pond

nl-noun

pond n (plural ponden, diminutive pondje n)

ponden (plural)
pondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pond

Berbice Creole Dutch: pontu

Negerhollands: pond, pon

→ Caribbean Javanese: pun

→ Munsee: poonthee

→ Unami: punthikan

From Middle Dutch pont, pond, from Old Dutch punt, from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), borrowed from Latin pondō.

unit of mass, often broadly similar to 500 grams

(historical, Dutch metric system) kilogram


abacus

abacus m (plural abaci or abacussen, diminutive abacusje n)

abaci (plural)
abacussen (plural)
abacusje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax), possibly from a Semitic source; compare Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”).

(arithmetic) abacus (arithmetic calculation device, usually with beads on rods)

(architecture) abacus (upper portion of a column's capital)


beer

Borrowed from German Bär. Cognate to etymology 1.

Door haar gokverslaving zat ze met een enorme beer opgescheept.

Due to her gambling addiction she was saddled with an enormous debt.

Henry zag niet zijn beren op de weg, maar wel bij hem op de stoep.

Henry didn't see his creditors on the road, but he did see them on his doorstep.

(university slang) creditor (one to whom one owes debt)


bank

bank f (plural banken, diminutive bankje n)

banken (plural)
bankje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bank

→ Aukan: banku

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bánk

→ Malay: bank

Indonesian: bank

→ Central Dusun: bank

→ Central Melanau: bank

→ Makasar: bank

→ Javanese: bang

→ Sundanese: bank

→ Papiamentu: banki (dated)

→ Saramaccan: bánku

→ Sranan Tongo: bangi

→ Trió: banku

→ West Frisian: bank

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

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

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

Het bankje in het dorp is elke zondag gesloten.

The small bank in the village is closed every Sunday.

De banken zijn gesloten op nationale feestdagen.

The banks are closed on national holidays.


el

el f or m (plural ellen, diminutive elletje n)

ellen (plural)
elletje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: el

→ Caribbean Javanese: élo

→ Sundanese: élo

From Middle Dutch elne, elle, from Old Dutch *elina, from Proto-West Germanic *alinu. Cognate with English ell, German Low German Ell, German Elle.

(archaic) a unit of length corresponding to about 69 cm: ell, cubit


hut

hut f (plural hutten, diminutive hutje n)

hutten (plural)
hutje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hutte, from Middle High German hütte, from Old High German hutta, from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ.


argument

argument n (plural argumenten, diminutive argumentje n)

argumenten (plural)
argumentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: argument

From Middle Dutch argument, from Old French argument, from Latin argūmentum.

(programming) an argument (value or reference passed to a function)


bed

bed n (plural bedden, diminutive bedje n)

bedden (plural)
bedje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bed

Berbice Creole Dutch: bedi

Negerhollands: bet, bedi, bere, bedde

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bedi (archaic)

Skepi Creole Dutch: bede

→ Caribbean Javanese: bèt

→? Mohegan-Pequot: beed

→ Papiamentu: bèt, bèchi, bèrchi, bed

→ Saramaccan: bédi

→? Sranan Tongo: bedi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bedi

→ Caribbean Javanese: bèḍi

→ Kari'na: bedi

From Middle Dutch bedde, from Old Dutch bedde, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją.


krot

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

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

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


flat

flat m (plural flats, diminutive flatje n)

flats (plural)
flatje (diminutive neuter)


gram

gram n or m (plural grammen, diminutive grammetje n)

grammen (plural)
grammetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: gram

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma during the French Revolution, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma).


kilometer

kilometer m (plural kilometers, diminutive kilometertje n)

kilometers (plural)
kilometertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: kilomeitri

→ Caribbean Javanese: kilométer

Het terrein beslaat ongeveer twee vierkante kilometer.

The terrain covers about two square kilometers.

Over een kilometertje of vijf komen we bij de pomp.

We'll reach the gas station in about five kilometers.


school

school f (plural scholen, diminutive schooltje n)

scholen (plural)
schooltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skool (see there for further descendants)

Berbice Creole Dutch: skul, sulu

Negerhollands: skoel, skool

Petjo: skola, sekola

→ Aukan: sikoo

→? Caribbean Hindustani: skul

→ Kwinti: skoro, skoo

→ Lokono: sulu

→ Papiamentu: skol, skool

→ Saramaccan: sikoò

desctree

→ Sranan Tongo: skoro
→ Dutch: skorro
→ Wayana: sikoro

→ Trió: sikora

From Middle Dutch schôle, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). Doublet of skorro.

a thematic educational institute within a larger one, such as in a university for a single research field


ons

nl-noun

ons n (plural onsen or onzen, diminutive onsje n)

onsen (plural)
onzen (plural)
onsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: os

→ Japanese: オンス

→ Papiamentu: òns

From Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once.


coulomb

From French coulomb, from Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.


watt

watt m (plural watts, diminutive wattje n)

watts (plural)
wattje (diminutive neuter)


volt

volt m (plural volts, diminutive voltje n)

volts (plural)
voltje (diminutive neuter)


gymnasium

gymnasium n (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums, diminutive gymnasiumpje n)

gymnasia (plural)
gymnasiums (plural)
gymnasiumpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: gimnasium

From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).

der

a type of secondary school (for 12 to 18 year-olds) which prepares students for university or vocational school, and which offers classes in Latin and/or Greek


gym

nl-noun

gym n (plural gymmen, diminutive gymmetje n)

gymmen (plural)
gymmetje (diminutive neuter)

Clippings of various longer words; see those entries for more.


hond

hond m (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

honden (plural)
hondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hond

Berbice Creole Dutch: hondo

Jersey Dutch: hônt

Negerhollands: hond, hon, hont, hun

→ Virgin Islands Creole: hont (dated)

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ. Cognate to German Hund, English hound.

De hond rent achter de bal aan.

Zijn hond is zijn beste vriend.

Het hondje speelt in de tuin.

The little dog is playing in the garden.

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hond

hond n (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch *hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundą. Related to honderd.

(obsolete) an old unit of area measuring 100 roeden, approximately 0.14 hectares


bar

Doublet of baar (“bare”), which see for more. Baar continues the Middle Dutch inflected stem, bar the uninflected stem.


baluster

baluster m (plural balusters, diminutive balustertje n)

balusters (plural)
balustertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French balustre, from Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion).


pointer

pointer m (plural pointers, diminutive pointertje n)

pointers (plural)
pointertje (diminutive neuter)


insecticide

insecticide n (plural insecticides or insecticiden)

insecticides (plural)
insecticiden (plural)

Borrowed, probably from English insecticide.


poep

poep f (plural poepen, diminutive poepje n)

poepen (plural)
poepje (diminutive neuter)

(uncountable, Netherlands, humorous in Belgium) shit


poep

From French poupe (“poop, stern”). Ultimately from Latin puppis.

(colloquial, Belgium) a butt, bottom, behind, rear-end, hiney, tush


eggen

eggen (infinitive)
eggen (gerund neuter)
eg (first-person present singular)
egde (first-person past singular)
egt (present second-person singular)
eg (present second-person singular)
egde (past second-person singular)
egt (formal present second-person singular)
egde (formal past second-person singular)
egt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
egt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
egde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
egde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
egt (present singular third-person)
egde (past singular third-person)
eggen (plural present)
egden (past plural)
egge (archaic present singular subjunctive)
egde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
eggen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
egden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
eg (imperative present singular)
egt (archaic imperative plural present)
eggend (participle present)
geëgd (participle past)

From Middle Dutch eggen. Equivalent to eg + -en.


pesticide

pesticide n (plural pesticides or pesticiden)

Borrowed, probably from English pesticide.


arcade

arcade f (plural arcaden or arcades, diminutive arcadetje n)

arcaden (plural)
arcades (plural)
arcadetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: arkade


hotel

hotel n (plural hotels, diminutive hotelletje n)

hotels (plural)
hotelletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hotel

→ Aukan: oteli

→ Indonesian: hotel

→ West Frisian: hotel

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


kamer

kamer f (plural kamers, diminutive kamertje n)

kamers (plural)
kamertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kamer

Berbice Creole Dutch: kambru

→ Lokono: kambara

desctree

→ Malay: kamar
Indonesian: kamar
→ Petjo: kamar
→ Ternate: kamar

→ Javanese: ꦏꦩꦂ (kamar)
> Caribbean Javanese: kamar (inherited)

→ Papiamentu: kamber

→ Peranakan Indonesian: kamer

→ Sranan Tongo: kamra

→ Aukan: kambaa

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kamrá

→ Saramaccan: kámba

→ Sinhalese: කාමරය (kāmaraya)

→? Trió: kama

From Middle Dutch cāmere (“room, barn, house”), from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera (“room, vault”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”).

der

(with the user or owner specified) a bedroom

a room, physical chamber in a building
a bedroom

(Netherlands, with the definite article, often not specified) a living room

a room, physical chamber in a building
a living room

(Netherlands, historical, dated, with the definite article) a special, more luxurious living room (formerly) reserved for use on Sundays and holidays, found in old houses that were inhabited by relatively affluent people


slot

nl-noun

slot n (plural sloten, diminutive slotje n)

sloten (plural)
slotje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: slot

→ Indonesian: slot

→ Papiamentu: slòt, slot

→ Sranan Tongo: sroto, slotto

→ Aukan: sooto

→ Saramaccan: söoto

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


frame

frame n (plural frames, diminutive framepje n)

frames (plural)
framepje (diminutive neuter)


mest

→ Caribbean Hindustani: mes

→ Caribbean Javanese: mès

→ Papiamentu: mèst, mest

From Middle Dutch mest, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-West Germanic *mistu, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz. Probably derived from *mīganą (“to urinate”) + *-þuz.
Cognate with Old Saxon mist, Old High German mist, German Mist, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus). More distantly related to Middle Dutch mes, mis, Old Saxon mehs, West Frisian mjoks, mjuks, Old English meox.


rabat

rabat n (plural rabatten, diminutive rabatje n)

rabatten (plural)
rabatje (diminutive neuter)

(forestry) heightened strip of land between ditches on which trees are planted


wadi

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

der

(ecology, urban studies) rain garden, urban swale, bioswale (a shallow planted ditch for collecting stormwater runoff and allowing it to infiltrate into the ground)


basilica

nl-noun

basilica f (plural basilica's, diminutive basilicaatje n)

basilica's (plural)
basilicaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).


fort

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)

forten (plural)
fortje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: fort

Skepi Creole Dutch: fort

→ Kwinti: foto

→ Papiamentu: fòrti, forti

→ Sranan Tongo: foto

→ Kari'na: fo`to

→ Lokono: forto

→ Trió: poto


plus

Twee plus twee is vier.


hal

hal f (plural hallen, diminutive halletje n)

hallen (plural)
halletje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: hal

→ Papiamentu: hal (dated)

From Middle Dutch halle, from Old Dutch *halla, from Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *hallō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, cover, conceal”).
Cognate with Low German Hall, German Halle, English hall, Danish hall.


museum

nl-noun

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

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

Afrikaans: museum

→ Indonesian: museum


scrum

scrum m (plural scrums, diminutive scrummetje n)

scrums (plural)
scrummetje (diminutive neuter)

software engineering
software engineering


console

(architecture) a projection from a wall supporting a superincumbent weight


casino

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

casino's (plural)
casinootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kasino


theater

theater n (plural theaters, diminutive theatertje n)

theaters (plural)
theatertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: teater

→ Caribbean Javanese: téater

→ Indonesian: teater

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

der

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


pier

nl-noun

pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

pieren (plural)
piertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: pir


huis

huis n (plural huizen, diminutive huisje n)

huizen (plural)
huisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: huis

Javindo: guis, huis, geis, heis

Jersey Dutch: häus

Negerhollands: hoes, hus, huus

→ Virgin Islands Creole: hus (dated)

Petjo: heis

Skepi Creole Dutch: huis, hoose

From Middle Dutch huus, from Old Dutch hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Doublet of house and osso.

als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel

De telefoon is voorzien van een stevige aluminium huis voor bescherming.

The phone is equipped with a sturdy aluminum casing for protection.

De computer wordt geleverd met een kunststof huisje voor de componenten.

The computer comes with a plastic housing for the components.


knoop

knoop m (plural knopen, diminutive knoopje n)

knopen (plural)
knoopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: knoop

→ Kalanga: kunupo

→ Swazi: inkinobho

Berbice Creole Dutch: kunopu

Negerhollands: knop, knoop

→ Munsee: kunóop

→ Papiamentu: kònòpi

→ Sranan Tongo: knopo

→ Lokono: konopo

→ Kari'na: konopu

→ Saramaccan: konopu

→ Unami: kënup

From Middle Dutch cnôop, from Old Dutch *knōp, from Proto-Germanic *knaupaz, one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”). Cognate with German Knauf.

(nautical) knot (i.e. a unit of velocity, corresponding to traveling a distance of 1 nautical mile per hour)


tafel

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

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

Afrikaans: tafel (see there for further descendants)

Berbice Creole Dutch: tafl

Jersey Dutch: tâfel

desc

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

→ Virgin Islands Creole: tavul (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: tafl

→ Aukan: tafaa

→ Saramaccan: táfu

→ Sranan Tongo: tafra

→ Lokono: tafolo

→ Caribbean Hindustani: tafrá

→ Caribbean Javanese: tafrah, taprah

→ Kari'na: tapara

→ Trió: tafra

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

multiplication table
multiplication table


cassette

nl-noun

cassette f (plural cassettes or cassetten, diminutive cassettetje n)

cassettes (plural)
cassetten (plural)
cassettetje (diminutive neuter)

(architecture) a coffer (sunken panel in a ceiling)


valg

valg f (plural valgen, diminutive valgje n)

valgen (plural)
valgje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch valge. Cognate with Middle Low German valge, Middle High German valgen, velgen, West Frisian falig, Old English fealg, English fallow. More distantly related to Transalpine Gaulish olca.


balkon

balkon n (plural balkons, diminutive balkonnetje n)

balkons (plural)
balkonnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: balkon

→ Indonesian: balkon

→ Sranan Tongo: barkon

→ Caribbean Javanese: balkong


ziekenhuis

ziekenhuis n (plural ziekenhuizen, diminutive ziekenhuisje n)

ziekenhuizen (plural)
ziekenhuisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: siekehuis

→ Malay: rumah sakit (calque)

desctree

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

→ West Frisian: sikehûs (calque)

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


aula

nl-noun

aula f (plural aula's, diminutive aulaatje n)

aula's (plural)
aulaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: aula

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

the auditorium or main hall of a school or university


schip

schip n (plural schepen, diminutive scheepje n)

schepen (plural)
scheepje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: skip
→ Northern Ndebele: isikepe
→ Shona: chikepe
→ Sotho: sekepe
→ Tsonga: xikepe
→ Xhosa: isikhephe
→ Zulu: isikebhe

Negerhollands: skip, skep

→? Sranan Tongo: sipi

→ Caribbean Javanese: sipi

From Middle Dutch schip, scip, schep n, from Old Dutch *skip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip.
cognates
Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian to cut, lop.

De imposante kathedraal had een prachtig versierd schip met hoge gewelven.

The impressive cathedral had a beautifully decorated nave with high vaults.

De middeleeuwse kerk had een eenvoudig, maar indrukwekkend schip met een gotische stijl.

The medieval church had a simple yet impressive nave with a Gothic style.

(architecture) nave (the middle or body of a standard medieval church or cathedral, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances)


decaliter

→ Indonesian: dékalitêr

→ Papiamentu: dekaliter

Borrowed from French décalitre. Equivalent to deca- + liter.


bibliotheek

nl-noun

bibliotheek f (plural bibliotheken, diminutive bibliotheekje n)

bibliotheken (plural)
bibliotheekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: biblioteek

→ Indonesian: bibliotek

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


gevangenis

gevangenis f (plural gevangenissen, diminutive gevangenisje n)

gevangenissen (plural)
gevangenisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gevangenis

Negerhollands: gevangnis

→ West Frisian: gefangenis

/ɣəˈvɑ.ŋəˌnɪs/

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

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


keuken

keuken f (plural keukens, diminutive keukentje n)

keukens (plural)
keukentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: kukru

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kukru

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From Middle Dutch cuekene, from Old Dutch *cukina, from Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna.

de Franse keuken
French cuisine


slaapkamer

slaapkamer f (plural slaapkamers, diminutive slaapkamertje n)

slaapkamers (plural)
slaapkamertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: slaapkamer

Negerhollands: slaapkamber

From Middle Dutch slaepcamere. Equivalent to slapen + kamer.

De slaapkamer is op de tweede verdieping.

Ik wil de muren van mijn slaapkamer blauw schilderen.

I want to paint the walls of my bedroom blue.

Ze heeft posters van haar favoriete bands in haar slaapkamer.

She has posters of her favorite bands in her bedroom.


naald

naald f (plural naalden, diminutive naaldje n)

naalden (plural)
naaldje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: naald
→ Xhosa: inaliti
→ Zulu: inalithi
Fanagalo: nalit

Berbice Creole Dutch: nali

Negerhollands: naël, naeld

Skepi Creole Dutch: nalde

From Middle Dutch naelde, from Old Dutch nālda, from a metathesis of earlier *nādla, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.
Compare the Old High German alternative form nālda, whence Luxembourgish Nol. Also cognate with German Nadel, English needle.

(architecture) an obelisk or column (monument, memorial)


kasteel

nl-noun

kasteel n (plural kastelen, diminutive kasteeltje n)

kastelen (plural)
kasteeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kasteel

Negerhollands: kastell

→ Mahican: găstēnik

→ Malay: kastil

Indonesian: kastel, kastil

→ Papiamentu: kastel

→ West Frisian: kastiel

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

doublet

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


draad

nl-noun

draad m (plural draden, diminutive draadje n)

draden (plural)
draadje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: draad

→ Aukan: dalati

→ Caribbean Javanese: drat

→ Indonesian: drat (“screw thread”)

→ Papiamentu: drat, drachi

From Middle Dutch drâet, from Old Dutch *thrād, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz. Equivalent to draaien (“to turn”) + -d (“verbal noun”).


delen

delen (infinitive)
delen (gerund neuter)
deel (first-person present singular)
deelde (first-person past singular)
deelt (present second-person singular)
deel (present second-person singular)
deelde (past second-person singular)
deelt (formal present second-person singular)
deelde (formal past second-person singular)
deelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
deelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
deelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
deelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
deelt (present singular third-person)
deelde (past singular third-person)
delen (plural present)
deelden (past plural)
dele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
deelde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
delen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
deelden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
deel (imperative present singular)
deelt (archaic imperative plural present)
delend (participle present)
gedeeld (participle past)

Afrikaans: deel

Berbice Creole Dutch: dele

From Middle Dutch dêlen, from Old Dutch dēlen, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną. Cognate with English deal.


uur

nl-noun

uur n (plural uren, diminutive uurtje n)

uren (plural)
uurtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: uur

Berbice Creole Dutch: juru

Negerhollands: uur, yer

→ Virgin Islands Creole: i (dated)

Petjo: uur

→ Sranan Tongo: yuru

→ Aukan: yuu

→ Kari'na: juru

→ Kwinti: yuu

→ Saramaccan: júu

→ Trió: juuru

→ Wayana: juru

From Middle Dutch ure, from Latin hōra (“hour”).

Ze komt over een uur.


zaak

zaak f (plural zaken, diminutive zaakje n)

zaken (plural)
zaakje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: saake, saek

→ Caribbean Javanese: sag

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


citadel

nl-noun

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

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

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


voet

voet m (plural voeten, diminutive voetje n)

voeten (plural)
voetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: voet

Jersey Dutch: vût

desc

Negerhollands: voet, voeti, fut, futu, vut

→ Virgin Islands Creole: voet (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: fut

→? Sranan Tongo: futu

→? Aukan: futu

→ Saramaccan: fútu

From Middle Dutch voet, from Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

De breedte van de kamer is tien voet.

Hij kocht een touw van vijftien voet lang.

In de 18e eeuw mat men de lengte in voet.

In the 18th century, length was measured in feet.

Een voet was vroeger een belangrijke maateenheid in Nederland.

A foot used to be an important unit of measurement in the Netherlands.

(historical) Dutch foot (unit of measure)

Dit gedicht heeft een ritme van vier voeten per vers.

This poem has a rhythm of four feet per line.

Een jambische pentameter heeft vijf voeten per vers.

An iambic pentameter has five feet per line.

(poetry) foot (most basic element of a metre)


klasse

nl-noun

klasse f (plural klassen, diminutive klassetje n)

klassen (plural)
klassetje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: kelas

Borrowed from French classe, from Latin classis.


klas

klas f (plural klassen, diminutive klasje n)

klassen (plural)
klasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klas

Petjo: kelas

→ Aukan: klasi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: klás

→ Indonesian: kelas

→ Kwinti: klas

→ Papiamentu: klas


paleis

paleis n (plural paleizen, diminutive paleisje n)

paleizen (plural)
paleisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: paleis

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


cannelure

cannelure m (plural cannelures, diminutive canneluretje n)

cannelures (plural)
canneluretje (diminutive neuter)

(architecture) flute (groove in a column)


abdij

abdij f (plural abdijen, diminutive abdijtje n)

abdijen (plural)
abdijtje (diminutive neuter)

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

an abbey, monastery under a prelate styled abbot


fries

fries f or n (plural friezen, diminutive friesje n)

friezen (plural)
friesje (diminutive neuter)


cel

cel f (plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

cellen (plural)
celletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sel

→ Indonesian: sel

→ Papiamentu: sèl

From Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

(architecture) a small room, such as a prison or cloister cell


kram

kram f (plural krammen, diminutive krammetje n)

krammen (plural)
krammetje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Papiamentu: kramchi, kranchi, kramtsje (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch cramme, from Middle Dutch crimmen (“to catch, grab (with claws)”), from Proto-West Germanic *krimman.

der

staple (U-shaped metal fastener to bind materials together, for example to attach fence wire to posts)


koor

nl-noun

koor n (plural koren, diminutive koortje n)

koren (plural)
koortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koor

desc

→ Indonesian: kor (“choir, vocal ensemble”)

→ Papiamentu: kor, koor

From Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus.

(architecture) choir, part of a church building


gemet

nl-noun

gemet n (plural gemeten, diminutive gemetje n)

gemeten (plural)
gemetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ghemet, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *gametan, equivalent to ge- + meten. Cognates include Old English ġemet, Old Saxon gimet, Old High German gimez.

(obsolete) a measure of land roughly the size of an acre


vuurtoren

vuurtoren m (plural vuurtorens, diminutive vuurtorentje n)

vuurtorens (plural)
vuurtorentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vuurtoring

→ Indonesian: menara api (calque)


schijten

schijten (infinitive)
schijten (gerund neuter)
schijt (first-person present singular)
scheet (first-person past singular)
schijt (present second-person singular)
scheet (past second-person singular)
schijt (formal present second-person singular)
scheet (formal past second-person singular)
schijt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
schijt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
scheet (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
scheet (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
schijt (present singular third-person)
scheet (past singular third-person)
schijten (plural present)
scheten (past plural)
schijte (archaic present singular subjunctive)
schete (archaic past singular subjunctive)
schijten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
scheten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
schijt (imperative present singular)
schijt (archaic imperative plural present)
schijtend (participle present)
gescheten (participle past)

Berbice Creole Dutch: sketi

From Middle Dutch schiten, from Old Dutch *skītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-, *sḱeyd- (“to part with, separate, cut off”).

Ik heb na die curry van gisteren de hele dag lopen schijten.

After yesterday's curry I spent the whole day pooping.


breuk

breuk f (plural breuken, diminutive breukje n)

breuken (plural)
breukje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: breuk

Negerhollands: breek

desc

→ Indonesian: patahan (“fault”) (semantic loan)

→ Indonesian: pecahan (“fraction”) (semantic loan)

→ Papiamentu: breuk

From Middle Dutch broke, brueke, from Old Dutch *bruki, from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz.

Kun je me helpen om deze breuk om te zetten in een decimale vorm?

Can you help me convert this fraction into a decimal form?


mol

→ Indonesian: mol

(chemistry) a mole (unit of chemical quantity)


fiche

(information science) card, like a punch card, microfiche or file card


venster

nl-noun

venster n (plural vensters, diminutive venstertje n)

vensters (plural)
venstertje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: venster
→ Fanagalo: festel
→ Sotho: fenstere
→ Xhosa: ifestile
→ Zulu: ifasitela

Berbice Creole Dutch: fensre

Jersey Dutch: väänster, fäängster

Negerhollands: fenter, venstu, venster

Sranan Tongo: fensre

Aukan: fensee

Saramaccan: fensë

→ Caribbean Javanese: fénsré

→ Kari'na: fensere

→ Lokono: penster

From Middle Dutch venster, venstre, veinster, from Old Dutch fenstar, from Latin fenestra. The computing sense is a loan translation of English window.


luidspreker

nl-noun

luidspreker m (plural luidsprekers, diminutive luidsprekertje n)

luidsprekers (plural)
luidsprekertje (diminutive neuter)

From luid + spreker, a calque of English loudspeaker.


kathedraal

kathedraal f (plural kathedralen, diminutive kathedraaltje n)

kathedralen (plural)
kathedraaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: katedraal

→ Indonesian: katedral

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


kathedraal

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


klooster

klooster n (plural kloosters, diminutive kloostertje n)

kloosters (plural)
kloostertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch clôoster, from Old Dutch *clōster, post-West Germanic borrowing from Medieval Latin claustrum.


kerk

kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)

kerken (plural)
kerkje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

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

Berbice Creole Dutch: kirki, kerki

Jersey Dutch: kêrk

Negerhollands: kerk, kirk

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kerek (dated)

→ Lokono: kerki

→ Papiamentu: kèrki (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: kerki

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kerki

→ Caribbean Javanese: kèrki

→ Kari'na: keleke

→ Saramaccan: kéíki

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

church, temple, non-Christian house of worship


kapel

nl-noun

kapel f (plural kapellen, diminutive kapelletje n)

kapellen (plural)
kapelletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kapel

Berbice Creole Dutch: kampele

→ Indonesian: kapel

→ Papiamentu: kapèl, kapel

→ Sranan Tongo: kapelka

From Middle Dutch capelle, ultimately from Latin cappella.

waar God een kerk sticht, daar bouwt de duivel een kapel

chapel, small Christian place of worship

(uncommon) shrine, small non-Christian temple or sanctuary


appartement

appartement n (plural appartementen, diminutive appartementje n)

appartementen (plural)
appartementje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: apartemen

Borrowed from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento.

Het appartement was erg klein.


moskee

moskee f (plural moskeeën, diminutive moskeetje n)

moskeeën (plural)
moskeetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: moskee

→ Papiamentu: moskei, moské

→ West Frisian: moskee

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


boten

boten (infinitive)
boten (gerund neuter)
boot (first-person present singular)
bootte (first-person past singular)
boot (present second-person singular)
bootte (past second-person singular)
boot (formal present second-person singular)
bootte (formal past second-person singular)
boot (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
boot (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bootte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bootte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
boot (present singular third-person)
bootte (past singular third-person)
boten (plural present)
bootten (past plural)
bote (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bootte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
boten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bootten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
boot (imperative present singular)
boot (archaic imperative plural present)
botend (participle present)
geboot (participle past)

From Middle Dutch boten, from Old Dutch *bōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”).

(transitive, agriculture, chiefly Belgium) to knock the seeds out of a flax plant


chape

chape m or f (plural chapes, diminutive chapeje n or chapeke n)

chapes (plural)
chapeje (diminutive neuter)
chapeke (diminutive neuter)


spits

spits f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

spitsen (plural)
spitsje (diminutive neuter)


politiebureau

politiebureau n (plural politiebureaus, diminutive politiebureautje n)

politiebureaus (plural)
politiebureautje (diminutive neuter)

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


postkantoor

postkantoor n (plural postkantoren, diminutive postkantoortje n)

postkantoren (plural)
postkantoortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: poskantoor

→ Indonesian: kantor pos (calque)

→ Papiamentu: pòstkantoor


boekwinkel

boekwinkel m (plural boekwinkels, diminutive boekwinkeltje n)

boekwinkels (plural)
boekwinkeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: buku-wenkri


warenhuis

warenhuis n (plural warenhuizen, diminutive warenhuisje n)

warenhuizen (plural)
warenhuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: warehûs (calque)

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


geraamte

geraamte n (plural geraamtes or geraamten, diminutive geraamtetje n)

geraamtes (plural)
geraamten (plural)
geraamtetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: geraamte

→ West Frisian: ramt, raamt

→ German: Geraamte, Geraamt (dialectal)

From Middle Dutch geraemte. Equivalent to ge- + raam (“frame”) + -te.


stationsgebouw

stationsgebouw n (plural stationsgebouwen, diminutive stationsgebouwtje n)

stationsgebouwen (plural)
stationsgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

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

De klok op het stationsgebouw wijst de tijd aan.

The clock at the station building shows the time.


basisschool

basisschool f (plural basisscholen, diminutive basisschooltje n)

basisscholen (plural)
basisschooltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sekolah dasar (calque)

→ Papiamentu: skol básiko (calque)

Coordinate term: middelbare school

elementary school (US), primary school (UK)


spreekkamer

spreekkamer f (plural spreekkamers, diminutive spreekkamertje n)

spreekkamers (plural)
spreekkamertje (diminutive neuter)

a doctor's office, a surgery, a consulting room, a consultation room


belasting

belasting f (plural belastingen, diminutive belastinkje n)

belastingen (plural)
belastinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: belasting

→ Indonesian: belasting

desc

→ Papiamentu: belasting, belásten, belaste, belaster

From Middle Dutch belastinge (“burden, accusation”). Equivalent to belasten (“to load, burden”) + -ing.

inh

De generator kan een belasting van 500 kilowatt aan.

The generator can handle a load of 500 kilowatts.

Bij overmatige belasting kan het circuit uitvallen.

The circuit can fail under excessive load.

De engineer controleerde de belasting van het elektrische systeem.

The engineer checked the electrical system's load.

electrical engineering
electrical engineering


woning

nl-noun

woning f (plural woningen, diminutive woninkje n)

woningen (plural)
woninkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: woning

Negerhollands: wooning

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


fabriek

fabriek f (plural fabrieken, diminutive fabriekje n)

fabrieken (plural)
fabriekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: fabriek
→ Sotho: faboriki

→ Caribbean Hindustani: fábrik

→ Caribbean Javanese: babrik, pabrik

→ Malay: pabrik

Indonesian: pabrik

Borrowed from Latin fabrica or French fabrique.


poepen

poepen (infinitive)
poepen (gerund neuter)
poep (first-person present singular)
poepte (first-person past singular)
poept (present second-person singular)
poep (present second-person singular)
poepte (past second-person singular)
poept (formal present second-person singular)
poepte (formal past second-person singular)
poept (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
poept (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
poepte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
poepte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
poept (present singular third-person)
poepte (past singular third-person)
poepen (plural present)
poepten (past plural)
poepe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
poepte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
poepen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
poepten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
poep (imperative present singular)
poept (archaic imperative plural present)
poepend (participle present)
gepoept (participle past)

Probably an onomatopoeia (compare to English pop and poop, respectively). In the sense “to fuck” related with western German poppen.

onom

onomatopoeia


molen

nl-noun

molen m (plural molens, diminutive molentje n)

molens (plural)
molentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: meule

Berbice Creole Dutch: molo

Jersey Dutch: mœl

Negerhollands: mola, moela, mula

→ Virgin Islands Creole: mola, mula (dated)

→ Lokono: molo

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


landbouw

Afrikaans: landbou

→ Indonesian: lanbau

→ West Frisian: lânbou

Compound of land (“land, soil”) + bouw (“cultivation; construction; growth”).


kapiteel

nl-noun

kapiteel n (plural kapitelen, diminutive kapiteeltje n)

kapitelen (plural)
kapiteeltje (diminutive neuter)

(architecture) capital (uppermost part of a column)


hospitaal

hospitaal n (plural hospitalen, diminutive hospitaaltje n)

hospitalen (plural)
hospitaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hospitaal

Malay: hospital

→ Caribbean Hindustani: aspatál

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

hospital, now in particular a military hospital


berging

berging f (plural bergingen, diminutive berginkje n)

bergingen (plural)
berginkje (diminutive neuter)

From bergen (“to salvage, to store”) + -ing.

rescue, salvage (act of recovering or bringing to safety)


koekoek

koekoek m (plural koekoeken, diminutive koekoekje n)

koekoeken (plural)
koekoekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koekoek

From Middle Dutch coecoec, of imitative origin, perhaps influenced by Latin cuculus and/or Old French cucu (modern French coucou).

onomatopoeic

imitative


boog

nl-noun

boog m (plural bogen, diminutive boogje n)

bogen (plural)
boogje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: boog

→ Dhivehi: ބޯކު (bōku)

→ Papiamentu: bog, boog

→ Sinhalese: බෝක්කුව (bōkkuwa)

From Middle Dutch bōge, from Old Dutch bogo, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.


ploeg

ploeg m or f (plural ploegen, diminutive ploegje n)

ploegen (plural)
ploegje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ploeg

→ Caribbean Javanese: plug

→ Papiamentu: plug, plu, ploeg

From Middle Dutch ploech, from Old Dutch *pluog, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz. The sense “team” originally derives from the team of animals drawing one plough.

De boer gebruikte een paard en een ploeg om het land te bewerken.

The farmer used a horse and a plough to cultivate the land.


brouwerij

brouwerij f (plural brouwerijen, diminutive brouwerijtje n)

brouwerijen (plural)
brouwerijtje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌbrɑu̯əˈrɛi̯/

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


asbest

→ Indonesian: asbès

→ Papiamentu: asbèst

From Middle Dutch asbeston, from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).


akker

akker m (plural akkers, diminutive akkertje n)

akkers (plural)
akkertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: akker

Negerhollands: akker

→ Min Nan: kah

From Middle Dutch acker, from Old Dutch akker, from Proto-West Germanic *akr.

(agriculture) agricultural field (field on which crops are grown)


colonne

colonne f (plural colonnes, diminutive colonnetje n)

colonnes (plural)
colonnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kolone

Borrowed from French colonne. Doublet of column and kolom.


diarree

→ Indonesian: diare

Borrowed from French diarrhée, from Middle French diarrie, from Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “a flowing-through; diarrhea”).

der

Het 'burning feet'-syndroom dat na langdurige slechte voeding, gecombineerd met absorptiestoornissen door frequente diarreeën, veel werd waargenomen bij krijgsgevangenen in de tropen wordt o.a. toegeschreven aan pantotheenzuurdeficiëntie in combinatie met marginale voorziening van andere B-vitamines.

1994, J.F. de Wijn, W.T.J.M. Hekkens, Fysiologie van de voeding, Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, page 354:

The 'burning feet' syndrome that was, after continuous malnutrition combined with absorption disorders due to frequent diarrheas, often observed with prisoners of war in the tropics is ascribed to, among others, deficiency in pantothenic acid combined with marginal supply of other B-vitamins.


gebouw

nl-noun

gebouw n (plural gebouwen, diminutive gebouwtje n)

gebouwen (plural)
gebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gebou

Negerhollands: gebow

De gebouwen van een stad.


zeemijl

zeemijl m (plural zeemijlen, diminutive zeemijltje n)

zeemijlen (plural)
zeemijltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: mil laut (calque)


mijl

mijl f (plural mijlen, diminutive mijltje n)

mijlen (plural)
mijltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: myl

Negerhollands: miel

English: mijl

→ Indonesian: mil

→ Papiamentu: my (dated)

From Middle Dutch mile and myle, ultimately from Latin mīlia.

(historical) nautical or geographical mile, a unit of length now equal to a minute of arc reckoned as exactly 1852 m or previously to ¼ degree, about 7400 m


zaal

zaal f (plural zalen, diminutive zaaltje n)

zalen (plural)
zaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: saal

Negerhollands: saal, sael

→ Caribbean Javanese: sal

→ Indonesian: sal

From Middle Dutch sale, from Old Dutch sala, from Proto-West Germanic *sali, from Proto-Germanic *saliz.

ward in a hospital or similar medical or caregiving institute


atheneum

atheneum n (plural athenea or atheneums)

Borrowed from Latin Athēnaeum, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναῖον (Athēnaîon).

(Belgium) a type of public secondary school


drol

drol m (plural drollen, diminutive drolletje n)

drollen (plural)
drolletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: drol

→ Papiamentu: dròl


duim

duim m (plural duimen, diminutive duimpje n)

duimen (plural)
duimpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: duim

Negerhollands: tompi

→ Aukan: doin

→ Caribbean Hindustani: doi

→ Caribbean Javanese: dim

→ Indonesian: dim

→ Papiamentu: dùim, duim

→ Russian: дюйм (djujm)

From Middle Dutch dume, from Old Dutch *thūmo, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.
Compare West Frisian tomme, Low German Dumen, German Daumen, English thumb, Danish tomme, Swedish tumme.

Coordinate term: heng

pintle (jointed pivot of a hinge, consisting of the pin and the non-moving leaf)


bewerking

bewerking f (plural bewerkingen, diminutive bewerkinkje n)

bewerkingen (plural)
bewerkinkje (diminutive neuter)

/bəˈʋɛr.kɪŋ/

Delen is de moeilijkste van de vier elementaire bewerkingen.

Division is the hardest of the four elementary operations.


kak

Berbice Creole Dutch: kaka

Negerhollands: kaka, koka

From Middle Dutch cac, deverbal from cacken; see kakken.


kunstwerk

kunstwerk n (plural kunstwerken, diminutive kunstwerkje n)

kunstwerken (plural)
kunstwerkje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kunst (“art, capability”) + werk (“work”). Cognate with German Kunstwerk, Swedish konstverk, Danish kunstværk, Norwegian kunstverk.

compound

(engineering) a man-made structure built with materials other than earth and sand, such as bridges, culverts, viaducts, tunnels, etc.


Amsterdams pond

nl-noun

Amsterdams pond n (plural Amsterdamse ponden, diminutive Amsterdams pondje n)

Amsterdamse ponden (plural)
Amsterdams pondje (diminutive neuter)

From Amsterdams (“from Amsterdam”) + pond (“pound”).

compound

(obsolete) Amsterdam pound: one of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce; equivalent to 0.4941 kilograms


wortel

nl-noun

wortel m (plural wortels or wortelen, diminutive worteltje n)

wortels (plural)
wortelen (plural)
worteltje (diminutive neuter)

desc

Afrikaans: wortel (“carrot, square root”)

Negerhollands: wortel, wolter

Skepi Creole Dutch: wotl (“carrot”)

→ Indonesian: akar (“square root, root”) (semantic loan)

→ Indonesian: wortel (“carrot”)

Simon Stevin
nl:wortel (groente)
nl:wortel (plant)
nl:wortel (wiskunde)

From Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”), formed from the Proto-Indo-European roots *wréh₂ds + *welH-.
The mathematical sense was coined by Simon Stevin. Compare German Wurzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu; cf. also English wort.


pui

nl-noun

pui f (plural puien, diminutive puitje n)

puien (plural)
puitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch poye, from Old French poie, from Latin podia, plural of podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of podium.


badkamer

badkamer f (plural badkamers, diminutive badkamertje n)

badkamers (plural)
badkamertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: batkamrá

→ Sranan Tongo: batkâmer


kleedkamer

kleedkamer f (plural kleedkamers, diminutive kleedkamertje n)

kleedkamers (plural)
kleedkamertje (diminutive neuter)

From kleden (“to dress”) + kamer (“room”).

(theater) a changing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)


spruit

spruit f (plural spruiten, diminutive spruitje n)

spruiten (plural)
spruitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spruit

desc

→ Papiamentu: sprùit, spreit, spruitsje, spruit

→ Sranan Tongo: sproiti

From Middle Dutch sprute, spruut, spruyte, from Old Dutch *sprūtan. Cognate with English sprite, sprout.

(construction) a style or beam which rests on another


schacht

nl-noun

schacht m (plural schachten, diminutive schachtje n)

schachten (plural)
schachtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: schacht (dated)

From Middle Dutch schacht, from Old Dutch skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

(Belgium, university slang) a pledge, freshman, especially if subject to hazing


grachtenpand

grachtenpand n (plural grachtenpanden, diminutive grachtenpandje n)

grachtenpanden (plural)
grachtenpandje (diminutive neuter)

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

compound

a building located beside an urban canal


vierkante kilometer

nl-noun

vierkante kilometer m (plural vierkante kilometers, diminutive vierkant kilometertje n)

vierkante kilometers (plural)
vierkant kilometertje (diminutive neuter)


ångström

From the name of the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.


veelvoud

veelvoud n (plural veelvouden, diminutive veelvoudje n)

veelvouden (plural)
veelvoudje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: veelvoud

From veel + -voud. Compare Middle English felefold, German Vielfalt.


worteltrekken

worteltrekken (infinitive)
worteltrekken (gerund neuter)
worteltrek (first-person present singular)
worteltrok (first-person past singular)
worteltrekt (present second-person singular)
worteltrek (present second-person singular)
worteltrok (past second-person singular)
worteltrekt (formal present second-person singular)
worteltrok (formal past second-person singular)
worteltrekt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
worteltrekt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
worteltrokt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
worteltrokt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
worteltrekt (present singular third-person)
worteltrok (past singular third-person)
worteltrekken (plural present)
worteltrokken (past plural)
worteltrekke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
worteltrokke (archaic past singular subjunctive)
worteltrekken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
worteltrokken (archaic past plural subjunctive)
worteltrek (imperative present singular)
worteltrekt (archaic imperative plural present)
worteltrekkend (participle present)
wortelgetrokken (participle past)


vermenigvuldigen

vermenigvuldigen (infinitive)
vermenigvuldigen (gerund neuter)
vermenigvuldig (first-person present singular)
vermenigvuldigde (first-person past singular)
vermenigvuldigt (present second-person singular)
vermenigvuldig (present second-person singular)
vermenigvuldigde (past second-person singular)
vermenigvuldigt (formal present second-person singular)
vermenigvuldigde (formal past second-person singular)
vermenigvuldigt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
vermenigvuldigt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
vermenigvuldigde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
vermenigvuldigde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
vermenigvuldigt (present singular third-person)
vermenigvuldigde (past singular third-person)
vermenigvuldigen (plural present)
vermenigvuldigden (past plural)
vermenigvuldige (archaic present singular subjunctive)
vermenigvuldigde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
vermenigvuldigen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
vermenigvuldigden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
vermenigvuldig (imperative present singular)
vermenigvuldigt (archaic imperative plural present)
vermenigvuldigend (participle present)
vermenigvuldigd (participle past)


aftrekken

aftrekken (infinitive)
aftrekken (gerund neuter)
trek af (first-person main-clause present singular)
trok af (first-person main-clause past singular)
aftrek (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
aftrok (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
trekt af (main-clause present second-person singular)
trek af (main-clause present second-person singular)
trok af (main-clause past second-person singular)
aftrekt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftrok (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
trekt af (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
trok af (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
aftrekt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftrok (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
trekt af (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
trekt af (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
trokt af (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
trokt af (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
aftrekt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftrekt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftrokt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aftrokt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
trekt af (main-clause present singular third-person)
trok af (main-clause past singular third-person)
aftrekt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
aftrok (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
trekken af (main-clause plural present)
trokken af (main-clause past plural)
aftrekken (plural present subordinate-clause)
aftrokken (past plural subordinate-clause)
trekke af (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
trokke af (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
aftrekke (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aftrokke (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
trekken af (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
trokken af (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
aftrekken (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aftrokken (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
trek af (imperative main-clause present singular)
trekt af (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
aftrekkend (main-clause participle present)
afgetrokken (main-clause participle past)

Negerhollands: trek af

→ Caribbean Javanese: trèg-af

From Middle Dutch aftrecken. The sense “to subtract” was coined by Simon Stevin as a calque of Latin dētrahō. Equivalent to af + trekken.


optellen

optellen (infinitive)
optellen (gerund neuter)
tel op (first-person main-clause present singular)
telde op (first-person main-clause past singular)
optel (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
optelde (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
telt op (main-clause present second-person singular)
tel op (main-clause present second-person singular)
telde op (main-clause past second-person singular)
optelt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optelde (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
telt op (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
telde op (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
optelt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optelde (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
telt op (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
telt op (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
telde op (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
telde op (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
optelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
optelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
telt op (main-clause present singular third-person)
telde op (main-clause past singular third-person)
optelt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
optelde (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
tellen op (main-clause plural present)
telden op (main-clause past plural)
optellen (plural present subordinate-clause)
optelden (past plural subordinate-clause)
telle op (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
telde op (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
optelle (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
optelde (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
tellen op (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
telden op (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
optellen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
optelden (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
tel op (imperative main-clause present singular)
telt op (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
optellend (main-clause participle present)
opgeteld (main-clause participle past)

Afrikaans: optel


deler

deler m (plural delers, diminutive delertje n)

delers (plural)
delertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch dêelre, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; compare Old English dælere (English dealer), Old High German teilāri (German Teiler). By surface analysis, delen + -er. Doublet of dealer.


machtsverheffen

machtsverheffen (infinitive)
machtsverheffen (gerund neuter)
machtsverhef (first-person present singular)
machtsverhief (first-person past singular)
machtsverheft (present second-person singular)
machtsverhef (present second-person singular)
machtsverhief (past second-person singular)
machtsverheft (formal present second-person singular)
machtsverhief (formal past second-person singular)
machtsverheft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
machtsverheft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
machtsverhieft (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
machtsverhieft (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
machtsverheft (present singular third-person)
machtsverhief (past singular third-person)
machtsverheffen (plural present)
machtsverhieven (past plural)
machtsverheffe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
machtsverhieve (archaic past singular subjunctive)
machtsverheffen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
machtsverhieven (archaic past plural subjunctive)
machtsverhef (imperative present singular)
machtsverheft (archaic imperative plural present)
machtsverheffend (participle present)
machtsverheven (participle past)

(arithmetic) to raise to a power, exponentiate


academie

academie f (plural academiën or academies, diminutive academietje n)

academiën (plural)
academies (plural)
academietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: akademie

→ Indonesian: akademi

→ Peranakan Indonesian: academie

From Middle French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Compare academe, academia, Akademeia.

Ik was op de Koninklijke Militaire Academie in Bandung, voor twee jaar. Maar het is natuurlijk zo dat men niet op een koninklijke academie kan leren hoe men een leger in een revolutionaire situatie kan opbouwen. Dat heb ik later wel, min of meer via lectuur, een beetje doorgedacht, tijdens de Japanse bezetting.

1976, 0:40:06 from the start, in Roelof Kiers, director, Indonesia Merdeka, spoken by T. B. Simatupang, via VPRO, retrieved 2024-07-16:

I was at the Royal Military Academy in Bandung for two years. But the thing is, of course, that one cannot learn at a royal academy how to build up an army in a revolutionary situation. I did think that through somewhat, more or less by reading, a bit later, during the Japanese occupation.


gevangene

Declined form of gevangen, the past participle of vangen. Compare German Gefangener and Gefangene.

De politie heeft de ontsnapte gevangene na een klopjacht gearresteerd.

The police arrested the escaped prisoner after a manhunt.


wc

wc's (plural)
wc'tje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: weisei

→ Caribbean Hindustani: wc

→ Saramaccan: wéésée

From English WC, an initialism for water closet.


kalf

kalf n (plural kalveren, diminutive kalfje n)

kalveren (plural)
kalfje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kalf

Jersey Dutch: käälv

Negerhollands: kalv, kalfi, calluf

From Middle Dutch calf, from Old Dutch calf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.


kwadraat

kwadraat n (plural kwadraten, diminutive kwadraatje n)

kwadraten (plural)
kwadraatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French quadrat, from Latin quadrātum.


universiteit

universiteit f (plural universiteiten, diminutive universiteitje n)

universiteiten (plural)
universiteitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: universiteit

Negerhollands: universitet

desc

→ Indonesian: universiteit, universitet, universitit (dated)

→ Peranakan Indonesian: universiteit

From Middle Dutch universiteit, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin ūniversitās.
Compare German Universität.

university, (university) college (especially in the United States)


zolder

nl-noun

zolder m (plural zolders, diminutive zoldertje n)

zolders (plural)
zoldertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: solder

→ Sranan Tongo: sodro

→ Aukan: sodoo

→ Caribbean Hindustani: sodro

→ Caribbean Javanese: slodro

From Middle Dutch solder, solre, from Old Dutch *solari, *soleri, from Latin sōlārium. Cognate with German Söller. The -d- is a late epenthesis and therefore did not cause the development -old- → -oud- (as in goud etc.). Doublet of solarium.

attic (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof)


kanteel

kanteel m (plural kantelen, diminutive kanteeltje n)

kantelen (plural)
kanteeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kanteel

→ West Frisian: kantiel


vertrek

vertrek n (plural vertrekken, diminutive vertrekje n)

vertrekken (plural)
vertrekje (diminutive neuter)


bioscoop

bioscoop m (plural bioscopen, diminutive bioscoopje n)

bioscopen (plural)
bioscoopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bioskoop

→ Indonesian: bioskop

→ West Frisian: bioskoop

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

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

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


apotheek

apotheek f (plural apotheken, diminutive apotheekje n)

apotheken (plural)
apotheekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: apteek

→ Indonesian: apotek

→ Papiamentu: apotheek (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: apteiki
Aukan: aputeiki

From Middle Dutch apoteke, from Latin apothēca.

Je kunt je medicijnen ophalen bij de dichtstbijzijnde apotheek.

You can pick up your medications at the nearest pharmacy.

De apotheek is geopend tot 20.00 uur.

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

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

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


gevel

gevel m (plural gevels, diminutive geveltje n)

gevels (plural)
geveltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gewel

→ Papiamentu: gevel, hevel (dated)

→ West Frisian: gevel

From Middle Dutch gevel, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Frankish *gebil, whence also Old High German gibil m (modern German Giebel) and gibilla f, meaning “gable”. Further cognates include Old Norse gafl (“gable”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, “pinnacle, summit”) and Middle High German gebel (“skull”) (from Old High German gebal (“head, cranium”)), from disparate but related Proto-Germanic forms.


woonkamer

nl-noun

woonkamer f (plural woonkamers, diminutive woonkamertje n)

woonkamers (plural)
woonkamertje (diminutive neuter)


kelder

kelder m (plural kelders, diminutive keldertje n)

kelders (plural)
keldertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kelder

Negerhollands: keller

→ Kristang: kelda

→ Papiamentu: kèlder, kelder

→ Sranan Tongo: kedre

→ Kari'na: ketere

From Middle Dutch kelre, kellere, from Old Dutch *kellari, from Late Latin cellarium.


kostschool

kostschool f (plural kostscholen, diminutive kostschooltje n)

kostscholen (plural)
kostschooltje (diminutive neuter)

From kost (“food, living”) + school (“school”).

affix

boarding school, where pupils get lessons, lodgings and meals


tempel

nl-noun

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

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

Afrikaans: tempel

Negerhollands: templ, tempel

From Middle Dutch tempel, from Latin templum.

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


akkerbouw

(agriculture) tillage, branch of agriculture dedicated to the cultivation of crops and other plants on fields


hoofdgebouw

hoofdgebouw n (plural hoofdgebouwen, diminutive hoofdgebouwtje n)

hoofdgebouwen (plural)
hoofdgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)


kerker

kerker m (plural kerkers, diminutive kerkertje n)

kerkers (plural)
kerkertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kerker

From Middle Dutch kerker, from Old Dutch *karkari, from Latin carcer (“prison, jail”). Compare German Kerker, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (karkara).


toneelschool

toneelschool c (plural toneelscholen, diminutive toneelschooltje n)

toneelscholen (plural)
toneelschooltje (diminutive neuter)


gemeentehuis

gemeentehuis n (plural gemeentehuizen, diminutive gemeentehuisje n)

gemeentehuizen (plural)
gemeentehuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: gemeentehûs

/ɣəˈmeːn.təˌɦœy̯s/

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

compound

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


koepel

nl-noun

koepel m (plural koepels, diminutive koepeltje n)

koepels (plural)
koepeltje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: koeper

Borrowed from Italian cupola. The variants were borrowed from or influenced by French.


onthouden

onthouden (infinitive)
onthouden (gerund neuter)
onthou (first-person present singular)
onthoud (first-person present singular)
onthield (first-person past singular)
onthoudt (present second-person singular)
onthou (present second-person singular)
onthoud (present second-person singular)
onthield (past second-person singular)
onthoudt (formal present second-person singular)
onthield (formal past second-person singular)
onthoudt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
onthoudt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
onthieldt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
onthieldt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
onthoudt (present singular third-person)
onthield (past singular third-person)
onthouden (plural present)
onthielden (past plural)
onthoude (archaic present singular subjunctive)
onthielde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
onthouden (archaic plural present subjunctive)
onthielden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
onthou (imperative present singular)
onthoud (imperative present singular)
onthoudt (archaic imperative plural present)
onthoudend (participle present)
onthouden (participle past)

Afrikaans: onthou

Negerhollands: onthou van

From Middle Dutch onthouden. Equivalent to ont- + houden.

Even zien, 3 onthouden, delen door 5, maal 8 maakt 1!

Let's see, carry 3, divide by 5, times 8 makes 1!


koppen

koppen (infinitive)
koppen (gerund neuter)
kop (first-person present singular)
kopte (first-person past singular)
kopt (present second-person singular)
kop (present second-person singular)
kopte (past second-person singular)
kopt (formal present second-person singular)
kopte (formal past second-person singular)
kopt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
kopt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kopte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kopte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
kopt (present singular third-person)
kopte (past singular third-person)
koppen (plural present)
kopten (past plural)
koppe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kopte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
koppen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
kopten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
kop (imperative present singular)
kopt (archaic imperative plural present)
koppend (participle present)
gekopt (participle past)

→ Papiamentu: kòp

Als je je petunia's kopt, zullen ze er langer goed uitzien.

If you deadhead your petunias, they will look good for longer.


kleuterschool

kleuterschool f (plural kleuterscholen, diminutive kleuterschooltje n)

kleuterscholen (plural)
kleuterschooltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kleuter (“kindergartner”) + school (“school”).

compound

(official in Flanders) nursery school (UK) or kindergarten (USA); usually for children aged 3 to 6


bouw

Petjo: bouw

De bouw duurde vijf jaar.

The construction (of a building) lasted five years.

Zij werkt in de bouw.

construction of contraptions, such as machines


bouw

(historical) a unit of measure for area on Java, equivalent to about 0.7 hectare; a portion of agricultural land of this size


lantaarn

nl-noun

lantaarn f (plural lantaarns, diminutive lantaarntje n)

lantaarns (plural)
lantaarntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lantern

Negerhollands: lantern

→ Lokono: aléti

→ Sranan Tongo: lanteri

→ Caribbean Hindustani: lanteri

→ Kari'na: lanteli

From Middle Dutch lanterne, from Old French lanterne, from Latin lanterna, from Ancient Greek λᾰμπτήρ (lămptḗr).


burcht

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

burchten (plural)
burchtje (diminutive neuter)

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


karaat

→ Indonesian: karat

From the Greek word keration (fruit of the carob tree), which came into Dutch via Arabic and Italian. The seeds of such fruit were used in the ancient world as units for measuring weight.


schatkamer

nl-noun

schatkamer f (plural schatkamers, diminutive schatkamertje n)

schatkamers (plural)
schatkamertje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: skat-kamer

From schat + kamer. Cognate with German Schatzkammer.


uitwerpsel

uitwerpsel n (plural uitwerpselen or uitwerpsels, diminutive uitwerpseltje n)

uitwerpselen (plural)
uitwerpsels (plural)
uitwerpseltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: uitwerpsel

From uitwerpen (“to throw out”) + -sel.
Possible calque of Latin deiectio.


nis

nis f (plural nissen, diminutive nisje n)

nissen (plural)
nisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nis

→ Papiamentu: nis

Borrowed from Middle French niche (17th century).


elektronvolt

From elektron + volt, probably a borrowing or calque.


woonst

From Middle Dutch woonste. By surface analysis, wonen + -st.


altaar

altaar n (plural altaren, diminutive altaartje n)

altaren (plural)
altaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: altaar

Negerhollands: altar

→ Indonesian: altar

→ Sranan Tongo: altari

From Middle Dutch altare, from Old Dutch *altare, from Latin altāre.


kazerne

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

kazernen (plural)
kazernes (plural)
kazernetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kazèrne

Borrowed from French caserne, ultimately from Latin quaternus.


hoeve

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

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

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


pand

pand n (plural panden, diminutive pandje n)

panden (plural)
pandje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: pand

→ Caribbean Hindustani: pánti

→ Papiamentu: pant

Cognate with German Pfand, see there for more.


kubieke centimeter

kubieke centimeter m (plural kubieke centimeters, diminutive kubiek centimetertje n)

kubieke centimeters (plural)
kubiek centimetertje (diminutive neuter)


ruiter

ruiter m (plural ruiters, diminutive ruitertje n)

ruiters (plural)
ruitertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ruiter

→ German: Reuter

From Middle Dutch ruter, from Old French routier.

(agriculture) a tripodic or tetrapodic wooden frame consisting of sticks with crossbars, used to dry certain field crops


ontginnen

ontginnen (infinitive)
ontginnen (gerund neuter)
ontgin (first-person present singular)
ontgon (first-person past singular)
ontgint (present second-person singular)
ontgin (present second-person singular)
ontgon (past second-person singular)
ontgint (formal present second-person singular)
ontgon (formal past second-person singular)
ontgint (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
ontgint (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
ontgont (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
ontgont (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
ontgint (present singular third-person)
ontgon (past singular third-person)
ontginnen (plural present)
ontgonnen (past plural)
ontginne (archaic present singular subjunctive)
ontgonne (archaic past singular subjunctive)
ontginnen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
ontgonnen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
ontgin (imperative present singular)
ontgint (archaic imperative plural present)
ontginnend (participle present)
ontgonnen (participle past)

Afrikaans: ontgin

From Middle Dutch ontginnen, derived with prefix ont- from Proto-Germanic *ginnaną, which is not attested in unprefixed form in any Germanic language (compare beginnen and Old Dutch aginnan). Cognate to Old English onginnan and Old Saxon andginnan.

(transitive, of land) to develop into agricultural land

(transitive, of land) to remove the topsoil from

(transitive, of mines and mineral resources) to excavate, to extract from the earth

(transitive, obsolete) to begin, to commence


wolkenkrabber

wolkenkrabber m (plural wolkenkrabbers, diminutive wolkenkrabbertje n)

wolkenkrabbers (plural)
wolkenkrabbertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Afrikaans: wolkekrabber

→ West Frisian: wolkekrabber

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


kweek

nl-noun

kweek m (plural kweken, diminutive kweekje n)

kweken (plural)
kweekje (diminutive neuter)


mascaron

mascaron m (plural mascarons, diminutive mascaronetje n)

mascarons (plural)
mascaronetje (diminutive neuter)


zolderkamer

zolderkamer f (plural zolderkamers, diminutive zolderkamertje n)

zolderkamers (plural)
zolderkamertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: solderkamer


kakken

kakken (infinitive)
kakken (gerund neuter)
kak (first-person present singular)
kakte (first-person past singular)
kakt (present second-person singular)
kak (present second-person singular)
kakte (past second-person singular)
kakt (formal present second-person singular)
kakte (formal past second-person singular)
kakt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
kakt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kakte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kakte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
kakt (present singular third-person)
kakte (past singular third-person)
kakken (plural present)
kakten (past plural)
kakke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kakte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
kakken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
kakten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
kak (imperative present singular)
kakt (archaic imperative plural present)
kakkend (participle present)
gekakt (participle past)

Berbice Creole Dutch: kaka

Negerhollands: kaka, koka

From Middle Dutch cacken, probably from Latin cacō (“to defecate, soil”), either way presumably ultimately sound imitative.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(transitive) to (secrete) shit (notably solids)

(intransitive) to trot slowly, lustlessly


lagere school

From lagere, 'lower' + school, 'school'.


hogeschool

nl-noun

hogeschool f (plural hogescholen, diminutive hogeschooltje n)

hogescholen (plural)
hogeschooltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hogeskool

→ English: hogeschool

desc

→ Indonesian: perguruan tinggi, sekolah tinggi (calque)

→ Papiamentu: skol superior (calque)

→ West Frisian: hegeskoalle (calque)

Univerbation of hoge + school. Cf. Middle Dutch hoochschole.

(education) hogeschool; polytechnic, college


landhuis

nl-noun

landhuis n (plural landhuizen, diminutive landhuisje n)

landhuizen (plural)
landhuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: lanthùis

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

country house (UK), villa (large, luxury residence in a campestral or semirural environment)


stront

stront m (plural stronten, diminutive strontje n)

stronten (plural)
strontje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stront

Negerhollands: stront

From Middle Dutch stront (“shit, dreck, manure”), from Old Dutch *strunt (“excrement, turd, shit”), from Proto-West Germanic *strunt (“dirt, filth”).
Compare French étron (“turd, crap”), Italian stronzo (“turd, crap”). Cognate with English strunt.

inh

(informal, chiefly uncountable) a huge shit, dung


collegezaal

nl-noun

collegezaal f (plural collegezalen, diminutive collegezaaltje n)

collegezalen (plural)
collegezaaltje (diminutive neuter)

De professor gaf een inspirerende lezing in de grote collegezaal van de universiteit.

The professor gave an inspiring lecture in the large lecture hall of the university.

De studenten verzamelden zich in de collegezaal voor het college over geschiedenis.

The students gathered in the lecture theatre for the history lecture.

De collegezalen zijn uitgerust met moderne audiovisuele apparatuur voor interactieve lessen.

The lecture halls are equipped with modern audiovisual equipment for interactive lessons.

De universiteit heeft verschillende collegezalen voor grotere en kleinere groepen studenten.

The university has various lecture halls for larger and smaller groups of students.

lecture theatre, lecture hall (auditorium-style classroom)


bijenkorf

bijenkorf m (plural bijenkorven, diminutive bijenkorfje n)

bijenkorven (plural)
bijenkorfje (diminutive neuter)

From bij (“bee”) + -en- + korf (“basket”).

bijenkorfje

common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris); always in the diminutive


lichtjaar

lichtjaar n (plural lichtjaren, diminutive lichtjaartje n)

lichtjaren (plural)
lichtjaartje (diminutive neuter)

Die ster staat vijf lichtjaren van ons vandaan.

That star is five light years away from us.

Een lichtjaar is een enorme afstand in de ruimte.

A light year is an immense distance in space.

De dichtstbijzijnde ster is meer dan vier lichtjaren weg.

The nearest star is more than four light years away.

light year (astronomical distance taking a year at light speed)


kruispunt

kruispunt n (plural kruispunten, diminutive kruispuntje n)

kruispunten (plural)
kruispuntje (diminutive neuter)

From kruisen (“to cross, to intersect”) + punt (“point, spot”).


keper

nl-noun

keper m (plural kepers, diminutive kepertje n)

kepers (plural)
kepertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch keper (“rafter, roof beam”), from Vulgar Latin *capriōne, *capreus, from Latin caper (“male goat”). The connection with goats is thought to be the resemblance of two diagonal wooden beams of a roof meeting in the middle with two prancing goats.
Cognate with Middle High German kepfer, French chevron.

inh

(construction) a type of roof comprising sloped rafters on which horizontal slats are nailed which support the roof tiles


huis van bewaring

nl-noun

huis van bewaring n (plural huizen van bewaring)


gieren

gieren (infinitive)
gieren (gerund neuter)
gier (first-person present singular)
gierde (first-person past singular)
giert (present second-person singular)
gier (present second-person singular)
gierde (past second-person singular)
giert (formal present second-person singular)
gierde (formal past second-person singular)
giert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
giert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
gierde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
gierde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
giert (present singular third-person)
gierde (past singular third-person)
gieren (plural present)
gierden (past plural)
giere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
gierde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
gieren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
gierden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
gier (imperative present singular)
giert (archaic imperative plural present)
gierend (participle present)
gegierd (participle past)

(agriculture, intransitive) to fertilise land with slurry, to spread liquid manure


kookhok

kookhok n (plural kookhokken, diminutive kookhokje n)

kookhokken (plural)
kookhokje (diminutive neuter)

Op de deel vindt u nog het zogenaamde kookhok met een grote ketel, waarin het voer voor de beesten werd gekookt, terwijl de boer er ’s winters manden vlocht.

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In the barn you also find the so-called cooking shed with a large kettle in which the fodder for the animals was prepared and where the farmer used to weave baskets in winter.

simple space for cooking purposes; cooking shed


secundaire school

secundaire school f or m (plural secundaire scholen, diminutive secundaire schooltje n)

secundaire scholen (plural)
secundaire schooltje (diminutive neuter)


middelbare school

middelbare school f or m (plural middelbare scholen, diminutive middelbaar schooltje n)

middelbare scholen (plural)
middelbaar schooltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Malay: sekolah menengah (calque)

Indonesian: sekolah menengah

Coordinate term: basisschool


pilsen

pilsen (infinitive)
pilsen (gerund neuter)
pils (first-person present singular)
pilste (first-person past singular)
pilst (present second-person singular)
pils (present second-person singular)
pilste (past second-person singular)
pilst (formal present second-person singular)
pilste (formal past second-person singular)
pilst (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
pilst (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
pilste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
pilste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
pilst (present singular third-person)
pilste (past singular third-person)
pilsen (plural present)
pilsten (past plural)
pilse (archaic present singular subjunctive)
pilste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
pilsen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
pilsten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
pils (imperative present singular)
pilst (archaic imperative plural present)
pilsend (participle present)
gepilst (participle past)

Hé pik, heb je zin om te pilsen?

Hey dude, do you feel like drinking beer?

(intransitive, university slang) to drink beer


concertzaal

concertzaal f (plural concertzalen, diminutive concertzaaltje n)

concertzalen (plural)
concertzaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of concert (“concert”) + zaal (“hall”).


kliniek

kliniek f (plural klinieken, diminutive kliniekje n)

klinieken (plural)
kliniekje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: klinik

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

der

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


gasthuis

nl-noun

gasthuis n (plural gasthuizen, diminutive gasthuisje n)

gasthuizen (plural)
gasthuisje (diminutive neuter)

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


flitspaal

nl-noun

flitspaal m (plural flitspalen, diminutive flitspaaltje n)

flitspalen (plural)
flitspaaltje (diminutive neuter)

From flitsen (“to flash”) + paal (“pole”).

speed camera (camera to detect speeding vehicles)


decompositie

→ Indonesian: dekomposisi, dékomposisi

Probably borrowed. Equivalent to de- + compositie.

(architecture, art) strucutural decomposition


paviljoen

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

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

→ Indonesian: paviliun

Petjo: paviljoen


ekkies

2016 September, Djuna Spreksel, "RataPlan", in "Kringloopwinkels", Babel, vol. 25, no. 1, page 16.
Zo ligt er een haast nieuw exemplaar van het gehypte I Love Dick van Chris Krauss voor slechts twee ekkies.

For instance, a practically new copy of Chris Krauss's hyped I Love Dick is on offer for just 2 euros.

Maak die ekkies over.


rela

rela f (plural rela's, diminutive relaatje n)

rela's (plural)
relaatje (diminutive neuter)


brandweerkazerne

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

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

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


viering

nl-noun

viering f (plural vieringen, diminutive vierinkje n)

vieringen (plural)
vierinkje (diminutive neuter)

(architecture) cross between the nave and transepts of a church


stoelgang

stoelgang m (plural stoelgangen, diminutive stoelgangetje n)

stoelgangen (plural)
stoelgangetje (diminutive neuter)

From stoel (“chair, seat”) + gang (“going”). Stoel: cognate with the furniture 'stool'.


dovenschool

dovenschool f (plural dovenscholen, diminutive dovenschooltje n)

dovenscholen (plural)
dovenschooltje (diminutive neuter)

From dove (“deaf person”) + -n- + school.

school for the deaf, where sign language is used


vierkantswortel

vierkantswortel m (plural vierkantswortels, diminutive vierkantsworteltje n)

vierkantswortels (plural)
vierkantsworteltje (diminutive neuter)

From vierkant (“square”) + -s- + wortel (“root”).

affix

Coordinate term: kubiekwortel


volière

nl-noun

volière f (plural volières, diminutive volièretje n)

volières (plural)
volièretje (diminutive neuter)


botanische tuin

botanische tuin m (plural botanische tuinen, diminutive botanisch tuintje n)

botanische tuinen (plural)
botanisch tuintje (diminutive neuter)


klokkentoren

klokkentoren m (plural klokkentorens, diminutive klokkentorentje n)

klokkentorens (plural)
klokkentorentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cloctoorn. Equivalent to klok (“bell”) + -en- + toren (“tower”).

a bell tower, tower where (a) bell(s) hang(s) to be played


zaling

zaling f (plural zalingen or zalings, diminutive zalingetje n or zalinkje n)

zalingen (plural)
zalings (plural)
zalingetje (diminutive neuter)
zalinkje (diminutive neuter)

Unknown. Probably from zadel (“saddle”) + -ing.

(architecture) roof gutter to drain water bumping up to an eminent object


eetkamer

eetkamer f (plural eetkamers, diminutive eetkamertje n)

eetkamers (plural)
eetkamertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ēetcāmere. Equivalent to eten + kamer.


huiskamer

huiskamer f (plural huiskamers, diminutive huiskamertje n)

huiskamers (plural)
huiskamertje (diminutive neuter)


rijtjeshuis

rijtjeshuis n (plural rijtjeshuizen, diminutive rijtjeshuisje n)

rijtjeshuizen (plural)
rijtjeshuisje (diminutive neuter)


milliseconde

milliseconde f (plural milliseconden or millisecondes)

milliseconden (plural)
millisecondes (plural)


koppeling

koppeling f (plural koppelingen, diminutive koppelingetje n or koppelinkje n)

koppelingen (plural)
koppelingetje (diminutive neuter)
koppelinkje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kopling


allee

allee f (plural alleeën, diminutive alleetje n)

alleeën (plural)
alleetje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, architecture) landing (at upper floor of a house)


lokaal

nl-adj

lokaal (comparative lokaler, superlative lokaalst)

lokaler (comparative)
lokaalst (superlative)
lokaal (adverbial positive predicative)
lokaler (adverbial comparative predicative)
het lokaalst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het lokaalste (adverbial predicative superlative)
lokale (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
lokalere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
lokaalste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
lokaal (indefinite neuter positive singular)
lokaler (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
lokaalste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
lokale (indefinite plural positive)
lokalere (comparative indefinite plural)
lokaalste (indefinite plural superlative)
lokale (definite positive)
lokalere (comparative definite)
lokaalste (definite superlative)
lokaals (partitive positive)
lokalers (comparative partitive)

→ Indonesian: lokal


zonnemassa

Een zonnemassa is een eenheid die wordt gebruikt om de massa van sterren uit te drukken.

A solar mass is a unit used to express the mass of stars.


verhoorkamer

nl-noun

verhoorkamer m (plural verhoorkamers, diminutive verhoorkamertje n)

verhoorkamers (plural)
verhoorkamertje (diminutive neuter)


noemer

noemer m (plural noemers, diminutive noemertje n)

noemers (plural)
noemertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: noemer

desc

→ Indonesian: pênyêbut (“(arithmetic) denominator”) (semantic loan)

From noemen (“to name, call”) + -er (“-er”).

Je kunt alleen breuken met gelijke noemers optellen.

You can only add fractions with identical denominators.

(arithmetic) the denominator, the number or expression written below the line in a fraction, by which the numerator above is to be divided


vlinderen

vlinderen (infinitive)
vlinderen (gerund neuter)
vlinder (first-person present singular)
vlinderde (first-person past singular)
vlindert (present second-person singular)
vlinder (present second-person singular)
vlinderde (past second-person singular)
vlindert (formal present second-person singular)
vlinderde (formal past second-person singular)
vlindert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
vlindert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
vlinderde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
vlinderde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
vlindert (present singular third-person)
vlinderde (past singular third-person)
vlinderen (plural present)
vlinderden (past plural)
vlindere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
vlinderde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
vlinderen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
vlinderden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
vlinder (imperative present singular)
vlindert (archaic imperative plural present)
vlinderend (participle present)
gevlinderd (participle past)

From vlinder (“butterfly”) + -en. The senses "move like a butterfly" and "observe butterflies" are simple denominative formations (compare vogelen); the swimming sense however is based on vlinderslag.

(transitive, construction) to smooth a new concrete floor using a trowel or some other tool


basiliek

nl-noun

basiliek f (plural basilieken, diminutive basiliekje n)

basilieken (plural)
basiliekje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French basilique, from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).


fronton

fronton n (plural frontons, diminutive frontonnetje n)

frontons (plural)
frontonnetje (diminutive neuter)


portaal

portaal n (plural portalen, diminutive portaaltje n)

portalen (plural)
portaaltje (diminutive neuter)


pakhuis

pakhuis n (plural pakhuizen, diminutive pakhuisje n)

pakhuizen (plural)
pakhuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: pakus

→ Papiamentu: pakus, pakoes

desc

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

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


groef

nl-noun

groef f or m (plural groeven, diminutive groefje n)

groeven (plural)
groefje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch groeve, grove, from Old Dutch gruova, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō. Doublet of groeve.

(woodwork, metalwork etc...) a groove carved into an object or a joint between two pieces of wood (such as a tongue and groove joint)


kinderkamer

kinderkamer f (plural kinderkamers, diminutive kinderkamertje n)

kinderkamers (plural)
kinderkamertje (diminutive neuter)

From kinder (“children”) + kamer (“room”).


festoen

festoen n (plural festoenen, diminutive festoentje n)

festoenen (plural)
festoentje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French feston, from Italian festone.

(chiefly architecture) festoon (garland hanging between two points, containing motifs of flowers and/or fruits)


ploegbaas

ploegbaas m (plural ploegbazen, diminutive ploegbaasje n)

ploegbazen (plural)
ploegbaasje (diminutive neuter)

De ploegbaas gaf instructies aan de arbeiders op de bouwplaats.

The foreman gave instructions to the workers at the construction site.

De ervaren ploegbaas leidde het team bij de aanleg van de weg.

The experienced foreman led the team in road construction.

De bouwploeg bestaat uit een ploegbaas en een aantal geschoolde arbeiders.

The construction gang consists of a ganger and a number of skilled workers.

De ploegbaas verdeelde de taken en zorgde ervoor dat alles soepel verliep.

The ganger assigned tasks and ensured that everything ran smoothly.

Als ploegbaas is hij verantwoordelijk voor het toezicht op de productielijn.

As a supervisor, he is responsible for overseeing the production line.

De ploegbaas motiveert het team om hun doelen te bereiken.

The team leader motivates the team to achieve their goals.

(business, transport, construction) foreman, ganger, supervisor, team leader


portiek

portiek f (plural portieken, diminutive portiekje n)

portieken (plural)
portiekje (diminutive neuter)

portal giving shared sheltered access to the front doors of a group of row houses


paneel

paneel n (plural panelen, diminutive paneeltje n)

panelen (plural)
paneeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: paneel

→ Indonesian: panel

→ West Frisian: paniel

From Middle Dutch paneel, from Old French panel, from Medieval Latin pannellus, later variant of pannulus, diminutive of pannus.


wijnkelder

wijnkelder m (plural wijnkelders, diminutive wijnkeldertje n)

wijnkelders (plural)
wijnkeldertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wynkelder

From Middle Dutch wijnkelre. Equivalent to wijn + kelder.


bouwwerf

bouwwerf f (plural bouwwerven, diminutive bouwwerfje n)

bouwwerven (plural)
bouwwerfje (diminutive neuter)


conservatorium

conservatorium n (plural conservatoriums or conservatoria, diminutive conservatoriumpje n)

conservatoriums (plural)
conservatoria (plural)
conservatoriumpje (diminutive neuter)


imker

imker m (plural imkers, diminutive imkertje n, feminine imkerin)

imkers (plural)
imkertje (diminutive neuter)
imkerin (feminine)

Afrikaans: imker

From Middle Dutch immecare, from Old Dutch *imbikaro, from Proto-West Germanic *imbjakaʀjō, from *imbī (“bee”) + *kaʀjō (“vessel-maker”).


repetitie

repetitie f (plural repetities, diminutive repetitietje n)

repetities (plural)
repetitietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: repetisi

→ Indonesian: ulangan (calque)


bekakken

bekakken (infinitive)
bekakken (gerund neuter)
bekak (first-person present singular)
bekakte (first-person past singular)
bekakt (present second-person singular)
bekak (present second-person singular)
bekakte (past second-person singular)
bekakt (formal present second-person singular)
bekakte (formal past second-person singular)
bekakt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bekakt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bekakte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bekakte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bekakt (present singular third-person)
bekakte (past singular third-person)
bekakken (plural present)
bekakten (past plural)
bekakke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bekakte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bekakken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bekakten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bekak (imperative present singular)
bekakt (archaic imperative plural present)
bekakkend (participle present)
bekakt (participle past)


concertgebouw

concertgebouw n (plural concertgebouwen, diminutive concertgebouwtje n)

concertgebouwen (plural)
concertgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of concert + gebouw (“building”).


ontlasting

ontlasting f (uncountable, diminutive ontlastinkje n)

From ontlasten (“to relieve, to rid of a burden”) + -ing.


defecatie

→ Indonesian: défékasi

Borrowed from French défécation, from Latin dēfaecātiō; equivalent to defeceren + -atie.


ontlasten

ontlasten (infinitive)
ontlasten (gerund neuter)
ontlast (first-person present singular)
ontlastte (first-person past singular)
ontlast (present second-person singular)
ontlastte (past second-person singular)
ontlast (formal present second-person singular)
ontlastte (formal past second-person singular)
ontlast (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
ontlast (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
ontlastte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
ontlastte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
ontlast (present singular third-person)
ontlastte (past singular third-person)
ontlasten (plural present)
ontlastten (past plural)
ontlaste (archaic present singular subjunctive)
ontlastte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
ontlasten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
ontlastten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
ontlast (imperative present singular)
ontlast (archaic imperative plural present)
ontlastend (participle present)
ontlast (participle past)

From last (“load”) + ont- -en (privative verb-forming circumfix).

af

(transitive) to unburden, to relieve (a load)

(reflexive) to relieve oneself, to move one's bowel, defecate


eetlepel

nl-noun

eetlepel m (plural eetlepels, diminutive eetlepeltje n)

eetlepels (plural)
eetlepeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of eten (“to eat”) + lepel (“spoon”).

tablespoon (unit of measure = 15 milliliters)


theelepel

theelepel m (plural theelepels, diminutive theelepeltje n)

theelepels (plural)
theelepeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: teelepel

Compound of thee (“tea”) + lepel (“spoon”).


transformator

transformator m (plural transformatoren or transformators, diminutive transformatortje n)

transformatoren (plural)
transformators (plural)
transformatortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: transformator


omvormer

omvormer m (plural omvormers, diminutive omvormertje n)

omvormers (plural)
omvormertje (diminutive neuter)


constipatie

→ Indonesian: konstipasi

Borrowed from French constipation, from Latin constīpātiō.