bank

nl-noun

bank f (plural banken, diminutive bankje n)

banken (plural)
bankje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bank

→ Aukan: banku

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bánk

→ Malay: bank

Indonesian: bank

→ Central Dusun: bank

→ Central Melanau: bank

→ Makasar: bank

→ Javanese: bang

→ Sundanese: bank

→ Papiamentu: banki (dated)

→ Saramaccan: bánku

→ Sranan Tongo: bangi

→ Trió: banku

→ West Frisian: bank

From Middle Dutch banc, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, related to Etymology 1 above.

Ik moet naar de bank om wat geld op te nemen.

I need to go to the bank to withdraw some money.

Het bankje in het dorp is elke zondag gesloten.

The small bank in the village is closed every Sunday.

De banken zijn gesloten op nationale feestdagen.

The banks are closed on national holidays.


flat

flat m (plural flats, diminutive flatje n)

flats (plural)
flatje (diminutive neuter)


krot

krot n (plural krotten, diminutive krotje n or krotteke n)

krotten (plural)
krotje (diminutive neuter)
krotteke (diminutive neuter)

Uncertain. Possibly from kot with an emphatic r, influenced by krat. Also possibly from Medieval Latin crotta, from crypta.


munt

munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

munten (plural)
muntje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: mynt

From Middle Dutch munte, from Old Dutch munita, from late Proto-West Germanic *munit (“coin”).


munt

→ Indonesian: min

From Middle Dutch mente, minte, from late Proto-West Germanic *mintā (“mint”), from Latin menta. Doublet of mint.


hotel

hotel n (plural hotels, diminutive hotelletje n)

hotels (plural)
hotelletje (diminutive neuter)
hôtel (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: hotel

→ Aukan: oteli

→ Indonesian: hotel

→ West Frisian: hotel

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Latin hospitālis. Doublet of hospitaal.


slot

slot n (plural sloten, diminutive slotje n)

sloten (plural)
slotje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: slot

→ Indonesian: slot

→ Papiamentu: slòt, slot

→ Sranan Tongo: sroto, slotto

→ Aukan: sooto

→ Saramaccan: söoto

From Middle Dutch slot, from Old Dutch *slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą, related to the verb *sleutaną (“to lock”). Cognate with German Schloss and Schluss.


fort

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)

forten (plural)
fortje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: fort

Skepi Creole Dutch: fort

→ Kwinti: foto

→ Papiamentu: fòrti, forti

→ Sranan Tongo: foto

→ Kari'na: fo`to

→ Lokono: forto

→ Trió: poto


museum

museum n (plural musea or museums, diminutive museumpje n)

musea (plural)
museums (plural)
museumpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: museum

→ Malay: museum

Indonesian: museum


casino

casino m (plural casino's, diminutive casinootje n)

casino's (plural)
casinootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kasino


theater

theater n (plural theaters, diminutive theatertje n)

theaters (plural)
theatertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: teater

→ Caribbean Javanese: téater

→ Indonesian: teater

Borrowed from Middle French theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).

der

theater (US), theatre (Commonwealth): either drama, the art form, or a drama theater (building)


ziekenhuis

nl-noun

ziekenhuis n (plural ziekenhuizen, diminutive ziekenhuisje n)

ziekenhuizen (plural)
ziekenhuisje (diminutive neuter)
ziekhuis (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: siekehuis

→ Malay: rumah sakit (calque)

desctree

Indonesian: rumah sakit, rumkit (acronym), RS (abbreviation)
→ Tausug: bāy sakit (calque)
→ Tetum: uma-moras (calque)

→ West Frisian: sikehûs (calque)

From Middle Dutch siechuus. Equivalent to zieke (“sick person, patient”) + -n- + huis (“house, building, institution”).


citadel

nl-noun

citadel f (plural citadellen or citadels, diminutive citadelletje n)

citadellen (plural)
citadels (plural)
citadelletje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin cīvitās.


bibliotheek

bibliotheek f (plural bibliotheken, diminutive bibliotheekje n)

bibliotheken (plural)
bibliotheekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: biblioteek

→ Indonesian: bibliotek

From Middle Dutch biblioteke, from Middle French bibliotheque, from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē).


gevangenis

gevangenis f (plural gevangenissen, diminutive gevangenisje n)

gevangenissen (plural)
gevangenisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gevangenis

Negerhollands: gevangnis

→ West Frisian: gefangenis

/ɣəˈvɑ.ŋəˌnɪs/

From Middle Dutch gevancnesse. By surface analysis, gevangene + -nis. Cognate with German Gefängnis.

a jail, a prison; especially an institution where convicts are incarcerated, but sometimes used more generally


kasteel

kasteel n (plural kastelen, diminutive kasteeltje n)

kastelen (plural)
kasteeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kasteel

Negerhollands: kastell

→ Mahican: găstēnik

→ Malay: kastil

Indonesian: kastel, kastil

→ Papiamentu: kastel

→ West Frisian: kastiel

From Middle Dutch castēel, from Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of Kessel, chateau, Castilië, castellum, ketella, and telo.

doublet

(by extension) any large, opulent building, in particular a residence


zaak

nl-noun

zaak f (plural zaken, diminutive zaakje n)

zaken (plural)
zaakje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: saake, saek

→ Caribbean Javanese: sag

From Middle Dutch sāke, from Old Dutch *saka, from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō.
Cognate with English sake, West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Yiddish זאַך (zakh), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”).


paleis

nl-noun

paleis n (plural paleizen, diminutive paleisje n)

paleizen (plural)
paleisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: paleis

From Middle Dutch palais, from Old French palais, from Latin palātium. Doublet of palts.


abdij

abdij f (plural abdijen, diminutive abdijtje n)

abdijen (plural)
abdijtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch abedîe, abdîe, from Old Dutch *abbadea, from Proto-West Germanic *abbadejā. Equivalent to abt (“abbot”) + -ij.

an abbey, monastery under a prelate styled abbot


vuurtoren

vuurtoren m (plural vuurtorens, diminutive vuurtorentje n)

vuurtorens (plural)
vuurtorentje (diminutive neuter)
viertoren (alternative)

Afrikaans: vuurtoring

→ Indonesian: menara api (calque)


kerk

kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)

kerken (plural)
kerkje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: kerk
→ Fwe: n-kèrékè
→ Herero: okereka
→ Kwanyama: onggeleka
→ Phuthi: ikereke
→ Shona: kirike
→ Sotho: kereke
→ Venda: gereke

Berbice Creole Dutch: kirki, kerki

Jersey Dutch: kêrk

Negerhollands: kerk, kirk

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kerek (dated)

→ Lokono: kerki

→ Papiamentu: kèrki (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: kerki

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kerki

→ Caribbean Javanese: kèrki

→ Kari'na: keleke

→ Saramaccan: kéíki

From Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

church, temple, non-Christian house of worship


kathedraal

nl-noun

kathedraal f (plural kathedralen, diminutive kathedraaltje n)

kathedralen (plural)
kathedraaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: katedraal

→ Indonesian: katedral

From Middle Dutch cathedrael, from Middle French cathedral, from Latin cathedrālis. Originally an adjective, used as a noun as early as late Middle Dutch.


kathedraal

kathedraal (adverbial positive predicative)
kathedrale (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kathedraal (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kathedrale (indefinite plural positive)
kathedrale (definite positive)
kathedraals (partitive positive)


moskee

moskee f (plural moskeeën, diminutive moskeetje n)

moskeeën (plural)
moskeetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: moskee

→ Papiamentu: moskei, moské

→ West Frisian: moskee

Borrowed from Middle French mosquee, from Italian moschea, from Medieval Latin meschita, from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).


politiebureau

politiebureau n (plural politiebureaus, diminutive politiebureautje n)

politiebureaus (plural)
politiebureautje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of politie (“police”) + bureau (“office”).


postkantoor

postkantoor n (plural postkantoren, diminutive postkantoortje n)

postkantoren (plural)
postkantoortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: poskantoor

→ Indonesian: kantor pos (calque)

→ Papiamentu: pòstkantoor


boekwinkel

boekwinkel m (plural boekwinkels, diminutive boekwinkeltje n)

boekwinkels (plural)
boekwinkeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: buku-wenkri


warenhuis

warenhuis n (plural warenhuizen, diminutive warenhuisje n)

warenhuizen (plural)
warenhuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: warehûs (calque)

From waren (“goods”) + huis (“house”), calque of German Warenhaus.


stationsgebouw

stationsgebouw n (plural stationsgebouwen, diminutive stationsgebouwtje n)

stationsgebouwen (plural)
stationsgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

From station + -s- + gebouw (“building”).

De klok op het stationsgebouw wijst de tijd aan.

The clock at the station building shows the time.


woning

woning f (plural woningen, diminutive woninkje n)

woningen (plural)
woninkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: woning

Negerhollands: wooning

From Middle Dutch woninge. Equivalent to wonen (“to live, reside”) + -ing.


molen

molen m (plural molens, diminutive molentje n)

molens (plural)
molentje (diminutive neuter)
meulen (alternative)

Afrikaans: meule

Berbice Creole Dutch: molo

Jersey Dutch: mœl

Negerhollands: mola, moela, mula

→ Virgin Islands Creole: mola, mula (dated)

→ Lokono: molo

From Middle Dutch mōlen, from Old Dutch mulin, from Latin molīna.


fabriek

fabriek f (plural fabrieken, diminutive fabriekje n)

fabrieken (plural)
fabriekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: fabriek
→ Sotho: faboriki

→ Caribbean Hindustani: fábrik

→ Caribbean Javanese: babrik, pabrik

→ Malay: pabrik

Indonesian: pabrik

Borrowed from Latin fabrica or French fabrique.


hospitaal

hospitaal n (plural hospitalen, diminutive hospitaaltje n)

hospitalen (plural)
hospitaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hospitaal

Malay: hospital

→ Caribbean Hindustani: aspatál

From Middle Dutch hospitael, Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”).

hospital, now in particular a military hospital


brouwerij

brouwerij f (plural brouwerijen, diminutive brouwerijtje n)

brouwerijen (plural)
brouwerijtje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌbrɑu̯əˈrɛi̯/

From brouwen (“to brew”) + -erij (“-ery”) or alternatively brouwer (“brewer”) + -ij (“-y”). See also the usage notes at -erij.


gebouw

gebouw n (plural gebouwen, diminutive gebouwtje n)

gebouwen (plural)
gebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gebou

Negerhollands: gebow

De gebouwen van een stad.


grachtenpand

grachtenpand n (plural grachtenpanden, diminutive grachtenpandje n)

grachtenpanden (plural)
grachtenpandje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of gracht (“canal”) + -en- + pand (“house”).

compound

a building located beside an urban canal


bioscoop

nl-noun

bioscoop m (plural bioscopen, diminutive bioscoopje n)

bioscopen (plural)
bioscoopje (diminutive neuter)
bios (alternative)

Afrikaans: bioskoop

→ Indonesian: bioskop

→ West Frisian: bioskoop

Borrowed from French bioscope and/or German Bioscop (now spelt Bioskop), a term used in the names of two early film projectors, developed by the Frenchman Georges Demenÿ and the German Max Skladanowsky, respectively. Compare English bioscope. Ultimately from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”), thus roughly “watching life”. Equivalent to bio- + -scoop.

Een vereiste is dat er publiek is in de bioscoop, maar liefst geen volle zaal. Te veel publiek leidt af.

2011, Remco Campert, Mijn eenmanszaak, De Bezige Bij:


apotheek

apotheek f (plural apotheken, diminutive apotheekje n)

apotheken (plural)
apotheekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: apteek

→ Indonesian: apotek

→ Papiamentu: apotheek (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: apteiki
Aukan: aputeiki

From Middle Dutch apoteke, from Latin apothēca. Doublet of boetiek and bodega.

Je kunt je medicijnen ophalen bij de dichtstbijzijnde apotheek.

You can pick up your medications at the nearest pharmacy.

De apotheek is geopend tot 20.00 uur.

Ik moet naar de apotheek om mijn recept te laten vullen.

I need to go to the pharmacy to get my prescription filled.

pharmacy, apothecary (a place where prescription drugs may be dispensed by an authorized pharmacologist)


tempel

tempel m (plural tempels or tempelen, diminutive tempeltje n)

tempels (plural)
tempelen (plural)
tempeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tempel

Negerhollands: templ, tempel

From Middle Dutch tempel, from Latin templum.

(religion) a temple, building destined as place of worship; specifically:


hoofdgebouw

hoofdgebouw n (plural hoofdgebouwen, diminutive hoofdgebouwtje n)

hoofdgebouwen (plural)
hoofdgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)


gemeentehuis

gemeentehuis n (plural gemeentehuizen, diminutive gemeentehuisje n)

gemeentehuizen (plural)
gemeentehuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: gemeentehûs

/ɣəˈmeːn.təˌɦœy̯s/

Compound of gemeente (“municipality”) + huis (“house”).

compound

town hall, government building of a (usually non-urban) municipality


burcht

nl-noun

burcht m or f (plural burchten, diminutive burchtje n)

burchten (plural)
burchtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch borcht / burcht, alteration of earlier Middle Dutch burch / borch (surviving as modern Dutch burg), from Old Dutch burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”). The final -t is seemingly random, but not unheard of; such "paragogic" extensions occur occasionally in Dutch following a fricative or liquid word-final consonant. Compare for example hulst, kroost, rijst and arend.
Cognate with German Burg, English borough, -bury, burrow, Danish borg.
For sense two, compare English burrow.


kazerne

nl-noun

kazerne f (plural kazernen or kazernes, diminutive kazernetje n)

kazernen (plural)
kazernes (plural)
kazernetje (diminutive neuter)
caserne (alternative obsolete)

→ Papiamentu: kazèrne

Borrowed from French caserne, ultimately from Latin quaternus.


hoeve

hoeve f (plural hoeven or hoeves, diminutive hoevetje n)

hoeven (plural)
hoeves (plural)
hoevetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hoeve, from Old Dutch *huova, from Proto-Germanic *hōbō (“plot of land”).


pand

pand n (plural panden, diminutive pandje n)

panden (plural)
pandje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: pand

→ Caribbean Hindustani: pánti

→ Papiamentu: pant

Cognate with German Pfand, see there for more.


wolkenkrabber

wolkenkrabber m (plural wolkenkrabbers, diminutive wolkenkrabbertje n)

wolkenkrabbers (plural)
wolkenkrabbertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Afrikaans: wolkekrabber

→ West Frisian: wolkekrabber

From wolk (“cloud”) + -en- + krabber (“scratcher, scraper”), a calque of German Wolkenkratzer, itself a calque of English skyscraper.


landhuis

nl-noun

landhuis n (plural landhuizen, diminutive landhuisje n)

landhuizen (plural)
landhuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: lanthùis

16th century. Compound of land (“land, country”) + huis (“house”).

(Antilles) plantation house (the main house on a plantation)


huis van bewaring

huis van bewaring n (plural huizen van bewaring)


gasthuis

gasthuis n (plural gasthuizen, diminutive gasthuisje n)

gasthuizen (plural)
gasthuisje (diminutive neuter)

From gast (“guest”) + huis (“house”).
From Middle Dutch gasthūs.
a. 1700s house for the reception of strangers/foreigners/indigents/invalids, tavern, jail,
 c. 1800s hospital, almshouse, charitable institution.
 This term as well as its Germanic cognates: Old High German gasthūs whence Middle High German gasthūs, Modern German Gasthaus, and Old English gæsthūs are likely calqued from Medieval Latin hospitale (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse, jail”), Cf. hôpital, hôtel.


kliniek

nl-noun

kliniek f (plural klinieken, diminutive kliniekje n)

klinieken (plural)
kliniekje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: klinik

From French clinique, from Late Latin clinicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλινικός (klinikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλίνη (klínē, “bed”), from κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”).

der

a clinic, type of hospital or other medical facility for outpatient treatment


paviljoen

nl-noun

paviljoen n (plural paviljoenen or paviljoens, diminutive paviljoentje n)

paviljoenen (plural)
paviljoens (plural)
paviljoentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: paviliun

Petjo: paviljoen


brandweerkazerne

brandweerkazerne m or f (plural brandweerkazernes or brandweerkazernen, diminutive brandweerkazernetje n)

brandweerkazernes (plural)
brandweerkazernen (plural)
brandweerkazernetje (diminutive neuter)

From brandweer (“fire department”) + kazerne (“barracks, (military) quarter”).


rijtjeshuis

nl-noun

rijtjeshuis n (plural rijtjeshuizen, diminutive rijtjeshuisje n)

rijtjeshuizen (plural)
rijtjeshuisje (diminutive neuter)


pakhuis

pakhuis n (plural pakhuizen, diminutive pakhuisje n)

pakhuizen (plural)
pakhuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: pakus

→ Papiamentu: pakus, pakoes

desc

→ Sundanese: pakuis (“head of salt warehouse”)

From pakken (“to pack”) + huis (“house”).


concertgebouw

nl-noun

concertgebouw n (plural concertgebouwen, diminutive concertgebouwtje n)

concertgebouwen (plural)
concertgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of concert + gebouw (“building”).


bouwval

bouwval m (plural bouwvallen, diminutive bouwvalletje n)

bouwvallen (plural)
bouwvalletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bouval

From bouw + val. Possibly back-formed from bouwvallig. Compare German Baufall.


flatgebouw

flatgebouw n (plural flatgebouwen, diminutive flatgebouwtje n)

flatgebouwen (plural)
flatgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of flat (“apartment”) + gebouw (“building”).


observatorium

nl-noun

observatorium n (plural observatoria or observatoriums, diminutive observatoriumpje n)

observatoria (plural)
observatoriums (plural)
observatoriumpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: observatorium

→ Indonesian: observatorium

→ West Frisian: observatoarium

observatory (specialised facility for astronomical observations)


bijgebouw

bijgebouw n (plural bijgebouwen, diminutive bijgebouwtje n)

bijgebouwen (plural)
bijgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈbɛi̯.ɣəˌbɑu̯/


synagoge

synagoge f (plural synagogen or synagoges, diminutive synagogetje n)

synagogen (plural)
synagoges (plural)
synagogetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sinagoge

From Middle Dutch sinagoge, from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”).


gribus

nl-noun

gribus f (plural gribussen, diminutive gribusje n)

gribussen (plural)
gribusje (diminutive neuter)

Unknown. Unlikely to be derived from Yiddish [script needed] (gribetz, “burp”).

cog

1854, A. Nauta, Emilia van Nassau, prinses van Portugal. Een historisch romantisch verhaal, Gebroeders Diederichs (publ.), 195.
En wel kwam hem deze voorspraak te stade: want zonder dezelve was hij zeker reeds voor lang geknipt geworden en in de gribus – zoo als hij de gevangenis noemde – teregt gekomen.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

1901, Justus van Maurik, "Te veel vergunning. Amsterdamsche Schets.", in Burgerluidjes. Volksuitgave, Van Holkema & Warendorf (1901, 8th edition, 1st edition from 1884), 74.

‘(...) Als hij in den Gribus komt, houden ze hem misschien morgen ook nog. (...)’

‘If he ends up in the clink, they might also keep him there tomorrow.’

1917, M.J. Brusse, Het rosse leven en sterven van de Zandstraat, W.L & J. Brusse's Uitgevers-Maatschappij (1917, 2nd ed., 1st ed. from 1912), 34 and 35.
Publieke vrouwen, souteneurs, waarden en bolleboffinnen, die vast een paar keer in de week aangehouden worden en wegens roof verhoord op de politiebureaux, - maar, al zitten er ook bij menigte voor lange jaren veroordeeld: hun listen zijn zóó geslepen, hun samenhang is zóó hecht en wijd vertakt, hun zwijgzaamheid zóó beproefd, dat zij ook vaak weer iederen keer naar hun gribus terug kunnen keeren, bij gebrek aan bewijs.

2009, Sjaak Commandeur, Tot ik jou vind, translation of John Irving, Until I Find you, De Bezige Bij.
'Het is een gribus waar hij woont,' zei het model dat Jack kende.

'The place he lives in is a shack,' the model who knew Jack said.

In plaats daarvan verbleef ik in de gribus die we op dat moment hadden en probeerde het er gezellig te maken.

2016, Kristin Hannah, Verder dan de sterren. Intens ontroerende roman over vriendschap en familie, verlies en troost, Meulenhoff Boekerij:

Ginder heeft een poosje rondgedwaald in de gribus, met kloppend hart, want hij houdt niet van zulke buurtjes.

1983, Jan Terlouw, De kloof, Lemniscaat, section 113:

Ginder wandered in the slum for a while, with his heart pounding, because he doesn't like those kinds of neighbourhoods.

(by extension) neglected area; poor neighbourhood


galerijflat

nl-noun

galerijflat m (plural galerijflats, diminutive galerijflatje n)

galerijflats (plural)
galerijflatje (diminutive neuter)

From galerij (“gallery”) + flat (“tower block, apartment building”).

compound

a tower block with exits on an open hallway or otherwise with interconnected balconies


busstation

nl-noun

busstation n (plural busstations, diminutive busstationnetje n)

busstations (plural)
busstationnetje (diminutive neuter)


herenhoeve

herenhoeve f (plural herenhoeven or herenhoeves, diminutive herenhoevetje n)

herenhoeven (plural)
herenhoeves (plural)
herenhoevetje (diminutive neuter)

a large farmstead, especially one belonging to wealthy and aristocratic landowners


torenflat

torenflat m (plural torenflats, diminutive torenflatje n)

torenflats (plural)
torenflatje (diminutive neuter)

skyscraper (tall highrise building); tower block


herstellingsoord

herstellingsoord n (plural herstellingsoorden)

Compound of herstelling (“recovery”) + -s- + oord (“place”). First attested in the nineteenth century.


politiekantoor

nl-noun

politiekantoor n (plural politiekantoren, diminutive politiekantoortje n)

politiekantoren (plural)
politiekantoortje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Indonesian: kantor polisi (“police station”) (calque)


commissariaat

nl-noun

commissariaat n (plural commissariaten, diminutive commissariaatje n)

commissariaten (plural)
commissariaatje (diminutive neuter)

Commissariaat-Generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen (Belgium), Commissariaat voor de Media (Netherlands)


cadeauwinkel

cadeauwinkel m (plural cadeauwinkels, diminutive cadeauwinkeltje n)

cadeauwinkels (plural)
cadeauwinkeltje (diminutive neuter)

/kɑˈdoːˌʋɪŋ.kəl/