
kiwietje (diminutive neuter)


gans

gans f (plural ganzen, diminutive gansje n)

ganzen (plural)
gansje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gans

→ Xhosa: urhanisi

→ Zulu: ihansi

Jersey Dutch: xânz

Negerhollands: gans

→ Lokono: kansa

→ Caribbean Hindustani: hans

→ Papiamentu: gans (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: gansi

→ Aukan: gansi

→ Saramaccan: gánsi

From Middle Dutch gans (alongside gōs, gās), from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

a goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae, especially of the subfamily Anserinae excepting the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba; in non-scientific usage the term may be applied to larger waterfowl of the Anatidae who do not belong to the Anserinae


dodo

dodo m (plural dodo's, diminutive dodootje n)

dodo's (plural)
dodootje (diminutive neuter)

Raphus cucullatus
Raphus cucullatus#Translingual


keep

keep m (plural kepen, diminutive keepje n)

kepen (plural)
keepje (diminutive neuter)

Unknown, but possibly related to German Kepf (“bird of prey”).
West Frisian keepfink (“bramblefinch”) is likely an adapted borrowing of the Dutch.

Fringilla montifringilla
Fringilla montifringilla#Translingual


raaf

raaf m or f (plural raven, diminutive raafje n)

raven (plural)
raafje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: raaf

→ Sranan Tongo: rafru

From Middle Dutch rāve, formed by rebracketing from the older singular form rāven which was reinterpreted as a plural; the singular raven (plural ravens or ravenen) persisted in some dialects until at least the eighteenth century, well beyond the Middle Dutch period. The Middle Dutch furthermore descends from Old Dutch ravan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.


ekster

ekster m (plural eksters, diminutive ekstertje n)

eksters (plural)
ekstertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ekster

From Middle Dutch egestre, exter, from Old Dutch *agastra, from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā.


putter

putter m (plural putters, diminutive puttertje n)

putters (plural)
puttertje (diminutive neuter)

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

a European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


mus

mus f (plural mussen, diminutive musje n)

mussen (plural)
musje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mossie

→ Papiamentu: mùs

From Middle Dutch mussche, from Old Dutch musca, from Latin muscio, derived from musca (“fly”).
Cognate with Limburgish mösj, Central Franconian Mösch, Mesch, Luxembourgish Mësch.

sparrow, bird of the family Passeridae, especially of the genus Passer and a few smaller genera


ei

ei n (plural eieren, diminutive eitje n)

eieren (plural)
eitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eier

Berbice Creole Dutch: airi

Jersey Dutch: āi

Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju

From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Ik heb een ei gebakken voor het ontbijt.

Pasen is een feest waarbij veel eieren worden geschilderd.

Easter is a festival where many eggs are painted.

In deze doos zitten twaalf eieren.


flamingo

flamingo m (plural flamingo's, diminutive flamingootje n)

flamingo's (plural)
flamingootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: flamink

Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo, from Old Occitan flamenc, which derives either from Latin flamma (“flame”), after the color of its plumage, or (less likely) from Middle Dutch vlaminc, after their ruddy skin color (compare Spanish flamenco).

a flamingo, bird of the family Phoenicopteridae


galah

galah m (plural galahs, diminutive galahtje n)

galahs (plural)
galahtje (diminutive neuter)


frater

frater m (plural fraters, diminutive fratertje n)

fraters (plural)
fratertje (diminutive neuter)

Linaria flavirostris
Linaria flavirostris#Translingual

a twite (Linaria flavirostris, syn. Carduelis flavirostris)


hop

hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)

hoppen (plural)
hopje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hoppe, ultimately from Latin upupa (“hoopoe”), which may have been borrowed through Old French huppe.

hoopoe, the species Upupa epops or an individual of this species


hen

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

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


hen

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

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

Afrikaans: hen

Jersey Dutch: hän

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

a female of the species of birds brooding on the ground


hen

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

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

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


kip

kip f (plural kippen, diminutive kippetje n or kipje n)

kippen (plural)
kippetje (diminutive neuter)
kipje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: kip (archaic)

→ Loup A: kipkip

→ Mohawk: kítkit

→ Oneida: kítkit

→ Mohegan-Pequot: kikipus

Nederlandsche vogelen
Nicoline van der Sijs

Possibly from an imitative birdcall. Not found in Middle Dutch or other Germanic languages. Displaced the older term hen in northern Dutch around the 18th century.
The policeman sense might be from French "poulet", refering to police station in Paris that was built over a former farm.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(chiefly Netherlands) a chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus


trap

nl-noun

trap f (plural trappen, diminutive trapje n)

trappen (plural)
trapje (diminutive neuter)

From German Trappe, from Polish drop or Czech drop.


eend

eend f (plural eenden, diminutive eendje n)

eenden (plural)
eendje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eend

Jersey Dutch: êntśe (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch ent, eent, from Old Dutch ened, from Proto-West Germanic *anad, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Cognate with German Ente.
The sense “Citroën 2CV” is shared with German Ente.

Coordinate term: woerd

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


stern

stern m (plural sterns or sternen, diminutive sterntje n)

sterns (plural)
sternen (plural)
sterntje (diminutive neuter)

Possibly cognate with Latin sturnus (“starling”).


albatros

albatros m (plural albatrossen, diminutive albatrosje n)

albatrossen (plural)
albatrosje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English albatross, from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz.

albatross, seabird of the family Diomedeidae


gent

gent m (plural genten, diminutive gentje n)

genten (plural)
gentje (diminutive neuter)

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


gent

De genten vormen een familie in de orde der Suliformes.

The Sulidae constitute a family in the Suliformes order.


kea

kea m (plural kea's, diminutive keaatje n)

kea's (plural)
keaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kea, from Maori kea.

Nestor notabilis
Nestor notabilis#Translingual


omelet

omelet f (plural omeletten, diminutive omeletje n)

omeletten (plural)
omeletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: òmelèt


moa

Borrowed from English moa, from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa.

moa (extinct bird of the family Dinornithidae)


eider

eider m (plural eiders, diminutive eidertje n)

eiders (plural)
eidertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Icelandic æðr or German Eider, the latter also derives from Icelandic.


quetzal

quetzal m (plural quetzals, diminutive quetzaltje n)

quetzals (plural)
quetzaltje (diminutive neuter)

From Spanish quetzal, from Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“brightly colored tail feather, quetzal feather”).


trogon

nl-noun

trogon m (plural trogons, diminutive trogonnetje n)

trogons (plural)
trogonnetje (diminutive neuter)


Vlaamse gaai

Vlaamse gaai m (plural Vlaamse gaaien, diminutive Vlaams gaaitje n)

Vlaamse gaaien (plural)
Vlaams gaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual


ara

ara m (plural ara's, diminutive araatje n)

ara's (plural)
araatje (diminutive neuter)


specht

specht m (plural spechten, diminutive spechtje n)

spechten (plural)
spechtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch specht, from Old Dutch *speht, from Proto-West Germanic *spiht, from Proto-Germanic *spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk-.


kakapo

kakapo m (plural kakapo's, diminutive kakapootje n)

kakapo's (plural)
kakapootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kakapo, from Maori kākāpō.

Strigops habroptila
Strigops habroptila#Translingual


piel

piel m (plural pielen, diminutive pieltje n)

pielen (plural)
pieltje (diminutive neuter)


aalscholver

aalscholver m (plural aalscholvers, diminutive aalscholvertje n)

aalscholvers (plural)
aalscholvertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of aal (“eel”) + scholver (“cormorant”).


haan

haan m (plural hanen, diminutive haantje n)

hanen (plural)
haantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haan

Berbice Creole Dutch: han

Jersey Dutch: hân

Negerhollands: haan

Petjo: chaan

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


kraan

kraan m (plural kranen, diminutive kraantje n)

kranen (plural)
kraantje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: kren

From Middle Dutch crāne, from Old Dutch *crano, from Proto-West Germanic *kranō, from Proto-Germanic *kranô. The senses “tap” and “crane” as a machine are both based on resemblance with the bird's neck.

(obsolete) Synonym of kraanvogel (“crane (bird)”)


snor

snor m (plural snorren, diminutive snorretje n)

snorren (plural)
snorretje (diminutive neuter)

Locustella luscinioides
Locustella luscinioides#Translingual

Savi's warbler (Locustella luscinioides)


duif

duif f (plural duiven, diminutive duifje n, masculine doffer or duiver)

duiven (plural)
duifje (diminutive neuter)
doffer (masculine)
duiver (masculine)

Afrikaans: duif

Negerhollands: dufje, difi, diffie

→ Sranan Tongo: doifi

From Middle Dutch duve, from Old Dutch dūva, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

a pigeon, dove, bird of the family Columbidae


kemphaan

kemphaan m (plural kemphanen, diminutive kemphaantje n)

kemphanen (plural)
kemphaantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: kepanki

Philomachus pugnax
Philomachus pugnax#Translingual

ruff (Calidris pugnax syn. Philomachus pugnax)


snip

snip f (plural snippen, diminutive snipje n)

snippen (plural)
snipje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: snip

→ Papiamentu: snepi, snèpi

→ Sranan Tongo: snepi

From Middle Dutch snippe, ultimately from the root of snavel (“beak”).

a snipe or woodcock, thin-beaked bird of the genera Gallinago, Scolopax, Lymnocryptes, Limnodromus and Coenocorypha


topper

topper m (plural toppers, diminutive toppertje n)

toppers (plural)
toppertje (diminutive neuter)

From top + -er.
The bird name is generally taken to derive from the noun top ("top"), not the adjective top ("great, amazing"). Some have instead adduced the dialectal word dobber (referring to both the greater scaup and the tufted duck), which was apparently current in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen at some point, with devoicing of both d- (to t-) and -bb- (to -pp-) yielding this form.

Aythya marila
Aythya marila#Translingual


burgemeester

burgemeester m (plural burgemeesters, feminine burgemeesteres)

burgemeesters (plural)
burgemeesteres (feminine)

Afrikaans: burgemeester

→ English: burgomaster

→ French: bourgmestre

From Middle Dutch borchmeester, borgermeester. Corresponding to either a compound of burg (“burgh, town”) or burger (“citizen”) + meester (“master”).

kleine burgemeester
kleine burgemeester#Dutch

Synonym of kleine burgemeester (“Larus glaucoides”)

grote burgemeester
grote burgemeester#Dutch

Synonym of grote burgemeester (“Larus hyperboreus”)


valk

valk f or m (plural valken, diminutive valkje n)

valken (plural)
valkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: valk

From Middle Dutch valke, from Old Dutch *falco, from Proto-West Germanic *falkō, from Proto-Germanic *falkô.

a falcon, bird of the family Falconidae, in particular of the genus Falco


uil

uil m or f (plural uilen, diminutive uiltje n)

uilen (plural)
uiltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: uil

→ Caribbean Hindustani: ullu

From Middle Dutch ule, from Old Dutch *ūwila, *ūwala, *ūla, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ, diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ.

onomatopoeic

imitative

's Avonds zitten er uilen in de boom bij de buren.

In the evening there are owls in the neighbours' tree.


arend

nl-noun

arend m (plural arenden, diminutive arendje n)

arenden (plural)
arendje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: arend

Negerhollands: arend

From Middle Dutch aernt, from earlier aren, from Old Dutch *aro, from Proto-West Germanic *arō, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

eagle, large bird of prey of the family Accipitridae


merel

merel m (plural merels, diminutive mereltje n)

merels (plural)
mereltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch merle, meerle, from Old Dutch *merla, from Latin merula. Compare Luxembourgish Märel, regional German Merle.

Turdus merula
Turdus merula#Translingual


ooievaar

ooievaar m (plural ooievaars or ooievaren, diminutive ooievaartje n)

ooievaars (plural)
ooievaren (plural)
ooievaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ooievaar

From Middle Dutch odevare. Related to Low German adebar, West Frisian earrebarre, all possibly from Proto-Germanic *ōdaborǭ or *ōdaborą.

Ciconia ciconia
Ciconia ciconia#Translingual

(particularly) white stork (Ciconia ciconia)


kaka

kaka m (plural kaka's, diminutive kakaatje n)

kaka's (plural)
kakaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kaka, from Maori kākā.

Nestor meridionalis
Nestor meridionalis#Translingual


tiran

tiran m (plural tirannen, diminutive tirannetje n)

tirannen (plural)
tirannetje (diminutive neuter)

(NL)

From Latin tyrannus (“monarch, ruler; tyrant”), itself from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”). The sense "tyrant flycatcher" corresponds to the taxonomic family name, translingual Tyrannidae; more at tyrant flycatcher.

der

a tyrant flycatcher, any bird of the family Tyrannidae


alk

nl-noun

alk f (plural alken, diminutive alkje n)

alken (plural)
alkje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Swedish alka, another Scandinavian language or translingual Alca.


kluut

kluut m (plural kluten, diminutive kluutje n)

kluten (plural)
kluutje (diminutive neuter)

Onomatopoeic, after its call. Forms with -ui- arose through regular sound change, but have been superseded by the older form with -uu-, which is truer to the bird's actual call.

Recurvirostra avosetta
Recurvirostra avosetta#Translingual


kanarie

kanarie m (plural kanaries, diminutive kanarietje n)

kanaries (plural)
kanarietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kanari

→ Sranan Tongo: kanari

→ Kari'na: kanari

Borrowed from French canari, from Spanish canario.

Serinus canaria
Serinus canaria#Translingual

(particularly) Atlantic canary, common canary (Serinus canaria)


roerdomp

roerdomp m (plural roerdompen, diminutive roerdompje n)

roerdompen (plural)
roerdompje (diminutive neuter)

Probably borrowed from Middle Low German rōrdump.

Botaurus stellaris
Botaurus stellaris#Translingual

great bittern, Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris)


emoe

Borrowed from English emu, probably from Portuguese ema.

Dromaius novaehollandiae
Dromaius novaehollandiae#Translingual


koekoek

koekoek m (plural koekoeken, diminutive koekoekje n)

koekoeken (plural)
koekoekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koekoek

From Middle Dutch coecoec, of imitative origin, perhaps influenced by Latin cuculus and/or Old French cucu (modern French coucou).

onomatopoeic

imitative

Cuculus canorus
Cuculus canorus#Translingual


grutto

Limosa limosa
Limosa limosa#Translingual


kraai

nl-noun

kraai f (plural kraaien, diminutive kraaitje n)

kraaien (plural)
kraaitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kraai

From Middle Dutch crâye, from Old Dutch *krāia, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ.

one of certain related birds of the genus Corvus or of the family Corvidae


meeuw

meeuw f (plural meeuwen, diminutive meeuwtje n)

meeuwen (plural)
meeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: meeu

→ Papiamentu: meuchi, meeuwtsje (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch mêwe, from Old Dutch *mēo, from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic *maiwaz.

a seagull, seabird of the family Laridae


buizerd

buizerd m (plural buizerds, diminutive buizerdje n)

buizerds (plural)
buizerdje (diminutive neuter)

From earlier buysard, buzart, from Middle French busard, from Old French buison, busart, from Latin būteō.


spreeuw

spreeuw m or f (plural spreeuwen, diminutive spreeuwtje n)

spreeuwen (plural)
spreeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spreeu

From Middle Dutch spreeuwe. Related to Saterland Frisian Spräie.

Sturnus vulgaris
Sturnus vulgaris#Translingual

the common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, individually or specifically


havik

havik m (plural haviken, diminutive havikje n)

haviken (plural)
havikje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hawik

From Middle Dutch havic, from Old Dutch *havuk, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk.
Compare Low German Haavk, German Habicht, West Frisian hauk, English hawk, Swedish hök, Norwegian hauk. The political sense derived from English hawk.

Accipiter gentilis
Accipiter gentilis#Translingual


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


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


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


maina

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

maina's (plural)
mainaatje (diminutive neuter)

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


koet

koet m (plural koeten, diminutive koetje n)

koeten (plural)
koetje (diminutive neuter)


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.


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).


krak

Mareca strepera
Mareca strepera#Translingual


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)


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


patrijs

nl-noun

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.

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Perdix perdix
Perdix perdix#Translingual

(particularly) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)


pauw

nl-noun

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.


nachtegaal

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


woerd

nl-noun

woerd f (plural woerden, diminutive woerdje n)

woerden (plural)
woerdje (diminutive neuter)

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


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


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


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


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”).


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.


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.


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


taling

nl-noun

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


lijster

nl-noun

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


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)


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.


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


huia

Borrowed from English huia, from Maori huia.


takahe

Borrowed from English takahē, from Maori takahē.

Porphyrio hochstetteri
Porphyrio hochstetteri#Translingual

a takahē, particularly the South Island takahē, Porphyrio hochstetteri


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


kauw

kauw m (plural kauwen, diminutive kauwtje n)

kauwen (plural)
kauwtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kauwá

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

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Een kauw kan de menselijke spraak leren nabootsen.

A jackdaw can learn to imitate human speech.

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual

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


eidereend

nl-noun

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


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


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


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


zandloper

zandloper m (plural zandlopers, diminutive zandlopertje n)

zandlopers (plural)
zandlopertje (diminutive neuter)

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


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


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


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.


lepelaar

lepelaar m (plural lepelaars, diminutive lepelaartje n)

lepelaars (plural)
lepelaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lepelaar

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

Platalea leucorodia
Platalea leucorodia#Translingual

Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)


roodborst

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)


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


visarend

nl-noun

visarend m (plural visarenden, diminutive visarendje n)

visarenden (plural)
visarendje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: visarend

Pandion haliaetus
Pandion haliaetus#Translingual


uitsmijter

uitsmijter m (plural uitsmijters, diminutive uitsmijtertje n)

uitsmijters (plural)
uitsmijtertje (diminutive neuter)

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


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


pimpelmees

nl-noun

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


eierdooier

nl-noun

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.


bijeneter

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)


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)


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


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.


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


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.


huismus

huismus m (plural huismussen, diminutive huismusje n)

huismussen (plural)
huismusje (diminutive neuter)

Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus#Translingual


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)


valkuil

nl-noun

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

valkuilen (plural)
valkuiltje (diminutive neuter)


knobbelzwaan

knobbelzwaan m (plural knobbelzwanen, diminutive knobbelzwaantje n)

knobbelzwanen (plural)
knobbelzwaantje (diminutive neuter)


eierbal

eierbal m (plural eierballen, diminutive eierballetje n)

eierballen (plural)
eierballetje (diminutive neuter)


spiegelei

spiegelei n (plural spiegeleieren, diminutive spiegeleitje n)

spiegeleieren (plural)
spiegeleitje (diminutive neuter)

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


kwak

black-crowned night heron
black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax
Nycticorax nycticorax#Translingual

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


zilvermeeuw

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”).


menievogel

nl-noun

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)


kokako

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

kokako's (plural)
kokakootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kokako, from Maori kōkako.


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)


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.


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”).


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)


meerkoet

nl-noun

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”).

com+

(particularly) common murre (Uria aalge)


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


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


kuifeend

kuifeend f (plural kuifeenden, diminutive kuifeendje n)

kuifeenden (plural)
kuifeendje (diminutive neuter)

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

Aythya fuligula
Aythya fuligula#Translingual


roofgier

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


renkoekoek

nl-noun

renkoekoek m (plural renkoekoeken, diminutive renkoekoekje n)

renkoekoeken (plural)
renkoekoekje (diminutive neuter)

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


schollevaar

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

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

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

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


scholver

scholver m (plural scholvers, diminutive scholvertje n)

scholvers (plural)
scholvertje (diminutive neuter)

(dated) Synonym of aalscholver (“cormorant”)


beenbreker

beenbreker m (plural beenbrekers, diminutive beenbrekertje n)

beenbrekers (plural)
beenbrekertje (diminutive neuter)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


sneeuwuil

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

sneeuwuilen (plural)
sneeuwuiltje (diminutive neuter)

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

com+

Bubo scandiacus
Bubo scandiacus#Translingual


duiventil

nl-noun

duiventil f (plural duiventillen, diminutive duiventilletje n)

duiventillen (plural)
duiventilletje (diminutive neuter)


sneeuwgans

sneeuwgans f (plural sneeuwganzen, diminutive sneeuwgansje n)

sneeuwganzen (plural)
sneeuwgansje (diminutive neuter)

Chen caerulescens
Chen caerulescens#Translingual

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


roodkop

roodkop m (plural roodkoppen, diminutive roodkopje n)

roodkoppen (plural)
roodkopje (diminutive neuter)

Aythya ferina
Aythya ferina#Translingual

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


tafeleend

tafeleend f (plural tafeleenden, diminutive tafeleendje n)

tafeleenden (plural)
tafeleendje (diminutive neuter)


zeemeeuw

zeemeeuw f (plural zeemeeuwen, diminutive zeemeeuwtje n)

zeemeeuwen (plural)
zeemeeuwtje (diminutive neuter)


doks

doks m (plural doksen, diminutive doksje n)

doksen (plural)
doksje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo doksi, from English ducks.


gierzwaluw

gierzwaluw f (plural gierzwaluwen, diminutive gierzwaluwtje n)

gierzwaluwen (plural)
gierzwaluwtje (diminutive neuter)

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


distelvink

nl-noun

distelvink m (plural distelvinken, diminutive distelvinkje n)

distelvinken (plural)
distelvinkje (diminutive neuter)

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

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


dwergvalk

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

dwergvalken (plural)
dwergvalkje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


witgat

witgat c (plural witgatten, diminutive witgatje n)

witgatten (plural)
witgatje (diminutive neuter)

Tringa ochropus
Tringa ochropus#Translingual


keelbandpinguïn

keelbandpinguïn m (plural keelbandpinguïns)

From keelband + pinguïn, possibly a calque of German Kehlstreifpinguin.

Pygoscelis antarcticus
Pygoscelis antarcticus#Translingual

chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus)


kinbandpinguïn

kinbandpinguïn m (plural kinbandpinguïns)

Compound of kinband + pinguïn, probably a calque of English chinstrap penguin.


stormbandpinguïn

stormbandpinguïn m (plural stormbandpinguïns)


macaronipinguïn

macaronipinguïn m (plural macaronipinguïns)

Compound of macaroni + pinguïn, calque of English macaroni penguin. English macaroni meant “dandy, fop” in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Eudyptes chrysolophus
Eudyptes chrysolophus#Translingual

macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)


blauwe pinguïn

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

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

Possibly a calque of English blue penguin.


vogelstruis

vogelstruis m (plural vogelstruisen or vogelstruizen)

vogelstruisen (plural)
vogelstruizen (plural)

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


korhoen

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

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

Lyrurus tetrix
Lyrurus tetrix#Translingual

Tetrao tetrix
Tetrao tetrix#Translingual

black grouse, blackgame (Lyrurus tetrix syn. Tetrao tetrix)


auerhoen

auerhoen n (plural auerhoenders or auerhoenderen or auerhoenen)

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

Borrowed from German Auerhuhn; compare hoen.

western capercaillie
western capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus
Tetrao urogallus#Translingual

western capercaillie, wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus)


zandhoen

zandhoen n (plural zandhoenders or zandhoenderen)

zandhoenders (plural)
zandhoenderen (plural)

sandgrouse; any bird of the family Pteroclididae


waterral

waterral f (plural waterrallen, diminutive waterralletje n)

waterrallen (plural)
waterralletje (diminutive neuter)

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

Rallus aquaticus
Rallus aquaticus#Translingual


fluweelhoen

fluweelhoen n (plural fluweelhoenders, diminutive fluweelhoentje n)

fluweelhoenders (plural)
fluweelhoentje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of fluweel (“velvet”) + hoen (“fowl”).

(chiefly diminutive, rare) Synonym of waterral (“water rail (Rallus aquaticus)”)


zijdehoen

zijdehoen n (plural zijdehoenders or zijdehoenderen, diminutive zijdehoentje n)

zijdehoenders (plural)
zijdehoenderen (plural)
zijdehoentje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zijde (“silk”) + hoen (“fowl; chicken”).


moerhoen

moerhoen n (plural moerhoenderen or moerhoenders)

moerhoenderen (plural)
moerhoenders (plural)

Synonym of korhoen (“black grouse, blackgame (Lyrurus tetrix syn. Tetrao tetrix)”)


berkhoen

berkhoen n (plural berkhoenders or berkhoenderen)

berkhoenders (plural)
berkhoenderen (plural)


kleine blauwe pinguïn

kleine blauwe pinguïn m (plural kleine blauwe pinguïns)

De vogels horen bij de in totaal 343 kleine blauwe pinguïns die zijn schoongewassen nadat een groot containerschip begin oktober op een rif voor Tauranga strandde, en 400 ton olie in zee lekte.

2011 November 22, “49 pinguïns bevrijd na olieramp Nieuw-Zeeland”, in Algemeen Dagblad:

little penguin, little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor)


zwartvoetpinguïn

zwartvoetpinguïn m (plural zwartvoetpinguïns)

Spheniscus demersus
Spheniscus demersus#Translingual

African penguin, blackfooted penguin (Spheniscus demersus)


kneu

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

kneuen (plural)
kneutje (diminutive neuter)

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

Linaria cannabina
Linaria cannabina#Translingual


gors

gors f (plural gorzen, diminutive gorsje n)

gorzen (plural)
gorsje (diminutive neuter)

a bunting, any bird of the genus Emberiza

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


wever

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

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

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

a weaverbird, passerine bird of the family Ploceidae


rode ibis

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

rode ibissen (plural)
rood ibisje (diminutive neuter)

Eudocimus ruber
Eudocimus ruber#Translingual


zeegans

zeegans f (plural zeeganzen, diminutive zeegansje n)

zeeganzen (plural)
zeegansje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: segansi

Compound of zee (“sea”) + gans (“goose”). The natural habitat of black geese in Europe are mostly coastal areas. Similarly, flamingos usually live at the sea shore and have long, somewhat goose-like necks.

a black goose, any of the geese of the genus Branta


zwarte gans

/ˌzʋɑrtə ˈɣɑns/

a black goose, any goose of the genus Branta


lachvalk

Compound of lachen + valk, probably a calque. Compare English laughing falcon.

Herpetotheres cachinnans
Herpetotheres cachinnans#Translingual

laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)


steltkluut

steltkluut m (plural steltkluten, diminutive steltkluutje n)

steltkluten (plural)
steltkluutje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of stelt (“stilt”) + kluut (“avocet”).

com+

Himantopus himantopus
Himantopus himantopus#Translingual

black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)


veldleeuwerik

nl-noun

veldleeuwerik m (plural veldleeuweriken, diminutive veldleeuwerikje n)

veldleeuweriken (plural)
veldleeuwerikje (diminutive neuter)

Alauda arvensis
Alauda arvensis#Translingual

Eurasian skylark, skylark (Alauda arvensis)


boomleeuwerik

boomleeuwerik m (plural boomleeuweriken, diminutive boomleeuwerikje n)

boomleeuweriken (plural)
boomleeuwerikje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of boom (“tree”) + leeuwerik (“lark”).

Lullula arborea
Lullula arborea#Translingual


kuifleeuwerik

kuifleeuwerik m (plural kuifleeuweriken, diminutive kuifleeuwerikje n)

kuifleeuweriken (plural)
kuifleeuwerikje (diminutive neuter)

Galerida cristata
Galerida cristata#Translingual


strandleeuwerik

strandleeuwerik m (plural strandleeuweriken, diminutive strandleeuwerikje n)

strandleeuweriken (plural)
strandleeuwerikje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of strand (“beach”) + leeuwerik (“lark”).

com+

shore lark, horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)


zwarte ooievaar

nl-noun

zwarte ooievaar m (plural zwarte ooievaars, diminutive zwart ooievaartje n)

zwarte ooievaars (plural)
zwart ooievaartje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “black stork”. First attested since the late 19th century. Previously, zwarte stork was the common name of Ciconia nigra.

Ciconia nigra
Ciconia nigra#Translingual


strandplevier

strandplevier m (plural strandplevieren, diminutive strandpleviertje n)

strandplevieren (plural)
strandpleviertje (diminutive neuter)

Charadrius alexandrinus
Charadrius alexandrinus#Translingual

Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)


plevier

plevier m (plural plevieren or pleviers, diminutive pleviertje n)

plevieren (plural)
pleviers (plural)
pleviertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pluvier, from Old French plovier.

plover, certain waders of the family Charadriidae


aarsvoet

aarsvoet m (plural aarsvoeten, diminutive aarsvoetje n)

aarsvoeten (plural)
aarsvoetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of aars (“arse”) + voet (“foot”). Compare Latin podiceps.

(obsolete) grebe, bird of the genus Podiceps


stinkvogel

Possibly a calque of Sranan Tongo tingifowru, equivalent to stinken (“to stink, to reek”) + vogel (“bird”).

compound

Coragyps atratus
Coragyps atratus#Translingual

(chiefly Suriname) black vulture, Coragyps atratus


slangenarend

nl-noun

slangenarend m (plural slangenarenden, diminutive slangenarendje n)

slangenarenden (plural)
slangenarendje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of slang (“snake”) + -en- + arend (“eagle”).

compound

short-toed snake eagle
short-toed snake eagle

Circaetus gallicus
Circaetus gallicus#Translingual

short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)


steenarend

nl-noun

steenarend m (plural steenarenden, diminutive steenarendje n)

steenarenden (plural)
steenarendje (diminutive neuter)

Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila chrysaetos#Translingual


apenarend

apenarend m (plural apenarenden, diminutive apenarendje n)

apenarenden (plural)
apenarendje (diminutive neuter)

Pithecophaga jefferyi
Pithecophaga jefferyi#Translingual

Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)


bastaardarend

bastaardarend m (plural bastaardarenden, diminutive bastaardarendje n)

bastaardarenden (plural)
bastaardarendje (diminutive neuter)

greater spotted eagle
greater spotted eagle

Clanga clanga
Clanga clanga#Translingual

the spotted eagle, greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga)


schreeuwarend

schreeuwarend m (plural schreeuwarenden)

lesser spotted eagle
lesser spotted eagle

Clanga pomarina
Clanga pomarina#Translingual


dwergarend

dwergarend m (plural dwergarenden, diminutive dwergarendje n)

dwergarenden (plural)
dwergarendje (diminutive neuter)

Hieraaetus pennatus
Hieraaetus pennatus#Translingual


Amerikaanse zeearend

Amerikaanse zeearend m (plural Amerikaanse zeearenden)

Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus#Translingual


tapuit

tapuit m (plural tapuiten, diminutive tapuitje n)

tapuiten (plural)
tapuitje (diminutive neuter)

Oenanthe oenanthe
Oenanthe oenanthe#Translingual


beflijster

beflijster f (plural beflijsters, diminutive beflijstertje n)

beflijsters (plural)
beflijstertje (diminutive neuter)

Turdus torquatus
Turdus torquatus#Translingual


boomklever

boomklever m (plural boomklevers, diminutive boomklevertje n)

boomklevers (plural)
boomklevertje (diminutive neuter)

Sitta europaea
Sitta europaea#Translingual

Eurasian nuthatch, wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea)


nachtzwaluw

Compound of nacht (“night”) + zwaluw (“swallow”).

Caprimulgus europaeus
Caprimulgus europaeus#Translingual

a Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)


sperwergrasmus

sperwergrasmus f (plural sperwergrasmussen)

Compound of sperwer (“sparrowhawk”) + grasmus (“common whitethroat”).

compound

Sylvia nisoria
Sylvia nisoria#Translingual

barred warbler (Curruca nisoria syn. Sylvia nisoria)


grasmus

nl-noun

grasmus f (plural grasmussen, diminutive grasmusje n)

grasmussen (plural)
grasmusje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of gras (“grass”) + mus (“sparrow”).

Sylvia communis
Sylvia communis#Translingual


heggenmus

heggenmus f (plural heggenmussen, diminutive heggenmusje n)

heggenmussen (plural)
heggenmusje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of heg (“hedge”) + -en- + mus (“sparrow”).

com+

Prunella modularis
Prunella modularis#Translingual

dunnock, hedge sparrow (Prunella modularis)


ringmus

nl-noun

ringmus f (plural ringmussen, diminutive ringmusje n)

ringmussen (plural)
ringmusje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of ring (“ring”) + mus (“sparrow”). Named for the ring around its neck.

com+

Passer montanus
Passer montanus#Translingual

tree sparrow, German sparrow (Passer montanus)


ivoorsnavelspecht

nl-noun

ivoorsnavelspecht m (plural ivoorsnavelspechten)

Compound of ivoor (“ivory”) + snavel (“beak, bill”) + specht (“woodpecker”), probably a calque of English ivory-billed woodpecker.

calque

ivory-billed woodpecker
ivory-billed woodpecker

ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)


grote ivoorsnavelspecht

nl-noun

grote ivoorsnavelspecht m (plural grote ivoorsnavelspechten)

Literally, “great ivory-billed woodpecker”.


witkopzeearend

nl-noun

witkopzeearend m (plural witkopzeearenden)

Compound of wit (“white”) + kop (“animal head”) + zeearend (“sea eagle; marine eagle”).


paapje

Diminutive of paap (“Roman Catholic, papist”); the bird is so named because the male's plumage somewhat resembles the vestments of Catholic clergy.

Saxicola rubetra
Saxicola rubetra#Translingual


zilverreiger

nl-noun

zilverreiger m (plural zilverreigers, diminutive zilverreigertje n)

zilverreigers (plural)
zilverreigertje (diminutive neuter)

From zilver (“silver”) + reiger (“heron”), calque of German Silberreiher. First attested in the early to mid nineteenth century.

one of certain herons of the genera Ardea and Egretta that have white plumage; roughly corresponding to egret but used more narrowly


grote zilverreiger

grote zilverreiger m (plural grote zilverreigers)


witte reiger

/ˌʋɪ.tə ˈrɛi̯.ɣər/

grote zilverreiger
grote zilverreiger#Dutch

(obsolete) Synonym of grote zilverreiger (“great egret (Ardea alba)”)


woudaap

woudaap m (plural woudapen, diminutive woudaapje n)

woudapen (plural)
woudaapje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: woudapie

Compound of woud + aap. Some have suggested that in this word aap is a variant of hop (“hoopoe”).

Ixobrychus minutus
Ixobrychus minutus#Translingual

(particularly) little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)


ralreiger

ralreiger m (plural ralreigers, diminutive ralreigertje n)

ralreigers (plural)
ralreigertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of ral (“rail (bird)”) + reiger (“heron”), calque of German Rallenreiher or less probably directly based on the scientific name (“rail-like little heron”). First attested in the 1850s.

com+

Ardeola ralloides
Ardeola ralloides#Translingual


koewachtertje

Synonym of grasmus (“common whitethroat”) (Sylvia communis)


rotje

Hydrobates pelagicus
Hydrobates pelagicus#Translingual

(dated) Synonym of stormvogeltje (“European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)”)


boomkruiper

nl-noun

boomkruiper m (plural boomkruipers, diminutive boomkruipertje n)

boomkruipers (plural)
boomkruipertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: boomkruiper

Compound of boom + kruipen + -er. First attested in the eighteenth century. Compare English treecreeper, Norwegian Bokmål trekryper and German Baumläufer.

short-toed treecreeper
short-toed treecreeper

Certhia brachydactyla
Certhia brachydactyla#Translingual

short-toed treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)


winterkoning

winterkoning m (plural winterkoningen, diminutive winterkoninkje n)

winterkoningen (plural)
winterkoninkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch winterconinc. Equivalent to winter (“winter”) + koning (“king”).

Troglodytes troglodytes
Troglodytes troglodytes#Translingual

(chiefly diminutive) Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)


hoornraaf

hoornraaf m (plural hoornraven, diminutive hoornraafje n)

hoornraven (plural)
hoornraafje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of hoorn (“horn”) + raaf (“raven”).

the ground hornbill, mainly ground-dwelling bird of the genus Bucorvus


bloedvink

bloedvink m (plural bloedvinken, diminutive bloedvinkje n)

bloedvinken (plural)
bloedvinkje (diminutive neuter)

I have given two little bullfinches unto my lover, / Who sing artly and display their gorgeous colours:

1728, "Herderskout, tusschen Wouter en Liefhart", Dichtlievende tydkortingen, bestaande in gedichten van verscheide stoffe en rymtrant, publ. by Samuel Luchtmans, 69. 'k Heb twee bloedvinkjes aan myn Minnares geschonken, / Die kunstig zingen en met schone verwen pronken

Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula#Translingual

(uncommon) Synonym of goudvink (“bullfinch”) (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)


dodaars

dodaars m (plural dodaarzen, diminutive dodaarsje n)

dodaarzen (plural)
dodaarsje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dod (“tuft”, variant of dot) + aars (“arse”).

compound

variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">dot</i>

Tachybaptus ruficollis
Tachybaptus ruficollis#Translingual


maraboe

adjutant, marabou (stork of genus Leptoptilos)


parelduiker

Compound of parel (“pearl”) + duiker (“diver, loon”).

com+

black-throated diver
black-throated diver

Gavia arctica
Gavia arctica#Translingual


kaketoe

nl-noun

kaketoe m (plural kaketoes, diminutive kaketoetje n)

kaketoes (plural)
kaketoetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kaketoe

desctree

→ English: cockatoo
→ Irish: cocatú
→ Maori: kokatu, koketu

→ German: Kakadu
→ Bulgarian: какаду́ (kakadú)
→ Czech: kakadu
→ Finnish: kakadu
→ Hungarian: kakadu
→ Macedonian: какаду́ (kakadú)
→ Norwegian: kakadu
→ Polish: kakadu
→ Romanian: cacadu
→ Russian: какаду́ (kakadú)
→ Swedish: kakadua

First attested in 1662. Borrowed from Malay kakaktua. Compare Indonesian kakatua.

cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae


giervalk

From Middle Dutch giervalke, from older geervalke, ultimately from Old Norse geirfalki. Equivalent to geer + valk.

Falco rusticolus
Falco rusticolus#Translingual


slechtvalk

nl-noun

slechtvalk m (plural slechtvalken, diminutive slechtvalkje n)

slechtvalken (plural)
slechtvalkje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: sljochtfalk (calque)

From slecht (“common, mean”) + valk (“falcon”).

com

Falco peregrinus
Falco peregrinus#Translingual


harpij

Afrikaans: harpy

From Middle Dutch harpie, arpie, from Old French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυια (hárpuia).

Harpia harpyja
Harpia harpyja#Translingual


ransuil

nl-noun

ransuil m or f (plural ransuilen, diminutive ransuiltje n)

ransuilen (plural)
ransuiltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ransule, from ranse, of uncertain origin but referring to a type of medieval headdress worn by women (compare Middle Low German ranse, ranse, rantse referring to the same) and ule (“owl”), whence modern Dutch uil.


velduil

velduil m or f (plural velduilen, diminutive velduiltje n)

velduilen (plural)
velduiltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of veld (“field”) + uil (“owl”).

Asio flammeus
Asio flammeus#Translingual


pestvogel

pestvogel m (plural pestvogels, diminutive pestvogeltje n)

pestvogels (plural)
pestvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pest (“plague, pestilence”) + vogel (“bird”).

compound

Bombycilla garrulus
Bombycilla garrulus#Translingual


kanoet

nl-noun

kanoet m (plural kanoeten, diminutive kanoetje n)

kanoeten (plural)
kanoetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin canutus. Doublet of knot (“red knot”).

Calidris canutus
Calidris canutus#Translingual


bergeend

bergeend f (plural bergeenden, diminutive bergeendje n)

bergeenden (plural)
bergeendje (diminutive neuter)

The first element is not wholly certain, but a compound of bergen (“to hide”) + eend (“duck”) seems most commonly supported.

Tadorna tadorna
Tadorna tadorna#Translingual


baardman

baardman m (plural baardmannen, diminutive baardmannetje n)

baardmannen (plural)
baardmannetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of baard (“beard”) + man (“man”).

com+

(chiefly diminutive) bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus)


oeverloper

Compound of oever (“bank, waterside”) + loper (“walker”).

Actitis hypoleucos
Actitis hypoleucos#Translingual


watersnip

nl-noun

watersnip f (plural watersnippen, diminutive watersnipje n)

watersnippen (plural)
watersnipje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of water (“water”) + snip (“snipe”).

com+

Gallinago gallinago
Gallinago gallinago#Translingual


houtsnip

nl-noun

houtsnip f (plural houtsnippen, diminutive houtsnipje n)

houtsnippen (plural)
houtsnipje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch houtsneppe. Equivalent to hout (“wood”) + snip (“woodcock, snipe”).

compound

Scolopax rusticola
Scolopax rusticola#Translingual


wouw

nl-noun

wouw m (plural wouwen, diminutive wouwtje n)

wouwen (plural)
wouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wou

From Middle Dutch wouwe, wīwe, wīe, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *wīwô, a derivate of Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to hunt, pursue”). Compare German Weihe, Low German Wieh, both “harrier”.

der

a kite, certain bird of the family Accipitridae; especially of the genera Milvus, Harpagus and Haliastur


kwartelkoning

nl-noun

kwartelkoning m (plural kwartelkoningen, diminutive kwartelkoninkje n)

kwartelkoningen (plural)
kwartelkoninkje (diminutive neuter)


bijenarend

Compound of bij (“bee”) + -en- + arend (“eagle”).

Pernis apivorus
Pernis apivorus#Translingual

(uncommon) Synonym of wespendief (“pern, European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus)”)


wespendief

Compound of wesp (“wasp”) + -en- + dief (“thief”). The species is so named due to its preferred diet of insects such as wasps.

European honey buzzard
European honey buzzard

pern, European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus)


boerenomelet

boerenomelet f (plural boerenomeletten, diminutive boerenomeletje n)

boerenomeletten (plural)
boerenomeletje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of boer (“farmer”) + -en- + omelet (“omelette”).

compound

an omelette containing sliced bell peppers, various vegetables and often bacon bits


boerenzwaluw

nl-noun

boerenzwaluw f (plural boerenzwaluwen, diminutive boerenzwaluwtje n)

boerenzwaluwen (plural)
boerenzwaluwtje (diminutive neuter)

Hirundo rustica
Hirundo rustica#Translingual


vliegenvanger

vliegenvanger m (plural vliegenvangers, diminutive vliegenvangertje n, feminine vliegenvangster)

vliegenvangers (plural)
vliegenvangertje (diminutive neuter)
vliegenvangster (feminine)

From Middle Dutch vliegenvanger. Equivalent to vlieg + -en- + vangen + -er.

a flycatcher, muscicapid; a bird of the family Muscicapidae


Eleonora's valk

Eleonora's valk f or m (plural Eleonora's valken)

Falco eleonorae
Falco eleonorae#Translingual


rotszwaluw

Eurasian crag martin
Eurasian crag martin

Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Ptyonoprogne rupestris#Translingual

Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)


steppearend

steppearend m (plural steppearenden, diminutive steppearendje n)

steppearenden (plural)
steppearendje (diminutive neuter)

Aquila nipalensis
Aquila nipalensis#Translingual


blauwborst

blauwborst m (plural blauwborsten, diminutive blauwborstje n)

blauwborsten (plural)
blauwborstje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of blauw (“blue”) + borst (“chest, breast, thorax”).

com+

Luscinia svecica
Luscinia svecica#Translingual


schoenbekooievaar

nl-noun

schoenbekooievaar m (plural schoenbekooievaars)

From schoen (“shoe”) + bek (“beak”) + ooievaar (“stork”).

compound

Balaeniceps rex
Balaeniceps rex#Translingual


kroonkraan

Compound of kroon (“crown”) + kraan (“crane”).

a crowned crane, any bird of the genus Balearica


geelgors

nl-noun

geelgors f (plural geelgorzen, diminutive geelgorsje n)

geelgorzen (plural)
geelgorsje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of geel (“yellow”) + gors (“bunting”).

com+

Emberiza citrinella
Emberiza citrinella#Translingual


kanarievogel

nl-noun

kanarievogel m (plural kanarievogels, diminutive kanarievogeltje n)

kanarievogels (plural)
kanarievogeltje (diminutive neuter)

Serinus canaria
Serinus canaria#Translingual

a canary, bird of the genus Serinus or specifically Serinus canaria


ooievaarsdorp

ooievaarsdorp n (plural ooievaarsdorpen)

a place where breeding pairs of tame storks are kept to increase or maintain population levels


mantelmeeuw

mantelmeeuw f (plural mantelmeeuwen, diminutive mantelmeeuwtje n)

mantelmeeuwen (plural)
mantelmeeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

great black-backed gull
great black-backed gull

lesser black-backed gull
lesser black-backed gull

either of two gull species of the genus Larus, the great black-backed gull or the lesser black-backed gull


halsbandparkiet

halsbandparkiet m (plural halsbandparkieten, diminutive halsbandparkietje n)

halsbandparkieten (plural)
halsbandparkietje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of halsband (“collar”) + parkiet (“parakeet”).

compound

ring-necked parakeet
ring-necked parakeet

rose-ringed parakeet
rose-ringed parakeet

Psittacula krameri
Psittacula krameri#Translingual

ring-necked parakeet, rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)


koolmees

nl-noun

koolmees f (plural koolmezen, diminutive koolmeesje n)

koolmezen (plural)
koolmeesje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kool (“carbon, coal”) + mees (“tit”), named after the black marks on its head.


heikneuter

/ˈɦɛi̯ˌknøː.tər/

Compound of hei + kneuter. The sense “bumpkin” may be due to association with unrelated keuter, keuterboer.

Linaria cannabina
Linaria cannabina#Translingual

Synonym of kneu (“common linnet (Linaria cannabina)”)


matkop

Compound of mat (“matte”) + kop (“head”).


groene specht

groene specht m (plural groene spechten)

Picus viridis
Picus viridis#Translingual


purperreiger

Ardea purpurea
Ardea purpurea#Translingual


vechtkwartel

Compound of vechten (“to fight”) + kwartel (“quail”). Named for its use as a fighting bird in some cultures and for its physical resemblance to quails.

compound

a buttonquail, bird of the family Turnicidae


rotgans

nl-noun

rotgans f (plural rotganzen, diminutive rotgansje n)

rotganzen (plural)
rotgansje (diminutive neuter)

Partial calque from a Scandinavian language. The first element is onomatopoeic and is unrelated to rot (“rot; rotten”) and rot- (“bad, nasty”); the second element is simply gans (“goose”).

Branta bernicla
Branta bernicla#Translingual

the brent goose, brant (Branta bernicla)


nijlgans

nijlgans f (plural nijlganzen, diminutive nijlgansje n)

nijlganzen (plural)
nijlgansje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of Nijl (“Nile”) + gans (“goose”).

com+

Alopochen aegyptiaca
Alopochen aegyptiaca#Translingual


zwarte zwaan

Cygnus atratus
Cygnus atratus#Translingual


krakeend

nl-noun

krakeend f (plural krakeenden, diminutive krakeendje n)

krakeenden (plural)
krakeendje (diminutive neuter)

Pleonastic compound of krak (“gadwall”) + eend (“duck”).

Mareca strepera
Mareca strepera#Translingual


goudfazant

Compound of goud (“gold”) + fazant (“pheasant”).

com+

Chrysolophus pictus
Chrysolophus pictus#Translingual

golden pheasant, Chinese pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)


gewone fazant

nl-noun

gewone fazant m (plural gewone fazanten, diminutive gewoon fazantje n)

gewone fazanten (plural)
gewoon fazantje (diminutive neuter)

Phasianus colchicus
Phasianus colchicus#Translingual

the common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus


goudplevier

goudplevier m (plural goudplevieren, diminutive goudpleviertje n)

goudplevieren (plural)
goudpleviertje (diminutive neuter)

Pluvialis apricaria
Pluvialis apricaria#Translingual

golden plover, European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)


lorre

lorre m (plural lorres, diminutive lorretje n)

lorres (plural)
lorretje (diminutive neuter)

Colloquial alteration of lori, from Malay lori.


muskuseend

muskuseend f (plural muskuseenden, diminutive muskuseendje n)

muskuseenden (plural)
muskuseendje (diminutive neuter)

Cairina moschata
Cairina moschata#Translingual


casarca

casarca f (plural casarca's, diminutive casarcaatje n)

casarca's (plural)
casarcaatje (diminutive neuter)

Tadorna ferruginea
Tadorna ferruginea#Translingual

(particularly) the ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea


barmsijs

barmsijs f (plural barmsijzen, diminutive barmsijsje n)

barmsijzen (plural)
barmsijsje (diminutive neuter)

Audio

Compound of barm (“thick-billed siskin”) + sijs (“siskin”).

compound

(particularly) Synonym of grote barmsijs (“Acanthis flammea”)


alpenheggenmus

nl-noun

alpenheggenmus f (plural alpenheggenmussen)

Compound of Alpen (“Alps”) + heggenmus (“dunnock, hedge sparrow”).

compound

Prunella collaris
Prunella collaris#Translingual


grote bonte specht

nl-noun

grote bonte specht m (plural grote bonte spechten)

Literally, “great multicoloured woodpecker”.

lit

great spotted woodpecker
great spotted woodpecker

Dendrocopos major
Dendrocopos major#Translingual

great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)


kleine bonte specht

nl-noun

kleine bonte specht m (plural kleine bonte spechten)

Literally, “small multicoloured woodpecker”.

lit

lesser spotted woodpecker
lesser spotted woodpecker

Dryobates minor
Dryobates minor#Translingual

lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor)


middelste bonte specht

nl-noun

middelste bonte specht m (plural middelste bonte spechten)

Literally, “intermediate multicoloured woodpecker”.

lit

middle spotted woodpecker
middle spotted woodpecker

Dendrocoptes medius
Dendrocoptes medius#Translingual

middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius)


trompetzwaan

nl-noun

trompetzwaan m or f (plural trompetzwanen)

Compound of trompet (“trumpet”) + zwaan (“swan”).

Cygnus buccinator
Cygnus buccinator#Translingual


fluitzwaan

Compound of fluiten (“to whistle”) + zwaan (“swan”).

Cygnus columbianus
Cygnus columbianus#Translingual


kleine zwaan

Bewick's swan (Cygnus bewickii or Cygnus columbianus bewickii)


grote burgemeester

grote burgemeester m (plural grote burgemeesters, diminutive groot burgemeestertje n)

grote burgemeesters (plural)
groot burgemeestertje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “big/great mayor”; compare kleine burgemeester (“Larus glaucoides”).

Larus hyperboreus
Larus hyperboreus#Translingual


kuifmees

kuifmees f (plural kuifmezen, diminutive kuifmeesje n)

kuifmezen (plural)
kuifmeesje (diminutive neuter)


dwergstern

dwergstern f (plural dwergsterns or dwergsternen, diminutive dwergsterntje n)

dwergsterns (plural)
dwergsternen (plural)
dwergsterntje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dwerg (“dwarf”) + stern (“tern”).

com+

Sternula albifrons
Sternula albifrons#Translingual


kolgans

nl-noun

kolgans f (plural kolganzen, diminutive kolgansje n)

kolganzen (plural)
kolgansje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kolgans

Compound of kol (“blaze”) + gans (“goose”), first attested in 1797.

greater white-fronted goose
greater white-fronted goose

Anser albifrons
Anser albifrons#Translingual

the white-fronted goose, greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons


zeezwaluw

zeezwaluw f (plural zeezwaluwen, diminutive zeezwaluwtje n)

zeezwaluwen (plural)
zeezwaluwtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch seeswaluwe. Equivalent to zee + zwaluw.

Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo#Translingual

Synonym of visdief (“common tern”) (Sterna hirundo)


groenling

Chloris chloris
Chloris chloris#Translingual

greenfinch, European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)


visdief

visdief m (plural visdieven, diminutive visdiefje n)

visdieven (plural)
visdiefje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of vis (“fish”) + dief (“thief”).


witte kwikstaart

nl-noun

witte kwikstaart m (plural witte kwikstaarten, diminutive wit kwikstaartje n)

witte kwikstaarten (plural)
wit kwikstaartje (diminutive neuter)

Motacilla alba
Motacilla alba#Translingual


kwikstaart

kwikstaart m (plural kwikstaarten, diminutive kwikstaartje n)

kwikstaarten (plural)
kwikstaartje (diminutive neuter)

wagtail, bird of the family Motacillidae, particularly the genera Motacilla and Dendronanthus


wintertaling

wintertaling m (plural wintertalingen, diminutive wintertalinkje n)

wintertalingen (plural)
wintertalinkje (diminutive neuter)


zomertaling

zomertaling m (plural zomertalingen, diminutive zomertalinkje n)

zomertalingen (plural)
zomertalinkje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zomer (“summer”) + taling (“teal”).

com+

Spatula querquedula
Spatula querquedula#Translingual


smient

nl-noun

smient f (plural smienten, diminutive smientje n)

smienten (plural)
smientje (diminutive neuter)

The ending -ent is generally considered to be identical to eend (“duck”); the origin of smi- is however uncertain. Some link it to Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“small”), wigeons being fairly small of stature compared to, say, mallards.

Mareca penelope
Mareca penelope#Translingual


huiszwaluw

huiszwaluw f (plural huiszwaluwen, diminutive huiszwaluwtje n)

huiszwaluwen (plural)
huiszwaluwtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of huis (“house”) + zwaluw (“swallow”).

De huiszwaluw is een kleine zangvogel die vaak nestelt onder de dakranden van huizen.

The house martin is a small songbird that often nests under the eaves of houses.

Delichon urbicum
Delichon urbicum#Translingual

the house martin, common house martin, Delichon urbicum