mijn

nl-noun

mijn f (plural mijnen, diminutive mijntje n)

mijnen (plural)
mijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: myn

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

bor

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

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

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


bom

nl-noun

bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

bommen (plural)
bommetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bom

→ Caribbean Javanese: bom

→ Indonesian: bom

→ Sranan Tongo: bom

→ West Frisian: bom

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

Er werd een bom ontdekt in het treinstation.

A bomb was discovered in the train station.

De bommen vielen op de stad tijdens de luchtaanval.

The bombs fell on the city during the air raid.

Hij maakte een klein bommetje in het zwembad.

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


zwaard

zwaard n (plural zwaarden, diminutive zwaardje n)

zwaarden (plural)
zwaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: swaard

Negerhollands: sweerd

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


sabel

nl-noun

sabel m (plural sabels, diminutive sabeltje n)

sabels (plural)
sabeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sabel

→ Japanese: サーベル (sāberu)

→ Papiamentu: sabel (dated)

→ Indonesian: sabel

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

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


mes

mes n (plural messen, diminutive mesje n)

messen (plural)
mesje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

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

Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi

Jersey Dutch: määs

Negerhollands: mes

Skepi Creole Dutch: masa

→ Indonesian: mes (“medical knife”)

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

→ Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)

→ Loup A: meschu (from the diminutive form)

→ Malagasy: méso, mésa

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


dolk

nl-noun

dolk m (plural dolken, diminutive dolkje n)

dolken (plural)
dolkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dolk

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


rapier

rapier n (plural rapieren, diminutive rapiertje n)

rapieren (plural)
rapiertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French (espee) rapiere.


bazooka

nl-noun

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

bazooka's (plural)
bazookaatje (diminutive neuter)


culverin

culverin f (plural culverinnen, diminutive culverinnetje n)

culverinnen (plural)
culverinnetje (diminutive neuter)

From Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre (“snake”), ultimately from Latin colubra, coluber (“snake”).


pistool

pistool n (plural pistolen, diminutive pistooltje n)

pistolen (plural)
pistooltje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: pistool

→ Caribbean Javanese: pistul

→ Indonesian: pistol

→ Japanese: ピストル (pisutoru)

→ Papiamentu: pistool

Probably borrowed from German Pistole, from Middle French pistole, from Middle High German pitschal, pischulle, from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.


vuurwapen

vuurwapen n (plural vuurwapens, diminutive vuurwapentje n)

vuurwapens (plural)
vuurwapentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: senjata api (calque)


trekker

trekker m (plural trekkers, diminutive trekkertje n)

trekkers (plural)
trekkertje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: träkker

From Middle Dutch trecker. Equivalent to trekken + -er. The sense “tractor” is a phono-semantic matching of English tractor. Compare the same in German Trecker.


haakbus

nl-noun

haakbus m (plural haakbussen, diminutive haakbusje n)

haakbussen (plural)
haakbusje (diminutive neuter)


snaphaan

snaphaan m (plural snaphanen, diminutive snaphaantje n)

snaphanen (plural)
snaphaantje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: snapan

→ Biak: sinapan

→ Burmese: သေနတ် (senat)

desc

→ Mon: သေနာတ်

→ Mon: သေနာတ်

→ English: snaphaan, snaphance

→ Indonesian: senapan

→ Malay: senapang

→ West Frisian: snaphoanne (calque)

Borrowed from German Schnapphahn (“robber on horseback”). Equivalent to snappen (“to get, to apprehend”) + haan (“rooster, cock”).


boog

nl-noun

boog m (plural bogen, diminutive boogje n)

bogen (plural)
boogje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: boog

→ Dhivehi: ބޯކު (bōku)

→ Papiamentu: bog, boog

→ Sinhalese: බෝක්කුව (bōkkuwa)

From Middle Dutch bōge, from Old Dutch bogo, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.


lans

lans m or f (plural lansen, diminutive lansje n)

lansen (plural)
lansje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: lants, lanzet

→ Saramaccan: lánza

From Middle Dutch lance, from Middle French lance, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.


kanon

kanon n (plural kanonnen or kanons, diminutive kanonnetje n)

kanonnen (plural)
kanons (plural)
kanonnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kanon

→ Indonesian: kanon

→ Japanese: カノン

→ Sranan Tongo: kanu, kanun, kanon

→ Saramaccan: kanú

→ West Frisian: kanon

Borrowed from Middle French canon, from Italian cannone.


geweer

geweer n (plural geweren, diminutive geweertje n)

geweren (plural)
geweertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: geweer

Negerhollands: geweer

From Middle Dutch gewere (“opposition, defense, weapon”). Equivalent to ge- + weren.

inh

Hij laadde zijn geweer en nam doel.

Ze is getraind in het gebruik van een geweer.


goedendag

→ English: goedendag

Univerbation of goeden dag (“good day”, accusative phrase).

a club with a spike on top, used as a weapon in the late Middle Ages


pijl

nl-noun

pijl m (plural pijlen, diminutive pijltje n)

pijlen (plural)
pijltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pyl

Berbice Creole Dutch: pili

Negerhollands: peil

Skepi Creole Dutch: pela

→ Sranan Tongo: peiri, peil

→ Caribbean Javanese: péri

From Middle Dutch pile, pijl, ultimately from Latin pīlum.


granaat

granaat f or m (plural granaten, diminutive granaatje n)

granaten (plural)
granaatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: granaat
→ Xhosa: irharnate

→ Indonesian: granat

→ West Frisian: granaat

From Middle Dutch garnate, grenate, from Old French grenat, from Latin pomus granatus (“seeded apple”).

a grenade; e.g. a hand grenade, an artillery shell


falcata

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

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


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”)


buskruit

Afrikaans: buskruit

→ Indonesian: biskruit

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


donderbus

nl-noun

donderbus f (plural donderbussen, diminutive donderbusje n)

donderbussen (plural)
donderbusje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: dònderbos

From Middle Dutch donrebusse. Equivalent to donder (“thunder”) + bus (“gun; box”).


knuppel

knuppel m (plural knuppels, diminutive knuppeltje n)

knuppel m or f (plural knuppels, diminutive knuppeltje n)

knuppels (plural)
knuppeltje (diminutive neuter)
knuppels (plural)
knuppeltje (diminutive neuter)

a blunt instrument used to bludgeon someone with, such as a club or a cudgel


hagelgeweer

hagelgeweer n (plural hagelgeweren, diminutive hagelgeweertje n)

hagelgeweren (plural)
hagelgeweertje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɦaː.ɣəl.ɣəˌʋeːr/


jachtgeweer

jachtgeweer n (plural jachtgeweren, diminutive jachtgeweertje n)

jachtgeweren (plural)
jachtgeweertje (diminutive neuter)

From jacht (“hunting”) + geweer (“rifle”).

a long gun used for hunting; a hunting rifle or shotgun


karabijn

karabijn m or f (plural karabijnen, diminutive karabijntje n)

karabijnen (plural)
karabijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: karabyn

→ West Frisian: karabyn

(weaponry) carbine (short-barrelled rifle)


vuistvuurwapen

vuistvuurwapen n (plural vuistvuurwapenen or vuistvuurwapens, diminutive vuistvuurwapentje n)

vuistvuurwapenen (plural)
vuistvuurwapens (plural)
vuistvuurwapentje (diminutive neuter)

From vuist (“fist”) + vuurwapen (“firearm”).


speer

speer f (plural speren, diminutive speertje n)

speren (plural)
speertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: sper

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

Meronyms: schacht, speerpunt


kernwapen

kernwapen n (plural kernwapens, diminutive kernwapentje n)

kernwapens (plural)
kernwapentje (diminutive neuter)


geer

geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)

geren (plural)
geertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.


knijf

knijf n (plural knijven, diminutive knijfje n)

knijven (plural)
knijfje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cnijf, from Old Dutch *knīf, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz. Related to Dutch knijpen (“to pinch”). Cognate with English knife, Low German Knief, Luxembourgish Knäip, Swedish kniv, Old Norse knífr.


ponjaard

ponjaard m (plural ponjaarden or ponjaards, diminutive ponjaardje n)

ponjaarden (plural)
ponjaards (plural)
ponjaardje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French poignard, from poing (“fist”), from Old French, from Latin pūgnus (“fist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peuk-.


werphout

werphout n (plural werphouten, diminutive werphoutje n)

werphouten (plural)
werphoutje (diminutive neuter)

From werpen (“to throw”) + hout (“wood, stick”).


lichtzwaard

nl-noun

lichtzwaard n (plural lichtzwaarden, diminutive lichtzwaardje n)

lichtzwaarden (plural)
lichtzwaardje (diminutive neuter)

A loan translation of English lightsaber. A compound of licht (“light”) + zwaard (“sword”).


lichtsabel

lichtsabel m (plural lichtsabels, diminutive lichtsabeltje n)

lichtsabels (plural)
lichtsabeltje (diminutive neuter)

A loan translation of English lightsaber. A compound of licht (“light”) + sabel (“saber”).


homobom

homobom m (plural homobommen, diminutive homobommetje n)

homobommen (plural)
homobommetje (diminutive neuter)


kernbom

kernbom f (plural kernbommen, diminutive kernbommetje n)

kernbommen (plural)
kernbommetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kern (“nucleus, core”) + bom (“bomb”).


Grieks vuur

Grieks vuur n (plural Griekse vuren, diminutive Grieks vuurtje n)

Griekse vuren (plural)
Grieks vuurtje (diminutive neuter)


assegaai

assegaai m (plural assegaaien, diminutive assegaaitje n)

assegaaien (plural)
assegaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: assegaai

/ˌɑ.səˈɣaːi̯/

Borrowed from Spanish azagaya or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

der

اَلزَّغَايَة


houwdegen

nl-noun

houwdegen m (plural houwdegens, diminutive houwdegentje n)

houwdegens (plural)
houwdegentje (diminutive neuter)

From houwen + degen, calque of German Haudegen. The second sense is probably also borrowed from German.

[…] of hy, zynde te gelyk van een geweldigen liefdens-yver, en geen minder verwoedheyd en gramschap aangeprikkelt, begaf zich van de plaats daar hy zich verborgen had, en openende te gelyk de kamerdeur (die ze uyt zekerheyd niet eenmaal gesloten hadden) vloog met een uytstekende geswintheid met een breede ontblootte houwdegen naar het bed, met de welke hy door verscheide sware streken den aandacht van onzen goeden Student niet weynig versteurde, die niet wist wat hy van dit onthaal denken zou, dewyl hy nimmer den Luytenant gezien had.

1722, Nicolaas Heinsius, Den vermakelyken avanturier, 5th edition, volume 1, Antoni Schoonenburg, page 15:


vuursteenpistool

vuursteenpistool n (plural vuursteenpistolen, diminutive vuursteenpistooltje n)

vuursteenpistolen (plural)
vuursteenpistooltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of vuursteen (“flint”) + pistool (“pistol”).


vuursteenslot

nl-noun

vuursteenslot n (plural vuursteensloten, diminutive vuursteenslotje n)

vuursteensloten (plural)
vuursteenslotje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of vuursteen (“flint”) + slot (“lock”).


vuursteengeweer

vuursteengeweer n (plural vuursteengeweren, diminutive vuursteengeweertje n)

vuursteengeweren (plural)
vuursteengeweertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of vuursteen (“flint”) + geweer (“rifle, gun”).


atoombom

nl-noun

atoombom f (plural atoombommen, diminutive atoombommetje n)

atoombommen (plural)
atoombommetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: atombòm

Compound of atoom (“atom”) + bom (“bomb”).


vuurwapengevaarlijk

nl-adj

vuurwapengevaarlijk (comparative vuurwapengevaarlijker, superlative vuurwapengevaarlijkst)

vuurwapengevaarlijker (comparative)
vuurwapengevaarlijkst (superlative)

From vuurwapen (“firearm”) + gevaarlijk (“dangerous”).

compound

(of criminals) likely to use a firearm, armed and dangerous, trigger-happy


atoomwapen

nl-noun

atoomwapen n (plural atoomwapens, diminutive atoomwapentje n)

atoomwapens (plural)
atoomwapentje (diminutive neuter)


hypocentrum

Afrikaans: hiposentrum

→ Indonesian: hiposentrum


kettingreactie

kettingreactie f (plural kettingreacties)

(figurative) a chain reaction, a series of causally interconnected events


aanvalsgeweer

aanvalsgeweer n (plural aanvalsgeweren, diminutive aanvalsgeweertje n)

aanvalsgeweren (plural)
aanvalsgeweertje (diminutive neuter)

From aanval + -s- + geweer. Early attestations suggest a calque from either English assault rifle or French fusil d’assaut.


stormgeweer

From stormen (“to storm, to assault”) + geweer (“long gun, rifle; weapon”), in the sense “assault rifle” a calque of German Sturmgewehr.


vuurgevaarlijk

nl-adj

vuurgevaarlijk (comparative vuurgevaarlijker, superlative vuurgevaarlijkst)

vuurgevaarlijker (comparative)
vuurgevaarlijkst (superlative)

From vuren (“to fire, to shoot”) + gevaarlijk (“dangerous”).


hellebaard

nl-noun

hellebaard m (plural hellebaarden, diminutive hellebaardje n)

hellebaarden (plural)
hellebaardje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hellebaert, hellebarde, from earlier helmbaerde, possibly from Middle High German helmbarte.