acid

Unadapted borrowing from English acid.
Attested since at least 1970.

lysergic acid diethylamide
lysergic acid diethylamide


port

nl-noun

port m (uncountable, diminutive portje n)

Borrowed from English port, from port wine. Named for Portuguese Porto, a city in Portugal where the wines were originally shipped from.


bot

bot n (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

botten (plural)
botje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch but. Cognate with English butt, German Butt, in all senses.

De dokter heeft vastgesteld dat hij een gebroken bot heeft.

The doctor has determined that he has a broken bone.


index

index m (plural indexen or indices, diminutive indexje n)

indexen (plural)
indices (plural)
indexje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: indèks

From Middle Dutch index, from Latin index.


been

been n (plural benen, diminutive beentje n)

benen (plural)
beentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bêen, from Old Dutch bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

De benen van een passer.

leg, limb of a person, horse (other animals' would have poten) and certain objects (again many have poten)


been

been n (plural beenderen or benen or (obsolete) beenders, diminutive beentje n)

beenderen (plural)
benen (plural)
beenders (obsolete plural)
beentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: been

Berbice Creole Dutch: been

Jersey Dutch: beîn

Negerhollands: been

→ Lokono: bèna

De archeologen vonden oude beenderen van een dinosaurus in de opgraving.

The archaeologists found ancient bones of a dinosaur in the excavation.

(uncountable) bone, the chalky material bones are made of


copula

→ Indonesian: kopula

Borrowed from Latin copula. Doublet of koppel.

(ichthyology, dated) a connective segment or piece of tissue, usually of cartilage, chiefly in fish


arm

arm m (plural armen, diminutive armpje n)

armen (plural)
armpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: arm

Javindo: arrem

Negerhollands: arm, erm

From Middle Dutch arm, from Old Dutch arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma) and Old Persian [script needed] (arma).

inh

Iemand kneep in mijn arm.


haar

nl-noun

haar n or c (plural haren, diminutive haartje n)

haren (plural)
haartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haar

Berbice Creole Dutch: hari

Negerhollands: haar, har, haer

Skepi Creole Dutch: har

From Middle Dutch hâer, from Old Dutch hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.

(uncountable) hair (collection of hairs)

(countable) hair (mammalian keratin filament)


blond

nl-adj

blond (comparative blonder, superlative blondst)

blonder (comparative)
blondst (superlative)
blond (adverbial positive predicative)
blonder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het blondst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het blondste (adverbial predicative superlative)
blonde (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
blondere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
blondste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
blond (indefinite neuter positive singular)
blonder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
blondste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
blonde (indefinite plural positive)
blondere (comparative indefinite plural)
blondste (indefinite plural superlative)
blonde (definite positive)
blondere (comparative definite)
blondste (definite superlative)
blonds (partitive positive)
blonders (comparative partitive)

→ Papiamentu: blònt

From Middle Dutch blont, from Old French blond, Medieval Latin blondus, from Germanic.

Hij heeft mooi blond haar.

Mijn moeder drinkt graag sterke blonde trappistenbieren.

My mother likes to drink strong blonde trappist beers.

blond, fair; of light color (usually said about light hair color, but it can also refer to beer)


grind

From Germanic, perhaps from the above root as a crusty rash.

(archaic, pathology) the diseases scabies (human), mange (canine)


continent

continent (adverbial positive predicative)
continente (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
continent (indefinite neuter positive singular)
continente (indefinite plural positive)
continente (definite positive)
continents (partitive positive)


speed

Unadapted borrowing from English speed.
Attested since at least 1971.


hebben

hebben (infinitive)
hebben (gerund neuter)
heb (first-person present singular)
had (first-person past singular)
hebt (present second-person singular)
heb (present second-person singular)
had (past second-person singular)
hebt (formal present second-person singular)
heeft (formal present second-person singular)
had (formal past second-person singular)
hebt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
hebt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
hadt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
hadt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
heeft (present singular third-person)
had (past singular third-person)
hebben (plural present)
hadden (past plural)
hebbe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
hadde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
hebben (archaic plural present subjunctive)
hadden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
heb (imperative present singular)
hebt (archaic imperative plural present)
hebbend (participle present)
gehad (participle past)

Afrikaans: hê

Berbice Creole Dutch: ha, habu

Javindo: geef

Jersey Dutch: hävve, häbbe

Negerhollands: ha, a, hab

From Middle Dutch hebben, from Old Dutch hebben, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

der

Ik heb griep.

(transitive, medicine) to be afflicted with a disease


penis

nl-noun

penis m (plural penissen, diminutive penisje n)

penissen (plural)
penisje (diminutive neuter)

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes-.


long

nl-noun

long f or m (plural longen, diminutive longetje n)

longen (plural)
longetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: long

Negerhollands: longe

→ Papiamentu: long (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: lon

→ Caribbean Javanese: long

From Middle Dutch longe, also longen, longene, from Old Dutch *lungan, *lunganna, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō.


plasma

→ Indonesian: plasma

Borrowed from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma). Influenced by German Plasma (“blood plasma, cytoplasm”) and English plasma (“ionised gas”).


teen

nl-noun

teen m (plural tenen, diminutive teentje n)

tenen (plural)
teentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: toon

Negerhollands: tee, tetsi, tetśi

→ Papiamentu: tenchi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch têe, from Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.
The modern form was originally a plural (retained in van top tot teen), which was reanalysed as a singular. Compare schoen where the same has happened, or raaf which went the opposite way.


kin

kin f (plural kinnen, diminutive kinnetje n)

kinnen (plural)
kinnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kin

Negerhollands: kin

→ Papiamentu: kenchi, kinnetje, kintsje (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch kinne, from Old Dutch kinni, from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus.


hart

hart n (plural harten, diminutive hartje n)

harten (plural)
hartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hart

Negerhollands: hert, hart, hat

→ Sranan Tongo: ati

→ Saramaccan: áti, háti

From Middle Dutch herte, harte, from Old Dutch herta, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

heart, main muscle pumping blood through the body


lies

From Middle Dutch liesche, from Old Dutch *liosko, from Proto-West Germanic *leuskō.

the groin, between the pubis and the thighs


mond

mond m (plural monden, diminutive mondje n)

monden (plural)
mondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mond

Javindo: mon

Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont

→ Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)

Petjo: mon

Skepi Creole Dutch: mont

From Middle Dutch mont, from Old Dutch munt, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.


orthodontist

orthodontist m (plural orthodontisten, diminutive orthodontistje n, feminine orthodontiste)

orthodontisten (plural)
orthodontistje (diminutive neuter)
orthodontiste (feminine)

Borrowed from English orthodontist. Equivalent to orthodontie + -ist.


orgaan

orgaan n (plural organen, diminutive orgaantje n)

organen (plural)
orgaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: orgaan

→ Indonesian: organ

From Middle Dutch organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).


lever

lever f (plural levers, diminutive levertje n)

levers (plural)
levertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lewer

Berbice Creole Dutch: lefre

Negerhollands: leber

→ Aukan: lebii

→ Indonesian: lever

→ Saramaccan: lebèn

→ Sranan Tongo: lefre

→ Caribbean Javanese: léfer

From Middle Dutch lēvere, from Old Dutch *levara, from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō.


navel

navel m (plural navels, diminutive naveltje n)

navels (plural)
naveltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nawel, nauel

From Middle Dutch navele, navel, from Old Dutch *navalo, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô.


smegma

Borrowed from Latin smēgma, from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma).


enkel

enkel m (plural enkels, diminutive enkeltje n)

enkels (plural)
enkeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: enkel

→ Aukan: enkii

→ Papiamentu: ènkel

From Middle Dutch enkel, ankel, from Old Dutch *enkal, *ankal, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.

Hij verstuikte zijn enkel tijdens het sporten.

He sprained his ankle while playing sports.

Ze draagt een bandage om haar geblesseerde enkel te ondersteunen.

She is wearing a bandage to support her injured ankle.

Ik voel wat pijn in mijn linker enkel na het joggen.

I feel some pain in my left ankle after jogging.


miasma

miasma n (plural miasmata or miasma's, diminutive miasmaatje n)

miasmata (plural)
miasma's (plural)
miasmaatje (diminutive neuter)

First attested in 1778. Borrowed from New Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain, pollution”).

der

(medicine, historical) miasma (emanation from rotting organic matter causing diseases)


lip

nl-noun

lip f (plural lippen, diminutive lipje n)

lippen (plural)
lipje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lip

Negerhollands: lip, lepp

→ Papiamentu: lep, lip, leep

From Middle Dutch leppe, with influence of Middle Low German lippe, from Old Dutch leppa, from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō.

Ze likte haar lippen na het eten van het heerlijke dessert.

She licked her lips after eating the delicious dessert.

De zoen op haar lippen bracht een glimlach op haar gezicht.

The kiss on her lips brought a smile to her face.


atlas

→ Indonesian: atlas

→ Papiamentu: atlas

Apparently coined in Latin in this sense by Gerardus Mercator from the name of the mythological giant Atlas. Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).


clitoris

clitoris f (plural clitores or clitorissen, diminutive clitorisje n)

clitores (plural)
clitorissen (plural)
clitorisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: klitoris

Borrowed from New Latin clitoris, from Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).


zona

Borrowed from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).


muil

muil m (plural muilen, diminutive muiltje n)

muilen (plural)
muiltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch muul, from Old Dutch mūl, from Proto-Germanic *mūlą.

De hond kauwde op het bot met zijn muil.

The dog chewed on the bone with its muzzle.

Hij opende de muil van de hond om te kijken naar zijn tanden.

He opened the dog's mouth to look at its teeth.

De varkenszuster was bedekt met modder tot aan haar muil.


muil

Negerhollands: milen, myel

From Middle Dutch muul, from Latin (calceus) mulleus (“red shoe”).

De sprookjesprins zocht Assepoester, met als enige aanwijzing haar glazen muiltje.

The fairytale prince looked for Cinderella with her glass slipper as the only clue.

(usually as diminutive) a flat type of footwear


sik

sik m (plural sikken, diminutive sikje n)

sikken (plural)
sikje (diminutive neuter)

Unclear, but assumed to be related to a descendant of Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn (“kid, goat”).


neus

nl-noun

neus m or f (plural neuzen, diminutive neusje n)

neuzen (plural)
neusje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: neus

Javindo: nees

Negerhollands: naes, nees, nes

From Middle Dutch nose, nuese, from Old Dutch *nosa, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu.

In het door de rechercheur opgemaakte verbaal staat volgens het CIDI: „X (rode breedbekkikker) arriveert tezamen met een andere neus bij perceel 222 en praten wat.”

1994 February 2, “CIDI eist straf voor rechercheur”, in NRC Handelsblad, page 3:

(ethnic slur, highly offensive) Jew, kike


kom

kom f (plural kommen, diminutive kommetje n)

kommen (plural)
kommetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kom

→ Swazi: inkomishi

→ Zulu: inkomishi

Fanagalo: lo kom

Berbice Creole Dutch: konghi

Negerhollands: kommetje, komintji, kom

→ Aukan: komiki (from the diminutive)

→ Indonesian: kom

→ Papiamentu: kòmchi, kònchi, kommetsje (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: komki, komiki (from the diminutive)

→ Lokono: komiki, kuñki

→ Caribbean Hindustani: komki

→ Kari'na: komiki

→ Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: kommiki

From Middle Dutch comme, from Old Dutch *kumb, from Frankish *kumb, from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz.


oor

oor n (plural oren, diminutive oortje n)

oren (plural)
oortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oor

Jersey Dutch: ôr

Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho

From Middle Dutch ore, from Old Dutch ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-. Compare German Ohr, West Frisian ear, English ear, Danish øre.


kam

kam m (plural kammen, diminutive kammetje n)

kammen (plural)
kammetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kam

Berbice Creole Dutch: kam

Negerhollands: kam

Skepi Creole Dutch: kam

→ English: cam
→ Welsh: cam

→ French: came
→ Romanian: camă

→ Italian: camma

→ Sranan Tongo: kankan, kam, kamm

→ Aukan: kankan

→ Saramaccan: kán

From Middle Dutch kamp, from Old Dutch *kamb, from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (“comb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth; row of teeth”).


anus

nl-noun

anus m (plural anussen or ani, diminutive anusje n)

anussen (plural)
ani (plural)
anusje (diminutive neuter)


poep

poep f (plural poepen, diminutive poepje n)

poepen (plural)
poepje (diminutive neuter)

(uncountable, Netherlands, humorous in Belgium) shit


poep

From French poupe (“poop, stern”). Ultimately from Latin puppis.

(colloquial, Belgium) a butt, bottom, behind, rear-end, hiney, tush


lok

lok f (plural lokken, diminutive lokje n)

lokken (plural)
lokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lok

From Middle Dutch locke, from Old Dutch lock, from Frankish *lokk, from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz.

one curl in hair of the head, confer goldilocks


nagel

nagel m (plural nagels, diminutive nageltje n)

nagels (plural)
nageltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nael

Berbice Creole Dutch: nanggli

→ Caribbean Hindustani: nakkhun

→ Sranan Tongo: nangra

→ Aukan: nangaa

From Middle Dutch nāgel, from Old Dutch *nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz.

De tijgerin sloeg haar nagels uit.


alcohol

Afrikaans: alkohol

→ Indonesian: alkohol

desctree

→ Japanese: アルコール (arukōru)
→ Pohnpeian: ahrkohl

Borrowed from Latin alcohol or Spanish alcohol, of Arabic origin.

Hij zit iets te vaak aan de alcohol.

He drinks alcoholic beverages a bit too often.

(uncountable) alcoholic beverages, collectively


whisky

nl-noun

whisky m (plural whisky's, diminutive whisky'tje n)

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


whiskey

whiskey m (plural whiskeys, diminutive whiskeytje n)

whiskeys (plural)
whiskeytje (diminutive neuter)


tong

tong f (plural tongen, diminutive tongetje n)

tongen (plural)
tongetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tong

Negerhollands: tong, toṅ, tung

→ Virgin Islands Creole: ton (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: tunk

→? Sranan Tongo: tongo

→ Aukan: tongo

→ Kwinti: tongo

→ Saramaccan: tongò

From Middle Dutch tonge, from Old Dutch tunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. The sense "Solea solea" likely refers to these flat fish' resemblance to a tongue.


cataract

cataract f (plural cataracten, diminutive cataractje n)

cataracten (plural)
cataractje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: katarak

→ Indonesian: katarak

From Middle Dutch cataracte, from Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs).


vagina

nl-noun

vagina f (plural vagina's, diminutive vaginaatje n)

vagina's (plural)
vaginaatje (diminutive neuter)


mat

mat m or f (plural matten, diminutive matje n)

matten (plural)
matje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: mat

From Middle Dutch matte, borrowed from Latin matta. Cognates include English mat and German Matte.


keel

keel f (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje n)

kelen (plural)
keeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: keel

Negerhollands: keel

From Middle Dutch kēle, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.

Hij had last van een zere keel na het schreeuwen tijdens het concert.

He had a sore throat after shouting during the concert.

Als je een visgraat inslikt, kan het in je keel blijven steken.

If you swallow a fishbone, it can get stuck in your throat.

De zangeres heeft een prachtige stem die uit haar keel komt.

The singer has a beautiful voice that comes from her throat.


lipstick

lipstick m (plural lipsticks, diminutive lipstickje n)

lipsticks (plural)
lipstickje (diminutive neuter)


kuit

kuit f (plural kuiten, diminutive kuitje n)

kuiten (plural)
kuitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kuit

Berbice Creole Dutch: kuiti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: koiti

From Middle Dutch cute (“spawn; fleshy body part, e.g. buttock, calf, back of the upper arm”). Cognate with Middle Low German kūte. Further origin unknown. Possibly related with kont (“buttocks”) or with Sanskrit गुद (guda, “entrails”).


mascara

nl-noun

mascara f or m (plural mascara's, diminutive mascaraatje n)

mascara's (plural)
mascaraatje (diminutive neuter)


acne

→ Indonesian: akne

Borrowed from French acné, from New Latin acne, probably from Ancient Greek


-ose

(pathology) -osis (suffix used for diseases)


mest

→ Caribbean Hindustani: mes

→ Caribbean Javanese: mès

→ Papiamentu: mèst, mest

From Middle Dutch mest, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-West Germanic *mistu, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz. Probably derived from *mīganą (“to urinate”) + *-þuz.
Cognate with Old Saxon mist, Old High German mist, German Mist, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus). More distantly related to Middle Dutch mes, mis, Old Saxon mehs, West Frisian mjoks, mjuks, Old English meox.


ouzo

ouzo c (plural ouzo's, diminutive ouzootje n)

ouzo's (plural)
ouzootje (diminutive neuter)


triage

→ Indonesian: triase


hals

hals m (plural halzen, diminutive halsje n)

halzen (plural)
halsje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: hals

From Middle Dutch hals, from Old Dutch hals, from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz.

(narrow sense) the front side of the neck; throat


cocktail

cocktail m (plural cocktails, diminutive cocktailtje n)

cocktails (plural)
cocktailtje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.


cervix

cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)

cervixen (plural)
cervices (plural)
cervixje (diminutive neuter)

the cervix between the uterus and the vagina


corona

(informal, usually without definite article) coronavirus or coronavirus disease, particularly COVID-19

Veel bedrijven gingen failliet tijdens corona.

Many companies went bankrupt during the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic.

(informal, usually without definite article) the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic


iris

iris f (plural irissen, diminutive irisje n)

irissen (plural)
irisje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin īris or Middle French iris (itself from Latin), from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

(anatomy) iris (coloured part of the eye)


lavabo

lavabo m (plural lavabo's, diminutive lavabootje n)

lavabo's (plural)
lavabootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French lavabo, from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”, verb).


milt

milt f (plural milten, diminutive miltje n)

milten (plural)
miltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch milte, from Old Dutch *milta, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ.


biceps

biceps m (plural bicepsen, diminutive bicepsje n)

bicepsen (plural)
bicepsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: biseps

Borrowed from Latin biceps (“two-headed”).


diabetes

→ Indonesian: diabetes

From New Latin diabetes mellitus, from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”), via the agent noun διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.


pil

nl-noun

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilletje n)

pillen (plural)
pilletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pil

→ Indonesian: pil

→ Papiamentu: pelchi, pilchi, peeltsji (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: perki

→ Saramaccan: péiki

From Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

(with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill


qat

khat, a psychoactive stimulant obtained from the plant Catha edulis


shampoo

shampoo m (plural shampoos, diminutive shampootje n)

shampoos (plural)
shampootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Acehnese: sampô

→ Indonesian: sampo

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po).


wang

wang f (plural wangen, diminutive wangetje n)

wangen (plural)
wangetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wang

From Middle Dutch wange, from Old Dutch *wanga, from Proto-West Germanic *wangā, from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenǵ- (“neck, cheek”).


fugue

nl-noun

fugue f (plural fugues, diminutive fugueje n)

fugues (plural)
fugueje (diminutive neuter)


rum

Negerhollands: roem, rum


pony

pony n or m (plural pony's, diminutive pony'tje n)

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


dealer

dealer m (plural dealers, diminutive dealertje n)

dealers (plural)
dealertje (diminutive neuter)

Audio

From English dealer. By surface analysis, dealen (“to deal drugs”) + -er. Doublet of deler.


brunette

nl-noun

brunette f (plural brunettes or brunetten, diminutive brunetje n or brunettetje n)

brunettes (plural)
brunetten (plural)
brunetje (diminutive neuter)
brunettetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brunet

brunette (brown-haired or dark-haired female)


vin

vin f (plural vinnen, diminutive vinnetje n)

vinnen (plural)
vinnetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch vinne, from Old Dutch *finna, from Proto-Germanic *finnō.


retina

retina f or m (plural retina's, diminutive retinaatje n)

retina's (plural)
retinaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Medieval Latin rētina, the diminutive form of Latin rēte (“net”), probably from Vulgar Latin tunica retina (literally “net-like tunic”), used to describe the blood vessel system at the back of the eye.


epidermis

nl-noun

epidermis f (plural epidermissen or epidermes)

epidermissen (plural)
epidermes (plural)

Borrowed from Latin epidermis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís).


paranoia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”).


tequila

nl-noun

tequila f (plural tequila's, diminutive tequilaatje n)

tequila's (plural)
tequilaatje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish tequila. The hyperforeign pronunciations listed in this entry seem to assume a Spanish form *tequilla, or simply result from a misunderstanding of Spanish pronunciation.


paracetamol

nl-noun

paracetamol m (uncountable, diminutive paracetamolletje n)

Contraction of para-acetylaminofenol, probably influenced by English paracetamol.

acetaminophen (white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever)


tuberculose

Borrowed from German Tuberculose or French tuberculose.


systole

From French systole, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”).


cyanose

Borrowed from French cyanose. First attested in the 1830s.


vulva

vagina

in specialist language the same sense as English vagina, but in colloquial language synonymous with vulva


monocle

monocle m (plural monocles, diminutive monocletje n)

monocles (plural)
monocletje (diminutive neuter)


sonde

sonde m or f (plural sondes, diminutive sondetje n)

sondes (plural)
sondetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sonde


rib

rib m (plural ribben, diminutive ribje n)

ribben (plural)
ribje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rib

Berbice Creole Dutch: rebu

Negerhollands: rippe, reppe, ribi

→ Papiamentu: repchi, ribtsje (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.


absint

absint m or n (uncountable, diminutive absintje n)

From Middle Dutch absinthium, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion).
In the current spelling from French absinthe.


urethra

urethra f (plural urethrae or urethra's)

Borrowed from Latin ūrēthra, from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra).


Manhattan

Manhattan m (plural Manhattans, diminutive Manhattantje n)

Manhattans (plural)
Manhattantje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English Manhattan, it in turn deriving, via Dutch, from the Unami language.


champagne

champagne f (plural champagnes, diminutive champagnetje n)

champagnes (plural)
champagnetje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: sjempie

(uncountable) the sparkling wine champagne from the French region Champagne


capsule

capsule f (plural capsules, diminutive capsuletje n)

capsules (plural)
capsuletje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula. Doublet of kapsel.

(medicine, pharmacy) capsule (encapsulation containing drugs or supplements)


dengue

→ Indonesian: dengue

Borrowed from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga.

(medicine, jargon) dengue, febrile disease caused by the Dengue virus


areola

Borrowed from Latin āreola, diminutive of ārea.

(anatomy) areola (circle around a nipple)


huid

huid f (plural huiden, diminutive huidje n)

huiden (plural)
huidje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch huut, from Old Dutch hūd, from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz.


crème

crème f (plural crèmes, diminutive crèmepje n or crèmeke n)

crèmes (plural)
crèmepje (diminutive neuter)
crèmeke (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: krèm

→ Papiamentu: krèm

‘Een crèmeke, alstublief, m'dam.’

HIER CRÈME MET ÉCHTE FRAISEN!

2011, Guido van Heulendonk, Terug naar Killary Harbour:

2017 October 15, 'Goesting' (pseud.), "Crème de la crème: hier lik je de lekkerste ijsjes van het land", Het Laatste Nieuws.
Goesting ging testen en serveert de crème de la crème onder de crème, al zeggen we er meteen bij dat deze lijst uiteraard niet volledig is.
Goesting went to test and serves the crème de la crème of ice cream, although we say right away that this list is obviously not exhaustive.


sinus

sinus m (plural sinussen, diminutive sinusje n)

sinussen (plural)
sinusje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sinus

→ Papiamentu: sinùs


infarct

infarct n (plural infarcten, diminutive infarctje n)

infarcten (plural)
infarctje (diminutive neuter)


diastole

Borrowed from French diastole, from Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”).


lepra

→ Caribbean Javanese: léprah


rubella

→ Indonesian: rubela

From Latin rubellus (“reddish”), diminutive of ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.


nek

nl-noun

nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)

nekken (plural)
nekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nek

Negerhollands: nek

→? Aukan: neki

→ Papiamentu: nèk, nek

From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.


rug

rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje n or rugje n)

ruggen (plural)
ruggetje (diminutive neuter)
rugje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rug

Jersey Dutch: rœx

Negerhollands: rugge, rigi, rege

From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

(Netherlands, historical) Short for rooie rug; a thousand-guilders banknote


hoofd

hoofd n (plural hoofden, diminutive hoofdje n)

hoofden (plural)
hoofdje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hoof

→ Indonesian: hop

Negerhollands: hoofd

From Middle Dutch hôvet, hôoft, from Old Dutch hōvit, from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą. The sense “oral sex” is a semantic loan from English head.

Het standbeeld had een groot bronzen hoofd.


bandage

/ˌbɑnˈdaːʒə/


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”).


psychose

nl-noun

psychose f (plural psychoses or psychosen, diminutive psychosetje n)

psychoses (plural)
psychosen (plural)
psychosetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Psychose. First attested in the mid nineteenth century.


bruin

Mijn god, zit ie aan de bruin?


calva

calva m (plural calva's, diminutive calvaatje n)

calva's (plural)
calvaatje (diminutive neuter)

Clipping of calvados, or directly from French calva.

Synonym of calvados (“French apple brandy”)


rosé

rosé m (plural rosés, diminutive roseetje n)

rosés (plural)
roseetje (diminutive neuter)


piel

piel m (plural pielen, diminutive pieltje n or pieletje n)

pielen (plural)
pieltje (diminutive neuter)
pieletje (diminutive neuter)


compressor

compressor m (plural compressors or compressoren, diminutive compressortje n)

compressors (plural)
compressoren (plural)
compressortje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from New Latin compressor. The technical sense comes from English compressor.


wodka

wodka m (plural wodka's, diminutive wodkaatje n)

wodka's (plural)
wodkaatje (diminutive neuter)


zeep

zeep f (plural zepen, diminutive zeepje n)

zepen (plural)
zeepje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seep (see there for further descendants)

Berbice Creole Dutch: sepu

Skepi Creole Dutch: sepu

→ Akawaio: seepoo, sawana

→ Pemon: seepoo, sawana

→ Lokono: sêpo

From Middle Dutch seep, sepe, from Old Dutch *sēpa, from Proto-West Germanic *saipā. Doublet of soap. Cognate with German Seife, English soap.

De knuffel was in de emmer met zeep gevallen.

The doll had fallen into the bucket of soap.


wijn

wijn m (plural wijnen, diminutive wijntje n)

wijnen (plural)
wijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wyn

Berbice Creole Dutch: win

Negerhollands: wien, win

→ Saramaccan: wín

→? Sranan Tongo: win

→ Lokono: wing

→ Caribbean Javanese: win

From Middle Dutch wijn, from Old Dutch wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Ze genoten van een glas rode wijn bij het diner.

They enjoyed a glass of red wine with dinner.

Deze wijn komt uit Frankrijk en staat bekend om zijn kwaliteit.

This wine comes from France and is known for its quality.

Hij heeft een mooie collectie wijnen in zijn wijnkelder.

He has a nice collection of wines in his wine cellar.

wine (an alcoholic beverage produced by a certain fermentation procedure; unless otherwise specified or indicated by context, made from grapes)


brug

brug m or f (plural bruggen, diminutive bruggetje n or brugje n)

bruggen (plural)
bruggetje (diminutive neuter)
brugje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brug

→ Swazi: libhuloho

Berbice Creole Dutch: brogi

Negerhollands: bruk, brök, brugge

Petjo: bruh

→ Javanese: ꦧꦿꦸꦒ꧀ (brug)

→ Papiamentu: brùg, bres

desctree

→ Sranan Tongo: broki
Aukan: booki
Saramaccan: boóki
→ Caribbean Javanese: broki
→ Caribbean Hindustani: broki

From Middle Dutch brugge, from Old Dutch brugga, from Proto-West Germanic *bruggju, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.


glimlach

nl-noun

glimlach m (plural glimlachen, diminutive glimlachje n)

glimlachen (plural)
glimlachje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: glimlag

From glimmen (“to glow; shine”) + lach, perhaps euphemistically remodelling an older form, grimlach, which carried a somewhat negative connotation.


knie

knie f (plural knieën, diminutive knietje n)

knieën (plural)
knietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: knie

Berbice Creole Dutch: kini

Jersey Dutch: k'nî

Negerhollands: kni, kini, knie

→ Papiamentu: kinichi (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: kindi, kni, kini

→ Aukan: kini

→ Kari'na: kini

→ Saramaccan: kiní

From Middle Dutch cnie, from Old Dutch *cnio, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.


maan

maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)

manen (plural)
maantje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch māne, from Old Dutch *mana, from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō.


maag

maag f (plural magen, diminutive maagje n)

magen (plural)
maagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: maag

Negerhollands: maag

→ Indonesian: mag

From Middle Dutch māge, from Old Dutch *mago, from Proto-West Germanic *magō, from Proto-Germanic *magô.


geboorte

geboorte f (plural geboorten or geboortes)

Afrikaans: geboorte

Negerhollands: geboort, geboorte

→ West Frisian: geboarte

From Middle Dutch geboorte. Equivalent to ge- + baren + -te.

De geboorte van het kind was een vreugdevolle gebeurtenis.

The birth of the child was a joyful event.

Ze hebben de geboorte van hun dochter in de krant aangekondigd.

They announced the birth of their daughter in the newspaper.

De geboorte van een nieuw idee kan de wereld veranderen.

The birth of a new idea can change the world.


schouder

schouder m (plural schouders, diminutive schoudertje n)

schouders (plural)
schoudertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skouer

Negerhollands: skouder, skou, skowder

→ Papiamentu: skouder, skouru, schouder

→ Sranan Tongo: skowru

→ Aukan: sikoo

From Middle Dutch schouder, from Old Dutch *sculdero, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru.


pijn

pijn f (plural pijnen, diminutive pijntje n)

pijnen (plural)
pijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pyn

Berbice Creole Dutch: pin

Jersey Dutch: pāin

Negerhollands: pien, pin

→ Virgin Islands Creole: pin (dated)

→? Aukan: pin

From Middle Dutch pine, from Latin poena (“punishment, strife”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “bloodmoney, wergeld, fine, price paid, penalty”).

der

Ik heb pijn in mijn arm na het sporten.

De pijn verdween na het nemen van de medicatie.

The pain went away after taking the medication.

Hij lijdt aan chronische pijn in zijn rug.

He suffers from chronic ache in his back.


voet

nl-noun

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 voet van de lamp was gemaakt van marmer.

The base of the lamp was made of marble.

Het standbeeld staat op een grote betonnen voet.

The statue stands on a large concrete base.

foot, base (lowest part of any standard, support, stand or pillar)

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)


zeer

nl-adj

zeer (comparative zeerder, superlative zeerst)

zeerder (comparative)
zeerst (superlative)
zeer (adverbial positive predicative)
zeerder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het zeerst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het zeerste (adverbial predicative superlative)
zere (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
zeerdere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
zeerste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
zeer (indefinite neuter positive singular)
zeerder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
zeerste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
zere (indefinite plural positive)
zeerdere (comparative indefinite plural)
zeerste (indefinite plural superlative)
zere (definite positive)
zeerdere (comparative definite)
zeerste (definite superlative)
zeers (partitive positive)
zeerders (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: seer

Berbice Creole Dutch: sere

Jersey Dutch: zêr

Negerhollands: seer, se

From Middle Dutch sêer, from Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz.


zeer

nl-noun

zeer n (plural zeren, diminutive zeertje n)

zeren (plural)
zeertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seer

Negerhollands: seer

Skepi Creole Dutch: sair

From Middle Dutch sêer, from Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-Germanic *sairą.


zeer

Afrikaans: seer

From Middle Dutch sêre, from Old Dutch sēro, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz. Equivalent to adverbial use of etymology 1.

(literally) sorely, painfully, notably in zeer doen (“to hurt”)


coronavirus

From translingual Coronavirus. Equivalent to corona.

Bovendien krijgt het rhinovirus in al zijn gedaantes vaak steun van een ander soort virus, coronavirus genaamd, dat ook weer onderverdeeld kan worden in een groot aantal serotypes.

1973 January 8, “Vrijwilligers melden trots een infectie”, in Nederlands Dagblad, page 4:

(virology) coronavirus (member of the family Coronaviridae)


ader

ader f or m (plural aders or aderen, diminutive adertje n)

aders (plural)
aderen (plural)
adertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aar

Negerhollands: ader, aar

→ Papiamentu: ader, ardu

From Middle Dutch ādere, from Old Dutch *āthera, from Proto-West Germanic *ādrā.


baard

baard m (plural baarden, diminutive baardje n)

baarden (plural)
baardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: baard

Negerhollands: baard

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bad (archaic)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: barde

→ West Frisian: baard

From Middle Dutch baert, from Old Dutch *bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰ-eh₂.

beard (mass of facial hair that includes chin hair)


snor

snor f (plural snorren, diminutive snorretje n)

snorren (plural)
snorretje (diminutive neuter)

Shortened from snorbaard, a borrowing from Low German snurbaard. Compare German Low German Snurrbaart, Saterland Frisian Snurboart, West Frisian snor, German Schnurrbart. The word is earliest attested in Dutch language in 1844.


hartaanval

hartaanval m (plural hartaanvallen, diminutive hartaanvalletje n)

hartaanvallen (plural)
hartaanvalletje (diminutive neuter)


drugs

Het gebruik van drugs kan schadelijke gevolgen hebben voor de gezondheid.

The use of recreational drugs can have harmful effects on health.


abces

abces n (plural abcessen, diminutive abcesje n)

abcessen (plural)
abcesje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: abses

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”).


prosecco

nl-noun

prosecco m (plural prosecco's, diminutive proseccootje n)

prosecco's (plural)
proseccootje (diminutive neuter)


syncope

syncope f (plural syncopes, diminutive syncopetje n)

syncopes (plural)
syncopetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ).

(pathology) a loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon; syncope


jenever

jenever m (plural jenevers, diminutive jenevertje n)

jenevers (plural)
jenevertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: jenèwer

→ English: jenever

→ Indonesian: jenewer

desc

→ Papiamentu: yanefer, yènefer, zjenever

→ Sranan Tongo: yaneyfri

→ Swedish: genever

From Middle Dutch jenever, genever, geniver, from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).

Iö den dappren wever! / De vederbos knikt op zijn hoed; / Hij ademt wraak, heeft dorst naar bloed, / En lescht dien met jenever.

1814, Elias Annes Borger, De vaderlander:


wenkbrauw

nl-noun

wenkbrauw f (plural wenkbrauwen, diminutive wenkbrauwtje n)

wenkbrauwen (plural)
wenkbrauwtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wintbrauwe, from Old Dutch *wintbrāwa. The first element is unknown but presumed to be related to Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos). The second element is from Proto-Germanic *brēwō. Doublet of wimper (“eyelash”), from a contraction.


wimper

wimper m (plural wimpers, diminutive wimpertje n)

wimpers (plural)
wimpertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wimbrauw, contraction of wintbrauwe, from Old Dutch *wintbrāwa. The first element is unknown but presumed to be related to Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos); the second element is from Proto-Germanic *brēwō. Doublet of wenkbrauw (“eyebrow”). The form wimper is native in some Dutch dialects; its adoption into the standard language (19th c.) probably under influence of German Wimper.


eikel

eikel m (plural eikels, diminutive eikeltje n)

eikels (plural)
eikeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ecle, ekele, from Old Dutch *ēkila, *eikila, from Proto-West Germanic *aikilā. Equivalent to eik (“oak”) + -el. For the derogatory sense, compare English dickhead.


lotus

lotus m or f (plural lotussen, diminutive lotusje n)

lotussen (plural)
lotusje (diminutive neuter)

From the acronym of Landelijke Opleiding Tot Uitbeelding van Slachtoffers (literally “National Training Course for the Portrayal of Victims”).

acronym

standardized participant
standardized participant

(Netherlands, medicine slang) patient actor, simulated patient, standardized participant (a lay person person trained to portray medical conditions)


delirium

nl-noun

delirium n (plural deliria or deliriums, diminutive deliriumpje n)

deliria (plural)
deliriums (plural)
deliriumpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: delirium


syrinx

Borrowed from Latin sȳrinx (“reed; reed pipe, panpipes”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “panpipes; pipe-shaped object”), from Pre-Greek.

der

(medicine) syrinx (fluid-filled neuroglial cavity)


hak

nl-noun

hak m (plural hakken, diminutive hakje n)

hakken (plural)
hakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hak

→ Caribbean Javanese: hag

→ Indonesian: hak (“heel of a shoe”)

From Middle Dutch hacke, from Middle Low German hakke, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hak(k)-, perhaps related to *hakô. Cognate with German Hacke.


amaretto

amaretto m (plural amaretto's, diminutive amarettootje n)

amaretto's (plural)
amarettootje (diminutive neuter)


kroon

kroon f (plural kronen, diminutive kroontje n)

kronen (plural)
kroontje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kroon

→ Indonesian: kerun

Negerhollands: kroon

From Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Proto-West Germanic *korōnā, from Latin corōna. Doublet of kruin and corona.

crown
part of a tooth not covered by gum


kwartje

wie voor een dubbeltje geboren is, wordt nooit een kwartje

(colloquial) quarter of a pill of recreational drugs, particularly ecstasy


schijten

schijten (infinitive)
schijten (gerund neuter)
schijt (first-person present singular)
scheet (first-person past singular)
schijt (present second-person singular)
scheet (past second-person singular)
schijt (formal present second-person singular)
scheet (formal past second-person singular)
schijt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
schijt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
scheet (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
scheet (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
schijt (present singular third-person)
scheet (past singular third-person)
schijten (plural present)
scheten (past plural)
schijte (archaic present singular subjunctive)
schete (archaic past singular subjunctive)
schijten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
scheten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
schijt (imperative present singular)
schijt (archaic imperative plural present)
schijtend (participle present)
gescheten (participle past)

Berbice Creole Dutch: sketi

From Middle Dutch schiten, from Old Dutch *skītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-, *sḱeyd- (“to part with, separate, cut off”).

Ik heb na die curry van gisteren de hele dag lopen schijten.

After yesterday's curry I spent the whole day pooping.


nier

nier f (plural nieren, diminutive niertje n)

nieren (plural)
niertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nier

Negerhollands: nier

→ Papiamentu: nir, nier

From Middle Dutch niere, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.


dij

dij f (plural dijen, diminutive dijtje n)

dijen (plural)
dijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dy

From Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą. Compare West Frisian tsjea, English thigh, Icelandic þjó.
The expected modern form would be *die. The diphthongised form may have originated in the plural, where Middle Dutch dien could easily become dîen. Note the variant knijen for knieën in Early Modern Dutch. In the case of dij, the diphthong was likely reinforced by desire to avoid homophony with die (pronoun).


ruggengraat

ruggengraat f or m (plural ruggengraten, diminutive ruggengraatje n)

ruggengraten (plural)
ruggengraatje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈrʏ.ɣəˌɣraːt/


immuniteit

Borrowed from French immunité. Equivalent to immuun + -iteit.


druiper

druiper m (plural druipers, diminutive druipertje n)

druipers (plural)
druipertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: drep


kanker

kanker m (plural kankers, diminutive kankertje n)

kankers (plural)
kankertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kanker

→ Caribbean Javanese: kangker

→ Indonesian: kanker

→ Minangkabau: kangker

→ Papiamentu: kanker

From Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.


nak

nak c (plural nakken, diminutive nakje n)

nakken (plural)
nakje (diminutive neuter)

(slang) a bump or small line of an insufflated drug


uitzaaiing

uitzaaiing f (plural uitzaaiingen, diminutive uitzaaiinkje n)

uitzaaiingen (plural)
uitzaaiinkje (diminutive neuter)


acidose

(pathology) acidosis (an abnormally increased acidity of the blood)


astma

Afrikaans: asma

→ Indonesian: asma

Borrowed from Latin āsthma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma).

(pathology) the chronic respiratory disease asthma


kaal

nl-adj

kaal (comparative kaler, superlative kaalst)

kaler (comparative)
kaalst (superlative)
kaal (adverbial positive predicative)
kaler (adverbial comparative predicative)
het kaalst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het kaalste (adverbial predicative superlative)
kale (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kalere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
kaalste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
kaal (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kaler (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
kaalste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
kale (indefinite plural positive)
kalere (comparative indefinite plural)
kaalste (indefinite plural superlative)
kale (definite positive)
kalere (comparative definite)
kaalste (definite superlative)
kaals (partitive positive)
kalers (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: kaal

Negerhollands: kaal

→ Antillean Creole: tête kaal (Guadeloupe, Martinique)

→ Papiamentu: kaal (dated)

From Middle Dutch cale, from Old Dutch *kalo, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“naked, bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”). Compare German kahl, West Frisian keal, English callow.

der

bald, bare, without fur, plumage, foliage etc.


lendenwervel

nl-noun

lendenwervel m (plural lendenwervels, diminutive lendenwerveltje n)

lendenwervels (plural)
lendenwerveltje (diminutive neuter)

lumbar vertebra, any of the five vertebrae in the loin or lower back region of the spine


ribbenboog

ribbenboog m (plural ribbenbogen, diminutive ribbenboogje n)

ribbenbogen (plural)
ribbenboogje (diminutive neuter)

costal arch, the medial ends of the seventh to tenth costal cartilages that join to form a cartilaginous costal margin on each side (arcus costalis)


leb

leb f (plural lebben, diminutive lebje n)

lebben (plural)
lebje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lib, of uncertain etymology. Cognate to Zealandic lip, Middle Low German lip.


rode wijn

rode wijn m (plural rode wijnen, diminutive rood wijntje n)

rode wijnen (plural)
rood wijntje (diminutive neuter)


witte wijn

witte wijn m (plural witte wijnen, diminutive wit wijntje n)

witte wijnen (plural)
wit wijntje (diminutive neuter)


skelet

skelet n (plural skeletten, diminutive skeletje n)

skeletten (plural)
skeletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skelet

→ Papiamentu: skelèt, skalet

Borrowed from German Skelett, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκελλώ (skellṓ, “to dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, wither”).

der

skeleton (support structure of an organism; ensemble of animal bones)


heroïne

From German Heroin, a brandname deposited in 1898 by Bayer.


pruik

nl-noun

pruik f (plural pruiken, diminutive pruikje n)

pruiken (plural)
pruikje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: parik

→ Papiamentu: preik, pruik (dated)

Early modern Dutch peruick/pairuque, borrowed from Middle French perruque.


poot

poot m (plural poten, diminutive pootje n)

poten (plural)
pootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: poot

Jersey Dutch: plôt

From Middle Dutch pôte (“limb, claw”), further etymology unclear. The only known Germanic cognate is Middle Low German pote (itself having been borrowed as Danish pote, Norwegian Bokmål pote, Norwegian Nynorsk pote and German Pfote). Outside Germanic, Old French pote and Catalan pota may be related.

Spinnen hebben acht poten.

limb (arm or leg) of an animal (sometimes human)

Geen poot hebben om op te staan.

Blijf met je poten van me af!


hiel

hiel m (plural hielen, diminutive hieltje n)

hielen (plural)
hieltje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: hiel, houe, hil

→ Papiamentu: hilchi, hieltje

From Middle Dutch hiele, from Old Dutch *hela, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz.


huisarts

huisarts m (plural huisartsen, diminutive huisartsje n)

huisartsen (plural)
huisartsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: dokter di cas (calque)

De anderhalvemetereconomie zorgt ervoor dat huisartsen- en ziekenhuiszorg zo georganiseerd moeten worden dat patiënten, letterlijk en figuurlijk, waar dat kan zo veel mogelijk ob afstand worden gehouden tot er een vaccin gevonden is en dat breed wordt toegepast.

2021, Huber M., van den Brekel-Dijkstra K., Jung H.P., “Inleiding”, in Handboek Positieve Gezondheid in de huisartspraktijk, →DOI:

The one-and-a-half-meter economy means that general practitioners and hospitals must be organized so that, literally and figuratively, patients are distanced as much as possible until a vaccine is available and has been widely distributed.

general practitioner
general practitioner


uitslag

uitslag m (plural uitslagen, diminutive uitslagje n)

uitslagen (plural)
uitslagje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch uteslach. Equivalent to uit 'out' + slag.

what appears at the surface, e.g. moisture


jeuken

jeuken (infinitive)
jeuken (gerund neuter)
jeuk (first-person present singular)
jeukte (first-person past singular)
jeukt (present second-person singular)
jeuk (present second-person singular)
jeukte (past second-person singular)
jeukt (formal present second-person singular)
jeukte (formal past second-person singular)
jeukt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
jeukt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
jeukte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
jeukte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
jeukt (present singular third-person)
jeukte (past singular third-person)
jeuken (plural present)
jeukten (past plural)
jeuke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
jeukte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
jeuken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
jeukten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
jeuk (imperative present singular)
jeukt (archaic imperative plural present)
jeukend (participle present)
gejeukt (participle past)

Afrikaans: jeuk

Berbice Creole Dutch: juku

Negerhollands: joek

From Middle Dutch joken, juecken, long-vowel variants of jocken, jucken, from Old Dutch *jukken, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan. The long vowels developed before the single consonants in the 2nd and 3rd person singular forms, e.g. Old Dutch 3rd person singular *jukit.
Cognate with German jucken, English itch.


zeuren

zeuren (infinitive)
zeuren (gerund neuter)
zeur (first-person present singular)
zeurde (first-person past singular)
zeurt (present second-person singular)
zeur (present second-person singular)
zeurde (past second-person singular)
zeurt (formal present second-person singular)
zeurde (formal past second-person singular)
zeurt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
zeurt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
zeurde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
zeurde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
zeurt (present singular third-person)
zeurde (past singular third-person)
zeuren (plural present)
zeurden (past plural)
zeure (archaic present singular subjunctive)
zeurde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
zeuren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
zeurden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
zeur (imperative present singular)
zeurt (archaic imperative plural present)
zeurend (participle present)
gezeurd (participle past)

Afrikaans: seur

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Dutch sudderen (“to simmer”) and German sudern, or to Middle Dutch sōren (“to sour, become acidic”).


baco

nl-noun

baco m (plural baco's, diminutive bacootje n)

baco's (plural)
bacootje (diminutive neuter)

A compound of the initial syllables of bacardi cola, from Bacardi (a brand of rum - although any brand of rum may be used in a baco) and cola. Such clipped compounds are common in informal usage; compare for example vrijmibo, esma, gito.


corpus callosum

corpus callosum n (plural corpora callosa)


slaap

Afrikaans: slaap

Negerhollands: slaap

From Middle Dutch slâep, from Old Dutch *slāp, from Proto-West Germanic *slāp.

(anatomy) temple (slightly flatter region on either side of the human head)


bloeddruk

Afrikaans: bloeddruk

→ Indonesian: bludrek

→ Peranakan Indonesian: bludrek

Compound of bloed (“blood”) + druk (“pressure”). Compare German Blutdruck, Swedish blodtryck, Danish blodtryk.


advocaat

advocaat f (plural advocaten, diminutive advocaatje n)

advocaten (plural)
advocaatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: advokaat

→ English: advocaat

→ Polish: adwokat

Uncertain; perhaps a clipping of advocatenborrel (“lawyer's drink”), as the drink would lubricate the throat for good speaking. Another theory sees a connection with Spanish aguacate (“avocado”), as the fruit can be used to make a thick drink.

(also uncountable) an alcoholic beverage made of liquor or pure alcohol, egg yolks and sugar or honey, similar to eggnog; advocaat


verwijzing

verwijzing f (plural verwijzingen, diminutive verwijzinkje n)

verwijzingen (plural)
verwijzinkje (diminutive neuter)


buik

buik m (plural buiken, diminutive buikje n)

buiken (plural)
buikje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: buik

Negerhollands: buk, big, bik

Skepi Creole Dutch: buk

From Middle Dutch buuc, from Old Dutch būc, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Hij heeft een grote buik.


darm

darm m (plural darmen, diminutive darmpje n)

darmen (plural)
darmpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: derm

Berbice Creole Dutch: darum

Negerhollands: darm

From Middle Dutch darm, from Old Dutch *tharm, from Proto-West Germanic *þarm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tórmos.


verband

verband n (plural verbanden, diminutive verbandje n)

verbanden (plural)
verbandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: verband

→ Caribbean Javanese: perban

→ Indonesian: perban

From Middle Dutch verbant. A verbal noun (with ablaut) to verbinden; compare band (from binden).


couveuse

couveuse f (plural couveuses, diminutive couveusetje n)

couveuses (plural)
couveusetje (diminutive neuter)

An incubator, especially for sick or preterm infants.


psychiatrie

→ Indonesian: psikiatri


ratel

ratel f or m (plural ratels, diminutive rateltje n)

ratels (plural)
rateltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: ratel (dated)

rattle (organ for making noise, such as a rattlesnake's)


calvados

calvados m (plural calvadossen, diminutive calvadosje n)

calvadossen (plural)
calvadosje (diminutive neuter)


tyfus

Javindo: tifes

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”).

der

(pathology) term used for typhus and typhoid fever


allergie

nl-noun

allergie f (plural allergieën, diminutive allergietje n)

allergieën (plural)
allergietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: alergi

Borrowed from German Allergie, coinage crafted using Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”).


chirurgie

chirurgie f (plural chirurgies, diminutive chirurgietje n)

chirurgies (plural)
chirurgietje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cirurgie (“medicine”), from Old French cirurgie, from Medieval Latin cīrurgia, chīrurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía).


ischemie

From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”).

der

(pathology) ischaemia, ischemia (local anaemia)


aspirine

nl-noun

aspirine f (plural aspirines, diminutive aspirientje n)

aspirines (plural)
aspirientje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated salicylic acid”). The second word comes from the name of the plant genus Spiraea.


diarree

→ Indonesian: diare

Borrowed from French diarrhée, from Middle French diarrie, from Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “a flowing-through; diarrhea”).

der

Het 'burning feet'-syndroom dat na langdurige slechte voeding, gecombineerd met absorptiestoornissen door frequente diarreeën, veel werd waargenomen bij krijgsgevangenen in de tropen wordt o.a. toegeschreven aan pantotheenzuurdeficiëntie in combinatie met marginale voorziening van andere B-vitamines.

1994, J.F. de Wijn, W.T.J.M. Hekkens, Fysiologie van de voeding, Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, page 354:

The 'burning feet' syndrome that was, after continuous malnutrition combined with absorption disorders due to frequent diarrheas, often observed with prisoners of war in the tropics is ascribed to, among others, deficiency in pantothenic acid combined with marginal supply of other B-vitamins.


dermatologie

Probably borrowed from German or French.


kamfer

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kapur

→ Indonesian: kamper

→ Papiamentu: kanfer


tonsillectomie

nl-noun

tonsillectomie f (plural tonsillectomieën, diminutive tonsillectomietje n)

tonsillectomieën (plural)
tonsillectomietje (diminutive neuter)


chirurg

chirurg m (plural chirurgen, diminutive chirurgje n)

chirurgen (plural)
chirurgje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: chirurg

Borrowed from German Chirurg, from Latin chīrūrgus (“surgeon”).


kapper

kapper m (plural kappers, diminutive kappertje n, feminine kapster)

kappers (plural)
kappertje (diminutive neuter)
kapster (feminine)

From kappen (“to cut or dress hair”) + -er.


koot

koot f (plural koten, diminutive kootje n)

koten (plural)
kootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koot

→ Papiamentu: koot (dated)

→ West Frisian: koat

From Middle Dutch cote, from Proto-Germanic *kutō-, related to *kautōn- (“knuckle”), of unknown ultimate origin, with no certain cognates outside of Germanic. However, compare kuil (“hole in the ground”) and keutel (“hard animal dropping”), though Kroonen considers comparisons with the latter a stretch.


maligne

maligne (adverbial positive predicative)
maligne (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
maligne (indefinite neuter positive singular)
maligne (indefinite plural positive)
maligne (definite positive)
malignes (partitive positive)


drol

drol m (plural drollen, diminutive drolletje n)

drollen (plural)
drolletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: drol

→ Papiamentu: dròl


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)


kak

Berbice Creole Dutch: kaka

Negerhollands: kaka, koka

From Middle Dutch cac, deverbal from cacken; see kakken.


eelt

From Middle Dutch *ēle, *ēelde, from Old Dutch *ili, from Proto-Germanic *ili (“sole of the foot”).


allergisch

nl-adj

allergisch (comparative allergischer, superlative meest allergisch or allergischt)

allergischer (comparative)
meest allergisch (superlative)
allergischt (superlative)
allergisch (adverbial positive predicative)
allergischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het allergischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het allergischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
allergische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
allergischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
allergischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
allergisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
allergischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
allergischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
allergische (indefinite plural positive)
allergischere (comparative indefinite plural)
allergischte (indefinite plural superlative)
allergische (definite positive)
allergischere (comparative definite)
allergischte (definite superlative)
allergisch (partitive positive)
allergischers (comparative partitive)

Borrowed from German allergisch. Equivalent to allergie + -isch.


trommelvlies

nl-noun

trommelvlies n (plural trommelvliezen, diminutive trommelvliesje n)

trommelvliezen (plural)
trommelvliesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: trommelvlies

→ Japanese: 鼓膜 (calque)

→ West Frisian: tromflues, trommelflues (calque)

Compound of trommel (“drum”) + vlies (“membrane, fleece”).


gehoorgang

nl-noun

gehoorgang m (plural gehoorgangen, diminutive gehoorgangetje n)

gehoorgangen (plural)
gehoorgangetje (diminutive neuter)


gravida

gravida f (plural gravidae or gravida's, diminutive gravidaatje n)

gravidae (plural)
gravida's (plural)
gravidaatje (diminutive neuter)


ontsteking

ontsteking f (plural ontstekingen, diminutive ontstekinkje n)

ontstekingen (plural)
ontstekinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ontsteking

→ West Frisian: ûntstekking (calque)

From Middle Dutch ontstekinge. Equivalent to ontsteken + -ing.


schedel

schedel m (plural schedels, diminutive schedeltje n)

schedels (plural)
schedeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skedel

From Middle Dutch schedele, from Old Dutch skēthila, *skeithila (“part, crown, crest, summit”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu (“part in the hair, top, crown, crest, summit”). Cognate with German Scheitel (“part, crest, apex”).


overgang

nl-noun

overgang m (plural overgangen, diminutive overgangetje n)

overgangen (plural)
overgangetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch overganc. Equivalent to over + gang. Related to overgaan.


adenovirus

(medicine) adenovirus (any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans)


pathologie

→ Indonesian: patologi

Borrowed from French pathologie, from Ancient Greek παθολογία (pathología).


koon

koon f (plural konen, diminutive koontje n)

konen (plural)
koontje (diminutive neuter)

Audio

Unknown. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kon (“cheek”).

Ik zie, dat op haar zachte koon
Ook frisse lenterozen bloeien,

I see that on her soft cheek
Fresh spring-roses blossom too,


afscheiden

afscheiden (infinitive)
afscheiden (gerund neuter)
scheid af (first-person main-clause present singular)
scheidde af (first-person main-clause past singular)
afscheid (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
afscheidde (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
scheidt af (main-clause present second-person singular)
scheid af (main-clause present second-person singular)
scheidde af (main-clause past second-person singular)
afscheidt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afscheidde (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
scheidt af (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
scheidde af (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
afscheidt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afscheidde (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
scheidt af (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
scheidt af (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
scheidde af (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
scheidde af (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
afscheidt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afscheidt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afscheidde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afscheidde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
scheidt af (main-clause present singular third-person)
scheidde af (main-clause past singular third-person)
afscheidt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
afscheidde (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
scheiden af (main-clause plural present)
scheidden af (main-clause past plural)
afscheiden (plural present subordinate-clause)
afscheidden (past plural subordinate-clause)
scheide af (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
scheidde af (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
afscheide (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afscheidde (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
scheiden af (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
scheidden af (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
afscheiden (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afscheidden (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
scheid af (imperative main-clause present singular)
scheidt af (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
afscheidend (main-clause participle present)
afgescheiden (main-clause participle past)

From Middle Dutch afscheden, from Old Dutch *afskeithan, from Proto-West Germanic *abaskaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *abaskaiþaną. Equivalent to af + scheiden.


aars

aars m (plural aarzen, diminutive aarsje n)

aarzen (plural)
aarsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aars

From Middle Dutch āers, from Old Dutch *ars, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos.


hersenstam

hersenstam m (plural hersenstammen, diminutive hersenstammetje n)

hersenstammen (plural)
hersenstammetje (diminutive neuter)


fluit

fluit m or f (plural fluiten, diminutive fluitje n)

fluiten (plural)
fluitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: fluit

→ Lokono: flauta

→ English: fluyt

→ Indonesian: peluit

→ Malay: peluit

→ Papiamentu: flùit, fleit

→ Sranan Tongo: froyti

→ Saramaccan: foloíti

From Middle Dutch floite, borrowed from Old French fleute, borrowed from Old Occitan flaut.


benigne

benigne (adverbial positive predicative)
benigne (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
benigne (indefinite neuter positive singular)
benigne (indefinite plural positive)
benigne (definite positive)
benignes (partitive positive)


manie

manie f (plural manieën or manies, diminutive manietje n)

manieën (plural)
manies (plural)
manietje (diminutive neuter)


föhn

föhn m (plural föhns or föhnen, diminutive föhntje n)

föhns (plural)
föhnen (plural)
föhntje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Föhn, from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

1936, Rie Cramer, De lachende Cupido, H. P. Leopold (publ.), page 65.
Het korte zwarte haar woei in haar vaart of de föhn er in blies en haar magere armen bewogen als vleugels de slippen van de sluirende voile.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

1938, Emmy Belinfante-Belinfante, Wisselend getij, Valkhoff & Co. (publ., 2nd ed., original from 1934), page 9.
Pim zag haar lippen bewegen, maar door het gegier van de föhn verstond ze haar niet.

Pim saw her lips move, but she couldn't understand her because of the roaring of the hair dryer.

Hij keek in de spiegel naar Babet die de föhn ter hand had genomen.

2006, Kees Kager, Het Zwanenwater, Gopher Publishers, page 200:

He looked in the mirror to Babet who had taken the hair dryer in her hand.


abductie

abductie f (plural abducties, diminutive abductietje n)

abducties (plural)
abductietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: abduksi

Coordinate term: circumductie

(anatomy) abduction, act of abducing (movement away from the median axis of the body)


spalk

spalk f (plural spalken, diminutive spalkje n)

spalken (plural)
spalkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spalk

→ Indonesian: spalk

→ Papiamentu: spalk

splint (supportive and immobilising device)


epifyse

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐπιφυσις (epiphusis).


slijmvlies

slijmvlies n (plural slijmvliezen, diminutive slijmvliesje n)

slijmvliezen (plural)
slijmvliesje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: sleimvlis


bloedvat

bloedvat n (plural bloedvaten, diminutive bloedvaatje n)

bloedvaten (plural)
bloedvaatje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of bloed (“blood”) + vat (“vessel”).


overgeven

overgeven (infinitive)
overgeven (gerund neuter)
geef over (first-person main-clause present singular)
gaf over (first-person main-clause past singular)
overgeef (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
overgaf (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
geeft over (main-clause present second-person singular)
geef over (main-clause present second-person singular)
gaf over (main-clause past second-person singular)
overgeeft (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overgaf (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
geeft over (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
gaf over (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
overgeeft (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overgaf (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
geeft over (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
geeft over (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
gaaft over (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
gaaft over (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
overgeeft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overgeeft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overgaaft (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
overgaaft (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
geeft over (main-clause present singular third-person)
gaf over (main-clause past singular third-person)
overgeeft (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
overgaf (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
geven over (main-clause plural present)
gaven over (main-clause past plural)
overgeven (plural present subordinate-clause)
overgaven (past plural subordinate-clause)
geve over (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
gave over (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
overgeve (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
overgave (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
geven over (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
gaven over (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
overgeven (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
overgaven (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
geef over (imperative main-clause present singular)
geeft over (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
overgevend (main-clause participle present)
overgegeven (main-clause participle past)

Afrikaans: oorgee

Negerhollands: gie over, gief over

From over + geven.
Compare German übergeben, which can also mean "to vomit" as well.

(reflexive) to surrender, to give oneself up


wervel

wervel m (plural wervels, diminutive werveltje n)

wervels (plural)
werveltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wervel, from Old Dutch *wirvil, from Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz.


overdracht

overdracht f (plural overdrachten, diminutive overdrachtje n)

overdrachten (plural)
overdrachtje (diminutive neuter)


pijnstiller

pijnstiller m (plural pijnstillers, diminutive pijnstillertje n)

pijnstillers (plural)
pijnstillertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pynstiller

Het veelvuldig gebruik van pijnstillers kan tot gezondheidsproblemen leiden.

Regular use of painkillers can lead to health problems.


tandpijn

tandpijn f (plural tandpijnen, diminutive tandpijntje n)

tandpijnen (plural)
tandpijntje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: tāndpāin

Negerhollands: taanpien, pien na taan

→ Virgin Islands Creole: pintan (dated)

Compound of tand (“tooth”) + pijn (“pain”).

Ik kan niet eten vanwege deze vreselijke tandpijn.

I can't eat because of this terrible toothache.

Heb je ooit tandpijn gehad?

Ze gebruikte kruidnagelolie om de tandpijn te verzachten.

She used clove oil to alleviate the toothache.

toothache (in any tooth or in a non-molar tooth in particular)


psychiater

psychiater m (plural psychiaters, diminutive psychiatertje n)

psychiaters (plural)
psychiatertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: psikiater

psychiatrist (doctor specializing in psychiatry)


pijnlijk

nl-adj

pijnlijk (comparative pijnlijker, superlative pijnlijkst)

pijnlijker (comparative)
pijnlijkst (superlative)
pijnlijk (adverbial positive predicative)
pijnlijker (adverbial comparative predicative)
het pijnlijkst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het pijnlijkste (adverbial predicative superlative)
pijnlijke (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
pijnlijkere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
pijnlijkste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
pijnlijk (indefinite neuter positive singular)
pijnlijker (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
pijnlijkste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
pijnlijke (indefinite plural positive)
pijnlijkere (comparative indefinite plural)
pijnlijkste (indefinite plural superlative)
pijnlijke (definite positive)
pijnlijkere (comparative definite)
pijnlijkste (definite superlative)
pijnlijks (partitive positive)
pijnlijkers (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: pynlik

From Middle Dutch pijnlijc, pinelike. Compare German peinlich. By surface analysis, pijn + -lijk.

De val was erg pijnlijk.

Ik heb een pijnlijke knie na het hardlopen.

Een kiespijn kan zeer pijnlijk zijn.

De scheiding was een pijnlijke ervaring voor beiden.

The divorce was a painful experience for both.

Het verliezen van een vriend is pijnlijk.

Herinneringen aan die nacht zijn nog steeds pijnlijk voor haar.

Memories of that night are still painful for her.

Mijn spieren zijn pijnlijk na de training.

Ik heb een pijnlijke keel na het schreeuwen op het concert.

I have a sore throat after screaming at the concert.

Na de operatie had hij een pijnlijke wond.

After the surgery, he had an aching wound.


borst

nl-noun

borst f (plural borsten, diminutive borstje n)

borsten (plural)
borstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bors

Negerhollands: borst, bos, borsje

→ Sranan Tongo: borsu

From Middle Dutch borst, from Old Dutch brust, from Proto-West Germanic *brust, from Proto-Germanic *brusts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”).


kleinzerig

nl-adj

kleinzerig (comparative kleinzeriger, superlative kleinzerigst)

kleinzeriger (comparative)
kleinzerigst (superlative)
kleinzerig (adverbial positive predicative)
kleinzeriger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het kleinzerigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het kleinzerigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
kleinzerige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kleinzerigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
kleinzerigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
kleinzerig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kleinzeriger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
kleinzerigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
kleinzerige (indefinite plural positive)
kleinzerigere (comparative indefinite plural)
kleinzerigste (indefinite plural superlative)
kleinzerige (definite positive)
kleinzerigere (comparative definite)
kleinzerigste (definite superlative)
kleinzerigs (partitive positive)
kleinzerigers (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: kleinserig

From klein (“small”) + zeer (“hurt”) + -ig (“-ish”).

af

petty in relation to pain or hardship, with a low pain threshold, with little endurance


fobie

nl-noun

fobie f (plural fobies or fobieën, diminutive fobietje n)

fobies (plural)
fobieën (plural)
fobietje (diminutive neuter)

(pathology) a phobia, irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety


gewricht

gewricht n (plural gewrichten, diminutive gewrichtje n)

gewrichten (plural)
gewrichtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gewrig

→ Papiamentu: gewricht (dated)

→ West Frisian: gewricht

joint (part of the body where bones join)


melaatsheid

From Middle Dutch malaetscheit. Equivalent to melaats (“leprose”) + -heid (“-ity, -ness”).

suffix

Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium leprae#Translingual

(pathology) skin disease; either leprosy (the infectious skin-disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae) or (historical) another disease historically conflated with leprosy


antilichaam

nl-noun

antilichaam n (plural antilichamen, diminutive antilichaampje n)

antilichamen (plural)
antilichaampje (diminutive neuter)

From anti- + lichaam, calque of German Antikörper.

(biochemistry) antibody, protein that binds to a specific antigen to counter it


tandenborstel

tandenborstel m (plural tandenborstels, diminutive tandenborsteltje n)

tandenborstels (plural)
tandenborsteltje (diminutive neuter)


anemie

→ Indonesian: anemia

Borrowed from New Latin anaemia, from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía).

(pathology) anemia, a medical condition with a decreased amount of hemoglobin, hindering oxygen transport


autisme

autisme n (plural autismen, diminutive autismetje n)

autismen (plural)
autismetje (diminutive neuter)

autism (syndrome on the autism spectrum)

(pathology, archaic) autism (type of schizophrenia)


bekken

bekken n (plural bekkens, diminutive bekkentje n)

bekkens (plural)
bekkentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Lokono: bèkè ina

→ Aukan: beki

→ Sranan Tongo: beki

desc

→ Guyanese Creole English: bakee, bakie, baky

From Middle Dutch becken, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum. Doublet of bassin.


pijnloos

nl-adj

pijnloos (comparative pijnlozer, superlative meest pijnloos or pijnloost)

pijnlozer (comparative)
meest pijnloos (superlative)
pijnloost (superlative)
pijnloos (adverbial positive predicative)
pijnlozer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het pijnloost (adverbial predicative superlative)
het pijnlooste (adverbial predicative superlative)
pijnloze (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
pijnlozere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
pijnlooste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
pijnloos (indefinite neuter positive singular)
pijnlozer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
pijnlooste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
pijnloze (indefinite plural positive)
pijnlozere (comparative indefinite plural)
pijnlooste (indefinite plural superlative)
pijnloze (definite positive)
pijnlozere (comparative definite)
pijnlooste (definite superlative)
pijnloos (partitive positive)
pijnlozers (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: pynloos


litteken

nl-noun

litteken n (plural littekens, diminutive littekentje n)

littekens (plural)
littekentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: litteken

From Middle Dutch lidteken, remotivation (as “member mark”) of older lijcteken (literally “body mark”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkataikn. Cognate with Old High German līhzeihhan, whence (with interpretation as “glue mark”) archaic German Leimzeichen, Luxembourgish Läinzeechen.


staaf

staaf m (plural staven, diminutive staafje n)

staven (plural)
staafje (diminutive neuter)

Paradigm levelling from the inflected forms of staf.


wrat

wrat f (plural wratten, diminutive wratje n)

wratten (plural)
wratje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wratte, from Old Dutch wratt, *wratta, *warta, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. The phonetic development is irregular, but compare Middle Low German wratte, Middle English wrette. Some modern Dutch dialects have the expected form wa(a)rt. Compare also German Warze, English wart.

wart (type of growth occurring on the skin)


gaffel

gaffel f or m (plural gaffels, diminutive gaffeltje n)

gaffels (plural)
gaffeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gaffel

(hunting, anatomy) a two-pronged antler of a two-year-old stag


aritmie

From French arythmie, from New Latin arrhythmia.


incontinentie

incontinentie f (plural incontinenties, diminutive incontinentietje n)

incontinenties (plural)
incontinentietje (diminutive neuter)

(pathology) incontinence, medical inability to regulate one's defecation


wijsvinger

wijsvinger m (plural wijsvingers, diminutive wijsvingertje n)

wijsvingers (plural)
wijsvingertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wysvinger

/ˈʋɛi̯sˌfɪ.ŋər/


amputeren

amputeren (infinitive)
amputeren (gerund neuter)
amputeer (first-person present singular)
amputeerde (first-person past singular)
amputeert (present second-person singular)
amputeer (present second-person singular)
amputeerde (past second-person singular)
amputeert (formal present second-person singular)
amputeerde (formal past second-person singular)
amputeert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
amputeert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
amputeerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
amputeerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
amputeert (present singular third-person)
amputeerde (past singular third-person)
amputeren (plural present)
amputeerden (past plural)
amputere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
amputeerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
amputeren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
amputeerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
amputeer (imperative present singular)
amputeert (archaic imperative plural present)
amputerend (participle present)
geamputeerd (participle past)

Afrikaans: amputeer

(transitive, medicine) to amputate, surgically remove a body part


farmacologie

→ Indonesian: farmakologi


bezeren

bezeren (infinitive)
bezeren (gerund neuter)
bezeer (first-person present singular)
bezeerde (first-person past singular)
bezeert (present second-person singular)
bezeer (present second-person singular)
bezeerde (past second-person singular)
bezeert (formal present second-person singular)
bezeerde (formal past second-person singular)
bezeert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bezeert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bezeerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bezeerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bezeert (present singular third-person)
bezeerde (past singular third-person)
bezeren (plural present)
bezeerden (past plural)
bezere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bezeerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bezeren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bezeerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bezeer (imperative present singular)
bezeert (archaic imperative plural present)
bezerend (participle present)
bezeerd (participle past)

Afrikaans: beseer

From Middle Dutch beseren. Equivalent to zeer + be- -en.

Pas op dat je die tere plantjes niet bezeert.

Take care not to hurt those tender plants.

(transitive) to hurt, cause pain and/or injury


visgraat

visgraat m (plural visgraten, diminutive visgraatje n)

visgraten (plural)
visgraatje (diminutive neuter)


handpalm

handpalm f (plural handpalmen, diminutive handpalmpje n)

handpalmen (plural)
handpalmpje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hantpalme. Equivalent to hand + palm.


angstpsychose

angstpsychose f (plural angstpsychosen or angstpsychoses, diminutive angstpsychosetje n)

angstpsychosen (plural)
angstpsychoses (plural)
angstpsychosetje (diminutive neuter)

a psychosis that has fear as the most important symptom


amandel

amandel f (plural amandelen, diminutive amandeltje n)

amandelen (plural)
amandeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: amandel

→ Kari'na: mantala

→ Indonesian: amandel

→ Papiamentu: amandel

→ Sranan Tongo: amandra

→ Caribbean Javanese: mandrah


cocaïne

→ Indonesian: kokaina

Borrowed from French cocaïne. Equivalent to coca + -ine.

Zeg maar, hoeveel cocaïne wil je?

Just say it, how much cocaine do you want?

cocaine (narcotic derived from coca plants)


tandarts

tandarts m (plural tandartsen, diminutive tandartsje n)

tandartsen (plural)
tandartsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tandarts

Petjo: tanarts

→ Indonesian: dokter gigi (calque)

Compound of tand (“tooth”) + arts (“doctor”).


oksel

oksel m (plural oksels, diminutive okseltje n)

oksels (plural)
okseltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ocsele, either from Old Dutch *uokusala or borrowed from Old Frisian axele, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱs- (“armpit”). Cognate with English axle (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”),
Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).


dyslexie

(pathology) dyslexia (a syndrome, causing inability of reading)


tandpasta

tandpasta m (plural tandpasta's, diminutive tandpastaatje n)

tandpasta's (plural)
tandpastaatje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of tand (“tooth”) + pasta (“paste”).

toothpaste, a paste for cleaning the teeth


dysenterie

→ Indonesian: disentri


biopsie

→ Indonesian: biopsi


vaccin

vaccin n (plural vaccins, diminutive vaccintje n)

vaccins (plural)
vaccintje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: vaksin

Borrowed from French vaccin, from Latin vaccīnus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox). Compare New Latin variola vaccīna (“cowpox”).


endemisch

endemisch (adverbial positive predicative)
endemische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
endemisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
endemische (indefinite plural positive)
endemische (definite positive)
endemisch (partitive positive)

From endemie (“endemia”) + -isch (“-ish, -ic”).

suffix

(medicine) endemic (prevalent in a particular area)


stijg

nl-noun

stijg m (plural stijgen, diminutive stijgje n)

stijgen (plural)
stijgje (diminutive neuter)

Often related to stijgen (“to rise, ascend”) in the sense of "something pointed." Identical development is found in English sty.

(pathology) an inflammation of the eyelid, sty


tepel

tepel m (plural tepels, diminutive tepeltje n)

tepels (plural)
tepeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compare Middle Dutch tippel. Equivalent to tip + -el.


voorhuid

voorhuid f (plural voorhuiden, diminutive voorhuidje n)

voorhuiden (plural)
voorhuidje (diminutive neuter)


hoofdpijn

Ik heb last van hevige hoofdpijn en neem een pijnstiller.

I have a severe headache and will take a painkiller.

De lange werkdag gaf me een flinke dosis hoofdpijn aan het eind.

The long workday gave me a substantial amount of headache by the end.

Als je veel water drinkt, kan dat helpen tegen hoofdpijn

Drinking plenty of water can help with headache.


koppijn

Ik heb al de hele dag barstende koppijn.


afzetting

afzetting f (plural afzettingen, diminutive afzettinkje n)

afzettingen (plural)
afzettinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɑfˌzɛ.tɪŋ/


adamsappel

adamsappel m (plural adamsappels, diminutive adamsappeltje n)

adamsappels (plural)
adamsappeltje (diminutive neuter)

Calque of French pomme d’Adam. Equivalent to Adam + -s- + appel.

laryngeal prominence
laryngeal prominence


sluik

nl-adj

sluik (comparative sluiker, superlative sluikst)

sluiker (comparative)
sluikst (superlative)
sluik (adverbial positive predicative)
sluiker (adverbial comparative predicative)
het sluikst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het sluikste (adverbial predicative superlative)
sluike (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
sluikere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
sluikste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
sluik (indefinite neuter positive singular)
sluiker (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
sluikste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
sluike (indefinite plural positive)
sluikere (comparative indefinite plural)
sluikste (indefinite plural superlative)
sluike (definite positive)
sluikere (comparative definite)
sluikste (definite superlative)
sluiks (partitive positive)
sluikers (comparative partitive)

Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *slakaz or *slūm- (“slack, flabby”). Also compare the root of German schlau.


patiënt

nl-noun

patiënt m (plural patiënten, diminutive patiëntje n, feminine patiënte)

patiënten (plural)
patiëntje (diminutive neuter)
patiënte (feminine)

Afrikaans: pasiënt

→ Indonesian: pasien

→ Papiamentu: pashènt

From Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of pati (“to suffer, endure”); akin to Greek πάσχειν (páskhein, “to suffer”); see pathos.

(medicine) patient, someone who receives therapeutic treatment


blaar

blaar f or m (plural blaren, diminutive blaartje n)

blaren (plural)
blaartje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: bral, blar

From Middle Dutch blader (“vesicle”), from Old Dutch *blādara, from Proto-West Germanic *blādrā (“blister, bubble”).
Created by syncope of the -d- from Middle Dutch blader; the -d- is geminated before the -r-, similar to botter from boter and wakker from waken.


neurotisch

nl-adj

neurotisch (comparative neurotischer, superlative meest neurotisch or neurotischt)

neurotischer (comparative)
meest neurotisch (superlative)
neurotischt (superlative)
neurotisch (adverbial positive predicative)
neurotischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het neurotischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het neurotischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
neurotische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
neurotischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
neurotischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
neurotisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
neurotischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
neurotischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
neurotische (indefinite plural positive)
neurotischere (comparative indefinite plural)
neurotischte (indefinite plural superlative)
neurotische (definite positive)
neurotischere (comparative definite)
neurotischte (definite superlative)
neurotisch (partitive positive)
neurotischers (comparative partitive)


moedervlek

nl-noun

moedervlek f (plural moedervlekken, diminutive moedervlekje n)

moedervlekken (plural)
moedervlekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: moedervlek


prik

prik f (plural prikken, diminutive prikje n)

prikken (plural)
prikje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: prek

From Middle Dutch pricke, likely a variant of pikken with an emphatic -r-.

(medicine, informal) injection, jab, shot


ingewanden

Afrikaans: ingewande

From Middle Dutch ingewanden. Equivalent to a plural of ingewand.


spier

spier f (plural spieren, diminutive spiertje n)

spieren (plural)
spiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spier

→ Papiamentu: spir, spier

From Middle Dutch spier (“pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle”), from Old Dutch *spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīraz, *spīrǭ. In Middle Dutch, the word took the meaning "muscle", likely due to the similarities in shape between its earlier meanings and muscle fibers.


eiwit

nl-noun

eiwit n (plural eiwitten, diminutive eiwitje n)

eiwitten (plural)
eiwitje (diminutive neuter)

(biochemistry, nutrition) protein (uncountable)


toupet

toupet m (plural toupetten or toupets, diminutive toupetje n)

toupetten (plural)
toupets (plural)
toupetje (diminutive neuter)

From her own Head, Megwra takes
A Perriwig of twisted Snakes;
Which in the nicest Fashion curl'd,
Like Toupets of this upper World […]

1730, Jonathan Swift, “Death And Daphne,”, in Some Verse Pieces:


uitwerpsel

uitwerpsel n (plural uitwerpselen or uitwerpsels, diminutive uitwerpseltje n)

uitwerpselen (plural)
uitwerpsels (plural)
uitwerpseltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: uitwerpsel

From uitwerpen (“to throw out”) + -sel.
Possible calque of Latin deiectio.


trombocyt

→ Indonesian: trombosit

An internationalism. First attested in the 1900s, in the older spelling.

(cytology, hematology) thrombocyte, platelet


bordeaux

Borrowed from French Bordeaux (“a city and wine region in southwest France”), bordeaux.


spuit

nl-noun

spuit f (plural spuiten, diminutive spuitje n)

spuiten (plural)
spuitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spuit

Javindo: spuit

Petjo: spuit

→ Indonesian: sepuit

→ Japanese: スポイト

→ Papiamentu: spùit

→ Norwegian Bokmål: sprøyte

→ Sranan Tongo: spoiti

→ Aukan: sipoiti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: spoiti

→ Caribbean Javanese: sepoiti

→ Saramaccan: sipóíti

From Middle Dutch spoyte, probably related to spuien.

Dit geneesmiddel wordt door middel van een spuit toegediend.

This medicine is administered by means of a syringe.


psychiatrisch

psychiatrisch (adverbial positive predicative)
psychiatrische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
psychiatrisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
psychiatrische (indefinite plural positive)
psychiatrische (definite positive)
psychiatrisch (partitive positive)

Probably borrowed from German psychiatrisch. Equivalent to psychiater + -isch.


jukbeen

jukbeen n (plural jukbeenderen, diminutive jukbeentje n)

jukbeenderen (plural)
jukbeentje (diminutive neuter)


dysfagie

Probably borrowed. Equivalent to dys- (“dys-”) + fagie (“to feed”).


inenten

inenten (infinitive)
inenten (gerund neuter)
ent in (first-person main-clause present singular)
entte in (first-person main-clause past singular)
inent (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
inentte (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
ent in (main-clause present second-person singular)
entte in (main-clause past second-person singular)
inent (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
inentte (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ent in (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
entte in (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
inent (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
inentte (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ent in (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
ent in (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
entte in (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
entte in (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
inent (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
inent (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
inentte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
inentte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
ent in (main-clause present singular third-person)
entte in (main-clause past singular third-person)
inent (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
inentte (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
enten in (main-clause plural present)
entten in (main-clause past plural)
inenten (plural present subordinate-clause)
inentten (past plural subordinate-clause)
ente in (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
entte in (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
inente (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
inentte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
enten in (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
entten in (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
inenten (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
inentten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
ent in (imperative main-clause present singular)
ent in (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
inentend (main-clause participle present)
ingeënt (main-clause participle past)

Afrikaans: inent

→ Papiamentu: ènter

(transitive, archaic, of plants) to graft onto


spoed

Afrikaans: spoed

→ Indonesian: seput, spoed

From Middle Dutch spoet, from Old Dutch *spuot, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi.
The "emergency department" sense is a clipping of spoedafdeling.

(chiefly Belgium) emergency department of a hospital


hartstilstand

hartstilstand m (plural hartstilstanden, diminutive hartstilstandje n)

hartstilstanden (plural)
hartstilstandje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: henti jantung (calque)


bebaard

bebaard (adverbial positive predicative)
bebaarde (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
bebaard (indefinite neuter positive singular)
bebaarde (indefinite plural positive)
bebaarde (definite positive)
bebaards (partitive positive)


psychosomatisch

nl-adj

psychosomatisch (comparative psychosomatischer, superlative meest psychosomatisch or psychosomatischt)

psychosomatischer (comparative)
meest psychosomatisch (superlative)
psychosomatischt (superlative)
psychosomatisch (adverbial positive predicative)
psychosomatischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het psychosomatischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het psychosomatischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
psychosomatische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
psychosomatischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
psychosomatischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
psychosomatisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
psychosomatischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
psychosomatischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
psychosomatische (indefinite plural positive)
psychosomatischere (comparative indefinite plural)
psychosomatischte (indefinite plural superlative)
psychosomatische (definite positive)
psychosomatischere (comparative definite)
psychosomatischte (definite superlative)
psychosomatisch (partitive positive)
psychosomatischers (comparative partitive)

By surface analysis, psycho- + somatisch.