decagram

→ Indonesian: dékagram

→ Papiamentu: dekagram

Borrowed from French décagramme. Equivalent to deca- + gram.


mus

nl-noun

mus f (plural mussen, diminutive musje n)

mussen (plural)
musje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mossie

→ Papiamentu: mùs

From Middle Dutch mussche, from Old Dutch musca, from Latin muscio, derived from musca (“fly”).
Cognate with Limburgish mösj, Central Franconian Mösch, Mesch, Luxembourgish Mësch.

sparrow, bird of the family Passeridae, especially of the genus Passer and a few smaller genera


rho

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

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


milkshake

milkshake m (plural milkshakes, diminutive milkshakeje n)

milkshakes (plural)
milkshakeje (diminutive neuter)


zebrapad

zebrapad n (plural zebrapaden, diminutive zebrapaadje n)

zebrapaden (plural)
zebrapaadje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zebra (“zebra”) + pad (“path”). The choice of the element zebra was influenced by English zebra crossing.

Honderden hoofdstedelingen en vreemdelingen zullen op de spitsuren van deze „zebra”-paden gebruik maken om een veilig „overkomen” te zoeken.

1951 August 17, “Witte verf op het Leidseplein”, in De Telegraaf, volume 54, number 19909, page 1:

Hundreds of inhabitants of the capital and foreigners will use these “zebra” crossings at peak hours in order to find a safe way to “cross”.

a zebra crossing, a crosswalk (place where pedestrians can cross a street)


orgaan

orgaan n (plural organen, diminutive orgaantje n)

organen (plural)
orgaantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: orgaan

→ Indonesian: organ

From Middle Dutch organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).

mouthpiece, a spokesperson or medium aligned with an organisation

public body, a public board, an organisation


insect

insect n (plural insecten, diminutive insectje n)

insecten (plural)
insectje (diminutive neuter)
insekt (alternative)

→ Caribbean Javanese: insèg

→ Papiamentu: insèkt, insekt

Originally having a wider meaning (sense 2), as in Aristotle. From Latin īnsectum (“bug; cut up”), from īnsecō (“I cut up into”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “bug”), from ἔντομος (éntomos).

(now uncommon) bug (any small arthropod or invertebrate that somewhat resembles an insect)


pik

pik m (plural pikken, diminutive pikje n or pikkie n)

pikken (plural)
pikje (diminutive neuter)
pikkie (diminutive neuter)

From pikken. Compare the similar meanings in Scandinavian languages, e.g. Danish pik, Norwegian Bokmål pikk.

Laten we wat pik zuigen!

Ik zweer man, zij heeft een pik op ons. Wat hebben wij haar aangedaan zelfs?

I swear, man, she has a grudge against us. What did we even do to her?

a down, prejudiced attitude against someone who is thus 'picked on', especially from a position of authority

Hé pik, heb je vorige week nog rust gehad?

Hey mate, have you had any rest last week?


pik

pik f (plural pikken, diminutive pikje n)

pikken (plural)
pikje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: piki

From Middle Dutch picke, from Old Dutch *pīk, from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“pickaxe, sharp point”).


spade

From Middle Dutch spade, from Old Dutch *spado, from Proto-Germanic *spadô.


lexicon

nl-noun

lexicon n (plural lexicons or lexica, diminutive lexiconnetje n)

lexicons (plural)
lexica (plural)
lexiconnetje (diminutive neuter)

From New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon”), neuter of λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”).


tool

nl-noun

tool m (plural tools, diminutive tooltje n)

tools (plural)
tooltje (diminutive neuter)

a tool, aid, instrument, auxiliary device


omega

omega f or m (plural omegas, diminutive omegaatje n)

omegas (plural)
omegaatje (diminutive neuter)


lief

lief n (plural lieven, diminutive liefje n)

lieven (plural)
liefje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lief, from Old Dutch *liof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.

one's beloved in a romantic relationship, i.e. a boyfriend or girlfriend


das

das m (plural dassen, diminutive dasje n)

dassen (plural)
dasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: das, dassie

→ English: dassie

Jersey Dutch: dās

→ West Frisian: das

From Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch *thas, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

A badger, various species of genera Meles and Taxidea.

(particularly) Eurasian badger (Meles meles)


das

das f (plural dassen, diminutive dasje n)

Afrikaans: das

Negerhollands: dassie

→ Aukan: dasi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: dás

→ Caribbean Javanese: dhasi

→ Indonesian: dasi

→ Javanese: ꦝꦱꦶ (dhasi)

→ Papiamentu: dashi, dasji

→ Sranan Tongo: das

→ West Frisian: das

Uncertain, possibly from Italian dossi (“fur collar”).


generator

generator m (plural generatoren or generators, diminutive generatortje n)

generatoren (plural)
generators (plural)
generatortje (diminutive neuter)

mechanical energy
mechanical energy#English

electrical energy
electrical energy#English

(electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)


shop

shop m (plural shops, diminutive shopje n)

shops (plural)
shopje (diminutive neuter)


onus

onus m (plural onussen or onera, diminutive onusje n)

onussen (plural)
onera (plural)
onusje (diminutive neuter)

Learned borrowing from Latin onus (“burden”).


dok

nl-noun

dok n (plural dokken, diminutive dokje n)

dokken (plural)
dokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dok

→ English: dock

→ French: dock

→ Indonesian: dok (“dock”)

→ Japanese: ドック

→ Papiamentu: dòk

From Middle Dutch docke (“port, harbour, roadstead”), of uncertain origin. The original sense may have been "the furrow a grounded vessel makes in a mud bank". Compare Middle Low German docke (“dock”), borrowed from the Middle Dutch.
Some sources link this word to an unattested Middle Dutch *docke (“watercourse, trench, canal”), which is a ghost word, only being inferred from Mediaeval Latin documents in the form of ducta, doctus, doccia (“conduit, canal”). However, if this theory is correct, then it would relate the word to Italian doccia (“drainpipe”).
An alternative theory ties Middle Dutch docke to a North Germanic/Scandinavian source, notably Old Norse dǫkk (“depression in the landscape, pit, pool, trench”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). If so, related to Norwegian dokk (“hollow, low ground”), Old Icelandic dökk, also dökð (“pit, pool”), Swedish dank (“marshy ground”).


onthaalpagina

nl-noun

onthaalpagina f (plural onthaalpagina's, diminutive onthaalpaginaatje n)

onthaalpagina's (plural)
onthaalpaginaatje (diminutive neuter)


spectrum

spectrum n (plural spectrums or spectra, diminutive spectrumpje n)

spectrums (plural)
spectra (plural)
spectrumpje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin spectrum (“appearance, image, apparition”), from speciō (“look at, view”).


manifest

nl-noun

manifest n (plural manifesten, diminutive manifestje n)

manifesten (plural)
manifestje (diminutive neuter)


echt

Negerhollands: echt, echte

Hij gelooft sterk in het belang van echt en gezin.

He strongly believes in the importance of marriage and family.

In sommige culturen is echt nog steeds een heilige verbintenis.

In some cultures, matrimony is still considered a sacred bond.

Ze heeft haar hele leven toegewijd aan het verdedigen van het concept van echt als hoeksteen van de samenleving.

She has dedicated her entire life to defending the concept of marriage as the cornerstone of society.


fork

fork f (plural forks, diminutive forkje n)

forks (plural)
forkje (diminutive neuter)

From English fork in the computer science sense. Doublet of vork (“fork”).

(computer science) a fork, splitting-up of an existing process into itself and a child process executing parts of the same program


restaurant

restaurant n (plural restaurants or restauranten, diminutive restaurantje n)

restaurants (plural)
restauranten (plural)
restaurantje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: restaurant

→ Caribbean Hindustani: restoránt

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: rèstoran, lèstoran

→ Indonesian: restoran


circuit

nl-noun

circuit n (plural circuits, diminutive circuitje n)

circuits (plural)
circuitje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sirkuit

Borrowed from Middle French circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus.

(figuratively) exclusive group of individuals, clique, circle


lever

lever f (plural levers, diminutive levertje n)

levers (plural)
levertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lewer

Berbice Creole Dutch: lefre

Negerhollands: leber

→ Aukan: lebii

→ Indonesian: lever

→ Saramaccan: lebèn

→ Sranan Tongo: lefre

→ Caribbean Javanese: léfer

From Middle Dutch lēvere, from Old Dutch *levara, from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō.

edible animal liver as a dish or culinary ingredient


kloot

kloot m (plural kloten, diminutive klootje n)

kloten (plural)
klootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Manado Malay: klot, kolot

From Middle Dutch clôot, from Old Dutch *klōt, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz. Cognate with English cleat. Related to Dutch kluit (“lump; lump of earth”) and klont (“lump”).


kerosine

→ Indonesian: kerosin


gras

gras n (plural grassen, diminutive grasje n)

grassen (plural)
grasje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gras

Berbice Creole Dutch: grasa

Jersey Dutch: x'rās, grās

Negerhollands: graas, gras

→ Sranan Tongo: grasi

→ Saramaccan: gaási

From Middle Dutch gras, from Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”). Doublet of gors.

der

Het gras is groen na de regen.

Ik hou ervan om op het gras te liggen en naar de wolken te kijken.

I love to lie on the grass and look at the clouds.

Ze speelden voetbal op het gras.


pop

nl-noun

pop f (plural poppen, diminutive popje n or poppetje n)

poppen (plural)
popje (diminutive neuter)
poppetje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: pubiki (from the diminutive form)

Petjo: pop

→ Indonesian: pop

→ Papiamentu: pòpchi, pouchi (Aruba), poptsje

→ Sranan Tongo: popki (from the diminutive form)

→ Aukan: pobiki

→ Caribbean Hindustani: popki

→ Kari'na: popiki

→ Saramaccan: pobiki

From Middle Dutch poppe, from Latin pupa; sense of “cocoon, pupa” from New Latin. The sense “guilder” derived from student slang as a reference to the image of the Dutch Maiden on guilders from 1694 until the early nineteenth century.

(often diminutive) A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart

(often derogatory) a girl or woman who wears a lot of make-up


pop

From English pop, possibly through shortening of popmuziek.


must

From English must, from Old English mōste, from the past tense of Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, whence native moeten.

Een rijbewijs is een must als je taxichauffeur wil worden.

A driver's license is a must if you want to be a taxi driver.


sacrament

Negerhollands: sacrament

→ Indonesian: sakramen

From Old French sacrament, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentum (“sacrament”), from Latin sacrō (“hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), originally sum deposited by parties to a suit.


evangelist

nl-noun

evangelist m (plural evangelisten, diminutive evangelistje n)

evangelisten (plural)
evangelistje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: evangelist

From Middle Dutch ewangeliste, from Old French evangeliste, from Latin ēvangelista, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs). Equivalent to evangelie + -ist.

der

εὐαγγελιστής

(Christianity) an evangelist, an author of one of the gospels

(Protestantism) a preacher in an evangelical church


cherub

nl-noun

cherub m (plural cherubs, diminutive cherubje n)

cherubs (plural)
cherubje (diminutive neuter)

More recent than cherubijn. Borrowed from Latin cherūb, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew כְּרוּב (k'rúv).

(biblical, historical) lamassu-like angel

(biblical, religion) six-winged humanoid angel


protestant

protestant m (plural protestanten, diminutive protestantje n)

protestanten (plural)
protestantje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: protestant

From French protestant, from Latin prōtestārī 'to testify'.

Protestant (a modern Christian denomination not belonging to the Catholic or Orthodox traditions)


rock

Unadapted borrowing from English rock. Doublet of rots.


crash

crash m (plural crashes, diminutive crashje n)

crashes (plural)
crashje (diminutive neuter)

crash, collision, esp. when involving aircraft

economic crash, especially in relation to stock exchanges


cash

Borrowed from English cash. Doublet of kas.


lunch

lunch m (plural lunchen or lunches, diminutive lunchje n)

lunchen (plural)
lunches (plural)
lunchje (diminutive neuter)


ei

ei n (plural eieren, diminutive eitje n)

eieren (plural)
eitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eier

Berbice Creole Dutch: airi

Jersey Dutch: āi

Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju

From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Ik heb een ei gebakken voor het ontbijt.

Pasen is een feest waarbij veel eieren worden geschilderd.

Easter is a festival where many eggs are painted.

In deze doos zitten twaalf eieren.


kennel

kennel m (plural kennels, diminutive kenneltje n)

kennels (plural)
kenneltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English kennel, from Anglo-Norman kenil, from Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canile.


college

college n (plural colleges, diminutive collegetje n)

colleges (plural)
collegetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kolese

/ˌkɔˈleː.ʒə/

From Middle Dutch college, from Middle French college, from Latin collēgium.

Het college van burgemeester en wethouders neemt belangrijke beslissingen voor de gemeente.

The collegial board of mayor and aldermen makes important decisions for the municipality.

Het college van advies bestaat uit deskundigen op het gebied van duurzaamheid.

The advisory committee consists of experts in the field of sustainability.

a collegial board, either advisory (committee) or as an authority

Na de basisschool ging hij naar het college om verder te studeren.

After elementary school, he went to the high school to continue his studies.

In Vlaanderen wordt een middelbare school vaak een college genoemd.

In Flanders, a high school is often called a college.

a secondary school, a high school, (now Belgium) especially in Roman Catholic education

Het college begint om 9 uur en duurt twee uur.

The lecture starts at 9 o'clock and lasts two hours.

De docent gaf een boeiend college over de geschiedenis van de kunst.

The lecturer gave an engaging lecture on the history of art.


maximum

maximum n (plural maxima or maximums, diminutive maximumpje n)

maxima (plural)
maximums (plural)
maximumpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: maksimum


marathon

marathon m (plural marathons, diminutive marathonnetje n)

marathons (plural)
marathonnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: máratòn


net

net n (plural netten, diminutive netje n)

netten (plural)
netje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: net

→ Indonesian: net

→ Lokono: nete

→ Papiamentu: nèt

From Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).


navel

nl-noun

navel m (plural navels, diminutive naveltje n)

navels (plural)
naveltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nawel, nauel

From Middle Dutch navele, navel, from Old Dutch *navalo, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô.


sloop

sloop f or n (plural slopen, diminutive sloopje n)

slopen (plural)
sloopje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: slopi, sloopi

From Middle Dutch slope, from Old Dutch *slōpa, from Proto-Germanic *slaupǭ.


mast

mast m (plural masten, diminutive mastje n)

masten (plural)
mastje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mas

Negerhollands: mast

→ Japanese: マスト

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

mast (pole on a ship, to which sails can be rigged)


mast

From Middle Dutch mast, from the root of met (“meat”), similar to German Mast.

mast, fodder for pigs or other animals made up of acorns and beechnuts


switch

switch m (plural switches, diminutive switchje n)

switches (plural)
switchje (diminutive neuter)

Hij maakte een grote switch in zijn leven door te verhuizen.

He made a big switch in his life by moving to a new place.

(BDSM) switch (person interested in acting both in a dominant and a submissive sexual role)


smegma

Borrowed from Latin smēgma, from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma).


harp

harp f or m (plural harpen, diminutive harpje n)

harpen (plural)
harpje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch harpe, from Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.


splinter

splinter m (plural splinters, diminutive splintertje n)

splinters (plural)
splintertje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: splinter

→ Papiamentu: spleenter (dated)

splinter (long, sharp fragment of material)


protagonist

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs).

der

πρωταγωνιστής

1780, M. C. Curtius, Aristoteles Verhandeling over de dichtkunst, tr. from German, publ. by Arend Fokke Simonsz., page 105.
Hy voerde nog een perſoon in, en verdeelde het Treurſpel in twee rollen, van welke de eerste Acteur de hoofdrol ſpeelde en daarvan de Protagonist heette;

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


ons

nl-noun

ons n (plural onsen or onzen, diminutive onsje n)

onsen (plural)
onzen (plural)
onsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: os

→ Japanese: オンス

→ Papiamentu: òns

From Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once.


bang

bang m (plural bangen, diminutive bangetje n)

bangen (plural)
bangetje (diminutive neuter)

Of onomatopoeic origin, possibly from English bang.

a sharp, percussive sound, like the sound of an explosion or gun; bang


mate

mate f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n)

maten (plural)
maatje (diminutive neuter)


mate

in welke mate

in zekere mate

in hoge mate

met mate

In welke mate voel je je verantwoordelijk voor het ongeluk?

To what degree do you feel responsible for the accident?

(archaic) dative singular of maat degree, extent


belt

belt m or f (plural belten, diminutive beltje n)

belten (plural)
beltje (diminutive neuter)


belt

belt m (plural belten, diminutive beltje n)

→ Caribbean Javanese: bèlt


bitch

bitch f (plural bitches, diminutive bitchje n)

bitches (plural)
bitchje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English bitch, from Middle English biche, bicche, from Old English biċċe, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ.

(derogatory) bitch (somewhat general term of abuse for a woman; disagreeable, assertive, aggressive or malicious woman)

(derogatory) bitch (person in a submissive or low-placed position)


rust

Afrikaans: rus

Negerhollands: rust, res

From Middle Dutch ruste, from Old Dutch *rusta, from Proto-Germanic *rustijō. Cognate with English rest, German Low German Rüst (“rest”), German Rüste (“end, sunset”).

Waarom laat je me niet met rust?


algebra

From Middle Dutch algebra, from Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).


mail

mail m (plural mails, diminutive mailtje n)

mails (plural)
mailtje (diminutive neuter)

(nonstandard) alternative form of e-mail


bagel

bagel m (plural bagels, diminutive bageltje n)

bagels (plural)
bageltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl).


torus

torus m (plural torussen, diminutive torusje n)

torussen (plural)
torusje (diminutive neuter)


parachute

parachute m (plural parachutes, diminutive parachuutje n)

parachutes (plural)
parachuutje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: parasut

→ Papiamentu: parachüt


acetyleen

→ Indonesian: asetilen

Borrowed from French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot.


punch

pons (alternative obsolete)
puns (alternative dated)


fruitcake

fruitcake m (plural fruitcakes, diminutive fruitcakeje n)

fruitcakes (plural)
fruitcakeje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of fruit (“fruit”) + cake (“cake”).


whiteboard

whiteboard n (plural whiteboards, diminutive whiteboardje n)

whiteboards (plural)
whiteboardje (diminutive neuter)


matrix

matrix f (plural matrices or matrixen, diminutive matrixje n)

matrices (plural)
matrixen (plural)
matrixje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Latin mātrīx. Cognate with matrijs.


vector

vector m (plural vectoren, diminutive vectortje n)

vectoren (plural)
vectortje (diminutive neuter)

(mathematics) vector, an element of a vector space


plastic

→ Caribbean Javanese: plastig, plèstig

(Netherlands, uncountable) plastic (synthetic polymer substance)


plastic

(Netherlands, countable, chemistry) plastic (specific type of synthetic polymer)


bar

bar m (plural bars, diminutive barretje n)

bars (plural)
barretje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: bar

→ Indonesian: bar


bar

→ Indonesian: bar

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined c. 1900.

bar (a unit of pressure, equal to 100,000 pascals)


sail

Borrowed from English sail. Doublet of zeil.

(nautical) the fin or sail of a submarine


union

Borrowed from English union. Doublet of unie.


zoo

zoo m (plural zoos, diminutive zootje n)

zoos (plural)
zootje (diminutive neuter)

Probably a borrowing from French zoo. Equivalent to a shortening of zoölogische tuin.


import

import m (plural importen, diminutive importje n)

importen (plural)
importje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: impor

→ West Frisian: ymport

Back-formed from importeren or borrowed from English import.

(Netherlands, collective) a person or people who is/are not native to a city, village or region, but moved there from outside


cola

cola m (plural cola's, diminutive colaatje n)

cola's (plural)
colaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English cola, from the fizzy drink Coca-Cola; the second part was named after the kola nuts that are used as an ingredient.


skin

skin m or f (plural skins, diminutive skinnetje n)

skins (plural)
skinnetje (diminutive neuter)


pat

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta.


pat

pat c (plural patten, diminutive patje n)

patten (plural)
patje (diminutive neuter)

(cycling) the slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout


tap

tap m (plural tappen, diminutive tapje n)

tappen (plural)
tapje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tap

From Middle Dutch tappe (“closing pin, stopper”), from Old Dutch *tappo, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.


koper

Afrikaans: koper

Negerhollands: koper, kopu

→ Lokono: koporo

→ Papiamentu: koper

→ Sranan Tongo: kopro

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kopro

→ Caribbean Javanese: kopro

→ Kari'na: kopolo

→ Saramaccan: koopo

From Middle Dutch coper, ultimately from Latin cuprum.

Koper is een essentieel element in vele elektrische apparaten en bedrading.

Copper is an essential element in many electrical appliances and wiring.

De mijn produceert grote hoeveelheden koper.

The mine produces large quantities of copper.


koper

nl-noun

koper m (plural kopers, diminutive kopertje n, feminine koopster)

kopers (plural)
kopertje (diminutive neuter)
koopster (feminine)

From Middle Dutch coper, copere. Equivalent to kopen + -er.

De koper was tevreden met zijn aankoop.

The buyer was satisfied with his purchase.

De onderhandelingen tussen de verkoper en de koper duurden enkele dagen.

The negotiations between the seller and the buyer lasted for several days.

De potentiële koper vroeg om meer informatie over het product.

The potential buyer asked for more information about the product.


alchemist

alchemist m (plural alchemisten, diminutive alchemistje n)

alchemisten (plural)
alchemistje (diminutive neuter)


sandwich

sandwich m (plural sandwiches, diminutive sandwichje n)

sandwiches (plural)
sandwichje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English sandwich, after the Earl of Sandwich.


sigma

sigma f (plural sigma's, diminutive sigmaatje n)

sigma's (plural)
sigmaatje (diminutive neuter)


tau

tau n (plural taus, diminutive tautje n)

taus (plural)
tautje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch tau, thau, from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû). Doublet of taw, tav.


upsilon

upsilon m or f (plural upsilons, diminutive upsilonnetje n)

upsilons (plural)
upsilonnetje (diminutive neuter)


phi

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

phi's (plural)
phi'tje (diminutive neuter)
fi (alternative)


chi

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

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


psi

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

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


vent

vent m (plural venten, diminutive ventje n)

venten (plural)
ventje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vent

Javindo: fen, fent

From Middle Dutch vent (“hero; man”). Unknown earlier origin. Compare West Frisian feint (“servant; fellow; boyfriend”), Low German Fent (“young fellow”), Saterland Frisian Wäänt (“boy, lad”).
* Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *fanþijō (“walker, walking”), from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass”). This would make it related to Dutch vinden (“to find; (archaic) to explore”) and cognate to Old High German fendo (“footsoldier”) and Old English fēþa (“footsoldier”). The expected descendant in Dutch would have been vend(e), which existed in Middle Dutch as vende (“pawn in a chess game; farmer”). Final-obstruent devoicing is common in Dutch and was already widespread in Old Dutch, rendering vent as a variant of vend(e) possible (compare zat).
* Possibly a shortening of vennoot (“partner (in a company)”), which is equivalent to a compound of veem (“(storage) company”) + genoot (“companion, partner”), but there is no evidence of an overlap in senses.


fan

nl-noun

fan m (plural fans, diminutive fannetje n)

fans (plural)
fannetje (diminutive neuter)


terp

terp m (plural terpen, diminutive terpje n)

terpen (plural)
terpje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from West Frisian terp, from Old Frisian therp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorp.

der

artificial mound or hillock used as shelter during high tide


dharma

Audio

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma).

lbor

dharma (order of the universe, society, etc.; one's social or religious duty in Hinduism; teachings of the Buddha)


papier

nl-noun

papier n (plural papieren, diminutive papiertje n)

papieren (plural)
papiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: papier
→ Kwanyama: ombapila

Jersey Dutch: pampîr

Skepi Creole Dutch: paper

→ Aukan: pampila

→ Indonesian: papir

→ Munsee: pámpiil

→ West Frisian: papier

→ Saramaccan: pampía

→ Sranan Tongo: papira

→ Caribbean Javanese: papirah

→ Wayana: pampira

→ Trió: panpira

→ Unami: pampil

From Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier. Doublet of paper.

(uncountable) paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets.)

(slang) money (cf. slang sense of paper)


papyrus

papyrus m (plural papyri or papyrussen, diminutive papyrusje n)

papyri (plural)
papyrussen (plural)
papyrusje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus papyrus#Translingual

the paper-like material made from the papyrus plant


serpent

serpent n or f or m (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)

serpenten (plural)
serpentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), from the verb serpō (“I creep, crawl”).

(formal) serpent, serpentine dragon, large snake

an unpleasant, spiteful or foulmouthed person, especially used of women


serpent

serpent f (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)

→ West Frisian: serpint


element

element n (plural elementen, diminutive elementje n)

elementen (plural)
elementje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: elemen

From Middle Dutch element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”), of uncertain origin (see further etymology there).


botanist

nl-noun

botanist m (plural botanisten, feminine botaniste)

botanisten (plural)
botaniste (feminine)


pianist

pianist m (plural pianisten, diminutive pianistje n, feminine pianiste)

pianisten (plural)
pianistje (diminutive neuter)
pianiste (feminine)

From French pianiste, from Italian pianista. Equivalent to piano + -ist.


Nepalese

Nepalese f (plural Nepalesen, masculine Nepalees)


Telugu

Telugu m (plural Telugu's, diminutive Teluguutje n)

Telugu's (plural)
Teluguutje (diminutive neuter)

a Telugu; a member of the people who speak the Telugu language


hamburger

hamburger m (plural hamburgers, diminutive hamburgertje n)

hamburgers (plural)
hamburgertje (diminutive neuter)


affect

affect n (plural affecten, diminutive affectje n)

affecten (plural)
affectje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: afek


enkel

enkel m (plural enkels, diminutive enkeltje n)

enkels (plural)
enkeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: enkel

→ Aukan: enkii

→ Papiamentu: ènkel

From Middle Dutch enkel, ankel, from Old Dutch *enkal, *ankal, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.

Hij verstuikte zijn enkel tijdens het sporten.

He sprained his ankle while playing sports.

Ze draagt een bandage om haar geblesseerde enkel te ondersteunen.

She is wearing a bandage to support her injured ankle.

Ik voel wat pijn in mijn linker enkel na het joggen.

I feel some pain in my left ankle after jogging.


ampère

→ Indonesian: ampere

Borrowed from French ampère, named after André-Marie Ampère.


kilogram

kilogram m (plural kilogrammen, diminutive kilogrammetje n)

kilogrammen (plural)
kilogrammetje (diminutive neuter)


coulomb

From French coulomb, from Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.


ohm

ohm m (plural ohms, diminutive ohmpje n)

ohms (plural)
ohmpje (diminutive neuter)


siemens

S (alternative abbreviation)
Siemens (alternative proscribed)

siemens (unit of electrical conductance)


goal

goal m (plural goals, diminutive goaltje n)

goals (plural)
goaltje (diminutive neuter)

goal, target in sports, especially soccer


score

score m (plural scores, diminutive scoretje n)

scores (plural)
scoretje (diminutive neuter)


Liechtensteiner

Liechtensteiner m (plural Liechtensteiners, feminine Liechtensteinse)

Liechtensteiners (plural)
Liechtensteinse (feminine)

Liechtensteiner (a person from Liechtenstein or of Liechtenstein descent)


brood

brood n (plural broden, diminutive broodje n)

broden (plural)
broodje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brood

Berbice Creole Dutch: broto

Jersey Dutch: brôt

Negerhollands: brood, brot

Skepi Creole Dutch: brot

From Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

(countable, by extension) a similar bakery product or other baked dish

(uncountable, metonymic) someone's livelihood


pauper

pauper m (plural paupers, diminutive paupertje n)

paupers (plural)
paupertje (diminutive neuter)


volt

volt m (plural volts, diminutive voltje n)

volts (plural)
voltje (diminutive neuter)


watt

watt m (plural watts, diminutive wattje n)

watts (plural)
wattje (diminutive neuter)


drone

drone m (plural drones, diminutive droontje n)

drones (plural)
droontje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English drone (“aircraft drone”). Doublet with dar (“male bee”), which descended from Middle Dutch, cf. Limburgish dreen.


kim

kim f (plural kimmen, diminutive kimmetje n)

kimmen (plural)
kimmetje (diminutive neuter)


bont

bont n (uncountable, diminutive bontje n)

→ Sranan Tongo: bont

From Middle Dutch bont, probably from Latin punctus (“striped”) (thus a doublet of punt); compare German bunt. The noun is derived from the adjective: originally the noun referred to furs of variegated color.


flux

flux m (plural fluxen, diminutive fluxje n)

fluxen (plural)
fluxje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin flūxus via French and English.


trial

trial m (plural trials, diminutive trialtje n)

trials (plural)
trialtje (diminutive neuter)

cross with small but sturdy and very versatile motorcycles, cars or bicycles


hype

hype c (plural hypes, diminutive hypeje n)

hypes (plural)
hypeje (diminutive neuter)


Bask

Bask m (plural Basken, feminine Baskische)

Basque (native or inhabitant of the Basque Country, Spain) (usually male)


banjo

banjo m (plural banjo's, diminutive banjootje n)

banjo's (plural)
banjootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: banyo


gym

gym n (plural gymmen, diminutive gymmetje n)

gymmen (plural)
gymmetje (diminutive neuter)

Clippings of various longer words; see those entries for more.


gym

gym m (plural gyms, diminutive gymmetje n)

gyms (plural)
gymmetje (diminutive neuter)


judo

Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō).

ja-r

柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō)


gymnasium

nl-noun

gymnasium n (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums, diminutive gymnasiumpje n)

gymnasia (plural)
gymnasiums (plural)
gymnasiumpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: gimnasium

From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).

der

a type of secondary school (for 12- to 18-year-olds) which prepares students for university or vocational school, and which offers classes in Latin and/or Greek

school of sports which the Greeks had in antiquity


prototype

nl-noun

prototype n (plural prototypes or prototypen)

Borrowed from French prototype, from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπον (prōtótupon), equivalent to proto- + type.


cheque

cheque m (plural cheques, diminutive chequeje n)

cheques (plural)
chequeje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: tyèk

→ Caribbean Javanese: tyèg

Borrowed from English cheque, from Middle English chek, borrowed from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”).

check, cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)

voucher, used to pay a stated amount for a specific purpose


bergen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


club

nl-noun

club m (plural clubs, diminutive clubje n or (Hollandic) cluppie n)

clubs (plural)
clubje (diminutive neuter)
cluppie (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English club. Doublet of klomp.


infinitief

infinitief m (plural infinitieven, diminutive infinitiefje n)

infinitieven (plural)
infinitiefje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: infinitif

From Middle French infinitif, from Late Latin infinitivus, from Latin infinitus.

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

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

Het werkwoord "lopen" staat in de infinitief.

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

De infinitief wordt vaak gebruikt om instructies of opdrachten te geven.

The infinitive is often used to give instructions or commands.

"Eten" is de infinitief van het werkwoord "eten".

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


briller

’Brillers, verzorgt uw ogen met zorg! […]'

1978, Edgar Cairo, Djari/Erven, page 55:

Ik hèb ook wel een bril, voor bij de teevee thuis, in de auto en in de bioskoop of het theater (een mooi toneelstuk) maar het is dus niet zo dat ik 's ochtends meteen m'n bril opzet, zoals de echte briller doet.

1986, Kees van Kooten, Wim de Bie, “Mens durf te brillen!”, in Het groot bescheurboek. Een bloemlezing van de tussen 1973 en 1986 verschenen Bescheurkalenders, page 30:

“[…] Er zijn twee soorten brillers: de mensen die één worden met hun bril en de mensen die van bril wisselen naargelang hun gemoed of outfit. Ik behoor duidelijk tot die tweede categorie.”

2016 February 21, Nele De Meyer, “Eline De Munck: “Afhankelijk zijn van de media maakte me onrustig. Dat wilde ik niet langer””, in Het Laatste Nieuws:


los

los m (plural lossen, diminutive losje n)

lossen (plural)
losje (diminutive neuter)
losch (alternative obsolete)

Inherited from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-Germanic *luhsuz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, to shine”) or from a substrate language. Doublet of lynx.
Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old English lox, from a similar Germanic form also Swedish lodjur. Cognates outside Germanic include Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), Lithuanian lūšis, Old Church Slavonic рꙑсь (rysĭ), Old Irish lug, Old Armenian լուսանունք (lusanunkʻ).

der

(dated) lynx (specifically the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx)


backslash

nl-noun

backslash m (plural backslashes or backslashen, diminutive backslashje n)

backslashes (plural)
backslashen (plural)
backslashje (diminutive neuter)


factotum

factotum m (plural factotums, diminutive factotumpje n)

factotums (plural)
factotumpje (diminutive neuter)

Possibly directly or else via French from New Latin factotum (literally “do everything”), from Latin fac, present singular imperative of faciō (“do, make”) + tōtum (“everything”); attested in Dutch from 1605.


gabardine

nl-noun

gabardine f (plural gabardines, diminutive gabardinetje n)

gabardines (plural)
gabardinetje (diminutive neuter)

an overcoat or raincoat (of this material)


collage

→ Indonesian: kolase

/ˌkɔˈlaː.ʒə/

Unadapted borrowing from French collage.

collage (image created by placing pictures on a surface)

collage (composite created by the assemblage of various works)


panda

panda m (plural panda's, diminutive pandaatje n)

panda's (plural)
pandaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French panda, apparently from regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya).

Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca#Translingual

panda, giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Ailurus fulgens
Ailurus fulgens#Translingual


miasma

miasma n (plural miasmata or miasma's, diminutive miasmaatje n)

miasmata (plural)
miasma's (plural)
miasmaatje (diminutive neuter)

First attested in 1778. Borrowed from New Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain, pollution”).

der

miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)

(medicine, historical) miasma (emanation from rotting organic matter causing diseases)


land

nl-noun

land n (plural landen, diminutive landje n)

landen (plural)
landje (diminutive neuter)
landt (alternative)
lant (alternative)

Afrikaans: land

Berbice Creole Dutch: alanda, landi

Negerhollands: land, lant, lan

Skepi Creole Dutch: land, lantta

→ Sranan Tongo: lanti (see there for further descendants)

>? Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)

From Middle Dutch lant, from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

der

In ons land werd door de Westgermaanse volksstammen het Nederduits (Nederfrankisch en Saksisch) en het Fries gesproken.
Het Nederfrankisch wordt wel verdeeld in: (1) het Hollands-Frankisch (Hollands, Utrechts, Westveluws, Zeeuws, Westvlaams); (2) het Brabants-Frankisch (Westbetuws, Westbrabants, Antwerps, Kempens, Leuvens, Aalsters, Oostvlaams); (3) het Limburgs-Frankisch (Gelders-Limburgs, Limburgs, Oostbrabants).
Het Saksisch (Gelders-Overijssels, Oostveluws, Drents, Gronings) wordt gesproken in het noordoosten van ons land, van Groningen tot de Oude Ijssel.

1967, E. Rijpma & F. G. Schuringa, edited by Jan van Bakel, Nederlandse spraakkunst, 21st ed., p. 24, § 8 (also online at dbnl.org)

land (part of Earth not covered by water)

Het zijn twee verschillende uitspraken die vandaag door het gerechtshof achter elkaar zijn gedaan. Voor Aruba gaat het om het een zaak van Fundacion Orguyo Aruba en twee vrouwen tegen het Land Aruba. Voor Curaçao gaat het om een zaak van Human Rights Caribbean Foundation en twee vrouwen tegen het Land Curaçao.

2022 December 6, Oscar van Dam, John Samson, “Gerechtshof: lhbt’s mogen trouwen op Aruba en Curaçao [Appellate court: LGBT people allowed to marry in Aruba and Curaçao]”, in Caribisch Netwerk, retrieved 2022-12-14:

Today's rulings are two separate ones handed down by the appellate court back-to-back. For Aruba, it involves a case brought by Fundacion Orguyo Aruba and two women against the government of Aruba. For Curaçao, it involves a case brought by Human Rights Caribbean Foundation and two women against the government of Curaçao.

(Netherlands, Antilles) a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; the territorial government of an overseas constituent country

(history, chiefly in compounds) the territorial government or state authority in a Dutch colony or overseas territory in the West Indies


lip

nl-noun

lip f (plural lippen, diminutive lipje n)

lippen (plural)
lipje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lip

Negerhollands: lip, lepp

→ Papiamentu: lep, lip, leep

From Middle Dutch leppe, with influence of Middle Low German lippe, from Old Dutch leppa, from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō.

Ze likte haar lippen na het eten van het heerlijke dessert.

She licked her lips after eating the delicious dessert.

De zoen op haar lippen bracht een glimlach op haar gezicht.

The kiss on her lips brought a smile to her face.

De fles had een speciale rubberen lip om morsen te voorkomen.

The bottle had a special rubber lip to prevent spills.

Het blikje had een metalen lipje waarmee je het gemakkelijk kon openen.

The can had a metal tab that made it easy to open.


cent

cent f (plural centen, diminutive centje n)

centen (plural)
centje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sent

Berbice Creole Dutch: sent

→ Caribbean Javanese: sèn

→ Indonesian: sen

→ Papiamentu: sèn, cens

→ Sranan Tongo: sensi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: señs

→ Saramaccan: seén

Either a borrowing from English cent or a shortened borrowed from French centime.

(money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of the Dutch guilder

(money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro


gazelle

gazelle f (plural gazellen, diminutive gazelletje n)

gazellen (plural)
gazelletje (diminutive neuter)

/ˌɣaːˈzɛ.lə/

Unadapted borrowing from French gazelle.


wildebeest

wildebeest n (plural wildebeesten, diminutive wildebeestje n)

wildebeesten (plural)
wildebeestje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Afrikaans wildebees (literally “wild ox”). Equivalent to wilde + beest.


flamingo

nl-noun

flamingo m (plural flamingo's, diminutive flamingootje n)

flamingo's (plural)
flamingootje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: flamink

Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo, from Old Occitan flamenc, which derives either from Latin flamma (“flame”), after the color of its plumage, or (less likely) from Middle Dutch vlaminc, after their ruddy skin color (compare Spanish flamenco).

a flamingo, bird of the family Phoenicopteridae

Phoenicopterus roseus
Phoenicopterus roseus#Translingual

(particularly) the greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus


hyena

hyena f (plural hyena's, diminutive hyenaatje n)

hyena's (plural)
hyenaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

hyena, any member of the family Hyaenidae


flag

flag m (plural flags, diminutive flagje n)

flags (plural)
flagje (diminutive neuter)


cobra

cobra f (plural cobra's, diminutive cobraatje n)

cobra's (plural)
cobraatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kobra

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Galician-Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra.

cobra (venomous snake from certain genera of the family Elapidae, especially of the genus Naja)


atlas

→ Indonesian: atlas

→ Papiamentu: atlas

Apparently coined in Latin in this sense by Gerardus Mercator from the name of the mythological giant Atlas. Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

atlas (bound or digital collection of maps)


fair

Borrowed from English fair, from Middle English feyre, from Old French foire, from Latin fēriae.


festival

festival n (plural festivals, diminutive festivalletje n)

festivals (plural)
festivalletje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English festival, from Old French festival, from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”).


type

type n (plural types or typen, diminutive typetje n)

types (plural)
typen (plural)
typetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: tipe

Petjo: tiep

From Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, beat”).

der

type: a class, someone or something from a class. The diminutive is used when made into a caricature


steel

nl-noun

steel m (plural stelen, diminutive steeltje n)

stelen (plural)
steeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch stēle, from Old Dutch *stelo, from Proto-West Germanic *stelō, *stalu, from Proto-Germanic *staluz, *steluz (“post, trunk, stump, stem, tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place”). Cognate with dialectal English steal (“stem, stalk”), Scots steel, stiel (“stalk”).


plan

nl-noun

plan n (plural plannen, diminutive plannetje n)

plannen (plural)
plannetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: plan

→ Caribbean Javanese: plan

→ Indonesian: plan

Borrowed from French plan, from Middle French plant.

a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal: plan, plot, scheme

a detailed map of a relatively small area, such as a building or settlement


drama

drama n (plural drama's, diminutive dramaatje n)

drama's (plural)
dramaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: drama

Borrowed from Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma).

drama (theatrical work; anything involving play acting)


galah

galah m (plural galahs, diminutive galahtje n)

galahs (plural)
galahtje (diminutive neuter)


front

front n (plural fronten, diminutive frontje n)

fronten (plural)
frontje (diminutive neuter)

From Old French front (noun), fronter (verb), from Latin frons (“forehead”).


code

code m (plural codes, diminutive codetje n)

codes (plural)
codetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kode

Borrowing from French code, in the senses relating to laws and rules. Senses related to cryptography and coding have been borrowed from English code. Both derive from Old French code, from Latin cōdex.

book or body of laws, code of laws, lawbook

system of rules and principles, e.g. of conduct

code (text written in a programming language)


management

Unadapted borrowing from English management.


video

nl-noun

video m (plural video's, diminutive videootje n)

video's (plural)
videootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English video, from Latin videō.

video, video signal or the visual element of a medium

Laten we een video kijken!


transport

transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n)

transporten (plural)
transportje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: transport

→ Guyanese Creole English: transport

→ Indonesian: transpor

From Middle Dutch transport, from Middle French transport, from Old French transport, from transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin transporto, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).


scanner

scanner m (plural scanners, diminutive scannertje n)

scanners (plural)
scannertje (diminutive neuter)


request

request n or m (plural requests, diminutive requestje n)

requests (plural)
requestje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English request. Doublet of rekest.

Stuur even een request naar die API.

(networking) request (message sent over network)


request

request n (plural requesten, diminutive requestje n)

requesten (plural)
requestje (diminutive neuter)


producer

producer m (plural producers, diminutive producertje n)

producers (plural)
producertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: produser


propaganda

propaganda f (plural propaganda's, diminutive propagandaatje n)

propaganda's (plural)
propagandaatje (diminutive neuter)

From New Latin propāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Propagandā Fide, "congregation for propagating the faith", a committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions, and properly the ablative feminine gerundive of Latin propāgō (“propagate”) (see English propagation). Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative.


offer

offer n (plural offers, diminutive offertje n)

offers (plural)
offertje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: offer

→ Papiamentu: offer (dated)

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


research

research f (uncountable, diminutive researchje n)

From English research, from early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”). Forms a doublet with Dutch recherche, which is a direct borrowing from French.


dons

Afrikaans: dons

From Middle Dutch donst or Middle Low German dūne, all from Old Norse dúnn.

down, small bird feathers used as insulation material in covers and sleeping bags


dons

nl-noun

dons m (plural donzen, diminutive donsje n)

donzen (plural)
donsje (diminutive neuter)

a bed cover (e.g. a duvet) filled with down

(chiefly diminutive) a piece of down or fluff


papa

papa m (plural papa's, diminutive papaatje n)

papa's (plural)
papaatje (diminutive neuter)
pappa (alternative uncommon)

Berbice Creole Dutch: papa

Negerhollands: popa, pupa

→ Virgin Islands Creole: popa, pupa (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: papai

dad (term of address for one’s father, especially used by young children)


dis

dis m (plural dissen, diminutive disje n)

dissen (plural)
disje (diminutive neuter)
disch (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch disch, from Old Dutch disk, from Proto-Germanic *diskuz (“table; dish; bowl”), from Latin discus. Cognate with English dish and German Tisch (“table”).


dis

nl-noun

dis f (plural dissen, diminutive disje n)

dissen (plural)
disje (diminutive neuter)


lite

lite m (plural liten, diminutive litetje n)

liten (plural)
litetje (diminutive neuter)


heir

heir n (plural heiren, diminutive heirtje n)

heiren (plural)
heirtje (diminutive neuter)

(archaic) alternative spelling of heer (“army”)


hond

hond m (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

honden (plural)
hondje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hond

Berbice Creole Dutch: hondo

Jersey Dutch: hônt

Negerhollands: hond, hon, hont, hun

→ Virgin Islands Creole: hont (dated)

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ. Cognate to German Hund, English hound.

De hond rent achter de bal aan.

Zijn hond is zijn beste vriend.

Het hondje speelt in de tuin.

The little dog is playing in the garden.

Canis lupus familiaris
Canis lupus familiaris#Translingual

(derogatory) A derogatory term for a human; a reprehensible person


hond

hond n (plural honden, diminutive hondje n)

From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch *hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundą. Related to honderd.

(obsolete) an old unit of area measuring 100 roeden, approximately 0.14 hectares


hamer

hamer m (plural hamers, diminutive hamertje n)

hamers (plural)
hamertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hamer

Berbice Creole Dutch: hambru

Negerhollands: hammer, hambu

→ Caribbean Hindustani: hameri

→ Caribbean Javanese: amer, hamer

→ Javanese: ꦲꦩꦼꦂ (amer)

→ Munsee: hámul

→? Sranan Tongo: amra

→ Aukan: ambaa

→ Saramaccan: hám, áma

From Middle Dutch hāmer, from Old Dutch *hamar, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.


cruise

cruise m (plural cruises, diminutive cruiseje n)

cruises (plural)
cruiseje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English cruise, from Dutch kruisen.


wort

From Middle Dutch worte, from Old Dutch *wurta, from Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju.


yam

yam m (plural yams or yammen, diminutive yammetje n)

yams (plural)
yammen (plural)
yammetje (diminutive neuter)


dans

dans m (plural dansen, diminutive dansje n)

dansen (plural)
dansje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dans

Berbice Creole Dutch: dansi

Negerhollands: dans

From Middle Dutch dans, from Old French danse or a deverbal from dansen.


roman

roman m (plural romans, diminutive romannetje n)

romans (plural)
romannetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: roman

→ Malay: roman
Indonesian: roman


ghetto

ghetto n (plural ghetto's, diminutive ghettootje n)

ghetto's (plural)
ghettootje (diminutive neuter)


souvenir

souvenir n (plural souvenirs, diminutive souvenirtje n)

souvenirs (plural)
souvenirtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: suvenir

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir.


magazine

Borrowed from English magazine. The neuter gender is due to magazijn.


mug

nl-noun

mug f (plural muggen, diminutive mugje n or muggetje n)

muggen (plural)
mugje (diminutive neuter)
muggetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mug

→ English: muggie

From Middle Dutch mugge, from Old Dutch *mugga, from Proto-West Germanic *muggju, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō (“midge”).
Compare Low German mügge, German Mücke, West Frisian mich, English midge, Danish myg.

a mosquito, a gnat, any fly of the suborder Nematocera except sometimes the larger tropical species (which are commonly called muskiet)

Van een mug een olifant maken

To make a mountain out of a molehill (lit.: to make an elephant out of a mosquito)

(figuratively) a bug, an insignificant individual


Westen

De zon gaat onder in het westen.


zenit

→ Indonesian: zenit

Borrowed from Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt).


sein

sein n (plural seinen, diminutive seintje n)

seinen (plural)
seintje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: sein

From Old French seigne, a northern variant of signe, from Latin signum. Doublet of zegen.

sein (NL)


prestige

→ Indonesian: prestise

Borrowed from French prestige, from Latin praestīgium.


staat

staat m (plural staten, diminutive staatje n)

staten (plural)
staatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: staat

→ Indonesian: setat

→ Papiamentu: staat (dated)

→ Peranakan Indonesian: staat

From Middle Dutch staet, from Latin status. The sense for a political entity derives from Middle French état, from Old French estat, from the Latin. The sense "plantation" is a semantic loan from English estate.


slip

slip f (plural slips, diminutive slipje n)

slips (plural)
slipje (diminutive neuter)

From English slip, probably via French slip. The English word may itself be derived from Middle Dutch slippen (etymology 3 and 4) below.

a pair of briefs, a short type of underpants which covers the buttocks but nothing below

(by extension, for women) a pair of knickers or panties, any female underpants


slip

slip f (plural slippen, diminutive slipje n)

slippen (plural)
slipje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: slip (dated)

From Middle Dutch slippe, sleppe, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *slīban (“to split”). Related with German Schlips (“necktie”).

der

tail, part of an upper garment hanging below the waist


slip

→ Indonesian: slip


baden

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ex

nl-noun

ex m or f (plural exen, diminutive exje n)


periodiek systeem

periodiek systeem n (plural periodieke systemen, diminutive periodiek systeempje n)

periodieke systemen (plural)
periodiek systeempje (diminutive neuter)

liquid

Color of the number (state of matter at STP)


bes

bes f (plural bessen, diminutive besje n or (dialectal) bessie n)

bessen (plural)
besje (diminutive neuter)
bessie (dialectal diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bessie (from the diminutive)

→ Papiamentu: bèshi (from the diminutive)

→ Jersey Dutch: bääśe (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch bes, bese, from Old Dutch besi, from Proto-West Germanic *basi, from Proto-Germanic *basją. Compare English berry, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).


bes

bes f (plural bessen, diminutive besje n)

bessen (plural)
besje (diminutive neuter)


bes

bessen (plural)
besje (diminutive neuter)
best (alternative)

Backformation from besje, from older bestje, from bestemoer or bestemoeder (“grandma, old woman”).

Met een quam daer een besje,
 Een oude fenynde bes,

a. 1525, anonymous author, “Lied van de twee koningskinderen”, in Haerlems Oudt Liedt-boeck, 27th edition, published 1716:

But then there came an old woman,
 An old mean hag,


poker

Borrowed from English poker, perhaps from the first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque.


poker

poker m (plural pokers, diminutive pokertje n)

pokers (plural)
pokertje (diminutive neuter)


wieg

wieg f (plural wiegen, diminutive wiegje n)

wiegen (plural)
wiegje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wieg

Jersey Dutch: wîx

→ Papiamentu: wig

From Middle Dutch wiege, possibly from an affective variant of Proto-West Germanic *wagā (“craddle”), from Proto-Germanic *wagǭ. Compare the Old High German variants wīga (later Wiege) and waga.


turf

turf m (plural turven, diminutive turfje n)

turven (plural)
turfje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch torf, from Old Dutch *torf, from Proto-West Germanic *turb, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“tuft, grass”).

inh

(informal) a fat book, tome; a book containing many pages


clitoris

nl-noun

clitoris f (plural clitores or clitorissen, diminutive clitorisje n)

clitores (plural)
clitorissen (plural)
clitorisje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: klitoris

Borrowed from New Latin clitoris, from Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).


snooker

snooker m (plural snookers, diminutive snookertje n)

snookers (plural)
snookertje (diminutive neuter)


pool

pool c (plural polen, diminutive pooltje n)

polen (plural)
pooltje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin polus, which itself is from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis”). Cognate with English pole.

magnetic pole (especially of the Earth and other celestial bodies)

(figuratively) an opposing side of a principle or a doctrine


pool

pool m (plural pools, diminutive pooltje n)

pools (plural)
pooltje (diminutive neuter)

a gambling venture such as a football pool

an arrangement where people pool in money to share one resource such as a carpool


pool

From Middle Dutch pool, from Old French poil, from Latin pilus (“hair”). Cognate with English pile.

the pile (upstanding usually fine hair) on certain fabrics, velvet or carpeting


more

more m or f (plural moren, diminutive moretje n)

moren (plural)
moretje (diminutive neuter)

the unit of length (short or long) in poetic metre


log

Cognate with liegen (“to (tell a) lie”), German lügen.


log

Borrowed from German Loch (“hole, opening, cavity”).


log

log m (plural loggen, diminutive logje n)

loggen (plural)
logje (diminutive neuter)

From English log (see above), sense (and short for) chip log.

a chip log, instrument to measure a vessel's speed


log

log n (plural loggen, diminutive logje n)


log

log n or m (plural logs, diminutive logje n)


pachinko

pachinko m (plural pachinko's, diminutive pachinkootje n)

pachinko's (plural)
pachinkootje (diminutive neuter)

From English pachinko, from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko).


aal

aal m (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

alen (plural)
aaltje (diminutive neuter)
ael (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Anguilla anguilla
Anguilla anguilla#Translingual


aal

aal n (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

alen (plural)
aaltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch āle, from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. Doublet of ale.


pater

pater m (plural paters, diminutive patertje n)

paters (plural)
patertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Saramaccan: páiti

From Middle Dutch pater, from Latin pater, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of vader and va.

(Roman Catholicism) father (as a religious title)


frater

frater m (plural fraters, diminutive fratertje n)

fraters (plural)
fratertje (diminutive neuter)

Linaria flavirostris
Linaria flavirostris#Translingual

a twite (Linaria flavirostris, syn. Carduelis flavirostris)


ros

ros n (plural rossen, diminutive rosje n)

rossen (plural)
rosje (diminutive neuter)
hors (alternative dialectal)

Afrikaans: ros

desc

⇒ Dutch: rossen (“to groom (a horse)”, verb)

→ West Frisian: rosse (verb)

From Middle Dutch ros, from Old Dutch ros, hors, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of kar.


nix

Zijn dit nu de nixen van Heinrich Heine of de zwanen van de Scandinavische ballades?

1956, s-Gravenhage. Maandblad der gemeente 's-Gravenhage, page 14:

Are these then Heinrich Heine's nixes or the swans of Scandinavian ballads?


gast

nl-noun

gast m (plural gasten, diminutive gastje n)

gasten (plural)
gastje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: gast

From Middle Dutch gast, from Old Dutch *gast, from Proto-West Germanic *gasti, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz.

Ik heb afgelopen week wat familie te gast gehad.

Some family members stayed with me as guests last week.

(chiefly in combinations) knave, worker, apprentice, delivery boy

Die gast is echt niet goed bij z'n hoofd.

That guy really isn't right in the head.

Zijn broer is best een aardige gast.

Gast, waar heb je het nou helemaal over?


coyote

coyote m (plural coyotes, diminutive coyootje n)

coyotes (plural)
coyootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.

Canis latrans
Canis latrans#Translingual


pudding

pudding m (plural puddingen, diminutive puddinkje n)

puddingen (plural)
puddinkje (diminutive neuter)


blad

blad n (plural bladeren or (rare) bladen or (dialectal, archaic, poetic) blaren, diminutive blaadje n)

bladeren (plural)
bladen (plural rare)
blaren (archaic dialectal plural poetic)
blaadje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch *blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃-. Compare German Blatt, English blade.

De bladeren begonnen al te verkleuren en enkele zijn reeds gevallen.

The leaves began to change colour already and some have already fallen off.

Die olifant lust wel een groen blaadje.

That elephant would like to eat a green leaf.


blad

blad n (plural bladen, diminutive blaadje n)

bladen (plural)
blaadje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: blad

Afrikaans: blaar (back-formed from the plural)

Berbice Creole Dutch: blaru (from the plural)

Jersey Dutch: blât

Negerhollands: blaaer, blaër (from the plural)

→ Caribbean Javanese: blatye (from the diminutive)

→ Indonesian: belat

→ Papiamentu: blachi (from the diminutive), blaadsji, blaadji, blat

→ Sranan Tongo: blat

Steek je hand op als je een nieuw blad nodig hebt.

Raise your hand if you need a new sheet of paper.

Heb je dat nieuwe blad over lokale podiumkunst al gelezen?

Have you already read that new magazine about local performing arts?

a magazine or other periodical publication

Omdat mijn lamp erop viel zit er een diepe deuk in het blad.

There is a deep dent in the tabletop, because my lamp fell on it.

the flat section on the upper side of a table or desk

Het blad van het zwaard was zeer roestig.

the broad, flat blade of a weapon or tool; a blade


blad

bladen (plural)
blaad (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch blāt. Possibly related to French blé (“wheat”), itself of Frankish/Germanic origin.

(obsolete) a usufruct (right to make use or derive profit from somebody else's property)


Punjabi

Punjabi m (plural Punjabi's, diminutive Punjabietje n)

Punjabi's (plural)
Punjabietje (diminutive neuter)

der

پنجابی•ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

Punjabi پنجابی•ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (pañjābī)


appendix

→ Indonesian: apendiks

an appendix, a section appended to the main body of a text or publication with peripheral information


bureau

nl-noun

bureau n (plural bureaus, diminutive bureautje n)

bureaus (plural)
bureautje (diminutive neuter)
buro (alternative)

Afrikaans: buro

→ Caribbean Hindustani: buro

→ Indonesian: biro

→ Papiamentu: biroshi, birosji (from the diminutive)

→ Sranan Tongo: biro

Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.

(building) office, office building (especially office buildings for writing and publishing journalism and literature, or the police station as a building)

(non-commercial) agency (government organisation, such as a police station: "politiebureau"; a scientific or humanities research institute: "onderzoeksbureau"; political party think tank: "wetenschappelijk bureau")

(commercial) company (in design, engineering, journalism, communications, marketing, market/opinion research), agency (doing business for another, such as an advertising agency: "reclamebureau"; a news agency: "persbureau")


corpus

corpus n (plural corpora or corpussen, diminutive corpusje n)

corpora (plural)
corpussen (plural)
corpusje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin corpus. Doublet of corps and korps.


scenario

scenario n (plural scenario's, diminutive scenariootje n)

scenario's (plural)
scenariootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: skenario

From Italian scenario, from Late Latin scaenarium.


truck

truck m (plural trucks, diminutive truckje n)

trucks (plural)
truckje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: trig

Ik voel me rijk als een koning:
 Ik heb een truck als mijn woning.

1981, “Ik heb ’n truck als m’n woning”performed by Henk Wijngaard:

I feel as rich as a king:
 I have a truck as my apartment.

truck, lorry (heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods)


label

label n (plural labels, diminutive labeltje n)

labels (plural)
labeltje (diminutive neuter)

Max Havelaar is het bekendste fair-tradelabel.

Max Havelaar is the most well-known fair-trade label.


mango

mango m (plural mango's, diminutive mangootje n)

mango's (plural)
mangootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

der

Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy)

Mangifera indica
Mangifera indica#Translingual

(Netherlands, Belgium) mango tree, Mangifera indica


curry

nl-noun

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

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


loo

loo's (plural)
loon (plural)
lo (alternative)

From Middle Dutch lôo, from Old Dutch *lō, *lōh, from Proto-West Germanic *lauh, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz. Cognate with English lea and leigh.

De hooge strooken of plekken in of bij de lagere gronden droegen natuurlijk de bosschen en dus de loo's, die zich niet daarnaast over de drassige of dikwijls onder water staande landen konden uitbreiden.

1906, Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, page 41:

The high strips or places in or near the lower grounds naturally supported the woods and hence the loos, which could not extend beyond the swampy or often flooded lands.

(historical, geography) a clearing in a forest

Deze meent, dat lage de beteekenis heeft van: een van houtgewas ontbloote, vrije en open vlakte, een roding, een plek, die ontstaat, wanneer een loo wordt omgehakt.

1930, Nomina geographica Neerlandica, page 9 & 10:

He thinks that low has the meaning of: a bare, free and open plain, a reding, a place that arises when a loo is cut down.

(historical, geography) a forest on sandy soil with (many) clearings


lust

lust m (plural lusten, diminutive lustje n)

lusten (plural)
lustje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lus

Negerhollands: lyst

From Middle Dutch lust, from Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.

lust, desire (especially sexual, but also more generally)

Het was een lust om naar hem te kijken en te luisteren.

It was a pleasure watching and listening to him.

(usually in the plural) benefit, advantage


trucker

trucker m (plural truckers, diminutive truckertje n)

truckers (plural)
truckertje (diminutive neuter)


ecologist

ecologist m (plural ecologisten, diminutive ecologistje n)

ecologisten (plural)
ecologistje (diminutive neuter)

Probably borrowed, e.g. from French écologiste. Equivalent to ecologie + -ist.

Je hoeft geen ecoloog zijn om ecologist te worden

You don't need to be an ecologist to become an environmentalist


datum

datum m (plural datums or data, diminutive datumpje n)

datums (plural)
data (plural)
datumpje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: datum

→ Caribbean Javanese: dhatem

From Middle Dutch datum, from Latin datum (“given”, past participle) (from the practice of signing letters in Latin by noting the date on which they were dispatched). Compare English date.


datum

datum n (plural data, diminutive datumpje n)

data (plural)
datumpje (diminutive neuter)


ee

From Middle Dutch êe, from Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.


focus

Afrikaans: fokus

Borrowed from New Latin focus. The figurative sense probably derives from English focus.

Zij plaatste een convexe lens op de focus.

Die jodocus heeft geen focus.

Focus is een belangrijk begrip in de informatiestructuur van zinnen.

Focus is an important concept in the information structure of sentences.


fungus

(mycology) fungus, member of the kingdom Fungi


medium

medium n (plural media, diminutive mediumpje n)

media (plural)
mediumpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: medium

Het is zeer aannemelijk dat sommige talen zich er beter toe lenen dan andere, als medium voor het logisch denken dienst te doen.

1967, Evert Willem Barth, Moderne logica, Van Gorcum, 138-139:

It is very probable that some language are more suitable to being used as a medium for logical thinking than others are.

means, system or instrument for fulfilling an end

2009, Douglas C. Giancoli, Natuurkunde. Deel 2: Elektriciteit, magnetism, optica en moderne fysica, (tr. by Marianne Kerkhof & Louis Rijk Vertaling, red. by Luc van Hoorebeeke & Jan Rykebusch), Pearson (4th edition), 1100.
Ze noemden dit transparante medium de ether en gingen ervan uit dat de hele ruimte ervan doordrongen was.

They called this transparent medium aether and assumed that all of space was completely pervaded by it.

(physics) medium which a wave or force traverses

(communication, media) means of communication, media outlet

(communication) data medium, something that contains data

channeler, someone who claims to access the dead


medium

Borrowed from English medium, from Latin medium.


stimulus

stimulus m (plural stimuli, diminutive stimulusje n)

stimuli (plural)
stimulusje (diminutive neuter)


thesis

thesis f (plural theses or thesissen, diminutive thesisje n)

theses (plural)
thesissen (plural)
thesisje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin thesis, from Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “a proposition, a statement, a thing laid down, thesis in rhetoric, thesis in prosody”).


vita

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vīta.

lbor

Zijn vertaling van deze vita is onbetrouwbaar.

His translation of this vita is unreliable.

De eerste vita over haar leven werd in de achtste eeuw geschreven.

The first vita concerning her life was written in the eighth century.


juni

nl-noun

juni m (plural juni's, diminutive junietje n)

juni's (plural)
junietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: Junie

Negerhollands: junie

→? Caribbean Hindustani: jun

→ Indonesian: Juni

→ Papiamentu: yüni

→ Trió: juuni


juli

juli m (plural juli's, diminutive julietje n)

juli's (plural)
julietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: Julie

Jersey Dutch: Jûlî

Negerhollands: julie, julij

→? Caribbean Hindustani: julái

→ Indonesian: Juli

→ Papiamentu: yüli, yülei

→ Trió: juuri


porto

the postage due for having a letter or package transported and delivered by a postal service


pons

pons m (plural ponsen, diminutive ponsje n)

ponsen (plural)
ponsje (diminutive neuter)

punch (tool for punching or drilling holes)


opus

opus n (plural opera or opussen, diminutive opusje n)

opera (plural)
opussen (plural)
opusje (diminutive neuter)


homo

homo m (plural homo's, diminutive homootje n)

homo's (plural)
homootje (diminutive neuter)
heaumeau (alternative)

Clipping of homoseksueel and/or homofiel.

(neutral, not offensive) gay, homosexual

(offensive, derogatory) Used as a general slur


paar

paar n (plural paren, diminutive paartje n)

paren (plural)
paartje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: paer, paar

→? Virgin Islands Creole: pa (dated, possibly from Spanish)

→ Caribbean Javanese: par

→ Sranan Tongo: par

→ Saramaccan: páa

Hier hebben ze een paar van die batterijen.


tram

tram m (plural trams or trammen, diminutive trammetje n)

trams (plural)
trammen (plural)
trammetje (diminutive neuter)

a tram, a streetcar, vehicle on rails for passenger transport in cities


trailer

Indonesian: trailer

trailer (unpowered vehicle towed behind another)

semi-trailer truck
semi-trailer truck#English

trailer, camper, caravan (furnished vehicle towed behind another)

trailer (preview of a film, video game or TV show)


verbum

Borrowed from Latin verbum. Doublet of woord.


veto

veto n (plural veto's, diminutive vetootje n)

veto's (plural)
vetootje (diminutive neuter)


acte

acte f (plural acten or actes, diminutive actetje n)

acten (plural)
actes (plural)
actetje (diminutive neuter)


hecatombe

hecatombe f (plural hecatomben or hecatombes)

hecatomben (plural)
hecatombes (plural)
hekatombe (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin hecatombe, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).

(Greco-Roman religion) hecatomb, public sacrifice involving many sacrificial animals

(figuratively) carnage, massacre, any great loss of life whether intentional or not


anaconda

anaconda, constrictor of the genus Eunectes


barg

barg m (plural bargen, diminutive bargje n)

bargen (plural)
bargje (diminutive neuter)
berg (alternative Southern)

From Middle Dutch barch, barech, from Old Dutch barcho, *barug, from Proto-West Germanic *barug, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz. Cognate to English barrow (Old English bearg), West Frisian baarch (Old Frisian barch), Old Saxon barug, dialectal German Barch (Old High German barug), and Old Norse bǫrgr.


berg

berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)

bergen (plural)
bergje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: berg
→ English: berg

Berbice Creole Dutch: berki

Jersey Dutch: bêrix

Negerhollands: berg, bergi

→ Virgin Islands Creole: berg, bergi

→ Aukan: beligi

→ Sranan Tongo: bergi

→ Caribbean Javanese: bérgi

From Middle Dutch berch, from Old Dutch berg, from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

(figurative) a large amount, a pile; a stock, reserve; a surplus


zona

Borrowed from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).


metropolis

metropolis f (plural metropolissen, diminutive metropolisje n)

metropolissen (plural)
metropolisje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”).


kleur

nl-noun

kleur f (plural kleuren, diminutive kleurtje n)

kleuren (plural)
kleurtje (diminutive neuter)
coleur (alternative obsolete)
koleur (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: kleur

Negerhollands: koleur

→ Indonesian: kelir

→ Sranan Tongo: kloru

→ Caribbean Javanese: klir

From earlier koleur, coleur, from late Middle Dutch coleur, from Middle French couleur, from Latin color.


top

top m (plural toppen, diminutive topje n)

toppen (plural)
topje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: top

From Middle Dutch top, topp, from Old Dutch *topp, *top, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz. The sexual sense is borrowed from English top.

summit, peak (high point of a mountain or object)

Coordinate term: bottom

(LGBTQ and BDSM slang) top (active or dominant sexual partner)


tsarina

tsarina f (plural tsarina's, masculine tsaar)

Probably from Italian or Spanish, cf. the English etymology.

tsarina (female tsar/empress, wife of a tsar)


tartan

tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of intersecting orthogonal coloured stripes, associated with Scottish Highlanders)


ton

ton f (plural tonnen, diminutive tonnetje n)

tonnen (plural)
tonnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ton

Negerhollands: ton, tono

Petjo: tong

→ Caribbean Javanese: thong

→ Indonesian: ton

From Middle Dutch tonne, Old Dutch tunna, from Medieval Latin tunna.

Dat zou zeker een ton kosten.

Dat zou zeker een ton euro kosten.

140.000 euro is bijna drie ton gulden

100,000 of some monetary unit, particularly guilders

Hij leende tonnen met geld.


nudist

Borrowed from French nudiste, from German Nudist.


neger

neger m (plural negers, diminutive negertje n, feminine negerin)

negers (plural)
negertje (diminutive neuter)
negerin (feminine)

Afrikaans: neger

Negerhollands: neeger

desctree

>? Sranan Tongo: nengre
Aukan: nengee
Saramaccan: në́ngë

From earlier negro (“black person”) or from French nègre (“black person”), from Spanish negro (“black person”), from Latin niger (“black”). Doublet of nikker.

Hij hoorde gezang, ozo vroom en devoot / Terwijl men voor hem alle deuren goed sloot. / Hij was maar 'n neger, zo'n zwarte (...)

1965, “Hij was maar een neger”, performed by Zangeres Zonder Naam:

He heard singing, so very pious and devout / While people closed all doors shut for him. / He was only a negro, one of those blacks (...)

(colloquial, now offensive in many contexts) a black person, a Negro (male or of unspecified gender)


brandstof

nl-noun

brandstof f (plural brandstoffen, diminutive brandstofje n)

brandstoffen (plural)
brandstofje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brandstof

→ Indonesian: bahan bakar (calque)

→ West Frisian: brânstof


oase

oase f (plural oasen or oases, diminutive oasetje n)

oasen (plural)
oases (plural)
oasetje (diminutive neuter)
oasis (alternative obsolete)

→ Indonesian: oase

19th century, probably from German Oase, which see. Alternatively an independent backformation from the Latin plural oases.


rad

rad n (plural raderen or (obsolete) raden, diminutive raadje n or radje n or radertje n)

raderen (plural)
raden (obsolete plural)
raadje (diminutive neuter)
radje (diminutive neuter)
radertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: rat, rad

From Middle Dutch rat, from Old Dutch *rath, from Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.

het rad van fortuin


rand

rand m (plural randen, diminutive randje n)

randen (plural)
randje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rand

→ Papiamentu: rant

From Middle Dutch rant, from Old Dutch *rant, from Proto-Germanic *randaz.


recht

recht n (plural rechten, diminutive rechtje n)

rechten (plural)
rechtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: reg

Negerhollands: recht, regt

→ Caribbean Javanese: rèh

→ Saramaccan: leti

From Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-West Germanic *rehta, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą, a substantive derivation of the adjective.

beklemrecht

type of inheritable right to the usage of another's land in exchange for rent

collatierecht

historical right of aristocrats to appoint clergy; jus patronatus

dijkrecht

dike law; law relating to water management

gruitrecht

historical right to sell gruit to breweries

ontslagrecht

law pertaining to the termination of employment

Je hebt het recht niet om dat te doen!

a right, competence, authority, privilege

Noemt u dit recht? Ik noem dit onrecht.

Do you call this justice? I call this injustice.

Deze kale vloer doet het huis geen recht aan.

This boring floor doesn't do the house any justice.

Het recht omtrent cybercriminaliteit is momenteel nog erg onduidelijk.

Jurisprudence concerning cybercrime is currently still very unclear.

Het recht heeft beslist.


moment

moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)

momenten (plural)
momentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: moment

→ Indonesian: momen

From Middle Dutch moment, from Middle French moment, from Latin momentum.


rob

rob m (plural robben, diminutive robbetje n)

robben (plural)
robbetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rob

Uncertain; compare English rabbit. Or, possibly related to Latvian rups (“coarse, rough”), referring to the whiskers. Also compared is the personal name Robbe. Has also compared to English rub, referring to seals' movements, but this is unlikely.


rob

rob f (plural robben, diminutive robbeken n)

robben (plural)
robbeken (diminutive neuter)
robbe (alternative)

Uncertain; compare English rabbit, as well as English rub, referring to the fur. Or, from Proto-West Germanic *reufan (“to tear”), hinted by the animals' digging of tunnels.


Eskimo

Eskimo m (plural Eskimo's, diminutive Eskimootje n)

Eskimo's (plural)
Eskimootje (diminutive neuter)

From French Esquimau; for more, see Eskimo. The theory that it derives from a word meaning “eater(s) of raw meat” is discredited.


hymne

hymne f (plural hymnes, diminutive hymnetje n)

hymnes (plural)
hymnetje (diminutive neuter)


lofzang

Negerhollands: lof-sang


passer

passer m (plural passers, diminutive passertje n)

passers (plural)
passertje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: passer

→ Papiamentu: paser

→ Saramaccan: pása

From passen (“to measure a size”) + -er.

compass (device used with a pencil to draw an arc or circle on paper)


nerd

nerd m (plural nerds, diminutive nerdje n)

nerds (plural)
nerdje (diminutive neuter)


semester

semester n (plural semesters, diminutive semestertje n)

semesters (plural)
semestertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: semester

From Latin semestris, by way of German Semester or French semestre.


trimester

trimester n (plural trimesters, diminutive trimestertje n)

trimesters (plural)
trimestertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: trimester

Borrowed from French trimestre, from Latin trimestris.


corps

corps n (plural corpsen or corpora, diminutive corpsje n)

corpsen (plural)
corpora (plural)
corpsje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French corps, from Middle French cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus. Doublet of corpus.

(chiefly Netherlands) student society, especially a traditional and hierarchical one


ja

ja m or n (plural ja's, diminutive jaatje n)

ja's (plural)
jaatje (diminutive neuter)
jae (alternative)

From Middle Dutch ja, from Old Dutch *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja.

Nee heb je al, ja kan je krijgen.

The only way to find out if someone agrees (with/to something) is to ask.

You already have "no", but you may still get "yes".

Het begon met een ja...


auto

auto m (plural auto's, diminutive autootje n)

auto's (plural)
autootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: oto

→ Caribbean Hindustani: oto

→ Caribbean Javanese: oto

→ Indonesian: oto

→ Lokono: ôto

→ Papiamentu: outo

→ Sranan Tongo: oto

→ Saramaccan: otó

→ Trió: oto

→ West Frisian: auto

Borrowed from French auto, from automobile. Equivalent to a shortened form of automobiel.


sedan

Deze week worden nog 10 meer Fords verwacht, waarbij 7 Sedans zijn.

1918 March 28, “Correspondentie. Rock Valley”, in De Volksvriend, volume 44, number 19, page 3:


saloon

saloon m (plural saloons, diminutive saloontje n)

saloons (plural)
saloontje (diminutive neuter)

Unadapted borrowing from English saloon. Doublet of salon.

(historical) saloon (tavern in the Old West)


best

best f (plural besten, diminutive bestje n)

besten (plural)
bestje (diminutive neuter)

(dated, chiefly diminutive) alternative form of bes (“old woman”)


fuga

fuga m or f (plural fuga's, diminutive fugaatje n)

fuga's (plural)
fugaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French fugue or borrowed from Italian fuga, both derived from Latin fuga (“flight, escape”).


lid

nl-noun

lid n (plural leden, diminutive lidje n or ledeken n)

leden (plural)
lidje (diminutive neuter)
ledeken (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lid

→ Indonesian: lid

Negerhollands: lid, leden, leeden

From Middle Dutch lit, let, leet, from Old Dutch *lid, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

(law) paragraph, subsection (legislative drafting)

(obsolete, grammar) article, particularly in the Southern diminutive form ledeken


lid

lid n (plural leden, diminutive lidje n)

leden (plural)
lidje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lit, let, from Old Dutch *lid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą.


dragon

Borrowed from Middle French dragon, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

der

Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn)

Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia dracunculus#Translingual

the edible Mediterranean herb Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon), used as a salad spice


dragon

nl-noun

dragon m (plural dragons, diminutive dragonnetje n)

dragons (plural)
dragonnetje (diminutive neuter)


centaur

centaur m (plural centauren, diminutive centaurtje n)

centauren (plural)
centaurtje (diminutive neuter)
kentaur (alternative)

Ultimately from Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros).


mensch

mensch m or n (plural menschen, diminutive menschje n)

menschen (plural)
menschje (diminutive neuter)


basilisk

basilisk m (plural basilisken, diminutive basiliskje n)

basilisken (plural)
basiliskje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch basilisc, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos).

a basilisk (mythological or heraldic monster, part serpent, part rooster)

a basilisk, a tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus


beet

beet m (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)

beten (plural)
beetje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: bit

From Middle Dutch bēte, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.


beet

beet f (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)

From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.


canon

canon m (plural canons, diminutive canonnetje n)

canons (plural)
canonnetje (diminutive neuter)

From Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה (qaneh, “reed”)).

der

canon (set of representative or pre-eminent literary works)

(chiefly Christianity) canon (set of authoritative religious books, especially those constituting the Bible)

(music) canon (round, music piece consisting of the same melody sung by different voices)

(Roman Catholicism) canon (part of a mass following the Sanctus up to the end of the Pater Noster, consisting mostly of prayers)


puppy

nl-noun

puppy m or n (plural puppy's, diminutive puppy'tje n)

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


hop

hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)

hoppen (plural)
hopje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch hoppe, ultimately from Latin upupa (“hoopoe”), which may have been borrowed through Old French huppe.

hoopoe, the species Upupa epops or an individual of this species


hop

Afrikaans: hop

→ Japanese: ホップ

From Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô (“hops”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Compare Old Saxon hoppo, Old High German hopfo, Middle English hoppe.

der

Humulus lupulus
Humulus lupulus#Translingual


gander

nl-noun

gander m (plural ganders, diminutive gandertje n)

ganders (plural)
gandertje (diminutive neuter)

Most likely from English gander or Low German gander, ganner. Both are possibly formed from gans (“goose”) in an analogous way as kater (“male cat”) from kat (“(female) cat”) and doffer (“male dove”) from duif (“(female) dove”).


tender

tender m (plural tenders, diminutive tendertje n)

tenders (plural)
tendertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: tender

Het bedrijf heeft een tender ingediend om een bouwproject uit te voeren.

The company submitted a tender to carry out a construction project.

De trein had verschillende tenders gevuld met kolen om de locomotief van brandstof te voorzien.

The train had several coal-cars filled with coal to provide fuel for the locomotive.


mode

mode f (plural modes, diminutive modetje n)

modes (plural)
modetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mode

→ Indonesian: mode

→ Sranan Tongo: modo

→ Caribbean Hindustani: modo

→ Kari'na: moto

→ West Frisian: moade

Borrowed from Middle French mode, from Latin modus. Doublet of modus.

Deze broek is totaal uit de mode.


wit

wit n (plural witten, diminutive witje n)

witten (plural)
witje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wit

Berbice Creole Dutch: wete

Jersey Dutch: wät

Negerhollands: wit, wet

→ Aukan: weti

→ Saramaccan: wéti

From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *wit, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz. The geminate is unexpected as the usual Proto-Germanic form is *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”).
The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.

cog

Wit is alle kleuren ineens.

Myn wit is Adam en zyn afkomst te bederven. (in Lucifer, by Vondel)

My goal is to corrupt Adam and his origin.

(archaic) (short for doelwit (“goal, target, the white in a bullseye”))

Heb je een halfje wit?

Do you have a dose of cocaine? (The phrase halfje wit normally means "half a loaf of white bread".)

Op de Baan verschijnen dealers die gekookte coke aanbieden. Dat is het ei van Columbus. Nu hoef ik niet meer met mijn wit eerst naar huis om het te gaan koken.

2011, Esther Schenk, Straatwaarde, Luitingh-Sijthoff B.V., →ISBN:

‘Je bestelde ook een halfje wit’, hield De Main hem voor. ‘Wat is dat dan?’

2014, Helen Vreeswijk, Overdosis, Unieboek | Het Spectrum, →ISBN:


wit

From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *witti, from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).
Related to weten (“to know”), wis (“knowledge”) and wijs (“wise”). Cognate with English wit, German Witz.


hen

nl-noun

hen f (plural hennen, diminutive hennetje n, masculine haan)

hennen (plural)
hennetje (diminutive neuter)
haan (masculine)

Afrikaans: hen

Jersey Dutch: hän

From Middle Dutch henne, from Old Dutch *henna, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).

hen, female chicken; female of a related species

a female of the species of birds brooding on the ground

(figuratively) 'bird', colloquial term for a human female


aquarium

aquarium n (plural aquaria or aquariums, diminutive aquariumpje n)

aquaria (plural)
aquariums (plural)
aquariumpje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin aquārium. Influenced by English aquarium. Doublet of aker.


doe

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo du, probably from Ewe ɖú (“dance”), Fon ɖùwè (“dance”).

(Suriname, historical) a festival of song and dance organised and performed by and for enslaved people


does

does m or f (plural doesen or doezen, diminutive doesje n)

doesen (plural)
doezen (plural)
doesje (diminutive neuter)

Spelling variant representing an informal pronunciation of douche; compare doezen and doesen, both from douchen.

pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


kip

kip f (plural kippen, diminutive kippetje n or kipje n)

kippen (plural)
kippetje (diminutive neuter)
kipje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: kip (archaic)

→ Loup A: kipkip

→ Mohawk: kítkit

→ Oneida: kítkit

→ Mohegan-Pequot: kikipus

Nederlandsche vogelen
Nicoline van der Sijs

Possibly from an imitative birdcall. Not found in Middle Dutch or other Germanic languages. Displaced the older term hen in northern Dutch around the 18th century.
The policeman sense might be from French "poulet", refering to police station in Paris that was built over a former farm.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(chiefly Netherlands) a chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus

(dated, slang, Netherlands) synonym of politieagent


worm

nl-noun

worm m (plural wormen, diminutive wormpje n)

wormen (plural)
wormpje (diminutive neuter)
wurm (alternative)

Afrikaans: wurm

Berbice Creole Dutch: worum

Negerhollands: worm, wurum

From Middle Dutch worm, from Old Dutch *wurm, *worm, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Compare English worm, West Frisian wjirm, German Wurm, Danish orm.

worm, vernacular term for various, mostly legless invertebrates; often nematodes or legless arthropod larvae.


vos

vos m (plural vossen, diminutive vosje n, feminine vossin)

vossen (plural)
vosje (diminutive neuter)
vossin (feminine)

Afrikaans: vos

Jersey Dutch: vośe

Negerhollands: vos

Inherited from Middle Dutch vos, from Old Dutch fus, vus, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

een vos verliest wel zijn haren, maar niet zijn streken

Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes#Translingual

Koen is een lepe vos, die laat zich niet in de luren leggen.

Conrad is a sly fox who does not allow himself to be hoodwinked.

a tortoiseshell (any of various similar nymphalid butterflies)


bark

bark m (plural barken, diminutive barkje n)

barken (plural)
barkje (diminutive neuter)

the bark of certain trees, used for its tannin


bark

bark f (plural barken, diminutive barkje n)

→ Sranan Tongo: barki

From Middle Dutch barke, from Old French barque.

barge, a large type of rowing or sailing boat


marine

marine f (plural marines, diminutive marinetje n)

marines (plural)
marinetje (diminutive neuter)

From French marine, from Latin marinus, derived from mare (“sea”).

(military) an armed navy (naval branch of armed forces)


canvas

→ Indonesian: kampas, kanvas

From Middle Dutch canevas, from Old Northern French canevas, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). The spelling was lated influenced by English canvas.


socialist

socialist m (plural socialisten, diminutive socialistje n, feminine socialiste)

socialisten (plural)
socialistje (diminutive neuter)
socialiste (feminine)

Afrikaans: sosialis

→ Indonesian: sosialis

From English socialist, from French socialiste.


detonator

detonator m (plural detonators, diminutive detonatortje n)

detonators (plural)
detonatortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: detonator

Probably borrowed from English detonator.


tumult

From Middle Dutch tumult, from Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.


beauty

beauty f (plural beauty's, diminutive beauty'tje n)

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

Die prachtige hengst is al net zo'n beauty als z'n ruiter

That gorgeous stallion is as much of a beauty as his rider

human beauty, as the object or goal of cosmetics etc.


cup

cup (one of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast)


comfort

comfort n (plural comforts, diminutive comfortje n)

comforts (plural)
comfortje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch confoort, from Old French confort.


kitten

kitten m (plural kittens, diminutive kittentje n)

kittens (plural)
kittentje (diminutive neuter)

2015, Joubert Pignon, "Kittens", in Paul van der Steen (ed.), Negenenhalf leven. Nieuwe en klassieke kattenverhalen, Xander Uitgevers B.V. (publ.).
Telkens wanneer we in een huis kwamen wonen, zei ik tegen mijn vriendin dat dit geen huis voor kittens was, maar dat we ooit een huis zouden hebben dat geschikt is voor kittens. Ik hoopte dat we nooit in een huis zouden wonen dat geschikt is voor kittens.

Each time when we began living in a house, I told my girlfriend that this was not a house for kittens, but that we would have a house one day that is appropriate for kittens. I hoped that we would never live in a house that is appropriate for kittens.


kitten

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


steward

nl-noun

steward m (plural stewards, feminine stewardess)

(aviation) steward, male flight attendant


speech

speech m (plural speechen or speeches, diminutive speechje n)

speechen (plural)
speeches (plural)
speechje (diminutive neuter)

redevoering (“toespraak”)

speech, oration (oral monologic address of some length)


hark

hark m (plural harken, diminutive harkje n)

harken (plural)
harkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hark

→ Caribbean Javanese: hareg

→ Papiamentu: harka, hark

→ Saramaccan: hálíki

→ Sranan Tongo: ar'ari, har'hari

→ Caribbean Hindustani: harhári

→ Caribbean Javanese: ari-ari

From Middle Dutch harke, of uncertain origin, but probably imitative of scratching or raking, similar to Icelandic hark (“noise, tumult”) and Swedish harkla (“to clear the throat”).

onomatopoeic

imitative


PIN

nl-noun

PIN m or n (plural PINs, diminutive PINnetje n)

PINs (plural)
PINnetje (diminutive neuter)

(proscribed) alternative letter-case form of pin (“PIN, personal identification number”)


ATM

ATM m (plural ATM's, diminutive ATM'etje n)

ATM's (plural)
ATM'etje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English ATM. Pronounced like in English.

automated teller machine
automated teller machine

(chiefly Belgium) automated teller machine


ticket

ticket n or m (plural tickets, diminutive ticketje n)

tickets (plural)
ticketje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: tiket


token

token m or n (plural tokens, diminutive tokentje n)

tokens (plural)
tokentje (diminutive neuter)

(computing) token, an atomic piece of data


quarantaine

quarantaine f (plural quarantaines, diminutive quarantainetje n)

quarantaines (plural)
quarantainetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: karantina

→ Papiamentu: korantin (dated)

Borrowed from French quarantaine, from Italian quarantena, from Latin quadrāgintā.

a quarantine, sanitary measure of isolating infected people; its duration or site


trio

trio n (plural trio's, diminutive triootje n)

trio's (plural)
triootje (diminutive neuter)

De Duitse band Trio was een trio.

trio, threesome, triad (group of three people or things)

De Duitse band Trio was geen trio.

The German band Trio was not a menage a trois.

menage a trois, threesome (sex act, three people having sex together)


detail

detail n (plural details, diminutive detailtje n)

details (plural)
detailtje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: detail

Borrowed from French détail, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”).


leer

Afrikaans: leer

Negerhollands: leër, leer

→ Aukan: leli

→ Sranan Tongo: leri

From leder through regular syncope of intervocalic -d- (compare weer, blij, la), from Middle Dutch leder, from Old Dutch *lether, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą.

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

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

Ik hou van de geur van vers leer, het is zo karakteristiek.

I love the smell of fresh leather, it's so distinctive.


leer

leer f (plural leren, diminutive leertje n)

leren (plural)
leertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: leer

Negerhollands: leer

From Middle Dutch lêre, from Old Dutch lēra, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō.

In de filosofie zijn er verschillende leren en opvattingen over de aard van de werkelijkheid.

In philosophy, there are various doctrines and views on the nature of reality.

Deze wetenschappelijke studie is gebaseerd op de nieuwste leren en onderzoek op het gebied van genetica.

This scientific study is based on the latest theory and research in the field of genetics.

De afdeling biologie biedt verschillende leren aan, zoals celbiologie, ecologie en moleculaire biologie.

The biology department offers various fields of learning such as cell biology, ecology, and molecular biology.

a field of learning; set of lessons and theory on a subject within a discipline


leer

Afrikaans: leer

From Middle Dutch leer, contraction of ledere.

(dialectal, dated) alternative form of ladder


leger

leger n (plural legers, diminutive legertje n)

legers (plural)
legertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: leër

→ English: leaguer

→ Sranan Tongo: legre

From Middle Dutch leger, from Old Dutch *leger, from Proto-West Germanic *legr, from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lager. Cognate to English lair.


jam

jam m (plural jams, diminutive jammetje n)

jams (plural)
jammetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: sèm

(chiefly Netherlands) jam (congealed sweet mixture of conserved fruits)