absolutist

Likely borrowed from Spanish absolutista, because the word was initially used for Spanish absolutists during the Ominous Decade. Equivalent to absoluut + -ist.

(philosophy) absolutist (one believing in metaphysical absolutes)


antecedent

nl-noun

antecedent n (plural antecedenten, diminutive antecedentje n)

antecedenten (plural)
antecedentje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French antécédent, from Latin antecēdēns (“go before”), from antecēdere (“to go or come before”).

(logic) antecedent (condition part of a proposition)


subject

subject n (plural subjecten, diminutive subjectje n)

subjecten (plural)
subjectje (diminutive neuter)

Chiefly a borrowing from Latin subiectum. Earlier Middle Dutch subject was masculine.


argument

argument n (plural argumenten, diminutive argumentje n)

argumenten (plural)
argumentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: argument

From Middle Dutch argument, from Old French argument, from Latin argūmentum.

an argument (fact or statement used to support a proposition)

(logic, philosophy) a series of propositions, intended so that the conclusion follows logically from the premises


accident

accident n (plural accidenten, diminutive accidentje n)

accidenten (plural)
accidentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch accident, from Middle French accident.

(philosophy, theology) accidental property


Zeus

From Middle Dutch zeus, from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

(Greek mythology) Zeus (Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera)


orthodox

orthodox (adverbial positive predicative)
orthodoxe (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
orthodox (indefinite neuter positive singular)
orthodoxe (indefinite plural positive)
orthodoxe (definite positive)
orthodox (partitive positive)

Karl Kautsky was een orthodoxe socialist.

(ideology, religion) conforming to conventional norms in opinion or practice


Adonis

(Greek mythology) Adonis (beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite)


Pluto

From Middle Dutch Pluto, ultimately from Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).

(Greco-Roman mythology) Pluto (god of the underworld)


oligarchie

oligarchie f (plural oligarchieën, diminutive oligarchietje n)

oligarchieën (plural)
oligarchietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: oligargie

→ Indonesian: oligarki


Europa

From Middle Dutch europa, from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā), Doric form of Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

(Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)


satyr

satyr m (plural satyrs, diminutive satyrtje n)

satyrs (plural)
satyrtje (diminutive neuter)
sater (alternative)

Ultimately from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) satyr, faun


Andromeda

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).


Atlas

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

(Greek mythology) Atlas (mythological giant)


Iris

Borrowed from Latin Iris or Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris).

(Greek mythology) Iris (divine messenger, goddess of rainbows)


Narcissus

Borrowed from Latin Narcissus, from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos).


nectar

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nectar, beverage drunk by the Olympians


hel

hel f (plural hellen, diminutive helletje n)

hellen (plural)
helletje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: hel, hei

From Middle Dutch helle, from Old Dutch hella, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

der

Ik hoop dat je zal branden in de hel.

(religion, mythology) hell, an infernal afterlife


idee

→ Caribbean Javanese: idhé

→ Indonesian: ide

From Middle Dutch idee, borrowed from Middle French idee, from Old French idee, from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”), related to French idée.


Cepheus

Borrowed from Latin Cēpheus, from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).


realist

nl-noun

realist m (plural realisten, diminutive realistje n)

realisten (plural)
realistje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: realis

→ Indonesian: realis

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

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

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


dwerg

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

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

Afrikaans: dwerg

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

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


Eridanus

(Greek mythology) Eridanus (mythical river)


paradigma

paradigma n (plural paradigmata or paradigma's)

paradigmata (plural)
paradigma's (plural)

Borrowed from Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).

(chiefly philosophy and history of sciences) paradigm (framework of concept, practices and theories; exemplar of academic behaviour)


verlichting

(history, philosophy, definite article) the Enlightenment


zeepaard

zeepaard n (plural zeepaarden, diminutive zeepaardje n)

zeepaarden (plural)
zeepaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seeperd

From Middle Dutch seepaert. Equivalent to zee + paard.


modernisme

(ideology, culture, religion, art, sciences) modernism


axioma

axioma n (plural axioma's, diminutive axiomaatje n)

axioma's (plural)
axiomaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin axiōma, from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma).


sirene

sirene f (plural sirenen or sirenes, diminutive sirenetje n)

sirenen (plural)
sirenes (plural)
sirenetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch sirena, serene, from Old French sereine, from Late Latin sirēna, Latin Sīrēn, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The sense “warning device” derives from French sirène.

(Greek mythology) a siren, a dangerous nymph of Greek mythology, luring passers-by using an irresistible song


abductie

abductie f (plural abducties, diminutive abductietje n)

abducties (plural)
abductietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: abduksi


groene jongen

groene jongen m (plural groene jongens, diminutive groen jongetje n)

groene jongens (plural)
groen jongetje (diminutive neuter)


ontologie

ontologie f (plural ontologies, diminutive ontologietje n)

ontologies (plural)
ontologietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: ontologi

(philosophy) ontology (the metaphysical study of being)


maagd

maagd f (plural maagden, diminutive maagdje n or maagdelijn n or maagdeken n)

maagden (plural)
maagdje (diminutive neuter)
maagdelijn (diminutive neuter)
maagdeken (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: maagd

Negerhollands: magd, maegt

→ West Frisian: maagd

From Middle Dutch māget, from Old Dutch *magath, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Doublet of meid.

(astrology) a Virgo; someone born with the star sign Virgo


Pandora

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).


substantie

substantie f (plural substanties, diminutive substantietje n)

substanties (plural)
substantietje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch substantie, perhaps via Old French substance, in any event from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist; literally, stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”).

(theology, philosophy) substance (hypostasis, independent essence)


absolutisme

→ Indonesian: absolutisme

Borrowed from French absolutisme. Equivalent to absoluut + -isme.

(philosophy) absolutism (doctrine or philosophy involving metaphysical absolutes)


halfgod

halfgod m (plural halfgoden, diminutive halfgodje n)

halfgoden (plural)
halfgodje (diminutive neuter)

(Greek mythology) hero of semi-divine extraction

demigod, half-god
hero of semi-divine extraction


paraconsistent

paraconsistent (adverbial positive predicative)
paraconsistente (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
paraconsistent (indefinite neuter positive singular)
paraconsistente (indefinite plural positive)
paraconsistente (definite positive)
paraconsistents (partitive positive)

Coined in 1976 by the Peruvian philosopher Francisco Miró Quesada, from the Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) + consistent.


sterrenbeeld

sterrenbeeld n (plural sterrenbeelden, diminutive sterrenbeeldje n)

sterrenbeelden (plural)
sterrenbeeldje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of ster (“star”) + -en- + beeld (“image, sign, statue”).


kwantor

nl-noun

kwantor m (plural kwantoren, diminutive kwantortje n)

kwantoren (plural)
kwantortje (diminutive neuter)


patriarchaal

nl-adj

patriarchaal (comparative patriarchaler, superlative patriarchaalst)

patriarchaler (comparative)
patriarchaalst (superlative)
patriarchaal (adverbial positive predicative)
patriarchaler (adverbial comparative predicative)
het patriarchaalst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het patriarchaalste (adverbial predicative superlative)
patriarchale (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
patriarchalere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
patriarchaalste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
patriarchaal (indefinite neuter positive singular)
patriarchaler (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
patriarchaalste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
patriarchale (indefinite plural positive)
patriarchalere (comparative indefinite plural)
patriarchaalste (indefinite plural superlative)
patriarchale (definite positive)
patriarchalere (comparative definite)
patriarchaalste (definite superlative)
patriarchaals (partitive positive)
patriarchalers (comparative partitive)

→ Indonesian: patriarkal

Probably ultimately from Latin patriarchālis. Equivalent to patriarch + -aal.

(feminism) patriarchial, pertaining to patriarchy


cynisme

→ Indonesian: sinismê

Borrowed from French cynisme or Latin cynismus, from Ancient Greek κυνισμός (kunismós).


cynisch

cynisch (comparative cynischer, superlative meest cynisch or cynischt)

cynischer (comparative)
meest cynisch (superlative)
cynischt (superlative)
cynisch (adverbial positive predicative)
cynischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het cynischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het cynischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
cynische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
cynischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
cynischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
cynisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
cynischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
cynischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
cynische (indefinite plural positive)
cynischere (comparative indefinite plural)
cynischte (indefinite plural superlative)
cynische (definite positive)
cynischere (comparative definite)
cynischte (definite superlative)
cynisch (partitive positive)
cynischers (comparative partitive)

→ Indonesian: sinis

Borrowed from German zynisch, from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós).

(philosophy) Cynic, pertaining to Cynicism


aanschouwend

aanschouwend (adverbial positive predicative)
aanschouwende (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
aanschouwend (indefinite neuter positive singular)
aanschouwende (indefinite plural positive)
aanschouwende (definite positive)
aanschouwends (partitive positive)

(philosophy, archaic) capable of being directly observed by the mind without dependence on the senses, in philosophical systems that suppose something like a Platonist world of ideal forms


modernistisch

modernistisch (adverbial positive predicative)
modernistische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
modernistisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
modernistische (indefinite plural positive)
modernistische (definite positive)
modernistisch (partitive positive)

(art, philosophy, in relation to Christianity chiefly Roman Catholicism) modernist


paardmens

nl-noun

paardmens m (plural paardmensen, diminutive paardmensje n)

paardmensen (plural)
paardmensje (diminutive neuter)
paardmensch (alternative obsolete)

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


empirisme

Superficially from words such as empirisch, empirie, with the suffix -isme, but may be a borrowing.


Boogschutter

(astrology) someone with a Sagittarius star sign


panpsychisme

Formed by the prefixation of pan- + psychism after the German Panpsychismus (1874), itself after the Latin pampsychia (1591). Compare the Ancient Greek πάμψυχος (pámpsukhos, “in full life”) and the Modern Greek παμψυχισμός (pampsychismós, “panpsychism”).

cog

(philosophy) the doctrine that all matter has a mental aspect; panpsychism


wereldbrand

nl-noun

wereldbrand m (plural wereldbranden, diminutive wereldbrandje n)

wereldbranden (plural)
wereldbrandje (diminutive neuter)

1993, P.H.R. van Houwelingen, 2 PETRUS en JUDAS. Testament in tweevoud, Uitgeversmaatschappij J.J. Kok — Kampen.
De wereldbrand die door Petrus wordt verwacht is dus niet gebaseerd op de leer van de stoicijnen (...).

So the conflagration that Peter expects is not based on the stoics' doctrine (...).

2009, Vincent Hunink, note in a translation of Seneca, Leren sterven. Brieven aan Lucilius, Athenaeum—Polak & Van Gennep.
2. Seneca zinspeelt hier op de stoïsche notie van de 'wereldbrand': om de zoveel tijd wordt de wereld vernietigd door een allesomvattende brand, waarna een nieuwe cyclus begint.

2. Here Seneca alludes to the stoic notion of the 'conflagration': every time after a certain period of time the world is destroyed by an all-consuming fire, after which a new cycle begins.

Alles zal in een grote wereldbrand vergaan en in de oerelementen ontleed worden.

2010, Anton van Hooff, Nero en Seneca. De despoot en de denker, Ambo:

Everything shall perish in a large conflagration and dissolve into the primordial elements.

(philosophy, Stoicism, religion) conflagration, cyclical or eschatological destruction of the world through fire


Cocytus

Borrowed from Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós).

(Greek mythology) Cocytus (river in Hades)


apofatisch

nl-adj

apofatisch (comparative apofatischer, superlative meest apofatisch or apofatischt)

apofatischer (comparative)
meest apofatisch (superlative)
apofatischt (superlative)
apofatisch (adverbial positive predicative)
apofatischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het apofatischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het apofatischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
apofatische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
apofatischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
apofatischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
apofatisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
apofatischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
apofatischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
apofatische (indefinite plural positive)
apofatischere (comparative indefinite plural)
apofatischte (indefinite plural superlative)
apofatische (definite positive)
apofatischere (comparative definite)
apofatischte (definite superlative)
apofatisch (partitive positive)
apofatischers (comparative partitive)

From Ancient Greek ἀποφατικός (apophatikós, “negative”).

der

(theology, philosophy) describing something from what it is not; apophatic


nikker

nl-noun

nikker m (plural nikkers, diminutive nikkertje n)

nikkers (plural)
nikkertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch nicker (“nix, nixie; demon”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis (“nix, water-sprite”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”).

inh

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

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

The people in the vicinity of the high mountain lakes still believe in all kinds of kobolds, elves, necks, water sprites and mountain spirits.

1924, Lodewijk Opdebeek, "Peters Kind" (part 6, "Muziek"), De Vlaamsche Gids, page 289.
Hij vermaande hem zoetjes, sprak van Nikker en Bloedkaros, maar Fikske liet zich niet afbangen, 't kon hem allemaal niet schelen: het manneke, daar diep beneden, trok hem te veel aan.

He gently reprimanded him, talked about the nixie and the child-butchering carriage, but Fikske wouldn't let himself get scared of it, he couldn't care less about it all: the little man, down below there, attracted him far too much for that.

(mythology, dated, now likely to be confused with the ethnic slur) a water spirit, especially one who lures (young) people to drown; a neck, nix, nixie


natuurmens

nl-noun

natuurmens m (plural natuurmensen, diminutive natuurmensje n)

natuurmensen (plural)
natuurmensje (diminutive neuter)

(philosophy) natural man, the archetypical human in a state of nature held to be a representative agent for all humanity in some philosophical systems


natuurwet

(philosophy) natural law (moral law set by nature)


realisme

Afrikaans: realisme

→ Indonesian: realisme

Borrowed from French réalisme. Equivalent to reëel + -isme.

(philosophy) realism (viewpoint that universals are real)

(sciences, philosophy) realism (viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation)


Gandhiïsme

(political science, philosophy) Gandhism (the philosophy and principles of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)


Woen

A learned back-formation from the 18th or 19th century from woensdag, the first element of which is a syncopic variation through d-weakening (compare broer and broeder) of Middle Dutch *Woeden, which may have existed as simplex or only as an element in compounds, which in turn derived from Old Dutch Wuodan (“Woden”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdan, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Related to Dutch woeden (“to rage”), woede (“anger”) and woedend (“angry”). Cognate with English Woden, German Wotan, Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, and Norwegian Nynorsk, Danish, and Swedish Oden.

cog

Een van die afgoden, van hun eigen maaksel, was Woen, de stormwind, van waar wy nog het heidensch woord Woens-dag en Woens-wagen (...) bewaard hebben. (Gezelle, 1864)

One of their idols, of their own creation, was Woden, the stormwind, whence we still have conserved the heathen word Wednesday and Woden's carriage (...)

Die jonge kerel groeit in zijne verbeelding tot een Woen die op een gevleugeld ros door de lucht rijdt. (Stijn Streuvels, 1926)

That young man is growing in his imagination into a Woden who rides through the skies on a winged horse.

The god Woden is hence named after the exalted ecstasy our heathen forefathers imagined when they thought of him.

De god Woen is dus genoemd naar de opperste vervoering die onze heidense voorouders zich bij hem voorstelden.

(Germanic mythology and paganism, rare) Woden/Odin, a major Germanic god often described as chief of the pantheon.


ondermaans

nl-adj

ondermaans (comparative ondermaanser, superlative meest ondermaans or ondermaanst)

ondermaanser (comparative)
meest ondermaans (superlative)
ondermaanst (superlative)

(historical, philosophy, physics) sublunar


conflagratie

nl-noun

conflagratie f (plural conflagraties, diminutive conflagratietje n)

conflagraties (plural)
conflagratietje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French conflagration, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin cōnflagrātiō.

1998, Joris van Eijnatten, Hogere sferen. De ideeënwereld van Willem Bilderdijk (1756-1831), Verloren, 332.
De eerste plaatst het duizendjarig rijk vóór het Laatste Oordeel, de tweede laat het rijk volgen op de grote conflagratie die de huidige aardbol zal vernietigen.

2013, Jan Hertogen, "De ontdekking en meting van 'deep time'", in Pieter d'Hoine & Bart Pattyn (eds.), XXI. Tijd, evolutie en duurzaamheid., in Lessen voor de eenentwintigste eeuw (series), vol. 19, 112.
De geotheorie schildert een evolutie van chaos, complete ordening, degeneratie door de zondvloed, conflagratie, en herstel van de orde als proloog op de 'tweede komst' van Jezus.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(philosophy, religion) conflagration, cyclical or eschatological destruction of the world through fire


nimf

nimf f (plural nimfen, diminutive nimfje n)

nimfen (plural)
nimfje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch nymphe. Borrowed from Old or Middle French, from Latin nympha, borrowed from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē), of uncertain origin.

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph, female lesser divinity of nature


bergnimf

bergnimf f (plural bergnimfen, diminutive bergnimfje n)

bergnimfen (plural)
bergnimfje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of berg (“mountain”) + nimf (“nymph”).


ambrozijn

Ultimately from Latin ambrosia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) ambrosia (divine sustenance)


daarzijn

From daar + zijn, calque of German Dasein.

(philosophy, theology) Dasein, existence, presence, being


absolutistisch

absolutistisch (adverbial positive predicative)
absolutistische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
absolutistisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
absolutistische (indefinite plural positive)
absolutistische (definite positive)
absolutistisch (partitive positive)

(philosophy) absolutist, absolute (pertaining to metaphysical absolutes)


actualiseren

actualiseren (infinitive)
actualiseren (gerund neuter)
actualiseer (first-person present singular)
actualiseerde (first-person past singular)
actualiseert (present second-person singular)
actualiseer (present second-person singular)
actualiseerde (past second-person singular)
actualiseert (formal present second-person singular)
actualiseerde (formal past second-person singular)
actualiseert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
actualiseert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
actualiseerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
actualiseerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
actualiseert (present singular third-person)
actualiseerde (past singular third-person)
actualiseren (plural present)
actualiseerden (past plural)
actualisere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
actualiseerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
actualiseren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
actualiseerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
actualiseer (imperative present singular)
actualiseert (archaic imperative plural present)
actualiserend (participle present)
geactualiseerd (participle past)

(ergative, philosophy) to actualise (to make or become actual, real or realised)


hemelbestormer

hemelbestormer m (plural hemelbestormers, diminutive hemelbestormertje n)

hemelbestormers (plural)
hemelbestormertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of hemel (“heaven”) + bestormer (“stormer, one who charges/attacks”). Possibly a calque of German Himmelstürmer, which already appears in the 16th century.

compound

1614, Daniël Heinsius, "Lof-sanck van Bacchvs", in L. Ph. Rank, J. D. P. Warners & F. L. Zwaan (eds.), Bacchus en Christus. Twee lofzangen van Daniel Heinsius, Tjeenk Willink (1965, 1st ed.), page 152, footnote to line 418.
5. Mimas] Een vande hemelbestormers oft reusen, by Horatius ende andere gemelt.

5. Mimas: One of the Titans or giants, mentioned in Horace and others.


oervloed

(mythology, cosmogony, creation stories) primordial waters, primordial deep

cosmogony; creation stories; cosmogony; creation stories


hulphypothese

nl-noun

hulphypothese f (plural hulphypothesen or hulphypotheses)

hulphypothesen (plural)
hulphypotheses (plural)

(sciences, philosophy) auxiliary hypothesis (often considered questionable as if made out of insincere motives)


falsifieerbaarheidscriterium

falsifieerbaarheidscriterium n (plural falsifieerbaarheidscriteria)

From falsifieerbaarheid + -s- + criterium.

(epistemology) the criterion of falsifiability in falsificationism


vormenleer

Compound of vorm (“form”) + -en- + leer (“doctrine, teaching”).

compound

(philosophy) Plato's theory of the world of ideas


aardslang

nl-noun

aardslang f (plural aardslangen, diminutive aardslangetje n)

aardslangen (plural)
aardslangetje (diminutive neuter)

(historical, mythology) a snake that represents earth, as opposed to other parts or elements of the cosmos


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


harpij

Afrikaans: harpy

From Middle Dutch harpie, arpie, from Old French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυια (hárpuia).

(Greek mythology) harpy (hybrid of a woman and a bird of prey)


gorgoon

nl-noun

gorgoon f (plural gorgonen, diminutive gorgoontje n)

gorgonen (plural)
gorgoontje (diminutive neuter)
Gorgoon (alternative)

From Middle Dutch gorgone, from Latin Gorgon, from Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgṓ).

(Greek mythology) gorgon (female monster with snakes on her head)


ijsreus

Compound of ijs (“ice”) + reus (“giant”).

(mythology) ice giant, frost giant (mythological creature)


rijpreus

Compound of rijp (“hoarfrost”) + reus (“giant”), likely modelled on Old Norse hrímþurs.


rijmreus

Compound of rijm (“rime, hoarfrost”) + reus (“giant”), likely modelled on Old Norse hrímþurs.

compound

(mythology, rare, chiefly in the plural) ice giant, frost giant


vorstreus

Compound of vorst (“frost”) + reus (“giant”).


cynicus

Borrowed from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós).


predicaat

predicaten (plural)
predikaat (alternative)

Borrowed from French prédicat, from Middle French predicat, from Latin praedicātum.


zelfsgenoegzaam

zelfsgenoegzaam (adverbial positive predicative)
zelfsgenoegzame (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
zelfsgenoegzaam (indefinite neuter positive singular)
zelfsgenoegzame (indefinite plural positive)
zelfsgenoegzame (definite positive)
zelfsgenoegzaams (partitive positive)

(obsolete, theology, philosophy) self-sufficient, existing independently


chtonisch

chtonisch (adverbial positive predicative)
chtonische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
chtonisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
chtonische (indefinite plural positive)
chtonische (definite positive)
chtonisch (partitive positive)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn).


integriteit

Borrowed from French intégrité, from Middle French integrite, from Latin integritās. Equivalent to integer + -iteit.


cycloop

nl-noun

cycloop m (plural cyclopen, diminutive cycloopje n)

cyclopen (plural)
cycloopje (diminutive neuter)
Cycloop (alternative colloquial)

From Middle Dutch ciclope, from Old French cyclope, from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps).

(Greek mythology) cyclops (one-eyed giant)


inductie

→ Indonesian: induksi

From Middle Dutch inductie, from Middle French induction or Latin inductiō.

(logic) induction (derivation of general principles from specific instances)


inductief

inductief (adverbial positive predicative)
inductieve (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
inductief (indefinite neuter positive singular)
inductieve (indefinite plural positive)
inductieve (definite positive)
inductiefs (partitive positive)

→ Indonesian: induktif

Borrowed from French inductif, from Middle French inductif, from Latin inductīvus.


deductie

→ Indonesian: déduksi

From Middle Dutch deductie, from Latin dēductiō.


teleophobie

Hier wordt hem, die in den hoogsten graad lijdt aan teleofobie, meent de schrijver, de zaak toch misschien te wonderlijk.

1903, P. H. Hugenholtz Jr., “Ethisch Pantheïsme”, in De Hollandsche Revue, volume 8, page 594:

Deze onberedeneerde angst voor een teleologisch denken, deze teleophobie[…]

1965 October 20, G. A. Lindeboom, "Natuur en geest in de geneeskunde"

This irrational fear of teleological thinking, this teleophobia […]


minotaurus

minotaurus m (plural minotaurussen or minotauri)

minotaurussen (plural)
minotauri (plural)
Minotaurus (alternative dated)

Inherited from Middle Dutch minotaurus, from Latin minōtaurus, from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros). Equivalent to common-noun use of Minotaurus.


Gouden Eeuw

In reference to the mythological Golden Age of classical antiquity.

(historical, mythology) the mythological Golden Age of classical antiquity, under the rule of Saturn as chief deity


vegetatief

vegetatief (adverbial positive predicative)
vegetatieve (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
vegetatief (indefinite neuter positive singular)
vegetatieve (indefinite plural positive)
vegetatieve (definite positive)
vegetatiefs (partitive positive)

Probably borrowed from French végétatif, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin vegetātīvus.

(philosophy, chiefly Aristotelianism) vegetative, pertaining to the vegetative soul, of itself capable of some motion but not of locomotion


godenwereld

(religion, mythology) a pantheon, a group of gods who are associated with each other

(religion, mythology) an abode of the gods, a realm of the gods


godenberg

(religion, mythology) a mountain where gods reside


zeedraak

zeedraak m (plural zeedraken, diminutive zeedraakje n)

zeedraken (plural)
zeedraakje (diminutive neuter)

(mythology, fantasy) a sea dragon, a marine dragon


familiegelijkenis

familiegelijkenis f (plural familiegelijkenissen)

Compound of familie + gelijkenis. In the philosophical sense from German Familienähnlichkeit.

(philosophy) family resemblance (one of a series of overlapping similarities between two or more comparanda)


hoorn des overvloeds

(Greek mythology) cornucopia (a goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted)


waarheidswaarde

waarheidswaarde f (plural waarheidswaarden or waarheidswaardes)

waarheidswaarden (plural)
waarheidswaardes (plural)

Compound of waarheid (“truth”) + -s- + waarde (“value”).


Atreïde

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρείδης (Atreídēs).


holisme

(philosophy, sciences) holism (theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts)


betekenisholisme

From betekenis + holisme, calque of English semantic holism.

(philosophy, sciences) semantic holism (thesis that the meaning of a word or statement can only be understood in the context of the whole)


Aesacus

From Latin Aesacus, from Ancient Greek Αἴσᾰκος (Aísăkos).

(Greek mythology) Aesacus (son of Priam who mourned Cebren’s daughter)


configuratie

nl-noun

configuratie f (plural configuraties, diminutive configuratietje n)

configuraties (plural)
configuratietje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Equivalent to configureren + -atie.

configuration (relative positions of a set of things)

(astrology) configuration (aspect of the planets)