Japan

> Afrikaans: Japan (inherited)

→ Arabic: اليابان (al-yābān)

desctree

→ Danish: Japan
→ Faroese: Japan
→ Icelandic: Japan

⇒ English: Japan, Giapan (obsolete), Japonia (obsolete), Japon (obsolete)
> Tok Pisin: Siapan (inherited)
→ Bengali: জাপান (japan)
→ Burmese: ဂျပန် (gya.pan)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: जापान (jāpān)
→ Dhivehi: ޖާފާނު (jāfānu)
Urdu: جاپان (jāpān)
→ Irish: Seapáin
→ Marathi: जपान (japān)
→ Marshallese: Jepaan
→ Persian:
Dari: جَاپَان (jāpān)
⇒ Samoan: Iapani
→ Tamil: ஜப்பான் (jappāṉ)
→ Telugu: జపాను (japānu)
→ Welsh: Japan
→ Welsh: Siapan
→ Yoruba: Jèpáànì

→ German: Japan
→ Ladin: Iapan
→ Estonian: Jaapan
→ Finnish: Japani
→ Hungarian: Japán
→ Latvian: Japāna
→ Norwegian: Japan
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: Јапан
Latin script: Japan
→ Yiddish: יאַפּאַן (yapan)
→ Hebrew: יפן (yapan)

→ Swedish: Japan

→ West Frisian: Japan

From Malay Jepang / Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).


Finland

nl-proper noun

Finland n (adjective Fins or Finlands, demonym Fin m or Finlander m or Finse f or Finlandse f)

Fins (adjective)
Finlands (adjective)
Fin (demonym masculine)
Finlander (demonym masculine)
Finse (demonym feminine)
Finlandse (demonym feminine)

Borrowed and first attested in the 16th century Dutch translation of Olaus Magnus Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus by Cornelius Grapheus, but whether it was borrowed from Latin or a Germanic translation, e.g. Swedish, Low German or High German, is uncertain.

Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)


Andorra

Andorra n (adjective Andorrees, demonym Andorrees m or Andorrese f)

Andorrees (adjective)
Andorrees (demonym masculine)
Andorrese (demonym feminine)

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Afghanistan

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Angola

/ˌɑŋˈɣoː.laː/


Bhutan

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)


Canada

Probably borrowed from French Canada.
The hamlet is attested as Canada in 1954. It was named after the country. Originally the name of a farmhouse.


Colombia

Borrowed from Spanish Colombia. Named after Christopher Columbus.


Cuba

Afrikaans: Kuba

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Cyprus

Cyprus n (adjective Cypriotisch, demonym Cyprioot m or Cypriotische f)

Cypriotisch (adjective)
Cyprioot (demonym masculine)
Cypriotische (demonym feminine)

→ Indonesian: Siprus

Ultimately from Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Iran

Ultimately from Persian ایران (irân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn).

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein n (adjective Liechtensteins, demonym Liechtensteiner m or Liechtensteinse f)

Liechtensteins (adjective)
Liechtensteiner (demonym masculine)
Liechtensteinse (demonym feminine)

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Monaco

Monaco n (adjective Monegaskisch, demonym Monegask m or Monegaskische f)

Monegaskisch (adjective)
Monegask (demonym masculine)
Monegaskische (demonym feminine)


Malta

Malta n (adjective Maltees, demonym Maltees m or Maltezer m or Maltese f)

Maltees (adjective)
Maltees (demonym masculine)
Maltezer (demonym masculine)
Maltese (demonym feminine)

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v. The neighbourhood was named after the 1565 Great Siege of Malta, first attested in the form Maltha in 1641.

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Mauritius

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Mozambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)


Nigeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Oman

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Portugal

Portugal n (adjective Portugees, demonym Portugees m or Portugese f)

Portugees (adjective)
Portugees (demonym masculine)
Portugese (demonym feminine)

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Qatar

Qatar (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


San Marino

San Marino n (adjective San Marinees, demonym San Marinees m or San Marinese f)

San Marinees (adjective)
San Marinees (demonym masculine)
San Marinese (demonym feminine)

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Uganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Venezuela

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola.


Zimbabwe

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.


Aruba

Uncertain. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from Spanish oro (“gold”) and the third-person singular preterite form of haber (“to have”) ("there was gold"), a derivation from Kalinago oruba (“well-placed”) or a compound of two Kalinago words, ora (“shell”) and oubao (“island”).

Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)


Barbados

Borrowed from English Barbados, from Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”).

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Benin

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Belarus

nl-proper noun

Belarus n (adjective Belarussisch, demonym Belarus m or Belarussische f)

Belarussisch (adjective)
Belarus (demonym masculine)
Belarussische (demonym feminine)

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Suriname

→ Caribbean Javanese: Srinama, Srinamah

→ English: Suriname


Sierra Leone

Borrowed from Spanish Sierra Leona, from Portuguese Serra Leoa.

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Zaïre

Borrowed from French Zaïre; ultimately from Kongo nzere, a truncation of nzadi o nzere (“river swallowing rivers”).

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

(historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Eritrea

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Georgia

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


VTB-VAB

Initialism of Vlaamse Toeristenbond - Vlaamse Automobilistenbond. (Belgian Tourist and Automobile Association)


Taiwan

The modern form "Taiwan" may possibly be from English Taiwan, or way older reminiscent of older forms like Tayouan, from possibly Siraya.


Chinese

nl-noun

Chinese f (plural Chinesen, masculine Chinees)


Welsh

Want vlak voor het verstrijken van de reguliere speeltijd roken de Welsh, toen Oranje met de gedachten al in de kleedkamer zat, dat er nog wel een gelijkspel in zat.

2022, NOS, Oranje verslaat Wales in extra tijd, met nieuw basiselftal en twee debutanten:

Because just before the end of regular playing time, the Welsh smelled, when Orange was already in the locker room with their thoughts, that a draw was still possible.


Welsh

nl-adj

Welsh (comparative Welsher, superlative Welsht)

Welsher (comparative)
Welsht (superlative)
Welsh (adverbial positive predicative)
Welsher (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Welsht (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Welshte (adverbial predicative superlative)
Welshe (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Welshere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Welshte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Welsh (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Welsher (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Welshte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Welshe (indefinite plural positive)
Welshere (comparative indefinite plural)
Welshte (indefinite plural superlative)
Welshe (definite positive)
Welshere (comparative definite)
Welshte (definite superlative)
Welsh (partitive positive)
Welshers (comparative partitive)


Roemenië

nl-proper noun

Roemenië n (adjective Roemeens, demonym Roemeen m or Roemeense f)

Roemeens (adjective)
Roemeen (demonym masculine)
Roemeense (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Roemenië


mikado

nl-noun

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

mikado's (plural)
mikadootje (diminutive neuter)


Ottawa

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


Brasilia

Distrito Federal
Distrito Federal#English

Brasília (a municipality, the capital city of Brazil; state capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil)


Turk

Turk m (plural Turken, diminutive Turkje n, feminine Turkse)

Turken (plural)
Turkje (diminutive neuter)
Turkse (feminine)


continent

→ Indonesian: kontinen

Borrowed from French continent, from Latin continēns.


meer

meer n (plural meren, diminutive meertje n)

meren (plural)
meertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: meer

From Middle Dutch mēre, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

We gingen zwemmen in het meer.

Het meer was kalm en helder.

Er zijn veel vissen in dat meer.


Amsterdam

First attested as amestelledamme in 1275. From Middle Dutch Aemstelredam, from the river Amstel + dam.

Meronyms: Driemond, Durgerdam, Holysloot, Nieuwendam, Ransdorp, Schellingwoude, 't Nopeind, Weesp, Zunderdorp

Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)


Vietnamese

Vietnamese f (plural Vietnamesen, masculine Vietnamees)

Vietnamesen (plural)
Vietnamees (masculine)


delta

delta f (plural delta's, diminutive deltaatje n)

delta's (plural)
deltaatje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta). Doublet of dalet.

a river delta, a network of one or more rivers and tributaries pouring out into a larger body of water


London

London (a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada)


dal

dal n (plural dalen, diminutive dalletje n)

dalen (plural)
dalletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dal

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.


Schelde

The river Scheldt (a river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands)


Toscane

administrative region
administrative region

Tuscany (an administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna)


Barcelona

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)


Edinburgh

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)


Florida

At least since the 16th century; probably from Spanish


Kiev

From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev). The form Kyiv, from Ukrainian Київ (Kyjiv), has been gaining currency, particularly since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Kyiv (The capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast)


New York

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States)


Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)


Rome

Afrikaans: Rome

* (capital of Italy) From Middle Dutch rome.
* (Maasdriel) First attested as Rome in 1830-1855. Named after the Italian city, allegedly because many Roman artefacts were found there.

Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)


Zurich

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


Zagreb

Zagreb (the capital and largest city of Croatia)


Bask

Bask m (plural Basken, feminine Baskische)


Limburg

From Middle Dutch limborch, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden (tree)”) and *burg/*burgz (“fortification, stronghold”).

Meronyms: Alken, As, Beringen, Bilzen, Bocholt, Borgloon, Bree, Diepenbeek, Dilsen-Stokkem, Genk, Gingelom, Halen, Ham, Hamont-Achel, Hasselt, Hechtel-Eksel, Heers, Herk-de-Stad, Herstappe, Heusden-Zolder, Hoeselt, Houthalen-Helchteren, Kinrooi, Kortessem, Lanaken, Leopoldsburg, Lommel, Lummen, Maaseik, Maasmechelen, Nieuwerkerken, Oudsbergen, Peer, Pelt, Riemst, Sint-Truiden, Tessenderlo, Tongeren, Voeren, Wellen, Zonhoven, Zutendaal

Meronyms: Beek, Beekdaelen, Beesel, Bergen, Brunssum, Echt-Susteren, Eijsden-Margraten, Gennep, Gulpen-Wittem, Heerlen, Horst aan de Maas, Kerkrade, Landgraaf, Leudal, Maasgouw, Maastricht, Meerssen, Mook en Middelaar, Nederweert, Peel en Maas, Roerdalen, Roermond, Simpelveld, Sittard-Geleen, Stein, Vaals, Valkenburg aan de Geul, Venlo, Venray, Voerendaal, Weert


land

land n (plural landen, diminutive landje n)

landen (plural)
landje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: land

Berbice Creole Dutch: alanda, landi

Negerhollands: land, lant, lan

Skepi Creole Dutch: land, lantta

→ Sranan Tongo: lanti (see there for further descendants)

>? Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)

From Middle Dutch lant, from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

der

land (part of Earth not covered by water)


Holland

nl-proper noun

Holland n (adjective Hollands, demonym Hollander m or Hollandse f)

Hollands (adjective)
Hollander (demonym masculine)
Hollandse (demonym feminine)

Javindo: Hollaan

Jersey Dutch: Hôl-läänt

→ Caribbean Javanese: Holan

→ Kwinti: hollan

→ Portuguese: holanda, Holanda

→ Petjo: blandeu, blandees

From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”). A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from hol land (“hollow land”), inspired by the low-lying geography of the Dutch region.

Ik hou van Holland.

When cheering for a sports team:
Hup Holland hup!
Go Netherlands go!

Ik hou van Holland, landje aan de Zuiderzee / Een stukje Holland draag ik in m'n hart steeds mee / Daar waar die molens draaien in hun forse kracht / En waar de bollen bloeien in hun schoonste pracht

1937, Willy Schootemeijer (lyrics and music), “Ik hou van Holland”, performed by Joseph Schmidt:

I love the Netherlands, little country by the Zuiderzee / A little piece of the Netherlands I always carry in my heart / There where those windmills turn in their mighty power / And where the bulbs bloom in their most beautiful splendour

Hier in Holland sterft de laatste vlinder / op de allerlaatste bloem / en alle muziek die overblijft / is de supersonische boem

1972, “Vluchten kan niet meer”, Annie M.G. Schmidt (lyrics), Harry Bannink (music), performed by Jenny Arean and Frans Halsema:

Here in the Netherlands, the last butterfly / dies on the very last flower / and all music that remains / is the supersonic boom

(in patriotic contexts) Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Bretagne

From Middle Dutch [Term?], from Middle French [Term?] or Old French [Term?].

Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


Gelderland

Meronyms: Aalten, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Barneveld, Berg en Dal, Berkelland, Beuningen, Bronckhorst, Brummen, Buren, Culemborg, Doesburg, Doetinchem, Druten, Duiven, Ede, Elburg, Epe, Ermelo, Harderwijk, Hattem, Heerde, Heumen, Lingewaard, Lochem, Maasdriel, Montferland, Neder-Betuwe, Nijkerk, Nijmegen, Nunspeet, Oldebroek, Oost Gelre, Oude IJsselstreek, Overbetuwe, Putten, Renkum, Rheden, Rozendaal, Scherpenzeel, Tiel, Voorst, Wageningen, West Betuwe, West Maas en Waal, Westervoort, Wijchen, Winterswijk, Zaltbommel, Zevenaar, Zutphen

Gelderland (a province of the Netherlands)


Groningen

First attested as groningi in the 10th or 11th century. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from Old Dutch Grôn (a personal name) or Groni (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-. A derivation from a hydronym *Gron suffixed with -ing- is less likely. Compare Groeningen.
The province was named after the city.
See also Dutch Low Saxon Grunnen.

Meronyms: Eemsdelta, Groningen, Het Hogeland, Midden-Groningen, Oldambt, Pekela, Stadskanaal, Veendam, Westerkwartier, Westerwolde

Groningen (a province of the Netherlands)


Overijssel

[ˌoːvəˈrɛi̯səɫ]

From Middle Dutch ōverīsel, perhaps from Middle Low German overisel. Equivalent to a univerbation of over + IJssel.

Meronyms: Almelo, Borne, Dalfsen, Deventer, Dinkelland, Enschede, Haaksbergen, Hardenberg, Hellendoorn, Hengelo, Hof van Twente, Kampen, Losser, Oldenzaal, Olst-Wijhe, Ommen, Raalte, Rijssen-Holten, Staphorst, Steenwijkerland, Tubbergen, Twenterand, Wierden, Zwartewaterland, Zwolle

Overijssel (a province of the Netherlands)


Utrecht

→ English: Utrecht velvet

→ French: velours d’Utrecht

→ Portuguese: Utreque

desc

→ Chinese: → 烏得勒支 /乌得勒支 (Wūdélèzhī) (transliteration)

From Middle Dutch utrecht, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch ūt (“outside”) + Latin Traiectum, the name of the original Roman fort around which the city was built, a name meaning "crossing," from the verb traicio (“I go across, transfer”).

Meronyms: Amersfoort, Baarn, Bunnik, Bunschoten, De Bilt, De Ronde Venen, Eemnes, Houten, IJsselstein, Leusden, Lopik, Montfoort, Nieuwegein, Oudewater, Renswoude, Rhenen, Soest, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Veenendaal, Vijfheerenlanden, Wijk bij Duurstede, Woerden, Woudenberg, Zeist


Zeeland

→ English: Zealand

From Middle Dutch sêelant. Equivalent to zee (“sea”) + land (“land”) or from zeeland (“coastal land”).

Meronyms: Borsele, Goes, Hulst, Kapelle, Middelburg, Noord-Beveland, Reimerswaal, Schouwen-Duiveland, Sluis, Terneuzen, Tholen, Veere, Vlissingen


berg

nl-noun

berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)

bergen (plural)
bergje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: berg
→ English: berg

Berbice Creole Dutch: berki

Jersey Dutch: bêrix

Negerhollands: berg, bergi

→ Virgin Islands Creole: berg, bergi

→ Aukan: beligi

→ Sranan Tongo: bergi

→ Caribbean Javanese: bérgi

From Middle Dutch berch, from Old Dutch berg, from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.


oase

oase f (plural oasen or oases, diminutive oasetje n)

oasen (plural)
oases (plural)
oasetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: oase

19th century, probably from German Oase, which see. Alternatively an independent backformation from the Latin plural oases.


Polen

nl-proper noun

Polen n (adjective Pools, demonym Pool m or Poolse f)

Pools (adjective)
Pool (demonym masculine)
Poolse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Pole

From Middle Dutch Polen, related to older Polanen.
The hamlet is first attested as Polen in 1899. It is named after the country.


Kongo

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


Duitser

nl-noun

Duitser m (plural Duitsers, diminutive Duitsertje n, feminine Duitse)

Duitsers (plural)
Duitsertje (diminutive neuter)
Duitse (feminine)

Sranan Tongo: Doisri

→ Caribbean Hindustani: Doisri

→ Caribbean Javanese: Dhoisri


Griek

Griek m (plural Grieken, diminutive Griekje n, feminine Griekse)

Grieken (plural)
Griekje (diminutive neuter)
Griekse (feminine)

→ Kari'na: Kiriki

From Middle Dutch griec, from Old Dutch *Krēka(s), from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō (“Greeks”).


Chinees

nl-adj

Chinees (comparative Chineser, superlative meest Chinees or Chineest)

Chineser (comparative)
meest Chinees (superlative)
Chineest (superlative)
Chinees (adverbial positive predicative)
Chineser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Chineest (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Chineeste (adverbial predicative superlative)
Chinese (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Chinesere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Chineeste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Chinees (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Chineser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Chineeste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Chinese (indefinite plural positive)
Chinesere (comparative indefinite plural)
Chineeste (indefinite plural superlative)
Chinese (definite positive)
Chinesere (comparative definite)
Chineeste (definite superlative)
Chinees (partitive positive)
Chinesers (comparative partitive)


Chinees

nl-noun

Chinees m (plural Chinezen, diminutive Chineesje n, feminine Chinese)

Chinezen (plural)
Chineesje (diminutive neuter)
Chinese (feminine)

Javindo: Sinees

→ Lokono: sjinésji

→ Sranan Tongo: Sneisi

→ Kari'na: sinesi

→ Wayana: sineisi

(Netherlands, colloquial) a Chinese or Chinese-Indonesian restaurant

(Suriname, colloquial) a corner store or supermarket run by an ethnic Chinese person


Keulen

From Middle Dutch Cuelen, Coelen, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Latin Colōnia (literally “colony”), from Colōnia Agrippīna.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


cataract

cataract f (plural cataracten, diminutive cataractje n)

cataracten (plural)
cataractje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: katarak

→ Indonesian: katarak

From Middle Dutch cataracte, from Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs).


zee

nl-noun

zee f (plural zeeën, diminutive zeetje n)

zeeën (plural)
zeetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: see

Berbice Creole Dutch: sei

Javindo: see

Negerhollands: see

→ Saramaccan: zé

→ Sranan Tongo: se

From Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Ze zeilden over de open zee om nieuwe landen te ontdekken.

They sailed the open sea to discover new lands.

Ik wil volgend jaar naar de zee verhuizen.

Het kleine zeetje was een populaire plek voor lokale vissers.

The small sea was a popular spot for local fishermen.


Texas

Borrowed from English Texas or Spanish Texas.

Texas (a state of the United States; former independent republic; former province of Mexico)


Europa

nl-proper noun

Europa n (adjective Europees, demonym Europeaan m or Europese f)

Europees (adjective)
Europeaan (demonym masculine)
Europese (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Europa

Negerhollands: Juropa

→ Malay: Eropah

Indonesian: Eropa

From Middle Dutch europa, from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā), Doric form of Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).


kloof

nl-noun

kloof f (plural kloven, diminutive kloofje n)

kloven (plural)
kloofje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kloof

→ English: kloof

→ Papiamentu: kloof (dated)

From Middle Dutch clove, from Proto-West Germanic *klubō, from Proto-Germanic *klubô, related to *kleubaną (“to split, cleave”). Cognate with German Klobe, Kloben, Cimbrian khlóop.


Estland

nl-proper noun

Estland n (adjective Ests, demonym Est m or Estse f)

Ests (adjective)
Est (demonym masculine)
Estse (demonym feminine)


fjord

nl-noun

fjord m (plural fjorden, diminutive fjordje n)

fjorden (plural)
fjordje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowing from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjǫrðr.


holm

holm m (plural holmen, diminutive holmpje n)

holmen (plural)
holmpje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch holm, from Old Dutch holm, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *holm (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“small island, hill, mound”), from Pre-Germanic *kl̥Hmos, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“hill”).


Gibraltar

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


Irak

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Massachusetts

Massachusetts (a state of the United States)


Cornwall

Cornwall (a duchy and county of England, United Kingdom)


Rijn

From Middle Dutch rijn, from Old Dutch *Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn, from Proto-Germanic *Rīnaz, from a Celtic language.

Wie op den Rijn per stoomboot reist, moet veel lodderige lonken kunnen afzien, […]

1874, Tony, Twee reisnovellen van den Rijn, W.C. de Graaff, 52

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

The Rhine, a major European river flowing through Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Germany and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the river (including its distributaries) flows through the provinces of Gelderland, Overijssel, Utrecht, North Holland and South Holland.


Himalaya

Himalayas (a mountain range in South Asia)


Chicago

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)


wad

nl-noun

wad n (plural wadden, diminutive wadje n)

wadden (plural)
wadje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wat, from Old Dutch *wada, from Frankish *wad, from earlier wada (attested as Latinised acc. sg. vadam c. 108), from Proto-Germanic *wadą.


bocht

bocht f or m (plural bochten, diminutive bochtje n)

bochten (plural)
bochtje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: boktu

→ Papiamentu: bògt

→ Sranan Tongo: boktu

→ Aukan: bokutu

→ Caribbean Javanese: boktu

From Middle Dutch bocht, from Old Dutch *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. Equivalent to buigen (“to bend, bow”) + -t (“verbal noun”).

suffix

a bight, broad curvature of a coastline, bay


Welshman

nl-noun

Welshman m (plural Welshmen, feminine Welshe)


Istanbul

Borrowed from Turkish İstanbul, corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).

der

εἰς τὴν Πόλιν


Afrika

nl-proper noun

Afrika n (adjective Afrikaans, demonym Afrikaan m or Afrikaanse f)

Afrikaans (adjective)
Afrikaan (demonym masculine)
Afrikaanse (demonym feminine)

→ Indonesian: Afrika

Petjo: aprik

Ultimately from Latin Āfrica, from Āfer.

Meronyms: Centraal-Afrika, Equatoriaal-Afrika, Midden-Afrika, Noord-Afrika, Oost-Afrika, West-Afrika, Zuid-Afrika, Zuidwest-Afrika


Brit

nl-noun

Brit m (plural Britten, diminutive Britje n)

Britten (plural)
Britje (diminutive neuter)


Engeland

→ Lokono: Engelanta

/ˈɛ.ŋəˌlɑnt/

(loosely) Great Britain or the United Kingdom


Engeland

* (Drenthe) First attested as Engellant in 1811-1813. Derived from Middle Dutch engelant (“pasture, grassland”). See also Dutch Low Saxon Engelaand.
* (Apeldoorn) First attested as englandi in 801. Compound of eng (“pasture, acreage”) and Old Dutch landi (“land”). A local toponymic legend holds that the name is derived from an ancient jury court "in the English style" that is supposed to have convened in the village. There is no historical evidence for the existence of such a court.
* (Oldebroek) First attested as ENGELAND in 1843. Derived from Middle Dutch engelant (“pasture, grassland”).
* (Dalfsen) First attested as ENGELAND in 1843. Derived from Middle Dutch engelant (“pasture, grassland”). See also Dutch Low Saxon Engelaand.
* (Hardenberg) First attested as ENGELAND in 1843. Derived from Middle Dutch engelant (“pasture, grassland”).

inh

/ˈɛ.ŋəˌlɑnt/

A hamlet in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands


Rusland

nl-proper noun

Rusland n (adjective Russisch, demonym Rus m or Russin f or Russische f)

Russisch (adjective)
Rus (demonym masculine)
Russin (demonym feminine)
Russische (demonym feminine)

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Peking

Borrowed from Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), specifically the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Compare Portuguese Pequim, Spanish Pekín, English Peking, French Pékin.

Beijing, Peking (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)

Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca)
nl:Peking


Montenegro

Montenegro n (adjective Montenegrijns, demonym Montenegrijn m or Montenegrijnse f)

Montenegrijns (adjective)
Montenegrijn (demonym masculine)
Montenegrijnse (demonym feminine)

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Amerika

Afrikaans: Amerika

Negerhollands: Ameriki, Meriki

desc

→ Virgin Islands Creole: Ameriki, Meriki

From New Latin America, named after cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.
The hamlet first appears in the written record in 1909 as Nieuw Amerika. It is named after the continent.

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Don

Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)


Est

First attested as est in 1316. Perhaps derived from es (“ash, Fraxinus excelsior”) with collectivising -t- suffix or from Middle Dutch est (“branch, brush, maple, Acer”).

inh

A village in West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands


Fin

nl-noun

Fin m (plural Finnen, diminutive Finnetje n, feminine Finse)

Finnen (plural)
Finnetje (diminutive neuter)
Finse (feminine)

Borrowed and first attested in the 16th century Dutch translation of Olaus Magnus Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus by Cornelius Grapheus, but whether it was borrowed from Latin or a Germanic translation is uncertain.


Lek

From Middle Dutch lecke. Related to laak.

A river, the northern arm of the River Rhine, in the provinces of Utrecht, South Holland and Gelderland, Netherlands, running from the Nederrijn at Wijk bij Duurstede to the Noord at Kinderdijk.


Let

Let m (plural Letten, diminutive Letje n, feminine Letse or Letlandse)

Letten (plural)
Letje (diminutive neuter)
Letse (feminine)
Letlandse (feminine)


Maltese

Maltese f (plural Maltesen, diminutive Malteesje n, masculine Maltees)

Maltesen (plural)
Malteesje (diminutive neuter)
Maltees (masculine)


Man

Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)


Manhattan

Borrowed from English Manhattan, it in turn deriving, via Dutch, from the Unami language.

Manhattan (a borough and island in New York City, New York, United States)


Pers

Pers m (plural Perzen, diminutive Persje n)

Perzen (plural)
Persje (diminutive neuter)


Pool

Pool m (plural Polen, diminutive Pooltje n, feminine Poolse)

Polen (plural)
Pooltje (diminutive neuter)
Poolse (feminine)


Joegoslavië

Afrikaans: Joego-Slawië, Joegoslawië


Corsica

Ultimately from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Benelux

Analysable as an acronym of België + Nederland + Luxemburg.

acronym

Benelux (a region of Europe, consisting of the countries which constitute this union)


Jemen

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Belg

nl-noun

Belg m (plural Belgen, diminutive Belgje n, feminine Belgische)

Belgen (plural)
Belgje (diminutive neuter)
Belgische (feminine)

Sranan Tongo: Bergi

→ Papiamentu: Bèlga


haven

haven f (plural havens, diminutive haventje n)

havens (plural)
haventje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hawe

→ Papiamentu: haf, haaf

From Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō.

De schepen liggen veilig in de haven.

We namen een wandeling bij het kleine haventje na het diner.

We took a walk by the small harbour after dinner.


Levant

1836, Nicolaas G. van Kampen, De Levant of Mohammedaansch Azië, vol. 3, publ. by de erven François Bohn, page 223.
De hoofd- of liever de eenige stad des eilands, van denzelfden naam, sedert den moord van 1822 de schaduw niet meer van hetgeen zij vroeger was, plagt eene der beste plaatsen van de Levant te zijn.

The capital - or rather the only city of the island, of the same name, no longer the shadow of what it formerly was since the murder of 1822, used to be one of the best settlements of the Levant.

2008, Klaas Vansteenhuyse, Culturen gaan altijd ten onder. De zeevolkeren in het Middellandse Zeegebied (1200 voor Christus), vol. 3, Davidsfonds (publ.).
Deze hebben een algemene vorm die goed verspreid was in de Levant tijdens de late bronstijd.

These have a general shape that was widespread in the Levant during the Late Bronze Age.

Levant (a region of Western Asia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea)


plateau

plateau n (plural plateaus, diminutive plateautje n)

plateaus (plural)
plateautje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see English plate.


Madagaskar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Luxemburg

nl-proper noun

Luxemburg n (adjective Luxemburgs, demonym Luxemburger m or Luxemburgse f)

Luxemburgs (adjective)
Luxemburger (demonym masculine)
Luxemburgse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Luxemburg

→ Indonesian: Luksemburg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Nederland

Nederland n (adjective Nederlands, demonym Nederlander m or Nederlandse f)

Nederlands (adjective)
Nederlander (demonym masculine)
Nederlandse (demonym feminine)

→ Aukan: Nedilanti

→ Polish: Niderlandy

From neder (“down, low”) + land (“land”). Compare English Netherlands.

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Libanon

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


België

België n (adjective Belgisch, demonym Belg m or Belgische f)

Belgisch (adjective)
Belg (demonym masculine)
Belgische (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: België

→ Indonesian: Belgia

⇒ Japanese: ベルギー (Berugī)

→ Sranan Tongo: Bergi

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Tokio

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”). First attested in the 1870s.

ja-r

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)


moeras

nl-noun

moeras n (plural moerassen, diminutive moerasje n)

moerassen (plural)
moerasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: moeras

→ English: morass

Alteration (by assimilation to moer (“moor”)) of Middle Dutch marasch, from Old French mareis (“marsh”).


eiland

eiland n (plural eilanden, diminutive eilandje n)

eilanden (plural)
eilandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eiland

Negerhollands: eiland, eyland

→ Sranan Tongo: eilanti

From Middle Dutch eilant, from Old Dutch *eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą, equivalent to ei (“island”) + land (“land”). The former part is from *awjō, the latter identical to modern Dutch land.


Brussel

From Broekzele, from broek (“marsh”) + zaal, zele (“thatching, settlement”).

Brussels (the capital city of Belgium; capital city of the region of Flanders in Belgium; main seat of government of the EU; former capital of the former province of Brabant)


Kosovo

nl-proper noun

Kosovo n (adjective Kosovaars, demonym Kosovaar m or Kosovaarse f)

Kosovaars (adjective)
Kosovaar (demonym masculine)
Kosovaarse (demonym feminine)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


heuvel

nl-noun

heuvel m (plural heuvels, diminutive heuveltje n)

heuvels (plural)
heuveltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: heuwel

From Middle Dutch hoevel, huevel, hovel, huffel, from Old Dutch huvil, from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz. Cognate with Middle Low German hovel, Old High German hubil, Middle High German hübel, dialectal German Hübel, Luxembourgish Hiwwel. More distantly related to Old Saxon hobar, Old High German hovar, Old English hovar as well as Old English hȳf (modern English hive).
Potential wider cognates include Lithuanian kupra, kupstas, kaupas, Polish kupa.
Compare heup.


broek

broek f (plural broeken, diminutive broekje n)

broeken (plural)
broekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: broek (see there for further descendants)

Berbice Creole Dutch: bruku

Negerhollands: broek, bruk

→ Akawaio: puuruukuu (via Skepi Creole Dutch)

→ Javanese: ꦧꦿꦸꦏ꧀ (bruk)

→ Lokono: boróko

→ Kupang Malay: baruk, bruk

→ Munsee: pălóok

→ Papiamentu: bruki (from the diminutive)

→ Pemon: puuruukuu (via Skepi Creole Dutch)

→ Russian: брюки (brjuki)

→ Sranan Tongo: bruku (see there for further descendants)

From Middle Dutch broec, from Old Dutch *bruoc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

Mijn broek is te lang.


vijver

vijver m (plural vijvers, diminutive vijvertje n)

vijvers (plural)
vijvertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vywer

From Middle Dutch viver, from Old French vivier, from Latin vīvārium. Was merged with or replaced Middle Dutch wier, wuwer, *wiwer, an older borrowing directly from Latin; compare German Weiher.


zwembad

zwembad n (plural zwembaden, diminutive zwembadje n)

zwembaden (plural)
zwembadje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: swembad


werelddeel

werelddeel n (plural werelddelen, diminutive werelddeeltje n)

werelddelen (plural)
werelddeeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wêrelddeel

Compound of wereld (“world”) + deel (“part, piece”).


oceaan

nl-noun

oceaan m (plural oceanen, diminutive oceaantje n)

oceanen (plural)
oceaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oseaan

→ Papiamentu: osean

Borrowed from Middle French ocean, from Latin oceanus, from Ancient Greek ὠκεᾰνός (ōkeănós).


rivier

rivier f or m (plural rivieren, diminutive riviertje n)

rivieren (plural)
riviertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rivier

Jersey Dutch: rîver

From Middle Dutch riviere, from Old French riviere.


straat

straat f (plural straten, diminutive straatje n)

straten (plural)
straatje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: straat
→ Swazi: sitaladi
→ Xhosa: isitrato, isitalato

→ Indonesian: setrat

→ Sranan Tongo: strati
→ Aukan: sitaati, strati
→ Caribbean Hindustani: stráti
→ Saramaccan: sitááti

From Middle Dutch strâte, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), from Latin strāta, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”).
The sense “strait” is a phono-semantic matching of Middle English streit, from Old French estreit, from Latin strictus. Compare German Straße.

psm

Straat Yucatan — the Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán

Straat (van) Malakka


Maas

From Middle Dutch Mase, from Old Dutch *Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō. Dutch is one of the few languages in which the Germanic name survives directly; most other languages have borrowed the name from Dutch or from a Romance language.

The Meuse, a major European river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the river flows through the provinces of Limburg, Gelderland, North Brabant and South Holland.


Tiber

Tiber, the river that flows through Rome in Italy.


Frankrijk

nl-proper noun

Frankrijk n (adjective Frans, demonym Fransman m or Franse f or Française f)

Frans (adjective)
Fransman (demonym masculine)
Franse (demonym feminine)
Française (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Frankryk

From Middle Dutch Vranckrike. Equivalent to Frank + rijk.
The hamlet in Friesland is named after the country. It may have been originally the name of a field owned by the Frankena family, with the name Frankrijk being applied as a humorous reference to the property. See also Dutch Low Saxon Fraankriek and West Frisian Frankryk.
The hamlet in Gelderland is first attested as franckryk in 1401. Named after the country. Formerly an independent hamlet.


Duitsland

Duitsland n (adjective Duits, demonym Duitser m or Duitse f)

Duits (adjective)
Duitser (demonym masculine)
Duitse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Duitsland

Negerhollands: dutschland

From Middle Dutch Duutschlant. Equivalent to Duits + land.


Schotland

Afrikaans: Skotland


Spanje

Spanje n (adjective Spaans, demonym Spanjaard m or Spaanse f)

Spaans (adjective)
Spanjaard (demonym masculine)
Spaanse (demonym feminine)

> Afrikaans: Spanje (inherited)

Ultimately from Latin Hispānia, possibly from Punic [Term?].

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Ierland

Ierland n (adjective Iers, demonym Ier m or Ierse f)

Iers (adjective)
Ier (demonym masculine)
Ierse (demonym feminine)

From Middle Dutch ierlant, equivalent to Ier + land.


IJsland

IJsland n (adjective IJslands, demonym IJslander m or IJslandse f)

IJslands (adjective)
IJslander (demonym masculine)
IJslandse (demonym feminine)


Noorwegen

Noorwegen n (adjective Noors, demonym Noor m or Noorse f)

Noors (adjective)
Noor (demonym masculine)
Noorse (demonym feminine)


Letland

Letland n (adjective Lets, demonym Let m or Letse f)

Lets (adjective)
Let (demonym masculine)
Letse (demonym feminine)


Zweden

Zweden n (adjective Zweeds, demonym Zweed m or Zweedse f)

Zweeds (adjective)
Zweed (demonym masculine)
Zweedse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Swede


Wit-Rusland

Wit-Rusland n (adjective Wit-Russisch, demonym Wit-Rus m or Wit-Russin f or Wit-Russische f)

Wit-Russisch (adjective)
Wit-Rus (demonym masculine)
Wit-Russin (demonym feminine)
Wit-Russische (demonym feminine)

→ Afrikaans: Wit-Rusland

From wit (“white”) + Rusland (“Russia”), a calque of Russian Белору́ссия (Belorússija). Cognate with German Weißrussland, English White Russia, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland among others.


Oekraïne

nl-proper noun

Oekraïne n or f (adjective Oekraïens, demonym Oekraïner m or Oekraïense f)

Oekraïens (adjective)
Oekraïner (demonym masculine)
Oekraïense (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Oekraïne

Borrowing, probably from French. First attested as Ukraine in the 17th century.

Den koningh van Polen, ſoo men vermoed, is den Nieper-ſtroom gepaſſeert, alwaer ſich met de Littauwſe Armee ſal conjungeren, en alſo een attentaet op de Stadt Kiow doen; veele zijn verwondert, dat ſich ſijne Majeſt. met een ſlechte en qualick gediſciplineerde Armee, ſoo diep inde Ukraine, en ſoo naer aen des vyants Landt waeght, door dien de Coſacken qualick te vertrouwen zijn.

1663 November 20, “Poolen, Pruyssen, &c.”, in Tydinge uyt verscheyde Quartieren, number 48, page 2:

The king of Poland, as people suspect, has passed the course of the Dnieper, where he will join up with the Lithuanian army, and thus will make an attack on the city of Kyiv; many people are surprised that His Majesty ventures so far into the Ukraine with a bad and badly disciplined army, and so close to enemy territory, because the Cossacks cannot be trusted.

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Zwitserland

Zwitserland n (adjective Zwitsers, demonym Zwitser m or Zwitserse f)

Zwitsers (adjective)
Zwitser (demonym masculine)
Zwitserse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Switserland

Compound of Zwitser (“Swiss person”) + land.

Helvetische Republiek
Helvetische Republiek#Dutch

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe; official name: Helvetische Republiek)


Oostenrijk

Oostenrijk n (adjective Oostenrijks, demonym Oostenrijker m or Oostenrijkse f)

Oostenrijks (adjective)
Oostenrijker (demonym masculine)
Oostenrijkse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Oostenryk

From Middle Dutch Oostenrike, etymologically decomposable as oosten + rijk.


Litouwen

Litouwen n (adjective Litouws, demonym Litouwer m or Litouwse f)

Litouws (adjective)
Litouwer (demonym masculine)
Litouwse (demonym feminine)

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


Bulgarije

Bulgarije n (adjective Bulgaars, demonym Bulgaar m or Bulgaarse f)

Bulgaars (adjective)
Bulgaar (demonym masculine)
Bulgaarse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Bulgarye

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Hongarije

Hongarije n (adjective Hongaars, demonym Hongaar m or Hongaarse f)

Hongaars (adjective)
Hongaar (demonym masculine)
Hongaarse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Hongarye

/ˌɦɔŋ.ɣaːˈrɛi̯.(j)ə/


Albanië

Albanië n (adjective Albanees or Albaans, demonym Albanees m or Albanese f)

Albanees (adjective)
Albaans (adjective)
Albanees (demonym masculine)
Albanese (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Albanië

Indonesian: Albania


Kroatië

Kroatië n (adjective Kroatisch, demonym Kroaat m or Kroatische f)

Kroatisch (adjective)
Kroaat (demonym masculine)
Kroatische (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Kroasië

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Denemarken

Denemarken n (adjective Deens, demonym Deen m or Deense f)

Deens (adjective)
Deen (demonym masculine)
Deense (demonym feminine)

Negerhollands: Denemarken


Denemarken

First attested as Denemarcket, Denemarckt and Denemarken in the 16th century. Potentially a compound of Dutch Low Saxon deen (“rough terrain”) and Old Frisian merke (“boundary, march, undivided communal lands”).
See also Dutch Low Saxon Denmaark.

der

A hamlet in Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands


VSA

Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Verenigde Staten van Amerika#Dutch

(chiefly Belgium) USA (a country in North America); initialism of Verenigde Staten van Amerika (“United States of America”)


Verenigde Staten van Amerika

Calque of English United States of America.

calque

United States of America (a country in North America)


Kopenhagen

/ˌkoːpənˈɦaːɣən/

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Londen

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Parijs

From Middle Dutch parijs, from Old French Paris.

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Brazilië

From Portuguese Brasil + -ië, with the suffix likely under the influence of German Brasilien.

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Antwerpen

From Medieval Latin Antwerpo, which, if of Germanic origin, like Frankish or Old Frisian, could be from Proto-West Germanic *anda- (“against”) + a noun derived from *werpan (“to throw”), meaning something like "land thrown up at something, "alluvial deposit."
Folk etymology derived it from handwerpen (“hand-throwing”), from hand + werpen, referring to a giant in Flemish legend named Antigoon, said to sever and fling the hands of any boatmen of the Scheldt who did not pay his toll. More at Antwerp.

Meronyms: Berchem, Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem, Wilrijk

Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)


Argentinië

Ultimately from Latin argentum (“silver”).


Bolivië

(dated) Bolivia (a country in South America)


Colombië

Dated form of Colombia.: Colombia (a country in South America)


Algerije

/ˌɑl.ɣəˈrɛi̯.ə/


Tunesië

Afrikaans: Tunisië


Dominicaanse Republiek

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Zuid-Afrika

From zuid (“south”) + Afrika (“Africa”).

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Arabisch Schiereiland

Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula#English

Arabian Peninsula (a peninsula in the Middle East)


schiereiland

nl-noun

schiereiland n (plural schiereilanden, diminutive schiereilandje n)

schiereilanden (plural)
schiereilandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skiereiland

From schier (“almost”, adverb) + eiland (“island”), calque of Latin paenīnsula.


Italië

nl-proper noun

Italië n (adjective Italiaans, demonym Italiaan m or Italiaanse f)

Italiaans (adjective)
Italiaan (demonym masculine)
Italiaanse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Italië

→ Indonesian: Italia

>? Japanese: イタリア (Itaria)


Slovenië

Slovenië n (adjective Sloveens, demonym Sloveen m or Sloveense f)

Sloveens (adjective)
Sloveen (demonym masculine)
Sloveense (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Slowenië

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Macedonië

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía).


gracht

nl-noun

gracht f or m (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n)

grachten (plural)
grachtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: grag

→ English: gracht

→ German: Gracht

→ Papiamentu: gracht (dated)

→ West Frisian: gracht

From Middle Dutch gracht, from Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz. Equivalent to graven (“to dig”) + -t (“verbal noun”).

2017 January 10, Het Laatste Nieuws, "Monsterfile op E17 na ongeval in Destelbergen, vrachtwagen in gracht op E40".
Op de E40 tussen Beernem en Aalter kreeg een vrachtwagen rond 7 uur 's morgens een klapband. Hierdoor belandde de vrachtwagen, die geladen was met aarde, op zijn zijkant in de gracht.

A truck got a flat tyre on the E40 between Beernem and Aalter around 7 o'clock in the morning. This caused the truck, which was loaded with earth, to end up on its side in the ditch.

(Belgium) ditch, trench (in the countryside, referring to both those that contain water and those that are dry)


Portugese

Portugese f (plural Portugesen, diminutive Portugeesje n, masculine Portugees)

Portugesen (plural)
Portugeesje (diminutive neuter)
Portugees (masculine)


nl-proper noun

Voormalige Joegoslavische Republiek Macedonië n

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia


VS

US (a country in North America); initialism of Verenigde Staten (“United States”)


Verenigde Staten

United States (a country in North America)


Seychellen

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Georgië

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

(dated) Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Bosnië en Herzegovina

Bosnië en Herzegovina n (adjective Bosnisch, demonym Bosniër m or Bosnische f)

Bosnisch (adjective)
Bosniër (demonym masculine)
Bosnische (demonym feminine)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Griekenland

Griekenland n (adjective Grieks, demonym Griek m or Griekse f)

Grieks (adjective)
Griek (demonym masculine)
Griekse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Griekeland

From Middle Dutch Griekenlant, from Old Dutch Grieklant. Equivalent to Griek (“Greek, Greek person”) + -en- + land (“land, country”).


Jordanië

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Nieuw-Zeeland

→ English: New Zealand (calque) (see there for further descendants)

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Armenië

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Kameroen

Afrikaans: Kameroen

→ Indonesian: Kamerun


Kaapverdië

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek

Probably a calque of the French, or perhaps the English.

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Moldavië

nl-proper noun

Moldavië n (adjective Moldavisch, demonym Moldaviër m or Moldavische f)

Moldavisch (adjective)
Moldaviër (demonym masculine)
Moldavische (demonym feminine)


Wallonië

From Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”); alternatively from French Wallonie.


Ethiopië

Afrikaans: Ethiopië

→ Indonesian: Etiopia


Indonesië

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


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”).

(dated) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)


Israël

Afrikaans: Israel

→ Indonesian: Israel

From Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

(biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)


Koeweit

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Kazachstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Kirgizië

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


Slowakije

Slowakije n (adjective Slowaaks, demonym Slowaak m or Slowaakse f)

Slowaaks (adjective)
Slowaak (demonym masculine)
Slowaakse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Slowakye

[ˌsloʊ̯.ʋaːˈkæɪ̯.jə]


Somalië

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Servië en Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro


Saoedi-Arabië

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Soedan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Syrië

Ultimately from Latin Syria, from Ancient Greek Συρίᾱ (Suríā), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”).

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Trinidad en Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean)


Turkije

Turkije n (adjective Turks, demonym Turk m or Turkse f)

Turks (adjective)
Turk (demonym masculine)
Turkse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Turkye

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Verenigde Arabische Emiraten

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Verenigd Koninkrijk

Verenigd Koninkrijk n (adjective Brits, demonym Brit m or Britse f)

Brits (adjective)
Brit (demonym masculine)
Britse (demonym feminine)


Vaticaanstad

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Westelijke Sahara

Western Sahara
Western Sahara#English:_Q6250

Western Sahara (A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa, now mostly occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory)


Equatoriaal-Guinea

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Egypte

Afrikaans: Egipte

Jersey Dutch: Jâpten

From Middle Dutch Egypten, ultimately from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), ultimately from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ.
The hamlet in Achtkarspelen is named after the country. It may have been named for its remote location or because of the presence of Roma in the area.
The hamlet in Ooststellingwerf is named after the country. The name may have originally belonged to a farmhouse.
The hamlet in Limburg is first attested in 1958 as Egypte. It is named after the country.
The hamlet in Noord-Brabant is first attested in 1863 as Egypte. It is named after the country.

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Ivoorkust

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Catalonië

autonomous community
autonomous community

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


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

Meronym: Haagoord

The Hague (a city, municipality, and capital of South Holland, Netherlands; administrative capital of the Netherlands)


Vlaanderen

From Middle Dutch vlaendren, from Old Dutch *flāmdra-, from Old Frisian *flāmdra-, from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz.


Bahrein

Ultimately from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn, “Bahrain; the two seas”), with omission of the definite article.

der

الْبَحْرَيْن

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Rotterdam

First attested as rotter dam ter haluer rotte in 1280-1287. From Middle Dutch rotterdam, a compound of the hydronym Rotte + dam.

Meronyms: Hoek van Holland, Hoogvliet, Pernis, Rozenburg

Rotterdam (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands)


krater

nl-noun

krater m (plural kraters, diminutive kratertje n)

kraters (plural)
kratertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: krater

→ West Frisian: krater

Borrowed from Latin crātēr, from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr).

(archaeology) krater (Ancient Greek vessel)


Krim

Ultimately from Crimean Tatar Qırım, probably via German or a Slavic language; the gender suggests either that the direct source is German or that the word was influenced by a Romance language.


bron

bron f (plural bronnen, diminutive bronnetje n)

bronnen (plural)
bronnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: bron, blon

From earlier born, from Middle Dutch borne, Old Dutch brunno, from Proto-West Germanic *brunnō, from Proto-Germanic *brunnô.
The inherited word underwent metathesis in Middle Dutch, but this was undone through influence from German Brunnen.


Australië

nl-proper noun

Australië n (adjective Australisch, demonym Australiër m or Australische f)

Australisch (adjective)
Australiër (demonym masculine)
Australische (demonym feminine)

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Haïti

Probably borrowed from French Haïti, from Taíno hayiti.


Alpen

Afrikaans: Alpe

→ Indonesian: Alpen

From Middle Dutch alpen; see German Alpen below.

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


Byzantium

Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon).

(historical) Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)


Berlijn

Perhaps borrowed from German Berlin. Insofar as the name has undergone diphthongisation it must be of some age; hence possibly inherited from Middle Dutch [Term?], from Middle Low German [Term?]. The city was of relevance since circa 1250.

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


Vlaming

nl-noun

Vlaming m (plural Vlamingen, diminutive Vlaminkje n, feminine Vlaamse)

Vlamingen (plural)
Vlaminkje (diminutive neuter)
Vlaamse (feminine)

→ Italian: fiammingo

→ Portuguese: flamengo

desctree

→ Spanish: flamenco
→ English: flamenco
→ French: flamenco
→ German: Flamenco
→ Italian: flamenco
→ Russian: фламе́нко (flaménko)

From Middle Dutch vlaminc, from Old Dutch flāmink, from Old Frisian *flāming, from *flām + -ing, the former from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz.


Fries

nl-noun

Fries m (plural Friezen, diminutive Friesje n, feminine Friese)

Friezen (plural)
Friesje (diminutive neuter)
Friese (feminine)

From Middle Dutch Friese, but also Vriese, Vrese, from Old Dutch *Frieso, probably via Old Saxon *Frēso. Borrowed and re-borrowed, at varying times in history, from Old Frisian Frēsa, Frīsa (modern West Frisian Fries). Probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“curly, frizzy”), named for their curly hair. Also compare Latin Frisii.
Initial v- is expected from natural development from Old Dutch, in which voicing of initial f- to v- occurs naturally. The modern form with f- is probably influenced by the Frisian endonym. However, the original voiced consonant is retained in the common surname de Vries.

der

a Frisian, member of a Germanic people (both the modern people and the ancient Frisii); a speaker of one of the Frisian languages

a West Frisian specifically; a speaker of the West Frisian language


Fries

nl-adj

Fries (comparative Frieser, superlative meest Fries or Friest)

Frieser (comparative)
meest Fries (superlative)
Friest (superlative)
Fries (adverbial positive predicative)
Frieser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Friest (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Frieste (adverbial predicative superlative)
Friese (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Friesere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Frieste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Fries (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Frieser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Frieste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Friese (indefinite plural positive)
Friesere (comparative indefinite plural)
Frieste (indefinite plural superlative)
Friese (definite positive)
Friesere (comparative definite)
Frieste (definite superlative)
Fries (partitive positive)
Friesers (comparative partitive)

Frisian (any member of the Frisian people)

West Frisian specifically (of the Frisian part of the Netherlands)


waterval

nl-noun

waterval m (plural watervallen, diminutive watervalletje n)

watervallen (plural)
watervalletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: waterval

Skepi Creole Dutch: water fall


Lissabon

Ultimately from Arabic لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), from Latin Olisipo, further etymology uncertain.


Albanese

Albanese f (plural Albanesen, diminutive Albaneesje n, masculine Albanees)

Albanesen (plural)
Albaneesje (diminutive neuter)
Albanees (masculine)


nol

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

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


baai

baai f (plural baaien, diminutive baaitje n)

baaien (plural)
baaitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: baai

Negerhollands: bai, bay

Directly or ultimately from Middle French baie.


baai

Afrikaans: baai


baai

1870, P. J. van der Noordaa, "Levenslust", in D. F. Tersteeg, Nederland, vol. 1, J. C. Loman (publ.), page 348.
»Ja, een half fleschjen rooie baai van een krachtig merk.”

(Bargoens, slang, dated) wine (in recent texts only used of red wine, and in earlier texts also of wines from the German Rhineland)


ravijn

ravijn n (plural ravijnen, diminutive ravijntje n)

ravijnen (plural)
ravijntje (diminutive neuter)


beek

beek f (plural beken, diminutive beekje n)

beken (plural)
beekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: beek

From Middle Dutch bēke, from Old Dutch beki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz.

brook, creek (running waterway smaller than a river)


Warschau

→ Afrikaans: Warschau


München

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


Curaçao

From Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym but sometimes folk-etymologized as derived from Portuguese Ilha da Curação (“Isle of Healing”) from curação (“cure, healing”) in reference to the island's use as a place of recovery for sailors sick with scurvy and other ailments or from modification of coração (“heart”) in reference to its supposed importance in local trade.

An island and constituent country of the Netherlands


Française

Française f (plural Françaises, masculine Fransman)

Françaises (plural)
Fransman (masculine)


Maltees

Maltees m (plural Maltezen, diminutive Malteesje n, feminine Maltese)

Maltezen (plural)
Malteesje (diminutive neuter)
Maltese (feminine)


Rus

Rus m (plural Russen, diminutive Rusje n, feminine Russin)

Russen (plural)
Rusje (diminutive neuter)
Russin (feminine)


Donau

Borrowed from German Donau. The Middle Dutch name was denouwe.

Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)


Fransman

Fransman m (plural Fransen or Fransmannen, diminutive Fransmannetje n, feminine Française or Franse)

Fransen (plural)
Fransmannen (plural)
Fransmannetje (diminutive neuter)
Française (feminine)
Franse (feminine)

→ Betawi: *prasman

Indonesian: prasmanan

→ Caribbean Javanese: Prasman

→ Munsee: pulánshumaan

→ Unami: Pëlanshëman


Indonesiër

Indonesiër m (plural Indonesiërs, diminutive Indonesiërtje n, feminine Indonesische)

Indonesiërs (plural)
Indonesiërtje (diminutive neuter)
Indonesische (feminine)

Indonesian, a person from and/or living in Indonesia


vulkaan

vulkaan m (plural vulkanen, diminutive vulkaantje n)

vulkanen (plural)
vulkaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vulkaan

From Middle Dutch vulcaen, from Latin Vulcānus.


Amer

Likely etymologically identical to Eem. See also Amersfoort.

A river in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands; it flows into the Hollands Diep and is the continuation of the Bergsche Maas


Nederlander

Nederlander m (plural Nederlanders, diminutive Nederlandertje n, feminine Nederlandse)

Nederlanders (plural)
Nederlandertje (diminutive neuter)
Nederlandse (feminine)

a Dutchman, citizen of - or person originating from the kingdom of the Netherlands

(history) inhabitant of the Low Countries, roughly including present Dutchmen, Belgians and Luxemburgers


Dinkel

A river in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, originating in Germany.


Nederlandse

Nederlandse f (uncountable, masculine Nederlander)

Dutchwoman, Dutch female (from the Netherlands)


Afghaan

Afghaan m (plural Afghanen, diminutive Afghaantje n, feminine Afghaanse)

Afghanen (plural)
Afghaantje (diminutive neuter)
Afghaanse (feminine)

Afghan (person from Afghanistan, person of Afghan ethnicity)


Afghaanse

Afghaanse f (plural Afghaansen, masculine Afghaan)

female Afghan (woman from Afghanisation or of Afghan ethnicity or descent)


Albanees

Albanees m (plural Albanezen, diminutive Albaneesje n, feminine Albanese)

Albanezen (plural)
Albaneesje (diminutive neuter)
Albanese (feminine)


Albanees

nl-adj

Albanees (comparative Albaneser, superlative meest Albanees or Albaneest)

Albaneser (comparative)
meest Albanees (superlative)
Albaneest (superlative)
Albanees (adverbial positive predicative)
Albaneser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Albaneest (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Albaneeste (adverbial predicative superlative)
Albanese (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Albanesere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Albaneeste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Albanees (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Albaneser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Albaneeste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Albanese (indefinite plural positive)
Albanesere (comparative indefinite plural)
Albaneeste (indefinite plural superlative)
Albanese (definite positive)
Albanesere (comparative definite)
Albaneeste (definite superlative)
Albanees (partitive positive)
Albanesers (comparative partitive)

Albanian (Of or pertaining to Albania or the Albanian language)


Oost-Timor

From oost- (“eastern”) + Timor (“Timor”).

Oost-Timor was lang een Portugese kolonie en werd dan door grote buur Indonesië bezet en zelfs aangehecht tot het uiteindelijk onafhankelijk werd

East Timor was for long a Portuguese colony, next got occupied and even annexed by giant neighbour Indonesia until it finally achieved independence

East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)


Kongo-Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Zweedse

nl-noun

Zweedse f (plural Zweedsen, masculine Zweed)


Tsjech

Tsjech m (plural Tsjechen, diminutive Tsjechje n, feminine Tsjechische)

Tsjechen (plural)
Tsjechje (diminutive neuter)
Tsjechische (feminine)


Tsjechische

Tsjechische f (plural Tsjechischen, masculine Tsjech)

Tsjechischen (plural)
Tsjech (masculine)

Czech (female person from the Czech Republic)


Duitse

Duitse f (plural Duitsen, masculine Duitser)


Italiaanse

Italiaanse f (plural Italiaansen, masculine Italiaan)

Italiaansen (plural)
Italiaan (masculine)


Italiaan

Italiaan m (plural Italianen, diminutive Italiaantje n, feminine Italiaanse)

Italianen (plural)
Italiaantje (diminutive neuter)
Italiaanse (feminine)

From Middle Dutch italiaen. Equivalent to Italië (“Italy”) + -aan (“-an”).


landengte

landengte f (plural landengtes or landengten, diminutive landengtetje n)

landengtes (plural)
landengten (plural)
landengtetje (diminutive neuter)


moer

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

moeren (plural)
moertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: moer (dated)

Contraction of moeder (“mother”) by regular syncope of medial /d/ (compare broer, blij, leer, la).

sediment formed in various alcoholic drinks and vinegar; compare French: mère de vinaigre


Amerikaan

Amerikaan m (plural Amerikanen, diminutive Amerikaantje n, feminine Amerikaanse)

Amerikanen (plural)
Amerikaantje (diminutive neuter)
Amerikaanse (feminine)

Negerhollands: amerikanner

→? Sranan Tongo: Amerkan

→ Caribbean Javanese: Mirkan

an American (person born in or citizen of the USA or the Americas)


kust

kust f (plural kusten, diminutive kustje n)

kusten (plural)
kustje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kus

From Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”), cognate with English coast, German Küste, French côte etc.


zeekust

zeekust f (plural zeekusten, diminutive zeekustje n)

zeekusten (plural)
zeekustje (diminutive neuter)


Baskenland

Compound of Bask (“Basque”) + -en- + land (“country”).

com

Basque Country (an autonomous community of Spain)


Friese

nl-noun

Friese f (plural Friesen, masculine Fries)


Russin

Russin f (plural Russinnen, diminutive Russinnetje n, masculine Rus)

Russinnen (plural)
Russinnetje (diminutive neuter)
Rus (masculine)


Deen

Deen m (plural Denen, diminutive Deentje n, feminine Deense)

Denen (plural)
Deentje (diminutive neuter)
Deense (feminine)

Negerhollands: Deen

From Middle Dutch Dene, from Old Dutch *Deni, from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

Dane (person from Denmark or of Danish descent)


vlakte

vlakte f (plural vlakten or vlaktes, diminutive vlaktetje n)

vlakten (plural)
vlaktes (plural)
vlaktetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vlakte
→ English: vlakte

a plain, flatland (tract of land with relatively low relief, level terrain)


kanaal

kanaal n (plural kanalen, diminutive kanaaltje n)

kanalen (plural)
kanaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kanaal

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kandál

→ Caribbean Javanese: kanal

→ Indonesian: kanal

→ Sranan Tongo: kanari

→ West Frisian: kanaal

From Middle Dutch canael, from older canel, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“pipe, channel, canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).


Falklandeilanden

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands#English:_Q9648

Falkland Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic)


Japanner

Japanner m or f (plural Japanners, diminutive Japannertje n, feminine Japanse or Japannese)

Japanners (plural)
Japannertje (diminutive neuter)
Japanse (feminine)
Japannese (feminine)

Japanese (inhabitant of Japan; person of Japanese descent)


Tsjechië

nl-proper noun

Tsjechië n (adjective Tsjechisch, demonym Tsjech m or Tsjechische f)

Tsjechisch (adjective)
Tsjech (demonym masculine)
Tsjechische (demonym feminine)

desc

Afrikaans: Tsjeggië, Tsjeggiese Republiek.

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Athene

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē) and Ἀθῆναι (Athênai).


Zwarte Zee

the Black Sea, an inland sea between southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and Asia Minor


Stille Oceaan

the Pacific Ocean (the world's largest body of water)


Tsjechische Republiek

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


stroom

nl-noun

stroom m (plural stromen, diminutive stroompje n)

stromen (plural)
stroompje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: strom

Negerhollands: stroom, strom

→ Aukan: sitolomu

→ Caribbean Javanese: setrum

→ Indonesian: setrum

→ Papiamentu: strom, stroom

→ Indonesian: arus (semantic loan)

From Middle Dutch strôom, from Old Dutch *strōm, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”).


Sardinië

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Hawaï

Ultimately from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.


oever

oever m (plural oevers, diminutive oevertje n)

oevers (plural)
oevertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oewer

From Middle Dutch oever, from Old Dutch *uovar, from Proto-Germanic *ōferaz. Cognate with German Ufer.

aan de oevers van de tijd / keek ik om me heen / ik wachtte aan de kant / aan de oevers van de tijd / en alles ging voorbij / verloor zijn naam / en spoelde aan

2005, “Aan de oevers van de tijd”, in Dagen van gras, dagen van stro, performed by Spinvis:

at the shores of time / I looked around me / I waited on the side / at the shores of time / and all went past / lost its name / and drifted ashore

bank (as in riverbank), shore (e.g. of a lake)


laagland

laagland n (plural laaglanden, diminutive laaglandje n)

laaglanden (plural)
laaglandje (diminutive neuter)

Veel rijst wordt verbouwd in het laagland van Azië.

A lot of rice is grown in the lowland areas of Asia.

Het laagland is vaak gevoeliger voor overstromingen.

The lowland is often more susceptible to flooding.

Het laaglandje bij de rivier is een perfecte plek voor picknicken.

The small lowland area by the river is a perfect spot for picnicking.


hoogland

Afrikaans: hoogland

Het Schotse hoogland staat bekend om zijn ruige schoonheid.

The Scottish highland is known for its rugged beauty.

In het hoogland kan het weer snel veranderen.

The weather can change rapidly in the highland.

Veel traditionele culturen leven nog steeds in afgelegen hooglanden.

Many traditional cultures still live in remote highlands.


Filipijnen

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


klip

klip f (plural klippen, diminutive klipje n)

klippen (plural)
klipje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klip

Negerhollands: klip, klep

→ Papiamentu: klep, klips

From Middle Dutch clippe, from Old Dutch *klippa, from Proto-Germanic *klippō.


Azië

nl-proper noun

Azië n (adjective Aziatisch, demonym Aziaat m or Aziatische f)

Aziatisch (adjective)
Aziaat (demonym masculine)
Aziatische (demonym feminine)

Ultimately from Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā).


Californië

* (U.S. state) Probably borrowed from Spanish California. Although a borrowing from English is also possible, the word first appears in Dutch before widespread settlement in California by speakers of English.
* (Maasdriel) First attested as Californië in 1867. Originally the name of a farmhouse or a similar building. Named after the U.S. state.
* (Horst aan de Maas) First attested as Californië in 1874. Originally the name of a farmhouse. Named after the U.S. state.

California (a state of the United States)


Wenen

Afrikaans: Wene

From Middle Dutch Wene, from Middle High German Wien(n)e, Win(n)e.


Kretenzer

nl-noun

Kretenzer m (plural Kretenzers, diminutive Kretenzertje n)

Kretenzers (plural)
Kretenzertje (diminutive neuter)


gletsjer

gletsjer m (plural gletsjers, diminutive gletsjertje n)

gletsjers (plural)
gletsjertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gletser

→ Indonesian: glètsêr

Borrowed from German Gletscher. First attested in the late 17th c. in the form gleser, then the spelling shifted to gletscher in the 18th c.


Galicië

From Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).

Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Seoel

From Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).


duin

nl-noun

duin f (plural duinen, diminutive duintje n)

duinen (plural)
duintje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: duin

From Middle Dutch dûne, from Old Dutch dūn, dūno, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).

unc

uncertain


binnenzee

nl-noun

binnenzee f (plural binnenzeeën, diminutive binnenzeetje n)

binnenzeeën (plural)
binnenzeetje (diminutive neuter)

inland sea (sea mostly enclosed by land)


Waddenzee

→ English: Wadden Sea (partial calque)

the Wadden Sea: a marginal sea stretching from the northern Netherlands to southwestern Denmark


Engelse

Engelse f (plural Engelsen, masculine Engelsman)


rif

rif n (plural riffen, diminutive rifje n)

riffen (plural)
rifje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: ref, rif

From Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif (literally “rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

reef: a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water


rif

rif n (plural reven, diminutive rifje n)

reven (plural)
rifje (diminutive neuter)

(nautical) reef: an arrangement to reduce the area of a sail in a high wind


kloofdal

kloofdal n (plural kloofdalen, diminutive kloofdalletje n)

kloofdalen (plural)
kloofdalletje (diminutive neuter)

From kloof (“chasm, clough”) + dal (“valley”).


kwelder

nl-noun

kwelder f or m (plural kwelders, diminutive kweldertje n)

kwelders (plural)
kweldertje (diminutive neuter)

From kwellen (“to rise”) + -er. Cognate with German Quelle (“spring, well, source”).


Salomonseilanden

Compound of Salomon (“Solomon”) + -s- + eilanden (“islands”).

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Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Antigua en Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Saint Vincent en de Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


ijsberg

nl-noun

ijsberg m (plural ijsbergen, diminutive ijsbergje n)

ijsbergen (plural)
ijsbergje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ysberg

→ Danish: isbjerg (calque)

desctree

→ English: iceberg
→ Azerbaijani: aysberq
→ French: iceberg
→ Spanish: iceberg
→ Portuguese: iceberg, icebergue, aicebergue (prescriptive)
→ Turkish: aysberg
→ Welsh: eisbyrg
→ Welsh: mynydd iâ (calque)
→ Welsh: rhewfryn (calque)

→ German: Eisberg (calque)
→ Azerbaijani: aysberq
→ Esperanto: glacimonto (calque)
→ Russian: а́йсберг (ájsberg)
→ Armenian: այսբերգ (aysberg)

→ Papiamentu: ijsberg, eisbèrg

→ West Frisian: iisberch (calque)

From Middle Dutch ijsberch, equivalent to ijs (“ice”) + berg (“mountain”).

iceberg (mountain-size mass of floating ice)


Australiër

nl-noun

Australiër m (plural Australiërs, diminutive Australiërtje n, feminine Australische)

Australiërs (plural)
Australiërtje (diminutive neuter)
Australische (feminine)

Australian (person from Australia or of Australian descent)


Laotiaan

Laotiaan m (plural Laotianen, diminutive Laotiaantje n, feminine Laotiaanse)

Laotianen (plural)
Laotiaantje (diminutive neuter)
Laotiaanse (feminine)

Laotian, inhabitant of Laos and/or person of Laotian descent


bergketen

bergketen f (plural bergketens, diminutive bergketentje n)

bergketens (plural)
bergketentje (diminutive neuter)

De Andes is een grote, langgerekte bergketen langs de westkust van Zuid-Amerika.

The Andes is a big, elongated mountain range along the west coast of South America.


gebergte

gebergte n (plural gebergten or gebergtes)

Afrikaans: gebergte

Jersey Dutch: xjebêrxte

From Middle Dutch geberchte. Equivalent to berg (“mountain”) + ge- -te.

De Pyreneeën zijn een gebergte, gelegen op de grens van Spanje en Frankrijk.

The Pyrenees are a mountain range, lying on the border between Spain and France.


Boliviaan

Boliviaan m (plural Bolivianen, diminutive Boliviaantje n, feminine Boliviaanse)

Bolivianen (plural)
Boliviaantje (diminutive neuter)
Boliviaanse (feminine)

Borrowed from Spanish boliviano, from Simón Bolívar.


vallei

vallei f or m (plural valleien, diminutive valleitje n)

valleien (plural)
valleitje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: falei


Bahama's

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Comoren

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Marshalleilanden

the proper noun Marshall + the plural of eiland 'island'

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Sao Tomé en Principe

Portuguese São Tomé (island named after the apostle Saint Thomas) + en 'and' + Portuguese Principe (island named after a Portuguese royal prince)

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)


Guinee

From French Guinée, from Portuguese Guiné.


Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


Baskische

Baskische f (plural Baskischen, masculine Bask)


Oostenrijker

Oostenrijker m (plural Oostenrijkers, diminutive Oostenrijkertje n, feminine Oostenrijkse)

Oostenrijkers (plural)
Oostenrijkertje (diminutive neuter)
Oostenrijkse (feminine)

Austrian, member and/or descendant of the people of Austria


bergtop

bergtop m (plural bergtoppen, diminutive bergtopje n)

bergtoppen (plural)
bergtopje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of berg (“mountain”) + top (“top, summit”).

mountaintop, peak (the summit of a mountain)


morene

Borrowed from French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum.


Thailander

Thailander m or f (plural Thailanders, feminine Thailandse)

Thailanders (plural)
Thailandse (feminine)

Thai (inhabitant of Thailand; person of Thai descent)


Marokkaan

Marokkaan m (plural Marokkanen, diminutive Marokkaantje n, feminine Marokkaanse)

Marokkanen (plural)
Marokkaantje (diminutive neuter)
Marokkaanse (feminine)


Galilea

From Medieval Latin Galilea, from Ancient Greek Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ (Gălīlaíā), from Hebrew גָּלִיל (galíl).
The hamlet was named after a former monastery.


Praag

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Perzisch

nl-adj

Perzisch (comparative Perzischer, superlative meest Perzisch or Perzischt)

Perzischer (comparative)
meest Perzisch (superlative)
Perzischt (superlative)
Perzisch (adverbial positive predicative)
Perzischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Perzischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Perzischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
Perzische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Perzischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Perzischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Perzisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Perzischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Perzischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Perzische (indefinite plural positive)
Perzischere (comparative indefinite plural)
Perzischte (indefinite plural superlative)
Perzische (definite positive)
Perzischere (comparative definite)
Perzischte (definite superlative)
Perzisch (partitive positive)
Perzischers (comparative partitive)

Persian, Iranian, relating to Persia, its people and culture; mainly used for the periods before the Islamic Republic


lagune

nl-noun

lagune f (plural lagunes or lagunen, diminutive lagunetje n)

lagunes (plural)
lagunen (plural)
lagunetje (diminutive neuter)

From French lagune, from Venetan laguna, from Latin lacuna (“pond, hole”), from lacus (“pond, lake”). Doublet of lacune.


Amsterdammer

Amsterdammer m (plural Amsterdammers, diminutive Amsterdammertje n, feminine Amsterdamse)

Amsterdammers (plural)
Amsterdammertje (diminutive neuter)
Amsterdamse (feminine)


Poolse

Poolse f (plural Poolsen, masculine Pool)


Azerbeidzjan

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Spanjaard

Spanjaard m (plural Spanjaarden, diminutive Spanjaardje n, feminine Spaanse)

Spanjaarden (plural)
Spanjaardje (diminutive neuter)
Spaanse (feminine)

a Spaniard, person belonging to or descended from the (Romance) people of Spain


Ier

Ier m (plural Ieren, diminutive Iertje n, feminine Ierse)

Ieren (plural)
Iertje (diminutive neuter)
Ierse (feminine)


Belgische

Belgische f (plural Belgischen, masculine Belg)


Servië

nl-proper noun

Servië n (adjective Servisch, demonym Serviër m or Servische f)

Servisch (adjective)
Serviër (demonym masculine)
Servische (demonym feminine)

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Amazone

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).


Argentijn

nl-noun

Argentijn m (plural Argentijnen, diminutive Argentijntje n, feminine Argentijnse)

Argentijnen (plural)
Argentijntje (diminutive neuter)
Argentijnse (feminine)


Libanese

Libanese f (plural Libanesen, masculine Libanees)


archipel

archipel m (plural archipels, diminutive archipelletje n)

archipels (plural)
archipelletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: argipel

Borrowed from French archipel, from Italian Arcipelago (“the Chief Sea, the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). The Aegean (the Arcipelago) is a sea with many islands; by extension, the term an Arcipelago at first referred to any sea with many islands, then to the islands themselves.


Belgrado

From Southern Slavic (the Yugoslav or southern branch of Slavic languages), presently Beograd in Serbo-Croatian (variety Serbian), meaning “white castle” (after a fortress on the Danube), like most non-derivative translations.


Australische

Australian (female inhabitant of Australia)


Straatsburg

Strasbourg (the capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est)


Kazak

nl-noun

Kazak m (plural Kazakken, diminutive Kazakje n, feminine Kazakse)

Kazakken (plural)
Kazakje (diminutive neuter)
Kazakse (feminine)


Brusselaar

Brusselaar m (plural Brusselaars, diminutive Brusselaartje n, feminine Brusselse)

Brusselaars (plural)
Brusselaartje (diminutive neuter)
Brusselse (feminine)

From Brussel (“Brussels”) + -aar (“-er”).

an inhabitant of Brussels, the capital city of the EU, Brabant (duchy and former province), Flanders (modern region) and Belgium

Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

an inhabitant of the Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, the smallest of Belgium's three federative regions


Kazach

Kazach m (plural Kazachen, diminutive Kazachje n, feminine Kazachse)

Kazachen (plural)
Kazachje (diminutive neuter)
Kazachse (feminine)


Serviër

Serviër m (plural Serviërs, diminutive Serviërtje n, feminine Servische)

Serviërs (plural)
Serviërtje (diminutive neuter)
Servische (feminine)

an inhabitant of Serbia, formerly in Yugoslavia


Dalmatiër

Dalmatiër m (plural Dalmatiërs, diminutive Dalmatiërtje n)

Dalmatiërs (plural)
Dalmatiërtje (diminutive neuter)

an inhabitant of Dalmatia, an Adriatic coastal region, presently in Croatia


Georgiër

Georgiër m (plural Georgiërs, diminutive Georgiërtje n, feminine Georgische)

Georgiërs (plural)
Georgiërtje (diminutive neuter)
Georgische (feminine)

Georgian (person from the country of Georgia)


Luxemburger

Luxemburger m (plural Luxemburgers, diminutive Luxemburgertje n, feminine Luxemburgse)

Luxemburgers (plural)
Luxemburgertje (diminutive neuter)
Luxemburgse (feminine)

a Luxemburger, citizen or descendant of either territory or city named Luxemburg


Oekraïense

Oekraïense f (plural Oekraïensen, masculine Oekraïner)

Oekraïensen (plural)
Oekraïner (masculine)


Moskou

The hamlet is first attested as Moscou in 1899. Originally the name of a farm separated by a canal from Petersburg.

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


Parijse

Parijse f (plural Parijsen, masculine Parijzenaar)

Parijsen (plural)
Parijzenaar (masculine)


Siberië

Borrowed from Russian Сибирь (Sibirʹ), which derives in turn from the name of a Tatar fortress.
The hamlet in Drenthe is first attested as Siberien in 1851-1855. Named after the region in Russia. The settlement was named for its perceived remoteness.
The hamlet in Noord-Brabant is attested as Siberië in 1978. Named after the region in Russia. The settlement was named for its perceived remoteness.


Amstel

From Middle Dutch amestelle. The second element is stelle (“place, position”).


Oekraïner

Oekraïner m (plural Oekraïners, diminutive Oekraïnertje n, feminine Oekraïense)

Oekraïners (plural)
Oekraïnertje (diminutive neuter)
Oekraïense (feminine)

Ukrainian (a native or inhabitant of Ukraine)


Praags

nl-adj

Praags (comparative Praagser, superlative meest Praags or Praagst)

Praagser (comparative)
meest Praags (superlative)
Praagst (superlative)
Praags (adverbial positive predicative)
Praagser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Praagst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Praagste (adverbial predicative superlative)
Praagse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Praagsere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Praagste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Praags (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Praagser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Praagste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Praagse (indefinite plural positive)
Praagsere (comparative indefinite plural)
Praagste (indefinite plural superlative)
Praagse (definite positive)
Praagsere (comparative definite)
Praagste (definite superlative)
Praags (partitive positive)
Praagsers (comparative partitive)

Praag 'Prague' (from German Prag, from Czech Praha) + genitive ending -s

of, from or related to the Czech capital Prague


Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea

From Papoea (“Papua”) + Nieuw-Guinea (“New Guinea”).

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Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea deelt een enorm eiland met de Indonesische provincie Irian Jaya, dat z'n westelijke buur is
Papua New Guinea shares a huge island with the Indonesian privince Irian Jaya, which is its western neighbour

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Saudi-Arabië

From the Arabic given name (Saud) (notably the dynasty's progenitor) + Arabië 'Arabia'.

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Waal

From Proto-Germanic *Wahalaz, *Wahaliz, attested in Latin sources as vacalus, vahalis.

the Waal (a river and distributary of the Rhine that runs through the provinces of Gelderland and South Holland, Netherlands)


Waal

Derived from a variant of wiel (“kolk lake”).

A hamlet in Molenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands


Roemeense

nl-noun

Roemeense f (plural Roemeensen, masculine Roemeen)


Deense

Deense f (plural Deensen, masculine Deen)


Bulgaarse

Bulgaarse f (plural Bulgaarsen, masculine Bulgaar)

Bulgarian (female inhabitant of Bulgaria)


bergrug

bergrug m (plural bergruggen, diminutive bergruggetje n)

bergruggen (plural)
bergruggetje (diminutive neuter)

a mountain-ridge, (line/view formed by) a (chain of) mountain top(s)


Egeïsche Zee

De Egeïsche Zee is een mijnenveld van territoriale betwistigen tussen oeverstaten Griekenland en Turkije betreffende Egeïsche eilanden en omliggende wateren.

The Aegean Sea is a minefield of territorial disputes between the coastal states Greece and Turkey concerning Aegean islands and their surrounding waters.

the Aegean Sea, the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea


Adriatische Zee

the Adriatic Sea, part of the Mediterranean stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Gulf of Venice


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.

a Norwegian, member or descendant of the (Germanic) people of Norway


IJslander

IJslander m (plural IJslanders, diminutive IJslandertje n, feminine IJslandse)

IJslanders (plural)
IJslandertje (diminutive neuter)
IJslandse (feminine)

an Icelander, member or descendant of the people of Iceland

an Icelandic horse, a small, sturdy and longhaired breed of horse


heuvelrug

heuvelrug m (plural heuvelruggen, diminutive heuvelruggetje n)

heuvelruggen (plural)
heuvelruggetje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɦøː.vəlˌrʏx/

Compound of heuvel (“hill”) + rug (“ridge, back”).


Sicilië

Ultimately from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía).

Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


Israëlische

Israëlische f (plural Israëlischen, masculine Israëli)

Israëlischen (plural)
Israëli (masculine)


Hongaar

Hongaar m (plural Hongaren, diminutive Hongaartje n, feminine Hongaarse)

Hongaren (plural)
Hongaartje (diminutive neuter)
Hongaarse (feminine)

a Hungarian, member or descendant of the population of Hungary


zandstrand

zandstrand n (plural zandstranden, diminutive zandstrandje n)

zandstranden (plural)
zandstrandje (diminutive neuter)

Coordinate term: kiezelstrand


Frans-Guyana

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

administrative region
administrative region

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Zwitserse

Zwitserse f (plural Zwitsersen, masculine Zwitser)

Swiss (female inhabitant of Switzerland)


West-Australië

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

Western Australia (a state of Australia)


Samoaans

Samoaans (adverbial positive predicative)
Samoaanse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Samoaans (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Samoaanse (indefinite plural positive)
Samoaanse (definite positive)
Samoaans (partitive positive)


Nigeriaan

Nigeriaan m (plural Nigerianen, diminutive Nigeriaantje n, feminine Nigeriaanse)

Nigerianen (plural)
Nigeriaantje (diminutive neuter)
Nigeriaanse (feminine)


Nigeriaanse

a female person from Nigeria; feminine form of Nigeriaan


Marken

Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)


schor

schor m or f (plural schorren, diminutive schorretje n)

schorren (plural)
schorretje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch schorre, from Old Dutch *skora; see scheren (“to shave”).

a plain or marsh formed by silt deposits unprotected by any dykes


Turkmeen

Turkmeen m (plural Turkmenen, feminine Turkmeense)

Turkmenen (plural)
Turkmeense (feminine)


Engelsman

Engelsman m (plural Engelsen, diminutive Engelsmannetje n, feminine Engelse)

Engelsen (plural)
Engelsmannetje (diminutive neuter)
Engelse (feminine)

Afrikaans: Engelsman

From Engels + man, cognate to Englishman.


Haarlemmer

Haarlemmer m (plural Haarlemmers, diminutive Haarlemmertje n)

Haarlemmers (plural)
Haarlemmertje (diminutive neuter)


Romein

Romein m (plural Romeinen, diminutive Romeintje n, feminine Romeinse)

Romeinen (plural)
Romeintje (diminutive neuter)
Romeinse (feminine)

From Middle Dutch romein, from Old French Romain, from Latin rōmānus.

(historical) a Roman (citizen or subject of the Roman Empire)


Romeinse

Romeinse f (plural Romeinsen, masculine Romein)


Hongaarse

Hongaarse f (plural Hongaarsen, masculine Hongaar)


Egyptenaar

Egyptenaar m (plural Egyptenaren, diminutive Egyptenaartje n, feminine Egyptenares)

Egyptenaren (plural)
Egyptenaartje (diminutive neuter)
Egyptenares (feminine)

From Egypte (“Egypt”) + -n- + -aar or Egypten (obsolete form of Egypte) + -aar.

suf

obsolete form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">Egypte</i>


Peruaan

nl-noun

Peruaan m (plural Peruanen, diminutive Peruaantje n, feminine Peruaanse)

Peruanen (plural)
Peruaantje (diminutive neuter)
Peruaanse (feminine)


Turkse

Turkse f (plural Turksen, masculine Turk)


Sjanghai

Shanghai (a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China)


Schot

Schot m (plural Schotten, diminutive Schotje n, feminine Schotse)

Schotten (plural)
Schotje (diminutive neuter)
Schotse (feminine)


Iraans

Iraans (adverbial positive predicative)
Iraanser (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Iraanst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Iraanste (adverbial predicative superlative)
Iraanse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Iraansere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Iraanste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Iraans (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Iraanser (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Iraanste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Iraanse (indefinite plural positive)
Iraansere (comparative indefinite plural)
Iraanste (indefinite plural superlative)
Iraanse (definite positive)
Iraansere (comparative definite)
Iraanste (definite superlative)
Iraans (partitive positive)
Iraansers (comparative partitive)


Iraniër

Iraniër m (plural Iraniërs, diminutive Iraniërtje n, feminine Iraanse)

Iraniërs (plural)
Iraniërtje (diminutive neuter)
Iraanse (feminine)

an Iranian (person from Iran or of Iranian descent)


Nieuw-Zeelander

Nieuw-Zeelander m (plural Nieuw-Zeelanders, diminutive Nieuw-Zeelandertje n, feminine Nieuw-Zeelandse)

Nieuw-Zeelanders (plural)
Nieuw-Zeelandertje (diminutive neuter)
Nieuw-Zeelandse (feminine)


Kroatische

Kroatische f (plural Kroatischen, masculine Kroaat)


Slowaakse

Slowaakse f (plural Slowaaksen, masculine Slowaak)


Midden-Oosten

(geopolitical) Middle East (a region comprising West Asia along with Egypt)


Bondsrepubliek Duitsland

Audio

Calque of German Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

calque

Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Germany


Saks

nl-noun

Saks m (plural Saksen, diminutive Saksje n, feminine Saksische)

Saksen (plural)
Saksje (diminutive neuter)
Saksische (feminine)

Borrowed from German Sachse. The inherited cognate is the dated and now rare Sas.


Sint-Petersburg

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918)


Iraanse

Iraanse f (plural Iraansen, masculine Iraniër)


Servische

Servische f (plural Servischen, masculine Serviër)

Serb, Serbian (female inhabitant of Serbia)


Boliviaanse

Boliviaanse f (plural Boliviaansen, masculine Boliviaan)

Boliviaansen (plural)
Boliviaan (masculine)