wrong

nl-noun

wrong m (plural wrongen, diminutive wrongetje n)

wrongen (plural)
wrongetje (diminutive neuter)

(heraldry) wreath, a ring made of two strips of cloth intertwined used on top of helmets to soften any blow


bol

bol m (plural bollen, diminutive bolletje n or bolleke n)

bollen (plural)
bolletje (diminutive neuter)
bolleke (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: bol

→ Aukan: bolu

→ Papiamentu: bòl

→ Sranan Tongo: bòl, boru

→ Caribbean Javanese: bolu

From Middle Dutch bol, bolle, from Old Dutch *bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“round object or vessel, ball, bowl”).


wapen

nl-noun

wapen n (plural wapens or wapenen, diminutive wapentje n)

wapens (plural)
wapenen (plural)
wapentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch wâpen, from Old Dutch wāpan, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną.


email

Borrowed from Middle French émail, from Old French esmal.


keel

From French gueule (“red throat of wild animals”), from Old French goles, plural of gole (“throat”), from Latin gula. Distantly related to Etymology 1 above.

der

(heraldry) gules, the blazoning term for the color red


helm

nl-noun

helm m (plural helmen, diminutive helmpje n)

helmen (plural)
helmpje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: helm

→ Papiamentu: hèlmu

→ Virgin Islands Creole: helum

From Middle Dutch helm, from Old Dutch *helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. Compare West Frisian helm, Low German Helm, German Helm, Danish hjelm.


motto

motto n (plural motto's, diminutive mottootje n)

motto's (plural)
mottootje (diminutive neuter)

From Italian motto (“a word, a saying”).


zilver

Afrikaans: silwer

Negerhollands: silver, zelva, selvu

Skepi Creole Dutch: solfer

→ Caribbean Javanese: silfer

→ Loup A: sinibat, chinebat, chinibat

→ Mahican: sehnpatt, senpett

→ Munsee: shulpul

→ Sranan Tongo: sorfu, solfru, sorfru

→ Saramaccan: sólófu, sóófu

→ Unami: silpël

From Middle Dutch silver, from Old Dutch silver, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.


goud

Afrikaans: goud

Berbice Creole Dutch: gautu

Negerhollands: gaut, goud, gout

Skepi Creole Dutch: gaut

→ Sranan Tongo: gowtu

→ Caribbean Javanese: gautu

→ Saramaccan: góútu

→ Trió: koutu

From Middle Dutch gout, from Old Dutch golt, from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.


leeuw

leeuw m (plural leeuwen, diminutive leeuwtje n, feminine leeuwin)

leeuwen (plural)
leeuwtje (diminutive neuter)
leeuwin (feminine)

Afrikaans: leeu

Negerhollands: leeuw

→ Papiamentu: leeuw (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: lew

From Middle Dutch leeuwe, from Old Dutch lewo, from Latin leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).

Nederlandse leeuw

Vlaamse leeuw


kruis

kruis n (plural kruizen or kruisen, diminutive kruisje n)

kruizen (plural)
kruisen (plural)
kruisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kruis

Negerhollands: kroes, cruis, krus

→ Caribbean Javanese: krèis

→ Indonesian: kres

From Middle Dutch crûce, from Old Dutch *krūci, from Latin crux (“cross”).

Het familiewapen had een gouden kruis op een blauw veld.

The family crest had a gold cross on a blue field.

(heraldry) cross (such shape as used in heraldry)


paal

paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

palen (plural)
paaltje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: paal
→ Tsonga: pala
→ Xhosa: ipala

→ Caribbean Hindustani: pál

→ Caribbean Javanese: pal

→ Guyanese Creole English: paal

→ Indonesian: pal (“milestone”)

→ Papiamentu: palu

From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.


vair

From Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”).


roos

nl-noun

roos f (plural rozen, diminutive roosje n)

rozen (plural)
roosje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: roos

Jersey Dutch: rôz

→ Caribbean Hindustani: rusi

→ Papiamentu: deros, deroos

From Middle Dutch rose, from Old French rose, from Latin rosa. Doublet of roze.

(heraldry) rose, used as a heraldic charge


bezant

bezant m (plural bezanten, diminutive bezantje n)

bezanten (plural)
bezantje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch besant, from Old French bezant, from Latin byzantius.


koek

koek m (plural koeken, diminutive koekje n)

koeken (plural)
koekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koek
→ Sotho: kuku

Berbice Creole Dutch: kuku

Jersey Dutch: kuk

→ Sranan Tongo: kuku

→ Lokono: kuku

→ Aukan: kuku

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kuku

→ Caribbean Javanese: kuku

→ Kwinti: kúku

→ Saramaccan: kúku

From Middle Dutch coeke, from Old Dutch *kuoko, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô. Doublet of quiche.


ruit

ruit f (plural ruiten, diminutive ruitje n)

ruiten (plural)
ruitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ruit

From Middle Dutch rute, of uncertain origin. Compare German Raute.


luipaard

luipaard m or n (plural luipaarden, diminutive luipaardje n)

luipaarden (plural)
luipaardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: luiperd

From Middle Dutch lupaert, leupart, liepart, from Old Dutch *liupard, from Old French leopard, from Late Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos).


hermelijn

hermelijn m (plural hermelijnen, diminutive hermelijntje n)

hermelijnen (plural)
hermelijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hermelyn

From Middle Dutch hermelijn, a diminutive of hermel, harmel, from Old Dutch *hermilo, itself also a diminutive, of *harmo, from Proto-Germanic *harmô. By surface analysis, hermel + -lijn; hermel (also harmel) survived into early Modern Dutch. Cognate with Middle Low German hermelīn, German Hermelin.


baret

baret f (plural baretten, diminutive baretje n)

baretten (plural)
baretje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: baret

→ Indonesian: baret

From Middle French barrete, from dialectal Italian baretta.


adelaar

adelaar m (plural adelaars, diminutive adelaartje n)

adelaars (plural)
adelaartje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch adeler. Cognate with German Adler.

Duitsland, Polen en Roemenië hebben allen adelaars op hun wapens.

Germany, Poland and Romania all have eagles on their coats of arms.

(heraldry) eagle (on or supporting a coat of arms)


metaal

metaal n (plural metalen, diminutive metaaltje n)

metalen (plural)
metaaltje (diminutive neuter)

From Old French metal (“metal”), from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”), from μέταλλευειν (métalleuein, “to mine, quarry”), of unknown origin, but apparently related to μέταλλαν (métallan, “to seek after”), also of unknown origin.


gedeeld

(heraldry) divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale


lelie

nl-noun

lelie f (plural lelies or leliën, diminutive lelietje n)

lelies (plural)
leliën (plural)
lelietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: leli

From Middle Dutch lilie, lēlie, from Old Dutch līlia, lilia, from Late Latin līlia, the plural of Latin līlium that was reinterpreted as a singular form.

(heraldry) a fleur-de-lis, although botanically an iris


keper

keper m (plural kepers, diminutive kepertje n)

kepers (plural)
kepertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch keper (“rafter, roof beam”), from Vulgar Latin *capriōne, *capreus, from Latin caper (“male goat”). The connection with goats is thought to be the resemblance of two diagonal wooden beams of a roof meeting in the middle with two prancing goats.
Cognate with Middle High German kepfer, French chevron.

inh

(heraldry) a chevron, comprising crossing bands


doorsneden

doorsneden (adverbial positive predicative)
doorsneden (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
doorsneden (indefinite neuter positive singular)
doorsneden (indefinite plural positive)
doorsneden (definite positive)
doorsnedens (partitive positive)

(heraldry) divided into two equal parts horizontally, per fess


kwartier

nl-noun

kwartier n (plural kwartieren, diminutive kwartiertje n)

kwartieren (plural)
kwartiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kwartier

→ Indonesian: kwartir

Negerhollands: kwati, quartier

From Middle Dutch quartier, from Old French quartier, from Latin quartārius.

(heraldry) a quarter of an heraldic field

(genealogy, heraldry, chiefly plural) all of one's ancestors up to a specified degree, indicated by the maximum number of possible ancestors at a given level (2, 4, 8, 16, etc.), generally listed on a document; originally used for nobles whose coats of arms would be displayed on such a document


karbonkel

karbonkel m (plural karbonkels, diminutive karbonkeltje n)

karbonkels (plural)
karbonkeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: karbonkel

From Middle Dutch carbonkel, from Old Northern French carbuncle, from Latin carbunculus.


harpoen

harpoen m (plural harpoenen, diminutive harpoentje n)

harpoenen (plural)
harpoentje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: harpoen

→ Lokono: harpona

→ Danish: harpun

desctree

→ German: Harpune
→ Polish: harpun
→ Russian: гарпу́н (garpún), гарпу́нъ (garpún) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
→ Ukrainian: гарпу́н (harpún)
→ Serbo-Croatian: hàrpūn

→ Norwegian Bokmål: harpun

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: harpun

→ Papiamentu: harpun, arpun

→ Swedish: harpun

→ Finnish: harppuuna

From Middle Dutch arpoen, from Middle French harpon (“hook, hold-on”). Cognate with English harpoon, German Harpune.

(heraldry) a figure representing a harpoon


geschuind

nl-adj

geschuind (comparative geschuinder, superlative geschuindst)

geschuinder (comparative)
geschuindst (superlative)

(heraldry) divided into two equal parts diagonally, per bend


wapenspreuk

nl-noun

wapenspreuk f (plural wapenspreuken, diminutive wapenspreukje n)

wapenspreuken (plural)
wapenspreukje (diminutive neuter)


geer

geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)

geren (plural)
geertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.


faas

faas f (plural fazen, diminutive faasje n)

fazen (plural)
faasje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch faesche, from Middle French fasce, from Latin fascia.


dwarsbalk

dwarsbalk m (plural dwarsbalken, diminutive dwarsbalkje n)

dwarsbalken (plural)
dwarsbalkje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch dwersbalc. Equivalent to dwars (“transverse”) + balk (“beam”).


ondergrond

ondergrond m (plural ondergronden, diminutive ondergrondje n)

ondergronden (plural)
ondergrondje (diminutive neuter)

From onder + grond. Compare English underground and German Untergrund.

(heraldry) compartment (mound beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand)


helmteken

helmteken n (plural helmtekens, diminutive helmtekentje n)

helmtekens (plural)
helmtekentje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of helm (“helmet”) + teken (“sign, marking”).

compound

(heraldry) a crest, bearing worn tusually on a helmet or other headdress above the shield, or sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield


wapendier

nl-noun

wapendier n (plural wapendieren, diminutive wapendiertje n)

wapendieren (plural)
wapendiertje (diminutive neuter)