met

From Middle Dutch met, from Proto-Germanic *matją, whence also German Mett (through Low German). Related with Proto-Germanic *matiz, whence English meat.

(dated, Eastern Netherlands) mince (sometimes specifically uncooked)


cliché

nl-noun

cliché n (plural clichés, diminutive clicheetje n)

clichés (plural)
clicheetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: cliché

→ Indonesian: klise


machine

machine f (plural machines, diminutive machientje n or machinetje n)

machines (plural)
machientje (diminutive neuter)
machinetje (diminutive neuter)
masjine (alternative)
masjien (alternative)
machien (alternative archaic colloquial)

Afrikaans: masjien

→ Caribbean Javanese: mesin

→ Malay: mesin

Indonesian: mesin

→ Sundanese: mesin

→ Sranan Tongo: masyin

→ Aukan: masini

→ Caribbean Hindustani: mashin

→ Kari'na: masini

→ Saramaccan: masíni

Borrowed from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Doric Greek μᾱχανᾱ́ (mākhanā́).

machine (mechanical or electrical device)


mal

mal f (plural mallen, diminutive malletje n)

mallen (plural)
malletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: malchi, maltsje (from the diminutive)

First attested in the seventeenth century. Ultimately derived from Old French modle, an old (11th century) borrowing from Latin modulus (“measure”). Doublet of module and modulus.

mold, cast (device to help creating shapes)


tractor

tractor m (plural tractoren or tractors, diminutive tractortje n)

tractoren (plural)
tractors (plural)
tractortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: trèktor, plèktor


reactor

reactor m (plural reactoren or reactors)


actor

actor m (plural actores or actoren, diminutive actortje n)

actores (plural)
actoren (plural)
actortje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin āctor. Doublet of acteur.

actor; agent, player (who has a part in some field of economical, social or other action, i.e., an active human factor)


factor

factor m (plural factoren, diminutive factortje n)

factoren (plural)
factortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: faktor

→ Indonesian: faktor

→ West Frisian: faktor

From Middle Dutch factoor, from Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).

der

Een belangrijke factor voor succes is hard werken.

In de wiskunde kun je een getal ontbinden in factoren om het te vereenvoudigen.

In mathematics, you can decompose a number into factors to simplify it.


shirt

nl-noun

shirt n (plural shirts, diminutive shirtje n)

shirts (plural)
shirtje (diminutive neuter)

a T-shirt or other shirt, typically including undershirts


spelling

spelling f (plural spellingen, diminutive spellinkje n)

spellingen (plural)
spellinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spelling

From Middle Dutch spellinge. Equivalent to spellen + -ing.

Het is belangrijk om de juiste spelling van woorden te gebruiken in je werkstuk.

It is important to use the correct spelling of words in your essay.

In de Nederlandse taal zijn er soms lastige regels voor de spelling van bepaalde woorden.

In the Dutch language, there are sometimes tricky rules for the spelling of certain words.

De leerlingen oefenden hun spelling tijdens de taalles.

The students practiced their spelling during the language lesson.

De spellingscontrole van de tekstverwerker helpt bij het corrigeren van spellingen in het document.

The spell check of the word processor helps with correcting spellings in the document.


spelt

From Middle Dutch spelte, from Old Dutch *spelta, either from Frankish *spelta or Latin spelta, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz.


statement

Gordijnen zijn niet langer alleen functionele raamdecoratie, maar kunnen tegenwoordig dienen als een statement in het interieur.

Curtains are no longer just functional window decoration, but can now serve as a statement in the interior.

Elk statement in de code is op te splitsen in twee delen: sub en by.

Each statement in the code can be divided into two parts: sub and by.

(computing) statement, instruction in a computer program


brief

brief f (plural brieven, diminutive briefje n)

brieven (plural)
briefje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brief

Berbice Creole Dutch: brifu

Negerhollands: brief, brif

→ Papiamentu: brifi (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: brifi

Aukan: biifi

Saramaccan: biífi

→ Kari'na: brifi

From Middle Dutch brief, from Old Dutch, borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”).


boot

boot m or f (plural boten, diminutive bootje n)

boten (plural)
bootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: boot

Negerhollands: boot, bot

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bot

→ Papiamentu: boto

→? Sranan Tongo: boto

→ Aukan: boto

→ Caribbean Javanese: boṭo

→ Lokono: botu

→ Saramaccan: bóto

From Middle Dutch boot m, from Middle English bot (“boat, ship”), from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.

We gaan dit weekend varen op onze nieuwe boot.

We're going boating on our new boat this weekend.

De vissers gebruikten hun kleine bootjes om de zee op te gaan.

The fishermen used their small boats to go out to sea.

Het eiland is alleen bereikbaar per boot of per helikopter.

The island is only accessible by boat or helicopter.


camera

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

camera's (plural)
cameraatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kamera

→ Indonesian: kamera

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


business

Onder de bezielende leiding van Pierre Vinken is de wetenschappelijke tak uitgegroeid tot de core business van RELX.

Under the inspiring leadership of Pierre Vinken, the scientific branch has grown into the core business of RELX.

business (commercial activity or specific commercial enterprise)


body

nl-noun

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

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

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from bodysuit.

bodysuit, leotard, onesie
(garment worn by adult)

bodysuit, leotard, onesie
(garment worn by infant or small child)


basket

(basketball) basket (the goal in basketball)


complex

complex n (plural complexen, diminutive complexje n)

complexen (plural)
complexje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kompleks

Borrowed from French complexe or German komplex, from Latin complexus.

complex (collection of buildings or facilities with a common purpose)

(psychoanalysis) complex (abnormal mental state caused by repression)


curve

curve f (plural curven or curves, diminutive curvetje n)

curven (plural)
curves (plural)
curvetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”).


cell

cell m (plural cells, diminutive celltje n)

cells (plural)
celltje (diminutive neuter)

Clipping of cellulair or borrowed directly from English cell.

Door de ‘cell’ is het mogelijk de banden met verwanten elders innig te houden of zelfs te herstellen.

2001, Alex van Stipriaan, “Contact! Marrons en de transport- en communicatierevolutie in het Surinaamse binnenland [Contact! Maroons and the transport and communication revolution in Suriname's hinterland]”, in OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis, page 41:

The mobile phone makes it possible to keep close ties with relatives elsewhere or even to restore them.

(Suriname, colloquial) cellular phone, mobile phone


sleep

sleep m (plural slepen, diminutive sleepje n)

slepen (plural)
sleepje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: sleep (dated)

train, the part of wedding gown that drags behind the bride


prove

prove f (plural proven, diminutive provetje n)

proven (plural)
provetje (diminutive neuter)
preuve (alternative Dutch Northern)

From Middle Dutch prove, from Middle French preuve, from Old French prueve, from Medieval Latin provenda, from older praebenda.


put

put m (plural putten, diminutive putje n)

putten (plural)
putje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: put

Negerhollands: pit, put

→ Sranan Tongo: peti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: peti

From Middle Dutch put, from Old Dutch *putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti (“a well”).


remake

remake m (plural remakes, diminutive remakeje n)

remakes (plural)
remakeje (diminutive neuter)


ring

ring m (plural ringen, diminutive ringetje n)

ringen (plural)
ringetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ring

Negerhollands: rink, riṅ

→? Aukan: linga

→ Indonesian: ring

→ Papiamentu: renchi, ringtsje (from the diminutive)

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

(Mormonism) stake (territorial division)


rang

rang m (plural rangen, diminutive rangetje n)

rangen (plural)
rangetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: rang


parasol

parasol m (plural parasols or parasollen, diminutive parasolletje n)

parasols (plural)
parasollen (plural)
parasolletje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: pansolo, parisola

Negerhollands: paresol

→ Aukan: paasoo

→ Papiamentu: parasòl

→ Saramaccan: paazóo

Borrowed from French parasol, from Italian parasole.


set

a set (collection of objects belonging together)

a set (installation consisting of multiple appliances)


bourgeois

bourgeois m (plural bourgeois, diminutive bourgeoistje n)

bourgeois (plural)
bourgeoistje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: borjuis


charlatan

charlatan m (plural charlatans, diminutive charlatannetje n)

charlatans (plural)
charlatannetje (diminutive neuter)


filibuster

Borrowed from English filibuster, from Spanish filibustero, from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter.

(US politics) a filibuster, a tactic to delay Congressional procedures

(historical) a filibuster, an American mercenary who operated in Central America or the Spanish West Indies seeking to gain wealth or political power


dupe

Borrowed from French dupe, from Middle French [Term?].


interest

interest m (plural interesten, diminutive interestje n)

interesten (plural)
interestje (diminutive neuter)
interesse (alternative obsolete)
intrest (alternative)

Negerhollands: interesse

→ Papiamentu: interest (dated)

Doublet of interesse, ultimately derived from Latin interesse.


shot

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

shots (plural)
shotje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English shot. Doublet of schot.

(film, photography) shot (sequence of frames)


show

show m (plural shows, diminutive showtje n)

shows (plural)
showtje (diminutive neuter)

→? Sranan Tongo: syow

→ Caribbean Javanese: so


spoken

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


speed

Unadapted borrowing from English speed.
Attested since at least 1971.


spin

nl-noun

spin f (plural spinnen, diminutive spinnetje n)

spinnen (plural)
spinnetje (diminutive neuter)


spit

spit n (plural spitten or speten, diminutive spitje n or speetje n)

spitten (plural)
speten (plural)
spitje (diminutive neuter)
speetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spit


spat

spat m (plural spatten, diminutive spatje n)

spatten (plural)
spatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: spat


stick

stick m (plural sticks, diminutive stickje n)

sticks (plural)
stickje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed shortenings from several English compounds, in all cases equivalent to a borrowing from English stick.


stank

stank m (plural stanken, diminutive stankje n)

stanken (plural)
stankje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stank

From Middle Dutch stanc, from Old Dutch stank, from Proto-Germanic *stankwaz.


string

string m (plural strings, diminutive stringetje n)

strings (plural)
stringetje (diminutive neuter)


wake

From Old Dutch *waka, from Proto-Germanic *wakō, related to the verb *wakjaną.

a wake (a gathering to remember a dead person)


wed

wed n (plural wedden, diminutive wedje n)

wedden (plural)
wedje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wedde, from a byform of Proto-Germanic *wadą, whence wad. Closely related with Middle High German wete, wettin f (“drinking place, shallow pond”). The Dutch appears to require a neuter *wadją (though feminine use is also attested), the High German a feminine īn-stem *wadį̄.


wet

wet f (plural wetten, diminutive wetje n)

wetten (plural)
wetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wet

Jersey Dutch: wät

Negerhollands: wet

→ Ambonese Malay: wet

→ Caribbean Javanese: wèt

→ Indonesian: wet

→ Madurese: ꦮꦺꦠ꧀ (wet)

→ Sranan Tongo: wèt

→ Aukan: weiti

→ Saramaccan: weti

→ Sundanese: wét

From Middle Dutch wet, wette, wit, weet, from Old Dutch witat, witut (“rule, law”), from Proto-West Germanic *witōþ, from Proto-Germanic *witōþą (“law”).

law (body of rules declared and/or enforced by a government)


wind

wind m (plural winden, diminutive windje n)

winden (plural)
windje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wind

Berbice Creole Dutch: wende

Negerhollands: wind, win, wen

Skepi Creole Dutch: went

→ Aukan: winta

→ Sranan Tongo: winti

From Middle Dutch wint, from Old Dutch wint, from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

De wind waait door de bomen.


era

→ Indonesian: era


limo

(Netherlands, informal) clipping of limonade


concern

concern n (plural concerns, diminutive concerntje n)

concerns (plural)
concerntje (diminutive neuter)


bitter

bitter m or n (plural bitters, diminutive bittertje n)

bitters (plural)
bittertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bitter

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bitá

→ Catalan: bíter

→ Papiamentu: beter, bitter

→ Saramaccan: bíta

→ Sranan Tongo: bita

From Middle Dutch bitter, from Old Dutch bitter, from Proto-West Germanic *bitr.

Zonder zijn gebruikelijke bittertje om vier uur voelde Opa zich niet lekker.

Without his regular shot of bitter at four o'clock, Grandpa wouldn't feel well.

bitters, a type of strong spirits made by steeping (often bitter) herbs in brandy or jenever, traditionally considered a digestive drink


box

box m (plural boxen, diminutive boxje n)

boxen (plural)
boxje (diminutive neuter)

→? Saramaccan: bokúsu

→ Sranan Tongo: boks

Borrowed from English box. Doublet of buks (“shotgun”), bus (“container”), and pyxis.

doublet

Inkomen uit loonarbeid valt onder box 1.

Income from salaried work belongs to tax category 1.


cement

Afrikaans: sement

→ Caribbean Hindustani: samenti

→ Caribbean Javanese: semèn

→ Indonesian: semen

→ Papiamentu: semènt, samènt

→ West Frisian: semint

From Middle Dutch ciment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum.


cake

nl-noun

cake m (plural cakes, diminutive cakeje n)

cakes (plural)
cakeje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English cake. Doublet of kaak.


base

base f (plural basen, diminutive basetje n)

basen (plural)
basetje (diminutive neuter)
basis (alternative obsolete)

→ Indonesian: basa

Borrowed from French base, from Latin basis. Doublet of basis. Also a distant doublet of komst, via Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis.

(chemistry) base (class of compounds), alkali


cover

cover m (plural covers, diminutive covertje n)

covers (plural)
covertje (diminutive neuter)

a cover, cover song, cover version (rerecording of a previously recorded song, typically by a different artist)

a cover, the front of a magazine or of the package of a storage medium


stork

stork m (plural storken, diminutive storkje n)

storken (plural)
storkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch storke, from Old Dutch *stork, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz.

1700, Mosaïze historie der Hebreeuwse kerke, part 2, publ. by Willem & David Goeree, page 461, quoting a saying.
Het regtschaapen Haagze Waapen, is een Stork; / Dats een Mikker voor de Kikker en de Work.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

En betjen vèrder, regs af daor, trof ik 'n heele boel van die lankbeenige veugele an; 'et wazzen allerlei vremde soorten van kranen, storken (ooijevaars) en zuk goed; van die storken hadden ze spierwitte en pikzwarte.

1864, J. A. Klokman, “Een Achterhoeksche boerenzoon, die Artis bezoekt”, in Het leeskabinet. Mengelwerk tot gezellig onderhoud voor beschaafde kringen, volume 4, 18:

(dialectal, uncommon) synonym of ooievaar (“Ciconia ciconia”)


basis

basis f (plural basissen or bases, diminutive basisje n)

basissen (plural)
bases (plural)
basisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: basis

→ Sranan Tongo: basis

Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of base. Also a distant doublet of komst, via Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis.

basis (principle, foundation, that which is elementary)


microbe

microbe f (plural microben or microbes, diminutive microbetje n)

microben (plural)
microbes (plural)
microbetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French microbe, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).


vel

vel n (plural vellen, diminutive velletje n)

vellen (plural)
velletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vel

Jersey Dutch: vääl

Negerhollands: vel, fel

→ Indonesian: pel

From Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-West Germanic *fell, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-, whence Latin pellis, Greek πέλλα; cognate with German Fell.

Haar velletje zat tussen de deur.

Tientallen vellen van beren en wolven lagen opeengestapeld.

Tens of pelts of bears and wolves had been stacked on each other.

Het glas van een gloeilamp is niet veel dikker dan een vel papier

The glass of a lightbulb is not much thicker than a sheet of paper.

a sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page)

Deze saus moet niet te lang koken, anders ontstaan er vellen.

This sauce shouldn't boil for too long or else membranes will appear.

a membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk


vendel

vendel ? (plural vendels or vendelen, diminutive vendeltje n)

vendels (plural)
vendelen (plural)
vendeltje (diminutive neuter)


venen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ven

nl-noun

ven n (plural vennen, diminutive vennetje n)

vennen (plural)
vennetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch venne, from Old Dutch *feni, from Proto-Germanic *fanją (compare English fen). Doublet of veen.


bol

bol m (plural bollen, diminutive bolletje n or bolleke n)

bollen (plural)
bolletje (diminutive neuter)
bolleke (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bol

→ Aukan: bolu

→ Papiamentu: bòl

→ Sranan Tongo: bòl, boru

→ Caribbean Javanese: bolu

From Middle Dutch bol, bolle, from Old Dutch *bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“round object or vessel, ball, bowl”).

inh

(mainly the diminutive) a large, round spot, a dot

(especially in the diminutive) a bun, a roll, a round piece of bread or pastry


effect

nl-noun

effect n (plural effecten, diminutive effectje n)

effecten (plural)
effectje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: effek

→ Indonesian: efek

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

(finance, usually in the plural) security, notably bond or stock


door

From Middle Dutch dôre, from Old Dutch *dōro, Proto-West Germanic *dauʀō, from Proto-Germanic *dauzô.

1869, Frans de Cort, "Walter van de Vogelweide als paedagoog" (article including a poem), in Frans de Cort (ed.), De toekomst. Tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs, Vol. 3, No. 6, page 245.
Past ook op uwe ooren / Beter dan de doren!


end

end n (plural enden, diminutive endje n)

enden (plural)
endje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ende (“end”) with apocope of the final -e.

De winkel is daar aan 't end van de weg.

The shop is there at the end of the road.

't Is nog een een end vanaf hier.

There is still a considerable distance to travel from here.


flat

flat m (plural flats, diminutive flatje n)

flats (plural)
flatje (diminutive neuter)


piano

piano f or n (plural piano's, diminutive pianootje n)

piano's (plural)
pianootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French piano, from Italian piano, shortening of pianoforte.


crisis

crisis f (plural crises or crisissen, diminutive crisisje n)

crises (plural)
crisissen (plural)
crisisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: krisis

Borrowed from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis).


octopus

octopus m (plural octopussen, diminutive octopusje n)

octopussen (plural)
octopusje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous), from ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).


penis

penis m (plural penissen, diminutive penisje n)

penissen (plural)
penisje (diminutive neuter)

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *pes-.


rooster

nl-noun

rooster n or m (plural roosters, diminutive roostertje n)

roosters (plural)
roostertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: roster

From Middle Dutch rooster, derived from the verb roosten.

grill, grid a metallic maze-structure; some things containing one


wisent

wisent m (plural wisenten, diminutive wisentje n)

wisenten (plural)
wisentje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Wisent in the 19th century. The native word, Middle Dutch wesende, from Old Dutch *wisent (in the placename Wisenthurst) had by then long been obsolete due to the medieval extinction of the species in Western Europe.
Breeding programmes and the establishment of several viable herds in the Netherlands has since the early 21st century rendered the word familiar to a broader audience; it was previously mostly restricted to a learned context.


otter

otter m (plural otters, diminutive ottertje n)

otters (plural)
ottertje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: otro

From Middle Dutch otter, from Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *otr.

(particularly) European otter, Lutra lutra


lynx

lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)

lynxen (plural)
lynxje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx). Doublet of los (“lynx”).

lynx, felid of the genus Lynx, in particular the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx); sometimes used of other medium-sized felids with large, plumed ears


marmot

Afrikaans: marmot

→ Caribbean Javanese: marmut

→ Indonesian: marmot

desctree

→ Japanese: モルモット (morumotto, “guinea pig”)
→ Korean: 모르모트 (moreumoteu)

→ Papiamentu: marmòt

Borrowed from French marmotte. Possibly related to Middle Dutch marmotte (“goblin, kobold”).


laser

nl-noun

laser m (plural lasers, diminutive lasertje n)

lasers (plural)
lasertje (diminutive neuter)

laser (monochromatic, coherent beam of light)

laser (device producing a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)


modem

modem m or n (plural modems, diminutive modempje n)

modems (plural)
modempje (diminutive neuter)


ram

ram m (plural rammen, diminutive rammetje n, feminine ooi)

rammen (plural)
rammetje (diminutive neuter)
ooi (feminine)

Afrikaans: ram

From Middle Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), from Old Dutch *ram, of West-Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate to English ram (“a male sheep”). The sense "battering ram" was borrowed as a semantic loan from Latin ariēs in Middle Dutch.


krot

krot n (plural krotten, diminutive krotje n or krotteke n)

krotten (plural)
krotje (diminutive neuter)
krotteke (diminutive neuter)

Uncertain. Possibly from kot with an emphatic r, influenced by krat. Also possibly from Medieval Latin crotta, from crypta.


biet

biet f (plural bieten, diminutive bietje n)

bieten (plural)
bietje (diminutive neuter)
beet (alternative)

Afrikaans: beet

→ Indonesian: bit

From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris#Translingual

beet, beetroot plant or tuber of the genus Beta, esp. Beta vulgaris


bil

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

billen (plural)
billetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: bel, bil

→ Sranan Tongo: bele

From Middle Dutch bille, often used in compounds, borrowed from Ingvaeonic/North Sea West Germanic *belle, from Proto-Germanic *balliō-, a variant of *balluz.

a buttock, usually used in the plural: billen, unless specified as left/right


bil

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”).
However, compare *bilją (“blade, axe”), which could have influenced its development.

a hammer-like double-edged tool used by stonecutters and millers


Rom

(often in the plural) Rom (member of the Roma people), Romani


rood

Afrikaans: rooi

Jersey Dutch: rôi

Negerhollands: rooi, ro, roo, rood

Skepi Creole Dutch: aro

From Middle Dutch rôot, from Old Dutch rōt, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.


sap

sap n (plural sappen, diminutive sapje n)

sappen (plural)
sapje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sap

Negerhollands: sap

→ Indonesian: getah (semantic loan)

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


list

list f (plural listen, diminutive listje n)

listen (plural)
listje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lis

Negerhollands: list

From Middle Dutch list, from Old Dutch list, from Proto-West Germanic *listi, from Proto-Germanic *listiz.


long

long f or m (plural longen, diminutive longetje n)

longen (plural)
longetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: long

Negerhollands: longe

→ Papiamentu: long (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: lon

→ Caribbean Javanese: long

From Middle Dutch longe, also longen, longene, from Old Dutch *lungan, *lunganna, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō.


living

Borrowed from French living or, less plausibly, an independent truncated borrowing from English living room.


plasma

→ Indonesian: plasma

Borrowed from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma). Influenced by German Plasma (“blood plasma, cytoplasm”) and English plasma (“ionised gas”).

der

(mineralogy) plasma, dark green type of quartz


house

From English house. Doublet of huis and osso.


doctor

nl-noun

doctor m (plural doctoren or doctors, diminutive doctortje n)

doctoren (plural)
doctors (plural)
doctortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: doktor

→ Indonesian: doktor

From Middle Dutch doctor, from Latin doctor (“teacher, instructor”).

doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)


blade

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

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


guts

guts f or m (plural gutsen, diminutive gutsje n)

gutsen (plural)
gutsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: eshi

gouge, a suddenly flowing quantity of fluid


flow

Het duurde een paar nummers, maar toen de drummer eenmaal op gang kwam kreeg Baba Commandant de flow die essentieel is in afrobeat.

It took a few songs, but once the drummer got going, Baba Commandant got the rhythm that is essential in Afrobeat.

(music) rhythm, flow of music (particularly in jazz)

Snoop rapt met zijn vertrouwd achteloze flow.

Snoop raps with his familiar casual flow.

Je lichaam maakt onder stress extra adrenaline aan, waardoor je in een flow raakt. Dat kan goed zijn voor je concentratie.

Your body produces extra adrenaline under stress, which puts you in a flow. This can be good for your concentration.

(psychology) flow (mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task)

Roger Federer verloor op de Australian Open kansloos van Novak Djokovic. De flow die de Zwitser ooit had lijkt doorbroken.

Roger Federer lost to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open without a chance. The streak that the Swiss once had seems to have been broken.


volume

volume n (plural volumen or volumes, diminutive volumetje n)

volumen (plural)
volumes (plural)
volumetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: volumê

Borrowed from Middle French volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen.

volume (three-dimensional quantity of space)

(obsolete) volume, book (single book as an instalment in a series)


none m (plural nonen, diminutive noontje n)

nonen (plural)
noontje (diminutive neuter)
noon (alternative)

(music) an interval of 13 (kleine none) or 14 (grote none) halftones


rotten

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


meter

nl-noun

meter m (plural meters, diminutive metertje n)

meters (plural)
metertje (diminutive neuter)

From meten (“to measure”) + -er. Compare German Messer m. In some compounds conflated with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron), which is unrelated or, according to one theory, distantly related with the Dutch verb.

Ik heb een meter nodig om de stroom in dit circuit te meten.

I need a meter to measure the current in this circuit.

De meters in het laboratorium zijn zeer nauwkeurig.

The meters in the laboratory are very precise.

Kun je dat kleine metertje even doorgeven?

meter (device that measures things or indicates a physical quantity)

measurer (person who measures something)


meter

Afrikaans: meter

→ Aukan: meiti

→ Caribbean Javanese: mèter

→ Indonesian: meter

→ Papiamentu: meter

Borrowed from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Doublet of metrum.

De kamer is vijf meters breed.

Ze liep een afstand van tien meters in de race.

She ran a distance of ten metres in the race.

Dit kleine metertje touw is alles wat ik over heb.

This small metre of rope is all I have left.


meter

meter f (plural meters, diminutive metertje n, masculine peter)

meters (plural)
metertje (diminutive neuter)
peter (masculine)

From Middle Dutch meter, from metrijn, from Latin matrīna.

Ze is de trotse meter van haar neefje.

She is the proud godmother of her nephew.

Mijn zus werd gevraagd om meter te zijn bij de doop.

My sister was asked to be the godmother at the baptism.

Elk kind in ons gezin heeft een meter en een peter.

Every child in our family has a godmother and a godfather.


pos

pos f (plural possen, diminutive posje n)

possen (plural)
posje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch posch, from Old Dutch *posc, of unknown descent. Compare West Frisian poask.

Gymnocephalus cernua
Gymnocephalus cernua#Translingual


lift

lift m (plural liften, diminutive liftje n)

liften (plural)
liftje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: left


klok

klok f (plural klokken, diminutive klokje n)

klokken (plural)
klokje (diminutive neuter)
klokke (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: klok

Berbice Creole Dutch: klok

Jersey Dutch: klök

Negerhollands: klok, klock

→ Papiamentu: klòk, klok

→ West Frisian: klok

From early modern klokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *clocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. In Early Modern Dutch, too, klokke still referred primarily to a bell, which is the word's original meaning and from which sense the word klokkentoren (“bell tower”) for example derives; the sense clock is a relatively recent development.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic

zoals het klokje thuis tikt, tikt het nergens

(Netherlands, informal) watch, wristwatch

(often diminutive) something bell-shaped, as some flowers


klim

climb, an object or stretch that is climbed


ether

Afrikaans: eter

→ Indonesian: ètêr

→ Japanese: エーテル (ēteru)

From Middle Dutch ether, from Latin aethēr, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr).

De televisieaanbieder gaat digitale televisie via de ether uitzenden.

The television provider is going to broadcast digital television over the air.

(broadcasting, uncountable) air, broadcasting

(organic chemistry) ether (organic compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)

(historical) ether (fifth element of Aristotelian natural philosophy, supposed to be the building block of the heavens)

(historical, physics) ether (luminiferous aether, medium in which electromagnetic waves were supposed to occur)


augment

Borrowed from Latin augmentum or another European language.

(Indo-European grammar) augment (prefix before a past-tense verb)


baron

nl-noun

baron m (plural baronnen, diminutive baronnetje n, feminine barones)

baronnen (plural)
baronnetje (diminutive neuter)
barones (feminine)

→ Indonesian: baron

→ Javanese: ꦧꦫꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (baron)

Readjustment from earlier baroen through modern French influence, from Middle Dutch baroen, from Old French baron.

a magnate, especially a wealthy and influential (industrial) entrepreneur


monarch

monarch m (plural monarchen, diminutive monarchje n)

monarchen (plural)
monarchje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: monarg

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


dictator

dictator m (plural dictatoren or dictators, diminutive dictatortje n)

dictatoren (plural)
dictators (plural)
dictatortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: diktator

(historical) dictator (Roman magistrate with expanded powers)


communist

communist m (plural communisten, diminutive communistje n, feminine communiste)

communisten (plural)
communistje (diminutive neuter)
communiste (feminine)

Afrikaans: kommunis

→ Indonesian: komunis

From French communiste or German Kommunist, itself from French.


san

san c (plural san's, diminutive sannetje n)

san's (plural)
sannetje (diminutive neuter)


display

display m or n (plural displays, diminutive displaytje n)

displays (plural)
displaytje (diminutive neuter)


attachment

(psychology) attachment, personal bonding


g

The seventh letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

(physics) a unit of gravitational acceleration


l

l'en (plural)
l'etje (diminutive neuter)

(euphemistic) Short for lul or any other word starting with an l.


kolonie

kolonie f (plural kolonies or koloniën, diminutive kolonietje n)

kolonies (plural)
koloniën (plural)
kolonietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kolonie

→ Indonesian: koloni

Borrowed from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”). Doublet of Keulen.

colony, dependent human settlement, state or territory

colony, a camp etc. where people are living together for certain purposes, usually specified, such as strafkolonie, vakantiekolonie (a charitable summer camp)

colony, collective noun for various insects which nest and live together, such as ants

colony, collective noun for various birds which nest close together, such as seagulls, penguins; siege of herons

colony, collective noun for collective noun for various mammal species which nest and/or live close together, such as hedge for certain monkeys


kudde

kudde f (plural kuddes or kudden, diminutive kuddetje n)

kuddes (plural)
kudden (plural)
kuddetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kudde

Negerhollands: kydde

herd; collective noun for cows, (koeien), horses (paarden), elephants (olifanten) or camels (kamelen)


stop

stop m (plural stoppen, diminutive stopje n)

stoppen (plural)
stopje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch stoppe. See the verb stoppen.


nut

Afrikaans: nut

From the adjective Middle Dutch nutte (“useful”), or from Middle Dutch nut (“yield”), from Old Dutch *nut, from Proto-Germanic *nutją, *nutjō (“profit, yield, utility”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to seize; grasp; use”).


cylinder

nl-noun

cylinder m (plural cylinders, diminutive cylindertje n)

cylinders (plural)
cylindertje (diminutive neuter)


carburator

carburator m (plural carburatoren or carburators, diminutive carburatortje n)

carburatoren (plural)
carburators (plural)
carburatortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: karburator

From carburateur, borrowed from French carburateur. Equivalent to carbureren + -ator.


mare

mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje n)

maren (plural)
maartje (diminutive neuter)

Middle Dutch language
Old Dutch language
Proto-West Germanic language

From Middle Dutch mâre, from Old Dutch māri, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“story”).

(Belgium, archaic) message, report, story


mare

German language
Latin language
Medieval Latin language

Probably from Medieval Latin mara (“standing water”), from Latin mare (“sea”). Related to German Maar.

depression in non-volcanic stone, compare maar


mare

mare f (plural mares, diminutive maartje n)

mares (plural)
maartje (diminutive neuter)

Middle Dutch language
Old Dutch language
Proto-Germanic language
Proto-West Germanic language

From Middle Dutch māre (“incubus”), from Old Dutch *mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ.

a nocturnal monster or spirit that torments its victims while they are sleeping


prefix

prefix n or m (plural prefixen, diminutive prefixje n)

prefixen (plural)
prefixje (diminutive neuter)
praefix (alternative archaic)

Borrowed from post-Classical Latin praefīxum, nominal use of the neuter form of Classical Latin praefīxus, past participle of praefīgō (“I (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) — the noun directly thence, whereas the adjective via French préfixe.


gram

gram n or m (plural grammen, diminutive grammetje n)

grammen (plural)
grammetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: gram

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma during the French Revolution, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma).


gram

gram m (uncountable, diminutive grammetje n)

From Middle Dutch gram (“wrath”). The noun sense represents a substantivization of the adjective.


persen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


meer

nl-noun

meer n (plural meren, diminutive meertje n)

meren (plural)
meertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: meer

From Middle Dutch mēre, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

We gingen zwemmen in het meer.

Het meer was kalm en helder.

Er zijn veel vissen in dat meer.


peer

peer f (plural peren, diminutive peertje n)

peren (plural)
peertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: peer

Jersey Dutch: pêr

→ Aukan: peli

→ Saramaccan: péíli (from the diminutive form)

From Middle Dutch pēre, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum.

De supermarkt verkoopt heerlijke peren van lokale boomgaarden.

The supermarket sells delicious pears from local orchards.

Ik heb een sappige rijpe peer voor mijn lunch.

Het oude peertje in de lamp is kapot, we moeten het vervangen.

The old light bulb in the lamp is broken, we need to replace it.

Ze draaide het peertje in de fitting en de kamer was weer verlicht.

She screwed in the light bulb and the room was illuminated again.


peer

peer m (plural peren, diminutive peertje n)

De tuin heeft een prachtige peer staan die elk jaar veel fruit produceert.

The garden has a beautiful pear tree that yields a lot of fruit every year.

Hij plantte een jong peertje in zijn achtertuin.

He planted a young pear tree in his backyard.

De oude peer in de boomgaard gaf heerlijke vruchten.

The old pear tree in the orchard produced delicious fruits.

Pyrus communis
Pyrus communis#Translingual


teen

teen m (plural tenen, diminutive teentje n)

tenen (plural)
teentje (diminutive neuter)
toon (alternative dated dialectal)

Afrikaans: toon

Negerhollands: tee, tetsi, tetśi

→ Papiamentu: tenchi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch têe, from Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.
The modern form was originally a plural (retained in van top tot teen), which was reanalysed as a singular. Compare schoen where the same has happened, or raaf and ui which went the opposite way.


teen

teen f or n (plural tenen, diminutive teentje n)

tenen (plural)
teentje (diminutive neuter)
tien (alternative archaic)

From Middle Dutch tene, teene, from Old Dutch *tein, *tēn, from Proto-West Germanic *tain, from Proto-Germanic *tainaz.


pet

pet m (plural petten, diminutive petje n)

petten (plural)
petje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: pèt

→ Indonesian: pet, peci (from the diminutive)

→ Papiamentu: pèchi, petsje (from the diminutive)


anime

anime m (plural anime's, diminutive animeetje n)

anime's (plural)
animeetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.


manga

manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje n)

manga's (plural)
mangaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.


manga

Mangifera indica
Mangifera indica#Translingual

(dated, Indonesia) mango tree, Mangifera indica


CEO

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

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

chief executive officer
chief executive officer


party

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

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

Borrowed from English party. Doublet of partij.


platform

platform n (plural platformen or platforms, diminutive platformpje n)

platformen (plural)
platforms (plural)
platformpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: platform

→ Indonesian: platform

a platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage

a political platform, (electoral) program


plank

plank f (plural planken, diminutive plankje n)

planken (plural)
plankje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: plank

Berbice Creole Dutch: plangga

Negerhollands: plank, plaṅ

→ Akawaio: paranga, paranka (via Skepi Creole Dutch)

→ Papiamentu: planki

→ Pemon: paranga, paranka (via Skepi Creole Dutch)

→ Sranan Tongo: planga

→ Caribbean Hindustani: palangá

→ Caribbean Javanese: plang, plangah

→ Dutch: planga

→ Kari'na: paranga, palanka

→ Lokono: planka

From Middle Dutch planke, from Old Dutch *planka, from Old Northern French planke, from Late Latin planca.


kin

kin f (plural kinnen, diminutive kinnetje n)

kinnen (plural)
kinnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kin

Negerhollands: kin

→ Papiamentu: kenchi, kinnetje, kintsje (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch kinne, from Old Dutch kinni, from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus.


thermometer

thermometer m (plural thermometers, diminutive thermometertje n)

thermometers (plural)
thermometertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: termometer

17th century, borrowed from French thermomètre. By surface analysis, thermo- + meter.


band

band m (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)

banden (plural)
bandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: band

Negerhollands: band

→ Caribbean Javanese: ban

→ Indonesian: ban

→ Petjo: ban

→ Papiamentu: bant, banchi

→ Sranan Tongo: banti

→ Aukan: banti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: banti

→ Caribbean Javanese: banti (dated)

→ Saramaccan: bánti

Inherited from Middle Dutch bant, from Old Dutch *bant, from Proto-West Germanic *band, from Proto-Germanic *bandą. Compare Old High German bant, pant n, Old Saxon band, Old Frisian band n (and a closely related form Old English bænd, bend with umlaut from *bandiz). A verbal noun with ablaut to binden (“to bind”).

Ik heb geen goede band met God.

I don't have a good relationship with God.

bond, connection, relationship, liaison, tie (attachment, as in a relation)

band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians)

ribbon or object of similar shape
tire / tyre (e.g., a car tyre)

ribbon or object of similar shape
tape (magnetic tape, video tape)

ribbon or object of similar shape
belt (martial arts belt)

ribbon or object of similar shape
belt (conveyor belt)

(physics) interval relating to frequency or wavelength in electromagnetic phenomena

range of energy levels in a solid state material


band

band n (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)


band

band m (plural bands, diminutive bandje n)

bands (plural)
bandje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: bènt

→ Caribbean Javanese: bèn


neutron

neutron n (plural neutronen, diminutive neutronnetje n or neutroontje n or neutrontje n)

neutronen (plural)
neutronnetje (diminutive neuter)
neutroontje (diminutive neuter)
neutrontje (diminutive neuter)


weer

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)

weertje (diminutive neuter)
weder (alternative)

Berbice Creole Dutch: weri

Negerhollands: weer

→ Ambonese Malay: wer

→ Aukan: wei

→ Manado Malay: wer

Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.

common Belgian and South Dutch realisations

North and East of the Netherlands, audio example


weer

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

weren (plural)
weertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wēre, from Old Dutch weri, from Proto-West Germanic *warī.


weer

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

weren (plural)
weertje (diminutive neuter)
weder (alternative)

From Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch withar (“wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).


weer

From Middle Dutch wêer, wier, warre, from Old Dutch *warr, probably from Proto-West Germanic *warʀ, from Proto-Germanic *warzaz, but this leaves the vowel ê in Middle Dutch unexplained. Related to wrat, Old English wearr (whence English war), and Latin verrūca.

wier (alternative)
weure (alternative)
weur (alternative)
war (alternative)
warre (alternative dialectal)


weer

From Middle Dutch wēer, from Old Dutch *wer-, from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz.

“Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”

1873, De Bo, (Please provide the book title or journal name):


hoop

Afrikaans: hoop

From Middle Dutch hope, from Old Dutch *hopa, from the verb hopon (modern Dutch hopen). Cognate with English hope.


hoop

hoop m (plural hopen, diminutive hoopje n)

hopen (plural)
hoopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hoop

Negerhollands: hoop, hoopje

→ Papiamentu: hoopi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch hôop, from Old Dutch *hōp, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

(obsolete) a unit of soldiers, a contingent


pub

pub (public house, especially one in the UK or Ireland)


harem

harem m (plural harems, diminutive harempje n)

harems (plural)
harempje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم, from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram).

harem (private part of an Arab house, esp. the women's quarters)

harem (group of female partners in a polygamous household)

harem (group of female animals belonging to one male)


gourmet

gourmet m (plural gourmets, diminutive gourmetje n)

gourmets (plural)
gourmetje (diminutive neuter)

a person of refined palate for food and drink, a gourmet, a foodie

a kind of festive meal, similar to raclette or Chinese hot pot, prepared at the table by the diners in individual pots heated by a raclette grill


halm

halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)

halmen (plural)
halmpje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch halm, from Old Dutch *halm, from Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Doublet of kalmoes.

haulm, stalk, stem of grasses (including grain and reed)


menu

menu n (plural menu's, diminutive menuutje n)

menu's (plural)
menuutje (diminutive neuter)


teek

teek m (plural teken, diminutive teekje n)

teken (plural)
teekje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch teke, from Old Dutch *tika, from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō (“tick”).


teken

teken n (plural tekenen or tekens, diminutive tekentje n)

tekenen (plural)
tekens (plural)
tekentje (diminutive neuter)
teiken (alternative dialectal)

Afrikaans: teken, teiken

Berbice Creole Dutch: tegn

Negerhollands: teken

→ Indonesian: teken

From Middle Dutch têken, from Old Dutch tēkan, from Proto-West Germanic *taikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną.
Cognate with German Zeichen, English token and Danish tegn.

Het vreemde geluid kan een teken zijn van een probleem met de motor.

The strange sound may be a sign of a problem with the engine.

Er waren geen zichtbare tekens van schade aan de buitenkant van het gebouw.

There were no visible indications of damage on the exterior of the building.

Ze zocht naar tekens van leven in het verlaten gebied.

She looked for signs of life in the abandoned area.

Het yin-yang teken is een belangrijk symbool in de Chinese filosofie.

The yin-yang symbol is an important symbol in Chinese philosophy.

De letters van het alfabet zijn tekens die samen woorden vormen.

The letters of the alphabet are symbols that form words together.

De code bestond uit een reeks geheime tekens die alleen de ontvanger kon begrijpen.

The code consisted of a series of secret symbols that only the receiver could understand.

Chinese tekens


teken

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


mop

nl-noun

mop m (plural moppen, diminutive mopje n)

moppen (plural)
mopje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: mop (only found in the phrase April Mop)

The now-obsolete sense brick, attested from the 17th century, appears to be the oldest, with the sense cookie following in the 18th century. The exact relationship between the various later senses is unclear. The ultimate origin is unclear, but possibly corrupted from mok (“mug, cup”).

(endearing, often in the diminutive) a woman or girl


mop

→ Papiamentu: mòp

a mop (an implement for washing floors, etc.)


mark

From Middle Dutch marke, from Old Dutch [Term?].

(chiefly historical) a march, a mark (border region)


raaf

raaf m or f (plural raven, diminutive raafje n)

raven (plural)
raafje (diminutive neuter)
raef (alternative)
raven (alternative)
raaven (alternative)
raeven (alternative)

Afrikaans: raaf

→ Sranan Tongo: rafru

From Middle Dutch rāve, formed by rebracketing from the older singular form rāven which was reinterpreted as a plural; the singular raven (plural ravens or ravenen) persisted in some dialects until at least the eighteenth century, well beyond the Middle Dutch period. The Middle Dutch furthermore descends from Old Dutch ravan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

A raven, term used for certain other large birds of the genus Corvus.


community

community, particularly a virtual community or a group of people sharing common interests


sake

From Japanese 酒 (sake, “alcoholic drink”).


wal

wal m (plural wallen, diminutive walletje n)

wallen (plural)
walletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wal

Negerhollands: wal

From Latin vallum (“wall”), from vallus (“stake, palisade, point”). Cognate with English wall.

coast, shore (side of land near to the water)

earthen levee as protection against flooding


wal

From Middle Dutch wal (“whale”), from Old Dutch *wal, from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (“whale”). Cognate with English whale.
Possibly to avoid confusion with wal (“wall; shore”), the derived compound word walvis (“whale; lit. whale-fish”) gained currency over wal (“whale”). Similar clarifying compounds can be found elsewhere in Dutch: kraanvogel (“crane; lit. crane-bird”), muildier (“mule; lit. mule-animal”), oeros (“auroch; auroch-ox”), rendier (“rein; lit. rein-animal”), tortelduif (“turtle (bird); lit. turtle dove”) and windhond (“greyhound; lit. wind-dog”).


want

want f (plural wanten, diminutive wantje n)

wanten (plural)
wantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Munsee: wa’nt

→ Papiamentu: wante

From Middle Dutch want, from Old Dutch *want, from Frankish *wantu, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz.

Tijdens de winter droeg ze een paar wanten om haar handen warm te houden.

During the winter, she wore a pair of mittens to keep her hands warm.

De kinderen verloren hun wanten in de sneeuw tijdens het spelen.

The children lost their mittens in the snow while playing.

Hij breide een schattig wantje voor zijn pasgeboren nichtje.

He knitted an adorable mitten for his newborn niece.

a mitten, type of glove in which four fingers get only one section, besides the thumb


want

want n (plural wanten, diminutive wantje n)

From Middle Dutch want, gewant, from Old Dutch *giwant, from Proto-Germanic *gawandą, from the root of winden.

a coarse type of woolen fabric; anything made from it

the rigging, ropes supporting masts and sails aboard a ship. shroud, sideways support for a mast

various types of nets and snares for fishing, hunting or farming


start

start m (plural starts, diminutive startje n)

starts (plural)
startje (diminutive neuter)


lekker

lekker m (plural lekkers, diminutive lekkertje n)

lekkers (plural)
lekkertje (diminutive neuter)

Maar deze memo ... lekte uit. Of Apple inmiddels weet wie de lekker was?

But this memo ... leaked out. Does Apple know by now who was the leaker?


sofa

sofa m (plural sofa's, diminutive sofaatje n)

sofa's (plural)
sofaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French sofa, perhaps via Turkish sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa).


gender

Borrowed from English gender. Doublet of genre and genus.


masker

masker n (plural maskers, diminutive maskertje n)

maskers (plural)
maskertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: masker

From Middle Dutch mascher, from Italian maschera. Doublet of mascara.

Tijdens het carnaval droeg ze een kleurrijk masker om haar identiteit te verbergen.

During the carnival, she wore a colorful mask to conceal her identity.


massage

massage f (plural massages, diminutive massagetje n)

massages (plural)
massagetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: masasê

→ Papiamentu: masashi


masseur

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

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

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


masseuse

masseuse f (plural masseuses, masculine masseur)

/ˌmɑˈsøː.zə/

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


dank

Negerhollands: dank, danki, daṅki

→ Virgin Islands Creole: danki, dankie (archaic)

→ Papiamentu: danki

→ Sranan Tongo: danki, tangi

→ Saramaccan: tangí

From Middle Dutch danc, from Old Dutch thank, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz.


trein

trein m (plural treinen, diminutive treintje n)

treinen (plural)
treintje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: trein

→ Saramaccan: talán

Borrowed from Middle French train.
The modern sense “railway vehicle” is a semantic loan from English train.

(dated) train, convoy, retinue, procession


hart

hart n or f (plural harten, diminutive hartje n)

harten (plural)
hartje (diminutive neuter)
hert (alternative)
herte (alternative)

Afrikaans: hart

Negerhollands: hert, hart, hat

→ Sranan Tongo: ati

→ Saramaccan: áti, háti

From Middle Dutch herte, harte, from Old Dutch herta, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

heart, main muscle pumping blood through the body

the center point or zone of an object, image etc.

the core or essence of some thing, reasoning etc.


hart

hart n (plural harten, diminutive hartje n)

harten (plural)
hartje (diminutive neuter)

(Northern) archaic form of hert (“deer”)


naam

naam m (plural namen, diminutive naampje n)

namen (plural)
naampje (diminutive neuter)
name (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: naam

Berbice Creole Dutch: nam

Jersey Dutch: nâm

Negerhollands: naam

Petjo: naam

Skepi Creole Dutch: nam, naam

→ Caribbean Hindustani: nám

From Middle Dutch name, from Old Dutch namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Compare German Name, West Frisian namme, English name, Danish navn.


landen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


luik

nl-noun

luik n (plural luiken, diminutive luikje n)

luiken (plural)
luikje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: luik

desctree

→ Russian: люк (ljuk)
→ Armenian: լյուկ (lyuk)
→ Georgian: ლიუკი (liuḳi)
→ Ukrainian: люк (ljuk)

→ Sranan Tongo: loiki

From Middle Dutch luke, from the (now obsolete) verb luiken. Cognate with German Luke.

(figuratively) first-rank section, part (of few), e.g. chapter of a plan


peen

nl-noun

peen f (plural penen, diminutive peentje n)

penen (plural)
peentje (diminutive neuter)
pee (alternative)

Originally the plural of pee, perhaps from Middle Dutch *pede, with plural peden (with a single attestation), of uncertain origin. Compare schoen and teen, also originally plurals but later singulars. Proposed cognates include English pith and French pied.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota#Translingual


lui

lui pl (plural only, diminutive luitjes n)

Petjo: lui, luitjes

Short form of luiden, a variant of lieden.


luier

luier m (plural luiers, diminutive luiertje n)

luiers (plural)
luiertje (diminutive neuter)
luur (alternative dialectal)

Negerhollands: luur

From Middle Dutch ludere, from Old Dutch *lūthara, from Proto-Germanic *lūþaru.


lies

From Middle Dutch liesche, from Old Dutch *liosko, from Proto-West Germanic *leuskō.

the groin, between the pubis and the thighs


kies

kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)

kiezen (plural)
kiesje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kis, kies

From Middle Dutch kiese (late), borrowed from Old Frisian kēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kūsiju. Displaced older kuis, from Middle Dutch *cuse, from the same Proto-West Germanic source.

Ik moet naar de tandarts omdat mijn kies pijn doet.

I have to go to the dentist because my molar hurts.

De tandarts heeft mijn kies gevuld.

Een volwassen persoon heeft normaal gesproken twaalf kiezen.

An adult person typically has twelve molars.

(figuratively) certain resembling objects


wier

wier n (plural wieren, diminutive wiertje n)

wieren (plural)
wiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wier

From Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”), possibly descended through Old Dutch from Proto-West Germanic *wair, related to *wīraz, or was borrowed from West Frisian.
Cognate with dialectal English ware (“seaweed”), Old English wār (“seaweed”).


mond

mond m (plural monden, diminutive mondje n)

monden (plural)
mondje (diminutive neuter)
mondt (alternative)
mont (alternative)

Afrikaans: mond

Javindo: mon

Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont

→ Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)

Petjo: mon

Skepi Creole Dutch: mont

From Middle Dutch mont, from Old Dutch munt, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.


mond

mond f (plural monden, diminutive mondje n)

From Old Dutch *munda, from Proto-Germanic *mundō.


aa

(especially in names) alternative spelling of a


wee

wee f (plural weeën, diminutive weetje n)

weeën (plural)
weetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wee

From Old Dutch *wē, from Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai.
Compare Old English wā (English woe), Old High German wē (German weh), Old Norse vei.

De weeën beginnen!

O wee, wat zal er van ons worden.

(archaic) sorrow, sadness, pain, woe (used in interjections of despair or annoyance)


penalty

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

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


ekster

ekster m (plural eksters, diminutive ekstertje n)

eksters (plural)
ekstertje (diminutive neuter)
exter (alternative)
aakster (alternative)
aekster (alternative)
aexter (alternative)

Afrikaans: ekster

From Middle Dutch egestre, exter, from Old Dutch *agastra, from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā.

magpie (any of various corvids, particularly of the genus Pica)


Vietnamese

Vietnamese f (plural Vietnamesen, masculine Vietnamees)

Vietnamesen (plural)
Vietnamees (masculine)


game

game m (plural games, diminutive gamepje n)

games (plural)
gamepje (diminutive neuter)


precedent

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


context

Afrikaans: konteks

→ Indonesian: konteks

Borrowed from Middle French contexte or Latin contextus.


putter

putter m (plural putters, diminutive puttertje n)

putters (plural)
puttertje (diminutive neuter)

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

a European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


putter

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

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


snuffelvliegtuig

snuffelvliegtuig n (plural snuffelvliegtuigen, diminutive snuffelvliegtuigje n)

snuffelvliegtuigen (plural)
snuffelvliegtuigje (diminutive neuter)


paper

paper m or n (plural papers, diminutive papertje n)

papers (plural)
papertje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from English paper. Doublet of papier.

(informal) paper (short essay or research document), particularly a research paper


file

file f (plural files, diminutive filetje n)

files (plural)
filetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French file (“line, row”), from Late Latin filare, from Latin filum (“thread”). Related to fileren (“to fillet”) and file (“computer file”).


file

file m (plural files, diminutive filetje n)

From English file (“computer file”), from Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin filum (“thread”). Related to fileren (“to fillet”) and file (“queue, traffic jam”).

(computing) file (an aggregation of data on a storage device identified by a name)


image

image (characteristic perceived by others)


link

link m (plural links, diminutive linkje n)

links (plural)
linkje (diminutive neuter)

Late 20th century, borrowed from English link.

physical connection, as in a hardware cable

(figuratively) logical connection, as in reasoning about causality


vliegtuig

vliegtuig n (plural vliegtuigen, diminutive vliegtuigje n)

vliegtuigen (plural)
vliegtuigje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vliegtuig

From vliegen (“to fly”) + tuig (“rig, device”).

compound

(archaic) any aircraft, including aerostats


passage

nl-noun

passage f (plural passages, diminutive passagetje n)

passages (plural)
passagetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: pasasê

/ˌpɑˈsaː.ʒə/

From Middle Dutch passage, from Middle French passage, from Old French passage. Equivalent to passeren + -age.

a passageway, a corridor, a narrow route

a paragraph or section of text with particular meaning

a passage way in a city, especially a roofed shopping street


las

las c (plural lassen, diminutive lasje n)

lassen (plural)
lasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: las

→ Indonesian: las


nazi

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

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

a member of similar movements, whether Nazi, fascist, neo-Nazi or in any other way ultranationalist

(slang, derogatory, offensive) an authoritarian, strict or nitpicky person


ruin

ruin m (plural ruinen, diminutive ruintje n)

ruinen (plural)
ruintje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch rûun. Cognate with Middle Low German rûne, Middle High German rūn. Further origin unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to dig out, rip off”).


damp

nl-noun

damp m (plural dampen, diminutive dampje n)

dampen (plural)
dampje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: damp

→ Aukan: dampu

→ Papiamentu: dam, damp

→ Sranan Tongo: dampu

From Middle Dutch damp, from Old Dutch *damp, from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.


dampen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


host

nl-noun

host m (plural hosts, diminutive hostje n)

hosts (plural)
hostje (diminutive neuter)


kerf

kerf m (plural kerven, diminutive kerfje n)

kerven (plural)
kerfje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch kerve; see the verb kerven. The sense “insect” was borrowed from German Kerf.


nuance

nuance f (plural nuances or nuancen, diminutive nuanceje n or nuancetje n)

nuances (plural)
nuancen (plural)
nuanceje (diminutive neuter)
nuancetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nuanse

→ Indonesian: nuansa

Borrowed from French nuance, from Middle French nuance, from Latin nūbēs.


order

Negerhollands: order

→ Indonesian: order

→ Papiamentu: òrdu, order

Borrowed from Middle French ordre, from Old French ordre, from Latin ordo. Doublet of orde.


hanger

hanger m (plural hangers, diminutive hangertje n)

hangers (plural)
hangertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: hanger


output

Unadapted borrowing from English output.


kick

kick, thrill (something that excites or gives pleasure)


bij

bij f (plural bijen, diminutive bijtje n)

bijen (plural)
bijtje (diminutive neuter)
bije (alternative)
bye (alternative)
by (alternative)

Afrikaans: by

Jersey Dutch: bāi

From Middle Dutch bië, from Old Dutch *bīa, from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.


bloed

Afrikaans: bloed

Berbice Creole Dutch: blutu

Javindo: bloet

Skepi Creole Dutch: blut

→? Sranan Tongo: brudu

→ Aukan: buulu

→ Saramaccan: buúu

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-?
Proto-Germanic *blōþą
Proto-West Germanic *blōd
Old Dutch bluot
Middle Dutch bloet
Dutch bloed
From Middle Dutch bloet, from Old Dutch bluot, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą. Cognate with West Frisian bloed, English blood, German Blut, Danish blod.

etymon

Bloed is rood.

(figuratively) a grave consequence, a high price

(metonymic) a whole body; especially (plural also (archaic) bloeien in this sense) a (poor) person


wapen

nl-noun

wapen n (plural wapens or wapenen, diminutive wapentje n)

wapens (plural)
wapenen (plural)
wapentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wâpen, from Old Dutch wāpan, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną.

a branch or division of the armed forces (e.g., army, navy, cavalry)


ham

ham f (plural hammen, diminutive hammetje n)

hammen (plural)
hammetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: ham

Inherited from Middle Dutch hamme, from Old Dutch *hama, from Proto-Germanic *hammō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).

ham (cured pork from the thigh of a swine)


vond

vond m (plural vonden, diminutive vondje n)

vonden (plural)
vondje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch vont, from Old Dutch *fund, from Proto-West Germanic *fund, from Proto-Germanic *fundaz (compare *fundiz), an ablaut variant of *finþaną, the verb underlying modern Dutch vinden. Cognate with German Fund.

(obsolete) synonym of vondst (“a find; the act of finding”)


jaguar

jaguar m (plural jaguars, diminutive jaguartje n)

jaguars (plural)
jaguartje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌɑr/

/ˈdʒɛ.ɡuˌər/

Apparently borrowed from French jaguar, from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara. The contemporary pronunciation derives from English jaguar.

As for the puma and the jaguar, it clearly appears from the descriptions by them, who have seen these animals, that the cougar is not a lion, and [that] the jaguar is not a tiger; […]

1777, De Buffon, De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, vol. 5, part 1, tr. from French, J. H. Schneider (publ.), page 5. Wat den puma en den jaguar betreft, het blykt duidelyk uit de beſchryvingen van hun, die deze dieren gezien hebben, dat de puma geen leeuw is, en de jaguar geen tyger; […]


rot

rot n (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)

rotten (plural)
rotje (diminutive neuter)

rot (process of becoming rotten; putrefaction)


rot

rot f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)

(dialectal, Northern) alternative form of rat


rot

rot n or f (plural rotten, diminutive rotje n)


dame

dame f (plural dames, diminutive dametje n)

dames (plural)
dametje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dame

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

Polite term or title of address for any (adult or adolescent) woman.


elf

elf f (plural elven, diminutive elfje n)

elven (plural)
elfje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: elf

Berbice Creole Dutch: alfu, elfu

Jersey Dutch: ālf

Negerhollands: elf, elef

Skepi Creole Dutch: elk

→ Sranan Tongo: erfu

→ Aukan: elufu

→ Saramaccan: elúfu

From Middle Dutch ellef, elf, from Old Dutch *ellef, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Compare German elf, West Frisian alve, English eleven, Danish elleve.

the number eleven, or a representation thereof


elf

elf m (plural elfen or elven, diminutive elfje n, feminine elve or elfin)

elfen (plural)
elven (plural)
elfje (diminutive neuter)
elve (feminine)
elfin (feminine)

→ Papiamentu: èlfye (from the diminutive)

Borrowed from German Elf, itself borrowed from English elf, from Old English ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Displaced native alf, from the same Germanic source.

(fantasy) elf (humanoid pointy-eared creature in fantasy)


tank

tank m (plural tanks, diminutive tankje n)

tanks (plural)
tankje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: tenki

→ Caribbean Javanese: tèng

tank (armoured fighting vehicle with tracks and direct-fire gun)

(slang) a muscular, physically imposing man


wand

wand m (plural wanden, diminutive wandje n)

wanden (plural)
wandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wand

Negerhollands: wand

From Middle Dutch want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“wickerwork; barrier, fence”). Cognate with German Wand.

inh

De wand van het gebouw is bedekt met graffiti.

The wall of the building is covered with graffiti.

Er zijn schilderijen op elke wand van de galerij.

There are paintings on every wall of the gallery.

Het wandje in de tuin is versierd met klimplanten.

The small wall in the garden is decorated with climbing plants.

Deze wand van de berg is erg steil.

This face of the mountain is very steep.

Hij is van plan de noordelijke wand van de Eiger te beklimmen.

He plans to climb the north face of the Eiger.


kimono

nl-noun

kimono m (plural kimono's, diminutive kimonootje n)

kimono's (plural)
kimonootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Japanese 着物. First attested in 1880.

1880 August 10, Rudolf Lindau (misspelled as "Rudolph Lindau"), "Feuilleton. De kleine wereld. Een verhaal uit Japan", episode 5, tr. from German, in Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant, no. 186, page 2.
„Ik zie hem in zijn huis nooit anders dan in een Kimono (Japansch gewaad) en met sandalen loopen; ook neemt hij les in 't schermen bij een ouden, beroemden edelman, die hier leeg loopt. […]”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Rood als een kreeft, dampend als een afgebeuld paard bij helder winterweder, geene koude ten gevolge dier verdamping gevoelend — het kenmerkend onderscheid tusschen een warm en een zéér warm bad — doch door een onbeschrijfelijk gevoel van welbehagen voor het doorstaan der kortstondige marteling beloond, werp ik mijn kimono op de schouders, en klap alweder in de handen: […]

Red like a lobster, steaming like a cruelly exploited, exhausted horse in the clear weather of winter, not feeling any cold as a result of its evaporation − the characteristic difference between a warm and a very warm bath — yet rewarded for withstanding a short-lived torment by an indescribable sense of contentment, I throw my kimono over my shoulders, and clap in my hands again: […]


duo

duo n (plural duo's, diminutive duootje n)

duo's (plural)
duootje (diminutive neuter)

From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”).


mot

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

motten (plural)
motje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: mot

→ Papiamentu: mot (dated)

From Middle Dutch motte, from Proto-West Germanic *mottō, *moþþō, perhaps related to *muggju (“mosquito, midge”), or *maþō (“worm”). Cognate to English moth, German Motte.

butterfly-like insect: moth (usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera)


mot

a slap, a blow, a hit (physical aggression with hands or fists)


mot

From Middle Low German mutte, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *muþraz (“to be dirty, wet”).


miljoen

nl-noun

miljoen n (plural miljoenen, diminutive miljoentje n)

miljoenen (plural)
miljoentje (diminutive neuter)
millioen (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: miljoen

Negerhollands: millioon

→ Caribbean Hindustani: melyun

→ Caribbean Javanese: milyun

16th century, borrowed from Middle French million, from Italian milione, from mille (“thousand”) + -one (“augmentative suffix”).


bloem

bloem f (plural bloemen, diminutive bloempje n or bloemetje n)

bloemen (plural)
bloempje (diminutive neuter)
bloemetje (diminutive neuter)
blom (alternative dialectal)
blomme (alternative dialectal)

Afrikaans: bloem, blom

Negerhollands: bloem

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bluminstji (dated, from a diminutive form)

→ Sranan Tongo: blon (flour)

→ Aukan: bolon

→ Kari'na: polimin

→ Saramaccan: boón

→ Sranan Tongo: bromki (flower)

Aukan: boomiki

→ Kari'na: poromiki

From Middle Dutch bloeme, from Old Dutch *bluomo, from Proto-West Germanic *blōmō, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.


muziek

muziek f (uncountable, diminutive muziekje n)

Afrikaans: musiek

→ Caribbean Javanese: musig

→ Indonesian: musik
→ Malay: musik

→ Papiamentu: muzik, muzyk

→ West Frisian: muzyk

From French musique, from Latin (ars) musica, a partial calque from Ancient Greek μουσική (τέχνη) (mousikḗ (tékhnē), “(art) of the Muses”).

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μουσική (τέχνη)


boek

nl-noun

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje n or boekske n)

boeken (plural)
boekje (diminutive neuter)
boekske (diminutive neuter)
m (Belgium nonstandard)

Afrikaans: boek

Berbice Creole Dutch: buku

Negerhollands: boek, bok, buki

Petjo: boek

Skepi Creole Dutch: buk

→ Caribbean Hindustani: buk

→ Caribbean Javanese: buku

→ Javanese: ꦧꦸꦏꦸ (buku)

→ Malay: buku
Indonesian: buku

→ Papiamentu: buki, boeki (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: buku

→ Aukan: buku

→ Kari'na: buku

→ Saramaccan: búku

From Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.
Compare West Frisian boek, Low German Book, German Buch, English book, Danish bog.


honing

Afrikaans: heuning

Negerhollands: henig, honing

→ Papiamentu: honing, heinik (dated)

→? Sranan Tongo: oni

→ Aukan: oniki

→ Saramaccan: honi

From Middle Dutch honinch (“honey”), from Old Dutch honing, from Proto-Germanic *hunangą. Cognate with English honey and German Honig.


gamma

gamma n (plural gamma's, diminutive gammaatje n)

gamma's (plural)
gammaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma). Doublet of gimel.

(in compounds) relating to sciences belonging neither to the exact sciences nor to the humanities, such as law, sociology and psychology


coke

(chiefly in the plural) coke (type of processed carbon used as fuel)


download

download m (plural downloads, diminutive downloadje n)

downloads (plural)
downloadje (diminutive neuter)


giraffe

giraffe f (plural giraffen or giraffes, diminutive giraffetje n or girafje n)

giraffen (plural)
giraffes (plural)
giraffetje (diminutive neuter)
girafje (diminutive neuter)

Possibly via German Giraffe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).


test

test m (plural testen or tests, diminutive testje n)

testen (plural)
tests (plural)
testje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: tes


test

Afrikaans: tessie

From Middle Dutch test, from Old French test, from Latin testum, from testa.


delta

delta f (plural delta's, diminutive deltaatje n)

delta's (plural)
deltaatje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta). Doublet of dalet.

a river delta, a network of one or more rivers and tributaries pouring out into a larger body of water


epsilon

epsilon m or f (plural epsilons, diminutive epsilonnetje n)

epsilons (plural)
epsilonnetje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “the letter Ε”).

der

epsilon, the name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet

(phonetics) the IPA symbol that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel

(mathematics) an arbitrarily small quantity


digamma

nl-noun

digamma n (plural digamma's, diminutive digammaatje n)

digamma's (plural)
digammaatje (diminutive neuter)


stud

stud m (plural studs, diminutive studje n)

studs (plural)
studje (diminutive neuter)

colloquial (in the Netherlands) abbreviation of student


munt

munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

munten (plural)
muntje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: mynt

From Middle Dutch munte, from Old Dutch munita, from late Proto-West Germanic *munit (“coin”).


munt

→ Indonesian: min

From Middle Dutch mente, minte, from late Proto-West Germanic *mintā (“mint”), from Latin menta. Doublet of mint.


mint

Borrowed from English mint, from Middle English mynte, from Old English minte, from late Proto-West Germanic *mintā (“mint”), from Latin menta. Doublet of munt.


rook

Afrikaans: rook

Negerhollands: rook

Inherited from Middle Dutch rôoc, from Old Dutch *rōk, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz.


transferium

transferium n (plural transferiums or transferia, diminutive transferiumpje n)

transferiums (plural)
transferia (plural)
transferiumpje (diminutive neuter)

a place on the outskirts of a city where people can park their car and travel into the city using public transport


kilometer

kilometer m (plural kilometers, diminutive kilometertje n)

kilometers (plural)
kilometertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: kilomeitri

→ Caribbean Javanese: kilométer

Het terrein beslaat ongeveer twee vierkante kilometer.

The terrain covers about two square kilometers.

Over een kilometertje of vijf komen we bij de pomp.

We'll reach the gas station in about five kilometers.


decameter

decameters (plural)
dekameter (alternative)

→ Indonesian: dèkamètêr

→ Papiamentu: dekameter

Borrowed from French décamètre. Equivalent to deca- + meter.


dino

dino m (plural dino's, diminutive dinootje n)

dino's (plural)
dinootje (diminutive neuter)

Likely borrowed from English dino. Equivalent to a clipping of dinosaurus. The term became especially prominent after the release of Jurassic Park in 1993, but predated the film by at least one or two years.

(informal) a dino, a dinosaur; archosaur of the super-order Dinosauria


HBO

hoger beroepsonderwijs
hoger beroepsonderwijs#Dutch


okapi

okapi m (plural okapi's, diminutive okapietje n)

okapi's (plural)
okapietje (diminutive neuter)


genus

→ Indonesian: genus

Borrowed from Latin genus. Doublet of gender and genre.

(botany) a rank in a taxonomic classification, in between family and species


helium

Borrowed from English helium. Derived from Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos).


orthodontist

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

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

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


seconde

seconde f (plural seconden or secondes, diminutive secondje n or secondetje n)

seconden (plural)
secondes (plural)
secondje (diminutive neuter)
secondetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sekonde

→ Caribbean Javanese: sekon

→ Indonesian: sekon

→ West Frisian: sekonde

Borrowed from French seconde, from Latin secunda.


chaos

Afrikaans: chaos

→ West Frisian: gaos

→ Indonesian: kaos

From Middle Dutch caos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).


carbon

carbon n (uncountable, diminutive carbonnetje n)

Probably borrowed from French carbone, ultimately from Latin carbō. The sense “fibre-reinforced polymer” derived from English carbon.


kappa

kappa f (plural kappa's, diminutive kappaatje n)

kappa's (plural)
kappaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa). Doublet of kaf.


respect

Afrikaans: respek

Negerhollands: respekt, respect

→ Indonesian: respek

→ Papiamentu: reespek (dated)

→ Saramaccan: lesipéki

→ Sranan Tongo: lespeki

→ Caribbean Javanese: lespéki

Borrowed from Middle French respect, from Old French respect, from Latin respectus. Doublet of respijt.


osso

osso c (plural osso's, diminutive ossootje n)

osso's (plural)
ossootje (diminutive neuter)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.?
Proto-Germanic *hūsą
Proto-West Germanic *hūs
Old English hūs
Middle English hous
English houseder.
Sranan Tongo osobor.
Dutch osso
Borrowed from Sranan Tongo oso (“house”), from English house. Doublet of house and huis.


appel

nl-noun

appel m (plural appels or appelen, diminutive appeltje n)

appels (plural)
appelen (plural)
appeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: appel
→ Xhosa: i-apile

Berbice Creole Dutch: apl

Jersey Dutch: āpel

Negerhollands: apl

→ Loup A: abel

→ Mahican: ápenes (from the plural form)

→ Malay: apel (Indonesian)

Indonesian: apêl

→? Mohegan-Pequot: appece

→ Munsee: áapulash (from the plural form)

→ Papiamentu: apel, appel

→? Sranan Tongo: apra

→ Caribbean Hindustani: aprá

→ Caribbean Javanese: aprah

→ Lokono: apra

→ Unami: apëlìsh (from the plural form)

From Middle Dutch appel, from Old Dutch appel, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica#Translingual

Syzygium samarangense
Syzygium samarangense#Translingual

(Suriname) wax apple (Syzygium samarangense)


appel

appel n (plural appels, diminutive appelletje n)

appels (plural)
appelletje (diminutive neuter)
appèl (alternative)

Afrikaans: appèl

→ Caribbean Javanese: apèl

→ Indonesian: apèl

→ Papiamentu: apèl

From Middle Dutch appeel, from Old French apel.

Christen Democratisch Appèl

Christian Democratic Appeal (the name of a Dutch political party: old spelling with the accent on the -e-)

appeal (act of imploring or exhorting; a discourse wherein this is done)

(law) appeal (application for legal review and overturning)

(military) roll call (muster of troops at which names are read out, to see if all are present)


café

café n (plural cafés, diminutive cafeetje n)

cafés (plural)
cafeetje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).


steen

steen m (plural stenen, diminutive steentje n)

stenen (plural)
steentje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: steen
→ Sotho: setene
→ Southern Ndebele: isitina
→ Zulu: isitini
Fanagalo: stin

Berbice Creole Dutch: ten

Negerhollands: steen, stin, sten

→ Virgin Islands Creole: sten (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: stene, stenna

→ Papiamentu: stenchi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch stêen, from Old Dutch stēn, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Doublet of -stein, a toponymic element indicating a castle borrowed in Middle Dutch from Middle High German.

(countable, games) tile, stone (a hard playing piece used in various tabletop games such as dominoes, backgammon or mahjong)


lambda

nl-noun

lambda f (plural lambda's, diminutive lambdaatje n)

lambda's (plural)
lambdaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed.


mu

mu's (plural)
muutje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek μῦ (mû). Doublet of mem and majem.


gift

gift f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)

giften (plural)
giftje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gifte, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Equivalent to geven (“to give”) + -t (“verbal noun”).
The words gif and vergif, both meaning “poison”, derive from the same source as gift. The sense “poison” may have originated as a shortening of vergift or may have been borrowed from German Gift.

donation; something given (away) voluntarily


gift

gift n or f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)

Afrikaans: gif


centimeter

centimeter m (plural centimeters, diminutive centimetertje n)

centimeters (plural)
centimetertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: sènti

Borrowed from French centimètre. Equivalent to centi- + meter.


decimeter

decimeter m (plural decimeters, diminutive decimetertje n)

decimeters (plural)
decimetertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: desimeter

Borrowed from French décimètre. Equivalent to deci- + meter.


hectometer

Borrowed from French hectomètre. Equivalent to hecto- (“hecto-”) + meter (“metre”).


petroleum

→ Indonesian: petroleum

From Medieval Latin petroleum, from petra (“rock”) + oleum (“oil”).


kilo

kilo c or n (plural kilo's, diminutive kilootje n)

kilo's (plural)
kilootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: kilo

→ Kari'na: kiro


dag

dag m (plural dagen, diminutive dagje n or daagje n)

dagen (plural)
dagje (diminutive neuter)
daagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dag

Berbice Creole Dutch: daka

Jersey Dutch: dâx

Negerhollands: dag, dak

→ Virgin Islands Creole: dak (archaic)

Petjo: dah

Skepi Creole Dutch: dak, dagka

→ Saramaccan: dáka

From Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

We gaan over twee dagen op vakantie.

Een dag duurt 24 uur.

De dierentuin is geopend tijdens de dag, zodat bezoekers de dieren in hun natuurlijke omgeving kunnen zien.

The zoo is open during daytime, so visitors can see the animals in their natural habitat.

We genieten van de zon en het strand tijdens de dag.

We enjoy the sun and the beach during the daytime.

daytime (time between sunrise and sunset)

(in compound words) a meeting or assembly with legal or political power, originally convened on a specific day; a diet


dag

dag f (plural daggen, diminutive dagje n)

daggen (plural)
dagje (diminutive neuter)
dagge (alternative obsolete)
dagh (alternative obsolete)

Unknown. Compare French dague (“spiked end of the whipping rope”).

cog

running the gauntlet
running the gauntlet

a piece of rope, used to punish sailors with, on the spot or in running the gauntlet

a line used to fasten young sailors while training boarding a hostile ship or climbing the rigging


dam

nl-noun

dam m (plural dammen, diminutive dammetje n)

dammen (plural)
dammetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dam

→ Caribbean Hindustani: dám

→ Indonesian: dam (“dam”)

→ Papiamentu: dam

→ Saramaccan: dan

→ Sranan Tongo: dan, dam

→ Caribbean Javanese: dham

From Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.


dam

desc

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

Borrowed from Middle French dame, from Spanish dama.

(checkers) king (double draught/checker)


xi

nl-noun

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

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


dal

dal n (plural dalen, diminutive dalletje n)

dalen (plural)
dalletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dal

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.


dal

dal m (plural dallen, diminutive dalletje n)

dallen (plural)
dalletje (diminutive neuter)

a type of stone to pave the floor with, flagstone


premier

premier m (plural premiers, diminutive premiertje n)

premiers (plural)
premiertje (diminutive neuter)
prumjee (alternative)


nucleus

nucleus m (plural nucleussen or nuclei, diminutive nucleusje n)

nucleussen (plural)
nuclei (plural)
nucleusje (diminutive neuter)

Learned borrowing from Latin nucleus (“kernel, core”).


decibel

nl-noun

decibel m (plural decibels, diminutive decibeltje n)

decibels (plural)
decibeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: desibèl

Borrowed from English decibel. Equivalent to deci- + bel.


wok

wok m (plural woks or wokken, diminutive wokje n)

woks (plural)
wokken (plural)
wokje (diminutive neuter)

wok (large cooking pan, typical of East-Asian cuisine)


echo

echo f (plural echo's, diminutive echootje n)

echo's (plural)
echootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: èko, echo

From Middle Dutch echo, from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).


milligram

Borrowed from French milligramme, equivalent to milli- + gram.


milliliter

Borrowed from French millilitre. Equivalent to milli- + liter.


beryllium

Borrowed from German Beryllium. Equivalent to beryl + -ium.


aluminium

→ Caribbean Javanese: alminiyum

→ Indonesian: aluminium

→ Sranan Tongo: aluminium


argon

→ Indonesian: argon

Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).


calcium

Ultimately from English calcium. Coined by Humphry Davy.


titanium

Borrowed from New Latin titanium, named after Titania, a moon of Uranus.


vanadium

Borrowed from New Latin vanadium or Swedish vanadium.


gallium

gallium (chemical element with atomic number 31)


selenium

Borrowed from New Latin selēnium, a word coined by Swedish chemist Berzelius in 1818, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”).


strontium

Borrowed from English strontium, named after Strontian.


yttrium

Borrowed from New Latin yttrium or Swedish yttrium. Named after Ytterby in Sweden. The first mention is from the late eighteenth century, which in fact referred to gadolinite, a mineral that was at the time misidentified as an element.


niobium

Borrowed from New Latin niobium, named after the mythological queen Niobe.


palladium

Borrowed from Latin palladium, from Ancient Greek παλλάδιον (palládion, “statue of Pallas Athena”).

der

It is after all commonly assumed that universities are the palladia of learnedness and civilisation; […]

1849, Petrus Hofstede de Groot, Is bezuiniging op het Onderwijs, voor al door opheffing eener Hoogeschool, aan te raden?, publ. by C. M. van Bolhuis Hoitsema, page 33. Het is toch algemeen aangenomen, dat Universiteiten de palladia der geleerdheid en beschaving zijn ; […]

(archaic) palladium, safeguard (something that guarantees protection)


cerium

Borrowed from Swedish cerium, New Latin cerium or French cérium.


terbium

Borrowed. Named after Ytterby in Sweden.


thorium

Ultimately from Swedish torium or New Latin thorium.


berkelium

Borrowed from English berkelium, though the English did not influence the pronunciation.

Geleerden van de Universiteit van Berkeley hebben een nieuw element ontdekt, dat de naam ontving „berkelium 97”.^([sic]) […] Professor Seaborg verklaarde evenwel, dat Berkelium niet gebruikt zou worden voor atoom-doeleinden in verband met „theoretische redenen”.

1950 January 20, “Berkelium 97”, in Nieuwe Courant, volume 5, number 16, page 1:

Scientists from the University of Berkeley have discovered a new element, that received the name "berkelium-97". […] Professor Seaborg nonetheless explained that berkelium would not be used for nuclear end because of "theoretical reasons".


einsteinium

Borrowed from English einsteinium, named after Albert Einstein.


fermium

From New Latin fermium, named after atomic physicist Enrico Fermi. For the surname see Fermi.


dubnium

Borrowed from English dubnium or Russian ду́бний (dúbnij). Named after Dubna in Russia.


bohrium

International term, named after Niels Bohr.


bus

nl-noun

bus m (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)

bussen (plural)
busje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: bis

→ Papiamentu: bùs

→ Sranan Tongo: bùs

→ Aukan: besi

→ Saramaccan: bési

Shortening of omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”).

(transport, in diminutive) minibus, minivan


bus

bus f (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)

Petjo: bus

desc

→ Indonesian: bis (“letterbox, mailbox”)

From Middle Dutch busse, from Old Dutch *bussa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā. Doublet of buks (“shotgun”), box, and pyxis.

doublet

(chiefly historical) one of a variety of early modern firearms, such as flintlock and matchlock guns

(dated, Netherlands) a voluntary sick fund, especially before the introduction of universal health care in the Netherlands in the 1940s


school

nl-noun

school f (plural scholen, diminutive schooltje n)

scholen (plural)
schooltje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: skool
→ Northern Ndebele: isikolo
→ Nǀuu: skoolsi, skualsi
→ Sotho: sekolo
→ Southern Ndebele: isikolo
→ Shona: chikoro (through a Nguni intermediate)
→ Tsonga: xikolo
→ Venda: tshikolo
→ Xhosa: isikolo
→ Zulu: isikole

Berbice Creole Dutch: skul, sulu

Negerhollands: skoel, skool

Petjo: skola, sekola

→ Aukan: sikoo

→? Caribbean Hindustani: skul

→ Kwinti: skoro, skoo

→ Lokono: sulu

→ Papiamentu: skol, skool

→ Saramaccan: sikoò

→ Sranan Tongo: skoro
→ Dutch: skorro
→ Wayana: sikoro

→ Trió: sikora

From Middle Dutch schôle, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). Doublet of skorro.

a school, educational institution that provides education, whether combined with research or not

a thematic educational institute within a larger one, such as in a university for a single research field


school

From Middle Dutch schōle, from Old Dutch *skola, from Proto-West Germanic *skolu, from Proto-Germanic *skulō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”).

der

a school, group of fish or other aquatic animals


sex

(proscribed) alternative spelling of seks


buggy

nl-noun

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

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


links

Dat is een opinie die je van links zou kunnen horen.

That’s an opinion that could have come from the left.

the left, the left side or tendency, especially in politics and any ideology


links

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


si

nl-noun

si m or f (plural si's, diminutive sietje n)

si's (plural)
sietje (diminutive neuter)


ar

ar m or f (plural arren, diminutive arretje n)

arren (plural)
arretje (diminutive neuter)

Back-formation from arrenslee (see there for further etymology).


pot

pot m (plural potten, diminutive potje n)

potten (plural)
potje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pot

Berbice Creole Dutch: poto

Negerhollands: pot, put, potji

→ Virgin Islands Creole: poty

Papiamentu: pòchi (from the diminutive)

Petjo: pot

→ Caribbean Javanese: pot

→ Indonesian: pot, poci (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch pot, from Old Dutch pot, from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”). Cognate with English pot (“pot”).

kitty or pool (where stakes, etc., are centralized)

(Netherlands, vulgar) loo, crapper (toilet)


pot

pot f (plural potten, diminutive potje n)


deuterium

Borrowed from English deuterium. Coined by Harold Urey, an American chemist, from Ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) + -ium.


samoerai

nl-noun

samoerai m (plural samoerai or samoerais, diminutive samoeraitje n)

samoerai (plural)
samoerais (plural)
samoeraitje (diminutive neuter)


vacuüm

vacuüm n (plural vacuüms or vacua, diminutive vacuümpje n)

vacuüms (plural)
vacua (plural)
vacuümpje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin vacuum, the substantivized neuter of the adjective vacuus (“empty”).


croissant

croissant m (plural croissants, diminutive croissantje n)

croissants (plural)
croissantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kroisan

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).


pers

nl-noun

pers f (plural persen, diminutive persje n)

persen (plural)
persje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pers

→ Indonesian: pers

From Middle Dutch perse, borrowed from French presse, ultimately from Latin pressō.

a press, mechanical device to exert pression


pers

pers m (plural perzen, diminutive persje n)

perzen (plural)
persje (diminutive neuter)

Shortenings from phrases or perhaps compounds with Pers (“Persian”).


vat

vat n (plural vaten, diminutive vatje n or vaatje n)

vaten (plural)
vatje (diminutive neuter)
vaatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vat

Negerhollands: vat

From Middle Dutch vat, from Old Dutch *fat, from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.


vat

From Middle Dutch vat, ultimately from the source of Etymology 1 above, as the Middle Dutch sense was "pot, object to put something in." Related to vatten.

geen vat krijgen op ...


pint

pint f (plural pinten, diminutive pintje n)

pinten (plural)
pintje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: pinchi (from the diminutive)

(Belgium) a glass of beer (usually 25 cl or 33cl, not an imperial pint)


la

la f (plural laden or la's, diminutive laatje n)

laden (plural)
la's (plural)
laatje (diminutive neuter)
lade (alternative)

Afrikaans: laai

→ Caribbean Hindustani: láh

→ Caribbean Javanese: latye (from the diminutive form)

→ Papiamentu: lachi, laadsje (from lade)

From earlier lade through regular syncope of intervocalic -d- (compare weer, blij, broer), from Middle Dutch lāde, from Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō.


la

la's (plural)
laatje (diminutive neuter)


po

po's (plural)
pootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: pò


ra

ra's (plural)
raatje (diminutive neuter)
ree (alternative dialectal obsolete)

From Middle Dutch ra, from Proto-Germanic *rahō. Cognate with German Rah, Old Norse rá.

(nautical) spar (horizontal beam or pole of a ship's mastwork)


pa

pa's (plural)
paatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: pachi (from the diminutive)


es

essen (plural)
esje (diminutive neuter)
esch (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch essche, from Old Dutch *aska, from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz.
Compare West Frisian esk, English ash, German Esche, Danish ask, compare Welsh onnen, Latin ornus (“wild mountain ash”), Lithuanian úosis, Russian ясень (jasenʹ), Albanian ah (“beech”), Ancient Greek ὀξύα (oxúa, “beech”), Old Armenian հացի (hacʻi, “ash tree”).

Fraxinus excelsior
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es

From Middle Dutch esche, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *atiska-. More at German Esch, Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk).

a tract of open, often raised agricultural land near or surrounding a village or hamlet


foetus

foetus n or m (plural foetussen, diminutive foetusje n)

foetussen (plural)
foetusje (diminutive neuter)


decigram

Borrowed from French décigramme. Equivalent to deci- + gram.


centigram

Borrowed from French centigramme. Equivalent to centi- + gram.

(now chiefly in the singular) centigramme, centigram


parlement

parlement n (plural parlementen, diminutive parlementje n)

parlementen (plural)
parlementje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: parlement

→ Indonesian: parlemen

→ West Frisian: parlemint

From Middle Dutch parlement, from Old French parlement.

(obsolete) conversation, talking, discussion, talk


pis

Negerhollands: pische


tri

synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent


wan

wan f or m (plural wannen, diminutive wannetje n)

wannen (plural)
wannetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wan, wanne, Old Dutch *wanna, from Proto-West Germanic *wannu, from Latin vannus.


twee

twee f (plural tweeën, diminutive tweetje n)

tweeën (plural)
tweetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch twêe, from Old Dutch twē, neuter form of twēne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ with plural suffix *-i.


vier

vier m (plural vieren, diminutive viertje n)

vieren (plural)
viertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch vier, from Old Dutch *fiuwar, *viuwar, *vier, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

De vier op zijn shirt was nauwelijks meer te zien.

The four on his shirt was barely visible anymore.

Hij had veel onvoldoendes, drie vijven en een vier.

He had many failing grades, three fives and one four.


vier

vier n (plural vieren, diminutive viertje n)


zes

zes m or f (plural zessen, diminutive zesje n)

zessen (plural)
zesje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ses, from Old Dutch ses, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

(Netherlands, Suriname, education) the lowest passing grade, on a scale from 10 (highest grade) to 1 (lowest grade); D− (US)


zeven

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


acht

Afrikaans: ag

From Middle Dutch achte, from Old Dutch *ahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtu.


acht

From Middle Dutch achte, from Old Dutch *āhta, from Proto-Germanic *anhtō.

(historical, chiefly obsolete) banishment, ostracism


negen

nl-noun

negen c (plural negens, diminutive negentje n)

negens (plural)
negentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch nēgen, from Old Dutch nigun, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, reflecting earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of "ten".

Die negens lijken wel achten.

a nine, an instance or representation of the digit nine

Een negen volstaat om deze robber te winnen.

a nine, an instance or use (e.g. score or amount) of the number nine


info

Borrowed from English info, from information.


informatie

Afrikaans: informasie

→ Caribbean Javanese: info

→ Indonesian: informasi

From Middle Dutch informatie, from Middle French informacion, from Old French enformacion, from Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnfōrmō (“to inform”).