duw

duw m (plural duwen, diminutive duwtje n)

duwen (plural)
duwtje (diminutive neuter)
douw (alternative Netherlands informal)


stoot

nl-noun

stoot m (plural stoten, diminutive stootje n)

stoten (plural)
stootje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: stoot

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

a shocking interruption of a movement, shock

(informal) thrust (single penetrating movement of the penis during sex.)


stoot

stoot f (plural stoten, diminutive stootje n)

(slang) a chick (i.e. an attractive young woman)


schoolplein

schoolplein n (plural schoolpleinen, diminutive schoolpleintje n)

schoolpleinen (plural)
schoolpleintje (diminutive neuter)


toermalijn

toermalijn m (plural toermalijnen, diminutive toermalijntje n)

toermalijnen (plural)
toermalijntje (diminutive neuter)
tourmalijn (alternative)
tourmalin (alternative)
turmalijn (alternative)

Either directly from Sinhalese tóramalli 'carnelian', or via one of the cognates German Turmalin, Portuguese tormalina, English and French tourmaline.

(uncountable, gems) the silicate mineral tourmaline, in various colours


kleuter

kleuter m (plural kleuters, diminutive kleutertje n)

kleuters (plural)
kleutertje (diminutive neuter)

Etymology undetermined, no cognates known; compare peuter (“toddler”).

a child between the ages of four and six/seven years (before the onset of concrete operational thought)

a mature person who behaves most immaturely


neerslag

neerslag m (plural neerslagen, diminutive neerslagje n)

neerslagen (plural)
neerslagje (diminutive neuter)

De neerslag was erg zwaar gisteren.

Er wordt veel neerslag voorspeld voor dit weekend.

A lot of precipitation is predicted for this weekend.

De boeren zijn blij met de recente neerslagen.

The farmers are happy with the recent rainfalls.

de schriftelijke neerslag van zijn onderzoek.

the written elaboration of his research.


schap

schap n or f (plural schappen, diminutive schapje n)

schappen (plural)
schapje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch schap, from Old Dutch *skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap, from Proto-Germanic *skapą.


scheiding

scheiding f (plural scheidingen, diminutive scheidinkje n)

scheidingen (plural)
scheidinkje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: skeijing

From scheiden + -ing. Cognate to English shedding.

1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 36

'They are in the process of divorce ', I often heard family members whisper.

'Ze liggen in scheiding,' hoorde ik geregeld fluisteren in de familie.


scheidingslijn

scheidingslijn f (plural scheidingslijnen, diminutive scheidingslijntje n)

scheidingslijnen (plural)
scheidingslijntje (diminutive neuter)


lijn

lijn f (plural lijnen, diminutive lijntje n)

lijnen (plural)
lijntje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: leni, lin

→ Indonesian: lin

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

De lijnen in het schilderij waren erg lelijk.

The lines in the painting were very ugly.

a route, a line (of transport, especially of public transport and airlines)

Honden moeten in het park aan de lijn.

Dogs must be kept on a leash in the park.

Mijn kinderen zijn aan de lijn.

Hij hangt de broeken aan de lijn.

He is hanging the trousers on the clothesline.

Wie heb ik aan de lijn? Hallo, hallo?

(usually diminutive, slang) a line of drugs in powder form


streep

streep f (plural strepen, diminutive streepje n)

strepen (plural)
streepje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: streep

→ Caribbean Javanese: setrip

→ Indonesian: setrip

→ Papiamentu: strepi, streepi

From Middle Dutch strepe, from Middle Low German strepe, from Proto-Germanic *stripō(n) or *straipō(n), of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”).


koopman

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

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

Negerhollands: koopman

→ Papiamentu: koopman (dated)

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

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

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

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

The trader traveled to distant lands to trade exotic goods.

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

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


gymtas

gymtas f (plural gymtassen, diminutive gymtasje n)

gymtassen (plural)
gymtasje (diminutive neuter)


atheneum

atheneum n (plural athenea or atheneums)

Borrowed from Latin Athēnaeum, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναῖον (Athēnaîon).

(Netherlands) a type of secondary education which is in curriculum identical to a gymnasium except that it does not offer classes in Latin and/or Greek

(Belgium) a type of public secondary school


knop

knop m (plural knoppen, diminutive knopje n)

knoppen (plural)
knopje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: knop (“knob”)

→ Papiamentu: kònòpi, knoppi (dated)

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knappô, or a variant of it, one of many kn- words related to *knuttô (“a knot”).
Cognate with German Knopf and probably English knop. Also related with Dutch knob, knobbel, German Knubbel, which are cognate with English knob.

a button, control device to push etc.; metonymy: control, power to stop


rietje

→ Papiamentu: richi

Telkens Meneer het rietje greep werd het muisstil en voelden de schoolbanken keihard aan.

Every time Sir reached for the cane, it become earily quiet and the school benches felt awfully hard.

(euphemistic) cane, hickory, or other stick used for corporal punishment


weeksluiting

closing event for the previous week(s), during which the participants display or perform things or activities which they have worked during the past week(s): for example, several classes of the same level in a grammar school perform a weeksluiting at the end of a week, to close off a theme that had been worked on up to that point (with the teacher's guidance, of course)


bovenbouw

bovenbouw m (plural bovenbouwen, diminutive bovenbouwtje n)

bovenbouwen (plural)
bovenbouwtje (diminutive neuter)

the upper part, or superstructure, of a building

(education) the upper-level classes of a school, e.g. the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades of grammar school, or the last two school years of high school, in the Netherlands


onderbouw

onderbouw m (plural onderbouwen, diminutive onderbouwtje n)

onderbouwen (plural)
onderbouwtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: onderbouw

the foundational part of a construction (e.g. a building) which serves to support that which has been built upon it; as in infrastructure

(education) the lower-level classes of a school, e.g. the 1st and 2nd grades of grammar school in the Netherlands, or the first few years of secondary school in both the Netherlands and Flanders


middenbouw

the middle-level classes of a school, e.g. the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades of a grammar school in the Netherlands


keet

keet m or f (plural keten, diminutive keetje n)

keten (plural)
keetje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: keet, keetje

→ Papiamentu: keet, ket

From Middle Dutch kete, of uncertain origin.

a row, unruliness, especially in keet schoppen; rumble, frolicking

a salt container; a salt boiling installation


hulpmiddel

hulpmiddel n (plural hulpmiddelen, diminutive hulpmiddeltje n)

hulpmiddelen (plural)
hulpmiddeltje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: help-midlen

Compound of hulp (“help”) + middel (“means”).

aid, instrument, tool (material source of help)


hulp

hulp f (plural hulpen, diminutive hulpje n)

hulpen (plural)
hulpje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hulpe, from Old Dutch hulpa, from Proto-Germanic *hulpiz.

(especially the diminutive) helper, aide, assistant, sidekick (also in the masculine gender)


betekenis

betekenis f (plural betekenissen, diminutive betekenisje n)

betekenissen (plural)
betekenisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: betekenis

From Middle Dutch betêkenesse. Equivalent to betekenen (“to mean”) + -nis.

De betekenis van dit woord is "betekenis" in het Engels.

The meaning of this word is "meaning" in English.

De betekenis van dit symbool is onbekend.

De betekenis van dit gebaar kan verschillen in verschillende culturen.

The meaning of this gesture can vary in different cultures.

De betekenis van deze traditie gaat terug tot eeuwen geleden.

The significance of this tradition dates back centuries.

De betekenis van deze ontdekking kan de loop van de geschiedenis veranderen.

The importance of this discovery can change the course of history.


luchthaven

luchthaven f (plural luchthavens, diminutive luchthaventje n)

luchthavens (plural)
luchthaventje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lughawe

→ Indonesian: bandar udara (calque)

→ West Frisian: lofthaven (calque)

From lucht (“air”) + haven (“harbor, port”).

De luchthaven was erg druk vanwege het vakantieseizoen.

The airport was very busy due to the holiday season.

Ik haal je morgen op van de luchthaven.

I will pick you up from the airport tomorrow.

Het kleine luchthaventje bediende voornamelijk regionale vluchten.

The small airport mainly served regional flights.


passagier

passagier m (plural passagiers, diminutive passagiertje n)

passagiers (plural)
passagiertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle French passagier, from Old French passagier.

Coordinate term: bestuurder


thuisbasis

thuisbasis f (plural thuisbasissen or thuisbases, diminutive thuisbasisje n)

thuisbasissen (plural)
thuisbases (plural)
thuisbasisje (diminutive neuter)


zeeniveau

zeeniveau n (plural zeeniveaus, diminutive zeeniveautje n)

zeeniveaus (plural)
zeeniveautje (diminutive neuter)


eigendom

eigendom n (plural eigendommen, diminutive eigendommetje n)

eigendommen (plural)
eigendommetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch eigendom. Equivalent to eigen + -dom, compare German Eigentum.


eigendom

Afrikaans: eiendom

→ Indonesian: eigendom

Negerhollands: eegendom


rijkdom

rijkdom m (plural rijkdommen, diminutive rijkdommetje n)

rijkdommen (plural)
rijkdommetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rykdom

Negerhollands: riekdom

From Middle Dutch rijcdom, rijcdoem, from Old Dutch *rīkdōm, *rīktuom, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijadōmaz, equivalent to rijk + -dom. Cognate with English richdom.


aandeel

aandeel n (plural aandelen, diminutive aandeeltje n)

aandelen (plural)
aandeeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aandeel

→ Indonesian: andil

→ Javanese: ꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦭ꧀ (andhil)

→ Sranan Tongo: àndeil

From Middle Dutch andeel. Related to aandelen. Equivalent to aan (“on”) + deel (“part”). Compare Danish andel, German Anteil.

Iedereen leverde zijn aandeel bij aan het succes van het project.

Everyone contributed their share to the success of the project.

Elk teamlid had een belangrijk aandeeltje in het behalen van de overwinning.

Each team member had an important part in achieving the victory.

Hij kocht een paar aandelen van een technologiebedrijf.

He bought a few shares of a technology company.

De belegger heeft zijn aandelen verkocht toen de prijs steeg.

The investor sold his stocks when the price went up.

Het bedrijf heeft aangekondigd dat het nieuwe aandelen gaat uitgeven.

The company has announced that it will issue new shares.


krekel

krekel m (plural krekels, diminutive krekeltje n)

krekels (plural)
krekeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch crekel, possibly a diminutive of an older form kreke (“cricket”). Ultimately of imitative origin and related to the root of kraken (“to crack”), with the suffix -el. Related to kriek, English creak.

onomatopoeic

imitative


messing

→ West Frisian: messing

From Middle Dutch messinc, from Proto-West Germanic *massing.

De oude kandelaar was gemaakt van messing.

Messing wordt veel gebruikt voor het maken van muziekinstrumenten.

Brass is commonly used for making musical instruments.

De deurklink was prachtig versierd met messing.

The door handle was beautifully decorated with brass.


aandeelhouder

nl-noun

aandeelhouder m (plural aandeelhouders, diminutive aandeelhoudertje n, feminine aandeelhoudster)

aandeelhouders (plural)
aandeelhoudertje (diminutive neuter)
aandeelhoudster (feminine)

Compound of aandeel (“share”) + houder (“holder”).


plicht

plicht f (plural plichten, diminutive plichtje n)

plichten (plural)
plichtje (diminutive neuter)
pligt (alternative obsolete)

Negerhollands: plicht

→ Papiamentu: ple (dated)

From Middle Dutch plicht, from Old Dutch *pliht, from Proto-West Germanic *plihti. Equivalent to plegen (“to commit”) + -t (“verbal noun”).

suffix

Rechten en plichten.

De plicht roept.

Het is jouw plicht als burger om te stemmen.

Het naleven van de wetten is ieders plicht.

Abiding by the laws is a duty for everyone.


comité

nl-noun

comité n (plural comités, diminutive comiteetje n)

comités (plural)
comiteetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: komite

Borrowed from French comité, from English committee, from Middle English [Term?].


etiket

etiket n (plural etiketten, diminutive etiketje n)

etiketten (plural)
etiketje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: etiket

→ Indonesian: etiket


oogappel

oogappel m (plural oogappels, diminutive oogappeltje n)

oogappels (plural)
oogappeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oogappel

From Middle Dutch ogeappel, from Old Dutch *ougappul, from Proto-West Germanic *augapl. Equivalent to oog + appel. Related to German Augapfel (“eyeball”).

apple of someone's eye
apple of someone's eye

apple of someone's eye (someone or something dear)

the circular central area of the human eye formed by the iris together with the pupil


ooglid

ooglid n (plural oogleden, diminutive ooglidje n)

oogleden (plural)
ooglidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ooglid

From Middle Dutch ôgelit. Equivalent to oog (“eye”) + lid (“cover, lid”).


korst

korst f (plural korsten, diminutive korstje n)

korsten (plural)
korstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kors

Negerhollands: krost

From Middle Dutch corste, from Latin crusta.

a crust, a scab (hard, often flaky outer layer)


raap

raap m (plural rapen, diminutive raapje n)

rapen (plural)
raapje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: raap (dated)

From Middle Dutch rape, from Latin rāpum.

De overvallers schoten de kassamedewerker voor zijn raap.

The robbers shot the cashier in his bonce.


fietsen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


lans

nl-noun

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

lansen (plural)
lansje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: lants, lanzet

→ Saramaccan: lánza

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


vloek

vloek m (plural vloeken, diminutive vloekje n)

vloeken (plural)
vloekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vloek

Negerhollands: vloek, vluek

→ Sranan Tongo: fluku

From Middle Dutch vloec, from Old Dutch fluok.


klei

Afrikaans: klei

Berbice Creole Dutch: klei

→ Caribbean Javanese: klèi

→ Papiamentu: klei

From Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). Compare German Klei, English clay.


drol

nl-noun

drol m (plural drollen, diminutive drolletje n)

drollen (plural)
drolletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: drol

→ Papiamentu: dròl


drol

From Middle Dutch drolle. Possibly borrowed from a German lect. Doublet of trol.

(obsolete) mythological giant or evil spirit


schors

schors f or m (plural schorsen, diminutive schorsje n)

schorsen (plural)
schorsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skors

From Middle Dutch scorce, from Old French escorce (modern écorce), itself from Medieval Latin scorcia, from Latin scortea.

a similar exterior tissue or layer, peel or crust, e.g. on an organ

(figuratively) one's or something's appearance; a cover

(by extension) another rough and/or protective exterior or ice


schors

schorsen (plural)
schorsje (diminutive neuter)
schort (alternative)
schorse (alternative also obsolete)

From schorsen; cognate with English skirt.


vezel

vezel f or m (plural vezels, diminutive vezeltje n)

vezels (plural)
vezeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vesel

From Middle Dutch *vesele (from which veselen), from vese + -ele. Equivalent to vees + -el. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fasō (“fiber”), see Old High German faso.

a fibre (Commonwealth); fiber (US) (single piece/strand of fabric or other material)


souterrain

souterrain n (plural souterrains, diminutive souterraintje n)

souterrains (plural)
souterraintje (diminutive neuter)


cordon sanitaire

cordon sanitaire n (plural cordon sanitaires, diminutive cordon sanitairtje n)

cordon sanitaires (plural)
cordon sanitairtje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from French cordon sanitaire.

ubor

cordon sanitaire
cordon sanitaire#English

cordon sanitaire (barrier to prevent the spread of disease)

(figuratively) cordon sanitaire (barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable)

(Belgium, politics) the agreement amongst Belgian political parties to not govern with the party Vlaams Belang


laars

nl-noun

laars f (plural laarzen, diminutive laarsje n)

laarzen (plural)
laarsje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: laars

→ Kari'na: rarsy

→ Papiamentu: lars, lers, leers

From Middle Dutch leerse, laerse, from syncope of unattested *lederse, contracted from *lederhose, from leder + hose. Compare German Lederhose (from which is borrowed the doublet lederhose), where no contraction occurred.


stoephoer

stoephoer f (plural stoephoeren, diminutive stoephoertje n)

stoephoeren (plural)
stoephoertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of stoep (“pavement, sidewalk”) + hoer (“whore”).

compound

(vulgar, derogatory, offensive) A highly pejorative term for a woman.

(vulgar, uncommon) street whore, streetwalker (a prostitute who operates in public areas)


duim

nl-noun

duim m (plural duimen, diminutive duimpje n)

duimen (plural)
duimpje (diminutive neuter)
dom (alternative)

Afrikaans: duim

Negerhollands: tompi

→ Aukan: doin

→ Caribbean Hindustani: doi

→ Caribbean Javanese: dim

→ Indonesian: dim

→ Papiamentu: dùim, duim

→ Russian: дюйм (djujm)

From Middle Dutch dume, from Old Dutch *thūmo, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.
Compare West Frisian tomme, Low German Dumen, German Daumen, English thumb, Danish tomme, Swedish tumme.

Coordinate term: heng

pintle (jointed pivot of a hinge, consisting of the pin and the non-moving leaf)


souter

souter m (plural souters, diminutive soutertje n)

souters (plural)
soutertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch souter (which existed alongside forms such as psalter and seltre), possibly with L-vocalization from Old Dutch psaltere, psaltare, from Latin psalterium (possibly by way of a Proto-West Germanic *psalterī), ultimately from Ancient Greek ψᾰλτήρῐον (psăltḗrĭon).
Alternatively, the Middle Dutch forms with L-vocalization (a regular sound found also in e.g. Middle Dutch sout, from Old Dutch *salt) may not represent a Middle Dutch development from Old Dutch but rather a borrowing from Old French forms that feature -aut-, such as sautier.
Doublet of psalter, psalterie, and psalterium.


habitus

nl-noun

habitus m (plural habitussen or habitus)

→ Indonesian: habitus

Borrowed from Latin habitus (“habit”), a noun based on habeō (“have; maintain”).

general physical appearance such as shape of the body

(botany) general appearance and/or behaviour of a plant


gezegen

Bovendien maakt thans òf de ongeloovige geest des predikants, òf die van het echtpaar, òf van het gehoor, òf zelfs van allen, die bij het sluiten van den echt betrokken zijn, dat geheele gebed en al dat gezegen dikwerf tot eene zoetsappige huichelarij.

1874, H. J. J. Prenger, “Eene huwelijksplechtigheid volgens den ritus der Russische Kerk”, in De Katholiek, number 66, pages 91–92:


postulant

→ Indonesian: postulan


overmantel

overmantel m (plural overmantels, diminutive overmanteltje n)

overmantels (plural)
overmanteltje (diminutive neuter)

an overcoat, a coat worn over another coat or worn over one's other clothes


interferon

(biochemistry) interferon (any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells)


makreel

makreel m (plural makrelen, diminutive makreeltje n)

makrelen (plural)
makreeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: makrell

From Middle Dutch makereel, from Old French maquerel.

Scomber scombrus
Scomber scombrus#Translingual


kolonel

kolonel m (plural kolonels, diminutive kolonelletje n)

kolonels (plural)
kolonelletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kolonel

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

der

(printing, dated) a size of type between insertio and petit, standardized as 7 point


stenen

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


zelfstandige naamwoorden

zelfstandig naamwoord
zelfstandig naamwoord#Dutch


bijvoeglijke naamwoorden

bijvoeglijk naamwoord
bijvoeglijk naamwoord#Dutch


kak

Berbice Creole Dutch: kaka

Negerhollands: kaka, koka

From Middle Dutch cac, deverbal from cacken; see kakken. Compare English cack.


bewerking

nl-noun

bewerking f (plural bewerkingen, diminutive bewerkinkje n)

bewerkingen (plural)
bewerkinkje (diminutive neuter)

/bəˈʋɛr.kɪŋ/

Die onzinnige bewerking heb ik ongedaan gemaakt.

Delen is de moeilijkste van de vier elementaire bewerkingen.

Division is the hardest of the four elementary operations.


bezorging

bezorging f (plural bezorgingen, diminutive bezorginkje n)

bezorgingen (plural)
bezorginkje (diminutive neuter)

/bəˈzɔr.ɣɪŋ/

From Middle Dutch besorginge. Equivalent to bezorgen + -ing.

(archaic) execution, the act of fulfilling


tentoonstelling

tentoonstelling f (plural tentoonstellingen, diminutive tentoonstellinkje n)

tentoonstellingen (plural)
tentoonstellinkje (diminutive neuter)

De tentoonstelling trok veel bezoekers.

exposition (e.g. in a museum), exhibition


gouverneur

gouverneur m (plural gouverneurs, diminutive gouverneurtje n)

gouverneurs (plural)
gouverneurtje (diminutive neuter)
goeverneur (alternative)

Afrikaans: goewerneur

Negerhollands: guwerneer

→ Lokono: gouverneur

→ Indonesian: gubernur

From Middle Dutch gouverneur, borrowed from Middle French gouverneur.


doorzettingsvermogen

Haar doorzettingsvermogen is grenzeloos.


markies

markies m (plural markiezen, diminutive markiesje n)

markiezen (plural)
markiesje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch marchijs, from Old French marquis, from Italian marchese.


markies

an awning (type of shade in front of window)


handleiding

handleiding f (plural handleidingen, diminutive handleidinkje n)

handleidingen (plural)
handleidinkje (diminutive neuter)

From hand (“hand”) + leiding (“guidance”).


verachting

From verachten (“despise”) + -ing (“-ation, -ing, -ment”).


garen

nl-noun

garen n (plural garens, diminutive garentje n)

garens (plural)
garentje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: gari

Negerhollands: gaarn, garen

From Middle Dutch garen, from Old Dutch *garn, from Proto-West Germanic *garn.


tuinman

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

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

Afrikaans: tuinman


dodental

From dode (“death, deceased person”) + -n- + tal (“number, amount”).

compound

Het dodental van de ramp ligt boven de honderd.

The number of deaths as a result of the disaster exceeds one hundred.

death toll, number of deaths, death tally


eerlijkheid

Negerhollands: eerlikheit

From Middle Dutch êerlijcheit. Equivalent to eerlijk + -heid.

Je eerlijkheid is te prijzen.

De eerlijkheid gebiedt te zeggen dat ...


pseudoniem

nl-noun

pseudoniem n (plural pseudoniemen, diminutive pseudoniempje n)

pseudoniemen (plural)
pseudoniempje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: pseudonim

Hij schreef dit onder pseudoniem.


paradijs

paradijs n (plural paradijzen, diminutive paradijsje n)

paradijzen (plural)
paradijsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: paradys

Negerhollands: paradis

→ Papiamentu: paradeis, paradijs

→ West Frisian: paradys

From Middle Dutch paradijs, from Old Dutch paradīs, borrowed from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.


schandaal

schandaal n (plural schandalen, diminutive schandaaltje n)

schandalen (plural)
schandaaltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: skandal

→ Papiamentu: skandal, schandaal

From Middle Dutch schandele, from Latin scandalum, from Ancient Greek σκᾰ́νδᾰλον (skắndălon). In early Modern Dutch the word was influenced by Middle French scandale, leading to stress on the final syllable with a full vowel.


waarschuwing

waarschuwing f (plural waarschuwingen, diminutive waarschuwinkje n)

waarschuwingen (plural)
waarschuwinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: waarskuwing

Negerhollands: waarskouwing, waerskowing

From Middle Dutch waerschuwinge. Equivalent to waarschuwen (“warn”) + -ing (“-ing”).

Hij sloeg onze waarschuwingen in de wind.


recensent

recensent m (plural recensenten, diminutive recensentje n)

recensenten (plural)
recensentje (diminutive neuter)

Probably borrowed from German Rezensent. Ultimately from Latin recēnsēns, past participle of recēnsēre.


misbruik

→ Indonesian: salah guna (calque)

From Middle Dutch misbruuc. Equivalent to mis- + bruik.


misverstand

misverstand n (plural misverstanden, diminutive misverstandje n)

misverstanden (plural)
misverstandje (diminutive neuter)

Er moet sprake zijn van een misverstand!


regenwoud

regenwoud n (plural regenwouden, diminutive regenwoudje n)

regenwouden (plural)
regenwoudje (diminutive neuter)

From regen + woud, a calque of German Regenwald.


minderheid

minderheid f (plural minderheden, diminutive minderheidje n)

minderheden (plural)
minderheidje (diminutive neuter)

Een kleine minderheid van onze klanten is ontevreden.

A small minority of our customers is dissatisfied.

Etnische minderheden worden onderdrukt.


jager

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

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

→ Lokono: jagernu

→ Papiamentu: jager (dated)

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

(nautical, military) destroyer (type of warship)

(aviation, military) fighter, combat aeroplane

(military) jaeger, light infantry rifleman, ranger

skua, any bird of the genus Stercorarius


beschrijving

beschrijving f (plural beschrijvingen, diminutive beschrijvinkje n)

beschrijvingen (plural)
beschrijvinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bescrivinge. Equivalent to beschrijven + -ing.


voorbereiding

voorbereiding f (plural voorbereidingen, diminutive voorbereidinkje n)

voorbereidingen (plural)
voorbereidinkje (diminutive neuter)

From voorbereid (“stem of voorbereiden”) + -ing.

suffix

stem of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">voorbereiden</i>


marktaandeel

nl-noun

marktaandeel n (plural marktaandelen, diminutive marktaandeeltje n)

marktaandelen (plural)
marktaandeeltje (diminutive neuter)


wandeling

wandeling f (plural wandelingen, diminutive wandelingetje n)

wandelingen (plural)
wandelingetje (diminutive neuter)

Op mijn dagelijkse wandeling kwam ik haar tegen.


welbevinden

well-being, in particular good health or a good condition


onheil

From Middle Dutch onheil. Equivalent to on- + heil.


opvarende

Nominalization of the adjective opvarend, from the verb opvaren.

Alle opvarenden konden worden gered.

person on board of a ship, covering both crew and passengers


regenseizoen

Het regenseizoen duurt hier van mei tot oktober.

The wet season here is from May to October.


heldendom

From held (“hero”) + -en- + -dom (“-ness”).


gedrocht

gedrocht n (plural gedrochten, diminutive gedrochtje n)

gedrochten (plural)
gedrochtje (diminutive neuter)
gedrochte (alternative obsolete)
gedrogt (alternative obsolete)
gedrogte (alternative obsolete)
ghedrocht (alternative obsolete)
ghedrochte (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: gedrog

From Middle Dutch gedrochte, ghedrochte (“apparition, vision”).

Dat gebouw is een gedrocht.

monstrosity, monster, something or someone very ugly


berichten

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


metallurgie

nl-noun

metallurgie f (plural metallurgies, diminutive metallurgietje n)

metallurgies (plural)
metallurgietje (diminutive neuter)

metallurgy, the science and technology of metals


dooier

dooier m (plural dooiers, diminutive dooiertje n)

dooiers (plural)
dooiertje (diminutive neuter)
dojer (alternative obsolete)
dooijer (alternative obsolete)

→ Papiamentu: dor, dojer (Aruba)

From Middle Dutch doder, from Old Dutch *dodro, from Proto-West Germanic *dodrō.

De dooier brak toen ik het ei opende.

The yolk broke when I cracked the egg open.

Het verschil tussen dooier en eiwit is duidelijk zichtbaar.

The difference between the yolk and egg white is clearly visible.

Deze taart vraagt om vier dooiers.


eigeel

eigeel n (plural eigelen, diminutive eigeeltje n)

eigelen (plural)
eigeeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of ei (“egg”) + geel (“yellow”).

Het eigeel heeft een rijke gele kleur.

Om de saus romiger te maken, voegde ze een eigeel toe.

To make the sauce creamier, she added an egg yolk.

Ik gebruikte twee eigelen voor de custard.


vuurzee

vuurzee f (plural vuurzeeën, diminutive vuurzeetje n)

vuurzeeën (plural)
vuurzeetje (diminutive neuter)


ketter

ketter m (plural ketters, diminutive kettertje n)

ketters (plural)
kettertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ketter, from Latin catharus (“Cathar”), from Ancient Greek καθαροί (katharoí, “the pure”), originally used by practitioners of Novatianism in relation to themselves.


flits

nl-noun

flits m (plural flitsen, diminutive flitsje n)

flitsen (plural)
flitsje (diminutive neuter)

Een lach van jou maakt in een flits mijn dag weer beter.

Your smile makes my day better again in an instant.

brief but intense radiation from a flashtube


ecocide

ecocide f (plural ecocides, diminutive ecocidetje n)

ecocides (plural)
ecocidetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English ecocide. Equivalent to eco- + -cide.


regiolect

regiolect n (plural regiolecten, diminutive regiolectje n)

regiolecten (plural)
regiolectje (diminutive neuter)

Blend of regio + dialect, possibly influenced by English. The sense is that of German Regiolekt.

a colloquial variety of a standard language spoken in a particular region and influenced by the native dialect (thus an intermediate form between standard and dialect)


vlinder

vlinder m (plural vlinders, diminutive vlindertje n)

vlinders (plural)
vlindertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vlinder

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fî-faldrôn (“flying, folding”), from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ (“butterfly”). If so, related to Faroese firvaldur and German Falter.
Compare obsolete or dialectal English flinder.

der

butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera


eelt

From Middle Dutch *ēle, *ēelde, from Old Dutch *ili, from Proto-Germanic *ili (“sole of the foot”).


art nouveau

Unadapted borrowing from French art nouveau.


hoest

nl-noun

hoest m (uncountable, diminutive hoestje n)

From Middle Dutch hoeste, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *hwōstō, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.


kuch

kuch m (plural kuchen, diminutive kuchje n)

kuchen (plural)
kuchje (diminutive neuter)


pièce de résistance

pièce de résistance n (plural pièces de résistance)

Borrowed from French pièce de résistance.

the best achievement of an author or artist, representing their major life effort


ontslag

ontslag n (plural ontslagen, diminutive ontslagje n)

ontslagen (plural)
ontslagje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: ontslakh

→ Indonesian: onslah

→ Papiamentu: òntslag

De Britse socialistische premier Gordon Brown biedt zijn ontslag aan bij koningin Elizabeth II.

The British socialist prime minister Gordon Brown offers his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II.


vlo

vlo f (plural vlooien, diminutive vlooitje n or vlootje n)

vlooien (plural)
vlooitje (diminutive neuter)
vlootje (diminutive neuter)
vloo (alternative archaic)
vlooi (alternative dialectal)

Afrikaans: vlooi

From Middle Dutch vlô, from Old Dutch *flō, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plówkos, a variant of *plúsis (“flea”).

a flea, insect of the order Siphonaptera


coureur

coureur m (plural coureurs, diminutive coureurtje n)

coureurs (plural)
coureurtje (diminutive neuter)


beseffen

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


besef

nl-noun

besef n (plural beseffen, diminutive besefje n)

beseffen (plural)
besefje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: besef

→ Papiamentu: besef


aanvoerder

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

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

Feyenoord was de aanvoerder van de competitie. Waarschijnlijk zullen ze kampioen worden.

Feyenoord was the leader of the competition. They will probably become champions.

Jens Toornstra is de nieuwe aanvoerder van Feyenoord.

Jens Toornstra is the new captain of Feyenoord.


trommelvlies

trommelvlies n (plural trommelvliezen, diminutive trommelvliesje n)

trommelvliezen (plural)
trommelvliesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: trommelvlies

→ Japanese: 鼓膜 (calque)

→ West Frisian: tromflues, trommelflues (calque)

Compound of trommel (“drum”) + vlies (“membrane, fleece”).


gehoorgang

nl-noun

gehoorgang m (plural gehoorgangen, diminutive gehoorgangetje n)

gehoorgangen (plural)
gehoorgangetje (diminutive neuter)


ontwerpen

From ont- + werpen. Compare German entwerfen.


debet

→ Indonesian: debet → debit

From Middle Dutch debet, from Latin dēbet.

(accounting) debit, due to the account holder by a third party


bezitter

bezitter m or f (plural bezitters, diminutive bezittertje n, feminine bezitster)

bezitters (plural)
bezittertje (diminutive neuter)
bezitster (feminine)

From Middle Dutch besittere. Equivalent to bezitten + -er.

possessor (and possibly, but not necessarily, also the owner)


verplichting

verplichting f (plural verplichtingen, diminutive verplichtinkje n)

verplichtingen (plural)
verplichtinkje (diminutive neuter)


Kelt

Kelt m (plural Kelten, diminutive Keltje n)

Kelten (plural)
Keltje (diminutive neuter)
Celt (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin Celtae (singular Celta), from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí) (singular Κελτός (Keltós)). The singular is first attested in the sixteenth century, but remains rare until the nineteenth century.

Het gebied tussen de Rijn en de Moezel was in deze tijd vooral bevolkt door Kelten.

The area between the Rhine and the Moselle was mainly populated by Celts in this period.

Celt, person of Celtic origin, (historical) member of a Celtic tribe


controverse

controverse f (plural controversen or controverses, diminutive controversetje n)

controversen (plural)
controverses (plural)
controversetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch controversie, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia. The current spelling controverse is due to later influence from Middle French and modern French.


vanelle

(slang) shag tobacco (sometimes flavoured)


illusie

illusie f (plural illusies, diminutive illusietje n)

illusies (plural)
illusietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: ilusi


kunstwerk

kunstwerk n (plural kunstwerken, diminutive kunstwerkje n)

kunstwerken (plural)
kunstwerkje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: bangunan hikmat (calque)

Compound of kunst (“art, capability”) + werk (“work”). Cognate with German Kunstwerk, Swedish konstverk, Danish kunstværk, Norwegian kunstverk.

compound

(engineering) a man-made structure built with materials other than earth and sand, such as bridges, culverts, viaducts, tunnels, etc.


kapitein

nl-noun

kapitein m (plural kapiteins, diminutive kapiteintje n)

kapiteins (plural)
kapiteintje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kaptein

Berbice Creole Dutch: kaptin

Negerhollands: kapitein, captein

→ Lokono: kapitan

→ Aukan: kabiten

→ Caribbean Javanese: kaptèn

desctree

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

→ Kwinti: kapte

→ Min Nan: 甲必丹 (kap-pit-tan)

→ Sranan Tongo: kapten

→ Kari'na: kapiteni

→ Trió: kapitein

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

Ontevreden bewoners van Wit Santi eisen het aftreden van Patrick Mande, kapitein van het dorp, omdat de zittingstermijn van het dorpsbestuur in 2018 is verstreken. Ook zou het dorpshoofd grond hebben verkocht; de opbrengst zou hij voor zichzelf hebben gehouden.

2020 March 1, Gilliamo Orban, “Dorpelingen Wit Santi eisen aftreden kapitein [Wit Santi villagers demand resignation of village chief]”, in De Ware Tijd, retrieved 2021-04-28:

Disgruntled residents of Wit Santi demand the resignation of Patrick Mande, the village chief, because the term of the village council expired in 2018. The village headman is also alleged to have sold off land, keeping the proceeds for himself.

(Suriname) Amerindian or Maroon tribal village chief

(historical) leader of an ethnic group appointed or recognised by Dutch colonial authorities


verbazing

Tot mijn grote verbazing.


schurk

nl-noun

schurk m (plural schurken, diminutive schurkje n)

schurken (plural)
schurkje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: skorku

Borrowed from German Schurke.
Attested since at least 1701.


beschuldiging

beschuldiging f (plural beschuldigingen, diminutive beschuldiginkje n)

beschuldigingen (plural)
beschuldiginkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: beskuldiging

desc

→ Indonesian: dakwaan (“indictment”) (semantic loan)


kanon

nl-noun

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

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

Afrikaans: kanon

→ Indonesian: kanon

→ Japanese: カノン

→ Sranan Tongo: kanu, kanun, kanon

→ Saramaccan: kanú

→ West Frisian: kanon

Borrowed from Middle French canon, from Italian cannone.


ontsnapping

ontsnapping f (plural ontsnappingen, diminutive ontsnappinkje n)

ontsnappingen (plural)
ontsnappinkje (diminutive neuter)


betrekkelijk voornaamwoord

betrekkelijk voornaamwoord n (plural betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden, diminutive betrekkelijk voornaamwoordje n)

betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden (plural)
betrekkelijk voornaamwoordje (diminutive neuter)


oordeel

oordeel n (plural oordelen, diminutive oordeeltje n)

oordelen (plural)
oordeeltje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: ordeel, oordeel, oordel

From Middle Dutch ordeel, from Old Dutch urdēl, from Proto-Germanic *uzdailiją. Equivalent to oor- + deel. Cognate with German Urteil, English ordeal. More at ordeal.

2007, Anselm Grün, Maak van angst je levenskracht. Spirituele impulsen – een weg naar meer vitaliteit, tr. by Francis Hijszeler of Verwandle deine Angst, Ein Weg zu mehr Lebendigkeit – Sprituelle Impulse, Ten Have, page 29.
De vraag is waarom we het oordeel van anderen zozeer vrezen.

The question is why we fear the judgement of others so much.

opinion, judgement (conclusion of an act of deciding)

judgment, verdict, decision, sentence (legal conclusion in a court of law)


oudheid

oudheid f (plural oudheden, diminutive oudheidje n)

oudheden (plural)
oudheidje (diminutive neuter)


tijdperk

tijdperk n (plural tijdperken, diminutive tijdperkje n)

tijdperken (plural)
tijdperkje (diminutive neuter)

We leven in het digitale tijdperk.

Het victoriaanse tijdperk staat bekend om zijn strikte sociale normen.

The Victorian age is known for its strict social norms.

De ontdekking van vuur markeerde een belangrijk tijdperk in de menselijke geschiedenis.

The discovery of fire marked a significant era in human history.


omheining

omheining f (plural omheiningen, diminutive omheininkje n)

omheiningen (plural)
omheininkje (diminutive neuter)


brons

brons n (plural bronzen, diminutive bronsje n)

bronzen (plural)
bronsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brons

Borrowed from Middle French bronze, from Italian bronzo.

De archeologen hebben meerdere Romeinse bronzen opgegraven.

The archeologists have excavated multiplate Roman bronzes.

(countable) a bronze; a work made of bronze


poedel

poedel m (plural poedels, diminutive poedeltje n)

poedels (plural)
poedeltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Pudel. Cognate with English poodle.

Poedels zijn van oorsprong jachthonden.

Poodles were originally used as hunting dogs.

poedelnaakt

'naked as a poodle', starkers, from the fashion of shaving most of a poodle's fur


poedel

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


drinkebroer

drinkebroer m (plural drinkebroers, diminutive drinkebroertje n)

drinkebroers (plural)
drinkebroertje (diminutive neuter)

one who tends to drink a lot of alcohol, a drinker, possibly a drunkard, alcoholic


alcoholicus

alcoholicus m (plural alcoholici, feminine alcoholica)

alcoholici (plural)
alcoholica (feminine)


zeepaard

zeepaard n (plural zeepaarden, diminutive zeepaardje n)

zeepaarden (plural)
zeepaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seeperd

From Middle Dutch seepaert. Equivalent to zee + paard.

seahorse (more often used in its diminutive form - zeepaardje), fish of the genus Hippocampus


dekbed

dekbed n (plural dekbedden, diminutive dekbedje n)

dekbedden (plural)
dekbedje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: dekbêd

Ik heb een nieuw dekbed gekocht voor de winter.

Ze houdt van haar donzen dekbed omdat het zo warm is.

She loves her feather duvet because it's so warm.

Kan je een dekbed in de wasmachine wassen?

Can you wash a duvet in the washing machine?


duisternis

Afrikaans: duisternis

Negerhollands: dusternis, dysternis

From Middle Dutch duusternesse, from Old Dutch thiusternussi. Equivalent to duister + -nis. Cognate to German Düsternis.


afwezigheid

afwezigheid f (plural afwezigheden, diminutive afwezigheidje n)

afwezigheden (plural)
afwezigheidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: afwesigheid


aanwezigheid

aanwezigheid f (plural aanwezigheden, diminutive aanwezigheidje n)

aanwezigheden (plural)
aanwezigheidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aanwesigheid

Benedicts reagens (ook bekend als Benedicts oplossing of Benedicts test) is een reagens dat gebruikt wordt als test op de aanwezigheid van monosachariden (zoals glucose en fructose); sommige disachariden zoals maltose reageren ook positief. Meer algemeen wordt het Benedict reagens gebruikt om de aanwezigheid van aldehyden in een oplossing aan te tonen.

Benedict's reagent (also known as Benedict's solution or Benedict's test) is a reagent that is used as a test for the presence of monosaccharides (such as glucose and fructose); some disaccharides such as maltose also react positively. More generally, Benedict's solution is used to determine the presence of aldehydes in a solution.


agens

→ Indonesian: agens

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”). The plural agentes derives from the masculine/feminine Latin plural, whereas agentia represents the neuter Latin plural.


reagens

reagens n (plural reagentia, diminutive reagensje n)

reagentia (plural)
reagensje (diminutive neuter)


vaarwater

vaarwater n (plural vaarwateren or vaarwaters, diminutive vaarwatertje n)

vaarwateren (plural)
vaarwaters (plural)
vaarwatertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vaarwater

Belarusian: фарва́тэр (farváter)

Bulgarian: фарва́тер (farváter)

Georgian: ფარვატერი (parvaṭeri)

Russian: фарва́тер (farvátɛr)

Ukrainian: фарва́тер (farváter)


vaar

vaar m (plural varen, diminutive vaartje n or vaarke n)

varen (plural)
vaartje (diminutive neuter)
vaarke (diminutive neuter)

Formed from vader through regular d-syncope (compare veer, broer, la).


schilder

schilder m (plural schilders, diminutive schildertje n, feminine schilderes)

schilders (plural)
schildertje (diminutive neuter)
schilderes (feminine)

Afrikaans: skilder

Negerhollands: skilder

→ Papiamentu: skilder (dated)

→ West Frisian: skilder

From Middle Dutch schildere. Equivalent to schild + -er.


asfalt

Afrikaans: asfalt

→ Caribbean Javanese: aspal, asfal

→ Indonesian: aspal

→ Papiamentu: asfalt

Borrowed from Middle French asphalte, from Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).


afbakening

nl-noun

afbakening f (plural afbakeningen, diminutive afbakeninkje n)

afbakeningen (plural)
afbakeninkje (diminutive neuter)


collecte

collecte f (plural collectes or collecten)

collection, act of collecting (mostly of money)


communisme

communisme n (plural communismen, diminutive communismetje n)

communismen (plural)
communismetje (diminutive neuter)
kommunisme (alternative)

Afrikaans: kommunisme

→ Indonesian: komunisme

→ Sranan Tongo: komunisme

Borrowed from French communisme or German Kommunismus.

Het communisme van het Sovjetblok verloor de Koude Oorlog tegen het Westers kapitalisme bij de val van de Muur.

The Soviet block's Communism lost the Cold War against Western capitalism when the Wall came down.

communism (collectivist socialism, ideology)

Marx voorspelde dat het communisme het eindstadium van de ontwikkeling der wereldorde zou zijn.

Marx predicted that communism would be the final stage of the development of the world order.

communism (classless and stateless international socialist order)

Het communisme van Babeuf dateert van het Directoire, generaties voor Karl Marx' Manifest.

Babeuf's communism dates from the Directoire, generations before Karl Marx's Manifesto.


vaartuig

vaartuig n (plural vaartuigen, diminutive vaartuigje n)

vaartuigen (plural)
vaartuigje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vaartuig

→ West Frisian: fartúch (calque)

Het vaartuig voer de haven uit bij zonsopgang.

The vessel sailed out of the harbor at sunrise.

Verschillende vaartuigen werden aangemeerd aan de kade.

Several vessels were docked at the quay.

Het vaartuigje was perfect voor een dagtocht op het meer.

The small vessel was perfect for a day trip on the lake.


tijdsduur

From tijd (“time”) + -s- + duur (“duration”).


herkomst

From Middle Dutch hercompst, a derivative of Middle Dutch hercōmen (“to come from, originate from”), equivalent to her (“hither”) + komen (“to come”) + st.


munteenheid

nl-noun

munteenheid f (plural munteenheden, diminutive munteenheidje n)

munteenheden (plural)
munteenheidje (diminutive neuter)

De euro is de munteenheid van veel landen in Europa.

The euro is the monetary unit of many countries in Europe.


praline

praline f (plural pralines, diminutive pralinetje n)

pralines (plural)
pralinetje (diminutive neuter)

filled chocolate (small piece of confectionery made from chocolate)


racisme

Afrikaans: rassisme

→ Indonesian: rasismê

Borrowed from French racisme. Roughly equivalent to ras + -isme.

racism (hatred, discrimination or bias based on race or descent)

1929 April 17, C. M. Hamaker sr., "Het nationalisme in Nederlandsch-Indië en de koloniale politiek" (letter to the editor), Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, Avondblad A, vol. 80, issue 108m page 1.
Maar ook zy hebben in zich het nationalisme (racisme), ook zy vielen nationaal (raciaal).

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Het Duitsche ,,racisme ontkent elken bovennatuurlijken oorsprong, zijn opvatting is uitsluitend biologisch.

1933 October 7, “Critiek op het Hitler-regime door Mussolini”, in Vlissingse Courant, volume 71, number 237, page 2:

Doch Sparta is aan zijn racisme ten onder gegaan en Duitschland waar men heden ten dage de theorie van Nietzsche in de prakrijk wil brengen, schijnt niet beter te zullen varen.

1934 April 21, “Brieven uit België. De week der goedheid”, in Vlissingse Courant, volume 72, number 94, page 12:

(dated) racialism (ideology that posits racial differences and racial determinism; ideology of racial superiority)


hermandad

Vorig jaar op 1 januari nam hij afscheid van de hermandad. De 62-jarige muzikant mag nog tot zijn 65e zijn partijtje meeblazen in het politieorkest, maar kiest er nu toch voor om te stoppen.

2015 June 4, “Politieorkest zwaait Tjeerd de Walle uit in Feanwâlden”, in Friesch Dagblad:


hoeven

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


behoefte

nl-noun

behoefte f (plural behoeftes or behoeften, diminutive behoeftetje n)

behoeftes (plural)
behoeften (plural)
behoeftetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch behoefte. Equivalent to behoeven + -te.

Ik heb geen bad thuis, maar gelukkig voorziet het apartement van mijn vriendin in die behoefte.

I don't have a bath at home, but fortunately my girlfriend's house meets that need.

Gisteravond had ik opeens een ongelofelijke kaasbehoefte, dus heb ik wat fondue gemaakt.

Yesterday evening I suddenly found myself with an urgent need for cheese, so I made some fondue.

U kunt in het toilet boven uw behoefte doen.

You may defecate in the toilet upstairs.


kroontjespen

kroontjespen f (plural kroontjespennen, diminutive kroontjespennetje n)

kroontjespennen (plural)
kroontjespennetje (diminutive neuter)


gewoonte

gewoonte f (plural gewoonten or gewoontes, diminutive gewoontetje n)

gewoonten (plural)
gewoontes (plural)
gewoontetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: geweente

→ Sranan Tongo: gwenti

→ Caribbean Javanese: gwènti

→ Saramaccan: guwénti

/ɣəˈʋoːn.tə/

From Middle Dutch gewoonte. Equivalent to gewoon + -te.


gewoonterecht

gewoonterecht n (plural gewoonterechten)

From gewoonte (“custom”) + recht (“law”).


heden

From Middle Dutch heden, also hude, huden, from Old Dutch hiudo, a contraction of the instrumental phrase *hiu dago (“on this day”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (*hiz + *dagaz). The appearance of the vowel -e- is unusual, the expected form in modern Dutch would be *huide(n), compare huidig.
Cognate with Old Saxon hiudu, hūdigu, German heute, West Frisian hjoed, Old English hēodæg.

inh

We moeten in het heden leven, niet in het verleden.

We must live in the present, not in the past.


vensterruit

nl-noun

vensterruit f (plural vensterruiten, diminutive vensterruitje n)

vensterruiten (plural)
vensterruitje (diminutive neuter)


modernisme

(ideology, culture, religion, art, sciences) modernism


onbepaalde wijs

onbepaalde wijs f (plural onbepaalde wijzen, diminutive onbepaald wijsje n)

onbepaalde wijzen (plural)
onbepaald wijsje (diminutive neuter)

In het Nederlands wordt de onbepaalde wijs gebruikt om een handeling of actie zonder tijd of persoon aan te duiden.

In Dutch, the infinitive mood is used to indicate an action or activity without specifying a time or person.

Het werkwoord "lopen" staat in de onbepaalde wijs.

The verb "lopen" (to walk) is in the infinitive mood.

De onbepaalde wijs wordt vaak gebruikt om instructies of opdrachten te geven.

The infinitive mood is often used to give instructions or commands.

"Eten" is de onbepaalde wijs van het werkwoord "eten".

"Eten" (to eat) is the infinitive mood of the verb "eten".


erfenis

erfenis f (plural erfenissen, diminutive erfenisje n)

erfenissen (plural)
erfenisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: erfnis (dated)

From Middle Dutch erfnesse. Equivalent to erven + -nis.


betrekking

betrekking f (plural betrekkingen, diminutive betrekkinkje n)

betrekkingen (plural)
betrekkinkje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: betrekking


inleiding

inleiding f (plural inleidingen, diminutive inleidinkje n)

inleidingen (plural)
inleidinkje (diminutive neuter)


peuter

peuter m (plural peuters, diminutive peutertje n)

peuters (plural)
peutertje (diminutive neuter)

a toddler, preschooler, small child, little shaver, small fry, tyke, tot


pikol

each of the two loads which hang at each side of a carrying pole, called pikanol, which is fixed over the shoulders on/like a yoke, as used in Indonesia

a measure for dry wares, e.g. about 56 kilos of salt

a commercial weight, fixed by the (Dutch colonial) authorities of the Dutch East Indies at 125 Amsterdam pound, i.e. 61.7613 kilos, divided into 100 kati


Amsterdams pond

Amsterdams pond n (plural Amsterdamse ponden, diminutive Amsterdams pondje n)

Amsterdamse ponden (plural)
Amsterdams pondje (diminutive neuter)

From Amsterdams (“from Amsterdam”) + pond (“pound”).

compound

(obsolete) Amsterdam pound: one of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce; equivalent to 0.4941 kilograms


journaliste

nl-noun

journaliste f (plural journalistes, masculine journalist)

journalistes (plural)
journalist (masculine)


afte

afte f (plural aften, diminutive aftje n)

aften (plural)
aftje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄφθα (áphtha).


ganzeveer

ganzeveer f (plural ganzeveren, diminutive ganzeveertje n)

ganzeveren (plural)
ganzeveertje (diminutive neuter)


veren

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


pluim

nl-noun

pluim m (plural pluimen, diminutive pluimpje n)

pluimen (plural)
pluimpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pluim

Berbice Creole Dutch: plim

Negerhollands: plum, plim, flim

From Middle Dutch plume, from Latin plūma (“feather, down”).

(with indefinite article, often the diminutive: een pluim(pje)) A compliment, praise, a feather on one's cap

(figuratively) a plume-shaped object or part of another organ, e.g. on a butterfly's wings

(rather the diminutive plural: pluimpjes) down


onvoltooid deelwoord

onvoltooid deelwoord n (plural onvoltooide deelwoorden, diminutive onvoltooid deelwoordje n)

onvoltooide deelwoorden (plural)
onvoltooid deelwoordje (diminutive neuter)

imperfect participle
imperfect participle

imperfect participle, also present participle


schuilplaats

schuilplaats f (plural schuilplaatsen, diminutive schuilplaatsje n)

schuilplaatsen (plural)
schuilplaatsje (diminutive neuter)

From schuilen (“to take shelter”) + plaats (“place”).


databank

nl-noun

databank f (plural databanken, diminutive databankje n)

databanken (plural)
databankje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English databank. Equivalent to data + bank (“bank, supply”).

database, databank (collection of computer-organised information)


kwal

kwal f or m (plural kwallen, diminutive kwalletje n)

kwallen (plural)
kwalletje (diminutive neuter)
qualle (alternative)

From earlier qualle; likely an ablaut variant from the same root as kwellen (“to well up, swell up”), whence also kwelder. Cognate with German Qualle.

(by extension) an annoying, figuratively slimy person


prater

prater m (plural praters, diminutive pratertje n)

praters (plural)
pratertje (diminutive neuter)


uitgever

uitgever m (plural uitgevers, diminutive uitgevertje n)

uitgevers (plural)
uitgevertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: uitgewer


uitgeverij

uitgeverij f (plural uitgeverijen, diminutive uitgeverijtje n)

uitgeverijen (plural)
uitgeverijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: uitgewery

From the stem of uitgeven (“to publish”) + -erij (“-ery”). Or alternatively, from uitgever (“publisher”) + -ij (“-y”). See also the usage notes at -erij.

suffix

publisher, especially a publishing house or publishing company


lef

Borrowed from Yiddish לבֿ (leyv, “courage”), which is borrowed from Hebrew לב (lev, “heart”).

het gore lef


isolement

isolation (condition of being isolated, alone)


aanvraag

nl-noun

aanvraag f (plural aanvragen, diminutive aanvraagje n)

aanvragen (plural)
aanvraagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aanvraag

→ Indonesian: amprah

From aanvragen. Equivalent to aan + vraag.

application, request (act of applying or petitioning, that which has been requested)


flogiston

(historical) phlogiston (gas hypothesised to exist by phlogiston chemists and thought to be released by burning)


gravida

gravida f (plural gravidae or gravida's, diminutive gravidaatje n)

gravidae (plural)
gravida's (plural)
gravidaatje (diminutive neuter)


bezoeker

bezoeker m (plural bezoekers, diminutive bezoekertje n)

bezoekers (plural)
bezoekertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: besoeker

From Middle Dutch besoeker. Equivalent to bezoeken + -er.


winst

winst f (plural winsten, diminutive winstje n)

winsten (plural)
winstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wins

Negerhollands: winst, gewinst

From winnen + -st, probably based on other words in -st such as dienst and kunst.


inkomen

inkomen n (plural inkomens, diminutive inkomentje n)

inkomens (plural)
inkomentje (diminutive neuter)


voorziening

voorziening f (plural voorzieningen, diminutive voorzieninkje n)

voorzieningen (plural)
voorzieninkje (diminutive neuter)

(accounting) provision (liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions)


belofteploeg

belofteploeg m (plural belofteploegen, diminutive belofteploegje n)

belofteploegen (plural)
belofteploegje (diminutive neuter)
beloftenploeg (alternative)

From belofte (“promise”) + ploeg (“team”).

(soccer) a team of young promising players


stroming

stroming f (plural stromingen, diminutive strominkje n)

stromingen (plural)
strominkje (diminutive neuter)

From stromen (“to stream, flow”) + -ing.

De stroming in de mantel veroorzaakt de bewegingen van de platen en vulkanisme aan het aardoppervlak.

The flow in the mantle causes the movements of the plates and volcanism on the Earth's surface.

a movement (e.g. cultural, social or artistic)


gevallen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ontsteking

nl-noun

ontsteking f (plural ontstekingen, diminutive ontstekinkje n)

ontstekingen (plural)
ontstekinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ontsteking

→ West Frisian: ûntstekking (calque)

From Middle Dutch ontstekinge. Equivalent to ontsteken + -ing.


grondwet

grondwet f (plural grondwetten, diminutive grondwetje n)

grondwetten (plural)
grondwetje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Indonesian: undang-undang dasar (calque)

Compound of grond (“ground, base”) + wet (“law”).


ontwerp

nl-noun

ontwerp n (plural ontwerpen, diminutive ontwerpje n)

ontwerpen (plural)
ontwerpje (diminutive neuter)

Deverbal from ontwerpen. Compare German Entwurf.


snik

snik m (plural snikken, diminutive snikje n)

snikken (plural)
snikje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: snik

→ Papiamentu: snek

From Middle Dutch snic. Equivalent to a deverbal from snikken.


staking

staking f (plural stakingen, diminutive stakinkje n)

stakingen (plural)
stakinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: staking

→ West Frisian: staking

From staken + -ing. First attested in the sixteenth century.

cessation, delay, the act of ending or delaying something


bodes

(rare, archaic, literary) a female messenger


melding

melding f (plural meldingen, diminutive meldinkje n)

meldingen (plural)
meldinkje (diminutive neuter)

From melden + -ing. Cognate with Icelandic melding, German Meldung.


brits

From Middle Dutch bryts (“lattice”), from Middle High German britze, from Old High German [Term?].


ruzie

ruzie f (plural ruzies, diminutive ruzietje n)

ruzies (plural)
ruzietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rusie

Negerhollands: roeschi, rusie, rijsje


emitters

Audio


libelle

libelle f (plural libellen or libelles, diminutive libelletje n)

libellen (plural)
libelles (plural)
libelletje (diminutive neuter)


deuk

deuk f (plural deuken, diminutive deukje n)

deuken (plural)
deukje (diminutive neuter)

Unknown. Possibly formed from duiken by analogy with reuk and ruiken, but the semantics are doubtful.


rager

rager m (plural ragers, diminutive ragertje n)

ragers (plural)
ragertje (diminutive neuter)


flikker

flikker m (plural flikkers, diminutive flikkertje n)

flikkers (plural)
flikkertje (diminutive neuter)

Possibly related to flikken (“to do, pull off”), flikkeren (“to flicker”), or frik (“narrow-minded schoolteacher”).

a mender, fixer, someone who mends or fixes

a human body, especially when in the nude

Maakt me geen flikker uit.

(vulgar, offensive, derogatory) a homosexual male; a queer, faggot


manege

manege f (plural maneges, diminutive manegetje n)

maneges (plural)
manegetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French manège, from Italian maneggio.


schedel

schedel m (plural schedels, diminutive schedeltje n)

schedels (plural)
schedeltje (diminutive neuter)
scheel (alternative)

Afrikaans: skedel

From Middle Dutch schedele, from Old Dutch skēthila, *skeithila (“part, crown, crest, summit”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu (“part in the hair, top, crown, crest, summit”). Cognate with German Scheitel (“part, crest, apex”).


fuut

nl-noun

fuut m (plural futen, diminutive fuutje n)

futen (plural)
fuutje (diminutive neuter)

Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps cristatus#Translingual

great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

(more broadly) A grebe, any waterbird of the order Podicipediformes.


kolibrie

kolibrie m (plural kolibries, diminutive kolibrietje n)

kolibries (plural)
kolibrietje (diminutive neuter)


sperwer

sperwer m (plural sperwers, diminutive sperwertje n)

sperwers (plural)
sperwertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch sperware, from Old Dutch *sparwaro, *sparwari, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwarī. Cognate with German Sperber.

Accipiter nisus
Accipiter nisus#Translingual

various other birds of prey of the family Accipitridae


zwaan

zwaan m (plural zwanen, diminutive zwaantje n)

zwanen (plural)
zwaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: swaan

→ Indonesian: soang

From Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch *swano, from Proto-Germanic *swanô. Existed next to Middle Dutch swan, from Old Dutch *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz.
Cognate with Low German Swaan, West Frisian swan, German Schwan, English swan, Swedish svan.

a swan, a large waterbird of the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba


struisvogel

struisvogel m (plural struisvogels, diminutive struisvogeltje n)

struisvogels (plural)
struisvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of struis (“ostrich”) + vogel (“bird”). Attested since the 17th century, displacing earlier vogelstruis. The element struis derives from Latin strūthiō.

an ostrich, flightless bird of the genus Struthio

Struthio camelus
Struthio camelus#Translingual

(particularly) common ostrich (Struthio camelus)


pelikaan

pelikaan m (plural pelikanen, diminutive pelikaantje n)

pelikanen (plural)
pelikaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pelikaan

From Middle Dutch pellicaen, from Old French pelican, from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).


afgod

afgod m (plural afgoden, diminutive afgodje n)

afgoden (plural)
afgodje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: afgod

From Middle Dutch afgod, afgot, from Old Dutch afgot. Equivalent to af + god. Compare German Abgott.

(religion, derogatory) idol; false deity


LHB

initialism of lesbiennes, homo's en biseksuelen; the LGB umbrella


tegenstander

tegenstander m (plural tegenstanders, diminutive tegenstandertje n)

tegenstanders (plural)
tegenstandertje (diminutive neuter)


opwinding

opwinding f (plural opwindingen, diminutive opwindinkje n)

opwindingen (plural)
opwindinkje (diminutive neuter)

Ons leven verliep met de nodige opwindingen

Our lives progressed with the needed agitations


karateka

karateka m (plural karateka's or karateka)


medicament

→ West Frisian: medikamint

From Middle Dutch medicament, from Middle French medicament, from Latin medicāmentum.


zuivering

zuivering f (plural zuiveringen, diminutive zuiveringetje n or zuiverinkje n)

zuiveringen (plural)
zuiveringetje (diminutive neuter)
zuiverinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈzœy̯.vəˌrɪŋ/


aanw.vnw.

aanwijzend voornaamwoord
aanwijzend voornaamwoord#Dutch

abbreviation of aanwijzend voornaamwoord


aanwijzend voornaamwoord

aanwijzend voornaamwoord n (plural aanwijzende voornaamwoorden, diminutive aanwijzend voornaamwoordje n)

aanwijzende voornaamwoorden (plural)
aanwijzend voornaamwoordje (diminutive neuter)

demonstrative pronoun
demonstrative pronoun


menselijkheid

humanity, humaneness (quality of being humane)


stond

stond m or f (plural stonden, diminutive stondje n)

stonden (plural)
stondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stonde

From Middle Dutch stonde, from Old Dutch stunda (“time, while”), from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“time, while”). More at English stound, German Stunde, Low German Stünn.


zuivelproduct

zuivelproduct n (plural zuivelproducten, diminutive zuivelproductje n)

zuivelproducten (plural)
zuivelproductje (diminutive neuter)
zuivelprodukt (alternative)


gewest

gewest n (plural gewesten, diminutive gewestje n)

gewesten (plural)
gewestje (diminutive neuter)
geweste (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: gewes

→ West Frisian: gewest

Possibly from the circumfix ge- -te with the root of the verb wezen (in one of its old senses, "to inhabit").

one of the three regions constituting the equivalent of a state in the federal structure of Belgium

an older term for provincie (“province”)


ruimtevaarder

ruimtevaarder m (plural ruimtevaarders, diminutive ruimtevaardertje n, feminine ruimtevaarster)

ruimtevaarders (plural)
ruimtevaardertje (diminutive neuter)
ruimtevaarster (feminine)

From ruimte (“space”) + vaarder (“(male) farer”).

compound

De ruimtevaarder heeft maanden getraind voor zijn missie.

The astronaut trained for months for his mission.

Elke ruimtevaarder weet dat het reizen naar de ruimte gevaarlijk kan zijn.

Every astronaut knows that traveling to space can be dangerous.

Het leven van een ruimtevaarder vereist zowel fysieke als mentale voorbereiding.

The life of an astronaut requires both physical and mental preparation.


vaarder

nl-noun

vaarder m (plural vaarders, diminutive vaardertje n)

vaarders (plural)
vaardertje (diminutive neuter)


ruimtevaartuig

ruimtevaartuig n (plural ruimtevaartuigen, diminutive ruimtevaartuigje n)

ruimtevaartuigen (plural)
ruimtevaartuigje (diminutive neuter)

Het ruimtevaartuig landde veilig op Mars.

Ze zijn van plan een nieuw ruimtevaartuig te lanceren volgende maand.

They plan to launch a new spacecraft next month.

Het kleine ruimtevaartuigje was bedoeld voor korte missies.

The small spacecraft was intended for short missions.


wortel

wortel m (plural wortels or wortelen, diminutive worteltje n)

wortels (plural)
wortelen (plural)
worteltje (diminutive neuter)

desc

Afrikaans: wortel (“carrot, square root”)

Negerhollands: wortel, wolter

Skepi Creole Dutch: wotl (“carrot”)

→ Indonesian: akar (“square root, root”) (semantic loan)

desctree

→ Indonesian: wortel (“carrot”), bortel (dialectal)
→ Tausug: bultil

Simon Stevin
nl:wortel (groente)
nl:wortel (plant)
nl:wortel (wiskunde)

From Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”), formed from the Proto-Indo-European roots *wréh₂ds + *welH-.
The mathematical sense was coined by Simon Stevin. Compare German Wurzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu; cf. also English wort.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota#Translingual

carrot (Daucus carota, especially Daucus carota subsp. sativa)

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis

(mathematical analysis) zero (of a function), root (of an equation)


moeite

Negerhollands: moeite, moeijten

→ Aukan: moiti

→ Kwinti: moiti

From Middle Dutch moeyte. Equivalent to moeien (“to annoy, to bother”) + -te.

de moeite waard


belegering

nl-noun

belegering f (plural belegeringen, diminutive belegerinkje n or belegeringetje n)

belegeringen (plural)
belegerinkje (diminutive neuter)
belegeringetje (diminutive neuter)

/bəˈleː.ɣəˌrɪŋ/


eind

eind n (plural einden, diminutive eindje n)

einden (plural)
eindje (diminutive neuter)
einde (alternative)
end (alternative)

Afrikaans: einde

Negerhollands: end, einde

→ Caribbean Javanese: èndhe

From earlier einde with apocope of the final -e, from Middle Dutch ende, einde, from Old Dutch endi, einde, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos.

Het feest was aan het eind van de straat.

Het einde is nabij.

Aan het eind van de avond was ik helemaal afgepeigerd.

At the end of the evening I was totally exhausted.

De matroos had een eind touw in zijn hand.

The sailor was holding a length of rope.

Ik heb een eindje garen nodig.

a (short) length of something, particularly rope

Het is een heel eind van hier naar de stad.

It's quite a distance from here to the city.

Ik ga even een eindje hardlopen.


lichtpunt

lichtpunt n (plural lichtpunten, diminutive lichtpuntje n)

lichtpunten (plural)
lichtpuntje (diminutive neuter)


bestrijder

bestrijder m (plural bestrijders, diminutive bestrijdertje n, feminine bestrijdster)

bestrijders (plural)
bestrijdertje (diminutive neuter)
bestrijdster (feminine)


vertegenwoordiger

vertegenwoordiger m (plural vertegenwoordigers, diminutive vertegenwoordigertje n, feminine vertegenwoordigster)

vertegenwoordigers (plural)
vertegenwoordigertje (diminutive neuter)
vertegenwoordigster (feminine)


wijsbegeerte

West Frisian: wijsbegearte

Mid-19th century, compound of wijs (“wise”) + begeerte (“desire, lust”), a calque of Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía). Perhaps influenced by older weetbegeerte (“thirst for knowledge”).

cal

Ze studeert wijsbegeerte aan de universiteit.

She is studying philosophy at the university.

De cursus behandelt de geschiedenis van de wijsbegeerte.

The course covers the history of philosophy.

Hij heeft een diepgaande interesse in de verschillende stromingen binnen de wijsbegeerte.

He has a profound interest in the various currents within philosophy.


begeerte

nl-noun

begeerte f (plural begeerten or begeertes, diminutive begeertetje n)

begeerten (plural)
begeertes (plural)
begeertetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: begeerte

Negerhollands: begeer

From Middle Dutch begeerte, variant of begeerde. Equivalent to begeren + -te.

Hij voelde een sterke begeerte naar avontuur en besloot de wereld rond te reizen.

He felt a strong desire for adventure and decided to travel the world.

Na een lange wandeling had hij een grote begeerte naar een verfrissend drankje.

After a long hike, he had a great thirst for a refreshing drink.

Haar begeerte naar succes dreef haar om hard te werken aan haar doelen.

Her craving for success drove her to work hard towards her goals.

desire (for), craving (for), thirst (for)

Hij koesterde al lang de begeerte om een eigen bedrijf te starten.

He had long nurtured the desire to start his own business.

Haar grootste begeerte was om te kunnen reizen en nieuwe culturen te ontdekken.

Her greatest wish was to be able to travel and explore new cultures.

Zijn grootste begeerte was om beroemd te worden als muzikant.

His biggest dream was to become famous as a musician.


beoefenaar

beoefenaar m (plural beoefenaars or beoefenaren, diminutive beoefenaartje n)

beoefenaars (plural)
beoefenaren (plural)
beoefenaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: beoefenaar


sultane

sultana (female sultan or consort of a sultan)


doelstelling

doelstelling f (plural doelstellingen, diminutive doelstellinkje n)

doelstellingen (plural)
doelstellinkje (diminutive neuter)

From doel + stellen + -ing (“-ing, -ation”), after ten doel stellen.


prestatie

prestatie f (plural prestaties, diminutive prestatietje n)

prestaties (plural)
prestatietje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Indonesian: prestasi (“accomplishment, achievement”)

→ Malay: prestasi (“performance”)

Borrowed from French prestation, from Latin praestātiōnem, from the verb praestare. Equivalent to presteren + -atie.

Haar academische prestaties waren uitstekend en ze haalde hoge cijfers.

Her academic achievements were excellent, and she got high grades.

De atleet leverde een indrukwekkende prestatie en brak het wereldrecord.

The athlete delivered an impressive performance and broke the world record.


garibaldi

nl-noun

garibaldi m (plural garibaldi's, diminutive garibaldietje n)

garibaldi's (plural)
garibaldietje (diminutive neuter)


levensduur

levensduur m (plural levensduren, diminutive levensduurtje n)

levensduren (plural)
levensduurtje (diminutive neuter)


overgang

overgang m (plural overgangen, diminutive overgangetje n)

overgangen (plural)
overgangetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch overganc. Equivalent to over + gang. Related to overgaan.


ontmoeting

ontmoeting f (plural ontmoetingen, diminutive ontmoetinkje n)

ontmoetingen (plural)
ontmoetinkje (diminutive neuter)

a meeting (an encounter between people - not an event or gathering of business people)


maatstaf

maatstaf m (plural maatstaven, diminutive maatstaafje n or maatstafje n)

maatstaven (plural)
maatstaafje (diminutive neuter)
maatstafje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: maatstaf

→ West Frisian: mjitstêf (calque)

Compound of maat + staf. The figurative sense is perhaps from German Maßstab.

measure, rule (solid object used to measure length or distance)


vertaalster

vertaalster f (plural vertaalsters, diminutive vertaalstertje n, masculine vertaler)

vertaalsters (plural)
vertaalstertje (diminutive neuter)
vertaler (masculine)


sherpa

a sherpa, expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting


populist

populist n (plural populisten, diminutive populistje n)

populisten (plural)
populistje (diminutive neuter)

populist (advocate or supporter of political populism, asserting that elites are out of touch with the common people)


bijdrage

bijdrage f (plural bijdragen or bijdrages, diminutive bijdragetje n)

bijdragen (plural)
bijdrages (plural)
bijdragetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bydrae


leidraad

leidraad m (plural leidraden, diminutive leidraadje n)

leidraden (plural)
leidraadje (diminutive neuter)

Formerly spelled leiddraad, composed of the stem of leiden (“to guide”) + draad (“wire”)


initiatiefnemer

initiatiefnemer m (plural initiatiefnemers, diminutive initiatiefnemertje n)

initiatiefnemers (plural)
initiatiefnemertje (diminutive neuter)

From initiatief (“initiative”) + nemer (“taker”).


glasvezel

nl-noun

glasvezel f (plural glasvezels, diminutive glasvezeltje n)

glasvezels (plural)
glasvezeltje (diminutive neuter)


epos

epos n (plural epen or epossen, diminutive eposje n)

epen (plural)
epossen (plural)
eposje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: epos (“epic”)

Borrowed from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

epic (extended narrative poem, usually in dactylic hexametre)


idolatrie

Borrowed from French idolatrie, ultimately from Latin īdōlatrīa, a haplologic form of īdōlolatrīa, from Koine Greek εἰδωλολατρίᾱ (eidōlolatríā).

der

εἰδωλολατρίᾱ


audiocassette

nl-noun

audiocassette f (plural audiocassettes or audiocassetten)

audiocassettes (plural)
audiocassetten (plural)


hordeloop

hordeloop m (plural hordelopen, diminutive hordeloopje n)

hordelopen (plural)
hordeloopje (diminutive neuter)

athletic discipline in which the runners must also jump regularly placed hurdles


mummie

mummie f (plural mummies, diminutive mummietje n)

mummies (plural)
mummietje (diminutive neuter)
mommie (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Middle French mommie, from Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ).

der

Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ)

Ken jij de mop van de mummie?


messias

nl-noun

messias m (plural messiassen, diminutive messiasje n)

messiassen (plural)
messiasje (diminutive neuter)


hoer

hoer f (plural hoeren, diminutive hoertje n)

hoeren (plural)
hoertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hoer

desc

Negerhollands: hoer, hoerer, hurer, hu, huer

→ Virgin Islands Creole: huur (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: huru

From Middle Dutch hoere, from Old Dutch *huora, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ.

(sometimes derogatory) whore, prostitute


werkelijkheid

nl-noun

werkelijkheid f (plural werkelijkheden, diminutive werkelijkheidje n)

werkelijkheden (plural)
werkelijkheidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: werklikheid

From Middle Dutch werkelijcheit. Equivalent to werkelijk + -heid.

(obsolete) activity, the state of being active or operative

(obsolete) activity, action, something one does


leem

From Old Dutch leimo, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō, from Proto-Germanic *laimô, variant of *laimaz (“glue”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”), Old Norse leira (“muddy beach”).


waterstof

Afrikaans: waterstof

→ Indonesian: zat air (calque)

desctree

→ Japanese: 水素 (suiso) (calque)
→ Korean: 수소 (suso)
→ Min Nan: 水素 (chúi-sò͘)

→ West Frisian: wetterstof (calque)


nadruk

From na + druk, probably formed after German Nachdruck.

Om nadruk te leggen kan men een accent aigu op een klinker plaatsen zoals in 'júíst diegene'

To emphasize something, one can place an acute accent upon a vowel as in 'especially that one'


wraak

From Middle Dutch wrāke, wraeck, from Old Dutch wrāka, wrāca, from Proto-West Germanic *wrāku, from Proto-Germanic *wrēkō (“persecution, revenge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive, press, urge”).
Cognate with English wrack and wreak (“vengeance, revenge”), Low German Wraak (“revenge, vengeance”), German Rache (“revenge”). More at wreak.

der

wraek (alternative)
wraeck (alternative)
wraack (alternative)
vraak (alternative)
vraack (alternative)
vraek (alternative)
vraeck (alternative)

Hij heeft pas jaren later wraak genomen.

He did not exact revenge until years later.


begrafenis

nl-noun

begrafenis f (plural begrafenissen, diminutive begrafenisje n)

begrafenissen (plural)
begrafenisje (diminutive neuter)
begravenis (alternative archaic)

Afrikaans: begrafnis

Jersey Dutch: bexrāvenis

Negerhollands: begrafnis

From begraven (“to bury”) + -nis, with devoicing of the -v-.
In Belgium it's still commonly pronounced as "begravenis".


schoonvader

schoonvader m (plural schoonvaders, diminutive schoonvadertje n)

schoonvaders (plural)
schoonvadertje (diminutive neuter)

From schoon + vader, calque of Middle French beau-pere.


verdrag

verdrag n (plural verdragen, diminutive verdragje n)

verdragen (plural)
verdragje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: verdrag

From Middle Dutch verdrach. Compare German Vertrag.


gesticht

gesticht n (plural gestichten, diminutive gestichtje n)

gestichten (plural)
gestichtje (diminutive neuter)

(colloquial) psychiatric ward, mental asylum

(dated, Christianity) a Christian religious building or foundation, such as a church or monastery

large, impressive building, as typically used for above institutes


eed

Afrikaans: eed

Negerhollands: eed, eid

From Middle Dutch eet, from Old Dutch *ēth, from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-. Compare West Frisian eed, German Eid, English oath, Danish ed.


gravin

gravin f (plural gravinnen, diminutive gravinnetje n, masculine graaf)

gravinnen (plural)
gravinnetje (diminutive neuter)
graaf (masculine)

Afrikaans: gravin

From Middle Dutch grâvinne. Equivalent to graaf + -in.


bezetting

bezetting f (plural bezettingen, diminutive bezettinkje n)

bezettingen (plural)
bezettinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: besetting

From Middle Dutch besettinge. Equivalent to bezetten + -ing. Compare German Besetzung and Besatzung.

casting, the division of roles in a performance


werkzaamheid

werkzaamheid f (plural werkzaamheden, diminutive werkzaamheidje n)

werkzaamheden (plural)
werkzaamheidje (diminutive neuter)


betuiging

/bəˈtœy̯.ɣɪŋ/

profession, declaration, expression (act of declaring or expressing)


radiogolf

radiogolf f (plural radiogolven, diminutive radiogolfje n)

radiogolven (plural)
radiogolfje (diminutive neuter)


drager

drager m (plural dragers, diminutive dragertje n, feminine draagster)

dragers (plural)
dragertje (diminutive neuter)
draagster (feminine)

From Middle Dutch dragere. Equivalent to dragen + -er.

a carrier, one who carries or bears something

a wearer, one who wears something, like an article of clothing

(genetics) a carrier, one who carries a gene


aflevering

aflevering f (plural afleveringen, diminutive afleverinkje n)

afleveringen (plural)
afleverinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɑfˌleːvərɪŋ/


doctoraat

doctoraat n (plural doctoraten, diminutive doctoraatje n)

doctoraten (plural)
doctoraatje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch doctoraet, from Latin doctorātus. Equivalent to doctor + -aat.


eredoctoraat

eredoctoraat n (plural eredoctoraten, diminutive eredoctoraatje n)

eredoctoraten (plural)
eredoctoraatje (diminutive neuter)


zegel

zegel n or m (plural zegels, diminutive zegeltje n)

zegels (plural)
zegeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seël

Negerhollands: siegel, siel

Petjo: segel

→ Aukan: sekili

→ Caribbean Javanese: sèkhel

→ Indonesian: segel

From Middle Dutch sēgel, from Old Dutch *sigil, from Latin sigillum.

n a seal (object, design or pattern for solid imprinting)


klinker

klinker m (plural klinkers, diminutive klinkertje n)

klinkers (plural)
klinkertje (diminutive neuter)
klinkaard (alternative dated)
klinkerd (alternative dated)

Afrikaans: klinker

Negerhollands: klinker

→ English: clinker

→ German: Klinker

→ Papiamentu: klenker, klenku

→ West Frisian: klinkert

From earlier klinckaerd, klinkert, from Middle Dutch clinker, clinkaert, related to Middle Low German klinkert (“hard-fired brick”); equivalent to klinken + -er.

cog

clinker brick; (by extension) any kind of brick used for pavement


klinker

klinkers (plural)
klinkertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klinker

→ West Frisian: klinker

From earlier klincker, equivalent to klinken + -er, short for klinckletter (“sounding-letter”), a calque of Latin littera vocālis (“sounding-letter”). Compare Middle Dutch clinker (“announcer, crier”).

cog

Het Nederlands heeft vijf basisklinkers: a, e, i, o, u.

Dutch has five basic vowels: a, e, i, o, u.

De klinkers in het woord "huis" zijn "ui".

The vowels in the word "huis" (house) are "ui".

De taalkundige bestudeert de verschillende klinkers in verschillende talen.

The linguist studies the different vowels in various languages.

(uncommon, orthography) vowel letter (character that designates a vowel)


medeklinker

nl-noun

medeklinker m (plural medeklinkers, diminutive medeklinkertje n)

medeklinkers (plural)
medeklinkertje (diminutive neuter)


geleerde

Afrikaans: geleerde

academic or otherwise learned expert; scholar, scientist


kanunnik

kanunnik m (plural kanunniken, diminutive kanunnikje n)

kanunniken (plural)
kanunnikje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch canonec, from Ecclesiastical Latin canonicus, from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós).

(Christianity) a canon, a cleric subject to an ecclesiastical rule


vakgebied

vakgebied n (plural vakgebieden, diminutive vakgebiedje n)

vakgebieden (plural)
vakgebiedje (diminutive neuter)

field, specialism, domain (within a subject or profession)


schaal

schaal f (plural schalen, diminutive schaaltje n)

schalen (plural)
schaaltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch *skala, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with German Schale (“shell”), English shale and scale (“piece of hard skin”). Compare also Dutch schil, English shell.


schaal

Berbice Creole Dutch: skalki, skaliki

Negerhollands: skel, skael

→ Papiamentu: skalchi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch scale, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *skēlō, related to *skaljō (“husk, shell”). Cognate with German Schale (“bowl”).


schaal

Borrowed from German Skala and/or English scale, from Latin scāla. The earlier borrowing Middle Dutch scale (“ladder”) had become very rare or was even lost entirely in early modern Dutch, implying that it was later reintroduced in the contemporary sense.


geleiding

geleiding f (plural geleidingen, diminutive geleidinkje n)

geleidingen (plural)
geleidinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ɣəˈlɛi̯.dɪŋ/


kajak

kajak m (plural kajaks or kajakken, diminutive kajakje n)

kajaks (plural)
kajakken (plural)
kajakje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.


duvel

duvel m (plural duvels, diminutive duveltje n)

duvels (plural)
duveltje (diminutive neuter)

body, especially in op z'n duvel (“a beating”)


Fransman

Fransman m (plural Fransen or Fransmannen, diminutive Fransmannetje n, feminine Française or Franse)

Fransen (plural)
Fransmannen (plural)
Fransmannetje (diminutive neuter)
Française (feminine)
Franse (feminine)

→ Betawi: *prasman

Indonesian: prasmanan

→ Caribbean Javanese: Prasman

→ Munsee: pulánshumaan

→ Unami: Pëlanshëman


spleet

spleet f (plural spleten, diminutive spleetje n)

spleten (plural)
spleetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: split

→ Papiamentu: splet, spleet

(childish, especially in the diminutive) vagina


topografie

topografie f (plural topografieën, diminutive topografietje n)

topografieën (plural)
topografietje (diminutive neuter)
topographie (alternative obsolete)
topo (alternative clipping)

→ Indonesian: topografi

topography (detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object)

the study of topographies; also as a school subject


gatlikker

gatlikker m (plural gatlikkers, diminutive gatlikkertje n)

gatlikkers (plural)
gatlikkertje (diminutive neuter)

From gat (“hole, arse”) + likker (“licker”).

(vulgar) sycophant, arse-kisser, shameless or even slavish flatterer


bastonnade

bastonnade f (plural bastonnades, diminutive bastonnadetje n)

bastonnades (plural)
bastonnadetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French bastonnade, from Middle French bastonnade.

specifically, falaka (oriental beating of the soles of the feet)


omloopbaan

omloopbaan f (plural omloopbanen, diminutive omloopbaantje n)

omloopbanen (plural)
omloopbaantje (diminutive neuter)


internist

internist m (plural internisten, feminine interniste)

internisten (plural)
interniste (feminine)

Probably borrowed, equivalent to intern + -ist.

internist (specialist in internal medicine)


reuma

reuma n (plural reuma's, diminutive reumaatje n)

reuma's (plural)
reumaatje (diminutive neuter)

First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “I suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”)


slab

nl-noun

slab f (plural slabben, diminutive slabbetje n)

slabben (plural)
slabbetje (diminutive neuter)

(also very common in the diminutive) bib


knoet

knoet m (plural knoeten, diminutive knoetje n)

knoeten (plural)
knoetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot”).

knout, a multi-thong scourge as used in tsarist Russia


knoet

Possibly from kornoet, an archaic form of kornuit.

term of abuse for persons from Westphalia and Northern Germany


knoet

knoet f (plural knoeten, diminutive knoetje n)


adenovirus

(medicine) adenovirus (any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans)


bullepees

bullepees f (plural bullepezen, diminutive bullepeesje n)

bullepezen (plural)
bullepeesje (diminutive neuter)


bul

bul m (plural bullen, diminutive bulletje n, feminine koe)

bullen (plural)
bulletje (diminutive neuter)
koe (feminine)

From Middle Dutch bulle, from Old Dutch *bullo, from Proto-Germanic *bulô. Cognate with English bull.

bull (male bovine, or one of certain other male mammals)


bul

bul f (plural bullen, diminutive bulletje n)

bullen (plural)
bulletje (diminutive neuter)
bulle (alternative)

→ Papiamentu: bùl

From Middle Dutch bulle, from Latin bulla (“bull, decree”).

great seal affixed to certain documents, notably charters from reigning princes and certain dignitaries


bul

bullen (plural)
bulletje (diminutive neuter)


hondsvot

hondsvot f or n (plural hondsvotten, diminutive hondsvotje n)

hondsvotten (plural)
hondsvotje (diminutive neuter)

From hond (“dog”) + vot (“vagina, butt”).


linnen

linnen n (plural linnens, diminutive linnentje n)

linnens (plural)
linnentje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: linnen

→ Indonesian: linen

→ Papiamentu: linnen (dated)

From Middle Dutch linijn, originally an adjective. Equivalent to lijn + -en.

(uncountable) linen, a cloth made from flax


Indonesiër

Indonesiër m (plural Indonesiërs, diminutive Indonesiërtje n, feminine Indonesische)

Indonesiërs (plural)
Indonesiërtje (diminutive neuter)
Indonesische (feminine)

Indonesian, a person from and/or living in Indonesia


beslissing

beslissing f (plural beslissingen, diminutive beslissinkje n)

beslissingen (plural)
beslissinkje (diminutive neuter)


bisdom

bisdom n (plural bisdommen, diminutive bisdommetje n)

bisdommen (plural)
bisdommetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bisdom

From Middle Dutch bisdom. Equivalent to bis(schop) + -dom.


halleluja

halleluja n (plural halleluja's, diminutive hallelujaatje n)

halleluja's (plural)
hallelujaatje (diminutive neuter)
alleluja (alternative)
hallelujah (alternative)

→ Indonesian: haleluya

Borrowed from Latin alleluia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh, “Praise Yah”).


Indo-Europeaan

nl-noun

Indo-Europeaan m (plural Indo-Europeanen, diminutive Indo-Europeaantje n, feminine Indo-Europeaanse)

Indo-Europeanen (plural)
Indo-Europeaantje (diminutive neuter)
Indo-Europeaanse (feminine)

a person of mixed Indonesian and European descent; an Indo

(historical, chiefly in the plural) an Indo-European, a historic speaker of a lect of Indo-European


vasten

From Middle Dutch vastene f, from Old Dutch *fastunna, from Proto-Germanic *fastubniją, *fastubnijō, from *fastāną (“to fast”). Cognate with Old Saxon fastunnia, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌹 (fastubni).

fast (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)


veiling

veiling f (plural veilingen, diminutive veilinkje n)

veilingen (plural)
veilinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: veiling

From Middle Dutch veilinge. Equivalent to veilen + -ing. Compare West Frisian feiling.

auction house, building or business where auctions are held


vaan

vaan f or n (plural vanen, diminutive vaantje n)

vanen (plural)
vaantje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch vāne, from Old Dutch *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô.

vane, small flag (often pointed or pronged)

(historical, otherwise archaic) a measure of volume for beer and other drinks, equivalent to about 5 litres


procedé

procedé n (plural procedés, diminutive procedeetje n)

procedés (plural)
procedeetje (diminutive neuter)


inbreker

inbreker m (plural inbrekers, diminutive inbrekertje n)

inbrekers (plural)
inbrekertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch inbrekere. Equivalent to inbreken + -er.


epyllion

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπύλλιον (epúllion).


demonstratie

demonstratie f (plural demonstraties, diminutive demonstratietje n)

demonstraties (plural)
demonstratietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: demonstrasie

→ Indonesian: demonstrasi

16th century, either from Middle French démonstration or directly from Latin demonstratio. The sense “protest” is a 19th-century semantic loan from English demonstration.

semantic loan

demonstration, demo (showing of something)

demonstration, exposition (explaining of something)


aardappelveldje

nl-noun-dim

aardappelveldje n (plural aardappelveldjes)


redekunde

From rede + -kunde. Attested in this spelling since the 18th century, but redenkunde appears beginning in the 17th century.


aerostatica

→ Indonesian: aérostatika


miljoenennota

nl-noun

miljoenennota f (plural miljoenennota's, diminutive miljoenennotaatje n)

miljoenennota's (plural)
miljoenennotaatje (diminutive neuter)

From miljoenen (“millions”) + nota (“note, bill”).

compound

annual budget of the kingdom of the Netherlands, as presented in the miljoenenrede (a formal speech in the Tweede Kamer by the Dutch Minister of Finance)


oldtimer

nl-noun

oldtimer m (plural oldtimers, diminutive oldtimertje n)

oldtimers (plural)
oldtimertje (diminutive neuter)


mallerd

mallerd m (plural mallerds, diminutive mallerdje n)

mallerds (plural)
mallerdje (diminutive neuter)


snuit

snuit m (plural snuiten, diminutive snuitje n)

snuiten (plural)
snuitje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: snùit

From Middle Dutch snuut, from Old Dutch *snūt, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Cognate with English snout, German Schnauze.

(by analogy, mainly human) A face, a facial expression

by analogy; mainly human; by analogy; mainly human


vulkaan

vulkaan m (plural vulkanen, diminutive vulkaantje n)

vulkanen (plural)
vulkaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vulkaan

From Middle Dutch vulcaen, from Latin Vulcānus.


mogool

mogool m (plural mogolen, diminutive mogooltje n)

mogolen (plural)
mogooltje (diminutive neuter)


epistemologie

Borrowed from English epistemology, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “science, knowledge”), from ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai, “I know”) + -logie from -λογία (-logía, “discourse”), from λέγω (légō, “I speak”).


incasso

nl-noun

incasso m (plural incasso's, diminutive incassootje n)

incasso's (plural)
incassootje (diminutive neuter)

automatische incasso

(finance) debit (as in direct debit); the collection of a sum of money


sandaal

sandaal f (plural sandalen, diminutive sandaaltje n)

sandalen (plural)
sandaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sandaal

→ Caribbean Javanese: sandhal, srandhal

→ Indonesian: sandal

→ Ternate: sandal

→ West Frisian: sandaal

Borrowed from Middle French sandale, from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion).


pathologie

→ Indonesian: patologi

Borrowed from French pathologie, from Ancient Greek παθολογία (pathología).


axioma

axioma n (plural axioma's, diminutive axiomaatje n)

axioma's (plural)
axiomaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin axiōma, from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma).


psychonaut

psychonaut m (plural psychonauten, diminutive psychonautje n, feminine psychonaute)

psychonauten (plural)
psychonautje (diminutive neuter)
psychonaute (feminine)

Likely borrowed from English psychonaut.

a (male) person who explores his own psyche, commonly with the aid of psychedelic drugs; a psychonaut


Prinsjesdag

Prinsjesdag m (plural Prinsjesdagen, diminutive Prinsjesdagje n)

Prinsjesdagen (plural)
Prinsjesdagje (diminutive neuter)

the third Tuesday of September, when the Dutch monarch rides ceremoniously in a golden (i.e. gilded) coach to the Staten-Generaal to hold the troonrede ('throne speech'), announcing government policy and budget priorities for the coming parliamentary session


chemie

Afrikaans: chemie

→ Japanese: 舎密 (seimi)

Borrowed from New Latin chimia, from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía).

chemistry, the branch of natural science studying the composition and properties of matter

(figuratively) chemistry, attraction, rapport


biochemie

Equivalent to bio- + chemie (“chemistry”). Probably borrowed.

biochemistry, the branch of chemistry studying compounds that occur in living organisms and the processes occurring in their metabolism and catabolism


korvet

korvet f (plural korvetten, diminutive korvetje n)

korvetten (plural)
korvetje (diminutive neuter)


lemmet

lemmet n (plural lemmeten, diminutive lemmetje n)

lemmeten (plural)
lemmetje (diminutive neuter)
lemmer (alternative)

Coordinate term: gevest


lemmet

lemmeten (plural)
lemmetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lenement, from Latin linamentum.

Het gekroockte riet en sal hy niet verbreken, ende het roockende lemmet en sal hy niet uytblusschen, tot dat hy het oordeel sal uytbrengen tot overwinninge.

He will not break the bruised reed, and he will not extinguish the smoking wick, until he will deliver the judgement to victory.


mongool

mongool m (plural mongolen, diminutive mongooltje n)

mongolen (plural)
mongooltje (diminutive neuter)
mogool (alternative)
megool (alternative)

From Mongool (“Mongol”). Influenced by English mongol.

Hij was een imbeciele jongen / Een mongool

Marieken was de typische mongool, tenminste als jaloezie en oversekst gedrag typisch is voor mongolen.

2006, Dimitri Verhulst, De helaasheid der dingen:

Marieken was your average mongol, at least if jealousy and oversexed behaviour are typical of mongols.

(now offensive) a person with Down's syndrome, a mentally retarded person


toxicologie

Afrikaans: toksikologie

→ Indonesian: toksikologi


calèche

light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn open carriage with a low wheelbase and a large distance between front and rear axles


vijandige rivaliteit

vijandige rivaliteit f (plural vijandige rivaliteiten)


geschil

geschil n (plural geschillen, diminutive geschilletje n)

geschillen (plural)
geschilletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: geskil


geschil

the act of peeling (e.g. fruits or vegetables)


puin

puin n (plural puinen, diminutive puintje n)

puinen (plural)
puintje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: puing

From Middle Dutch poyn, pouyn, pueyn, further etymology unknown. Compared to Old English punian (“to crush up, pound”), but this is questionable due to the variable spelling in the Middle Dutch forms.
Compare West Frisian pún, English pound (“to beat, crush”).

cog

rubble, debris, wreckage; also as recycled building material

De akkers, het koren, het vee zullen vertrapt worden; steden zullen in puin vallen en al wat de menschelijke geest eens deed oprichten: Kunst, Nijverheid of Wetenschap, het zal met bloed bespat worden.


aron

Borrowed from Latin aron (also arum), from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron).

(obsolete) arum, plant or flower of the genus Arum


aron

bor

Hebrew אָרוֹן

(Judaism) ark (consecrated receptacle for storing Torah scrolls)


speelvogel

nl-noun

speelvogel m (plural speelvogels, diminutive speelvogeltje n)

speelvogels (plural)
speelvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

From spelen (“to play”) + vogel (“bird”).

2015, Jan Verplaetse & Charles Delmotte, Ethiek en rechtsfilosofie. Basisboek, Maklu (publ.), page 72.
Zijn een grapjas en een speelvogel minder vrij dan een ernstige muziekliefhebber?

Are a japester and a playful person less free than a serious music lover?

(Belgium) a person with a very playful nature

1858 (submitted October 31 1857), A. A. van Bemmelen, "De speelvogels", Jaarboekje van het Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra voor het jaar 1858, page 120.
Het voedsel der speelvogels bestaat uit boomvruchten; slechts zelden eten zij insekten.

The diet of the bower birds consists of fruits from trees; only rarely do they eat insects.

(archaic) bower bird, bird of the family Ptilonorhynchidae


pui

pui f (plural puien, diminutive puitje n)

puien (plural)
puitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch poye, from Old French poie, from Latin podia, plural of podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of podium.

large glass window frame (generally reaching from floor to ceiling) as part of the outer or inner walls of a building