bed

nl-noun

bed n (plural bedden, diminutive bedje n)

bedden (plural)
bedje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bed

Berbice Creole Dutch: bedi

Negerhollands: bet, bedi, bere, bedde

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bedi (archaic)

Skepi Creole Dutch: bede

→ Caribbean Javanese: bèt

→? Mohegan-Pequot: beed

→ Papiamentu: bèt, bèchi, bèrchi, bed

→ Saramaccan: bédi

→? Sranan Tongo: bedi

→ Caribbean Hindustani: bedi

→ Caribbean Javanese: bèḍi

→ Kari'na: bedi

From Middle Dutch bedde, from Old Dutch bedde, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją.


eggen

eggen (infinitive)
eggen (gerund neuter)
eg (first-person present singular)
egde (first-person past singular)
egt (present second-person singular)
eg (present second-person singular)
egde (past second-person singular)
egt (formal present second-person singular)
egde (formal past second-person singular)
egt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
egt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
egde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
egde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
egt (present singular third-person)
egde (past singular third-person)
eggen (plural present)
egden (past plural)
egge (archaic present singular subjunctive)
egde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
eggen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
egden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
eg (imperative present singular)
egt (archaic imperative plural present)
eggend (participle present)
geëgd (participle past)

From Middle Dutch eggen. Equivalent to eg + -en.


boten

boten (infinitive)
boten (gerund neuter)
boot (first-person present singular)
bootte (first-person past singular)
boot (present second-person singular)
bootte (past second-person singular)
boot (formal present second-person singular)
bootte (formal past second-person singular)
boot (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
boot (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
bootte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
bootte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
boot (present singular third-person)
bootte (past singular third-person)
boten (plural present)
bootten (past plural)
bote (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bootte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
boten (archaic plural present subjunctive)
bootten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
boot (imperative present singular)
boot (archaic imperative plural present)
botend (participle present)
geboot (participle past)

From Middle Dutch boten, from Old Dutch *bōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”).

(transitive, agriculture, chiefly Belgium) to knock the seeds out of a flax plant


ploeg

ploeg m or f (plural ploegen, diminutive ploegje n)

ploegen (plural)
ploegje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ploeg

→ Caribbean Javanese: plug

→ Papiamentu: plug, plu, ploeg

From Middle Dutch ploech, from Old Dutch *pluog, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz. The sense “team” originally derives from the team of animals drawing one plough.

De boer gebruikte een paard en een ploeg om het land te bewerken.

The farmer used a horse and a plough to cultivate the land.


akker

akker m (plural akkers, diminutive akkertje n)

akkers (plural)
akkertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: akker

Negerhollands: akker

→ Min Nan: kah

From Middle Dutch acker, from Old Dutch akker, from Proto-West Germanic *akr.

(agriculture) agricultural field (field on which crops are grown)


akkerbouw

(agriculture) tillage, branch of agriculture dedicated to the cultivation of crops and other plants on fields


koppen

koppen (infinitive)
koppen (gerund neuter)
kop (first-person present singular)
kopte (first-person past singular)
kopt (present second-person singular)
kop (present second-person singular)
kopte (past second-person singular)
kopt (formal present second-person singular)
kopte (formal past second-person singular)
kopt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
kopt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
kopte (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
kopte (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
kopt (present singular third-person)
kopte (past singular third-person)
koppen (plural present)
kopten (past plural)
koppe (archaic present singular subjunctive)
kopte (archaic past singular subjunctive)
koppen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
kopten (archaic past plural subjunctive)
kop (imperative present singular)
kopt (archaic imperative plural present)
koppend (participle present)
gekopt (participle past)

→ Papiamentu: kòp

Als je je petunia's kopt, zullen ze er langer goed uitzien.

If you deadhead your petunias, they will look good for longer.


ruiter

ruiter m (plural ruiters, diminutive ruitertje n)

ruiters (plural)
ruitertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ruiter

→ German: Reuter

From Middle Dutch ruter, from Old French routier.

(agriculture) a tripodic or tetrapodic wooden frame consisting of sticks with crossbars, used to dry certain field crops


gieren

gieren (infinitive)
gieren (gerund neuter)
gier (first-person present singular)
gierde (first-person past singular)
giert (present second-person singular)
gier (present second-person singular)
gierde (past second-person singular)
giert (formal present second-person singular)
gierde (formal past second-person singular)
giert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
giert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
gierde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
gierde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
giert (present singular third-person)
gierde (past singular third-person)
gieren (plural present)
gierden (past plural)
giere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
gierde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
gieren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
gierden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
gier (imperative present singular)
giert (archaic imperative plural present)
gierend (participle present)
gegierd (participle past)

(agriculture, intransitive) to fertilise land with slurry, to spread liquid manure


pluis

pluis n (plural pluizen, diminutive pluisje n)

pluizen (plural)
pluisje (diminutive neuter)

(botany, agriculture) pedicel with flower; sessile (side branch with flower)


pluizen

pluizen (infinitive)
pluizen (gerund neuter)
pluis (first-person present singular)
ploos (first-person past singular)
pluist (present second-person singular)
pluis (present second-person singular)
ploos (past second-person singular)
pluist (formal present second-person singular)
ploos (formal past second-person singular)
pluist (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
pluist (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
ploost (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
ploost (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
pluist (present singular third-person)
ploos (past singular third-person)
pluizen (plural present)
plozen (past plural)
pluize (archaic present singular subjunctive)
ploze (archaic past singular subjunctive)
pluizen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
plozen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
pluis (imperative present singular)
pluist (archaic imperative plural present)
pluizend (participle present)
geplozen (participle past)

From Middle Dutch *plûsen (attested in ûteplûsen). Cognate with Middle Low German plûsen (whence ultimately German plustern). Further origin uncertain. Possibly from Old French peluchier.

(agriculture, transitive) to remove flowering side branches (from the main stem) from


kouter

kouter m or n (plural kouters, diminutive koutertje n)

kouters (plural)
koutertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch couter, colter, from Latin culter (“knife, razor”).


veehouder

veehouder m (plural veehouders, diminutive veehoudertje n, feminine veehouderes or veehoudster)

veehouders (plural)
veehoudertje (diminutive neuter)
veehouderes (feminine)
veehoudster (feminine)

From vee (“livestock”) + houden (“to keep”) + -er (denominative agent suffix).

af

De veehouder is verantwoordelijk voor het welzijn van de dieren.

The livestock farmer is responsible for the welfare of the animals.

Als veehouder besteedt hij veel tijd aan het verzorgen van zijn vee.

As a livestock farmer, he spends a lot of time caring for his cattle.

(agriculture) someone who keeps livestock, a livestock farmer


monocultuur

nl-noun

monocultuur f (plural monoculturen, diminutive monocultuurtje n)

monoculturen (plural)
monocultuurtje (diminutive neuter)

Probably borrowed. Equivalent to mono- + cultuur.

De boerderij gebruikt monocultuur, wat een risico kan zijn voor ziekten.

The farm uses monoculture, which can be a risk for diseases.

Monocultuur van maïs is gebruikelijk in dit gebied.

Monoculture of corn is common in this area.

(agriculture) monoculture (single-crop cultivation)


braakakker

braakakker m (plural braakakkers, diminutive braakakkertje n)

braakakkers (plural)
braakakkertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of braak (“fallow”) + akker (“field”).

(agriculture) fallow field (piece of unused farmland)


kunstmoeder

kunstmoeder f (plural kunstmoeders, diminutive kunstmoedertje n)

kunstmoeders (plural)
kunstmoedertje (diminutive neuter)

From kunst- (“artificial”) + moeder (“mother”).

pre

(agriculture, animal husbandry) an artificial mother for infant animals, in particular livestock, to allow attachment


biologisch-dynamisch

biologisch-dynamisch (adverbial positive predicative)
biologisch-dynamische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
biologisch-dynamisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
biologisch-dynamische (indefinite plural positive)
biologisch-dynamische (definite positive)
biologisch-dynamisch (partitive positive)

Borrowed from German biologisch-dynamisch. First attested in the late 1920s.

(religion, agriculture, Anthroposophy) biodynamic


afknijpen

afknijpen (infinitive)
afknijpen (gerund neuter)
knijp af (first-person main-clause present singular)
kneep af (first-person main-clause past singular)
afknijp (first-person present singular subordinate-clause)
afkneep (first-person past singular subordinate-clause)
knijpt af (main-clause present second-person singular)
knijp af (main-clause present second-person singular)
kneep af (main-clause past second-person singular)
afknijpt (present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afkneep (past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
knijpt af (formal main-clause present second-person singular)
kneep af (formal main-clause past second-person singular)
afknijpt (formal present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afkneep (formal past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
knijpt af (Flanders colloquial main-clause present second-person singular)
knijpt af (archaic formal main-clause majestic present second-person singular)
kneept af (Flanders colloquial main-clause past second-person singular)
kneept af (archaic formal main-clause majestic past second-person singular)
afknijpt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afknijpt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afkneept (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
afkneept (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular subordinate-clause)
knijpt af (main-clause present singular third-person)
kneep af (main-clause past singular third-person)
afknijpt (present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
afkneep (past singular subordinate-clause third-person)
knijpen af (main-clause plural present)
knepen af (main-clause past plural)
afknijpen (plural present subordinate-clause)
afknepen (past plural subordinate-clause)
knijpe af (archaic main-clause present singular subjunctive)
knepe af (archaic main-clause past singular subjunctive)
afknijpe (archaic present singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afknepe (archaic past singular subjunctive subordinate-clause)
knijpen af (archaic main-clause plural present subjunctive)
knepen af (archaic main-clause past plural subjunctive)
afknijpen (archaic plural present subjunctive subordinate-clause)
afknepen (archaic past plural subjunctive subordinate-clause)
knijp af (imperative main-clause present singular)
knijpt af (archaic imperative main-clause plural present)
afknijpend (main-clause participle present)
afgeknepen (main-clause participle past)

(transitive, horticulture) to pinch off dried-out flowers


halfschaduw

(chiefly astronomy, horticulture) penumbra


sojakoek

(agriculture, countable) soy press cake, used as animal feed


akkerbouwer

(agriculture) a tiller, a farmer who cultivates crops on fields


garf

From Middle Dutch garve, from Old Dutch garva, from Proto-West Germanic *garbā (“sheaf”).


deelpacht

(agriculture) a lease agreement in which a tenant farmer pays a share of the harvested crop as their rent


strijkbord

nl-noun

strijkbord n (plural strijkborden, diminutive strijkbordje n)

strijkborden (plural)
strijkbordje (diminutive neuter)


zwad

zwad n (plural zwaden, diminutive zwadje n)

zwaden (plural)
zwadje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch zwat. Cognate with Middle Low German swade, swat, Middle High German swade, German Schwad, Old Frisian swethe, Middle English swathe, English swath. See also zwaaien.


veehoudster

veehoudster f (plural veehoudsters, masculine veehouder)

veehoudsters (plural)
veehouder (masculine)

From vee (“livestock”) + houden (“to keep”) + -ster.

af

Ze is een veehoudster die gespecialiseerd is in het fokken van schapen.

She is a livestock farmer specialised in sheep breeding.

(agriculture) a woman who keeps livestock, a female livestock farmer


cultiveren

cultiveren (infinitive)
cultiveren (gerund neuter)
cultiveer (first-person present singular)
cultiveerde (first-person past singular)
cultiveert (present second-person singular)
cultiveer (present second-person singular)
cultiveerde (past second-person singular)
cultiveert (formal present second-person singular)
cultiveerde (formal past second-person singular)
cultiveert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
cultiveert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
cultiveerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
cultiveerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
cultiveert (present singular third-person)
cultiveerde (past singular third-person)
cultiveren (plural present)
cultiveerden (past plural)
cultivere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
cultiveerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
cultiveren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
cultiveerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
cultiveer (imperative present singular)
cultiveert (archaic imperative plural present)
cultiverend (participle present)
gecultiveerd (participle past)

Borrowed from Middle French cultiver with the suffix -eren.

We reizen de wereld af om de meest winterharde palmen te vinden en cultiveren mooie, sterke planten die geschikt zijn voor de Europese tuinen.

We travel the world to find the most winter hardy palms and cultivate beautiful, strong plants suitable for European gardens.

(agriculture) to cultivate (to grow plants)