blond

nl-adj

blond (comparative blonder, superlative blondst)

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

→ Papiamentu: blònt

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

Hij heeft mooi blond haar.

Mijn moeder drinkt graag sterke blonde trappistenbieren.

My mother likes to drink strong blonde trappist beers.

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


sik

nl-noun

sik m (plural sikken, diminutive sikje n)

sikken (plural)
sikje (diminutive neuter)

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


kam

nl-noun

kam m (plural kammen, diminutive kammetje n)

kammen (plural)
kammetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kam

Berbice Creole Dutch: kam

Negerhollands: kam

Skepi Creole Dutch: kam

→ English: cam
→ Welsh: cam

→ French: came
→ Romanian: camă

→ Italian: camma

→ Sranan Tongo: kankan, kam, kamm

→ Aukan: kankan

→ Saramaccan: kán

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


lok

nl-noun

lok f (plural lokken, diminutive lokje n)

lokken (plural)
lokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lok

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

one curl in hair of the head, confer goldilocks


mat

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

matten (plural)
matje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: mat

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


shampoo

shampoo m (plural shampoos, diminutive shampootje n)

shampoos (plural)
shampootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Acehnese: sampô

→ Indonesian: sampo

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


brunette

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

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

Afrikaans: brunet

brunette (brown-haired or dark-haired female)


pony

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

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


maan

maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)

manen (plural)
maantje (diminutive neuter)

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


baard

baard m (plural baarden, diminutive baardje n)

baarden (plural)
baardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: baard

Negerhollands: baard

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bad (archaic)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: barde

→ West Frisian: baard

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

beard (mass of facial hair that includes chin hair)


snor

snor f (plural snorren, diminutive snorretje n)

snorren (plural)
snorretje (diminutive neuter)

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


kaal

nl-adj

kaal (comparative kaler, superlative kaalst)

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

Afrikaans: kaal

Negerhollands: kaal

→ Antillean Creole: tête kaal (Guadeloupe, Martinique)

→ Papiamentu: kaal (dated)

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

der

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


pruik

nl-noun

pruik f (plural pruiken, diminutive pruikje n)

pruiken (plural)
pruikje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: parik

→ Papiamentu: preik, pruik (dated)

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


kapper

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

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

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


föhn

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

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

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

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

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

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

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

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

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


sluik

nl-adj

sluik (comparative sluiker, superlative sluikst)

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

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


toupet

nl-noun

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

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

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

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


bebaard

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


scheermes

scheermes n (plural scheermessen, diminutive scheermesje n)

scheermessen (plural)
scheermesje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: skerimesi

Negerhollands: skermes

Skepi Creole Dutch: scare masa

→ Aukan: sikeli nefi (calque)

→ Caribbean Javanese: sekérmès

From scheren (“to shave”) + mes (“knife”).

(figuratively) something razor sharp, poignant etc.


scheerapparaat

scheerapparaat n (plural scheerapparaten, diminutive scheerapparaatje n)

scheerapparaten (plural)
scheerapparaatje (diminutive neuter)


dreadlock

dreadlock m (plural dreadlocks, diminutive dreadlockje n)

dreadlocks (plural)
dreadlockje (diminutive neuter)


schaamhaar

schaamhaar n (plural schaamharen, diminutive schaamhaartje n)

schaamharen (plural)
schaamhaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skaamhaar

→ West Frisian: skamhier (calque)

From schamen (“to (be a)shame(d)”) + haar (“hair”), calque of German Schamhaar, though note that the first element in the German word is a noun. The oldest citations in Dutch use the plural form.

com

(collective, uncountable) pubic hair, hairgrowth in the pubic region


haarstuk

nl-noun

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):


paardenstaart

paardenstaart m (plural paardenstaarten, diminutive paardenstaartje n)

paardenstaarten (plural)
paardenstaartje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch perdestert. Equivalent to paard (“horse”) + -en- + staart (“tail”); compare English horsetail.


haardos

nl-noun

haardos m (plural haardossen, diminutive haardosje n)

haardossen (plural)
haardosje (diminutive neuter)

hair, headhair (all of a person's head hair)

Die haardos staat je goed!

hairdo, hairstyle, haircut (particular way of styling one's hair)


grijsharig

nl-adj

grijsharig (comparative grijshariger, superlative grijsharigst)

grijshariger (comparative)
grijsharigst (superlative)
grijsharig (adverbial positive predicative)
grijshariger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het grijsharigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het grijsharigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
grijsharige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
grijsharigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
grijsharigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
grijsharig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
grijshariger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
grijsharigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
grijsharige (indefinite plural positive)
grijsharigere (comparative indefinite plural)
grijsharigste (indefinite plural superlative)
grijsharige (definite positive)
grijsharigere (comparative definite)
grijsharigste (definite superlative)
grijsharigs (partitive positive)
grijsharigers (comparative partitive)

Compound of grijs (“grey”) + haar (“hair”) + -ig (“-y”).


scheerzeep

nl-noun

scheerzeep f (plural scheerzepen, diminutive scheerzeepje n)

scheerzepen (plural)
scheerzeepje (diminutive neuter)


blondine

blondine f (plural blondines, diminutive blondinetje n)

blondines (plural)
blondinetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowing from French blondine, from blondin (“blond one”), from blond (“fair-haired”).


krul

krul f or m (plural krullen, diminutive krulletje n)

krullen (plural)
krulletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: krul

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kroru

→ Indonesian: kerul

→ Papiamentu: klerchi, krelchi (from the diminutive), krùl

From Middle Dutch crulle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“that which is curled”), from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).

inh

a flourish of approval ; a curly loop as a symbol, used by teachers to mark answers as correct


kuif

nl-noun

kuif f (plural kuiven, diminutive kuifje n)

kuiven (plural)
kuifje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kùif

A fairly young word and not attested in Middle Dutch. Related to kof (“koff”) and keuvel (“nun cap”).

any hairstyle that resembles a crest (including a quiff)


kapsel

kapsel n (plural kapsels, diminutive kapseltje n)

kapsels (plural)
kapseltje (diminutive neuter)


barbier

barbier m (plural barbiers, diminutive barbiertje n, feminine barbierster)

barbiers (plural)
barbiertje (diminutive neuter)
barbierster (feminine)

desc

Negerhollands: barbeer, barbier, barbierman

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bárbir

→ Caribbean Javanese: barbir

→ Indonesian: barbir

→ Sranan Tongo: barbir

From Middle Dutch barbier, from Old French barbier.

(chiefly historical) barber (hairdresser)


rooie

(informal) a thousand-guilder bill, short for rooie rug 'red back' (the colour of the underside of the bill)


roodharig

roodharig (adverbial positive predicative)
roodharige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
roodharig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
roodharige (indefinite plural positive)
roodharige (definite positive)
roodharigs (partitive positive)


rossig

nl-adj

rossig (comparative rossiger, superlative rossigst)

rossiger (comparative)
rossigst (superlative)
rossig (adverbial positive predicative)
rossiger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het rossigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het rossigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
rossige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
rossigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
rossigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
rossig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
rossiger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
rossigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
rossige (indefinite plural positive)
rossigere (comparative indefinite plural)
rossigste (indefinite plural superlative)
rossige (definite positive)
rossigere (comparative definite)
rossigste (definite superlative)
rossigs (partitive positive)
rossigers (comparative partitive)


haarbal

nl-noun

haarbal m (plural haarballen, diminutive haarballetje n)

haarballen (plural)
haarballetje (diminutive neuter)


haardroger

haardroger m (plural haardrogers, diminutive haardrogertje n)

haardrogers (plural)
haardrogertje (diminutive neuter)


kapsalon

kapsalon m or n (plural kapsalons, diminutive kapsalonnetje n)

kapsalons (plural)
kapsalonnetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kappen + salon, calque of French salon de coiffure. The snack sense originated in 2003; it was popularized by the owner of a barber shop in Rotterdam, who used to order it as a custom snack at a local fast food joint.

[…] Bezoek getrouw zijn kapsalon , / Gedachtig steeds aan Absalon ,^([sic]) / Koop veel , koop heel zijn winkel uit , / Zoo fraai door goud en spiegelruit ; […]

1876 May 15, “Roggestraat, E. 268”, in Arnhemsche Courant, volume 63, number 6874, page 2:

[…] Frequent his barbershop faithfully, / Remembering Absalom continuously, / Buy lots, buy till his shop's sold out, / So gorgeous with gold and mirror panes; […]


knevel

knevel m (plural knevels, diminutive kneveltje n)

knevels (plural)
kneveltje (diminutive neuter)

From knevelen or a shortening of knevelbaard.

a moustache covering much of the area above the upper lip, e.g. a handlebar moustache or a walrus moustache

Is dan dat monster, dat op gindsche grafzark zich de knevels likt, niet uw zoon?

1790, Het leven van Tyll Uilenspiegel, section 57:


pagekapsel

pagekapsel n (plural pagekapsels, diminutive pagekapselke n)

pagekapsels (plural)
pagekapselke (diminutive neuter)


hanenkam

hanenkam m (plural hanenkammen, diminutive hanenkammetje n)

hanenkammen (plural)
hanenkammetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kam

From haan (“cock”) + -en- + kam (“comb”).


baardhaar

baardhaar n (plural baardharen, diminutive baardhaartje n)

baardharen (plural)
baardhaartje (diminutive neuter)


puntbaard

puntbaard m (plural puntbaarden, diminutive puntbaardje n)

puntbaarden (plural)
puntbaardje (diminutive neuter)


ringbaard

ringbaard m (plural ringbaarden, diminutive ringbaardje n)

ringbaarden (plural)
ringbaardje (diminutive neuter)


bakkebaard

bakkebaard m (plural bakkebaarden, diminutive bakkebaardje n)

bakkebaarden (plural)
bakkebaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bakkebaard

→ West Frisian: bakkeburd

From bak + -e- + baard, calque of German Backenbart. First attested in the early nineteenth century.


stoppelbaard

stoppelbaard m (plural stoppelbaarden, diminutive stoppelbaardje n)

stoppelbaarden (plural)
stoppelbaardje (diminutive neuter)


stoppel

stoppel m (plural stoppels, diminutive stoppeltje n)

stoppels (plural)
stoppeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”).


harig

nl-adj

harig (comparative hariger, superlative harigst)

hariger (comparative)
harigst (superlative)
harig (adverbial positive predicative)
hariger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het harigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het harigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
harige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
harigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
harigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
harig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
hariger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
harigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
harige (indefinite plural positive)
harigere (comparative indefinite plural)
harigste (indefinite plural superlative)
harige (definite positive)
harigere (comparative definite)
harigste (definite superlative)
harigs (partitive positive)
harigers (comparative partitive)

hairy, hirsute, covered in hair, having a lot of hair


kortharig

kortharig (comparative korthariger, superlative kortharigst)

korthariger (comparative)
kortharigst (superlative)
kortharig (adverbial positive predicative)
korthariger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het kortharigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het kortharigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
kortharige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kortharigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
kortharigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
kortharig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
korthariger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
kortharigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
kortharige (indefinite plural positive)
kortharigere (comparative indefinite plural)
kortharigste (indefinite plural superlative)
kortharige (definite positive)
kortharigere (comparative definite)
kortharigste (definite superlative)
kortharigs (partitive positive)
kortharigers (comparative partitive)


langharig

langharig (comparative langhariger, superlative langharigst)

langhariger (comparative)
langharigst (superlative)
langharig (adverbial positive predicative)
langhariger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het langharigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het langharigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
langharige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
langharigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
langharigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
langharig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
langhariger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
langharigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
langharige (indefinite plural positive)
langharigere (comparative indefinite plural)
langharigste (indefinite plural superlative)
langharige (definite positive)
langharigere (comparative definite)
langharigste (definite superlative)
langharigs (partitive positive)
langharigers (comparative partitive)

/ˈlɑŋˌɦaː.rəx/

long-haired, having long headhair (humans or humanoids) or having long fur hairs (other mammals)


haarborstel

nl-noun

haarborstel m (plural haarborstels, diminutive haarborsteltje n)

haarborstels (plural)
haarborsteltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of haar (“hair”) + borstel (“brush”).


baardeloos

baardeloos (adverbial positive predicative)
baardeloze (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
baardeloos (indefinite neuter positive singular)
baardeloze (indefinite plural positive)
baardeloze (definite positive)
baardeloos (partitive positive)


baardloos

baardloos (adverbial positive predicative)
baardloze (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
baardloos (indefinite neuter positive singular)
baardloze (indefinite plural positive)
baardloze (definite positive)
baardloos (partitive positive)


roodhaar

roodhaar m (plural roodharen, diminutive roodhaartje n)

roodharen (plural)
roodhaartje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of rood (“red”) + haar (“hair”).

a ginger, a redhead, a red-haired person


kapster

kapster f (plural kapsters, diminutive kapstertje n, masculine kapper)

kapsters (plural)
kapstertje (diminutive neuter)
kapper (masculine)

a female hairdresser (female professional for haircut and hairstyling)


pijpenkrul

pijpenkrul f (plural pijpenkrullen, diminutive pijpenkrulletje n)

pijpenkrullen (plural)
pijpenkrulletje (diminutive neuter)

(haircut, chiefly plural) ringlet, corkscrew curl


bloempotkapsel

bloempotkapsel n (plural bloempotkapsels, diminutive bloempotkapseltje n)

bloempotkapsels (plural)
bloempotkapseltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of bloempot (“flowerpot”) + kapsel (“hairstyle”).


scheerschuim

nl-noun

scheerschuim n (uncountable, diminutive scheerschuimpje n)


knipbeurt

knipbeurt f (plural knipbeurten, diminutive knipbeurtje n)

knipbeurten (plural)
knipbeurtje (diminutive neuter)

Het is weer eens tijd dat onze poedel een knipbeurt krijgt, want zo kan hij de wedstrijd nooit winnen.

It's time for our poodle to get a hairdo again, because he'll never win the competition like this.

Naast doe-het-zelven, bier drinken en een maandelijkse knipbeurt bij de kapper, gebeurt er niet veel.

Besides DIY, drinking beer and getting a monthly haircut at the hairdresser, not much happens.

hairdo, haircut done at a regular frequency