lam

nl-noun

lam n (plural lammeren, diminutive lammetje n)

lammeren (plural)
lammetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: lam, lamtje

→ Papiamentu: lamchi, lammetsje

From Middle Dutch lam, from Old Dutch *lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb.

(metonymically) the meat - or fleece/wool produce of a lamb; a dish prepared from lamb's meat


bloed

Afrikaans: bloed

Berbice Creole Dutch: blutu

Javindo: bloet

Skepi Creole Dutch: blut

→? Sranan Tongo: brudu

→ Aukan: buulu

→ Saramaccan: buúu

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-?
Proto-Germanic *blōþą
Proto-West Germanic *blōd
Old Dutch bluot
Middle Dutch bloet
Dutch bloed
From Middle Dutch bloet, from Old Dutch bluot, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą. Cognate with West Frisian bloed, English blood, German Blut, Danish blod.

etymon

(metonymically) a whole body; especially (plural also (archaic) bloeien in this sense) a (poor) person


brood

nl-noun

brood n (plural broden, diminutive broodje n)

broden (plural)
broodje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brood

Berbice Creole Dutch: broto

Jersey Dutch: brôt

Negerhollands: brood, brot

Skepi Creole Dutch: brot

From Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

(uncountable, metonymically) someone's livelihood


schaduw

schaduw f (plural schaduwen, diminutive schaduwtje n)

schaduwen (plural)
schaduwtje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: skat, shadyw

Skepi Creole Dutch: scadu

From Middle Dutch schaduwe, from Old Dutch scado, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu.


hals

hals m (plural halzen, diminutive halsje n)

halzen (plural)
halsje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: hals

From Middle Dutch hals, from Old Dutch hals, from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz.


pil

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilletje n)

pillen (plural)
pilletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pil

→ Indonesian: pil

→ Papiamentu: pelchi, pilchi, peeltsji (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: perki

→ Saramaccan: péiki

From Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

(metonymically) an expert in pill use:
a pharmacist

(metonymically) an expert in pill use:
an MD

(metonymically) an expert in pill use:
(military) a med student


tafel

tafel f (plural tafels or tafelen, diminutive tafeltje n)

tafels (plural)
tafelen (plural)
tafeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tafel (see there for further descendants)

Berbice Creole Dutch: tafl

Jersey Dutch: tâfel

desc

Negerhollands: tafel, tavul, tawul, taul, taful, tavl, taefel

→ Virgin Islands Creole: tavul (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: tafl

→ Aukan: tafaa

→ Saramaccan: táfu

→ Sranan Tongo: tafra

→ Lokono: tafolo

→ Caribbean Hindustani: tafrá

→ Caribbean Javanese: tafrah, taprah

→ Kari'na: tapara

→ Trió: tafra

From Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”). Doublet of tabel.

(metonymically) meal, spread on (a) table(s)


licht

nl-adj

licht (comparative lichter, superlative lichtst)

lichter (comparative)
lichtst (superlative)
licht (adverbial positive predicative)
lichter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het lichtst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het lichtste (adverbial predicative superlative)
lichte (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
lichtere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
lichtste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
licht (indefinite neuter positive singular)
lichter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
lichtste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
lichte (indefinite plural positive)
lichtere (comparative indefinite plural)
lichtste (indefinite plural superlative)
lichte (definite positive)
lichtere (comparative definite)
lichtste (definite superlative)
lichts (partitive positive)
lichters (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: lig

Berbice Creole Dutch: lekti

Negerhollands: licht, le, ligt

From Middle Dutch licht, from Old Dutch *līht, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.


licht

nl-noun

licht n (plural lichten, diminutive lichtje n)

lichten (plural)
lichtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lig

Berbice Creole Dutch: lekti

Negerhollands: ligt

From Middle Dutch licht, from Old Dutch lieht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light; bright; to shine”).

der

1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 52

No genius, that rag thief from Den Bosch, but I made do with it.

Geen groot licht, die Bossche voddendief, maar ik deed het ermee.

(metonymically) inspiration (in z'n licht opsteken); a bright mind


lint

nl-noun

lint n (plural linten, diminutive lintje n)

linten (plural)
lintje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lint

Negerhollands: lent

→ Caribbean Hindustani: lenti

Uncertain. Probably a shortening of Middle Dutch lijnde (“rope”), from line (modern lijn). Alternatively from Latin linteum (“cloth”).

(metonymically, chiefly diminutive) a decoration, a medal, especially in chivalric, civil and military contexts


markt

markt f (plural markten, diminutive marktje n)

markten (plural)
marktje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mark

Negerhollands: markt, market

From Middle Dutch market, marct, from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus.

Let op je taalgebruik, hoor. We zijn hier niet onder de markt.

Please mind your language. It's not like we're at the market right now.

(Suriname, metonymically, idiomatic) the canopy which covers a food market; the roof structure of a market hall


structuur

structuur f (plural structuren, diminutive structuurtje n)

structuren (plural)
structuurtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: struktuur

→ Indonesian: struktur

From Middle Dutch structuur, from Middle French structure, from Latin structura (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”), past participle of struere. Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.

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Als ode aan de vrouw hebben mannelijke adspirant kandidaten en structuren van de Pertjajah Luhur (PL) vandaag, Internationale Dag van de Vrouw, gekookt voor alle vrouwelijke bezoekers.

2020 March 8, “Ode aan alle vrouwen met geslaagde PL Men's Cook Out [Ode to all women with successful PL Men's Cook Out]”, in Dagblad Suriname, retrieved 2022-02-19:

Today, on International Women's Day, as an ode to women, male prospective candidates and functionaries of the Pertjajah Luhur Party cooked for all female visitors.

(Suriname, metonymically, chiefly in the plural) functionary, cadre


wagen

nl-noun

wagen m (plural wagens, diminutive wagentje n)

wagens (plural)
wagentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wa

Jersey Dutch: wâxe

→ Lokono: wagen

desctree

→ Sranan Tongo: wagi
→ Aukan: wagi
→ Dutch: waggie
→ Caribbean Javanese: wagé
→ Saramaccan: wági

From Middle Dutch wāgen, from Old Dutch wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ-. Doublet of wagon.

(metonymically) a load filling one of the above vehicles


Den Haag

→ German: Den Haag

→ Sranan Tongo: Aga
→ Dutch: Agga

→ West Frisian: De Haach

From Middle Dutch die Haghe (“the enclosure”), from hage (m, later also f, “enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Germanic *hagô. First attested in 1242 as die haga. The article form den is dative/accusative, generalized in the modern name because of its use after prepositions, e.g. in den Haghe (“in The Hague”). Compare Den Bosch, Den Hoorn etc.

inh

(figuratively, metonymically) the national government or administrative authority of the Netherlands


Indië

Afrikaans: Indië

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Voor de zoveelste keer in haar leven opent Anna Weierink het sigarenkistje dat voor haar vader de bijna dagelijkse band was met Indië. Er zitten foto’s in. (...) De beelden zijn onmiskenbaar verbonden met Indië. Groepsfoto’s in het oerwoud of op de boot, begrafenissen, de graven van gestorven kameraden, vrachtwagens op stoffige wegen, landschappen, portretten.

2024 August 24, Herman Haverkate, “Na 75 jaar reist Anna uit Oldenzaal naar het verleden van haar vader: ‘Indië heeft hem nooit losgelaten’ [After 75 years, Anna from Oldenzaal travels back into her father's past: ‘The war in Indonesia always held sway over him’]”, in Tubantia, retrieved 2024-08-27:

For the umpteenth time in her life, Anna Weierink opens the cigar box that was her father's almost daily link to the Dutch East Indies. There are photographs inside (...) The images are unmistakably linked to the Indonesian war of independence. Group photos in the jungle or on the boat, funerals, the graves of dead comrades, trucks on dusty roads, landscapes, portraits.

(Netherlands, historical, metonymically, dated, colloquial) the Indonesian War of Independence

the Indies
the East Indies
the Indonesian War of Independence


schoot

nl-noun

schoot m (plural schoten, diminutive schootje n)

schoten (plural)
schootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skoot

From Middle Dutch schote, schuete, the same as scheut.

(metonymically) a shot; the projectile; the range


kroon

kroon f (plural kronen, diminutive kroontje n)

kronen (plural)
kroontje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kroon

→ Indonesian: kerun

Negerhollands: kroon

From Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Latin corōna. Doublet of kruin and corona.


roti

roti m (plural roti's, diminutive rotietje n)

roti's (plural)
rotietje (diminutive neuter)

From Caribbean Hindustani roti, possibly via Sranan Tongo roti, ultimately from Hindi रोटी (roṭī).

(originally Suriname, Netherlands, metonymically) a dish served on or with a roti, usually consisting of a serving of chicken or duck curry and a serving of stewed vegetables, such as potatoes, yardlong beans, pumpkin or aubergine


grammatica

grammatica f (plural grammatica's, diminutive grammaticaatje n)

grammatica's (plural)
grammaticaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: gramatika

Negerhollands: grammatica

From Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerebh- (“to scratch”).


vlam

nl-noun

vlam f (plural vlammen, diminutive vlammetje n)

vlammen (plural)
vlammetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vlam

Negerhollands: vlam

From Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma.

(informal, metonymically) love interest, partner


gepeperd

nl-adj

gepeperd (comparative gepeperder, superlative gepeperdst)

gepeperder (comparative)
gepeperdst (superlative)
gepeperd (adverbial positive predicative)
gepeperder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het gepeperdst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het gepeperdste (adverbial predicative superlative)
gepeperde (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
gepeperdere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
gepeperdste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
gepeperd (indefinite neuter positive singular)
gepeperder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
gepeperdste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
gepeperde (indefinite plural positive)
gepeperdere (comparative indefinite plural)
gepeperdste (indefinite plural superlative)
gepeperde (definite positive)
gepeperdere (comparative definite)
gepeperdste (definite superlative)
gepeperds (partitive positive)
gepeperders (comparative partitive)

(metonymically) extreme, strong, et cetera


dwangbuis

nl-noun

dwangbuis n or f (plural dwangbuizen, diminutive dwangbuisje n)

dwangbuizen (plural)
dwangbuisje (diminutive neuter)

From dwang (“coercion, constraint”) + buis (“a tight type of jacket”).

compound

(metonymically) tight, cumbersome constraints


wijngaard

nl-noun

wijngaard m (plural wijngaarden, diminutive wijngaardje n)

wijngaarden (plural)
wijngaardje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wijngaert, wijngart, wijngaerd, from Old Dutch wīngardo. Equivalent to wijn (“wine”) + gaard (“garden”).

(metonymically) the grapevine, either the whole plant (Vitis vinifera) or one of its climbing branches


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


gouden medaille

gouden medaille f (plural gouden medailles, diminutive gouden medailletje n)

gouden medailles (plural)
gouden medailletje (diminutive neuter)

(metonymically) gold medal winner; the best, champion


snotneus

snotneus m (plural snotneuzen, diminutive snotneusje n)

snotneuzen (plural)
snotneusje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of snot (“snot, slime”) + neus (“nose”).
Compare French morveux.

Snotneus! Dit was Brandpunt, goedenavond.

You brat! This was Brandpunt, have a good night.

(metonymically, derogatory) a brat, whippersnapper, an immature and unexperienced youngster


piemel

piemel m (plural piemels, diminutive piemeltje n)

piemels (plural)
piemeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: piel

Cognate with German Pimmel (“penis”). The further origin is uncertain. Closely related to piemelen (“to pee, water”) alongside dialectal pingelen, German pinkeln. These are likely onomatopoeic, but can also be compared to pink (“pinkie, little finger”), Low German Pink (“penis”). A further connection is made with Low German pümpeln (“to thrust, bump”), to which belong German pimpern (“to fuck”), southern Pimperl (“penis”). Finally Dutch piel (“penis”), from a dialectal form of pijl (“arrow”), and German bummeln, baumeln (“to dangle”), pimmeln (“to hang out idly”)


galg

galg f (plural galgen, diminutive galgje n)

galgen (plural)
galgje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: galg

Negerhollands: galg

From Middle Dutch galge, from Old Dutch *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Compare German Galgen, West Frisian galge, English gallows, Danish galge.

(metonymically) the death sentence, notably by hanging


correctie

correctie f (plural correcties, diminutive correctietje n)

correcties (plural)
correctietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: korèksi

From Middle Dutch correctie, from Middle French correction, from Latin corrēctiō, from corrigere 'to correct, rectify', itself from com- (intensifying prefix, a form of con-) + regere "to lead straight, rule" (from a Proto-Indo-European base *reg- "to move in a straight line; direct, rule, guide"): correct + -ie.

(metonymically) a penal facility, notably a military stockade; house of correction


krop

krop m (plural kroppen, diminutive kropje n)

kroppen (plural)
kropje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: krop

Negerhollands: krop

From Middle Dutch crop, from Old Dutch *krop, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Doublet of groep. Cognate with English crop, German Kropf.

(metonymically) any emotion felt as a lump in throat, e.g. caused by fear, anxiety or grief


zwabber

zwabber m (plural zwabbers, diminutive zwabbertje n)

zwabbers (plural)
zwabbertje (diminutive neuter)

Probably the root of zwabben (from swabben 'to plod(der), drudge trough (filth)(y) (water)', cognate with to swab) + -er.

(metonymically) a cabin-boy, least senior sailor (apprentice), as he (or they) must most often do chores like manning the mop

(metonymically) the tail of a fish or whale


vervoer

vervoer n (uncountable, diminutive vervoertje n)

Wij kunnen niet eerder leveren omdat we geen vervoer hebben

We can't deliver earlier because we have no way to transport it there

(metonymically) any means of transport, vehicle and/or driver etc.


revelatie

revelatie f (plural revelaties, diminutive revelatietje n)

revelaties (plural)
revelatietje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin revelatio (from revelatus, the past participle of revelare 'to reveal', itself from re- "opposite of" + velare "to cover, veil" from velum "a veil"), possibly via Middle French revelaciun or modern French révélation.

(metonymically) the divinely revelead truth, as from the Bible and/or Coran in Judeo-Christianity namely Islam


kletskop

kletskop m (plural kletskoppen, diminutive kletskopje n)

kletskoppen (plural)
kletskopje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Glatzkopf (“baldie”), itself from Glatze (“bald head;”) + Kopf (“head”).

(metonymically, Belgium) a bald person (usually said of a man), a baldie


pluche

pluche n (plural pluches, diminutive pluchetje n)

pluches (plural)
pluchetje (diminutive neuter)

From French peluche, from Italian peluzzo m.

(metonymically) the plush, i.e. cosy, luxurious, seats of power, hence: (being in) office, governing majority


knikker

knikker m (plural knikkers, diminutive knikkertje n)

knikkers (plural)
knikkertje (diminutive neuter)

→ French: canique
→ Spanish: canica

→ Papiamentu: kiniki, ninichi

From knikken, from Proto-Germanic *knikkoną (“to fold, snap”), which is imitative.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(metonymically) (in the plural, absolutely used with definite article: de knikkers) The stakes of a game, deal etc.


brandstapel

nl-noun

brandstapel m (plural brandstapels, diminutive brandstapeltje n)

brandstapels (plural)
brandstapeltje (diminutive neuter)

(metonymically) burning at the stake as a method of execution


belastingen

(metonymically) the fiscality, taxation; the tax office/administration


bergrug

bergrug m (plural bergruggen, diminutive bergruggetje n)

bergruggen (plural)
bergruggetje (diminutive neuter)

(metonymically) the top section of a mountain, where its slopes meet


prothese

prothese f (plural prothesen or protheses, diminutive prothesetje n)

prothesen (plural)
protheses (plural)
prothesetje (diminutive neuter)

From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, English prothese and (now more common) prosthesis and French prothèse.

(metonymically) a prosthesis, the artificial replacement for a body part


zeilsteen

zeilsteen m (plural zeilstenen, diminutive zeilsteentje n)

zeilstenen (plural)
zeilsteentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch seilsteen. Equivalent to zeilen + steen. Named after the use of magnets in compasses for navigation.


Noor

Noor m (plural Noren, diminutive Noortje n, feminine Noorse)

Noren (plural)
Noortje (diminutive neuter)
Noorse (feminine)

From Germanic, shortened from Noorman (“Norseman”), from German normand. Equivalent to noord (“north”) + man.

(metonymically) something (originally or typically) Norwegian

notably a type of skates - usually in the plural: Noren


doofpot

doofpot m (plural doofpotten, diminutive doofpotje n)

doofpotten (plural)
doofpotje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of doven (“to extinguish”) + pot (“pot”).

De onderzoeksresultaten eindigden in de doofpot

The results of the investigation were eventually covered up.

a metaphorical place to put ideas or facts that one wishes to keep out of the public discussion, e.g. in an attempt to evade penalties; (metonymically) cover-up


neut

neut f (plural neuten, diminutive neutje n)

neuten (plural)
neutje (diminutive neuter)

Probably a dialectal form of noot (“nut, small thing”).

Vooral bewoners van woningen op neuten hebben praktisch de hele dag geen water.

1979 October 30, “Ministerraad over waterproblemen [Council of Ministers on water problems]”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname, page 10:

In particular, residents of dwellings on stilts have no water practically all day long.

(Suriname, metonymically) one of the columns, pillars, or stilts that lift a building above ground or water; piloti


beeldbuis

beeldbuis f (plural beeldbuizen, diminutive beeldbuisje n)

beeldbuizen (plural)
beeldbuisje (diminutive neuter)


Hilversum

First attested as hilfercem in 1305. Compound of Middle Dutch Hilfert (a personal name) and heem (“home, settlement”).

(figuratively, metonymically) the national broadcasting sector of the Netherlands


toverlantaarn

From toveren + lantaarn, calque of Latin lanterna magica.

1936, Anton Roothaert, Doctor Vlimmen, W.L. Salm & Co. (publ., 3rd ed., 1937), page 33.
Zo zacht mogelijk zet hij de wagen buiten, nog steeds onder de invloed van de Angelsaksische deugdzaamheid, die alles overwint. In een andere stemming geeft hij in de stille woonstraat een onbeschofte hoeveelheid gas, om zich te wreken op ‘die twee toverlantaarns’, de dames Stroeks, die heel de dag aan de overkant achter de gordijntjes zitten te roddelen, en hoofdzakelijk over hèm, natuurlijk...

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

{{{1}}}: M'kala, ook genaamd Johnson... Juist. En opschieten een beetje, ouwe toverlantaarn!

1962, Theun de Vries, “Signalen uit het donker”, in Maatstaf, volume X, page 358:

(dated, slang, derogatory, chiefly Amsterdam, metonymically) an ugly person, a monster, in particular an ugly woman