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

nl-noun

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.


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)


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


gymnasium

nl-noun

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.


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.


slot

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.


basilica

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


museum

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

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

Afrikaans: museum

→ Indonesian: museum


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)


huis

nl-noun

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.


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”).


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


kasteel

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


zaak

nl-noun

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.


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.


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


vuurtoren

vuurtoren m (plural vuurtorens, diminutive vuurtorentje n)

vuurtorens (plural)
vuurtorentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vuurtoring

→ Indonesian: menara api (calque)


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).


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


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.


boekwinkel

boekwinkel m (plural boekwinkels, diminutive boekwinkeltje n)

boekwinkels (plural)
boekwinkeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: buku-wenkri


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)


woning

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.


molen

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.


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


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.


gebouw

gebouw n (plural gebouwen, diminutive gebouwtje n)

gebouwen (plural)
gebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gebou

Negerhollands: gebow

De gebouwen van een stad.


atheneum

atheneum n (plural athenea or atheneums)

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

(Belgium) a type of public secondary school


schacht

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


academie

nl-noun

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.


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)


bioscoop

nl-noun

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)


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:


hoofdgebouw

hoofdgebouw n (plural hoofdgebouwen, diminutive hoofdgebouwtje n)

hoofdgebouwen (plural)
hoofdgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)


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


kleuterschool

nl-noun

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


burcht

nl-noun

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.


woonst

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


altaar

nl-noun

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


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.


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)


huis van bewaring

huis van bewaring n (plural huizen van bewaring)


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


gasthuis

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.


kliniek

nl-noun

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


paviljoen

nl-noun

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”).


dovenschool

nl-noun

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


rijtjeshuis

rijtjeshuis n (plural rijtjeshuizen, diminutive rijtjeshuisje n)

rijtjeshuizen (plural)
rijtjeshuisje (diminutive neuter)


basiliek

basiliek f (plural basilieken, diminutive basiliekje n)

basilieken (plural)
basiliekje (diminutive neuter)

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


pakhuis

pakhuis n (plural pakhuizen, diminutive pakhuisje n)

pakhuizen (plural)
pakhuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: pakus, pakoes


conservatorium

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

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


concertgebouw

concertgebouw n (plural concertgebouwen, diminutive concertgebouwtje n)

concertgebouwen (plural)
concertgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of concert + gebouw (“building”).


bouwval

bouwval m (plural bouwvallen, diminutive bouwvalletje n)

bouwvallen (plural)
bouwvalletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bouval

From bouw + val. Possibly back-formed from bouwvallig. Compare German Baufall.


flatgebouw

flatgebouw n (plural flatgebouwen, diminutive flatgebouwtje n)

flatgebouwen (plural)
flatgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of flat (“apartment”) + gebouw (“building”).


commilito

nl-noun

commilito m (plural commilito's, diminutive commilitootje n)

commilito's (plural)
commilitootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin commīlitō. For the meaning, compare German Kommilitone.

(university slang) fellow student, in particular used for members of the same student society


knor

knor m (plural knorren, diminutive knorretje n)

knorren (plural)
knorretje (diminutive neuter)

From knorren (“to grunt like a pig, to snore like a pig, and to grumble like a hungry stomach”).

(derogatory, university slang) a university student who doesn't belong to a student society (rarely used except by members of student societies)


observatorium

observatorium n (plural observatoria or observatoriums, diminutive observatoriumpje n)

observatoria (plural)
observatoriums (plural)
observatoriumpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: observatorium

→ Indonesian: observatorium

→ West Frisian: observatoarium

observatory (specialised facility for astronomical observations)


bijgebouw

bijgebouw n (plural bijgebouwen, diminutive bijgebouwtje n)

bijgebouwen (plural)
bijgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈbɛi̯.ɣəˌbɑu̯/


synagoge

synagoge f (plural synagogen or synagoges, diminutive synagogetje n)

synagogen (plural)
synagoges (plural)
synagogetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sinagoge

From Middle Dutch sinagoge, from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”).


gribus

nl-noun

gribus f (plural gribussen, diminutive gribusje n)

gribussen (plural)
gribusje (diminutive neuter)

Unknown. Unlikely to be derived from Yiddish gribetz (“burp”).

1854, A. Nauta, Emilia van Nassau, prinses van Portugal. Een historisch romantisch verhaal, Gebroeders Diederichs (publ.), 195.
En wel kwam hem deze voorspraak te stade: want zonder dezelve was hij zeker reeds voor lang geknipt geworden en in de gribus – zoo als hij de gevangenis noemde – teregt gekomen.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

1901, Justus van Maurik, "Te veel vergunning. Amsterdamsche Schets.", in Burgerluidjes. Volksuitgave, Van Holkema & Warendorf (1901, 8th edition, 1st edition from 1884), 74.

‘(...) Als hij in den Gribus komt, houden ze hem misschien morgen ook nog. (...)’

‘If he ends up in the clink, they might also keep him there tomorrow.’


schuurkerk

schuurkerk f (plural schuurkerken, diminutive schuurkerkje n)

schuurkerken (plural)
schuurkerkje (diminutive neuter)

a clandestine church disguised as a barn or shed


schuilkerk

schuilkerk f (plural schuilkerken, diminutive schuilkerkje n)

schuilkerken (plural)
schuilkerkje (diminutive neuter)


papschool

papschool f (plural papscholen, diminutive papschooltje n)

papscholen (plural)
papschooltje (diminutive neuter)


galerijflat

galerijflat m (plural galerijflats, diminutive galerijflatje n)

galerijflats (plural)
galerijflatje (diminutive neuter)

From galerij (“gallery”) + flat (“tower block, apartment building”).

compound

a tower block with exits on an open hallway or otherwise with interconnected balconies


adje

(university slang) an act of downing a vessel of alcohol, typically beer, in one draught


busstation

nl-noun

busstation n (plural busstations, diminutive busstationnetje n)

busstations (plural)
busstationnetje (diminutive neuter)


herenhoeve

herenhoeve f (plural herenhoeven or herenhoeves, diminutive herenhoevetje n)

herenhoeven (plural)
herenhoeves (plural)
herenhoevetje (diminutive neuter)

a large farmstead, especially one belonging to wealthy and aristocratic landowners


torenflat

torenflat m (plural torenflats, diminutive torenflatje n)

torenflats (plural)
torenflatje (diminutive neuter)

skyscraper (tall highrise building); tower block


herstellingsoord

herstellingsoord n (plural herstellingsoorden)

Compound of herstelling (“recovery”) + -s- + oord (“place”). First attested in the nineteenth century.


pandapunt

Compound of panda + punt, in reference to the giant panda's infrequent mating habits, in particular in captivity.

(university slang) a fictional point awarded for sexlessness, of which one is gained for every consecutive month (or week, according to some) in which one has not had sex


kroegtijger

nl-noun

kroegtijger m (plural kroegtijgers, diminutive kroegtijgertje n)

kroegtijgers (plural)
kroegtijgertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kroeg (“pub”) + tijger (“tiger; enthusiastic person”). Originally student slang.

compound

Zij is niet zo'n kroegtijger.

a frequent pub goer, a pub patron; (university slang) a student who spends a lot of time drinking at a student society


paranimf

From Latin paranymphus, from Ancient Greek παράνυμφος (paránumphos, “friend of the bridegroom”).

der

(generally) an assistant to a central figure at an important ceremony

(now especially common) an assistant to a doctoral candidate at the latter's dissertation defense ceremony


soggen

soggen (infinitive)
soggen (gerund neuter)
sog (first-person present singular)
sogde (first-person past singular)
sogt (present second-person singular)
sog (present second-person singular)
sogde (past second-person singular)
sogt (formal present second-person singular)
sogde (formal past second-person singular)
sogt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
sogt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
sogde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
sogde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
sogt (present singular third-person)
sogde (past singular third-person)
soggen (plural present)
sogden (past plural)
sogge (archaic present singular subjunctive)
sogde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
soggen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
sogden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
sog (imperative present singular)
sogt (archaic imperative plural present)
soggend (participle present)
gesogd (participle past)

Abbreviation of studieontwijkend gedrag (“study-avoidant behavior”).

abbrev

(university slang) to procrastinate studying


prela

nl-noun

prela f (plural prela's, diminutive prelaatje n)

prela's (plural)
prelaatje (diminutive neuter)

(university slang) an early-stage relationship; a relationship which may not yet be "official" but which is perceived as serious and relatively committed


politiekantoor

politiekantoor n (plural politiekantoren, diminutive politiekantoortje n)

politiekantoren (plural)
politiekantoortje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Indonesian: kantor polisi (“police station”) (calque)


sjaars

nl-noun

sjaars m or f (plural sjaars or sjaarzen, diminutive sjaarsje n)

sjaars (plural)
sjaarzen (plural)
sjaarsje (diminutive neuter)

(university slang, rare) Synonym of eerstejaars


commissariaat

commissariaat n (plural commissariaten, diminutive commissariaatje n)

commissariaten (plural)
commissariaatje (diminutive neuter)

Commissariaat-Generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen (Belgium), Commissariaat voor de Media (Netherlands)


bvo

bvo c (plural bvo's, diminutive bvo'tje n)

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

De studenten namen elk een bvo'tje mee om op te drinken tijdens het fietsen naar het festivalterrein.

The students each took a beer for the journey to drink while cycling to the festival grounds.

(youth slang, particularly university slang, usually in the diminutive) Abbreviation of biertje voor onderweg (“beer to be consumed during a journey”).

youth slang; particularly university slang; youth slang; particularly university slang


proleet

proleet m (plural proleten, diminutive proleetje n)

proleten (plural)
proleetje (diminutive neuter)

1897, borrowed from German Prolet, from German Proletarier. Ultimately from Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”).

der

(university slang) someone who doesn't attend university


kwarrel

nl-noun

kwarrel m (plural kwarrels, diminutive kwarreltje n)

kwarrels (plural)
kwarreltje (diminutive neuter)

Blend of kwaliteit (“kwaliteit”) + scharrel (“budding relationship, superficial relationship”); i.e., a high-quality scharrel.

blend

(university slang) a superficial or budding fuckbuddy-type relationship which one considers promising and which may develop into something more serious

(university slang) a person with whom one has such a relationship


burgerrups

nl-noun

burgerrups f (plural burgerrupsen, diminutive burgerrupsje n)

burgerrupsen (plural)
burgerrupsje (diminutive neuter)

From burger (“middle-class person”) + rups (“caterpillar”).

compound

(Netherlands, university slang, humorous, somewhat derogatory) Synonym of trein (“train”)


cadeauwinkel

nl-noun

cadeauwinkel m (plural cadeauwinkels, diminutive cadeauwinkeltje n)

cadeauwinkels (plural)
cadeauwinkeltje (diminutive neuter)