"watje" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

Audio: Nl-watje.ogg Forms: watjes [plural]
Etymology: From watten (“cotton wool”). Head templates: {{nl-noun-dim-tant}} watje n (plural watjes)
  1. a piece of cotton wool Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-watje-nl-noun-OiIMjz7t
  2. (derogatory) a wimp, a loser Tags: derogatory, neuter
    Sense id: en-watje-nl-noun-PxhAj0kY Categories (other): Dutch diminutiva tantum, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch diminutiva tantum: 37 63 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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