stadion

nl-noun

stadion n (plural stadions, diminutive stadionnetje n)

stadions (plural)
stadionnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: stadion

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


sedum

nl-noun

sedum n or m (plural sedums, diminutive sedumpje n)

sedums (plural)
sedumpje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).

synonym of vetkruid (“stonecrop, succulent plant of genus Sedum”)


pees

pees f (plural pezen, diminutive peesje n)

pezen (plural)
peesje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pese. See vezel (“fiber, sinew”).


snoek

snoek m (plural snoeken, diminutive snoekje n)

snoeken (plural)
snoekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: snoek
→ English: snoek

→ Papiamentu: snuk, snoek

→ Sranan Tongo: snuku

→ Kari'na: sinuku

From Middle Dutch snoec, from Old Dutch *snuoc, from Proto-Germanic *snōkᵏa-, a thematic o-grade of *snakaną (“to crawl around”), related to *sneganą. Related to English snake.


hibiscus

hibiscus m (plural hibiscussen, diminutive hibiscusje n)

hibiscussen (plural)
hibiscusje (diminutive neuter)

hibiscus, flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus


vang

vangen (plural)
vange (alternative archaic)


gier

gier m (plural gieren, diminutive giertje n)

gieren (plural)
giertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gir, gier, from Old Dutch *gīr, from Proto-Germanic *gīraz, related to *geraz (“greed, desire, coveting”).

(by extension) monster, notably hellspawn

(figuratively) human vulture, rapacious or predatory person


gier

From Middle Dutch ghier, from Proto-Germanic *jēzō, a derivation from *jestuz (“fermentation”). The -r is a result of rhotacism.


gier

See the verb gieren (“to screech”), which is ultimately imitative.

onomatopoeic

imitative


gier

From the verb gieren (“to veer back and forth, to yaw”).

a (notably sharp and:or wide) sway, turn, swerve, notably by a vessel or vehicle

(figuratively) a caprice, crazy/whimsical move


gier

From Latin gyrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

a gyre, circular motion, notably in astronomy


tiet

nl-noun

tiet f (plural tieten, diminutive tietje n)

tieten (plural)
tietje (diminutive neuter)

From Low German Titte (“nipple; breast”), from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”).
Related to German Zitze, English tit, teat.


bidder

nl-noun

bidder m (plural bidders, diminutive biddertje n)

bidders (plural)
biddertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch biddere. Equivalent to bidden + -er.


receptionist

receptionist m (plural receptionisten, diminutive receptionistje n, feminine receptioniste)

receptionisten (plural)
receptionistje (diminutive neuter)
receptioniste (feminine)


folie

folie f or n (plural folies, diminutive folietje n)

folies (plural)
folietje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Folie, from Late Latin folia, plural form of folium (“leaf, sheet”). The word foelie derives from the same source, but is older and entered the language via Old French.


cyclamen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ronde

nl-noun

ronde f (plural ronden or rondes, diminutive rondje n)

ronden (plural)
rondes (plural)
rondje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch rondde, from Middle French ronde, from Old French reonde, from Old Spanish ronda, modification of robda, from Arabic ربط.

a watch (shift or round of standing guard)


BEF

Belgische frank, the Belgian franc, Belgium's national currency before the introduction of the Euro as founding member of the monetary union


citer

citer f (plural citers, diminutive citertje n)

citers (plural)
citertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sitêr

→ Javanese: ꦱꦶꦠꦼꦂ (siter)

From Middle Dutch cythaer, from Old Dutch cithara, borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).


poema

nl-noun

poema m (plural poema's, diminutive poemaatje n)

poema's (plural)
poemaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.


brein

brein n (plural breinen, diminutive breintje n)

breinen (plural)
breintje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch brein, next to the more common bragen, bregen, from Old Dutch *bragan, *bregin, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
Cognate with West Frisian brein, Low German Bregen, Brägen, English brain.


snipper

snipper c (plural snippers, diminutive snippertje n)

snippers (plural)
snippertje (diminutive neuter)


mahjong

Orthographic borrowing from English mahjong, from Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).

zh-l

麻將／麻将 (májiàng)


alarmist

nl-noun

alarmist m (plural alarmisten, diminutive alarmistje n)

alarmisten (plural)
alarmistje (diminutive neuter)


treksprinkhaan

treksprinkhaan m (plural treksprinkhanen, diminutive treksprinkhaantje n)

treksprinkhanen (plural)
treksprinkhaantje (diminutive neuter)

From trekken (“to migrate”) + sprinkhaan (“grasshopper”).


dvd

nl-noun

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

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


moonwalk

moonwalk m (plural moonwalken, diminutive moonwalkje n)

moonwalken (plural)
moonwalkje (diminutive neuter)


collega

collega m or f (plural collega's or collegae, diminutive collegaatje n)

collega's (plural)
collegae (plural)
collegaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: koléga

Mijn collega helpt me altijd bij het oplossen van problemen op het werk.

My colleague always helps me with problem-solving at work.

Ik ga vanavond uit eten met mijn collega's om een verjaardag te vieren.

I'm going out for dinner with my colleagues to celebrate a birthday.

Onze nieuwe collega heeft snel aansluiting gevonden bij het team.

Our new colleague quickly integrated into the team.

Morgen hebben we een vergadering met alle collega's om de nieuwe projecten te bespreken.

Tomorrow, we have a meeting with all the colleagues to discuss the new projects.


bios

bios m (plural biossen, diminutive biosje n)

biossen (plural)
biosje (diminutive neuter)

(informal) apocopic form of bioscoop (“cinema”)


sprong

sprong m (plural sprongen, diminutive sprongetje n)

sprongen (plural)
sprongetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch sprong, from Old Dutch sprunc, from Proto-West Germanic *sprung; cognate with German Sprung. An ablauted (zero-grade) verbal noun of springen (“to jump, leap”).


sores

Borrowed from Yiddish צרות (tsores), plural of צרה (tsore, “trouble, problem”), from Hebrew צָרָה (tsará, “trouble, tragedy, calamity”).

der

tsores (alternative)
sorus (alternative)

Sores komen vanzelf, simches moet je vieren.

Worries will come anyways, but joyous occasions have to be celebrated.

(Netherlands, Amsterdam, Jewish, from Bargoens) tsuris; misery, worry


wattmeter

nl-noun

wattmeter m (plural wattmeters, diminutive wattmetertje n)

wattmeters (plural)
wattmetertje (diminutive neuter)


animator

animator m (plural animatoren, diminutive animatortje n)

animatoren (plural)
animatortje (diminutive neuter)


entourage

Unadapted borrowing from French entourage, from entourer (“to surround”).

ubor

entourage (retinue of associates or attendants)


recycling

Borrowed from English recycling or from recyclen + -ing.


parachutiste

nl-noun

parachutiste f (plural parachutistes or parachutisten, diminutive parachutistetje n)

parachutistes (plural)
parachutisten (plural)
parachutistetje (diminutive neuter)


tafereel

tafereel n (plural taferelen, diminutive tafereeltje n)

taferelen (plural)
tafereeltje (diminutive neuter)

Dissimilated from *tafeleel, from a diminutive of tafel (“table”).


atol

atol n or m (plural atollen, diminutive atolletje n)

atollen (plural)
atolletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: atol

Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).


harpist

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

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


dozijn

dozijn n (plural dozijnen, diminutive dozijntje n)

dozijnen (plural)
dozijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dosyn

→ Caribbean Javanese: losin

→ Indonesian: lusin

→ Papiamentu: dosein, dozijn

From Middle Dutch dosine, from Old French douzaine, from douze (“twelve”).


duizend

duizend n (plural duizenden, diminutive duizendje n)

duizenden (plural)
duizendje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: duisend

Berbice Creole Dutch: dwesu

Negerhollands: dusend, dysent

desctree

→ Sranan Tongo: dusun
→ Dutch: doezoe
→ Saramaccan: dúsu

→ Trió: duizend

From Middle Dutch dusent, from Old Dutch thūsunt, from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī.


koren

Afrikaans: koring

Negerhollands: koorn

→ Sranan Tongo: karu

→ Saramaccan: kálu

From Middle Dutch koren, corn, from Old Dutch korn, coren, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.
Compare Low German Koorn, German Korn, English corn, Danish korn. Doublet of graan.

Het veld stond vol met rijpe aren vol met koren.

The field was filled with ripe ears full of grain.

Koren is een belangrijke voedselbron voor mens en dier.

Grain is an important food source for humans and animals.

In de herfst wordt het koren geoogst.


koren

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


molenaar

nl-noun

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

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

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

De molenaar maalde het koren.


kou

kou f (uncountable, diminutive koutje n)

koutje (diminutive neuter)
koude (alternative)
kouwe (alternative)

From older koude, from Middle Dutch coude, alteration (based on the adjective) of kelde, from Old Dutch *keldi, from Proto-West Germanic *kaldī. Cognate with German Kälte.


emitter

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salto

salto m (plural salto's, diminutive saltootje n)

salto's (plural)
saltootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: salto

Borrowed from Italian salto, from Latin saltus. First attested in the 18th century.

somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation)


stam

stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n)

stammen (plural)
stammetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stam

→ Papiamentu: stam

From Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

Het contest stond vooral open voor jongemannen met Saamaka roots, maar het door hen gepresenteerde geldt grotendeels ook voor andere stammen.

2025 March 10, Edwien Bodjie, “Bendepai-contest voor behoud Saamaka cultuur [Bendepai contest for preservation of Saamaka culture]”, in De Ware Tijd, retrieved 2025-05-07:

The contest was mostly open to young men with Saamaka roots, but what they presented is largely applicable to other tribes as well.


konijntje

Lief klein konijntje had een vliegje op zijn neus.

Sweet little bunny had a fly on its nose.


Big Mac

Big Mac m (plural Big Macs, diminutive Big Macje n)

Big Macs (plural)
Big Macje (diminutive neuter)


ent

ent m (plural enten, diminutive entje n)

enten (plural)
entje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: enten (from the plural)

From Middle Dutch ente, from enten (“to graft”) (modern Dutch enten), from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre.


weet

weet f (plural weten, diminutive weetje n)

weten (plural)
weetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wete. See the verb weten (“to know”).


teddybeer

teddybeer m (plural teddyberen, diminutive teddybeertje n)

teddyberen (plural)
teddybeertje (diminutive neuter)

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


kart

kart, cart, go-kart, go-cart (small vehicle used for racing)


kuchen

From Middle Dutch cuchen, coechen, cochen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuh- (“to cough”), likely of onomatopoeic origin. Akin to English cough, German keuchen.


webcam

webcam m (plural webcams, diminutive webcammetje n)

webcams (plural)
webcammetje (diminutive neuter)


vieren

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


alinea

alinea f (plural alinea's, diminutive alineaatje n)

alinea's (plural)
alineaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: alinea (“paragraph”)

→ Papiamentu: alinia

Borrowed from French alinéa, from Latin a līnea.


corso

corso n (plural corso's, diminutive corsootje n)

corso's (plural)
corsootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Italian corso, from Latin cursus.


hospiteeravond

hospiteeravond m (plural hospiteeravonden, diminutive hospiteeravondje n)

hospiteeravonden (plural)
hospiteeravondje (diminutive neuter)

housewarming (party to invite friends to a new house or apartment)


bolder

bolder m (plural bolders, diminutive boldertje n)

bolders (plural)
boldertje (diminutive neuter)

From French poltre, from Medieval Latin pulliter, from Latin pullus. Influenced by the Dutch word bol (“sphere, globe”).


leder

leder n (uncountable, diminutive ledertje n)

From Middle Dutch leder, from Old Dutch *lether, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą.
Compare Low German Ledder, West Frisian leare, German Leder, English leather, Danish læder.

De stoelen zijn bekleed met zacht leder voor extra comfort.

The chairs are upholstered with soft leather for extra comfort.

Deze tas is gemaakt van hoogwaardig leder en is zeer duurzaam.

This bag is made of high-quality leather and is very durable.

In deze winkel kun je prachtige accessoires van leder vinden.

In this shop, you can find beautiful accessories made of leather.


elven

Elk nummer mag maar één keer voorkomen, maar hier hebben we twee elven.

Each number may occur only once, but here we have two elevens.


atrofie

→ Indonesian: atrofi


bajes

bajes f (plural bajesen, diminutive bajesje n)

bajesen (plural)
bajesje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Yiddish בית (bajes, “house”), from Hebrew בית (báyit, “house”).

(Netherlands, informal) slammer, jail, prison


bordes

bordes n (plural bordessen, diminutive bordesje n)

bordessen (plural)
bordesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bordes

→ Indonesian: bordès

→ Papiamentu: bordèshi (from the diminutive)

a raised platform, often with a flight of steps, that lead into a building

an intermediate platform between flights of stairs, which normally involves a change in direction; a landing

1960, Peter Koelewijn, "Kom van dat dak af", Peter en zijn Rockets, Kom van dat dak af.
Jan Janssen z'n vrouw was een koordanseres, / maar bij gebrek aan een touw klom ze op het bordes.

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a balcony (open or roofed), porch or lean-to


boten

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


souteneur

nl-noun

souteneur m (plural souteneurs, diminutive souteneurtje n)

souteneurs (plural)
souteneurtje (diminutive neuter)

From French souteneur (literally “one who supports”), from the verb soutenir.


chape

nl-noun

chape m or f (plural chapes, diminutive chapeje n or chapeke n)

chapes (plural)
chapeje (diminutive neuter)
chapeke (diminutive neuter)


compres

compres n (plural compressen, diminutive compresje n)

compressen (plural)
compresje (diminutive neuter)


concilie

concilie n (plural concilies or conciliën)

→ Indonesian: konsili

From Middle Dutch concilie, from Latin concilium.

(Christianity) a church council in which bishops and eminent theologians are assembled to decide issues, esp. in Catholicism and Orthodoxy


conserven

From Middle Dutch conserven, from Old French conserve, from Latin conservare (“to preserve”).


copie

copie f (plural copieën, diminutive copietje n)

copieën (plural)
copietje (diminutive neuter)


quint

quint f (plural quinten, diminutive quintje n)

quinten (plural)
quintje (diminutive neuter)


spits

spits n (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

spitsen (plural)
spitsje (diminutive neuter)


spits

spits f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

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

(military) a frontline battalion, a front subdivision of a vanguard


spits

spits m or f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

Back-formation from spitsuur, but especially avondspits and ochtendspits, which are themselves shortenings from avondspitsuur and ochtendspitsuur. Around 1940 the term spits (“peak”, etymology 2) was also commonly used for annual peak traffic during the summer holiday, which is another likely influence for the shortened form. The use of the article de (earlier used for avondspits and ochtendspits) rather than het (used for spitsuur) was influenced by etymology 2.


roos

roos f (plural rozen, diminutive roosje n)

rozen (plural)
roosje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: roos

Jersey Dutch: rôz

→ Caribbean Hindustani: rusi

→ Papiamentu: deros, deroos

From Middle Dutch rose, from Old French rose, from Latin rosa. Doublet of roze.

rose, ornamental plant of the genus Rosa

(heraldry) rose, used as a heraldic charge

bullseye, the center of a target, as used at shooting practice

(uncountable) rash, a (reddish) affliction of the skin


filosofe

filosofe f (plural filosofen or filosofes)


vesting

vesting f (plural vestingen, diminutive vestinkje n)

vestingen (plural)
vestinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch vestinge. Equivalent to vesten + -ing.


harten

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

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

→ Bengali: হরতন (horton)

→ Unami: halet


uppercut

uppercut m (plural uppercuts, diminutive uppercutje n)

uppercuts (plural)
uppercutje (diminutive neuter)


beurt

beurt f (plural beurten, diminutive beurtje n)

beurten (plural)
beurtje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: beurd

→ Caribbean Javanese: birt

→ Papiamentu: bùrt

From Middle Dutch boerte. Equivalent to beuren + -te.

Wie is er aan de beurt?

Het is uw beurt.

turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)

Hij bracht zijn brommer in voor een beurt.

He brought in his moped for a maintenance job.

Hij of zij heeft een goeie beurt nodig.

Hij of zij heeft lang geen beurt gehad.

He or she hasn't had sex for a long time.


wil

wil m (uncountable, diminutive willetje n)

Afrikaans: wil

Negerhollands: wil, wille

From Middle Dutch wille, from Old Dutch willo, from Proto-West Germanic *willjō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô.


hoor

hoor en wederhoor
hoor en wederhoor#Dutch


kraam

kraam f or n (plural kramen, diminutive kraampje n)

kramen (plural)
kraampje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kraam

Negerhollands: kraam

→ West Frisian: kream

From Middle Dutch craem, from Middle High German krām, from Old High German krām. Probably from a Slavic language, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”).


briefje

Heb jij een briefje van vijftig bij je?


garnaal

nl-noun

garnaal m (plural garnalen, diminutive garnaaltje n)

garnalen (plural)
garnaaltje (diminutive neuter)

→ German: Garnele

→ Papiamentu: garnachi, garnaaltje (from the diminutive)

→ West Frisian: garnaal

Unclear. Possibly from Middle Dutch grane (“gag”) referring to its feelers looking like the hair of a beard, or from the name Geernaert.

shrimp, arthropod of the suborder Pleocyemata, especially of the infraorder Caridea


haring

haring m (plural haringen, diminutive harinkje n)

haringen (plural)
harinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haring

Negerhollands: heriṅ

→ Caribbean Hindustani: eleng

→ Papiamentu: hering

From Middle Dutch hârinc, from Old Dutch *hārinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.

Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus#Translingual

(generally) a clupeid fish, any fish of the family Clupeidae


mossel

mossel f (plural mosselen or mossels, diminutive mosseltje n)

mosselen (plural)
mossels (plural)
mosseltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mossel

Negerhollands: mośel

From Middle Dutch mossel, mussel, from Old French moule, mousle, muisle, from Latin mūsculus. Note that Middle Dutch also attests a form mosschele (with various spelling variants), which is not directly ancestral to this Modern Dutch form and which is said to be an older loanword directly from Latin: see Proto-West Germanic *muskulā.

Mytilus edulis
Mytilus edulis#Translingual

(particularly) blue mussel, common mussel (Mytilus edulis)


werkwoord

werkwoord n (plural werkwoorden, diminutive werkwoordje n)

werkwoorden (plural)
werkwoordje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: werkwoord

→ Indonesian: kata kerja (calque)

Liefde is een werkwoord.

Love is something which requires continuous effort.

(figuratively, informal) something which requires continuous effort; an ongoing process


boodschappen

boodschappen pl (plural only, diminutive boodschapjes n)


kassa

kassa f or m (plural kassa's, diminutive kassaatje n)

kassa's (plural)
kassaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kasa


kers

kers f (plural kersen, diminutive kersje n)

kersen (plural)
kersje (diminutive neuter)

⇒ Afrikaans: kersie (from the diminutive form)

Negerhollands: kirsch

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kers

→ Malay: kersen (from the plural form)

Indonesian: kers, kersen

→ Sranan Tongo: kersi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kersi

→ Caribbean Javanese: kèrsi

→ West Frisian: kers

From Middle Dutch kerse, ultimately from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.

der

a cherry tree, one of certain trees of the genus Prunus, especially the subgenus Cerasus

a cherry, a stone fruit of a cherry tree


kers

From Middle Dutch kerse, kersse, from Old Dutch *kersa, *kressa, from Proto-West Germanic *karsjā, *krassjā, from Proto-Germanic *krasjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gras-. Cognates include Sanskrit ग्रसति (grasati); related to English cress, German Kresse.

cress: a term used of various plants, chiefly but not solely of the family Brassicaceae (crucifers), particularly of the genus Rorippa


tomaat

nl-noun

tomaat f (plural tomaten, diminutive tomaatje n)

tomaten (plural)
tomaatje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: tamatie
→ Sotho: tamati
→ Zulu: utamatisi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: tamáti

→ Caribbean Javanese: tomatis, tomat

→ Indonesian: tomat

→ Sranan Tongo: tomati

→ Aukan: tomati

→ Kari'na: tomati

→ West Frisian: tomaat

Borrowed from English tomato, subsequently influenced by French tomate, both from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”).

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum#Translingual


meloen

nl-noun

meloen f or m (plural meloenen, diminutive meloentje n)

meloenen (plural)
meloentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: meloen

From Middle Dutch melone, from Middle French melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin mēlō, shortening of mēlopepō, from Koine Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn).

melon (plant or fruit of certain varieties of members of the Cucurbitaceae, notably excluding cucumbers and courgettes/zucchinis)

melon (organ containing adipose tissue present in toothed whales)

(colloquial, usually in the plural) melon, (large) breast


citroen

citroen f or m (plural citroenen, diminutive citroentje n)

citroenen (plural)
citroentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: situun

→ Caribbean Hindustani: sitrun

→ Papiamentu: sitrun

→ Sranan Tongo: strun

→ Caribbean Javanese: jeruk setrung

Borrowed from Middle French citron, from Latin citrus.


sla

sla f (uncountable, diminutive slaatje n)

slaatje (diminutive neuter)
slae (alternative)
slaê (alternative)
salae (alternative)
salaê (alternative)

English: slaw

From earlier slae, slaê, with the first syllable reduced from earlier salae, salaê, it in turn being a reduced form of salade with regular loss of intervocalic -d- (as happened in words such as slee, broer, and teer). The semantic distinction between both forms is secondary.


spa rood

spa rood m (plural spa roods, diminutive spa roodje n)

spa roods (plural)
spa roodje (diminutive neuter)

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From the Belgian mineral water brand Spa + rood (“red”).

Coordinate term: spa blauw


spa blauw

spa blauw m (plural spa blauws, diminutive spa blauwtje n)

spa blauws (plural)
spa blauwtje (diminutive neuter)

From the Belgian mineral water brand Spa + blauw (“blue”).

Coordinate term: spa rood


sinaasappelsap

sinaasappelsap n (uncountable, diminutive sinaasappelsapje n)

Compound of sinaasappel (“orange”) + sap (“juice”).


rode wijn

nl-noun

rode wijn m (plural rode wijnen, diminutive rood wijntje n)

rode wijnen (plural)
rood wijntje (diminutive neuter)


witte wijn

witte wijn m (plural witte wijnen, diminutive wit wijntje n)

witte wijnen (plural)
wit wijntje (diminutive neuter)


afwas

Negerhollands: afwasch


afwassen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


stoplicht

nl-noun

stoplicht n (plural stoplichten, diminutive stoplichtje n)

stoplichten (plural)
stoplichtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of stop + licht. Cf. English stop light.

one of the lights on a traffic light or on another signalling device, in particular a red one


parkeergarage

parkeergarage f (plural parkeergarages, diminutive parkeergaragetje n)

parkeergarages (plural)
parkeergaragetje (diminutive neuter)

From parkeren + garage, calque of English parking garage.

Aan de voorzijde, gelegen aan den nieuwen hoofdoprijweg naar de fabriek, heeft het een groote parkeergarage voor auto's van fabrieksemployees.

1929 January 8, “Fabrieksuitbreiding der General Motors”, in Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad, Vol. 75, No. 30, part 1, page 2:

parking garage; indoor car park (compare: parkeerterrein)


linkerkant

linkerkant m (plural linkerkanten, diminutive linkerkantje n)

linkerkanten (plural)
linkerkantje (diminutive neuter)


rechterkant

rechterkant m (plural rechterkanten, diminutive rechterkantje n)

rechterkanten (plural)
rechterkantje (diminutive neuter)


afslag

afslag m (plural afslagen, diminutive afslagje n)

afslagen (plural)
afslagje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch afslach. Equivalent to a deverbal from afslaan.

Dutch auction (usually of fish) (reverse auction that starts at a high price that is gradually reduced until someone is willing to buy)

(transitive) to auction an item through a Dutch auction


politiebureau

politiebureau n (plural politiebureaus, diminutive politiebureautje n)

politiebureaus (plural)
politiebureautje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of politie (“police”) + bureau (“office”).


postkantoor

postkantoor n (plural postkantoren, diminutive postkantoortje n)

postkantoren (plural)
postkantoortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: poskantoor

→ Indonesian: kantor pos (calque)

→ Papiamentu: pòstkantoor


bestaan

Afrikaans: bestaan


skelet

skelet n (plural skeletten, diminutive skeletje n)

skeletten (plural)
skeletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skelet

→ Papiamentu: skelèt, skalet

Borrowed from German Skelett, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκελλώ (skellṓ, “to dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, wither”).

der

skeleton (support structure of an organism; ensemble of animal bones)

(figurative) frame, skeleton (supporting frame of an inanimate or non-animal object or entity)


geraamte

nl-noun

geraamte n (plural geraamtes or geraamten, diminutive geraamtetje n)

geraamtes (plural)
geraamten (plural)
geraamtetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: geraamte

→ West Frisian: ramt, raamt

→ German: Geraamte, Geraamt (dialectal)

From Middle Dutch geraemte. Equivalent to ge- + raam (“frame”) + -te.


violist

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

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


boekwinkel

boekwinkel m (plural boekwinkels, diminutive boekwinkeltje n)

boekwinkels (plural)
boekwinkeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: buku-wenkri


boekhandel

boekhandel m (plural boekhandels, diminutive boekhandeltje n)

boekhandels (plural)
boekhandeltje (diminutive neuter)


kledingzaak

kledingzaak f (plural kledingzaken, diminutive kledingzaakje n)

kledingzaken (plural)
kledingzaakje (diminutive neuter)


warenhuis

warenhuis n (plural warenhuizen, diminutive warenhuisje n)

warenhuizen (plural)
warenhuisje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: warehûs (calque)

From waren (“goods”) + huis (“house”), calque of German Warenhaus.

a greenhouse in which crop rotation is practised


schoenwinkel

schoenwinkel m (plural schoenwinkels, diminutive schoenwinkeltje n)

schoenwinkels (plural)
schoenwinkeltje (diminutive neuter)

alternative form of schoenenwinkel (“shoe shop”)


sportwinkel

sportwinkel m (plural sportwinkels, diminutive sportwinkeltje n)

sportwinkels (plural)
sportwinkeltje (diminutive neuter)


schoen

schoen m (plural schoenen, diminutive schoentje n)

schoenen (plural)
schoentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skoen

Berbice Creole Dutch: skun

Negerhollands: skoen, skun, skon, skuen

Skepi Creole Dutch: skun

From Middle Dutch schoe, from Old Dutch skuo, from Proto-West Germanic *skōh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz. The original Middle Dutch plural was schoen, which was reanalysed as a singular form.


overhemd

overhemd n (plural overhemden, diminutive overhemdje n)

overhemden (plural)
overhemdje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oorhemp

→ West Frisian: oerhimd (calque)

From over (“upper”) + hemd (“shirt”). Compare German Oberhemd.


stropdas

stropdas f (plural stropdassen, diminutive stropdasje n)

stropdassen (plural)
stropdasje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of strop (“slip knot”) + das (“tie”).

Voor begrafenis, bruiloft of dopen droegen de mannen een donkerblauw kostuum met een witte streep, wit overhemd en stropdas.

For funerals, weddings, and christenings, the men wore a dark blue suit with a white pinstripe pattern, white dress shirt, and a tie.


horloge

horloge n (plural horloges, diminutive horlogetje n)

horloges (plural)
horlogetje (diminutive neuter)
horlogie (alternative archaic)
horologie (alternative obsolete)
orloge (alternative obsolete)
orlogie (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: horlosie

desc

Negerhollands: horlooschi, holosi, holochi

→ Virgin Islands Creole: holosi (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: holósi

→ Caribbean Javanese: arloji

→ Indonesian: arloji

→ Petjo: airlodji

→ Papiamentu: oloshi, horlosji, holósji

→ Sranan Tongo: oloisi

→ Aukan: oloisi

→ Kari'na: olosi

→ Saramaccan: olóísi

→ Trió: oroisi, joroisi

/ɦɔrˈloː.ʒə/

From Middle Dutch orlogie, from Old French orloge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). The current spelling was influenced by Modern French horloge.

(Netherlands) watch (wearable timepiece)

(Belgium) any timepiece (watch or clock)


oorbel

nl-noun

oorbel f or m (plural oorbellen, diminutive oorbelletje n)

oorbellen (plural)
oorbelletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oorbel

1784, Alex Balthazaar, Chirurgia practica, of oefenende heelkunde, publ. by J. B. Elwe, page 178.
§ 369. Wanneer, door de mode om zwaare oorbellen te draagen, de oorlellen zijn doorgeſcheurd, dan kan men dit gebrek, met de boorden van de ſpleet rauw te maaken, en zamentehegten,ligtelijk herſtellen.

earring (piece of pierced ear jewelry of any type)


schilderij

schilderij n or f (plural schilderijen, diminutive schilderijtje n)

schilderijen (plural)
schilderijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skildery

From the stem of schilderen (“to paint”) + -erij (“-ery”). Or alternatively, from schilder (“painter”) + -ij (“-y”). See also the usage notes at -erij.


cahier

nl-noun

cahier n or m (plural cahiers, diminutive cahiertje n)

cahiers (plural)
cahiertje (diminutive neuter)


buschauffeur

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

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

/ˈbʏʃoːˌføːr/

/ˈbʏʃɑu̯ˌføːr/

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

Hé buschauffeur, / de hele bus moet plassen.

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


strippenkaart

strippenkaart f (plural strippenkaarten, diminutive strippenkaartje n)

strippenkaarten (plural)
strippenkaartje (diminutive neuter)

From strip + -en- + kaart. Named because it consists of strips that are stamped according to the fare to be paid.

(historical) ticket for local public transport (i.e. for buses, trams, and metro)


treinkaart

treinkaart f (plural treinkaarten, diminutive treinkaartje n)

treinkaarten (plural)
treinkaartje (diminutive neuter)


kaartje

→ Caribbean Javanese: kartyis

→ Indonesian: karcis (“ticket”)


NS-station

NS-station n (plural NS-stations, diminutive NS-stationnetje n)

NS-stations (plural)
NS-stationnetje (diminutive neuter)

From the Dutch railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen.


loket

loket n (plural loketten, diminutive loketje n)

loketten (plural)
loketje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: loket

→ Indonesian: loket

desc

→ Sundanese: lokét (“counter”) (semantic loan)

→ Papiamentu: lokèt

→ Sundanese: lokét (“wallet”)

From Middle Dutch loket, derived from the obsolete verb luiken (“to shut, close”) with the ending -ette borrowed from French, similar to diskette.

a counter, an office (at an institution)


wisselgeld

Afrikaans: wisselgeld

→ West Frisian: wikseljild (calque)

/ˈʋɪ.səlˌɣɛlt/

From Middle Dutch wisselgelt (“fee for converting to a different currency”). Equivalent to wisselen + geld, or less probably wissel + geld.

inh

En dan krijg je nog wisselgeld.

Er is geen wisselgeld meer in de kas!

There isn't any change in the register anymore!

change (money returned after not paying exactly; stock of money used for this purpose)

(obsolete) fee for converting money to a different currency


krantenkiosk

nl-noun

krantenkiosk f (plural krantenkiosken, diminutive krantenkioskje n)

krantenkiosken (plural)
krantenkioskje (diminutive neuter)


fietsenstalling

fietsenstalling f (plural fietsenstallingen, diminutive fietsenstallinkje n)

fietsenstallingen (plural)
fietsenstallinkje (diminutive neuter)

Hoewel het goed mogelijk is om er fietsen te plaatsen, geldt de gracht niet als een fietsenstalling.

Although it is perfectly possible to stall bicycles in there, the canal is not considered to be a bicycle parking facility.

a shed, rack, garage or other area where bicycles can be parked


telefooncel

telefooncel f (plural telefooncellen, diminutive telefooncelletje n)

telefooncellen (plural)
telefooncelletje (diminutive neuter)


bushalte

bushalte f (plural bushaltes or bushalten, diminutive bushaltje n)

bushaltes (plural)
bushalten (plural)
bushaltje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈbʏsˌɦɑltə/


restauratie

restauratie f (plural restauraties, diminutive restauratietje n)

restauraties (plural)
restauratietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: restorasi

the restoration of an object of artistic or historical significance


wisselkantoor

wisselkantoor n (plural wisselkantoren, diminutive wisselkantoortje n)

wisselkantoren (plural)
wisselkantoortje (diminutive neuter)

bureau de change, currency exchange (exchange bureau)


tijdschrift

tijdschrift n (plural tijdschriften, diminutive tijdschriftje n)

tijdschriften (plural)
tijdschriftje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tydskrif

→ Indonesian: terbitan berkala (calque)

→ West Frisian: tydskrift (calque)

From tijd + schrift.
In use in the sense "periodical" since at least 1775 or earlier.
Possible calque of German Zeitschrift.

magazine (periodical of which print instalments appear)


ingang

ingang m (plural ingangen, diminutive ingangetje n)

ingangen (plural)
ingangetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch inganc, from Old Dutch *ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, ultimately from *ǵʰengʰ-. Equivalent to in (“in”) + gang (“passageway, hallway”).

compound

De ingang van het gebouw is aan de zijkant.

The entrance to the building is on the side.

Sorry, ik kan de ingang van het hotel niet vinden.

Sorry, I can't find the entrance to the hotel.

De ingang is versierd met bloemen voor het festival.

The entrance is decorated with flowers for the festival.

De TV heeft verschillende ingangen voor HDMI en USB.

The TV has multiple inputs for HDMI and USB.

Controleer de ingang voordat je het apparaat aansluit.

Check the input before connecting the device.

De audio-ingang lijkt niet te werken.

The audio input doesn't seem to be working.

Ik kon het woord niet vinden, maar later ontdekte ik dat ik de verkeerde ingang had gecheckt.

I couldn't find the word, but later discovered I had checked the wrong entry.

De ingangen in dit woordenboek zijn alfabetisch geordend.

The entries in this dictionary are arranged alphabetically.

Het is belangrijk om de juiste ingang te gebruiken als je een woord opzoekt.

It's important to use the correct lemma when looking up a word.


uitgang

nl-noun

uitgang m (plural uitgangen, diminutive uitgangetje n)

uitgangen (plural)
uitgangetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ūtgang, from Old Dutch *ūtgang, from Proto-Germanic *ūtgangaz. Cognate with German Ausgang, English outgang.

Waar is de uitgang van dit gebouw?

De brandweer wees ons naar de dichtstbijzijnde uitgang.

The fire department directed us to the nearest exit.

Neem de uitgang aan je linkerhand.

De uitgang van het apparaat is beschadigd.

Controleer de audio-uitgang voordat je de speakers aansluit.

Check the audio output before connecting the speakers.

Deze laptop heeft meerdere USB uitgangen.

In het Nederlands hebben veel werkwoorden een regelmatige uitgang.

In Dutch, many verbs have a regular ending.

De uitgang van een woord kan zijn betekenis veranderen.

The termination of a word can change its meaning.

Hij worstelde met de juiste grammaticale uitgang te vinden.

He struggled to find the correct grammatical ending.


herhaling

herhaling f (plural herhalingen, diminutive herhalinkje n)

herhalingen (plural)
herhalinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌɦɛrˈɦaː.lɪŋ/

Probeer met elke herhaling hoger te komen.

Ik heb deze aflevering al gezien; het is een herhaling.

I have already seen this episode; it's a repeat.


jongeling

jongeling m (plural jongelingen, diminutive jongelingetje n)

jongelingen (plural)
jongelingetje (diminutive neuter)

Diachronically from Middle Dutch jongelinc, from Old Dutch iungelig, from Proto-Germanic *jungilingaz. By surface analysis, jong + -ling.


individualist

individualist m (plural individualisten, diminutive individualistje n)

individualisten (plural)
individualistje (diminutive neuter)


inhaler

inhaler c (plural inhalers, diminutive inhalertje n)

inhalers (plural)
inhalertje (diminutive neuter)

From inhalen (“to overtake”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

suf

Inhalers die de vluchtstrook gebruiken als inhaalstrook riskeren een forse boete.

Overtakers who use the emergency lane as an overtaking lane risk a hefty fine.

overtaker (a driver who overtakes another vehicle)


inhaler

nl-noun

inhaler m (plural inhalers, diminutive inhalertje n)


paren

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


parodie

nl-noun

parodie f (plural parodieën, diminutive parodietje n)

parodieën (plural)
parodietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: parodi


pateen

pateen f (plural patenen, diminutive pateentje n)

patenen (plural)
pateentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pateen, patene, from Old French [Term?], from Latin patena, by-form of patina. Doublet of pan and patina.


loe

loe n (uncountable, diminutive loetje n)


lockdown

lockdown (confinement as a security measure)


premie

premie f (plural premies, diminutive premietje n)

premies (plural)
premietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: premie

→ Caribbean Javanese: prémi

→ Indonesian: premi

→ Papiamentu: premie (dated)

From Latin praemium possibly through English premium.

a premium, money paid for e.g. an insurance

a bounty, a reward for killing or capturing a suspect, convict or animal at large


waterbed

waterbed n (plural waterbedden, diminutive waterbedje n)

waterbedden (plural)
waterbedje (diminutive neuter)

In de jaren '80 waren waterbedden erg populair.

In the 80s, waterbeds were very popular.

Een waterbed kan erg comfortabel zijn, maar het kan ook lekken.

A waterbed can be very comfortable, but it can also leak.

Hij heeft moeite met slapen op een waterbed.

waterbed (mattress filled with water; bed with such a mattress)


reclame

reclame f (plural reclames, diminutive reclametje n)

reclames (plural)
reclametje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: reklame

the stock that is advertised at a discount


regentes

regentes f (plural regentessen, diminutive regentesje n)

regentessen (plural)
regentesje (diminutive neuter)
regentesse (alternative)

regentess (female ruling in somebody else's stead)

(historical) female member of patrician and aristocratic circles


remedie

remedie f (plural remedies, diminutive remedietje n)

remedies (plural)
remedietje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: remedie

From Middle Dutch remedie, from Latin remedium (perhaps via Old French remedie).


rente

rente f (plural rentes or renten, diminutive rentetje n)

rentes (plural)
renten (plural)
rentetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: rènte

→ Indonesian: renten

From Middle Dutch rente, from Old French rente; cognate with Icelandic renta and Danish rente.


segment

segment n (plural segmenten, diminutive segmentje n)

segmenten (plural)
segmentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: segment

→ West Frisian: segmint

Borrowed from French segment, from Latin segmentum.


talles

talles m (plural talleisem or talleises)

Borrowed from Yiddish טלית (tales), from Hebrew טַלִּית (tallít).


silbe

silben (plural)
sylbe (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from German Silbe, from Old High German sillaba, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).


tiran

tiran m (plural tirannen, diminutive tirannetje n)

tirannen (plural)
tirannetje (diminutive neuter)

(NL)

From Latin tyrannus (“monarch, ruler; tyrant”), itself from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”). The sense "tyrant flycatcher" corresponds to the taxonomic family name, translingual Tyrannidae; more at tyrant flycatcher.

der

(historical) tyrant, absolute ruler of an Ancient polis

Tirannen van Caligula tot Ceaucescu hebben grillen, wreedheid en grootheidswaan gemeen

Tyrants from Caligula to Ceaucescu have whims, cruelty and megalomania in common

(figuratively) any oppressive, bossy or dictatorial person

a tyrant flycatcher, any bird of the family Tyrannidae


subsidie

nl-noun

subsidie f (plural subsidies, diminutive subsidietje n)

subsidies (plural)
subsidietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: subsidie

→ Indonesian: subsidi

From Middle Dutch subsidie, from Latin subsidium.

(obsolete) aid, help; the act of helping


bezant

bezant m (plural bezanten, diminutive bezantje n)

bezanten (plural)
bezantje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch besant, from Old French bezant, from Latin byzantius.


trote

trote c (plural trotes, diminutive troteke n)

trotes (plural)
troteke (diminutive neuter)

(Brabant) doormat; not very assertive person who lets others take advantage of them


varen

varen f or m (plural varens, diminutive varentje n)

varens (plural)
varentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: varing

From Middle Dutch varen, from Old Dutch *farn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn.

fern (plant of the class Polypodiopsida)


vete

vete f (plural vetes or veten, diminutive vetetje n)

vetes (plural)
veten (plural)
vetetje (diminutive neuter)
vede (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch vete, from Old Dutch *faitha, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu.


visite

→ Indonesian: visite

→ Sranan Tongo: fisiti


ricinus

ricinus m (plural ricinussen, diminutive ricinusje n)

ricinussen (plural)
ricinusje (diminutive neuter)

synonym of wonderboom (“castor oil plant”)


piet

piet m (plural pieten, diminutive pietje n)

pieten (plural)
pietje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands, chiefly diminutive or plural diminutive) louse

(Belgium, childish, slang or slightly vulgar) penis


edelweiss

edelweiss n or m (plural edelweissen, diminutive edelweissje n)

edelweissen (plural)
edelweissje (diminutive neuter)


charme

Borrowed from French charme (“charm”), from Middle French charme (“spell; charm”), from Old French charme (“spell”), from Latin carmen (“song; incantation”).

charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)


geste

From Middle Dutch, from Medieval Latin gestura.

(literal) gesture, movement of an appendix or body


geste

From French geste, related to Etymology 1.


bagage

Afrikaans: bagasie

→ Dutch Low Saxon: begazie, pakkazie

→ Malay: bagasi

Indonesian: bagasi

→ Sranan Tongo: bagasi

→ Caribbean Javanese: bagasi

/ˌbaːˈɣaː.ʒə/

Borrowed from Middle French bagage. First attested in the 16th century.

(figuratively) load, a person's relevant (especially hindering) background


planter

Negerhollands: planta

From Middle Dutch planter. Equivalent to planten + -er.

a planter, one who plants (usually plants or perhaps fungi)

a farmer, a tiller; in particular the owner or operator of a plantation, a planter

a founder of a colony, a settler, a coloniser


carrière

carrière f (plural carrières, diminutive carrièretje n)

carrières (plural)
carrièretje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: karier

Borrowed from French carrière, from Italian carriera.


verhaaltje

verhaaltje voor het slapengaan

Hij las het kind een verhaaltje voor het slapengaan.


revue

revue f or m (plural revues, diminutive revuetje n)

revues (plural)
revuetje (diminutive neuter)


tefilla

bor

Hebrew תְּפִלָּה


officiant

Ultimately from Middle French officiant.

(chiefly Roman Catholicism) officiant, officiating priest or other person holding a religious office


wending

nl-noun

wending f (plural wendingen, diminutive wendingetje n or wendinkje n)

wendingen (plural)
wendingetje (diminutive neuter)
wendinkje (diminutive neuter)


rol

rol m (plural rollen, diminutive rolletje n)

rollen (plural)
rolletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: ròl, rol

→ Sranan Tongo: lolo, rollo

→ Caribbean Javanese: lolo, rol

From Middle Dutch rolle, from Old French role.

role, function (as in actions or tasks that a person or a group is expected to perform)


rol

rol f (plural rollen, diminutive rolletje n)

roll (cylindrical object, often used as a rolling part)


vriendin

vriendin f (plural vriendinnen, diminutive vriendinnetje n, masculine vriend)

vriendinnen (plural)
vriendinnetje (diminutive neuter)
vriend (masculine)
vrindin (alternative dated literary)

Afrikaans: vriendin

From Middle Dutch vriendinne. Equivalent to vriend + -in.

dinnetje

both senses; clipping of vriendinnetje, diminutive of vriendin

De vriendinnen probeerden van een afstand steentjes in de vijver te gooien.

The female friends tried to throw pebbles into the pond at a distance.

Ik ben gisteren naar de bioscoop geweest met een vriendin van me.

Yesterday I went to the cinema with my friend.

Hallo vriendjes en vriendinnetjes, we komen er weer aan.

1987, A. G. van Toor, “Hallo vriendjes en vriendinnetjes”, in Bassie en Adriaan:

Zij heeft een vriendin en maakt goed gebruik van haar door haar te werk te stellen aan het WikiWoordenboek.

She has a girlfriend and makes good use of her by putting her to work on Wiktionary.

Ik ben gisteren naar de bioscoop geweest met mijn vriendin.

Yesterday I went to the cinema with my girlfriend.

girlfriend (unmarried female romantic partner)


platteland

platteland n (plural plattelanden, diminutive plattelandje n)

plattelanden (plural)
plattelandje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: platteland
English: platteland

Ik woonde in een groot huis op het platteland.


bedrijf

nl-noun

bedrijf n (plural bedrijven, diminutive bedrijfje n)

bedrijven (plural)
bedrijfje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bedryf

→ Caribbean Javanese: bedrèf

→? German: Betrieb

→ Papiamentu: bedrijf (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: bedrèif

→ Walloon: bedrieff

From Middle Dutch bedrijf. Equivalent to a deverbal from bedrijven. Compare German Betrieb.

En het bedrijf bood me mijn huidige baan in Nederland aan.

And the company offered me my current job in the Netherlands.

(theater) act, major unit in a theatre piece


ontwerper

ontwerper m (plural ontwerpers, diminutive ontwerpertje n)

ontwerpers (plural)
ontwerpertje (diminutive neuter)


vogeltjesmarkt

vogeltjesmarkt f or m (plural vogeltjesmarkten)

bird market, a place for selling and buying poultry


heroïne

From German Heroin, a brandname deposited in 1898 by Bayer.


rijtuig

rijtuig n (plural rijtuigen, diminutive rijtuigje n)

rijtuigen (plural)
rijtuigje (diminutive neuter)

Je kunt in de stad ook romantische tochtjes maken in een antiek rijtuig.

One can also make romantic city trips in an antique carriage.


gids

gids m (plural gidsen, diminutive gidsje n)

gidsen (plural)
gidsje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: gids

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

Dan kan de gids ons de stad laten zien.

Vergeet de gids niet.


biefstuk

biefstuk m (plural biefstukken, diminutive biefstukje n)

biefstukken (plural)
biefstukje (diminutive neuter)
beefsteak (alternative)

→ Indonesian: bistik

→ Papiamentu: bifstùk

From earlier beefsteak, from English beefsteak, with the second part of the compound changed by analogy (through folk etymology) with names of other pieces of meat in Dutch ending in -stuk.

Ik neem biefstuk met patat, dat is ook echt Vlaams.

I will have steak with fries, that is also very Flemish.

Bak de biefstuk in de pan vlug bruin. Gebruik een vork om de biefstuk in de pan te leggen.

1998, C.A.M. Hutten-Groot, Vaardigheden huishoudelijke zorg, Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, page 73:

Fry the steak brown quickly in the pan. Use a fork to lay the steak in the pan.


nagerecht

nagerecht n (plural nagerechten, diminutive nagerechtje n)

nagerechten (plural)
nagerechtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nagereg

Nemen jullie een nagerecht?


voorgerecht

voorgerecht n (plural voorgerechten, diminutive voorgerechtje n)

voorgerechten (plural)
voorgerechtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: voorgereg

a starter, the first course of a meal, an entrée


hoofdgerecht

hoofdgerecht n (plural hoofdgerechten, diminutive hoofdgerechtje n)

hoofdgerechten (plural)
hoofdgerechtje (diminutive neuter)

From hoofd- (“main”) + gerecht (“dish, course”).


toetje

Diminutive of toe. Literally, “[a] little something after”.


figurant

nl-noun

figurant m (plural figuranten, diminutive figurantje n, feminine figurante)

figuranten (plural)
figurantje (diminutive neuter)
figurante (feminine)

Borrowed from French figurant. By surface analysis, figureren + -ant.

(figurative) irrelevant person, bit player


gladiolus

Borrowed from Latin gladiolus, a diminutive form of gladius (“sword”).

dated form of gladiool (“gladiolus, gladiola”)


manier

manier f (plural manieren, diminutive maniertje n)

manieren (plural)
maniertje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: maniri

Negerhollands: manier, mani

From Middle Dutch maniere, from Old French maniere.

Op die manier


terreur

terreur f (plural terreurs or terreuren, diminutive terreurtje n)

terreurs (plural)
terreuren (plural)
terreurtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: teror

Borrowed from French terreur f, from Middle French terreur f, from Old French terreur f, from Latin terror m.

De hond werd verdacht van betrokkenheid bij terreur.

The dog was suspected of involvement in terrorism.


vandalisme

Borrowed from French vandalisme. Equivalent to vandaal + -isme.

vandalism (needless damage or destruction of property)


mislukkeling

mislukkeling f (plural mislukkelingen, diminutive mislukkelingetje n)

mislukkelingen (plural)
mislukkelingetje (diminutive neuter)


vertaler

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

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


trut

trut f (plural trutten, diminutive trutje n)

trutten (plural)
trutje (diminutive neuter)

Unknown. Possibly an alteration of treuzelen (“to tarry”) or prut (“gunk”), or a combination of trui (“slow, ugly, or promiscuous woman”) and kut (“cunt”) and/or tut (“stiff woman”).

(vulgar, derogatory) bitch (pejorative term for a woman)

(derogatory) boring, narrow-minded or slow person

Dokwerker Jan C. voelde zich geprovoceerd door de opmerking van herbergierster Joanna M. dat ze tevreden was hem samen met zijn vriendin werkvrouw Anna W. te zien. Jan C. die blijkbaar al zijn vermoedens had over de lesbische contacten van zijn vriendin, antwoordde: ‘Zijt gij mijn wijf haar truttenlakker, gij geeft export voor al hetgeen er binnen is en honderd frank er boven over, of gij moogt mijn wijf haar trut niet meer uitlakken.’

2011, Antoon Vrints, Het theater van de straat. Publiek geweld in Antwerpen tijdens de eerste helft van de twintigste eeuw, Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, page 245:

(vulgar, chiefly Southern or literary) pussy, cunt (vulva or vagina)


alm

1859, Heinrich Berghaus, Wat men van de aarde weet, en hoe men tot de kennis daarvan is gekomen, Vol. 3, tr. by P. van Os from German, Van Druten & Bleeker (publ.) page 229.
Nu volgt weldra het drijven van het vee naar de alm.

Now the driving of livestock to the alpine pasture soon follows.


ambassade

ambassade f (plural ambassades, diminutive ambassadetje n)

ambassades (plural)
ambassadetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ambassade

→ Caribbean Javanese: ambasadhe

→ Indonesian: ambasade

Borrowed from French ambassade, ultimately replacing ambassaat as the general term.

an embassy, diplomatic legation to permanently represent a foreign state at (the highest) embassador's level


ambassade

ambassade m (plural ambassaden, diminutive ambassaatje n)

ambassaden (plural)
ambassaatje (diminutive neuter)

From ambassaat, influenced by the above and ambassadeur.


paradigma

paradigma n (plural paradigmata or paradigma's)

paradigmata (plural)
paradigma's (plural)

Borrowed from Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).

(grammar) paradigm (canonical or exhaustive set of inflected forms; set of forms with a common element)

(chiefly philosophy and history of sciences) paradigm (framework of concept, practices and theories; exemplar of academic behaviour)


betel

Borrowed from Portuguese bétele \ bétel, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila).

Areca catechu
Areca catechu#Translingual


hens

alle hens aan dek
alle hens aan dek#Dutch

only used in alle hens aan dek (“all hands on deck”)


gade

gade m or f (plural gaden, diminutive gadetje n)

gaden (plural)
gadetje (diminutive neuter)
ga (alternative)

Afrikaans: gade

From Middle Dutch gade, from gegade, from Old Dutch *gigado. Substantivised form of the past participle of gaden, which is now obsolete.
Related to eega, gading, gader, tegader, gaderen, vergaderen, gegadigde, allegaartje, weerga and possibly also goed. Cognate with German Gatte.


pruik

pruik f (plural pruiken, diminutive pruikje n)

pruiken (plural)
pruikje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: parik

→ Papiamentu: preik, pruik (dated)

Early modern Dutch peruick/pairuque, borrowed from Middle French perruque.


adem

From Middle Dutch âdem, from Old Dutch *āthom, from Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.


rijbewijs

rijbewijs n (plural rijbewijzen, diminutive rijbewijsje n)

rijbewijzen (plural)
rijbewijsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rybewys

→ Indonesian: rebewes

→ Papiamentu: reibeweis

→ Saramaccan: leibewéísi

/ˈrɛi̯.bəˌʋɛi̯s/

From rijden (“to drive”) + bewijs (“license”).

compound

Amerikaners kunnen met zestien jaar een rijbewijs halen.

Americans can get a driver's license at sixteen years old.


loterij

nl-noun

loterij f (plural loterijen, diminutive loterijtje n)

loterijen (plural)
loterijtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: lotré

→ Indonesian: lotre

→ Russian: лотерея (lotereja)

Ze kocht een lot voor de grote loterij en hoopte op een grote prijs.

She bought a ticket for the big lottery and hoped for a big prize.

De winnaar van de loterij was verrast en blij met zijn prijs.

The winner of the lottery was surprised and happy with their prize.

De opbrengst van de loterij gaat naar een goed doel.

The proceeds of the lottery go to a good cause.


opdracht

opdracht f (plural opdrachten, diminutive opdrachtje n)

opdrachten (plural)
opdrachtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: opdrag

→ Caribbean Javanese: opdrakh

From Middle Dutch opdracht (“swelling, transfer”). Equivalent to opdragen (“to assign”) + -t (“verbal noun”).

suffix

task, assignment, an action that one is required to do

commission, something that has been commissioned

(archaic) transfer (of possessions, etc.)


eerder

nl-noun

eerder m (plural eerders, diminutive eerdertje n)

eerders (plural)
eerdertje (diminutive neuter)


voornaamwoord

voornaamwoord n (plural voornaamwoorden, diminutive voornaamwoordje n)

voornaamwoorden (plural)
voornaamwoordje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of voor (“for”) + naam (“name, noun”) + woord (“word”), calque of Latin prōnōmen with woord added to disambiguate it from voornaam (“first name, given name”).


onderwijs

Afrikaans: onderwys

/ˈɔndərˌʋɛi̯s/


telwoord

nl-noun

telwoord n (plural telwoorden, diminutive telwoordje n)

telwoorden (plural)
telwoordje (diminutive neuter)

From tellen (“to count”) + woord (“word”).

(rare, grammar) measure word, counter (class of word used along with numerals to count objects)


mobiel

mobiel m (plural mobielen, diminutive mobieltje n)

mobielen (plural)
mobieltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle French mobile, from Latin mōbilis (“easy to be moved, moveable”), from moveō (“move”). Doublet of meubel.

der

(Netherlands, usually in the diminutive) ellipsis of mobiele telefoon; a mobile phone, cellphone, mobile


nul-zes-nummer

nl-noun

nul-zes-nummer n (plural nul-zes-nummers, diminutive nul-zes-nummertje n)

nul-zes-nummers (plural)
nul-zes-nummertje (diminutive neuter)

(Netherlands) alternative form of 06-nummer


fiets

fiets f (plural fietsen, diminutive fietsje n)

fietsen (plural)
fietsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: fiets

→ Caribbean Javanese: pit

→ Dutch Low Saxon: fietse

→ German: Fietse

desctree

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

→ West Frisian: fyts

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

Gisteren heb ik een nieuwe fiets gekocht.


tramhalte

nl-noun

tramhalte f (plural tramhaltes or tramhalten, diminutive tramhaltje n)

tramhaltes (plural)
tramhalten (plural)
tramhaltje (diminutive neuter)

a tram stop (Commonwealth), a streetcar stop (North America)


stationsgebouw

stationsgebouw n (plural stationsgebouwen, diminutive stationsgebouwtje n)

stationsgebouwen (plural)
stationsgebouwtje (diminutive neuter)

From station + -s- + gebouw (“building”).

De klok op het stationsgebouw wijst de tijd aan.

The clock at the station building shows the time.


spaarpot

spaarpot m (plural spaarpotten, diminutive spaarpotje n)

spaarpotten (plural)
spaarpotje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: sparpòt

(figuratively) an amount of money to keep close at hand for emergencies (usually in the diminutive)


blijken

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


verbetering

nl-noun

verbetering f (plural verbeteringen, diminutive verbeteringetje n)

verbeteringen (plural)
verbeteringetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch verbeteringe. Equivalent to verbeteren + -ing.

the act or process of improving, correcting etc.

(obsolete) a reprimand; correction, sanction


centrifuge

centrifuge f (plural centrifuges, diminutive centrifugetje n)

centrifuges (plural)
centrifugetje (diminutive neuter)


dief

dief m (plural dieven, diminutive diefje n, feminine dievegge)

dieven (plural)
diefje (diminutive neuter)
dievegge (feminine)

Afrikaans: dief

Jersey Dutch: dîf

Negerhollands: dief, dif

→ Virgin Islands Creole: dif (archaic)

Skepi Creole Dutch: dief

From Middle Dutch dief, from Old Dutch *thiof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.


vlucht

vlucht f (plural vluchten, diminutive vluchtje n)

vluchten (plural)
vluchtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vlug

From Middle Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti, derived from *fleugan (“to fly”), whence Dutch vliegen.

flight (the act of flying, an instance thereof)

een vlucht zwaluwen.


vlucht

Afrikaans: vlug

From Middle Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti, derived from *fleuhan (“to flee”), whence Dutch vlieden.


aantal

aantal n (plural aantallen, diminutive aantalletje n)

aantallen (plural)
aantalletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aantal

Calque of German Anzahl. By surface analysis, aan (“on”) + tal (“number”).


leeuwin

nl-noun

leeuwin f (plural leeuwinnen, diminutive leeuwinnetje n, masculine leeuw)

leeuwinnen (plural)
leeuwinnetje (diminutive neuter)
leeuw (masculine)

Afrikaans: leeuin

From Middle Dutch leeuwinne. Equivalent to leeuw + -in.


bijwoord

bijwoord n (plural bijwoorden, diminutive bijwoordje n)

bijwoorden (plural)
bijwoordje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bywoord

From Middle Dutch biwoort. Equivalent to bij + woord.


jaarverslag

jaarverslag n (plural jaarverslagen, diminutive jaarverslagje n)

jaarverslagen (plural)
jaarverslagje (diminutive neuter)

Het bedrijf heeft zojuist haar jaarverslag gepubliceerd, waarin de financiële resultaten van het afgelopen jaar worden gepresenteerd.

The company has just published its annual report, presenting the financial results of the past year.

Het jaarverslagje van de school bevat een overzicht van alle activiteiten en projecten die het afgelopen jaar hebben plaatsgevonden.

The annual report of the school contains an overview of all the activities and projects that took place during the past year.

Het jaarverslag van de non-profitorganisatie toont de impact van hun werk op de gemeenschap.

The annual report of the non-profit organization showcases the impact of their work on the community.


vergadering

vergadering f (plural vergaderingen, diminutive vergaderingetje n)

vergaderingen (plural)
vergaderingetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: vergaadering

→ Caribbean Javanese: begandring

→ Indonesian: begandering


relatie

relatie f (plural relaties, diminutive relatietje n)

relaties (plural)
relatietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: relasie

→ Indonesian: relasi


zakenrelatie

zakenrelatie f (plural zakenrelaties, diminutive zakenrelatietje n)

zakenrelaties (plural)
zakenrelatietje (diminutive neuter)

De zakenrelatie met wie ik uit eten ben geweest, heeft het contract getekend.

The business relation with whom I have gone out to eat, has signed the contract.


cijfer

cijfer n (plural cijfers, diminutive cijfertje n)

cijfers (plural)
cijfertje (diminutive neuter)
cyfer (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: syfer

→ Indonesian: angka (semantic loan)

From Middle Dutch cifer, from Medieval Latin cifra. Cognate with English cipher.

a grade given for an assignment or class, particularly in primary school


hekel

hekel m (plural hekels, diminutive hekeltje n)

hekels (plural)
hekeltje (diminutive neuter)

Probably from German Ekel. Initial h- is likely do to a folk etymology.

Ik heb een hekel aan mijn belastingformulier invullen.

Iemand over de hekel halen.


intuïtie

Afrikaans: intuïsie

→ Indonesian: intuisi

Borrowed from French intuition, from Latin intuitiō.


zekerheid

zekerheid f (plural zekerheden, diminutive zekerheidje n)

zekerheden (plural)
zekerheidje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: seekerheit

From Middle Dutch sekerheit. Equivalent to zeker + -heid.

voor de zekerheid


bericht

bericht n (plural berichten, diminutive berichtje n)

berichten (plural)
berichtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch berecht. Equivalent to a verbal neutrum from berichten.


bijbel

bijbel m (plural bijbels, diminutive bijbeltje n)

bijbels (plural)
bijbeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: bèibel

→ Sranan Tongo: bèibel


letterkunde

Afrikaans: letterkunde

→ West Frisian: letterkunde

Artikel 1. Het auteursrecht is het uitsluitend recht van den maker van een werk van letterkunde, wetenschap of kunst, of van diens rechtverkrijgenden, om dit openbaar te maken en te verveelvoudigen, behoudens de beperkingen, bij de wet gesteld.

1912 September 23, “Wet van 23 september 1912, houdende nieuwe regeling van het auteursrecht (Auteurswet 1912) [Act of 23 September 1912, containing new regulations on copyright (Copyright Act 1912)]”, in Overheid.nl, retrieved 2024-12-11:

Article 1. Copyright is the exclusive right of the creator of a work of literature, science or art, or of his legal successors, to publish and reproduce it, subject to the limitations imposed by law.

the academic study of literature, literary science, literary studies


natuurkunde

→ Indonesian: ilmu alam (calque)


sterrenkunde

Afrikaans: sterrekunde


medicijn

medicijn n (plural medicijnen, diminutive medicijntje n)

medicijnen (plural)
medicijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: medisyn

Negerhollands: medicin

From Middle Dutch medicine, from Latin medicīna.

Er is nog geen goed medicijn tegen die ziekte.

At the moment there is no good medicine yet against that disease.

Ik ben vergeten mijn medicijn in te nemen.


humanist

humanist m (plural humanisten, diminutive humanistje n)

humanisten (plural)
humanistje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: humanis


merk

merk n (plural merken, diminutive merkje n)

merken (plural)
merkje (diminutive neuter)
merck (alternative)

Berbice Creole Dutch: merki

Negerhollands: merk

→ Indonesian: merek

From Middle Dutch marc, merc, from Old Dutch marc, from Proto-West Germanic *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”), cognate with English mark, German Mark.


Higgsboson

Higgsboson n (plural Higgsbosonen, diminutive Higgsbosonnetje n)

Higgsbosonen (plural)
Higgsbosonnetje (diminutive neuter)
Higgs-boson (alternative)

Borrowed from English Higgs boson; see boson.


hotelier

hotelier m (plural hoteliers, feminine hotelière)


keizerpinguïn

keizerpinguïn m (plural keizerpinguïns, diminutive keizerpinguïntje n or keizerpinguïnnetje n)

keizerpinguïns (plural)
keizerpinguïntje (diminutive neuter)
keizerpinguïnnetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of keizer + pinguïn, possibly a calque.


woede

From Middle Dutch woet, from Old Dutch *wuot, *wuodi, from Proto-Germanic *wōþuz. Compare English wode.


esthetica

→ Indonesian: estetika

Learned borrowing from New Latin aesthetica.


overwintering

nl-noun

overwintering f (plural overwinteringen)

the act or instance of spending the winter, overwintering


hypnose

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).


novelle

nl-noun

novelle f (plural novelles or novellen, diminutive novelletje n)

novelles (plural)
novellen (plural)
novelletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: novelle

→ Indonesian: novel

Borrowed from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.

a literary essay on closely related events


legering

legering f (plural legeringen, diminutive legerinkje n)

legeringen (plural)
legerinkje (diminutive neuter)

From German Legierung, equivalent to legeren (“to alloy”) + -ing.

Messing is een veelgebruikte legering van koper en zink.

Brass is a commonly used alloy of copper and zinc.

Roestvrij staal is een legering van ijzer, chroom en nikkel.

Stainless steel is an alloy of iron, chromium, and nickel.

De technicus gebruikte een speciale legering om het metaal sterker te maken.

The technician used a special alloy to make the metal stronger.


legering

Het leger heeft een legering opgezet in het bos om zich voor te bereiden op de oefening.

The army has set up an encampment in the forest to prepare for the exercise.

De soldaten verbleven in de legering gedurende de hele trainingsperiode.

The soldiers stayed at the camping site throughout the training period.

De legering werd strategisch gekozen om dicht bij de oefengebieden te zijn.

The establishment of the military base was strategically chosen to be close to the training areas.

encampment, camping, establishment of a (military) base


pulver

Borrowed from Latin pulveris, genitive of pulvis (“dust, powder”).


tautologie

tautologie f (plural tautologieën, diminutive tautologietje n)

tautologieën (plural)
tautologietje (diminutive neuter)

From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós, “the same”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”).


balling

balling m (plural ballingen, diminutive ballinkje n)

ballingen (plural)
ballinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ballinc, assimilated from banlinc, which consists of ban + -linc. Doublet of banneling.


redding

redding f (plural reddingen, diminutive reddinkje n)

reddingen (plural)
reddinkje (diminutive neuter)

De duikers waren betrokken bij de redding van de vermiste duiker.

The divers were involved in the rescue of the missing diver.

De brandweermannen zetten hun leven op het spel tijdens de redding van de mensen uit het brandende gebouw.

The firefighters risked their lives during the rescue of the people from the burning building.

Hij voelde een grote opluchting na de geslaagde redding van het drenkeling.

He felt a great relief after the successful rescue of the drowning person.


looping

looping m (plural loopings, diminutive loopinkje n)

loopings (plural)
loopinkje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English looping, from the phrase looping the loop.

loop-the-loop (manoeuvre or amusement ride feature involving a vertical loop)


kretek

Borrowed from Indonesian keretek, kretek.


supercomputer

supercomputer m (plural supercomputers, diminutive supercomputertje n)

supercomputers (plural)
supercomputertje (diminutive neuter)

(computing) a supercomputer, type of computer that has great processing power


sporangium

sporangium n (plural sporangia, diminutive sporangiummetje n)

sporangia (plural)
sporangiummetje (diminutive neuter)

From Late Latin sporangium, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).


conservator

conservator m (plural conservators or conservatoren, diminutive conservatortje n, feminine conservatrice)

conservators (plural)
conservatoren (plural)
conservatortje (diminutive neuter)
conservatrice (feminine)

From Middle Dutch conservateur, from Middle French conservateur, from Old French conservateur, from Latin cōnservātor.


brigadier

→ Indonesian: brigadir

→ Papiamentu: brigadir

→ Sranan Tongo: brigadiri

constable (police officer of some seniority)

(historical) brigadier, corporal, or a colonel in charge of a brigade


taiga

Ultimately from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from Turkic or Yakut тайга (tayga), which roughly could be translated as "slippery place". Most likely, the meaning come from a verb Yakut тай (tay) - to slip.

taiga (subarctic evergreen coniferous forest)


poot

poot m (plural poten, diminutive pootje n)

poten (plural)
pootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: poot

Jersey Dutch: plôt

From Middle Dutch pôte (“limb, claw”), further etymology unclear. The only known Germanic cognate is Middle Low German pote (itself having been borrowed as Danish pote, Norwegian Bokmål pote, Norwegian Nynorsk pote and German Pfote). Outside Germanic, Old French pote and Catalan pota may be related.

Spinnen hebben acht poten.

limb (arm or leg) of an animal (sometimes human)

Geen poot hebben om op te staan.

Blijf met je poten van me af!

Een kruk met drie poten.


slagen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


regel

nl-noun

regel m (plural regels or regelen, diminutive regeltje n)

regels (plural)
regelen (plural)
regeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: reël, riffel

Negerhollands: regel

→ Sranan Tongo: regel

→ Caribbean Javanese: rékhel

→? West Frisian: regel

From Middle Dutch regel, from Latin rēgula.

line of writing, verse; (pre-printed) straight line to write it on

rule, regulation, custom, prescript; the statute of an order etc.


expressionist

expressionist m (plural expressionisten)

(art) expressionist (artist working in the expressionist style)


conjunctie

Afrikaans: konjunksie

→ Indonesian: konjungsi

From Middle Dutch [Term?], from Latin conjūnctiō.


radicaal

radicaal m (plural radicalen, diminutive radicaaltje n)

radicalen (plural)
radicaaltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: radikal

From French radical, from Late Latin rādīcālis (“of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical”), from Latin rādīx (“root”). The noun is substantivized from the adjective.


legio

Borrowed from Latin legiō, after the story of Legio and the demoniac. The neuter gender in the noun sense “multitude” is influenced by the related term legioen. Doublet of legioen.

Onze stad werd geteisterd door legio's ratten.

Our city was being plagued by multitudes of rats.


politiek

nl-noun

politiek f (plural politieken, diminutive politiekje n)

politieken (plural)
politiekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: politiek

→ Indonesian: politik

Borrowed from French politique. By analogy with Aristotle’s "τα πολιτικά" ('affairs of state').

Hij heeft veel kennis van politiek en internationale betrekkingen.

He has a lot of knowledge about politics and international relations.

Ze heeft een passie voor politiek en wil graag een verschil maken in de samenleving.

She has a passion for politics and wants to make a difference in society.

De student volgt een opleiding in politiek en bestuurskunde.

The student is studying politics and public administration.


cursus

cursus m (plural cursussen, diminutive cursusje n)

cursussen (plural)
cursusje (diminutive neuter)

an educational course, on its own or as part of an academic or evening school curriculum

the documentation associated with a course, usually compiled by teachers themselves


floret

floret f (plural floretten, diminutive floretje n)

floretten (plural)
floretje (diminutive neuter)


heit

heit m (plural heiten, diminutive heitje n)

heiten (plural)
heitje (diminutive neuter)

Coordinate term: mem

Mijn heit houdt maar niet op over zijn Friese afkomst.

My dad won't stop going on about his Frisian heritage.


oer

Borrowed from Low German Uur, from Proto-Germanic *ōra, *ūra- (“ferriferous sand”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wūr-. However, compare Irish úir (“soil, earth”) and Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet earth, sand, mud”).

cog

ferrous ground, sand clotted by iron(III) oxide, bog iron ore


hiel

nl-noun

hiel m (plural hielen, diminutive hieltje n)

hielen (plural)
hieltje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: hiel, houe, hil

→ Papiamentu: hilchi, hieltje

From Middle Dutch hiele, from Old Dutch *hela, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz.

analogous part of footwear or another physical entity


serendipiteit

serendipiteit f (plural serendipiteiten)

From Serendip + -iteit. Voor het eerst gebruikt door Horace Walpole, 1754.


koers

koers m (plural koersen, diminutive koersje n)

koersen (plural)
koersje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

→ Indonesian: kurs (“exchange rate”)
→ Tetum: kurs

From Middle Dutch coers, from Middle French cours.

the price of a stock or bond, rate, notably on an exchange


triplex

Borrowed from Latin triplex. In the sense “three-veneer plywood” likely a shortening of triplexhout.


vaardigheid

nl-noun

vaardigheid f (plural vaardigheden, diminutive vaardigheidje n)

vaardigheden (plural)
vaardigheidje (diminutive neuter)


voordeel

voordeel n (plural voordelen, diminutive voordeeltje n)

voordelen (plural)
voordeeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: voordeel

Negerhollands: voordeel

→ Caribbean Javanese: fordil

From Middle Dutch voredêel. Equivalent to voor (“in front”) + deel (“part, piece”).

compound

Elk nadeel heeft zijn voordeel.


nadeel

nl-noun

nadeel n (plural nadelen, diminutive nadeeltje n)

nadelen (plural)
nadeeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nadeel

Compound of na + deel. Formed by analogy from voordeel, displaced achterdeel in the meaning “disadvantage”.

Elk nadeel heeft zijn voordeel.


basisschool

basisschool f (plural basisscholen, diminutive basisschooltje n)

basisscholen (plural)
basisschooltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sekolah dasar (calque)

→ Papiamentu: skol básiko (calque)

Coordinate term: middelbare school

elementary school (US), primary school (UK)


voldoening

voldoening f (plural voldoeningen, diminutive voldoeninkje n)

voldoeningen (plural)
voldoeninkje (diminutive neuter)


mogelijkheid

Negerhollands: mogelikheit

/ˈmoːɣələkˌɦɛi̯t/

From mogelijk + -heid. Compare German Möglichkeit.


besluiten

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


functie

nl-noun

functie f (plural functies, diminutive functietje n)

functies (plural)
functietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: funksie

Malay: fungsi

Indonesian: fungsi

Borrowed from French fonction, from Middle French function, ultimately from Latin functiō. The spelling was eventually adapted to Latin functiō.


sollicitatie

sollicitatie f (plural sollicitaties, diminutive sollicitatietje n)

sollicitaties (plural)
sollicitatietje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French sollicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō. Equivalent to solliciteren + -atie.


luister

From French lustre, from Italian lustro, from Latin lūstrāre.


tabletop

tabletop m (plural tabletoppen, diminutive tabletopje n)

tabletoppen (plural)
tabletopje (diminutive neuter)

(emergency services, slang) tabletop exercise (An emergency exercise where participants come together in an informal setting in, for example, a meeting room, to discuss their roles during a disaster or crisis and to review relevant procedures based on one or more scenarios)


oplossing

oplossing f (plural oplossingen, diminutive oplossinkje n)

oplossingen (plural)
oplossinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oplossing

/ˈɔpˌlɔ.sɪŋ/

From oplossen + -ing. Compare German Auflösung.

solution (e.g. to a mathematical problem)


bestand

bestand n (plural bestanden, diminutive bestandje n)

bestanden (plural)
bestandje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: bestand

From Middle Dutch bestant. Equivalent to be- + stand, compare German Bestand.

Twaalfjarig Bestand


heen

Derived from Proto-Germanic *hainō (“grindstone”), similar to Low German heenk, Old Norse hein. Outside of Germanic, related to Latin cos (“grindstone”), Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “pinecone”), Middle Irish cath (“sharp-minded”).


huisarts

huisarts m (plural huisartsen, diminutive huisartsje n)

huisartsen (plural)
huisartsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: dokter di cas (calque)

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

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

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

general practitioner
general practitioner


spreekkamer

spreekkamer f (plural spreekkamers, diminutive spreekkamertje n)

spreekkamers (plural)
spreekkamertje (diminutive neuter)

a doctor's office, a surgery, a consulting room, a consultation room


voorstellen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


stuur

stuur n (plural sturen, diminutive stuurtje n)

sturen (plural)
stuurtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stuur

Negerhollands: stuur

→ Betawi: setèr

→ Caribbean Javanese: setir

→ Indonesian: setir

From Middle Dutch stier, stuur, from the root of Etymology 2 below. For the obsolete sense “tax”, compare German Steuer; the original meaning was "support."

a steering device, notably a steering wheel in a vehicle or handlebars on a bicycle

(figuratively) (used absolutely, with the definite article: het stuur) Control


röntgenfoto

röntgenfoto m or f (plural röntgenfoto's)

From röntgen + foto (“photo, photograph”).


uitslag

uitslag m (plural uitslagen, diminutive uitslagje n)

uitslagen (plural)
uitslagje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch uteslach. Equivalent to uit 'out' + slag.

what appears at the surface, e.g. moisture

(obsolete) the act of driving livestock into pastures


jeuk

Kunt u iets aan de jeuk doen?


recept

recept n (plural recepten, diminutive receptje n)

recepten (plural)
receptje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: resep

→ Caribbean Javanese: resèp

→ Indonesian: rêsèp

→ Papiamentu: resèpt, resèt

From Middle Dutch recepte, from Old French recepte, from Medieval Latin recepta.


zalf

zalf f (plural zalven, diminutive zalfje n)

zalven (plural)
zalfje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: salf

Negerhollands: salv

→ Caribbean Javanese: salep

→ Indonesian: salep

From Middle Dutch salve, from Old Dutch salva, from Proto-West Germanic *salbu, from Proto-Germanic *salbō.


sensualist

sensualist m (plural sensualisten, diminutive sensualistje n)

sensualisten (plural)
sensualistje (diminutive neuter)

sensualist (person who believes in enjoying sensuality)

sensualist (one who holds to the doctrine of sensualism)


topos

topos m or n (plural topoi, diminutive toposje n)

topoi (plural)
toposje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).


orchidee

orchidee f (plural orchideeën, diminutive orchideetje n)

orchideeën (plural)
orchideetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from translingual Orchideae, coined by Linnaeus based on Latin orchis and Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis).


buis

buis f (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

buizen (plural)
buisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: buis

→ Caribbean Javanese: bès, bèis

→ Indonesian: bis

→ West Frisian: buis

From Middle Dutch buse, of uncertain origin, plausibly representing an umlauted byform *beusju of Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush, bentgrass”) which gives Dutch bies. For the "television" sense, compare English tube.


buis

nl-noun

buis n (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)


buis

→ English: buss

From Middle Dutch buse, from Medieval Latin buscia, buza, buccia (possibly Middle Dutch loaned the Latin by way of Old French busse, buce); further etymology uncertain.

(historical) a buss, a type of fishing vessel


aandacht

Negerhollands: andacht

→ West Frisian: oandacht

From Middle Dutch aendachte, from Middle High German andaht, from Old High German anadāht. Cognate to German Andacht. Equivalent to aan (“on”) + dacht (“thought”).

aandagt (alternative obsolete)
aendacht (alternative obsolete)
aendagt (alternative obsolete)

(obsolete, countable) meditation (contemplative discourse)


behandeling

behandeling f (plural behandelingen, diminutive behandelinkje n)

behandelingen (plural)
behandelinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: behandeling

medical or therapeutic treatment, therapy


zeuren

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


plek

nl-noun

plek f (plural plekken, diminutive plekje n)

plekken (plural)
plekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: plek

Berbice Creole Dutch: pleke

Jersey Dutch: pläk

Negerhollands: plek, ple, api, wat plek

→ Virgin Islands Creole: plek, wat plek (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: plaik

From Middle Dutch plecke, from Old Dutch *plekka (“mark, spot, place”), from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). Cognate with Middle Low German plecke (“spot, mark”), English pleck (“spot, place”). More at English pleck.

Dit is mijn favoriete plek in het park.

We hebben een plek nodig om ons kamp op te zetten.

Ze vond een rustige plek om te lezen.


discotheek

discotheek f (plural discotheken, diminutive discotheekje n)

discotheken (plural)
discotheekje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: diskotek

Borrowed from French discothèque (“record library”).


gevlucht

a sail cross; the sail beams of a windmill, connecting the sweeps to the windshaft


tijdstip

tijdstip n (plural tijdstippen, diminutive tijdstipje n)

tijdstippen (plural)
tijdstipje (diminutive neuter)

Op dat tijdstip sliep ik nog.

Ondanks het late tijdstip was het nog erg druk op straat.

Despite the late hour the streets were still very crowded.

moment in time, point in time, time of day


koop

koop m (uncountable, diminutive koopje n)

Afrikaans: koop

From Middle Dutch côop, from Old Dutch *cōp, from Proto-Germanic *kaupaz. See the verb kopen (“to buy, trade”).


aanbieding

aanbieding f (plural aanbiedingen, diminutive aanbiedinkje n)

aanbiedingen (plural)
aanbiedinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aanbieding

→ West Frisian: oanbieding (calque)


bevrijding

bevrijding f (plural bevrijdingen, diminutive bevrijdinkje n)

bevrijdingen (plural)
bevrijdinkje (diminutive neuter)


supermarkt

supermarkt c (plural supermarkten, diminutive supermarktje n)

supermarkten (plural)
supermarktje (diminutive neuter)
supermarket (alternative dated)

→ West Frisian: supermerk (calque)

From super- + markt, calque of English supermarket.


koelkast

koelkast f (plural koelkasten, diminutive koelkastje n)

koelkasten (plural)
koelkastje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koelkas

→ Indonesian: kulkas

→ Indonesian: lemari pendingin (calque)

→ Sundanese: ᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮊᮞ᮪ (kulkas)

Floris stapte af, zette zijn fiets tegen een lantaarnpaal en slenterde langs een sprei met verroest gereedschap, een koffiezetapparaat zonder snoer, een mobiele telefoon model koelkast, een stapel gescheurde Donald Ducks, grammofoonplaten van Elvis Presley.

(informal) an unfashionable, large, bulky cell phone


belastingformulier

belastingformulier n (plural belastingformulieren, diminutive belastingformuliertje n)

belastingformulieren (plural)
belastingformuliertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of belasting (“tax”) + formulier (“form”).

Ik heb moeite met het invullen van mijn belastingformulier.

I have difficulty filling out my tax form.

Je moet je belastingformulier voor april indienen.

You need to submit your tax form by April.

Waar kan ik het benodigde belastingformulier vinden?


belasting

belasting f (plural belastingen, diminutive belastinkje n)

belastingen (plural)
belastinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: belasting

→ Indonesian: belasting

→ Makasar: balasitèng

desc

→ Papiamentu: belasting, belásten, belaste, belaster

From Middle Dutch belastinge (“burden, accusation”). Equivalent to belasten (“to load, burden”) + -ing.

inh

Deze brug kan een belasting van maximaal 10 ton aan.

This bridge can handle a load of up to 10 tons.

De mentale belasting van het werk kan soms overweldigend zijn.

The mental strain of the job can sometimes be overwhelming.

Veel mensen klagen over hoge belastingen in hun land.

Many people complain about high taxes in their country.

De overheid heeft nieuwe belastingen ingevoerd op luxegoederen.

The government introduced new taxation on luxury goods.

De generator kan een belasting van 500 kilowatt aan.

The generator can handle a load of 500 kilowatts.

Bij overmatige belasting kan het circuit uitvallen.

The circuit can fail under excessive load.

electrical engineering
electrical engineering


rollerskate

(less common, chiefly plural) a roller skate


camelia

camelia's (plural)
camellia (alternative archaic)


baco

nl-noun

baco m (plural baco's, diminutive bacootje n)

baco's (plural)
bacootje (diminutive neuter)

A compound of the initial syllables of bacardi cola, from Bacardi (a brand of rum - although any brand of rum may be used in a baco) and cola. Such clipped compounds are common in informal usage; compare for example vrijmibo, esma, gito.


dierentuin

dierentuin m (plural dierentuinen, diminutive dierentuintje n)

dierentuinen (plural)
dierentuintje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dieretuin

desctree

→ Indonesian: kebun binatang, bunbin (acronym), bonbin (acronym) (calque)
→ Malay: kebun binatang

→ Malay: taman haiwan (calque)

→ Papiamentu: dierentuin

→ West Frisian: dieretún (calque)

From dier (“animal”) + -en- + tuin (“garden”). Cf. German Tiergarten, English zoological garden.

compound

Een gevaarlijk roofdier is ontsnapt uit de dierentuin.

A dangerous predator has escaped from the zoo.


bezoeken

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


bevestiging

nl-noun

bevestiging f (plural bevestigingen, diminutive bevestigingetje n)

bevestigingen (plural)
bevestigingetje (diminutive neuter)


godsdienst

godsdienst m (plural godsdiensten, diminutive godsdienstje n)

godsdiensten (plural)
godsdienstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: godsdiens

desc

Negerhollands: gods-dienst, godtes dienst

From Middle Dutch godesdienst. Equivalent to God (“God”) + -s- + dienst (“service”).


afdeling

nl-noun

afdeling f (plural afdelingen, diminutive afdelinkje n)

afdelingen (plural)
afdelinkje (diminutive neuter)
afdeeling (alternative)

Afrikaans: afdeling

→ Caribbean Javanese: afdéling

→ Indonesian: afdeling

→ Peranakan Indonesian: afdeeling

(military, chiefly artillery) regiment, army unit consisting of more than one battalions


zeilboot

zeilboot m (plural zeilboten, diminutive zeilbootje n)

zeilboten (plural)
zeilbootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Saramaccan: zéi-bóto


spreekbeurt

spreekbeurt f (plural spreekbeurten, diminutive spreekbeurtje n)

spreekbeurten (plural)
spreekbeurtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: spreekbeurt, sprekbùrt

(education) oral presentation, lecture as a school project


omgeving

omgeving f (plural omgevingen, diminutive omgevinkje n)

omgevingen (plural)
omgevinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: omgewing

desc

→ Indonesian: lingkungan (semantic loan)

→ West Frisian: omjouwing (calque)

/ˌɔmˈɣeː.vɪŋ/

From omgeven + -ing, calque of German Umgebung.

surroundings, area, environment, environs


zender

nl-noun

zender m (plural zenders, diminutive zendertje n)

zenders (plural)
zendertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch sender. Equivalent to zenden + -er.


boulevardblad

boulevardblad n (plural boulevardbladen, diminutive boulevardblaadje n)

boulevardbladen (plural)
boulevardblaadje (diminutive neuter)

In Nederland heb je op het moment geen echte boulevardbladen zoals in Duitsland of Engeland, maar dat kan natuurlijk veranderen.

In the Netherlands there really aren't at the moment any tabloids such as in Germany or England, but that could change, naturally.


invloed

invloed m (plural invloeden, diminutive invloedjes n)

invloeden (plural)
invloedjes (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: invloed

From Middle Dutch invloet. Equivalent to in + vloed. Compare German Einfluss.


rondleiding

rondleiding f (plural rondleidingen, diminutive rondleidinkje n)

rondleidingen (plural)
rondleidinkje (diminutive neuter)


fietstocht

fietstocht m (plural fietstochten, diminutive fietstochtje n)

fietstochten (plural)
fietstochtje (diminutive neuter)


poffertje

→ English: poffertje

From poffen + -er + -tje, named because of their puffy appearance.

(chiefly plural) a small Dutch puffed pancake, a baby pancake


jeugd

From Middle Dutch joghet, juegt, from Old Dutch juginde, jugethe, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþiz, from earlier *juwunþi.


buitenland

Afrikaans: buiteland

Negerhollands: bytten land

Zij studeert in het buitenland.

all foreign countries, collectively; anything abroad


binnenland

Afrikaans: binneland

From binnen + land. Perhaps backformed from binnenlands.

de binnenlandpagina in de krant: the national news section in the newspaper

Deze artiest heeft succes in binnen- en buitenland.

This artist is successful at home and abroad.

everything within the boundaries of a nation (as opposed to buitenland)

Ze is momenteel in het binnenland.


trouw

trouw f (plural trouwen, diminutive trouwtje n)

trouwen (plural)
trouwtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch trouwe, from Old Dutch triuwa, from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō.

Groot is Uw trouw, o Heer.


geweld

Afrikaans: geweld

Negerhollands: geweld

desc

→ Indonesian: kekerasan, rudapaksa (semantic loan)

From Middle Dutch gewelt, influenced by umlauted geweldich (modern geweldig), from Old Dutch giwalt, ultimately pertaining to Proto-West Germanic *ga- and *waldōn (“to govern, rule”). Cognate with English wald, German Gewalt.


maatschappij

nl-noun

maatschappij f (plural maatschappijen, diminutive maatschappijtje n)

maatschappijen (plural)
maatschappijtje (diminutive neuter)
maetschapy (alternative obsolete)
maetschappy (alternative obsolete)
maetschappij (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: maatskappy

Negerhollands: maatskap

→ West Frisian: maatskippij

→ Caribbean Javanese: maskapèi

→ Indonesian: maskapai

→ Javanese: maskapé, maskepè, maskepik

→ Manado Malay: matskappij

→ Polish: maszoperia

→ Sranan Tongo: maskapei


luchtmacht

luchtmacht f (plural luchtmachten, diminutive luchtmachtje n)

luchtmachten (plural)
luchtmachtje (diminutive neuter)

De luchtmacht voerde een luchtaanval uit op vijandelijke doelen.

The airforce carried out an airstrike on enemy targets.


passen

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


gebruiker

nl-noun

gebruiker m (plural gebruikers, diminutive gebruikertje n, feminine gebruikster)

gebruikers (plural)
gebruikertje (diminutive neuter)
gebruikster (feminine)

De website heeft miljoenen gebruikers over de hele wereld.

The website has millions of users all around the world.


verzekering

verzekering f (plural verzekeringen, diminutive verzekeringetje n or verzekerinkje n)

verzekeringen (plural)
verzekeringetje (diminutive neuter)
verzekerinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: versekering

Negerhollands: verseekering, versekering

→ West Frisian: fersekering

From verzekeren (“to insure; to assure”) + -ing.

suffix

assurance, act of assuring, something that one has assured


verkiezing

nl-noun

verkiezing f (plural verkiezingen, diminutive verkiezinkje n)

verkiezingen (plural)
verkiezinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: verkiesing

Negerhollands: verkiesing

From Middle Dutch verkiesinge. Equivalent to verkiezen + -ing.

De verkiezing voor de nieuwe president zal volgende maand plaatsvinden.

The election for the new president will take place next month.

Er waren veel kandidaten die meededen aan de verkiezingen voor de gemeenteraad.

There were many candidates participating in the elections for the city council.

De burgemeester kondigde de datum van de komende verkiezing aan in een persconferentie.

The mayor announced the date of the upcoming election in a press conference.

De verkiezing van de winnaar werd bekendgemaakt na het tellen van alle stemmen.

The election of the winner was announced after counting all the votes.

(Protestantism) election, predestination of the elect in orthodox Calvinism


zetel

zetel m (plural zetels, diminutive zeteltje n)

zetels (plural)
zeteltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: setel

From Middle Dutch setel, from Old Dutch *setal, *setl, from Proto-Germanic *setlaz. More at settee and settle.

(formal) chair, seat, especially as in parliament


gunning

the act of awarding or allocating a project to a bidder


ridder

ridder m (plural ridders, diminutive riddertje n)

ridders (plural)
riddertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ridder

From Middle Dutch riddere, a variant form of ridere, from Old Dutch *rīdere, from rīdan + -ere (equivalent to modern rijder).

(obsolete) one of certain butterflies of the family Papilionidae

(obsolete, particularly) synonym of koninginnenpage (“swallowtail”) (Papilio machaon)


concurrentie

→ Indonesian: konkurènsi

Borrowed from Middle French concurrence. Equivalent to concurrent + -ie.


schnitzel

schnitzel m (plural schnitzels, diminutive schnitzeltje n)

schnitzels (plural)
schnitzeltje (diminutive neuter)


liefhebber

liefhebber m (plural liefhebbers, diminutive liefhebbertje n, feminine liefhebster)

liefhebbers (plural)
liefhebbertje (diminutive neuter)
liefhebster (feminine)

Negerhollands: liefhebber

From Middle Dutch liefhebber. Equivalent to liefhebben + -er.

een liefhebber van boeken

(archaic) a lover, one who loves someone or something


bisschop

bisschop m (plural bisschoppen, diminutive bisschopje n)

bisschoppen (plural)
bisschopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: biskop

→? Mahican: bishop

→ Malay: biskop

Indonesian: biskop

→ Sranan Tongo: biskop

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

bishop (official in Orthodox, Catholic and some Protestant churches overseeing a diocese)


commentaar

Afrikaans: kommentaar

→ Indonesian: komentar

Borrowed from German Kommentar, from Latin commentārius (“notebook”).

commentary, comment (act or result of commenting)

comment (message or speech act in which comment is given)

commentary (text genre commenting on something, e.g. another text)


geval

geval n (plural gevallen, diminutive gevalletje n)

gevallen (plural)
gevalletje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: val

From Middle Dutch geval, from the verb gevallen.

In dat geval heb ik geen bezwaar.

Er is geen enkel geval bekend waarbij doden vielen.

There is no known case involving fatalities.

De verzekeraar werd gebeld over een geval van waterschade.

The insurer was called about a case of water damage.

Wat is dit voor een vreemd geval?


begroting

begroting f (plural begrotingen, diminutive begrotinkje n)

begrotingen (plural)
begrotinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: begroting

From Middle Dutch begrotinge. Equivalent to begroten + -ing.

a budget, projected income and spending of a public or private organisation in a given period

a budget, the funds (or other means) reserved for a project


vorming

vorming f (plural vormingen, diminutive vorminkje n)

vormingen (plural)
vorminkje (diminutive neuter)


overleg

overleg n (plural overleggen, diminutive overlegje n)

overleggen (plural)
overlegje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly uncountable, very rare in the diminutive) talks, discussion, consultation

(chiefly uncountable, very rare in the diminutive) any permanent or regular consultation between different parties on a specific topic

consultative forum, consultative conference (an organisational format that facilitates ongoing consultation between various institutional parties)


partij

partij f (plural partijen, diminutive partijtje n)

partijen (plural)
partijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: party

→ Caribbean Javanese: partèi

→ Indonesian: partai

→ Sranan Tongo: partèi

From Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie. Doublet of party.

side or actor in a conflict, procedure et cetera

Bij de verkiezingen stemde ze op een progressieve partij.

In the elections, she voted for a progressive political party.

De leden van de partij bespraken hun standpunten tijdens de bijeenkomst.

The members of the party discussed their positions during the meeting.