graft

nl-noun

graft f (plural graften, diminutive graftje n)

graften (plural)
graftje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly Holland) Obsolete form of gracht (“canal”).


boek

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje n or boekske n)

boeken (plural)
boekje (diminutive neuter)
boekske (diminutive neuter)
m (Belgium nonstandard)

Afrikaans: boek

Berbice Creole Dutch: buku

Negerhollands: boek, bok, buki

Petjo: boek

Skepi Creole Dutch: buk

→ Caribbean Hindustani: buk

→ Caribbean Javanese: buku

→ Javanese: ꦧꦸꦏꦸ (buku)

→ Malay: buku
Indonesian: buku

→ Papiamentu: buki, boeki (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: buku

→ Aukan: buku

→ Kari'na: buku

→ Saramaccan: búku

From Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.
Compare West Frisian boek, Low German Book, German Buch, English book, Danish bog.


jas

jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)

jassen (plural)
jasje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: jas
→ Lozi: jansi
→ Yeyi: újànsí
→ Southern Ndebele: ijasi
→ Swazi: lijazi
→ Xhosa: idyasi
→ Zulu: ijazi

→ Aukan: yasi

→ Caribbean Javanese: jas, yas

→ Indonesian: jas

→ Petjo: djas

→ Papiamentu: yas, jas

Origin unknown. Compare West Frisian jas (“coat, jacket”), Saterland Frisian Jasse (“jacket”), Middle Low German jesse, gesse (“a man's garment, doublet, jacket”).

unk

unknown

(dialectal, Volendam) someone who hasn't been born and raised in Volendam


jas

(card games, archaic) a jack or knave, especially as a trump card


ie

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

Heb ie de krant al gelezen?

(Holland, colloquial) Second-person singular, mute form: you


glop

nl-noun

glop n (plural gloppen, diminutive glopje n)

gloppen (plural)
glopje (diminutive neuter)

Related to West Frisian gloppe (“alley”), Old Norse gloppa (“mountain gorge”), Norwegian Bokmål glop (“opening, hole”), Icelandic glopa, Faroese gloppa (“ajar”); per Kroonen, all from Proto-Germanic *gluppa (“open space”), a derivative of *gluppōn (“yawning, being open”), from Pre-Germanic *glub-n-, *glub-, to which gleuf (“slit, opening”) might also belong.

(Holland, dialectal) alley, narrow passage, narrow street


dou

(Holland, dialectal, colloquial) Obsolete form of du.


kraft

(chiefly Holland) Obsolete form of kracht.


onen

onen (infinitive)
onen (gerund neuter)
oon (first-person present singular)
oonde (first-person past singular)
oont (present second-person singular)
oon (present second-person singular)
oonde (past second-person singular)
oont (formal present second-person singular)
oonde (formal past second-person singular)
oont (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
oont (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
oonde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
oonde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
oont (present singular third-person)
oonde (past singular third-person)
onen (plural present)
oonden (past plural)
one (archaic present singular subjunctive)
oonde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
onen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
oonden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
oon (imperative present singular)
oont (archaic imperative plural present)
onend (participle present)
geoond (participle past)

From Middle Dutch *ônen, from Old Dutch *ōnon, from Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną.

In het voorjaar onen de schapen, dan brengen zij lammeren ter wereld.

1998 November 16, Nico ter Linden, “Verrassend Stellingwerfs”, in Trouw:

2010, Gerbrand Bakker, Boven is het stil, Uitgeverij Cossee, 20th ed. (1st ed. from 2006).
‘Waarom?’ vraagt hij.
‘Omdat ze dan gaan onen.’
‘Wat?’
‘Onen. Lammeren.’

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

De eigenaar kan nu veel meer schapen laten onen wanneer het hem pas.^([sic])

2012 January 3, Winnie van Galen, “Eigenwijze lammetjes bij Ilona en Rob”, in Noordhollands Dagblad:

The owner can now let a lot more sheep yean when it suits him.

(of sheep, Holland, limited to West Frisia) to yean

Holland; limited to West Frisia; Holland; limited to West Frisia


leggen

leggen (infinitive)
leggen (gerund neuter)
leg (first-person present singular)
legde (first-person past singular)
legt (present second-person singular)
leg (present second-person singular)
legde (past second-person singular)
legt (formal present second-person singular)
legde (formal past second-person singular)
legt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
legt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
legde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
legde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
legt (present singular third-person)
legde (past singular third-person)
leggen (plural present)
legden (past plural)
legge (archaic present singular subjunctive)
legde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
leggen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
legden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
leg (imperative present singular)
legt (archaic imperative plural present)
leggend (participle present)
gelegd (participle past)

Afrikaans: lê

Berbice Creole Dutch: lek

Negerhollands: lee, leggen

Skepi Creole Dutch: lek

From Middle Dutch leggen, from Old Dutch leggen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. A causative verb to liggen (“to lie”).

(Holland, colloquial, proscribed) Alternative form of liggen


nol

From Middle Dutch nolle. Cf. Danish knold, English knoll, English noll.

(now chiefly Holland, dialectal) dune, usually a sandy hill


hiero

Hij is hiero!


bennen

Back-formed from ben by analogy with other verbs in which the infinitive is formed by adding -en to the first-person singular form.

Piet Hein, Piet Hein, Piet Hein zijn naam is klein / Zijn daden bennen groot, zijn daden bennen groot ...

1844, “De zilvervloot”, Jan Pieter Heije (lyrics):

(dialectal, Holland) Synonym of zijn (only the infinitive form zijn itself, not the other inflected forms)


meisie

(colloquial, Holland) Alternative form of meisje


puitebloot

nl-adj

puitebloot (comparative puitebloter, superlative puiteblootst)

puitebloter (comparative)
puiteblootst (superlative)
puitebloot (adverbial positive predicative)
puitebloter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het puiteblootst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het puiteblootste (adverbial predicative superlative)
puiteblote (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
puiteblotere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
puiteblootste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
puitebloot (indefinite neuter positive singular)
puitebloter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
puiteblootste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
puiteblote (indefinite plural positive)
puiteblotere (comparative indefinite plural)
puiteblootste (indefinite plural superlative)
puiteblote (definite positive)
puiteblotere (comparative definite)
puiteblootste (definite superlative)
puitebloots (partitive positive)
puitebloters (comparative partitive)

From puit (“frog”) + bloot (“bare, naked”).

(Holland) starkers, completely naked, au naturel


nift

nl-noun

nift f (plural niften, diminutive nifje n)

niften (plural)
nifje (diminutive neuter)


gebbetje

(chiefly Holland, colloquial) joke, humorous remark


dooie

(Holland, colloquial) Alternative form of dode


kaduuk

nl-adj

kaduuk (comparative kaduker, superlative kaduukst)

kaduker (comparative)
kaduukst (superlative)
kaduuk (adverbial positive predicative)
kaduker (adverbial comparative predicative)
het kaduukst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het kaduukste (adverbial predicative superlative)
kaduke (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kadukere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
kaduukste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
kaduuk (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kaduker (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
kaduukste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
kaduke (indefinite plural positive)
kadukere (comparative indefinite plural)
kaduukste (indefinite plural superlative)
kaduke (definite positive)
kadukere (comparative definite)
kaduukste (definite superlative)
kaduuks (partitive positive)
kadukers (comparative partitive)

Borrowed from Middle French caduc, from Latin cadūcus.


boes

nl-noun

boes f or m (plural boezen, diminutive boesje n)

boezen (plural)
boesje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Low German bôs, from Old Saxon *bōs, from Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz (“barn, stall (for animals)”).

der

(dated, Holland, dialectal) the part of a cow stable's floor on which the cows' hindlegs stand


daaro

Either from daarzo or a lengthening of daar with -o as a slang suffix.

Het gaat niet zo goed daaro.

(informal, Holland) there, yonder, over there


asjemenou

/ˌɑ.ʃə.məˈnɑu̯/

Univerbation of as je me nou (“if you ... me now”) with omission of a predicate verb (in Dutch the word order is SOV in dependent subordinate clauses). As is a colloquial Northern form of als.

(Holland) what the heck (expression of surprise)


beschieten

beschieten (infinitive)
beschieten (gerund neuter)
beschiet (first-person present singular)
beschoot (first-person past singular)
beschiet (present second-person singular)
beschoot (past second-person singular)
beschiet (formal present second-person singular)
beschoot (formal past second-person singular)
beschiet (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
beschiet (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
beschoot (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
beschoot (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
beschiet (present singular third-person)
beschoot (past singular third-person)
beschieten (plural present)
beschoten (past plural)
beschiete (archaic present singular subjunctive)
beschote (archaic past singular subjunctive)
beschieten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
beschoten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
beschiet (imperative present singular)
beschiet (archaic imperative plural present)
beschietend (participle present)
beschoten (participle past)

From Middle Dutch beschieten. Equivalent to be- + schieten.

(transitive, intransitive, Holland, dialectal) to nap, to doze


nichie

(informal, Holland) Alternative form of nichtje


hempie

(informal, Holland) Alternative form of hemdje


kriek

nl-noun

kriek f (plural krieken, diminutive kriekje n)

krieken (plural)
kriekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kriek

→ Papiamentu: kriki, krieki

From Middle Dutch crekel, from Old Dutch *krik-, of imitative origin, similar to krekel. See also French criquer, English cricket.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(Netherlands, dialectal, Gelderland, formerly also in Holland) a cricket, insect of the family Gryllidae


hoekbank

nl-noun

hoekbank m or f (plural hoekbanken, diminutive hoekbankje n)

hoekbanken (plural)
hoekbankje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of hoek (“corner”) + bank (“top, sofa, bench”).

compound

(obsolete, Holland, Leiden) countertop, counter


asvarken

nl-noun

asvarken n (plural asvarkens, diminutive asvarkentje n)

asvarkens (plural)
asvarkentje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of as (“ash”) + varken (“pig”).

(dialectal, Holland) a brush with rough bristles and a handle, often used along with a dustpan (historically used for removing ash from fireplaces)


snoepie

(colloquial, Holland) Alternative form of snoepje


groffie

(Holland, dialectal) a large, unpickled gherkin


broekie

Northern colloquial diminutive of broek.

(Holland, colloquial) Alternative form of broekje


bankie

(Holland, colloquial) Alternative form of bankje


niet lullen maar poetsen

actions speak louder than words
actions speak louder than words

(idiomatic, Holland, informal) actions speak louder than words


otteren

otteren (infinitive)
otteren (gerund neuter)
otter (first-person present singular)
otterde (first-person past singular)
ottert (present second-person singular)
otter (present second-person singular)
otterde (past second-person singular)
ottert (formal present second-person singular)
otterde (formal past second-person singular)
ottert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
ottert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
otterde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
otterde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
ottert (present singular third-person)
otterde (past singular third-person)
otteren (plural present)
otterden (past plural)
ottere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
otterde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
otteren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
otterden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
otter (imperative present singular)
ottert (archaic imperative plural present)
otterend (participle present)
geotterd (participle past)

From otter + -en, compare zweten als een otter.

(intransitive, Holland, dialectal) to work hard, to be busy


koog

From Middle Dutch côoch, from Old Dutch *kōg.

(dated, Holland) Alternative form of kaag


boelhuis

From boedelhuis. Equivalent to boel + huis.

(obsolete, Holland, dialectal) the auction of a farm's livestock


in zijn hempie staan

1968, Peter Koelewijn, Rob Out, "Kom uit de bedstee mijn liefste" (parody of "Come to my Bedside"), Egbert Douwe (pseud. of Rob Out), Kom uit de bedstee mijn liefste, Philips.
Het hele dorp is al komen kijken / Naar de bruidegom die in zijn hempie staat

in zijn hemd staan
in zijn hemd staan#Dutch

(Holland, colloquial) Alternative form of in zijn hemd staan


bruien

bruien (infinitive)
bruien (gerund neuter)
brui (first-person present singular)
bruide (first-person past singular)
bruit (present second-person singular)
brui (present second-person singular)
bruide (past second-person singular)
bruit (formal present second-person singular)
bruide (formal past second-person singular)
bruit (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bruit (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bruide (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bruide (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bruit (present singular third-person)
bruide (past singular third-person)
bruien (plural present)
bruiden (past plural)
bruie (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bruide (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bruien (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bruiden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
brui (imperative present singular)
bruit (archaic imperative plural present)
bruiend (participle present)
gebruid (participle past)

From Middle Dutch bruden (“to sleep with, to fuck, to take as a bride”) with syncope of intervocalic -d-. Equivalent to bruid + -en.

inh

(transitive, obsolete, vulgar, chiefly Holland) to fuck, to bang

(transitive, obsolete, chiefly Holland) to abuse, to beat


ja toch

A: Dat feest was echt nice. B: Ja toch, was echt dik.

A: That party was really nice. B: Right? It was really great.

(Holland, informal) Interjection affirming something someone else said.


vroegah

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(humorous, Holland) Pronunciation spelling of vroeger (“in the past”).