brigade

→ Indonesian: brigade

brigade, a military unit consisting of two or more regiments, often using combined arms or of diverse disciplines

a police unit of varying size or purpose, but often serving a specialised purpose


sardine

nl-noun

sardine f (plural sardines, diminutive sardinetje n)

sardines (plural)
sardinetje (diminutive neuter)
sardien (alternative)

Afrikaans: sardyn, sardien

→ Caribbean Javanese: dhèntyis

desc

→ Papiamentu: saldinchi, sardinchi, sardin (Aruba)

Inherited from Middle Dutch sardeyne, sardayne, sardine, from Latin sardīna.


cupcake

nl-noun

cupcake m (plural cupcakes, diminutive cupcakeje n)

cupcakes (plural)
cupcakeje (diminutive neuter)


seneschal

seneschal m (plural seneschallen or seneschals)

seneschallen (plural)
seneschals (plural)


tafel

tafel f (plural tafels or tafelen, diminutive tafeltje n)

tafels (plural)
tafelen (plural)
tafeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tafel (see there for further descendants)

Berbice Creole Dutch: tafl

Jersey Dutch: tâfel

desc

Negerhollands: tafel, tavul, tawul, taul, taful, tavl, taefel

→ Virgin Islands Creole: tavul (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: tafl

→ Aukan: tafaa

→ Saramaccan: táfu

→ Sranan Tongo: tafra

→ Lokono: tafolo

→ Caribbean Hindustani: tafrá

→ Caribbean Javanese: tafrah, taprah

→ Kari'na: tapara

→ Trió: tafra

From Middle Dutch tâfele, from Old Dutch tavala, from Latin tabula (“board”). Doublet of tabel.

(metonymic) meal, spread on (a) table(s)

multiplication table
multiplication table


feminist

nl-noun

feminist m (plural feministen, diminutive feministje n, feminine feministe)

feministen (plural)
feministje (diminutive neuter)
feministe (feminine)

Internationalism, probably borrowed from French or English.


napoleon

Borrowed from French napoléon. Named after Napoleon Bonaparte, whose image the coins originally bore.

(historical, numismatics) the 20-franc gold coin, the franc germinal, originally issued under Napoleon, but also used of subsequent gold coins of the same denomination


pon

pon m (plural ponnen, diminutive ponnetje n)

ponnen (plural)
ponnetje (diminutive neuter)


kras

kras m or f (plural krassen, diminutive krasje n)

krassen (plural)
krasje (diminutive neuter)

Er is een kras op mijn auto.

(figuratively) a blemish (on someone's reputation)


zuster

zuster f (plural zusters, diminutive zustertje n)

zusters (plural)
zustertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: suster

Berbice Creole Dutch: sosro, sosoro

Skepi Creole Dutch: soster

→ Caribbean Hindustani: sester

→ Caribbean Javanese: soster, sester

→ Indonesian: suster

→ Saramaccan: soosútu

From Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. The sense “nurse” from the fact that (before the Reformation and in Catholic areas until recently) the majority of nurses were nuns; already in Middle Dutch generalized to lay nurses.

(somewhat formal, dated) sister (female sibling)

(female) nurse (woman who provides care for the ill)


knoop

knoop m (plural knopen, diminutive knoopje n)

knopen (plural)
knoopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: knoop

→ Kalanga: kunupo

→ Swazi: inkinobho

Berbice Creole Dutch: kunopu

Negerhollands: knop, knoop

→ Munsee: kunóop

→ Papiamentu: kònòpi

→ Sranan Tongo: knopo

→ Lokono: konopo

→ Kari'na: konopu

→ Saramaccan: konopu

→ Unami: kënup

From Middle Dutch cnôop, from Old Dutch *knōp, from Proto-Germanic *knaupaz, one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”). Cognate with German Knauf.

button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)

Ik zit in de knoop.

knot (i.e. a loop of string or any other long flexible material which cannot be untied without pulling part of the string through the loops)

(nautical) knot (i.e. a unit of velocity, corresponding to traveling a distance of 1 nautical mile per hour)


vogel

vogel m (plural vogels or vogelen, diminutive vogeltje n or vogelijn n)

vogels (plural)
vogelen (plural)
vogeltje (diminutive neuter)
vogelijn (diminutive neuter)
veugel (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: voël
→ English: voël

Jersey Dutch: fœüxel

Negerhollands: vogel

Skepi Creole Dutch: fogul

→? Sranan Tongo: fowru, vol, vool

→ Saramaccan: fóu

From Middle Dutch vōgel, from Old Dutch fogal, vogal, from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Cognate with German Vogel, English fowl, Icelandic fugl.

De tuin zit vol met verschillende soorten vogels, zoals merels, mussen en roodborstjes.

The garden is full of different types of birds, such as blackbirds, sparrows, and robins.

Het geluid van fluitende vogels vulde de lucht in de vroege ochtend.

The sound of chirping birds filled the air in the early morning.

De schutter mikte op het kleine vogeltje dat op de paal was geplaatst.

The archer aimed at the small feathered target placed on the pole.

Het schieten op vogels is een traditionele sport in sommige landen.

Shooting at bird targets is a traditional sport in some countries.

a feathered target in archery or shooting

(figuratively, slang) a dude, a cat (slang term for a man)


wurm

wurm m (plural wurmen, diminutive wurmpje n)

wurmen (plural)
wurmpje (diminutive neuter)


seminar

→ Indonesian: seminar

Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium.

seminar (class or conference for advanced studies)


muskusos

muskusos m (plural muskusossen, diminutive muskusosje n)

muskusossen (plural)
muskusosje (diminutive neuter)


lapis lazuli

Borrowed from English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) and lazulī (“of the heavens”).


magnolia

magnolia, tree or shrub of the genus Magnolia


lucifer

lucifer m (plural lucifers, diminutive lucifertje n)

lucifers (plural)
lucifertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English lucifer, from Latin lūcifer.


cassette

cassette f (plural cassettes or cassetten, diminutive cassettetje n)

cassettes (plural)
cassetten (plural)
cassettetje (diminutive neuter)

any of various other cassette storage media

(architecture) a coffer (sunken panel in a ceiling)


hei

hei f (plural heides or heiden, diminutive heitje n)

heides (plural)
heiden (plural)
heitje (diminutive neuter)

From heide with regular d-weakening (compare veder/veer, weder/weer, leder/leer, and so forth).


donderdag

donderdag m (plural donderdagen, diminutive donderdagje n)

donderdagen (plural)
donderdagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: Donderdag

Berbice Creole Dutch: dondrodaku

Jersey Dutch: Dœnderdix

Negerhollands: donnersdag, donnerdag

→ Lokono: dondodakha

→ Mohegan-Pequot: dozortar

From Middle Dutch donresdach, donredach, from Old Dutch *thonaresdag, from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Equivalent to Donar or donder + dag.
Donar (North Germanic: Thor) was the Germanic god of thunder.

inh

Ik heb een doktersafspraak op donderdag.

I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday.

De donderdagen zijn meestal rustig op kantoor.

The Thursdays are usually quiet at the office.

Het was een mooie donderdagje voor een picknick.

days of the week: dag van de week: maandag · dinsdag · woensdag · donderdag · vrijdag · zaterdag · zondag [edit]


zaterdag

nl-noun

zaterdag m (plural zaterdagen, diminutive zaterdagje n)

zaterdagen (plural)
zaterdagje (diminutive neuter)
Zaterdag (alternative)
Zaturdag (alternative)
zaturdag (alternative)

Afrikaans: Saterdag

Negerhollands: saeterdag, saterdag

→ Lokono: satdakha, satradakha

→ Mohegan-Pequot: zotortar

→ Sranan Tongo: satra

→ Kari'na: satra

From Middle Dutch saterdach, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag, calque of Latin dies Saturni. Compare Low German Saterdag, West Frisian saterdei, English Saturday.
Saturn or Saturnus is the sixth planet of the solar system, and it was the name of the Roman god of fertility and agriculture.

Op zaterdag gaan we meestal naar de markt.

On Saturday we usually go to the market.

De winkel is gesloten op zaterdag.

Heb je plannen voor deze zaterdag?


maandag

maandag m (plural maandagen, diminutive maandagje n)

maandagen (plural)
maandagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: Maandag

Berbice Creole Dutch: mandaka

Jersey Dutch: Mândix

Negerhollands: maendag, maandag

Skepi Creole Dutch: móndak

→ Lokono: mandakha, mondakha

→ Mohegan-Pequot: mundetar

→ Trió: mandi

Sotho: mantaha

From Middle Dutch manendach, maendach, from Old Dutch *mānendag, from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag (“day of the moon”).
Compare Low German Maandag, West Frisian moandei, German Montag, English Monday, Danish mandag.

inh

Op maandag begin ik altijd vroeg met werken.

De maandagen zijn het drukst in de sportschool.

Ik heb een leuk maandagje gehad.


dinsdag

nl-noun

dinsdag m (plural dinsdagen, diminutive dinsdagje n)

dinsdagen (plural)
dinsdagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: Dinsdag

Jersey Dutch: Däängsdix

Negerhollands: diesendag, dissendag

→ Lokono: djinsdakha

→ Mohegan-Pequot: doosetar

From Middle Dutch dinsendach. Probably from Proto-Germanic *þingsus-dagaz (“Day of Thingsus”), from *þingsus + *dagaz. Thingsus, Tiw or Týr was the name of the Germanic god of justice.
Compare Low German Dingsdag and German Dienstag.

der

We hebben op dinsdag een vergadering.

De dinsdagen zijn altijd mijn langste dagen op werk.

The Tuesdays are always my longest workdays.

Het was een rustig dinsdagje voor me.


woensdag

nl-noun

woensdag m (plural woensdagen, diminutive woensdagje n)

woensdagen (plural)
woensdagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: Woensdag

Jersey Dutch: Wônsdix

Negerhollands: wuensdag, woensdag

→ Lokono: wunsdakha, onsdakha

→ Mohegan-Pequot: wonsartar

From Middle Dutch woensdach, from Old Dutch *wuodenesdag, from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag (“day of Woden”), calque of Latin dies Mercurii.
Woden or Wodan was the supreme Germanic god.

inh

Elke woensdag ga ik naar yoga.

De woensdagen voelen als het midden van de week.

The Wednesdays feel like the middle of the week.

We hadden een heerlijk woensdagje samen.


diss

Vette diss, man!


licht

nl-noun

licht n (plural lichten, diminutive lichtje n)

lichten (plural)
lichtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lig

Berbice Creole Dutch: lekti

Negerhollands: ligt

From Middle Dutch licht, from Old Dutch lieht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light; bright; to shine”).

der

1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 52

No genius, that rag thief from Den Bosch, but I made do with it.

Geen groot licht, die Bossche voddendief, maar ik deed het ermee.

(metonymic) inspiration (in z'n licht opsteken); a bright mind


roes

nl-noun

roes m (plural roezen, diminutive roesje n)

roezen (plural)
roesje (diminutive neuter)

Etymology uncertain. Earliest documentation with its current meaning from 1622. Van der Sijs claims it's a loanword from Low German, whereas de Vries claims it's related to Middle Dutch rūsen (causing commotion), from which also stems geroezemoes.
Compare also German Rausch.

bij den roes


python

Borrowed from Latin Pythōn, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

python, constrictor of the family Pythonidae


raja

raja m (plural raja's, diminutive rajaatje n)

raja's (plural)
rajaatje (diminutive neuter)


trots

Negerhollands: trots

Early modern borrowing from German Trotz (“defiance”), from Middle High German traz, of unknown origin.


valg

valg f (plural valgen, diminutive valgje n)

valgen (plural)
valgje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch valge. Cognate with Middle Low German valge, Middle High German valgen, velgen, West Frisian falig, Old English fealg, English fallow. More distantly related to Transalpine Gaulish olca.


lychee

lychee m (plural lychees, diminutive lycheetje n)

lychees (plural)
lycheetje (diminutive neuter)

Litchi chinensis
Litchi chinensis#Translingual


omerta

omerta f (plural omertas, diminutive omertaatje n)

omertas (plural)
omertaatje (diminutive neuter)

From Italian omertà, from a Southern dialectal rhotacist variant of umiltà (“humility”), from Latin humilitās, from humilis (“humble”), from humus (“ground, soil”).

(crime) omertà, (extensively) wall of silence, code of silence


dengue

→ Indonesian: dengue

Borrowed from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga.

(medicine, jargon) dengue, febrile disease caused by the Dengue virus


subwoofer

subwoofer m (plural subwoofers, diminutive subwoofertje n)

subwoofers (plural)
subwoofertje (diminutive neuter)

subwoofer (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies)


areola

Borrowed from Latin āreola, diminutive of ārea.

(anatomy) areola (circle around a nipple)


zeeland

From Middle Dutch seelant. Equivalent to zee (“sea”) + land (“land”).

(uncommon) land adjacent to the sea, coastal land


huid

huid f (plural huiden, diminutive huidje n)

huiden (plural)
huidje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch huut, from Old Dutch hūd, from Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz.


taco

taco m (plural taco's, diminutive tacootje n)

taco's (plural)
tacootje (diminutive neuter)


Halloween

halloweenfeest

the celebration of Halloween; a Halloween party


elpee

elpee m (plural elpees, diminutive elpeetje n)

elpees (plural)
elpeetje (diminutive neuter)


detective

detective m (plural detectives, diminutive detectivetje n or detectiveje n)

detectives (plural)
detectivetje (diminutive neuter)
detectiveje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English detective. The sense "work of detective fiction" comes from an ellipsis of detective story.

work of detective fiction, such as a detective novel, film, or series


oma

oma f (plural oma's, diminutive omaatje n)

oma's (plural)
omaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: oma, omah

→ Papiamentu: oma

→ Sranan Tongo: oma

Likely stemming from grootma, a word that young children often mispronounce. Cognate to German Oma.


emir

From French émir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of admiraal.


vlogger

nl-noun

vlogger m (plural vloggers, diminutive vloggertje n)

vloggers (plural)
vloggertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English vlogger. Equivalent to vloggen + -er.


fakir

fakir m (plural fakirs, diminutive fakirtje n)

fakirs (plural)
fakirtje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately derived from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).


lint

lint n (plural linten, diminutive lintje n)

linten (plural)
lintje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lint

Negerhollands: lent

→ Caribbean Hindustani: lenti

Uncertain. Probably a shortening of Middle Dutch lijnde (“rope”), from line (modern lijn). Alternatively from Latin linteum (“cloth”).

a ribbon, a cloth band or non-textile (non-adhesive) tape

(metonymic, chiefly diminutive) a decoration, a medal, especially in chivalric, civil and military contexts


singleton

singleton m (plural singletons, diminutive singletonnetje n)

singletons (plural)
singletonnetje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈsɪŋɡəltɔn/


singleton

singleton n (plural singletons, diminutive singletonnetje n)

/ˈsɪŋɡəltɔn/

a singleton (design pattern, class, set)


blunder

blunder m (plural blunders, diminutive blundertje n)

blunders (plural)
blundertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English blunder, from Middle English blonder, blundur (“disturbance, strife”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes”). Related to blind.


high five

Unadapted borrowing from English high five.


lolita

Borrowed from English lolita, from the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.


heilige

From Middle Dutch heilige, from Old Dutch hēligo.

/ˈɦɛi̯.lə.ɣə/

(Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) a Christian believer who is believed to have performed miracles and to intercede on behalf of other believers

(Protestantism, early Christianity) a Christian believer, a member of the church

(Islam, chiefly Shia Islam) a Muslim believer who is believed to have performed miracles and to intercede on behalf of other believers

(Hinduism, Buddhism) a holy man or woman, especially a priest, guru or ascetic, thought to be a miracle worker


UMC

alternative letter-case form of umc (“university medical centre, university hospital”)


kosmonaut

nl-noun

kosmonaut m (plural kosmonauten, diminutive kosmonautje n, feminine kosmonaute)

kosmonauten (plural)
kosmonautje (diminutive neuter)
kosmonaute (feminine)

Borrowed from Russian космона́вт (kosmonávt).

De eerste kosmonaut in de ruimte was Yuri Gagarin.

The first cosmonaut in space was Yuri Gagarin.

Tijdens de Koude Oorlog waren kosmonauten helden in de Sovjet-Unie.

During the Cold War, cosmonauts were heroes in the Soviet Union.

De training van een kosmonaut verschilt enigszins van die van een westerse astronaut.

The training of a cosmonaut differs somewhat from that of a western astronaut.

a (male) cosmonaut (astronaut, usually a Russian or Soviet one)


nabla

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis


crème

crème f (plural crèmes, diminutive crèmepje n or crèmeke n)

crèmes (plural)
crèmepje (diminutive neuter)
crèmeke (diminutive neuter)
kreem (alternative Belgium colloquial)

→ Indonesian: krèm

→ Papiamentu: krèm

‘Een crèmeke, alstublief, m'dam.’

HIER CRÈME MET ÉCHTE FRAISEN!

2011, Guido van Heulendonk, Terug naar Killary Harbour:

2017 October 15, 'Goesting' (pseud.), "Crème de la crème: hier lik je de lekkerste ijsjes van het land", Het Laatste Nieuws.
Goesting ging testen en serveert de crème de la crème onder de crème, al zeggen we er meteen bij dat deze lijst uiteraard niet volledig is.
Goesting went to test and serves the crème de la crème of ice cream, although we say right away that this list is obviously not exhaustive.


guerrilla

→ Indonesian: gerilya


opdrachtgever

opdrachtgever m (plural opdrachtgevers, diminutive opdrachtgevertje n, feminine opdrachtgeefster)

opdrachtgevers (plural)
opdrachtgevertje (diminutive neuter)
opdrachtgeefster (feminine)

Omdat een grondstof niet meer leverbaar was, moest Annette opnieuw onderhandelen met de opdrachtgever.

Annette had to renegotiate with the commissioner because one resource wasn't available anymore.

a commissioner, one who commissions an action


smoking

smoking m (plural smokings, diminutive smokinkje n)

smokings (plural)
smokinkje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Ha, hij ziet eruit als een pinguïn in die smoking!

Hah, he looks like a penguin in that tuxedo!

smoking jacket, black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo


dissident

dissident m or f (plural dissidenten, diminutive dissidentje n)

dissidenten (plural)
dissidentje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French dissident, from Latin dissidens, present participle of dissidere (“to sit apart, to disagree”); dis- + sedere (“to sit”).


AOA

(healthcare) initialism of acuteopnameafdeling (“AMU; acute medical unit, acute admissions unit”)


graf

graf n (plural graven, diminutive grafje n)

graven (plural)
grafje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: graf

Negerhollands: graf

→ Papiamentu: graf

From Middle Dutch graf, from Old Dutch *graf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”).


WMO

(Netherlands, healthcare, law) initialism of wet medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek met mensen (“Act on medical scientific research with human beings”)


tel.

abbreviation of telefoonnummer (“telephone number”)


no.

no. n (plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide])


geit

geit f (plural geiten, diminutive geitje n)

geiten (plural)
geitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: geit

From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

Capra aegagrus
Capra aegagrus#Translingual

Capra aegagrus hircus
Capra aegagrus hircus#Translingual

goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species

(informal, mildly derogatory) a silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women


ebbe

ebbe n (plural ebbes, diminutive ebbetje n)

ebbes (plural)
ebbetje (diminutive neuter)


potpourri

potpourri m (plural potpourri's, diminutive potpourrietje n)

potpourri's (plural)
potpourrietje (diminutive neuter)

From French pot pourri (“rotten pot”), itself a calque from Spanish olla podrida.

a mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room


vv

VC (“volleyball club”); abbreviation of volleybalvereniging (“volleybal+vereniging”)

SC (“soccer club”) or FC (“football club”); abbreviation of voetbalvereniging (“voetbal+vereniging”) (soccer-football club)


sinus

sinus m (plural sinussen, diminutive sinusje n)

sinussen (plural)
sinusje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sinus

→ Papiamentu: sinùs


nat

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


abortus

abortus m (plural abortussen, diminutive abortusje n)

abortussen (plural)
abortusje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: abortus

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”).


janet

janet f (plural janetten, diminutive janetje n)

janetten (plural)
janetje (diminutive neuter)
jeanet (alternative)
janette (alternative)
zjanol (alternative)

Borrowed from French janet, from Jeannette, from Jeanne d'Arc. Named after the members of a Roman Catholic girlscouts' organisation.

Onze tegenstanders zijn een stel janetten.

(Belgium, vulgar, offensive) an effeminate man

(Belgium, vulgar, offensive, by extension) a homosexual


avg

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

avg's (plural)
avg'tje (diminutive neuter)
agv (alternative)

Initialism of aardappelen, vlees, groenten (“potatoes, meat, vegetables”).

initialism

(Netherlands, chiefly in the diminutive, colloquial, somewhat humorous) A stereotypical Dutch dinner consisting of a piece of meat, boiled potatoes, and boiled vegetables


memo

Borrowed from English memo. Equivalent to a shortening of memorandum.


BBP

bruto binnenlands product
w:nl:bruto binnenlands product

nonstandard spelling of bbp, initialism of bruto binnenlands product: GDP


regent

nl-noun

regent m (plural regenten, diminutive regentje n, feminine regentes)

regenten (plural)
regentje (diminutive neuter)
regentes (feminine)

From Middle Dutch regent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.

regent, acting head of state in a monarch's place

(Belgium) a secondary school teacher whose non-university degree only qualifies to teach in the lower grades


garde

Borrowe from Middle French garde, from Old French garde, from Proto-Germanic [Term?].

a guard (body of guards), especially an elite unit


cellist

cellist m (plural cellisten, diminutive cellistje n, feminine celliste)

cellisten (plural)
cellistje (diminutive neuter)
celliste (feminine)

→ Indonesian: selis


sentiment

Afrikaans: sentiment

→ Indonesian: sentimen

Borrowed from French sentiment, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.


infarct

infarct n (plural infarcten, diminutive infarctje n)

infarcten (plural)
infarctje (diminutive neuter)


assistent

assistent m (plural assistenten, diminutive assistentje n, feminine assistente)

assistenten (plural)
assistentje (diminutive neuter)
assistente (feminine)

→ Caribbean Javanese: asistèn

→ Indonesian: asisten

→ Peranakan Indonesian: assistent

Borrowed from Latin assistēns, active participle.


ces

ces f (plural cessen, diminutive cesje n)

cessen (plural)
cesje (diminutive neuter)


donor

Borrowed from English donor, from Middle English donoure, from Old French doneur.


scheren

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ballerina

nl-noun

ballerina f (plural ballerina's, diminutive ballerinaatje n, masculine ballerino)

ballerina's (plural)
ballerinaatje (diminutive neuter)
ballerino (masculine)


dong

Negerhollands: doeng

From Middle Dutch *dong, from Old Dutch *dunga, from Proto-Germanic *dungō. Cognate to English dung.

(dated, dialectal, Northern) dung, manure


curator

curator m (plural curatoren, diminutive curatortje n)

curatoren (plural)
curatortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kurator

liquidator appointed by a judge after bankruptcy


chemo

chemo f (plural chemo's, diminutive chemootje n)

chemo's (plural)
chemootje (diminutive neuter)

Shortening of chemokuur and chemotherapie, from the prefix chemo-.


röntgen

Borrowed from German Röntgen. Named after the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.


peritoneum

Borrowed from Latin peritonaeum, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιον (peritónaion).


pacifist

pacifist m (plural pacifisten, feminine pacifiste)

pacifisten (plural)
pacifiste (feminine)

Borrowed from French pacifiste or English pacifist.


motte

motte f (plural mottes, diminutive mottetje n)

mottes (plural)
mottetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch mote, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”). Likely influenced by French motte.

a raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch; a motte


supplement

supplement n (plural supplementen, diminutive supplementje n)

supplementen (plural)
supplementje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French supplément, from Latin supplēmentum.

(geometry) a supplementary angle, which, when added to a given angle, makes 180°


perron

perron n (plural perrons, diminutive perronnetje n)

perrons (plural)
perronnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: perron

→ Indonesian: peron

→ Sranan Tongo: peron

Borrowed from German Perron, from French perron, from Middle French perron, from Old French [Term?].

a boarding platform on which passengers wait for a train: it is next to a spoor


app

app f or m (plural apps, diminutive appje n)

From English app. The senses pertaining to text messaging are influenced by the app name WhatsApp.

Wat voor apps heb jij erop staan?

Stuur alsjeblieft even een appje zodra je veilig thuis bent.

Please send a text as soon as you're home safe.

(Netherlands, typically in the diminutive) a text message sent using an app

Ze ruzieden in de app van het studentenhuis.

They had a fight in the student accommodation chat.

(Netherlands) a chat on a text messaging app, particularly a group chat


bitumen

From Middle Dutch bitume, from Latin bitūmen, which later influenced the spelling.


opossum

opossum m (plural opossums, diminutive opossumpje n)

opossums (plural)
opossumpje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”).

der

opossum, marsupial of the family Didelphidae


donjon

nl-noun

donjon m (plural donjons, diminutive donjonnetje n)

donjons (plural)
donjonnetje (diminutive neuter)


temperament

temperament n (plural temperamenten, diminutive temperamentje n)

temperamenten (plural)
temperamentje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.

Oorspronkelijk waren in de Griekse oudheid de temperamenten de naam voor vier persoonlijkheidstypen: het sanguïnische, flegmatische, cholerische en melancholische temperament.ᵀᵉᵐᵖᵉʳᵃᵐᵉⁿᵗ

Originally, in Greek antiquity, the temperaments were the names of the four personality types: the sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric and melancholy temperaments.

(psychology) the usual mood of a person, or typical manner of thinking, behaving, and acting; temperament, temper, mood

temperament: a tendency to become irritable or angry, temper

(music) temperament: a specific system of note pitches of a musical instrument


storing

storing f (plural storingen, diminutive storinkje n)

storingen (plural)
storinkje (diminutive neuter)


syfilis

→ Indonesian: sifilis


grill

grill m (plural grills, diminutive grilletje n)

grills (plural)
grilletje (diminutive neuter)
gril (alternative colloquial)


mandag

mandag m (plural mandaggen, diminutive mandagje n)

mandaggen (plural)
mandagje (diminutive neuter)

Equivalent to man (“man”) + dag (“day”).

Het project zal naar schatting 1000 mandagen aan werk kosten.

The project is estimated to require 1000 man-days of work.

Voor dit bouwproject zijn er minstens 50 mandagen nodig om het af te ronden.

This construction project requires at least 50 man-days to complete.

Het team werkte met een inzet van 5 mandagen om het probleem op te lossen.

The team worked with a commitment of 5 man-days to solve the problem.

(unit of measurement) one day of labour by one person; a man-day


pappa

pappa m (plural pappa's, diminutive pappaatje n)

pappa's (plural)
pappaatje (diminutive neuter)


ara

ara m (plural ara's, diminutive araatje n)

ara's (plural)
araatje (diminutive neuter)

any of various parrot species of different genera that resemble those of genus Ara


armband

armband m (plural armbanden, diminutive armbandje n)

armbanden (plural)
armbandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: armband

Ze droeg een gouden armband op het feest.

Ik kreeg een armband als verjaardagscadeau.

I received a bracelet as a birthday gift.

Het armbandje was versierd met kleine parels.

The small bracelet was adorned with tiny pearls.


hui

From Middle Dutch hoey, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”).

Hui is een bijproduct van het maken van kaas.

Whey is a side product of cheese production.

Wy aten een potje karmelck …, en droncken een toochje huy…

1612, Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero, “Symen sonder Soeticheydt”, in Kluchten, page 108:

We ate a jar of buttermilk porridge…, and drank a swig of whey…

1811, Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, Natuurlyke historie van Holland, vol. 9, publ. P. H. Trap, page 453.
De melk wordt … verwerkt tot boter, kaas, karnemelk en hui …,

The milk is … processed into butter, cheese, buttermilk and whey …,


bigot

Borrowed from French bigot, from Middle French bigot.

a holier-than-thou person, an extremely pious person


radiator

radiator m (plural radiators or radiatoren, diminutive radiatortje n)

radiators (plural)
radiatoren (plural)
radiatortje (diminutive neuter)


diastole

Borrowed from French diastole, from Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”).


dinosaurus

nl-noun

dinosaurus m (plural dinosaurussen, diminutive dinosaurusje n)

dinosaurussen (plural)
dinosaurusje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from New Latin dinosaurus, from English dinosaur.

Dit dijbeen is daarom merkwaardig, omdat 't het bestaan eener derde soort „Dinosaurus” in de formatie bij Maastricht doet vermoeden.

1885 June 27, “Nieuwstijdingen”, in Venloosch Weekblad, volume 23, number 26, page 1:

This femur is therefore remarkable, because it gives cause to suspect the existence of a third species of dinosaur in the formation near Maastricht.

Nabij Wyoming in de Vereenigde Staten heeft men het grootste voorwereldlijke dier ontdekt, dat bekend is, namelijk den brontosaurus, een kruipend dier, behoorende tot de orde der dinosaurussen.

1899 February 21, “Het grootste dier der wereld”, in Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, vol. 21, no. 6422, part 2, page 1:

Near Wyoming^([sic]) in the United States the largest prehistoric animal that is known has been discovered, that is the brontosaur, a reptile, belonging to the order of the dinosaurs.

dinosaur, archosaur of the super-order Dinosauria


pino

pino c (plural pino's, diminutive pinootje n)

pino's (plural)
pinootje (diminutive neuter)
Pino (alternative)
PINO (alternative)

Attested since the early 2000s.https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nl.humor/zpo9uaxty-k/Dl2Opv3K82YJ Presumably from Pino (“Big Bird-like character on Sesamstraat”).

(slang) Sex object. acronym of potentieel interessant neukobject


ballet

ballet n (plural balletten, diminutive balletje n)

balletten (plural)
balletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: balèt

→ Papiamentu: balèt

Borrowed from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto. An instance of spelling pronunciation.


bodega

bodega f (plural bodega's, diminutive bodegaatje n)

bodega's (plural)
bodegaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of boetiek and apotheek.


har

From Middle Dutch herre, from Old Dutch *herro, from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, from Proto-Germanic *herzô.


har

nl-noun

har f (plural harren, diminutive harretje n)

harren (plural)
harretje (diminutive neuter)

(dialectal, chiefly diminutive) gap, narrow opening (especially of doors, windows and hatches)


croquet

croquet f (plural croquetten, diminutive croquetje n)

croquetten (plural)
croquetje (diminutive neuter)


anticlimax

anticlimax m (plural anticlimaxen, diminutive anticlimaxje n)

anticlimaxen (plural)
anticlimaxje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: antiklimaks


stellen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


verlies

nl-noun

verlies n (plural verliezen, diminutive verliesje n)

verliezen (plural)
verliesje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: verlies

From Middle Dutch verlies, from verliesen (modern Dutch verliezen).

Gecondoleerd met het verlies.

(the process of) losing someone or something


pierement

pierement n (plural pierementen, diminutive pierementje n)

pierementen (plural)
pierementje (diminutive neuter)


auteur

auteur m (plural auteurs, diminutive auteurtje n, feminine autrice)

auteurs (plural)
auteurtje (diminutive neuter)
autrice (feminine)
autheur (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: outeur

→ West Frisian: auteur

Borrowed from French auteur, from Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, auctorem.


lepra

→ Caribbean Javanese: léprah


sari

der

Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī)


detector

nl-noun

detector m (plural detectors, diminutive detectortje n)

detectors (plural)
detectortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: detektor


enclave

enclave f (plural enclaves, diminutive enclaafje n or enclavetje n)

enclaves (plural)
enclaafje (diminutive neuter)
enclavetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French enclave, from Middle French enclave.


karst

(geology) karst (terrain with caves formed by limestone dissolution by underground drainage)


grot

grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje n)

grotten (plural)
grotje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: grot

Borrowed directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of crypte, krocht, and gruft.

Twaalf mensen waren omgekomen, nadat ze in een grot verdwaald geraakt waren.

Twelve people had passed away, after they had got lost inside a cave.


sneaker

sneaker m (plural sneakers, diminutive sneakertje n)

sneakers (plural)
sneakertje (diminutive neuter)


knoopsgat

knoopsgat n (plural knoopsgaten, diminutive knoopsgaatje n)

knoopsgaten (plural)
knoopsgaatje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: knoop gat

→ Papiamentu: konoskat


familie van het zevende knoopsgat

familie van het zevende knoopsgat f (plural families van het zevende knoopsgat)

families van het zevende knoopsgat (plural)


voorbeeld

voorbeeld n (plural voorbeelden, diminutive voorbeeldje n)

voorbeelden (plural)
voorbeeldje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: voorbeeld

Negerhollands: voorbeeld

→ West Frisian: foarbyld (calque)


blister

blister m (plural blisters, diminutive blistertje n)

blisters (plural)
blistertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English blister (“blister; blister pack”).


cavalcade

nl-noun

cavalcade f (plural cavalcades or cavalcaden, diminutive cavalcadetje n)

cavalcades (plural)
cavalcaden (plural)
cavalcadetje (diminutive neuter)


provocateur

provocateur m (plural provocateurs, diminutive provocateurtje n)

provocateurs (plural)
provocateurtje (diminutive neuter)


sok

sok f or m (plural sokken, diminutive sokje n)

sokken (plural)
sokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sok

→ Papiamentu: sok (dated)

From Middle Dutch socke, from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos). The current sense derived from German Socke.


kol

kol f (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

kollen (plural)
kolletje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium) wizard, magician, sorcerer, conjuror, warlock


kol

kol m (plural kollen, diminutive kolletje n)

From Proto-Germanic *kullaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“head”).

white spot on the forehead of a horse or a cow


jok

jok m (plural jokken, diminutive jokje n)

jokken (plural)
jokje (diminutive neuter)

(uncountable, archaic) jest; frivolous, unserious intent or mood


envelop

envelop f (plural enveloppen, diminutive envelopje n)

enveloppen (plural)
envelopje (diminutive neuter)
enveloppe (alternative)

→ Caribbean Javanese: amplop

desctree

→ Indonesian: amplop
→ Ambonese Malay: amplop
→ Ternate: amflop

→ Papiamentu: ènvelòp

→ Sranan Tongo: ènfelop

→ Caribbean Javanese: angflop, angklop

an envelope, closing paper wrapper as used for mailing


herbarium

→ Indonesian: herbarium


bonk

nl-noun

bonk m (plural bonken, diminutive bonkje n)

bonken (plural)
bonkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bonc, bonck, bunck (“bone”), from Old Dutch *bunko, from Proto-Germanic *bunkô (“pile, heap, lump”).
Cognate with West Frisian bonke (“bone”), Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), German Low German Bunk (“bone”), Icelandic buna (“ox-bone”).


thallus

From Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós). The gender is often neuter in Dutch (even though de thallus is also commonly encountered), whereas in the Greek and in other languages the word is male.


Belg

nl-noun

Belg m (plural Belgen, diminutive Belgje n, feminine Belgische)

Belgen (plural)
Belgje (diminutive neuter)
Belgische (feminine)

Sranan Tongo: Bergi

→ Papiamentu: Bèlga


Thanksgiving

/tɛŋksˈɡɪ.vɪŋ/

Unadapted borrowing from English Thanksgiving.


stalker

nl-noun

stalker m (plural stalkers, diminutive stalkertje n)

stalkers (plural)
stalkertje (diminutive neuter)

stalker (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions)


nerts

nerts m (plural nertsen, diminutive nertsje n)

nertsen (plural)
nertsje (diminutive neuter)
nertz (alternative)

Borrowed from German Nerz, from Upper Sorbian nórc (“mink”).

Mustela lutreola
Mustela lutreola#Translingual


bestellen

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


kiel

nl-noun

kiel m (plural kielen, diminutive kieltje n)

kielen (plural)
kieltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kil, kiel

From Middle Dutch kiel, probably borrowed from Middle Low German kēl, Middle English kele, or Middle French quille, ultimately from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz.


deuteron

Probably borrowed from English deuteron.


aluminiumfolie

aluminiumfolie f or n (plural aluminiumfolies, diminutive aluminiumfolietje n)

aluminiumfolies (plural)
aluminiumfolietje (diminutive neuter)


skateboard

skateboard n (plural skateboards, diminutive skateboardje n)

skateboards (plural)
skateboardje (diminutive neuter)


zymase

(now chiefly historical) zymase, enzymatic ferment functioning as a catalyst for converting carbohydrates to ethanol and carbon dioxide


zouk

Uit enkele speakers dendert soca en zouk muziek^([sic]). In de lucht hangt de geur van versgebakken bara's en kip.

2021 July 4, “Gezellige sfeer bij vaccinatie in PL-centrum [Congenial atmosphere at vaccination drive at PL party centre]”, in StarNieuws, retrieved 2022-12-07:

Soca and zouk music thumps from a couple of loudspeakers. The smell of freshly fried baras and chicken wafts through the air.


heim

heim n (plural heimen, diminutive heimpje n)

heimen (plural)
heimpje (diminutive neuter)


cd

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


relict

relict n (plural relicten, diminutive relictje n)

relicten (plural)
relictje (diminutive neuter)


blender

blender m (plural blenders, diminutive blendertje n)

blenders (plural)
blendertje (diminutive neuter)


mixer

mixer m (plural mixers, diminutive mixertje n)

mixers (plural)
mixertje (diminutive neuter)

a mixer (device, esp. kitchen appliance, for mixing)


amplitude

amplitude f (plural amplitudes, diminutive amplitudetje n)

amplitudes (plural)
amplitudetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō.


sabbat

sabbat m (plural sabbatten or sabbats, diminutive sabbatje n)

sabbatten (plural)
sabbats (plural)
sabbatje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: sabbath

→ Papiamentu: sabbat (dated)

Borrowed from Latin sabbatum (“Sabbath”), from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ).


luster

luster m (plural lusters, diminutive lustertje n)

lusters (plural)
lustertje (diminutive neuter)

a chandelier, an ostentatious ceiling light


haven

haven f (plural havens, diminutive haventje n)

havens (plural)
haventje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hawe

→ Papiamentu: haf, haaf

desctree

→ Russian: гавань (gavanʹ)
→ Ukrainian: гавань (havanʹ)

From Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō.

De schepen liggen veilig in de haven.

We namen een wandeling bij het kleine haventje na het diner.

We took a walk by the small harbour after dinner.

Rotterdam heeft een van de grootste havens ter wereld.

Rotterdam has one of the largest ports in the world.


haven

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


multimeter

Probably borrowed. Equivalent to multi- + meter.


supercontinent

nl-noun

supercontinent n (plural supercontinenten)

(geology) supercontinent (large landmass consisting of multiple continents or an extremely large continent in a planet's geologic past)


boer

boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n, feminine boerin)

boeren (plural)
boertje (diminutive neuter)
boerin (feminine)
bouwer (alternative)

Afrikaans: boer
→ English: Boer

Jersey Dutch: bûr

→ English: boor

desctree

→ Sranan Tongo: buru
→ Caribbean Javanese: bulman, bulmang, buru
→ Dutch: boeroe

From Middle Dutch bure, from Old Dutch *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller, inhabitant”), thus originally the same as modern buur (“neighbour”). The form boer is that of many eastern dialects including Limburgish, where Germanic -ū- has been retained as a back vowel. In early modern Dutch these two dialectal forms were adopted as semantically distinguished words. Cognate to Old English būr, ġebūr (whence English bower) and Old High German būr (whence German Bauer).

inh

(in compounds) a merchant (and sometimes producer) of a certain product group, mainly foods, often named after it, e.g. melkboer 'milkman', groenteboer '(male) greengrocer'


boer

nl-noun

boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n)

boeren (plural)
boertje (diminutive neuter)

Originally onomatopoeic, as is English burp. The perception of farmers (etymology 1) as being mannerless people has probably played a secondary role, too. The same in German Bäuerchen.


kunst

kunst f (plural kunsten, diminutive kunstje n)

kunsten (plural)
kunstje (diminutive neuter)
konst (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: kuns

Negerhollands: kunsche (from the diminutive)

→ Papiamentu: kenshi, kunstji (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch cunst, const, cunste, conste (“skill, ability, knowledge, craft”), from Old Dutch *kunst (“knowledge, know-how, skill”), from Proto-Germanic *kunstiz (“knowledge, ability”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenH-, *ǵnō- (“to know”), equivalent to kunnen + -st.
Cognate with Old Saxon kunst (“skill, wisdom”), Old High German kunst (“knowledge, wisdom, skill”), Old Frisian kunst, konst, kenst (“knowledge”). More at cunning.


wartaal

nl-noun

wartaal f (plural wartalen, diminutive wartaaltje n)

wartalen (plural)
wartaaltje (diminutive neuter)


façade

façade f (plural façades, diminutive façadetje n)

façades (plural)
façadetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: fasade

→ Indonesian: fasade

→ West Frisian: fasade

Unadapted borrowing from French façade, itself from Italian facciata.


rubella

→ Indonesian: rubela

From Latin rubellus (“reddish”), diminutive of ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.


zigeuner

zigeuner m (plural zigeuners, diminutive zigeunertje n, feminine zigeunerin)

zigeuners (plural)
zigeunertje (diminutive neuter)
zigeunerin (feminine)

Afrikaans: sigeuner

→ West Frisian: sigeuner

Borrowed from German Zigeuner. See the German entry for further etymological information.

(sometimes offensive) Gypsy, member of the Roma

(sometimes offensive) gypsy, person who leads a nomadic life


urne

urne f (plural urnes or urnen, diminutive urntje n)

urnes (plural)
urnen (plural)
urntje (diminutive neuter)


eis

eis m (plural eisen, diminutive eisje n)

eisen (plural)
eisje (diminutive neuter)
eisch (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: eis

→ Papiamentu: eis (dated)

From Middle Dutch eisch, eesch, heesch, eysch. Ultimately from the root of eisen (“to claim, demand”).


westen

→ Trió: weste

De zon gaat onder in het westen.


sanatorium

sanatorium n (plural sanatoria, diminutive sanatoriumpje n)

sanatoria (plural)
sanatoriumpje (diminutive neuter)

An internationalism, ultimately or directly from English sanatorium.


nek

nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)

nekken (plural)
nekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nek

Negerhollands: nek

→? Aukan: neki

→ Papiamentu: nèk, nek

From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.


sensor

sensor m (plural sensoren or sensors, diminutive sensortje n)

sensoren (plural)
sensors (plural)
sensortje (diminutive neuter)


holler

holler c (plural hollers, diminutive hollertje n)

hollers (plural)
hollertje (diminutive neuter)


waar

From Middle Dutch wāre, from Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (“wary, watchful”). Cognate with English ware.


rug

rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje n or rugje n)

ruggen (plural)
ruggetje (diminutive neuter)
rugje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rug

Jersey Dutch: rœx

Negerhollands: rugge, rigi, rege

From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

(Netherlands, historical) ellipsis of rooie rug (“thousand-guilders banknote”)


gewicht

gewicht n (plural gewichten, diminutive gewichtje n)

gewichten (plural)
gewichtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gewig

Negerhollands: gewicht

From Middle Dutch gewichte, from Old Dutch *giwihti, from Proto-West Germanic *gawihtī. See also wegen, wicht.


gewicht

Borrowed from German Gewicht, a variant of Geweih. Doublet of gewei.


schelm

schelm m (plural schelmen, diminutive schelmpje n)

schelmen (plural)
schelmpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skelm

Negerhollands: skelm

Borrowed from German Schelm or Middle Low German schelm.


eisen

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


velo

nl-noun

velo m (plural velos, diminutive velootje n)

velos (plural)
velootje (diminutive neuter)


epilepsie

→ Indonesian: epilepsi

From Middle Dutch epilencie, from Latin epilencia, variant of epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία (epilēpsía).


helikopter

helikopter m (plural helikopters, diminutive helikoptertje n)

helikopters (plural)
helikoptertje (diminutive neuter)
helicopter (alternative)
helicoptère (alternative)

→ Indonesian: helikopter

Borrowed from French hélicoptère. Later influenced by English helicopter.

Budgie is een kleine helikopter.


bara

From Caribbean Hindustani bára, possibly from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā).

2021 July 4, “Gezellige sfeer bij vaccinatie in PL-centrum [Congenial atmosphere at vaccination drive at PL party headquarters]”, in StarNieuws, retrieved 2022-12-07:

Soca and zouk music thumps from a couple of loudspeakers. The smell of freshly fried vadas and chicken wafts through the air.

(originally Suriname) vada (a savoury doughnut made of mung bean flour)


sector

sector m (plural sectoren or sectors, diminutive sectortje n)

sectoren (plural)
sectors (plural)
sectortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sektor


hinterland

hinterland n (plural hinterlanden, diminutive hinterlandje n)

hinterlanden (plural)
hinterlandje (diminutive neuter)


plateau

plateau n (plural plateaus, diminutive plateautje n)

plateaus (plural)
plateautje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see English plate.


prairie

Borrowed from English prairie, from French prairie, from Middle French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Latin pratum. Re-borrowed from English after Middle Dutch praierie (also from Middle French prairie) fell out of use. Related to prieel.

1831, James Fenimore Cooper, De prairie, of Grazige woestijn van Noord-Amerika, vol. 1, tr. from English, A. & J. Honkoop (publ.), page 339.
De slangen der Prairie zijn niet vergiftig, uitgezonderd eenige vergramde ratelslangen, welker ratel hen intusschen steeds aanmeldt, voor dat zij u eenig kwaad doen.

The snakes of the prairie are not venomous, some angered rattlesnakes excepted, whose rattle in the meantime announces them each time, before they do any harm to you.


debutant

debutant m (plural debutanten, diminutive debutantje n, feminine debutante)

debutanten (plural)
debutantje (diminutive neuter)
debutante (feminine)


debutante

debutante f (plural debutantes, masculine debutant)

debutantes (plural)
debutant (masculine)

Borrowed from French débutante or from debutant + -e.


terril

terril m (plural terrils, diminutive terrilletje n)

terrils (plural)
terrilletje (diminutive neuter)


plafon

plafon n (plural plafons, diminutive plafonnetje n)

plafons (plural)
plafonnetje (diminutive neuter)


deb

(Belgium, offensive, colloquial) clipping of debiel


nota

nota f (plural nota's, diminutive notaatje n)

nota's (plural)
notaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: nota


balkon

balkon n (plural balkons, diminutive balkonnetje n)

balkons (plural)
balkonnetje (diminutive neuter)
balcon (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: balkon

→ Indonesian: balkon

→ Sranan Tongo: barkon

→ Caribbean Javanese: balkong


dagblad

dagblad n (plural dagbladen, diminutive dagblaadje n)

dagbladen (plural)
dagblaadje (diminutive neuter)

From dag + blad. Compare southern German Tagblatt.

De oplage van dagbladen is afgelopen jaar verder afgenomen.

The distribution of dailies has decreased further over the past year.


til

til f (plural tillen, diminutive tilletje n)

tillen (plural)
tilletje (diminutive neuter)

(dialectal) bridge (typically a small wooden bridge made of planks)


catheter

catheter m (plural catheters, diminutive cathetertje n)

catheters (plural)
cathetertje (diminutive neuter)


gladius

gladius m (plural gladii, diminutive gladiusje n)

gladii (plural)
gladiusje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin gladius (“Roman short sword, gladius”).


lessen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


webinar

/ˈʋɛ.bəˌnɑr/

webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet)


acquis

acquis (totality of EU legislation and court decisions)


indicator

nl-noun

indicator m (plural indicatoren or indicators)

indicatoren (plural)
indicators (plural)


kroepoek

desctree

→ English: kroepoek
→ Cebuano: kropek
→ Tagalog: kropek
→ English: kropek, kropeck

→ Papiamentu: krupuk

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦿꦸꦥꦸꦏ꧀ (krupuk), from Old Javanese kurupuk (“a crunchy flake”). Compare to Malay keropok, Indonesian kerupuk, and Tagalog kropek.

der

prawn crackers, or any other deep-fried crackers from Indonesian (Javanese) cuisine


schal

nl-noun

schal m (plural schallen, diminutive schalletje n)

schallen (plural)
schalletje (diminutive neuter)

See the verb schellen (“to ring a bell”). Cognate with German Schall.

(poetic, dated) a resonating sound or noise


jingle

jingle m (plural jingles, diminutive jingletje n)

jingles (plural)
jingletje (diminutive neuter)

a jingle (song segment used in a commercial or radio program; also used for certain other sound samples used by radio DJs)


specht

specht m (plural spechten, diminutive spechtje n)

spechten (plural)
spechtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch specht, from Old Dutch *speht, from Proto-West Germanic *spiht, from Proto-Germanic *spihtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk-.


gelatine

From French gélatine (“jelly, gel”), from Italian gelatina (“jelly, gel”), from gelare (“to freeze”), from Latin gelāre (“to freeze”).


bastion

bastion n (plural bastions, diminutive bastionnetje n)

bastions (plural)
bastionnetje (diminutive neuter)


serie

serie f (plural series or seriën, diminutive serietje n)

series (plural)
seriën (plural)
serietje (diminutive neuter)


docent

docent m (plural docenten, diminutive docentje n, feminine docente)

docenten (plural)
docentje (diminutive neuter)
docente (feminine)

Afrikaans: dosent

→ Indonesian: dosen

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (“to teach”).


cognac

cognac m (plural cognacs, diminutive cognacje n)

cognacs (plural)
cognacje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: konyak


desktop

desktop m (plural desktops, diminutive desktopje n)

desktops (plural)
desktopje (diminutive neuter)

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(graphical user interface) main graphical user interface of a system


fuckhoofd

fuckhoofd n (plural fuckhoofden, diminutive fuckhoofdje n)

fuckhoofden (plural)
fuckhoofdje (diminutive neuter)

From English fuck + Dutch hoofd (“head”).


hoofd

hoofd n (plural hoofden, diminutive hoofdje n)

hoofden (plural)
hoofdje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hoof

→ Indonesian: hop

Negerhollands: hoofd

From Middle Dutch hôvet, hôoft, from Old Dutch hōvit, from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą. The sense “oral sex” is a semantic loan from English head.

Het standbeeld had een groot bronzen hoofd.

Hij is de directeur en het hoofd van het bedrijf.

He is the director and the head of the company.

De burgemeester is het hoofd van de gemeente.

The mayor is the chief of the municipality.

De vuurtoren stond op het hoofd van de haven om de schepen veilig binnen te loodsen.

The lighthouse stood on the head of the harbor to guide the ships safely in.

a transversal dam or pier at the entrance of a sea harbour


upload

upload m (plural uploads, diminutive uploadje n)

uploads (plural)
uploadje (diminutive neuter)


voicemail

voicemail m or f (plural voicemails, diminutive voicemailtje n)

voicemails (plural)
voicemailtje (diminutive neuter)


esp

esp m (plural espen, diminutive espje n)

espen (plural)
espje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch espe, from Old Dutch *aspa, from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō.

Populus tremula
Populus tremula#Translingual


cascade

→ Indonesian: kaskade

Borrowing from French cascade, from Italian cascata.

cascade (waterfall or series of small waterfalls)


flink

flink m or f (plural flinken, diminutive flinkje n)

flinken (plural)
flinkje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle Low German flink (“quick, gleaming”). Perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter, beat repeatedly”). Compare also Middle Dutch vlinken (verb).


bidon

nl-noun

bidon m (plural bidons, diminutive bidonnetje n)

bidons (plural)
bidonnetje (diminutive neuter)

a bidon; a sports drinking bottle, especially one used on a bicycle


hors

hors n (plural horsen, diminutive horsje n)

horsen (plural)
horsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hors, from Old Dutch hors, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą. Doublet of ros.

1558, Gaathije Pietersz, "Inventaris, gemaeckt den IVᵉⁿ Januarii anno XV^C acht ende vijftich", in Anne Hallema, "Nogmaals een drietal inventarissen van Franeker burgers en boeren kort na 1550", Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, Vol. 49, 1928, 286.
Een coopbrief ende quitantie, gepasseert by Fopke Wopkezn. ende Hessel Thomaszn., als mombers tot Jacob Pieterszoons weesen, aen Jan Jacobszn. ende Anne Jans dochter, vanden huijsinge te Syaerda, mit hecken, heckpalen, van noch vijftien koeijen, twee rieren, een os, twee horsen ende andere dieren, alles gecoft ende betaelt voer vier hundert ende anderhalf gouden guldens, sijnde in date den XXIᵉⁿ Novembris anno 1549;

Ze stappen hun’ bellen al klinken, / de vrome twee horsen te gaar;

1897, Guido Gezelle, “Twee horsen”, in Rijmsnoer om en om het jaar:

Het hors zet aan, Gossen valt terug op zijn zitplaats.

1942, Cor Bruijn, Een gave van God, Uitgeverij Ploegsma, section 16:

2009, Henk Gras, ‘Een stad waar men zich koninklijk kan vervelen?’ De modernisering van de theatrale vermakelijkheden buiten de schouwburg in Rotterdam, circa 1770-1860, Uitgeverij Verloren, 218, quoting Scaramouche, Scaramouche en zijne Vrienden op de Rotterdamsche Kermis, 1815, 15 & 16.
Een zekere BERG bragt een lomp stuk HOUT voort; dit hout vormde zich tot allerlei gedaantes, en bekwam die eindelijk van Palvenier, nu beklom hij den Bok en achtte zich gelukkig de horsen van anderen voorttezwepen; dan zijne onrustige geaartheid deed hem van den bok tuimelen;

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(rare, dialectal, now mostly found in names) horse


morgen

morgen m (plural morgens, diminutive morgentje n)

morgens (plural)
morgentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: môre

Berbice Creole Dutch: moroko

Negerhollands: morg

Skepi Creole Dutch: murg, mag, morga

From Middle Dutch morgen, from Old Dutch morgan, from Proto-West Germanic *morgin, *murgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”).
Cognates
Compare Low German Morgen, German Morgen, West Frisian moarn, English morn, morrow, Danish morgen, Swedish morgon.


dropping

nl-noun

dropping m (plural droppings or droppingen, diminutive droppinkje n)

droppings (plural)
droppingen (plural)
droppinkje (diminutive neuter)

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dropping.

airdrop (act of dropping goods, equipment, or personnel from an aircraft)

game in which people are brought to an unknown location, from which they have to navigate their way back


introvert

introvert m (plural introverten, diminutive introvertje n)

introverten (plural)
introvertje (diminutive neuter)

Internationalism (see English introvert, introverted).


bandage

/ˌbɑnˈdaːʒə/


ficus

ficus m (plural ficussen, diminutive ficusje n)

ficussen (plural)
ficusje (diminutive neuter)


sampan

sampans (plural)
champan (alternative archaic)


jogger

jogger m (plural joggers, feminine jogster)

Borrowed from English jogger, equivalent to joggen + -er.


targe

targes (plural)
targie (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch targe. Spelling variants indicate that the Middle Dutch word derived from or was influenced by Old or Middle French.

(historical, dated) a targe (concave, round or variously shaped shield)


gulp

gulp f (plural gulpen, diminutive gulpje n)

gulpen (plural)
gulpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gulp

→ Papiamentu: hòlpis (Aruba), hòlpi

Uncertain; possibly (by metathesis) from glop (“hole, opening”); also compare gleuf (“slot, slit”).

fly; opening in a man's pants to facilitate relieving himself


decennium

decennium n (plural decennia or decenniën or decenniums, diminutive decenniumpje n)

decennia (plural)
decenniën (plural)
decenniums (plural)
decenniumpje (diminutive neuter)


rapier

rapier n (plural rapieren, diminutive rapiertje n)

rapieren (plural)
rapiertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French (espee) rapiere.


schol

nl-noun

schol f (plural schollen, diminutive scholletje n)

schollen (plural)
scholletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch scholle, scolle, sculle. Related to Dutch schil and schel. Cognate with German Scholle (“floe”).

floating plate (e.g. ice floe or tectonic plate)

(dated) sod, clod, turf (lump of earth, sometimes with vegetation)


schol

schol m (plural schollen, diminutive scholletje n)

Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes platessa#Translingual

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa, a species of flatfish)


sprot

sprot m (plural sprotten, diminutive sprotje n)

sprotten (plural)
sprotje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: sprat

Uncertain. Possibly from the root of spruit (“sprout, shoot”).

Sprattus sprattus
Sprattus sprattus#Translingual

sprat (Sprattus sprattus), a small, herring-like fish


rosse buurt

rosse buurt f (plural rosse buurten, diminutive ros buurtje n)

rosse buurten (plural)
ros buurtje (diminutive neuter)


buurt

buurt f (plural buurten, diminutive buurtje n)

buurten (plural)
buurtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: biiti

→ Sranan Tongo: birti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: birti

→ Caribbean Javanese: birti

From Middle Dutch buurt (“district”) (also buyrte) [15th century], from ghebuerte (“surroundings”) [c. 1290] and gebuerde (“zone”) [c. 1240], related to Old High German giburida and German Börde. Akin to West Frisian buert. See also
gebied and Belgian Dutch synonym gebuurte.

Tivoli is een buurt in Eindhoven.


kaap

kaap f (plural kapen, diminutive kaapje n)

kapen (plural)
kaapje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kaap (dated)

Borrowed from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Latin caput.

Kaap de Goede Hoop


kaap

Perhaps related to kopen (“to buy, trade”), possibly from Old Frisian kāp (“purchase”), or otherwise from Latin capio (“I seize”). Attested before kapen; originally only attested in the phrase ter kaap varen.

privateering, attacking and looting enemy ships under the auspices of one's government


fairway

(golf) fairway: the area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short


plectrum

plectrum n (plural plectrums or plectra, diminutive plectrumpje n)

plectrums (plural)
plectra (plural)
plectrumpje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin plēctrum, from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron).

plectrum, pick (object for plucking certain string instruments)


scepter

scepter m (plural scepters, diminutive sceptertje n)

scepters (plural)
sceptertje (diminutive neuter)


burg

burg f (plural burgen, diminutive burgje n)

burgen (plural)
burgje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch burch, from Old Dutch burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz.

(archaic outside toponyms) synonym of burcht (“fortified place, fortress”)


medicus

medicus m (plural medici, diminutive medicusje n, feminine medica)

medici (plural)
medicusje (diminutive neuter)
medica (feminine)

Afrikaans: medikus

From Middle Dutch medicus, borrowed from Latin medicus.


olifant

olifant m (plural olifanten, diminutive olifantje n)

olifanten (plural)
olifantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: olifant

→ Papiamentu: olefante, olifant

From Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).


attaché

attaché m (plural attachés, diminutive attacheetje n, feminine attachee)

attachés (plural)
attacheetje (diminutive neuter)
attachee (feminine)

→ Indonesian: atase

Unadapted borrowing from French attaché.


baklava

Borrowed from Turkish baklava. First attested in the 18th century.


puree

puree f (plural purees, diminutive pureetje n)

purees (plural)
pureetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from Latin pūrō.


panty

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

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

a pantyhose, nylon tights worn about legs by women

(obsolete) originally, short and/or legless undershorts worn by women and children


delict

delict n (plural delicten, diminutive delictje n)

delicten (plural)
delictje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: delik

From Middle Dutch delict, from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking", "to fail", "to transgress”).


bazooka

bazooka m (plural bazooka's, diminutive bazookaatje n)

bazooka's (plural)
bazookaatje (diminutive neuter)


gebed

gebed n (plural gebeden, diminutive gebedje n)

gebeden (plural)
gebedje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gebed

Negerhollands: gebed, gobėt, gobėd

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


aerogram

→ Indonesian: aérogram

/ˌɛː.roːˈɣrɑm/

aerogram (a thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail)


financier

financier m (plural financiers, diminutive financiertje n)

financiers (plural)
financiertje (diminutive neuter)


gabber

gabber m (plural gabbers, diminutive gabbertje n)

gabbers (plural)
gabbertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Afrikaans: gabba

→ English: gabber

→ German: Gabber

Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend”), from Hebrew חָבֵר (khavér, “friend”).


mantel

mantel m (plural mantels, diminutive manteltje n)

mantels (plural)
manteltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mantel

Negerhollands: mantel

Petjo: mantel

→ Caribbean Javanese: mantel

→ Indonesian: mantel

→ Makasar: manteleʼ

→ Papiamentu: mantel

From Middle Dutch mantel, from Latin mantēllum.

(now chiefly Belgium, elsewhere somewhat dated outside certain compounds) coat, jacket

scallop, bivalve of the family Pectinidae

1710, Joseph Merat, Josef Merats Uitgang uit Egipten, of bekeerde munnik, tr. from French by M. Kind, page 110.
Doch hoe gevoeligh dat ze mynen ſtaat door verzoekſchriften aan die van Rotterdam hadden afgemaalt, waren ze echter in hun voornemen bedroogen, want deze Brieven konden by die Predikanten niets te weeg brengen, naardien ze vreesden dat myne bekeringh ſlechts een Mantel was, waar onder ik myne ſnoodheid bedekken wilde.

Though no matter how emotionally they had depicted my condition to those from Rotterdam in letters of petition, they were however proven wrong in their intention, because these letters could not accomplish anything among those ministers, because they feared that my conversion was only a guise, under which I wanted to cover my dastardliness.

Dit is slechts een mantel om u voor ons te verbergen.

1836 October 1, “Den Z. Eerw. Heeren F. J. van Vree en J. G. Wennekendonk”, in Catholijke Nederlandsche stemmen, vol. 2, no. 40, page 320, footnote 2:

This is merely a facade to hide you for us.

Al is ook het gansche weefsel der Parijsche luxe heden niet meer dan een mantel om daaronder de armoede des geestes van den parvenu te bedekken, toch is het daarom niets minder begoochelend.

1869, Hans Wachenhusen, translated by J. van Gogh, Het leven te Parijs onder het tweede Keizerrijk, page 22:

Even though the entire fabric of Parisian luxury is nowadays no more than a guise to cover the mental poverty of the upstart underneath it, yet it is no less captivating because of that.

(figurative) guise, facade (deceitful appearance, cover)


macht

macht f (plural machten, diminutive machtje n)

machten (plural)
machtje (diminutive neuter)
magt (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: mag

Negerhollands: macht, magt

Skepi Creole Dutch: makt

→ Aukan: makiti

→ Caribbean Javanese: makti

From Middle Dutch macht, from Old Dutch *maht, from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz. Equivalent to mogen (“to may, to be allowed”) + -t (“verbal noun”).

suffix

(Christianity) power (type of angel, ranking above archangel)


ziekenhuis

nl-noun

ziekenhuis n (plural ziekenhuizen, diminutive ziekenhuisje n)

ziekenhuizen (plural)
ziekenhuisje (diminutive neuter)
ziekhuis (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: siekehuis

→ Malay: rumah sakit (calque)

desctree

Indonesian: rumah sakit, rumkit (acronym), RS (abbreviation)
→ Tausug: bāy sakit (calque)
→ Tetum: uma-moras (calque)

→ West Frisian: sikehûs (calque)

From Middle Dutch siechuus. Equivalent to zieke (“sick person, patient”) + -n- + huis (“house, building, institution”).


bully

Borrowed from English bully, itself a derivation of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”).

(field hockey) bully (way of resuming the game with a standoff between two opposing players who repeatedly hit each other's sticks, then try to gain possession of the ball)


escort

escort (person who escorts someone for money but does not participate in sexual acts)


brunet

nl-noun

brunet f (plural brunetten, diminutive brunetje n)

brunetten (plural)
brunetje (diminutive neuter)


trips

trips m (plural tripsen, diminutive tripsje n)

tripsen (plural)
tripsje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek θρίψ (thríps).


Sint

Sint m (plural Sinten, diminutive Sintje n)

Sinten (plural)
Sintje (diminutive neuter)


nes

nes f (plural nessen, diminutive nesje n)

nessen (plural)
nesje (diminutive neuter)
nesse (alternative)

From Middle Dutch nesse, from Old Dutch nesse, from Proto-Germanic *nasją. Equivalent to an ablauting secondary form of neus (“nose”).


foto

foto f (plural foto's, diminutive fotootje n)

foto's (plural)
fotootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: foto

→ Caribbean Hindustani: foto

→ Caribbean Javanese: foto

→ Indonesian: foto

→ Sranan Tongo: fowtow


buffer

buffer m (plural buffers, diminutive buffertje n)

buffers (plural)
buffertje (diminutive neuter)

(rail transport) a buffer (device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them)


diva

diva f (plural diva's, diminutive divaatje n)

diva's (plural)
divaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Italian diva (“goddess”), from Latin diva, feminine form of divus.


kost

kost m (plural kosten, diminutive kostje n)

kosten (plural)
kostje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kos (“food”)

Negerhollands: kost

→ Indonesian: kos (“lodgings”)

From Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost.

(used absolutely, with definite article) board, livelihood, meals and lodgings


ensemble

ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)

ensembles (plural)
ensembletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: ansambêl


Latijn

Latijn m (plural Latijnen, diminutive Latijntje n, feminine Latijnse)

Latijnen (plural)
Latijntje (diminutive neuter)
Latijnse (feminine)

From Middle Dutch latijn, from Latin Latīnus.

Latin, a citizen of Ancient Rome or the region of Latium


waren

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


glop

nl-noun

glop n (plural gloppen, diminutive glopje n)

gloppen (plural)
glopje (diminutive neuter)

Related to West Frisian gloppe (“alley”), Old Norse gloppa (“mountain gorge”), Norwegian Bokmål glop (“opening, hole”), Icelandic glopa, Faroese gloppa (“ajar”); per Kroonen, all from Proto-Germanic *gluppa (“open space”), a derivative of *gluppōn (“yawning, being open”), from Pre-Germanic *glub-n-, *glub-, to which gleuf (“slit, opening”) might also belong.

(Northern, dialectal) opening, hole, crevice

(Holland, dialectal) alley, narrow passage, narrow street

(Northern, dialectal) open space, clearing


barricade

barricade f (plural barricades or barricaden, diminutive barricadetje n)

barricades (plural)
barricaden (plural)
barricadetje (diminutive neuter)
baricade (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: barrikade

Negerhollands: barrikad, barkad

→ Virgin Islands Creole: barikat (archaic)

→ Indonesian: barikadê

Borrowed from French barricade, from Italian barricata.


prins

prins m (plural prinsen, diminutive prinsje n, feminine prinses)

prinsen (plural)
prinsje (diminutive neuter)
prinses (feminine)

Negerhollands: prints

→ Papiamentu: prens, prins

From Middle Dutch prince, from Old French prince, from Latin princeps (“first”), notably in princeps civitatis (“first citizen”), the primary title of the Roman 'emperor' under the still republican constitution.


nummer

nummer n (plural nummers, diminutive nummertje n)

nummers (plural)
nummertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nommer

Berbice Creole Dutch: nombru

Petjo: nummer

→ Caribbean Javanese: nomer

→ Indonesian: nomer

→ Sranan Tongo: nomru

→ Trió: numuru

→ West Frisian: nûmer

From Middle Dutch nommer, from Old French nombre, from Latin numerus. The shift from masculine gender in Middle Dutch to neuter gender in modern Dutch is potentially due to the influence of its synonyms getal and cijfer which both have the neuter gender.

number used as a means of identification

number (used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence)

issue of a publication (e.g. a magazine)

number of an item on a menu; (by extension) a dish identified by such a number


tekst

tekst m (plural teksten, diminutive tekstje n)

teksten (plural)
tekstje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: teks

→ Indonesian: teks

Hij schreef een interessante tekst over kunstgeschiedenis.

He wrote an interesting text about art history.

Deze website bevat nuttige teksten over verschillende onderwerpen.

This website contains useful texts on various topics.

De zangeres schreef de teksten voor al haar liedjes zelf.

The singer wrote the lyrics for all her songs herself.

De band speelde hun nieuwe liedje met prachtige teksten die het publiek raakten.

The band played their new song with beautiful lyrics that touched the audience.

(uncountable, printing, dated) a large size of type standardized as 16 point


historie

historie f (plural historiën, diminutive historietje n)

historiën (plural)
historietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: histori

From Middle Dutch historie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).


hork

hork m (plural horken, diminutive horkje n)

horken (plural)
horkje (diminutive neuter)

(derogatory) a blunt, somewhat rude person


gen

→ Indonesian: gen

From German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Coined by the Danish biologist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in a German-language publication.


spammer

Borrowed from English spammer. Equivalent to spammen + -er.


kant

nl-noun

kant m (plural kanten, diminutive kantje n)

kanten (plural)
kantje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cant, from Old Northern French cant, from Medieval Latin canthus.

De deur is aan deze kant van het gebouw.

The door is on this side of the building.

De boom is omgevallen en ligt nu op zijn kant.

The tree has fallen over and is now lying on its side.

We rijden de verkeerde kant op.


kant

Berbice Creole Dutch: kandi

Negerhollands: kant

desc

→ Papiamentu: kanchi (“lace”), kantu (“side”), kante, kanto, kantsje

→ Sranan Tongo: kanti

→ Aukan: kanti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kánti

→ Caribbean Javanese: kanthi

Deze doek is met kant versierd.


boks

nl-noun

boks m (plural boksen, diminutive boksje n)

boksen (plural)
boksje (diminutive neuter)


kalender

kalender m (plural kalenders, diminutive kalendertje n)

kalenders (plural)
kalendertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kalender

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kalendar

→ Indonesian: kalender

→ Papiamentu: kalènder

From Middle Dutch kalendier, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendārium. The form ending on -er was influenced by German Kalender.


shoarma

shoarma m (uncountable, diminutive shoarmaatje n)

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā).


anapest

anapesten (plural)
anapaest (alternative dated)
anapaestus (alternative dated)


spies

nl-noun

spies f (plural spiesen, diminutive spiesje n)

spiesen (plural)
spiesje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch spiesse, borrowed from Middle High German spiez, from Old High German spioz, from Proto-West Germanic *speut (“spear”). Cognate to spit and spiet.


entree

entree f (plural entrees, diminutive entreetje n)

entrees (plural)
entreetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: antré

→ Indonesian: entre

From Middle Dutch entree, from Middle French entrée, from Old French entree.

the entrance to a house, i.e. the room beyond the front door, from which doors to other rooms will typically open; or the entry or entrance of any other type of building or premise

the right of entry to a building or land where there is no general right of entrance

(dining) (formerly) a savoury served after the fish course and before the main course; (now usually) the starter or the main course itself


reflex

reflex m (plural reflexen, diminutive reflexjes n)

reflexen (plural)
reflexjes (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: refleks

Borrowed from French réflexe, from Latin reflexus.

reflex (automatic response by an organism)


kaste

kaste f (plural kasten, diminutive kastetje n)

kasten (plural)
kastetje (diminutive neuter)

From Portuguese casta (“lineage, race”), from the feminine of casto (“pure, chaste”), from Latin castus (“pure, clean”). Cognate with Danish, Norwegian (see below), German Kaste, English caste, French caste etc.

a caste, hereditary Indian socio-religious class (except the 'unclean' lowest) (depreciated in specialist usage)

a similarly closed social class, especially if rather impenetrable -notably (de facto) hereditary-, as in Ancient Egypt or various tribal and feudal societies

any closed, social and/or hierarchic group, such as a priesthood or a military corps

(obsolete) national/ethnic group or character


colchicine

Borrowed from German Colchicin. Equivalent to translingual Colchicum + -ine. Ultimately derived from Colchis.


darter

Borrowed from English darter. By surface analysis, darten + -er.


kakapo

kakapo m (plural kakapo's, diminutive kakapootje n)

kakapo's (plural)
kakapootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kakapo, from Maori kākāpō.

Strigops habroptila
Strigops habroptila#Translingual


gangster

gangster m (plural gangsters, diminutive gangstertje n)

gangsters (plural)
gangstertje (diminutive neuter)


oeuvre

oeuvre n (plural oeuvres, diminutive oeuvretje n)

oeuvres (plural)
oeuvretje (diminutive neuter)


baptist

→ Caribbean Javanese: baptis, baptisan

(Christianity) Baptist (Protestant denomination practicing adult baptism, of English origin)


baptist

(obsolete, Christianity) baptiser; epithet of John the Baptist.


ex libris

ex libris n (plural ex libris or ex librissen, diminutive ex librisje n)

ex libris (plural)
ex librissen (plural)
ex librisje (diminutive neuter)
ex-libris (alternative)


frees

frees f (plural frezen, diminutive freesje n)

frezen (plural)
freesje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Fräse, from French fraise.


rede

rede f (plural redes or reden, diminutive redetje n)

redes (plural)
reden (plural)
redetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rede

From Middle Dutch rēde, from Old Dutch retha, from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ (“reasoning, account”).


rede

nl-noun

rede f (plural reden or redens, diminutive redetje n)

reden (plural)
redens (plural)
redetje (diminutive neuter)
ree (alternative dialectal literary)
reede (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: rede

→ Indonesian: rede

From Middle Dutch rêde. Cognate with Middle Low German rêde, reide (whence German Reede). Further derivation uncertain: Either from Proto-West Germanic *raidu (whence also English road) or derived from Middle Dutch reed (“ready”), modern gereed, bereid. In both cases ultimately related with rijden (“to ride”).


psychose

psychose f (plural psychoses or psychosen, diminutive psychosetje n)

psychoses (plural)
psychosen (plural)
psychosetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Psychose. First attested in the mid nineteenth century.


aula

aula f (plural aula's, diminutive aulaatje n)

aula's (plural)
aulaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: aula

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

the auditorium or main hall of a school or university


lat

lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)

latten (plural)
latje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lat

→ Aukan: lati

→ Saramaccan: láta

→ Sranan Tongo: lati

→ Caribbean Hindustani: láti

→ Caribbean Javanese: lati

From Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-West Germanic *lattu, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, *laþþō.

clipping of meetlat (“flat ruler, yardstick”)


loon

loon n (plural lonen, diminutive loontje n)

lonen (plural)
loontje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: loon

Negerhollands: loon

From Middle Dutch loon, from Old Dutch lōn, from Proto-West Germanic *laun.


loon

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


personage

/ˌpɛrsɔˈnaːʒə/

Iago is een personage in Shakespeares Othello.

Iago is a character in Shakespeare's Othello.


Marker

nl-noun

Marker m (plural Markers, diminutive Markertje n)

Markers (plural)
Markertje (diminutive neuter)


bruin

Het bruin van de stam contrasteerde fel met het groen van de bladeren.

The brown color of the trunk contrasted sharply with the green color of the leaves.


bruin

Mijn god, zit ie aan de bruin?


gapper

gapper m (plural gappers, diminutive gappertje n)

gappers (plural)
gappertje (diminutive neuter)

, John O'Mill (Johan van der Meulen), "Pruimejantje".
Jantje zag eens pruimen hangen / Oh, als eieren zo groot; / De tuinman zag zijn bolle wangen / Sloeg de vuile gapper dood.


talisman

talisman m (plural talismans or talismannen, diminutive talismannetje n)

talismans (plural)
talismannen (plural)
talismannetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French talisman, from Arabic طِلَسْم (ṭilasm), from Ancient Greek τέλεσμα (télesma).
* 1644, Johan de Brune, de Jonge, Wetsteen der vernuften, publ. by Iacob Lescaille, page 46.
*:
[…] d'Arabiers geven 'er de naam van Talisman aan; gelijk Scaliger in zijn Fransche brieven getuigt.
 […] the Arabs give to it the name of Talisman; like Scaliger attests in his French letters.


nationalist

nl-noun

nationalist m or f (plural nationalisten, diminutive nationalistje n)

nationalisten (plural)
nationalistje (diminutive neuter)


adrenaline

1902 June 28, "Adrenaline.", Algemeen Handelsblad, fol. 2, Vol. 75, No. 23391, page 6 (page 2 of fol. 2).


ballon

ballon m (plural ballonnen or ballons, diminutive ballonnetje n)

ballonnen (plural)
ballons (plural)
ballonnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ballon

→ Makasar: balòng

→ Indonesian: balon

→ Papiamentu: balòn

De kinderen lieten een ballon op tijdens het feest.

The children released a balloon during the party.


HST

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

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

Alternative form: hst

initialism of hogesnelheidstrein (“high-speed train”)


tallit

tallitot (plural)
talliet (alternative)
tallith (alternative dated)


mans

(dated, nautical, dialect) plural of man


kop

kop m (plural koppen, diminutive kopje n)

koppen (plural)
kopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kop

Negerhollands: kop, koppi, kopi, kopje

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kop (dated)

Petjo: kop

Skepi Creole Dutch: kup

→ Caribbean Javanese: kop

→ Indonesian: kop

→ Papiamentu: kòpi, koppi (from the diminutive, dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: kopi, kopki

→ Kari'na: kopuma

From Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.

Nog een kopje thee?

Buldogs hebben een angstaanjagende kop.

Hou je kop!

(for animals, colloquial and derogatory for humans) head

Wat een kwaaie kop!

(colloquial, by extension) a (male) human

Je slaat de spijker op de kop.

De underdog ligt op kop.

front, lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control

pegbox (part of a stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs)

Hij is een kop groter dan ik.


minne

alternative form of min (“love, affection”)


agente

agente f (plural agentes, diminutive agentje n, masculine agent)

agentes (plural)
agentje (diminutive neuter)
agent (masculine)

/ˌaːˈɣɛn.tə/

From agent + -e or borrowed from French agente.


saldo

saldo n (plural saldi or saldo's, diminutive saldootje n)

saldi (plural)
saldo's (plural)
saldootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: saldo

→ Indonesian: saldo

→ West Frisian: saldo


logger

logger m (plural loggers, diminutive loggertje n)

loggers (plural)
loggertje (diminutive neuter)


extremist

extremist m (plural extremisten, diminutive extremistje n)

extremisten (plural)
extremistje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ekstremis

→ Indonesian: ekstremis


exhibitionist

exhibitionist m (plural exhibitionisten)


calva

calva m (plural calva's, diminutive calvaatje n)

calva's (plural)
calvaatje (diminutive neuter)

Clipping of calvados, or directly from French calva.

synonym of calvados (“French apple brandy”)


hof

hof n or m (plural hoven, diminutive hofje n)

hoven (plural)
hofje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hof

Negerhollands: hofje, hofi, hoffie (from the diminutive)

→ Papiamentu: hòfi, hoffie (from the diminutive)

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

court, residence of a monarch or other high-placed person

court, entourage of a monarch or other high-placed person


rots

rots f (plural rotsen, diminutive rotsje n)

rotsen (plural)
rotsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch rotse, from Old French roche. Doublet of rock.


minibus

minibus m (plural minibussen, diminutive minibusje n)

minibussen (plural)
minibusje (diminutive neuter)

Probably borrowed from English minibus. Equivalent to mini- + bus.


plebs

(historical) plebs, commoners (non-aristocratic class in ancient Rome, esp. during the Roman Republic)


luns

Afrikaans: luns

From Middle Dutch lunse. Compare German Lünse.

any pin inserted into an opening to keep an object in place


hoes

hoes f (plural hoezen, diminutive hoesje n)

hoezen (plural)
hoesje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French housse (“slipcase”), or from an Old French or Picard form of this word.

platenhoes


training

training f (plural trainingen, diminutive traininkje n)

trainingen (plural)
traininkje (diminutive neuter)

training (imparting or acquisition of skills, esp. in exercise and sports, also in chiefly extracurricular education)


taille

taille f (plural tailles, diminutive tailletje n)

tailles (plural)
tailletje (diminutive neuter)


frase

frase f (plural frasen or frases, diminutive frasetje n)

frasen (plural)
frases (plural)
frasetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: frase

Indonesian: frasa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).


vergeetachtigheid

From vergeetachtig (“forgetful”) + -heid.


betovering

nl-noun

betovering f (plural betoveringen, diminutive betoverinkje n)

betoveringen (plural)
betoverinkje (diminutive neuter)

Deze betovering duurt een uur.


toneelstuk

toneelstuk n (plural toneelstukken, diminutive toneelstukje n)

toneelstukken (plural)
toneelstukje (diminutive neuter)

play (artistic genre in which actors enact a story in front of a live audience)


toepassing

toepassing f (plural toepassingen, diminutive toepassinkje n)

toepassingen (plural)
toepassinkje (diminutive neuter)

niet van toepassing


schreeuwen

From Middle Dutch schrêwen, from Old Dutch *skrēwon, from Proto-Germanic *skraiwōną. Related to Dutch schreien.


poes

poes f (plural poezen, diminutive poesje n)

poezen (plural)
poesje (diminutive neuter)
puys (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: poes
→ English: poes

Berbice Creole Dutch: pusi, pusiki

→ Ambonese Malay: pus

→ Cayuga: dagu:s (possibly via Mohawk)

→ Indonesian: pus

→ Loup A: pȣspȣs

→ Mahican: póschees, poschesch

→ Mohawk: takús

→ Mohegan-Pequot: bopoose

→ Munsee: póoshiish

→ Unami: pushis

→ Shawnee: poosiitha

→ Papiamentu: pushi, poesji (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: puspusi

→ Lokono: pusu

→ Kari'na: pusipusi

Ultimately from a common Germanic word for cat, perhaps ultimately imitative of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic بسة). More at puss.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Z'n moeder had er met geen mens over gepraat, zeker niet omdat ze een natte poes had gekregen toen ze tijdens het gesprek naar Justins kruis staarde.

2007, Herman Brusselmans, De perfecte koppijn, Prometheus, →ISBN, page 145:

His mother hadn't spoken about it with anyone, especially not because she got a wet pussy when she stared at Justin's crotch during the conversation.

Nu, een poes likken is tenminste nog een dienst die geleverd moet worden, enige inspanning vergt, en waarbij het fysieke plezier grotendeels voor de ander is.

2017, Heleen Debruyne, Anais Van Ertvelde, Vuile lakens: Een hedendaagse visie op seksualiteit, De Bezige Bij, →ISBN, page 136:

Ook is die looze poes in 't Paradys gekomen, Wyl Adam ley gerust te droomen, Des zy hem tot een proef van haar goedaardig hart Een rib ontstal, 't begin van de algemeene smart.

1730, Jacob Campo Weyerman, Den vrolyke tuchtheer, volume 1, Joris vander Woude, page 29:

Ze is zoals ze zeggen een "hete poes" vader, en pas op als je je vingers aan haar brandt. Je zal de blaren voelen en niet zo zuinig ook.

1970, Catalijn Claes, Laaiend vuur op sintels, J.H. Gottmer, →ISBN, page 21:

Ge overdrijft. Woont die kleine met haar gekleurde haar nog onder u? vraagt David. Ik zeg: ik denk het wel. Weet ge nog altijd niet hoe die heet? vraagt David. Ge zijt zot, man, zo'n hete poes.

2015, Marnix Peeters, De trapchauffeur, Overamstel Uitgevers, →ISBN, page 46:

Komt het omdat je al zo lang geen vrouw gehad hebt, dat je door de knieën gaat voor de eerste de beste hete poes die het handig aanpakt? Ja, dat zal het wel zijn, maar sta in godsnaam niet zo te stuntelen.

2016, James Jones, translated by J.F. Kliphuis and De Vertalerij, From here to eternity: de volledige en ongecensureerde editie, Karakter, →ISBN, page 317:

In het bijzijn van zo'n sekswolvin als u, o hete poes der liefde, zou enkel bij een granieten steen een fascist niet in de houding gaan staan.

2020, Aleksandr Skorobogatov, De wasbeer, Singel Uitgeverijen, →ISBN, page 400:


koe

nl-noun

koe f (plural koeien, diminutive koetje n)

koeien (plural)
koetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koei

Berbice Creole Dutch: kui

Jersey Dutch: kû, kûche, kûtše, kûtśe

Negerhollands: koei, kui, kuj

Skepi Creole Dutch: kui

→ Loup A: kui (derived from a colloquial form)

→ Mahican: kójak

→ Munsee: kóowuy, kooy

From Middle Dutch coe, from Old Dutch cuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”), from Proto-Germanic *kōz (“cow”).

cow; a female of certain mammals, in particular bovines


rosé

rosé m (plural rosés, diminutive roseetje n)

rosés (plural)
roseetje (diminutive neuter)


protium

From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + -ium.


fuckbuddy

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

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

Unadapted borrowing from English fuck buddy.


zand

Afrikaans: sand

Berbice Creole Dutch: sandi

Negerhollands: sand, san

Skepi Creole Dutch: sant

→ Papiamentu: santu

→ Saramaccan: sándu

→ Sranan Tongo: santi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: santi

→ Caribbean Javanese: santi

From Middle Dutch sant, from Old Dutch *sant, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
Compare German Sand, Low German Sand, West Frisian sand, English sand, Danish sand.

Het zand was warm onder onze voeten.

Ze bouwden een kasteel van zand op het strand.

De kinderen speelden in het zand.


moeras

nl-noun

moeras n (plural moerassen, diminutive moerasje n)

moerassen (plural)
moerasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: moeras

→ English: morass

Alteration (by assimilation to moer (“moor”)) of Middle Dutch marasch, from Old French mareis (“marsh”). Doublet of meers.


schaap

schaap n (plural schapen, diminutive schaapje n)

schapen (plural)
schaapje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skaap

Berbice Creole Dutch: skapu

Jersey Dutch: sxâp

Negerhollands: skaap, skap

→ Lokono: sjikapoe, shikápo

→ Sranan Tongo: skapu

→ Saramaccan: sikáfu, sikápu

→ Warao: sikabo

From Middle Dutch schâep, from Old Dutch skāp, scāp, from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

als er een schaap over de dam is, volgen er meer

Slaap, kindje, slaap, / daar buiten loopt een schaap. (nursery rhyme)

Sleep, baby, sleep, / a sheep walks outside.

Schaapje, schaapje, heb je witte wol? (nursery rhyme)

Little sheep, little sheep, do you have white wool?

sheep (a woolly ruminant animal of the genus Ovis)

(figurative, derogatory or endearing) someone with very curly hair

(Christianity) a member of a priest's or minister's congregation


mannetje

diminutive of man: short adult male person


mannetje

Negerhollands: manje

Het mannetje bouwt een nest.

the male of a species of animal or plant

Ik weet nog wel een mannetje dat het plafond kan schilderen.

I know this guy who can paint the ceiling.

(informal) man who performs odd jobs for money, often without paying tax

Hij is wel een beetje een mannetje; hij wil altijd stoerder overkomen dan de andere aanwezige mannen.

He really is a bit of an insecure macho; he always wants to appear tougher than other men who are present.

(informal) a man who flaunts his masculinity; especially one who compensates for insecurity through social posturing


schip

schip n (plural schepen, diminutive scheepje n)

schepen (plural)
scheepje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: skip
→ Northern Ndebele: isikepe
→ Shona: chikepe
→ Sotho: sekepe
→ Tsonga: xikepe
→ Xhosa: isikhephe
→ Zulu: isikebhe

Negerhollands: skip, skep

→? Sranan Tongo: sipi

→ Caribbean Javanese: sipi

From Middle Dutch schip, from Old Dutch skip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip.
Cognates
Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian to cut, lop.

Het grote schip vaart over de oceaan naar verre landen.

The large ship sails across the ocean to distant lands.

De haven was vol met kleurrijke schepen van over de hele wereld.

The harbor was filled with colorful ships from all around the world.

De imposante kathedraal had een prachtig versierd schip met hoge gewelven.

The impressive cathedral had a beautifully decorated nave with high vaults.

De middeleeuwse kerk had een eenvoudig, maar indrukwekkend schip met een gotische stijl.

The medieval church had a simple yet impressive nave with a Gothic style.

(architecture) nave (the middle or body of a standard medieval church or cathedral, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances)


ezel

nl-noun

ezel m (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltje n, feminine ezelin)

ezels (plural)
ezeltje (diminutive neuter)
ezelin (feminine)

desctree

Afrikaans: esel
→ Sotho: esele
→ Xhosa: i-esile

→ English: easel

Negerhollands: esel

From Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus.

een ezel stoot zich geen tweemaal aan dezelfde steen

Een ezel balkt: “i-aa, i-aa”.

donkey, ass (Equus asinus or Equus asinus asinus)

Wat doen jullie nu? Stomme ezels!

Ezel en palet zijn onmisbare hulpmiddelen van de landschapsschilder.

Easel and palette are essential tools of the landscape painter.


portret

nl-noun

portret n (plural portretten, diminutive portretje n)

portretten (plural)
portretje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: portret

Petjo: potrèt

→ Caribbean Javanese: potrèg, potrèt

→ Indonesian: potret

desc

→ Papiamentu: portrèt, pòtrèt, pòrtrèt, portret

Borrowed from Middle French portrait, from Old French [Term?].


beeld

nl-noun

beeld n (plural beelden, diminutive beeldje n)

beelden (plural)
beeldje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: beeld

Negerhollands: beeld

From Middle Dutch bēelde, from Old Dutch bilithe, bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī (“picture, image”).

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Het beeld op het computerscherm was erg scherp.

The image on the computer screen was very sharp.

De schilderijen tonen een realistisch beeld van het landschap.

The paintings depict a realistic picture of the landscape.

Het beeld van deze televisie is heel slecht.

In het park stonden prachtige beelden van bekende kunstenaars.

In the park, there were beautiful statues by famous artists.

De kunstenaar werkte maandenlang aan het maken van het beeldje.

The artist spent months creating the sculpture.

Hij had een verkeerd beeld van mij en mijn capaciteiten.

He had a wrong impression of me and my abilities.

Het beeldje van een perfecte vakantie zat in haar hoofd.

The idea of a perfect vacation was in her mind.

Het beeld dat je van hem hebt, klopt niet.

The impression you have of him is incorrect.


examen

nl-noun

examen n (plural examens or examina, diminutive examentje n)

examens (plural)
examina (plural)
examentje (diminutive neuter)
eksamen (alternative)

→ Indonesian: eksamen

→ Kwinti: exame

→ Papiamentu: èksamen

From Middle Dutch examen, from Latin exāmen.


avance

(chiefly plural) overture, approach, advance (act of accosting)


piel

piel m (plural pielen, diminutive pieltje n)

pielen (plural)
pieltje (diminutive neuter)


piel

piel m (plural pielen, diminutive pieltje n or pieletje n)

pielen (plural)
pieltje (diminutive neuter)
pieletje (diminutive neuter)


trees

trees f (plural trezen, diminutive treesje n)

trezen (plural)
treesje (diminutive neuter)
treze (alternative)

From Trees, a Dutch variant of the female names Thérèse and Theresia.


swa

swa m (plural swa's, diminutive swaatje n)

swa's (plural)
swaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Papiamentu swa, from Dutch zwager.

Ey swa, alles goed?

(slang, Netherlands, Antilles) mate, bud, friend


consigliere

a legal counsel and advisor of a crime boss, in particular in the mafia


bescherming

bescherming f (plural beschermingen, diminutive bescherminkje n)

beschermingen (plural)
bescherminkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: beskerming

From Middle Dutch bescherminge. Equivalent to beschermen + -ing.

protection (state or quality of being protected)

protection, shelter (something that protects)


oorlog

oorlog m (plural oorlogen, diminutive oorlogje n)

oorlogen (plural)
oorlogje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oorlog

Negerhollands: oorlog

→ Aukan: oloku

→? Danish: orlog

→ German: Orlog

→ Kwinti: oorlog

→? Norwegian: orlog

→? Swedish: örlog

From Middle Dutch orloge, from Old Dutch *urlage. In this word, two Germanic words merged, both having the prefix ur- (modern Dutch oor- and oer-, with the former kept in compounds like oorzaak (“cause, driver”) and oorsprong (“origin”), and the latter borrowed from German). The first word was derived from Proto-Germanic *uzlagą (“fate, destiny”), with *laga- related to modern Dutch leggen (“to lay”). The second word was derived from Proto-Germanic *uzleugō (“war”), with *leugō meaning “oath” (see also Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰 (liuga) and Old Irish lugae). Cognate to Old Saxon orlagi, Middle Low German ōrloch (Low German and German Orlog), Old High German urliugi and urlag, Old Frisian orloch, West Frisian oarloch, Old English orlæg, Old Norse ørlög and ørlygi.

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De twee landen waren verwikkeld in een lange en bloedige oorlog

The two countries were engaged in a long and bloody war.


zerk

nl-noun

zerk m (plural zerken, diminutive zerkje n)

zerken (plural)
zerkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: serk

From Middle Dutch sarc, serc, from Vulgar Latin *sarcus, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos).


kobold

kobold m (plural kobolden, diminutive koboldje n, feminine koboldin)

kobolden (plural)
koboldje (diminutive neuter)
koboldin (feminine)

18th century. Borrowed from German Kobold. Doublet with kabouter.

1789, Justus Christiaan Hennings (= Justus Christian Hennings), Onzydige en beproefde gedagten, over de leer aangaande geesten en geesten-zieners, vol. 3, tr. from German, Arend Fokke Simonszoon (publ.), page 324.
Ik kan my heel wél te binnen brengen, dat deze perzoonen, naderhand, veel geruster en veiliger hebben huisgehouden, toen het eens was beslist, dat Spooken en Kobolden by hen niet wierden aangenomen.

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Het volk in de nabijheid der hooge bergmeren gelooft nog aan allerlei kobolden, elfen, nikkers, water- en berggeesten.

1873, R. R. Rijkens, De reiziger. Aardrijkskundige beschrijvingen en schilderingen. Leesboek voor de hoogste klasse der lagereschool, 3rd revised edition, J. B. Wolters, page 94:


pels

pels m (plural pelzen, diminutive pelsje n)

pelzen (plural)
pelsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pels

From Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia.