gent

gent m (plural genten, diminutive gentje n)

genten (plural)
gentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gent, from Old Dutch *genit, variant of *ganut, from Proto-West Germanic *ganut, from Proto-Germanic *ganutaz.


gent

De genten vormen een familie in de orde der Suliformes.

The Sulidae constitute a family in the Suliformes order.


boef

nl-noun

boef m (plural boeven, diminutive boefje n)

boeven (plural)
boefje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: boef

→ Papiamentu: buf

From Middle Dutch boef, boeve, bouve, from Old Dutch *buovo, from Proto-Germanic *bōbô, a reduplicated form of *bō- (“father, brother, male relative”).
Cognate with English bub, Pennsylvania Dutch Bub, German Bube, Icelandic bófi (“rogue, knave”). Related also to English babe, English boy.


lab

labs (plural)
labje (diminutive neuter)
labo (alternative)


sampi

sampi m or f (plural sampi's, diminutive sampi'tje n)

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


fax

fax m (plural faxen, diminutive faxje n)

faxen (plural)
faxje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English fax (“a fax machine; to fax”).


virus

virus n (plural virussen, diminutive virusje n)

virussen (plural)
virusje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin vīrus. Coined in the virological sense by Martinus Beijerinck; the word had been previously used for pathogens, although not for viruses in the modern sense. The computing sense derives from English virus.

(computer science) virus (computer virus)


metro

metro m (plural metro's, diminutive metrootje n)

metro's (plural)
metrootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French métro, from métropolitain in chemin de fer métropolitain.

an underground railway or underground-railway system, a subway, a metro


tour

tour m (plural tours, diminutive tourtje n)

tours (plural)
tourtje (diminutive neuter)


abt

abt m (plural abten, diminutive abtje n, feminine abdis)

abten (plural)
abtje (diminutive neuter)
abdis (feminine)

Afrikaans: ab

From Middle Dutch abbet, ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-.


moot

moot m (plural moten, diminutive mootje n)

moten (plural)
mootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: mochi (from the diminutive)

Ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *maitaną.

a thick slice or a cut, especially of fish

(by extension) a chunk of any whole; a part


brand

brand m (plural branden, diminutive brandje n)

branden (plural)
brandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brand

Negerhollands: bran

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bran

→ Sranan Tongo: branti

From Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch brant, from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Die vreselijke brand was veroorzaakt doordat een kleuter met kaarsen speelde.

That terrible fire originated because a toddler was playing with candles.

destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)


les

les f (plural lessen, diminutive lesje n)

lessen (plural)
lesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: les

→ Caribbean Javanese: lès

→ Indonesian: les

→ Papiamentu: lès, les

Inherited from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.


koppa

koppa f (plural koppa's, diminutive koppaatje n)

koppa's (plural)
koppaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek κόππα (kóppa). Doublet of koef.


keeper

keeper m (plural keepers, diminutive keepertje n)

keepers (plural)
keepertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kiper


eten

eten n (uncountable, diminutive etentje n)

Afrikaans: ete


gate

gate m (plural gates, diminutive gatetje n)

gates (plural)
gatetje (diminutive neuter)


breve

breve f (plural breves, diminutive brevetje n)

breves (plural)
brevetje (diminutive neuter)


kea

kea m (plural kea's, diminutive keaatje n)

kea's (plural)
keaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kea, from Maori kea.

Nestor notabilis
Nestor notabilis#Translingual


falafel

falafel m (plural falafels, diminutive falafeltje n)

falafels (plural)
falafeltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).


spadassin

spadassin m (plural spadassins, diminutive spadassintje n)

spadassins (plural)
spadassintje (diminutive neuter)

(rare, obsolete) alternative spelling of spadassijn


tribade

Borrowed from French tribade, from Latin tribas, from Ancient Greek τριβάς (tribás).

(historical, originally derogatory) lesbian, tribade


bacon

Coordinate term: ontbijtspek


fragment

fragment n (plural fragmenten, diminutive fragmentje n)

fragmenten (plural)
fragmentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: fragmen

Learned borrowing from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”). Influence by French fragment.

lbor

a fragment, part of a work (whether due to selection or incompleteness)


pardon

Negerhollands: pardon, bardon


cult

nl-noun

cult m (plural cults, diminutive cultje n)

cults (plural)
cultje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English cult. Doublet of cultus.

(informal) cult (socially proscribed marginal religious group)


clochard

clochard m (plural clochards, diminutive clochardje n)

clochards (plural)
clochardje (diminutive neuter)
klosjaar (alternative)

(chiefly Belgium, quite derogatory) vagrant, tramp, bum


manoeuvre

manoeuvre f (plural manoeuvres, diminutive manoeuvretje n)

manoeuvres (plural)
manoeuvretje (diminutive neuter)
maneuver (alternative)


diner

diner n (plural diners, diminutive dinertje n)

diners (plural)
dinertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French dîner, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French disner.


serre

serre f (plural serres, diminutive serretje n)

serres (plural)
serretje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands) conservatory room (greenhouse or winter garden, usually as part of a house)


première

première m (plural premières, diminutive premièretje n)

premières (plural)
premièretje (diminutive neuter)

De première van de film is opnieuw uitgesteld.

The premiere of the film has been postponed again.


kumquat

kumquat m (plural kumquats, diminutive kumquatje n)

kumquats (plural)
kumquatje (diminutive neuter)


coup

coup m (plural coups, diminutive coupje n)

coups (plural)
coupje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kup

Borrowed from French coup, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French colp, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).

a coup, a quick, surprising, brilliant move or action


hooligan

hooligan m (plural hooligans, diminutive hooligannetje n)

hooligans (plural)
hooligannetje (diminutive neuter)


incident

Afrikaans: insident

→ Indonesian: insiden

→ West Frisian: ynsidint

Borrowed from Middle French incident, from Old French incident, from Latin incidēns.


jus

jus m (plural jus, diminutive justje n or sjuutje n)

jus (plural)
justje (diminutive neuter)
sjuutje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, informal) ellipsis of jus d'orange


plu

plu m (plural plu's, diminutive pluutje n)

plu's (plural)
pluutje (diminutive neuter)


tumor

tumor m (plural tumoren or tumors, diminutive tumortje n)

tumoren (plural)
tumors (plural)
tumortje (diminutive neuter)

From Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“I bulge, swell”).


kot

kot n (plural kotten or koten, diminutive kotje n or kotteke n)

kotten (plural)
koten (plural)
kotje (diminutive neuter)
kotteke (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: kot, cot

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kot (dated)

From Middle Dutch cot, cote, from Old Dutch [Term?] cota (in place names), kota (“little house”), from Proto-West Germanic *kautā, from Proto-Germanic *kutą (“shed”).

In wat voor een kot woont die!

rudimentary building to store (garden) material

Leuvense koten brandden vaak af in de jaren 90.

Student rooms in Louvain burned down often in the nineties.


lis

lis m or n (plural lissen, diminutive lisje n)

lissen (plural)
lisje (diminutive neuter)
lisch (alternative)

From Middle Dutch lesch, lesche, lisc, lyse; probably from the same ultimate origin as Old High German liska, which see (modern German Liesch).


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”).

clan, kin group, esp. in relation to the Scottish Highlands or Scotland in general

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


triskelion

triskelion n (plural triskelions, diminutive triskelionnetje n)

triskelions (plural)
triskelionnetje (diminutive neuter)

triskelion; a figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry


monitor

monitor m (plural monitors or monitoren, diminutive monitortje n)

monitors (plural)
monitoren (plural)
monitortje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English monitor, from Latin monitor.

(audio) speaker boxes for monitoring sound, on stage directed at musicians or aimed at a sound engineer in a studio

(historical) monitor (low-lying ironclad)

(historical) monitor (small coastal warship specialised in shore bombardment)


cabriolet

cabriolet m (plural cabrioletten or cabriolets, diminutive cabrioletje n)

cabrioletten (plural)
cabriolets (plural)
cabrioletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kabriolèt

cabriolet, convertible (car with a convertible top)

cabriolet (light carriage with a convertible top, drawn by one horse)


Jap

(derogatory, ethnic slur, usually offensive, unofficial spelling) a Jap, a Japanese person


nerve

nerve f (plural nerven, diminutive nerfje n)

nerven (plural)
nerfje (diminutive neuter)


present

present n (plural presenten, diminutive presentje n)

presenten (plural)
presentje (diminutive neuter)

Inherited from Middle Dutch present, from Middle French present.


vagina

vagina f (plural vagina's, diminutive vaginaatje n)

vagina's (plural)
vaginaatje (diminutive neuter)


trant

From Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”).


trapezium

trapezium n (plural trapeziums or trapezia, diminutive trapeziumpje n)

trapeziums (plural)
trapezia (plural)
trapeziumpje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”).

der

(geometry) a trapezium, trapezoid, a quadrilateral with two sides parallel


occasion

nl-noun

occasion m (plural occasions, diminutive occasionnetje n)

occasions (plural)
occasionnetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French occasion. Since the late 20th century an anglicized pronunciation has come into use based on the mistaken assumption of this being an English loanword. The English word occasion lacks the sense "secondhand automobile" altogether, however.


ode

Afrikaans: ode

Borrowed from French ode, from Middle French ode, from Late Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

ode (lyrical poem, usually in praise of something or someone)


omelet

omelet f (plural omeletten, diminutive omeletje n)

omeletten (plural)
omeletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: òmelèt


onager

Borrowed from Latin onager, from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros).

Equus hemionus
Equus hemionus#Translingual

onager, Asiatic wild ass, Equus hemionus

(historical) onager (Roman torsion catapult)


pact

pact n (plural pacten, diminutive pactje n)

pacten (plural)
pactje (diminutive neuter)

From French pacte, from Latin pactum. Doublet of pacht and patio.


pad

pad n (plural paden, diminutive paadje n)

paden (plural)
paadje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pad

Berbice Creole Dutch: pata

Jersey Dutch: pât, pāt

Negerhollands: pad, pat

From Middle Dutch pat, from Old Dutch path, from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). Cognate with English path, West Frisian paad and German Pfad.


pad

pad f (plural padden, diminutive padje n)

padden (plural)
padje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: padda

From Middle Dutch padde, pedde, from Old Dutch *padda, from Proto-West Germanic *paddā, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”).
Cognates
Cognate with Old English padde (compare English paddock), Old Norse padda (Swedish padda, Danish/Norwegian padde).

toad (an amphibian of the order Anura similar to a frog with shorter legs and more ragged skin)


pad

pad c (plural padden, diminutive padje n)

(cycling) the slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout


page

page m (plural pages, diminutive pagetje n)

pages (plural)
pagetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch page, from Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

der

(historical) page (boy serving a knight or noble, often of the noble estate)

a page, a butterfly of the family Papilionidae


page

Borrowed from Middle French page, from Old French page, from Latin pagina.


park

nl-noun

park n (plural parken, diminutive parkje n)

parken (plural)
parkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: park

→ German: Park (partially)
→ Lower Sorbian: park

→ West Frisian: park

From Middle Dutch parc, from Old Dutch *parruk, from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”). Doublet of perk.

inh

We hebben een picknick in het park.

Het park was vol met mensen genietend van de zon.

The park was filled with people enjoying the sun.

Kinderen speelden in het park.


architect

nl-noun

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.


performance

performance f or m (plural performances)

Unadapted borrowing from English performance.

ubor

performance (that which is performed or accomplished)

De performance ‘I'm leaving this room’, waarbij Oenema, gezeten naast een overheadprojector, zingend haar knipsels liet zien, stond onder meer op het Crossing Border Festival en Noorderslag.

The performance ‘I'm leaving this room’, in which Oenema, seated next to an overhead projector, sang and showed her clippings, was performed at the Crossing Border Festival and Noorderslag, among others.

Om maar eens een understatement te gebruiken: het is niet mijn beste performance geweest in de afgelopen jaren.

To use an understatement: it was not my best performance in recent years.

performance (amount of useful work accomplished)


phase

nl-noun

phase f (plural phasen or phases, diminutive phasetje n)

phasen (plural)
phases (plural)
phasetje (diminutive neuter)


pirouette

pirouette f (plural pirouettes or pirouetten)

Borrowed from French pirouette, see there for more.


taxi

taxi m (plural taxi's, diminutive taxietje n)

taxi's (plural)
taxietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: takisi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: taxi

→ Indonesian: taksi

Borrowed from French taxi, from German Taxameter.


quagga

quagga m (plural quagga's, diminutive quaggaatje n)

quagga's (plural)
quaggaatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kwagga

→ English: quagga

First attested in 1778. From a Khoisan term, probably Haiǁom, Khoekhoe ǁkoaah, apparently of imitative origin.

Equus quagga quagga
Wikispecies:Equus quagga quagga


quotum

quotum n (plural quota, diminutive quotumpje n)

quota (plural)
quotumpje (diminutive neuter)


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”).


waag

nl-noun

waag f (plural wagen, diminutive waagje n)

wagen (plural)
waagje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: waag

From Middle Dutch wâge, from Old Dutch wāga, from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō.

place (building) where goods are weighed


waag

From Middle Dutch wāge f, alternative form of rare waech m, from Old Dutch *wāg, from Proto-West Germanic *wāg, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz. The feminine may be a mere variant (if old from Old Dutch *wāga, from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō), or it may be due to a merger with another word with an original short vowel, which is attested in Middle High German wage (“movement, shaking”), Old High German waga. See German Woge for more.


maestro

maestro's (plural)
maëstro (alternative)

→ Indonesian: maestro

Borrowed from Italian maestro. Doublet of meester and magister.

maestro (master in some art, especially a composer or conductor)


libel

nl-noun

libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)

libellen (plural)
libelletje (diminutive neuter)
libelle (alternative)

→ Lokono: bibiri

Borrowed from Latin libella or libellula.

dragonfly, insect of the infraorder Anisoptera

dragonfly or damselfly, insect of the order Odonata


libel

libel n (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)

libellen (plural)
libelletje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin libellus, diminutive of liber (“book”).

booklet, notably a libel (defamatory writing)


belligerent

Borrowed from French belligérant, from Latin belligerēns (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“wage, carry on”)).


formule

formule f (plural formules, diminutive formuletje n)

formules (plural)
formuletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: formule

→ Papiamentu: formule (dated)

Borrowed from Middle French formule, from Latin fōrmula.


ma

ma's (plural)
maatje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: maa


clown

clown m (plural clowns, diminutive clowntje n)

clowns (plural)
clowntje (diminutive neuter)


ayatollah

ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs, diminutive ayatollaatje n)

ayatollahs (plural)
ayatollaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیتالله (âyatollâh), from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “sign of God”).

der

آيَةُ اللّٰه

(Islam) a religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism

highest grade of theological scholarship in Shi'ism

Van de ayatollah van de begrotingssanering die de Gentenaar in de jaren tachtig was, bleef er niet veel over.

2017, Alain Mouton, Het geld is op! De financiële putten van België:

(by extension) a (thought) leader or key figure in general


part

nl-noun

part n (plural parten, diminutive partje n)

parten (plural)
partje (diminutive neuter)

desc

Negerhollands: part, partie, parti, pati


azalea

nl-noun

azalea f or m (plural azalea's, diminutive azaleaatje n)

azalea's (plural)
azaleaatje (diminutive neuter)

azalea (plant of the obsolete genus Azalea)


axolotl

axolotl m (plural axolotls, diminutive axolotltje n)

axolotls (plural)
axolotltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl axolotl.


trema

trema n (plural trema's, diminutive tremaatje n)

trema's (plural)
tremaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma)


avifauna

avifauna, bird fauna; the birdlife of an area


benzine

→ Indonesian: bensin

→ Sranan Tongo: bènsine

petrol, gas, gasoline (fuel containing alkanes)


golf

golf f (plural golven, diminutive golfje n)

golven (plural)
golfje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gelve, from Proto-Germanic *gelbaną. Influenced by Late Latin colfus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).


bokken

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


maker

nl-noun

maker m (plural makers, diminutive makertje n, feminine maakster)

makers (plural)
makertje (diminutive neuter)
maakster (feminine)

Jersey Dutch: mâker

Negerhollands: maaker

Skepi Creole Dutch: maker

maker (person or thing that makes, produces or repairs something)


dossier

dossier n (plural dossiers, diminutive dossiertje n)

dossiers (plural)
dossiertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: dosir

Unadapted borrowing from French dossier.

file, physical collection of documentation


sauna

sauna m (plural sauna's, diminutive saunaatje n)

sauna's (plural)
saunaatje (diminutive neuter)

Een deel der talrijke lichtbeelden had betrekking op Lönnrot en zijn beroemde Kalewala, en in verband daarmede kreeg de Sauna (badhuis) een beurt.

1926 January 26, “Lezing te Amsterdam van den heer Schuiling over Finland”, in Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, evening D edition, page 2:

Some of the numerous luminaries were related to Lönnrot and its famous Kalewala, and in connection with it, the Sauna (bathhouse) got a turn.


val

val m (plural vallen, diminutive valletje n)

vallen (plural)
valletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch val, from Old Dutch *fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz. Equivalent to a deverbal from vallen (“to fall”).


val

val f (plural vallen, diminutive valletje n)

From Middle Dutch valle, from Old Dutch falla, ultimately from the root of vallen (“to fall”), thus related to Etymology 1 above.


val

Probably of the same origin as walvis (“whale”), being the largest land fish.

any of its relatives in the family Siluridae


val

val m (plural vals, diminutive valletje n)

vals (plural)
valletje (diminutive neuter)

From Sanskrit वल्ल (valla), a word used for various grains and pulses, or for a unit of weight equal to 3 रक्तिका (raktikā). The explanation of latter meaning is that the रक्तिका (raktikā) is named after the seeds of Abrus precatorius, of which there are often 3 in a pod.

Wat de Spaansche Reaal aangaat / die drieënzeventig Vals weegt / men heeft 'er vier Mamoudiën en een halve voor / en een Mamoudi geld twintig Pechas; en in dezer voegen heeft men voor de Spaansche Reaal tnegentig [sic] Pechas: maar zij moeten / gelijk ik gezegt heb / goed zijn / en drieenzeventig Vals wegen.

1682, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, De zes reizen van den Heer J. Bapt. Tavernier, die hij, gedurende de tyt van veertig jaren, in Turkyen, Persiën, en in d'Indiën, langs alle de wegen, die derwaarts strekken, gedaan heeft [The six voyages of Lord J. Bapt. Tavernier, which he made during the period of forty years, in Turkey, Persia, and in the Indies, along all the roads leading thither], Amsterdam: Weduwe Johannes van Someren, page 12:

As for the Spanish real, which weighs seventy-three vals, one gets four and a half mahmudi for it, and a mahmudi is worth twenty paisa; and in this way one has ninety paisa for the Spanish real: but they should, as I was saying, be good, and weigh seventy-three vals.

(obsolete) an East Indian weight for silver and gold.


insekt

insekt m (plural insekten, diminutive insektje n)

insekten (plural)
insektje (diminutive neuter)


tra

tra c (plural tra's, diminutive traatje n)

tra's (plural)
traatje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch trā, trāde, from Old Dutch *trada, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“spoor, track”). More at trade.


chauffeur

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

sups (plural)
supje (diminutive neuter)
SUP (alternative)

From English SUP, short for standup paddleboard.


frigo

frigo m (plural frigo's, diminutive frigootje n)

frigo's (plural)
frigootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French frigo, apocopic form of réfrigérateur.


oxide

oxiden (plural)
oxides (plural)
oxyde (alternative)


pal

pal m (plural pallen, diminutive palletje n)

pallen (plural)
palletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle French pal, from Latin pālus. Cognate with paal.

catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way)


column

Borrowed from English column, from Middle English columne, borrowed from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Doublet of kolom and colonne.

der

a recurring opinion piece in a newspaper or magazine; a column


mat

nl-noun

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

matten (plural)
matje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: mat

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


mat

From Middle Dutch mat (“checkmate”), borrowed from Old French mat, borrowed from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”). Cognate to English checkmate.


nest

nl-noun

nest n (plural nesten, diminutive nestje n)

nesten (plural)
nestje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nes

Negerhollands: nest, nes

→ Papiamentu: nèshi, nèishi, nesji

From Middle Dutch nest, from Old Dutch nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą. Cognate with English, German Nest etc.

Het vogeltje bouwt zijn nest in het riet.

The little bird builds its nest among the reeds.

a nest (place to hatch young, especially bird structure)

Hij groeide op in een rood nest.

(colloquial) a nest (residence; retreat; hideout; home)

Kom uit je nest, ’t is hoogste tijd!

Wat een verwend nest!

(derogatory) a nasty, ill-behaving or pretentious child; a brat


joystick

joystick m (plural joysticks, diminutive joystickje n)

joysticks (plural)
joystickje (diminutive neuter)

(nautical) tiller extension (attachment to the tiller)


silo

silo m (plural silo's, diminutive silootje n)

silo's (plural)
silootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: silo

Borrowed from Spanish silo or French silo (itself from Spanish), perhaps from Latin sirus, from Ancient Greek σιρός (sirós); alternatively from Basque zilo, zulo.


enigma

enigma n (plural enigma's or enigmata, diminutive enigmaatje n)

enigma's (plural)
enigmata (plural)
enigmaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin aenigma, from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma).


eigenvector

From eigen + vector, calque of German Eigenvektor.


mier

mier f (plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)

mieren (plural)
miertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mier

Berbice Creole Dutch: mira

Skepi Creole Dutch: mira

→ Ambonese Malay: mir

→ Lokono: miri

→ Aukan: mila

→ Kupang Malay: mir

→ Sranan Tongo: mira

→ West Frisian: mier

From Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.


rest

rest f (plural resten, diminutive restje n)

resten (plural)
restje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: res

Negerhollands: rest

From Middle Dutch reste, from Middle French reste.


plat

plat n (plural platten, diminutive platje n)

platten (plural)
platje (diminutive neuter)

From Platduits. Cognate to German Platt n (“dialect”).

Kan jij plat praten?

2015, Frans Kellendonk. Verzamelt werk. 2nd ed. (as e-book; original 1st ed. printed 2015), Querido, 2015 (→ISBN; preview at Google Books)

The language is a Bordewijkian artificial language, the figures are not recognisable people, the dialect that they speak is a synthetic dialect. [Note: Bordewijk is a Netherlandic surename.]

De taal is een Bordewijkse kunsttaal, de figuren zijn geen herkenbare mensen, het plat dat ze spreken is een synthetisch plat.

(uncountable) dialect; one’s local dialect

a flat surface; particularly a (roof) terrace


bladder

bladder f or m (plural bladders, diminutive bladdertje n)

bladders (plural)
bladdertje (diminutive neuter)


baker

baker f (plural bakers, diminutive bakertje n)

bakers (plural)
bakertje (diminutive neuter)

(historical) a midwife; one who helps women in childbirth with deliveries


visum

visum n (plural visa or visums, diminutive visumpje n)

visa (plural)
visums (plural)
visumpje (diminutive neuter)

18th century as visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, plural of visum (“something seen”). The form was then relatinised yielding the contemporary singular in -um.

visa (permit for entering or leaving a country)


discriminant

discriminant m (plural discriminanten, diminutive discriminantje n)

discriminanten (plural)
discriminantje (diminutive neuter)


brada

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo brada (“brother”), ultimately from English brother. Doublet of broeder and broer.

Je bent m'n brada, m'n broeder, m'n broer tot het eind // Ook al zit je een tijd, ik zal daar voor je zijn

2017, “M'n Brada [My Bro]”, performed by Lijpe:

You are my bro, my brother, my pal until the end // Even if you do time, I'll be there for you

Ging nooit op vakantie brada, never zag ik stranden // Nu heb ik wieri al gefixt in Barca voor we landen

I never went on holidays bro, I never saw beaches // Now I have already fixed some weed in Barca before we've landed

(informal in Suriname, slang in the Netherlands) bro, friend

(Suriname) synonym of broeder (“brother (form of address to a man among members of the Moravian Church)”)


reis

reis f (plural reizen, diminutive reisje n)

reizen (plural)
reisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: reis

→ Russian: рейс (rejs)

From Middle Dutch rêse, reise, from Old Dutch *rēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu. Distantly related to English rise and raise. The form with -ei- is expected only in south-eastern dialects; several sources suspect that it was reinforced by Middle High German reise, modern German Reise.

Hij houdt van avontuurlijke reis naar exotische bestemmingen.

He loves adventurous travel to exotic destinations.

Reis verbreedt je horizon en verrijkt je leven.

Travel broadens your horizons and enriches your life.

We maakten een interessante reis door Europa.

We took an interesting trip across Europe.

De school organiseert een educatief reisje naar het museum.

The school is organizing an educational tour to the museum.


autobus

autobus m (plural autobussen, diminutive autobusje n)

autobussen (plural)
autobusje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: otobus

From English autobus or French autobus. Equivalent to auto + bus.


des

des f (plural dessen, diminutive desje n)

dessen (plural)
desje (diminutive neuter)


exploit

exploit n (plural exploiten, diminutive exploitje n)

exploiten (plural)
exploitje (diminutive neuter)
exploot (alternative)

→ Indonesian: eksploit

From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).

(law) a legal document which proves that another document has been handed over to a certain person


exploit

exploit m (plural exploits, diminutive exploitje n)

exploits (plural)
exploitje (diminutive neuter)


klipspringer

klipspringer m (plural klipspringers, diminutive klipspringertje n)

klipspringers (plural)
klipspringertje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: klipspringer
→ English: klipspringer

From klip (“rock”) + springer (“jumper”). Attested since the early 18th century.


springbok

nl-noun

springbok m (plural springbokken, diminutive springbokje n)

springbokken (plural)
springbokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: springbok

→ English: springbok

From springen (“to spring”) + bok (“buck, billy goat, antelope”).


dot

nl-noun

dot m or f (plural dotten, diminutive dotje n)

dotten (plural)
dotje (diminutive neuter)

A secondary form of dodde (“long, soft raceme, as of a cattail plant”), a word of uncertain but perhaps gibberish origin related to German Dutte, düttenkolb (“bulrush”), themselves linked to words like Zitze, Titte.

onomatopoeic

gibberish

een dot geld

darling, sweetie (almost always used in its diminutive form - dotje)


diameter

nl-noun

diameter m (plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n)

diameters (plural)
diametertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: diameter

Borrowed from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros). Equivalent to dia- + meter.


pais

(archaic outside of set phrases) alternative form of peis


bulldog

bulldog m (plural bulldogs, diminutive bulldogje n)

bulldogs (plural)
bulldogje (diminutive neuter)


rare

rare m (plural raren, diminutive rareke n)

raren (plural)
rareke (diminutive neuter)
raren (alternative Brabant)


kopje

(of cats) an act of rubbing one's face on someone or something to spread pheromones


database

database f (plural databases, diminutive databaseje n)

databases (plural)
databaseje (diminutive neuter)


fez

fez m (plural fezzen, diminutive fezje n)

fezzen (plural)
fezje (diminutive neuter)


cappuccino

cappuccino m (plural cappuccino's, diminutive cappuccinootje n)

cappuccino's (plural)
cappuccinootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino. Doublet of kapucijn.


gallon

gallon m or n (uncountable, diminutive gallons n)


geelwortel

geelwortel m (plural geelwortels, diminutive geelworteltje n)

geelwortels (plural)
geelworteltje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Papiamentu: gelewòrtel (“edible root of Daucus carota”), gelewortel, helewòrtel

From geel (“yellow”) + wortel (“root”), possibly a calque.

Curcuma longa
Curcuma longa#Translingual


senator

nl-noun

senator m (plural senatoren or senators, diminutive senatortje n)

senatoren (plural)
senators (plural)
senatortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: senator

From Latin senātor, ultimately from senex (“old”).


testament

testament n (plural testamenten, diminutive testamentje n)

testamenten (plural)
testamentje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: testament

→ Indonesian: testamen

Inherited from Middle Dutch testament, derived from Old French testament, derived from Latin testāmentum (“the publication of a will, a will, testament”).

der

testāmentum<t:the publication of a will, a will, testament>

der+

(law) testament (document containing a person's will)

(biblical) testament (part of the Bible)


chinchilla

nl-noun

chinchilla f (plural chinchilla's, diminutive chinchillaatje n)

chinchilla's (plural)
chinchillaatje (diminutive neuter)

chinchilla, rodent of the genus Chinchilla

long-tailed chinchilla
long-tailed chinchilla

lesser chinchilla, long-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera


kraken

kraken m (plural krakens, diminutive krakentje n)

krakens (plural)
krakentje (diminutive neuter)


kraken

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


keel

nl-noun

keel f (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje n)

kelen (plural)
keeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: keel

Negerhollands: keel

From Middle Dutch kēle, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.

Hij had last van een zere keel na het schreeuwen tijdens het concert.

He had a sore throat after shouting during the concert.

Als je een visgraat inslikt, kan het in je keel blijven steken.

If you swallow a fishbone, it can get stuck in your throat.

De zangeres heeft een prachtige stem die uit haar keel komt.

The singer has a beautiful voice that comes from her throat.


keel

From French gueule (“red throat of wild animals”), from Old French goles, plural of gole (“throat”), from Latin gula. Distantly related to Etymology 1 above.

der

(heraldry) gules, the blazoning term for the color red


cheat

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


buldog

nl-noun

buldog m (plural buldoggen or buldogs, diminutive buldogje n)

buldoggen (plural)
buldogs (plural)
buldogje (diminutive neuter)
bulldog (alternative)


biltong

biltong f (plural biltongen, diminutive biltongetje n)

biltongen (plural)
biltongetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Afrikaans biltong. Equivalent to bil + tong.


disco

disco m (plural disco's, diminutive discootje n)

disco's (plural)
discootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English disco. Equivalent to a shortening of discotheek.

(uncountable) Disco (genre of dance music)


seder

seders (plural)
sedariem (plural)
Seder (alternative)

(Judaism) seder (portion of the Torah or Mishnah)


skink

skink m (plural skinken, diminutive skinkje n)

skinken (plural)
skinkje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English skink, from Middle French scinc, from Latin scincus, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos).

a skink, any lizard of the family Scincidae


protocol

protocol n (plural protocols or protocollen, diminutive protocolletje n)

protocols (plural)
protocollen (plural)
protocolletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: protokòl

protocol (collection of rules and procedures)

protocol (book containing official documents)

protocol (official record of minutes or agreements)


opium

Afrikaans: opium

→ Indonesian: opium

→ West Frisian: opium

From Middle Dutch opium, from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós).


twist

twist m (uncountable, diminutive twistje n)

From Proto-Germanic *twistaz (“strife, quarrel”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Twist (“discord”), German Low German Twist (“strife; discord”), German Zwist (“turmoil; strife; discord”), Swedish tvist (“quarrel; dispute”), Icelandic tvistur (“deuce”), and English twist.


gibbon

gibbon, primate of the family Hylobatidae


frame

nl-noun

frame n (plural frames, diminutive framepje n)

frames (plural)
framepje (diminutive neuter)


grip

grip m (plural grippen, diminutive gripje n)

grippen (plural)
gripje (diminutive neuter)


judoka

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

judoka's (plural)
judokaatje (diminutive neuter)


zombie

zombie m (plural zombies, diminutive zombietje n)

zombies (plural)
zombietje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English zombie, from a Bantu language.


snorkel

snorkel m (plural snorkels, diminutive snorkeltje n)

snorkels (plural)
snorkeltje (diminutive neuter)

First attested in the 1949. Borrowing from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel. The German word was coined in the 1940s to describe the Dutch snuiver.

De snorkel stelt de duikboot in staat om onder water „adem te halen", en zodoende kan zij voor onbepaalde tijd onder water blijven.

1949 March 10, “De macht op zee”, in Amigoe di Curaçao, volume 65, number 5670, page 1:


jak

jaks (plural)
jakje (diminutive neuter)
yack (alternative)
yak (alternative)

From Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

yak, the ox-like Himalayan bovine, Bos grunniens


jak

jak n (plural jakken, diminutive jakje n)

jakken (plural)
jakje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: jakje (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch jak, borrowed from Old French jaque (“medieval doublet”). Cognate with English jacket.


yell

yell, a slogan to be shouted, especially in sports or games (e.g. by players, cheerleaders or the audience)


januari

Afrikaans: Januarie

Jersey Dutch: Januāri

Negerhollands: januarie, Januarie

→ Caribbean Hindustani: janwári

→ Indonesian: Januari

→ Papiamentu: yanüari

→ Trió: januari

From Latin Iānuāriī, genitive of Iānuārius.


februari

Jersey Dutch: Februāri

Negerhollands: februarie

→ Caribbean Hindustani: febrewári

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: Fébruari, Pébruari

→ Papiamentu: febrüari

→ Trió: feburari, pehpuwari

From Latin Februāriī, genitive of Februārius.


oktober

nl-noun

oktober m (plural oktobers, diminutive oktobertje n)

oktobers (plural)
oktobertje (diminutive neuter)
october (alternative)

Afrikaans: Oktober

Negerhollands: october

→ Caribbean Hindustani: aktobar

→ Indonesian: Oktober

→ Papiamentu: òktober

→ Trió: akëtopë

From Middle Dutch october, from Latin Octōber.


oligarchie

oligarchie f (plural oligarchieën, diminutive oligarchietje n)

oligarchieën (plural)
oligarchietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oligargie

→ Indonesian: oligarki


milieu

milieu n (plural milieus, diminutive milieutje n)

milieus (plural)
milieutje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: milieu

Maar turfwinning had een onbedoeld gevolg voor het milieu: bodemdaling en -erosie waardoor het waterbeheer een problematisch karakter kreeg.

2006, Hilde Greefs, Water Management, Communities, and Environment: The Low Countries in Comparative Perspective, C. 1000 - C. 1800, Academia Press, page 195:

But peat extraction had an unintended consequence for the environment: sinking and erosion of the soil which made water management problematic in character.

Mallet-Stevens stamde uit een gegoed milieu.

Mallet-Stevens came from a well-off family.


rank

rank f (plural ranken, diminutive rankje n)

ranken (plural)
rankje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ranc, ranke, from Old Dutch *ranca, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], probably ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hrinkwaną (“to curl, bend”). Cognate with Old High German hranca (German Ranke).

der

an object or ornamental pattern resembling a stem


pocket

a pocket book, a portable book of compact size, usually a paperback


schaduw

nl-noun

schaduw f (plural schaduwen, diminutive schaduwtje n)

schaduwen (plural)
schaduwtje (diminutive neuter)
schade (alternative)

Negerhollands: skat, shadyw

Skepi Creole Dutch: scadu

From Middle Dutch schaduwe, from Old Dutch scado, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu.


contact

contact n (plural contacten, diminutive contactje n)

contacten (plural)
contactje (diminutive neuter)
kontakt (alternative)

Afrikaans: kontak

→ Caribbean Javanese: kontag

→ Indonesian: kontak

→ Javanese: ꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦏ꧀ (kontak)

→ West Frisian: kontakt

Borrowed from French contact, from Latin contactus.

contact (someone with whom communication has been established)


surprise

surprise f (plural surprises, diminutive surprisetje n)

surprises (plural)
surprisetje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands) a gift wrapped in an ingenious or creative manner; often given anonymously during Sinterklaas celebrations in a similar way to secret Santa


mr.

abbreviation of meester, used by lawyers and notaries.


intellect

→ Indonesian: intélék

Borrowed from French intellect or Latin intellēctus.


bon mot

bon mot n (plural bon mots or bons mots)


camper

camper m (plural campers, diminutive campertje n)

campers (plural)
campertje (diminutive neuter)

a camper (recreational vehicle), a motor home


blogger

Borrowed from English blogger. Equivalent to bloggen + -er.


lier

lier f (plural lieren, diminutive liertje n)

lieren (plural)
liertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch liere, from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).


flop

flop m (plural floppen or flops, diminutive flopje n)

floppen (plural)
flops (plural)
flopje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: flop (“failure”)

Borrowed from English flop. See also flap.


diskette

diskette f (plural diskettes, diminutive diskettetje n)

diskettes (plural)
diskettetje (diminutive neuter)

(computer hardware) floppy disk, diskette


zeef

zeef f (plural zeven, diminutive zeefje n)

zeven (plural)
zeefje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sif

Negerhollands: siev

→ Caribbean Javanese: séf

From Middle Dutch seve, sef, from Old Dutch *sivi, *sif, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi.


slot

slot n (plural sloten, diminutive slotje n)

sloten (plural)
slotje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: slot

→ Indonesian: slot

→ Papiamentu: slòt, slot

→ Sranan Tongo: sroto, slotto

→ Aukan: sooto

→ Saramaccan: söoto

From Middle Dutch slot, from Old Dutch *slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą, related to the verb *sleutaną (“to lock”). Cognate with German Schloss and Schluss.


boxer

boxer m (plural boxers, diminutive boxertje n)

boxers (plural)
boxertje (diminutive neuter)


lipstick

lipstick m (plural lipsticks, diminutive lipstickje n)

lipsticks (plural)
lipstickje (diminutive neuter)


embryo

embryo n (plural embryo's, diminutive embryootje n)

embryo's (plural)
embryootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: embrio

Learned borrowing from New Latin embryo, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”).


kuit

nl-noun

kuit f (plural kuiten, diminutive kuitje n)

kuiten (plural)
kuitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kuit

Berbice Creole Dutch: kuiti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: koiti

From Middle Dutch cute (“spawn; fleshy body part, e.g. buttock, calf, back of the upper arm”). Cognate with Middle Low German kūte. Further origin unknown. Possibly related with kont (“buttocks”) or with Sanskrit गुद (guda, “entrails”).

inh

the corresponding part of a sock or stocking


kuit

→ Papiamentu: keit

Coordinate term: hom (“milt”)


fresco

nl-noun

fresco n (plural fresco's, diminutive frescootje n)

fresco's (plural)
frescootje (diminutive neuter)

From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of vers and fris.


pere

pere m (plural peren, diminutive pereke n)

peren (plural)
pereke (diminutive neuter)

Ik tegen m'n neefke: "Zeg, Viggo, bleitsmoel, gadis aan ave pere z'n broek hange jong, trezebees!"


gist

Afrikaans: gis

From Middle Dutch gest, gist, from Old Dutch *gest, *gist, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz.


plot

plot m or n (plural plots, diminutive plotje n)

plots (plural)
plotje (diminutive neuter)


plot

plot m (plural plots, diminutive plotje n)


pentagram

pentagram n (plural pentagrammen, diminutive pentagrammetje n)

pentagrammen (plural)
pentagrammetje (diminutive neuter)


soap

soap f (plural soaps, diminutive soapje n)

soaps (plural)
soapje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English soap. Doublet of zeep.


terrorist

terrorist m (plural terroristen, diminutive terroristje n)

terroristen (plural)
terroristje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: teroris

(derogatory, see usage note) a terrorist

(historical) a supporter of the French Reign of Terror


station

station n (plural stations, diminutive stationnetje n)

stations (plural)
stationnetje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: stasiyun, setasiyun

→ Indonesian: stasiun

→ Javanese: ꦱꦼꦠꦱꦶꦪꦸꦤ꧀ (setasiyun)

→ Sranan Tongo: stâsyon


mascara

nl-noun

mascara f or m (plural mascara's, diminutive mascaraatje n)

mascara's (plural)
mascaraatje (diminutive neuter)

From English mascara. Doublet of masker.


pus

→ Papiamentu: pus


barrel

barrel m (plural barrels, diminutive barreltje n)

barrels (plural)
barreltje (diminutive neuter)

standard oil barrel (barrel containing roughly 159 litres or 42 US gallons)

(informal) jalopy (dilapidated, old or mediocre vehicle; in Dutch also used of bicycles)


mong

(slang) mong, shortened version of mongool


moa

Borrowed from English moa, from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa.

moa (extinct bird of the family Dinornithidae)


laden

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


acne

→ Indonesian: akne

Borrowed from French acné, from New Latin acne, probably from Ancient Greek


charge

charges (plural)
chargie (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: sarsie


editor

nl-noun

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

editors (plural)
editortje (diminutive neuter)

editor (computer program to edit text documents)


collier

collier m or n (plural colliers, diminutive colliertje n)

colliers (plural)
colliertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French collier. Closely related to (but not a doublet of) kolder as in maliënkolder.


boiler

boiler m (plural boilers, diminutive boilertje n)

boilers (plural)
boilertje (diminutive neuter)


foyer

foyer m (plural foyers, diminutive foyertje n)

foyers (plural)
foyertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French foyer, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French foier, from Vulgar Latin *focārium, from Late Latin focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”).


strand

strand n (plural stranden, diminutive strandje n)

stranden (plural)
strandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: strand


record

record n (plural records, diminutive recordje n)

records (plural)
recordje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: rekor

→ Papiamentu: rekòr

Unadapted borrowing from French record, from English record, from Old French record.


record

record m or n (plural records, diminutive recordje n)

a record, something recorded on an electronic storage medium


col

col m (plural cols, diminutive colletje n)

cols (plural)
colletje (diminutive neuter)

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

(informal, chiefly Belgium) (clothing) collar


col

col m (plural collen, diminutive colletje n)

collen (plural)
colletje (diminutive neuter)

(informal, Belgium, sports) mountain pass


cider

cider m (plural ciders, diminutive cidertje n)

ciders (plural)
cidertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch sider, from Old French sidre, from Latin sicera.


haver

haver m (uncountable, diminutive havertje n)

Afrikaans: hawer

Jersey Dutch: hâver

→⇒ English: haversack

→ Papiamentu: haver

→ West Frisian: haver (dialectal)

From Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch *havara, from Proto-West Germanic *habrō, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. Cognate with Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.

any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena

(particularly) Avena sativa, the cereal oat


vest

vest f (plural vesten, diminutive vestje n)

vesten (plural)
vestje (diminutive neuter)
veste (alternative)


vest

vest n (plural vesten, diminutive vestje n)

vesten (plural)
vestje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis.


vet

Berbice Creole Dutch: fete

From Middle Dutch vet, from Old Dutch fētit, fet, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid, originally a past participle.


these

theses (plural)
thesen (plural)
thesis (alternative dated)

Borrowed from French thèse, from Latin thēsis, from Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis).


joint

joint m (plural joints, diminutive jointje n)

joints (plural)
jointje (diminutive neuter)

joint, marijuana cigarette (generally larger than a stickie)


eek

From Middle Dutch eec. Doublet of eik (“oak”).


bever

bever m (plural bevers, diminutive bevertje n)

bevers (plural)
bevertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bewer

From Middle Dutch bēver, from Old Dutch *bevar, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

(particularly) the European beaver, Castor fiber


salet

salet n (plural saletten, diminutive saletje n)

saletten (plural)
saletje (diminutive neuter)
zalet (alternative obsolete)

a salon, a small room where one receives guests

(obsolete) an upper-class party or similar formal meeting where one socialises; often of a type traditionally organised and attended by ladies, such as a tea party


wig

wig f (plural wiggen, diminutive wiggetje n)

wiggen (plural)
wiggetje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: wäx, wäxxi

From Middle Dutch wegghe, from Old Dutch *weggi, from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz.


rumba

rumba f (plural rumba's, diminutive rumbaatje n)

rumba's (plural)
rumbaatje (diminutive neuter)


target

target n (plural targets, diminutive targetje n)

targets (plural)
targetje (diminutive neuter)


glottis

Learned borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s).


wees

nl-noun

wees m or f (plural wezen, diminutive weesje n)

wezen (plural)
weesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wees

From Middle Dutch wêse, from Old Dutch wēso, from Proto-West Germanic *waiso, of uncertain origin, with no solid cognates outside of Germanic; possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”).
Cognate with German Waise, Middle Low German wêse, probably Old English *wāsa (in wuduwāsa).

an orphan, person or animal having survived both parents


underdog

underdog m (plural underdogs, diminutive underdogje n)

underdogs (plural)
underdogje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from English underdog.

ubor

underdog (competitor or someone at a disadvantage)


bard

Borrowed either from German Barde or English bard. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”). Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).


lei

nl-noun

lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)

leien (plural)
leitje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: lei (dated)

From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”).


level

level n (plural levels, diminutive leveltje n)

levels (plural)
leveltje (diminutive neuter)

(roleplaying games, video games) level (numeric value quantifying an ability, a character or an item)


mist

mist m (plural misten, diminutive mistje n)

misten (plural)
mistje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mis

From Middle Dutch mist, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.


transfer

transfer m or n (plural transfers, diminutive transfertje n)

transfers (plural)
transfertje (diminutive neuter)


palaver

palaver n (plural palavers, diminutive palavertje n)

palavers (plural)
palavertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Portuguese palavra. Doublet of parool, parabool, and parabel.


mix

nl-noun

mix m (plural mixen, diminutive mixje n)

mixen (plural)
mixje (diminutive neuter)


studio

studio m (plural studio's, diminutive studiootje n)

studio's (plural)
studiootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: stidio

→ Indonesian: studio

From Italian studio, from Latin studium. Doublet of studie and etude.

studio (place where radio or television programs, records or films are made)


loot

loot m (plural loten, diminutive lootje n)

loten (plural)
lootje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lote, from Old Dutch *lōt, from Proto-Germanic *lōda, related to *landa- and *leudaną (“to grow, sprout, shoot up”).

a sprout, shoot, stem etc. growing on an existing plant part

something originating, growing, developing from another


stereo

stereo f (plural stereo's, diminutive stereootje n)

stereo's (plural)
stereootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English stereo, shortening of stereophonic and a few other terms.


pylon

pylon m (plural pylonnen or pylonen, diminutive pylonnetje n)

pylonnen (plural)
pylonen (plural)
pylonnetje (diminutive neuter)


manja

Ultimately from Malay mangga. Cf. Sranan Tongo manya.

Mangifera indica
Mangifera indica#Translingual

(Suriname, Antilles) mango tree, Mangifera indica


dingo

Borrowed from English dingo, from Dharug dingu.

dingo, Canis lupus dingo (Australian wild dog)


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


guy

nl-noun

guy m (plural guys, diminutive guytje n)

guys (plural)
guytje (diminutive neuter)

Die guy aan de deur is geloof ik helemaal geen bouncer.

I don't think that guy at the door is a bouncer at all.


sucrose

From French sucre (“sugar”), derivation of Latin saccharum + -ose.


musket

musket n (plural musketten, diminutive musketje n)

musketten (plural)
musketje (diminutive neuter)


musket

hundreds and thousands
hundreds and thousands

hundreds and thousands, nonpareils, tiny sprinkles


mest

→ Caribbean Hindustani: mes

→ Caribbean Javanese: mès

→ Papiamentu: mèst, mest

From Middle Dutch mest, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-West Germanic *mistu, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz. Probably derived from *mīganą (“to urinate”) + *-þuz.
Cognate with Old Saxon mist, Old High German mist, German Mist, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus). More distantly related to Middle Dutch mes, mis, Old Saxon mehs, West Frisian mjoks, mjuks, Old English meox.


resort

a resort (place with recreational environment for holidays)


bounty

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

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

Refers to the Bounty candy bar, which is chocolate-dark on the outside, and coconut-white on the inside.

(slang, derogatory) A black person who acts and speaks like a white person.


cannabis

→ Indonesian: kanabis

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάννᾰβῐς (kánnăbĭs).

Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa#Translingual

Cannabis indica
Cannabis indica#Translingual

cannabis, plant of the genus Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica

cannabis, a drug made from parts of this plant


bint

→ Sranan Tongo: benti

From Middle Dutch bint, from older gebint.

heavy wooden beam, especially as part of a roof

several beams, forming the structure of a building or a roof


ark

ark f (plural arken, diminutive arkje n)

arken (plural)
arkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ark


yen

Borrowed from Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).


blackout

blackout m (plural blackouts, diminutive blackoutje n)

blackouts (plural)
blackoutje (diminutive neuter)


client

De client communiceert met de server om gegevens op te halen.

The client communicates with the server to retrieve data.

De gebruikersinterface van de client is eenvoudig en gebruiksvriendelijk.

The user interface of the client is simple and user-friendly.

De software moet zowel op de server als op de client worden geïnstalleerd.

The software needs to be installed on both the server and the client.


bouquet

bouquet n (plural bouquets, diminutive bouquetje n)

bouquets (plural)
bouquetje (diminutive neuter)
boeket (alternative)


serf

serf m (plural serven, diminutive serfje n)

serven (plural)
serfje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus.

a serf (semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him)


malaria

→ Caribbean Hindustani: maláriyá


aster

aster f (plural asters, diminutive astertje n)

asters (plural)
astertje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Named after the flower's semblance to a star.

aster, flowering plant of the genus Aster


mamba

Probably borrowed from English mamba or Afrikaans mamba, from Zulu imamba or Swazi mamba.

a mamba, venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis


perk

perk n (plural perken, diminutive perkje n)

perken (plural)
perkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch perc, from Old Dutch perk (attested in placenames), from Frankish *parrik, from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz. Compare also park and German Pferch.

a delimited piece of ground, e.g. a flowerbed


contract

contract n (plural contracten, diminutive contractje n)

contracten (plural)
contractje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kontrak

Negerhollands: kontragt

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kantrák

→ Caribbean Javanese: kontrak

→ Indonesian: kontrak

→ Papiamentu: kontrakt

→ West Frisian: kontrakt

From Middle Dutch contract, from Old French contract, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahō (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”).

Voordat we samenwerken, moeten we een schriftelijk contract opstellen.

Before we collaborate, we need to create a written contract.


export

Borrowed from English export. Equivalent to a back-formation from exporteren.


conflict

conflict n (plural conflicten, diminutive conflictje n)

conflicten (plural)
conflictje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: konflik

→ Indonesian: konflik

→ West Frisian: konflikt

Borrowed from Latin cōnflīctus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).


stemming

stemming f (plural stemmingen, diminutive stemminkje n)

stemmingen (plural)
stemminkje (diminutive neuter)

1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 23

Misschien morgen, ik ben vannacht niet in de stemming.

Maybe tomorrow, I am not in the mood tonight.

Het voorstel werd ter stemming voorgelegd.

vote, ballot (act or instance of voting)

De stemming was zuiver als een krols kattenkoor.

The tuning was as well-pitched as a choir of cats in heat.


wild

Afrikaans: wild

From Middle Dutch wilt, from Old Dutch wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.


helper

helper m (plural helpers, diminutive helpertje n)

helpers (plural)
helpertje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: helper

From Middle Dutch helpere. Equivalent to helpen + -er.

one who helps, gives aid; deputy, assistant, aide, flunky


rage

Borrowed from Middle French rage, from Old French rage, from Late Latin rabia.


opera

opera f (plural opera's, diminutive operaatje n)

opera's (plural)
operaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera, plural of opus.


team

team n (plural teams, diminutive teampje n)

teams (plural)
teampje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English team, from Middle English teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Doublet of toom.


baryon

Borrowed. Ultimately from Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús).


sport

nl-noun

sport f (plural sporten, diminutive sportje n)

sporten (plural)
sportje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: sport

→ Papiamentu: spòrt

→ West Frisian: sport

Borrowed from English sport, from Middle English sport, from Middle English sport, from older disport, from Old French desport. First attested in the 19th century.

Mijn buurman is dol op sport.

Darts is de gezondste sport op aarde.

Darts is the most healthy sport on Earth.

(countable) a sport; (uncountable) sports


sport

→ Papiamentu: spor, sport

From Middle Dutch sporte, metathesised form of sprote.


shag

shag m (uncountable, diminutive shagje n or sjekkie n)

shagje (diminutive neuter)
sjekkie (diminutive neuter)


plug

plug m (plural pluggen, diminutive plugje n)

pluggen (plural)
plugje (diminutive neuter)

From early modern plugge, from Middle Dutch *plugge, from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from the same source as plag (“cut-out sod”), itself considered to be from a substrate.
Despite being attested only very late, it has certain cognates in several other Germanic languages, including Middle Low German plugge, Middle High German plugge, Swedish plugg.

wall plug (used to hold nails and screws)


genre

Borrowed from French genre. Doublet of gender and genus.


codicil

codicil n (plural codicillen or codicils, diminutive codicilletje n)

codicillen (plural)
codicils (plural)
codicilletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch codicille, from Latin cōdicillus.


ouzo

ouzo c (plural ouzo's, diminutive ouzootje n)

ouzo's (plural)
ouzootje (diminutive neuter)


doen

De mensen zijn uit hun doen, maar schikken zich wel.

The people are outside of their routine, but do accommodate themselves.


triage

→ Indonesian: triase


anagram

anagram n (plural anagrammen, diminutive anagrammetje n)

anagrammen (plural)
anagrammetje (diminutive neuter)


imam

imam m (plural imams, diminutive imampje n)

imams (plural)
imampje (diminutive neuter)


Ecuadoraan

Ecuadoraan m (plural Ecuadoranen, diminutive Ecuadoraantje n)

Ecuadoranen (plural)
Ecuadoraantje (diminutive neuter)


kloof

kloof f (plural kloven, diminutive kloofje n)

kloven (plural)
kloofje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kloof

→ English: kloof

→ Papiamentu: kloof (dated)

From Middle Dutch clove, from Proto-West Germanic *klubō, from Proto-Germanic *klubô, related to *kleubaną (“to split, cleave”). Cognate with German Klobe, Kloben, Cimbrian khlóop.


hals

hals m (plural halzen, diminutive halsje n)

halzen (plural)
halsje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: hals

From Middle Dutch hals, from Old Dutch hals, from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz.

(narrow sense) the front side of the neck; throat


kris

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀ (keris), from Old Javanese kĕris, kris.

kris (Indonesian or Malay with a wavy blade)


cocktail

cocktail m (plural cocktails, diminutive cocktailtje n)

cocktails (plural)
cocktailtje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.


sax

sax c (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)

saxen (plural)
saxje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). The word also existed in the sixteenth century, but became obsolete and was borrowed again.


sax

nl-noun

sax m (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)

Borrowed from English sax or less probably a native formation from saxofoon.


pook

pook m (plural poken, diminutive pookje n)

poken (plural)
pookje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch poke, poken or Middle Low German poken (both from Proto-Germanic *puk-), which is probably imitative. See also English poke.

onomatopoeic

imitative

poker (stick to kindle the fire in a fireplace)


blind

nl-noun

blind n (plural blinden, diminutive blindje n)

blinden (plural)
blindje (diminutive neuter)
blinde (alternative)


aspect

aspect n (plural aspecten, diminutive aspectje n)

aspecten (plural)
aspectje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aspek

→ Indonesian: aspek

From Middle Dutch aspect, from Middle French aspect, from Latin aspectus.

(linguistics) aspect (grammatical category)


WikiWoordenboek

From wiki (“wiki”) + woordenboek (“dictionary”).


salvo

nl-noun

salvo n (plural salvo's, diminutive salvootje n)

salvo's (plural)
salvootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: salvo

Borrowed from Middle French salve, from Italian salva, from Latin salvē (greeting).


dancing

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dancing; compare Italian, Spanish and French dancing.


hostie

hostie f (plural hosties, diminutive hostietje n)

hosties (plural)
hostietje (diminutive neuter)

(Christianity) host (consecrated bread / wafer)


autodidact

From Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos).

der

αὐτοδίδακτος


emo

(uncountable) emo (form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional; esp. a style of pop punk or hardcore punk)

(countable) emo (individual associated with the above genres or subculture; young person who is considered to be over-emotional)


corgi

From English corgi, from Welsh corgi, a compound of cor (“dwarf”) and ci (“dog”).


parvenu

nl-noun

parvenu m or f (plural parvenu's, diminutive parvenuutje n)

parvenu's (plural)
parvenuutje (diminutive neuter)

parvenu (a social climber not accepted by his or her new milieu, often due to crassness)


alfabet

alfabet n (plural alfabetten or alfabets, diminutive alfabetje n)

alfabetten (plural)
alfabets (plural)
alfabetje (diminutive neuter)
alphabet (alternative dated)

Afrikaans: alfabet

→ Papiamentu: álfabèt, alfabèt

From Middle Dutch alphabeet, from Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).


pathos

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).


adobe

nl-noun

adobe m (plural adobes, diminutive adobetje n)

adobes (plural)
adobetje (diminutive neuter)


alp

alp m (plural alpen, diminutive alpje n)

alpen (plural)
alpje (diminutive neuter)
Alp (alternative)


clique

alternative spelling of kliek (“clique, coterie”)


angst

angst m (plural angsten, diminutive angstje n)

angsten (plural)
angstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: angs

From Middle Dutch anxt, from Old Dutch *angust, from Proto-Germanic *angustiz, an abstract noun derived from the adjective *anguz. Similar abstract noun derivations from an adjective are dienst and ernst. Cognates include Middle Low German angest, Old High German angust, Middle High German angest, German Angst, Old Frisian ongosta, West Frisian eangst. See also eng.


anode

anode f (plural anoden or anodes, diminutive anodetje n)

anoden (plural)
anodes (plural)
anodetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: anoda, anodê


anomie

First attested in 1749. Borrowed from French anomie, from Ancient Greek ἀνομία (anomía, “lawlessness”), from Ancient Greek ἄνομος (ánomos, “lawless”).

der

1749, Wilhelmus Peiffers, Agt korte t'zamenspraken; ingerigt tot onpartydig onderoek en genoegzame wederlegginge van de herrnhuttery, publ. by Gerardus Borstius.
Z. Het eene met het andere vergeleken levert uit de klaarſte blyken van Antinomie en Anomie.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


balk

nl-noun

balk m (plural balken, diminutive balkje n)

balken (plural)
balkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: balk

Negerhollands: balk

→ Caribbean Javanese: baleg, balok

desctree

→ Javanese: ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok)
→ Indonesian: balok

→ Malay: balak

> Indonesian: balak (inherited)

→ Papiamentu: balki (from the diminutive)

→ Saramaccan: báíki

→ Sranan Tongo: barki, balk

→ Caribbean Hindustani: barki

From Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch *balco, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô.

a section, icon et cetera in such rectangular shape


bibber

nl-noun

bibber m (plural bibbers, diminutive bibbertje n)

bibbers (plural)
bibbertje (diminutive neuter)


boa

boa m (plural boa's, diminutive boaatje n)

boa's (plural)
boaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: boa

From Middle Dutch boa, from Latin boa. The use for scarf derived from French boa.


bode

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.


cervix

cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)

cervixen (plural)
cervices (plural)
cervixje (diminutive neuter)

the cervix between the uterus and the vagina


coca

→ Indonesian: koka

Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.

coca, plant of the family Erythroxylaceae

(uncountable) coca, consumable leaves of these plants


corona

Borrowed from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of kroon and kruin.


corona

(informal, usually without definite article) coronavirus or coronavirus disease, particularly COVID-19

Veel bedrijven gingen failliet tijdens corona.

Many companies went bankrupt during the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic.

(informal, usually without definite article) the 2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic


chiton

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).


chiton

chiton (mollusc of the class Polyplacophora)


crux

Borrowed from Latin crux or English crux, in the phrase crux interpretum.

crucial or otherwise serious, difficult problem


dammer

dammer m (plural dammers, diminutive dammertje n)

dammers (plural)
dammertje (diminutive neuter)


dammer

Borrowed from Malay damar, from Proto-Malayic *damar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ.


delver

From Middle Dutch delvere. Equivalent to delven + -er.


dogger

dogger, fishing boat used for catching cod and haddock

(obsolete) cod and haddock fisherman who works from a fishing boat

(obsolete) tubular net or fish trap used for catching cod and haddock


duffel

duffel m (plural duffels, diminutive duffeltje n)

duffels (plural)
duffeltje (diminutive neuter)

English: duffel


dynamo

dynamo m (plural dynamo's, diminutive dynamootje n)

dynamo's (plural)
dynamootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English dynamo, from German dynamoelektrische Maschine.


eider

eider m (plural eiders, diminutive eidertje n)

eiders (plural)
eidertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Icelandic æðr or German Eider, the latter also derives from Icelandic.


eland

eland m (plural elanden, diminutive elandje n)

elanden (plural)
elandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eland
→ English: eland

From Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old Lithuanian ellenis.

(archaic, chiefly South Africa) common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx


elfin

elfin f (plural elfinnen, diminutive elfinnetje n, masculine elf)

elfinnen (plural)
elfinnetje (diminutive neuter)
elf (masculine)
elvin (alternative)


emmer

emmer m (plural emmers, diminutive emmertje n)

emmers (plural)
emmertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: emmer

→ Fwe: mà-hèmêrè (via Lozi)

→ Xhosa: i-emele

→ Yeyi: ìhèmérè

Jersey Dutch: äämer

→ Aukan: embele

→ Caribbean Javanese: èmbèr

desctree

→ Indonesian: ember
→ Petjo: ember
→ Ternate: ember

desc

→ Papiamentu: èmber, hèmber, èmer, hèmchi, èmchi

From Middle Dutch ēmer, emmer, emere, from Old Dutch *embar, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī. Possible doublet of amfoor.


emmer

Triticum dicoccon
Triticum dicoccon#Translingual


epoxy

Borrowed from English epoxy or natively shortened from epoxyhars (whence the dual genders derive). Equivalent to substantivisation of the prefix epoxy-.


filet

nl-noun

filet m or n (plural filets, diminutive filetje n)

filets (plural)
filetje (diminutive neuter)


fjord

fjord m (plural fjorden, diminutive fjordje n)

fjorden (plural)
fjordje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowing from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjǫrðr.


gage

→ Javanese: ꦒꦗꦶꦃ (gajih)

desctree

→ Malay: gaji
Indonesian: gaji, gadji (1901–1947, 1947–1972)
→ Ledo Kaili: gaji
→ Tausug: gadji

→ Dutch: katje

→ Petjo: gadji

wage for work performed (in particular for a performance by performing artists)


gala

nl-noun

gala n (plural gala's, diminutive galaatje n)

gala's (plural)
galaatje (diminutive neuter)

a ceremonial celebration, originally a ball (formal dance), now often a prom


ganger

From Middle Dutch gagnere. Equivalent to gang + -er.

(obsolete outside of compounds) a pedestrian


gaper

gaper m (plural gapers, diminutive gapertje n)

gapers (plural)
gapertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gapere. Equivalent to gapen + -er.

a figurehead with an open mouth used as the shop sign of a pharmacy


hap

hap m (plural happen, diminutive hapje n)

happen (plural)
hapje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: hap

→ Indonesian: hap

Possibly borrowed from French happer (“to bite, snap”), but both are ultimately imitative either way.

onomatopoeic

imitative

De hond nam er een hap van.

Ik heb wel trek in een warme hap.


holm

nl-noun

holm m (plural holmen, diminutive holmpje n)

holmen (plural)
holmpje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch holm, from Old Dutch holm, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *holm (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“small island, hill, mound”), from Pre-Germanic *kl̥Hmos, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“hill”).


ibis

nl-noun

ibis m (plural ibissen, diminutive ibisje n)

ibissen (plural)
ibisje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ibis, from Latin ibis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian hbj.


iris

iris f (plural irissen, diminutive irisje n)

irissen (plural)
irisje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin īris or Middle French iris (itself from Latin), from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

(anatomy) iris (coloured part of the eye)


jute

Borrowed from English jute, from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). The Dutch pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation.


kern

kern f (plural kernen, diminutive kerntje n)

kernen (plural)
kerntje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch kerne, from Old Dutch *kerno, from Proto-Germanic *kernô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-n-on-, *ǵr̥h₂nóm, related to *kurną (“corn, grain”).

(geology, astronomy) core (of the Earth, or any other celestial body)

1976, "Het eindexamen wiskunde II 1976", in Euclides. Maandblad voor de didactiek van de wiskunde. Orgaan van de Nederlandse Vereniging van Wiskundeleraren, vol. 52, issue 7, Wolters-Noordhoff, 274.

To be demonstrated: a k exists for which the image space and kernel of Aₖ coincide.

Te bewijzen: er bestaat een k waarvoor beeldruimte en kern van Aₖ samenvallen.

2005, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Vakantiecursus 2005. De schijf van vijf, 55.
Hij kijkt dus of het ontvangen woord in de kern van de matrix zit.

Therefore he checks whether the received word is contained in the matrix's kernel.

(politics, Suriname) party cell; group of activists of a political party at neighbourhood or village level


khan

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.

(historical) a khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler)

a khan (nobleman in various Central Asian countries)


kola

Borrowed from Latin cola (cf. Translingual Cola), from a West African language.


laster

Negerhollands: laster

→ Papiamentu: laster (dated)

slander, libel (untrue, injurious statement, either written or said)


lavabo

lavabo m (plural lavabo's, diminutive lavabootje n)

lavabo's (plural)
lavabootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French lavabo, from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”, verb).


lemma

lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive lemmaatje n)

lemma's (plural)
lemmata (plural)
lemmaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

der

(mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted proposition used in a proof)

(linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, dictionary form)


loge

nl-noun

loge f (plural loges, diminutive logetje n)

loges (plural)
logetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦗꦶ (loji)

→ Lokono: logie

→ Malay: loji

Indonesian: loji

→ Indonesian: losê

reception area, lobby (of a hotel for instance)


lolly

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

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


luxe

luxe m (plural luxes, diminutive luxetje n)

luxes (plural)
luxetje (diminutive neuter)


magma

Borrowed from Latin magma, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, “paste”).

Na de hypothesen van kapt. Laplace en Taye kort uiteengezet en op de verschillen bij hen gewezen te hebben, kwam spr. tot de gewone verklaring van de afplatting der aarde, door de aswenteling van een oorspronkelijk vloeibare aardmassa: het magma.

1886 June 26, “Wetenschappelijke mededeelingen”, in Jave-bode, volume 35, number 148, page 7:

Als nu de uitdampinge zuur begint te ruiken, dan laat het zagtjes uitdroogen, zo zal 'er een bruin Magma wegens de daarby zynde olie overblyven: Calcineert deze Magma zachjes in een smelt Kroes: en als het koud geworden solveert het gecalcineerde in zuiver water, filtreert en crystalliseert het Arcanum.

1746, “Arcanum Tartari”, in Bataviasche apotheek, page 33:


milt

milt f (plural milten, diminutive miltje n)

milten (plural)
miltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch milte, from Old Dutch *milta, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ.


ocelot

ocelot m (plural ocelotten, diminutive ocelotje n)

ocelotten (plural)
ocelotje (diminutive neuter)

From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).


octant

octant m (plural octanten, diminutive octantje n)

octanten (plural)
octantje (diminutive neuter)


palier

palier m (plural paliers, diminutive paliertje n or palierke n)

paliers (plural)
paliertje (diminutive neuter)
palierke (diminutive neuter)
paljee (alternative)


pas

pas m (plural passen, diminutive pasje n)

passen (plural)
pasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pas

→ Indonesian: pas

From Middle Dutch pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus.

pace, step; also as a measure of distance

fit of an object, notably depending on forms and/or dimensions


pas

Afrikaans: pas

→ Caribbean Javanese: layang pas

→ Indonesian: pas

→ Papiamentu: pas


patina

From Italian patina, itself from Latin patina (“dish, pan”). Doublet of pan and pateen.

patina: the color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green oxidation which covers aging coppers, bronzes, coins and medals


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”).

(boardgames, by extension) piece, pawn (generic player piece in boardgames resembling the pawn in chess)

(figurative) pawn (someone without control; one who is (easily) manipulated)


pleura

pleura f (plural pleura's, diminutive pleuraatje n)

pleura's (plural)
pleuraatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pleura, from Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ (pleurā́).

Meronyms: longvlies, borstvlies


pol

pol m (plural pollen, diminutive polletje n)

pollen (plural)
polletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pol

a bundle of plants, with the soil it stands on or that hangs from it


poller

poller m (plural pollers, diminutive pollertje n)

pollers (plural)
pollertje (diminutive neuter)


pomp

pomp f (plural pompen, diminutive pompje n)

pompen (plural)
pompje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pomp

→ Kwanyama: opomba

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: kompa, pompa, pompu

→ Indonesian: pompa

→ Japanese: ポンプ

→ Papiamentu: pòmp, pomp

→ Sranan Tongo: pompu

→ Aukan: pompu

→ Caribbean Hindustani: pompu

From Middle Dutch pompe, probably of imitative origin, similar to Middle Low German pumpen (“to stir water with a stick”). There may have been influence from Spanish bomba (“water pump”), itself ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Compare bom (“bomb”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

cog

(informal) clipping of pompstation (“petrol station, gas station”)


rabat

nl-noun

rabat n (plural rabatten, diminutive rabatje n)

rabatten (plural)
rabatje (diminutive neuter)

(forestry) heightened strip of land between ditches on which trees are planted


raster

raster n (plural rasters, diminutive rastertje n)

rasters (plural)
rastertje (diminutive neuter)


rotor

rotor m (plural rotoren or rotors, diminutive rotortje n)

rotoren (plural)
rotors (plural)
rotortje (diminutive neuter)


rune

rune f (plural runen, diminutive runetje n)

runen (plural)
runetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Rune, from Old Norse rún.


sabra

sabra m (plural sabra's, diminutive sabraatje n)

sabra's (plural)
sabraatje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus; Sabra”).

der

Dat blijkt op de avonden, als zij de nieuwe volksdansen uitvoeren: snelle, dynamische dansen, in het land ontstaan, die uiting geven aan de levensvreugd van de „sabra's”, zoals de in Israël geboren pionierskinderen met de naam van de stekelige vrucht van een inheemse cactusplant worden genoemd.

1953 December 2, “Het beloofde land. Nederlander is ook in Israel een gewaardeerde immigrant. Nieuw leven in de kibboets.”, in Het Rotterdamsch Parool, volume 13, number 283, page 4:


sachem

Borrowed from English sachem, from an Algonquian language.

IN July voorleeden is onze Gouverneur Ooſtwaart de Vrede met de Indiaanen weezen vernieuwen ; van 300 der zelve onder hun Hoofd Sachem Moxus en andere Sagomoren ontmoet ; aan dezen door hem in een opgeregte Tent, met een Koninglyke Standaard, betuigd , dat hy , ingevalle zy tot oorlog kwamen , 2200 Man vaardig had om op hen te vallen ; dat de Lord Cornbury , Gouverneur van Nieuw-Jork, de Mohowkons tegens hen zou opmaaken ; en dat hy gekomen was om uit henlieden te verſtaan , of zy voor de Vrede of den Oorlog waren.

1704 January, Europische Mercurius, Vol. 15, part I, pages 82 & 83:


sadist

nl-noun

sadist m (plural sadisten, diminutive sadistje n, feminine sadiste)

sadisten (plural)
sadistje (diminutive neuter)
sadiste (feminine)

→ Indonesian: sadis


sage

From Middle Dutch saghe, from Old Dutch *saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.


sago

a powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener

any of the palms or other plants from which sago is extracted


schema

schema n (plural schema's or schemata, diminutive schemaatje n)

schema's (plural)
schemata (plural)
schemaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: skema

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). The scientific sense is a semantic loan from French schéma.


schist

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


sepoy

nl-noun

sepoy m (plural sepoys, diminutive sepoytje n)

sepoys (plural)
sepoytje (diminutive neuter)

(historical) a sepoy, native soldier in the British East Indies, in particular British India


serum

→ Indonesian: serum


soma

soma ? (plural soma's, diminutive somaatje n)

soma's (plural)
somaatje (diminutive neuter)


sop

sop n (plural soppen, diminutive sopje n)

soppen (plural)
sopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sop

From Middle Dutch sop (“soup”), from Old Dutch *sop, from Proto-Germanic *suppą. In the sense “water with soap” it is a shortening of zeepsop.

Het ruime sop kiezen.

the sea in terms of somebody who will sail on it


spar

spar m (plural sparren, diminutive sparretje n)

sparren (plural)
sparretje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch sparre (“pole, beam”), from Old Dutch *sparro, from Frankish *sparro, from Proto-Germanic *sparrô. Cognate to West Frisian spjir.

spruce; certain tree of the family Pinaceae, especially of the genus Picea, but also used for trees of the genera Abies, Tsuga and Pseudotsuga


strop

strop m (plural stroppen, diminutive stropje n)

stroppen (plural)
stropje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: strop

From Middle Dutch strop, probably borrowed via Old French estrope (“snare”) from Medieval Latin stroppus, stropus (“band, strap”).


tapir

nl-noun

tapir m (plural tapirs, diminutive tapirtje n)

tapirs (plural)
tapirtje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Spanish tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.


tas

tas f (plural tassen, diminutive tasje n)

tassen (plural)
tasje (diminutive neuter)
tasch (alternative)

Jersey Dutch: tās, tos

→ Aukan: tasi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: tás

→ Kari'na: tasy

→ Indonesian: tas
→ Ternate: tas

From Middle Dutch tassche, tasche, from Old Dutch *taska, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *taska, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Compare Old High German tasca (modern German Tasche), Middle Low German taske, English tasse.


tas

tassen (plural)
tasje (diminutive neuter)

From French tasse, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās) (a shortening of طَسْت (ṭast)), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt).

(Belgium) cup (like a cup of coffee or tea)


tas

From Middle Dutch tas, tasse, from Old Dutch *tas, *tasso, compare Old English tas and English tass (from Frankish), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (“pile, heap”), Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”).


telex

nl-noun

telex m (plural telexen, diminutive telexje n)

telexen (plural)
telexje (diminutive neuter)


tensor

Ultimately or directly from Latin tensor.


vee

Afrikaans: vee

Negerhollands: vee

From Middle Dutch vêe, from Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). Cognate to English fee.

Het vee graast in de weide.

The livestock is grazing in the pasture.

De boerderij houdt vee voor zowel melk als vlees.

The farm keeps cattle for both milk and meat.

Ze handelen in vee, voornamelijk schapen en geiten.

They trade in livestock, mainly sheep and goats.


vis

vis m (plural vissen, diminutive visje n)

vissen (plural)
visje (diminutive neuter)
visch (alternative)

Afrikaans: vis

Berbice Creole Dutch: fesi

Jersey Dutch: väśe

desc

Negerhollands: visch, vesch, fes, fis, vis

→ Virgin Islands Creole: fis (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: fesi, fisse, fiche

Petjo: fis

→? Aukan: fisi

From Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

(uncountable) fish (quantity of the above seen as catch, product, meat)


wadi

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

der

(ecology, urban studies) rain garden, urban swale, bioswale (a shallow planted ditch for collecting stormwater runoff and allowing it to infiltrate into the ground)


struggle

nl-noun

struggle m (plural struggles, diminutive struggletje n)

struggles (plural)
struggletje (diminutive neuter)

struggle (strife, contention, great effort)


arrest

arrest n (plural arresten, diminutive arrestje n)

arresten (plural)
arrestje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: ares

Negerhollands: arrest

From Middle Dutch arrest, from Old French arest.

(law) confiscation ordered by a legal ruling

(law, historical) detention, confinement, especially after being arrested


troop

troop f (plural tropen, diminutive troopje n)

tropen (plural)
troopje (diminutive neuter)


arbiter

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.


banner

banner m (plural banners, diminutive bannertje n)

banners (plural)
bannertje (diminutive neuter)


biceps

biceps m (plural bicepsen, diminutive bicepsje n)

bicepsen (plural)
bicepsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: biseps

Borrowed from Latin biceps (“two-headed”).

De biceps en de triceps zijn elkaars antagonisten.

2007, C. A. Bastiaanssen, Anatomie en Fysiologie, page 387:

The biceps and the triceps are each other's antagonist.


brink

brink m (plural brinken, diminutive brinkje n)

brinken (plural)
brinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch brinc, from Old Dutch brink, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz.
Cognate with English brink.

village green, functioning as a central square

grassy edge or margin of a strip of land


cape

cape m (plural capes, diminutive capeje n)

capes (plural)
capeje (diminutive neuter)


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

Chef, halte hoor.

Driver, I'd like to get off the bus here.

(Suriname) A form of address to a working-class man


concert

concert n (plural concerten, diminutive concertje n)

concerten (plural)
concertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: konsert

→ Indonesian: konser

→ Papiamentu: kònsèrt

→ West Frisian: konsert

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto.


debacle

debacle f or n (plural debacles, diminutive debacletje n)

debacles (plural)
debacletje (diminutive neuter)
debâcle (alternative)


diabetes

→ Indonesian: diabetes

From New Latin diabetes mellitus, from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”), via the agent noun διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.


document

nl-noun

document n (plural documenten, diminutive documentje n)

documenten (plural)
documentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dokument

→ Indonesian: dokumen

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.


douceur

douceur m (plural douceurs, diminutive douceurtje n)

douceurs (plural)
douceurtje (diminutive neuter)

Ik heb als douceurtje bij de deal ook maar een fles goede wijn gegeven.

I added a bottle of good wine to the deal as a sweetener.

(generally in the diminutive) douceur, sweetener


douche

douche m or f (plural douches, diminutive doucheje n)

douches (plural)
doucheje (diminutive neuter)
does (alternative)

→ Indonesian: dus (“shower”)

Borrowed from French douche (“shower”), from Italian doccia (“shower”). See also does (“shower head”).


drab

drab f or n (uncountable, diminutive drabje n)

Uncertain, but probably related to Dutch draf (“dregs”) (from Proto-Germanic *drabaz). Compare Low German drabbe (“silt”).
First attested as Dutch drabbe (“sediment”) in 1599.


drift

Afrikaans: drif

From Middle Dutch drift, also dricht, from Old Dutch *drift, from Proto-West Germanic *drifti, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz. Equivalent to drijven (“to drive”) + -t (“verbal noun”).

suffix

strong and sudden upwelling of anger: a fit

deviation of direction caused by wind: drift


elite

Afrikaans: elite

→ Indonesian: elite

elite (group with a high or privileged status)


embargo

nl-noun

embargo n (plural embargo's, diminutive embargootje n)

embargo's (plural)
embargootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: embargo

→ Indonesian: embargo

Borrowed from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”).

embargo (order prohibiting ships from leaving port)

embargo (ban on trade with another country)

embargo (temporary ban or restriction on making certain information public)


equator

equators (plural)
aequator (alternative)
ekwator (alternative)

(formal) equator (great circle, equidistant from the poles, on Earth or another sphere)


etiquette

Borrowed from French étiquette (“property, label, ticket”), from Middle French [Term?].


extra

nl-noun

extra m (plural extra's, diminutive extraatje n)

extra's (plural)
extraatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin extra, influenced by French and Middle French extraordinaire.


extract

→ Indonesian: ekstrak

From Middle Dutch extract, from Latin extractum.


fanfare

Afrikaans: fanfare

a band consisting of brass, saxophone and percussion players


fauna

→ Indonesian: fauna

fauna, the animal life inhabiting an area

a book describing the animal life in a region


flap

flap m (plural flappen, diminutive flapje n)

flappen (plural)
flapje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch flabbe, probably ultimately imitative.

onomatopoeic

imitative


freak

nl-noun

freak m (plural freaks, diminutive freakje n)

freaks (plural)
freakje (diminutive neuter)


fret

fret m (plural fretten, diminutive fretje n)

fretten (plural)
fretje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch furet, fret, from Old French furet, from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus, diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).

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fret

fret m (plural frets, diminutive fretje n)

frets (plural)
fretje (diminutive neuter)

(music) fret, on the neck on for example a guitar


gang

gang m (plural gangen, diminutive gangetje n)

gangen (plural)
gangetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gang

Petjo: gang

→ Balinese: ᬕᬂ (gang)

→ Caribbean Javanese: gang

→ Indonesian: gang

→ Hokkien: 澗 /涧 (kàn, “narrow street”)

desc

→ Papiamentu: gang, han, hangetsji, hangetsje

From Middle Dutch ganc, from Old Dutch gang, from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

De oude stad heeft vele smalle gangen die toeristen aantrekken.

The old city has many narrow alleys that attract tourists.

Achter het huis is een smalle gang die naar de tuin leidt.

Behind the house is a narrow passageway leading to the garden.

Het gangetje tussen de gebouwen is moeilijk te vinden.

The small alley between the buildings is hard to find.

Zijn trotse gang maakte indruk op iedereen.

Ze heeft een elegante gang die opvalt.

She has an elegant walk that stands out.

De dokter beoordeelde zijn gang tijdens de fysieke beoordeling.

The doctor assessed his gait during the physical evaluation.

gait, walk (person's manner of walking or stepping)

De gang naar het zuiden was lang en vermoeiend.

The journey to the south was long and tiring.

Deze gang zal ons naar onbekende gebieden leiden.

This journey will lead us to unknown territories.

Elke gang brengt nieuwe avonturen en uitdagingen met zich mee.

Every journey brings new adventures and challenges.

De gang was verlicht met oude lantaarns.

Aan het einde van de gang is een deur naar de tuin.

At the end of the corridor is a door to the garden.

Het gangetje leidt naar de slaapkamers.

The small hallway leads to the bedrooms.

Het voorgerecht is de eerste gang van het diner.

The appetizer is the first course of the dinner.

Hoeveel gangen heeft dit feestelijke diner?

How many courses does this festive dinner have?

De chefkok bereidde een vijfgangenmaaltijd voor.


gap

nl-noun

gap n (plural gappen, diminutive gapje n)

gappen (plural)
gapje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English gap. Related to gapen, gaap, jaap.


geld

desctree

Afrikaans: geld
→ Sotho: tjhelete
→ Venda: tshelede

Jersey Dutch: xjäält, xält

Negerhollands: geld, gelt

Skepi Creole Dutch: galti

From Middle Dutch gelt, gheld, ghelt, from Old Dutch geld, from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).


glans

nl-noun

glans m (uncountable, diminutive glansje n)

Afrikaans: glans

From Middle Dutch glans (ca. 1400), from Middle High German glanz (“shine, lustre”), whence Modern German Glanz.

der

lustre, shine, shimmer, gloss, glistening


grief

nl-noun

grief f (plural grieven, diminutive griefje n)

grieven (plural)
griefje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch grief, from Old French grief, from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem.

(chiefly in the plural) grievance, complaint, bone to pick, issue


harmonica

Borrowed from English harmonica (“musical instrument made from hemispherical glasses”), coined by Benjamin Franklin as armonica based on Italian armonica, from Latin harmonica, feminine of harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”).

der

harmonica, mouth harp (portable wind instrument)

harmonica, glass harmonica (musical instrument made from hemispherical glasses)


hater

nl-noun

hater m (plural haters, feminine haatster)

Hater, hater, hou je snater.


hinder

From Middle Dutch hinder, from the verb hinderen.

Hij ondervindt veel hinder van de chronische ziekte.

He experiences much hindrance due to the chronic disease.


horde

horde f (plural horden or hordes, diminutive hordetje n)

horden (plural)
hordes (plural)
hordetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Horde; attested from the early 17th century.

a troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs


horde

horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)

horden (plural)
hordetje (diminutive neuter)
horre (alternative)

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)

any movable wattle screen or braided wooden lattice used for various purposes (as a wall, hurdle, shield, sieve or even raft)


ladder

ladder f (plural ladders, diminutive laddertje n)

ladders (plural)
laddertje (diminutive neuter)
leeder (alternative obsolete)
leer (alternative dated dialectal)

desctree

Afrikaans: leer
→ Sotho: lere
→ Xhosa: ileli

From Middle Dutch ladere, from Old Frisian hladder, hledder, hleder, hlērde, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō.

(clothing) a ladder, a run (length of unravelled fabric)