elf

nl-noun

elf m (plural elfen or elven, diminutive elfje n, feminine elve or elfin)

elfen (plural)
elven (plural)
elfje (diminutive neuter)
elve (feminine)
elfin (feminine)

→ Papiamentu: èlfye (from the diminutive)

Borrowed from German Elf, itself borrowed from English elf, from Old English ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Displaced native alf, from the same Germanic source.

(fantasy) elf (humanoid pointy-eared creature in fantasy)


rock

Unadapted borrowing from English rock. Doublet of rots.


jazzy

nl-adj

jazzy (comparative jazzyer, superlative jazzyest)

jazzyer (comparative)
jazzyest (superlative)
jazzy (adverbial positive predicative)
jazzyer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het jazzyest (adverbial predicative superlative)
het jazzyeste (adverbial predicative superlative)
jazzy (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
jazzyere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
jazzyeste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
jazzy (indefinite neuter positive singular)
jazzyer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
jazzyeste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
jazzy (indefinite plural positive)
jazzyere (comparative indefinite plural)
jazzyeste (indefinite plural superlative)
jazzy (definite positive)
jazzyere (comparative definite)
jazzyeste (definite superlative)
jazzyers (comparative partitive)


spook

nl-noun

spook n (plural spoken, diminutive spookje n)

desctree

Afrikaans: spook
→ Northern Ndebele: isipoko
→ Xhosa: isiporho
→ Zulu: isipoki

Negerhollands: spook

→ English: spook

→ Papiamentu: spoki, spooki

From Middle Dutch spoke, spooc, from spoke, spoocke, spoicke (“wizardry, witchcraft”), from Proto-Germanic *spōk. Further etymology unclear. Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, Low German spôk, Middle High German Spuch, and German Spuk.

het spook van de oorlog

an imaginary horror, conceptual nightmare


gabber

nl-noun

gabber m (plural gabbers, diminutive gabbertje n)

gabbers (plural)
gabbertje (diminutive neuter)

→ English: gabber

→ German: Gabber

Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend”), from Hebrew חָבֵר (khavér, “friend”).


dwerg

dwerg m (plural dwergen, diminutive dwergje n, feminine dwergin)

dwergen (plural)
dwergje (diminutive neuter)
dwergin (feminine)

Afrikaans: dwerg

From Middle Dutch dwerch, from Old Dutch *dwerg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Compare West Frisian dwerch, German Zwerg, English dwarf, Danish dværg.

(fiction, folklore, fantasy, mythology) dwarf (small folkloristic humanoid)


feniks

feniks m (plural feniksen, diminutive feniksje n)

feniksen (plural)
feniksje (diminutive neuter)


draak

draak m (plural draken, diminutive draakje n)

draken (plural)
draakje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch andrake, from Old Dutch *anadrako, from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“duck leader”).


kraak

nl-noun

kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

kraken (plural)
kraakje (diminutive neuter)

From kraken (“to crack; to squat; to break and enter”). Cognate with English crack.

breaking and entering
breaking and entering


trol

trol m (plural trollen, diminutive trolletje n)

trollen (plural)
trolletje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Norwegian troll or Swedish troll. Doublet of drol (“mythological giant”) and etymology 2.

(folklore) troll (mythological creature)


eenhoorn

eenhoorn m (plural eenhoorns, diminutive eenhoorntje n)

eenhoorns (plural)
eenhoorntje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch eenhoorn, a calque of Latin ūnicornis. Equivalent to een (“one”) + hoorn (“horn”).


ork

ork m (plural orks, diminutive orkje n, feminine orkin)

orks (plural)
orkje (diminutive neuter)
orkin (feminine)


jazzzangeres

jazzzangeres f (plural jazzzangeressen, diminutive jazzzangerestje n, masculine jazzzanger)

jazzzangeressen (plural)
jazzzangerestje (diminutive neuter)
jazzzanger (masculine)


jazzzanger

jazzzanger m (plural jazzzangers, diminutive jazzzangertje n, feminine jazzzangeres)

jazzzangers (plural)
jazzzangertje (diminutive neuter)
jazzzangeres (feminine)

/ˈdʒɛzˌzɑ.ŋər/


paardmens

paardmens m (plural paardmensen, diminutive paardmensje n)

paardmensen (plural)
paardmensje (diminutive neuter)

(Greek mythology, fantasy) centaur or (less commonly) another fictional human-horse hybrid


tijdmachine

Compound of tijd + machine. In the sense “time machine” probably derived from English time machine.


nederjazz

a style of improvisational jazz music originating from the Netherlands


heelmeester

heelmeester m (plural heelmeesters, diminutive heelmeestertje n)

heelmeesters (plural)
heelmeestertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of helen (“to heal”) + meester (“master”). Compare West Frisian hielmaster (“doctor”), Saterland Frisian Heelmeester (“doctor”).

cog

(now chiefly in fantasy or historical, otherwise archaic) healer, doctor

zachte heelmeesters maken stinkende wonden


onzichtbaarheid

nl-noun

onzichtbaarheid f (plural onzichtbaarheden)

Afrikaans: onsigbaarheid

(uncountable) invisibility, state of not being visible

(uncommon, countable) something that is invisible


menspaard

From mens (“human, person”) + paard (“horse”).


pijpkruid

From pijp + kruid, modeled on the English pipeweed.

(fantasy) pipeweed: a herb smoked in pipes like tobacco


jazzvogel

Compound of jazz (“jazz”) + vogel (“dude, cat; bird”).


Zweinstein

Hogwarts, the fictional school of magic in the Harry Potter series


dodenbezwering

nl-noun

dodenbezwering f (plural dodenbezweringen)

(uncountable, now chiefly fiction, fantasy) necromancy (divination involving the dead; conjuration of the dead)

(countable, rare, now chiefly fiction, fantasy) act of necromancy, spell regarding the dead


dodenbezweerder

dodenbezweerder m (plural dodenbezweerders, feminine dodenbezweerster)

dodenbezweerders (plural)
dodenbezweerster (feminine)

(countable, now chiefly fiction, fantasy) a necromancer


zeedraak

zeedraak m (plural zeedraken, diminutive zeedraakje n)

zeedraken (plural)
zeedraakje (diminutive neuter)

(mythology, fantasy) a sea dragon, a marine dragon


tentakelmonster

tentakelmonster n (plural tentakelmonsters, diminutive tentakelmonstertje n)

tentakelmonsters (plural)
tentakelmonstertje (diminutive neuter)

From tentakel (“tentacle”) + monster (“monster”).


Paramaribop

Paramaribop, a jazz fusion style from Paramaribo, Suriname