woordenboek

nl-noun

woordenboek n (plural woordenboeken, diminutive woordenboekje n)

woordenboeken (plural)
woordenboekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: woordeboek

Negerhollands: woord-buk

→ Sranan Tongo: wortubuku

Equivalent to woord (“word”) + -en- + boek (“book”). Compare West Frisian wurdboek (“dictionary”), German Low German Woordenbook, Wöörbook (“dictionary”), German Wörterbuch (“dictionary”), Swedish ordbok (“dictionary”), Danish ordbog (“dictionary”), English wordbook.


nu

nu's (plural)
nuutje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû). Doublet of noen.


accolade

accolade f (plural accolades, diminutive accoladetje n)

accolades (plural)
accoladetje (diminutive neuter)


hoed

hoed m (plural hoeden, diminutive hoedje n)

hoeden (plural)
hoedje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hoed

Berbice Creole Dutch: hutu

Jersey Dutch: hût

Negerhollands: hoet, hoed, hut

Skepi Creole Dutch: hut

From Middle Dutch hoet, from Old Dutch *huot, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. Cognate to German Hut, English hood.


man

man m (plural mannen or man or mans, diminutive mannetje n or manneke n or manneken n)

mannen (plural)
man (plural)
mans (plural)
mannetje (diminutive neuter)
manneke (diminutive neuter)
manneken (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: man

Jersey Dutch: mān

Negerhollands: man

→ Virgin Islands Creole: mani (dated)

→ Caribbean Javanese: mang

From Middle Dutch man, from Old Dutch man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Ze is al jaren gelukkig getrouwd met haar man.

She has been happily married to her husband for years.

Hij is een zorgzame man en een geweldige vader.

He is a caring husband and a great father.

Haar man verraste haar met een romantisch diner.

Her husband surprised her with a romantic dinner.


port

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

nl-adj

bot (comparative botter, superlative botst)

botter (comparative)
botst (superlative)
bot (adverbial positive predicative)
botter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het botst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het botste (adverbial predicative superlative)
botte (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
bottere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
botste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
bot (indefinite neuter positive singular)
botter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
botste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
botte (indefinite plural positive)
bottere (comparative indefinite plural)
botste (indefinite plural superlative)
botte (definite positive)
bottere (comparative definite)
botste (definite superlative)
bots (partitive positive)
botters (comparative partitive)

Berbice Creole Dutch: dofu

→ Papiamentu: bòt

From Middle Dutch bot, but, butte, related to Middle Low German but (“dull, plump, coarse”), West Frisian bot (“blunt”). Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, butt”).

cog

De schaar is te bot om het papier goed te knippen.

The scissors are too blunt to cut the paper properly.


bank

nl-noun

bank f (plural banken, diminutive bankje n)

banken (plural)
bankje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bank

→ Aukan: banku

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bánk

→ Malay: bank

Indonesian: bank

→ Central Dusun: bank

→ Central Melanau: bank

→ Makasar: bank

→ Javanese: bang

→ Sundanese: bank

→ Papiamentu: banki (dated)

→ Saramaccan: bánku

→ Sranan Tongo: bangi

→ Trió: banku

→ West Frisian: bank

From Middle Dutch banc, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, related to Etymology 1 above.

(games, gambling) the bank, a player who controls a deposit in some card games or board games and in gambling


accent

accent n (plural accenten, diminutive accentje n)

accenten (plural)
accentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aksent

→ Indonesian: aksen

→ Papiamentu: aksènt

From Middle Dutch accent, ultimately from Latin accentus.

(orthography) accent (symbol to indicate spoken accent or the nature of a vowel)


baby

baby m (plural baby's or babies, diminutive baby'tje n)

baby's (plural)
babies (plural)
baby'tje (diminutive neuter)


president

president m (plural presidenten, diminutive presidentje n)

presidenten (plural)
presidentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: president

→ Caribbean Javanese: présidhèn

→ Indonesian: presiden

→ Papiamentu: presidènt


green

Borrowed from North Germanic, from Old Norse grǫn.

Pinus sylvestris
Pinus sylvestris#Translingual


Chinese

Chinese f (plural Chinesen, masculine Chinees)


worst

worst f (plural worsten, diminutive worstje n)

worsten (plural)
worstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wors
→ English: wors

Jersey Dutch: wârst

→ Papiamentu: wòrs

→ Russian: ворса (vorsa)

→ Sranan Tongo: worst

From Middle Dutch worst, from Old Dutch *wurst, *worst, from Proto-West Germanic *wursti.
Cognate with Limburgish wósj, Zealandic woste, Old Saxon worst, Middle Low German worst, Plautdietsch Worscht, Old Frisian *wurst, West Frisian woarst, Old High German wurst, Middle High German wurst, German Wurst, Swabian Wurscht, Sathmar Swabian Wurscht, Bavarian Wuascht, Central Franconian Woosch, Luxembourgish Wuuscht, Hunsrik Worst, East Central German Wurscht, Vilamovian wiyśt, East Franconian Woschd, Rhine Franconian Wurscht, Pennsylvania German Warscht, Palatine German Wurst, Yiddish וווּרשט (vursht).


pit

(motor racing) pit (refueling station and garage at a race track)


Welsh

nl-adj

Welsh (comparative Welsher, superlative Welsht)

Welsher (comparative)
Welsht (superlative)
Welsh (adverbial positive predicative)
Welsher (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Welsht (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Welshte (adverbial predicative superlative)
Welshe (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Welshere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Welshte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Welsh (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Welsher (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Welshte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Welshe (indefinite plural positive)
Welshere (comparative indefinite plural)
Welshte (indefinite plural superlative)
Welshe (definite positive)
Welshere (comparative definite)
Welshte (definite superlative)
Welsh (partitive positive)
Welshers (comparative partitive)


pi

nl-noun

pi f or m (plural pi's, diminutive pi'tje n)

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî). Doublet of pe, pee (“Hebrew letter”).


thee

thee m (plural theeën, diminutive theetje n)

theeën (plural)
theetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tee

Berbice Creole Dutch: tei

Negerhollands: thee, tee

→ Caribbean Javanese: teh

→ Dutch Low Saxon: thee

desctree

→ Danish: te, the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)
→ Faroese: te

→ English: tea (see there for further descendants)

→ French: thé (see there for further descendants)

→ German: Tee (see there for further descendants)

→ Icelandic: te

→ Kari'na: te

→ Latin: thea (see there for further descendants)

→ Latvian: tēja

→ Norwegian: te

→ Sranan Tongo: te
→ Aukan: te
→ Saramaccan: té

→ Swedish: te, the, thé
→ Finnish: tee

→ West Frisian: tee

From Hokkien 茶 (tê). The "-h-" is a faux-Greek spelling (compare Greek τσάι (tsái)); the more basal spelling tee was previously common, especially in the early modern period, but is now obsolete.

Ik ga mijn nieuwe buren op de thee vragen.

I’m going to invite my new neighbours for tea.

(singular only, with the definite article de)

tea-time, tea break, meeting in which tea is served

Tijdens de thee pepte de trainer de spelers op.

During the half-time break the coach cheered up the players.


mikado

nl-noun

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

mikado's (plural)
mikadootje (diminutive neuter)


non

non f (plural nonnen, diminutive nonnetje n)

nonnen (plural)
nonnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: nònchi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch nonne, which ultimately derives from Late Latin nonna.


nicht

nicht f (plural nichten, diminutive nichtje n)

nichten (plural)
nichtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: niggie (from the Hollandic diminutive nichie)

Negerhollands: nechi, nechtje, negje

From Middle Dutch nichte, from Old Dutch *nift, from Proto-West Germanic *nifti, from Proto-Germanic *niftiz, from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂.

Mijn nicht is een jaar jonger dan ik en we zijn goede vriendinnen.

My female cousin is one year younger than me, and we are good friends.

female cousin; daughter of someone's uncle or aunt

Mijn broer en zijn vrouw hebben twee nichten, een tweeling.

My brother and his wife have two nieces, twins.

niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister

Mijn oom van vaders kant heeft drie nichten, waarvan er twee getrouwd zijn.

My paternal uncle has three nieces, two of whom are married.

niece; daughter of someone's brother- or sister-in-law


nicht

nicht m (plural nichten, diminutive nichtje n)

(sometimes derogatory) male homosexual, a gay man; in particular one who is camp or effeminate


vleugel

vleugel m (plural vleugelen or vleugels, diminutive vleugeltje n)

vleugelen (plural)
vleugels (plural)
vleugeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vleuel

Negerhollands: flegn, flegon

From Middle Dutch vloghel, vlueghel, from Old Dutch *flugil, from Proto-Germanic *flugilaz.


astronaut

astronaut m (plural astronauten, diminutive astronautje n, feminine astronaute)

astronauten (plural)
astronautje (diminutive neuter)
astronaute (feminine)

De astronaut bereidt zich voor op een wandeling in de ruimte.

The astronaut is preparing for a spacewalk.

Als kind droomde hij ervan om astronaut te worden.

As a child, he dreamt of becoming an astronaut.

De training van een astronaut is intensief en uitdagend.

The training of an astronaut is intensive and challenging.


pen

pen f (plural pennen, diminutive pennetje n)

pennen (plural)
pennetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pen

Negerhollands: pen

→ Caribbean Hindustani: pen

→ Caribbean Javanese: pèn

→ Indonesian: pen

→ Japanese: ペン (pen)

desc

→ Papiamentu: pèn, pen, pènchi, pennetsje (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: pen

→ Saramaccan: peni

From Middle Dutch penne, ultimately from Latin penna.


adel

Afrikaans: adel

→ Estonian: aadel

→ Javanese: adhel

→ Papiamentu: adel

From Middle Dutch adel, from Old Dutch *athal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

De adel had vroeger veel macht in Europa.

The nobility used to have a lot of power in Europe.

Hij stamt af van de oude adel.

In veel landen is de adel een ceremoniële klasse.

In many countries, the nobility is a ceremonial class.


mijn

nl-noun

mijn f (plural mijnen, diminutive mijntje n)

mijnen (plural)
mijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: myn

From Middle Dutch mine, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”). Some senses are borrowed from French mine (“explosive device”) and Middle French mine (“tunnel for sapping”).

bor

Deze mijn is mijn mijn, ga je ergens anders opblazen.

This mine is my mine, go blow yourself up somewhere else.

mine (device meant to explode when stepped upon or touched)


kind

nl-noun

kind n (plural kinderen or kinders, diminutive kindje n or kindertje n or kindeken n or kindelijn n)

kinderen (plural)
kinders (plural)
kindje (diminutive neuter)
kindertje (diminutive neuter)
kindeken (diminutive neuter)
kindelijn (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kind

Jersey Dutch: känt

Negerhollands: kind, kint, kin, ken

Skepi Creole Dutch: kente, kinte

From Middle Dutch kint, from Old Dutch kint, from Proto-West Germanic *kind (“offspring”), from Proto-Germanic *kindą (“offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁tóm (“that which is produced, that which is given birth to”), related to *ǵn̥h₁tós (“produced, given birth”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to give birth”).

der

Lieve kinderen, wij missen jullie. (typical paedagogical window message during COVID-19 measures)

In sommige patriarchale tradities blijven kinderen levenslang onvoorwaardelijk onderworpen aan het vaderlijk gezag, zoals aanvankelijk in het Oude Rome, in andere houdt een zoon op kind te zijn door zijn eigen gezin te stichten

In certain patriarchal traditions, children remain subject to unconditional paternal authority for life, as originally in Ancient Rome, in other ones a son ceases to be a child by founding his own family

first-degree descendant, still a minor or irrespective of age


bal

nl-noun

bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)

ballen (plural)
balletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bal

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bál

→ Caribbean Javanese: bal

→ Indonesian: bal

→ Papiamentu: bala, balchi

→ Saramaccan: balí

→ Sranan Tongo: bal

→ Sundanese: bal

From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz. Doublet of baal.

wie de bal kaatst, moet hem terug verwachten

De voetballer gaf een perfecte bal naar zijn teamgenoot.

The soccer player made a perfect pass to his teammate.

Ze gaf een hoge bal naar voren om de aanval te beginnen.

She sent a high pass forward to start the attack.


beginner

beginner m (plural beginners, diminutive beginnertje n)

beginners (plural)
beginnertje (diminutive neuter)

Hij kan goed schaken voor een beginner.

someone who is just starting something, or has only recently started (similar to English)


handicap

handicap m (plural handicaps, diminutive handicapje n)

handicaps (plural)
handicapje (diminutive neuter)

(sports, golf) handicap, measure of ability


pizza

pizza f (plural pizza's, diminutive pizzaatje n)

pizza's (plural)
pizzaatje (diminutive neuter)


Turk

Turk m (plural Turken, diminutive Turkje n, feminine Turkse)

Turken (plural)
Turkje (diminutive neuter)
Turkse (feminine)


dia

dia m (plural dia's, diminutive diaatje n)

dia's (plural)
diaatje (diminutive neuter)


transgender

transgender m or f (plural transgenders)

Borrowed from English transgender. See also gender.


mama

mama f (plural mama's, diminutive mamaatje n)

mama's (plural)
mamaatje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: mama

Negerhollands: mama, Mama

→ Virgin Islands Creole: muma

Mama, ik heb honger!


lam

lam n (plural lammeren, diminutive lammetje n)

lammeren (plural)
lammetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: lam, lamtje

→ Papiamentu: lamchi, lammetsje

From Middle Dutch lam, from Old Dutch *lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb.

(metonymically) the meat - or fleece/wool produce of a lamb; a dish prepared from lamb's meat

(figuratively) a gentle person, especially an innocent child


lam

nl-adj

lam (comparative lammer, superlative lamst)

lammer (comparative)
lamst (superlative)
lam (adverbial positive predicative)
lammer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het lamst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het lamste (adverbial predicative superlative)
lamme (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
lammere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
lamste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
lam (indefinite neuter positive singular)
lammer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
lamste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
lamme (indefinite plural positive)
lammere (comparative indefinite plural)
lamste (indefinite plural superlative)
lamme (definite positive)
lammere (comparative definite)
lamste (definite superlative)
lams (partitive positive)
lammers (comparative partitive)

Negerhollands: lam

→ Caribbean Javanese: lam

→ Papiamentu: lam

From Middle Dutch lam, from Old Dutch *lam, from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz.


arts

nl-noun

arts m (plural artsen, diminutive artsje n, feminine artse)

artsen (plural)
artsje (diminutive neuter)
artse (feminine)

Afrikaans: arts

From Middle Dutch ersetere, arseter, arsete, from Old Dutch ercetere, from Proto-West Germanic *arcijātārī. The modern form is based on or influenced by German Arzt. All borrowed from Medieval Latin arcīāter, from Late Latin archīāter, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós).


dart

dart m (plural darts, diminutive dartje n)

darts (plural)
dartje (diminutive neuter)


keep

(ball games, chiefly soccer, colloquial) Synonym of keeper


camera

camera f (plural camera's, diminutive cameraatje n)

camera's (plural)
cameraatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kamera

→ Indonesian: kamera

Learned borrowing from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”).


body

nl-noun

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

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

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from bodysuit.

bodysuit, leotard, onesie
(garment worn by adult)

bodysuit, leotard, onesie
(garment worn by infant or small child)


basket

(basketball) basket (the goal in basketball)


ring

ring m (plural ringen, diminutive ringetje n)

ringen (plural)
ringetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ring

Negerhollands: rink, riṅ

→? Aukan: linga

→ Indonesian: ring

→ Papiamentu: renchi, ringtsje (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.


shot

shot n or m (plural shots, diminutive shotje n)

shots (plural)
shotje (diminutive neuter)

(film, photography) shot (sequence of frames)


string

string m (plural strings, diminutive stringetje n)

strings (plural)
stringetje (diminutive neuter)


bi

nl-adj

bi (invariable, comparative meer bi, superlative meest bi)

meer bi (comparative)
meest bi (superlative)


effect

nl-noun

effect n (plural effecten, diminutive effectje n)

effecten (plural)
effectje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: effek

→ Indonesian: efek

From Middle Dutch effect, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus. The sense ‘(equitable) security’ borrowed from German Effekt or French effet.


sap

sap n (plural sappen, diminutive sapje n)

sappen (plural)
sapje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sap

Negerhollands: sap

→ Indonesian: getah (semantic loan)

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


blade

Borrowed from English blade, from Middle English blade. Doublet of blad.

(sports, chiefly plural) a running blade (prosthetic limb used for running)


baron

baron m (plural baronnen, diminutive baronnetje n, feminine barones)

baronnen (plural)
baronnetje (diminutive neuter)
barones (feminine)

→ Indonesian: baron

→ Javanese: ꦧꦫꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (baron)

Readjustment from earlier baroen through modern French influence, from Middle Dutch baroen, from Old French baron.

a magnate, especially a wealthy and influential (industrial) entrepreneur


monarch

monarch m (plural monarchen, diminutive monarchje n)

monarchen (plural)
monarchje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: monarg

From Middle Dutch monarcha, from Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from 'μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).


san

san c (plural san's, diminutive sannetje n)

san's (plural)
sannetje (diminutive neuter)


pet

pet m (plural petten, diminutive petje n)

petten (plural)
petje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: pèt

→ Indonesian: pet, peci (from the diminutive)

→ Papiamentu: pèchi, petsje (from the diminutive)


manga

manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje n)

manga's (plural)
mangaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.


CEO

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

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

chief executive officer
chief executive officer


heet

nl-adj

heet (comparative heter, superlative heetst)

heter (comparative)
heetst (superlative)
heet (adverbial positive predicative)
heter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het heetst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het heetste (adverbial predicative superlative)
hete (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
hetere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
heetste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
heet (indefinite neuter positive singular)
heter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
heetste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
hete (indefinite plural positive)
hetere (comparative indefinite plural)
heetste (indefinite plural superlative)
hete (definite positive)
hetere (comparative definite)
heetste (definite superlative)
heets (partitive positive)
heters (comparative partitive)

Berbice Creole Dutch: hete

Jersey Dutch: heît

Negerhollands: heet

From Middle Dutch hêet, from Old Dutch *hēt, from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

de soep wordt nooit zo heet gegeten als ze wordt opgediend

De curry was erg heet vanwege de toegevoegde pepers.

The curry was very spicy due to the added peppers.


want

nl-noun

want f (plural wanten, diminutive wantje n)

wanten (plural)
wantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Munsee: wa’nt

→ Papiamentu: wante

From Middle Dutch want, from Old Dutch *want, from Frankish *wantu, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz.

Tijdens de winter droeg ze een paar wanten om haar handen warm te houden.

During the winter, she wore a pair of mittens to keep her hands warm.

De kinderen verloren hun wanten in de sneeuw tijdens het spelen.

The children lost their mittens in the snow while playing.

Hij breide een schattig wantje voor zijn pasgeboren nichtje.

He knitted an adorable mitten for his newborn niece.

a mitten, type of glove in which four fingers get only one section, besides the thumb


lekker

nl-adj

lekker (comparative lekkerder, superlative lekkerst)

lekkerder (comparative)
lekkerst (superlative)
lekker (adverbial positive predicative)
lekkerder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het lekkerst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het lekkerste (adverbial predicative superlative)
lekkere (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
lekkerdere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
lekkerste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
lekker (indefinite neuter positive singular)
lekkerder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
lekkerste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
lekkere (indefinite plural positive)
lekkerdere (comparative indefinite plural)
lekkerste (indefinite plural superlative)
lekkere (definite positive)
lekkerdere (comparative definite)
lekkerste (definite superlative)
lekkers (partitive positive)
lekkerders (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: lekker
→ English: lekker

Negerhollands: lekker

From Middle Dutch lecker, derived from the verb lekken (“lick”) (Dutch likken). Cognate to German lecker, Afrikaans lekker, Middle Low German lecker, Norwegian lekker, Swedish läcker and Danish lækker. More at lick.

Het eten is weer lekker vandaag, mam!


massage

nl-noun

massage f (plural massages, diminutive massagetje n)

massages (plural)
massagetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: masasê

→ Papiamentu: masashi


masseur

masseur m (plural masseurs, diminutive masseurtje n, feminine masseuse)

masseurs (plural)
masseurtje (diminutive neuter)
masseuse (feminine)

Borrowed from French masseur, equivalent to masseren + -eur.


masseuse

masseuse f (plural masseuses, masculine masseur)

/ˌmɑˈsøː.zə/

Borrowed from French masseuse, equivalent to masseren + -euse.


penalty

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

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


putter

Borrowed from English putter. Equivalent to putten + -er.

(golf) a putter, a golf club used to putt


dame

dame f (plural dames, diminutive dametje n)

dames (plural)
dametje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dame

From Middle Dutch dame, from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.


kimono

kimono m (plural kimono's, diminutive kimonootje n)

kimono's (plural)
kimonootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Japanese 着物. First attested in 1880.

1880 August 10, Rudolf Lindau (misspelled as "Rudolph Lindau"), "Feuilleton. De kleine wereld. Een verhaal uit Japan", episode 5, tr. from German, in Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant, no. 186, page 2.
„Ik zie hem in zijn huis nooit anders dan in een Kimono (Japansch gewaad) en met sandalen loopen; ook neemt hij les in 't schermen bij een ouden, beroemden edelman, die hier leeg loopt. […]”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Rood als een kreeft, dampend als een afgebeuld paard bij helder winterweder, geene koude ten gevolge dier verdamping gevoelend — het kenmerkend onderscheid tusschen een warm en een zéér warm bad — doch door een onbeschrijfelijk gevoel van welbehagen voor het doorstaan der kortstondige marteling beloond, werp ik mijn kimono op de schouders, en klap alweder in de handen: […]

Red like a lobster, steaming like a cruelly exploited, exhausted horse in the clear weather of winter, not feeling any cold as a result of its evaporation − the characteristic difference between a warm and a very warm bath — yet rewarded for withstanding a short-lived torment by an indescribable sense of contentment, I throw my kimono over my shoulders, and clap in my hands again: […]


boek

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje n or boekske n)

boeken (plural)
boekje (diminutive neuter)
boekske (diminutive neuter)
m (Belgium nonstandard)

Afrikaans: boek

Berbice Creole Dutch: buku

Negerhollands: boek, bok, buki

Petjo: boek

Skepi Creole Dutch: buk

→ Caribbean Hindustani: buk

→ Caribbean Javanese: buku

→ Javanese: ꦧꦸꦏꦸ (buku)

→ Malay: buku
Indonesian: buku

→ Papiamentu: buki, boeki (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: buku

→ Aukan: buku

→ Kari'na: buku

→ Saramaccan: búku

From Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.
Compare West Frisian boek, Low German Book, German Buch, English book, Danish bog.


honing

Afrikaans: heuning

Negerhollands: henig, honing

→ Papiamentu: honing, heinik (dated)

→? Sranan Tongo: oni

→ Aukan: oniki

→ Saramaccan: honi

From Middle Dutch honinch (“honey”), from Old Dutch honing, from Proto-Germanic *hunangą. Cognate with English honey and German Honig.


gamma

gamma n (plural gamma's, diminutive gammaatje n)

gamma's (plural)
gammaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma). Doublet of gimel.


delta

delta f (plural delta's, diminutive deltaatje n)

delta's (plural)
deltaatje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta). Doublet of dalet.


epsilon

epsilon m or f (plural epsilons, diminutive epsilonnetje n)

epsilons (plural)
epsilonnetje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “the letter Ε”).

der

epsilon, the name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet


digamma

nl-noun

digamma n (plural digamma's, diminutive digammaatje n)

digamma's (plural)
digammaatje (diminutive neuter)


mint

Borrowed from English mint, from Middle English mynte, from Old English minte, from late Proto-West Germanic *mintā (“mint”), from Latin menta. Doublet of munt.


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.


kappa

kappa f (plural kappa's, diminutive kappaatje n)

kappa's (plural)
kappaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa). Doublet of kaf.


lambda

lambda f (plural lambda's, diminutive lambdaatje n)

lambda's (plural)
lambdaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed.


mu

mu's (plural)
muutje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek μῦ (mû). Doublet of mem and majem.


dam

desc

→ Indonesian: dam (“draught/checker(s)”)

Borrowed from Middle French dame, from Spanish dama.

(checkers) king (double draught/checker)


xi

nl-noun

xi m or f (plural xi's, diminutive xi'tje n)

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


croissant

croissant m (plural croissants, diminutive croissantje n)

croissants (plural)
croissantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kroisan

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).


pa

pa's (plural)
paatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: pachi (from the diminutive)


rho

nl-noun

rho f or m (plural rho's, diminutive rho'tje n)

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


omega

omega f or m (plural omegas, diminutive omegaatje n)

omegas (plural)
omegaatje (diminutive neuter)


das

das f (plural dassen, diminutive dasje n)

dassen (plural)
dasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: das

Negerhollands: dassie

→ Aukan: dasi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: dás

→ Caribbean Javanese: dhasi

→ Indonesian: dasi

→ Javanese: ꦝꦱꦶ (dhasi)

→ Papiamentu: dashi, dasji

→ Sranan Tongo: das

→ West Frisian: das

Uncertain, possibly from Italian dossi (“fur collar”).


echt

Negerhollands: echt, echte

Hij gelooft sterk in het belang van echt en gezin.

He strongly believes in the importance of marriage and family.

In sommige culturen is echt nog steeds een heilige verbintenis.

In some cultures, matrimony is still considered a sacred bond.

Ze heeft haar hele leven toegewijd aan het verdedigen van het concept van echt als hoeksteen van de samenleving.

She has dedicated her entire life to defending the concept of marriage as the cornerstone of society.


circuit

circuit n (plural circuits, diminutive circuitje n)

circuits (plural)
circuitje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sirkuit

Borrowed from Middle French circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus.


cherub

cherub m (plural cherubs, diminutive cherubje n)

cherubs (plural)
cherubje (diminutive neuter)

More recent than cherubijn. Borrowed from Latin cherub, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew כְּרוּב (k'rúv).

(biblical, historical) lamassu-like angel

(biblical, religion) six-winged humanoid angel


marathon

marathon m (plural marathons, diminutive marathonnetje n)

marathons (plural)
marathonnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: máratòn


rust

Afrikaans: rus

Negerhollands: rust, res

From Middle Dutch ruste, from Old Dutch *rusta, from Proto-Germanic *rustijō. Cognate with German Low German Rüst (“rest”), German Rüste (“end, sunset”).


pat

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta.


sandwich

sandwich m (plural sandwiches, diminutive sandwichje n)

sandwiches (plural)
sandwichje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English sandwich, after the Earl of Sandwich.


sigma

sigma f (plural sigma's, diminutive sigmaatje n)

sigma's (plural)
sigmaatje (diminutive neuter)


tau

tau n (plural taus, diminutive tautje n)

taus (plural)
tautje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch tau, thau, from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû). Doublet of taw, tav.


phi

phi m or f (plural phi's, diminutive phi'tje n)

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


chi

chi m or f (plural chi's, diminutive chi'tje n)

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


psi

psi m or f (plural psi's, diminutive psi'tje n)

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


papier

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papiertje n)

papieren (plural)
papiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: papier
→ Kwanyama: ombapila

Jersey Dutch: pampîr

Skepi Creole Dutch: paper

→ Aukan: pampila

→ Indonesian: papir

→ Munsee: pámpiil

→ West Frisian: papier

→ Saramaccan: pampía

→ Sranan Tongo: papira

→ Caribbean Javanese: papirah

→ Wayana: pampira

→ Trió: panpira

→ Unami: pampil

From Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier. Doublet of paper.


papyrus

papyrus m (plural papyri or papyrussen, diminutive papyrusje n)

papyri (plural)
papyrussen (plural)
papyrusje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

the paper-like material made from the papyrus plant


serpent

serpent n or f or m (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)

serpenten (plural)
serpentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), from the verb serpō (“I creep, crawl”).

(formal) serpent, serpentine dragon, large snake


pianist

pianist m (plural pianisten, diminutive pianistje n, feminine pianiste)

pianisten (plural)
pianistje (diminutive neuter)
pianiste (feminine)

From French pianiste, from Italian pianista. Equivalent to piano + -ist.


Nepalese

Nepalese f (plural Nepalesen, masculine Nepalees)


hamburger

hamburger m (plural hamburgers, diminutive hamburgertje n)

hamburgers (plural)
hamburgertje (diminutive neuter)


Liechtensteiner

Liechtensteiner m (plural Liechtensteiners, feminine Liechtensteinse)

Liechtensteiners (plural)
Liechtensteinse (feminine)

Liechtensteiner (a person from Liechtenstein or of Liechtenstein descent)


brood

brood n (plural broden, diminutive broodje n)

broden (plural)
broodje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brood

Berbice Creole Dutch: broto

Jersey Dutch: brôt

Negerhollands: brood, brot

Skepi Creole Dutch: brot

From Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.


hype

hype c (plural hypes, diminutive hypeje n)

hypes (plural)
hypeje (diminutive neuter)


Bask

Bask m (plural Basken, feminine Baskische)


club

club m (plural clubs, diminutive clubje n)

clubs (plural)
clubje (diminutive neuter)


producer

producer m (plural producers, diminutive producertje n)

producers (plural)
producertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: produser


papa

papa m (plural papa's, diminutive papaatje n)

papa's (plural)
papaatje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: papa

Negerhollands: popa, pupa

→ Virgin Islands Creole: popa, pupa (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: papai

dad (term of address for one’s father, especially used by young children)


dans

dans m (plural dansen, diminutive dansje n)

dansen (plural)
dansje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dans

Berbice Creole Dutch: dansi

Negerhollands: dans

From Middle Dutch dans, from Old French danse or a deverbal from dansen.


slip

slip f (plural slips, diminutive slipje n)

slips (plural)
slipje (diminutive neuter)

From English slip, probably via French slip. The English word may itself be derived from Middle Dutch slippen (etymology 3 and 4) below.

a pair of briefs, a short type of underpants which covers the buttocks but nothing below

(by extension, for women) a pair of knickers or panties, any female underpants


slip

slip f (plural slippen, diminutive slipje n)

slippen (plural)
slipje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: slip (dated)

From Middle Dutch slippe, sleppe, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *slīban (“to split”). Related with German Schlips (“necktie”).

der

tail, part of an upper garment hanging below the waist


slip

→ Indonesian: slip


poker

Borrowed from English poker, perhaps from the first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque.


pool

nl-noun

pool m (plural pools, diminutive pooltje n)

pools (plural)
pooltje (diminutive neuter)


Punjabi

der

پنجابی•ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

Punjabi پنجابی•ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (pañjābī)

Punjabi, of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language


vita

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vīta.

lbor

Zijn vertaling van deze vita is onbetrouwbaar.

His translation of this vita is unreliable.

De eerste vita over haar leven werd in de achtste eeuw geschreven.

The first vita concerning her life was written in the eighth century.


homo

nl-noun

homo m (plural homo's, diminutive homootje n)

homo's (plural)
homootje (diminutive neuter)

Clipping of homoseksueel and/or homofiel.

(neutral, not offensive) gay, homosexual


Marcus

Borrowed from Latin Mārcus. The Biblical senses derive from Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos).


top

top m (plural toppen, diminutive topje n)

toppen (plural)
topje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: top

From Middle Dutch top, topp, from Old Dutch *topp, *top, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz. The sexual sense is borrowed from English top.

Coordinate term: bottom

(LGBTQ and BDSM slang) top (active or dominant sexual partner)


tsarina

tsarina f (plural tsarina's, masculine tsaar)

Probably from Italian or Spanish, cf. the English etymology.

tsarina (female tsar/empress, wife of a tsar)


er was eens

(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time there was


dragon

Borrowed from Middle French dragon, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

der

Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn)

Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia dracunculus#Translingual

the edible Mediterranean herb Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon), used as a salad spice


dragon

nl-noun

dragon m (plural dragons, diminutive dragonnetje n)

dragons (plural)
dragonnetje (diminutive neuter)


eunuch

eunuch m (plural eunuchen, diminutive eunuchje n)

eunuchen (plural)
eunuchje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eunug

Borrowed from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).


bom

bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

bommen (plural)
bommetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bom

→ Caribbean Javanese: bom

→ Indonesian: bom

→ Sranan Tongo: bom

→ West Frisian: bom

Borrowed from French bombe, still attested as bombe in Early Modern Dutch.

Er werd een bom ontdekt in het treinstation.

A bomb was discovered in the train station.

De bommen vielen op de stad tijdens de luchtaanval.

The bombs fell on the city during the air raid.

Hij maakte een klein bommetje in het zwembad.

He made a small splash in the pool. (figurative use)


bok

bok m (plural bokken, diminutive bokje n)

bokken (plural)
bokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bok
→ Xhosa: ibhokhwe

Negerhollands: bok

Sranan Tongo: boko, bokoboko

Aukan: boko boko

From Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buc, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

buck, horse or pony; strong contraption on legs, resembling a mount


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


muil

From Middle Dutch muul, from Old Dutch *mūl, from Proto-West Germanic *mūl, from Latin mūlus.

a mule, an equine crossbreed between a stallion (horse) and a she-ass (donkey)


haas

haas m (plural hazen, diminutive haasje n)

hazen (plural)
haasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haas

Jersey Dutch: hâśe (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch hāse, from Old Dutch *haso, Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.

(sports) rabbit, pacesetter (runner in a distance race who sets the pace)


oom

oom m (plural ooms, diminutive oompje n)

ooms (plural)
oompje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oom

Berbice Creole Dutch: om

Negerhollands: noom, nom, noem

→ Virgin Islands Creole: nom, noom (dated)

→ Indonesian: om

→ Papiamentu: mò, òn, òmpi (from the diminutive), mo (Aruba), òm (Aruba), omo (Aruba), oom

→ Sranan Tongo: omu

→ West Frisian: omme, omke

From Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *ōm, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”).


baas

nl-noun

baas m (plural bazen, diminutive baasje n, feminine bazin)

bazen (plural)
baasje (diminutive neuter)
bazin (feminine)

Afrikaans: baas
→ English: baas

Negerhollands: baas, baes

→ Lokono: basia

→ Aukan: basi

→ Belizean Creole: baas

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bás

→ Caribbean Javanese: bas

desctree

→ English: boss
→ Cantonese: 波士 (bo¹ si⁶⁻²)
→ Danish: boss
→ French: boss
→ Indonesian: bos
→ Italian: boss
→ Japanese: ボス (bosu)
→ Korean: 보스 (boseu)

→ Guyanese Creole English: baas

→ Indonesian: bas (“boss”)

→ Petjo: bas

→ Jamaican Creole: baas

→ Kwinti: basia

→ Papiamentu: bas, baas, ba

→ Saramaccan: bási

→ Sranan Tongo: basi

→ Kari'na: ba`si

→ Trió: paasi

→ West Frisian: baas

Inherited from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô. Cognates include Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”); possibly also Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)).

gl

"father's sister, cousin"; > German <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Base</i> (“aunt, cousin”)


jas

nl-noun

jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)

jassen (plural)
jasje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: jas
→ Lozi: jansi
→ Yeyi: újànsí
→ Southern Ndebele: ijasi
→ Swazi: lijazi
→ Xhosa: idyasi
→ Zulu: ijazi

→ Aukan: yasi

→ Caribbean Javanese: jas, yas

→ Indonesian: jas

→ Petjo: djas

→ Papiamentu: yas, jas

Origin unknown. Compare West Frisian jas (“coat, jacket”), Saterland Frisian Jasse (“jacket”), Middle Low German jesse, gesse (“a man's garment, doublet, jacket”).

unk

unknown


jas

(card games, archaic) a jack or knave, especially as a trump card


Ezra

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

lbor

Ezra (a Jewish high priest and Biblical character)


joker

nl-noun

joker m (plural jokers, diminutive jokertje n)

jokers (plural)
jokertje (diminutive neuter)

any wild card or similar, even in non-card games


agent

agent m (plural agenten, diminutive agentje n, feminine agente)

agenten (plural)
agentje (diminutive neuter)
agente (feminine)

Afrikaans: agent

→ Caribbean Javanese: akhèn

→ Indonesian: agen

Borrowed from French agent, from Latin agēns (“one who acts”).

a police officer of the low(est) rank, constable, junior officer

an undercover agent; intelligence officer, secret agent

an agent (one who acts on behalf of another)


farao

farao m (plural farao's, diminutive faraootje n)

farao's (plural)
faraootje (diminutive neuter)


piste

piste f (plural pistes, diminutive pistetje n)

pistes (plural)
pistetje (diminutive neuter)


sadomasochist

sadomasochist m (plural sadomasochisten)


Duitser

Duitser m (plural Duitsers, diminutive Duitsertje n, feminine Duitse)

Duitsers (plural)
Duitsertje (diminutive neuter)
Duitse (feminine)

Sranan Tongo: Doisri

→ Caribbean Hindustani: Doisri

→ Caribbean Javanese: Dhoisri


Griek

Griek m (plural Grieken, diminutive Griekje n, feminine Griekse)

Grieken (plural)
Griekje (diminutive neuter)
Griekse (feminine)

→ Kari'na: Kiriki

From Middle Dutch griec, from Old Dutch *Krēka(s), from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō (“Greeks”).


slaan

slaan (infinitive)
slaan (gerund neuter)
sla (first-person present singular)
sloeg (first-person past singular)
slaat (present second-person singular)
sla (present second-person singular)
sloeg (past second-person singular)
slaat (formal present second-person singular)
sloeg (formal past second-person singular)
slaat (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
slaat (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
sloegt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
sloegt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
slaat (present singular third-person)
sloeg (past singular third-person)
slaan (plural present)
sloegen (past plural)
sla (archaic present singular subjunctive)
sloege (archaic past singular subjunctive)
slaan (archaic plural present subjunctive)
sloegen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
sla (imperative present singular)
slaat (archaic imperative plural present)
slaand (participle present)
geslagen (participle past)

Afrikaans: slaan

Jersey Dutch: slân

desc

Negerhollands: slaa, sla, slae, slaeg, slagen

Skepi Creole Dutch: sla

From Middle Dutch slaen, from Old Dutch slān, from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną.

(transitive, chess) to take one of your opponent's pieces


leven

nl-noun

leven n (plural levens, diminutive leventje n)

levens (plural)
leventje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lewe

From Middle Dutch leven. Gerund of the verb leven. The literary sense is likely a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīta.

In zijn jonge jaren schreef hij een leven van Petrarca, maar dat is nooit gepubliceerd.

In his youth he wrote a life of Petrarch, but that was never published.

(literature) life, biography (particularly, but not necessarily a hagiography)


stuk

stuk n (plural stukken, diminutive stukje n)

stukken (plural)
stukje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch stucke, stuc, from Old Dutch *stukki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognate with German Stück, dialectal English steck and borrowed shtick.

(chess) a piece, one of the playing pieces in chess usually excluding pawns


Chinees

Chinees m (plural Chinezen, diminutive Chineesje n, feminine Chinese)

Chinezen (plural)
Chineesje (diminutive neuter)
Chinese (feminine)

Javindo: Sinees

→ Lokono: sjinésji

→ Sranan Tongo: Sneisi

→ Kari'na: sinesi

→ Wayana: sineisi

(Netherlands, colloquial) a Chinese or Chinese-Indonesian restaurant


panna

panna m (plural panna's, diminutive pannaatje n)

panna's (plural)
pannaatje (diminutive neuter)

Unknown. Sometimes said to be from a Sranan Tongo word meaning “little gate”, though this does not seem recorded in any dictionaries of Sranan Tongo and the Sranan Tongo standard spelling of the term is never given.

(soccer) a nutmeg, a tunnel (act of passing a ball between an opponent's legs while retaining control)


T-shirt

T-shirt n (plural T-shirts, diminutive T-shirtje n)

T-shirts (plural)
T-shirtje (diminutive neuter)


Thomas

Inherited from Middle Dutch thomas, from Latin Thōmās m, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς m (Thōmâs), from Aramaic תאומא.


bottom

bottom m (plural bottoms, diminutive bottommetje n)

bottoms (plural)
bottommetje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from English bottom. Doublet of bodem.

Coordinate term: top

(LGBTQ and BDSM slang) bottom (passive or submissive role in sexual relations)


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


coach

nl-noun

coach m (plural coaches or coachen, diminutive coachje n)

coaches (plural)
coachen (plural)
coachje (diminutive neuter)


trainer

trainer m or f (plural trainers, diminutive trainertje n, feminine trainster)

trainers (plural)
trainertje (diminutive neuter)
trainster (feminine)


whisky

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)


Socrates

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrắtēs).


snob

nl-noun

snob m (plural snobs, diminutive snobje n)

snobs (plural)
snobje (diminutive neuter)


bemoeial

bemoeial m or f (plural bemoeiallen or bemoeials, diminutive bemoeialletje n)

bemoeiallen (plural)
bemoeials (plural)
bemoeialletje (diminutive neuter)

From bemoeien + al, literally “meddle-all”.


rok

rok m (plural rokken, diminutive rokje n)

rokken (plural)
rokje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: rok
→ Sotho: roko
→ Xhosa: ilokhwe

Jersey Dutch: rok

Negerhollands: rok

→ Indonesian: rok

→ Papiamentu: rok (dated)

From Middle Dutch roc, from Old Dutch rok, from Proto-West Germanic *(h)rokk, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.


actrice

nl-noun

actrice f (plural actrices, diminutive actricetje n, masculine acteur)

actrices (plural)
actricetje (diminutive neuter)
acteur (masculine)

Afrikaans: aktrise


adagio

adagio n (plural adagios, diminutive adagiootje n)

adagios (plural)
adagiootje (diminutive neuter)


madam

madam f (plural madammen or madams, diminutive madammeke n or madammeken n or madammetje n)

madammen (plural)
madams (plural)
madammeke (diminutive neuter)
madammeken (diminutive neuter)
madammetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: madam

→ Indonesian: madam


zwaard

zwaard n (plural zwaarden, diminutive zwaardje n)

zwaarden (plural)
zwaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: swaard

Negerhollands: sweerd

From Middle Dutch swert, swaert, from Old Dutch swert, from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, ultimately from one of three Proto-Indo-European roots: Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to cut, to fester”) (from whence zweren (“to fester”)), *suer- (“to hang”) (from whence zwaar (“heavy”)), or *uer- (“to defend”) (from whence weren (“to defend”), see also Swedish värja). Compare Old Saxon swerd, Low German Sweerd, Old High German swert, German Schwert, Old Frisian swerd, West Frisian swurd, Old English sweord, English sword, Old Norse sverð, Danish sværd, Swedish svärd.


sabel

nl-noun

sabel m (plural sabels, diminutive sabeltje n)

sabels (plural)
sabeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sabel

→ Japanese: サーベル (sāberu)

→ Papiamentu: sabel (dated)

→ Indonesian: sabel

Borrowed from German Sabel, obsolete form of Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya.

sabre (Commonwealth), saber (US) (sword with a narrow, slightly curved blade)


zuigeling

zuigeling m (plural zuigelingen, diminutive zuigelingetje n)

zuigelingen (plural)
zuigelingetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: sygligen

/ˈzœy̯.ɣəˌlɪŋ/

16th century. From zuigen + -e- + -ling, calque of German Säugling.

Aan de oever van de Rotte, / Tussen Delft en Overschie, / Zat een kikvors luid te wenen, / Met een zuig'ling op haar knie.

year unknown (but attested as early as 1887), traditional, Aan de oever van de Rotte [On the banks of the Rotte]:

On the banks of the Rotte, / Between Delft and Overschie, / Sat a frog weeping loudly, / With a suckling on her knee.


sampi

sampi m or f (plural sampi's, diminutive sampi'tje n)

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


koppa

koppa f (plural koppa's, diminutive koppaatje n)

koppa's (plural)
koppaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek κόππα (kóppa). Doublet of koef.


keeper

keeper m (plural keepers, diminutive keepertje n)

keepers (plural)
keepertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kiper


breve

breve f (plural breves, diminutive brevetje n)

breves (plural)
brevetje (diminutive neuter)


falafel

falafel m (plural falafels, diminutive falafeltje n)

falafels (plural)
falafeltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).


clan

clan m (plural clans, diminutive clannetje n)

clans (plural)
clannetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: clan

→ Indonesian: klan

Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). As such, it is a doublet of plant (“plant, flora”).

(gaming) a group of gamers playing on the same team, a clan


architect

architect m (plural architecten, diminutive architectje n, feminine architecte)

architecten (plural)
architectje (diminutive neuter)
architecte (feminine)

Afrikaans: argitek

→ Indonesian: arsitèk

→ Javanese: ꦲꦂꦱꦶꦠꦺꦒ꧀ (arsitèg)

→ Papiamentu: arshitèkt, architect

Borrowed from Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn).


professor

professor m (plural professoren or professors, diminutive professortje n)

professoren (plural)
professors (plural)
professortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: profesor

→ Javanese: profesor

Inherited from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor.

Dr. Van Der Meulen is een gerespecteerde professor aan de Universiteit van Utrecht.

Dr. Van Der Meulen is a respected professor at Utrecht University.

De professor heeft zijn nieuwste onderzoek gepubliceerd in een internationaal tijdschrift.

The professor published his latest research in an international journal.

De professor is gespecialiseerd in moleculaire biologie.

The professor specializes in molecular biology.


mes

mes n (plural messen, diminutive mesje n)

messen (plural)
mesje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

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

Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi

Jersey Dutch: määs

Negerhollands: mes

Skepi Creole Dutch: masa

→ Indonesian: mes (“medical knife”)

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

→ Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)

→ Loup A: meschu (from the diminutive form)

→ Malagasy: méso, mésa

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


Adam

From Middle Dutch Adam, from Latin Ādām, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), from Hebrew אָדָם (“Adam”).

Adam (Biblical character, mythological first man)


ma

ma's (plural)
maatje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: maa


chauffeur

nl-noun

chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, diminutive chauffeurtje n, feminine chauffeuse)

chauffeurs (plural)
chauffeurtje (diminutive neuter)
chauffeuse (feminine)

→ Aukan: safeli

→ Caribbean Javanese: sopir

→ Indonesian: sopir

→ Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦥꦶꦂ (sopir)

→ West Frisian: sjauffeur

driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus; usually to transport others or in a professional capacity, often both)


sup

From English SUP, short for standup paddleboard.


Andreas

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

Andrew (apostle, brother of the apostle Peter)

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew


David

Ultimately from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד.


fez

fez m (plural fezzen, diminutive fezje n)

fezzen (plural)
fezje (diminutive neuter)


cappuccino

cappuccino m (plural cappuccino's, diminutive cappuccinootje n)

cappuccino's (plural)
cappuccinootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino. Doublet of kapucijn.


geelwortel

geelwortel m (plural geelwortels, diminutive geelworteltje n)

geelwortels (plural)
geelworteltje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Papiamentu: gelewòrtel (“edible root of Daucus carota”), gelewortel, helewòrtel

From geel (“yellow”) + wortel (“root”), possibly a calque.

Curcuma longa
Curcuma longa#Translingual


testament

nl-noun

testament n (plural testamenten, diminutive testamentje n)

testamenten (plural)
testamentje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: testament

→ Indonesian: testamen

From Middle Dutch testament, from Old French testament, from Latin testāmentum (“the publication of a will, a will, testament”).

der

(biblical) testament (part of the Bible)


cheat

(video games) cheat (unfair advantage in a computer game)


biltong

nl-noun

biltong f (plural biltongen, diminutive biltongetje n)

biltongen (plural)
biltongetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Afrikaans biltong. Equivalent to bil + tong.


frame

frame n (plural frames, diminutive framepje n)

frames (plural)
framepje (diminutive neuter)


judoka

judoka f or m (plural judoka's, diminutive judokaatje n)

judoka's (plural)
judokaatje (diminutive neuter)


lipstick

lipstick m (plural lipsticks, diminutive lipstickje n)

lipsticks (plural)
lipstickje (diminutive neuter)


pere

pere m (plural peren, diminutive pereke n)

peren (plural)
pereke (diminutive neuter)

(Brabantian)
Ik tegen m'n neefke: "Zeg, Viggo, bleitsmoel, gadis aan ave pere z'n broek hange jong, trezebees!"


mascara

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

mascara's (plural)
mascaraatje (diminutive neuter)


col

col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)

cols (plural)
colletje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French col (“collar”), from Latin collum (“neck”).

(informal, chiefly Belgium) (clothing) collar


col

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

collen (plural)
colletje (diminutive neuter)

(informal, Belgium, sports) mountain pass


vest

vest n (plural vesten, diminutive vestje n)

vesten (plural)
vestje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis.


model

model n (plural modellen, diminutive modelletje n)

modellen (plural)
modelletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: model

Negerhollands: modell

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: modhèl, modhèlan, modho

→ Indonesian: model

→ West Frisian: model

Borrowed from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus.

model (someone or something serving as an artistic subject)

shape, the proper arrangement of something


wild

Afrikaans: wild

From Middle Dutch wilt, from Old Dutch wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.


shag

nl-noun

shag m (uncountable, diminutive shagje n or sjekkie n)

shagje (diminutive neuter)
sjekkie (diminutive neuter)


ouzo

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

ouzo's (plural)
ouzootje (diminutive neuter)


cocktail

cocktail m (plural cocktails, diminutive cocktailtje n)

cocktails (plural)
cocktailtje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.


angst

angst m (plural angsten, diminutive angstje n)

angsten (plural)
angstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: angs

From Middle Dutch anxt, from Old Dutch *angust, from Proto-Germanic *angustiz, an abstract noun derived from the adjective *anguz. Similar abstract noun derivations from an adjective are dienst and ernst. Cognates include Middle Low German angest, Old High German angust, Middle High German angest, German Angst, Old Frisian ongosta, West Frisian eangst. See also eng.


bode

bode m or f (plural boden or bodes, diminutive bodetje n)

boden (plural)
bodes (plural)
bodetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bōde, from Old Dutch bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.


chiton

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).


dammer

dammer m (plural dammers, diminutive dammertje n)

dammers (plural)
dammertje (diminutive neuter)


pion

pion m (plural pionnen, diminutive pionnetje n)

pionnen (plural)
pionnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pion

→ Indonesian: pion

Borrowed from French pion, from Middle French pion, from Old French peon, from Late Latin pedō (“footman”).


schist

From French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχυζειν (skhuzein, “to split”).


troop

nl-noun

troop f (plural tropen, diminutive troopje n)

tropen (plural)
troopje (diminutive neuter)


arbiter

arbiter m (plural arbiters, diminutive arbitertje n)

arbiters (plural)
arbitertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: arbiter

From Middle Dutch arbiter, borrowed from Middle French arbitre, from Latin arbiter.


chef

chef m (plural chefs, diminutive chefje n, feminine cheffin)

chefs (plural)
chefje (diminutive neuter)
cheffin (feminine)

→ Caribbean Javanese: sèf

→ Indonesian: sep

→ Javanese: ꦱꦺꦥ꧀ (sèp)

→ Papiamentu: shèf


drift

Afrikaans: drif

From Middle Dutch drift, also dricht, from Old Dutch *drift, from Proto-West Germanic *drifti, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz. Equivalent to drijven (“to drive”) + -t (“verbal noun”).


horde

nl-noun

horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)

horden (plural)
hordetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch horde, hurde, from Old Dutch *hurd, from Proto-West Germanic *hurdi, from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz; cognate with German Hürde, and closely related to English hurdle (which is a diminutive of the same root). The sense "hurdle" is a semantic loan from English hurdle.

(sports) hurdle (obstacle used in races)


ladder

ladder f (plural ladders, diminutive laddertje n)

ladders (plural)
laddertje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: leer
→ Sotho: lere
→ Xhosa: ileli

From Middle Dutch ladere, from Old Frisian hladder, hledder, hleder, hlērde, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō.

(clothing) a ladder, a run (length of unravelled fabric)


marge

nl-noun

marge f (plural marges, diminutive margetje n)

marges (plural)
margetje (diminutive neuter)

Inherited from Middle Dutch marge, maerge, from Old French marge, from Latin margō.


reserve

reserve f (plural reserves, diminutive reservetje n)

reserves (plural)
reservetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: reserwe

→ Indonesian: reserve (“reserve”)

desctree

>? Javanese: ꦱꦺꦉꦥ꧀ (sèrep, “spare”)
Caribbean Javanese: sèrep
→ Indonesian: sèrêp (“spare”)

Borrowed from Middle French reserve, from Old French reserver.


slag

nl-noun

slag m (plural slagen, diminutive slagje n)

slagen (plural)
slagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: slag

Negerhollands: slaa

From Middle Dutch slach, from Old Dutch slag, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz.

Hij gaf de bal een harde slag met de knuppel en raakte een homerun.

He gave the ball a powerful hit with the bat and hit a home run.

De tennisser gaf een perfecte slag en sloeg de bal recht over het net.

The tennis player executed a perfect stroke and hit the ball right over the net.


synecdoche

synecdoche f (plural synecdoches, diminutive synecdochetje n)

synecdoches (plural)
synecdochetje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin synecdoche, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”).


vertaalwoordenboek

nl-noun

vertaalwoordenboek n (plural vertaalwoordenboeken, diminutive vertaalwoordenboekje n)

vertaalwoordenboeken (plural)
vertaalwoordenboekje (diminutive neuter)

From vertalen (“to translate”) + woordenboek (“dictionary”).

compound

translation dictionary
translation dictionary

translation dictionary; a dictionary that gives the translation for a given word in a given language


dunk

nl-noun

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

dunks (plural)
dunkje (diminutive neuter)


quiche

quiche f (plural quiches, diminutive quicheje n)

quiches (plural)
quicheje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from French quiche. Doublet of koek.


kaf

From Hebrew כָּף (kaf). Doublet of kappa.


proeven

proeven (infinitive)
proeven (gerund neuter)
proef (first-person present singular)
proefde (first-person past singular)
proeft (present second-person singular)
proef (present second-person singular)
proefde (past second-person singular)
proeft (formal present second-person singular)
proefde (formal past second-person singular)
proeft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
proeft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
proefde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
proefde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
proeft (present singular third-person)
proefde (past singular third-person)
proeven (plural present)
proefden (past plural)
proeve (archaic present singular subjunctive)
proefde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
proeven (archaic plural present subjunctive)
proefden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
proef (imperative present singular)
proeft (archaic imperative plural present)
proevend (participle present)
geproefd (participle past)

Negerhollands: proev, pruf, pruev

→ Papiamentu: pruf

From Middle Dutch proeven (13th c.). Ultimately from Latin probāre and hence a doublet of proberen. Probably borrowed from Old French prover, although the umlaut in Middle Low German prö̂ven, northern Middle High German prüeven may also hint at a (regionally restricted) Proto-West Germanic *prōfijan, from Vulgar Latin. In modern Dutch dialects, the vocalism generally coincides with the isogloss for umlaut on long vowels (western proeve(n) vs. Brabantian/Kleverlandish pruve(n), Limburgish preuve). Compare German prüfen.

Dat ziet er lekker uit. Mag ik dat even proeven?

That looks tasty. May I taste a bit of it?

(transitive) to taste (something), to test or detect by tasting

Deze vis proeft raar.

(intransitive) to taste, to have a taste

Toen heb ik geproefd hoe het is om echt gelukkig te zijn.

During that time I experienced what it means to really be happy.

(transitive, figurative) to try, experience, find out, feel, taste


werken

werken (infinitive)
werken (gerund neuter)
werk (first-person present singular)
werkte (first-person past singular)
werkt (present second-person singular)
werk (present second-person singular)
werkte (past second-person singular)
werkt (formal present second-person singular)
werkte (formal past second-person singular)
werkt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
werkt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
werkte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
werkte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
werkt (present singular third-person)
werkte (past singular third-person)
werken (plural present)
werkten (past plural)
werke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
werkte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
werken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
werkten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
werk (imperative present singular)
werkt (archaic imperative plural present)
werkend (participle present)
gewerkt (participle past)
werken (infinitive)
werken (gerund neuter)
werk (first-person present singular)
wrocht (first-person past singular)
werkt (present second-person singular)
werk (present second-person singular)
wrocht (past second-person singular)
werkt (formal present second-person singular)
wrocht (formal past second-person singular)
werkt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
werkt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
wrocht (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
wrocht (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
werkt (present singular third-person)
wrocht (past singular third-person)
werken (plural present)
wrochten (past plural)
werke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
wrochte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
werken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
wrochten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
werk (imperative present singular)
werkt (archaic imperative plural present)
werkend (participle present)
gewrocht (participle past)

Afrikaans: werk

Jersey Dutch: wärke

Negerhollands: werk, wark

From Middle Dutch werken, from Old Dutch wirken, from Proto-West Germanic *wirkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną (“to work, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work, act”).

der

Ik heb gisteravond een paar andere radioamateurs gewerkt in een DX-wedstrijd.

Last night, I made contact with a few other radio amateurs in a DX contest.


duiken

duiken (infinitive)
duiken (gerund neuter)
duik (first-person present singular)
dook (first-person past singular)
duikt (present second-person singular)
duik (present second-person singular)
dook (past second-person singular)
duikt (formal present second-person singular)
dook (formal past second-person singular)
duikt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
duikt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
dookt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
dookt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
duikt (present singular third-person)
dook (past singular third-person)
duiken (plural present)
doken (past plural)
duike (archaic present singular subjunctive)
doke (archaic past singular subjunctive)
duiken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
doken (archaic past plural subjunctive)
duik (imperative present singular)
duikt (archaic imperative plural present)
duikend (participle present)
gedoken (participle past)

Afrikaans: duik

Berbice Creole Dutch: duglu

Negerhollands: dou, dukkel, dikl

→ Aukan: duku

→ Caribbean Javanese: ngedhog

→ Saramaccan: dóki

From Middle Dutch duken, from Old Dutch *dūcan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną. Cognate with English (to) duck.


ketchup

nl-noun

ketchup m (plural ketchups, diminutive ketchupje n)

ketchups (plural)
ketchupje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English ketchup, from Malay kicap, from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap). Doublet of ketjap.


acteur

acteur m (plural acteurs, diminutive acteurtje n, feminine actrice)

acteurs (plural)
acteurtje (diminutive neuter)
actrice (feminine)

Afrikaans: akteur

→ Indonesian: aktor

Borrowed from Middle French acteur. Doublet of actor.

actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or film)


adolescent

adolescent m or f (plural adolescenten, diminutive adolescentje n)

adolescenten (plural)
adolescentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: adolesen

Borrowed from French adolescent, from Latin adolēscēns.


Pentateuch

Afrikaans: Pentateug

→ Indonesian: Pentateukh

Borrowed from Latin Pentateuchus, from Ancient Greek πεντάτευχος (pentáteukhos).

der

Pentateuch (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)


jeans

nl-noun

jeans f (plural jeans, diminutive jeansje n)

jeans (plural)
jeansje (diminutive neuter)


helm

helm m (plural helmen, diminutive helmpje n)

helmen (plural)
helmpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: helm

→ Papiamentu: hèlmu

→ Virgin Islands Creole: helum

From Middle Dutch helm, from Old Dutch *helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. Compare West Frisian helm, Low German Helm, German Helm, Danish hjelm.


feuilleton

feuilleton n (plural feuilletons, diminutive feuilletonnetje n)

feuilletons (plural)
feuilletonnetje (diminutive neuter)


rabbi

rabbi m (plural rabbi's, diminutive rabbietje n)

rabbi's (plural)
rabbietje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: rabbi

From Late Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-biblical) Hebrew רבי (rabbi, “my master”).


rum

Negerhollands: roem, rum


podium

podium n (plural podia or podiums, diminutive podiumpje n)

podia (plural)
podiums (plural)
podiumpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: podium

Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pui.


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.


tango

Borrowed from Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language.

tango (Argentine-Uruguayan dance and musical style)


déjà vu

Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu.


sul

nl-noun

sul m (plural sullen, diminutive sulleke n)

sullen (plural)
sulleke (diminutive neuter)

(derogatory) naive, gullible person who is easily deceived


corner

corner m (plural corners, diminutive cornertje n)

corners (plural)
cornertje (diminutive neuter)


directeur

directeur m (plural directeurs, diminutive directeurtje n, feminine directrice)

directeurs (plural)
directeurtje (diminutive neuter)
directrice (feminine)

Afrikaans: direkteur

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: dirèktir, dirèktur

→ Indonesian: direktur

→ Papiamentu: dirèktùr

→ Sranan Tongo: driktoro, dikketoro, driektoro

→ Saramaccan: dikitóo

director, manager (in a company), general manager, CEO (or at a lower (e.g., branch) level)


bunker

nl-noun

bunker m (plural bunkers, diminutive bunkertje n)

bunkers (plural)
bunkertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: bunker

(golf) bunker (hole with a surface of sand or dirt, placed on a golf course as a barrier)


paprika

paprika f (plural paprika's, diminutive paprikaatje n)

paprika's (plural)
paprikaatje (diminutive neuter)

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan language.

Deze paprika bevat veel zaadjes.

This bell pepper contains a lot of seeds.

Het lukt me niet om paprika te laten groeien op mijn balkon.

I can't get a Capsicum annuum plant to grow on my balcony.

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual

sweet pepper, bell pepper (plant or fruit of Capsicum annuum varieties yielding sweet peppers)


pupil

pupil m (plural pupillen, diminutive pupilletje n)

pupillen (plural)
pupilletje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French pupille, from Latin pūpillus.

(chiefly sports) minor, generally a prepubescent child over the age of 5


outfit

outfit m (plural outfits, diminutive outfitje n)

outfits (plural)
outfitje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.


paard

paard n (plural paarden, diminutive paardje n)

paarden (plural)
paardje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: perd
→ Phuthi: ipere
→ Sotho: pere

Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd

→ English: prad

From Middle Dutch pert, pāert, from Old Dutch *pered, *perid, from Proto-West Germanic *parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus. Compare German Pferd. Doublet of palefroot.

Equus caballus
Equus caballus#Translingual

(nautical) a rope hanging beneath a spar or other horizontal beam, often fixed in place by other ropes


stigma

nl-noun

stigma n (plural stigma's or stigmata, diminutive stigmaatje n)

stigma's (plural)
stigmata (plural)
stigmaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).


climax

climax m (plural climaxen, diminutive climaxje n)

climaxen (plural)
climaxje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin climax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax).

De climax van het verhaal was voor mijn gevoel wel erg snel afgelopen.

The climax of the story felt like it ended too quickly.

(literature) climax (culmination of a narrative's rising action)


macron

macron m (plural macrons, diminutive macrontje n)

macrons (plural)
macrontje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek μακρόν (makrón), neuter form of μακρός (makrós, “long”).


goulash

goulash m (plural goulashes, diminutive goulashje n)

goulashes (plural)
goulashje (diminutive neuter)

From German Gulasch, from Hungarian gulyás.


scrum

scrum m (plural scrums, diminutive scrummetje n)

scrums (plural)
scrummetje (diminutive neuter)


mannequin

→ Papiamentu: mannequin, manikin

Borrowed from French mannequin, from Middle Dutch manneken.

a clothes model or fashion model, a mannequin


spook

spook n (plural spoken, diminutive spookje n)

desctree

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

Negerhollands: spook

→ English: spook

→ Papiamentu: spoki, spooki

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

het spook van de oorlog

an imaginary horror, conceptual nightmare


slipper

nl-noun

slipper m (plural slippers, diminutive slippertje n)

slippers (plural)
slippertje (diminutive neuter)


tequila

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.


genocide

nl-noun

genocide f (plural genocides, diminutive genocidetje n)

genocides (plural)
genocidetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: genosida

Borrowed from English genocide. Equivalent to geno- + -cide.


smurf

smurf m (plural smurfen, diminutive smurfje n)

smurfen (plural)
smurfje (diminutive neuter)

Changed from the original French schtroumpf as described above.


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent grave (“grave accent”) in Dutch, and found on À/à and È/è.


console

(gaming) a video game console, a console, especially a non-portable one


journalist

journalist m (plural journalisten, diminutive journalistje n, feminine journaliste)

journalisten (plural)
journalistje (diminutive neuter)
journaliste (feminine)

→ Indonesian: jurnalis


speelgoed

speelgoed n (uncountable, diminutive speelgoedje n)

Afrikaans: speelgoed

Berbice Creole Dutch: pelegutu

From spelen (“to play”) + goed (“goods”).

Op zijn verjaardag kreeg hij veel nieuw speelgoed.

On his birthday, he received a lot of new toys.

De winkel heeft een uitgebreide selectie van speelgoed voor kinderen van alle leeftijden.

The store has a wide selection of toys for children of all ages.

Het speelgoed ligt verspreid over de hele kamer.

The toys are scattered all over the room.


casino

casino m (plural casino's, diminutive casinootje n)

casino's (plural)
casinootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kasino


romance

→ Indonesian: romansa

(literature, music, historical) an emotional popular-historical epic ballad

(literature, music) a sentimental love song or love story


macaroni

→ Indonesian: makaroni


Samuel

(biblical) Samuel (a Biblical figure; one of two books of the Bible)


lachen

lachen (infinitive)
lachen (gerund neuter)
lach (first-person present singular)
lachte (first-person past singular)
lacht (present second-person singular)
lach (present second-person singular)
lachte (past second-person singular)
lacht (formal present second-person singular)
lachte (formal past second-person singular)
lacht (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
lacht (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
lachte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
lachte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
lacht (present singular third-person)
lachte (past singular third-person)
lachen (plural present)
lachten (past plural)
lache (archaic present singular subjunctive)
lachte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
lachen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
lachten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
lach (imperative present singular)
lacht (archaic imperative plural present)
lachend (participle present)
gelachen (participle past)

Afrikaans: lag

Berbice Creole Dutch: laki

Javindo: lach, lag, lah

Negerhollands: lach, lak

Petjo: lahen

From Middle Dutch lachen, from Old Dutch *lahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.


counter

Het thuisteam scoorde vanuit de counter.

The home team scored during a counter-attack.

(chiefly sports, especially soccer) counter-attack, counter


smaragd

smaragd m (plural smaragden, diminutive smaragdje n)

smaragden (plural)
smaragdje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: smarag

From Middle Dutch smaragd, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.


punt

punt m (plural punten, diminutive puntje n)

punten (plural)
puntje (diminutive neuter)

From French point, from Latin punctus. Doublet of bont.

Zet een punt aan het einde van de zin.

Put a full stop at the end of the sentence.

Ik heb geleerd altijd een punt te gebruiken na een volledige gedachte.

I've learned to always use a period after a complete thought.

Ze schrijft vaak lange zinnen zonder een punt.

She often writes long sentences without a full stop.


Welshman

Welshman m (plural Welshmen, feminine Welshe)


robe

robe f (plural roben or robes, diminutive robetje n)

roben (plural)
robes (plural)
robetje (diminutive neuter)


limbo

Limbo, the place where innocent souls barred from heaven exist


supporter

supporter m (plural supporters, diminutive supportertje n)

supporters (plural)
supportertje (diminutive neuter)

(sports) a supporter, a sports fan supporting a certain team or person


gaydar

gaydar m (plural gaydars, diminutive gaydartje n)

gaydars (plural)
gaydartje (diminutive neuter)


carré

carré n or m (plural carrés, diminutive carreetje n)

carrés (plural)
carreetje (diminutive neuter)


transman

transman m (plural transmannen, diminutive transmannetje n)

transmannen (plural)
transmannetje (diminutive neuter)


monocle

monocle m (plural monocles, diminutive monocletje n)

monocles (plural)
monocletje (diminutive neuter)


bikini

bikini m (plural bikini's, diminutive bikinietje n)

bikini's (plural)
bikinietje (diminutive neuter)

From French bikini, named after the place name Bikini, from English Bikini, the name of the atoll where the United States tested nuclear weapons in July 1946; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as a nuclear bomb. This name was originally from German Bikini, the colonial name of the atoll as part of German New Guinea, and this was derived from Marshallese Pikinni.


Leviticus

From Middle Dutch leviticus, from Latin Lēvīticus, from Koine Greek Λευιτικόν (Leuitikón).


kater

kater m (plural katers, diminutive katertje n)

katers (plural)
katertje (diminutive neuter)

From German Kater (“tomcat; hangover”), a humorous alteration of Katarrh (“catarrh, mucosal inflammation”, loosely also “malaise”) based on somewhat older German Katzenjammer (“hangover”, literally “caterwaul”). An influence by a brand of beer called Kater is also often cited, though this is doubtful.


sonnet

nl-noun

sonnet n (plural sonnetten, diminutive sonnetje n)

sonnetten (plural)
sonnetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).


controller

controller m (plural controllers, diminutive controllertje n)

controllers (plural)
controllertje (diminutive neuter)


snert

Afrikaans: snert


Brit

Brit m (plural Britten, diminutive Britje n)

Britten (plural)
Britje (diminutive neuter)


chili

Borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.


kan

kan m (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)

kannen (plural)
kannetje (diminutive neuter)

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.


alfa

alfa f (plural alfa's, diminutive alfaatje n)

alfa's (plural)
alfaatje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin. Doublet of alef.

the letter alpha (first letter of the Greek alphabet)


oregano

Borrowed from Spanish orégano, from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

Origanum vulgare
Origanum vulgare#Translingual

(cooking) oregano: the leaves of Origanum vulgare used as food


bidden

bidden (infinitive)
bidden (gerund neuter)
bid (first-person present singular)
bad (first-person past singular)
bidt (present second-person singular)
bid (present second-person singular)
bad (past second-person singular)
bidt (formal present second-person singular)
bad (formal past second-person singular)
bidt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bidt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
baadt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
baadt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bidt (present singular third-person)
bad (past singular third-person)
bidden (plural present)
baden (past plural)
bidde (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bade (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bidden (archaic plural present subjunctive)
baden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bid (imperative present singular)
bidt (archaic imperative plural present)
biddend (participle present)
gebeden (participle past)

Afrikaans: bid

Negerhollands: bed, bet, bit

From Middle Dutch bidden, from Old Dutch bidden, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti.

De torenvalk speurde biddend naar zijn prooi.

The kestrel sought his prey while hovering.

(intransitive, ornithology, birdwatching) to hover (of birds), to use wings to remain in the same place in mid-air


zwemmen

zwemmen (infinitive)
zwemmen (gerund neuter)
zwem (first-person present singular)
zwom (first-person past singular)
zwemt (present second-person singular)
zwem (present second-person singular)
zwom (past second-person singular)
zwemt (formal present second-person singular)
zwom (formal past second-person singular)
zwemt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
zwemt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
zwomt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
zwomt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
zwemt (present singular third-person)
zwom (past singular third-person)
zwemmen (plural present)
zwommen (past plural)
zwemme (archaic present singular subjunctive)
zwomme (archaic past singular subjunctive)
zwemmen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
zwommen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
zwem (imperative present singular)
zwemt (archaic imperative plural present)
zwemmend (participle present)
gezwommen (participle past)

Afrikaans: swem

Berbice Creole Dutch: swem

Javindo: swemmen

Negerhollands: swim, zwem, zwim

Skepi Creole Dutch: swam, swemwa

* From Middle Dutch swemmen, from Old Dutch *swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.
* The verb merged with the causative verb, from Proto-Germanic *swammijaną, whence the vowel 'e' instead of the expected 'i' in the present tense. The strong conjugation was maintained however.


jota

jota f (plural jota's, diminutive jotaatje n)

jota's (plural)
jotaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta). Doublet of jod. The sense "small amount" developed in reference to a phrase in the New Testament: Eer de hemel en aarde vergaat, zal er niet één jota of één tittel vergaan van de wet.— until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law (Mt 5:18), iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.


tol

tol m (plural tollen, diminutive tolletje n)

tollen (plural)
tolletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tol

From Middle Dutch tol (“twig”), related to telg.


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.


anagnorisis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναγνώρισις (anagnṓrisis).


Abraham

Ultimately from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם.

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham


diamant

From Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin and Late Latin diamas, variant of Latin adamas.
The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel.


focaccia

Unadapted borrowing from Italian focaccia.


dolk

nl-noun

dolk m (plural dolken, diminutive dolkje n)

dolken (plural)
dolkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dolk

a dagger, a relatively small, two-sided knife, fit as a stabbing weapon


Maria

Negerhollands: Maria, Marie

From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).

Mary (Biblical character, mother of Jesus)

Mary (Biblical character, Mary Magdalene)

a female given name from Hebrew. Variants include Maaike, Marie, Marieke, Marijke, Marije, Mieke, Mie, and numerous others


danser

danser m (plural dansers, diminutive dansertje n, feminine danseres)

dansers (plural)
dansertje (diminutive neuter)
danseres (feminine)

Afrikaans: danser

From Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dansen + -er.


vader

vader m (plural vaders or vaderen or gevaderen, diminutive vadertje n or vaderke n, feminine moeder)

vaders (plural)
vaderen (plural)
gevaderen (plural)
vadertje (diminutive neuter)
vaderke (diminutive neuter)
moeder (feminine)

Afrikaans: vader

Berbice Creole Dutch: fadir

Javindo: fader

Jersey Dutch: vâder

Negerhollands: vader

Skepi Creole Dutch: father

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr
Proto-Germanic *fadēr
Proto-West Germanic *fader
Old Dutch fadar
Middle Dutch vāder
Dutch vader
From Middle Dutch vāder, from Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

etymon

Dit boek beschrijft de daden der vaderen.

This books describes the doings of our forefathers.


espresso

nl-noun

espresso m (plural espresso's, diminutive espressootje n)

espresso's (plural)
espressootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Italian espresso, a shortening of caffè espresso (literally “pressed coffee”).


songwriter

songwriter m (plural songwriters, diminutive songwritertje n)

songwriters (plural)
songwritertje (diminutive neuter)


a

The first letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Anna

From Middle Dutch Anna, from Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ).


Benjamin

From Middle Dutch benjamin, from Late Latin Benjamin, from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamín), from Biblical Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyamīn, literally “son of the right/south or son of days”).

der

Benjamin (Biblical character, mythological son of Jacob)


Chan

Chan baalt al heel lang van sommige ministers, vandaar dat de ene^([sic]) commissie, werkgroep, taskforce, adviseurs, platforms a la dol worden benoemd.

2023 May 23, Nita Ramcharan, “Column: De olifant heeft muisje gebaard... [Column: The elephant has given birth to a mouse...]”, in StarNieuws, retrieved 2023-09-22:

President Santokhi has long been frustrated with some ministers, which is why commissions, working groups, task forces, advisers, forums are appointed like crazy.


Est

First attested as est in 1316. Perhaps derived from es (“ash, Fraxinus excelsior”) with collectivising -t- suffix or from Middle Dutch est (“branch, brush, maple, Acer”).

inh

A village in West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands


Fin

nl-noun

Fin m (plural Finnen, diminutive Finnetje n, feminine Finse)

Finnen (plural)
Finnetje (diminutive neuter)
Finse (feminine)

Borrowed and first attested in the 16th century Dutch translation of Olaus Magnus Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus by Cornelius Grapheus, but whether it was borrowed from Latin or a Germanic translation is uncertain.


Frank

From Middle Dutch vranke, from Old Dutch franko, from Frankish *frankō.

(historical, chiefly plural) Frank (member of a Migration-Period Germanic tribe)


Genesis

From Middle Dutch genesis, from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).


Let

Let m (plural Letten, diminutive Letje n, feminine Letse or Letlandse)

Letten (plural)
Letje (diminutive neuter)
Letse (feminine)
Letlandse (feminine)


Maltese

Maltese f (plural Maltesen, diminutive Malteesje n, masculine Maltees)

Maltesen (plural)
Malteesje (diminutive neuter)
Maltees (masculine)


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.


Pool

Pool m (plural Polen, diminutive Pooltje n, feminine Poolse)

Polen (plural)
Pooltje (diminutive neuter)
Poolse (feminine)


Ruth

From Middle Dutch ruth, from Latin Ruth, from Koine Greek Ῥούθ (Rhoúth), from Biblical Hebrew רוּת (rut).

(Judaism, Christianity) Ruth (Moabite woman, Biblical character)

(Judaism, Christianity) Ruth (book of the Hebrew Bible; the eighth book according to the Christian canon)


Tora

bor

Hebrew תּוֹרָה

(Judaism) Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)


bh

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


champagne

nl-noun

champagne f (plural champagnes, diminutive champagnetje n)

champagnes (plural)
champagnetje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: sjempie

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


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called trema (“diaeresis”) in Dutch, and found on Ä/ä, Ë/ë, Ï/ï, Ö/ö and Ü/ü.

A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called umlaut (“umlaut”) in Dutch, and found on Ä/ä, Ö/ö and Ü/ü.


cupcake

cupcake m (plural cupcakes, diminutive cupcakeje n)

cupcakes (plural)
cupcakeje (diminutive neuter)


pon

pon m (plural ponnen, diminutive ponnetje n)

ponnen (plural)
ponnetje (diminutive neuter)


zuster

zuster f (plural zusters, diminutive zustertje n)

zusters (plural)
zustertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: suster

Berbice Creole Dutch: sosro, sosoro

Skepi Creole Dutch: soster

→ Caribbean Hindustani: sester

→ Caribbean Javanese: soster, sester

→ Indonesian: suster

→ Saramaccan: soosútu

From Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. The sense “nurse” from the fact that (before the Reformation and in Catholic areas until recently) the majority of nurses were nuns; already in Middle Dutch generalized to lay nurses.

(somewhat formal, dated) sister (female sibling)

(female) nurse (woman who provides care for the ill)


lapis lazuli

Borrowed from English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) and lazulī (“of the heavens”).


Abel

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (hével).


roes

roes m (plural roezen, diminutive roesje n)

roezen (plural)
roesje (diminutive neuter)

Etymology uncertain. Earliest documentation with its current meaning from 1622. Van der Sijs claims it's a loanword from Low German, whereas de Vries claims it's related to Middle Dutch rūsen (causing commotion), from which also stems geroezemoes.
Compare also German Rausch.

bij den roes


oma

oma f (plural oma's, diminutive omaatje n)

oma's (plural)
omaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: oma

→ Sranan Tongo: oma

Likely stemming from grootma, a word that young children often mispronounce. Cognate to German Oma.


emir

From French émir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of admiraal.


crème

nl-noun

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.


avg

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

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

Initialism of aardappelen, vlees, groenten (“potatoes, meat, vegetables”).

initialism

(Netherlands, chiefly in the diminutive, colloquial, somewhat humorous) A stereotypical Dutch dinner consisting of a piece of meat, boiled potatoes, and boiled vegetables


regent

nl-noun

regent m (plural regenten, diminutive regentje n, feminine regentes)

regenten (plural)
regentje (diminutive neuter)
regentes (feminine)

From Middle Dutch regent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.

regent, acting head of state in a monarch's place


cellist

cellist m (plural cellisten, diminutive cellistje n, feminine celliste)

cellisten (plural)
cellistje (diminutive neuter)
celliste (feminine)

→ Indonesian: selis


armband

armband m (plural armbanden, diminutive armbandje n)

armbanden (plural)
armbandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: armband

Ze droeg een gouden armband op het feest.

Ik kreeg een armband als verjaardagscadeau.

I received a bracelet as a birthday gift.

Het armbandje was versierd met kleine parels.

The small bracelet was adorned with tiny pearls.


ballet

ballet n (plural balletten, diminutive balletje n)

balletten (plural)
balletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: balèt

→ Papiamentu: balèt

Borrowed from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto. An instance of spelling pronunciation.


auteur

auteur m (plural auteurs, diminutive auteurtje n, feminine autrice)

auteurs (plural)
auteurtje (diminutive neuter)
autrice (feminine)

Afrikaans: outeur

→ West Frisian: auteur

Borrowed from French auteur, from Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, auctorem.


sneaker

sneaker m (plural sneakers, diminutive sneakertje n)

sneakers (plural)
sneakertje (diminutive neuter)


sok

sok f or m (plural sokken, diminutive sokje n)

sokken (plural)
sokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sok

→ Papiamentu: sok (dated)

From Middle Dutch socke, from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos). The current sense derived from German Socke.


Belg

Belg m (plural Belgen, diminutive Belgje n, feminine Belgische)

Belgen (plural)
Belgje (diminutive neuter)
Belgische (feminine)

Sranan Tongo: Bergi

→ Papiamentu: Bèlga


skateboard

skateboard n (plural skateboards, diminutive skateboardje n)

skateboards (plural)
skateboardje (diminutive neuter)


sabbat

sabbat m (plural sabbatten or sabbats, diminutive sabbatje n)

sabbatten (plural)
sabbats (plural)
sabbatje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: sabbath

→ Papiamentu: sabbat (dated)

Borrowed from Latin sabbatum (“Sabbath”), from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ).


boer

boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n, feminine boerin)

boeren (plural)
boertje (diminutive neuter)
boerin (feminine)

Afrikaans: boer
→ English: Boer

Jersey Dutch: bûr

→ English: boor

desctree

→ Sranan Tongo: buru
→ Caribbean Javanese: bulman, bulmang, buru
→ Dutch: boeroe

From Middle Dutch bure, from Old Dutch *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller, inhabitant”), thus originally the same as modern buur (“neighbour”). The form boer is that of many eastern dialects including Limburgish, where Germanic -ū- has been retained as a back vowel. In early modern Dutch these two dialectal forms were adopted as semantically distinguished words. Cognate to Old English būr, ġebūr (whence English bower) and Old High German būr (whence German Bauer).


bara

From Caribbean Hindustani bára, possibly from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā).

Uit enkele speakers dendert soca en zouk muziek^([sic]). In de lucht hangt de geur van versgebakken bara's en kip.

2021 July 4, “Gezellige sfeer bij vaccinatie in PL-centrum [Congenial atmosphere at vaccination drive at PL party headquarters]”, in StarNieuws, retrieved 2022-12-07:

Soca and zouk music thumps from a couple of loudspeakers. The smell of freshly fried vadas and chicken wafts through the air.

(originally Suriname) vada (a savoury doughnut made of mung bean flour)


docent

nl-noun

docent m (plural docenten, diminutive docentje n, feminine docente)

docenten (plural)
docentje (diminutive neuter)
docente (feminine)

Afrikaans: dosent

→ Indonesian: dosen

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (“to teach”).


potent

potent (adverbial positive predicative)
potente (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
potent (indefinite neuter positive singular)
potente (indefinite plural positive)
potente (definite positive)
potents (partitive positive)

(sexuality, of males) capable of procreation, potent


rapier

rapier n (plural rapieren, diminutive rapiertje n)

rapieren (plural)
rapiertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French (espee) rapiere.


fairway

(golf) fairway: the area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short


medicus

nl-noun

medicus m (plural medici, diminutive medicusje n, feminine medica)

medici (plural)
medicusje (diminutive neuter)
medica (feminine)

Afrikaans: medikus

From Middle Dutch medicus, borrowed from Latin medicus.


baklava

Borrowed from Turkish baklava. First attested in the 18th century.


panty

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

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

a pantyhose, nylon tights worn about legs by women


bazooka

bazooka m (plural bazooka's, diminutive bazookaatje n)

bazooka's (plural)
bazookaatje (diminutive neuter)


financier

financier m (plural financiers, diminutive financiertje n)

financiers (plural)
financiertje (diminutive neuter)