boorling

nl-noun

boorling m (plural boorlingen, diminutive boorlingetje n or boorlinkje n)

boorlingen (plural)
boorlingetje (diminutive neuter)
boorlinkje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly Southern) alternative form of boreling


geboreling

geborelingen (plural)
geboorling (alternative archaic)

/ɣəˈboː.rəˌlɪŋ/


hertenkamp

hertenkamp m (plural hertenkampen, diminutive hertenkampje n)

hertenkampen (plural)
hertenkampje (diminutive neuter)


Soendanees

Soendanees m (plural Soendanezen, diminutive Soendaneesje n)

Soendanezen (plural)
Soendaneesje (diminutive neuter)


borstweer

borstweer m (plural borstweren, diminutive borstweertje n)

borstweren (plural)
borstweertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch borstwere. Equivalent to borst + weer.


treintrekker

Compound of trein (“train”) + trekken (“to pull”) + -er (agent suffix).

af

(dated, uncommon) locomotive (power unit of a train)


erfwoord

From erven + woord, probably calque of German Erbwort.

inherited word (word inherited from an ancestor of the language)


zwerfwoord

From zwerven + woord, calque of German Wanderwort.


boomheiligdom

nl-noun

boomheiligdom n (plural boomheiligdommen)

a tree sanctuary, a sacred grove or a sacred tree


knokfilm

Compound of knokken (“to brawl”) + film (“movie, film”).


bloedbaan

Compound of bloed + baan. First attested in the nineteenth century.


Gemenebest

nl-noun

Gemenebest n (plural Gemenebesten, diminutive Gemenebestje n)

Gemenebesten (plural)
Gemenebestje (diminutive neuter)


skeletspier

skeletspier f (plural skeletspieren, diminutive skeletspiertje n)

skeletspieren (plural)
skeletspiertje (diminutive neuter)


bewegingsapparaat

bewegingsapparaat n (plural bewegingsapparaten)


grootoorvos

Compound of groot (“big”) + oor (“ear”) + vos (“fox”). First attested in the 1920s.

compound

Otocyon megalotis
Otocyon megalotis#Translingual


lepelhond

Compound of lepel (“spoon”) + hond (“dog”). First attested in the late 19th century.


zadeljakhals

nl-noun

zadeljakhals m (plural zadeljakhalzen, diminutive zadeljakhalsje n)

zadeljakhalzen (plural)
zadeljakhalsje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zadel (“saddle”) + jakhals (“jackal”).

com+

Canis mesomelas
Canis mesomelas#Translingual


goudjakhals

nl-noun

goudjakhals m (plural goudjakhalzen, diminutive goudjakhalsje n)

goudjakhalzen (plural)
goudjakhalsje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of goud (“gold”) + jakhals (“jackal”).


gewone jakhals

gewone jakhals m (plural gewone jakhalzen, diminutive gewoon jakhalsje n)

gewone jakhalzen (plural)
gewoon jakhalsje (diminutive neuter)

/ɣəˌʋoː.nə ˈjɑk.ɦɑls/

synonym of goudjakhals (“golden jackal (Canis aureus)”)


gestreepte jakhals

gestreepte jakhals m (plural gestreepte jakhalzen, diminutive gestreept jakhalsje n)

gestreepte jakhalzen (plural)
gestreept jakhalsje (diminutive neuter)

Canis adustus
Canis adustus#Translingual


goudwolf

goudwolf m (plural goudwolven, diminutive goudwolfje n)

goudwolven (plural)
goudwolfje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of goud (“gold”) + wolf (“wolf”).

(figurative, obsolete) a voracious or avaricious person


rietwolf

rietwolf m (plural rietwolven, diminutive rietwolfje n)

rietwolven (plural)
rietwolfje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of riet (“reed”) + wolf (“wolf”).


exoot

exoot m (plural exoten, diminutive exootje n)

exoten (plural)
exootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Exot or a backformation from exotisch.

an exotic species, an introduced species, an exotic


bruinhemd

From bruin + hemd, Calque of German Braunhemd. First attested in 1930.

(historical) a member of the SA (Sturmabteilung)

(historical, by extension) a Nazi, a member of the NSDAP


steenpuist

steenpuist f (plural steenpuisten, diminutive steenpuistje n)

steenpuisten (plural)
steenpuistje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: stanpeishi (from the diminutive)


bloemenkwekerij

bloemenkwekerij f (plural bloemenkwekerijen)


wolvenroedel

wolvenroedel m or n (plural wolvenroedels)


pinakel

pinakel m (plural pinakels, diminutive pinakeltje n)

pinakels (plural)
pinakeltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pinakel, from Old French pinacle, from Latin pinnāculum.

(architecture) pinnacle (ornamental spire)


fiaal

fiaal m (plural fialen, diminutive fiaaltje n)

fialen (plural)
fiaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Latin phiala, from Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē). Related to fiool.


rotje

Hydrobates pelagicus
Hydrobates pelagicus#Translingual

(dated) synonym of stormvogeltje (“European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)”)


cimbaal

cimbaal f (plural cimbalen, diminutive cimbaaltje n)

cimbalen (plural)
cimbaaltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch simbale, from Middle French cimbale, from Latin cymbalum, from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon). Middle Dutch also had a variant that was borrowed from Old French.


damsteen

damsteen m (plural damstenen, diminutive damsteentje n)

damstenen (plural)
damsteentje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: damston (calque)


damsteen

(archaic) stone that closes a furnace or crucible, preventing the molten metal from flowing away


cirkelboog

cirkelboog m (plural cirkelbogen, diminutive cirkelboogje n)

cirkelbogen (plural)
cirkelboogje (diminutive neuter)


dikdarm

Compound of dik + darm. Perhaps from German Dickdarm.


dikke darm

First attested in the eighteenth century.


tafelmanier

From tafel + manier, probably calqued. Cf. English table manners, French manières de table and German Tischmanieren.

(chiefly plural) the (prescribed) way of conduct when dining; table manners, etiquette


ambtgenoot

ambtgenoot m (plural ambtgenoten, diminutive ambtgenootje n)

ambtgenoten (plural)
ambtgenootje (diminutive neuter)

someone who exercises the same or an equivalent office; colleague or counterpart of the same rank; opposite number


soortgenoot

soortgenoot m (plural soortgenoten, diminutive soortgenootje n)

soortgenoten (plural)
soortgenootje (diminutive neuter)

an organism belonging to the same species (in usage sometimes translatable as congener)

(figurative) one's peer, equal, counterpart, member of the same group

(figurative) an object of the same type or category


rukbeer

rukbeer m (plural rukberen, diminutive rukbeertje n)

rukberen (plural)
rukbeertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of rukken (“to wank, to jerk off, to toss”) + beer (“bear (or alternatively boar)”).

compound

(Netherlands, colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) a habitual wanker, a tosser


shotglas

nl-noun

shotglas n (plural shotglazen, diminutive shotglaasje n)

shotglazen (plural)
shotglaasje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English shot glass, equivalent to shot + glas.


borrelglas

borrelglas n (plural borrelglazen, diminutive borrelglaasje n)

borrelglazen (plural)
borrelglaasje (diminutive neuter)

shot glass (small glass from which liquor is drunk)


jachthaven

jachthaven f (plural jachthavens, diminutive jachthaventje n)

jachthavens (plural)
jachthaventje (diminutive neuter)

De jachthaven was vol met luxe boten.

The marina was filled with luxury boats.

Ze legden aan in een kleine jachthaven aan de kust.

They docked in a small marina on the coast.

Het jachthaventje was een perfecte plek om te ontspannen.

The small marina was a perfect place to relax.

marina (recreational harbour for yachts and small boats)


winterhaven

Afrikaans: winterhawe

Compound of winter + haven. First attested in the 18th century.

Veel schepen zochten bescherming in de winterhaven tijdens de koude maanden.

Many ships sought shelter in the winter harbour during the cold months.

De winterhaven bood een veilige plek tegen ijzige winden.

The winter harbour provided a safe spot against icy winds.

Kapiteins waren dankbaar voor de faciliteiten van de winterhaven.

Captains were grateful for the facilities of the winter harbour.

winter harbour (harbour where ships can safely spend the winter)


rivierhaven

rivierhaven f (plural rivierhavens, diminutive rivierhaventje n)

rivierhavens (plural)
rivierhaventje (diminutive neuter)


legeraanvoerder

legeraanvoerder m (plural legeraanvoerders, feminine legeraanvoerster)

legeraanvoerders (plural)
legeraanvoerster (feminine)


legeraanvoerster

legeraanvoerster f (plural legeraanvoersters, masculine legeraanvoerder)

legeraanvoersters (plural)
legeraanvoerder (masculine)

female army commander, female military commander


herdenkingsmunt

herdenkingsmunt f (plural herdenkingsmunten, diminutive herdenkingsmuntje n)

herdenkingsmunten (plural)
herdenkingsmuntje (diminutive neuter)


muntthee

Compound of munt (“mint”) + thee (“tea”).


knotwilg

knotwilg m (plural knotwilgen, diminutive knotwilgje n)

knotwilgen (plural)
knotwilgje (diminutive neuter)


tempelwachter

temple guard, temple guardian (person guarding a temple, or a depiction thereof)


zwemvogel

zwemvogel m (plural zwemvogels, diminutive zwemvogeltje n)

zwemvogels (plural)
zwemvogeltje (diminutive neuter)


moffenmeid

moffenmeid f (plural moffenmeiden, diminutive moffenmeisje n)

moffenmeiden (plural)
moffenmeisje (diminutive neuter)

(historical, derogatory) a woman who had a romantic relation with a German soldier during World War II, who were subject to vigilantism, in particular forced head shaving, after the war


samenscholingsverbod

samenscholingsverbod n (plural samenscholingsverboden, diminutive samenscholingsverbodje n)

samenscholingsverboden (plural)
samenscholingsverbodje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of samenscholing + -s- + verbod.


meteorenregen

Compound of meteoor + -en- + regen. First attested in the 19th century.


mosselhangcultuur

the breeding of mussels in long nets suspended from surface lines, platforms or buoys


dijkgraafschap

dijkgraafschap n (plural dijkgraafschappen)

From Middle Dutch dijcgraefschap. Equivalent to dijkgraaf + -schap.

(Netherlands) the office of a dijkgraaf, the status of being a dijkgraaf

(Netherlands) water board, region presided over by a dijkgraaf


scheurmaker

scheurmaker m (plural scheurmakers, feminine scheurmaakster)

scheurmakers (plural)
scheurmaakster (feminine)

Afrikaans: skeurmaker

Compound of scheur + maken + -er. Attested as early as the seventeenth century.

one who sows or effects division; a divisive figure, seceder or schismatic


boomkruiper

boomkruiper m (plural boomkruipers, diminutive boomkruipertje n)

boomkruipers (plural)
boomkruipertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: boomkruiper

Compound of boom + kruipen + -er. First attested in the eighteenth century. Compare English treecreeper, Norwegian Bokmål trekryper and German Baumläufer.

short-toed treecreeper
short-toed treecreeper

Certhia brachydactyla
Certhia brachydactyla#Translingual

short-toed treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)

(more broadly) a treecreeper, bird of the family Certhiidae


boomkruipertje

nl-noun-dim

boomkruipertje n (plural boomkruipertjes)


antiaanbaklaag

nl-noun

antiaanbaklaag f (plural antiaanbaklagen, diminutive antiaanbaklaagje n)

antiaanbaklagen (plural)
antiaanbaklaagje (diminutive neuter)


boomgod

boomgod m (plural boomgoden, feminine boomgodin)


boomgodin

boomgodin f (plural boomgodinnen, masculine boomgod)

boomgodinnen (plural)
boomgod (masculine)


habijt

habijt n or m (plural habijten, diminutive habijtje n)

habijten (plural)
habijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: habyt

→ Papiamentu: habeit

From Middle Dutch habijt, from Old French habit, from Latin habitus.


kleermaakster

kleermaakster f (plural kleermaaksters, diminutive kleermaakstertje n, masculine kleermaker)

kleermaaksters (plural)
kleermaakstertje (diminutive neuter)
kleermaker (masculine)

Compound of kleer (singular of plurale tantum kleren) + maken + -ster.

af

female tailor (woman who makes, repairs, or refashions clothing, often professionally)


kleermakerszit

sitting position in which the legs are crossed, with the feet placed under the thighs of the opposite legs; somewhat similar to the lotus position


schoenmakerij

nl-noun

schoenmakerij f (plural schoenmakerijen)

the shoemaker's profession, the shoe-making sector

a business where shoes are produced, repaired and sold, a shoemaker's shop


kleermakerij

the tailor's profession, the tailoring sector

a business where clothing is produced, repaired and sold, a tailor's shop


vliegramp

vliegramp f (plural vliegrampen, diminutive vliegrampje n)

vliegrampen (plural)
vliegrampje (diminutive neuter)

aircraft disaster, disaster pertaining to aviation


sensatiepers

Compound of sensatie (“sensation”) + pers (“press”).


boerenland

Compound of boer (“farmer”) + -en- + land (“land”).


bovenstem

(music) the highest part or register of a multivocal work


boerenbedriegerij

boerenbedriegerij f (plural boerenbedriegerijen)

crude scam, fraud (connoting that the deceit is blatant or audacious)


vliegdek

vliegdek n (plural vliegdekken, diminutive vliegdekje n)

vliegdekken (plural)
vliegdekje (diminutive neuter)

→ Afrikaans: vliegdek (possibly from English)

From vliegen + dek, possibly a calque of English flight deck.

De piloten staan klaar op het vliegdek om hun vliegtuigen te laten opstijgen.

The pilots are ready on the flight deck to launch their airplanes.

Het vliegdekje van het vliegdekschip is uitgerust met geavanceerde apparatuur voor vliegoperaties.

The flight deck of the aircraft carrier is equipped with advanced equipment for flight operations.

Tijdens de landing moeten de vliegtuigen veilig landen op het bewegende vliegdek.

During landing, the airplanes must safely land on the moving flight deck.

flight deck, e.g. of an aircraft carrier


boekrecensie

Compound of boek (“book”) + recensie (“review”).


pijpaarde

Compound of pijp (“pipe, tobacco pipe”) + aarde (“earth, soil”).

compound

a type of fine clay that turns white when baked, used in former times for making tobacco pipes


pijpklei

Compound of pijp (“pipe, tobacco pipe”) + klei (“clay”).


kleitablet

nl-noun

kleitablet n or f (plural kleitabletten, diminutive kleitabletje n)

kleitabletten (plural)
kleitabletje (diminutive neuter)

clay tablet (writing medium made of clay used in Mesopotamia and nearby regions)


broeinest

broeinest n (plural broeinesten, diminutive broeinestje n)

broeinesten (plural)
broeinestje (diminutive neuter)

place where a contaminative disease can fester

(obsolete) bird's nest, where birds are hatching eggs


bodemtype

Compound of bodem + type. First attested in the 1900s.


infectering

(rare) infection, the act or process of infecting


klootviool

(Netherlands, colloquial, derogatory, somewhat humorous) bastard, asshole, arse


brugklas

brugklas f (plural brugklassen, diminutive brugklasje n)

brugklassen (plural)
brugklasje (diminutive neuter)
brugklasse (alternative dated)

→ West Frisian: brêgeklasse (calque)

Compound of brug + klas. First attested in the 1920s, although the current format became law in 1963 and went into force in 1968.

(Netherlands) the first form or grade of secondary education

(Netherlands) a school class of pupils at this level


brugklasser

brugklasser m (plural brugklassers, diminutive brugklassertje n)

brugklassers (plural)
brugklassertje (diminutive neuter)

From brugklas + -er. First attested in the early 1950s.

(Netherlands) a pupil in the first form or grade of secondary education, usually at the age of twelve or thirteen


brugklassertje

nl-noun-dim

brugklassertje n (plural brugklassertjes)


brugger

nl-noun

brugger m (plural bruggers, diminutive bruggertje n)

bruggers (plural)
bruggertje (diminutive neuter)

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From a clipping of brugklas + -er, equivalent to brug + -er. First attested in the late 1980s.

(Netherlands, informal, slightly derogatory) a pupil in the first form or grade of secondary education, usually at the age of twelve or thirteen


bruggers

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brugpieper

brugpieper m (plural brugpiepers, diminutive brugpiepertje n)

brugpiepers (plural)
brugpiepertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of brug + piepen (“to squeak”) + -er. Brug refers to brugklas. First attested in the early 1980s.

(Netherlands, slang, derogatory) a pupil in the first form or grade of secondary education, usually at the age of twelve or thirteen


rivierdolfijn

rivierdolfijn m (plural rivierdolfijnen)

river dolphin, denoting a paraphyletic group of long-snouted riverain dolphins


sterrenzwerm

From ster + -en- + zwerm. First attested in the nineteenth century.


bloedplasma

From bloed + plasma, calque of German Blutplasma. First attested in the nineteenth century.


bloedplaatje

Afrikaans: bloedplaatjie

→ Indonesian: keping darah (calque)

→ Indonesian: lempeng darah (calque)

(cytology, hematology) thrombocyte, platelet


bloedvergieting

bloedvergieting f (plural bloedvergietingen)

Afrikaans: bloedvergieting

From bloedvergieten + -ing, equivalent to bloed + vergieting. Attested as early as the eighteenth century.

(literal) bleeding, the spilling or pouring of blood


doener

doener m (plural doeners, diminutive doenertje n)

doeners (plural)
doenertje (diminutive neuter)
doender (alternative)

a hands-on person, someone who prefers practical activity over talk or theory


poortwachter

Afrikaans: poortwagter

From Middle Dutch portwachter. Equivalent to poort + wachter.


appelwijf

appelwijven (plural)
appelwyf (alternative obsolete)

/ˈɑ.pəlˌʋɛi̯f/

Compound of appel (“apple”) + wijf (“woman”, now pejorative).

compound

(historical, originally derogatory) an apple saleswoman, notorious for shouting


schavot

nl-noun

schavot n (plural schavotten, diminutive schavotje n)

schavotten (plural)
schavotje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skavot

→ German: Schafott

→ Papiamentu: skavòt, skavot

From Middle Dutch schavot, from Old French eschafaud. Cognate with English scaffold.

a scaffold where public executions or less commonly corporal punishment or other humiliating punishments took place


koikarper

koikarper m (plural koikarpers, diminutive koikarpertje n)

koikarpers (plural)
koikarpertje (diminutive neuter)


toekruid

Compound of toe + kruid. Already mentioned by Kiliaan in 1599.


tuinkever

tuinkever m (plural tuinkevers, diminutive tuinkevertje n)

tuinkevers (plural)
tuinkevertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of tuin (“garden”) + kever (“beetle”).

synonym of rozenkever (“garden chafer, June bug, Phyllopertha horticola”)


winterkoning

winterkoning m (plural winterkoningen, diminutive winterkoninkje n)

winterkoningen (plural)
winterkoninkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch winterconinc. Equivalent to winter (“winter”) + koning (“king”).

Troglodytes troglodytes
Troglodytes troglodytes#Translingual

(chiefly diminutive) Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)


winterkoninkje

nl-noun-dim

winterkoninkje n (plural winterkoninkjes)


patat met

nl-noun

patat met f (uncountable, diminutive patatje met n)

From elision of the prepositional complement mayonaise; literally, “chips/fries with”.

(Netherlands) chips with mayonnaise, fries with mayonnaise


strijdwagentje

nl-noun-dim

strijdwagentje n (plural strijdwagentjes)


toevluchtsoord

nl-noun

toevluchtsoord n (plural toevluchtsoorden, diminutive toevluchtsoordje n)

toevluchtsoorden (plural)
toevluchtsoordje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: toevlugsoord

→ West Frisian: taflechtsoarde (calque)

From toevlucht + -s- + oord, calque of German Zufluchtsort. First sparsely attested in the early nineteenth century, entering common use about mid-century.

refuge, place where one seeks recourse or shelter


toevluchtsoordje

nl-noun-dim

toevluchtsoordje n (plural toevluchtsoordjes)


wapenteken

nl-noun

wapenteken n (plural wapentekens or wapentekenen)

wapentekens (plural)
wapentekenen (plural)

Compound of wapen + teken. Already mentioned by Kiliaan in the late sixteenth century.


vluchtelingenkamp

vluchtelingenkamp n (plural vluchtelingenkampen, diminutive vluchtelingenkampje n)

vluchtelingenkampen (plural)
vluchtelingenkampje (diminutive neuter)

From vluchteling + -en- + kamp, probably a calque of English refugee camp. First attested around 1900 in relation to the Second Boer War, denoting the British internment/concentration camps. As a result it was initially considered a cynical, sanitised term, but the word became more neutral during the First World War.


uierboord

From Middle Dutch uderboort. Equivalent to uier (“udder”) + boord (“edge, brim”).

the udder of a cow, or of another animal used as livestock, used as food


hoornraaf

hoornraaf m (plural hoornraven, diminutive hoornraafje n)

hoornraven (plural)
hoornraafje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of hoorn (“horn”) + raaf (“raven”).

the ground hornbill, mainly ground-dwelling bird of the genus Bucorvus


venditie

venditie f (plural venditiën or vendities)

venditiën (plural)
vendities (plural)
vendutie (alternative)

Ultimately from Latin vēnditiō. First attested in the sixteenth century.

(formal) public auction (both abstract and concrete)


vendutie

vendutie f (plural venduties or vendutiën)

Petjo: vendutie

Contaminated blend of vendu + venditie. Originated in the late seventeenth century in the Dutch East Indies, spreading to the Netherlands in the nineteenth century.


veldteken

veldteken n (plural veldtekens or veldtekenen)

veldtekens (plural)
veldtekenen (plural)
veldteeken (alternative obsolete)

Compound of veld + teken. First attested in the sixteenth century.


weerwraak

From Middle Dutch wederwrake with loss of intervocalic -d-. Equivalent to weer- + wraak.


wederwraak

From Middle Dutch wederwrake. Equivalent to weder- + wraak.


zielsverhuizing

zielsverhuizing f (plural zielsverhuizingen)

transmigration of the soul, reincarnation, metempsychosis


Afro-Amerikaan

Afro-Amerikaan m (plural Afro-Amerikanen)

From Afro- + Amerikaan, calque of English Afro-American.


worgengel

worgengelen (plural)
wurgengel (alternative uncommon)

/ˈʋɔrxˌɛ.ŋəl/

Compound of worgen (“to strangle”) + engel (“angel”).


doodsengel

nl-noun

doodsengel m (plural doodsengelen, diminutive doodsengeltje n)

doodsengelen (plural)
doodsengeltje (diminutive neuter)


stokbrood

stokbrood n (plural stokbroden, diminutive stokbroodje n)

stokbroden (plural)
stokbroodje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of stok (“stick”) + brood (“bread”). First attested in the 1910s in advertisements, in particular in the Dutch East Indies and Delft, but seemingly entering the common vocabulary only in the 1960s and 1970s.

Even verder draagt er een drie met een touwtje samengebonden stokbroden.

1962, Pieter Kornelis Huibregtse, Groen land, zwarte mensen, page 70:

A little further away someone carries three baguettes that have been tied together with a piece of string.

baguette (elongated French type of bread)


broodhaan

broodhaan m (plural broodhanen, diminutive broodhaantje n)

broodhanen (plural)
broodhaantje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly diminutive) a bread in the shape of a rooster, used in processions on Palm Sunday


afbakbrood

afbakbrood n (plural afbakbroden, diminutive afbakbroodje n)

afbakbroden (plural)
afbakbroodje (diminutive neuter)

(countable, uncountable) pre-baked bread (bread that has been partially baked and can be baked in a domestic oven)


veneroloog

venerologen (plural)
venereoloog (alternative)

Probably borrowed from German Venerologe.

venereologist (specialist in venereal disease)


borat

From Middle Dutch burat, from Old French bourras, from Latin burra.

a type of woven woollen cloth, often made from yarn of combed wool and sometimes including silk; borato


gewetensbezwaar

gewetensbezwaar n (plural gewetensbezwaren, diminutive gewetensbezwaartje n)

gewetensbezwaren (plural)
gewetensbezwaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gewetensbeswaar

→ West Frisian: gewissebeswier (calque)

Compound of geweten + -s- + bezwaar. First attested in the eighteenth century.


gewetensbezwaarde

gewetensbezwaarde m or f (plural gewetensbezwaarden)

From gewetensbezwaard. First attested in the nineteenth century.

conscientious objector
conscientious objector


plezierjacht

plezierjacht n (plural plezierjachten, diminutive plezierjachtje n)

plezierjachten (plural)
plezierjachtje (diminutive neuter)


plezierjachtje

nl-noun-dim

plezierjachtje n (plural plezierjachtjes)


mastkorf

Compound of mast (“mast”) + korf (“basket”). First attested in the seventeenth century.

crow's nest, cask or shelter at the top of a mast for a lookout


gymnasiast

nl-noun

gymnasiast m (plural gymnasiasten, diminutive gymnasiastje n)

gymnasiasten (plural)
gymnasiastje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Gymnasiast (itself from Latin) or directly from New Latin gymnasiasta, both from Latin gymnasium.

a gymnasiast, a secondary-school pupil who attends a school type with education in Latin and Ancient Greek


lijkrede

lijkrede f (plural lijkredes or lijkredenen or lijkredens)

lijkredes (plural)
lijkredenen (plural)
lijkredens (plural)
lykrede (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: lykrede

→ West Frisian: lykrede (calque)

From lijk (“corpse, dead body”) + rede (“discourse, speech”), possibly a calque of German Leichrede. First attested in the late seventeenth century.

compound

eulogy, discourse or sermon said at a funeral


stokebrand

nl-noun

stokebrand m (plural stokebranden, diminutive stokebrandje n)

stokebranden (plural)
stokebrandje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of stoken + -e- + brand. First attested in the seventeenth century.


pletwals

(Belgium) a winner who trounces her/his opponents


stoomwals

stoomwals f (plural stoomwalsen, diminutive stoomwalsje n)

stoomwalsen (plural)
stoomwalsje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: stomwals

steamroller (often also used of non-steam-operated rollers)


karnton

karnton f (plural karntonnen, diminutive karntonnetje n)

karntonnen (plural)
karntonnetje (diminutive neuter)


woningbrand

woningbrand m (plural woningbranden, diminutive woningbrandje n)

woningbranden (plural)
woningbrandje (diminutive neuter)

residential fire, housefire (disastrous fire in a residence)


nummer honderd

(colloquial, idiomatic) a toilet, in particular in a hotel; a loo


kaagschip

kaagschip n (plural kaagschepen, diminutive kaagscheepje n)

kaagschepen (plural)
kaagscheepje (diminutive neuter)

(historical) a small single-masted flat-bottomed merchant sailing boat with leeboards, intended for coastal and inland shipping


speelhuis

speelhuis n (plural speelhuizen, diminutive speelhuisje n)

speelhuizen (plural)
speelhuisje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch speelhuus. Equivalent to speel + huis.

(obsolete) seedy pub, similar to a sleazy cabaret or nightclub

(now chiefly diminutive) pavilion, summerhouse, gazebo


speelhol

speelhol n (plural speelholen, diminutive speelholletje n)

speelholen (plural)
speelholletje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: spylhoale (calque)

(uncommon) a secluded area where children can play


drankbestrijding

Compound of drank + bestrijding. First attested in the late nineteenth century.

(less common) the combatting of alcohol consumption


buideldas

Compound of buidel + das. Compare translingual Perameles, German Beuteldachs.

bandicoot, marsupial of the order Peramelemorphia


fiadu

fiadu's (plural)
fiadoe (alternative)
viado (alternative)
viadoe (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Sranan Tongo fiadu, from Portuguese bolo folhado, also spelled bolo fiado.

ubor

(originally Suriname) a sweet fluffy cake filled with rum-soaked raisins, almonds and succade


belangenverstrengeling

nl-noun

belangenverstrengeling f (plural belangenverstrengelingen)

Compound of belang + -en- + verstrengeling.

conflict of interest
conflict of interest


onderbroekenlol

Compound of onderbroek (“pair of (under)pants, pair of undershorts”) + -en- + lol (“humour, fun”).

com

toilet humour (vulgar or silly humour, mainly pertaining to sexuality and the secretional functions of the digestive system)


onderbroekenhumor

Compound of onderbroek (“pair of (under)pants, pair of undershorts”) + -en- + humor (“humour, hilarity”).

(uncommon) toilet humour (vulgar or silly humour, mainly pertaining to sexuality and the secretional functions of the digestive system)


broekie

Northern colloquial diminutive of broek.

(Holland, colloquial) alternative form of broekje

(Netherlands, colloquial, derogatory) a rookie, a whippersnapper, a beginner or a relatively young person


heul

nl-noun

heul f (plural heulen, diminutive heultje n)

heulen (plural)
heultje (diminutive neuter)

a stone or brick bridge, usually consisting of only a single arch

(now dialectal) a sewer or a ditch for wastewater

(dialectal, possibly obsolete) a temporary bridge, often made of wood


heul

From Middle Dutch *huel, attested in compounds corresponding to modern heulzaad, from older oele, from Latin oleum.

(archaic) poppy, plant of the genus Papaver

(archaic) several kinds of soporific drugs made from the poppy

(obsolete, figurative) something soothing, healing, salutary or even redeeming


hoerenzoon

hoerenzoon m (plural hoerenzonen, diminutive hoerenzoontje n)

hoerenzonen (plural)
hoerenzoontje (diminutive neuter)
hoerezoon (alternative)

From Middle Dutch hoerensone, first attested as a gloss for manzer, i.e. mamzer. Equivalent to hoer (“whore, hooker”) + -en- (interfix) + zoon (“son”). Compare English whoreson, German Hurensohn and the rare West Frisian huorresoan, which is perhaps calqued from the Dutch.

compound

(derogatory, vulgar) whoreson, son of a bitch (despicable man)

(literally) son of a whore, whoreson (son of a usually female prostitute)


hoerenkind

nl-noun

hoerenkind n (plural hoerenkinderen, diminutive hoerenkindje n)

hoerenkinderen (plural)
hoerenkindje (diminutive neuter)
hoerekind (alternative)

(derogatory, vulgar) a despicable person

(literally) the child of a whore (child of a usually female prostitute)


hoerendop

(derogatory, historical) john, client of a prostitute, in particular a frequent patron (frequently used as a generic dysphemism in early modern times)


valbijl

Compound of vallen + bijl. First attested singly in 1798, but only entering wide circulation in the 1820s, apparently readopted as a calque of German Fallbeil.

Maar ook zij waren nog eenigermaate gelukkig te achten, die de wraak eener verbitterde partij, door eenen gerechtelijken of buitengerechtelijken moord, in een ogenblik vernielde, en wien de ſnellende valbijl aan de verſchrikkingen en benaauwdheden der gevangenis ontrukte.

1798, “De lotgevallen van Marcus Antonius, Pierre la Ramee en Cazotte met elkanderen vergeleken”, in Vaderlands zakboekje, ter bevordering van wetenschappen en fraaije letteren. Of Almanak voor het jaar 1798, page 65:


nevenfunctie

Nevenfuncties van politici kunnen leiden tot belangenverstrengeling.

Politicians' secondary jobs may lead to a conflict of interest.


verstrengeling

verstrengeling f (plural verstrengelingen, diminutive verstrengelinkje n)

verstrengelingen (plural)
verstrengelinkje (diminutive neuter)


kwantumverstrengeling

kwantumverstrengeling f (plural kwantumverstrengelingen)

kwantumverstrengelingen (plural)
quantumverstrengeling (alternative)

quantum entanglement
quantum entanglement


kwantum

kwantum n (plural kwantums or kwanta, diminutive kwantumpje n)

kwantums (plural)
kwanta (plural)
kwantumpje (diminutive neuter)
quantum (alternative)


zuurdeeg

desc

Negerhollands: suurdeeg, schuurdeeg, sierdeeg


eetbui

(eating disorder) a binge, an instance of binge eating


kameelgeit

Het Kameelschaap en de Kameelgeit zijn twee in het zuidelijk Amerika en voornamelijk de bergachtige streken van Peru eigene dieren. De Kameelgeit (welke niet met de Angorasche geit moet verwisseld worden) ook lama, guanako genoemd, heeft in hare leefwijze veel overeen komst met den kameel, in hare gestalte met de geit.

1848, August Wilhelm Zachariae, Noodwendig handboek der aardrijkskunde, in verband met de geschiedenis en natuurlijke historie, zoowel als met den handel en de nijverheid aller natiën, page 404:


snoes

nl-noun

snoes c (plural snoezen, diminutive snoesje n)

snoezen (plural)
snoesje (diminutive neuter)


schrijfbord

schrijfbord n (plural schrijfborden, diminutive schrijfbordje n)

schrijfborden (plural)
schrijfbordje (diminutive neuter)


kadaster

→ Indonesian: kadaster

→ Papiamentu: kadaster


breukstreep

breukstreep f (plural breukstrepen, diminutive breukstreepje n)

breukstrepen (plural)
breukstreepje (diminutive neuter)


sterkedrank

sterkedranken (plural)
sterke drank (alternative)

Univerbation of sterke drank. Literally, “strong (alcoholic) drink/beverage”.

lit

liquor, spirit(s)
(Belgium) distilled beverage

(Netherlands) beverage with 15%+ alcohol content

liquor, spirit(s)
beverage with 15%+ alcohol content


inzinking

nl-noun

inzinking f (plural inzinkingen, diminutive inzinkinkje n)

inzinkingen (plural)
inzinkinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈɪnˌzɪŋ.kɪŋ/


ratelpopulier

ratelpopulier m (plural ratelpopulieren, diminutive ratelpopuliertje n)

ratelpopulieren (plural)
ratelpopuliertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of ratelen (“to rattle”) + populier (“poplar”).

com+

Populus tremula
Populus tremula#Translingual


eiser

nl-noun

eiser m (plural eisers, diminutive eisertje n)

eisers (plural)
eisertje (diminutive neuter)
eischer (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch eyschere. Equivalent to eisen (“to demand, to claim”) + -er.


verweerder

From Middle Dutch verwerer. Equivalent to verweren + -er.


naastenliefde

Afrikaans: naasteliefde

→ West Frisian: neisteleafde (calque)

Compound of naaste + -n- + liefde. Compare French amour du prochain.


draagdoek

sling (i.e. for a broken arm or for carrying a baby)


bezitster

bezitster f (plural bezitsters, masculine bezitter)

bezitsters (plural)
bezitter (masculine)


notitie

notitie m (plural notities, diminutive notitietje n)

notities (plural)
notitietje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: notisje


civiliteit

Borrowed from Middle French civilité, from Latin cīvīlitās.


grote klaproos

grote klaproos f (plural grote klaprozen, diminutive groot klaproosje n)

grote klaprozen (plural)
groot klaproosje (diminutive neuter)

synonym of gewone klaproos (“common poppy, Papaver rhoeas”)


gewone klaproos

gewone klaproos f (plural gewone klaprozen, diminutive gewoon klaproosje n)

gewone klaprozen (plural)
gewoon klaproosje (diminutive neuter)

Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas#Translingual


ruige klaproos

ruige klaproos f (plural ruige klaprozen, diminutive ruig klaproosje n)

ruige klaprozen (plural)
ruig klaproosje (diminutive neuter)

Papaver argemone
Wikispecies:Papaver argemone

prickly poppy, pale poppy (Papaver argemone)


bastaardklaproos

bastaardklaproos f (plural bastaardklaprozen, diminutive bastaardklaproosje n)

bastaardklaprozen (plural)
bastaardklaproosje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of bastaard + klaproos. Possibly a calque, cf. German Bastard-Mohn, also the specific name hybridum.

Papaver hybridum
Wikispecies:Papaver hybridum


bleke klaproos

bleke klaproos f (plural bleke klaprozen, diminutive bleek klaproosje n)

bleke klaprozen (plural)
bleek klaproosje (diminutive neuter)

blind eyes, long-headed poppy (Papaver dubium)


kleine klaproos

kleine klaproos f (plural kleine klaprozen, diminutive klein klaproosje n)

kleine klaprozen (plural)
klein klaproosje (diminutive neuter)

synonym of bleke klaproos (“Papaver dubium”)


slanke klaproos

slanke klaproos f (plural slanke klaprozen, diminutive slank klaproosje n)

slanke klaprozen (plural)
slank klaproosje (diminutive neuter)

(slightly dated) synonym of bleke klaproos (“Papaver dubium”)


klapperroos

Borrowed from German Klapperrose. Equivalent to klapperen + roos.


maankop

From Middle Dutch maencop. The first element derives from Proto-Germanic *mōhô; the current form was altered by folk etymology. Equivalent to maan + kop.

a poppy, any of several plants of genus Papaver

Papaver somniferum
Papaver somniferum#Translingual

(particularly) the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

any of several opiate narcotic drugs made from the opium poppy


loon-prijsspiraal

loon-prijsspiraal f (plural loon-prijsspiralen)

loon-prijsspiralen (plural)
loonprijsspiraal (alternative)
loon/prijsspiraal (alternative)

Compound of loon + prijs + spiraal, probably a calque. First attested in the 1940s. Cf. German Lohn-Preis-Spirale (the most likely source), English wage-price spiral.


slaapbol

Compound of slapen (“sleep”) + bol (“bulb”).

com+

any of several narcotic drugs made from the opium poppy


duimstok

nl-noun

duimstok m (plural duimstokken, diminutive duimstokje n)

duimstokken (plural)
duimstokje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: dùimstok

Compound of duim (“inch, thumb”) + stok (“stick”). First attested in the 17th century. Compare equivalent German Zollstock (18th c.).

foldable meter stick, foldable yardstick (foldable measuring rod, nowadays at least a meter in length)


zelfonderricht

Compound of zelf + onderricht. First attested in the nineteenth century.


onderricht

Afrikaans: onderrig


ontvouwing

/ˌɔntˈfɑu̯.ɪŋ/

From Middle Dutch ontvoudinge. Equivalent to ontvouwen + -ing.


ontvouwingen

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handschoenmaker

handschoenmaker m (plural handschoenmakers)


bergwerker

bergwerker m (plural bergwerkers, diminutive bergwerkertje n)

bergwerkers (plural)
bergwerkertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of berg + werken + -er. First attested in the seventeenth century.

(now uncommon) miner (one who works in a mine)


vleeshouwer

vleeshouwers (plural)
vleeschhouwer (alternative)
vleischhouwer (alternative)

From Middle Dutch vleeschhouwer. Equivalent to vlees + houwen + -er.


godslasteraar

godslasteraar m (plural godslasteraars or godslasteraren)

godslasteraars (plural)
godslasteraren (plural)

Compound of god + -s- + lasteren + -aar.


godslasteraars

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snoepreep

snoepreep m (plural snoeprepen, diminutive snoepreepje n)

snoeprepen (plural)
snoepreepje (diminutive neuter)

From snoep + reep, probably a calque of English candy bar. First attested in the late twentieth century.

Kinderen houden van het krijgen van een snoepreep als traktatie.

Children love getting a candy bar as a treat.

Ze kocht een paar snoeprepen om uit te delen aan haar vrienden.

She bought a few candy bars to share with her friends.

Hij heeft een voorraad verschillende soorten snoeprepen in zijn kast liggen.

He has a supply of various types of candy bars in his cupboard.


blikslager

blikslager m (plural blikslagers, diminutive blikslagertje n)

blikslagers (plural)
blikslagertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: blikslaer

→ West Frisian: blikslagger

one who produces or repairs objects made of sheet metal, e.g. a pewterer or tinsmith


estafettestaking

estafettestaking f (plural estafettestakingen)

Compound of estafette (“relay race”) + staking (“strike”).

compound

(Netherlands) a relay strike; a type of strike where workers in a particular sector strike sequentially per company or employer, with work ceasing for a period in a business when the strike in another business has ended


plaatstaal

Compound of plaat + staal. First attested in the nineteenth century.


grondvest

From grond + vest, likely a calque of German Grundfeste.

(now chiefly figurative) foundation, principle

Het gebouw schudde op zijn grondvesten.


pinksterbloem

nl-noun

pinksterbloem f (plural pinksterbloemen, diminutive pinksterbloempje n or pinksterbloemetje n)

pinksterbloemen (plural)
pinksterbloempje (diminutive neuter)
pinksterbloemetje (diminutive neuter)

Cardamine pratensis
Cardamine pratensis#Translingual

(historical) A girl who was processed around in lavish attire on Pentecost, similar to a May Queen.


zwik

First attested in the sixteenth century.

spandrel (triangle formed by one or more arches and a linear or rectangular frame)


zwikken

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


waterweg

nl-noun

waterweg m (plural waterwegen, diminutive waterweggetje n)

waterwegen (plural)
waterweggetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: waterweg

/ˈʋaː.tərˌʋɛx/


wildbout

wildbout m (plural wildbouten, diminutive wildboutje n)

wildbouten (plural)
wildboutje (diminutive neuter)


wildhout

Petjo: wildhout

(chiefly Dutch East Indies) any tree or woody growth that isn't teak

(chiefly Dutch East Indies) any wood that isn't teak


wingerd

wingerd m (plural wingerden or wingerds, diminutive wingerdje n)

wingerden (plural)
wingerds (plural)
wingerdje (diminutive neuter)

Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera#Translingual

synonym of wilde wingerd (“creeper, plant of genus Parthenocissus”)


reukbal

reukbal m (plural reukballen, diminutive reukballetje n)

reukballen (plural)
reukballetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of reuk (“smell”) + bal (“ball”).


oorlogsveteraan

oorlogsveteraan m (plural oorlogsveteranen)

war veteran (someone who has fought in a war)


wolf in schaapskleren

wolf in schaapskleren m (plural wolven in schaapskleren)

wolf in sheep's clothing
wolf in sheep's clothing


wolven in schaapskleren

wolf in schaapskleren
wolf in schaapskleren#Dutch


schaamlap

schaamlap m (plural schaamlappen, diminutive schaamlapje n)

schaamlappen (plural)
schaamlapje (diminutive neuter)


heksenkring

heksenkring m (plural heksenkringen, diminutive heksenkringetje n)

heksenkringen (plural)
heksenkringetje (diminutive neuter)
heksekring (alternative)


sjamaan

Borrowed from Russian шама́н (šamán), from Evenki шама̄н (şamān). First mentioned in 1714:
* 1714, Cornelis de Bruin, Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie, publ. by Wetstein, Oosterwyk & van de Gaete, page 11.
*:
Onder hen is iemant, dienze den naem geven van Sjaman of Koedieſnick, houdende hem voor hunnen Prieſter, of liever Toveraer, en geloovende dat hy hun alle geluk en ongeluk kan voorzeggen:
Among them is someone, whom they give the name of Shaman or Kudisnick, holding him for their priest, or rather sorcerer, and believing that he can predict all fortune and misfortune to them

quote

Onder hen is iemant, dienze den naem geven van Sjaman of Koedieſnick, houdende hem voor hunnen Prieſter, of liever Toveraer, en geloovende dat hy hun alle geluk en ongeluk kan voorzeggen:
Among them is someone, whom they give the name of Shaman or Kudisnick, holding him for their priest, or rather sorcerer, and believing that he can predict all fortune and misfortune to them:


families van het zevende knoopsgat

familie van het zevende knoopsgat
familie van het zevende knoopsgat#Dutch

plural of familie van het zevende knoopsgat


zwijnsspriet

zwijnssprieten (plural)
zwijnspriet (alternative)

(literary) a hunting spear, especially used for hunting boars


vaderlandsliefde

Compound of vaderland (“fatherland”) + -s- + liefde (“love”).


aantocht

nl-noun

aantocht m (plural aantochten, diminutive aantochtje n)

aantochten (plural)
aantochtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aantog

From aantijgen. Equivalent to aan + tocht.


luizenei

luizenei n (plural luizeneieren, diminutive luizeneitje n)

luizeneieren (plural)
luizeneitje (diminutive neuter)


goudstuk

goudstuk n (plural goudstukken, diminutive goudstukje n)

goudstukken (plural)
goudstukje (diminutive neuter)
goudstik (alternative dated)

Afrikaans: goudstuk

Negerhollands: goudstuk


zilverstuk

zilverstuk n (plural zilverstukken, diminutive zilverstukje n)

zilverstukken (plural)
zilverstukje (diminutive neuter)
zilverstik (alternative dated)

Afrikaans: silwerstuk


koperstuk

koperstuk n (plural koperstukken, diminutive koperstukje n)

koperstukken (plural)
koperstukje (diminutive neuter)


zilverling

zilverling m (plural zilverlingen, diminutive zilverlingetje n)

zilverlingen (plural)
zilverlingetje (diminutive neuter)
silverling (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: silwerling

Negerhollands: silverling


hardtin

(rare) an alloy of tin and copper; pewter


peauter

pewter; originally an alloy of tin and lead, now often tin alloyed with other metals


boekhouder

boekhouder m (plural boekhouders, diminutive boekhoudertje n, feminine boekhoudster)

boekhouders (plural)
boekhoudertje (diminutive neuter)
boekhoudster (feminine)


bovennatuurkunde

(dated) metaphysics (philosophical area of study)


schijnheil

(colloquial, Netherlands) a sanctimonious person


reukorgaan

reukorgaan n (plural reukorganen, diminutive reukorgaantje n)

reukorganen (plural)
reukorgaantje (diminutive neuter)


leerstelsel

leerstelsel n (plural leerstelsels or leerstelselen)

leerstelsels (plural)
leerstelselen (plural)


leerstuk

leerstuk n (plural leerstukken, diminutive leerstukje n)

leerstukken (plural)
leerstukje (diminutive neuter)


kookkunst

Afrikaans: kookkuns


vlugzout

Afrikaans: vlugsout

From vlug + zout, calque of Latin sal volatilis.


leerlooier

leerlooiers (plural)
lederlooier (alternative archaic)

Afrikaans: leerlooier

tanner, practitioner of tanning (one who prepares leather with tan)


leerlooierij

leerlooierijen (plural)
lederlooierij (alternative archaic)

Afrikaans: leerlooiery

tanning, process of treating hides with tan


marmiet

marmiet f (plural marmieten, diminutive marmietje n)

marmieten (plural)
marmietje (diminutive neuter)


toonaard

From toon + aard, calque of German Tonart.

(music) mode (major scale or minor scale)


toongeslacht

From toon + geslacht, rendering calque of Latin genus.


verzen

verzen f (plural verzenen, diminutive verzentje n)

verzenen (plural)
verzentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch versene, from Old Dutch *fersana, from Proto-Germanic *fersnō, from Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂.


verzen

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


sinterklaasavondje

nl-noun-dim

sinterklaasavondje n (plural sinterklaasavondjes)


vrijage

nl-noun

vrijage f (plural vrijages, diminutive vrijagetje n)

vrijages (plural)
vrijagetje (diminutive neuter)
vrijaadje (alternative)
vrijagie (alternative)

/ˌvrɛi̯ˈaː.ʒə/


gewormte

/ɣəˈʋɔrm.tə/

From Middle Dutch gewormte. Equivalent to worm + ge- -te.

(collective, dated) bugs, worms and insects, creepy-crawlies, wormy vermin (often in reference to those eating human remains)


engelin

engelin f (plural engelinnen, diminutive engelinnetje n)

engelinnen (plural)
engelinnetje (diminutive neuter)

Affectionate, often romantic term for a woman.


motordief

Compound of motor (“motorbike”) + dief (“thief”).


spectrofotometer

spectrofotometer m (plural spectrofotometers)

Probably borrowed. Equivalent to spectro- + fotometer.


velgrem

velgrem f (plural velgremmen, diminutive velgremmetje n)

velgremmen (plural)
velgremmetje (diminutive neuter)


handrem

handrem f (plural handremmen, diminutive handremmetje n)

handremmen (plural)
handremmetje (diminutive neuter)

handbrake (any brake operated by hand, e.g. a parking brake or a brake lever)


kraamvrouwenkoorts

desc

→ West Frisian: kreamfrouwekoarts (calque)

puerperal fever, postpartum endometritis


kraamvrouwensterfte

Compound of kraamvrouw + -en- + sterfte.

mortality (rate) of women in childbirth, maternal mortality


loting

nl-noun

loting f (plural lotingen, diminutive lotinkje n)

lotingen (plural)
lotinkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lotinge. Equivalent to loten + -ing.

De winnaars van de loterij werden bepaald door een willekeurige loting uit alle ingediende loten.

The winners of the lottery were determined by a random lottery from all the submitted tickets.

De loting van de prijzen vond plaats tijdens een feestelijke bijeenkomst.

The lottery of the prizes took place during a festive gathering.

De loting van de nummers gebeurde live op televisie.

The drawing of the numbers took place live on television.


rolmaat

rolmaat f (plural rolmaten, diminutive rolmaatje n)

rolmaten (plural)
rolmaatje (diminutive neuter)


medemens

medemens m (plural medemensen, diminutive medemensje n)

medemensen (plural)
medemensje (diminutive neuter)

fellow man (of any gender), fellow human


goudsbloem

goudsbloem f (plural goudsbloemen, diminutive goudsbloempje n or goudsbloemetje n)

goudsbloemen (plural)
goudsbloempje (diminutive neuter)
goudsbloemetje (diminutive neuter)


afrikaantje

→ Papiamentu: afrikanchi, afrikaantje

From Afrikaan + -tje. The plants were once widely thought to have originated from Africa.


afwasbak

afwasbak m (plural afwasbakken, diminutive afwasbakje n)

afwasbakken (plural)
afwasbakje (diminutive neuter)


handwerk

handwerk n (plural handwerken, diminutive handwerkje n)

handwerken (plural)
handwerkje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: hantwèrk

From Middle Dutch hantwerc, from Old Dutch *handwerk, from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką; equivalent to hand + werk.


gekerm

From Middle Dutch gekerm, gecarem, gecarm, equivalent to ge- + kermen.


zienswijze

zienswijze f (plural zienswijzen, diminutive zienswijzetje n)

zienswijzen (plural)
zienswijzetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sienswyse

→ West Frisian: sjenswize (calque)


gevest

Coordinate term: lemmet


metworst

metworst f (plural metworsten, diminutive metworstje n)

metworsten (plural)
metworstje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch metworst. Equivalent to met + worst. Compare German Mettwurst.

an air-dried sausage made from raw minced pork


kletsmajoortje

nl-noun-dim

kletsmajoortje n (plural kletsmajoortjes)


generaal-majoortje

generaal-majoortje n (plural generaal-majoortjes)


bankgeld

(historical) bank money (tender accepted by or acceptable to a bank in times before national monetary units existed)


ingewand

Negerhollands: ingeweid

/ˈɪn.ɣəˌʋɑnt/

Daarna zal hij van dat dankoffer een vuuroffer den HEERE offeren; het vet, dat het ingewand bedekt, en al het vet, hetwelk aan het ingewand is.

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards

(figurative) belly, esp. as the seat of emotions


meetlint

nl-noun

meetlint n (plural meetlinten, diminutive meetlintje n)

meetlinten (plural)
meetlintje (diminutive neuter)


heilwens

wish (for success, health, etc. to someone)


glasplaat

glasplaat f (plural glasplaten, diminutive glasplaatje n)

glasplaten (plural)
glasplaatje (diminutive neuter)


scheepsvolk

scheepsvolk n (plural scheepsvolkeren or scheepsvolken, diminutive scheepsvolkje n)

scheepsvolkeren (plural)
scheepsvolken (plural)
scheepsvolkje (diminutive neuter)

a ship's crew (sometimes excluding officers)


zomereik

zomereik m (plural zomereiken, diminutive zomereikje n)

zomereiken (plural)
zomereikje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of zomer (“summer”) + eik (“oak”).

Quercus robur
Quercus robur#Translingual


grafmongool

grafmongool m (plural grafmongolen, diminutive grafmongooltje n)

grafmongolen (plural)
grafmongooltje (diminutive neuter)

From graf (“grave”) + mongool (“retard”).


terreinauto

terreinauto m (plural terreinauto's, diminutive terreinautootje n)

terreinauto's (plural)
terreinautootje (diminutive neuter)


mensenrecht

Back-formation from mensenrechten (“human rights”). By surface analysis, mens (“human”) + -en- + recht (“right”).


broodplank

nl-noun

broodplank f (plural broodplanken, diminutive broodplankje n)

broodplanken (plural)
broodplankje (diminutive neuter)

breadboard; a cutting board, especially used for cutting or carrying bread


speerhaai

speerhaai m (plural speerhaaien, diminutive speerhaaitje n)

speerhaaien (plural)
speerhaaitje (diminutive neuter)

Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias#Translingual

spiny dogfish, spurdog, Squalus acanthias


voetzool

voetzool f (plural voetzolen, diminutive voetzooltje n)

voetzolen (plural)
voetzooltje (diminutive neuter)

sole of the foot (bottom part of the foot)


zee-engte

zee-engte f (plural zee-engten or zee-engtes)

zee-engten (plural)
zee-engtes (plural)
zeeëngte (alternative)

/ˈzeːˌɛŋ.tə/

narrow strait or channel, a narrow sea passage enclosed by land


aanrader

aanrader m (plural aanraders, diminutive aanradertje n)

aanraders (plural)
aanradertje (diminutive neuter)

From aanraden (“to recommend, to advise”) + -er.

suffix

Een dagtocht naar Delft is zeker een aanrader!

A day trip to Delft is definitely recommended!

recommendation (that which is recommended)


godsbewijs

/ˈɣɔts.bəˌʋɛi̯s/

From god + -s- + bewijs, likely a calque of German Gottesbeweis.

proof of God; demonstration purporting to prove the existence of God


moervos

nl-noun

moervos m (plural moervossen, diminutive moervosje n)

moervossen (plural)
moervosje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of moer + vos. Related to moedervos (“mother fox”), but semantically distinct.


dierenrechtenactivist

dierenrechtenactivist m (plural dierenrechtenactivisten, feminine dierenrechtenactiviste)

dierenrechtenactivisten (plural)
dierenrechtenactiviste (feminine)


dierenrechtenactiviste

dierenrechtenactiviste f (plural dierenrechtenactivistes, masculine dierenrechtenactivist)

dierenrechtenactivistes (plural)
dierenrechtenactivist (masculine)


mensenrechtenactivist

mensenrechtenactivist m (plural mensenrechtenactivisten, feminine mensenrechtenactiviste)

mensenrechtenactivisten (plural)
mensenrechtenactiviste (feminine)


mensenrechtenactiviste

mensenrechtenactiviste f (plural mensenrechtenactivistes, masculine mensenrechtenactivist)

mensenrechtenactivistes (plural)
mensenrechtenactivist (masculine)


luitenant-generaaltje

nl-noun-dim

luitenant-generaaltje n (plural luitenant-generaaltjes)


bloedvink

nl-noun

bloedvink m (plural bloedvinken, diminutive bloedvinkje n)

bloedvinken (plural)
bloedvinkje (diminutive neuter)

I have given two little bullfinches unto my lover, / Who sing artly and display their gorgeous colours:

1728, "Herderskout, tusschen Wouter en Liefhart", Dichtlievende tydkortingen, bestaande in gedichten van verscheide stoffe en rymtrant, publ. by Samuel Luchtmans, 69. 'k Heb twee bloedvinkjes aan myn Minnares geschonken, / Die kunstig zingen en met schone verwen pronken

Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula#Translingual

(uncommon) synonym of goudvink (“bullfinch”) (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)


vakterm

vakterm m (plural vaktermen, diminutive vaktermpje n)

vaktermen (plural)
vaktermpje (diminutive neuter)

technical term, a specialist term used in jargon


kwekerij

kwekerij f (plural kwekerijen, diminutive kwekerijtje n)

kwekerijen (plural)
kwekerijtje (diminutive neuter)

a farm where plants are grown, in particular for saplings, flowers and fruits (including culinary vegetables), often without harvesting the entire plant unless it is used as a sapling

a nursery where: (Belgium, Suriname) any animals are raised or (Netherlands) fish, molluscs, arthropods or algae are raised or grown

the activity of farming at a farm of one of the above types


bos hout voor de deur

bos hout voor de deur m (plural bossen hout voor de deur)

Literally, “bundle of wood in front of the door”. First used by Wim Sonneveld in 1967. Likely originated as a euphemism. Compare French livraison de bois devant sa porte, from where the Dutch perhaps originates. Compare also German Holz vor der Hütte (literally “wood in front of the cottage”).

cog

Annemiek was het eerste meisje bij ons op school die borstjes had. Dan riepen we als kleine jongetjes: Hee, bos hout voor de deur! Met de kennis van nu waren het eerder twee aanmaakblokjes.

2015, Jochem Myjer, 1:32:30 from the start, in Even Geduld Aub!, Jochem Myjer (actor):

Annemiek was the first girl in our school to have breasts. Like little boys we yelled: Hey, some big melons! Knowing what we know now, they were more like firelighters.

(colloquial, humorous, collective, chiefly singular) (large) breasts


computertoets

nl-noun

computertoets f or m (plural computertoetsen)

a computer key or computer button (pressable input device)


buiteling

buiteling f (plural buitelingen, diminutive buitelingetje n or buitelinkje n)

buitelingen (plural)
buitelingetje (diminutive neuter)
buitelinkje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈbœy̯.təˌlɪŋ/

a forward roll, especially when stumbling


koprol

koprol m (plural koprollen, diminutive koprolletje n)

koprollen (plural)
koprolletje (diminutive neuter)

(gymnastics) roll, tumble (gymnastics move where the body rotates by rolling longitudinally over one's back)


koprollen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


houtlijmen

Audio


miltvuurbos

nl-noun

miltvuurbos n (plural miltvuurbossen, diminutive miltvuurbosje n)

miltvuurbossen (plural)
miltvuurbosje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of miltvuur (“anthrax”) + bos (“forest”).

(Netherlands, chiefly diminutive) a small, densely grown tract of forest in a pasture, where livestock were buried after dying from anthrax, or sometimes from an other contagious disease


rokerij

rokerij f (plural rokerijen, diminutive rokerijtje n)

rokerijen (plural)
rokerijtje (diminutive neuter)

smokery, smokehouse (building or facility where fish or meat is cured by smoking)


palingrokerij

palingrokerij f (plural palingrokerijen, diminutive palingrokerijtje n)

palingrokerijen (plural)
palingrokerijtje (diminutive neuter)

eel smokery, eel smokehouse (building or facility where eels are cured by smoking)


dundoek

dundoek n (plural dundoeken, diminutive dundoekje n)

dundoeken (plural)
dundoekje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch dundoec. Equivalent to dun (“thin”) + doek (“cloth”).

(uncountable) the type of cloth from which flags are made

(archaic, uncountable) very thin, fine cloth of any kind


bruin blauwtje

nl-noun-dim-tant

bruin blauwtje n (plural bruine blauwtjes)

Literally, “brown blue (butterfly), brown bluey”.


naarst

From Middle Dutch nernst, variant of ernst.

(obsolete) diligence, industry, keenness


zeeanjelier

nl-noun

zeeanjelier f (plural zeeanjelieren, diminutive zeeanjeliertje n)

zeeanjelieren (plural)
zeeanjeliertje (diminutive neuter)


noordzeekrab

noordzeekrab f (plural noordzeekrabben, diminutive noordzeekrabbetje n)

noordzeekrabben (plural)
noordzeekrabbetje (diminutive neuter)

Cancer pagurus
Cancer pagurus#Translingual

brown crab, edible crab (Cancer pagurus)


krabbezakje

krabbezakjes (plural)
krabbenzakje (alternative)


schemerkelkje

(rare) sundowner (cocktail drunk at sundown)


onzichtbaarheid

onzichtbaarheid f (plural onzichtbaarheden)

Afrikaans: onsigbaarheid

(uncountable) invisibility, state of not being visible

(uncommon, countable) something that is invisible


typesoort

Compound of type + soort, likely a calque.

type species (species that permanently defines a genus or lower taxon)


boekjaar

desc

→ Indonesian: tahun buku (“financial year”) (calque)

Het boekjaar sluit op 31 december.

The financial year closes on December 31st.

Dit bedrijf had een goed boekjaar met hoge winsten.

This company had a good fiscal year with high profits.

We moeten de resultaten van het vorige boekjaar analyseren.

We need to analyze the results of the last financial year.


nachtwacht

nl-noun

nachtwacht f (plural nachtwachten, diminutive nachtwachtje n)

nachtwachten (plural)
nachtwachtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: nagwag

Negerhollands: nagt-wagt

night guard, night watchman or night watchwoman (person belonging to a night watch, standing guard at night)

night watch, night guard (group of people who stand guard at night)

guard duty for the night watch (look-out duty at night)


schender

(now uncommon) alternative form of schenner


bloedschenner

bloedschenners (plural)
bloedschender (alternative)

one who commits incest, incestuous person


voorbeeldzin

voorbeeldzin m (plural voorbeeldzinnen, diminutive voorbeeldzinnetje n)

voorbeeldzinnen (plural)
voorbeeldzinnetje (diminutive neuter)

Hij is uit de redactie gezet vanwege zijn aanstootgevende voorbeeldzinnen.

He has been removed from the editorial board because of his offensive example sentences.

Koenen 1974 bevat bij neuken het belachelijke voorbeeldzinnetje 'Ze spartelde tegen, maar ik heb haar toch geneukt'.

2003, Jan Stroop, Waar gaat het Nederlands naartoe? Panorama van een taal, page 349:


voorbeeldzinnetje

nl-noun-dim

voorbeeldzinnetje n (plural voorbeeldzinnetjes)


vrijplaats

nl-noun

vrijplaats m (plural vrijplaatsen, diminutive vrijplaatsje n)

vrijplaatsen (plural)
vrijplaatsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vryplaas

→ West Frisian: frijpleats (calque)

From Middle Dutch vriplaetse, equivalent to vrij + plaats.

refuge, safe haven, sanctuary (place that offers safety, in particular freedom from persecution or prosecution) (in a figurative sense used both positively and negatively)


bossen hout voor de deur

Hij hield trouwens ook niet van vrouwen met van die grote bossen hout voor de deur en donker behaarde kuiten, zei hij weleens, maar alleen als hij erg bezopen was en een van zijn even dronken joodse vrienden een arm om zijn schouder legde en vroeg wanneer Jochem nou eens met een leuk joods meisje thuis zou komen.

1993, Daphne Meijer, Resten van de eeuw, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, page 13:

He also didn't like women with those huge knockers and dark haired legs, as he said sometimes, but only if he was really hammered and one of his just as drunk Jewish friends put an arm on his shoulder and asked when Jochem would finally bring a nice Jewish girl home.

Goed voorziene vrouwen – en dan heb ik het over de echte bossen hout voor de deur – hebben de neiging achterover te leunen en te vertrouwen op hun, eh... materiaal.

2011, Harlan Coben, Tegenwerking, Meulenhoff Boekerij B.V., →ISBN, page 80:

Well-endowed women – by which I mean those with real knockers – tend to lean back and rely on their, err... material.

Zo mocht niemand weten dat hij onlangs bij Weight Watchers was gegaan in de hoop daar nieuwe neukertjes met flinke bossen hout voor de deur te kunnen scoren, na een teleurstellende reeks 'platte pannenkoeken', zoals hij het noemde.

2017, Sophie Hannah, Beste vrienden, VBK Media, →ISBN, page 39:

Like how nobody was supposed to know he recently joined Weight Watchers in hopes of scoring some easy girls with huge knockers, after a series of disappointing 'flat pancakes', as he called it.

bos hout voor de deur
bos hout voor de deur#Dutch


plofstof

(dated, rare) explosive, explosive substance


talhout

From Middle Dutch talhout. Equivalent to tal (“numer, quantity”) + hout (“wood”).

(collective, historical) long, slender pieces of wood cut or shredded from branches and trunks, often stored or transported in bundles, sold in large quantities


wereldkaart

wereldkaart f (plural wereldkaarten, diminutive wereldkaartje n)

wereldkaarten (plural)
wereldkaartje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wêreldkaart


verkeersknoop

(Belgium) a traffic bottleneck; a place where traffic jams often occur


pletterpet

Compound of pletteren + pet. Apparently intended as a pseudo-Afrikaans coinage.

an orange helmet decorated in the style of a makarapa, distributed as a gimmick during the 2010 FIFA World Cup


verkeersknooppunt

verkeersknooppunt n (plural verkeersknooppunten)

interchange (grade-separated infrastructure junction)


kankerbos

From Afrikaans kankerbos. Equivalent to kanker (“cancer (disease)”) + bos (“shrub, bush”). Named after one of its uses in folk medicine.

com

(botany) cancer bush, Lessertia frutescens


kankerbos

nl-noun

kankerbos n (plural kankerbossen, diminutive kankerbosje n)

kankerbossen (plural)
kankerbosje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of kanker (“cancer (disease)”) + bos (“forest”).

com

(Netherlands) a forest dedicated to people who died from cancer


doordenker

nl-noun

doordenker m (plural doordenkers, diminutive doordenkertje n)

doordenkers (plural)
doordenkertje (diminutive neuter)

(chiefly diminutive) a saying, story or quip supposed to require contemplation, e.g. to understand the crux or punch line

one who thinks deeply or 'deeper' than others, one who contemplates deeply


giller

giller m (plural gillers, diminutive gillertje n, feminine gilster)

gillers (plural)
gillertje (diminutive neuter)
gilster (feminine)

(informal) something hilarious; (also) something risible, something ridiculous

(uncommon) a screamer, a yeller (one who shouts)


sjalot

sjalot f (plural sjalotten, diminutive sjalotje n)

sjalotten (plural)
sjalotje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: salot

→ Papiamentu: sjalot (dated)

Borrowed from French échalote, from Middle French eschalote, from Old French eschaloigne, from Medieval Latin escalonia, from Classical Latin ascalonia (cēpa), referring to Ashkelon.

Allium cepa var. aggregatum#Translingual


strandjutter

Compound of strand + jutter, influenced by strandjut.

beachcomber (one who collects or steals items of salvage on a beach)


strandjut

Afrikaans: strandjut

Compound of strand + jut. The meaning of the second element is unclear, but is linked by some to Jut (“Jute”).

(Northern) beachcomber (one who collects or steals items of salvage found on a beach)


bruine hyena

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

bruine hyena's (plural)
bruin hyenaatje (diminutive neuter)

Parahyaena brunnea
Parahyaena brunnea#Translingual


hyenahond

hyenahond m (plural hyenahonden, diminutive hyenahondje n)

hyenahonden (plural)
hyenahondje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of hyena (“hyena”) + hond (“dog”).

Afrikaanse wilde hond
Afrikaanse wilde hond#Dutch

synonym of Afrikaanse wilde hond (“African wild dog, Lycaon pictus”)


Afrikaanse wilde hond

Afrikaanse wilde hond m (plural Afrikaanse wilde honden, diminutive Afrikaans wild hondje n)

Afrikaanse wilde honden (plural)
Afrikaans wild hondje (diminutive neuter)

Lycaon pictus
Lycaon pictus#Translingual


gestreepte hyena

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

gestreepte hyena's (plural)
gestreept hyenaatje (diminutive neuter)

Hyaena hyaena
Hyaena hyaena#Translingual


gevlekte hyena

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

gevlekte hyena's (plural)
gevlekt hyenaatje (diminutive neuter)

Crocuta crocuta
Crocuta crocuta#Translingual


bloedgericht

bloedgerichten (plural)
bloedgerigt (alternative obsolete)

a judicial or extralegal verdict of death


spoorrail

spoorrail n (plural spoorrails, diminutive spoorrailtje n)

spoorrails (plural)
spoorrailtje (diminutive neuter)


zwemstaart

zwemstaart m (plural zwemstaarten, diminutive zwemstaartje n)

zwemstaarten (plural)
zwemstaartje (diminutive neuter)

a tail that can be used for propulsion when swimming


doodsmaal

doodsmalen (plural)
doodmaal (alternative)

(historical) meal held after someone's death, usually on the eve before or within days of a funeral


hydrofobie

Probably borrowed from French hydrophobie.


overheidssector

overheidssector m (plural overheidssectoren)


bumor

(informal, Netherlands, politics) the dry wit of Sybrand van Haersma Buma


voedingsmiddel

voedingsmiddel n (plural voedingsmiddelen, diminutive voedingsmiddeltje n)

voedingsmiddelen (plural)
voedingsmiddeltje (diminutive neuter)


cijferschrift

cijferschrift n (plural cijferschriften)


kamerolifant

kamerolifant m (plural kamerolifanten, diminutive kamerolifantje n)

kamerolifanten (plural)
kamerolifantje (diminutive neuter)

(derogatory) land whale (insult for an overweight person)


kamerolifantje

nl-noun-dim

kamerolifantje n (plural kamerolifantjes)


beenpijp

nl-noun

beenpijp f (plural beenpijpen, diminutive beenpijpje n)

beenpijpen (plural)
beenpijpje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of been (“bone, leg”) + pijp (“pipe”).

(dated) a leg cover, (also) a trouser leg

(dated) the part of a bone consisting of cortical bone


kiloknaller

a discount offer for a meat product per kilogramme; a cut-price meat product


deeleconomie

From delen + economie, calque of English sharing economy.


wormvormig aanhangsel

wormvormig aanhangsel n (plural wormvormige aanhangsels, diminutive wormvormig aanhangseltje n)

wormvormige aanhangsels (plural)
wormvormig aanhangseltje (diminutive neuter)

Calque of New Latin appendix vermiformis.


wormvormige aanhangsels

wormvormig aanhangsel
wormvormig aanhangsel#Dutch


menspaard

menspaarden (plural)
menschpaard (alternative obsolete)

From mens (“human, person”) + paard (“horse”).

compound

(Greek mythology, fantasy) centaur or (less commonly) another fictional human–horse hybrid


rijksmunt

a coin issued by a national or imperial government


plichtpleging

nl-noun

plichtpleging f (plural plichtplegingen)

plichtplegingen (plural)
pligtpleging (alternative obsolete)

Na wat verbale plichtplegingen over en weer besluit voorie inhoudelijker te worden.

2020 August 25, Gerold Rozenblad, “Tafra drai [The table has turned]”, in De Ware Tijd, retrieved 2021-07-14:

After some verbal pleasantries back and forth, the chairman decides to get more specific.

an often ritualised expression of respect


schatlijst

Compound of schatten (“to appraise”) or schat (“treasure, valuable”) + lijst (“list”).


dampbad

nl-noun

dampbad n (plural dampbaden, diminutive dampbadje n)

dampbaden (plural)
dampbadje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of damp (“steam”) + bad (“bath”).


dansschoen

dansschoen m (plural dansschoenen, diminutive dansschoentje n)

dansschoenen (plural)
dansschoentje (diminutive neuter)


bolworm

the larva of tapeworms of the genus Taenia, that cause coenurosis in sheep and some other herbivores


gladneus

Compound of glad (“smooth, slippery”) + neus (“nose”).

compound

(chiefly plural) vesper bat, bat of the family Vespertilionidae


hoefijzerneus

nl-noun

hoefijzerneus m or f (plural hoefijzerneuzen)

hoefijzerneuzen (plural)
hoefyzerneus (alternative obsolete)

Bahuvrihi compound of hoefijzer (“horseshoe”) + neus (“nose”), calque of German Hufeisennase.

Rondom Maastricht leven twee soorten vleermuizen, de groote en de kleine hoefijzerneus (zóó genoemd naar de hoefijzervormige tastvliezen op den neus), die andere dieren wel eens wat bloed afzuigen.

1896 December 14, “Merkwaardigheden uit een vleermuisleven”, in Provinciale Noordbrabantsche en 's-Hertogenbossche Courant, No. 288, part 2, page 1:

Two species of bats live around Maastricht, the greater and the lesser horseshoe bat (thus named after the horseshoe-shaped tactile leaves on the nose), that sometimes suck some blood from other animals.

horseshoe bat, bat of the family Rhinolophidae


beschermheer

beschermheer m (plural beschermheren, diminutive beschermheertje n, feminine beschermvrouw)

beschermheren (plural)
beschermheertje (diminutive neuter)
beschermvrouw (feminine)

male patron, protector (high-status man offering protection and support of various kinds (e.g. legal aid) to those of lower status; by extension a dignitary affiliated to an organisation)


beschermvrouw

beschermvrouw f (plural beschermvrouwen, diminutive beschermvrouwtje n, masculine beschermheer)

beschermvrouwen (plural)
beschermvrouwtje (diminutive neuter)
beschermheer (masculine)
beschermvrouwe (alternative)

female patron, protector (high-status woman offering protection and support of various kinds (e.g. legal aid) to those of lower status; by extension a dignitary affiliated to an organisation)


borreltafel

borreltafel f (plural borreltafels, diminutive borreltafeltje n)

borreltafels (plural)
borreltafeltje (diminutive neuter)

salon table, table used for having drinks

(figurative) a place or situation where lowbrow conversation takes place, often under influence


borreltafeltje

nl-noun-dim

borreltafeltje n (plural borreltafeltjes)


geheimtaal

nl-noun

geheimtaal f (plural geheimtalen, diminutive geheimtaaltje n)

geheimtalen (plural)
geheimtaaltje (diminutive neuter)

/ɣəˈɦɛi̯mˌtaːl/


aanhuwelijking

aanhuwelijking f (plural aanhuwelijkingen)

the process of becoming related (becoming someone's in-law) through marriage


graftempo

Compound of graf (“grave”) + tempo (“pace, tempo, time”).

compound

Aan je sig te zien moet het toch helemaal niet snel gaan? Een graftempo lijkt me precies gepast ;)

2001 June 21, J-P, “t.k. Honda CB500Four uit '75 i.z.g.st.!”, in nl.motorfiets (Usenet):

Judging from your sig it shouldn't have to fast at all, no? A gravely slow pace seems right appropriate ;)

(Netherlands, colloquial) an extremely slow pace


beugeltas

nl-noun

beugeltas m (plural beugeltassen, diminutive beugeltasje n)

beugeltassen (plural)
beugeltasje (diminutive neuter)
beugeltasch (alternative obsolete)

/ˈbøː.ɣəlˌtɑs/


leefgebied

leefgebied n (plural leefgebieden, diminutive leefgebiedje n)

leefgebieden (plural)
leefgebiedje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of leven + gebied. First attested in 1905. Rare for a long time, but with a spike in attestations during World War II translating German Lebensraum, only becoming common around the 1960s.

1905, Marie Marx-Koning, "Hoe de Vogels den Boom beschermden", in Marie Metz-Koning, Een bundel letterkundige bijdragen, page 162.
Ook de gepluimde levensboden van paardebloem en distel doodde hij [de boom]; en zelfs de taaie varens konden niet leven, zoover zijn leefgebied zich uitstrekte.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

habitat, territory (of an individual or population of animals or other organisms), area of distribution (of an entire (sub)species or higher taxon)

(uncommon) living space (in a building, of a family or of an individual)

(dated or historical, of peoples or nations) lebensraum


beschieting

(countable, uncountable) a shooting, an act of shooting at someone


cassettespelertje

nl-noun-dim

cassettespelertje n (plural cassettespelertjes)


cedel

From Middle Dutch cedele, from Medieval Latin cedula, from Latin schedula.


clownvissen

Audio


distelvijg

Compound of distel (“thistle”) + vijg (“fig”).


negerinnentet

nl-noun

negerinnentet f (plural negerinnentetten)

Compound of negerin (“black woman, negress”) + -en- + tet (“boob, tit”), but compare French tête de nègre.

compound

(Belgium) chocolate-coated cream or marshmallow treat


negerin

nl-noun

negerin f (plural negerinnen, diminutive negerinnetje n)

negerinnen (plural)
negerinnetje (diminutive neuter)
negrin (alternative obsolete)

Negerhollands: neegerin, negrinne


bezweetheid

/bəˈzʋeːtˌɦɛi̯t/


breikoker

a tubular case for storing knitting needles


miljoenenstadje

nl-noun-dim

miljoenenstadje n (plural miljoenenstadjes)


omvolking

From om + volk + -ing, calque of German Umvolkung.

Verreweg de populairste samenzweringstheorie is die van de ‘omvolking’, ook wel ‘white genocide’ genoemd.

2017 June 3, Joshua Livestro, “Jalta-hoofdredacteur is klaar met paranoïde samenzweringsverhalenen en idiote racistische theorieën”, in Volkskrant:

Volgens hem beleeft Europa een opzettelijke omvolking, een „verovering” noemt hij het zelfs, een „kolonisatie”, moedwillig gesteund door de politieke en economische elites. Hij goochelt daarbij met neologismen. De elites zijn „remplacistes”, vervangers, „nocence” (hinder) is het „instrument” waarmee de omvolking wordt opgelegd.

2018 January 22, Peter Vermaas, “‘Omvolking’ komt uit een Frans kasteel”, in NRC Handelsblad:

Ik voel me niet bepaald rechts als ik Thierry Baudet hoor oreren over homeopathische verdunning en omvolking, al noemt hij dat om precies te zijn ‘structurele demografische transformatie’.

2018 October 30, Marianne Zwagerman, “Volks”, in BNR:

Een man die zich voorstelt als Floris (30), vindt Polen een ‘gidsland’ omdat het zich verzet tegen migratie. ‘De omvolking heeft lang genoeg geduurd.’

2018 November 11, Jenne Jan Holtland, “Polen viert het onafhankelijkheidsfeest samen, maar met een verdeelde bevolking”, in Volkskrant:

(slang, politics) demographic replacement by exchanging one population for another (mainly as a part of conspiracy theories about white genocide)


heilsgeschiedenis

From heil + -s- + geschiedenis, calque of German Heilsgeschichte.


heilshistorie

From heil + -s- + historie, calque of German Heilsgeschichte.


beeldvorming

framing, perception (social interpretation of observations)

imaging, image formation (creation of images of an interior by means of wave phenomena)


dekbedovertrek

nl-noun

dekbedovertrek n (plural dekbedovertrekken, diminutive dekbedovertrekje n)

dekbedovertrekken (plural)
dekbedovertrekje (diminutive neuter)


dekbedovertrekje

nl-noun-dim

dekbedovertrekje n (plural dekbedovertrekjes)


gasfles

nl-noun

gasfles f (plural gasflessen, diminutive gasflesje n)

gasflessen (plural)
gasflesje (diminutive neuter)


franjehaai

Compound of franje (“frill, fringe”) + haai (“shark”).

com+

Chlamydoselachus anguineus
Wikispecies:Chlamydoselachus anguineus

frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus)


pandapunt

Compound of panda + punt, in reference to the giant panda's infrequent mating habits, in particular in captivity.

(university slang) a fictional point awarded for sexlessness, of which one is gained for every consecutive month (or week, according to some) in which one has not had sex


putjesschepper

nl-noun

putjesschepper m (plural putjesscheppers)

putjesscheppers (plural)
putschepper (alternative dated rare)

Compound of putje + -s- + scheppen + -er.


bereider

From Middle Dutch bereider. Equivalent to bereiden + -er.

one who prepares something, especially someone who prepares a meal


brandewijndrinker

brandewijndrinker m (plural brandewijndrinkers)

a habitual drinker of brandy (implying alcohol abuse)


tabakdrinker

tabakdrinkers (plural)
tabaksdrinker (alternative obsolete)


drievingerige luiaard

drievingerige luiaard m (plural drievingerige luiaards)

Literally, “three-fingered sloth”, cf. the specific name tridactylus.

Bradypus tridactylus
Wikispecies:Bradypus tridactylus

pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)


drievingerige luiaards

drievingerige luiaard
drievingerige luiaard#Dutch


suikertaart

suikertaart f (plural suikertaarten, diminutive suikertaartje n)

suikertaarten (plural)
suikertaartje (diminutive neuter)

a pie with a filling and topping of (caramelised) sugar, typical of Belgian cuisine

1980, Alfred Kossman, Geur der droefenis, Querido (publ.), page 150.
‘Jij maakte ruzie’ zei ze verontwaardigd. ‘Je deed zo onhandig of je nog nooit een kop koffie had besteld, je durfde geen enkel restaurant in en je liep te schelden op de Italianen en op de dom die je een suikertaart vond.’

“You were arguing,” she said indignantly. “You were so clumsy as if you had never ordered a cup of coffee before, you didn't dare to enter any restaurant, and you were cursing the Italians and the cathedral that you called a sugar pie.”

(derogatory) a hideously opulent building


diensthuis

diensthuis n (plural diensthuizen, diminutive diensthuisje n)

diensthuizen (plural)
diensthuisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dienst + huis. From Biblical Hebrew בֵּית עֲבָדִים (“house of bondage”), used in Exodus.

der

בֵּית עֲבָדִים

(figurative, chiefly singular) a place where one is subject to slavery, servitude or any other oppression


stroopwafelpiet

nl-noun

stroopwafelpiet m (plural stroopwafelpieten)

a servant of Sinterklaas with facepaint in the colour scheme of a stroopwafel, a typically Dutch treat, in order to avoid the blackface on Zwarte Piet


roetveegpiet

a servant of Sinterklaas with facepaint that resembles a daub of soot, unlike the blackface of Zwarte Piet


berkenmeier

(historical) a chalice, originally one carved from birch wood


stroopwafeltje

nl-noun-dim

stroopwafeltje n (plural stroopwafeltjes)


kaaspiet

a servant of Sinterklaas with facepaint in the colour scheme of Gouda cheese, a typically Dutch food, in order to avoid the blackface on Zwarte Piet


reuzendier

reuzendieren (plural)
reusdier (alternative obsolete)
reuzedier (alternative uncommon)

giant animal (megafauna, often prehistoric or mythological)


reuzedier

(uncommon) alternative form of reuzendier


heksenmelk

Blend of heks + -en- + wolfsmelk (“spurge, plant of genus Euphorbia”).

blend

Euphorbia esula
Euphorbia esula#Translingual


heksenmelk

From heks (“witch”) + -en- + melk (“milk”).


gespan

Negerhollands: gespan

From Middle Dutch gespan (“clasp; chain, bracelet”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ga- *spannaną.

inh

a span, a team (pair or larger team of draught animals)

(obsolete) a group, fellowship, party, band


kanteloep

kanteloepen (plural)
kantaloep (alternative)


olieslager

Compound of olie + slaan + -er. Compare German Ölschläger.

an oil miller, an oil crusher; one who presses oil from produce, often with a press or mill


Spaanse opening

nl-noun

Spaanse opening f (plural Spaanse openingen)

Literally, “Spanish opening”, after its early popularity in Spain.


ziekenhuisbacterie

ziekenhuisbacterie f (plural ziekenhuisbacteriën)

(informal) any antibiotic-resistant bacterium often found in hospitals, a superbug


zoönose

Borrowed from French zoonose. Mentioned as early as the 19th century.


walgvogel

Compound of walgen + vogel, because of the unpleasant taste of the meat.


dodaars

dodaars m (plural dodaarzen, diminutive dodaarsje n)

dodaarzen (plural)
dodaarsje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dod (“tuft”, variant of dot) + aars (“arse”).

compound

variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">dot</i>

Tachybaptus ruficollis
Tachybaptus ruficollis#Translingual


sterke drank

Literally, “strong (alcoholic) drink/beverage”.


gevreet

Afrikaans: gevreet

Neuter verbal noun formed with ge- from vreten.

(informal) the act of eating (often with crude or wild connotations)


strapats

Borrowed from German Strapaze (“strain, hassle”), from Italian strapazzo. The contemporary sense developed in the phrase strapatsen maken, originally “to cause hassle” and then by extension “to behave strangely, act out”.

bor+

Men bezag die overzeese politieke strapatsen met de grootste argwaan.

Those political frivolities from overseas were looked at with the greatest suspicion.

Zijn tocht voert ons langs het vocabulaire van verschillende media, [...], tot de verbale strapatsen van politici die bepaalde vragen liever niet beantwoorden.

2021, René Appel, Taalstukken: Alles over het Nederlands van nu, Amsterdam: Ambo|Anthos uitgevers, →ISBN, back cover:

His journey takes us from the vocabulary of various media outlets, …, to the strange verbal antics of politicians who would rather not answer certain questions.

(chiefly derogatory, chiefly in the plural) prank, caper, antic (strange, excessive or frivolous action)


wijkverpleegkundige

nl-noun

wijkverpleegkundige m or f (uncountable)

district nurse (one who provides medical care locally)


buikloop

(now chiefly uncountable) (medically serious) diarrhoea


sierplant

sierplant f (plural sierplanten, diminutive sierplantje n)

sierplanten (plural)
sierplantje (diminutive neuter)


commandocentrale

commandocentrale m or f (plural commandocentrales)


koelcel

koelcel f (plural koelcellen, diminutive koelcelletje n)

koelcellen (plural)
koelcelletje (diminutive neuter)


bezetteling

/bəˈzɛ.təˌlɪŋ/


christin

christin f (plural christinnen, diminutive christinnetje n, masculine christen)

christinnen (plural)
christinnetje (diminutive neuter)
christen (masculine)


schelmstuk

schelmstuk n (plural schelmstukken, diminutive schelmstukje n)

schelmstukken (plural)
schelmstukje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: skelmstuk


dagverhaal

(historical) diary, journal or chronicle with entries per day


sluitertijd

sluitertijd m or f (plural sluitertijden)


tijdopname

From tijd + opname, calque of German Zeitaufnahme.


stekelbrem

(chiefly uncountable) needle furze, pettywhin (Genista anglica)


brem

From Middle Dutch breme, from Proto-Germanic *bremjō (“thorn bush”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-, an extension of *bʰer- (“to stick out”), which would make it related to braam (“bramble”).

broom, several plants of the subfamily Faboideae, particularly those (formerly) belonging to the genus Genista

Cytisus scoparius
Cytisus scoparius#Translingual

(particularly) common broom, Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius)


darmflora

(chiefly uncountable) intestinal flora, gut flora


aanrechtbank

(historical, dated) a low countertop, usually narrow and having cupboards underneath


spaarbank

→ Peranakan Indonesian: spaarbank

→ Papiamentu: spaarbank (dated)


bankie

(Holland, colloquial) alternative form of bankje


coloriet

colorieten (plural)
koloriet (alternative)

(painting, art) palette, the effect of the ensemble of colours in a painting


medegenoot

medegenoot m (plural medegenoten, feminine medegenote)

medegenoten (plural)
medegenote (feminine)

From Middle Dutch medegenoot. Equivalent to mede- + genoot.


zinsbegoocheling

zinsbegoocheling f (plural zinsbegoochelingen)

illusion (something misperceived by the senses)


autobom

autobom f (plural autobommen, diminutive autobommetje n)

autobommen (plural)
autobommetje (diminutive neuter)

Lees ik tien gedichten van Gezelle achter elkaar, ik, schöngeist, verstilde estheet, dommel weg en droom van straatrumoer, discotheken en een AUTOBOM!!

1999, Benno Barnard, “Het groot nationaal dichtertje”, in NRC Handelsblad:


omstreek

Er was in de omstreek van de oude boerderij geen waterbron te bekennen.

There wasn't any source of water to be found in the surroundings of the old farm.

(chiefly plural, except in certain expressions) the area surrounding a locale, the surroundings


dukaat

dukaat m (plural dukaten, diminutive dukaatje n)

dukaten (plural)
dukaatje (diminutive neuter)
ducaat (alternative)

→ Malay: dukat

→ Indonesian: dukat

Negerhollands: doekat

→ Sundanese: dokat

From Middle Dutch ducaet, from older ducas, possibly via Middle French ducat, from Italian ducato.

ducat (gold coin) (used of various gold coins of varying value)


traktaat

traktaat n (plural traktaten, diminutive traktaatje n)

traktaten (plural)
traktaatje (diminutive neuter)
tractaat (alternative)

Afrikaans: traktaat

→ Indonesian: traktat

→ West Frisian: traktaat

From Middle Dutch tractaet (“treatise; treaty”), from Latin tractātus (“treatise; treaty”).


cognaat

(linguistics) cognate (related word, derived from the same lexeme as another word)


acrobaat

nl-noun

acrobaat m (plural acrobaten, diminutive acrobaatje n)

acrobaten (plural)
acrobaatje (diminutive neuter)
akrobaat (alternative)

→ Indonesian: akrobat

Borrowed from French acrobate or German Akrobat, from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs).


dictaat

dictaat n (plural dictaten, diminutive dictaatje n)

dictaten (plural)
dictaatje (diminutive neuter)
diktaat (alternative)

→ Indonesian: diktat

prepared text intended to be read aloud at a meeting or presentation (e.g. in class)


fosfaat

fosfaten (plural)
phosphaat (alternative)


fosforzuur

fosforzuren (plural)
phosphorzuur (alternative archaic)


agaat

agaat m (plural agaten, diminutive agaatje n)

agaten (plural)
agaatje (diminutive neuter)
achaat (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch agaet, older acaet, probably influenced by Middle French or Old French agate, from Latin achatēs, from Ancient Greek ἀχάτης (akhátēs).

In dit gebergte vindt men agaten.

Agates are found in this mountain range.


agaat

De ring bevat wat agaat.

The ring contains a little bit of agate.


afgodendienst

afgodendienst m (plural afgodendiensten)

afgodendiensten (plural)
afgodsdienst (alternative)


donderbeitel

a wedge-shaped or tip-shaped thunderstone


tussenstap

tussenstap m (plural tussenstappen, diminutive tussenstapje n)

tussenstappen (plural)
tussenstapje (diminutive neuter)


bloedblaar

bloedblaar f (plural bloedblaren, diminutive bloedblaartje n)

bloedblaren (plural)
bloedblaartje (diminutive neuter)


weergeld

From Middle Dutch weergelt. Equivalent to weer (“man, were”) + geld.


dierenvriend

dierenvriend m (plural dierenvrienden, diminutive dierenvriendje n, feminine dierenvriendin)

dierenvrienden (plural)
dierenvriendje (diminutive neuter)
dierenvriendin (feminine)

animal lover (person who is fond of animals)


vredesbespreking

vredesbespreking f (plural vredesbesprekingen)

vredesbesprekingen

(chiefly in the plural) peace negotiation


kransslagader

kransslagader f (plural kransslagaders or kransslagaderen)

kransslagaders (plural)
kransslagaderen (plural)

Afrikaans: kransslagaar

→ West Frisian: krânsslachier (calque)


binnenmuur

binnenmuur f or m (plural binnenmuren, diminutive binnenmuurtje n)

binnenmuren (plural)
binnenmuurtje (diminutive neuter)


buffelos

(dated) buffalo ox, castrated male buffalo


degenkrab

degenkrab f (plural degenkrabben, diminutive degenkrabbetje n)

degenkrabben (plural)
degenkrabbetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of degen (“épée, duelling sword”) + krab (“crab”).

compound

horseshoe crab, arthropod of the family Limulidae


domproost

From Middle Dutch doemproost. Equivalent to dom + proost.


heksensabbat

nl-noun

heksensabbat m (plural heksensabbatten or heksensabbats)

heksensabbatten (plural)
heksensabbats (plural)


gaffelzeil

gaffelzeil n (plural gaffelzeilen, diminutive gaffelzeiltje n)

gaffelzeilen (plural)
gaffelzeiltje (diminutive neuter)

gaffsail (trapezoid topsail fixed to a gaff)


ruwaard

ruwaard m (plural ruwaards or ruwaarden)

From Middle Dutch ruwaert, from dialectal Old French rewart, variant of regart (“overseer”).

(historical) a governor, regent, steward


ruwaard

(archaic) a mat intertwined from willow branches, used to reinforce dikes


ruwaarden

Audio


gewone griend

gewone griend m (plural gewone grienden)

long-finned pilot whale
long-finned pilot whale

long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)


rijshout

→ West Frisian: riishout

From Middle Dutch rijshout. Equivalent to rijs + hout.

narrow branches and twigs, in particular of willows


lurf

lurf f (plural lurven, diminutive lurfje n)

lurven (plural)
lurfje (diminutive neuter)

Cognates exist in German dialects, but the etymology is unknown.

(obsolete) notched wood (for tensioning nets, in particular for catching finches)


lurf

Etymology unclear, probably related to Norwegian Bokmål lørva (“rag”)

bij de lurven pakken
bij de lurven pakken#Dutch


lurven

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


wasserette

/ˌʋɑ.səˈrɛ.tə/

From wasser + -ette, modelled on English launderette. Originally a brand name.


onderkoeling

(medicine, chiefly uncountable) hypothermia

(chemistry, physics, chiefly uncountable) supercooling


staatskerk

→ West Frisian: steatstsjerke (calque)


huiskerk

nl-noun

huiskerk f (plural huiskerken, diminutive huiskerkje n)

huiskerken (plural)
huiskerkje (diminutive neuter)

house church (house or section of a house frequently used for church meetings)


kerkgenootschap

kerkgenootschap n (plural kerkgenootschappen)


zaalkerk

zaalkerk f (plural zaalkerken, diminutive zaalkerkje n)

zaalkerken (plural)
zaalkerkje (diminutive neuter)


erfzonde

erfzonde f (plural erfzonden or erfzondes)

Negerhollands: ervsondo

→ Indonesian: dosa waris (calque)

From Middle Dutch erfsonde. Equivalent to erven (“to inherit”) + zonde (“sin”).

(religion, chiefly Christianity) original sin


kruiskerk

kruiskerk f (plural kruiskerken, diminutive kruiskerkje n)

kruiskerken (plural)
kruiskerkje (diminutive neuter)

a church with a cross-shaped (either a Latin or Greek cross) plan, a cruciform church


dorpskerk

dorpskerk f (plural dorpskerken, diminutive dorpskerkje n)

dorpskerken (plural)
dorpskerkje (diminutive neuter)


kerkdorp

kerkdorp n (plural kerkdorpen, diminutive kerkdorpje n)

kerkdorpen (plural)
kerkdorpje (diminutive neuter)

a village that has a church (as opposed to having no church or merely a chapel)


koorddanseres

koorddanseres f (plural koorddanseressen, diminutive koorddanseresje n, masculine koorddanser)

koorddanseressen (plural)
koorddanseresje (diminutive neuter)
koorddanser (masculine)

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


koorddanseresje

nl-noun-dim

koorddanseresje n (plural koorddanseresjes)


koorddanser

nl-noun

koorddanser m (plural koorddansers, diminutive koorddansertje n, feminine koorddanseres)

koorddansers (plural)
koorddansertje (diminutive neuter)
koorddanseres (feminine)

tightrope walker (male or of unspecified gender)


koorddansertje

nl-noun-dim

koorddansertje n (plural koorddansertjes)


kerkasiel

right of sanctuary bestowed on a refugee by residing in a church (or rarely another house of worship)


kerkklok

nl-noun

kerkklok f (plural kerkklokken, diminutive kerkklokje n)

kerkklokken (plural)
kerkklokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kerkklok


kerkhistoricus

kerkhistoricus m (plural kerkhistorici, feminine kerkhistorica)

kerkhistorici (plural)
kerkhistorica (feminine)


kinderkerk

Afrikaans: kinderkerk

Christian religious instruction for children, similar to Sunday school (but not necessarily held on Sunday)


kerkorgel

kerkorgel n (plural kerkorgels, diminutive kerkorgeltje n)

kerkorgels (plural)
kerkorgeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kerkorrel


kerkendom

Compound of kerk + -en- + -dom or a blend of kerk + christendom.


kerkelijkheid

the proportion of a population that maintains a confessional affiliation with a denomination


Takkiaan

Takkianen (plural)
takkiaan (alternative)

From Johannes Tak van Poortvliet + -iaan.

(historical) a (parliamentary) supporter of adult male suffrage


thuisgevoel

Compound of thuis (“home”) + gevoel (“feeling, sense”).


braadworst

nl-noun

braadworst f (plural braadworsten, diminutive braadworstje n)

braadworsten (plural)
braadworstje (diminutive neuter)
braed-worst (alternative obsolete)

From Middle Dutch *braetworst (mentioned in Gerard van der Schueren's Teuthonista as braidtworst). Equivalent to braden + worst.


stoïcijn

stoïcijn m (plural stoïcijnen, diminutive stoïcijntje n)

stoïcijnen (plural)
stoïcijntje (diminutive neuter)


libertijn

libertijn m (plural libertijnen, diminutive libertijntje n)

libertijnen (plural)
libertijntje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Middle French libertin, from Latin libertīnus.

(historical) a religious dissenter who didn't adhere to Protestant (usually Reformed) orthodoxy; often used of Anabaptists, more loosely also of Remonstrants


komijn

Afrikaans: komyn

Negerhollands: komin

From Middle Dutch comijn. Ultimately from Latin cumīnum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon). The word had already entered early West Germanic as *kumīn (also *kumil), but such a form should have umlaut and initial stress in Dutch (*keumen). Therefore borrowed anew from Old French comin, or at least influenced by it. Doublet of kummel (from German).

Cuminum cyminum
Cuminum cyminum#Translingual


Algerijn

Algerijn m (plural Algerijnen, diminutive Algerijntje n, feminine Algerijnse)

Algerijnen (plural)
Algerijntje (diminutive neuter)
Algerijnse (feminine)

/ˌɑl.ɣəˈrɛi̯n/

Algerian (person from Algeria or of Algerian heritage)


kristallijn

From Middle Dutch cristallijn, from Old French cristallin, from Latin crystallinus. Equivalent to kristal + -ijn.


kristallijn vocht

kristallijne vocht (alternative definite)

(obsolete) the lens of the eye, the fluid in the eye's lens


eenheidsworst

eenheidsworst f (plural eenheidsworsten)

From eenheid (“unity, uniformity”) + -s- + worst (“sausage”), calque of German Einheitswurst.

compound

(derogatory, uncountable, countable, Netherlands) something uniform and bland; uniformity

(historical, uncountable, countable) a type of sausage introduced during the First World War as part of war rationing, being the only legally sellable meat product and made according to a uniform recipe from beef, pork and a large proportion of additives


boterhamworst

nl-noun

boterhamworst f (plural boterhamworsten)

(chiefly uncountable) Bologna sausage, baloney


plokworst

plokworsten (plural)
plockworst (alternative dated)
Plockworst (alternative archaic)

Borrowed from German Plockwurst, which see for more.

(chiefly uncountable) a seasoned and smoked sausage made from pork and beef, similar to cervelat and salami


nufje dundoek

Here dundoek refers to delicate fabrics, not flag cloth.

(dated, derogatory) a girl who is tidy, wears elegant clothing and is considered snobbish and prudish


koedoe

Iedereen houdt van koedoes.

kudu, used of two species of antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus, Tragelaphus strepsiceros and Tragelaphus imberbis


adempauze

adempauze f (plural adempauzen or adempauzes)

→ Indonesian: adempauze


gruitbier

gruitbier n (plural gruitbieren, diminutive gruitbiertje n)

gruitbieren (plural)
gruitbiertje (diminutive neuter)

a beer that is brewed using gruit; a serving of this type of beer


gruitrecht

(historical) the right to sell gruit to breweries


gruitgeld

(historical) an excise tax levied on the sale of gruit; the money raised through this tax


anticonceptie

Probably borrowed, equivalent to anti- + conceptie.


anticonceptiepil

anticonceptiepil f (plural anticonceptiepillen)


katafrakt

katafrakten (plural)
catafract (alternative dated)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos).


scheepsblok

nl-noun

scheepsblok n (plural scheepsblokken, diminutive scheepsblokje n)

scheepsblokken (plural)
scheepsblokje (diminutive neuter)

a ship's block (one or multiple pulleys in a shell block)


slaappil

slaappil f (plural slaappillen, diminutive slaappilletje n)

slaappillen (plural)
slaappilletje (diminutive neuter)


kopvoorn

kopvoorn m (plural kopvoorns, diminutive kopvoorntje n)

kopvoorns (plural)
kopvoorntje (diminutive neuter)

Squalius cephalus
Squalius cephalus#Translingual


weerloosheid

(Protestantism, uncountable) nonviolence; the rejection of any violence even for self-defence, as practiced by the historic peace churches, especially the Anabaptists


serpentijn

From Middle Dutch serpentijn, from Middle French serpentin.

serpentine, a small cannon used in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern era


belletjetrekker

belletjetrekker m (plural belletjetrekkers)

one who engages in ding-dong ditch or knock knock ginger


zwaartouw

→ Russian: шварто́в (švartóv)

Compound of zwaar (“heavy”) + touw (“rope”).

(nautical) left-winding cable, especially used for anchor cables and mooring lines


spoorfiets

rail bicycle (pedal-powered vehicle travelling over railway tracks)


preekstoel

preekstoel m (plural preekstoelen, diminutive preekstoeltje n)

preekstoelen (plural)
preekstoeltje (diminutive neuter)
predikstoel (alternative formal rare)

Afrikaans: preekstoel

Jersey Dutch: prêkstûl, prêkstül

Skepi Creole Dutch: praek-stool

→ Papiamentu: prekstul, preekstoel

From Middle Dutch preecstoel, variant of predicstoel with loss of intervocalic -d-. Equivalent to preken + stoel.

(nautical) pulpit, railing at the bow of a boat


biechtgeheim

(Roman Catholicism, uncountable) the principle of the secrecy of confession

(Roman Catholicism, countable, uncommon) a secret shared in confession


schoolgenoot

schoolgenoot m (plural schoolgenoten, diminutive schoolgenootje n, feminine schoolgenote)

schoolgenoten (plural)
schoolgenootje (diminutive neuter)
schoolgenote (feminine)

schoolmate (somebody who attended the same school)


schoolgenootje

nl-noun-dim

schoolgenootje n (plural schoolgenootjes)


schoolgenote

nl-noun

schoolgenote f (plural schoolgenotes, masculine schoolgenoot)

schoolgenotes (plural)
schoolgenoot (masculine)

female schoolmate (girl or woman who attended the same school)


steranijs

steranijs m (uncountable, diminutive steranijsje n)

Illicium verum
Illicium verum#Translingual

star anise (Illicium verum, plant and spice)


krentenbol

krentenbol m (plural krentenbollen, diminutive krentenbolletje n)

krentenbollen (plural)
krentenbolletje (diminutive neuter)

From krent (“currant”) + -en- + bol (“bun”).


kerktuin

kerktuin m (plural kerktuinen, diminutive kerktuintje n)

kerktuinen (plural)
kerktuintje (diminutive neuter)


lijkopening

→ Indonesian: bedah mayat (calque)

Compound of lijk (“corpse, dead body”) + opening (“opening”).


hoofdeling

chieftain, (historical) in particular a Frisian chieftain before Burgundian times