bank

nl-noun

bank f (plural banken, diminutive bankje n)

banken (plural)
bankje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bank

→ Aukan: banku

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bánk

→ Malay: bank

Indonesian: bank

→ Central Dusun: bank

→ Central Melanau: bank

→ Makasar: bank

→ Javanese: bang

→ Sundanese: bank

→ Papiamentu: banki (dated)

→ Saramaccan: bánku

→ Sranan Tongo: bangi

→ Trió: banku

→ West Frisian: bank

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

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


president

president m (plural presidenten, diminutive presidentje n)

presidenten (plural)
presidentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: president

→ Caribbean Javanese: présidhèn

→ Indonesian: presiden

→ Papiamentu: presidènt


green

Borrowed from North Germanic, from Old Norse grǫn.

Pinus sylvestris
Pinus sylvestris#Translingual


pit

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


thee

thee m (plural theeën, diminutive theetje n)

theeën (plural)
theetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tee

Berbice Creole Dutch: tei

Negerhollands: thee, tee

→ Caribbean Javanese: teh

→ Dutch Low Saxon: thee

desctree

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

→ English: tea (see there for further descendants)

→ French: thé (see there for further descendants)

→ German: Tee (see there for further descendants)

→ Icelandic: te

→ Kari'na: te

→ Latin: thea (see there for further descendants)

→ Latvian: tēja

→ Norwegian: te

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

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

→ West Frisian: tee

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

Tijdens de thee pepte de trainer de spelers op.

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

(singular only, with the definite article de)


mikado

nl-noun

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

mikado's (plural)
mikadootje (diminutive neuter)


non

non f (plural nonnen, diminutive nonnetje n)

nonnen (plural)
nonnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: nònchi (from the diminutive)

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


vleugel

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

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

Afrikaans: vleuel

Negerhollands: flegn, flegon

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


astronaut

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

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

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

The astronaut is preparing for a spacewalk.

Als kind droomde hij ervan om astronaut te worden.

As a child, he dreamt of becoming an astronaut.

De training van een astronaut is intensief en uitdagend.

The training of an astronaut is intensive and challenging.


mijn

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)


bal

nl-noun

bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)

ballen (plural)
balletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bal

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bál

→ Caribbean Javanese: bal

→ Indonesian: bal

→ Papiamentu: bala, balchi

→ Saramaccan: balí

→ Sranan Tongo: bal

→ Sundanese: bal

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

wie de bal kaatst, moet hem terug verwachten

De voetballer gaf een perfecte bal naar zijn teamgenoot.

The soccer player made a perfect pass to his teammate.

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

She sent a high pass forward to start the attack.


handicap

handicap m (plural handicaps, diminutive handicapje n)

handicaps (plural)
handicapje (diminutive neuter)

(sports, golf) handicap, measure of ability


dia

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

dia's (plural)
diaatje (diminutive neuter)


arts

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

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

Afrikaans: arts

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


dart

dart m (plural darts, diminutive dartje n)

darts (plural)
dartje (diminutive neuter)


keep

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


camera

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

camera's (plural)
cameraatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kamera

→ Indonesian: kamera

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


basket

(basketball) basket (the goal in basketball)


ring

nl-noun

ring m (plural ringen, diminutive ringetje n)

ringen (plural)
ringetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ring

Negerhollands: rink, riṅ

→? Aukan: linga

→ Indonesian: ring

→ Papiamentu: renchi, ringtsje (from the diminutive)

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


shot

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

shots (plural)
shotje (diminutive neuter)

(film, photography) shot (sequence of frames)


effect

effect n (plural effecten, diminutive effectje n)

effecten (plural)
effectje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: effek

→ Indonesian: efek

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


blade

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

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


monarch

monarch m (plural monarchen, diminutive monarchje n)

monarchen (plural)
monarchje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: monarg

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


CEO

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

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

chief executive officer
chief executive officer


massage

massage f (plural massages, diminutive massagetje n)

massages (plural)
massagetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: masasê

→ Papiamentu: masashi


masseur

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

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

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


masseuse

masseuse f (plural masseuses, masculine masseur)

/ˌmɑˈsøː.zə/

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


penalty

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

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


putter

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

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


dame

dame f (plural dames, diminutive dametje n)

dames (plural)
dametje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dame

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


orthodontist

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

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

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


dam

desc

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

Borrowed from Middle French dame, from Spanish dama.

(checkers) king (double draught/checker)


circuit

nl-noun

circuit n (plural circuits, diminutive circuitje n)

circuits (plural)
circuitje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sirkuit

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


marathon

marathon m (plural marathons, diminutive marathonnetje n)

marathons (plural)
marathonnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: máratòn


rust

Afrikaans: rus

Negerhollands: rust, res

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


pat

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta.


papier

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papiertje n)

papieren (plural)
papiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: papier
→ Kwanyama: ombapila

Jersey Dutch: pampîr

Skepi Creole Dutch: paper

→ Aukan: pampila

→ Indonesian: papir

→ Munsee: pámpiil

→ West Frisian: papier

→ Saramaccan: pampía

→ Sranan Tongo: papira

→ Caribbean Javanese: papirah

→ Wayana: pampira

→ Trió: panpira

→ Unami: pampil

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


papyrus

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

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

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

the paper-like material made from the papyrus plant


pianist

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

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

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


club

club m (plural clubs, diminutive clubje n)

clubs (plural)
clubje (diminutive neuter)


producer

producer m (plural producers, diminutive producertje n)

producers (plural)
producertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: produser


dans

dans m (plural dansen, diminutive dansje n)

dansen (plural)
dansje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dans

Berbice Creole Dutch: dansi

Negerhollands: dans

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


poker

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


pool

pool m (plural pools, diminutive pooltje n)

pools (plural)
pooltje (diminutive neuter)


tsarina

tsarina f (plural tsarina's, masculine tsaar)

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

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


dragon

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

der

Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn)

Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia dracunculus#Translingual

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


dragon

nl-noun

dragon m (plural dragons, diminutive dragonnetje n)

dragons (plural)
dragonnetje (diminutive neuter)


bom

bom f (plural bommen, diminutive bommetje n)

bommen (plural)
bommetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bom

→ Caribbean Javanese: bom

→ Indonesian: bom

→ Sranan Tongo: bom

→ West Frisian: bom

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

Er werd een bom ontdekt in het treinstation.

A bomb was discovered in the train station.

De bommen vielen op de stad tijdens de luchtaanval.

The bombs fell on the city during the air raid.

Hij maakte een klein bommetje in het zwembad.

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


bok

bok m (plural bokken, diminutive bokje n)

bokken (plural)
bokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bok
→ Xhosa: ibhokhwe

Negerhollands: bok

Sranan Tongo: boko, bokoboko

Aukan: boko boko

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

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


haas

haas m (plural hazen, diminutive haasje n)

hazen (plural)
haasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haas

Jersey Dutch: hâśe (from the diminutive)

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

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


baas

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

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

Afrikaans: baas
→ English: baas

Negerhollands: baas, baes

→ Lokono: basia

→ Aukan: basi

→ Belizean Creole: baas

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bás

→ Caribbean Javanese: bas

desctree

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

→ Guyanese Creole English: baas

→ Indonesian: bas (“boss”)

→ Petjo: bas

→ Jamaican Creole: baas

→ Kwinti: basia

→ Papiamentu: bas, baas, ba

→ Saramaccan: bási

→ Sranan Tongo: basi

→ Kari'na: ba`si

→ Trió: paasi

→ West Frisian: baas

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

gl

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


jas

nl-noun

jas m (plural jassen, diminutive jasje n)

jassen (plural)
jasje (diminutive neuter)

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


joker

joker m (plural jokers, diminutive jokertje n)

jokers (plural)
jokertje (diminutive neuter)

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


agent

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

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

Afrikaans: agent

→ Caribbean Javanese: akhèn

→ Indonesian: agen

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

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

an undercover agent; intelligence officer, secret agent

an agent (one who acts on behalf of another)


farao

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

farao's (plural)
faraootje (diminutive neuter)


piste

piste f (plural pistes, diminutive pistetje n)

pistes (plural)
pistetje (diminutive neuter)


slaan

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

Afrikaans: slaan

Jersey Dutch: slân

desc

Negerhollands: slaa, sla, slae, slaeg, slagen

Skepi Creole Dutch: sla

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

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


stuk

nl-noun

stuk n (plural stukken, diminutive stukje n)

stukken (plural)
stukje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


panna

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

panna's (plural)
pannaatje (diminutive neuter)

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

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


coach

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

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


trainer

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

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


actrice

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

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

Afrikaans: aktrise


adagio

adagio n (plural adagios, diminutive adagiootje n)

adagios (plural)
adagiootje (diminutive neuter)


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)


keeper

keeper m (plural keepers, diminutive keepertje n)

keepers (plural)
keepertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kiper


clan

clan m (plural clans, diminutive clannetje n)

clans (plural)
clannetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: clan

→ Indonesian: klan

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

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


architect

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

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

Afrikaans: argitek

→ Indonesian: arsitèk

→ Javanese: ꦲꦂꦱꦶꦠꦺꦒ꧀ (arsitèg)

→ Papiamentu: arshitèkt, architect

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


professor

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

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

→ Indonesian: profesor

→ Javanese: profesor

Inherited from Middle Dutch professoor, from Latin professor.

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

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

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

The professor published his latest research in an international journal.

De professor is gespecialiseerd in moleculaire biologie.

The professor specializes in molecular biology.


mes

mes n (plural messen, diminutive mesje n)

messen (plural)
mesje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

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

Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi

Jersey Dutch: määs

Negerhollands: mes

Skepi Creole Dutch: masa

→ Indonesian: mes (“medical knife”)

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

→ Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)

→ Loup A: meschu (from the diminutive form)

→ Malagasy: méso, mésa

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


chauffeur

nl-noun

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

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

→ Aukan: safeli

→ Caribbean Javanese: sopir

→ Indonesian: sopir

→ Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦥꦶꦂ (sopir)

→ West Frisian: sjauffeur

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


sup

From English SUP, short for standup paddleboard.


cheat

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


frame

frame n (plural frames, diminutive framepje n)

frames (plural)
framepje (diminutive neuter)


judoka

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

judoka's (plural)
judokaatje (diminutive neuter)


col

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

collen (plural)
colletje (diminutive neuter)

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

(informal, Belgium, sports) mountain pass


model

model n (plural modellen, diminutive modelletje n)

modellen (plural)
modelletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: model

Negerhollands: modell

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: modhèl, modhèlan, modho

→ Indonesian: model

→ West Frisian: model

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

model (someone or something serving as an artistic subject)

shape, the proper arrangement of something


bode

nl-noun

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

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

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


dammer

dammer m (plural dammers, diminutive dammertje n)

dammers (plural)
dammertje (diminutive neuter)


pion

pion m (plural pionnen, diminutive pionnetje n)

pionnen (plural)
pionnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pion

→ Indonesian: pion

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


schist

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


arbiter

nl-noun

arbiter m (plural arbiters, diminutive arbitertje n)

arbiters (plural)
arbitertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: arbiter

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


chef

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

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

→ Caribbean Javanese: sèf

→ Indonesian: sep

→ Javanese: ꦱꦺꦥ꧀ (sèp)

→ Papiamentu: shèf


horde

horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)

horden (plural)
hordetje (diminutive neuter)

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

(sports) hurdle (obstacle used in races)


reserve

reserve f (plural reserves, diminutive reservetje n)

reserves (plural)
reservetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: reserwe

→ Indonesian: reserve (“reserve”)

desctree

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

Borrowed from Middle French reserve, from Old French reserver.


slag

nl-noun

slag m (plural slagen, diminutive slagje n)

slagen (plural)
slagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: slag

Negerhollands: slaa

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

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

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

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

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


dunk

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

dunks (plural)
dunkje (diminutive neuter)


werken

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

Afrikaans: werk

Jersey Dutch: wärke

Negerhollands: werk, wark

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

der

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

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


duiken

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

Afrikaans: duik

Berbice Creole Dutch: duglu

Negerhollands: dou, dukkel, dikl

→ Aukan: duku

→ Caribbean Javanese: ngedhog

→ Saramaccan: dóki

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


acteur

nl-noun

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

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

Afrikaans: akteur

→ Indonesian: aktor

Borrowed from Middle French acteur. Doublet of actor.

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


rabbi

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

rabbi's (plural)
rabbietje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: rabbi

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


podium

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

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

→ Indonesian: podium

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


dealer

dealer m (plural dealers, diminutive dealertje n)

dealers (plural)
dealertje (diminutive neuter)

Audio

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


tango

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

tango (Argentine-Uruguayan dance and musical style)


corner

nl-noun

corner m (plural corners, diminutive cornertje n)

corners (plural)
cornertje (diminutive neuter)


directeur

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

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

Afrikaans: direkteur

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: dirèktir, dirèktur

→ Indonesian: direktur

→ Papiamentu: dirèktùr

→ Sranan Tongo: driktoro, dikketoro, driektoro

→ Saramaccan: dikitóo

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


bunker

nl-noun

bunker m (plural bunkers, diminutive bunkertje n)

bunkers (plural)
bunkertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: bunker

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


pupil

pupil m (plural pupillen, diminutive pupilletje n)

pupillen (plural)
pupilletje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French pupille, from Latin pūpillus.

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


paard

paard n (plural paarden, diminutive paardje n)

paarden (plural)
paardje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: perd
→ Phuthi: ipere
→ Sotho: pere

Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd

→ English: prad

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

Equus caballus
Equus caballus#Translingual

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


scrum

nl-noun

scrum m (plural scrums, diminutive scrummetje n)

scrums (plural)
scrummetje (diminutive neuter)


mannequin

→ Papiamentu: mannequin, manikin

Borrowed from French mannequin, from Middle Dutch manneken.

a clothes model or fashion model, a mannequin


console

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


journalist

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

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

→ Indonesian: jurnalis


speelgoed

speelgoed n (uncountable, diminutive speelgoedje n)

Afrikaans: speelgoed

Berbice Creole Dutch: pelegutu

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

Op zijn verjaardag kreeg hij veel nieuw speelgoed.

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

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

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

Het speelgoed ligt verspreid over de hele kamer.

The toys are scattered all over the room.


casino

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

casino's (plural)
casinootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kasino


counter

Het thuisteam scoorde vanuit de counter.

The home team scored during a counter-attack.

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


limbo

Limbo, the place where innocent souls barred from heaven exist


supporter

supporter m (plural supporters, diminutive supportertje n)

supporters (plural)
supportertje (diminutive neuter)

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


carré

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

carrés (plural)
carreetje (diminutive neuter)


zij

ik (first-person personal pronoun singular stressed subjective)
'k (first-person personal pronoun singular subjective unstressed)
mij (first-person objective personal pronoun singular stressed)
me (first-person objective personal pronoun singular unstressed)
mijn (first-person personal possessive pronoun singular stressed)
m'n (first-person personal possessive pronoun singular unstressed)
mijne (first-person personal possessive predicative pronoun)
me (first-person personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive)
mijner (archaic first-person genitive personal predicative pronoun)
mijns (archaic first-person genitive personal predicative pronoun)
jij (personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective)
je (personal pronoun second-person singular subjective unstressed)
jou (objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
je (objective personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
jouw (personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed)
je (personal possessive pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
jouwe (personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
je (personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
jouwer (archaic genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
jouws (archaic genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
gij (archaic dialectal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective)
ge (archaic dialectal personal pronoun second-person singular subjective unstressed)
u (archaic dialectal objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uw (archaic dialectal personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uwe (archaic dialectal personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
u (archaic dialectal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic dialectal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic dialectal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
u (formal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective)
u (formal objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uw (formal personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uwe (formal personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
u (formal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
zich (formal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic formal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic formal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
hij (masculine personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person)
ie (masculine personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed)
hem (masculine objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
'm (masculine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijn (masculine personal possessive pronoun singular stressed third-person)
z'n (masculine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijne (masculine personal possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (masculine personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
zijner (archaic genitive masculine personal predicative pronoun third-person)
zijns (archaic genitive masculine personal predicative pronoun third-person)
zij (feminine personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person)
ze (feminine personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed)
haar (feminine objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
h'r (feminine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
'r (feminine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
d'r (feminine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
haar (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular stressed third-person)
h'r (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
'r (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
d'r (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
hare (feminine personal possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (feminine personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
harer (archaic feminine genitive personal predicative pronoun third-person)
haars (archaic feminine genitive personal predicative pronoun third-person)
het (neuter personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person)
't (neuter personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed)
het (neuter objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
't (neuter objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijn (neuter personal possessive pronoun singular stressed third-person)
z'n (neuter personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijne (neuter personal possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (neuter personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
zijner (archaic genitive neuter personal predicative pronoun third-person)
zijns (archaic genitive neuter personal predicative pronoun third-person)
wij (first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
we (first-person personal plural pronoun unstressed)
ons (first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
onze (first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
onze (first-person personal plural possessive predicative pronoun)
ons (first-person personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive)
onzer (archaic first-person genitive personal plural predicative pronoun)
onzes (archaic first-person genitive personal plural predicative pronoun)
jullie (personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
je (personal plural pronoun second-person unstressed)
je (personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
gij (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
ge (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person unstressed)
u (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uw (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uwe (archaic dialectal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
u (archaic dialectal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic dialectal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic dialectal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
u (formal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uw (formal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uwe (formal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
u (formal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
zich (formal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic formal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic formal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
zij (personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
ze (personal plural pronoun third-person unstressed)
hen (personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
hun (personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
hunne (personal plural possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
hunner (archaic genitive personal plural predicative pronoun third-person)
huns (archaic genitive personal plural predicative pronoun third-person)

Afrikaans: sy

Javindo: sij

Jersey Dutch: zāi

From Middle Dutch sī, from Old Dutch siu, sia, from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

Third person singular feminine subject pronoun; she

Third person plural subject pronoun; they


bikini

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

bikini's (plural)
bikinietje (diminutive neuter)

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


controller

controller m (plural controllers, diminutive controllertje n)

controllers (plural)
controllertje (diminutive neuter)


kan

kan m (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)

kannen (plural)
kannetje (diminutive neuter)

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


bidden

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

Afrikaans: bid

Negerhollands: bed, bet, bit

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

De torenvalk speurde biddend naar zijn prooi.

The kestrel sought his prey while hovering.

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


zwemmen

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

Afrikaans: swem

Berbice Creole Dutch: swem

Javindo: swemmen

Negerhollands: swim, zwem, zwim

Skepi Creole Dutch: swam, swemwa

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


tol

tol m (plural tollen, diminutive tolletje n)

tollen (plural)
tolletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tol

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


dolk

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


danser

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

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

Afrikaans: danser

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


songwriter

songwriter m (plural songwriters, diminutive songwritertje n)

songwriters (plural)
songwritertje (diminutive neuter)


zuster

zuster f (plural zusters, diminutive zustertje n)

zusters (plural)
zustertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: suster

Berbice Creole Dutch: sosro, sosoro

Skepi Creole Dutch: soster

→ Caribbean Hindustani: sester

→ Caribbean Javanese: soster, sester

→ Indonesian: suster

→ Saramaccan: soosútu

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

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


emir

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


regent

nl-noun

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

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

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

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


cellist

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

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

→ Indonesian: selis


ballet

ballet n (plural balletten, diminutive balletje n)

balletten (plural)
balletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: balèt

→ Papiamentu: balèt

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


auteur

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

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

Afrikaans: outeur

→ West Frisian: auteur

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


skateboard

skateboard n (plural skateboards, diminutive skateboardje n)

skateboards (plural)
skateboardje (diminutive neuter)


boer

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

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

Afrikaans: boer
→ English: Boer

Jersey Dutch: bûr

→ English: boor

desctree

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

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


docent

nl-noun

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

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

Afrikaans: dosent

→ Indonesian: dosen

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


rapier

rapier n (plural rapieren, diminutive rapiertje n)

rapieren (plural)
rapiertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French (espee) rapiere.


fairway

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


medicus

nl-noun

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

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

Afrikaans: medikus

From Middle Dutch medicus, borrowed from Latin medicus.


bazooka

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

bazooka's (plural)
bazookaatje (diminutive neuter)


af

nl-adj

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

meer af (comparative)
meest af (superlative)

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

(games) out, dismissed from play under the rules of the game, e.g. by having been tagged


bully

Borrowed from English bully, itself a derivation of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”).

(field hockey) bully (way of resuming the game with a standoff between two opposing players who repeatedly hit each other's sticks, then try to gain possession of the ball)


darter

Borrowed from English darter. By surface analysis, darten + -er.


agente

nl-noun

agente f (plural agentes, diminutive agentje n, masculine agent)

agentes (plural)
agentje (diminutive neuter)
agent (masculine)

/ˌaːˈɣɛn.tə/

From agent + -e or borrowed from French agente.


ramp

ramp m (plural ramps, diminutive rampje n)

ramps (plural)
rampje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English ramp, from French rampe.

(skating) a construction to do skating tricks, usually in the form of one half of a pipe, a half-pipe


bodybuilder

bodybuilder m (plural bodybuilders, diminutive bodybuildertje n, feminine bodybuildster)

bodybuilders (plural)
bodybuildertje (diminutive neuter)
bodybuildster (feminine)

Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilder.

etymon

en>bodybuilder>person who builds a muscular physique


halter

nl-noun

halter m (plural halters, diminutive haltertje n)

halters (plural)
haltertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French haltère or directly from Latin haltēres, from Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres).


portefeuille

portefeuille m (plural portefeuilles, diminutive portefeuilletje n)

portefeuilles (plural)
portefeuilletje (diminutive neuter)

From French portefeuille. Doublet of portfolio.

wallet, billfold (small, folding sleeve for paper currency, driver's licence, and bank cards)


lacrosse

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).


dammen

dammen (infinitive)
dammen (gerund neuter)
dam (first-person present singular)
damde (first-person past singular)
damt (present second-person singular)
dam (present second-person singular)
damde (past second-person singular)
damt (formal present second-person singular)
damde (formal past second-person singular)
damt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
damt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
damde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
damde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
damt (present singular third-person)
damde (past singular third-person)
dammen (plural present)
damden (past plural)
damme (archaic present singular subjunctive)
damde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
dammen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
damden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
dam (imperative present singular)
damt (archaic imperative plural present)
dammend (participle present)
gedamd (participle past)

→? Akan: dam (Twi, possibly from Danish)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: dám

→ Caribbean Javanese: dham

→ Papiamentu: dam

Borrowed from Middle French dame (“dame, double checkers piece”) + -en.


twitcher

Borrowed from English twitcher. By surface analysis, twitchen + -er.

twitcher (avid birdwatcher, esp. one who travels long distances to observe rare species)


machinist

nl-noun

machinist m (plural machinisten, diminutive machinistje n)

machinisten (plural)
machinistje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: masinis

a machine-operator, engineer; notably:
steam engines operator on a vessel


wissel

wissel m (plural wissels, diminutive wisseltje n)

wissels (plural)
wisseltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: wesel

→ Peranakan Indonesian: wissel

From Middle Dutch wissel, from Old Dutch *wissel, from Proto-Germanic *wihslaz.


baan

baan f (plural banen, diminutive baantje n)

banen (plural)
baantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: baan

→ Indonesian: ban

From Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō. Compare German Bahn.

(sports, ball games) court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games)


hoek

hoek m (plural hoeken, diminutive hoekje n)

hoeken (plural)
hoekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hoek

Berbice Creole Dutch: hoek

Jersey Dutch: hûk

Negerhollands: hoek

desc

→ Indonesian: hoek, hook, huk (“land or building at a corner”)

→ Papiamentu: huki, hoeki

→ Sranan Tongo: huku, uku

→ Caribbean Hindustani: huku

→ Caribbean Javanese: uku

→ Kari'na: ukuru

→ Manado Malay: huk (“corner”)

From Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).


kasteel

nl-noun

kasteel n (plural kastelen, diminutive kasteeltje n)

kastelen (plural)
kasteeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kasteel

Negerhollands: kastell

→ Mahican: găstēnik

→ Malay: kastil

Indonesian: kastel, kastil

→ Papiamentu: kastel

→ West Frisian: kastiel

From Middle Dutch castēel, from Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of Kessel, chateau, Castilië, castellum, ketella, and telo.


kok

nl-noun

kok m (plural koks, diminutive kokje n, feminine kokkin)

koks (plural)
kokje (diminutive neuter)
kokkin (feminine)

Afrikaans: kok

Negerhollands: kokki, koki (from the diminutive)

→ Caribbean Javanese: koki (from the diminutive)

→ French: coq

→ Indonesian: koki (from the diminutive)

→ Petjo: koki, kokkie

→ Malayalam: കോക്കി (kōkki) (from the diminutive)

→ Japanese: コック (kokku)

→ Papiamentu: kòki, kokki (from the diminutive)

→ Russian: кок (kok)

From Middle Dutch coc, from Latin coquus.


koning

koning m (plural koningen, diminutive koninkje n, feminine koningin)

koningen (plural)
koninkje (diminutive neuter)
koningin (feminine)

Afrikaans: koning

Negerhollands: koning, kiniṅ

→ Mohegan-Pequot: kunnung

→ Sranan Tongo: kownu

→ Lokono: kónoe

→ Aukan: konu

→ Kari'na: konu

From Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch cuninc, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate to English king.


koningin

koningin f (plural koninginnen, diminutive koninginnetje n, masculine koning)

koninginnen (plural)
koninginnetje (diminutive neuter)
koning (masculine)

Negerhollands: koninginne, kooningin

/ˌkoːnɪˈŋɪn/

From Middle Dutch coninginne, from Old Dutch kuninginna. Equivalent to koning (“king”) + -in (“suffix indicating femininity”).

suffix

queen
female monarchic ruler of a kingdom


stof

nl-noun

stof f or m (plural stoffen, diminutive stofje n)

stoffen (plural)
stofje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stof

Negerhollands: stof

→ Papiamentu: stòf, stof

→ West Frisian: stof

From Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, estoffe, from estoffer, from Old High German stoffōn. Compare German Stoff, English stuff.


voetbal

→ Caribbean Hindustani: futbál khele

From voet + bal, calque of English football.

Ik hou van voetbal kijken op zondag.

Ze spelen elke week voetbal in het park.

They play football in the park every week.

Voetbal is de populairste sport ter wereld.

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.


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”).


poort

poort f (plural poorten, diminutive poortje n)

poorten (plural)
poortje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: poort

From Middle Dutch porte, from Old Dutch porta, from Latin porta.

(soccer, usually diminutive) nutmeg (passing a ball between opponent's legs)


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-.


zwembad

zwembad n (plural zwembaden, diminutive zwembadje n)

zwembaden (plural)
zwembadje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: swembad


klomp

klomp m (plural klompen, diminutive klompje n)

klompen (plural)
klompje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klomp

Berbice Creole Dutch: klumpu

Negerhollands: klomp, klump

→ English: klomp, clomp

→ Papiamentu: klòmpi, klompi, klòmp

→ Sranan Tongo: klompu

From Middle Dutch clompe (“lump or mass of metal, wooden shoe, clump”), from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, clump, mass; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“clamp, mass”). Cognate with Old Frisian klumpa, English clump, Low German Klump, German Klumpen. Related to clamp.

der

(field hockey) a kicker, protective footwear worn by goalkeepers


aanvaller

nl-noun

aanvaller m (plural aanvallers, diminutive aanvallertje n)

aanvallers (plural)
aanvallertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aanvaller


toreador

(bullfighting) torero, bullfighter, toreador


remise

remise f (plural remises, diminutive remisetje n)

remises (plural)
remisetje (diminutive neuter)


koerier

koerier m (plural koeriers, diminutive koeriertje n, feminine koerierster)

koeriers (plural)
koeriertje (diminutive neuter)
koerierster (feminine)

→ Indonesian: kurir


consul

→ Papiamentu: kònsùl

From Middle Dutch consul, from Latin cōnsul.

nl:Consul (Rome)
nl:Consulaat (diplomatie)

(historical) consul (of the Roman Republic)


aas

aas m or n (plural azen, diminutive aasje n)

Afrikaans: aas

→ Indonesian: as

→ Papiamentu: as

→ Sranan Tongo: asi

From earlier ase, from Middle Dutch aes, from Old French as, from Latin as.


sultan

sultan m (plural sultans, feminine sultane)

From Turkish sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority”).


illustrator

nl-noun

illustrator m (plural illustratoren or illustrators, diminutive illustratortje n, feminine illustratrice)

illustratoren (plural)
illustrators (plural)
illustratortje (diminutive neuter)
illustratrice (feminine)

From Latin illustrātor. Equivalent to illustreren + -ator.


honk

honk n (plural honken, diminutive honkje n)

honken (plural)
honkje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: honk (dated)

From Middle Dutch honc, likely through Old Dutch from Proto-Germanic *hank-, *hunk-. Only has cognates in the Frisian languages and possibly in the Old High German placename Hancwin. Since cognates outside of Germanic are lacking, the word is probably of substrate origin. Possibly related to haak (“hook”) and hoek (“corner”).

(games) base (safe zone, e.g. in baseball and similar sports)


jurist

jurist m (plural juristen, diminutive juristje n)

juristen (plural)
juristje (diminutive neuter)


florist

florist m (plural floristen, diminutive floristje n)

floristen (plural)
floristje (diminutive neuter)

Early 17th century. Possibly borrowed from English florist or French fleuriste.

(botany) one who engages in the study of wild flora (floristics)


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.


beheerder

nl-noun

beheerder m (plural beheerders, diminutive beheerdertje n)

beheerders (plural)
beheerdertje (diminutive neuter)

manager, warden, administrator, curator, steward


paal

paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

palen (plural)
paaltje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: paal
→ Tsonga: pala
→ Xhosa: ipala

→ Caribbean Hindustani: pál

→ Caribbean Javanese: pal

→ Guyanese Creole English: paal

→ Indonesian: pal (“milestone”)

→ Papiamentu: palu

From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.


kram

nl-noun

kram f (plural krammen, diminutive krammetje n)

krammen (plural)
krammetje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Papiamentu: kramchi, kranchi, kramtsje (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch cramme, from Middle Dutch crimmen (“to catch, grab (with claws)”), from Proto-West Germanic *krimman.

der

staple (U-shaped metal fastener to bind materials together, for example to attach fence wire to posts)


metselaar

nl-noun

metselaar m (plural metselaars, diminutive metselaartje n, feminine metselaarster)

metselaars (plural)
metselaartje (diminutive neuter)
metselaarster (feminine)

Afrikaans: messelaar

Negerhollands: metselaar

desc

→ Papiamentu: mètsla, mèrsla, mèsla, meslaar, messelaar

→ Sranan Tongo: mesreman, meslari, messelar

→ Caribbean Hindustani: mesremán

→ Saramaccan: mésema

From Middle Dutch metselare. Equivalent to metselen + -aar.


zugzwang

(chess) zugzwang (situation in which a disadvantageous move is forced on a player)


onderwijzer

nl-noun

onderwijzer m (plural onderwijzers, diminutive onderwijzertje n, feminine onderwijzeres)

onderwijzers (plural)
onderwijzertje (diminutive neuter)
onderwijzeres (feminine)

Afrikaans: onderwyser

From Middle Dutch onderwiser. Equivalent to onderwijzen + -er.


handstand

handstand m (plural handstanden, diminutive handstandje n)

handstanden (plural)
handstandje (diminutive neuter)


rij

rij f (plural rijen, diminutive rijtje n)

rijen (plural)
rijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ry

Negerhollands: rieg

→ Aukan: lei

→ Caribbean Javanese: rèi

From Middle Dutch rië, from Old Dutch *rīa, from Proto-West Germanic *rīhan.


sliding

sliding m (plural slidings, diminutive slidinkje n)

slidings (plural)
slidinkje (diminutive neuter)

(rowing) slide, track (one of two parallel grooves that guide the small wheels of a sliding seat in a rowing boat)


dikkop

dikkop m (plural dikkoppen, diminutive dikkopje n)

dikkoppen (plural)
dikkopje (diminutive neuter)

(sports) runner doped up on human growth hormone


conducteur

conducteur m (plural conducteurs, diminutive conducteurtje n, feminine conductrice)

conducteurs (plural)
conducteurtje (diminutive neuter)
conductrice (feminine)

→ Indonesian: kondektur

→ Papiamentu: kòndùktùr

Borrowed from Middle French conducteur, from Latin conductor, from condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), itself from con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead, guide”).

(transport) conductor (ticket collector)


slager

slager m (plural slagers, diminutive slagertje n)

slagers (plural)
slagertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch slager. Equivalent to slaan + -er.

Je wilt niet dat de slager zijn eigen vlees keurt.

You don't want a butcher to assess his own meat. (i.e., judgment of one's own work is unreliable due to bias)

butcher (one who prepares and sells meat and meat products)


burgemeester

burgemeester m (plural burgemeesters, feminine burgemeesteres)

burgemeesters (plural)
burgemeesteres (feminine)

Afrikaans: burgemeester

→ English: burgomaster

→ French: bourgmestre

From Middle Dutch borchmeester, borgermeester. Corresponding to either a compound of burg (“burgh, town”) or burger (“citizen”) + meester (“master”).

mayor, burgomaster (head of a city or municipality)

kleine burgemeester
kleine burgemeester#Dutch

Synonym of kleine burgemeester (“Larus glaucoides”)

grote burgemeester
grote burgemeester#Dutch

Synonym of grote burgemeester (“Larus hyperboreus”)


arbitrage

→ Indonesian: arbitrase

Unadapted borrowing from French arbitrage.


vlas

→? Mahican: pnax

From Middle Dutch vlas, from Old Dutch *flas, from earlier *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait, weave”); thus distantly related to vlechten.

der

Linum usitatissimum
Linum usitatissimum#Translingual


tolk

nl-noun

tolk m (plural tolken, diminutive tolkje n)

tolken (plural)
tolkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tolk

→ Fanagalo: tolik (or via Zulu)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: tolak

→ Caribbean Javanese: toleg

From Middle Dutch tolic, from Middle High German tolk, from Old East Slavic тълкъ (tŭlkŭ), толкъ (tolkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ.

an interpreter, one who translates/interprets speech in another language and vice versa


haakbus

haakbus m (plural haakbussen, diminutive haakbusje n)

haakbussen (plural)
haakbusje (diminutive neuter)


matroos

matroos m (plural matrozen, diminutive matroosje n)

matrozen (plural)
matroosje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: matroos

→ Lokono: matoroso

→ Caribbean Javanese: matrus

→ Danish: matros

→ English: matross

→ German: Matrose

→ Hungarian: matróz

→ Indonesian: matros

→ Japanese: マドロス

→ Papiamentu: matros, matroos

desctree

→ Russian: матро́с (matrós)
→ Ukrainian: матро́с (matrós)
→ Uzbek: matros

→ Sranan Tongo: matrosi

→ Swedish: matros

→ Finnish: matruusi

→ West Frisian: matroas

From Middle French matelots pl (“sailors”), from Old French matenot (“sailor, bunkmate”), most likely from Middle Dutch mattenoot (“bunk fellow”) or less likely Old Norse mǫtunautr (“food companion”).


ober

nl-noun

ober m (plural obers, diminutive obertje n)

obers (plural)
obertje (diminutive neuter)

From German Ober, short for Oberkellner (“head waiter”). Compare Dutch kelner, which is also borrowed from German. In both Dutch and German, the distinction between ober/Ober and kelner/Kellner is now neglected.

Ober, mag ik de menukaart alstublieft?

De obers waren druk bezig met het serveren van de gasten.

The waiters were busy serving the guests.

Dat obertje was erg behulpzaam en vriendelijk.

That young waiter was very helpful and friendly.


schaak

→ Indonesian: sekak

→ Javanese: ꦱꦼꦏꦏ꧀ (sekak)

→ Papiamentu: skaf, skak, schaak

From Middle Dutch schaec, from Old French escac or directly from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”).


goudsmid

goudsmid m (plural goudsmeden, diminutive goudsmidje n)

goudsmeden (plural)
goudsmidje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: goud smit

→ Sranan Tongo: gowtusmeti


zilversmid

zilversmid m (plural zilversmeden, diminutive zilversmidje n)

zilversmeden (plural)
zilversmidje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: silversmid

From Middle Dutch silversmit. Equivalent to zilver + smid.


ingenieur

ingenieur m (plural ingenieurs, diminutive ingenieurtje n)

ingenieurs (plural)
ingenieurtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: insinyur

/ˌɪŋ.ɣeːˈnjøːr/


speleoloog

speleoloog m (plural speleologen, diminutive speleoloogje n, feminine speleologe)

speleologen (plural)
speleoloogje (diminutive neuter)
speleologe (feminine)


bomen

(intransitive, hunting) to land on a tree (of a pheasant)


piloot

piloot m (plural piloten, diminutive pilootje n)

piloten (plural)
pilootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: pilot

From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian piloto, from Late Latin pillottus; perhaps ultimately from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”).


toren

nl-noun

toren m (plural torens, diminutive torentje n)

torens (plural)
torentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: toring

Negerhollands: tooren, torm, toorn

→ Aukan: tolen

→ Saramaccan: tolu

From Middle Dutch torre, from Old Dutch turn, from Old French tur, from Latin turris.


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”).


stadion

nl-noun

stadion n (plural stadions, diminutive stadionnetje n)

stadions (plural)
stadionnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: stadion

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), from στάδιος (stádios), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.


moonwalk

nl-noun

moonwalk m (plural moonwalken, diminutive moonwalkje n)

moonwalken (plural)
moonwalkje (diminutive neuter)


animator

animator m (plural animatoren, diminutive animatortje n)

animatoren (plural)
animatortje (diminutive neuter)


harpist

harpist m (plural harpisten, diminutive harpistje n, feminine harpiste)

harpisten (plural)
harpistje (diminutive neuter)
harpiste (feminine)


molenaar

molenaar m (plural molenaars, diminutive molenaartje n, feminine molenaarster)

molenaars (plural)
molenaartje (diminutive neuter)
molenaarster (feminine)

Inherited from Middle Dutch molenare, from Latin molīnārius. Equivalent to molen (“mill”) + -aar (“-er”).

De molenaar maalde het koren.


teddybeer

teddybeer m (plural teddyberen, diminutive teddybeertje n)

teddyberen (plural)
teddybeertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English teddybear. Named after Theodore Roosevelt, who was nicknamed "Teddy".


spits

spits f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

spitsen (plural)
spitsje (diminutive neuter)

(sports) a striker (both the position and the player), often referring to the centre forward


harten

harten m or f (plural hartens or harten, diminutive hartentje n)

hartens (plural)
harten (plural)
hartentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Bengali: হরতন (horton)

→ Unami: halet


uppercut

uppercut m (plural uppercuts, diminutive uppercutje n)

uppercuts (plural)
uppercutje (diminutive neuter)


violist

violist m (plural violisten, diminutive violistje n, feminine violiste)

violisten (plural)
violistje (diminutive neuter)
violiste (feminine)


buschauffeur

buschauffeur m (plural buschauffeurs, diminutive buschauffeurtje n, feminine buschauffeuse)

buschauffeurs (plural)
buschauffeurtje (diminutive neuter)
buschauffeuse (feminine)

/ˈbʏʃoːˌføːr/

/ˈbʏʃɑu̯ˌføːr/

Compound of bus (“bus”) + chauffeur (“driver”).

Hé buschauffeur, / de hele bus moet plassen.

Hey bus driver, / everybody on the bus has to pee.


gids

gids m (plural gidsen, diminutive gidsje n)

gidsen (plural)
gidsje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: gids

Uncertain, may be borrowed from Romani gaʒo, gadjo (“non-Romani; farmer”), with influence from French guide.

Dan kan de gids ons de stad laten zien.

Vergeet de gids niet.


vertaler

vertaler m (plural vertalers, diminutive vertalertje n, feminine vertaalster)

vertalers (plural)
vertalertje (diminutive neuter)
vertaalster (feminine)


fiets

fiets f (plural fietsen, diminutive fietsje n)

fietsen (plural)
fietsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: fiets

→ Caribbean Javanese: pit

→ Dutch Low Saxon: fietse

→ German: Fietse

desctree

→ Javanese: ꦥꦶꦠ꧀ (pit)
→ Indonesian: pit (“bicycle”)

→ West Frisian: fyts

Unknown. Various hypotheses exist:
* A corruption of French vélocipède, via an intermediate fieselepee or fietsepee.
* Named after bike seller E.C. Viets from Wageningen.
* From the dialectal verb vietsen (“to move quickly”).
* From German Vize as short for Vizepferd (literally “surrogate horse”).


hotelier

nl-noun

hotelier m (plural hoteliers, feminine hotelière)


floret

floret f (plural floretten, diminutive floretje n)

floretten (plural)
floretje (diminutive neuter)


huisarts

huisarts m (plural huisartsen, diminutive huisartsje n)

huisartsen (plural)
huisartsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: dokter di cas (calque)

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

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

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

general practitioner
general practitioner


passen

passen (infinitive)
passen (gerund neuter)
pas (first-person present singular)
paste (first-person past singular)
past (present second-person singular)
pas (present second-person singular)
paste (past second-person singular)
past (formal present second-person singular)
paste (formal past second-person singular)
past (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
past (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
paste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
paste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
past (present singular third-person)
paste (past singular third-person)
passen (plural present)
pasten (past plural)
passe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
paste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
passen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
pasten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
pas (imperative present singular)
past (archaic imperative plural present)
passend (participle present)
gepast (participle past)

Afrikaans: pas

Berbice Creole Dutch: pasi

Negerhollands: pas

→ Caribbean Javanese: pas

→ Papiamentu: pas

From Middle Dutch passen, from pas (modern pas).


passen

passen (infinitive)
passen (gerund neuter)
pass (first-person present singular)
passte (first-person past singular)
passt (present second-person singular)
pass (present second-person singular)
passte (past second-person singular)
passt (formal present second-person singular)
passte (formal past second-person singular)
passt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
passt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
passte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
passte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
passt (present singular third-person)
passte (past singular third-person)
passen (plural present)
passten (past plural)
passe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
passte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
passen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
passten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
pass (imperative present singular)
passt (archaic imperative plural present)
passend (participle present)
gepasst (participle past)

Borrowed from English pass. Equivalent to pass + -en.


bisschop

bisschop m (plural bisschoppen, diminutive bisschopje n)

bisschoppen (plural)
bisschopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: biskop

→? Mahican: bishop

→ Malay: biskop

Indonesian: biskop

→ Sranan Tongo: biskop

From Middle Dutch bischop, from Old Dutch biskop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). The use of the term for mulled wine probably derived from English or German.
The chess sense is likely a semantic loan from English bishop.


grammaticus

grammaticus m (plural grammatici, diminutive grammaticusje n)

grammatici (plural)
grammaticusje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός (grammatikós).


doel

doel n (plural doelen, diminutive doeltje n)

doelen (plural)
doeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: dul

From Middle Dutch doel, doele (“ditch that separated two fields”), from Old Dutch *duola, from Proto-Germanic *dōlijǭ, *dōlijō (“dale, valley”). Related to dal (“dale, valley”). Likely, the initial meaning was "ditch, pit" which shifted to "pile of earth" to "pile of earth used as target in a shooting range" to "shooting target" to "goal".


visser

visser m (plural vissers, diminutive vissertje n, feminine visster)

vissers (plural)
vissertje (diminutive neuter)
visster (feminine)

Afrikaans: visser

From Middle Dutch vischer, visscher, from Old Dutch *fiskar, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Equivalent to vissen + -er.

a fisher, a fisherman or, less commonly, a fisherwoman


verkoper

verkoper m (plural verkopers, diminutive verkopertje n, feminine verkoopster)

verkopers (plural)
verkopertje (diminutive neuter)
verkoopster (feminine)

From verkopen (“to sell”) + -er. Cognate with German Verkäufer.

De vriendelijke verkoper hielp me bij het kiezen van een nieuwe laptop.

The friendly salesman helped me choose a new laptop.

De verkoopster toonde me verschillende jurken in de winkel.

The saleswoman showed me various dresses in the store.

De verkopers in de winkel waren zeer behulpzaam en gaven goed advies.

The sellers in the shop were very helpful and gave good advice.


makelaar

makelaar m (plural makelaars, diminutive makelaartje n)

makelaars (plural)
makelaartje (diminutive neuter)

→ Old French: maquerel

→ English: mackerel (obsolete)

English: mack

→ French: maquereau

→ Serbo-Croatian: makro

→ Indonesian: makelar

→ Papiamentu: makelar

From Middle Dutch makelare, from Old Frisian mek (“to marry”), from maken (“to make”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. Compare German Makler.

a real estate agent, broker in immovable property


econoom

econoom m (plural economen, diminutive econoompje n)

economen (plural)
econoompje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: ekonom

Borrowed from Latin oeconomus. Equivalent to eco- + -noom.


werker

werker m (plural werkers, diminutive werkertje n, feminine werkster)

werkers (plural)
werkertje (diminutive neuter)
werkster (feminine)

De werkers op het bouwterrein werken hard om het project op tijd af te krijgen.

The workers at the construction site are working hard to finish the project on time.

De fabriek heeft een team van bekwame werkers die de productielijn draaiende houden.

The factory has a team of skilled workers who keep the production line running.

De werkers eisten betere arbeidsvoorwaarden en hogere lonen.

The workers demanded better working conditions and higher wages.


arbeider

arbeider m (plural arbeiders, diminutive arbeidertje n, feminine arbeidster)

arbeiders (plural)
arbeidertje (diminutive neuter)
arbeidster (feminine)

Afrikaans: arbeider

Negerhollands: arbeider

From Middle Dutch arbeidere. Equivalent to arbeiden + -er.

De arbeider werkt hard op het bouwterrein.

The worker is working hard at the construction site.

De arbeiders staken voor betere arbeidsvoorwaarden.

The workers are striking for better working conditions.

De jongen wil later een arbeider worden.

The boy wants to become a labourer in the future.


politica

politica f (plural politica's, diminutive politicaatje n, masculine politicus)

politica's (plural)
politicaatje (diminutive neuter)
politicus (masculine)

Either borrowed from Latin politica or formed in Dutch from politicus + -a.


advocaat

advocaat m (plural advocaten, diminutive advocaatje n, feminine advocate)

advocaten (plural)
advocaatje (diminutive neuter)
advocate (feminine)

Afrikaans: advokaat

→ Indonesian: advokat

→ Peranakan Indonesian: advocaat

→ Sranan Tongo: afkati

From Middle Dutch advocaet, from Latin advocātus, from verb advocō (“to summon”).


drukken

drukken (infinitive)
drukken (gerund neuter)
druk (first-person present singular)
drukte (first-person past singular)
drukt (present second-person singular)
druk (present second-person singular)
drukte (past second-person singular)
drukt (formal present second-person singular)
drukte (formal past second-person singular)
drukt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
drukt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
drukte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
drukte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
drukt (present singular third-person)
drukte (past singular third-person)
drukken (plural present)
drukten (past plural)
drukke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
drukte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
drukken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
drukten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
druk (imperative present singular)
drukt (archaic imperative plural present)
drukkend (participle present)
gedrukt (participle past)

Afrikaans: druk

→ Caribbean Javanese: nggedrig

→ Papiamentu: drùk, druk

From Middle Dutch drucken, from Old Dutch *thrucken, from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną.

(reflexive, hunting, of a hunted animal) to hide (by pressing its body close to the ground)


theoloog

theoloog m (plural theologen, diminutive theoloogje n, feminine theologe)

theologen (plural)
theoloogje (diminutive neuter)
theologe (feminine)


schrijver

schrijver m (plural schrijvers, diminutive schrijvertje n, feminine schrijfster)

schrijvers (plural)
schrijvertje (diminutive neuter)
schrijfster (feminine)

Afrikaans: skrywer

From Middle Dutch schriver. Equivalent to schrijven + -er.


landbouwer

landbouwer m (plural landbouwers, diminutive landbouwertje n)

landbouwers (plural)
landbouwertje (diminutive neuter)


bouwer

bouwer m (plural bouwers, diminutive bouwertje n, feminine bouwster)

bouwers (plural)
bouwertje (diminutive neuter)
bouwster (feminine)


kunstenaar

kunstenaar m (plural kunstenaars or (archaic) kunstenaren, diminutive kunstenaartje n, feminine kunstenares)

kunstenaars (plural)
kunstenaren (archaic plural)
kunstenaartje (diminutive neuter)
kunstenares (feminine)


tennissen

tennissen (infinitive)
tennissen (gerund neuter)
tennis (first-person present singular)
tenniste (first-person past singular)
tennist (present second-person singular)
tennis (present second-person singular)
tenniste (past second-person singular)
tennist (formal present second-person singular)
tenniste (formal past second-person singular)
tennist (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
tennist (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
tenniste (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
tenniste (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
tennist (present singular third-person)
tenniste (past singular third-person)
tennissen (plural present)
tennisten (past plural)
tennisse (archaic present singular subjunctive)
tenniste (archaic past singular subjunctive)
tennissen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
tennisten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
tennis (imperative present singular)
tennist (archaic imperative plural present)
tennissend (participle present)
getennist (participle past)


tennisser

tennisser m (plural tennissers, diminutive tennissertje n, feminine tennisster)

tennissers (plural)
tennissertje (diminutive neuter)
tennisster (feminine)


waard

waard m (plural waarden, diminutive waardje n, feminine waardin)

waarden (plural)
waardje (diminutive neuter)
waardin (feminine)

From Middle Dutch wāert, wēert, from Old Dutch *wert, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.

zoals de waard is, vertrouwt hij zijn gasten


koekhappen

bite-the-cake; a game, especially for children, in which piece(s) of cake are hung from a rope, and the children, being blindfolded, attempt to bite the piece(s) of cake


tsaar

tsaar m (plural tsaren, diminutive tsaartje n, feminine tsarina or tsarin)

tsaren (plural)
tsaartje (diminutive neuter)
tsarina (feminine)
tsarin (feminine)

Afrikaans: tsaar

→ West Frisian: tsaar

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.


bestuurder

bestuurder m or f (plural bestuurders, diminutive bestuurdertje n)

bestuurders (plural)
bestuurdertje (diminutive neuter)


beveiliger

beveiliger m (plural beveiligers, diminutive beveiligertje n, feminine beveiligster)

beveiligers (plural)
beveiligertje (diminutive neuter)
beveiligster (feminine)


jood

jood m (plural joden, diminutive joodje n)

joden (plural)
joodje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: joode, jodden, jood

From Middle Dutch jōde, from Old Dutch judo, from Latin iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos).
The soccer sense ("supporter of AFC Ajax") refers to the fact that the club Ajax hails from Amsterdam, a city with a traditionally large Jewish community. While supporters from rivaling clubs often chant antisemitic slogans during matches against Ajax due to this association with Judaism, supporters of Ajax have taken to referring to themselves as joden (or even superjoden), transforming what is intended as a taunt into a geuzennaam.

(Netherlands, soccer slang, potentially offensive) a supporter of AFC Ajax


kuiper

kuiper m (plural kuipers, diminutive kuipertje n, feminine kuiperin)

kuipers (plural)
kuipertje (diminutive neuter)
kuiperin (feminine)

→ Papiamentu: kijper, keiper (dated)

From Middle Dutch cuper. Equivalent to kuipen + -er.


ruit

ruit f (plural ruiten, diminutive ruitje n)

ruiten (plural)
ruitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ruit

From Middle Dutch rute, of uncertain origin. Compare German Raute.

(card games) a diamond; mostly used in the plural: ruiten, for that card suit


schaakstuk

schaakstuk n (plural schaakstukken, diminutive schaakstukje n)

schaakstukken (plural)
schaakstukje (diminutive neuter)


loper

loper m (plural lopers, diminutive lopertje n)

lopers (plural)
lopertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: loper

Indonesian: loper

Petjo: loper

From Middle Dutch lopere. Equivalent to lopen + -er.
In the chess sense, likely a semantic loan from German Läufer.


boog

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.


beul

beul m (plural beulen, diminutive beultje n)

beulen (plural)
beultje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch buel, earlier buedel, from Old Dutch *budil, from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz. Doublet of pedel.

an executioner, torturer, one who carries out executions and other judicial corporal punishments


balg

balg m (plural balgen, diminutive balgje n)

balgen (plural)
balgje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

→ French: blague, blaque (obsolete)
→ Italian: blaga, → blague
→ Polish: blaga

From Middle Dutch balch, from Old Dutch balg, from Proto-West Germanic *balgi, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz.


geoloog

nl-noun

geoloog m (plural geologen, diminutive geoloogje n)

geologen (plural)
geoloogje (diminutive neuter)


asbest

→ Indonesian: asbès

→ Papiamentu: asbèst

From Middle Dutch asbeston, from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).


rechter

rechter m (plural rechters, diminutive rechtertje n)

rechters (plural)
rechtertje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: rechter, regter


riant

nl-adj

riant (comparative rianter, superlative riantst)

rianter (comparative)
riantst (superlative)
riant (adverbial positive predicative)
rianter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het riantst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het riantste (adverbial predicative superlative)
riante (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
riantere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
riantste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
riant (indefinite neuter positive singular)
rianter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
riantste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
riante (indefinite plural positive)
riantere (comparative indefinite plural)
riantste (indefinite plural superlative)
riante (definite positive)
riantere (comparative definite)
riantste (definite superlative)
riants (partitive positive)
rianters (comparative partitive)

Borrowed from French riant, from Middle French riant, from Old French riant.

(sports) decisive, overwhelming, convincing


stok

nl-noun

stok m (plural stokken, diminutive stokje n)

stokken (plural)
stokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stok

Berbice Creole Dutch: stoko

Negerhollands: stok

→ Indonesian: stok

→ Papiamentu: stòki

From Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

(card games) deck, stock (set of playing cards)


hakken

hakken (infinitive)
hakken (gerund neuter)
hak (first-person present singular)
hakte (first-person past singular)
hakt (present second-person singular)
hak (present second-person singular)
hakte (past second-person singular)
hakt (formal present second-person singular)
hakte (formal past second-person singular)
hakt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
hakt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
hakte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
hakte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
hakt (present singular third-person)
hakte (past singular third-person)
hakken (plural present)
hakten (past plural)
hakke (archaic present singular subjunctive)
hakte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
hakken (archaic plural present subjunctive)
hakten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
hak (imperative present singular)
hakt (archaic imperative plural present)
hakkend (participle present)
gehakt (participle past)

(intransitive) to dance in a style originating from the Dutch hardcore or gabber scene


hakken

(slang) a style of dance originating from the Dutch hardcore and gabber scene


herder

herder m (plural herders, diminutive herdertje n, feminine herderin)

herders (plural)
herdertje (diminutive neuter)
herderin (feminine)

Negerhollands: herder

→ Papiamentu: herder

From Middle Dutch herder, earlier herde from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”) + agent suffix -e; the agent suffix -er replaced -e when the latter fell in disuse as signifying agency.

a herdsman, herd, herder of a flock of animals


duik

duik m (plural duiken, diminutive duikje n)

duiken (plural)
duikje (diminutive neuter)

(diving) dive, the act of diving into the water


filmmaker

filmmaker m (plural filmmakers, diminutive filmmakertje n)

filmmakers (plural)
filmmakertje (diminutive neuter)


fotocamera

fotocamera f (plural fotocamera's, diminutive fotocameraatje n)

fotocamera's (plural)
fotocameraatje (diminutive neuter)


smid

smid m (plural smeden, diminutive smidje n)

smeden (plural)
smidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: smid

Negerhollands: smid

→ Munsee: shumát

→ Papiamentu: smet, smid

→ Sranan Tongo: smeti, smitti

→ Saramaccan: simítima

→ Unami: shëmìt, shmìt

From Middle Dutch smit, from Old Dutch *smith, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz.


spion

spion m (plural spionnen, diminutive spionnetje n, feminine spionne)

spionnen (plural)
spionnetje (diminutive neuter)
spionne (feminine)

→ Indonesian: spion

spy, person who secretly gathers information


chirurg

chirurg m (plural chirurgen, diminutive chirurgje n)

chirurgen (plural)
chirurgje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: chirurg

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


kapper

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

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

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


bediende

bediende m or f (plural bedienden or bediendes, diminutive bediendetje n)

bedienden (plural)
bediendes (plural)
bediendetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bediende

Negerhollands: bedienten

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: bedinde, bedhindhe

→ Indonesian: bedinde

Inflected form of bediend, calque of German Bedienter.

servant, low-ranking employee (any gender)


zijde

Afrikaans: sy

Negerhollands: sie, śi

From Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.


klimsport

(sports) climbing: e.g. rock climbing, mountaineering


stoot

nl-noun

stoot m (plural stoten, diminutive stootje n)

stoten (plural)
stootje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: stoot

From Middle Dutch stôot, from Old Dutch *stōt, from Proto-West Germanic *stauti, from Proto-Germanic *stautiz. Equivalent to a deverbal from stoten.


lijn

lijn f (plural lijnen, diminutive lijntje n)

lijnen (plural)
lijntje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: leni, lin

→ Indonesian: lin

From Middle Dutch līne, from Old Dutch *līna, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). In several senses influenced by Latin līnea; compare linie.


koopman

koopman m (plural kooplieden or kooplui or koopmannen, diminutive koopmannetje n, feminine koopvrouw)

kooplieden (plural)
kooplui (plural)
koopmannen (plural)
koopmannetje (diminutive neuter)
koopvrouw (feminine)

Negerhollands: koopman

→ Papiamentu: koopman (dated)

From Middle Dutch côopman, from Old Dutch kōpman, from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to koop (“buy, trade”) + man.

De oude stad was vol met drukke kooplui die hun waren aanboden op de markt.

The old city was full of busy merchants offering their goods at the market.

De koopman reisde naar verre landen om exotische goederen te verhandelen.

The trader traveled to distant lands to trade exotic goods.

In de middeleeuwen speelden de koopmannen een cruciale rol bij de ontwikkeling van de handel.

In the Middle Ages, the merchants played a crucial role in the development of trade.

De rijke koopman investeerde in verschillende bedrijven om zijn rijkdom te vergroten.

The wealthy merchantman invested in various businesses to increase his wealth.


voorzetten

voorzetten (infinitive)
voorzetten (gerund neuter)
zet voor (first-person main-clause present singular)
zette voor (first-person main-clause past singular)
voorzet (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
voorzette (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
zet voor (main-clause present second-person singular)
zette voor (main-clause past second-person singular)
voorzet (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
voorzette (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
zet voor (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
zette voor (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
voorzet (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
voorzette (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
zet voor (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
zet voor (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
zette voor (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
zette voor (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
voorzet (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
voorzet (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
voorzette (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
voorzette (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
zet voor (main-clause present singular third-person)
zette voor (main-clause past singular third-person)
voorzet (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
voorzette (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
zetten voor (main-clause plural present)
zetten voor (main-clause past plural)
voorzetten (plural present subordinate-clause)
voorzetten (past plural subordinate-clause)
zette voor (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
zette voor (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
voorzette (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
voorzette (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
zetten voor (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
zetten voor (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
voorzetten (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
voorzetten (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
zet voor (imperative main-clause present singular)
zet voor (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
voorzettend (main-clause participle present)
voorgezet (main-clause participle past)

Negerhollands: set voor

From voor (“before, in front”) + zetten (“to set”).


lans

nl-noun

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.


kolonel

kolonel m (plural kolonels, diminutive kolonelletje n)

kolonels (plural)
kolonelletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kolonel

First attested 1548, from Middle French coronel, from Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagna colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“going around”).


tuinman

nl-noun

tuinman m (plural tuinmannen, diminutive tuinmannetje n, feminine tuinvrouw)

tuinmannen (plural)
tuinmannetje (diminutive neuter)
tuinvrouw (feminine)

Afrikaans: tuinman


jager

jager m (plural jagers, diminutive jagertje n, feminine jaagster)

jagers (plural)
jagertje (diminutive neuter)
jaagster (feminine)

→ Lokono: jagernu

→ Papiamentu: jager (dated)

From Middle Dutch jager, from Old Dutch jageri. Equivalent to jagen + -er.

(aviation, military) fighter, combat aeroplane

(military) jaeger, light infantry rifleman, ranger

skua, any bird of the genus Stercorarius


aanvoerder

aanvoerder m (plural aanvoerders, diminutive aanvoerdertje n, feminine aanvoerster)

aanvoerders (plural)
aanvoerdertje (diminutive neuter)
aanvoerster (feminine)

Jens Toornstra is de nieuwe aanvoerder van Feyenoord.

Jens Toornstra is the new captain of Feyenoord.


surfen

surfen (infinitive)
surfen (gerund neuter)
surf (first-person present singular)
surfte (first-person past singular)
surft (present second-person singular)
surf (present second-person singular)
surfte (past second-person singular)
surft (formal present second-person singular)
surfte (formal past second-person singular)
surft (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
surft (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
surfte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
surfte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
surft (present singular third-person)
surfte (past singular third-person)
surfen (plural present)
surften (past plural)
surfe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
surfte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
surfen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
surften (archaic past plural subjunctive)
surf (imperative present singular)
surft (archaic imperative plural present)
surfend (participle present)
gesurft (participle past)


kapitein

kapitein m (plural kapiteins, diminutive kapiteintje n)

kapiteins (plural)
kapiteintje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kaptein

Berbice Creole Dutch: kaptin

Negerhollands: kapitein, captein

→ Lokono: kapitan

→ Aukan: kabiten

→ Caribbean Javanese: kaptèn

desctree

→ Indonesian: kapten
→ Min Nan: 甲丁 (kap-teng, “captain”)

→ Kwinti: kapte

→ Min Nan: 甲必丹 (kap-pit-tan)

→ Sranan Tongo: kapten

→ Kari'na: kapiteni

→ Trió: kapitein

From Middle Dutch capitein, from Old French capitaine, from Medieval Latin capitāneus.


kanon

nl-noun

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.


poedel

poedel m (plural poedels, diminutive poedeltje n)

poedels (plural)
poedeltje (diminutive neuter)

(archaic, chiefly ball games) a miss; a throw or shot that misses the goal or target