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


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


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


ons

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)


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.


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)


decaliter

→ Indonesian: dékalitêr

→ Papiamentu: dekaliter

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


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)


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.


gemet

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


mol

→ Indonesian: mol

(chemistry) a mole (unit of chemical quantity)


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


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)


Amsterdams pond

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


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.


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


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.


elektronvolt

From elektron + volt, probably a borrowing or calque.


kubieke centimeter

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

kubieke centimeters (plural)
kubiek centimetertje (diminutive neuter)


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)


milliseconde

milliseconde f (plural milliseconden or millisecondes)

milliseconden (plural)
millisecondes (plural)


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.


eetlepel

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”).


vierkante meter

vierkante meter m (plural vierkante meters, diminutive vierkant metertje n)

vierkante meters (plural)
vierkant metertje (diminutive neuter)


nanoseconde

nanoseconde f (plural nanoseconden or nanosecondes)

nanoseconden (plural)
nanosecondes (plural)


attoseconde

attoseconde f (plural attoseconden or attosecondes)

attoseconden (plural)
attosecondes (plural)


femtoseconde

femtoseconde f (plural femtoseconden or femtosecondes)

femtoseconden (plural)
femtosecondes (plural)


picoseconde

picoseconde f (plural picoseconden or picosecondes)

picoseconden (plural)
picosecondes (plural)


zeptoseconde

zeptoseconde f (plural zeptoseconden or zeptosecondes)

zeptoseconden (plural)
zeptosecondes (plural)


newtonmeter

newtonmeter m (plural newtonmeters, diminutive newtonmetertje n)

newtonmeters (plural)
newtonmetertje (diminutive neuter)


kubieke meter

kubieke meter m (plural kubieke meters, diminutive kubiek metertje n)

kubieke meters (plural)
kubiek metertje (diminutive neuter)


halfuur

halfuur n (plural halfuren, diminutive halfuurtje n)

halfuren (plural)
halfuurtje (diminutive neuter)