was

nl-noun

was m (plural wassen, diminutive wasje n)

wassen (plural)
wasje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: wasch, was

laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just have been washed


bureau

bureau n (plural bureaus, diminutive bureautje n)

bureaus (plural)
bureautje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: buro

→ Caribbean Hindustani: buro

→ Indonesian: biro

→ Papiamentu: biroshi, birosji (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: biro

Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.


mes

mes n (plural messen, diminutive mesje n)

messen (plural)
mesje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: mes
→ Zulu: umese
Fanagalo: mes (or directly)

Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi

Jersey Dutch: määs

Negerhollands: mes

Skepi Creole Dutch: masa

→ Indonesian: mes (“medical knife”)

→ Japanese: メス (mesu, “medical knife”)

→ Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)

→ Loup A: meschu (from the diminutive form)

→ Malagasy: méso, mésa

From Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”).


zeef

nl-noun

zeef f (plural zeven, diminutive zeefje n)

zeven (plural)
zeefje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sif

Negerhollands: siev

→ Caribbean Javanese: séf

From Middle Dutch seve, sef, from Old Dutch *sivi, *sif, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi.


rasp

rasp f (plural raspen, diminutive raspje n)

raspen (plural)
raspje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: raspru

→ Papiamentu: raspu, rasp

16th century, from Middle French raspe, from Old French raspe (“steel file”); see modern French râper (“to grate”).


blender

blender m (plural blenders, diminutive blendertje n)

blenders (plural)
blendertje (diminutive neuter)


steelpan

steelpan m (plural steelpans, diminutive steelpannetje n)

steelpans (plural)
steelpannetje (diminutive neuter)


braadpan

braadpan f (plural braadpannen, diminutive braadpannetje n)

braadpannen (plural)
braadpannetje (diminutive neuter)


lepel

lepel m (plural lepels, diminutive lepeltje n)

lepels (plural)
lepeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lepel

Berbice Creole Dutch: leple

Jersey Dutch: lêpel

Negerhollands: leepel, leppu

Skepi Creole Dutch: lepel

→ Lokono: lepele

From Middle Dutch lēpel, from Old Dutch *lepil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz. Equivalent to leppen + -el.


deken

deken m (plural dekens, diminutive dekentje n)

dekens (plural)
dekentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch dēken, from Old Dutch and Proto-West Germanic *dekan, from Latin decānus (“dean, chief of ten”). Compare Old High German tehhan(t) (Modern German Dechant). Doublet of decaan, a later borrowing.

presiding over a chapter, as in a cathedral or collegiate church


vork

vork f (plural vorken, diminutive vorkje n)

vorken (plural)
vorkje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: vurk
→? Sotho: fereko
→ Xhosa: ifolokhwe

Berbice Creole Dutch: forku, foruku

Negerhollands: vork

→ Caribbean Javanese: forok

→ Indonesian: porok

→ Papiamentu: fòrki (from the diminutive)

→? Sranan Tongo: forku

→ Aukan: foluku

→ Caribbean Hindustani: forku, phorku

→ Saramaccan: folúku

→ Manado Malay: forok

From Middle Dutch vorke, from Old Dutch furka, from Proto-West Germanic *furkō, from Latin furca. Doublet of fork.

basic piece of cutlery with two or more teeth


laken

nl-noun

laken n (plural lakens, diminutive lakentje n)

lakens (plural)
lakentje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: laak, laeken, laken

→ Caribbean Javanese: laken

→ Papiamentu: laken, laker

From Middle Dutch lāken, from Old Dutch *lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“linen, cloth”).

(uncountable) woollen broadcloth (fulled and woven fabric made of wool), very sought-after for clothing in the feudal era


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.


koelkast

koelkast f (plural koelkasten, diminutive koelkastje n)

koelkasten (plural)
koelkastje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koelkas

→ Indonesian: kulkas

→ Indonesian: lemari pendingin (calque)

→ Sundanese: ᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮊᮞ᮪ (kulkas)


ijskast

ijskast f (plural ijskasten, diminutive ijskastje n)

ijskasten (plural)
ijskastje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: yskas

→ Caribbean Javanese: èskas

→ Indonesian: peti es, eskas (calque)

→ Papiamentu: eiskast

→ Sranan Tongo: èisikasi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: eiskási

→ West Frisian: ijskast

ca. 1862, "IJshandel", in Oom Diederik, Uit ons eigen land en uit den vreemde, publ. by H. A. M. Roelants, page 116.
Een „refrigerator”, d. i. een draagbaar ijshuis (ijskast) ontbreekt nooit in het huis van een fatsoenlijk Amerikaan.

A "refrigerator", t.i. a portable coolhouse (ice cupboard) is never absent from the home of a respectable American.

refrigerator (originally a cupboard filled with ice to keep goods cool)


pan

pan f (plural pannen, diminutive pannetje n)

pannen (plural)
pannetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pan

Jersey Dutch: pān

Negerhollands: pan

→ Caribbean Javanese: pan

→ Indonesian: panci (from the diminutive)

desc

→ Javanese: ꦥꦚ꧀ꦕꦶ (panci), ꦮꦚ꧀ꦕꦶ (wanci) (from the diminutive)

→ Munsee: pán

→ Papiamentu: panchi, pannetsji, pannetsje (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: pan

→ Saramaccan: pánu

From Middle Dutch panne, from Old Dutch *panna, from Latin panna, contraction of patina.


couvert

Borrowed from French couvert, from Middle French couvert.


dekbed

nl-noun

dekbed n (plural dekbedden, diminutive dekbedje n)

dekbedden (plural)
dekbedje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: dekbêd

Ik heb een nieuw dekbed gekocht voor de winter.

Ze houdt van haar donzen dekbed omdat het zo warm is.

She loves her feather duvet because it's so warm.

Kan je een dekbed in de wasmachine wassen?

Can you wash a duvet in the washing machine?


bestek

bestek n (plural bestekken, diminutive bestekje n)

bestekken (plural)
bestekje (diminutive neuter)


kussen

kussen n (plural kussens, diminutive kussentje n)

kussens (plural)
kussentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kussing

Negerhollands: kissintje, kisintśi (from the diminutive)

desc

→ Papiamentu: kusinchi, koesientje, bunsinchi (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: kunsu

→ Aukan: kunsu

→ Kari'na: kunsu

→ Saramaccan: kúnsu

From Middle Dutch cussin, from Old Dutch *kussīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kussīn. Reinforced from the Middle Dutch onwards by Old French cuisin, cussin and its descendants.


stofzuiger

nl-noun

stofzuiger m (plural stofzuigers, diminutive stofzuigertje n)

stofzuigers (plural)
stofzuigertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stofsuier (possibly from German instead)

→ Papiamentu: stòfzùiger

Compound of stof + zuigen + -er. Possibly a calque. First attested in the 1870s.


eetstokje

From eten (“to eat”) + stokje (“small stick”).


vijzel

nl-noun

vijzel m or f (plural vijzels, diminutive vijzeltje n)

vijzels (plural)
vijzeltje (diminutive neuter)

mortar (vessel used to grind ingredients); mortar and pestle (pars pro toto, the pestle is normally not named separately)


matras

matras n or f (plural matrassen, diminutive matrasje n)

matrassen (plural)
matrasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: matras

→ Indonesian: matras

→ Russian: матрас (matras)

→ Sranan Tongo: matrasi

→ Saramaccan: mataási

→ West Frisian: matras

From Middle Dutch matrasse, matratse, from Old French materas (modern matelas), from Italian materasso (cognate with Occitan almatrac, Spanish almadraque, Portuguese almadraque), from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ), itself perhaps from مُطْرَح (muṭraḥ).

by extension, a technical bedding or padding to protect something


woonst

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


kurkentrekker

kurkentrekker m (plural kurkentrekkers, diminutive kurkentrekkertje n)

kurkentrekkers (plural)
kurkentrekkertje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Papiamentu: kòputrèk, kòrketrèk, korketrek, kurketrek

From kurk (“cork”) + -en- + trekker (“puller”). The sense relating to rollercoasters derives from English corkscrew.

af

corkscrew (inversion used in rollercoasters)


kaasschaaf

nl-noun

kaasschaaf f or m (plural kaasschaven, diminutive kaasschaafje n)

kaasschaven (plural)
kaasschaafje (diminutive neuter)

From kaas (“cheese”) + schaaf (“slicer”).

cheese slicer (instrument for slicing cheese)


wasmand

wasmand f or m (plural wasmanden, diminutive wasmandje n)

wasmanden (plural)
wasmandje (diminutive neuter)


wastafel

wastafel f (plural wastafels, diminutive wastafeltje n)

wastafels (plural)
wastafeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wastafel

→ Indonesian: wastafel


deegroller

deegroller m (plural deegrollers, diminutive deegrollertje n)

deegrollers (plural)
deegrollertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of deeg (“dough”) + rollen (“to roll”) + -er.

com

a rolling pin, rolling food preparation utensil fit to flatten dough


frituurpan

nl-noun

frituurpan f (plural frituurpannen, diminutive frituurpannetje n)

frituurpannen (plural)
frituurpannetje (diminutive neuter)


stortbad

stortbad n (plural stortbaden, diminutive stortbadje n)

stortbaden (plural)
stortbadje (diminutive neuter)

(regional, Southern, Belgian Dutch) shower (for bathing)


koekenpan

koekenpan f (plural koekenpannen, diminutive koekenpannetje n)

koekenpannen (plural)
koekenpannetje (diminutive neuter)


wasserij

wasserij f (plural wasserijen, diminutive wasserijtje n)

wasserijen (plural)
wasserijtje (diminutive neuter)

From the stem of wassen (“to wash”) + -erij (“-ery”). Or alternatively, from wasser (“washer”) + -ij (“-y”). See also the usage notes at -erij.

laundry (shop or staffed facility that launders clothes)


voorwas

voorwas c (plural voorwassen, diminutive voorwasje n)

voorwassen (plural)
voorwasje (diminutive neuter)


voorwas

singular dependent-clause past indicative of voorzijn


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)


maatlepel

maatlepel m (plural maatlepels, diminutive maatlepeltje n)

maatlepels (plural)
maatlepeltje (diminutive neuter)

From maat (“measure”) + lepel (“spoon”).


soeplepel

soeplepel m (plural soeplepels, diminutive soeplepeltje n)

soeplepels (plural)
soeplepeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of soep (“soup”) + lepel (“spoon”).

(Netherlands) ladle (spoon for serving soup)


theelepel

theelepel m (plural theelepels, diminutive theelepeltje n)

theelepels (plural)
theelepeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: teelepel

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


staafmixer

staafmixer m (plural staafmixers, diminutive staafmixertje n)

staafmixers (plural)
staafmixertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of staaf (“bar, staff”) + mixer (“mixer”).


paplepel

paplepel m (plural paplepels, diminutive paplepeltje n)

paplepels (plural)
paplepeltje (diminutive neuter)

spoon which is used to give young children porridge


snelkookpan

snelkookpan f (plural snelkookpannen, diminutive snelkookpannetje n)

snelkookpannen (plural)
snelkookpannetje (diminutive neuter)

From snel (“fast”) + koken (“to cook”) + pan (“pan, pot”).


hogedrukpan

nl-noun

hogedrukpan f (plural hogedrukpannen, diminutive hogedrukpannetje n)

hogedrukpannen (plural)
hogedrukpannetje (diminutive neuter)

From hoog (“high”) + druk (“pressure”) + pan (“pan, pot”).


flessenlikker

nl-noun

flessenlikker m (plural flessenlikkers, diminutive flessenlikkertje n)

flessenlikkers (plural)
flessenlikkertje (diminutive neuter)


wasmachine

wasmachine f (plural wasmachines, diminutive wasmachinetje n or wasmachientje n)

wasmachines (plural)
wasmachinetje (diminutive neuter)
wasmachientje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: wasmasin

From wassen (“to wash, to launder”) + machine (“machine”).


snijplank

nl-noun

snijplank f (plural snijplanken, diminutive snijplankje n)

snijplanken (plural)
snijplankje (diminutive neuter)


wasbal

wasbal m (plural wasballen, diminutive wasballetje n)

wasballen (plural)
wasballetje (diminutive neuter)

Neologism. From was (“laundry”) + bal (“ball”).


afwasmachine

afwasmachine f (plural afwasmachines, diminutive afwasmachientje n or afwasmachinetje n)

afwasmachines (plural)
afwasmachientje (diminutive neuter)
afwasmachinetje (diminutive neuter)

dishwasher (appliance for washing dishes)


opscheplepel

opscheplepel m (plural opscheplepels, diminutive opscheplepeltje n)

opscheplepels (plural)
opscheplepeltje (diminutive neuter)


slagroomspuit

slagroomspuit f (plural slagroomspuiten, diminutive slagroomspuitje n)

slagroomspuiten (plural)
slagroomspuitje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of slagroom (“whipped cream”) + spuit (“syringe”).


theezeef

nl-noun

theezeef f (plural theezeven, diminutive theezeefje n)

theezeven (plural)
theezeefje (diminutive neuter)


appelboor

appelboor f (plural appelboren, diminutive appelboortje n)

appelboren (plural)
appelboortje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of appel (“apple”) + boor (“drill”).


hapjespan

hapjespan f (plural hapjespannen, diminutive hapjespannetje n)

hapjespannen (plural)
hapjespannetje (diminutive neuter)


bakplaat

bakplaat f (plural bakplaten, diminutive bakplaatje n)

bakplaten (plural)
bakplaatje (diminutive neuter)


ovenhandschoen

ovenhandschoen f (plural ovenhandschoenen, diminutive ovenhandschoentje n)

ovenhandschoenen (plural)
ovenhandschoentje (diminutive neuter)


ovenplaat

ovenplaat f (plural ovenplaten, diminutive ovenplaatje n)

ovenplaten (plural)
ovenplaatje (diminutive neuter)


ovenwant

ovenwant f (plural ovenwanten, diminutive ovenwantje n)

ovenwanten (plural)
ovenwantje (diminutive neuter)

Ze gebruikte een dikke ovenwant om de hete ovenschaal uit de oven te halen.

She used a thick oven glove to take the hot baking dish out of the oven.

De bakker draagt altijd ovenwanten om zichzelf te beschermen tegen de hoge temperaturen.

The baker always wears oven mitts to protect himself from the high temperatures.

Ze pakte de hete pan op met een kleine ovenwant.

She picked up the hot pan with a small pot holder.


römertopf

römertopf m (plural römertopfen, diminutive römertopfje n)

römertopfen (plural)
römertopfje (diminutive neuter)

Stoven zonder vet kan je in de römertopf (in eigen vocht).

1995, Caroline Braet, Anders eten en meer bewegen, page 28:

Ook onbruikbaar is gedeeltelijk geglazuurd of ongeglazuurd aardewerk (de römertopf bijvoorbeeld); het neemt vocht op, dat vocht gaat koken en het gevolg is dus breuk.

2002, Doe meer met de Magnetron, page 8:

Bevochtig de römertopf.

2003, Felice's Italiaanse keuken, page 159:


broodmes

broodmes n (plural broodmessen, diminutive broodmesje n)

broodmessen (plural)
broodmesje (diminutive neuter)

bread knife (serrated knife wrought for slicing bread)


elektrische stoel

elektrische stoel m (plural elektrische stoelen, diminutive elektrisch stoeltje n)

elektrische stoelen (plural)
elektrisch stoeltje (diminutive neuter)

Calque of English electric chair. First attested in the late 19th century as electrische stoel.


havenen

havenen (infinitive)
havenen (gerund neuter)
haven (first-person present singular)
havende (first-person past singular)
havent (present second-person singular)
haven (present second-person singular)
havende (past second-person singular)
havent (formal present second-person singular)
havende (formal past second-person singular)
havent (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
havent (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
havende (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
havende (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
havent (present singular third-person)
havende (past singular third-person)
havenen (plural present)
havenden (past plural)
havene (archaic present singular subjunctive)
havende (archaic past singular subjunctive)
havenen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
havenden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
haven (imperative present singular)
havent (archaic imperative plural present)
havenend (participle present)
gehavend (participle past)

From Middle Dutch hāvenen (“to treat with care”).


nachtkast

nl-noun

nachtkast f (plural nachtkasten, diminutive nachtkastje n)

nachtkasten (plural)
nachtkastje (diminutive neuter)


wasautomaat

wasautomaat m (plural wasautomaten, diminutive wasautomaatje n)

wasautomaten (plural)
wasautomaatje (diminutive neuter)

From wassen (“to wash, to launder”) + automaat (“machine”).


notenkraker

nl-noun

notenkraker m (plural notenkrakers, diminutive notenkrakertje n)

notenkrakers (plural)
notenkrakertje (diminutive neuter)

From noot (“nut”) + -en- + kraken (“crack”) + -er. Literally, “nutcracker”.

af

a nutcracker, an implement for cracking nuts


keukenmachine

nl-noun

keukenmachine f (plural keukenmachines, diminutive keukenmachientje n or keukenmachinetje n)

keukenmachines (plural)
keukenmachientje (diminutive neuter)
keukenmachinetje (diminutive neuter)

From keuken (“kitchen”) + machine (“machine”).


slacentrifuge

nl-noun

slacentrifuge f or m (plural slacentrifuges, diminutive slacentrifugetje n)

slacentrifuges (plural)
slacentrifugetje (diminutive neuter)