aardwolf

nl-noun

aardwolf m (plural aardwolven, diminutive aardwolfje n)

aardwolven (plural)
aardwolfje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Afrikaans aardwolf. Equivalent to aard + wolf.


wolf

wolf m (plural wolven, diminutive wolfje n, feminine wolvin)

wolven (plural)
wolfje (diminutive neuter)
wolvin (feminine)

Afrikaans: wolf

Jersey Dutch: wâlf

Negerhollands: wuluwuluk

→ Virgin Islands Creole: wuluwuluk (dated)

From Middle Dutch wolf, from Old Dutch *wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Ze gingen de wolven bekijken in de dierentuin.

They went to look at the wolves in the zoo.

Er bestaan verschillende soorten wolven.

one of many other canids of the family Canidae, especially of the genus Canis


beer

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

beren (plural)
beertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: beer

→ Papiamentu: ber, beer

From Middle Dutch bēre, from Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

De beer drinkt bier.

a bear, any member of the family Ursidae


guanaco

guanaco m (plural guanaco's, diminutive guanacootje n)

guanaco's (plural)
guanacootje (diminutive neuter)

Lama guanicoe
Lama guanicoe#Translingual

guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)


anoa

anoa m (plural anoa's, diminutive anoaatje n)

anoa's (plural)
anoaatje (diminutive neuter)


wombat

wombat m (plural wombats, diminutive wombatje n)

wombats (plural)
wombatje (diminutive neuter)


alpaca

alpaca m (plural alpaca's, diminutive alpacaatje n)

alpaca's (plural)
alpacaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.


impala

impala m (plural impala's, diminutive impalaatje n)

impala's (plural)
impalaatje (diminutive neuter)


koala

koala m (plural koala's, diminutive koalaatje n)

koala's (plural)
koalaatje (diminutive neuter)


lama

lama m (plural lama's, diminutive lamaatje n)

lama's (plural)
lamaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.


lama

(informal, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of laat maar (“never mind”).


wisent

wisent m (plural wisenten, diminutive wisentje n)

wisenten (plural)
wisentje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Wisent in the 19th century. The native word, Middle Dutch wesende, from Old Dutch *wisent (in the placename Wisenthurst) had by then long been obsolete due to the medieval extinction of the species in Western Europe.
Breeding programmes and the establishment of several viable herds in the Netherlands has since the early 21st century rendered the word familiar to a broader audience; it was previously mostly restricted to a learned context.


lynx

lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)

lynxen (plural)
lynxje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx). Doublet of los (“lynx”).

lynx, felid of the genus Lynx, in particular the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx); sometimes used of other medium-sized felids with large, plumed ears


otter

otter m (plural otters, diminutive ottertje n)

otters (plural)
ottertje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: otro

From Middle Dutch otter, from Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *otr.


ruin

ruin m (plural ruinen, diminutive ruintje n)

ruinen (plural)
ruintje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch rûun. Cognate with Middle Low German rûne, Middle High German rūn. Further origin unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to dig out, rip off”).


jaguar

nl-noun

jaguar m (plural jaguars, diminutive jaguartje n)

jaguars (plural)
jaguartje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌɑr/

/ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌər/

Apparently borrowed from French jaguar, from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara. The contemporary pronunciation derives from English jaguar.

As for the puma and the jaguar, it clearly appears from the descriptions by them, who have seen these animals, that the cougar is not a lion, and [that] the jaguar is not a tiger; […]

1777, De Buffon, De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, vol. 5, part 1, tr. from French, J. H. Schneider (publ.), page 5. Wat den puma en den jaguar betreft, het blykt duidelyk uit de beſchryvingen van hun, die deze dieren gezien hebben, dat de puma geen leeuw is, en de jaguar geen tyger; […]


giraffe

giraffe f (plural giraffen or giraffes, diminutive giraffetje n or girafje n)

giraffen (plural)
giraffes (plural)
giraffetje (diminutive neuter)
girafje (diminutive neuter)

Possibly via German Giraffe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).


okapi

okapi m (plural okapi's, diminutive okapietje n)

okapi's (plural)
okapietje (diminutive neuter)


das

das m (plural dassen, diminutive dasje n)

dassen (plural)
dasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: das, dassie

→ English: dassie

Jersey Dutch: dās

→ West Frisian: das

From Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch *thas, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

A badger, various species of genera Meles and Taxidea.


wildebeest

wildebeest n (plural wildebeesten, diminutive wildebeestje n)

wildebeesten (plural)
wildebeestje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Afrikaans wildebees (literally “wild ox”). Equivalent to wilde + beest.


gazelle

nl-noun

gazelle f (plural gazellen, diminutive gazelletje n)

gazellen (plural)
gazelletje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌɣaːˈzɛ.lə/

Unadapted borrowing from French gazelle.


hyena

hyena f (plural hyena's, diminutive hyenaatje n)

hyena's (plural)
hyenaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

hyena, any member of the family Hyaenidae


hond

hond m (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

honden (plural)
hondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hond

Berbice Creole Dutch: hondo

Jersey Dutch: hônt

Negerhollands: hond, hon, hont, hun

→ Virgin Islands Creole: hont (dated)

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ. Cognate to German Hund, English hound.

De hond rent achter de bal aan.

Zijn hond is zijn beste vriend.

Het hondje speelt in de tuin.

The little dog is playing in the garden.

Canis lupus familiaris
Canis lupus familiaris#Translingual


panda

panda m (plural panda's, diminutive pandaatje n)

panda's (plural)
pandaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French panda, apparently from regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya).

Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca#Translingual

panda, giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)


coyote

coyote m (plural coyotes, diminutive coyootje n)

coyotes (plural)
coyootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.


ros

ros n (plural rossen, diminutive rosje n)

rossen (plural)
rosje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ros

desc

⇒ Dutch: rossen (“to groom (a horse)”, verb)

→ West Frisian: rosse (verb)

From Middle Dutch ros, from Old Dutch ros, hors, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of kar.


ros

nl-adj

ros (comparative rosser, superlative meest ros or rost)

rosser (comparative)
meest ros (superlative)
rost (superlative)
ros (adverbial positive predicative)
rosser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het rost (adverbial predicative superlative)
het roste (adverbial predicative superlative)
rosse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
rossere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
roste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
ros (indefinite neuter positive singular)
rosser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
roste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
rosse (indefinite plural positive)
rossere (comparative indefinite plural)
roste (indefinite plural superlative)
rosse (definite positive)
rossere (comparative definite)
roste (definite superlative)
ros (partitive positive)
rossers (comparative partitive)


rob

nl-noun

rob m (plural robben, diminutive robbetje n)

robben (plural)
robbetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rob

Uncertain; compare English rabbit. Or, possibly related to Latvian rups (“coarse, rough”), referring to the whiskers. Also compared is the personal name Robbe. Has also compared to English rub, referring to seals' movements, but this is unlikely.


rob

rob f (plural robben, diminutive robbeken n)

robben (plural)
robbeken (diminutive neuter)

Uncertain; compare English rabbit, as well as English rub, referring to the fur. Or, from Proto-West Germanic *reufan (“to tear”), hinted by the animals' digging of tunnels.


vos

vos m (plural vossen, diminutive vosje n, feminine vossin)

vossen (plural)
vosje (diminutive neuter)
vossin (feminine)

Afrikaans: vos

Jersey Dutch: vośe

Negerhollands: vos

Inherited from Middle Dutch vos, from Old Dutch fus, vus, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

een vos verliest wel zijn haren, maar niet zijn streken

Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes#Translingual


muil

muil m (plural muilen, diminutive muiltje n)

muilen (plural)
muiltje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: milen, myel

From Middle Dutch muul, from Latin (calceus) mulleus (“red shoe”).

De sprookjesprins zocht Assepoester, met als enige aanwijzing haar glazen muiltje.

The fairytale prince looked for Cinderella with her glass slipper as the only clue.

(usually as diminutive) a flat type of footwear


haas

haas m (plural hazen, diminutive haasje n)

hazen (plural)
haasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haas

Jersey Dutch: hâśe (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch hāse, from Old Dutch *haso, Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.


kitten

kitten m (plural kittens, diminutive kittentje n)

kittens (plural)
kittentje (diminutive neuter)

2015, Joubert Pignon, "Kittens", in Paul van der Steen (ed.), Negenenhalf leven. Nieuwe en klassieke kattenverhalen, Xander Uitgevers B.V. (publ.).
Telkens wanneer we in een huis kwamen wonen, zei ik tegen mijn vriendin dat dit geen huis voor kittens was, maar dat we ooit een huis zouden hebben dat geschikt is voor kittens. Ik hoopte dat we nooit in een huis zouden wonen dat geschikt is voor kittens.

Each time when we began living in a house, I told my girlfriend that this was not a house for kittens, but that we would have a house one day that is appropriate for kittens. I hoped that we would never live in a house that is appropriate for kittens.


meerkat

meerkat f (plural meerkatten, diminutive meerkatje n)

meerkatten (plural)
meerkatje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: meerkat
→ English: meerkat, meercat, mierkat
→ Japanese: ミーアキャット (mīakyatto)
→ Korean: 미어캣 (mieokaet)
→ Thai: เมียร์แคต (miia-kɛ́t)

From Middle Dutch meercatte (“monkey, ape”), from Old Dutch *merikatta. Equivalent to meer + kat. Cognate with Old High German merikazza (German Meerkatze).

De groene meerkat of vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) is de meest voorkomende aap in zuidelijk Afrika.

2013, Bas Vlugt, Namibië, Botswana en Zimbabwe:

The African green monkey or vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) is the most common monkey in southern Africa.

2016, Sterre Leufkens, Taal, in Elementaire deeltjes, vol. 40, Amsterdam University Press (publ.), page 32.
Het bijzondere aan meerkatten is dat ze hun waarschuwingssignalen betekenisvol kunnen combineren met andere woordjes.

The special thing about guenons is that they can meaningfully combine their warning signals with other short words.

a guenon, vervet, talapoin or patas; one of a number of monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus, or of the tribe Cercopithecini


beagle

nl-noun

beagle m (plural beagles, diminutive beagletje n)

beagles (plural)
beagletje (diminutive neuter)


klipspringer

klipspringer m (plural klipspringers, diminutive klipspringertje n)

klipspringers (plural)
klipspringertje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: klipspringer
→ English: klipspringer

From klip (“rock”) + springer (“jumper”). Attested since the early 18th century.


springbok

nl-noun

springbok m (plural springbokken, diminutive springbokje n)

springbokken (plural)
springbokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: springbok

→ English: springbok

From springen (“to spring”) + bok (“buck, billy goat, antelope”).


bulldog

nl-noun

bulldog m (plural bulldogs, diminutive bulldogje n)

bulldogs (plural)
bulldogje (diminutive neuter)


chinchilla

chinchilla f (plural chinchilla's, diminutive chinchillaatje n)

chinchilla's (plural)
chinchillaatje (diminutive neuter)

chinchilla, rodent of the genus Chinchilla

long-tailed chinchilla
long-tailed chinchilla

lesser chinchilla, long-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera


buldog

buldog m (plural buldoggen or buldogs, diminutive buldogje n)

buldoggen (plural)
buldogs (plural)
buldogje (diminutive neuter)


jak

jak n (plural jakken, diminutive jakje n)

jakken (plural)
jakje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: jakje (from the diminutive)


bever

bever m (plural bevers, diminutive bevertje n)

bevers (plural)
bevertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bewer

From Middle Dutch bēver, from Old Dutch *bevar, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.


eland

eland m (plural elanden, diminutive elandje n)

elanden (plural)
elandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eland
→ English: eland

From Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old Lithuanian ellenis.


ocelot

ocelot m (plural ocelotten, diminutive ocelotje n)

ocelotten (plural)
ocelotje (diminutive neuter)

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).


tapir

tapir m (plural tapirs, diminutive tapirtje n)

tapirs (plural)
tapirtje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Spanish tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.


ree

ree f or n (plural reeën, diminutive reetje n)

reeën (plural)
reetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ree

From Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch rēa, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, from Proto-Germanic *raihô.

Capreolus capreolus
Capreolus capreolus#Translingual


apin

apin f (plural apinnen, diminutive apinnetje n, masculine aap)

apinnen (plural)
apinnetje (diminutive neuter)
aap (masculine)

From aap (“monkey, ape”) + -in (feminine suffix).


aap

nl-noun

aap m (plural apen, diminutive aapje n, feminine apin)

apen (plural)
aapje (diminutive neuter)
apin (feminine)

Afrikaans: aap

From Middle Dutch āpe, from Old Dutch *apo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

monkey, ape, simian; any member of the infraorder Simiiformes


fret

fret m (plural fretten, diminutive fretje n)

fretten (plural)
fretje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch furet, fret, from Old French furet, from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus, diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).

Mustela putorius furo
Mustela putorius furo#Translingual


maki

maki m (plural maki's, diminutive makietje n)

maki's (plural)
makietje (diminutive neuter)

lemur, lemurid (mammal from the family Lemuridae)


gorilla

gorilla m (plural gorilla's, diminutive gorillaatje n)

gorilla's (plural)
gorillaatje (diminutive neuter)


konijn

konijn n (plural konijnen, diminutive konijntje n)

konijnen (plural)
konijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: konyn

desctree

→ Indonesian: kelinci
→ Cia-Cia: kelinci, 껠린찌

→ Papiamentu: konènchi, konijntsje (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: konkoni, konikoni

→ Lokono: koneso

→ Aukan: konkoni

desc

→ Caribbean Hindustani: konkoni, kunkuni

→ Caribbean Javanese: koni-koni

From Middle Dutch conijn, from earlier Middle Dutch conin, from Old French connin, a variant of Old French conil, from Latin cunīculus, perhaps from Iberian or Celtiberian. Cognate to English cony, German Kaninchen, Spanish conejo and Portuguese coelho.

a rabbit, a bunny; any non-hare lagomorph of the family Leporidae


pony

nl-noun

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

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

→ Indonesian: poni


walrus

walrus m (plural walrussen, diminutive walrusje n)

walrussen (plural)
walrusje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: walrus

The origin of this word is not wholly certain, with several theories proposed. Probably borrowed from Danish hvalros or Swedish valross, from an inversion of Old Norse hrosshvalr (“horse-whale”). Equivalent to wal (“whale; large sea-animal”) + ros (“horse”). The Old Norse word may, however, been a folk-etymological modification of Old Norse rossmal, related to Proto-Germanic *rusta-, from the rust colour of the animal. Preference for borrowing the inverted form could have been due to the influence of the already existing Dutch compound walvis (“whale”, literally “whale-fish”).

compound

Odobenus rosmarus
Odobenus rosmarus#Translingual

walrus, any member of the family Odobenidae of which Odobenus rosmarus is the sole extant member


lemming

nl-noun

lemming m (plural lemmingen or lemmings, diminutive lemminkje n)

lemmingen (plural)
lemmings (plural)
lemminkje (diminutive neuter)

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.


mens

mens m (plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)

mensen (plural)
mensje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mens

Negerhollands: mensch, mens

Skepi Creole Dutch: mens

From Middle Dutch mensche, from Old Dutch mennisko, a substantivised form of the adjective *mennisk (“human, humanlike”), from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz.

De mens is van nature een politiek dier.

Ik ben ook maar een mens!

human, any member of the species Homo sapiens


paard

paard n (plural paarden, diminutive paardje n)

paarden (plural)
paardje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: perd
→ Phuthi: ipere
→ Sotho: pere

Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd

→ English: prad

From Middle Dutch pert, pāert, from Old Dutch *pered, *perid, from Proto-West Germanic *parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus. Compare German Pferd. Doublet of palefroot.

Equus caballus
Equus caballus#Translingual


katachtige

felid, feline; any member of the family Felidae


kater

nl-noun

kater m (plural katers, diminutive katertje n, feminine kat or kattin or vrouwtjeskat or poes)

katers (plural)
katertje (diminutive neuter)
kat (feminine)
kattin (feminine)
vrouwtjeskat (feminine)
poes (feminine)

From Middle Dutch cāter, from Old Dutch *kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō.


geit

geit f (plural geiten, diminutive geitje n)

geiten (plural)
geitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: geit

From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Capra aegagrus
Capra aegagrus#Translingual

Capra aegagrus hircus
Capra aegagrus hircus#Translingual

goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species


opossum

opossum m (plural opossums, diminutive opossumpje n)

opossums (plural)
opossumpje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”).

der

opossum, marsupial of the family Didelphidae


nerts

nl-noun

nerts m (plural nertsen, diminutive nertsje n)

nertsen (plural)
nertsje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Nerz, from Upper Sorbian nórc (“mink”).

Mustela lutreola
Mustela lutreola#Translingual


olifant

olifant m (plural olifanten, diminutive olifantje n)

olifanten (plural)
olifantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: olifant

→ Papiamentu: olefante, olifant

From Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).


poes

poes f (plural poezen, diminutive poesje n)

poezen (plural)
poesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: poes
→ English: poes

Berbice Creole Dutch: pusi, pusiki

→ Ambonese Malay: pus

→ Cayuga: dagu:s (possibly via Mohawk)

→ Indonesian: pus

→ Loup A: puspus

→ Mahican: póschees, poschesch

→ Mohawk: takús

→ Mohegan-Pequot: bopoose

→ Munsee: póoshiish

→ Papiamentu: pushi, poesji (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: puspusi

→ Lokono: pusu

→ Kari'na: pusipusi

→ Unami: pushis

Ultimately from a common Germanic word for cat, perhaps ultimately imitative of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic بسة). More at puss.

onomatopoeic

imitative


ezel

nl-noun

ezel m (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltje n, feminine ezelin)

ezels (plural)
ezeltje (diminutive neuter)
ezelin (feminine)

desctree

Afrikaans: esel
→ Sotho: esele
→ Xhosa: i-esile

→ English: easel

Negerhollands: esel

From Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus.

een ezel stoot zich geen tweemaal aan dezelfde steen

Een ezel balkt: “i-aa, i-aa”.
A donkey brays: “hee-haw, hee-haw”.

donkey, ass (Equus asinus or Equus asinus asinus)


koe

nl-noun

koe f (plural koeien, diminutive koetje n)

koeien (plural)
koetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koei

Berbice Creole Dutch: kui

Jersey Dutch: kû, kûche, kûtše, kûtśe

Negerhollands: koei, kui, kuj

Skepi Creole Dutch: kui

→ Loup A: kui (derived from a colloquial form)

→ Mahican: kójak

→ Munsee: kóowuy, kooy

From Middle Dutch coe, from Old Dutch cuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”), from Proto-Germanic *kōz (“cow”).

cow; a female of certain mammals, in particular bovines


orka

orka m (plural orka's, diminutive orkaatje n)

orka's (plural)
orkaatje (diminutive neuter)


neushoorn

neushoorn m (plural neushoorns, diminutive neushoorntje n)

neushoorns (plural)
neushoorntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: neushoring

From neus (“nose”) + hoorn (“horn”), a calque of Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs).

calque

rhinoceros, mammal of the family Rhinocerotidae


giraf

nl-noun

giraf f (plural giraffen, diminutive girafje n)

giraffen (plural)
girafje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: zjiraf

From German Giraffe, from Middle High German geraff, seraffe, schraffe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).


leeuw

leeuw n (plural leeuwen, diminutive leeuwtje n)

leeuwen (plural)
leeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch leeuwe, from Old Dutch leo.

(obsolete, in toponyms only) burial mound


varken

varken n (plural varkens, diminutive varkentje n, feminine zeug, masculine beer)

varkens (plural)
varkentje (diminutive neuter)
zeug (feminine)
beer (masculine)

Afrikaans: vark

Jersey Dutch: vārk

desc

Negerhollands: varki, fergi, farki, ferkikin, verken

Skepi Creole Dutch: fark

From Middle Dutch varken, verken, from Old Dutch farkīn, ferkīn, an old diminutive, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farhaz (Proto-West Germanic *farh) + Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (Proto-Germanic *-ukīn, with another diminutive suffix attached). Compare Central Franconian Ferke, Low German Farken.


hert

nl-noun

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertje n)

herten (plural)
hertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hert

From Middle Dutch hert, from Old Dutch hirot, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

1773, Genootschap Laus Deo, Salus Populo, "Psalm 42" (modernised spelling).
't Hijgend hert der jacht ontkomen, schreeuwt niet sterker naar 't genot, van de frisse waterstromen, dan mijn ziel verlangt naar God.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

a deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; sometimes used of members of the families Moschidae and Tragulidae in non-scientific use (see derived terms)


serval

Leptailurus serval
Leptailurus serval#Translingual


muis

muis m or f (plural muizen, diminutive muisje n)

muizen (plural)
muisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: muis

Jersey Dutch: mäus

Negerhollands: mischi, miśi, muśi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: mus

→ Sranan Tongo: moismoisi

From Middle Dutch muus, from Old Dutch *mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs.
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel

De muis van mijn computer werkt niet goed.

The mouse of my computer isn't working well.

Koop je een draadloze muis of een met draad?

Are you buying a wireless mouse or a wired one?

Ik gebruik liever een muis dan een touchpad.

(computing) mouse (an input device to operate a computer by steering a cursor and clicking)


egel

egel m (plural egels, diminutive egeltje n)

egels (plural)
egeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch eghel, from Old Dutch *igil, from Proto-Germanic *igilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”). Compare German Igel. Echel (“leech”) is commonly thought to be related to this term.


mol

mol m (plural mollen, diminutive molletje n)

mollen (plural)
molletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz.

a mole, any insectivore of the family Talpidae


mol

→ Indonesian: mol

(chemistry) a mole (unit of chemical quantity)


gems

gems f (plural gemzen, diminutive gemsje n)

gemzen (plural)
gemsje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: gems

Rupicapra rupicapra
Rupicapra rupicapra#Translingual

chamois (mountain goat, Rupicapra rupicapra)


spinnen

spinnen (infinitive)
spinnen (gerund neuter)
spin (first-person present singular)
spon (first-person past singular)
spint (present second-person singular)
spin (present second-person singular)
spon (past second-person singular)
spint (formal present second-person singular)
spon (formal past second-person singular)
spint (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
spint (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
spont (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
spont (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
spint (present singular third-person)
spon (past singular third-person)
spinnen (plural present)
sponnen (past plural)
spinne (archaic present singular subjunctive)
sponne (archaic past singular subjunctive)
spinnen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
sponnen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
spin (imperative present singular)
spint (archaic imperative plural present)
spinnend (participle present)
gesponnen (participle past)

Afrikaans: spin

Jersey Dutch: spänne

Negerhollands: spin

From Middle Dutch spinnen, from Old Dutch *spinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

to spin: make yarn by twisting and winding fibres together


cavia

cavia f (plural cavia's, diminutive caviaatje n)

cavia's (plural)
caviaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Portuguese cávia or New Latin cavia.

Cavia porcellus
Cavia porcellus#Translingual


poema

poema m (plural poema's, diminutive poemaatje n)

poema's (plural)
poemaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.


aardvarken

aardvarken n (plural aardvarkens, diminutive aardvarkentje n)

aardvarkens (plural)
aardvarkentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aardvark
→ English: aardvark

From aarde + varken. Originally South African Dutch.

Orycteropus afer
Orycteropus afer#Translingual


walvis

walvis m (plural walvissen, diminutive walvisje n)

walvissen (plural)
walvisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: walvis

Negerhollands: walvisch, walvis

→ Thai: วาฬ (waan)

From Middle Dutch walvisch, from Old Dutch walvisk, from *wal (“whale”), presumably to clarify the meaning. Equivalent to wal (“whale”) + vis (“fish”). Old Dutch *wal is from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). See also waldier, walrus, grindewal.
Cognate with West Frisian walfisk, German Walfisch. The simple form is cognate with German Wal, English whale, Danish hval, Swedish val.


miereneter

miereneter m (plural miereneters, diminutive mierenetertje n)

miereneters (plural)
mierenetertje (diminutive neuter)


jachtluipaard

jachtluipaard m or n (plural jachtluipaarden, diminutive jachtluipaardje n)

jachtluipaarden (plural)
jachtluipaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: jagluiperd

Acinonyx jubatus
Acinonyx jubatus#Translingual


gnoe

gnoe m (plural gnoes, diminutive gnoetje n)

gnoes (plural)
gnoetje (diminutive neuter)


vleermuis

vleermuis f (plural vleermuizen, diminutive vleermuisje n)

vleermuizen (plural)
vleermuisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vlêrmuis

Berbice Creole Dutch: flermisi

Jersey Dutch: vlîremäus

Negerhollands: flåėrmoes

→ Aukan: feemusu

From Middle Dutch vlēdermuus, from vlēder (“wing”) + muus (“mouse”).


kangoeroe

kangoeroe m (plural kangoeroes, diminutive kangoeroetje n)

kangoeroes (plural)
kangoeroetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kanguru

Borrowed from English kangaroo; ultimately from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).

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a kangaroo, marsupial of the family Macropodidae


mammoet

nl-noun

mammoet m (plural mammoeten or mammoets, diminutive mammoetje n)

mammoeten (plural)
mammoets (plural)
mammoetje (diminutive neuter)

From obsolete Russian мамант (mamant) (modern мамонт (mamont)), probably from a Uralic language.


stokstaartje

From stok (“stick”) + staartje (“little tail”).

compound

De nieuwsgierige stokstaartjes moeten even wennen aan de gekleurde eieren, maar lieten het zich toch goed smaken.

2016 March 25, “Paasontbijt voor stokstaartjes in DierenPark”, in AD:

The curious meerkats had to get used to the coloured eggs for a moment, but enjoyed the taste of them nevertheless.

Suricata suricatta
Suricata suricatta#Translingual


moeflon

nl-noun

moeflon m (plural moeflons, diminutive moeflonnetje n)

moeflons (plural)
moeflonnetje (diminutive neuter)

From French mouflon, from Italian muflone, from Late Latin mufrō (“wild sheep”), related to Latin musimo (“wild sheep”), both probably of pre-Latin origin. From 1765-75.


bunzing

bunzing m (plural bunzingen, diminutive bunzinkje n)

bunzingen (plural)
bunzinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bunsinc, bonsinc, also boesinc, businc. Further etymology unknown, not found outside the Ingvaeonic language area. Probably a derivative of the dialectal term boes (“stable”) with the now-unproductive suffix -ing (“originating from, inhabitant of”).

Die boot stinkt als een bunzing.

Mustela putorius
Mustela putorius#Translingual


ijsbeer

ijsbeer m (plural ijsberen, diminutive ijsbeertje n)

ijsberen (plural)
ijsbeertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ysbeer

Ursus maritimus
Ursus maritimus#Translingual


luipaard

luipaard m or n (plural luipaarden, diminutive luipaardje n)

luipaarden (plural)
luipaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: luiperd

From Middle Dutch lupaert, leupart, liepart, from Old Dutch *liupard, from Old French leopard, from Late Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos).

Panthera pardus
Panthera pardus#Translingual


dromedaris

dromedaris m (plural dromedarissen, diminutive dromedarisje n)

dromedarissen (plural)
dromedarisje (diminutive neuter)

From Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedarius (“kind of camel”), from Classical Latin dromas, dromadis, from Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race course”).

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δρομὰς κάμηλος


nijlpaard

nl-noun

nijlpaard n (plural nijlpaarden, diminutive nijlpaardje n)

nijlpaarden (plural)
nijlpaardje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kuda nil (calque)

From Nijl (“Nile”) + paard (“horse”), a loose calque of Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos). The same in German Nilpferd.

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‘Hemeltjelief,’ zegt juf Lieke. ‘Een nijlpaard op jullie dak? Wat een afschuwelijke gebeurtenis lijkt me dat. En vertel eens, is er iemand geblesseerd geraakt, of zo plat als een dubbeltje?’

2016, Anke Kranendonk, Een nijlpaard voor de juf, Zwijsen Uitgeverij, →ISBN:

"Heavens to Betsy," says Ms Lieke (teacher). "A hippo on your (pl.) roof? That sounds like a horrible thing to happen to you. Tell me, did somebody get injured or get as flat as a pancake?"

Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius#Translingual

common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)


vogelbekdier

nl-noun

vogelbekdier n (plural vogelbekdieren, diminutive vogelbekdiertje n)

vogelbekdieren (plural)
vogelbekdiertje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈʋoːɣəlˌbɛkˌdiːr/

From vogel (“bird”) + bek (“beak, (animal) mouth”) + dier (“animal”). Similar constructs exist in other Germanic languages, cf. Afrikaans eendbekdier, German Schnabeltier, Swedish näbbdjur.

compound

Australische wetenschappers hebben vermoedelijk een fossiel ontdekt van een reusachtig prehistorisch vogelbekdier.

2013 November 5, “Resten van reusachtig vogelbekdier ontdekt”, in NU.nl:

Australian scientists have presumably discovered a fossil of a gigantic prehistoric platypus.

ornithorhynchid, any member of the family Ornithorhynchidae of platypuses and close relatives


zeekoe

nl-noun

zeekoe f (plural zeekoeien, diminutive zeekoetje n)

zeekoeien (plural)
zeekoetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seekoei

→ Aukan: seku

From Middle Dutch seecoe, equivalent to zee (“sea”) + koe (“cow”); compare English sea cow.

1652 April 24, Jan van Riebeeck, Daghregister, 46v.-47, in D.B. Bosman & H.B. Thom (eds.), A.A. Balkema (publ., 1952 ed.), page 31.
Desen verleden nacht had 't volck aen lant een groote zeekoe gevangen, wel soo swaer als 2 gemene vette ossen, hebbende een seer affgrijsselijck, monstreus hooft ende verscheijde scherpe, uijtsteeckende tanden, waervan de langhste ⅝ el langh waren, met een corten halss ende laeghe beenen, de voeten bijnae van fatsoen als renocerosvoeten, edoch gekliefft in vier partijen; was seer fel ende wreet, ende hadden genoech te doen om te bedwinghen, onaengesien met eenighe cogels achter de ooren door 't hooft getrefft was, wesende de huijt wel 1 duijm dick ende soo hard dat op sommige plaetsen geen musquetscogel door coste geschoten worden; des hem recht voor in 't hooft lieten doot schieten, ende 't volck eeten, alsoo van goeden smaecke was, lopende de melck uijt de uijren.

This past night the people ashore had caught a large hippo, as heavy as 2 common fat oxen, no less, having a very gruesome, monstrous head and several sharp teeth sticking out, of which the longest were 44 cm long, with a short neck and low legs, the feet almost of the shape of rhinoceros feet, though cloven into four parts; [it] was very fierce and cruel, and [they/we] were more than preoccupied to subdue it, although [it] had been hit in the head behind the ears with a few bullets, the hide being no less than 1 inch thick and so hard that in some place no musket bullet could be shot through [it]; therefore [we] let [someone] kill it with a shot straight in the front of the head, and let the people eat, because [it] was of a good taste, the milk running from the udders.

(South Africa, archaic) common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) (now exclusively used when rendering Afrikaans seekoei)


kameel

kameel m (plural kamelen, diminutive kameeltje n)

kamelen (plural)
kameeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kameel

→ English: camel (South Africa)

Negerhollands: kameel

→ Papiamentu: kamel, kameel

From Middle Dutch camêel, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic language. The form kemel (with stress on the initial syllable), the earliest attested form of the word in Middle Dutch which survived into early Modern Dutch, presumably represents an earlier borrowing from Latin or Greek, with i-umlaut, as if from Proto-West Germanic *kamīl.

Een kameel kan lange afstanden afleggen zonder water.

A camel can travel long distances without water.

De kameel draagt zware lasten door de woestijn.

The camel carries heavy loads across the desert.

Ze reed op een kameel tijdens haar vakantie in Egypte.

She rode a camel during her vacation in Egypt.

Camelus bactrianus
Camelus bactrianus#Translingual

camel (Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus); animal of the genus Camelus)


buffel

buffel m (plural buffels, diminutive buffeltje n)

buffels (plural)
buffeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: buffel

→ Sranan Tongo: bofru

→ Lokono: boforo

From Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).

Syncerus caffer
Syncerus caffer#Translingual

a buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or species Syncerus caffer


luiaard

luiaard m (plural luiaards, diminutive luiaardje n)

luiaards (plural)
luiaardje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: loiri

→ Aukan: loili

a sloth (mammal of the suborder Folivora)


spitsmuis

spitsmuis f (plural spitsmuizen, diminutive spitsmuisje n)

spitsmuizen (plural)
spitsmuisje (diminutive neuter)

From spits + muis, calque of German Spitzmaus. First attested around 1600.

shrew, laurasiatherian of the family Soricidae


rendier

rendier n (plural rendieren, diminutive rendiertje n)

rendieren (plural)
rendiertje (diminutive neuter)

From rennen + dier, calque of German Rentier, by folk etymology from older Reentier.


dolfijn

dolfijn m (plural dolfijnen, diminutive dolfijntje n)

dolfijnen (plural)
dolfijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dolfyn

→ Papiamentu: dòlfèin

→ West Frisian: dolfyn

From Middle Dutch delfijn, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís). Cognate with English dolphin.

Dolfijnen waren heilige dieren voor de oude Grieken, die de dolfijn associëerden met de zonnegod Apollo.

Dolphins were sacred animals to the ancient Greeks, who associated the dolphin with the sun-god Apollo.

dolphin, sea mammal of the family Delphinidae


wasbeer

wasbeer m (plural wasberen, diminutive wasbeertje n)

wasberen (plural)
wasbeertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wasbeer

From wassen (“to wash”) + beer (“bear”). Probably a calque of German Waschbär, itself a calque of translingual Ursus lotor.

De wasberen leven vooral in de Ardennen.

2008 July 9, “Wasbeer trekt verwoestend spoor door Belgische bossen”, in Het Laatste Nieuws:

The raccoons predominantly live in the Ardennes.

a raccoon, carnivore of the genus Procyon


knaagdier

knaagdier n (plural knaagdieren, diminutive knaagdiertje n)

knaagdieren (plural)
knaagdiertje (diminutive neuter)

From knagen (“to gnaw”) + dier (“animal”), perhaps through German Nagetier, eventually after Latin rodens.

rodent, any member of the order Rodentia


wezel

wezel f (plural wezels, diminutive wezeltje n)

wezels (plural)
wezeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wesel

Jersey Dutch: wêzel

From Middle Dutch wēsel, from Old Dutch *wisula, *wisala, from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā, from Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ.

A weasel; any mustelid of genus Mustela.


tijger

tijger m (plural tijgers, diminutive tijgertje n, feminine tijgerin)

tijgers (plural)
tijgertje (diminutive neuter)
tijgerin (feminine)

Afrikaans: tier

Berbice Creole Dutch: tigri

Sranan Tongo: tigri

→ West Frisian: tijger

From Middle Dutch tiger, from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris.

Panthera tigris
Panthera tigris#Translingual


eekhoorn

eekhoorn m (plural eekhoorns, diminutive eekhoorntje n)

eekhoorns (plural)
eekhoorntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eekhoring

Jersey Dutch: än-kôrn, än̈kôrn

→ Papiamentu: eekhoorn

From Middle Dutch ecorn, eencoren, from Old Dutch *ēkorno, from Proto-West Germanic *aikwernō, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô.

Sciurus vulgaris
Sciurus vulgaris#Translingual

(particularly) red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)


antilope

antilope f (plural antilopen or antilopes, diminutive antiloopje n)

antilopen (plural)
antilopes (plural)
antiloopje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French antilope, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin antilops, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops).


beverrat

beverrat m (plural beverratten, diminutive beverratje n)

beverratten (plural)
beverratje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of bever (“beaver”) + rat (“rat”).

coypu, member of the family Myocastoridae


civetkat

civetkat f (plural civetkatten, diminutive civetkatje n)

civetkatten (plural)
civetkatje (diminutive neuter)

civet, carnivore of the genera Viverra or Civettictis


doejong

doejong m (plural doejongs, diminutive doejongetje n)

doejongs (plural)
doejongetje (diminutive neuter)


damhert

damhert n (plural damherten, diminutive damhertje n)

damherten (plural)
damhertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dam (“fallow deer”) + hert (“deer”).


mierenegel

mierenegel m (plural mierenegels, diminutive mierenegeltje n)

mierenegels (plural)
mierenegeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of mier (“ant”) + -en- + egel (“hedgehog”). Named after its resemblance to a hedgehog and its diet of ants and termites. First attested in the mid-nineteenth century.

echidna, any member of the family Tachyglossidae


goudhamster

goudhamster m (plural goudhamsters, diminutive goudhamstertje n)

goudhamsters (plural)
goudhamstertje (diminutive neuter)

Mesocricetus auratus
Mesocricetus auratus#Translingual


beloega

beloega m (plural beloega's, diminutive beloegaatje n)

beloega's (plural)
beloegaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga) (in turn бе́лый (bélyj, “white”)). In modern standard Russian белу́га (belúga) means the fish only (the "European sturgeon") and белу́ха (belúxa) a "white whale".

Een Beloega/ van vier perſoonen op een burrie gedragen.

1677, Historisch verhael, of Beschryving Van de Voyagie, Gedaen onder de Suite van den Heere Koenraad van Klenk, Jan Claesz. ten Hoorn, page 94:

Delphinapterus leucas
Delphinapterus leucas#Translingual


bultrug

bultrug m (plural bultruggen, diminutive bultruggetje n or bultrugje n)

bultruggen (plural)
bultruggetje (diminutive neuter)
bultrugje (diminutive neuter)

Either from bult (“hump”) + rug (“back”) or a shortening of bultrugwalvis.

Megaptera novaeangliae
Megaptera novaeangliae#Translingual

a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)


grizzlybeer

grizzlybeer m (plural grizzlyberen, diminutive grizzlybeertje n)

grizzlyberen (plural)
grizzlybeertje (diminutive neuter)

Ursus arctos horribilis
Ursus arctos horribilis#Translingual


cheeta

cheeta m (plural cheeta's, diminutive cheetaatje n)

cheeta's (plural)
cheetaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀕 (cittaga), from Sanskrit चित्रक (citraka, “leopard”).


hermelijn

hermelijn m (plural hermelijnen, diminutive hermelijntje n)

hermelijnen (plural)
hermelijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hermelyn

From Middle Dutch hermelijn, a diminutive of hermel, harmel, from Old Dutch *hermilo, itself also a diminutive, of *harmo, from Proto-Germanic *harmô. Cognate with Middle Low German hermelīn, German Hermelin.

Mustela erminea
Mustela erminea#Translingual


agoeti

agoeti m or n (plural agoeti's, diminutive agoetietje n)

agoeti's (plural)
agoetietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: agoeti

→ Sranan Tongo: aguti

From French agouti or Spanish agutí, both from Old Tupi akuti and other Tupian languages.


jakhals

jakhals m (plural jakhalzen, diminutive jakhalsje n)

jakhalzen (plural)
jakhalsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: jakkals

Borrowed from another European language, ultimately from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šağâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá, “jackal”). Modified into the current form by folk etymology.

jackal, one of certain canids of the genus Canis


fennek

fennek m (plural fenneks or fenneken, diminutive fennekje n)

fenneks (plural)
fenneken (plural)
fennekje (diminutive neuter)


capibara

capibara m (plural capibara's, diminutive capibaraatje n)

capibara's (plural)
capibaraatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Spanish capibara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris#Translingual


bizon

bizon m (plural bizons, diminutive bizonnetje n)

bizons (plural)
bizonnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bison

Borrowed from French bison, from Latin bisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz.


visse

visse f (plural vissen, diminutive vissetje n or visseke n)

vissen (plural)
vissetje (diminutive neuter)
visseke (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch visse (“polecat”), borrowed via Old French from Latin vissio (“weasel”) (see French vison (“mink”)). Cognate to English fitchew, English fitch and English fitchet.

't Zal een ratte zijn of een visse, gromde hij.

1907, Vlaanderen: algemeen Vlaamsch maandschrift, volume V, 486:

Bij 't speuren van een konijnenpijpe was daar een visse uitgesprongen

(Southern, dialectal) European polecat, Mustela putorius


ratel

ratel f (plural ratels, diminutive rateltje n)

ratels (plural)
rateltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ratele, a compound of râte (“honeycomb”) and -ele. The suffix is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental/diminutive suffix), and râte (now raat) is ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hrātu (“honeycomb”), which is probably inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrētō-.


potvis

nl-noun

potvis m (plural potvissen, diminutive potvisje n)

potvissen (plural)
potvisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pot (“pot”) + vis (“fish”). The part pot refers to the sperm whale's blunt head due to its melon and spermaceti organ.

Physeter catodon
Physeter catodon#Translingual

Physeter macrocephalus
Physeter macrocephalus#Translingual

sperm whale (Physeter catodon syn. Physeter macrocephalus)

sperm whale, any member of the family Physeteridae, including the above and several prehistoric species


narwal

narwal m (plural narwals or narwallen, diminutive narwalletje n)

narwals (plural)
narwallen (plural)
narwalletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: narwal

Borrowed from Danish narhval. First attested in the 17th century.

Monodon monoceros
Monodon monoceros#Translingual


gordeldier

gordeldier n (plural gordeldieren, diminutive gordeldiertje n)

gordeldieren (plural)
gordeldiertje (diminutive neuter)

From gordel (“belt”) + dier (“animal”), calque of German Gürteltier. First attested in the 1790s.


chimpansee

chimpansee m (plural chimpansees, diminutive chimpanseetje n)

chimpansees (plural)
chimpanseetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: simpansé

/ˌʃɪm.pɑnˈʃeː/


slurf

slurf f (plural slurven, diminutive slurfje n)

slurven (plural)
slurfje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: slùrf

→ West Frisian: slurf

From slurven (a variant of slurpen (“to slurp”)) via Middle Dutch slorf.


ooi

ooi f (plural ooien, diminutive ooitje n)

ooien (plural)
ooitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ooi

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

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

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

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


herder

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

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

Negerhollands: herder

→ Papiamentu: herder

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


lori

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

lori's (plural)
lorietje (diminutive neuter)

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

a loris, a primate of the subfamily Lorisinae


poedel

poedel m (plural poedels, diminutive poedeltje n)

poedels (plural)
poedeltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Pudel. Cognate with English poodle.

Poedels zijn van oorsprong jachthonden.

Poodles were originally used as hunting dogs.

poedelnaakt

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


poedel

(archaic, chiefly ball games) a miss; a throw or shot that misses the goal or target


bul

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

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

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

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


bul

bul f (plural bullen, diminutive bulletje n)

bullen (plural)
bulletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: bùl

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

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


roofdier

roofdier n (plural roofdieren, diminutive roofdiertje n)

roofdieren (plural)
roofdiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: roofdier

→ West Frisian: rôfdier

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

compound

a carnivoran, any member of the order Carnivora


blaffen

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

Afrikaans: blaf

Negerhollands: baf

→ English: blaff

→ Papiamentu: blaf

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

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

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


wijfjeskat

nl-noun

wijfjeskat f (plural wijfjeskatten, diminutive wijfjeskatje n)

wijfjeskatten (plural)
wijfjeskatje (diminutive neuter)

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


gemsbok

gemsbok m (plural gemsbokken, diminutive gemsbokje n)

gemsbokken (plural)
gemsbokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gemsbok

→ English: gemsbok


hengst

hengst m (plural hengsten, diminutive hengstje n)

hengsten (plural)
hengstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hings

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

Hij gaf zijn aanvaller een geweldige hengst.

He gave his attacker an enormous wallop.

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


baviaan

baviaan m (plural bavianen, diminutive baviaantje n)

bavianen (plural)
baviaantje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: babiana

→ German: Pavian (see there for further descendants)

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


marter

marter m (plural marters, diminutive martertje n)

marters (plural)
martertje (diminutive neuter)

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


berin

berin f (plural berinnen, diminutive berinnetje n)

berinnen (plural)
berinnetje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


pekari

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

pekari's (plural)
pekarietje (diminutive neuter)

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


panter

panter m (plural panters, diminutive pantertje n)

panters (plural)
pantertje (diminutive neuter)

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


ulk

ulk m (plural ulken, diminutive ulkje n)

ulken (plural)
ulkje (diminutive neuter)

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

cog

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

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

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

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

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

2009, Maarten t' Hart, Het psalmenoproer:

Hier nam het lot de gedaante van een ulk aan.

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

Mustela putorius
Mustela putorius#Translingual

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


pitbull

nl-noun

pitbull m (plural pitbulls, diminutive pitbulletje n)

pitbulls (plural)
pitbulletje (diminutive neuter)


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 duiker, antelope of the subfamily Cephalophinae


bruine rat

nl-noun

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

bruine ratten (plural)
bruin ratje (diminutive neuter)

Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus#Translingual


primaat

primaat m (plural primaten, diminutive primaatje n)

primaten (plural)
primaatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: primaat

primate, any member of the order Primates


veulen

veulen n (plural veulens, diminutive veulentje n)

veulens (plural)
veulentje (diminutive neuter)

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

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

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


merrie

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

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

Afrikaans: merrie

Negerhollands: merri, mėri

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

nachtmerrie

not related, but connected through folk etymology


zeeleeuw

zeeleeuw m (plural zeeleeuwen, diminutive zeeleeuwtje n)

zeeleeuwen (plural)
zeeleeuwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seeleeu

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

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


zeehond

zeehond m (plural zeehonden, diminutive zeehondje n)

zeehonden (plural)
zeehondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seehond

→ Indonesian: anjing laut (calque)

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


bruinvis

nl-noun

bruinvis m (plural bruinvissen, diminutive bruinvisje n)

bruinvissen (plural)
bruinvisje (diminutive neuter)

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

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

Phocoena phocoena
Phocoena phocoena#Translingual


zwaardwalvis

zwaardwalvis m (plural zwaardwalvissen, diminutive zwaardwalvisje n)

zwaardwalvissen (plural)
zwaardwalvisje (diminutive neuter)

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


veelvraat

veelvraat m (plural veelvraten, diminutive veelvraatje n)

veelvraten (plural)
veelvraatje (diminutive neuter)

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


ork

nl-noun

ork m (plural orken, diminutive orkje n)

orken (plural)
orkje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French orque, from Latin orca.

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


waterhond

waterhond m (plural waterhonden, diminutive waterhondje n)

waterhonden (plural)
waterhondje (diminutive neuter)


Portugese waterhond

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

Portugese waterhonden (plural)
Portugees waterhondje (diminutive neuter)

Portuguese Water Dog
Portuguese Water Dog


steenbok

steenbok m (plural steenbokken, diminutive steenbokje n)

steenbokken (plural)
steenbokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: steenbok
→ English: steenbok

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

Synonym of steenbokantilope (“steenbok, Raphicerus campestris”)


mensaap

mensaap m (plural mensapen, diminutive mensaapje n)

mensapen (plural)
mensaapje (diminutive neuter)

ape, any member of the superfamily Hominoidea


stinkdier

stinkdier n (plural stinkdieren, diminutive stinkdiertje n)

stinkdieren (plural)
stinkdiertje (diminutive neuter)

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

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

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

skunk, any member of the family Mephitidae


Duitse herdershond

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

Duitse herdershonden (plural)
Duits herdershondje (diminutive neuter)


buideldier

buideldier n (plural buideldieren, diminutive buideldiertje n)

buideldieren (plural)
buideldiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: buideldier

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

marsupial, any member of the infraclass Marsupialia


mangoeste

mangoeste f (plural mangoesten, diminutive mangoestje n)

mangoesten (plural)
mangoestje (diminutive neuter)

mongoose, any member of the family Herpestidae


miauwen

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

→ Papiamentu: miou

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

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


steenezel

steenezel m (plural steenezels, diminutive steenezeltje n)

steenezels (plural)
steenezeltje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


blauwe vinvis

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

blauwe vinvissen (plural)
blauw vinvisje (diminutive neuter)

Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera musculus#Translingual


makaak

makaak m (plural makaken, diminutive makaakje n)

makaken (plural)
makaakje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, ethnic slur, offensive) a person from North Africa or of North African descent


brommer

brommer m (plural brommers, diminutive brommertje n)

brommers (plural)
brommertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: bolomu

→ Papiamentu: bròmer

→ Sranan Tongo: brom

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


golden retriever

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

golden retrievers (plural)
golden retrievertje (diminutive neuter)


keeshond

keeshond m (plural keeshonden, diminutive keeshondje n)

keeshonden (plural)
keeshondje (diminutive neuter)


poolbeer

poolbeer m (plural poolberen, diminutive poolbeertje n)

poolberen (plural)
poolbeertje (diminutive neuter)

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


mandril

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

Mandrillus sphinx
Mandrillus sphinx#Translingual


bontebok

bontebok m (plural bontebokken, diminutive bontebokje n)

bontebokken (plural)
bontebokje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: bontebok
→ English: bontebok
→ Italian: bontebok

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

univerbation

a grysbok, any small antelope of the genus Raphicerus


hondachtige

nl-noun

hondachtige m or f (plural hondachtigen)

/ˈɦɔntˌɑx.tə.ɣə/


strandwolf

strandwolf m (plural strandwolven, diminutive strandwolfje n)

strandwolven (plural)
strandwolfje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: strandwolf
→ English: strandwolf

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

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


tauros

nl-noun

tauros m (plural taurossen, diminutive taurosje n)

taurossen (plural)
taurosje (diminutive neuter)

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


renoster

Afrikaans: renoster

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


berberaap

berberaap m (plural berberapen, diminutive berberaapje n)

berberapen (plural)
berberaapje (diminutive neuter)

Macaca sylvanus
Macaca sylvanus#Translingual


blesbok

blesbok m (plural blesbokken, diminutive blesbokje n)

blesbokken (plural)
blesbokje (diminutive neuter)


reebok

reebok m (plural reebokken, diminutive reebokje n)

reebokken (plural)
reebokje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


klipdas

klipdas m (plural klipdassen, diminutive klipdasje n)

klipdassen (plural)
klipdasje (diminutive neuter)

→ English: klipdas

Afrikaans: klipdas, klipdassie

→ German: Klippdachs

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

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


muishond

muishond m (plural muishonden, diminutive muishondje n)

muishonden (plural)
muishondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: muishond
→ English: muishond

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

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


kattenluik

kattenluik n (plural kattenluiken, diminutive kattenluikje n)

kattenluiken (plural)
kattenluikje (diminutive neuter)

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


oeros

oeros m (plural oerossen, diminutive oerosje n)

oerossen (plural)
oerosje (diminutive neuter)

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


Duitse herder

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

Duitse herders (plural)
Duits herdertje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “German shepherd, German herder”.


hertenbok

nl-noun

hertenbok m (plural hertenbokken, diminutive hertenbokje n)

hertenbokken (plural)
hertenbokje (diminutive neuter)


steenmarter

steenmarter m (plural steenmarters, diminutive steenmartertje n)

steenmarters (plural)
steenmartertje (diminutive neuter)

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


boommarter

boommarter m (plural boommarters, diminutive boommartertje n)

boommarters (plural)
boommartertje (diminutive neuter)

Martes martes
Martes martes#Translingual


fluwijn

fluwijn n (plural fluwijnen, diminutive fluwijntje n)

fluwijnen (plural)
fluwijntje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


pelsrob

pelsrob m (plural pelsrobben, diminutive pelsrobje n)

pelsrobben (plural)
pelsrobje (diminutive neuter)

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

fur seal, pinniped of the subfamily Arctocephalinae


baardaap

baardaap m (plural baardapen, diminutive baardaapje n)

baardapen (plural)
baardaapje (diminutive neuter)

the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)


minivarken

minivarken n (plural minivarkens, diminutive minivarkentje n)

minivarkens (plural)
minivarkentje (diminutive neuter)


dikhoornschaap

dikhoornschaap n (plural dikhoornschapen, diminutive dikhoornschaapje n)

dikhoornschapen (plural)
dikhoornschaapje (diminutive neuter)

Ovis canadensis
Ovis canadensis#Translingual


stinkmarter

stinkmarter m (plural stinkmarters, diminutive stinkmartertje n)

stinkmarters (plural)
stinkmartertje (diminutive neuter)

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

compound

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2010, Pjeroo Roobjee, Een mismaakt gouvernment:

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

(uncommon) European polecat (Mustela putorius)


kattin

nl-noun

kattin f (plural kattinnen, diminutive kattinnetje n)

kattinnen (plural)
kattinnetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cattinne, equivalent to kat + -in. Compare German Kätzin.


mannetjeskat

mannetjeskat m (plural mannetjeskatten, diminutive mannetjeskatje n)

mannetjeskatten (plural)
mannetjeskatje (diminutive neuter)


vrouwtjeskat

vrouwtjeskat f (plural vrouwtjeskatten, diminutive vrouwtjeskatje n)

vrouwtjeskatten (plural)
vrouwtjeskatje (diminutive neuter)


zeeolifant

zeeolifant m (plural zeeolifanten, diminutive zeeolifantje n)

zeeolifanten (plural)
zeeolifantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: gajah laut (calque)

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

elephant seal, member of the genus Mirounga


doodshoofdaapje

doodshoofdaapje n (plural doodshoofdaapjes)

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

compound

squirrel monkey, monkey of the genus Saimiri


dwergchimpansee

nl-noun

dwergchimpansee m (plural dwergchimpansees, diminutive dwergchimpanseetje n)

dwergchimpansees (plural)
dwergchimpanseetje (diminutive neuter)

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


neusbeer

nl-noun

neusbeer m (plural neusberen, diminutive neusbeertje n)

neusberen (plural)
neusbeertje (diminutive neuter)

coati, procyonid of the genera Nasua or Nasuella


koebeest

koebeest n (plural koebeesten, diminutive koebeestje n)

koebeesten (plural)
koebeestje (diminutive neuter)


optuigen

optuigen (infinitive)
optuigen (gerund neuter)
tuig op (first-person main-clause present singular)
tuigde op (first-person main-clause past singular)
optuig (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
optuigde (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
tuigt op (main-clause present second-person singular)
tuig op (main-clause present second-person singular)
tuigde op (main-clause past second-person singular)
optuigt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optuigde (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
tuigt op (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
tuigde op (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
optuigt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optuigde (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
tuigt op (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
tuigt op (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
tuigde op (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
tuigde op (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
optuigt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optuigt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optuigde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optuigde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
tuigt op (main-clause present singular third-person)
tuigde op (main-clause past singular third-person)
optuigt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
optuigde (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
tuigen op (main-clause plural present)
tuigden op (main-clause past plural)
optuigen (plural present subordinate-clause)
optuigden (past plural subordinate-clause)
tuige op (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
tuigde op (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
optuige (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
optuigde (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
tuigen op (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
tuigden op (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
optuigen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
optuigden (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
tuig op (imperative main-clause present singular)
tuigt op (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
optuigend (main-clause participle present)
opgetuigd (main-clause participle past)

(livestock, particularly equestrianism, transitive) to tack (up)

livestock; particularly equestrianism; livestock; particularly equestrianism


aftuigen

aftuigen (infinitive)
aftuigen (gerund neuter)
tuig af (first-person main-clause present singular)
tuigde af (first-person main-clause past singular)
aftuig (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
aftuigde (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
tuigt af (main-clause present second-person singular)
tuig af (main-clause present second-person singular)
tuigde af (main-clause past second-person singular)
aftuigt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftuigde (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
tuigt af (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
tuigde af (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
aftuigt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftuigde (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
tuigt af (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
tuigt af (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
tuigde af (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
tuigde af (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
aftuigt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftuigt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftuigde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftuigde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
tuigt af (main-clause present singular third-person)
tuigde af (main-clause past singular third-person)
aftuigt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
aftuigde (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
tuigen af (main-clause plural present)
tuigden af (main-clause past plural)
aftuigen (plural present subordinate-clause)
aftuigden (past plural subordinate-clause)
tuige af (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
tuigde af (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
aftuige (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aftuigde (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
tuigen af (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
tuigden af (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
aftuigen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aftuigden (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
tuig af (imperative main-clause present singular)
tuigt af (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
aftuigend (main-clause participle present)
afgetuigd (main-clause participle past)

From af (“off, down”) + tuigen (“to equip”).

(livestock, particularly equestrianism, transitive) to remove tack from, to unequip


bruine beer

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

bruine beren (plural)
bruin beertje (diminutive neuter)


Tasmaanse duivel

Tasmaanse duivel m (plural Tasmaanse duivels, diminutive Tasmaans duiveltje n)

Tasmaanse duivels (plural)
Tasmaans duiveltje (diminutive neuter)

Sarcophilus harrisii
Sarcophilus harrisii#Translingual


sneeuwpanter

sneeuwpanter m (plural sneeuwpanters, diminutive sneeuwpantertje n)

sneeuwpanters (plural)
sneeuwpantertje (diminutive neuter)

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

Panthera uncia
Panthera uncia#Translingual

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


hondenhok

hondenhok n (plural hondenhokken, diminutive hondenhokje n)

hondenhokken (plural)
hondenhokje (diminutive neuter)

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


buidelmol

buidelmol m (plural buidelmollen, diminutive buidelmolletje n)

buidelmollen (plural)
buidelmolletje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


aardmuis

aardmuis f (plural aardmuizen, diminutive aardmuisje n)

aardmuizen (plural)
aardmuisje (diminutive neuter)

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


kitvos

nl-noun

kitvos m (plural kitvossen, diminutive kitvosje n)

kitvossen (plural)
kitvosje (diminutive neuter)


woestijnvos

woestijnvos m (plural woestijnvossen, diminutive woestijnvosje n)

woestijnvossen (plural)
woestijnvosje (diminutive neuter)


zilvervos

zilvervos m (plural zilvervossen, diminutive zilvervosje n)

zilvervossen (plural)
zilvervosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes#Translingual

silver fox, colour variation of Vulpes vulpes


poolvos

poolvos m (plural poolvossen, diminutive poolvosje n)

poolvossen (plural)
poolvosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes lagopus
Vulpes lagopus#Translingual


grijze vos

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

grijze vossen (plural)
grijs vosje (diminutive neuter)


steppevos

steppevos m (plural steppevossen, diminutive steppevosje n)

steppevossen (plural)
steppevosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes corsac
Vulpes corsac#Translingual


kamavos

kamavos m (plural kamavossen, diminutive kamavosje n)

kamavossen (plural)
kamavosje (diminutive neuter)


grootoorkitvos

grootoorkitvos m (plural grootoorkitvossen, diminutive grootoorkitvosje n)

grootoorkitvossen (plural)
grootoorkitvosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes macrotis
Vulpes macrotis#Translingual


vale vos

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

vale vossen (plural)
vaal vosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes pallida
Vulpes pallida#Translingual


Bengaalse vos

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

Bengaalse vossen (plural)
Bengaals vosje (diminutive neuter)

Vulpes bengalensis
Vulpes bengalensis#Translingual


oostelijke zandvos

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

oostelijke zandvossen (plural)
oostelijk zandvosje (diminutive neuter)


Afghaanse vos

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

Afghaanse vossen (plural)
Afghaans vosje (diminutive neuter)


Kaapse vos

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

Kaapse vossen (plural)
Kaaps vosje (diminutive neuter)


Indische vos

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

Indische vossen (plural)
Indisch vosje (diminutive neuter)

Bengal fox, Indian fox (Vulpes bengalensis)


gewone vos

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

gewone vossen (plural)
gewoon vosje (diminutive neuter)

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


andesvos

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

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

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

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

Lycalopex culpaeus
Lycalopex culpaeus#Translingual


rode vos

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

rode vossen (plural)
rood vosje (diminutive neuter)


eilandvos

eilandvos m (plural eilandvossen, diminutive eilandvosje n)

eilandvossen (plural)
eilandvosje (diminutive neuter)

From eiland + vos, calque of English island fox.

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

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

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

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

Urocyon littoralis
Urocyon littoralis#Translingual


Azaravos

Azaravos m (plural Azaravossen, diminutive Azaravosje n)

Azaravossen (plural)
Azaravosje (diminutive neuter)

Lycalopex gymnocercus
Lycalopex gymnocercus#Translingual

pampas fox, Azara's fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus)


zandvos

zandvos m (plural zandvossen, diminutive zandvosje n)

zandvossen (plural)
zandvosje (diminutive neuter)

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

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

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

Vulpes rueppellii
Vulpes rueppellii#Translingual

Rüppell's fox, sand fox (Vulpes rueppellii)


bintoerong

bintoerong m (plural bintoerongs, diminutive bintoeronkje n)

bintoerongs (plural)
bintoeronkje (diminutive neuter)


beermarter

beermarter m (plural beermarters, diminutive beermartertje n)

beermarters (plural)
beermartertje (diminutive neuter)

Arctictis binturong
Arctictis binturong#Translingual

binturong, bearcat (Arctictis binturong)


honingdas

honingdas m (plural honingdassen, diminutive honingdasje n)

honingdassen (plural)
honingdasje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɦoː.nɪŋˌdɑs/

Compound of honing (“honey”) + das (“badger”).

Mellivora capensis
Mellivora capensis#Translingual

ratel, honey badger (Mellivora capensis)


zwerfkat

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

zwerfkatten (plural)
zwerfkatje (diminutive neuter)

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


zwerfhond

zwerfhond m (plural zwerfhonden, diminutive zwerfhondje n)

zwerfhonden (plural)
zwerfhondje (diminutive neuter)

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


vismarter

vismarter m (plural vismarters, diminutive vismartertje n)

vismarters (plural)
vismartertje (diminutive neuter)

Pekania pennanti
Pekania pennanti#Translingual

Martes pennanti
Martes pennanti#Translingual

fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)


sabeldier

sabeldier n (plural sabeldieren, diminutive sabeldiertje n)

sabeldieren (plural)
sabeldiertje (diminutive neuter)

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

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

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

Martes zibellina
Martes zibellina#Translingual


sabelmarter

sabelmarter m (plural sabelmarters, diminutive sabelmartertje n)

sabelmarters (plural)
sabelmartertje (diminutive neuter)

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

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

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


vinvis

vinvis m (plural vinvissen, diminutive vinvisje n)

vinvissen (plural)
vinvisje (diminutive neuter)

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

any cetacean of the family Balaenopteridae, rorqual


griend

griend m (plural grienden, diminutive griendje n)

grienden (plural)
griendje (diminutive neuter)

long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)


huismarter

huismarter m (plural huismarters, diminutive huismartertje n)

huismarters (plural)
huismartertje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


grottenleeuw

Compound of grot (“cave”) + -en- + leeuw (“lion”), calque of Latin Panthera leo spelaea. From the 20th century.

Panthera leo spelaea
Panthera leo spelaea#Translingual

(uncommon) Synonym of holenleeuw (“cave lion”) (Panthera leo spelaea)


holenleeuw

Compound of hol (“hole, den”) + -en- + leeuw (“lion”), calque of German Höhlenlöwe. First attested in the 1850s.

compound

cave lion (Panthera spelaea or Panthera leo spelaea)


fluithaas

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

pika, lagomorph of the family Ochotonidae


kermodebeer

nl-noun

kermodebeer m (plural kermodeberen, diminutive kermodebeertje n)

kermodeberen (plural)
kermodebeertje (diminutive neuter)

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


cloacadier

monotreme, any member of the order Monotremata


monotreem

Ultimately from Latin monotrema, from Monotremata.


kardoes

kardoes f (plural kardoezen, diminutive kardoesje n)

kardoezen (plural)
kardoesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kardoes

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

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

(dated) a pack of tobacco, in particular snuff


kardoes

kardoes m (plural kardoezen, diminutive kardoesje n)

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


reuzenpanda

reuzenpanda m (plural reuzenpanda's, diminutive reuzenpandaatje n)

reuzenpanda's (plural)
reuzenpandaatje (diminutive neuter)

Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca#Translingual

giant panda, panda bear (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)


dwergmuis

dwergmuis f (plural dwergmuizen, diminutive dwergmuisje n)

dwergmuizen (plural)
dwergmuisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dwerg (“dwarf”) + muis (“mouse”).

Micromys minutus
Micromys minutus#Translingual


oogstmuis

oogstmuis f (plural oogstmuizen, diminutive oogstmuisje n)

oogstmuizen (plural)
oogstmuisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of oogst (“harvest”) + muis (“mouse”).


vleerhond

vleerhond m (plural vleerhonden, diminutive vleerhondje n)

vleerhonden (plural)
vleerhondje (diminutive neuter)

flying fox, bat of the family Pteropodidae


vliegende hond

vliegende hond m (plural vliegende honden, diminutive vliegend hondje n)

vliegende honden (plural)
vliegend hondje (diminutive neuter)

Synonym of vleerhond (“flying fox, Pteropodid”)


gewone zeehond

gewone zeehond m (plural gewone zeehonden, diminutive gewoon zeehondje n)

gewone zeehonden (plural)
gewoon zeehondje (diminutive neuter)

/ɣəˌʋoː.nə ˈzeː.ɦɔnt/

Phoca vitulina
Phoca vitulina#Translingual

common seal, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)


kegelrob

kegelrob m (plural kegelrobben, diminutive kegelrobbetje n)

kegelrobben (plural)
kegelrobbetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Kegelrobbe. By surface analysis, kegel (“cone”) + rob (“seal”).


grijze zeehond

nl-noun

grijze zeehond m (plural grijze zeehonden, diminutive grijs zeehondje n)

grijze zeehonden (plural)
grijs zeehondje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌɣrɛi̯zə ˈzeːɦɔnt/

Halichoerus grypus
Halichoerus grypus#Translingual


buidelmarter

From buidel (“pouch”) + marter (“marten”), calque of German Beutelmarder.

quoll, native cat, any marsupial of the genus Dasyurus


buidelmiereneter

buidelmiereneter m (plural buidelmiereneters)

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Compound of buidel (“pouch”) + miereneter (“anteater”).

compound

Myrmecobius fasciatus
Myrmecobius fasciatus#Translingual

numbat, marsupial anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus


buidelhaas

Compound of buidel (“pouch”) + haas (“hare”).

hare-wallaby, any marsupial of the genus Lagorchestes


buidelrat

nl-noun

buidelrat f (plural buidelratten, diminutive buidelratje n)

buidelratten (plural)
buidelratje (diminutive neuter)

From buidel + rat, calque of German Beutelratte. First attested in the second half of the eighteenth century.

opossum, marsupial of the family Didelphidae


rode lynx

rode lynx m (plural rode lynxen, diminutive rood lynxje n)

rode lynxen (plural)
rood lynxje (diminutive neuter)


Iberische lynx

Iberische lynx m (plural Iberische lynxen)

Lynx pardinus
Lynx pardinus#Translingual


pardellynx

Compound of pardel (“panther, leopard”) + lynx (“lynx”). Probably a calque.


Euraziatische lynx

nl-noun

Euraziatische lynx m (plural Euraziatische lynxen)

Literally, “Eurasian lynx”. Probably calqued (e.g. from English).


Europese lynx

Europese lynx m (plural Europese lynxen)


Canadese lynx

Canadese lynx m (plural Canadese lynxen)

Lynx canadensis
Lynx canadensis#Translingual

the Canada lynx, Canadian lynx, Lynx canadensis


grijze dolfijn

grijze dolfijn m (plural grijze dolfijnen, diminutive grijs dolfijntje n)

grijze dolfijnen (plural)
grijs dolfijntje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “gray dolphin”, probably from the old scientific name Delphinus griseus.

Grampus griseus
Grampus griseus#Translingual


gramper

Probably borrowed from English grampus + -er.


zeebeer

zeebeer m (plural zeeberen, diminutive zeebeertje n)

zeeberen (plural)
zeebeertje (diminutive neuter)

fur seal, pinniped of the subfamily Arctocephalinae


oorrob

eared seal, otary; any member of the family Otariidae


muskushert

muskushert n (plural muskusherten, diminutive muskushertje n)

muskusherten (plural)
muskushertje (diminutive neuter)

a musk deer, a deer of the genus Moschus; but formerly also used of the mouse deer


dwerghert

dwerghert n (plural dwergherten, diminutive dwerghertje n)

dwergherten (plural)
dwerghertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dwerg (“dwarf”) + hert (“deer”).

chevrotain (deer of the family Tragulidae)


schijnhert

Compound of schijn (“(fake) apparence”) + hert (“deer”).

compound

telemetacarpal deer, deer of the subfamily Capreolinae


lierhert

Compound of lier (“lyre”) + hert (“deer”).

Eld's deer, Cervus eldii (or Rucervus eldii or Panolia eldii)


gaffelhert

/ˈɣɑ.fəlˌɦɛrt/

Compound of gaffel (“small antler”) + hert (“deer”).

(hunting) a brocket; a two-year-old stag, with small antlers


kantjil

Borrowed from Indonesian kancil, from Javanese kancil.

a mouse deer, a chevrotain, deer of the genus Tragulus, especially Tragulus kanchil (lesser mouse-deer)


waterree

Compound of water (“water”) + ree (“roe”).


hertenkamp

nl-noun

hertenkamp m (plural hertenkampen, diminutive hertenkampje n)

hertenkampen (plural)
hertenkampje (diminutive neuter)


zadeljakhals

zadeljakhals m (plural zadeljakhalzen, diminutive zadeljakhalsje n)

zadeljakhalzen (plural)
zadeljakhalsje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zadel (“saddle”) + jakhals (“jackal”).

Canis mesomelas
Canis mesomelas#Translingual


goudwolf

goudwolf m (plural goudwolven, diminutive goudwolfje n)

goudwolven (plural)
goudwolfje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of goud (“gold”) + wolf (“wolf”).

Synonym of goudjakhals (“golden jackal (Canis aureus)”)


rietwolf

rietwolf m (plural rietwolven, diminutive rietwolfje n)

rietwolven (plural)
rietwolfje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of riet (“reed”) + wolf (“wolf”).


goudjakhals

goudjakhals m (plural goudjakhalzen, diminutive goudjakhalsje n)

goudjakhalzen (plural)
goudjakhalsje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of goud (“gold”) + jakhals (“jackal”).


gewone jakhals

gewone jakhals m (plural gewone jakhalzen, diminutive gewoon jakhalsje n)

gewone jakhalzen (plural)
gewoon jakhalsje (diminutive neuter)

/ɣəˌʋoː.nə ˈjɑk.ɦɑls/


gestreepte jakhals

gestreepte jakhals m (plural gestreepte jakhalzen, diminutive gestreept jakhalsje n)

gestreepte jakhalzen (plural)
gestreept jakhalsje (diminutive neuter)

Canis adustus
Canis adustus#Translingual


rivierdolfijn

rivierdolfijn m (plural rivierdolfijnen)

river dolphin, denoting a paraphyletic group of long-snouted riverain dolphins


hyenahond

hyenahond m (plural hyenahonden, diminutive hyenahondje n)

hyenahonden (plural)
hyenahondje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of hyena (“hyena”) + hond (“dog”).

Afrikaanse wilde hond
Afrikaanse wilde hond#Dutch

Synonym of Afrikaanse wilde hond (“African wild dog, Lycaon pictus”)


bruine hyena

bruine hyena f (plural bruine hyena's, diminutive bruin hyenaatje n)

bruine hyena's (plural)
bruin hyenaatje (diminutive neuter)

Hyaena brunnea
Hyaena brunnea#Translingual


gestreepte hyena

gestreepte hyena f (plural gestreepte hyena's, diminutive gestreept hyenaatje n)

gestreepte hyena's (plural)
gestreept hyenaatje (diminutive neuter)

Hyaena hyaena
Hyaena hyaena#Translingual


Afrikaanse wilde hond

Afrikaanse wilde hond m (plural Afrikaanse wilde honden, diminutive Afrikaans wild hondje n)

Afrikaanse wilde honden (plural)
Afrikaans wild hondje (diminutive neuter)

Lycaon pictus
Lycaon pictus#Translingual


gevlekte hyena

gevlekte hyena f (plural gevlekte hyena's, diminutive gevlekt hyenaatje n)

gevlekte hyena's (plural)
gevlekt hyenaatje (diminutive neuter)

Crocuta crocuta
Crocuta crocuta#Translingual


gewone griend

gewone griend m (plural gewone grienden)

long-finned pilot whale
long-finned pilot whale

long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)


koedoe

Iedereen houdt van koedoes.

kudu, used of two species of antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus, Tragelaphus strepsiceros and Tragelaphus imberbis


schroefhoorngeit

schroefhoorngeit f (plural schroefhoorngeiten)

Compound of schroefhoorn + geit. Perhaps a calque of English screw-horn goat.

markhor, screw-horn goat (Capra falconeri)


hamsterhaas

(obsolete) pika, lagomorph of the family Ochotonidae or specifically of the genus Ochotona


marterachtige

marterachtige m or f (plural marterachtigen)

mustelid, any member of the family Mustelidae


placentadier

placentadier n (plural placentadieren, diminutive placentadiertje n)

placentadieren (plural)
placentadiertje (diminutive neuter)

placental, any member of the infraclass Placentalia


breedneusaap

breedneusaap m (plural breedneusapen, diminutive breedneusaapje n)

breedneusapen (plural)
breedneusaapje (diminutive neuter)

New World monkey, any member of the parvorder Platyrrhini


smalneusaap

smalneusaap m (plural smalneusapen, diminutive smalneusaapje n)

smalneusapen (plural)
smalneusaapje (diminutive neuter)

catarrhine, any member of the parvorder Catarrhini


pardelroller

pardelroller m (plural pardelrollers, diminutive pardelrollertje n)

pardelrollers (plural)
pardelrollertje (diminutive neuter)


haasachtige

haasachtige m or f (plural haasachtigen)

/ˈɦaːsˌɑx.tə.ɣə/

lagomorph, any member of the order Lagomorpha

(somewhat dated) rabbit or hare, any member of the family Leporidae


zeeleeuwachtige

zeeleeuwachtige m or f (plural zeeleeuwachtigen)

eared seal, otary; any member of the family Otariidae


wasbeerachtige

wasbeerachtige m or f (plural wasbeerachtigen)

procyonid, any member of the family Procyonidae


aap van de Oude Wereld

aap van de Oude Wereld m (plural apen van de Oude Wereld, diminutive aapje van de Oude Wereld n)

apen van de Oude Wereld (plural)
aapje van de Oude Wereld (diminutive neuter)

Old World monkey, any member of the family Cercopithecidae


kleine beer

kleine beer m (plural kleine beren, diminutive klein beertje n)

kleine beren (plural)
klein beertje (diminutive neuter)


kleine panda

kleine panda m (plural kleine panda's, diminutive klein pandaatje n)

kleine panda's (plural)
klein pandaatje (diminutive neuter)

Ailurus fulgens
Ailurus fulgens#Translingual

ailurid, any member of the family Ailuridae


mensachtige

mensachtige m or f (plural mensachtigen)

great ape, hominid, any member of the family Hominidae


civetkatachtige

civetkatachtige m or f (plural civetkatachtigen)

viverrid, any member of the family Viverridae


blaasrob

Compound of blaas (“bladder”) + rob (“seal”).

(rare) hooded seal, clapmatch, Cystophora cristata


stinkrob

Probably borrowed from German Stinkrobbe. Equivalent to stinken + rob.


kleine zeehond

kleine zeehond m (plural kleine zeehonden, diminutive klein zeehondje n)

kleine zeehonden (plural)
klein zeehondje (diminutive neuter)


klapmuts

klapmuts f (plural klapmutsen, diminutive klapmutsje n)

klapmutsen (plural)
klapmutsje (diminutive neuter)

→ English: clapmatch, clockmutch


ringelrob

Probably borrowed from German Ringelrobbe.

1939 August 10, "JAN P. STRIJBOS vervolgt zijn relaas", De Telegraaf, evening edition, part 4, page 7.
[…] een allergekst schouwspel vooor de vele eidereenden en ik herinner mij ook dat een ringelrob telkens vlak langs het strand uit het water opdook en mij lang en nieuwsgierig volgde met zijn ronden robbekop.


manenrob

From maan + -en- + rob, calque of German Mähnenrobbe.

South American sea lion
South American sea lion

South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens


zadelrob

From zadel + rob, calque of German Sattelrobbe.

Pagophilus groenlandicus
Pagophilus groenlandicus#Translingual

harp seal, saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)


tandwalvis

Compound of tand (“tooth”) + walvis (“whale”).

toothed whale, whale of the suborder Odontoceti


spitssnuitdolfijn

spitssnuitdolfijn m (plural spitssnuitdolfijnen)

Compound of spits (“pointed”) + snuit (“snout”) + dolfijn (“dolphin”).

compound

beaked whale, toothed whale of the family Ziphiidae


palefroot

From Middle Dutch palefroot, from Old French palefroid, from Late Latin paraverēdus. Doublet of paard.

(historical, rare) a palfrey (type of small horse)


bultrugwalvis

nl-noun

bultrugwalvis m (plural bultrugwalvissen)

Either from bult (“hump”) + rug (“back”) + walvis (“whale”) or a clarifying compound of bultrug (“humpback whale”) + walvis (“whale”).

com

Megaptera novaeangliae
Megaptera novaeangliae#Translingual

a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)


Siberische tijger

nl-noun

Siberische tijger m (plural Siberische tijgers)

Panthera tigris altaica
Panthera tigris altaica#Translingual

Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)


Bengaalse tijger

Bengaalse tijger m (plural Bengaalse tijgers)

/bɛŋˌɣaːl.sə ˈtɛi̯.ɣər/

Panthera tigris tigris
Panthera tigris tigris#Translingual


kodiakbeer

kodiakbeer m (plural kodiakberen, diminutive kodiakbeertje n)

kodiakberen (plural)
kodiakbeertje (diminutive neuter)

From Kodiak + beer, probably a calque of English Kodiak bear.


kraagbeer

Ursus thibetanus
Ursus thibetanus#Translingual


brilbeer

brilbeer m (plural brilberen, diminutive brilbeertje n)

brilberen (plural)
brilbeertje (diminutive neuter)

Tremarctos ornatus
Tremarctos ornatus#Translingual


pandabeer

pandabeer m (plural pandaberen, diminutive pandabeertje n)

pandaberen (plural)
pandabeertje (diminutive neuter)

Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca#Translingual


zwarte beer

Ursus americanus
Ursus americanus#Translingual


rioolrat

rioolrat f (plural rioolratten, diminutive rioolratje n)

rioolratten (plural)
rioolratje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of riool (“sewer”) + rat (“rat”).

Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus#Translingual

Synonym of bruine rat (“sewer rat (Rattus norvegicus)”)