yeti

nl-noun

yeti m (plural yeti's, diminutive yetietje n)

yeti's (plural)
yetietje (diminutive neuter)

Probably borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).


ufo

nl-noun

ufo m (plural ufo's, diminutive ufootje n)

ufo's (plural)
ufootje (diminutive neuter)


spook

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


geest

nl-noun

geest m (plural geesten, diminutive geestje n)

geesten (plural)
geestje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gees

Negerhollands: geest

From Middle Dutch gêest, from Old Dutch gēst, geist, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeysd-, *ǵʰisd- (“anger, agitation”).
Cognates
Cognate with German Geist, West Frisian geast, English ghost, Swedish gast.

In alchemie wordt de term geest gebruikt om het vluchtige deel van een stof aan te duiden.

In alchemy, the term spirit is used to refer to the volatile part of a substance.

(alchemy) spirit, gas, distillate, essence


astrologie

→ Indonesian: astrologi

From Middle Dutch astrologie, from Latin astrologia (“astronomy”), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “telling of the stars”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star, planet, or constellation”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). Equivalent to astro- + -logie.


maagd

nl-noun

maagd f (plural maagden, diminutive maagdje n or maagdelijn n or maagdeken n)

maagden (plural)
maagdje (diminutive neuter)
maagdelijn (diminutive neuter)
maagdeken (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: maagd

Negerhollands: magd, maegt

→ West Frisian: maagd

From Middle Dutch māget, from Old Dutch *magath, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Doublet of meid.

(astrology) a Virgo; someone born with the star sign Virgo


klopgeest

klopgeest m (plural klopgeesten, diminutive klopgeestje n)

klopgeesten (plural)
klopgeestje (diminutive neuter)

From kloppen (“to knock”) + geest (“ghost, spirit”).

compound

(humorous) someone who knocks or drops by a lot


sterrenbeeld

nl-noun

sterrenbeeld n (plural sterrenbeelden, diminutive sterrenbeeldje n)

sterrenbeelden (plural)
sterrenbeeldje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of ster (“star”) + -en- + beeld (“image, sign, statue”).


wichelaar

nl-noun

wichelaar m (plural wichelaars, feminine wichelaarster or wichelares)

wichelaars (plural)
wichelaarster (feminine)
wichelares (feminine)

From Middle Dutch wichelare. By surface analysis, wichelen + -aar.


sterrenwichelarij

sterrenwichelarij f (plural sterrenwichelarijen)

From sterrenwichelaar + -ij or ster + -en- + wichelarij.


Slangendrager

From slang (“snake”) + drager (“carrier”).


wichelroede

wichelroede f (plural wichelroeden or wichelroedes, diminutive wichelroedetje n)

wichelroeden (plural)
wichelroedes (plural)
wichelroedetje (diminutive neuter)


wichelen

wichelen (infinitive)
wichelen (gerund neuter)
wichel (first-person present singular)
wichelde (first-person past singular)
wichelt (present second-person singular)
wichel (present second-person singular)
wichelde (past second-person singular)
wichelt (formal present second-person singular)
wichelde (formal past second-person singular)
wichelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
wichelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
wichelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
wichelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
wichelt (present singular third-person)
wichelde (past singular third-person)
wichelen (plural present)
wichelden (past plural)
wichele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
wichelde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
wichelen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
wichelden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
wichel (imperative present singular)
wichelt (archaic imperative plural present)
wichelend (participle present)
gewicheld (participle past)

From Middle Dutch wichelen, wigelen, wijchelen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wigulōną, *wihulōną (“to conjure, divine”). Related to Old English wiglian. Originally a frequentative verb (suffixed with -elen) related to wikken, which is derived from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną. More at witch.


zingeving

/ˈzɪnˌɣeː.vɪŋ/

Compound of zin (“meaning”) + geven (“to give”) + -ing. Cognate to German Sinngebung.

af

search for or construal of meaning, meaning-making, existential meaning


verschrikkelijke sneeuwman

nl-noun

verschrikkelijke sneeuwman m (plural verschrikkelijke sneeuwmannen, diminutive verschrikkelijk sneeuwmannetje n)

verschrikkelijke sneeuwmannen (plural)
verschrikkelijk sneeuwmannetje (diminutive neuter)

Mid-twentieth century. Calque of English abominable snowman.


wichelarij

From Middle Dutch wichelarie. By surface analysis, wichelaar + ij.


astrologisch

astrologisch (adverbial positive predicative)
astrologische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
astrologisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
astrologische (indefinite plural positive)
astrologische (definite positive)
astrologisch (partitive positive)


kwintessens

Borrowed from Middle Dutch quintessence, from Middle French quinte essence, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin quinta essentia. Influenced by German Quintessenz.

(alchemy, dated) ether (the fifth alchemical element)