Hottentot

Hottentot m (plural Hottentotten, diminutive Hottentotje n)

Hottentotten (plural)
Hottentotje (diminutive neuter)
Hottento (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: Hotnot

→ English: Hottentot

Likely formed in reference to the click sounds of Khoekhoe. Already attested in Van Riebeeck's journal in 1652.

(now offensive) a Khoekhoe person, a member of the native people of southwestern Africa


salon

nl-noun

salon m or n (plural salons, diminutive salonnetje n)

salons (plural)
salonnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: salon

→ Indonesian: salon

→ Papiamentu: salòn

Borrowed from French salon. Doublet of saloon.

pub, café or restaurant (often posh or trendy, or in a French context)


consul

→ Papiamentu: kònsùl

From Middle Dutch consul, from Latin cōnsul.

nl:Consul (Rome)
nl:Consulaat (diplomatie)

(historical) consul (of the Roman Republic)


pooier

pooier m (plural pooiers, diminutive pooiertje n)

pooiers (plural)
pooiertje (diminutive neuter)


orgasme

orgasme n (plural orgasmen or orgasmes, diminutive orgasmetje n)

orgasmen (plural)
orgasmes (plural)
orgasmetje (diminutive neuter)


acrolect

acrolect n (plural acrolecten, diminutive acrolectje n)

acrolecten (plural)
acrolectje (diminutive neuter)

the acrolect; the high-prestige register of a language, mainly used in formal settings


knots

knots f (plural knotsen, diminutive knotsje n)

knotsen (plural)
knotsje (diminutive neuter)


energie

→ Indonesian: energi

From Middle French énergie, from Late Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia, “action, act, work”), from ἐνεργός (energós, “active”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).


discus

nl-noun

discus m (plural discussen, diminutive discusje n)

discussen (plural)
discusje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: diskus

Borrowed from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). First attested in the eighteenth century.


bars

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


sits

nl-noun

sits ? (uncountable, diminutive sitsje n)

desctree

→ Russian: си́тец (sítec), си́тецъ (sítec) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
→ Buryat: сиитис (siitis)
→ Ingrian: sitsa
→ Yakut: сиидэс (siides)
→ Yup'ik: ciitsaaq


panther

nl-noun

panther m (plural panthers, diminutive panthertje n)

panthers (plural)
panthertje (diminutive neuter)


maal

maal n (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

malen (plural)
maaltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch mael, from Old Dutch *māl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare German Mahl, English meal, Danish mål.

der

De kok bereidde een heerlijk maal voor zijn gasten.

The cook prepared a delicious meal for his guests.

Met Kerstavond eet onze familie samen een feestelijk maal.

On Christmas Eve our family eats a festive meal together.

“En wel voornaamelyk waaren de Voorouders gewoon, naa het ophouden, en afleggen van vyandschap, en alle verschillen, hunne verzoening, vereeniging, en vernieuwing van vrindschap te betuigen met het voorbedagtelyk aanregten van een byzonderen Maaltyd, het Maal der Verzoeninge, of Verzoen-maal, en by verkorting Zoen-maal genaamd.”

1732, Cornelis van Alkemade, Pieter van der Schelling, chapter XXV, in Nederlands displegtigheden. Eerste deel:


maal

nl-noun

maal f (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

Afrikaans: maal

Berbice Creole Dutch: mali

Negerhollands: mal

Dit is de eerste maal dat ik hier ben geweest.

This is the first time I have been here.

Ik heb het je al drie malen verteld.

Het gebeurde een paar malen dat de stroom uitviel.

It happened a few times that the power went out.

(somewhat formal) time, turn, occurrence


maal

From Middle Dutch mael, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”).
Cognate with compare Old English mæl, Old Norse mál (“ornament (on a sword)”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl, “writing, scripture”), Welsh melyn (“yellow”), Lithuanian mė́las (“black”), Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark-colored, black”).


maal

From Middle Dutch mael, male, from Old Dutch māla, from Proto-Germanic *mēlō (“young cow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)melh₁-. Compare Old Irish míl (“animal”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “lamb”) , Breton mil (“animal”).


tet

nl-noun

tet c (plural tetten, diminutive tetje n)

tetten (plural)
tetje (diminutive neuter)


tet

tets (plural)
tetje (diminutive neuter)
teth (alternative)

From Hebrew טי״ת (tet). Doublet of thèta.


wagen

wagen m (plural wagens, diminutive wagentje n)

wagens (plural)
wagentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wa

Jersey Dutch: wâxe

→ Lokono: wagen

desctree

→ Sranan Tongo: wagi
→ Aukan: wagi
→ Dutch: waggie
→ Caribbean Javanese: wagé
→ Saramaccan: wági

From Middle Dutch wāgen, from Old Dutch wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ-. Doublet of wagon.

a sled, moving platform on wheels or rails a heavy machine etc. is mounted on

(metonymic) a load filling one of the above vehicles


bathos

From Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”).


ets

nl-noun

ets f (plural etsen, diminutive etsje n)

etsen (plural)
etsje (diminutive neuter)


steven

steven m (plural stevens, diminutive steventje n)

stevens (plural)
steventje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: stef

one of the two ends of a ship's hull; the bow or the stern


Portugese

Portugese f (plural Portugesen, diminutive Portugeesje n, masculine Portugees)

Portugesen (plural)
Portugeesje (diminutive neuter)
Portugees (masculine)


persoonlijk voornaamwoord

persoonlijk voornaamwoord n (plural persoonlijke voornaamwoorden, diminutive persoonlijk voornaamwoordje n)

persoonlijke voornaamwoorden (plural)
persoonlijk voornaamwoordje (diminutive neuter)


aas

Afrikaans: aas

Berbice Creole Dutch: asi

Negerhollands: aes

→ Papiamentu: as, aas, haas

From Middle Dutch âes, from Old Dutch ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsaz.


aas

aas m or n (plural azen, diminutive aasje n)

Afrikaans: aas

→ Indonesian: as

→ Papiamentu: as

→ Sranan Tongo: asi

From earlier ase, from Middle Dutch aes, from Old French as, from Latin as.

ace (skilled pilot, esp. in the air force; skilled person)

(obsolete) unit of mass corresponding to approximately 0.05 grams


sultan

sultan m (plural sultans, feminine sultane)

From Turkish sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority”).


mamzer

mamzers (plural)
mamzeirem (plural)
mamzeer (alternative rare)

Borrowed from Yiddish ממזר (mamzer), from Hebrew מַמְזֵר (mamzér).

(Judaism) mamzer, bastard (child born from a disallowed relationship)


promenade

nl-noun

promenade f (plural promenades or promenaden)

Unadapted borrowing from French promenade.


tribune

nl-noun

tribune f (plural tribunes, diminutive tribunetje n)

tribunes (plural)
tribunetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: tribune

Borrowed from French tribune, from Italian tribuna.


illustrator

illustrator m (plural illustratoren or illustrators, diminutive illustratortje n, feminine illustratrice)

illustratoren (plural)
illustrators (plural)
illustratortje (diminutive neuter)
illustratrice (feminine)
illustrateur (alternative)

From Latin illustrātor. Equivalent to illustreren + -ator.


drugs

Het gebruik van drugs kan schadelijke gevolgen hebben voor de gezondheid.

The use of recreational drugs can have harmful effects on health.


bees

bees f (plural bezen, diminutive bezeke n)

bezen (plural)
bezeke (diminutive neuter)

Allé sjoeke, geeft me na is een bezeke, ie oep m'n kaak!

Oh darling, just give me a lil' kiss already, here on my jaw!


bees

From Middle Dutch bese (“berry”). Variant of bes.

'nen Iejlen hoop beze gekocht gistre veur mene neef, veur de PC t'emme gemaokt!

Bought a whole lot of candy for my cousin yesterday, cause he repaired my PC!


oligarch

oligarch m (plural oligarchen, diminutive oligarchje n)

oligarchen (plural)
oligarchje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oligarg

→ Indonesian: oligark

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).

a plutocrat, an oligarch, especially in relation to the former Eastern Bloc


paperback

paperback m (plural paperbacks, diminutive paperbackje n)

paperbacks (plural)
paperbackje (diminutive neuter)


stek

stek m (plural stekken, diminutive stekje n)

stekken (plural)
stekje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: setèg

→ Indonesian: setek

→ Papiamentu: stèk, stèki

From Middle Dutch stec. Cognate with English stick.

cutting, a leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant


abces

abces n (plural abcessen, diminutive abcesje n)

abcessen (plural)
abcesje (diminutive neuter)
absces (alternative archaic)

→ Indonesian: abses

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”).


cannelure

nl-noun

cannelure m (plural cannelures, diminutive canneluretje n)

cannelures (plural)
canneluretje (diminutive neuter)

(architecture) flute (groove in a column)


discours

discours n (plural discoursen, diminutive discoursje n)

discoursen (plural)
discoursje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: deeskoers (dated)

Borrowed from Middle French discours, from Latin discursus.

discourse (way of thinking involving certain concepts and terms)

Wie ook deze discours snapt, zal weten dat mij slechts dactylisch hexameter vertrouwd is en niets anders, geef me toch vrijheid!

Who also understands this exposition, will know that only dactylic hexameter is familiar to me and nothing else, give me liberty!


augustus

Afrikaans: Augustus

Negerhollands: august

→? Caribbean Hindustani: agast

→ Caribbean Javanese: agustus

→ Indonesian: Agustus

→ Papiamentu: ougùstùs

→ Sranan Tongo: augustus

→ Trió: ahkëtë

Borrowed from Latin Augustus. Doublet of oogst.


prelaat

prelaat m (plural prelaten, diminutive prelaatje n)

prelaten (plural)
prelaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: prelat


sjambok

sjambok f (plural sjambokken, diminutive sjambokje n)

sjambokken (plural)
sjambokje (diminutive neuter)
sambok (alternative)
tjambok (alternative)

Afrikaans: sjambok

→ English: sjambok

Borrowed from Javanese cambuk or Malay cambuk, ultimately from Persian چابک (čâbok).


tamarin

tamarin m (plural tamarins, diminutive tamarinnetje n)

tamarins (plural)
tamarinnetje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from a Tupi-Guarani language.


stomp

stomp m (plural stompen, diminutive stompje n)

stompen (plural)
stompje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: stomp, stompie

→ French: estompe

→ German: Estompe

→ Sranan Tongo: tompu

→ Saramaccan: tómpi

From Middle Dutch stompe, from Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump”). Cognate to German stumpf.

Er bleef na de amputatie niet meer dan een stompje van zijn vinger over.

After the amputation, no more than a stump of his finger was left.

stump (short, formless, protruding object)

Je zou hem een stomp geven!

blow (painful hit with the fist or the elbow)


typist

typist m (plural typisten, feminine typiste)


flashback

flashback m (plural flashbacks, diminutive flashbackje n)

flashbacks (plural)
flashbackje (diminutive neuter)


dimmer

Borrowed from English dimmer. Equivalent to dimmen + -er.


blokkade

blokkade f (plural blokkades or blokkaden, diminutive blokkadetje n)

blokkades (plural)
blokkaden (plural)
blokkadetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: blokkade

→ Indonesian: blokade

→ West Frisian: blokkade

Borrowed from German Blockade or English blockade.


hor

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

horren (plural)
horretje (diminutive neuter)

Back-formation from horretje, by assimilation from hordetje, diminutive of horde (“sieve; braided wooden lattice, wattle screen”).


choco

choco m (plural choco's, diminutive chocootje n)

choco's (plural)
chocootje (diminutive neuter)

Shortenings of compounds with chocolade (“chocolate”).

solid chocolate; a bar or piece of chocolate

a chocolate spread, a spread eaten on bread

(Belgium, offensive, ethnic slur) Term of abuse for a person of black-African descent.

(Belgium, offensive, vulgar) a homosexual man


dopers

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


zwanzer

nl-noun

zwanzer m (plural zwanzers, diminutive zwanzertje n)

zwanzers (plural)
zwanzertje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, informal) one who jokes; a joker


dut

dut m (plural dutten, diminutive dutje n)

dutten (plural)
dutje (diminutive neuter)


boon

boon f or m (plural bonen, diminutive boontje n)

bonen (plural)
boontje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: boon
→ Xhosa: imbotyi (from the diminutive)

Berbice Creole Dutch: bono

desc

Negerhollands: bontśi, boontje, boonschi (from the diminutive)

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bontsi (archaic)

→ Caribbean Javanese: bontyis (from the diminutive plural)

→ Indonesian: buncis (from the diminutive plural)

→ Petjo: bontjies, boontjies

→ Javanese: buncis (from the diminutive plural)

→ Papiamentu: bonchi, boontsje (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: bonki (from the diminutive)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bongki

From Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch *bōna, from Proto-Germanic *baunō.


necropolis

Afrikaans: nekropolis

Borrowed from Koine Greek νεκρόπολις (nekrópolis, “city of the dead, cemetery”).

bor

necropolis (burial site, esp. an old one)


honk

nl-noun

honk n (plural honken, diminutive honkje n)

honken (plural)
honkje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: honk (dated)

From Middle Dutch honc, likely through Old Dutch from Proto-Germanic *hank-, *hunk-. Only has cognates in the Frisian languages and possibly in the Old High German placename Hancwin. Since cognates outside of Germanic are lacking, the word is probably of substrate origin. Possibly related to haak (“hook”) and hoek (“corner”).

(somewhat rare) home, place where one belongs, shelter

(games) base (safe zone, e.g. in baseball and similar sports)


exodus

exodus m (plural exodussen, diminutive exodusje n)

exodussen (plural)
exodusje (diminutive neuter)


kos

kos m (plural kossen, diminutive kosje n)

kossen (plural)
kosje (diminutive neuter)


uittocht

uittocht m (plural uittochten, diminutive uittochtje n)

uittochten (plural)
uittochtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: uittog

Compound of uit + tocht, after uittijgen.


sociologie

→ Indonesian: sosiologi


prosecco

prosecco m (plural prosecco's, diminutive proseccootje n)

prosecco's (plural)
proseccootje (diminutive neuter)


legging

legging f (plural leggingen, diminutive legginkje n)

leggingen (plural)
legginkje (diminutive neuter)


legging

legging m (plural leggings, diminutive legginkje n)

leggings (plural)
legginkje (diminutive neuter)


handlanger

handlanger m (plural handlangers, diminutive handlangertje n)

handlangers (plural)
handlangertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: handlanger

→ English: handlanger

/ˈɦɑntˌlɑ.ŋər/

Borrowed from German Handlanger. Equivalent to hand + langen + -er.

accomplice, henchman (one who assists in criminal or unethical activity)

De Witte ontpopte zich als een handlanger van het Belgische verzet.

2015 March 13, Wout Bareman, “Waarom Rubens wel en Dirk de Witte niet”, in Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, page 28:

(now chiefly Suriname or Zeeland, otherwise dated) assistant; helper


worstelaar

worstelaar m (plural worstelaars, diminutive worstelaartje n)

worstelaars (plural)
worstelaartje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch worstelere. Equivalent to worstelen + -aar.


slaaf

slaaf m (plural slaven, diminutive slaafje n, feminine slavin)

slaven (plural)
slaafje (diminutive neuter)
slavin (feminine)

Afrikaans: slaaf

Negerhollands: slaav

→ Caribbean Javanese: slaf

→ Sranan Tongo: srafu

From Middle Dutch slave, from Late Latin sclavus.

In het verleden werden veel mensen gedwongen om als slaaf te werken.

In the past, many people were forced to work as slaves.

De slaafjes werden slecht behandeld en hadden geen vrijheid.

The slaves were mistreated and had no freedom.

De slavin probeerde te ontsnappen aan haar wrede meester.

The slave woman tried to escape from her cruel master.


sigaar

sigaar f (plural sigaren, diminutive sigaartje n)

sigaren (plural)
sigaartje (diminutive neuter)
cigaar (alternative)

Petjo: sigé

→ Indonesian: sigar

→ Papiamentu: sigaar (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: sigara

→ Lokono: sigara

Borrowed from French cigare, from Spanish cigarro. Doublet of gerro.


shutter

shutter m or f (plural shutters, diminutive shuttertje n)

shutters (plural)
shuttertje (diminutive neuter)

(Suriname) a glass or acrylic slat, a window pane of a jalousie window or louvered window

(Suriname, chiefly in the plural) a jalousie window, a louvered window (a window consisting of parallel glass or acrylic slats that can be opened and closed by tilting them simultaneously using a crank or lever)


camping

camping m (plural campings, diminutive campinkje n)

campings (plural)
campinkje (diminutive neuter)


sikh

From Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha), from Sanskrit शिक्षा (śikṣā) or Sanskrit शिश्य (śiśya).


luis

luis f (plural luizen, diminutive luisje n)

luizen (plural)
luisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: luis

Negerhollands: loes, lues

From Middle Dutch luus, from Old Dutch *lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.
Cognate to Low German Luus, West Frisian lûs, German Laus, English louse, Danish lus.

louse, used of various insects commonly considered pests


timing

timing (synchronisation; regulation of pace or time)


debriefing

debriefing; the act of debriefing, or the state of being debriefed

debriefing; the report of a mission or project, or the information so obtained


jurist

jurist m (plural juristen, diminutive juristje n, feminine juriste)

juristen (plural)
juristje (diminutive neuter)
juriste (feminine)


sponsor

sponsor m or f (plural sponsors or sponsoren, diminutive sponsortje n)

sponsors (plural)
sponsoren (plural)
sponsortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: sponser

→ Caribbean Javanese: sponsor


florist

florist m (plural floristen, diminutive floristje n)

floristen (plural)
floristje (diminutive neuter)

Early 17th century. Possibly borrowed from English florist or French fleuriste.

(botany) one who engages in the study of wild flora (floristics)

(historical) speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania


drummer

drummer m (plural drummers, diminutive drummertje n)

drummers (plural)
drummertje (diminutive neuter)

(music) drummer (especially one who plays a drum kit)


prof

prof m (plural proffen, diminutive profje n)

proffen (plural)
profje (diminutive neuter)

(East and West Flanders) doctor, physician


prof

prof m (plural profs, diminutive profje n)

profs (plural)
profje (diminutive neuter)


scooter

scooter m (plural scooters, diminutive scootertje n)

scooters (plural)
scootertje (diminutive neuter)


sympathie

From Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympathia, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Coordinate term: empathie


carronade

carronades (plural)
caronade (alternative archaic)


waffel

waffel f or m (plural waffels, diminutive waffeltje n)

waffels (plural)
waffeltje (diminutive neuter)

Hou je waffel!


vuurwapen

vuurwapen n (plural vuurwapens, diminutive vuurwapentje n)

vuurwapens (plural)
vuurwapentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: senjata api (calque)


egel

egel m (plural egels, diminutive egeltje n)

egels (plural)
egeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch eghel, from Old Dutch *igil, from Proto-West Germanic *igil, from Proto-Germanic *igilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”). Compare German Igel. Echel (“leech”) is commonly thought to be related to this term.


hogepriester

hogepriester m (plural hogepriesters or hogepriesteren, diminutive hogepriestertje n, feminine hogepriesteres)

hogepriesters (plural)
hogepriesteren (plural)
hogepriestertje (diminutive neuter)
hogepriesteres (feminine)

Negerhollands: hoog priesters

Univerbation of hoge (“high”) + priester (“priest”).

univerbation

high priest (usually male, sometimes of unspecified gender)


trekker

nl-noun

trekker m (plural trekkers, diminutive trekkertje n)

trekkers (plural)
trekkertje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: träkker

From Middle Dutch trecker. Equivalent to trekken + -er. The sense “tractor” is a phono-semantic matching of English tractor. Compare the same in German Trecker.

psm

(in general) puller, (someone or something that pulls)

migratory bird (sometimes specified as an actually migrating bird)

(figuratively) lead, driving force (person in charge of a project)


instanton

nl-noun

instanton n (plural instantons, diminutive instantonnetje n)

instantons (plural)
instantonnetje (diminutive neuter)


vizier

vizier n (plural vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)

vizieren (plural)
viziertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: pisir

From Middle Dutch visiere, from Old French visiere.

visor, a removable protective guard on a (knight's) helmet

backsight, a visual aiming aid on the barrel of a gun


vizier

vizier m (plural viziers or vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)

viziers (plural)
vizieren (plural)
viziertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle French visir, from Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).

der

a high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire


meervoud

Afrikaans: meervoud

From meer (“more”) + -voud (“-fold”), first attested in 1584.


arbeid

Afrikaans: arbeid

From Middle Dutch arbeit, from Old Dutch arbeit, a form borrowed from Old High German arbeit (besides native Old Dutch arvit), from Proto-West Germanic *arbaiþi, from Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz.


ijs

Afrikaans: ys

Petjo: es

→ Caribbean Javanese: ès

→ Indonesian: es

→ Papiamentu: eis

→ Sranan Tongo: èisi, hèisi

→ Aukan: eisi

→ Saramaccan: eísí

From Middle Dutch ijs, from Old Dutch *īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą.

Er staat ijs op de vijver.

Ik lust wel wat ijs.


duif

nl-noun

duif f (plural duiven, diminutive duifje n, masculine doffer or duiver)

duiven (plural)
duifje (diminutive neuter)
doffer (masculine)
duiver (masculine)

Afrikaans: duif

Negerhollands: dufje, difi, diffie

→ Sranan Tongo: doifi

From Middle Dutch duve, from Old Dutch dūva, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

a pigeon, dove, bird of the family Columbidae

(politics) a dove, someone with dovish political views or inclinations


affaire

affaire f (plural affaires, diminutive affairtje n)

affaires (plural)
affairtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch affare, from Old French afaire. Spelling borrowed again from Middle French affaire. The sense “sexual affair” has been borrowed from English affair.


irredentist

international relations
international relations


pomelo

pomelo m (plural pomelo's, diminutive pomelootje n)

pomelo's (plural)
pomelootje (diminutive neuter)

Citrus maxima
Citrus maxima#Translingual

(chiefly Belgium) pomelo (fruit of the tree Citrus maxima)

cross between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and grapefruit (Citrus ×paradisi), typically with green peel but bigger and sweeter than grapefruit


cenote

Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).


pericarp

Ultimately from Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikárpion).


onde

nl-noun

onde f (plural onden, diminutive ondje n)

onden (plural)
ondje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch onde, from Old Dutch *unthia, from Proto-West Germanic *unþi, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *unþī. Cognate to German Unde.


mede

From Middle Dutch mēde, from Old Dutch *medu, *medo, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz. Cognate of English mead.


rooibos

rooibos m (plural rooibossen, diminutive rooibosje n)

rooibossen (plural)
rooibosje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Afrikaans rooibos (“rooibos”), equivalent to a (Afrikaans and Dutch) compound of rooi (“red”) + bos (“bush”).


quaestor

quaestor m (plural quaestoren or quaestors or quaestores, diminutive quaestortje n, feminine quaestrix)

quaestoren (plural)
quaestors (plural)
quaestores (plural)
quaestortje (diminutive neuter)
quaestrix (feminine)
questor (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quaestor.

treasurer, today mostly used in academic/student organizations


syncope

syncope f (plural syncopes, diminutive syncopetje n)

syncopes (plural)
syncopetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ).

(linguistics, phonology, prosody) the loss or elision of a sound from the interior of a word (for example the change of Dutch veder in veer "feather"); syncope

(pathology) a loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon; syncope

(music) a missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation; syncope


pallet

pallet m (plural pallets, diminutive palletje n)

pallets (plural)
palletje (diminutive neuter)


drinker

Negerhollands: drinker

From Middle Dutch drinkere. Equivalent to drinken + -er.

a regular drinker of alcoholic beverages


dol

dol m (plural dollen, diminutive dolletje n)

dollen (plural)
dolletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch dolle, from Old Dutch *tholl, from Proto-West Germanic *þoll, from Proto-Germanic *þullaz.


zelfstandig naamwoord

zelfstandig naamwoord n (plural zelfstandige naamwoorden, diminutive zelfstandig naamwoordje n)

zelfstandige naamwoorden (plural)
zelfstandig naamwoordje (diminutive neuter)
znw. (alternative abbreviation)

Afrikaans: selfstandige naamwoord


naamwoord

naamwoord n (plural naamwoorden, diminutive naamwoordje n)

naamwoorden (plural)
naamwoordje (diminutive neuter)
naemwoord (alternative obsolete)
naamwoort (alternative)

Afrikaans: naamwoord

→ Indonesian: kata nama (calque)

→ West Frisian: nammewurd (calque)

(grammar) noun (in the general sense, adjectives included)


bijvoeglijk naamwoord

bijvoeglijk naamwoord n (plural bijvoeglijke naamwoorden, diminutive bijvoeglijk naamwoordje n)

bijvoeglijke naamwoorden (plural)
bijvoeglijk naamwoordje (diminutive neuter)
bnw. (alternative abbreviation)


kunne

From Middle Dutch kunne, from Old Dutch *kunni, from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).


fantasie

nl-noun

fantasie f (plural fantasieën, diminutive fantasietje n)

fantasieën (plural)
fantasietje (diminutive neuter)
fantaisie (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: fantasie

Negerhollands: fantasi

→ Indonesian: fantasi

From Middle Dutch fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía).

fantasy, imagination (capacity for imagining and thinking up things)

fantasy (something that has been imagined)

fantasy, imagination (fantastic image or state, state of fantasy)


realist

realist m (plural realisten, diminutive realistje n)

realisten (plural)
realistje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: realis

→ Indonesian: realis

Borrowed from French réaliste. Equivalent to reëel + -ist.

realist (someone with concern for fact and reality)

(art) realist (artist who seeks to faithfully represent reality)

(philosophy) realist (one who thinks that universals are real)

(sciences, philosophy) realist (one of the view that an external reality exists independent of observation)

(geopolitics) realist (advocate of the doctrine in international relations that prioritises the pursuit of power over the implementation of ideals)


peetvader

peetvader m (plural peetvaders, diminutive peetvadertje n)

peetvaders (plural)
peetvadertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of peet + vader. The sense “mob leader” is influenced by English godfather, in particular by The Godfather.


scrip

Borrowed from English scrip, clipping of subscription receipt.


abdij

abdij f (plural abdijen, diminutive abdijtje n)

abdijen (plural)
abdijtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch abedîe, abdîe, from Old Dutch *abbadea, from Proto-West Germanic *abbadejā. Equivalent to abt (“abbot”) + -ij.

an abbey, monastery under a prelate styled abbot


aanhangsel

aanhangsel n (plural aanhangsels or aanhangselen, diminutive aanhangseltje n)

aanhangsels (plural)
aanhangselen (plural)
aanhangseltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aanhangsel

/ˈaːnˌɦɑŋ.səl/

From aanhangen + -sel. Compare German Anhang.


aard

aard m (plural aarden, diminutive aardje n)

aarden (plural)
aardje (diminutive neuter)
aert (alternative obsolete)

Negerhollands: art

From Middle Dutch āert, from Old Dutch *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz.

Hij toonde zijn ware aard.


aard

aard f (plural aardes, diminutive aardje n)

aardes (plural)
aardje (diminutive neuter)

Apocopic form, generally for metrical purposes.


modus

modus m (plural modussen or modi, diminutive modusje n)

modussen (plural)
modi (plural)
modusje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin modus. Doublet of mode.


afbeelding

afbeelding f (plural afbeeldingen, diminutive afbeeldinkje n)

afbeeldingen (plural)
afbeeldinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: afbeelding


carbonade

carbonade f (plural carbonades, diminutive carbonaadje n or carbonadetje n)

carbonades (plural)
carbonaadje (diminutive neuter)
carbonadetje (diminutive neuter)


tricolon

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τρικωλον (trikōlon, “having three parts”).


edelgesteente

nl-noun

edelgesteente n (plural edelgesteenten or edelgesteentes)

edelgesteenten (plural)
edelgesteentes (plural)

Diamant is een edelgesteente.


beheerder

beheerder m (plural beheerders, diminutive beheerdertje n)

beheerders (plural)
beheerdertje (diminutive neuter)

manager, warden, administrator, curator, steward


draaikont

draaikont m (plural draaikonten, diminutive draaikontje n)

draaikonten (plural)
draaikontje (diminutive neuter)

20th century. Compound of draaien (“to turn (around)”) + kont (“butt, bum”).

compound

(informal) a U-turner; an inconsistent person, who readily changes position (literally, “butt-turner”)

(informal) a fidget; someone who can't sit still


bastaardwoord

nl-noun

bastaardwoord n (plural bastaardwoorden, diminutive bastaardwoordje n)

bastaardwoorden (plural)
bastaardwoordje (diminutive neuter)


doek

doek m or n (plural doeken, diminutive doekje n)

doeken (plural)
doekje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.


doek

doek m (plural doeken, diminutive doekje n)


doek

doek n (plural doeken, diminutive doekje n)

desctree

Afrikaans: doek
→ English: doek
→ Shona: dhuku

Berbice Creole Dutch: duku

Jersey Dutch: duk

Negerhollands: doek, doekoe

→ Akan: duku

→ Nkonya: duku

→ Wali (Ghana): ’duuku

→ Akebu: ɖuku-yǝ (via an intermediary language)

→ Lokono: doko

→ Aukan: duku

→ English: duck, dook

→ Fon: dukwí

→ Indonesian: duk

→ Japanese: ズック

→ Mbelime: dukìhṵ̀ (via an intermediary language)

→ Nawdm: dukŋa (via an intermediary language)

→ Scots: dook

→ Sranan Tongo: duku
→ Caribbean Javanese: duku
→ Dutch: doekoe


coffeeshop

nl-noun

coffeeshop m (plural coffeeshops, diminutive coffeeshopje n)

coffeeshops (plural)
coffeeshopje (diminutive neuter)
koffieshop (alternative)

an establishment that sells cannabis products and often also non-alcoholic refreshments


flitspuit

flitspuit f (plural flitspuiten, diminutive flitspuitje n)

flitspuiten (plural)
flitspuitje (diminutive neuter)


genever

genever m (plural genevers, diminutive genevertje n)

genevers (plural)
genevertje (diminutive neuter)


grijsaard

grijsaard m (plural grijsaarden, diminutive grijsaardje n)

grijsaarden (plural)
grijsaardje (diminutive neuter)

Derived from Middle Dutch grisaert. Equivalent to grijs (“grey”) + -aard, although grijs may be associated with the Middle Dutch verb grisen (“to mutter, grunt”).


vechthaan

vechthaan m (plural vechthanen, diminutive vechthaantje n)

vechthanen (plural)
vechthaantje (diminutive neuter)


jenever

jenever m (plural jenevers, diminutive jenevertje n)

jenevers (plural)
jenevertje (diminutive neuter)
genever (alternative)

→ Caribbean Javanese: jenèwer

→ English: jenever

→ Indonesian: jenewer

desc

→ Papiamentu: yanefer, yènefer, zjenever

→ Sranan Tongo: yaneyfri

→ Swedish: genever

From Middle Dutch jenever, genever, geniver, from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).

Iö den dappren wever! / De vederbos knikt op zijn hoed; / Hij ademt wraak, heeft dorst naar bloed, / En lescht dien met jenever.

1814, Elias Annes Borger, De vaderlander:


kemphaan

nl-noun

kemphaan m (plural kemphanen, diminutive kemphaantje n)

kemphanen (plural)
kemphaantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: kepanki

Philomachus pugnax
Philomachus pugnax#Translingual

ruff (Calidris pugnax syn. Philomachus pugnax)


gerucht

gerucht n (plural geruchten, diminutive geruchtje n)

geruchten (plural)
geruchtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gerug

Negerhollands: gerygt

From Middle Dutch geruchte. By surface analysis, ge- + rucht.


lengte

lengte f (plural lengten or lengtes, diminutive lengtetje n)

lengten (plural)
lengtes (plural)
lengtetje (diminutive neuter)
langte (alternative)

Afrikaans: lengte

Negerhollands: lengte

From Middle Dutch lengede, from Old Dutch *lengitha, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō. Corresponds to lang + -te with umlaut (compare lengen). Cognate with German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), English length, Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).


pyxis

pyxis f (plural pyxiden or pyxissen, diminutive pyxisje n)

pyxiden (plural)
pyxissen (plural)
pyxisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: piksis

Borrowed from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís). Doublet of box, buks (“shotgun”), and bus (“container”).

doublet

(Roman Catholicism) a small box for storing consecrated hosts, e.g. in a tabernacle or for travel when tending to the sick

(archaeology) a type of small box from Ancient Greece holding small, valuable items (such as jewellery, cosmetics or medicine)


stewardess

nl-noun

stewardess f (plural stewardessen, masculine steward)

stewardessen (plural)
steward (masculine)


toorn

Negerhollands: toorn

From Middle Dutch torn, from Old Dutch *torn, from Proto-Germanic *turnaz. Cognate with German Zorn.
Attested since 1240.


decor

decor n (plural decors, diminutive decortje n)

decors (plural)
decortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dekor

→ Indonesian: dekor

Borrowed from French décor, from Latin decor or decus.


heil

From Middle Dutch heil, from Old Dutch heil.


commandant

commandant m (plural commandanten, diminutive commandantje n)

commandanten (plural)
commandantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kommandant

→ Indonesian: komandan

→ Min Nan: 公勃壟 /公勃垄 (kong-pu̍t-lóng)

→ West Frisian: kommandant


riff

riff m (plural riffs, diminutive riffje n)

riffs (plural)
riffje (diminutive neuter)


maître

maître m (plural maîtres, diminutive maîtretje n)

maîtres (plural)
maîtretje (diminutive neuter)

From French maître. Doublet of maestro, magister, master, and meester.


hotdog

nl-noun

hotdog m (plural hotdogs, diminutive hotdogje n)

hotdogs (plural)
hotdogje (diminutive neuter)


fries

fries f or n (plural friezen, diminutive friesje n)

friezen (plural)
friesje (diminutive neuter)


fries

fries m (plural friezen, diminutive friesje n)


snip

snip f (plural snippen, diminutive snipje n)

snippen (plural)
snipje (diminutive neuter)
snep (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: snip

→ Papiamentu: snepi, snèpi

→ Sranan Tongo: snepi

From Middle Dutch snippe, ultimately from the root of snavel (“beak”).

a snipe or woodcock, thin-beaked bird of the genera Gallinago, Scolopax, Lymnocryptes, Limnodromus and Coenocorypha

(informal, Netherlands) a 100 guilders banknote


winters

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


blubber

mud, or anything of similar consistency and slipperiness


ernst

Afrikaans: erns

Negerhollands: ernst

From Middle Dutch ernst, from Old Dutch ernost, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.


epifauna

aquatic, especially benthic, fauna that lives on sediment or on a substrate, e.g. a reef or a shell


couplet

nl-noun

couplet n (plural coupletten, diminutive coupletje n)

coupletten (plural)
coupletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kuplèt, couplet

Borrowed from French couplet, from Middle French couplet, from Old French couplet.


moslim

moslim m (plural moslims, diminutive moslimmetje n, feminine moslima)

moslims (plural)
moslimmetje (diminutive neuter)
moslima (feminine)

Borrowing from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim). Doublet of muzelman.

Muslim; a Muslim person, adherent to Islam


aar

aar f (plural aren, diminutive aartje n)

aren (plural)
aartje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch âer, from Old Dutch *ār, from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz.


aar

aar m (plural aren, diminutive aartje n)


conformist

conformist m (plural conformisten, diminutive conformistje n)

conformisten (plural)
conformistje (diminutive neuter)


credo

credo n (plural credo's, diminutive credootje n)

credo's (plural)
credootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kredo

From Middle Dutch crede, credo, borrowed from Latin crēdō.

(religion, chiefly Christianity) confession of faith, creed


jap

(official spelling) alternative letter-case form of Jap


wenkbrauw

wenkbrauw f (plural wenkbrauwen, diminutive wenkbrauwtje n)

wenkbrauwen (plural)
wenkbrauwtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wintbrauwe, from Old Dutch *wintbrāwa. The first element (Old Dutch *wint) is unknown but presumed to be related to Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos). The second element (Old Dutch *brāwa) is from Proto-Germanic *brēwō.
Wenkbrauw is a doublet of wimper (“eyelash”), from a contraction. The first element wenk is related to wenken (“wave with body movements”).


wimper

wimper m (plural wimpers, diminutive wimpertje n)

wimpers (plural)
wimpertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wimbrauw, contraction of wintbrauwe, from Old Dutch *wintbrāwa. The first element is unknown but presumed to be related to Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos); the second element is from Proto-Germanic *brēwō. Doublet of wenkbrauw (“eyebrow”). The form wimper is native in some Dutch dialects; its adoption into the standard language (19th c.) probably under influence of German Wimper.


topper

topper m (plural toppers, diminutive toppertje n)

toppers (plural)
toppertje (diminutive neuter)

From top + -er.
The bird name is generally taken to derive from the noun top ("top"), not the adjective top ("great, amazing"). Some have instead adduced the dialectal word dobber (referring to both the greater scaup and the tufted duck), which was apparently current in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen at some point, with devoicing of both d- (to t-) and -bb- (to -pp-) yielding this form.

someone or something excellent; a belter, a ripper

Aythya marila
Aythya marila#Translingual


gymnast

gymnast m (plural gymnasten, diminutive gymnastje n, feminine gymnaste)

gymnasten (plural)
gymnastje (diminutive neuter)
gymnaste (feminine)


eikel

eikel m (plural eikels, diminutive eikeltje n)

eikels (plural)
eikeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ecle, ekele, from Old Dutch *ēkila, *eikila, from Proto-West Germanic *aikilā. Equivalent to eik (“oak”) + -el. For the derogatory sense, compare English dickhead.


lotus

lotus m (plural lotussen, diminutive lotusje n)

lotussen (plural)
lotusje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

used for certain plants of the genus Nymphaea


lotus

lotus m or f (plural lotussen, diminutive lotusje n)

From the acronym of Landelijke Opleiding Tot Uitbeelding van Slachtoffers (literally “National Training Course for the Portrayal of Victims”).

acronym

standardized participant
standardized participant

(Netherlands, medicine slang) patient actor, simulated patient, standardized participant (a lay person person trained to portray medical conditions)


pizzeria

nl-noun

pizzeria m (plural pizzeria's, diminutive pizzeriaatje n)

pizzeria's (plural)
pizzeriaatje (diminutive neuter)


hydrant

hydrant m (plural hydranten, diminutive hydrantje n)

hydranten (plural)
hydrantje (diminutive neuter)


crematorium

crematorium n (plural crematoria or crematoriums, diminutive crematoriumpje n)

crematoria (plural)
crematoriums (plural)
crematoriumpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: krèmatorium

De afgevaardigden naar Dresden, dr. Egeling en dr. Hoogewerff, brachten verslag uit van het aldaar gehouden kongres; daarbij werden overgelegd eenige exemplaren van de stenographische verhandelingen van het 'kongres, photographieën van teekeningen en plannen voor een groot crematorium van de ingenieur Pieper en den architekt Lilienthal, en van den Siemenschen oven, en Beilagen v. d. Augsburgschen Allgem. Zeitung waarin de redevoeringen van prof. Kinkel is^([sic]) opgenomen.

1876 November 23, “Crematie”, in Java-bode, volume 25, number 277, page 3:


columnist

columnist m (plural columnisten, diminutive columnistje n, feminine columniste)

columnisten (plural)
columnistje (diminutive neuter)
columniste (feminine)

→ Indonesian: kolumnis

Borrowed from English columnist, equivalent to column + -ist.

a (male or unspecified) regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper; a columnist


cel

cel f (plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

cellen (plural)
celletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sel

→ Indonesian: sel

→ Papiamentu: sèl

From Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

cell (a compartment)
component of a battery

cell (a compartment)
(biology) component of a body tissue

cell (a compartment)
component of a body tissue

(architecture) a small room, such as a prison or cloister cell

cell (a compartment)
(entomology) cell – of a honeycomb

cell (a compartment)
cell – of a honeycomb

cell (a compartment)
(computer science) cell – of a table


scampi

scampi m (plural scampi or scampi's, diminutive scampietje n)

scampi (plural)
scampi's (plural)
scampietje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Italian scampi, plural of scampo (“prawn”).

various species in the order Decapoda, eaten as food


bassist

bassist m (plural bassisten, diminutive bassistje n)

bassisten (plural)
bassistje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: basis

a musician playing a bass; esp. a bass guitarist


gips

Afrikaans: gips

→ West Frisian: gips

→ Indonesian: gips

→ Japanese: ギプス

→ Korean: 깁스 (gipseu)

Ultimately from Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos), probably from a Semitic language.


piri-piri

piri-piri's (plural)
pilipili (alternative)
pili-pili (alternative)
piripiri (alternative)


soulmate

soulmate m (plural soulmates, diminutive soulmateje n)

soulmates (plural)
soulmateje (diminutive neuter)


perfectionist

perfectionist m (plural perfectionisten, diminutive perfectionistje n, feminine perfectioniste)

perfectionisten (plural)
perfectionistje (diminutive neuter)
perfectioniste (feminine)

By surface analysis, French perfection + -ist.


bondage

bondage (BDSM sexual practice involving physical restraining)


ontvangstbewijs

nl-noun

ontvangstbewijs n (plural ontvangstbewijzen, diminutive ontvangstbewijsje n)

ontvangstbewijzen (plural)
ontvangstbewijsje (diminutive neuter)

From ontvangst (“reception”) + bewijs (“proof”).


garçon

nl-noun

garçon m (plural garçons, diminutive garçontje n)

garçons (plural)
garçontje (diminutive neuter)


delirium

delirium n (plural deliria or deliriums, diminutive deliriumpje n)

deliria (plural)
deliriums (plural)
deliriumpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: delirium


canasta

(uncountable) canasta (Uruguayan cardgame)

(countable) canasta (meld of seven cards in the above game)


barman

barman m (plural barmannen, feminine barvrouw)

From bar + man, a partial calque of English barman.


intrest

intrest m (plural intresten, diminutive intrestje n)

intresten (plural)
intrestje (diminutive neuter)


pessimist

pessimist m (plural pessimisten, diminutive pessimistje n, feminine pessimiste)

pessimisten (plural)
pessimistje (diminutive neuter)
pessimiste (feminine)

Indonesian: pesimis

Borrowed from French pessimiste. Equivalent to pessimisme + -ist.


finalist

finalist m (plural finalisten, diminutive finalistje n, feminine finaliste)

finalisten (plural)
finalistje (diminutive neuter)
finaliste (feminine)

Borrowed from French finaliste or English finalist. Equivalent to finale + -ist.


aanvang

aanvang m (plural aanvangen, diminutive aanvangetje n)

aanvangen (plural)
aanvangetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch aenvanc, from Old Dutch *anafang, from Proto-West Germanic *anafangi. Compare German Anfang.

(formal) commencement, inception, beginning


paal

paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

palen (plural)
paaltje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: paal
→ Tsonga: pala
→ Xhosa: ipala

→ Betawi: pal

→ Caribbean Hindustani: pál

→ Caribbean Javanese: pal

→ Guyanese Creole English: paal

→ Indonesian: pal (“milestone”)

→ Musi: pal

→ Papiamentu: palu

From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.


paal

nl-noun

paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

From Middle Dutch pāle, borrowed from Middle French pale, from Latin pala.


bekoring

bekoring f (plural bekoringen, diminutive bekorinkje n)

bekoringen (plural)
bekorinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch becoringe. Equivalent to bekoren + -ing.

1900, Frederik van Eeden, Van de koele meren des Doods, W. Versluys (publ., 1st ed.), page 9.
Het gedrang der gasten en het warre gerucht was een bedwelmende bekoring.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


zakken

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


achtergrond

nl-noun

achtergrond m (plural achtergronden, diminutive achtergrondje n)

achtergronden (plural)
achtergrondje (diminutive neuter)
agtergrond (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: agtergrond


push-up

Unadapted borrowing from English push-up.


achtergrondkleur

nl-noun

achtergrondkleur m (plural achtergrondkleuren, diminutive achtergrondkleurtje n)

achtergrondkleuren (plural)
achtergrondkleurtje (diminutive neuter)


vierde

From Middle Dutch vierde, from Old Dutch *fiortho, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô.


tiende

From Middle Dutch tiende, from Old Dutch *tiando, from Proto-Germanic *tehundô.


myriameter

Borrowed from French myriamètre. Equivalent to myria- + meter.


rei

rei m (plural reien, diminutive reitje n)

reien (plural)
reitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch rei, from Picard rey, from Old French raie, roie. Cognate to German Reigen, English ray.

circle dance, dance in which the participants form a circle, walk or dance rhythmically and sing or chant


courant

courant n (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)

couranten (plural)
courantje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French courant, from Latin currens. Doublet of krant.


courant

courant f (plural couranten, diminutive courantje n)

Afrikaans: koerant

Berbice Creole Dutch: koranti

Papiamentu: korant, courant


honorarium

→ Indonesian: honorarium

honorarium (compensation, such as a salary, for professional services)


equalizer

equalizers (plural)
equaliser (alternative colloquial)

(music, electronics) equalizer (device for altering audio frequencies)


lifter

lifter m (plural lifters, diminutive liftertje n, feminine liftster)

lifters (plural)
liftertje (diminutive neuter)
liftster (feminine)


melamine

Ultimately from German Melamin. Equivalent to Blend of melam + amine.


mastaba

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْطَبَة (miṣṭaba, “bench”).

a mastaba (ancient Egyptian tomb structure)


wel

weal (general state of well-being and prosperity)


wel

wel f (plural wellen, diminutive welletje n)

wellen (plural)
welletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch *welle, from Old Dutch *wella, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijā, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ.


wel

wel c (plural wellen, diminutive welletje n)

well; shaft (excavation made for the extraction of mineral resources)


odeur

odeur f (plural odeurs, diminutive odeurtje n)

odeurs (plural)
odeurtje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: odeur

Borrowing from French odeur, from Latin odor.


kever

kever m (plural kevers, diminutive kevertje n)

kevers (plural)
kevertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch kever, from Old Dutch kevero, from Proto-West Germanic *kefrō. Akin to English chafer, German Käfer.


zeng

zeng m (plural zengen, diminutive zengetje n)

zengen (plural)
zengetje (diminutive neuter)


damar

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

dammar (alternative archaic)
dammer (alternative archaic)


kap

kap f (plural kappen, diminutive kapje n)

kappen (plural)
kapje (diminutive neuter)

⇒ Afrikaans: kappie

Berbice Creole Dutch: kapu

Negerhollands: kap

→ Indonesian: kap

→ Papiamentu: kap

From Middle Dutch cappe, from Late Latin cappa.


hov

hoogwaardig openbaar vervoer
hoogwaardig openbaar vervoer#Dutch

initialism of hoogwaardig openbaar vervoer (“high-quality public transport”)


spahi

spahi m (plural spahi's, diminutive spahietje n)

spahi's (plural)
spahietje (diminutive neuter)

From French spahi, from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “horseman, soldier”) (> English sepoy), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”).


rak

nl-noun

rak n (plural rakken, diminutive rakje n)

rakken (plural)
rakje (diminutive neuter)

a straight distance or section that one traverses by sailing


rak

→ Indonesian: rak

From Middle Dutch rac. Variant of rek. Possibly related to etymology 1.


rak

rakken (plural)
rakje (diminutive neuter)
rek (alternative)

From Middle Dutch *rak, from Old Dutch *rak, from Proto-West Germanic *rak, from Proto-Germanic *raką (“cord, chain”). Alternatively borrowed from Middle Low German rak (“parrel”), from Old Saxon *rak, from the same West Germanic source above.

a rope (often protected with wooden beads), chain or brace for fixing a spar to the mast


torero

(bullfighting) torero, bullfighter, toreador


kor

kor f (plural korren, diminutive korretje n)

korren (plural)
korretje (diminutive neuter)

From earlier korre, assimilated from earlier korde with metathesis r < krode, from Middle Dutch crode (“wheelbarrow”), from the verb cruden (“to push forward, slide”).

a trawl, a dragnet used for trawling over or close to the seabed


kar

kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

karren (plural)
karretje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kar

→ Caribbean Hindustani: gári

→ Javanese: ꦏꦲꦂ (kahar)

→ Indonesian: kahar

From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck


syrinx

Borrowed from Latin sȳrinx (“reed; reed pipe, panpipes”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “panpipes; pipe-shaped object”), from Pre-Greek.

der

(ornithology) syrinx (voice organ in birds)

(medicine) syrinx (fluid-filled neuroglial cavity)


bila

nl-noun

bila m (plural bila's, diminutive bilaatje n)

bila's (plural)
bilaatje (diminutive neuter)


kering

kering f (plural keringen, diminutive kerinkje n)

keringen (plural)
kerinkje (diminutive neuter)

barrier, retaining wall (structure designed to keep water or earth in or out)


vod

vod n (plural vodden, diminutive vodje n)

vodden (plural)
vodje (diminutive neuter)


dagboek

dagboek n (plural dagboeken, diminutive dagboekje n)

dagboeken (plural)
dagboekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dagboek

Negerhollands: dagbuk

→ Indonesian: buku harian (calque)


kram

kram f (plural krammen, diminutive krammetje n)

krammen (plural)
krammetje (diminutive neuter)

desc

→ Papiamentu: kramchi, kranchi, kramtsje (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch cramme, from Middle Dutch crimmen (“to catch, grab (with claws)”), from Proto-West Germanic *krimman.

der

staple (U-shaped metal fastener to bind materials together, for example to attach fence wire to posts)


cabine

nl-noun

cabine f (plural cabines, diminutive cabinetje n or cabientje n)

cabines (plural)
cabinetje (diminutive neuter)
cabientje (diminutive neuter)


kas

kas f (plural kassen, diminutive kasje n)

kassen (plural)
kasje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: kas

→ Caribbean Javanese: kas

→ Sranan Tongo: kasi

→ Caribbean Javanese: kasi, kas

From Middle Dutch casse, from Old French casse, from Italian cassa, from Latin capsa. Doublet of cash.

(Belgium)

a public or private entity, mainly concerned with managing funds for a certain purpose, after which it is often named

a counter, room etc. where cash payments are made and/or received

geld in kas


metselaar

metselaar m (plural metselaars, diminutive metselaartje n, feminine metselaarster)

metselaars (plural)
metselaartje (diminutive neuter)
metselaarster (feminine)

Afrikaans: messelaar

Negerhollands: metselaar

desc

→ Papiamentu: mètsla, mèrsla, mèsla, meslaar, messelaar

→ Sranan Tongo: mesreman, meslari, messelar

→ Caribbean Hindustani: mesremán

→ Saramaccan: mésema

From Middle Dutch metselare. Equivalent to metselen + -aar.


kul

nl-noun

kul f (plural kullen, diminutive kulletje n)

kullen (plural)
kulletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cul, kul (“testicle”), from Old French coille, from Latin cōleus (“testicle”).

(dialectal) marble (small ball used in various games)


kul

Clipping of flauwekul, a univerbation of the adjective flauw (“insipid, tasteless”) and the noun kul (“testicle”).


mulat

mulat m (plural mulatten, diminutive mulatje n, feminine mulattin)

mulatten (plural)
mulatje (diminutive neuter)
mulattin (feminine)

From Spanish mulato or Portuguese mulato, from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Etymologically related to Dutch muil (“mule”), muildier (“mule”).


lel

lel c (plural lellen, diminutive lelletje n)

lellen (plural)
lelletje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: alala, allalla

Petjo: lel

→ Papiamentu: lèlè

onomatopoeic

imitative

snood (flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey)


magnetron

nl-noun

magnetron m (plural magnetrons, diminutive magnetronnetje n)

magnetrons (plural)
magnetronnetje (diminutive neuter)

Ik verwarm mijn eten altijd in de magnetron als ik weinig tijd heb.

I always heat my food in the microwave oven when I'm short on time.

De magnetron is handig om snel restjes op te warmen.

The microwave oven is handy for quickly reheating leftovers.

Hij plaatste de kom met soep in het kleine magnetronnetje om het op te warmen.

He put the bowl of soup in the small microwave oven to heat it up.

(chiefly Netherlands) microwave oven (fast heating device with mainly culinary use)


stopper

stopper m (plural stoppers, diminutive stoppertje n)

stoppers (plural)
stoppertje (diminutive neuter)


conga

Likely borrowed from English conga, from Spanish conga, from Congo.

(music) a conga (tall, narrow Cuban hand drum used in pairs)

(music, uncountable) Conga (Cuban march music and dance style)


chauvinist

chauvinist m (plural chauvinisten, diminutive chauvinistje n)

chauvinisten (plural)
chauvinistje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French chauviniste. Piecewise doublet of calvinist.


classeur

classeur m (plural classeurs, diminutive classeurtje n)

classeurs (plural)
classeurtje (diminutive neuter)


bollen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


hak

nl-noun

hak m (plural hakken, diminutive hakje n)

hakken (plural)
hakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hak

→ Caribbean Javanese: hag

→ Indonesian: hak (“heel of a shoe”)

From Middle Dutch hacke, from Middle Low German hakke, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hak(k)-, perhaps related to *hakô. Cognate with German Hacke.


hak

From Middle Dutch hac, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn.


mol

mol m (plural mollen, diminutive molletje n)

mollen (plural)
molletje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz.

a mole, any insectivore of the family Talpidae


mol

→ Indonesian: mol


mol

→ Indonesian: mol

(chemistry) a mole (unit of chemical quantity)


pauk

pauk m or f (plural pauken, diminutive paukje n)

pauken (plural)
paukje (diminutive neuter)

kettledrum, usually in the plural: timpani


koor

koor n (plural koren, diminutive koortje n)

koren (plural)
koortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koor

desc

→ Indonesian: kor (“choir, vocal ensemble”)

→ Papiamentu: kor, koor

From Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus.

(architecture) choir, part of a church building


gom

nl-noun

gom m (plural gommen, diminutive gommetje n)

gommen (plural)
gommetje (diminutive neuter)
gum (alternative)

Afrikaans: gom

→ Indonesian: gom

→ Japanese: ゴム

→ Makasar: hong (“eraser”)

→ Papiamentu: gòm, gom

From Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.

gum, various viscous or sticky substances exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically

(now Belgium) alternative form of gum (“eraser”)


nevel

nevel m (plural nevelen or nevels, diminutive neveltje n)

nevelen (plural)
nevels (plural)
neveltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: newel

From Middle Dutch nēvel, from Old Dutch *neval, from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.


rit

rit m (plural ritten, diminutive ritje n)

ritten (plural)
ritje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: rit

From Middle Dutch *rit, in Middle Dutch only sparsely attested in compounds, from Middle Low German rit or Middle High German ritt, related to Middle Dutch rêde, dialectal Dutch reed, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan.

a ride on a mount (animal) or man-powered vehicle

a drive in an animal-drawn or motorized vehicle

a stage or lap as part of a long tour or journey


nar

nar m or c (plural narren, diminutive narretje n)

narren (plural)
narretje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nar

From Middle Dutch narre, borrowed from Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown; compare German Narr.


gemet

gemet n (plural gemeten, diminutive gemetje n)

gemeten (plural)
gemetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ghemet, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *gametan, equivalent to ge- + meten. Cognates include Old English ġemet, Old Saxon gimet, Old High German gimez.

(obsolete) a measure of land roughly the size of an acre


kil

kil f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)

killen (plural)
killetje (diminutive neuter)
kille (alternative)

→ English: kill

From Middle Dutch kille, from Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (“to crack, split”).

kill, waterway on sand flats or mud flats


peet

peet m (plural peten, diminutive peetje n)

peten (plural)
peetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pete, ultimately from Late Latin patrinus, from Latin pater (“father”).

various other kin, notably one which a child is named after


volk

volk n (plural volken or volkeren, diminutive volkje n)

volken (plural)
volkeren (plural)
volkje (diminutive neuter)
vouk (alternative dialectal)

Afrikaans: volk

desc

Negerhollands: volk, folok, folk, fulok, fuluk, folluk

→ Sranan Tongo: folku

From Middle Dutch volc, from Old Dutch folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Jan Schaefer was een man van het volk.

(uncountable) folk, the common people, the lower classes, the working classes

Was er veel volk bij de bijeenkomst?

Were there a lot of people at the meeting?

(informal, uncountable) people (many individuals)


hein

nl-noun

hein m (plural heinen, diminutive heintje n)

heinen (plural)
heintje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hein, from the verb heinen (“to physically demarcate lands”) (modern heinen, also omheinen).

physical demarcation between fields or yards, like a fence, wall or ditch


kont

kont m (plural konten, diminutive kontje n)

konten (plural)
kontje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: kundu

From Middle Dutch conte (“vagina”, also generally “sex organ”), from Old Dutch *kunta (“vagina”), from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Compare English cunt.

inh

(vulgar) a cunt (an extremely unpleasant or objectionable person)


ebben

From older eben, from Middle Dutch ebeen, from Latin hebenus.


ras

nl-noun

ras n (plural rassen, diminutive rasje n)

rassen (plural)
rasje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: ras


monarchist

Probably borrowed from French monarchiste or German Monarchist.


kanten

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


toom

nl-noun

toom m or n (plural tomen, diminutive toompje n)

tomen (plural)
toompje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: toom

From Middle Dutch toom, from Old Dutch *tōm, from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz. Doublet of team.

Je moet die jongens echt even in toom houden

You really need to keep those boys in check

a flock of birds (especially ducks, geese and swans)


dwerg

dwerg m (plural dwergen, diminutive dwergje n, feminine dwergin)

dwergen (plural)
dwergje (diminutive neuter)
dwergin (feminine)

Afrikaans: dwerg

From Middle Dutch dwerch, from Old Dutch *dwerg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Compare West Frisian dwerch, German Zwerg, English dwarf, Danish dværg.

dwarf (small human; small specimen, breed or species of animal)

(fiction, folklore, fantasy, mythology) dwarf (small folkloristic humanoid)


tegel

tegel m (plural tegels, diminutive tegeltje n)

tegels (plural)
tegeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: tegel

→ Manado Malay: tehel

From Middle Dutch tigele, tegel, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ, from Latin tegula. Compare German Ziegel, English tile.


tuig

tuig n (plural tuigen, diminutive tuigje n)

tuigen (plural)
tuigje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-West Germanic *teug, from Proto-Germanic *tiugiją, *teugą (“stuff, matter, device”), from *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with German Zeug (“thing, device”).


tonder

From Middle Dutch tunder, from Old Dutch *tundar, from Proto-West Germanic *tundr, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą.


haat

Afrikaans: haat

Negerhollands: haet

→ Papiamentu: haat (dated)

From Middle Dutch hat, from Old Dutch *hat, from Proto-West Germanic *hati, from Proto-Germanic *hataz. Compare West Frisian haat, German Hass, English hate, Danish had.


bloot

nl-noun

bloot n (uncountable, diminutive blootje n)

From Middle Dutch bloot, from Old Dutch *blōt, from Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz. Cognate with German bloß, Old English blēat, Old Norse blautr.

nakedness, especially as art subject or in porn


bloot

bloot f (plural bloten, diminutive blootje n)

bloten (plural)
blootje (diminutive neuter)


hertog

hertog m (plural hertogen, diminutive hertogje n, feminine hertogin)

hertogen (plural)
hertogje (diminutive neuter)
hertogin (feminine)

Afrikaans: hertog

From Middle Dutch hertōge, from Old Dutch *heritogo, from Proto-West Germanic *haritogō.


stamper

stamper m (plural stampers, diminutive stampertje n)

stampers (plural)
stampertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch stamper. Equivalent to stampen + -er.

pistil (reproductive organ of certain plants)

pestle (stick used for crushing and grinding)


vlijt

Afrikaans: vlyt

From Middle Dutch vlijt, from Old Dutch *flīt, from Proto-West Germanic *flīt, from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, for which compare Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive”).


groet

nl-noun

groet m (plural groeten, diminutive groetje n)

groeten (plural)
groetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: groet

Negerhollands: gruet, groet

From Middle Dutch groete, from Old Dutch gruozen (influenced by Old High German), ultimately from the root of the verb groeten (“to greet”).


schoot

schoot m (plural schoten, diminutive schootje n)

schoten (plural)
schootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skoot

From Middle Dutch schote, schuete, the same as scheut.

(metonymic) a shot; the projectile; the range

a shot, some liquid (especially liquor) poured in one movement


schoot

Afrikaans: skoot

Negerhollands: skoot, skot

→ Papiamentu: skochi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch schoot, from Old Dutch *skōt, from Proto-Germanic *skautaz.

De Madonna met het kindje Jezus op haar schoot wordt "zetel der Wijsheid" genoemd.

The Madonna with baby Jesus on her lap is called the "seat of Wisdom".

(figuratively) various corresponding parts of certain vestments, animals and objects


vlot

vlot n (plural vlotten, diminutive vlotje n)

vlotten (plural)
vlotje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch vlot, ultimately from a conflation of Proto-Germanic *flutą (“flow; stream”) and Proto-Germanic *flutô (“small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian flot (“raft”), German Low German Flott, Flött (“raft”), Old English flot (“sea”), Old English flota (“ship; vessel; fleet”), Old Norse flot (“that which floats; grease”), Icelandic floti (“fleet”). Also related to German Floß (“raft”), Old English flīete (“that which floats; boat; raft; cream”), Danish flåde (“raft”), Swedish flotte (“raft”).


vloed

nl-noun

vloed m (plural vloeden, diminutive vloedje n)

vloeden (plural)
vloedje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vloed

Berbice Creole Dutch: flutu

Javindo: floed

From Middle Dutch vloet, from Old Dutch fluot, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz. Equivalent to vloeien (“to flow”) + -d (“verbal noun”).


groeten

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


schotel

nl-noun

schotel f (plural schotels, diminutive schoteltje n)

schotels (plural)
schoteltje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: sxjœtel

Negerhollands: skeetel, skettel

→ Papiamentu: skòter, schottel

→ Sranan Tongo: skotriki

→ Saramaccan: sikotííki

From Middle Dutch schotele, from Old Dutch *skutala, from Proto-West Germanic *skutilu (“small bowl, dish”), from Latin scutella. Compare German Schüssel.


hitte

Afrikaans: hitte

Negerhollands: hitte, hit, heet

From Middle Dutch hitte, from Old Dutch *hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hitjō; see *haitį̄. Cognate with German Hitze. Now commonly interpreted as heet (“hot”) + -te (“ness”). Also related with English heat.

Ze konden niet langer werken door de hitte.

They couldn't work any longer because of the heat.


coupé

nl-noun

coupé m (plural coupés, diminutive coupeetje n)

coupés (plural)
coupeetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kupe, kup

Er passen zes mensen in deze coupé.

There's room for six people in this train compartment.


zugzwang

(chess) zugzwang (situation in which a disadvantageous move is forced on a player)

(rare, figurative, chiefly in translations) zugzwang (situation in which a disadvantageous move is forced on someone)


integratie

→ Indonesian: integrasi


saté

saté m (plural satés, diminutive sateetje n)

satés (plural)
sateetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Indonesian sate, from Malay sate (“satay”).


chemise

chemise f (plural chemises, diminutive chemisetje n)

chemises (plural)
chemisetje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from French chemise. Doublet of hemd.


pyjama

pyjama m (plural pyjama's, diminutive pyjamaatje n)

pyjama's (plural)
pyjamaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: piyama

Borrowed from English pyjamas, with spelling pronunciation, from pai jamahs (“loose trousers tied at the waist, worn by Muslims in India”), adopted by colonials, especially for nightwear, probably from Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā, “pajama”), itself from Persian پایجامه.

der

Persian پایجامه

pyjamas, a matching set of light material trousers and vest for wearing to bed and sleeping in


mont

nl-noun

mont m (plural monden, diminutive montje n)

monden (plural)
montje (diminutive neuter)


fis

fis f (plural fissen, diminutive fisje n)

fissen (plural)
fisje (diminutive neuter)


faisant

faisant m (plural faisanten, diminutive faisantje n)

faisanten (plural)
faisantje (diminutive neuter)


amaretto

amaretto m (plural amaretto's, diminutive amarettootje n)

amaretto's (plural)
amarettootje (diminutive neuter)


kroon

kroon f or m (plural kronen, diminutive kroontje n)

kronen (plural)
kroontje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kroon

→ Indonesian: kerun

Negerhollands: kroon

From Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Proto-West Germanic *korōnā, from Latin corōna. Doublet of kruin and corona.

crown
part of a tooth not covered by gum

any of various currencies, including the Danish krone, Estonian kroon, Swedish krona

(dated) chandelier with more than two arms


stuiver

stuiver m (plural stuivers, diminutive stuivertje n)

stuivers (plural)
stuivertje (diminutive neuter)
stuyver (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: stuiver

Negerhollands: stuver, stibo, stibu

Sranan Tongo: tibri

→ English: stiver

→ Pidgin Delaware: steepa

From Middle Dutch stuver, likely from Low German stūf (stumpy).

(numismatics) stiver, 5 cents (0.05 guilder)


dubbeltje

→ Papiamentu: depchi

Already attested in the 17th century. From dubbel (“double”) + -tje (diminutive). Named for having twice the value of a stuiver.

Dutch coin of 10 cents (0.10 guilders or euros)

wie voor een dubbeltje geboren is, wordt nooit een kwartje


kwartje

(Netherlands) a coin of 25 cents (0.25 guilder), quarter

(colloquial) quarter of a pill of recreational drugs, particularly ecstasy


piek

piek f (plural pieken, diminutive piekje n)

piek m (plural pieken, diminutive piekje n)

pieken (plural)
piekje (diminutive neuter)
pieken (plural)
piekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: piek

→ Papiamentu: piki, piekie, piek

From Middle Dutch pike, ultimately from the root of pikken (“to stab, pierce”).

a summit, a peak, the highest point of a mountain

a spire tree-topper for a Christmas tree

(informal) a guilder (comparable to buck, quid)


rijksdaalder

rijksdaalder m (plural rijksdaalders, diminutive rijksdaaldertje n)

rijksdaalders (plural)
rijksdaaldertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ryksdaalder

→ English: rix-dollar

→ West Frisian: ryksdaalder

From rijk + -s- + daalder, calque of German Reichstaler.

(historical) a Dutch coin worth 2+¹⁄₂ guilders

(historical, numismatics) a coin used until the decimalization of 1816 worth 50 stuivers rather than 30 (daalder)


vijfje

a coin or bank note with the denomination of 5 monetary units:

(Netherlands) a 5 guilder coin, issued from 1988 until 2001

(obsolete, Netherlands) a coin with the denomination of 25 guilder cents


geeltje

(informal, historical) a 25 guilder banknote


zonnebloem

zonnebloem f (plural zonnebloemen, diminutive zonnebloemetje n or zonnebloempje n)

zonnebloemen (plural)
zonnebloemetje (diminutive neuter)
zonnebloempje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: sonneblom
→ Sotho: sonobolomo

From zon + -e- + bloem. Named because the flower turns to keep facing the sun; compare English sunflower, Spanish girasol. The sense "50 guilder banknote" is derived from the large image of a sunflower found on such notes.

In de zomer staan de velden vol met prachtige zonnebloemen.

In the summer, the fields are full of beautiful sunflowers.

a sunflower, flower of the genus Helianthus

Vroeger kon je met een zonnebloem een flinke aankoop doen.

In the past, you could make a substantial purchase with a 50 guilder banknote.

(Netherlands, historical) a 50 guilder banknote


vuurtoren

nl-noun

vuurtoren m (plural vuurtorens, diminutive vuurtorentje n)

vuurtorens (plural)
vuurtorentje (diminutive neuter)
viertoren (alternative)

Afrikaans: vuurtoring

→ Indonesian: menara api (calque)

(Netherlands) a 250 guilder banknote (before the introduction of the euro)


gulden

gulden m (plural guldens, diminutive guldentje n)

guldens (plural)
guldentje (diminutive neuter)
gl. (alternative abbreviation noun)

Berbice Creole Dutch: golu

→ Lokono: gulden

→ Aukan: kolu

→ Papiamentu: heldu, eldu, gilden

→ Pidgin Delaware: gull

→ Saramaccan: kölu

→ Sranan Tongo: golu

→ Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: kolu

From Middle Dutch guldijn, guldin, gulden, from Old Dutch *guldīn, from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz. Equivalent to goud + -en, replaced in modern Dutch with gouden in most contexts (see there for more).

the guilder (or florin, abbreviated fl.), the Dutch national currency before the introduction of the Euro in 2002

(historical) the Dutch East Indies guilder, the currency of colonial Indonesia prior to its 1945 independence

Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles

the Netherlands Antillean guilder (now the Caribbean guilder), the national currency circulated in the former Netherlands Antilles (now used in the Caribbean Netherlands).

name of several historical gold or silver coins

(Suriname, informal, colloquial) the Surinamese dollar


onderwijzer

onderwijzer m (plural onderwijzers, diminutive onderwijzertje n, feminine onderwijzeres)

onderwijzers (plural)
onderwijzertje (diminutive neuter)
onderwijzeres (feminine)

Afrikaans: onderwyser

From Middle Dutch onderwiser. Equivalent to onderwijzen + -er.


hode

hode f (plural hoden, diminutive hoodje n)

hoden (plural)
hoodje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hōde, from Old Dutch *hotho, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *huþô.


droom

droom m (plural dromen, diminutive droompje n)

dromen (plural)
droompje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: droom

Berbice Creole Dutch: drum

Jersey Dutch: drôm

Negerhollands: droom

From Middle Dutch drôom, from Old Dutch drōm, from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

Ik had een vreemde droom vannacht.

Hij heeft grootse dromen over zijn toekomst.

In mijn droompje was ik een beroemde acteur.

In my little dream, I was a famous actor.


rijp

From Middle Dutch ripe, from Old Dutch *rīpo, from the oblique stem of Proto-Germanic *hrīmô. Compare English rime.


thuisfront

thuisfront n (plural thuisfronten, diminutive thuisfrontje n)

thuisfronten (plural)
thuisfrontje (diminutive neuter)


vlieten

From Middle Dutch vlieten, from Old Dutch flietan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleutan, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.


weit

Negerhollands: weit

From Middle Dutch weit, weet, from Old Dutch *weit, *wēt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).
Cognate with Low German Weten, West Frisian weet, German Weizen, English wheat.


pak

pak n (plural pakken, diminutive pakje n)

pakken (plural)
pakje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pak

Skepi Creole Dutch: paki

→ Caribbean Javanese: pag

desctree

→ French: paquet
→ Catalan: paquet
→ German: Paket
→ Romanian: pachet
Russian: пакет (paket)
Bulgarian: пакет (paket)
Ukrainian: пакет (paket)
→ Ottoman Turkish: پاكت (paket)
Turkish: paket
→ Persian: پاکت (pâkat)
→ Sicilian: pachettu
→ Spanish: paquete

→ Indonesian: pak

→ Papiamentu: paki

→ Sranan Tongo: paki

→ Caribbean Hindustani: páki

→ Kari'na: paki

From Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch *pakko, from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.


tuk

nl-noun

tuk m (plural tukken, diminutive tukje n)

tukken (plural)
tukje (diminutive neuter)

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doden

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

duizend doden sterven
duizend doden sterven#Dutch

plural of dood (“death”, chiefly in duizend doden sterven)


breuk

nl-noun

breuk f (plural breuken, diminutive breukje n)

breuken (plural)
breukje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: breuk

Negerhollands: breek

desc

→ Indonesian: patahan (“fault”) (semantic loan)

→ Indonesian: pecahan (“fraction”) (semantic loan)

→ Papiamentu: breuk

From Middle Dutch broke, brueke, from Old Dutch *bruki, from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz.

Na het ongeluk had hij een ernstige breuk in zijn been en moest hij geopereerd worden.

After the accident, he had a serious fracture in his leg and needed surgery.

Kun je me helpen om deze breuk om te zetten in een decimale vorm?

Can you help me convert this fraction into a decimal form?

De aardbeving veroorzaakte een grote breuk in de aardkorst.

The earthquake caused a major fault in the earth's crust.


bruid

nl-noun

bruid f (plural bruiden, diminutive bruidje n)

bruiden (plural)
bruidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bruid

Negerhollands: bruid

→ Papiamentu: brùit, breit, breid

From Middle Dutch bruut, from Old Dutch *brūd, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz. Compare German Braut, West Frisian breid, English bride, Danish brud.


paddenstoel

paddenstoel m (plural paddenstoelen, diminutive paddenstoeltje n)

paddenstoelen (plural)
paddenstoeltje (diminutive neuter)
paddestoel (alternative)

From Middle Dutch paddenstoel. Equivalent to pad (“toad”) + -en- + stoel (“chair”). Compare dialectal English padstool.


handstand

handstand m (plural handstanden, diminutive handstandje n)

handstanden (plural)
handstandje (diminutive neuter)


pullus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pullus. Doublet of pul.

(ornithology) a pullus; the young chick of a bird


pianola

pianola m or f (plural pianola's, diminutive pianolaatje n)

pianola's (plural)
pianolaatje (diminutive neuter)

From piano + -ola; originally a brand name.


weduwe

weduwe f (plural weduwen or weduwes, diminutive weduwtje n or weduwetje n, masculine weduwnaar)

weduwen (plural)
weduwes (plural)
weduwtje (diminutive neuter)
weduwetje (diminutive neuter)
weduwnaar (masculine)
weeuw (alternative)

Afrikaans: weduwee

Negerhollands: weduwe

→ Caribbean Hindustani: widhwá

From Middle Dutch weduwe, Old Dutch *widuwa, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Compare German Witwe, English widow.


roede

roede f (plural roeden or roedes, diminutive roedetje n)

roeden (plural)
roedes (plural)
roedetje (diminutive neuter)
roe (alternative)

Negerhollands: roede

→ Virgin Islands Creole: ro (dated)

From Middle Dutch roede, from Old Dutch ruoda, from Proto-Germanic *rōdō. Cognate with German Rute, Old English rōd (English rood).

a rod, woody branch or staff, notably as a symbol of authority

a rod, similar object in various materials (e.g. for a curtain)

a faggot, bavin or other bundle of sticks or twigs, used for making brooms or as a punitive implement

(dated) an are, a unit of area corresponding to 100 square metres

(historical) an old unit of area varying from about 10 to 33 square metres

(dated) a decametre, a unit of length corresponding to 10 metres

(historical) an old unit of length varying from about 3.5 to 5.75 metres


ritus

ritus m (plural ritussen, diminutive ritusje n)

ritussen (plural)
ritusje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: ritus


nier

nier f (plural nieren, diminutive niertje n)

nieren (plural)
niertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nier

Negerhollands: nier

→ Papiamentu: nir, nier

From Middle Dutch niere, from Old Dutch *nioro, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.

Ze aten een pastei met niertjes.

(especially in the diminutive) an animal kidney eaten as a food


juk

juk n (plural jukken, diminutive jukje n)

jukken (plural)
jukje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: jok

From Middle Dutch joc, juc, from Old Dutch *juk, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Compare German Joch, West Frisian jok, English yoke, Danish åg, Swedish ok.

a burden; something which represses or restrains a person


netel

netel f (plural netels, diminutive neteltje n)

netels (plural)
neteltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch netele, from Old Dutch *netila, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā.

(now chiefly Belgium) stinging nettle, nettle of the genus Urtica

(Netherlands) nettle, plant of the unrelated genera Urtica or Lamium


roer

roer n (plural roeren, diminutive roertje n)

roeren (plural)
roertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: roer

desctree

→ Russian: руль (rulʹ)
→ Armenian: ռուլ (ṙul)
→ Azerbaijani: rul
→ Georgian: რული (ruli)
→ Kazakh: рөл (röl)
→ Persian: رل (rol)
→ Turkmen: rul
→ Uzbek: rul
→ Yup'ik: alunaq

From a contraction of earlier roeder, from Middle Dutch roeder, from Old Dutch *ruother, from Proto-West Germanic *rōþr, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą.
Cognate with West Frisian roer, German Ruder, English rudder.

aan het roer staan

to have (situation, etc.) under control, to be in charge

(figuratively) (used absolutely, with the definite article: het roer) control


roer

Afrikaans: roer

Jersey Dutch: rûr

Negerhollands: roer, ru

From Middle Dutch roer, from Proto-Germanic *rauzą (“tube”). Cognate with German Rohr. The modern Dutch -oe- instead of expected -oo- is unexplained.

(historical) light musket, matchlock gun


ruim

nl-noun

ruim n (plural ruimen, diminutive ruimpje n)

ruimen (plural)
ruimpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Russian: трюм (trjum)

→ Bulgarian: трюм (trjum)

From Middle Dutch ruum, from Old Dutch ruom, Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

(with definite article) the wide, open space


schemer

schemer m (plural schemers, diminutive schemertje n)

schemers (plural)
schemertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skemer


regering

regering f (plural regeringen, diminutive regerinkje n)

regeringen (plural)
regerinkje (diminutive neuter)
regeering (alternative archaic)

Afrikaans: regering

Negerhollands: regeering

/rəˈɣeː.rɪŋ/

De regering van het land vereist wijsheid en geduld.

The governing of the country requires wisdom and patience.

governing (act of; ruling a state or similar political entity)

De regering heeft nieuwe maatregelen aangekondigd.

The government has announced new measures.

Veel mensen zijn het niet eens met het beleid van de regering.

Many people disagree with the government's policy.

(law) government (a governing council: especially the executive branch of government)

Tijdens de regering van de prins bloeide het koninkrijk.

During the reign of the prince, the kingdom flourished.

De regering van koningin Elizabeth II is opmerkelijk lang.

The rule of Queen Elizabeth II is remarkably long.


wetten

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


nippertje

Diminutive of obsolete nipper (“a sip; something small”), from nippen (“to sip”), by-form of nijpen (“to pinch, squeeze”).


nippertje

(rare outside fixed expressions) instant, brief moment


fosfor

Borrowed from German Phosphor, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “light-bearing”).


wedden

From Middle Dutch wedden, from Old Dutch *weddon, from Frankish *weddōn, *wadjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną.
Cognate with Low German wedden, West Frisian wedzje, German wetten, English wed, Danish vædde, Icelandic veðja.


korf

nl-noun

korf m (plural korven, diminutive korfje n)

korven (plural)
korfje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: korf

Berbice Creole Dutch: korfu

From Middle Dutch corf, from Old Dutch *korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.


overmoed

Afrikaans: oormoed

From Middle Dutch overmoet, from Old Dutch overmuot. Equivalent to over- + moed.


bakkie

(Netherlands, colloquial) alternative form of bakje


middel

middel n (plural middelen, diminutive middeltje n)

middelen (plural)
middeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: middel

Negerhollands: midlen

From Middle Dutch middel, from Old Dutch middil, from Proto-Germanic *midil-, *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”). Cognate with English middle, Low German Middel and German Mittel.

Een pincet is het middel bij uitstek om een splinter te verwijderen.

Tweezers are the appropriate means to remove a splinter.

Aspirine is ondertussen een middeltje tegen alles.

By now, aspirin is a cure for everything.


middel

middel n or m (plural middels, diminutive middeltje n)

middels (plural)
middeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: middel

Negerhollands: middel

De jurk zit strak om haar middel.


middag

middag m (plural middagen, diminutive middagje n)

middagen (plural)
middagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: middag

Jersey Dutch: míddāx

Negerhollands: middag, meddag

→ Lokono: méndaka

From Middle Dutch middach. Equivalent to mid- + dag.

Ik eet meestal rond middag.

De zon staat hoog aan de hemel rond middag.

De klokken luiden elke middag.

Op zondag middag ga ik naar het park.

Het wordt drukker in de stad tijdens de middag.

The city gets busier during the afternoon.

De kinderen spelen buiten in de middag.

The children play outside in the afternoon.

(chiefly Netherlands) afternoon (period from 12 PM to 6 PM)

(Suriname) afternoon and early evening (period from 12 PM to 7 PM)


mei

Afrikaans: Mei

Jersey Dutch: Māi

Negerhollands: maj

→ Caribbean Hindustani: mai

→ Malay: Mei

Indonesian: Mei

→ Papiamentu: mei

→ Trió: mei

From Middle Dutch meye, from Latin Māius.


moe

moe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)

moeken (plural)
moeke (diminutive neuter)
moetje (diminutive neuter)


loof

From Middle Dutch lôof, from Old Dutch *lōf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą.


uier

uier m (plural uiers, diminutive uiertje n)

uiers (plural)
uiertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch uider, ûder, from Old Dutch *ūdar, from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą (“udder”). Cognate with English udder. Doublet of jadder.


urushiol

From Japanese 漆 (うるし, urushi, “lacquer tree”), and the chemical suffix -ol.


weder

nl-noun

weder n (uncountable, diminutive wedertje n)


weder

weder m (plural weders, diminutive wedertje n)

weders (plural)
wedertje (diminutive neuter)


tocht

tocht f (plural tochten, diminutive tochtje n)

tochten (plural)
tochtje (diminutive neuter)
togt (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: tog

→ Danish: togt

→ Norwegian: tokt

From Middle Dutch tocht or tucht, from Old Dutch *tuht, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuhtiz, cognate to German Zucht. Equivalent to tijgen (“to go, pull”) + -t (“verbal noun”). Doublet of tucht.

suffix

Het was een lange tocht, maar gelukkig zonder problemen.

It was a long journey, but fortunately without problems.

Je voelt de tocht door deze kier komen.

You can feel the draught come through this crack.

a small waterway that connects all the other waterways in a polder to a pump, windmill or sluice


dij

nl-noun

dij f (plural dijen, diminutive dijtje n)

dijen (plural)
dijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dy

From Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą. Compare West Frisian tsjea, English thigh, Icelandic þjó.
The expected modern form would be *die. The diphthongised form may have originated in the plural, where Middle Dutch dien could easily become dîen. Note the variant knijen for knieën in Early Modern Dutch. In the case of dij, the diphthong was likely reinforced by desire to avoid homophony with die (pronoun).


rij

rij f (plural rijen, diminutive rijtje n)

rijen (plural)
rijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ry

Negerhollands: rieg

→ Aukan: lei

→ Caribbean Javanese: rèi

From Middle Dutch rië, from Old Dutch *rīa, from Proto-West Germanic *rīhu, *rīgu. Cognate with German Reihe.

row (entries in a table going left to right)

Is dit de achterkant van de rij?

line, queue of people waiting for something

Coordinate term: reeks

rij van Fibonacci


vocht

Negerhollands: vocht

From Middle Dutch vucht, vocht. Substantivized form of an identical adjective, from Old Dutch *fuhti (“humid, wet, damp; marsh-like”), from Proto-West Germanic *fų̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *funhtijaz (“humid, wet, damp”).
In Middle Dutch the word gradually shifted from being an adjective to being a noun, with the old adjective being replaced by vochtig (“humid, wet”).
Cognate with Old English fuht (“moist, damp”) and German feucht (“wet, humid, damp”).


wacht

nl-noun

wacht f (plural wachten, diminutive wachtje n)

wachten (plural)
wachtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wag

Negerhollands: wacht, wach, wak, wagt

From Middle Dutch wachte, from Old Dutch wahta, from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō.

the function, duty of standing guard; a watch or vigil


nauw

From Middle Dutch nauwe, from Old Dutch nauw, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz.


gems

gems f (plural gemzen, diminutive gemsje n)

gemzen (plural)
gemsje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: gems

Rupicapra rupicapra
Rupicapra rupicapra#Translingual

chamois (mountain goat, Rupicapra rupicapra)


piramide

piramide f (plural piramiden or piramides, diminutive piramidetje n)

piramiden (plural)
piramides (plural)
piramidetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: piramide

Borrowed from Middle French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin pȳramis, from Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís), possibly from πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) + ἀμάω (amáō, “reap”) or from Egyptian pr-m-ws.


postscriptum

postscriptum n (plural postscriptums or postscripta, diminutive postscriptumpje n)

postscriptums (plural)
postscripta (plural)
postscriptumpje (diminutive neuter)


planetarium

planetarium n (plural planetaria or planetariums, diminutive planetariumpje n)

planetaria (plural)
planetariums (plural)
planetariumpje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from New Latin planētārium. Equivalent to planeet + -arium.


biecht

biecht f (plural biechten, diminutive biechtje n)

biechten (plural)
biechtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch biechte, from Old Dutch bigihti.


kruk

kruk f (plural krukken, diminutive krukje n)

krukken (plural)
krukje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kruk

→ Indonesian: kruk (“crutch”)

→ Papiamentu: krùk, kruk (dated)

→ West Frisian: kruk

From Middle Dutch crucke, from Old Dutch *krukka, from Frankish *krukkju, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō.

stool (piece of furniture without back or armrests)


wiek

wiek f (plural wieken, diminutive wiekje n)

wieken (plural)
wiekje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wieke, from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle, wick”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”).

der

sail of a windmill or blade on a wind turbine

propeller of a helicopter or similar aircraft


stal

nl-noun

stal m (plural stallen, diminutive stalletje n)

stallen (plural)
stalletje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: setal

→ Papiamentu: stal

From Middle Dutch stal, from Old Dutch *stal, from Proto-West Germanic *stall, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.

a stable, a place to keep hoofed animals

a pool of horses, racers etc. owned or managed by a same person or entity

a stall, notably as a vending place on a market


aardbeving

aardbeving f (plural aardbevingen, diminutive aardbevinkje n)

aardbevingen (plural)
aardbevinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aardbewing

Negerhollands: aerdbeeving

From Middle Dutch aertbēvinge, erdbēvinge, from Old Dutch *erthbivunga, from Proto-West Germanic *erþubibungu. Equivalent to aarde + beving.

De intensiteitsschaal van Mercalli is een schaal om de sterkte van aardbevingen uit te drukken.

The Mercalli intensity scale is a scale for expressing the strength of earthquakes.


veder

veder f (plural vederen or veders, diminutive vedertje n)

vederen (plural)
veders (plural)
vedertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch vedere, from Old Dutch fethera, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).
Compare Low German Fedder, German Feder, West Frisian fear, English feather, Danish fjer, Swedish fjäder.

der

(dated, except in compounds) alternative form of veer


kolk

nl-noun

kolk f or m (plural kolken, diminutive kolkje n)

kolken (plural)
kolkje (diminutive neuter)

→ Afrikaans: kolk

From Middle Dutch colc, from Old Dutch *kolk, from Proto-West Germanic *kolk (“hollow, pit, gully”), from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz, an extension of *kelǭ (“throat”).

inh

a small waterway connected to one or several windmills that control the water level in a polder, serving as a conduit to remove surplus water

sloot

small waterway connected to windmills in a polder

a stagnant pool or lake resulting from the vortex of e.g. a breached dyke


CAO

(superseded) alternative letter-case form of cao


sliding

nl-noun

sliding m (plural slidings, diminutive slidinkje n)

slidings (plural)
slidinkje (diminutive neuter)

(rowing) slide, track (one of two parallel grooves that guide the small wheels of a sliding seat in a rowing boat)


veter

veter m (plural veters, diminutive vetertje n)

veters (plural)
vetertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: veter

→ Caribbean Hindustani: fetre

→ Sranan Tongo: fetre

From Middle Dutch veter, from Old Dutch *fetera, from Proto-Germanic *feterō. Cognate with English fetter.


caravan

caravan m (plural caravans, diminutive caravannetje n)

caravans (plural)
caravannetje (diminutive neuter)


brak

brak m or f (plural brakken, diminutive brakje n)

brakken (plural)
brakje (diminutive neuter)

⇒ Afrikaans: brakkie

From Middle Dutch bracke. Compare German Bracke, French braque, English brach, Italian bracco, Spanish braco.


kut

kut f (plural kutten, diminutive kutje n)

kutten (plural)
kutje (diminutive neuter)
cutte (alternative obsolete)
kutte (alternative obsolete)

Derivation from Proto-Germanic *kweþuz (“abdomen, belly”) — compare Old Norse kviðr (“abdomen, belly”) and Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (qiþus, “womb”) — is unlikely. Probably kut is cognate with kuit (“spawn”) and kont (“ass”). Also Old Dutch quintuc (“genitals of a female dog”) [8th century] might be related.

cog

(vulgar) vulva, especially the vagina; cunt, pussy

Verrek, diene stomme kut hèt mèn wer gevat. (a South Brabantian or Antwerp dialect)

Darn, that stupid cunt took advantage of me again!

(vulgar, derogatory) a strongly disliked person; cunt, fuck


kommer

From Middle Dutch commer, comber. Multiple etymologies have been proposed:
* Often said to be from Old French combre (“hindrance, barrier”), combrer (“to hinder”), from Medieval Latin combrus (“barricade”), usually said to be from either Latin cumulus (“heap”) or Gaulish *komberū << Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”) << *kom- + *bereti (“to bear”).
* Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *kumbraz.

der

Een spin in de morgen brengt kommer en zorgen.

A spider in the morning brings sorrow and worries. (Dutch proverb)


boomslang

nl-noun

boomslang f or m (plural boomslangen, diminutive boomslangetje n)

boomslangen (plural)
boomslangetje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: boomslang
→ English: boomslang

Compound of boom + slang. Attested from the mid-18th century.

Dispholidus typus
Dispholidus typus#Translingual


dikkop

nl-noun

dikkop m (plural dikkoppen, diminutive dikkopje n)

dikkoppen (plural)
dikkopje (diminutive neuter)

(sports) runner doped up on human growth hormone


telo

From Caribbean Javanese telo, from Javanese ꦠꦺꦭ (téla), a variant of ꦏꦠꦺꦭ (katéla), a word for non-native tuberous plants that was borrowed from Portuguese Castela and thus ultimately derives from Latin castellum, making this a doublet of ketella, kasteel, chateau, Castilië, Kessel, and castellum. Cognate to Indonesian ketela.

doublet

(originally Suriname, uncountable) strips of parboiled and then fried cassava

(chiefly Suriname, countable, metonymic) a meal containing telo as a side dish, usually with a serving of a green vegetable such as yardlong bean, and a serving of fish, such as sprats or salt cod

(chiefly Netherlands, countable, metonymic) a snack consisting of telo and a small serving of salt cod


conducteur

nl-noun

conducteur m (plural conducteurs, diminutive conducteurtje n, feminine conductrice)

conducteurs (plural)
conducteurtje (diminutive neuter)
conductrice (feminine)

→ Indonesian: kondektur

→ Papiamentu: kòndùktùr

Borrowed from Middle French conducteur, from Latin conductor, from condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), itself from con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead, guide”).

(transport) conductor (ticket collector)

conducteur van bruggen en wegen
conducteur van bruggen en wegen#Dutch

ellipsis of conducteur van bruggen en wegen

conducteur van brievenmalen
conducteur van brievenmalen#Dutch

cue sheet; partition containing one band player's particular part


gedacht

gedacht n (uncountable, diminutive gedachtje n)


etter

→ Papiamentu: èter, etter

From Middle Dutch etter, from Old Dutch *ēttar, from Proto-West Germanic *aitr.


etter

etter m (plural etters, diminutive ettertje n)

etters (plural)
ettertje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French être (“creature”), with folk-etymological influence from etter (etymology 1).


cava

cava m (plural cava's, diminutive cavaatje n)

cava's (plural)
cavaatje (diminutive neuter)


nasi

Indonesian-style processed rice (mainly about fried rice in general)

nasi goreng: Indonesian fried rice (originally from Javanese cuisine)


stoep

stoep f (plural stoepen, diminutive stoepje n)

stoepen (plural)
stoepje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stoep

→ English: stoep

→ English: stoop

→ Papiamentu: stupi, stoepi

→ Sranan Tongo: stupu

→ Caribbean Hindustani: stupu

→ Caribbean Javanese: stupu

From Middle Dutch stoep, stoope, from Old Dutch *stōpa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōpā, related to the verb *stappjan (“to tread, step”).
Cognate to German Low German Stuuf, German Stufe, Old English stōpel (“footprint”).

stoop, platform before a (major) door into a building, doorstep


nuk

nuk f (plural nukken, diminutive nukje n)

nukken (plural)
nukje (diminutive neuter)

Related to archaic nucke (“cunning, craft”), ultimately from the root of neuken (“to be annoying to”). See also Icelandic hnykkja (“to jerk”).


lof

Afrikaans: lof

Negerhollands: lof

From Middle Dutch lof, from Old Dutch lof, from Proto-West Germanic *lob, from Proto-Germanic *lubą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love”).


kous

kous f (plural kousen, diminutive kousje n)

kousen (plural)
kousje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: kous
→ Sotho: kausi
→ Xhosa: ikawusi

Berbice Creole Dutch: kausu

Negerhollands: koussen, kous

→ Lokono: kauso

→ Caribbean Javanese: kaos

→ Danish: kovs

→ German: Kausch

→ Gusilay: ekawaas, gakawaas (possibly via Wolof)

→ Indonesian: kaus

→ Mandinka: kàwáasí (possibly via Wolof)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kause

→ Polish: kausza

→ Russian: коуш (kouš)

→ Sranan Tongo: kowsu
→ Aukan: kowsu
→ Caribbean Hindustani: kausu
→ Kari'na: kosu
→ Saramaccan: köúsa

→? Swedish: kaus (alternatively from Low German)

→ Finnish: kaussi

→ Wolof: kawas

From Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.

mantle (incandescent covering of a heat source)

(obsolete, in the plural) trousers, pants


leider

nl-noun

leider m (plural leiders, diminutive leidertje n)

leiders (plural)
leidertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: leier

De politieke partij koos een nieuwe leider na de verkiezingen.

The political party chose a new leader after the elections.

De leider van de expeditie gaf instructies aan het team.

The leader of the expedition gave instructions to the team.

Hij is de afdelingsleider van de marketingafdeling.

He is the department head of the marketing department.

De leider van het team heeft de eindverantwoordelijkheid.

The team leader has the final responsibility.

De stam werd geleid door een wijze leider.

De leider van de organisatie nam belangrijke beslissingen.

The chief of the organization made important decisions.


pasar

pasar m (plural pasars, diminutive pasartje n)

pasars (plural)
pasartje (diminutive neuter)

From Malay pasar, ultimately from Persian بازار (bâzâr). Doublet of bazaar.