abstract

nl-adj

abstract (comparative abstracter, superlative abstractst)

abstracter (comparative)
abstractst (superlative)
abstract (adverbial positive predicative)
abstracter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het abstractst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het abstractste (adverbial predicative superlative)
abstracte (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
abstractere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
abstractste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
abstract (indefinite neuter positive singular)
abstracter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
abstractste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
abstracte (indefinite plural positive)
abstractere (comparative indefinite plural)
abstractste (indefinite plural superlative)
abstracte (definite positive)
abstractere (comparative definite)
abstractste (definite superlative)
abstracts (partitive positive)
abstracters (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: abstrak

→ Indonesian: abstrak

Borrowed from Middle French abstract, from Latin abstractus; compare English abstract.


dia

nl-noun

dia m (plural dia's, diminutive diaatje n)

dia's (plural)
diaatje (diminutive neuter)


shot

shot n or m (plural shots, diminutive shotje n)

shots (plural)
shotje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English shot. Doublet of schot.

(film, photography) shot (sequence of frames)


luik

luik n (plural luiken, diminutive luikje n)

luiken (plural)
luikje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: luik

desctree

→ Russian: люк (ljuk)
→ Armenian: լյուկ (lyuk)
→ Georgian: ლიუკი (liuḳi)
→ Ukrainian: люк (ljuk)

→ Sranan Tongo: loiki

From Middle Dutch luke, from the (now obsolete) verb luiken. Cognate with German Luke.


cherub

nl-noun

cherub m (plural cherubs, diminutive cherubje n)

cherubs (plural)
cherubje (diminutive neuter)

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


piste

piste f (plural pistes, diminutive pistetje n)

pistes (plural)
pistetje (diminutive neuter)


fee

fee f (plural feeën, diminutive feetje n)

feeën (plural)
feetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: fee

→ West Frisian: fee

Borrowed from French fée, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from fātum.


golem

golem m (plural golems, diminutive golempje n)

golems (plural)
golempje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

der

גולם \ גֹּלֶם

(folklore, fiction) a golem, a clay automaton


mat

nl-noun

mat m or f (plural matten, diminutive matje n)

matten (plural)
matje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: mat

From Middle Dutch matte, borrowed from Latin matta. Cognates include English mat and German Matte.


podium

podium n (plural podia or podiums, diminutive podiumpje n)

podia (plural)
podiums (plural)
podiumpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: podium

Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pui.


fusain

Borrowed from French fusain, from Vulgar Latin *fusago, from Latin fusus.

ca. 1882, Vincent van Gogh, letter 287, in Brieven aan zijn broeder, part 2, publ. 1914, page 158.
Ik heb deze teekening gemaakt met fusain en bergkrijt en drukinkt.

I have made this drawing with fusain and mountain chalk and printer's ink.

(art, chiefly uncountable) fusain, a type of charcoal used for drawing


script

script n (plural scripts, diminutive scriptje n or (Netherlands, informal) scrippie n)

scripts (plural)
scriptje (diminutive neuter)
scrippie (Netherlands diminutive informal neuter)

Coordinate term: scenario

(art) script (written text of a dramatic performance)


ziel

ziel f (plural zielen, diminutive zieltje n)

zielen (plural)
zieltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: siel

Negerhollands: siel, zil

→ Sranan Tongo: sili

From Middle Dutch siele, from Old Dutch *siola, contraction of an earlier *sēola (compare Old Saxon sēola), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. The attested Old Dutch form sēla, with a different form of contraction, would have led to modern Dutch *zeel as in German Seele. Further cognate with Low German Seel, West Frisian siel, English soul.

Ook de ziel is losgekomen en rolt heen en weer in de klankkast.

2016, Marcel Cohen, translated by Katelijne De Vuyst, Het innerlijke toneel. Feiten, Athenaeum:


realist

realist m (plural realisten, diminutive realistje n)

realisten (plural)
realistje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: realis

→ Indonesian: realis

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

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


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)


animator

animator m (plural animatoren, diminutive animatortje n)

animatoren (plural)
animatortje (diminutive neuter)


expressionist

expressionist m (plural expressionisten)

(art) expressionist (artist working in the expressionist style)


beeldend

beeldend (adverbial positive predicative)
beeldende (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
beeldend (indefinite neuter positive singular)
beeldende (indefinite plural positive)
beeldende (definite positive)
beeldends (partitive positive)


modernisme

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


constructivisme

Perhaps borrowed. Equivalent to constructief + -isme.


visgraat

visgraat m (plural visgraten, diminutive visgraatje n)

visgraten (plural)
visgraatje (diminutive neuter)


stapel

stapel m (plural stapels, diminutive stapeltje n)

stapels (plural)
stapeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: setabel

→ Papiamentu: stapel

From Middle Dutch stapel, from Old Dutch stapal, from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz. Doublet of etappe.


dramatisch

nl-adj

dramatisch (comparative dramatischer, superlative meest dramatisch)

dramatischer (comparative)
meest dramatisch (superlative)
dramatisch (adverbial positive predicative)
dramatischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het meest dramatisch (adverbial predicative superlative)
het meest dramatische (adverbial predicative superlative)
dramatische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
dramatischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
meest dramatische (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
dramatisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
dramatischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
meest dramatische (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
dramatische (indefinite plural positive)
dramatischere (comparative indefinite plural)
meest dramatische (indefinite plural superlative)
dramatische (definite positive)
dramatischere (comparative definite)
meest dramatische (definite superlative)
dramatisch (partitive positive)
dramatischers (comparative partitive)

→ Indonesian: dramatis

Borrowed from German dramatisch or French dramatique, from Latin dramaticus, from Ancient Greek δραματικός (dramatikós). Equivalent to drama + -isch.

(art, theater) dramatic, pertaining to drama


tronie

nl-noun

tronie f (plural tronies, diminutive tronietje n)

tronies (plural)
tronietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tronie

From Middle Dutch troenie, from Middle French trogne, possibly ultimately from a Celtic language, for which a Gaulish *trugna has been proposed (compare Welsh trwyn).

(art) a depiction of a person’s face with an expressive, often unflattering expression; a tronie.


kabouter

kabouter m (plural kabouters, diminutive kaboutertje n)

kabouters (plural)
kaboutertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: kabouter

Possibly already from Middle Dutch. Equivalent to a compound of koof (from Middle Dutch kove, from Old Dutch *kovo, from Proto-Germanic *kubô (“hut, shed”)) and a less certain second element that might be hou (“friendly, favorable disposition”). Related to German Kobold.

(fiction, folklore) a (now usually benevolent) tiny folkloric bearded man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms or trees, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or brownie


trol

trol m (plural trollen, diminutive trolletje n)

trollen (plural)
trolletje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Norwegian troll or Swedish troll. Doublet of drol (“mythological giant”) and etymology 2.

(folklore) troll (mythological creature)


expressionistisch

nl-adj

expressionistisch (comparative expressionistischer, superlative meest expressionistisch or expressionistischt)

expressionistischer (comparative)
meest expressionistisch (superlative)
expressionistischt (superlative)
expressionistisch (adverbial positive predicative)
expressionistischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het expressionistischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het expressionistischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
expressionistische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
expressionistischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
expressionistischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
expressionistisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
expressionistischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
expressionistischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
expressionistische (indefinite plural positive)
expressionistischere (comparative indefinite plural)
expressionistischte (indefinite plural superlative)
expressionistische (definite positive)
expressionistischere (comparative definite)
expressionistischte (definite superlative)
expressionistisch (partitive positive)
expressionistischers (comparative partitive)


kubistisch

kubistisch (adverbial positive predicative)
kubistische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
kubistisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
kubistische (indefinite plural positive)
kubistische (definite positive)
kubistisch (partitive positive)


constructivistisch

constructivistisch (comparative constructivistischer, superlative meest constructivistisch or constructivistischt)

constructivistischer (comparative)
meest constructivistisch (superlative)
constructivistischt (superlative)
constructivistisch (adverbial positive predicative)
constructivistischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het constructivistischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het constructivistischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
constructivistische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
constructivistischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
constructivistischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
constructivistisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
constructivistischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
constructivistischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
constructivistische (indefinite plural positive)
constructivistischere (comparative indefinite plural)
constructivistischte (indefinite plural superlative)
constructivistische (definite positive)
constructivistischere (comparative definite)
constructivistischte (definite superlative)
constructivistisch (partitive positive)
constructivistischers (comparative partitive)

From constructivisme. Equivalent to constructief + -istisch.


figuratief

figuratief (adverbial positive predicative)
figuratieve (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
figuratief (indefinite neuter positive singular)
figuratieve (indefinite plural positive)
figuratieve (definite positive)
figuratiefs (partitive positive)

figuratieve kunst — figurative art


tweeluik

nl-noun

tweeluik n (plural tweeluiken, diminutive tweeluikje n)

tweeluiken (plural)
tweeluikje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of twee (“two”) + luik (“panel”).


onderschildering

onderschildering f (plural onderschilderingen, diminutive onderschilderingetje n)

onderschilderingen (plural)
onderschilderingetje (diminutive neuter)


gelaatskleur

gelaatskleur f (plural gelaatskleuren, diminutive gelaatskleurtje n)

gelaatskleuren (plural)
gelaatskleurtje (diminutive neuter)
gelaetskleur (alternative obsolete)

From gelaat (“face”) + -s- + kleur (“color”).

Gelaatskleur is vaak een eufemisme voor gewaagder bloot vlees in de kunst

Carnation is often a eufemism for more daring nudes in art


decompositie

→ Indonesian: dekomposisi, dékomposisi

Probably borrowed. Equivalent to de- + compositie.

(architecture, art) strucutural decomposition


futuristisch

nl-adj

futuristisch (comparative futuristischer, superlative meest futuristisch or futuristischt)

futuristischer (comparative)
meest futuristisch (superlative)
futuristischt (superlative)
futuristisch (adverbial positive predicative)
futuristischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het futuristischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het futuristischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
futuristische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
futuristischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
futuristischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
futuristisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
futuristischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
futuristischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
futuristische (indefinite plural positive)
futuristischere (comparative indefinite plural)
futuristischte (indefinite plural superlative)
futuristische (definite positive)
futuristischere (comparative definite)
futuristischte (definite superlative)
futuristisch (partitive positive)
futuristischers (comparative partitive)

→ Indonesian: futuristis

(art) futuristic (pertaining to futurism)


motief

nl-noun

motief n (plural motieven, diminutive motiefje n)

motieven (plural)
motiefje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: motief

→ Indonesian: motif

From Middle Dutch motijf, from Old French motif, from Latin mōtīvus.

Dit motief komt acht keer in deze opera.

That motif occurs eight times in this opera.

Deze stof heeft een motief dat bestaat uit vierkantjes.

This fabric has a motif consisting of little squares.


zoeker

zoeker m (plural zoekers, diminutive zoekertje n)

zoekers (plural)
zoekertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: soeker

From Middle Dutch soeker. Equivalent to zoeken + -er.


krul

krul f or m (plural krullen, diminutive krulletje n)

krullen (plural)
krulletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: krul

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kroru

→ Indonesian: kerul

→ Papiamentu: klerchi, krelchi (from the diminutive), krùl

From Middle Dutch crulle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“that which is curled”), from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).

inh

(music, lutherie) a scroll (e.g. of a violin)


fijnstemmer

nl-noun

fijnstemmer m (plural fijnstemmers, diminutive fijnstemmertje n)

fijnstemmers (plural)
fijnstemmertje (diminutive neuter)

(music, lutherie) fine tuner (e.g. on a violin)


klankgat

klankgat n (plural klankgaten, diminutive klankgaatje n)

klankgaten (plural)
klankgaatje (diminutive neuter)

(music, lutherie) f-hole (e.g. of a violin)


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


clair-obscur

Borrowed from French clair-obscur, from Italian chiaroscuro.


emulsie

emulsie f (plural emulsies, diminutive emulsietje n)

emulsies (plural)
emulsietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: emulsi
→ Malay: emulsi

Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“I milk out, extract”).

(photography) an emulsion (photosensitive coating)


futurisme

(art) futurism (Italian and Russian iconoclastic, future-oriented avant-garde art movement, in Italy aligned with fascism)


postmodernisme

postmodernisme n (plural postmodernismen)


mecenas

mecenas m (plural mecenassen, diminutive mecenasje n)

mecenassen (plural)
mecenasje (diminutive neuter)


lichtbeeld

lichtbeeld n (plural lichtbeelden, diminutive lichtbeeldje n)

lichtbeelden (plural)
lichtbeeldje (diminutive neuter)


realisme

Afrikaans: realisme

→ Indonesian: realisme

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

(art) realism (artistic representation that seeks to faithgully represent reality)


Witte Wieven

From a regional form of witte wijven (“white women”).

(folklore, regional) ethereal women dressed in white associated with fog, tumuli and dolmens


dieperik

dieperik m (plural dieperiken, diminutive dieperikje n)

dieperiken (plural)
dieperikje (diminutive neuter)

(uncommon, Netherlands, dated, art) individual, usually an art critic, considered to be overly concerned with finding deep meanings


cherubijn

cherubijn m (plural cherubijnen, diminutive cherubijntje n)

cherubijnen (plural)
cherubijntje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: cherubim

From Middle Dutch cherubyn, cherubin, reanalyzed as singular, borrowed from Latin cherubin or cherubim, from Ancient Greek χερουβίμ (kheroubím), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (k'ruvím), which is originally plural.


liflafferij

liflafferij f (plural liflafferijen, diminutive liflafferijtje n)

liflafferijen (plural)
liflafferijtje (diminutive neuter)

(art, obsolete, derogatory) art considered overly concerned with presenting subjects as prettier and more idealised than they are


sportprent

sportprent f (plural sportprenten, diminutive sportprentje n)

sportprenten (plural)
sportprentje (diminutive neuter)

(historical, art) an English picture depicting a sports' event, often a fox hunt or a horse race


grondtoon

grondtoon m (plural grondtonen, diminutive grondtoontje n)

grondtonen (plural)
grondtoontje (diminutive neuter)

De grondtoon van zijn toespraak was verandering.

The main subject of his speech was change.

In elk van zijn gedichten is liefde de duidelijke grondtoon.

In each of his poems, love is the clear main subject.

Het publiek was geraakt door de grondtoon van hoop in haar presentatie.

The audience was touched by the main subject of hope in her presentation.

(art) the main subject of a poem, talk, etc.

De grondtoon van het schilderij was een rustgevend groen.

The main colour of the painting was a soothing green.

Ze gebruikte rood als grondtoon om passie en energie over te brengen.

She used red as the main colour to convey passion and energy.

De kunstenaar koos voor een grondtoon van blauw om een gevoel van kalmte te creëren.

The artist chose a main colour of blue to create a sense of calmness.


coloriet

colorieten (plural)
koloriet (alternative)

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


zevenmijlslaars

zevenmijlslaars f (plural zevenmijlslaarzen)

Compound of zeven (“seven”) + mijl (“Dutch mile, league (5 to 6 km)”) + -s- + laars (“boot”).

compound

(fiction, folklore) a seven-league boot (boot in fairy tales allowing the wearer to quickly walk large distances)


haringkoning

/ˈɦaː.rɪŋˌkoː.nɪŋ/

(folklore) king of herrings (mythological large golden herring)


diapositief

nl-noun

diapositief n (plural diapositieven, diminutive diapositiefje n)

diapositieven (plural)
diapositiefje (diminutive neuter)


kleurendiapositief

kleurendiapositief n (plural kleurendiapositieven)

(photography, dated) colour slide, colour diapositive


diapresentatie

diapresentatie f (plural diapresentaties)


bloedkaros

Daarmee staan zij waarschijnlijk dichter bij de volkscultuur, want niet alleen de kinderen in het achttiende-eeuwse Antwerpen maar ook de volwassenen geloofden in het fabeltje van de bloedkaros.

1983, Herman Roodenburg, “De autobiografie van Isabella de Moerloose. Sex, opvoeding en volksgeloof in de zeventiende eeuw”, in Tijdschrift voor sociale geschiedenis, volume 9, page 323:

In doing so they are probably more in tune with popular culture, because not only children but also adults in eighteenth-century Antwerp believed in the folk tale of the "blood carriage".

(historical, folklore) a folkloric carriage that would abduct children who were outside late and cause them to bleed to death, usually by maiming their limbs or slitting their throats; as a bogeyman it was widely believed in by the common people in early modern times and was frequently connected to stories about foreign monarchs collecting blood


gotiek

Borrowed from French gothique, from Latin goticus.

(architecture, art) Gothicism, the Gothic style


flitser

flitser m (plural flitsers, diminutive flitsertje n)

flitsers (plural)
flitsertje (diminutive neuter)

(photography) flash (electronic flash unit)


neoklassiek

nl-adj

neoklassiek (comparative neoklassieker, superlative neoklassiekst)

neoklassieker (comparative)
neoklassiekst (superlative)
neo-klassiek (alternative)

From neo- (“neo-”) + klassiek (“classical”).


wisselbalg

nl-noun

wisselbalg m (plural wisselbalgen, diminutive wisselbalgje n)

wisselbalgen (plural)
wisselbalgje (diminutive neuter)

From wisselen (“to swap”) + balg (“body”). Cognate to German Wechselbalg.

(folklore) changeling; an infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant


wisselkind

wisselkind n (plural wisselkinderen, diminutive wisselkindje n)

wisselkinderen (plural)
wisselkindje (diminutive neuter)

From wisselen (“to swap”) + kind (“child”).


gedaanteverwisselaar

gedaanteverwisselaar m (plural gedaanteverwisselaars, diminutive gedaanteverwisselaartje n, feminine gedaanteverwisselaarster)

gedaanteverwisselaars (plural)
gedaanteverwisselaartje (diminutive neuter)
gedaanteverwisselaarster (feminine)

From gedaante (“shape, form”) + verwisselaar (“swapper”).


preromaans

preromaans (adverbial positive predicative)
preromaanse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
preromaans (indefinite neuter positive singular)
preromaanse (indefinite plural positive)
preromaanse (definite positive)
preromaans (partitive positive)
pre-romaans (alternative colloquial)

From pre- + romaans. Likely borrowed from a major European language.

(architecture, art, history) pre-Romanesque


romaans

romaans (adverbial positive predicative)
romaanse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
romaans (indefinite neuter positive singular)
romaanse (indefinite plural positive)
romaanse (definite positive)
romaans (partitive positive)
Romaans (alternative dated)
romaansch (alternative obsolete)
Romaansch (alternative obsolete)


beeldopname

nl-noun

beeldopname f (plural beeldopnamen or beeldopnames, diminutive beeldopnametje n)

beeldopnamen (plural)
beeldopnames (plural)
beeldopnametje (diminutive neuter)

(photography) image recording; image capture


dodendans

dodendans m (plural dodendansen, diminutive dodendansje n)

dodendansen (plural)
dodendansje (diminutive neuter)


discuswerper

discuswerper m (plural discuswerpers, diminutive discuswerpertje n, feminine discuswerpster)

discuswerpers (plural)
discuswerpertje (diminutive neuter)
discuswerpster (feminine)

Compound of discus + werper or discuswerpen + -er.


synesthesie

Borrowed from Greek συναίσθησις (synaísthisis).

(art, literature) synaesthesia (rhetorical device)