programmeur

programmeur m (plural programmeurs, diminutive programmeurtje n)

programmeurs (plural)
programmeurtje (diminutive neuter)


lijf

nl-noun

lijf n (plural lijven, diminutive lijfje n)

lijven (plural)
lijfje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lyf

Berbice Creole Dutch: lifu

Negerhollands: lief, lif, lijf

From Middle Dutch lijf, from Old Dutch līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.

die een wijf trouwt om het schoon lijf, verliest het lijf en houdt het wijf


hertrouwen

hertrouwen (infinitive)
hertrouwen (gerund neuter)
hertrouw (first-person present singular)
hertrouwde (first-person past singular)
hertrouwt (present second-person singular)
hertrouw (present second-person singular)
hertrouwde (past second-person singular)
hertrouwt (formal present second-person singular)
hertrouwde (formal past second-person singular)
hertrouwt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
hertrouwt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
hertrouwde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
hertrouwde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
hertrouwt (present singular third-person)
hertrouwde (past singular third-person)
hertrouwen (plural present)
hertrouwden (past plural)
hertrouwe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
hertrouwde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
hertrouwen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
hertrouwden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
hertrouw (imperative present singular)
hertrouwt (archaic imperative plural present)
hertrouwend (participle present)
hertrouwd (participle past)

(transitive, intransitive) to remarry (to marry after the end of a previous marriage)


falcata

From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.

(historical) a falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword


politieagent

politieagent m (plural politieagenten, diminutive politieagentje n, feminine politieagente)

politieagenten (plural)
politieagentje (diminutive neuter)
politieagente (feminine)

Compound of politie (“police”) + agent (“agent”).


verslaggever

verslaggever m (plural verslaggevers, diminutive verslaggevertje n)

verslaggevers (plural)
verslaggevertje (diminutive neuter)

From verslag (“report”) + gever (“giver”).

De verslaggever stond klaar met zijn microfoon om live verslag te doen van het evenement.

The reporter was ready with his microphone to do live coverage of the event.

De verslaggever interviewde verschillende mensen op straat om hun mening te peilen.

The reporter interviewed several people on the street to gauge their opinion.

De verslaggever was ter plaatse om de laatste ontwikkelingen van de brand te melden.

The reporter was on-site to report the latest developments of the fire.

reporter (especially an on-site reporter)


dienaar

dienaar m (plural dienaars or dienaren, diminutive dienaartje n, feminine dienares)

dienaars (plural)
dienaren (plural)
dienaartje (diminutive neuter)
dienares (feminine)

Negerhollands: diener, dienar, dienaer

Sranan Tongo: dinari

From Middle Dutch dienaer, variant of dienre. Equivalent to dienen (“to serve”) + -aar.


burgeroorlog

burgeroorlog m (plural burgeroorlogen, diminutive burgeroorlogje n)

burgeroorlogen (plural)
burgeroorlogje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: burgeroorlog

From burger (“citizen, civilian”) + oorlog (“war”).


stierenrennen

From stier (“bull”) + -en- (“run”) + rennen.

running of the bulls
running of the bulls

(bullfighting) bull run, running of the bulls


groenteboer

nl-noun

groenteboer m (plural groenteboers or groenteboeren, diminutive groenteboertje n)

groenteboers (plural)
groenteboeren (plural)
groenteboertje (diminutive neuter)


kadet

kadet m (plural kadetten, diminutive kadetje n)

kadetten (plural)
kadetje (diminutive neuter)


fixen

fixen (infinitive)
fixen (gerund neuter)
fix (first-person present singular)
fixte (first-person past singular)
fixt (present second-person singular)
fix (present second-person singular)
fixte (past second-person singular)
fixt (formal present second-person singular)
fixte (formal past second-person singular)
fixt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
fixt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
fixte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
fixte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
fixt (present singular third-person)
fixte (past singular third-person)
fixen (plural present)
fixten (past plural)
fixe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
fixte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
fixen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
fixten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
fix (imperative present singular)
fixt (archaic imperative plural present)
fixend (participle present)
gefixt (participle past)

(sports) to fix a game through bribery or manipulation


aannemer

aannemer m (plural aannemers, diminutive aannemertje n)

aannemers (plural)
aannemertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: anémer

→ Indonesian: anemer


rundvlees

From Middle Dutch runtvleesch. Equivalent to rund + vlees.


forfait

forfait m (plural forfaits, diminutive forfaitje n)

forfaits (plural)
forfaitje (diminutive neuter)


sterrenkundige

sterrenkundige m or f (plural sterrenkundigen)


smakelijk

nl-adj

smakelijk (comparative smakelijker, superlative smakelijkst)

smakelijker (comparative)
smakelijkst (superlative)
smakelijk (adverbial positive predicative)
smakelijker (adverbial comparative predicative)
het smakelijkst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het smakelijkste (adverbial predicative superlative)
smakelijke (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
smakelijkere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
smakelijkste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
smakelijk (indefinite neuter positive singular)
smakelijker (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
smakelijkste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
smakelijke (indefinite plural positive)
smakelijkere (comparative indefinite plural)
smakelijkste (indefinite plural superlative)
smakelijke (definite positive)
smakelijkere (comparative definite)
smakelijkste (definite superlative)
smakelijks (partitive positive)
smakelijkers (comparative partitive)

Negerhollands: smaklik


fotograaf

nl-noun

fotograaf m (plural fotografen, diminutive fotograafje n)

fotografen (plural)
fotograafje (diminutive neuter)


Engelse

Engelse f (plural Engelsen, masculine Engelsman)


verloven

verloven (infinitive)
verloven (gerund neuter)
verloof (first-person present singular)
verloofde (first-person past singular)
verlooft (present second-person singular)
verloof (present second-person singular)
verloofde (past second-person singular)
verlooft (formal present second-person singular)
verloofde (formal past second-person singular)
verlooft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
verlooft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
verloofde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
verloofde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
verlooft (present singular third-person)
verloofde (past singular third-person)
verloven (plural present)
verloofden (past plural)
verlove (archaic present singular subjunctive)
verloofde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
verloven (archaic plural present subjunctive)
verloofden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
verloof (imperative present singular)
verlooft (archaic imperative plural present)
verlovend (participle present)
verloofd (participle past)

Negerhollands: verloov

Dynastieën verloven hun prinsen vaak om diplomatieke redenen.

Dynasties often engage their princes for diplomatic reasons.

(reflexive) to undertake an engagement, get engaged


verloven

Cognate with German erlauben (“to allow”). Equivalent of verlof + -en.


pretpark

pretpark n (plural pretparken, diminutive pretparkje n)

pretparken (plural)
pretparkje (diminutive neuter)

Voor zijn verjaardag gingen we naar het pretpark.

For his birthday, we went to the amusement park.

Het pretpark was gesloten vanwege slecht weer.

The amusement park was closed due to bad weather.

Ze waren opgewonden om de achtbaan in het pretpark te proberen.

They were excited to try the roller coaster in the amusement park.


themapark

themapark n (plural themaparken, diminutive themaparkje n)

themaparken (plural)
themaparkje (diminutive neuter)


notaris

notaris m (plural notarissen, diminutive notarisje n)

notarissen (plural)
notarisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: notáras

→ Indonesian: notaris

→ Papiamentu: notaris (dated)


duiker

duiker m (plural duikers, diminutive duikertje n, feminine duikster)

duikers (plural)
duikertje (diminutive neuter)
duikster (feminine)

desctree

Afrikaans: duiker
→ English: duiker, duyker
→ Irish: dícear

→ Papiamentu: deik

From Middle Dutch dukere. Equivalent to duiken (“to dive”) + -er.

a loon (N-Am) or diver (UK), waterbird of the order Gaviiformes


botanicus

nl-noun

botanicus m (plural botanici, diminutive botanicusje n, feminine botanica)

botanici (plural)
botanicusje (diminutive neuter)
botanica (feminine)


vlieger

vlieger m (plural vliegers, diminutive vliegertje n)

vliegers (plural)
vliegertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: frigi

→ Saramaccan: fiígi

→ Manado Malay: falinggir, palinggir

From Middle Dutch vlieger. Equivalent to vliegen + -er.


striptekenaar

striptekenaar m (plural striptekenaars, diminutive striptekenaartje n, feminine striptekenares)

striptekenaars (plural)
striptekenaartje (diminutive neuter)
striptekenares (feminine)

cartoonist, comic artist (drawer of comics or cartoons)


bokbier

bokbier n (plural bokbieren, diminutive bokbiertje n)

bokbieren (plural)
bokbiertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Bockbier, with a nativised spelling.

(unofficial) Alternative spelling of bockbier


regisseur

regisseur m (plural regisseurs, diminutive regisseurtje n, feminine regisseuse)

regisseurs (plural)
regisseurtje (diminutive neuter)
regisseuse (feminine)

⇒ Afrikaans: regisseur

→ Indonesian: regisur


islamofobie

the aversion Islamophobia, directing against Muslims and their Islamic faith


kleintje

Negerhollands: kleentje


schoonmoeder

schoonmoeder f (plural schoonmoeders, diminutive schoonmoedertje n)

schoonmoeders (plural)
schoonmoedertje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: skoonmuder

From schoon + moeder, calque of Middle French belle-mère.


priester

priester m (plural priesters or priesteren, diminutive priestertje n, feminine priesteres or priesterin)

priesters (plural)
priesteren (plural)
priestertje (diminutive neuter)
priesteres (feminine)
priesterin (feminine)

Afrikaans: priester

From Middle Dutch priester, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros). Cognate to English priest and German Priester.

(religion) male priest, clergyman, religious officiant


toerisme

Afrikaans: toerisme

Borrowed from English tourism or French tourisme. Equivalent to toer + -isme.


scheidsrechter

scheidsrechter m (plural scheidsrechters, diminutive scheidsrechtertje n)

scheidsrechters (plural)
scheidsrechtertje (diminutive neuter)


strafpunt

strafpunt n (plural strafpunten, diminutive strafpuntje n)

strafpunten (plural)
strafpuntje (diminutive neuter)

(generally, sports in and games, sometimes law) penalty point


oorlogsmisdadiger

oorlogsmisdadiger m (plural oorlogsmisdadigers, diminutive oorlogsmisdadigertje n)

oorlogsmisdadigers (plural)
oorlogsmisdadigertje (diminutive neuter)


oorlogsmisdrijf

oorlogsmisdrijf n (plural oorlogsmisdrijven)


beeldhouwer

beeldhouwer m (plural beeldhouwers, diminutive beeldhouwertje n, feminine beeldhouwster)

beeldhouwers (plural)
beeldhouwertje (diminutive neuter)
beeldhouwster (feminine)

Afrikaans: beeldhouer


kontlikker

kontlikker m (plural kontlikkers, diminutive kontlikkertje n)

kontlikkers (plural)
kontlikkertje (diminutive neuter)

From kont (“butt, arse”) + likker (“licker”) or kontlikken (“to kiss ass, brownnose”) + -er. Parallel to French lèche-cul.

af

(vulgar) sycophant, arse-kisser, shameless or even slavish flatterer


Australiër

nl-noun

Australiër m (plural Australiërs, diminutive Australiërtje n, feminine Australische)

Australiërs (plural)
Australiërtje (diminutive neuter)
Australische (feminine)

Australian (person from Australia or of Australian descent)


kachel

nl-adj

kachel (used only predicatively, comparative meer kachel, superlative meest kachel)

meer kachel (comparative)
meest kachel (superlative)

Clipping of kacheloven, a partial calque of German Kachelofen, from Kachel (“tile”) + Ofen (“stove”). The original sense of “tiled stove” has been generalized to any type of stove.


pandoer

nl-noun

pandoer m or n (plural pandoeren, diminutive pandoertje n)

pandoeren (plural)
pandoertje (diminutive neuter)

From Serbo-Croatian pandur, from bandur, from Latin banderarius (“(knight) banneret”).

(originally) a member of an 18th-century Habsburg imperial Croatian regiment to fight the Ottoman Turks

(figuratively, from their violent reputation) a ruffian, abusive person

(also in the plural: pandoeren, also a verb) The name of a card game where a player can call pandoer!


filmregisseur

filmregisseur m (plural filmregisseurs, diminutive filmregisseurtje n, feminine filmregisseuse)

filmregisseurs (plural)
filmregisseurtje (diminutive neuter)
filmregisseuse (feminine)


filmproducent

filmproducent m (plural filmproducenten, diminutive filmproducentje n, feminine filmproducente)

filmproducenten (plural)
filmproducentje (diminutive neuter)
filmproducente (feminine)


verzekeraar

verzekeraar m (plural verzekeraars, diminutive verzekeraartje n)

verzekeraars (plural)
verzekeraartje (diminutive neuter)


Laotiaan

Laotiaan m (plural Laotianen, diminutive Laotiaantje n, feminine Laotiaanse)

Laotianen (plural)
Laotiaantje (diminutive neuter)
Laotiaanse (feminine)

Laotian, inhabitant of Laos and/or person of Laotian descent


politicoloog

politicoloog m (plural politicologen, diminutive politicoloogje n)

politicologen (plural)
politicoloogje (diminutive neuter)


dronkenschap

From Middle Dutch dronkenschap. Equivalent to dronken + -schap.


romanschrijver

romanschrijver m (plural romanschrijvers, diminutive romanschrijvertje n)

romanschrijvers (plural)
romanschrijvertje (diminutive neuter)

From roman (“novel”) + schrijver (“writer”).


redacteur

redacteur m (plural redacteurs or redacteuren, diminutive redacteurtje n, feminine redactrice)

redacteurs (plural)
redacteuren (plural)
redacteurtje (diminutive neuter)
redactrice (feminine)

→ Indonesian: redaktur

Borrowed from French rédacteur, equivalent to redigeren + -eur.


jeugdig

nl-adj

jeugdig (comparative jeugdiger, superlative jeugdigst)

jeugdiger (comparative)
jeugdigst (superlative)
jeugdig (adverbial positive predicative)
jeugdiger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het jeugdigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het jeugdigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
jeugdige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
jeugdigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
jeugdigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
jeugdig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
jeugdiger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
jeugdigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
jeugdige (indefinite plural positive)
jeugdigere (comparative indefinite plural)
jeugdigste (indefinite plural superlative)
jeugdige (definite positive)
jeugdigere (comparative definite)
jeugdigste (definite superlative)
jeugdigs (partitive positive)
jeugdigers (comparative partitive)

From Middle Dutch jodedich. Equivalent to jeugd + -ig.


Daniël

the book Daniel, named after the prophet


kruidig

kruidig (comparative kruidiger, superlative kruidigst)

kruidiger (comparative)
kruidigst (superlative)
kruidig (adverbial positive predicative)
kruidiger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het kruidigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het kruidigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
kruidige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kruidigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
kruidigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
kruidig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kruidiger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
kruidigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
kruidige (indefinite plural positive)
kruidigere (comparative indefinite plural)
kruidigste (indefinite plural superlative)
kruidige (definite positive)
kruidigere (comparative definite)
kruidigste (definite superlative)
kruidigs (partitive positive)
kruidigers (comparative partitive)

From kruid (“herb, spice”) + -ig (“-ish, -y”).


gierigaard

nl-noun

gierigaard m (plural gierigaards, diminutive gierigaardje n)

gierigaards (plural)
gierigaardje (diminutive neuter)


doelman

doelman m (plural doelmannen, diminutive doelmannetje n, feminine doelvrouw)

doelmannen (plural)
doelmannetje (diminutive neuter)
doelvrouw (feminine)

Compound of doel (“target, goal”) + man (“man”).


doelwachter

Compound of doel (“target, goal”) + wachter (“guard”).


plantsoen

nl-noun

plantsoen n (plural plantsoenen, diminutive plantsoentje n)

plantsoenen (plural)
plantsoentje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: plantsun

→ Aukan: paansu

→ Papiamentu: plantsun

→ Sranan Tongo: pransun, plansoen

→ Caribbean Javanese: plangsu

From Old French planteson, from Latin plantātiō.


fonoloog

fonoloog m (plural fonologen, diminutive fonoloogje n)

fonologen (plural)
fonoloogje (diminutive neuter)


opmaken

opmaken (infinitive)
opmaken (gerund neuter)
maak op (first-person main-clause present singular)
maakte op (first-person main-clause past singular)
opmaak (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
opmaakte (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
maakt op (main-clause present second-person singular)
maak op (main-clause present second-person singular)
maakte op (main-clause past second-person singular)
opmaakt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opmaakte (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
maakt op (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
maakte op (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
opmaakt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opmaakte (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
maakt op (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
maakt op (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
maakte op (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
maakte op (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
opmaakt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opmaakt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opmaakte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
opmaakte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
maakt op (main-clause present singular third-person)
maakte op (main-clause past singular third-person)
opmaakt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
opmaakte (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
maken op (main-clause plural present)
maakten op (main-clause past plural)
opmaken (plural present subordinate-clause)
opmaakten (past plural subordinate-clause)
make op (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
maakte op (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
opmake (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
opmaakte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
maken op (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
maakten op (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
opmaken (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
opmaakten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
maak op (imperative main-clause present singular)
maakt op (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
opmakend (main-clause participle present)
opgemaakt (main-clause participle past)

Afrikaans: opmaak

From Middle Dutch opmaken. Equivalent to op + maken.

(transitive) to put make-up on, to apply cosmetics

(transitive, typography) to format, to apply styling to


schriftteken

schriftteken n (plural schrifttekens, diminutive schrifttekentje n)

schrifttekens (plural)
schrifttekentje (diminutive neuter)

From schrift (“script, writing”) + teken (“sign”).


Matteüs

Matthew the Apostle
New Testament
apostle
nl:Matteüs

Ultimately from Matthaeus, from Koine Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), several figures in the New Testament including the apostle Matthew, from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattiṯyāhū), from מַתָּנַת (“gift, reward”) + יהוה (“YHWH, God”). Doublet of Matthijs and Mattias. Compare French Matthieu and Matthias.

der

מַתִּתְיָהוּ

Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattiṯyāhū)

(biblical) Matthew, the apostle and several minor figures

(biblical) Short for evangelie naar Matteüs, the Gospel of Matthew


Boliviaan

nl-noun

Boliviaan m (plural Bolivianen, diminutive Boliviaantje n, feminine Boliviaanse)

Bolivianen (plural)
Boliviaantje (diminutive neuter)
Boliviaanse (feminine)

Borrowed from Spanish boliviano, from Simón Bolívar.


lettertype

lettertype n (plural lettertypen or lettertypes)

lettertypen (plural)
lettertypes (plural)


kantlijn

kantlijn f or m (plural kantlijnen, diminutive kantlijntje n)

kantlijnen (plural)
kantlijntje (diminutive neuter)


analist

analist m (plural analisten, diminutive analistje n)

analisten (plural)
analistje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: analis


hoofddoek

hoofddoek m (plural hoofddoeken, diminutive hoofddoekje n)

hoofddoeken (plural)
hoofddoekje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hovetdoek. Equivalent to hoofd (“head”) + doek (“cloth”).

headscarf, a more or less rectangular cloth worn over the head, mainly by women, now usually by Muslimas


schmink

schmink m (uncountable, diminutive schminkje n)


goochelaar

goochelaar m (plural goochelaars, diminutive goochelaartje n)

goochelaars (plural)
goochelaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: goëlaar

→ Papiamentu: hoogelaar (dated)

From Middle Dutch gokelare, from Old Dutch *gokalari, from Proto-West Germanic *kaukulārī, from Latin caucleārius. Equivalent to goochelen + -aar.


pesten

the card game Mau Mau, similar to crazy eights


wau

wau n (plural waus, diminutive wautje n)

waus (plural)
wautje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek ϝαῦ (waû). Doublet of waw.


raket

raket f or m (plural raketten, diminutive raketje n)

raketten (plural)
raketje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: rakèt

→ Papiamentu: rakèt

Borrowed from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from rochetto (“rocket”, literally “a bobbin”), diminutive of rocca (“a distaff”), of Germanic origin, perhaps Gothic rukka, from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”). Cognate with Old High German rocco, rocko, roccho, rocho ("a distaff"; > German Rocken (“a distaff”)), Swedish rock (“a distaff”), Icelandic rokkur (“a distaff”), Middle English rocke (“a distaff”). More at rock⁴.

gloss

"a distaff"; > German <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Rocken</i> (“a distaff”)


boerenkaas

nl-noun

boerenkaas m (plural boerenkazen, diminutive boerenkaasje n)

boerenkazen (plural)
boerenkaasje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of boer (“farmer”) + -en- (genitival interfix) + kaas (“cheese”).

compound

farmhouse cheese, made from a farmer’s own herd and generally unpasteurized


naoorlogs

naoorlogs (adverbial positive predicative)
naoorlogse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
naoorlogs (indefinite neuter positive singular)
naoorlogse (indefinite plural positive)
naoorlogse (definite positive)
naoorlogs (partitive positive)

post-war (almost always: after World War II)


astronoom

nl-noun

astronoom m (plural astronomen, diminutive astronoompje n)

astronomen (plural)
astronoompje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Astronom, from Latin astronomus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονόμος (astronómos). Equivalent to astro- (“star”) + -noom.


schrijfster

schrijfster f (plural schrijfsters, diminutive schrijfstertje n, masculine schrijver)

schrijfsters (plural)
schrijfstertje (diminutive neuter)
schrijver (masculine)

From schrijf (“stem of schrijven”) + -ster.

suf

stem of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">schrijven</i>

want naar de brieven te oordeelen was de Schrijfster eene autrice van den eersten rang, en toch kende hij geen enkel werk uit vrouwelijke pen verdienstelijk genoeg om aan haar te worden toegeschreven.

1853, Vaderlandsche letteroefeningen, of tijdschrift van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Amsterdam: J. Stermvers & P. Ellerman, page 89:

for to judge from the letters the writer was a first-rate author, and yet he knew of no work of female pen deserving enough to be attributed to her.


huwelijksaanzoek

nl-noun

huwelijksaanzoek n (plural huwelijksaanzoeken, diminutive huwelijksaanzoekje n)

huwelijksaanzoeken (plural)
huwelijksaanzoekje (diminutive neuter)

proposal (asking someone to be one's spouse; offer of marriage)


pleegmoeder

pleegmoeder f (plural pleegmoeders, diminutive pleegmoedertje n)

pleegmoeders (plural)
pleegmoedertje (diminutive neuter)


verteller

verteller m (plural vertellers, diminutive vertellertje n, feminine vertelster)

vertellers (plural)
vertellertje (diminutive neuter)
vertelster (feminine)


kunstschilder

kunstschilder m (plural kunstschilders, diminutive kunstschildertje n, feminine kunstschilderes)

kunstschilders (plural)
kunstschildertje (diminutive neuter)
kunstschilderes (feminine)


predikant

predikant m (plural predikanten, diminutive predikantje n)

predikanten (plural)
predikantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: predikant (dated)

preacher, minister (used in the Dutch Protestant church)


echtpaar

echtpaar n (plural echtparen, diminutive echtpaartje n)

echtparen (plural)
echtpaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: egpaar

Compound of echt (“marriage”) + paar (“couple”).


tompoes

tompoes f (plural tompoezen, diminutive tompoesje n)

tompoezen (plural)
tompoesje (diminutive neuter)

→ English: tompouce

From French Tom Pouce, the French translation of English Tom Thumb.

tompouce: a Dutch version of mille-feuille, having a thick layer of pastry cream sandwiched between two thin layers of puff pastry, with on top a layer of icing


poorten

(soccer) to nutmeg (pass a ball between an opponent's legs)


wijsgeer

wijsgeer m (plural wijsgeren, diminutive wijsgeertje n, feminine wijsgere)

wijsgeren (plural)
wijsgeertje (diminutive neuter)
wijsgere (feminine)

Afrikaans: wysgeer

From wijs (“wise”) + geren (“to desire”), a loan translation of Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), a compound of φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).

De oude Griekse denker Plato was een bekende wijsgeer.

The ancient Greek thinker Plato was a well-known philosopher.

Veel beroemde wijsgeren hebben bijgedragen aan de ontwikkeling van de westerse filosofie.

Many famous philosophers have contributed to the development of Western philosophy.

Zij is een vooraanstaande wijsgeer die bekend staat om haar diepgaande inzichten.

She is a prominent philosopher known for her profound insights.

De wijsgeertjes van vroeger waren erg nieuwsgierig en stelden veel vragen.

The little philosophers of the past were very curious and asked many questions.


filosoof

filosoof m (plural filosofen, diminutive filosoofje n, feminine filosofe)

filosofen (plural)
filosoofje (diminutive neuter)
filosofe (feminine)

→ Indonesian: filosof → filsuf

→ Papiamentu: filosoof (dated)

From Middle Dutch filosofe, possibly via Old French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φῐλόσοφος (phĭlósophos).

De oude Griekse denker Plato was een bekende filosoof.

Veel beroemde filosofen hebben bijgedragen aan de ontwikkeling van de westerse filosofie.

Zij is een vooraanstaande filosoof die bekend staat om haar diepgaande inzichten.

De filosofe schreef een baanbrekend werk over ethiek.

The philosopher (female) wrote a groundbreaking work on ethics.

Het kleine meisje zei dat ze later een filosoofje wilde worden.

The little girl said she wanted to become a little philosopher when she grows up.


appelmoes

→ Papiamentu: apelmus

1989, Henk Temming, Henk Westbroek, "Kip, patat en appelmoes", Kinderen voor Kinderen, Kinderen voor Kinderen 10.
Wij willen kip, patat en appelmoes / En als toetje een tompouce en een roomsoes.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

apple sauce, a food prepared by pureeing cooked apples


knecht

knecht m (plural knechten or knechts, diminutive knechtje n)

knechten (plural)
knechts (plural)
knechtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kneg

→ Indonesian: kenek

Negerhollands: knegt, knecht

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


wielrenner

wielrenner m (plural wielrenners, diminutive wielrennertje n, feminine wielrenster)

wielrenners (plural)
wielrennertje (diminutive neuter)
wielrenster (feminine)

a sports or fitness cyclist, someone who races bicycles, as opposed to a person riding a bike for any other purpose


dialoog

dialoog m (plural dialogen, diminutive dialoogje n)

dialogen (plural)
dialoogje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch dialoge, perhaps via Middle French dialogue, from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos). Equivalent to dia- + -loog.

dialogue, conversation or other discourse between two interlocutors


strafschop

strafschop m (plural strafschoppen, diminutive strafschopje n)

strafschoppen (plural)
strafschopje (diminutive neuter)

From straf (“penalty”) + schop (“kick”).

(soccer) penalty, a free-kick from the penalty spot awarded to the grieved team in football etc.


kravat

kravat f (plural kravatten, diminutive kravatje n)

kravatten (plural)
kravatje (diminutive neuter)


Baskische

Baskische f (plural Baskischen, masculine Bask)


Oostenrijker

Oostenrijker m (plural Oostenrijkers, diminutive Oostenrijkertje n, feminine Oostenrijkse)

Oostenrijkers (plural)
Oostenrijkertje (diminutive neuter)
Oostenrijkse (feminine)

Austrian, member and/or descendant of the people of Austria


huwen

huwen (infinitive)
huwen (gerund neuter)
huw (first-person present singular)
huwde (first-person past singular)
huwt (present second-person singular)
huw (present second-person singular)
huwde (past second-person singular)
huwt (formal present second-person singular)
huwde (formal past second-person singular)
huwt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
huwt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
huwde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
huwde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
huwt (present singular third-person)
huwde (past singular third-person)
huwen (plural present)
huwden (past plural)
huwe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
huwde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
huwen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
huwden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
huw (imperative present singular)
huwt (archaic imperative plural present)
huwend (participle present)
gehuwd (participle past)

Afrikaans: hu

From Middle Dutch huwen, from Old Dutch *hīwen, from Proto-Germanic *hīwijaną, related to *hīwą (“marriage”).


kerrie

→ Kari'na: keri


leerkracht

leerkracht m or f (plural leerkrachten, diminutive leerkrachtje n)

leerkrachten (plural)
leerkrachtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: leerkrag

Ca. 1900, from leren (“to teach, learn”) + kracht (“force, (man)power”), a calque of German Lehrkraft.


loodgieter

nl-noun

loodgieter m (plural loodgieters, diminutive loodgietertje n)

loodgieters (plural)
loodgietertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: loodgieter

From Middle Dutch lootgieter. Equivalent to lood (“lead”) + gieten (“to pour”) + -er.


afwasser

nl-noun

afwasser m (plural afwassers, diminutive afwassertje n)

afwassers (plural)
afwassertje (diminutive neuter)


kunstschaatsen

kunstschaatsen (infinitive)
kunstschaatsen (gerund neuter)
kunstschaats (first-person present singular)
kunstschaatste (first-person past singular)
kunstschaatst (present second-person singular)
kunstschaats (present second-person singular)
kunstschaatste (past second-person singular)
kunstschaatst (formal present second-person singular)
kunstschaatste (formal past second-person singular)
kunstschaatst (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
kunstschaatst (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kunstschaatste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kunstschaatste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
kunstschaatst (present singular third-person)
kunstschaatste (past singular third-person)
kunstschaatsen (plural present)
kunstschaatsten (past plural)
kunstschaatse (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kunstschaatste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
kunstschaatsen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
kunstschaatsten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
kunstschaats (imperative present singular)
kunstschaatst (archaic imperative plural present)
kunstschaatsend (participle present)
gekunstschaatst (participle past)


Thailander

Thailander m or f (plural Thailanders, feminine Thailandse)

Thailanders (plural)
Thailandse (feminine)

Thai (inhabitant of Thailand; person of Thai descent)


negligé

negligé n (plural negligés, diminutive negligeetje n)

negligés (plural)
negligeetje (diminutive neuter)


appelflap

appelflap m (plural appelflappen, diminutive appelflapje n)

appelflappen (plural)
appelflapje (diminutive neuter)


Marokkaan

Marokkaan m (plural Marokkanen, diminutive Marokkaantje n, feminine Marokkaanse)

Marokkanen (plural)
Marokkaantje (diminutive neuter)
Marokkaanse (feminine)


presentator

presentator m (plural presentatoren or presentators, diminutive presentatortje n, feminine presentatrice)

presentatoren (plural)
presentators (plural)
presentatortje (diminutive neuter)
presentatrice (feminine)


pleegouder

pleegouder m (plural pleegouders, diminutive pleegoudertje n)

pleegouders (plural)
pleegoudertje (diminutive neuter)

From plegen (“to care for”) + ouder (“parent”).


natuurkundige

nl-noun

natuurkundige m or f (plural natuurkundigen)


proost

Ultimately from Latin prōsit. The contracted form is first attested in 1880; possibly a belated attestation of an informal/dialectal pronunciation, otherwise from German prost (early 18th c.).


weeskind

weeskind n (plural weeskinderen, diminutive weeskindje n)

weeskinderen (plural)
weeskindje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: weeskind

From Middle Dutch wesekint. Equivalent to wees (“orphan”) + kind (“child”). Compare German Waisenkind.


leverworst

leverworst f or m (plural leverworsten, diminutive leverworstje n)

leverworsten (plural)
leverworstje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of lever (“liver”) + worst (“sausage”) (cognate with German Leberwurst, English liverwurst).


ansjovis

ansjovis f (plural ansjovissen, diminutive ansjovisje n)

ansjovissen (plural)
ansjovisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ansjovis

→ Danish: ansjos

→ Estonian: anšoovis

→ Faroese: ansjós

→ German: Anchovis, Anschovis

→ Hebrew: אַנְשׁוֹבִי (anshóvi)

→ Icelandic: ansjósa

→ Latvian: anšovs

→ Lithuanian: ančiuvis

→ Norwegian: ansjos

→ Papiamentu: anchóvis, ansjovis

→ Russian: анчо́ус (ančóus)

→ Armenian: անչոուս (ančʻous)

→ Azerbaijani: ançous

→ Karelian: ančoussu

→ Swedish: ansjovis

→ West Frisian: ansjofisk

Borrowed from Spanish anchovas, plural of anchova, phonetically adapted to Dutch vis (“fish”). The Spanish is in turn from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Engraulis encrasicolus
Engraulis encrasicolus#Translingual

(also collective) an anchovy (small, edible saltwater fish species, especially Engraulis encrasicolus)


huurling

huurling m (plural huurlingen, diminutive huurlingetje n)

huurlingen (plural)
huurlingetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: huurling

Negerhollands: hierlingen

From Middle Dutch hûrlink, from Old Dutch *hūrling, from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀijuling. Equivalent to huur + -ling. Compare German Heuerling, English hireling.

(sports) a player who plays on one team while being employed by another team (who is out on loan)


vrijgezel

vrijgezel m (plural vrijgezellen, diminutive vrijgezelletje n, feminine vrijgezellin)

vrijgezellen (plural)
vrijgezelletje (diminutive neuter)
vrijgezellin (feminine)

/ˌvrɛi̯ɣəˈzɛl/

Univerbation of vrij (“free, unbound”) + gezel (“companion, mate”).

univerbation

a bachelor, unmarried (adult or adolescent) male


alcoholisme

Probably borrowed from English or French. By surface analysis, alcohol + -isme.


bloemist

nl-noun

bloemist m (plural bloemisten, diminutive bloemistje n)

bloemisten (plural)
bloemistje (diminutive neuter)

(historical) speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania


colbert

colbert m or n (plural colberts, diminutive colbertje n)

colberts (plural)
colbertje (diminutive neuter)


börek

börek m (plural böreks, diminutive börekje n)

böreks (plural)
börekje (diminutive neuter)


ruiten

ruiten m or f (plural ruitens or ruiten, diminutive ruitentje n)

ruitens (plural)
ruiten (plural)
ruitentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Bengali: রুইতন (ruiton)

→ Malay: retin


aftrap

aftrap m (plural aftrappen, diminutive aftrapje n)

aftrappen (plural)
aftrapje (diminutive neuter)

Deverbal from aftrappen. Equivalent to af (“off”) + trap (“kick”). Calque of English kickoff.


gitarist

gitarist m (plural gitaristen, diminutive gitaristje n)

gitaristen (plural)
gitaristje (diminutive neuter)


buskruit

Afrikaans: buskruit

→ Indonesian: biskruit

From Middle Dutch bussecruit. Equivalent to bus (“firearm, firing chamber”) + kruit (“powder, herb”).


nagellak

nl-noun

nagellak m (plural nagellakken, diminutive nagellakje n)

nagellakken (plural)
nagellakje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of nagel + lak. Compare German Nagellack


burggraaf

burggraaf m (plural burggraven, diminutive burggraafje n)

burggraven (plural)
burggraafje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch borchgrave. Equivalent to burg (“burgh, castle”) + graaf (“count, official”).

compound

viscount, a peerage rank, below graaf (count)


hoppen

hoppen (infinitive)
hoppen (gerund neuter)
hop (first-person present singular)
hopte (first-person past singular)
hopt (present second-person singular)
hop (present second-person singular)
hopte (past second-person singular)
hopt (formal present second-person singular)
hopte (formal past second-person singular)
hopt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
hopt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
hopte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
hopte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
hopt (present singular third-person)
hopte (past singular third-person)
hoppen (plural present)
hopten (past plural)
hoppe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
hopte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
hoppen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
hopten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
hop (imperative present singular)
hopt (archaic imperative plural present)
hoppend (participle present)
gehopt (participle past)

From hop (“hops”) + -en, or borrowed from English hop.


vetzuur

nl-noun

vetzuur n (plural vetzuren, diminutive vetzuurtje n)

vetzuren (plural)
vetzuurtje (diminutive neuter)


korset

korset n or m (plural korsetten or korsets, diminutive korsetje n)

korsetten (plural)
korsets (plural)
korsetje (diminutive neuter)


bordeel

bordeel n (plural bordelen, diminutive bordeeltje n)

bordelen (plural)
bordeeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bordeel

→ Indonesian: bordil

→ West Frisian: bordeel

From Middle Dutch bordeel (“brothel; hut, hovel”), from Old French bordel (“hut; brothel”).

inh

Mijn betovergrootmoeder had in een bordeel gewerkt voordat zij trouwde.

My great-great-grandmother had worked in a brothel before she married.


toneellaars

nl-noun

toneellaars m or f (plural toneellaarzen, diminutive toneellaarsje n)

toneellaarzen (plural)
toneellaarsje (diminutive neuter)

From toneel (“stage, scene, theatre”) + laars (“boot”).

compound

cothurnus, a type of boots used by stage performers


toneelknecht

nl-noun

toneelknecht m (plural toneelknechten, diminutive toneelknechtje n)

toneelknechten (plural)
toneelknechtje (diminutive neuter)

From toneel (“stage, theatre”) + knecht (“servant, employee”).


veeknecht

nl-noun

veeknecht m (plural veeknechten, diminutive veeknechtje n)

veeknechten (plural)
veeknechtje (diminutive neuter)

From vee (“cattle, livestock”) + knecht (“hand”).

compound

cowboy, peon, ranchhand, any employee handling livestock


liften

liften (infinitive)
liften (gerund neuter)
lift (first-person present singular)
liftte (first-person past singular)
lift (present second-person singular)
liftte (past second-person singular)
lift (formal present second-person singular)
liftte (formal past second-person singular)
lift (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
lift (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
liftte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
liftte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
lift (present singular third-person)
liftte (past singular third-person)
liften (plural present)
liftten (past plural)
lifte (archaic present singular subjunctive)
liftte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
liften (archaic plural present subjunctive)
liftten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
lift (imperative present singular)
lift (archaic imperative plural present)
liftend (participle present)
gelift (participle past)

→ Papiamentu: left


doelverdediger

nl-noun

doelverdediger m (plural doelverdedigers)


hartenjagen

harten 'hearts' + jagen 'to hunt, chase'


diplomaat

diplomaat m (plural diplomaten, diminutive diplomaatje n)

diplomaten (plural)
diplomaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: diplomat

Borrowed from French diplomate, a derivation of New Latin dīplōmaticus.

a diplomat, accredited in diplomacy to formally represent a government or equated political party


knuffel

knuffel m (plural knuffels, diminutive knuffeltje n)

knuffels (plural)
knuffeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: knuffel

a cuddly animal or other stuffed toy, plushie, soft toy


aanlachen

aanlachen (infinitive)
aanlachen (gerund neuter)
lach aan (first-person main-clause present singular)
lachte aan (first-person main-clause past singular)
aanlach (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
aanlachte (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
lacht aan (main-clause present second-person singular)
lach aan (main-clause present second-person singular)
lachte aan (main-clause past second-person singular)
aanlacht (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanlachte (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
lacht aan (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
lachte aan (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
aanlacht (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanlachte (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
lacht aan (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
lacht aan (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
lachte aan (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
lachte aan (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
aanlacht (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanlacht (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanlachte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
aanlachte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
lacht aan (main-clause present singular third-person)
lachte aan (main-clause past singular third-person)
aanlacht (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
aanlachte (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
lachen aan (main-clause plural present)
lachten aan (main-clause past plural)
aanlachen (plural present subordinate-clause)
aanlachten (past plural subordinate-clause)
lache aan (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
lachte aan (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
aanlache (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aanlachte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
lachen aan (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
lachten aan (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
aanlachen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
aanlachten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
lach aan (imperative main-clause present singular)
lacht aan (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
aanlachend (main-clause participle present)
aangelachen (main-clause participle past)

From Middle Dutch aenlachen. Equivalent to aan + lachen.

(transitive) to smile on, to be beneficial or favourable


Amsterdammer

Amsterdammer m (plural Amsterdammers, diminutive Amsterdammertje n, feminine Amsterdamse)

Amsterdammers (plural)
Amsterdammertje (diminutive neuter)
Amsterdamse (feminine)


apotheker

apotheker m (plural apothekers, diminutive apothekertje n)

apothekers (plural)
apothekertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: apteker

→ Indonesian: apoteker

→ Papiamentu: apotheker

→ Sranan Tongo: apteikri

De apotheker adviseerde me over de bijwerkingen van het medicijn.

The pharmacist advised me about the side effects of the medication.

Je moet je recept aan de apotheker geven om het te laten vullen.

You need to give your prescription to the chemist to have it filled.

De apotheker heeft me een generiek alternatief aangeboden voor mijn gebruikelijke medicijn.

The pharmacist offered me a generic alternative to my usual medicine.


beminnen

beminnen (infinitive)
beminnen (gerund neuter)
bemin (first-person present singular)
beminde (first-person past singular)
bemint (present second-person singular)
bemin (present second-person singular)
beminde (past second-person singular)
bemint (formal present second-person singular)
beminde (formal past second-person singular)
bemint (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bemint (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
beminde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
beminde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bemint (present singular third-person)
beminde (past singular third-person)
beminnen (plural present)
beminden (past plural)
beminne (archaic present singular subjunctive)
beminde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
beminnen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
beminden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bemin (imperative present singular)
bemint (archaic imperative plural present)
beminnend (participle present)
bemind (participle past)

Afrikaans: bemin

Negerhollands: beminnen

From Middle Dutch beminnen. Equivalent to be- + minnen (“to love”).


schort

schort f or n (plural schorten, diminutive schortje n)

schorten (plural)
schortje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: skorte

→ Papiamentu: skòrt, schortsje, skortje

From Middle Dutch schorte, from Old Dutch *scurta, from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“apron”).


paleontoloog

paleontoloog m (plural paleontologen, diminutive paleontoloogje n)

paleontologen (plural)
paleontoloogje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + -loog from logos, 'science'.


xenofobie

xenofobie f (plural xenofobieën, diminutive xenofobietje n)

xenofobieën (plural)
xenofobietje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French xénophobie. First attested around 1900 as xenophobie.

(chiefly uncountable) xenophobia, hatred and/or pathological fear towards strangers or foreigners


filoloog

filoloog m (plural filologen, diminutive filoloogje n, feminine filologe)

filologen (plural)
filoloogje (diminutive neuter)
filologe (feminine)


huwelijksnacht

huwelijksnacht m (plural huwelijksnachten, diminutive huwelijksnachtje n)

huwelijksnachten (plural)
huwelijksnachtje (diminutive neuter)

From huwelijk (“wedding”) + -s- + nacht (“night”).


zuipschuit

nl-noun

zuipschuit m or f (plural zuipschuiten, diminutive zuipschuitje n)

zuipschuiten (plural)
zuipschuitje (diminutive neuter)

From zuipen (“to booze”) + schuit (“boat”).


Deuteronomium

From Middle Dutch deuteronomium, from Latin Deuteronomium, from Ancient Greek Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronómion).

der

Δευτερονόμιον


Jozua

→ Indonesian: Yosua

From older Josue, from Middle Dutch josue, from Latin Iosue, from Ancient Greek Ιωσούας (Iōsoúas), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ. The form with a appears in the sixteenth century, probably influenced by the Greek and Hebrew forms.


klimatoloog

nl-noun

klimatoloog m (plural klimatologen, diminutive klimatoloogje n)

klimatologen (plural)
klimatoloogje (diminutive neuter)


hoogleraar

hoogleraar m (plural hoogleraars or hoogleraren, diminutive hoogleraartje n)

hoogleraars (plural)
hoogleraren (plural)
hoogleraartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hoogleraar

→ Indonesian: guru besar (calque)

→ Indonesian: mahaguru (calque)

desc

→ Javanese: ꦒꦸꦫꦸꦲꦒꦼꦁ (guru ageng) (calque)

→ West Frisian: heechlearaar (calque)

De hoogleraar gaf een lezing over kwantumfysica.

The professor gave a lecture on quantum physics.

Ze is hoogleraar in de rechten aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

She is a professor of law at the University of Amsterdam.


gerechtsbode

nl-noun

gerechtsbode m (plural gerechtsbodes or gerechtsboden, diminutive gerechtsbodetje n)

gerechtsbodes (plural)
gerechtsboden (plural)
gerechtsbodetje (diminutive neuter)

genitive of gerecht 'justice, court' + bode 'messenger, servant'


bibliografie

bibliografie f (plural bibliografieën, diminutive bibliografietje n)

bibliografieën (plural)
bibliografietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bibliografie

→ Indonesian: bibliografi

Borrowed from New Latin bibliographia, from Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía).

der

βιβλιογραφία


polshorloge

nl-noun

polshorloge n (plural polshorloges, diminutive polshorlogetje n)

polshorloges (plural)
polshorlogetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pols (“wrist”) + horloge (“watch”).


wiskundige

Weinig wiskundigen zijn zó legendarisch geworden als Evariste Galois.

Few mathematicians have become so legendary as Evariste Galois.


kleed

kleed n (plural kleden or klederen, diminutive kleedje n)

kleden (plural)
klederen (plural)
kleedje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: kleed

→ Papiamentu: klechi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch clêet, from Old Dutch *klēth, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą. Cognate with German Kleid, Luxembourgish Kleed, English cloth.

(now chiefly Belgium) long cloth garment, notably:

long cloth garment, notably:
formal robe

long cloth garment, notably:
female dress


korte broek

korte broek f (plural korte broeken, diminutive kort broekje n)

korte broeken (plural)
kort broekje (diminutive neuter)

inflection of kort 'short' + broek 'trousers, breeches, pants'

Een broekje of broekvent(je) heet zo omdat kleine jongens traditioneel een korte broek dragen

An immature knave is called [in Dutch] broekje or broekventje because small boys traditionally wear shorts


Poolse

Poolse f (plural Poolsen, masculine Pool)


Obadja

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עוֹבַדְיָה.


nuchter

From Latin nocturnus. Cognate with German nüchtern.


omhaal

omhaal m (plural omhalen, diminutive omhaaltje n)

omhalen (plural)
omhaaltje (diminutive neuter)


Spanjaard

Spanjaard m (plural Spanjaarden, diminutive Spanjaardje n, feminine Spaanse)

Spanjaarden (plural)
Spanjaardje (diminutive neuter)
Spaanse (feminine)

a Spaniard, person belonging to or descended from the (Romance) people of Spain


lakei

lakei m (plural lakeien, diminutive lakeitje n)

lakeien (plural)
lakeitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lackey, from Middle French laquais, probably from Old Spanish lacayo, of uncertain origin; cognate with lackey.

a lackey, a footman, a liveried servant, an attendant


Ier

Ier m (plural Ieren, diminutive Iertje n, feminine Ierse)

Ieren (plural)
Iertje (diminutive neuter)
Ierse (feminine)


wenen

wenen (infinitive)
wenen (gerund neuter)
ween (first-person present singular)
weende (first-person past singular)
weent (present second-person singular)
ween (present second-person singular)
weende (past second-person singular)
weent (formal present second-person singular)
weende (formal past second-person singular)
weent (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
weent (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
weende (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
weende (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
weent (present singular third-person)
weende (past singular third-person)
wenen (plural present)
weenden (past plural)
wene (archaic present singular subjunctive)
weende (archaic past singular subjunctive)
wenen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
weenden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
ween (imperative present singular)
weent (archaic imperative plural present)
wenend (participle present)
geweend (participle past)

From Middle Dutch wênen, from Old Dutch wēnon, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną. Cognate to German weinen.

(intransitive, formal) to cry, weep, shed tears


Belgische

Belgische f (plural Belgischen, masculine Belg)


gehuwd

gehuwd (adverbial positive predicative)
gehuwde (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
gehuwd (indefinite neuter positive singular)
gehuwde (indefinite plural positive)
gehuwde (definite positive)
gehuwds (partitive positive)

(of a couple) married, joined by marriage


Argentijn

Argentijn m (plural Argentijnen, diminutive Argentijntje n, feminine Argentijnse)

Argentijnen (plural)
Argentijntje (diminutive neuter)
Argentijnse (feminine)


zakenman

zakenman m (plural zakenlieden or zakenlui or zakenmannen, diminutive zakenmannetje n, feminine zakenvrouw)

zakenlieden (plural)
zakenlui (plural)
zakenmannen (plural)
zakenmannetje (diminutive neuter)
zakenvrouw (feminine)

Afrikaans: sakeman

Compound of zaak (“matter, affair, case”) + -en- + man (“man”).

com

a businessman, a man in business, one involved in commercial enterprise


mythe

nl-noun

mythe f or m (plural mythen or mythes, diminutive mythetje n)

mythen (plural)
mythes (plural)
mythetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin mythos m, from Ancient Greek μῦθος m (mûthos).


ecoloog

ecoloog m (plural ecologen, diminutive ecoloogje n)

ecologen (plural)
ecoloogje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Ökologe. Equivalent to eco- + -loog.


kunstschaats

kunstschaats f or m (plural kunstschaatsen, diminutive kunstschaatsje n)

kunstschaatsen (plural)
kunstschaatsje (diminutive neuter)

From kunst (“art, mastery”) + schaats (“skate”).


voetballer

nl-noun

voetballer m (plural voetballers, diminutive voetballertje n, feminine voetbalster)

voetballers (plural)
voetballertje (diminutive neuter)
voetbalster (feminine)

(soccer) footballer (Britain); football player (Britain), soccer player (US, Canada, Australia)


hertogin

hertogin f (plural hertoginnen, diminutive hertoginnetje n, masculine hertog)

hertoginnen (plural)
hertoginnetje (diminutive neuter)
hertog (masculine)

/ˌɦɛr.toːˈɣɪn/

/ˌɦɛr.tɔˈɣɪn/

From hertog (“duke”) + -in (“suffix indicating femininity”).

suffix

a duchess (wife of a duke; female ruler of a duchy)


schoolmeester

nl-noun

schoolmeester m (plural schoolmeesters, diminutive schoolmeestertje n)

schoolmeesters (plural)
schoolmeestertje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: skoelmeester, skoolmeester

desc

→ Papiamentu: mester di skol, meester di skol (calque) (dated)

From school + meester (“master, teacher”). Compare English schoolmaster, German Schulmeister.


zwabber

nl-noun

zwabber m (plural zwabbers, diminutive zwabbertje n)

zwabbers (plural)
zwabbertje (diminutive neuter)

Probably the root of zwabben (from swabben 'to plod(der), drudge trough (filth)(y) (water)', cognate with to swab) + -er.

(derogatory) an irresponsible person, notably:

an irresponsible person, notably:
a party animal


zwabber

From zwabberen, a frequentative (alongside zwabbelen) from zwabben 'to drudge, plod(der)'.


volwassene

/vɔlˈʋɑsənə/

Een volwassene mag bier drinken.


toneelschrijver

toneelschrijver m (plural toneelschrijvers, diminutive toneelschrijvertje n)

toneelschrijvers (plural)
toneelschrijvertje (diminutive neuter)


kieken

kieken (infinitive)
kieken (gerund neuter)
kiek (first-person present singular)
kiekte (first-person past singular)
kiekt (present second-person singular)
kiek (present second-person singular)
kiekte (past second-person singular)
kiekt (formal present second-person singular)
kiekte (formal past second-person singular)
kiekt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
kiekt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kiekte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kiekte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
kiekt (present singular third-person)
kiekte (past singular third-person)
kieken (plural present)
kiekten (past plural)
kieke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kiekte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
kieken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
kiekten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
kiek (imperative present singular)
kiekt (archaic imperative plural present)
kiekend (participle present)
gekiekt (participle past)

From kiek (“snapshot, photograph”) + -en.

to photograph, take/shoot (a) picture(s)


Libanese

Libanese f (plural Libanesen, masculine Libanees)


mijnwerker

mijnwerker m (plural mijnwerkers, diminutive mijnwerkertje n)

mijnwerkers (plural)
mijnwerkertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mynwerker

Compound of mijn (“mine”) + werker (“worker, laborer”).


bloedworst

nl-noun

bloedworst f or m (plural bloedworsten, diminutive bloedworstje n)

bloedworsten (plural)
bloedworstje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: blutworst

From bloed (“blood”) + worst (“sausage”), probably a calque of German Blutwurst.

pens

also extended to variations: 'white' with bread added and/or heavily spiced


adviseur

adviseur m (plural adviseurs, diminutive adviseurtje n, feminine adviseuse)

adviseurs (plural)
adviseurtje (diminutive neuter)
adviseuse (feminine)

→ Peranakan Indonesian: adviseur

(Belgium) a hierarchical rank and title (usually for college graduates) in certain administrations, such as the Belgian federal and various lower-level public offices


toeter

toeter m (plural toeters, diminutive toetertje n)

toeters (plural)
toetertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Kari'na: tùtu


toeter

nl-adj

toeter (comparative toeterder, superlative toeterst)

toeterder (comparative)
toeterst (superlative)
toeter (adverbial positive predicative)
toeterder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het toeterst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het toeterste (adverbial predicative superlative)
toetere (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
toeterdere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
toeterste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
toeter (indefinite neuter positive singular)
toeterder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
toeterste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
toetere (indefinite plural positive)
toeterdere (comparative indefinite plural)
toeterste (indefinite plural superlative)
toetere (definite positive)
toeterdere (comparative definite)
toeterste (definite superlative)
toeters (partitive positive)
toeterders (comparative partitive)


manchet

nl-noun

manchet f (plural manchetten, diminutive manchetje n)

manchetten (plural)
manchetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mansjet

→ Indonesian: manset


schoolslag

schoolslag m (plural schoolslagen, diminutive schoolslagje n)

schoolslagen (plural)
schoolslagje (diminutive neuter)

the swimming style breaststroke, the basic one (first) taught at European schools


vorstin

vorstin f (plural vorstinnen, diminutive vorstinnetje n, masculine vorst)

vorstinnen (plural)
vorstinnetje (diminutive neuter)
vorst (masculine)

Afrikaans: vorstin

From Middle Dutch vorstinne. Equivalent to vorst + -in.

a princess, the daughter of a king, elector (in the Holy Roman Empire), emperor, or the wife or daughter of certain princes


zeeman

zeeman m (plural zeemannen or zeelui or zeelieden, diminutive zeemannetje n, feminine zeevrouw)

zeemannen (plural)
zeelui (plural)
zeelieden (plural)
zeemannetje (diminutive neuter)
zeevrouw (feminine)

Afrikaans: seeman

From Middle Dutch seeman, equivalent to zee (“sea”) + man.


archeoloog

archeoloog m (plural archeologen, diminutive archeoloogje n, feminine archeologe)

archeologen (plural)
archeoloogje (diminutive neuter)
archeologe (feminine)

Afrikaans: argeoloog


presentatrice

presentatrice f (plural presentatrices, masculine presentator)

presentatrices (plural)
presentator (masculine)

master of ceremonies
master of ceremonies

(female) presenter, master of ceremonies, emcee, compere, host


tekenaar

tekenaar m (plural tekenaars, diminutive tekenaartje n, feminine tekenares)

tekenaars (plural)
tekenaartje (diminutive neuter)
tekenares (feminine)

Albert werkt als technisch tekenaar bij een ingenieursbureau.

Albert works as an engineering draughtsman at an engineering consultancy.

drawer (artist who makes drawings), illustrator


Griekse

Griekse f (plural Grieksen, masculine Griek)


stamboom

stamboom m (plural stambomen, diminutive stamboompje n)

stambomen (plural)
stamboompje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: stambom

Compound of stam (“trunk, stem; tribe”) + boom (“tree”).


monteur

nl-noun

monteur m (plural monteurs, diminutive monteurtje n)

monteurs (plural)
monteurtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: monteli

→ Indonesian: montir

→ Sranan Tongo: monteur

→ Caribbean Javanese: montir


kwartet

kwartet n (plural kwartetten, diminutive kwartetje n)

kwartetten (plural)
kwartetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kuartet

Borrowed from Italian quartetto. The current pronunciation and spelling may be influenced by French quartette.

a quartette, piece of chamber music written in four parts, as for the above type of ensemble

a card game where players have to collect sets of four cards

a foursome (sex act involving four people)


pluche

pluche (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
pluche (indefinite neuter positive singular)
pluche (indefinite plural positive)
pluche (definite positive)

From French peluche, from Italian peluzzo m.


fluweel

fluweel n (plural fluwelen, diminutive fluweeltje n)

fluwelen (plural)
fluweeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: fluweel

desc

Negerhollands: fluweel, flyweel, flyveel, vlyveel

From Middle Dutch fluweel, veluel, velueel, from Old French veluel, Late Latin villūtus, from Latin villus (“woolly hair”).

velvet (closely woven fabric with pile on one side)


takszegel

nl-noun

takszegel m (plural takszegels, diminutive takszegeltje n)

takszegels (plural)
takszegeltje (diminutive neuter)


capuchon

capuchon m (plural capuchons, diminutive capuchonnetje n)

capuchons (plural)
capuchonnetje (diminutive neuter)

a hood, which may be attached to a cape, permanently or detachable; especially said when:


kostwinner

kostwinner m (plural kostwinners, diminutive kostwinnertje n)

kostwinners (plural)
kostwinnertje (diminutive neuter)


secretaris

secretaris m (plural secretarissen, diminutive secretarisje n, feminine secretaresse)

secretarissen (plural)
secretarisje (diminutive neuter)
secretaresse (feminine)

→ Caribbean Javanese: suketaris

→ Indonesian: sekretaris

From Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“one entrusted with secrets”), from Latin sēcrētus (“private, secret”), perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“I separate; I part; I reject”), from sē- (“apart”) + cernō (“I separate, sift”).


bommetje

Ik heb nog zo gezegd: géén bommetje!

I've said it very clearly, no cannonball!

(swimming) cannonball (jump into water in a flexed position)


germanist

nl-noun

germanist m (plural germanisten, diminutive germanistje n)

germanisten (plural)
germanistje (diminutive neuter)

Recorded since 1846, borrowed from German Germanist.

a student of the German language, literature and culture of Germany and other Germanophone peoples and countries


oncoloog

oncoloog m (plural oncologen, diminutive oncoloogje n, feminine oncologe)

oncologen (plural)
oncoloogje (diminutive neuter)
oncologe (feminine)

→ Indonesian: onkolog

Borrowed term. First attested in the 1930s.

an oncologist, physician specialised in oncology (cancers)


rozenkrans

rozenkrans m (plural rozenkransen, diminutive rozenkransje n)

rozenkransen (plural)
rozenkransje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch rosencrans. Equivalent to roos (“rose”) + krans (“wreath”).

the rosary, a Catholic prayer sequence, consisting of repetitions of Our Lady and Our Father

a rosary, Catholic or, less commonly, Anglican prayer beads used to keep track of the above

an object resembling the wreath:
a deer's antlers' knobby edges

the plant Gnaphalium dioicum, now Antennaria dioica

Antennaria dioica
Antennaria dioica#Translingual

a symbolical meaning of the wreath:
youth

a symbolical meaning of the wreath:
virginity


Kazak

Kazak m (plural Kazakken, diminutive Kazakje n, feminine Kazakse)

Kazakken (plural)
Kazakje (diminutive neuter)
Kazakse (feminine)


herderin

herderin f (plural herderinnen, diminutive herderinnetje n, masculine herder)

herderinnen (plural)
herderinnetje (diminutive neuter)
herder (masculine)


Brusselaar

Brusselaar m (plural Brusselaars, diminutive Brusselaartje n, feminine Brusselse)

Brusselaars (plural)
Brusselaartje (diminutive neuter)
Brusselse (feminine)

From Brussel (“Brussels”) + -aar (“-er”).

Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

an inhabitant of the Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, the smallest of Belgium's three federative regions


stiefbroer

stiefbroer m (plural stiefbroers, diminutive stiefbroertje n)

stiefbroers (plural)
stiefbroertje (diminutive neuter)

From stief- (“step-”) + broer (“brother”).

the son of one's stepparent who is not the son of either of one's biological parents


kiek

kiek m (plural kieken, diminutive kiekje n)

kieken (plural)
kiekje (diminutive neuter)

(birdwatching slang) Clipping of kiekendief.


lendendoek

lendendoek m (plural lendendoeken, diminutive lendendoekje n)

lendendoeken (plural)
lendendoekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lendedoek


socioloog

socioloog m (plural sociologen, diminutive socioloogje n, feminine sociologe)

sociologen (plural)
socioloogje (diminutive neuter)
sociologe (feminine)


trommelaar

trommelaar m (plural trommelaars, diminutive trommelaartje n)

trommelaars (plural)
trommelaartje (diminutive neuter)

someone who drums (nervously) with his fingers

(figuratively) an animal which drums, drills or makes a similar sound, notably a woodpecker, a cockroach and a trumpeter (trumpeter pigeon)


Kazach

Kazach m (plural Kazachen, diminutive Kazachje n, feminine Kazachse)

Kazachen (plural)
Kazachje (diminutive neuter)
Kazachse (feminine)


Serviër

Serviër m (plural Serviërs, diminutive Serviërtje n, feminine Servische)

Serviërs (plural)
Serviërtje (diminutive neuter)
Servische (feminine)


Dalmatiër

Dalmatiër m (plural Dalmatiërs, diminutive Dalmatiërtje n)

Dalmatiërs (plural)
Dalmatiërtje (diminutive neuter)

a member of the Dalmati, a people which lived there in Antiquity, before the Slavic immigration


Georgiër

Georgiër m (plural Georgiërs, diminutive Georgiërtje n, feminine Georgische)

Georgiërs (plural)
Georgiërtje (diminutive neuter)
Georgische (feminine)

Georgian (person from the country of Georgia)


kwartetten

kwartetten (infinitive)
kwartetten (gerund neuter)
kwartet (first-person present singular)
kwartette (first-person past singular)
kwartet (present second-person singular)
kwartette (past second-person singular)
kwartet (formal present second-person singular)
kwartette (formal past second-person singular)
kwartet (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
kwartet (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kwartette (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kwartette (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
kwartet (present singular third-person)
kwartette (past singular third-person)
kwartetten (plural present)
kwartetten (past plural)
kwartette (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kwartette (archaic past singular subjunctive)
kwartetten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
kwartetten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
kwartet (imperative present singular)
kwartet (archaic imperative plural present)
kwartettend (participle present)
gekwartet (participle past)


Luxemburger

Luxemburger m (plural Luxemburgers, diminutive Luxemburgertje n, feminine Luxemburgse)

Luxemburgers (plural)
Luxemburgertje (diminutive neuter)
Luxemburgse (feminine)

a Luxemburger, citizen or descendant of either territory or city named Luxemburg


wonderkind

wonderkind n (plural wonderkinderen, diminutive wonderkindje n)

wonderkinderen (plural)
wonderkindje (diminutive neuter)

From wonder (“miracle”) + kind (“child”).

Die peuter van hiernaast is een wonderkind op de draailier.

That toddler next-door is a prodigy on the hurdy-gurdy.


puntmuts

puntmuts m or f (plural puntmutsen, diminutive puntmutsje n)

puntmutsen (plural)
puntmutsje (diminutive neuter)

From punt (“point, spike”) + muts (“cap”).


tittel

tittel m (plural tittels, diminutive titteltje n)

tittels (plural)
titteltje (diminutive neuter)


Oekraïense

Oekraïense f (plural Oekraïensen, masculine Oekraïner)

Oekraïensen (plural)
Oekraïner (masculine)


jazzzanger

jazzzanger m (plural jazzzangers, diminutive jazzzangertje n, feminine jazzzangeres)

jazzzangers (plural)
jazzzangertje (diminutive neuter)
jazzzangeres (feminine)

/ˈdʒɛzˌzɑ.ŋər/


jazzzangeres

jazzzangeres f (plural jazzzangeressen, diminutive jazzzangerestje n, masculine jazzzanger)

jazzzangeressen (plural)
jazzzangerestje (diminutive neuter)
jazzzanger (masculine)


Parijse

Parijse f (plural Parijsen, masculine Parijzenaar)

Parijsen (plural)
Parijzenaar (masculine)


grootvorstin

grootvorstin f (plural grootvorstinnen, diminutive grootvorstinnetje n)

grootvorstinnen (plural)
grootvorstinnetje (diminutive neuter)


lexicograaf

lexicograaf m (plural lexicografen, diminutive lexicograafje n)

lexicografen (plural)
lexicograafje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek λεξικογράφος (lexikográphos). Equivalent to lexicon + -graaf. Cognate with English lexicographer, German Lexikograf, French lexicographe.

der

λεξικογράφος

a lexicographer: (co-)author of a lexicon, practitioner of lexicography


wijnhandelaar

nl-noun

wijnhandelaar m (plural wijnhandelaars, diminutive wijnhandelaartje n)

wijnhandelaars (plural)
wijnhandelaartje (diminutive neuter)

De wijnhandelaar heeft een breed scala aan wijnen uit verschillende regio's.

The wine trader has a wide range of wines from different regions.

De lokale wijnhandelaar organiseert proeverijen om zijn klanten kennis te laten maken met nieuwe wijnen.

The local wine trader organizes tastings to introduce his customers to new wines.

De familie heeft al generaties lang als wijnhandelaars gewerkt.

The family has been working as wine traders for generations.


grimlach

grimlach m (plural grimlachen, diminutive grimlachje n)

grimlachen (plural)
grimlachje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of grimmen (“to grim, to grimace”) + lach (“smile”). Subsequently reanalysed as grimmig or grim (“grim”) + lach (“smile”).


mystificatie

nl-noun

mystificatie f (plural mystificaties, diminutive mystificatietje n)

mystificaties (plural)
mystificatietje (diminutive neuter)

(literature) mystification (deception about the provenance of a certain piece of literature)


knikker

knikker m (plural knikkers, diminutive knikkertje n)

knikkers (plural)
knikkertje (diminutive neuter)

→ French: canique
→ Spanish: canica

→ Papiamentu: kiniki, ninichi

From knikken, from Proto-Germanic *knikkoną (“to fold, snap”), which is imitative.

onomatopoeic

imitative


biograaf

nl-noun

biograaf m (plural biografen, diminutive biograafje n)

biografen (plural)
biograafje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: biograaf

Likely borrowed from French biographe. Equivalent to bio- + -graaf.


Babylonisch

nl-adj

Babylonisch (comparative Babylonischer, superlative meest Babylonisch or Babylonischt)

Babylonischer (comparative)
meest Babylonisch (superlative)
Babylonischt (superlative)
Babylonisch (adverbial positive predicative)
Babylonischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het Babylonischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het Babylonischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
Babylonische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
Babylonischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
Babylonischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
Babylonisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
Babylonischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
Babylonischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
Babylonische (indefinite plural positive)
Babylonischere (comparative indefinite plural)
Babylonischte (indefinite plural superlative)
Babylonische (definite positive)
Babylonischere (comparative definite)
Babylonischte (definite superlative)
Babylonisch (partitive positive)
Babylonischers (comparative partitive)


Sumeriër

nl-noun

Sumeriër m (plural Sumeriërs, diminutive Sumeriërtje n)

Sumeriërs (plural)
Sumeriërtje (diminutive neuter)


grootvorst

grootvorst m (plural grootvorsten, diminutive grootvorstje n, feminine grootvorstin)

grootvorsten (plural)
grootvorstje (diminutive neuter)
grootvorstin (feminine)

From groot (“big, great, grand”) + vorst (“prince, ruler”), probably a calque of German Großfürst, from Russian вели́кий князь (velíkij knjazʹ).

der

вели́кий князь

(literally) any great ruler, as of a mighty empire

(figuratively) a master, champion in some discipline


echtman

nl-noun

echtman m (plural echtmannen or echtelieden, diminutive echtmannetje n)

echtmannen (plural)
echtelieden (plural)
echtmannetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of echt (“(the bond of) marriage”) + man.

pl, m the Archaic plural echtelieden (unlike -mannen, which clearly suggests males) now actually applies to both sexes (used grammatically neutral), meaning spouses or married people


bedoeïen

bedoeïen m (plural bedoeïenen, diminutive bedoeïentje n)

bedoeïenen (plural)
bedoeïentje (diminutive neuter)

From French béduin, from Arabic بَدَوِيُّون (badawiyyūn), plural form of بَدَوِيّ (badawiyy); see bedouin for more.

a bedouin, member of a nomadic Arab desert tribe


waterdrager

waterdrager m (plural waterdragers, diminutive waterdragertje n)

waterdragers (plural)
waterdragertje (diminutive neuter)


damassé

damassé n (plural damassés, diminutive damasseetje n)

damassés (plural)
damasseetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French damassé, past participle of damasser (“to make (like) damask”), from damas (“damask”).

(rare). The fabric damassé, which is woven figured like damask


damast

Negerhollands: damast

→ Indonesian: damas (“damask”)

From Middle Dutch damst, from Middle French damas or Italian damasto, named after Damascus, the Syrian city it originates from.


begrafenisondernemer

begrafenisondernemer m (plural begrafenisondernemers, diminutive begrafenisondernemertje n)

begrafenisondernemers (plural)
begrafenisondernemertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of begrafenis (“burial, funeral”) + ondernemer (“entrepreneur”).

com

Een kastelein uit Rotterdam had Mexicaansche bewijzen ter markt gebragt en daarvan zelfs in eens eene hoeveelheid van 260 verkocht aan een veehandelaar en buitendien ook aan een aanspreker, tevens begrafenisondernemer. Deze verkocht daarvan op zijne beurt een 25tal aan een broodbakker, die, even als een paar commissionairs in koloniale waren, tegen het koopen van deze stukken werd gewaarschuwd door een winkelier in ijzerwaren, waarvan het gevolg was, dat de laatste in het openbaar door de eerste koopers daarover aangesproken werd en zich bij die gelegenheid woorden liet ontvallen, die, waarschijnlijk vergroot overgebragt, aanleiding gaven tot eene plainte wegens laster.

1867 May 2, “Binnenlandsche berigten”, in Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant, volume 44, number 52, page 2:


tweevoetig

nl-adj

tweevoetig (comparative tweevoetiger, superlative tweevoetigst)

tweevoetiger (comparative)
tweevoetigst (superlative)
tweevoetig (adverbial positive predicative)
tweevoetiger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het tweevoetigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het tweevoetigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
tweevoetige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
tweevoetigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
tweevoetigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
tweevoetig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
tweevoetiger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
tweevoetigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
tweevoetige (indefinite plural positive)
tweevoetigere (comparative indefinite plural)
tweevoetigste (indefinite plural superlative)
tweevoetige (definite positive)
tweevoetigere (comparative definite)
tweevoetigste (definite superlative)
tweevoetigs (partitive positive)
tweevoetigers (comparative partitive)

From twee (“two”) + voet (“foot”) + -ig.


melkman

nl-noun

melkman m (plural melkmannen, diminutive melkmannetje n)

melkmannen (plural)
melkmannetje (diminutive neuter)

a milkman, dairy seller and/or - deliver


pantoffel

pantoffel f or m (plural pantoffels, diminutive pantoffeltje n)

pantoffels (plural)
pantoffeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pantoffel

→ Indonesian: pantofel

From Middle Dutch pantoffel, pantoeffel. Possibly from Middle French pantoufle.
Perfect cognate with German Pantoffel.

slipper (footwear, notably bedroom or house slipper)


puntschoen

puntschoen m (plural puntschoenen, diminutive puntschoentje n)

puntschoenen (plural)
puntschoentje (diminutive neuter)


vogeldrager

vogeldrager m (plural vogeldragers, diminutive vogeldragertje n)

vogeldragers (plural)
vogeldragertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of vogel (“bird”) + drager (“carrier”).

a mason's assistant, typically fetching building materials etc.


schootkind

schootkind n (plural schootkinderen, diminutive schootkindje n)

schootkinderen (plural)
schootkindje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of schoot (“lap”) + kind (“child”).


zorgenkind

zorgenkind n (plural zorgenkinderen, diminutive zorgenkindje n)

zorgenkinderen (plural)
zorgenkindje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zorg (“a care, worry”) + -en- + kind (“child”).

compound

De ouders zijn bezorgd over hun zorgenkind dat moeite heeft om op school mee te komen.

The parents are worried about their troubled youngster who is struggling to keep up at school.

(literally) a problem child, troubled and/or troublesome youngster or offspring


probleemkind

nl-noun

probleemkind n (plural probleemkinderen, diminutive probleemkindje n)

probleemkinderen (plural)
probleemkindje (diminutive neuter)

From probleem (“problem”) + kind (“child”).

De leraar probeert extra aandacht te geven aan het probleemkind in de klas.

The teacher is trying to give extra attention to the troubled youngster in the class.

(literally) a problem child, troubled and/or troublesome youngster


schoenmaker

schoenmaker m (plural schoenmakers, diminutive schoenmakertje n)

schoenmakers (plural)
schoenmakertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skoenmaker

Negerhollands: skoenmaaker

From Middle Dutch schoemaker, variants with -n- already existed in later Middle Dutch. Equivalent to schoen (“shoe”) + maker.

shoemaker (artisan who produces and repairs shoes)


Oekraïner

Oekraïner m (plural Oekraïners, diminutive Oekraïnertje n, feminine Oekraïense)

Oekraïners (plural)
Oekraïnertje (diminutive neuter)
Oekraïense (feminine)

Ukrainian (a native or inhabitant of Ukraine)


nijdas

nijdas m (plural nijdassen, diminutive nijdasje n)

nijdassen (plural)
nijdasje (diminutive neuter)

From nijd, extended with an expressive suffix -as is also found in loebas.

(informal, Northern) a grouch, cross-patch, nastily grumpy man


tegenploeg

tegenploeg m or f (plural tegenploegen, diminutive tegenploegje n)

tegenploegen (plural)
tegenploegje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of tegen (“against”) + ploeg (“team”).

(sports, games) an adversary, an opposing team; the opposite side in a team competition


panamahoed

panamahoed m (plural panamahoeden, diminutive panamahoedje n)

panamahoeden (plural)
panamahoedje (diminutive neuter)

From Panama + hoed: Panama (Latin American country where the hat type originates from) + hoed (“hat”).

a Panama hat, a lightweight straw hat type


kwark

kwark m (uncountable, diminutive kwarkje n)

Borrowed from German Quark (medieval forms twarc, zwarc, quarc), from Proto-Slavic *tvarogъ.

(Netherlands) the soft creamy cheese type quark, made from unripe milk

(Netherlands) a portion of quark (usually in the diminutive form)


stamgenoot

stamgenoot m (plural stamgenoten, diminutive stamgenootje n)

stamgenoten (plural)
stamgenootje (diminutive neuter)

From stam (“tribe”) + genoot (“fellow member”).

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a fellow tribesman, member of the same tribe

Onderdanen van het Nederlandse Rijk van alle rassen hebben zich verenigd om rijksgenoten van Chinese stam onder ons, in hun streven hun stamgenoten in China menslievende hulp te brengen, te ondersteunen.

1937 December 28, “Dr. M. van Blankenstein: Nederlandse solidariteit [Dr. M. van Blankenstein: Dutch solidarity]”, in Het volksdagblad : dagblad voor Nederland, page 3:

Subjects of the Dutch Empire of all races have united to support co-denizens of Chinese extraction among us in their efforts to bring humanitarian aid to their kinsmen in China.

Ik vind het zo jammer dat mijn stamgenoten verglijden naar een soort monosyllabisch gereutel dat kennelijk volstaat om hen door het leven te leiden.

2013 July 24, “Goesting, maar dan in steeds minder woorden [Appetite, but in fewer and fewer words]”, in De Morgen:

I am so sorry that my fellow Flemings are slipping into a kind of monosyllabic muttering that is apparently enough to get them through life.

(dated in Belgium, archaic elsewhere) someone of a shared ethnic ancestry or with a shared linguistic heritage


bedgenoot

nl-noun

bedgenoot m (plural bedgenoten, diminutive bedgenootje n)

bedgenoten (plural)
bedgenootje (diminutive neuter)

Ik was verrast om te ontdekken dat mijn kamergenoot ook mijn bedgenoot zou zijn tijdens de reis.

I was surprised to find out my roommate would also be my bedfellow during the trip.

Het was even wennen om een bedgenoot te hebben.

It took some getting used to having a bedmate.

Tijdens het kamp waren we met drie bedgenoten in een bed.

During the camp, we were three bedfellows in one bed.

(literally) a bedfellow, bedmate; one of several persons sharing a bed

Slechte bedgenoten blijven moeilijk hechte echtgenoten

Poor sex partners have it hard to remain good spouses

(figuratively) a sex partner, someone with whom one has sex


haarstuk

haarstuk n (plural haarstukken, diminutive haarstukje n)

haarstukken (plural)
haarstukje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haarstuk

Compound of haar (“hair”) + stuk (“piece”).

Op de grote tafel bij het raam waaraan Angelica werkte, stond een buitengewoon uitzonderlijke verzameling potjes en flesjes en kruikjes, maar er lagen ook valse haarstukken.

2009, Barbara Ewing, translated by Erica Feberwee, Verf van rode rozen, translation of The Fraud (in English):


kledingstuk

kledingstuk n (plural kledingstukken, diminutive kledingstukje n)

kledingstukken (plural)
kledingstukje (diminutive neuter)

From kleding (“clothing”) + stuk (“piece”). Compare German Kleidungsstück.

a garment, a single item/article of clothing


mijter

mijter m (plural mijters, diminutive mijtertje n)

mijters (plural)
mijtertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch mitre, mitere, miter, from Old French mitre, from Latin mītra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).

mitre (headgear worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries)


aanhalingsteken

aanhalingsteken n (plural aanhalingstekens, diminutive aanhalingstekentje n)

aanhalingstekens (plural)
aanhalingstekentje (diminutive neuter)

From aanhaling (“quotation, (text) citation”) + -s- + teken (“sign, mark”), from aanhalen (“to quote, cite”) (from aan- (“to, forth”) + halen (“to get, fetch”)).


fagottiste

nl-noun

fagottiste m (plural fagottistes, masculine fagottist)

fagottistes (plural)
fagottist (masculine)


Waal

From Proto-Germanic *Wahalaz, *Wahaliz, attested in Latin sources as vacalus, vahalis.

the Waal (a river and distributary of the Rhine that runs through the provinces of Gelderland and South Holland, Netherlands)


Waal

Waal m (plural Walen, diminutive Waaltje n, feminine Waalse)

Walen (plural)
Waaltje (diminutive neuter)
Waalse (feminine)

From Middle Dutch Wale, from Old Dutch *Wala, *Wale, from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).

a Walloon person, a person from Wallonia


Waal

Derived from a variant of wiel (“kolk lake”).

A hamlet in Molenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands


Roemeense

Roemeense f (plural Roemeensen, masculine Roemeen)


Deense

Deense f (plural Deensen, masculine Deen)


Bulgaarse

Bulgaarse f (plural Bulgaarsen, masculine Bulgaar)

Bulgarian (female inhabitant of Bulgaria)


lippenstift

lippenstift f (plural lippenstiften, diminutive lippenstiftje n)

lippenstiften (plural)
lippenstiftje (diminutive neuter)

From lip (“lip”) + -en- + stift (“stick”), a calque of English lipstick, perhaps through German Lippenstift (where only this form exists).


huisschilder

huisschilder m (plural huisschilders, diminutive huisschildertje n)

huisschilders (plural)
huisschildertje (diminutive neuter)

painter (often laborer) who does (non-artistic) painting


balpen

balpen f (plural balpennen, diminutive balpennetje n)

balpennen (plural)
balpennetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: bolpen

→ Sranan Tongo: balpèn

From bal (“ball”) + pen (“pen”), calque of English ball pen.

a ballpoint pen, industrially produced pen type


rijksambtenaar

rijksambtenaar m (plural rijksambtenaren, diminutive rijksambtenaartje n)

rijksambtenaren (plural)
rijksambtenaartje (diminutive neuter)

From rijk (“realm, monarchic state”) + -s- + ambtenaar (“public servant (from ambt (“(public) office”))”).

affix

public servant (from <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">ambt</i> (“(public) office”))

a public servant working for a national government, usually one working in the Netherlands or another unitary monarchy


tuinkers

Compound of tuin (“garden”) + kers (“cress”).

com+

Lepidium sativum
Lepidium sativum#Translingual


discuswerpen

Compound of discus (“disk”) + werpen (“to throw”).


Noor

Shortening of Eleonoor, from Provençal Aliénor, perhaps of Arabic or Ancient Greek origin. Variant of Nora. More at Eleanor. Also see Aenor.

a female given name, equivalent to English Nora (from Eleonora)


IJslander

nl-noun

IJslander m (plural IJslanders, diminutive IJslandertje n, feminine IJslandse)

IJslanders (plural)
IJslandertje (diminutive neuter)
IJslandse (feminine)

an Icelandic horse, a small, sturdy and longhaired breed of horse


afmotten

afmotten (infinitive)
afmotten (gerund neuter)
mot af (first-person main-clause present singular)
motte af (first-person main-clause past singular)
afmot (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
afmotte (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
mot af (main-clause present second-person singular)
motte af (main-clause past second-person singular)
afmot (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afmotte (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
mot af (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
motte af (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
afmot (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afmotte (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
mot af (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
mot af (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
motte af (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
motte af (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
afmot (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afmot (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afmotte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afmotte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
mot af (main-clause present singular third-person)
motte af (main-clause past singular third-person)
afmot (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
afmotte (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
motten af (main-clause plural present)
motten af (main-clause past plural)
afmotten (plural present subordinate-clause)
afmotten (past plural subordinate-clause)
motte af (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
motte af (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
afmotte (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afmotte (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
motten af (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
motten af (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
afmotten (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afmotten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
mot af (imperative main-clause present singular)
mot af (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
afmottend (main-clause participle present)
afgemot (main-clause participle past)

(transitive, Southern) to clobber a person fiercely (with one's fists)


winkelhaak

winkelhaak m (plural winkelhaken, diminutive winkelhaakje n)

winkelhaken (plural)
winkelhaakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: winkelhaak

→ Aukan: wenkaaki

→ English: winkle-hawk

→ West Frisian: winkelheak

/ˈʋɪŋ.kəlˌɦaːk/

From Middle Dutch winkelhake (“try square, carpenter's square”). Equivalent to winkel + haak.

inh

a rectangular tear or cut in a piece of clothing or other fabric, in the form of a try square


muziekleraar

nl-noun

muziekleraar m (plural muziekleraren or muziekleraars, diminutive muziekleraartje n)

muziekleraren (plural)
muziekleraars (plural)
muziekleraartje (diminutive neuter)

Mijn muziekleraar was een geweldig muzikant, maar een waardeloze leraar.

My music teacher was a great musician, but a useless teacher.


glazenier

glazenier m (plural glazeniers, diminutive glazeniertje n)

glazeniers (plural)
glazeniertje (diminutive neuter)

From glas (“glass”) + -en- (interfix) + -ier (“-er”) (probably modeled on hovenier (“gardener”)), formed by the Dutch art critic Albert Plasschaert in 1925.

af

a glassmaker and glass painter, who produces stained glass


glasblazer

Compound of glas (“glass”) + blazer (“blower”).


bouwvakker

nl-noun

bouwvakker m (plural bouwvakkers, diminutive bouwvakkertje n)

bouwvakkers (plural)
bouwvakkertje (diminutive neuter)

From bouwvak (“construction sector”) + -er.

a builder, (notably professional) construction worker


bouwvakarbeider

bouwvakarbeider m (plural bouwvakarbeiders, diminutive bouwvakarbeidertje n)

bouwvakarbeiders (plural)
bouwvakarbeidertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of bouwvak (“construction sector”) + arbeider (“worker”).

compound

a construction laborer, a professional builder


pleegkind

nl-noun

pleegkind n (plural pleegkinderen, diminutive pleegkindje n)

pleegkinderen (plural)
pleegkindje (diminutive neuter)

From plegen (“to care for”) + kind (“child”).

a foster child, which is neither biological nor adoptive offspring but raised rather as if, temporarily or indefinitely


damspel

damspel n (plural damspellen, diminutive damspelletje n)

damspellen (plural)
damspelletje (diminutive neuter)


bordspel

bordspel n (plural bordspelen or bordspellen, diminutive bordspelletje n)

bordspelen (plural)
bordspellen (plural)
bordspelletje (diminutive neuter)

Schaken en dammen gelijken meer op elkaar dan op recente bordspelen zoals Monopoly of Stratego.

Chess and checkers resemble each other more than recent board games like Monopoly or Stratego.


tennisbaan

tennisbaan f (plural tennisbanen, diminutive tennisbaantje n)

tennisbanen (plural)
tennisbaantje (diminutive neuter)


boosheid

desc

Negerhollands: boosigheit, bosheit, boosheid

→ Aukan: buusen

From Middle Dutch boosheit. Equivalent to boos + -heid.

In zijn boosheid scheurde hij het contract doormidden.

In his anger he tore up the contract.


dronkaard

nl-noun

dronkaard m (plural dronkaards, diminutive dronkaardje n)

dronkaards (plural)
dronkaardje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: dronkart


hovenier

hovenier m (plural hoveniers, diminutive hoveniertje n)

hoveniers (plural)
hoveniertje (diminutive neuter)


onderzoeker

onderzoeker m (plural onderzoekers, diminutive onderzoekertje n, feminine onderzoekster)

onderzoekers (plural)
onderzoekertje (diminutive neuter)
onderzoekster (feminine)


nachtpon

nachtpon m (plural nachtponnen, diminutive nachtponnetje n)

nachtponnen (plural)
nachtponnetje (diminutive neuter)


lummelen

lummelen (infinitive)
lummelen (gerund neuter)
lummel (first-person present singular)
lummelde (first-person past singular)
lummelt (present second-person singular)
lummel (present second-person singular)
lummelde (past second-person singular)
lummelt (formal present second-person singular)
lummelde (formal past second-person singular)
lummelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
lummelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
lummelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
lummelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
lummelt (present singular third-person)
lummelde (past singular third-person)
lummelen (plural present)
lummelden (past plural)
lummele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
lummelde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
lummelen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
lummelden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
lummel (imperative present singular)
lummelt (archaic imperative plural present)
lummelend (participle present)
gelummeld (participle past)

Borrowed from Low German lummel or German Lümmel (“peasant, scamp”).


lummelen

(ball games) keep-away, piggy in the middle


spil

spil f (plural spillen, diminutive spilletje n)

spillen (plural)
spilletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spil

From Middle Dutch spille, from Old Dutch spilla. Equivalent to spinnen + -el.

1949 March 21, "„G.V.B.”-selecties presteerden niet veel", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, page 6.
Noch aan de ene, noch aan de andere kant is sprake geweest van een „vierkant“ en in feite kwam het er op neer, dat aan beide zijden de spil als derde back fungeerde, terwijl van enige man-dekking geen sprake was.

Neither on one, nor on the other side was there ever any "square" formation involved and it actually boiled down to that on both sides the central midfielder functioned like a third defender, while there was not any marking involved.


klaver

klaver f or m (plural klavers, diminutive klavertje n)

klavers (plural)
klavertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klawer

Jersey Dutch: klâver

→ Indonesian: klaver

→ West Frisian: klaver

From Middle Dutch clavere, from Old Dutch *klēvara, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā.


gelach

→ Indonesian: gelak


keizerin

keizerin f (plural keizerinnen, diminutive keizerinnetje n, masculine keizer)

keizerinnen (plural)
keizerinnetje (diminutive neuter)
keizer (masculine)


admiraal

admiraal f (plural admiralen, diminutive admiraaltje n)

admiralen (plural)
admiraaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: admiraal

→ Indonesian: admiral

→ Papiamentu: atmiral

→ West Frisian: admiraal

Variant of Middle Dutch ammirael under influence from cognates of English admiral and Latin admirari (“to admire, to respect”), from Old French amiral etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). As a naval commander, used as a calque of Italian ammiraglio, q.v. Doublet of emir.


Israëlische

nl-noun

Israëlische f (plural Israëlischen, masculine Israëli)

Israëlischen (plural)
Israëli (masculine)


parabool

parabool m (plural parabolen, diminutive parabooltje n)

parabolen (plural)
parabooltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “I set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).


flauw

nl-adj

flauw (comparative flauwer, superlative flauwst)

flauwer (comparative)
flauwst (superlative)
flauw (adverbial positive predicative)
flauwer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het flauwst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het flauwste (adverbial predicative superlative)
flauwe (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
flauwere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
flauwste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
flauw (indefinite neuter positive singular)
flauwer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
flauwste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
flauwe (indefinite plural positive)
flauwere (comparative indefinite plural)
flauwste (indefinite plural superlative)
flauwe (definite positive)
flauwere (comparative definite)
flauwste (definite superlative)
flauws (partitive positive)
flauwers (comparative partitive)

Berbice Creole Dutch: flau

Negerhollands: flaau

→ Aukan: faaw

→ Papiamentu: flou

Possibly through Middle Dutch vlau (“limp, weak”) from Old French flou; see further at French flou. If so, a doublet of Dutch flou.


scheikundige

nl-noun

scheikundige m or f (plural scheikundigen)


rechercheur

rechercheur m (plural rechercheurs, diminutive rechercheurtje n)

rechercheurs (plural)
rechercheurtje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌreː.ʃɛrˈʒøːr/


grijnzen

grijnzen (infinitive)
grijnzen (gerund neuter)
grijns (first-person present singular)
grijnsde (first-person past singular)
grijnst (present second-person singular)
grijns (present second-person singular)
grijnsde (past second-person singular)
grijnst (formal present second-person singular)
grijnsde (formal past second-person singular)
grijnst (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
grijnst (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
grijnsde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
grijnsde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
grijnst (present singular third-person)
grijnsde (past singular third-person)
grijnzen (plural present)
grijnsden (past plural)
grijnze (archaic present singular subjunctive)
grijnsde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
grijnzen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
grijnsden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
grijns (imperative present singular)
grijnst (archaic imperative plural present)
grijnzend (participle present)
gegrijnsd (participle past)

Afrikaans: gryns

From Middle Dutch grinsen, from Old Dutch *grinan (“to grin”).


politicus

politicus m (plural politici, diminutive politicusje n, feminine politica)

politici (plural)
politicusje (diminutive neuter)
politica (feminine)

Afrikaans: politikus

→ Indonesian: politikus, politisi

Learned borrowing from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós); corresponding to politiek + -icus. First attested in 1629.

De politicus hield een toespraak tijdens de campagne.

The politician delivered a speech during the campaign.

De politici debatteerden over verschillende maatschappelijke kwesties.

The politicians debated various social issues.

De jonge politica is een veelbelovend lid van het parlement.

The young politician is a promising member of the parliament.