dood

Afrikaans: dood

Berbice Creole Dutch: doti

Negerhollands: dood, dod, doot

Skepi Creole Dutch: dut, doot

From Middle Dutch dôot, doet, from Old Dutch dōth, dōt, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz. Compare West Frisian dead, German Tod, English death, Danish død.


genocide

nl-noun

genocide f (plural genocides, diminutive genocidetje n)

genocides (plural)
genocidetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: genosida

Borrowed from English genocide. Equivalent to geno- + -cide.


hel

hel f (plural hellen, diminutive helletje n)

hellen (plural)
helletje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: hel, hei

From Middle Dutch helle, from Old Dutch hella, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

der

Ik hoop dat je zal branden in de hel.

(religion, mythology) hell, an infernal afterlife


weduwe

nl-noun

weduwe f (plural weduwen or weduwes, diminutive weduwtje n or weduwetje n, masculine weduwnaar)

weduwen (plural)
weduwes (plural)
weduwtje (diminutive neuter)
weduwetje (diminutive neuter)
weduwnaar (masculine)
weeuw (alternative)

Afrikaans: weduwee

Negerhollands: weduwe

→ Caribbean Hindustani: widhwá

From Middle Dutch weduwe, Old Dutch *widuwa, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Compare German Witwe, English widow.


moord

moord m (plural moorden, diminutive moordje n)

moorden (plural)
moordje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: moord

Negerhollands: moord, mord

→ Virgin Islands Creole: moro (dated)

From Middle Dutch mort, from Old Dutch morth, from Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).

murder, a type of killing legally in a more severe degree than homicide


doodgeboren

doodgeboren (adverbial positive predicative)
doodgeboren (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
doodgeboren (indefinite neuter positive singular)
doodgeboren (indefinite plural positive)
doodgeboren (definite positive)
doodgeborens (partitive positive)


overlijden

overlijden (infinitive)
overlijden (gerund neuter)
overlijd (first-person present singular)
overleed (first-person past singular)
overlijdt (present second-person singular)
overlijd (present second-person singular)
overleed (past second-person singular)
overlijdt (formal present second-person singular)
overleed (formal past second-person singular)
overlijdt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
overlijdt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
overleedt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
overleedt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
overlijdt (present singular third-person)
overleed (past singular third-person)
overlijden (plural present)
overleden (past plural)
overlijde (archaic present singular subjunctive)
overlede (archaic past singular subjunctive)
overlijden (archaic plural present subjunctive)
overleden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
overlijd (imperative present singular)
overlijdt (archaic imperative plural present)
overlijdend (participle present)
overleden (participle past)

Afrikaans: oorly

From Middle Dutch overliden, from Old Dutch overlīthan. Equivalent to over- + lijden (“to go, pass, spend time, come to an end, suffer, undergo”). Cognate with Old English oferlīþan (“to cross over, traverse”).


begraafplaats

nl-noun

begraafplaats f (plural begraafplaatsen, diminutive begraafplaatsje n)

begraafplaatsen (plural)
begraafplaatsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: begraafplaas

Compound of begraven (“to bury”) + plaats (“place, site”).


weduwnaar

nl-noun

weduwnaar m (plural weduwnaars or weduwnaren, diminutive weduwnaartje n, feminine weduwe)

weduwnaars (plural)
weduwnaren (plural)
weduwnaartje (diminutive neuter)
weduwe (feminine)

Afrikaans: wewenaar

Jersey Dutch: wanor

Negerhollands: weduwer

→ Caribbean Hindustani: widhur

From Middle Dutch weduwenaer. Equivalent to weduwe (“widow”) + -aar.


kruisigen

kruisigen (infinitive)
kruisigen (gerund neuter)
kruisig (first-person present singular)
kruisigde (first-person past singular)
kruisigt (present second-person singular)
kruisig (present second-person singular)
kruisigde (past second-person singular)
kruisigt (formal present second-person singular)
kruisigde (formal past second-person singular)
kruisigt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
kruisigt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kruisigde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kruisigde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
kruisigt (present singular third-person)
kruisigde (past singular third-person)
kruisigen (plural present)
kruisigden (past plural)
kruisige (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kruisigde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
kruisigen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
kruisigden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
kruisig (imperative present singular)
kruisigt (archaic imperative plural present)
kruisigend (participle present)
gekruisigd (participle past)

Afrikaans: kroesig, krusig

Negerhollands: kroesig, krusig

From Old Dutch krucigon, from Proto-West Germanic *krūcigōn, from Latin cruciō.


ombrengen

ombrengen (infinitive)
ombrengen (gerund neuter)
breng om (first-person main-clause present singular)
bracht om (first-person main-clause past singular)
ombreng (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
ombracht (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
brengt om (main-clause present second-person singular)
breng om (main-clause present second-person singular)
bracht om (main-clause past second-person singular)
ombrengt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ombracht (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
brengt om (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
bracht om (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
ombrengt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ombracht (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
brengt om (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
brengt om (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
bracht om (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
bracht om (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
ombrengt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ombrengt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ombracht (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ombracht (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
brengt om (main-clause present singular third-person)
bracht om (main-clause past singular third-person)
ombrengt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
ombracht (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
brengen om (main-clause plural present)
brachten om (main-clause past plural)
ombrengen (plural present subordinate-clause)
ombrachten (past plural subordinate-clause)
brenge om (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
brachte om (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
ombrenge (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
ombrachte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
brengen om (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
brachten om (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
ombrengen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
ombrachten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
breng om (imperative main-clause present singular)
brengt om (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
ombrengend (main-clause participle present)
omgebracht (main-clause participle past)

Short for om het leven brengen. Equivalent to om (“around”) + brengen (“to bring”). Compare om het leven komen.
Compare also German umbringen.


doodvonnis

doodvonnis n (plural doodvonnissen, diminutive doodvonnisje n)

doodvonnissen (plural)
doodvonnisje (diminutive neuter)
doodsvonnis (alternative rare)

Afrikaans: doodvonnis

→ West Frisian: deafonnis (calque)


doodsoorzaak

From dood (“death”) + -s- + oorzaak (“cause”). Compare German Todesursache.


onthoofding

nl-noun

onthoofding f (plural onthoofdingen, diminutive onthoofdinkje n)

onthoofdingen (plural)
onthoofdinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch onthôvedinge. Equivalent to onthoofden + -ing.

Onthoofding gold als een eervoller dood dan ophanging.

Beheading was considered a more honorable death then hanging.


euthanasie

Likely borrowed from French euthanasie. The spelling with -ie has been attested since the 1840s. Before then the Latinate spelling euthanasia was used, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασίᾱ (euthanasíā) in the seventeenth century.


lijkstijfheid

→ Indonesian: kaku mayat (calque)

From lijk (“corpse”) + stijfheid (“stiffness”).


gecondoleerd

gecondoleerd (adverbial positive predicative)
gecondoleerde (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
gecondoleerd (indefinite neuter positive singular)
gecondoleerde (indefinite plural positive)
gecondoleerde (definite positive)
gecondoleerds (partitive positive)

Ik hoorde dat je oma is gestorven, gecondoleerd.

I heard that your grandmother passed away, my condolences.

condolences; said to express sympathy with someone when hearing of a close death.


executeren

executeren (infinitive)
executeren (gerund neuter)
executeer (first-person present singular)
executeerde (first-person past singular)
executeert (present second-person singular)
executeer (present second-person singular)
executeerde (past second-person singular)
executeert (formal present second-person singular)
executeerde (formal past second-person singular)
executeert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
executeert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
executeerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
executeerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
executeert (present singular third-person)
executeerde (past singular third-person)
executeren (plural present)
executeerden (past plural)
executere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
executeerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
executeren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
executeerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
executeer (imperative present singular)
executeert (archaic imperative plural present)
executerend (participle present)
geëxecuteerd (participle past)

From Middle Dutch executeren, from Middle French executer.

(transitive) to execute, to kill as punishment


overlijdensdatum

nl-noun

overlijdensdatum m (plural overlijdensdata)

From overlijden (“death”) + -s- + datum (“date”).


kadaver

nl-noun

kadaver n (plural kadavers, diminutive kadavertje n)

kadavers (plural)
kadavertje (diminutive neuter)
cadaver (alternative obsolete)

→ Indonesian: kadaver

From French cadavre, from Latin cadāver.


kindermoord

kindermoord f (plural kindermoorden, diminutive kindermoordje n)

kindermoorden (plural)
kindermoordje (diminutive neuter)

From kinder (“child”, compounding form of kind) + moord (“murder”).

compound

compounding form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">kind</i>

Zeer lang, lang geleê in Bethlehem / een onoog'lijk herdersoord / vond eene historie plaets / der baring en kindermoord.

A long time ago, in Bethlehem / a tiny shepherds' town / occurred a tale of childbirth and / the massacre of the innocents.


sterfdag

From Middle Dutch sterfdach. Equivalent to sterven + dag.


stoffelijk overschot

Zijn stoffelijk overschot wordt vandaag begraven.

Op het slagveld lag het stoffelijk overschot van duizenden soldaten.

The remains of thousands of soldiers lay on the battlefield.


kassiewijle

kassiewijlen (alternative)
kassie wijlen (alternative)

(Netherlands, originally Bargoens, uninflectable) dead


seriemoordenaar

nl-noun

seriemoordenaar m (plural seriemoordenaars, diminutive seriemoordenaartje n)

seriemoordenaars (plural)
seriemoordenaartje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of serie (“series”) + moordenaar (“murderer”).

compound

De politie heeft na een lang onderzoek eindelijk de identiteit van de seriemoordenaar kunnen achterhalen.

After a long investigation, the police finally managed to identify the serial killer.


kindersterfte

nl-noun

kindersterfte f (plural kindersterften or kindersterftes)

kindersterften (plural)
kindersterftes (plural)


vergismoord

vergismoord m or f (plural vergismoorden, diminutive vergismoordje n)

vergismoorden (plural)
vergismoordje (diminutive neuter)

From vergissen (“to make a mistake”) + moord (“murder”). First attested in 2014.

compound

Diverse slachtoffers kwamen om het leven bij een zogenoemde ‘vergismoord’.

2014, Gerlof Leistra, “Aantal moorden in 2014 spectaculair gedaald”, in Elsevier:

Several victims lost their lives in a so-called "mistaken murder"

De vergismoord op de Amsterdamse deejay Djordy Latumahina staat niet op zichzelf: de afgelopen jaren werden minstens vijf onschuldige mensen geliquideerd.

2017 March 29, Koen Voskuil, “Vergismoorden: eerst schieten, dan nadenken”, in Algemeen Dagblad:

The misdirected murder of the Amsterdam deejay Djordy Latumahina is not an incident: over the last few years at least five innocent people were assassinated.

the killing of somebody other than the intended victim (due to mistaken identity)


doodceel

doodceels (plural)
doodcedel (alternative archaic)

→ Indonesian: surat kematian (calque)

Compound of dood (“death”) + ceel (“certificate, deed”).


dodenmasker

nl-noun

dodenmasker n (plural dodenmaskers, diminutive dodenmaskertje n)

dodenmaskers (plural)
dodenmaskertje (diminutive neuter)

In het museum was een interessante tentoonstelling van oude dodenmaskers uit verschillende culturen.

The museum had an interesting exhibition of ancient death masks from various cultures.


overlijdensakte

overlijdensakte f (plural overlijdensakten or overlijdensaktes)

overlijdensakten (plural)
overlijdensaktes (plural)
overlijdensacte (alternative)


wiegendood

From wieg (“cradle”) + -en- + dood (“death”).

sudden infant death syndrome
sudden infant death syndrome

crib death, cot death; sudden infant death syndrome


overlijdensbericht

overlijdensbericht n (plural overlijdensberichten, diminutive overlijdensberichtje n)

overlijdensberichten (plural)
overlijdensberichtje (diminutive neuter)


rouwadvertentie

rouwadvertentie f (plural rouwadvertenties, diminutive rouwadvertentietje n)

rouwadvertenties (plural)
rouwadvertentietje (diminutive neuter)


veraarden

veraarden (infinitive)
veraarden (gerund neuter)
veraard (first-person present singular)
veraardde (first-person past singular)
veraardt (present second-person singular)
veraard (present second-person singular)
veraardde (past second-person singular)
veraardt (formal present second-person singular)
veraardde (formal past second-person singular)
veraardt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
veraardt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
veraardde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
veraardde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
veraardt (present singular third-person)
veraardde (past singular third-person)
veraarden (plural present)
veraardden (past plural)
veraarde (archaic present singular subjunctive)
veraardde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
veraarden (archaic plural present subjunctive)
veraardden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
veraard (imperative present singular)
veraardt (archaic imperative plural present)
veraardend (participle present)
veraard (participle past)

(intransitive, neologism) To be buried in such a way that the body decomposes in a natural way, to serve as compost in nature.