yeti

nl-noun

yeti m (plural yeti's, diminutive yetietje n)

yeti's (plural)
yetietje (diminutive neuter)

Probably borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).


copula

→ Indonesian: kopula

(ichthyology, dated) a connective segment or piece of tissue, usually of cartilage, chiefly in fish


mijn

nl-noun

mijn f (plural mijnen, diminutive mijntje n)

mijnen (plural)
mijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: myn

From Middle Dutch mine, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”). Some senses are borrowed from French mine (“explosive device”) and Middle French mine (“tunnel for sapping”).

bor

(entomology) shaft dug by an insect larva in plant organs, such as leaves


rat

nl-noun

rat f (plural ratten, diminutive ratje n)

ratten (plural)
ratje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: rot

Jersey Dutch: rot

Negerhollands: rotto, roto

→ Virgin Islands Creole: roto (dated)

q

→? Kari'na: alata (via Sranantongo, possibly from Spanish)

→? Saramaccan: alátu (possibly from Spanish)

From Middle Dutch ratte, from Old Dutch *rato, *roto, from Frankish *ratt, *rato, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz (“rat”). Related to Old High German rato.

(zoology) a rat, medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus, or of certain other genera in the family Muridae


microbe

nl-noun

microbe f (plural microben or microbes, diminutive microbetje n)

microben (plural)
microbes (plural)
microbetje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French microbe, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).


plasma

→ Indonesian: plasma

Borrowed from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma). Influenced by German Plasma (“blood plasma, cytoplasm”) and English plasma (“ionised gas”).


peen

nl-noun

peen f (plural penen, diminutive peentje n)

penen (plural)
peentje (diminutive neuter)

Originally the plural of pee, perhaps from Middle Dutch *pede, with plural peden (with a single attestation), of uncertain origin. Compare schoen and teen, also originally plurals but later singulars. Proposed cognates include English pith and French pied.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota#Translingual


genus

Borrowed from Latin genus. Doublet of gender and genre.

(botany) a rank in a taxonomic classification, in between family and species


vat

vat n (plural vaten, diminutive vatje n or vaatje n)

vaten (plural)
vatje (diminutive neuter)
vaatje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: vat

Negerhollands: vat

From Middle Dutch vat, from Old Dutch *fat, from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą.


fungus

(mycology) fungus, member of the kingdom Fungi


nerf

nerf f (plural nerven, diminutive nerfje n)

nerven (plural)
nerfje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin nervus. The botanic sense belongs historically to this word, but is semantically close to etymology 1 and hence not necessarily felt as a distinct word.


leek

leek ? (plural leken, diminutive leekje n)

leken (plural)
leekje (diminutive neuter)

Local dialect in the Dutch region Betuwe, from Latin lapathum (“kind of sorrel”).

Rumex crispus
Rumex crispus#Translingual


gent

gent m (plural genten, diminutive gentje n)

genten (plural)
gentje (diminutive neuter)

De genten vormen een familie in de orde der Suliformes.

The Sulidae constitute a family in the Suliformes order.


vast

nl-adj

vast (comparative vaster, superlative meest vast or vastst)

vaster (comparative)
meest vast (superlative)
vastst (superlative)
vast (adverbial positive predicative)
vaster (adverbial comparative predicative)
het vastst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het vastste (adverbial predicative superlative)
vaste (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
vastere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
vastste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
vast (indefinite neuter positive singular)
vaster (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
vastste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
vaste (indefinite plural positive)
vastere (comparative indefinite plural)
vastste (indefinite plural superlative)
vaste (definite positive)
vastere (comparative definite)
vastste (definite superlative)
vasts (partitive positive)
vasters (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: vas

Berbice Creole Dutch: vasi

Negerhollands: vast, vas

→? Sranan Tongo: fasi, fasti

→ Caribbean Javanese: pasi, fasi

From Middle Dutch vast, from Old Dutch fast, from Proto-West Germanic *fastī, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Hij heeft een aantal vaste planten gepoot.


mier

nl-noun

mier f (plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)

mieren (plural)
miertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: mier

Berbice Creole Dutch: mira

Skepi Creole Dutch: mira

→ Ambonese Malay: mir

→ Lokono: miri

→ Aukan: mila

→ Kupang Malay: mir

→ Sranan Tongo: mira

→ West Frisian: mier

From Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.


virus

virus n (plural virussen, diminutive virusje n)

virussen (plural)
virusje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin vīrus. Coined in the virological sense by Martinus Beijerinck; the word had been previously used for pathogens, although not for viruses in the modern sense. The computing sense derives from English virus.


wadi

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

der

(ecology, urban studies) urban swale, bioswale (a shallow planted ditch for collecting stormwater runoff and allowing it to infiltrate into the ground)


dominant

nl-adj

dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative dominantst)

dominanter (comparative)
dominantst (superlative)
dominant (adverbial positive predicative)
dominanter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het dominantst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het dominantste (adverbial predicative superlative)
dominante (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
dominantere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
dominantste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
dominant (indefinite neuter positive singular)
dominanter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
dominantste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
dominante (indefinite plural positive)
dominantere (comparative indefinite plural)
dominantste (indefinite plural superlative)
dominante (definite positive)
dominantere (comparative definite)
dominantste (definite superlative)
dominants (partitive positive)
dominanters (comparative partitive)

Borrowed from French dominant, from Middle French dominant.


stoma

nl-noun

stoma m (plural stomas or stomata, diminutive stomaatje n)

stomas (plural)
stomata (plural)
stomaatje (diminutive neuter)

(botany) stoma (one of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass)


cloaca

(zoology) cloaca (duct in certain vertebrates used for reproduction and excreting digestive waste)


taxon

An internationalism, representing a back-formation from taxonomie.


periderm

periderm n (plural peridermen, diminutive peridermpje n)

peridermen (plural)
peridermpje (diminutive neuter)

Internationalism; compare English periderm.


tandem

tandem m (plural tandems, diminutive tandempje n)

tandems (plural)
tandempje (diminutive neuter)

(biology) a phase in the mating ritual of dragonflies


oregano

Borrowed from Spanish orégano, from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

(botany) Synonym of wilde marjolein (“oregano plant, Origanum vulgare”)


bidden

bidden (infinitive)
bidden (gerund neuter)
bid (first-person present singular)
bad (first-person past singular)
bidt (present second-person singular)
bid (present second-person singular)
bad (past second-person singular)
bidt (formal present second-person singular)
bad (formal past second-person singular)
bidt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bidt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
baadt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
baadt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bidt (present singular third-person)
bad (past singular third-person)
bidden (plural present)
baden (past plural)
bidde (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bade (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bidden (archaic plural present subjunctive)
baden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bid (imperative present singular)
bidt (archaic imperative plural present)
biddend (participle present)
gebeden (participle past)

Afrikaans: bid

Negerhollands: bed, bet, bit

From Middle Dutch bidden, from Old Dutch bidden, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti.

De torenvalk speurde biddend naar zijn prooi.

The kestrel sought his prey while hovering.

(intransitive, ornithology, birdwatching) to hover (of birds), to use wings to remain in the same place in mid-air


predator

(biology, chiefly zoology) a predator, organism (usually animal) that kills other non-plant organisms for food


pier

pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

pieren (plural)
piertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pier, probably from the name Pierre.

(zoology) a worm, earthworm (in Flanders)


bast

bast m (plural basten, diminutive bastje n)

basten (plural)
bastje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bast, from Old Dutch *bast, from Proto-West Germanic *bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz.


familie

Afrikaans: familie

Berbice Creole Dutch: famili

Negerhollands: familie, famili

Petjo: fermilie

→ Indonesian: famili

→ Sranan Tongo: famiri

desc

→ Caribbean Javanese: famiri, pamili, pamiri

→ Saramaccan: famíí


knoop

nl-noun

knoop m (plural knopen, diminutive knoopje n)

knopen (plural)
knoopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: knoop

→ Kalanga: kunupo

→ Swazi: inkinobho

Berbice Creole Dutch: kunopu

Negerhollands: knop, knoop

→ Munsee: kunóop

→ Papiamentu: kònòpi

→ Sranan Tongo: knopo

→ Lokono: konopo

→ Kari'na: konopu

→ Saramaccan: konopu

→ Unami: kënup

From Middle Dutch cnôop, from Old Dutch *knōp, from Proto-Germanic *knaupaz, one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”). Cognate with German Knauf.


nectar

(botany, insects) nectar, liquid produced by flowers


imago

imago n (plural imago's, diminutive imagootje n)

imago's (plural)
imagootje (diminutive neuter)

(biology) imago: the full grown form of an insect


succulent

nl-adj

succulent (comparative succulenter, superlative succulentst)

succulenter (comparative)
succulentst (superlative)
succulent (adverbial positive predicative)
succulenter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het succulentst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het succulentste (adverbial predicative superlative)
succulente (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
succulentere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
succulentste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
succulent (indefinite neuter positive singular)
succulenter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
succulentste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
succulente (indefinite plural positive)
succulentere (comparative indefinite plural)
succulentste (indefinite plural superlative)
succulente (definite positive)
succulentere (comparative definite)
succulentste (definite superlative)
succulents (partitive positive)
succulenters (comparative partitive)

(botany) succulent (storing water in leaves or other tissue)


varken

nl-noun

varken n (plural varkens, diminutive varkentje n, feminine zeug, masculine beer)

varkens (plural)
varkentje (diminutive neuter)
zeug (feminine)
beer (masculine)

Afrikaans: vark

Jersey Dutch: vārk

desc

Negerhollands: varki, fergi, farki, ferkikin, verken

Skepi Creole Dutch: fark

From Middle Dutch varken, verken, from Old Dutch farkīn, ferkīn, an old diminutive, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farhaz (Proto-West Germanic *farh) + Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (Proto-Germanic *-ukīn, with another diminutive suffix attached). Compare Central Franconian Ferke, Low German Farken.


rijk

nl-noun

rijk n (plural rijken, diminutive rijkje n)

rijken (plural)
rijkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ryk

Negerhollands: riek, rik

From Middle Dutch rike, from Old Dutch rīki, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją (“realm”), from Proto-Celtic *rīgyom (“kingdom”), from *rīxs (“king”) (compare Irish rí), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”).


klasse

klasse f (plural klassen, diminutive klassetje n)

klassen (plural)
klassetje (diminutive neuter)

Petjo: kelas

Borrowed from French classe, from Latin classis.


stoel

stoel m (plural stoelen, diminutive stoeltje n)

stoelen (plural)
stoeltje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: stoel
→ Southern Ndebele: ísítúlo
→ Shona: chitúru
→ Sotho: setulo
→ Swazi: sítúlo
→ Tsonga: xitulu
→ Xhosa: ísítúlo
→ Zulu: ísítúlo

Jersey Dutch: stûl

Negerhollands: stoel, stul, stuel

Skepi Creole Dutch: stool

→ Aukan: sutuu

→ Fanagalo: stul (possibly via Zulu or from English)

→ Papiamentu: stul, stoeltsje, stoeltji

→ Sranan Tongo: sturu

From Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

(botany) a receptacle, stool, a type of stump


melk

nl-noun

melk f (uncountable, diminutive melkje n)

Afrikaans: melk

Berbice Creole Dutch: meleke

Jersey Dutch: määlk

Negerhollands: melk

→ Aukan: meliki

→ Caribbean Javanese: mèleg, mèrki

→ Munsee: mălák

→ Saramaccan: meíki

→ Sranan Tongo: merki

→ Kari'na: meliki

→ Tok Pisin: melek

Inherited from Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

(botany) various 'milky' juices (that resembles or looks like milk), as secreted by certain plants and insects


coronavirus

From translingual Coronavirus. Equivalent to corona.

Bovendien krijgt het rhinovirus in al zijn gedaantes vaak steun van een ander soort virus, coronavirus genaamd, dat ook weer onderverdeeld kan worden in een groot aantal serotypes.

1973 January 8, “Vrijwilligers melden trots een infectie”, in Nederlands Dagblad, page 4:

(virology) coronavirus (member of the family Coronaviridae)


baard

baard m (plural baarden, diminutive baardje n)

baarden (plural)
baardje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: baard

Negerhollands: baard

→ Virgin Islands Creole: bad (archaic)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: barde

→ West Frisian: baard

From Middle Dutch baert, from Old Dutch *bart, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰ-eh₂.


florist

florist m (plural floristen, diminutive floristje n)

floristen (plural)
floristje (diminutive neuter)

Early 17th century. Possibly borrowed from English florist or French fleuriste.

(botany) one who engages in the study of wild flora (floristics)


cel

cel f (plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

cellen (plural)
celletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sel

→ Indonesian: sel

→ Papiamentu: sèl

From Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

cell (a compartment)
(biology) component of a body tissue

cell (a compartment)
component of a body tissue

cell (a compartment)
(entomology) cell – of a honeycomb

cell (a compartment)
cell – of a honeycomb


syrinx

Borrowed from Latin sȳrinx (“reed; reed pipe, panpipes”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “panpipes; pipe-shaped object”), from Pre-Greek.

der

(ornithology) syrinx (voice organ in birds)


kroon

nl-noun

kroon f (plural kronen, diminutive kroontje n)

kronen (plural)
kroontje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kroon

→ Indonesian: kerun

Negerhollands: kroon

From Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Latin corōna. Doublet of kruin and corona.


pullus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pullus. Doublet of pul.

(ornithology) a pullus; the young chick of a bird


rus

rus m (plural russen, diminutive rusje n)

russen (plural)
rusje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch rusch, rosch. The Juncaceae plants may constitute a parallel etymology ultimately deriving from Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā.


soort

Afrikaans: soort

Berbice Creole Dutch: sutu

Jersey Dutch: sôrt

Negerhollands: sort, soort

→ Saramaccan: sóótu

→ Sranan Tongo: sortu


stempel

stempel m or n (plural stempels, diminutive stempeltje n)

stempels (plural)
stempeltje (diminutive neuter)
when used in senses 2 and 3 (neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: setèmpel

→ Indonesian: stempel

→ Papiamentu: stèmpel

Corresponding to stampen (“to stamp”) + -el (diminutive suffix), but clearly an early formation judging by the presence of umlaut. Compare Old High German stempfil (German Stempel).


gier

nl-noun

gier m (plural gieren, diminutive giertje n)

gieren (plural)
giertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch gir, gier, from Old Dutch *gīr, from Proto-Germanic *gīraz, related to *geraz (“greed, desire, coveting”).


stam

stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n)

stammen (plural)
stammetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: stam

→ Papiamentu: stam

From Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.


sporangium

sporangium n (plural sporangia, diminutive sporangiummetje n)

sporangia (plural)
sporangiummetje (diminutive neuter)

From Late Latin sporangium, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).


functie

functie f (plural functies, diminutive functietje n)

functies (plural)
functietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: funksie

Malay: fungsi

Indonesian: fungsi

Borrowed from French fonction, from Middle French function, ultimately from Latin functiō. The spelling was eventually adapted to Latin functiō.


krab

krab f or m (plural krabben, diminutive krabbetje n)

krabben (plural)
krabbetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: krap

Berbice Creole Dutch: krabu

desc

Negerhollands: krabe, krabischi, krabu, crabbo, krabbo

→ Virgin Islands Creole: krabu (dated)

Skepi Creole Dutch: krabu

→ Sranan Tongo: krabu

→ Caribbean Hindustani: krabu

→ Caribbean Javanese: krabu

→ Saramaccan: kaábu

From Middle Dutch crabbe, from Old Dutch *krabba.

(zoology) crab, crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura


geslacht

Afrikaans: geslag

Negerhollands: geslagt

From Middle Dutch geslachte, from slachte, from Old Dutch slahta, from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”), compare German Geschlecht (“gender, kind, lineage”).


sperma

(biology) sperm, semen (fluid animal seed)


ruit

nl-noun

ruit f (plural ruiten, diminutive ruitje n)

ruiten (plural)
ruitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch rute, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).


ontleden

ontleden (infinitive)
ontleden (gerund neuter)
ontleed (first-person present singular)
ontleedde (first-person past singular)
ontleedt (present second-person singular)
ontleed (present second-person singular)
ontleedde (past second-person singular)
ontleedt (formal present second-person singular)
ontleedde (formal past second-person singular)
ontleedt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
ontleedt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
ontleedde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
ontleedde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
ontleedt (present singular third-person)
ontleedde (past singular third-person)
ontleden (plural present)
ontleedden (past plural)
ontlede (archaic present singular subjunctive)
ontleedde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
ontleden (archaic plural present subjunctive)
ontleedden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
ontleed (imperative present singular)
ontleedt (archaic imperative plural present)
ontledend (participle present)
ontleed (participle past)


annuel

annuel m (plural annuellen, diminutive annuelletje n)

annuellen (plural)
annuelletje (diminutive neuter)


proband

proband m or f (plural probanden or probandi)

(genetics, genealogy) proband (subject of a genealogical study)


ecologie

Borrowed from German Ökologie. Equivalent to eco- + -logie.

(biology) ecology, (the study of) the way species and oher factors interact within a biotope


monogamie

Afrikaans: monogamie

Probably borrowed from French monogamie.

(zoology) monogamy, the practice of having only one partner at a time


knop

knop m (plural knoppen, diminutive knopje n)

knoppen (plural)
knopje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: knop (“knob”)

→ Papiamentu: kònòpi, knoppi (dated)

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knappô, or a variant of it, one of many kn- words related to *knuttô (“a knot”).
Cognate with German Knopf and probably English knop. Also related with Dutch knob, knobbel, German Knubbel, which are cognate with English knob.


schors

schors f or m (plural schorsen, diminutive schorsje n)

schorsen (plural)
schorsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skors

From Middle Dutch scorce, from Old French escorce (modern écorce), itself from Medieval Latin scorcia, from Latin scortea.


habitus

habitus m (plural habitussen or habitus)

→ Indonesian: habitus

Borrowed from Latin habitus (“habit”), a noun based on habeō (“have; maintain”).

(botany) general appearance and/or behaviour of a plant


garibaldi

garibaldi m (plural garibaldi's, diminutive garibaldietje n)

garibaldi's (plural)
garibaldietje (diminutive neuter)


drager

drager m (plural dragers, diminutive dragertje n, feminine draagster)

dragers (plural)
dragertje (diminutive neuter)
draagster (feminine)

From Middle Dutch dragere. Equivalent to dragen + -er.

(genetics) a carrier, one who carries a gene


spruit

spruit f (plural spruiten, diminutive spruitje n)

spruiten (plural)
spruitje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: spruit

desc

→ Papiamentu: sprùit, spreit, spruitsje, spruit

→ Sranan Tongo: sproiti

From Middle Dutch sprute, spruut, spruyte, from Old Dutch *sprūtan. Cognate with English sprite, sprout.

(botany) a sprout, shoot, a branch-like part of a plant which grows from the rest


hoen

nl-noun

hoen n (plural hoenders or hoenderen or hoenen, diminutive hoentje n)

hoenders (plural)
hoenderen (plural)
hoenen (plural)
hoentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: hoender

desc

Negerhollands: hoener, hundu, hunder, hun

→ Virgin Islands Creole: hundu (dated)

From Middle Dutch hoen, from Old Dutch *huon, from Proto-West Germanic *hōn, from Proto-Germanic *hōną. Cognate with German Huhn, Low German Hohn.

Het bos is de thuisbasis van verschillende soorten hoenders, waaronder fazanten en patrijzen.

The forest is home to various kinds of fowl, including pheasants and partridges.

Het natuurgebied is een ideale plek voor het observeren van wilde hoenders.

The nature reserve is an ideal place for observing wild fowls.


viooltje

(botany) the common appellation, regardless of size, for any violet, an ornamental fragrant plant genus (including the pansy)


narcis

nl-noun

narcis f (plural narcissen or narcissi, diminutive narcisje n)

narcissen (plural)
narcissi (plural)
narcisje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).


kruid

kruid n (plural kruiden, diminutive kruidje n)

kruiden (plural)
kruidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kruid

Negerhollands: kruid

From Middle Dutch cruut (whence also kruit), from Old Dutch krūd, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd.


worp

worp m (plural worpen, diminutive worpje n)

worpen (plural)
worpje (diminutive neuter)

(veterinary) the act of giving birth in mammals

(veterinary) the group of young animals born at the same time (from the same mother mammal)


herbivoor

herbivoor m (plural herbivoren, diminutive herbivoortje n)

herbivoren (plural)
herbivoortje (diminutive neuter)

(zoology) herbivore (plant-eating animal)


aminozuur

aminozuur n (plural aminozuren, diminutive aminozuurtje n)

aminozuren (plural)
aminozuurtje (diminutive neuter)


antilichaam

antilichaam n (plural antilichamen, diminutive antilichaampje n)

antilichamen (plural)
antilichaampje (diminutive neuter)

From anti- + lichaam, calque of German Antikörper.

(biochemistry) antibody, protein that binds to a specific antigen to counter it


Deen

Deen m (plural Denen, diminutive Deentje n, feminine Deense)

Denen (plural)
Deentje (diminutive neuter)
Deense (feminine)

Negerhollands: Deen

From Middle Dutch Dene, from Old Dutch *Deni, from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

(zoology) short for Deense dog, a canine breed


organel

organel n (plural organellen, diminutive organelletje n)

organellen (plural)
organelletje (diminutive neuter)

(cytology) organelle (a membrane bound compartment found within cells)


duizendpoot

duizendpoot m (plural duizendpoten, diminutive duizendpootje n)

duizendpoten (plural)
duizendpootje (diminutive neuter)

From duizend (“thousand”) + poot (“leg”). First attested in the late 18th century.

Over het bospad kwam een lange rij duizendpoten aanstappen.

2011, Dick Laan, Pinkeltje en de flonkersteen:

A long line of centipedes came treading closer over the forest path.

(zoology) a centipede, animal of the class Chilopoda


ratelslang

ratelslang f (plural ratelslangen, diminutive ratelslangetje n)

ratelslangen (plural)
ratelslangetje (diminutive neuter)

Jersey Dutch: râtelslâng

From ratel (“rattle”) + slang (“snake”), possibly a calque of English rattlesnake.

(zoology) rattlesnake (poisonous snake with a rattling tail), snake of the genera Crotalus or Sistrurus


klaproos

klaproos f (plural klaprozen, diminutive klaproosje n)

klaprozen (plural)
klaproosje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klaproos

→ West Frisian: klaproas

From older klapperroos, borrowed from German Klapperrose. Equivalent to klappen (“to pop, bang”) + roos (“rose”).

com

(botany) a poppy, any of several plants of genus Papaver


huismuis

nl-noun

huismuis f (plural huismuizen, diminutive huismuisje n)

huismuizen (plural)
huismuisje (diminutive neuter)

From huis (“house -, domestic”) + muis (“mouse”).


loods

nl-noun

loods m (plural loodsen, diminutive loodsje n)

loodsen (plural)
loodsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: loods

→ Caribbean Javanese: los

→ Papiamentu: lots, loods, loos

Back-formation from loodsman, from Middle Dutch lootsman, from Middle English lodesman (modern lodesman).


dominantie

Probably borrowed from French dominance. Equivalent to dominant + -ie.


ontbinden

ontbinden (infinitive)
ontbinden (gerund neuter)
ontbind (first-person present singular)
ontbond (first-person past singular)
ontbindt (present second-person singular)
ontbind (present second-person singular)
ontbond (past second-person singular)
ontbindt (formal present second-person singular)
ontbond (formal past second-person singular)
ontbindt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
ontbindt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
ontbondt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
ontbondt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
ontbindt (present singular third-person)
ontbond (past singular third-person)
ontbinden (plural present)
ontbonden (past plural)
ontbinde (archaic present singular subjunctive)
ontbonde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
ontbinden (archaic plural present subjunctive)
ontbonden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
ontbind (imperative present singular)
ontbindt (archaic imperative plural present)
ontbindend (participle present)
ontbonden (participle past)

From Middle Dutch ontbinden, from Old Dutch antbindan, from Proto-Germanic *andabindaną. Equivalent to ont- + binden.

(intransitive, biology, chemistry) to decompose


sorus

sorus m (plural sori or sorussen, diminutive sorusje n)

sori (plural)
sorussen (plural)
sorusje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin sorus, from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós).


eiwit

eiwit n (plural eiwitten, diminutive eiwitje n)

eiwitten (plural)
eiwitje (diminutive neuter)

(biochemistry, nutrition) protein (uncountable)


trombocyt

→ Indonesian: trombosit

An internationalism. First attested in the 1900s, in the older spelling.

(cytology, hematology) thrombocyte, platelet


kruising

kruising f (plural kruisingen, diminutive kruisinkje n)

kruisingen (plural)
kruisinkje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: koloisitin

Een lijger is een hybride kruising tussen een mannetjesleeuw en een vrouwtjestijger.

The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress.


binomiale nomenclatuur

binomiale nomenclatuur f (plural binomiale nomenclaturen)

Likely calqued from English binomial nomenclature.

binomial nomenclature
binomial nomenclature

(biology, taxonomy) binomial nomenclature


kelk

kelk m (plural kelken, diminutive kelkje n)

kelken (plural)
kelkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kelk

→ Papiamentu: kèlki, kelki

From Middle Dutch kelc, from Old Dutch kelik, from Latin calix, calyx, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λῠξ (kálux).

(botany) a calyx (outermost whorl of flower parts)


tweezaadlobbig

tweezaadlobbig (adverbial positive predicative)
tweezaadlobbige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
tweezaadlobbig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
tweezaadlobbige (indefinite plural positive)
tweezaadlobbige (definite positive)
tweezaadlobbigs (partitive positive)

From twee (“two”) + zaadlob (“cotyledon”) + -ig (“-y”).

affix

(botany) of or relating to a dicotyledon, dicotyledonous


eenzaadlobbig

eenzaadlobbig (adverbial positive predicative)
eenzaadlobbige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
eenzaadlobbig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
eenzaadlobbige (indefinite plural positive)
eenzaadlobbige (definite positive)
eenzaadlobbigs (partitive positive)

From een (“one”) + zaadlob (“cotyledon”) + -ig (“-y”).

(botany) of or relating to a monocotyledon


kiem

nl-noun

kiem f or m (plural kiemen, diminutive kiempje n)

kiemen (plural)
kiempje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kiem

From Middle Dutch kieme, kyme. Although the word is found as Old Dutch kīmo, it was probably borrowed from Middle Low German kīme, from Old Saxon kīmo because it did not undergo the regular change of -ī- to -ij- (so that *kijm would be expected). Possible influence of Latin cyma is also possible. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kīmô.


klier

klier f (plural klieren, diminutive kliertje n)

klieren (plural)
kliertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: klir, klier

From Middle Dutch cliere. Cognate with Scots clyre (“tumour”).


kraak

kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

kraken (plural)
kraakje (diminutive neuter)


lelie

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.


pladijs

pladijs f (plural pladijzen, diminutive pladijsje n)

pladijzen (plural)
pladijsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pladijs, from Old French pladisse, plaïse, plaise, from Latin platessa. Cognate with German Platteis, English plaice.

Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes platessa#Translingual

(zoology) the plaice, the large marine flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa


polyfyletisch

polyfyletisch (adverbial positive predicative)
polyfyletische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
polyfyletisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
polyfyletische (indefinite plural positive)
polyfyletische (definite positive)
polyfyletisch (partitive positive)


monofyletisch

monofyletisch (adverbial positive predicative)
monofyletische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
monofyletisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
monofyletische (indefinite plural positive)
monofyletische (definite positive)
monofyletisch (partitive positive)


parafyletisch

parafyletisch (adverbial positive predicative)
parafyletische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
parafyletisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
parafyletische (indefinite plural positive)
parafyletische (definite positive)
parafyletisch (partitive positive)


ganzerik

ganzerik m (plural ganzeriken, diminutive ganzerikje n)

ganzeriken (plural)
ganzerikje (diminutive neuter)

A calque from early modern German Gänserich.


ganzerik

ganzerik m or f (plural ganzeriken, diminutive ganzerikje n)

From early modern Dutch ganserick. Cognates include Middle Low German grensink, Old High German grensing, apparently indicating a relation to Old High German grans (“beak, bill”). For the suffix, compare herik, dravik, wederik, bolderik, dolik, murik.

(botany) a cinquefoil, potentilla; any plant of the genus Potentilla


termiet

termiet m (plural termieten, diminutive termietje n)

termieten (plural)
termietje (diminutive neuter)

From French termite, from Latin termes (“woodworm, white ant”).

(zoology) a termite, an ant-like eusocial insect of the infraorder Isoptera


zeewier

zeewier n (plural zeewieren, diminutive zeewiertje n)

zeewieren (plural)
zeewiertje (diminutive neuter)

seewier

(botany) seaweed, primitive marine plants and algae


bakbanaan

bakbanaan f or m (plural bakbananen, diminutive bakbanaantje n)

bakbananen (plural)
bakbanaantje (diminutive neuter)

(botany) plantain, fruit of the genus Musa that is used in cooking


krokus

krokus f (plural krokussen, diminutive krokusje n)

krokussen (plural)
krokusje (diminutive neuter)

Learned borrowing from Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos), from a Semitic language.

(botany) crocus, bulb plant of genus Crocus


kameleon

kameleon m (plural kameleons, diminutive kameleonnetje n)

kameleons (plural)
kameleonnetje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cameleon, from Old French cameleon, from Latin chamaeleōn, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), ultimately a calque of Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠.

(zoology) a chameleon, lizard of the family Chamaeleonidae


stoelen

stoelen (infinitive)
stoelen (gerund neuter)
stoel (first-person present singular)
stoelde (first-person past singular)
stoelt (present second-person singular)
stoel (present second-person singular)
stoelde (past second-person singular)
stoelt (formal present second-person singular)
stoelde (formal past second-person singular)
stoelt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
stoelt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
stoelde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
stoelde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
stoelt (present singular third-person)
stoelde (past singular third-person)
stoelen (plural present)
stoelden (past plural)
stoele (archaic present singular subjunctive)
stoelde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
stoelen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
stoelden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
stoel (imperative present singular)
stoelt (archaic imperative plural present)
stoelend (participle present)
gestoeld (participle past)

stoel 'chair, seat' (cognate with English stool, German Stuhl) + -en

(botany, intransitive) to form into a stool (stump)


zaadplant

zaadplant f (plural zaadplanten, diminutive zaadplantje n)

zaadplanten (plural)
zaadplantje (diminutive neuter)

Coordinate term: sporofyt


symbiose

Borrowed from French symbiose, from Latin symbiosis.


schorpioen

schorpioen m (plural schorpioenen, diminutive schorpioentje n)

schorpioenen (plural)
schorpioentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skerpioen

→ Papiamentu: skorpioen, schorpioen (dated)

From Middle Dutch scorpioen, from Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

(zoology) a scorpion, an arachnid with a venomous sting of the order Scorpiones


vaatbundel

vaatbundel m (plural vaatbundels, diminutive vaatbundeltje n)

vaatbundels (plural)
vaatbundeltje (diminutive neuter)

From vat (“vessel”) + bundel (“bundle”).


anabolisme

anabolisme n (uncountable, diminutive anabolismetje n)

→ Indonesian: anabolisme

Internationalism, probably borrowed from a major European language. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) + -isme. Formed in analogy with metabolisme.


kerstster

kerstster f (plural kerststerren, diminutive kerststerretje n)

kerststerren (plural)
kerststerretje (diminutive neuter)

Euphorbia pulcherrima
Euphorbia pulcherrima#Translingual

(botany) poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Christmas star


bloedzuiger

bloedzuiger m (plural bloedzuigers, diminutive bloedzuigertje n)

bloedzuigers (plural)
bloedzuigertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch bloetsuger. Equivalent to bloed (“blood”) + zuiger (“sucker”). Cognate to Icelandic blóðsuga (“leech”).

(zoology) a leech, blood-sucking annelid


karper

karper m (plural karpers, diminutive karpertje n)

karpers (plural)
karpertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: karp

→ West Frisian: karper

→ Indonesian: karper

Unknown. Possibly from Vulgar Latin carpa; cognates include English carp, French carpe, Russian карп (karp), Serbo-Croatian krȁp / kárpa, Italian carpione.

Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio#Translingual

(zoology) a carp, the often fished species Cyprinus carpio


kwab

kwab f (plural kwabben, diminutive kwabje n)

kwabben (plural)
kwabje (diminutive neuter)

Germanic, cognate with German Quappe, Quabbe.

(zoology) any of several eel fishes:
Lota vulgaris (burbot)

Zoarces viviparus
Zoarces viviparus#Translingual

(zoology) any of several eel fishes:
Zoarces viviparus (viviparous blenny)

Gaidropsarus vulgaris (three-bearded rockling, syn. Motella tricirrata)


remmen

remmen (infinitive)
remmen (gerund neuter)
rem (first-person present singular)
remde (first-person past singular)
remt (present second-person singular)
rem (present second-person singular)
remde (past second-person singular)
remt (formal present second-person singular)
remde (formal past second-person singular)
remt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
remt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
remde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
remde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
remt (present singular third-person)
remde (past singular third-person)
remmen (plural present)
remden (past plural)
remme (archaic present singular subjunctive)
remde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
remmen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
remden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
rem (imperative present singular)
remt (archaic imperative plural present)
remmend (participle present)
geremd (participle past)

From Middle Dutch remmen, from Old Dutch *remmen, from Proto-West Germanic *hrammjan, from Proto-Germanic *hramjaną. Historically derived from raam (“window, framework”) + -en (“denominative”) affected by umlaut. However, most speakers won't percieve this assocation and would rather derive the verb from rem (“brake”) + -en.

suffix

De eiwitsynthese remmen.


scherm

nl-noun

scherm n (plural schermen, diminutive schermpje n)

schermen (plural)
schermpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: sekèrm

→ Indonesian: sekeram

→ Papiamentu: skèrmu

From Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz.


doorn

doorn m (plural doornen or doorns, diminutive doorntje n)

doornen (plural)
doorns (plural)
doorntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: doring

Negerhollands: dorn, doorn

From Middle Dutch dorn, dōorn, from Old Dutch thorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þornu, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz.

(botany) thorn or spike, sharp extremity of a plant developed from a stem or leaf


kleed

kleed n (plural kleden or klederen, diminutive kleedje n)

kleden (plural)
klederen (plural)
kleedje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: kleed

→ Papiamentu: klechi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch clêet, from Old Dutch *klēth, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą. Cognate with German Kleid, Luxembourgish Kleed, English cloth.


gastheer

gastheer m (plural gastheren, diminutive gastheertje n, feminine gastvrouw)

gastheren (plural)
gastheertje (diminutive neuter)
gastvrouw (feminine)

Compound of gast (“guest”) + heer (“lord, gentleman, master (of the house)”).

compound

(biology) a host organism, in whose body a parasite etc. lives


decompositie

→ Indonesian: dekomposisi, dékomposisi

Probably borrowed. Equivalent to de- + compositie.


populatie

nl-noun

populatie f (plural populaties, diminutive populatietje n)

populaties (plural)
populatietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: populasie

→ Indonesian: populasi

From Latin populātiō, from Latin populare (“to populate”), from populus (“a people, population”).

(biology) quantified presence of organisms on a territory


parasiet

parasiet m (plural parasieten, diminutive parasietje n)

parasieten (plural)
parasietje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: parasiet

→ Indonesian: parasit

→ Papiamentu: parasit

Borrowed from Middle French parasite, from Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos). First attested in the 16th century. The sense “parasitic organism” is a semantic loan from French parasite.

Luizen, vlooien en andere vampiers zijn bloedergerlijke parasieten.

Lice, flees and other vampires are bloody annoying parasites.


tijgerhaai

tijgerhaai m (plural tijgerhaaien, diminutive tijgerhaaitje n)

tijgerhaaien (plural)
tijgerhaaitje (diminutive neuter)


monnikskap

monnikskap f (plural monnikskappen, diminutive monnikskapje n)

monnikskappen (plural)
monnikskapje (diminutive neuter)

From monnik (“monk”) + -s- + kap (“cap, hood”).

affix

(botany) the herbs known as monkshood, of genus Aconitum; notably the very toxic species Aconitum napellus and its ornamental cultivars


zeepboom

nl-noun

zeepboom m (plural zeepbomen, diminutive zeepboompje n)

zeepbomen (plural)
zeepboompje (diminutive neuter)

(botany) a soapberry tree, of genus Sapindus


tweevoeter

tweevoeter m (plural tweevoeters, diminutive tweevoetertje n)

tweevoeters (plural)
tweevoetertje (diminutive neuter)

From twee (“two”) + voet (“foot”) + -er.


sultanshoen

sultanshoen n (plural sultanshoenders, diminutive sultanshoentje n)

sultanshoenders (plural)
sultanshoentje (diminutive neuter)

Porphyrio porphyrio
Porphyrio porphyrio#Translingual

(zoology) the sultana bird, Porphyrio porphyrio


cotyledo

cotyledo n (plural cotyledonen or cotyledones, diminutive cotyledootje n)

cotyledonen (plural)
cotyledones (plural)
cotyledootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French cotylédon, from Latin cotyledon, from Ancient Greek κοτυληδών (kotulēdṓn, “cavity”) from Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē); cognate with cotyl, English cotyledon, German Kotyledone.

lbor

(botany) a cotyledon, early leaf developed by a seed plant's embryo


damastroos

nl-noun

damastroos f (plural damastrozen, diminutive damastroosje n)

damastrozen (plural)
damastroosje (diminutive neuter)

(botany) a damask rose (Rosa × damascena), a source of attar and major rose breeding ancestor, notably of hybrid perpetual roses


waterdier

waterdier n (plural waterdieren, diminutive waterdiertje n)

waterdieren (plural)
waterdiertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: waterdier

From Middle Dutch waterdier. Equivalent to water (“water”) + dier (“animal”).

(zoology) an aquatic animal (animal which lives (primarily) in water)


pinda

pinda m (plural pinda's, diminutive pindaatje n)

pinda's (plural)
pindaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: pinda

Borrowed from Papiamentu pinda and Sranan Tongo pinda, both from Kongo mpinda; cognates include English pinder. Usage spread from the West Indies to the Netherlands from the 1910s onwards. Sense 4 is from the pejorative term pindachinees from the 1930s, which was later applied even more pejoratively to people from East Asia in general, including Indonesians who came en masse to the Netherlands in the late 1940s.

Ik gaf ordres dezelve met alle spoed te volgen, dat met alle moogelyke schielykheid geëxecuteerd wierd, en ons om half drie uuren bragt in een Kostgrond, groot circa 10 akkers, beplant met Casaven, Bannane, Tayers, Pindas, Okkerom, en Tabak (...).

1796, [Charles Brouwn], “Historie der oorlogen met de Marrons of Surinaamsche boschnegers. [History of the wars with the Maroons or Surinamese bush negroes]”, in Surinaamsche Staatkundige Almanach voor den Jaare 1796, Paramaribo: W.P. Wilkens, page 108:

I gave orders to follow them at full speed, which were executed with all possible hastiness, and, at half past two, we got to a plot of land cleared for subsistence agriculture, measuring about 10 distinct fields, planted with cassava, banana, cocoyam, peanut, okra, and tobacco (...).

Arachis hypogaea
Arachis hypogaea#Translingual

(botany) the annual herb Arachis hypogaea, which produces the above


mestkever

mestkever m (plural mestkevers, diminutive mestkevertje n)

mestkevers (plural)
mestkevertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of mest (“manure, dung”) + kever (“beetle”).


beenvis

nl-noun

beenvis m (plural beenvissen, diminutive beenvisje n)

beenvissen (plural)
beenvisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of been (“bone”) + vis (“fish”).

(zoology) a bony fish, any member of the superclass Osteichthyes; a fish whose skeleton contains bone


cacaoboom

cacaoboom m (plural cacaobomen, diminutive cacaoboompje n)

cacaobomen (plural)
cacaoboompje (diminutive neuter)

From cacao (“cacao, cocoa”) + boom (“tree”).

Theobroma cacao
Theobroma cacao#Translingual

(botany) the cacao tree, Theobroma cacao


vogelspin

vogelspin m (plural vogelspinnen, diminutive vogelspinnetje n)

vogelspinnen (plural)
vogelspinnetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of vogel (“bird”) + spin (“spider”).

(zoology) true tarantula, spider of the family Theraphosidae


zaling

zaling f (plural zalingen, diminutive zalingetje n or zalinkje n)

zalingen (plural)
zalingetje (diminutive neuter)
zalinkje (diminutive neuter)

(obsolete, botany) hemp, notably a female plant producing seedlings


wurgslang

wurgslang f (plural wurgslangen, diminutive wurgslangetje n)

wurgslangen (plural)
wurgslangetje (diminutive neuter)

From wurgen (“to strangle”) + slang (“snake”).

compound

(zoology) a constrictor, serpent which kills preys by strangulation


werveldier

nl-noun

werveldier n (plural werveldieren, diminutive werveldiertje n)

werveldieren (plural)
werveldiertje (diminutive neuter)

From wervel + dier, calque of German Wirbeltier.

(dated, zoology) a vertebrate, animal which has a vertebral column


zoölogie

zoölogie f (plural zoölogieën, diminutive zoölogietje n)

zoölogieën (plural)
zoölogietje (diminutive neuter)


klaver

klaver f or m (plural klavers, diminutive klavertje n)

klavers (plural)
klavertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klawer

Jersey Dutch: klâver

→ Indonesian: klaver

→ West Frisian: klaver

From Middle Dutch clavere, from Old Dutch *klēvara, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā.

(botany, strictly speaking) A clover, trefoil; a plant of the tribe Trifolieae, particularly of the genus Trifolium


gaafrandig

nl-adj

gaafrandig (comparative gaafrandiger, superlative gaafrandigst)

gaafrandiger (comparative)
gaafrandigst (superlative)
gaafrandig (adverbial positive predicative)
gaafrandiger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het gaafrandigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het gaafrandigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
gaafrandige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
gaafrandigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
gaafrandigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
gaafrandig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
gaafrandiger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
gaafrandigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
gaafrandige (indefinite plural positive)
gaafrandigere (comparative indefinite plural)
gaafrandigste (indefinite plural superlative)
gaafrandige (definite positive)
gaafrandigere (comparative definite)
gaafrandigste (definite superlative)
gaafrandigs (partitive positive)
gaafrandigers (comparative partitive)

From gaaf (“smooth”) + rand (“edge”) + -ig (“-y”).

affix

De doerian bezit een gaafrandig blad.

(botany, leaves) with smooth edges, non-indented


prairiehond

nl-noun

prairiehond m (plural prairiehonden, diminutive prairiehondje n)

prairiehonden (plural)
prairiehondje (diminutive neuter)

From prairie (“prairie, plain”) + hond (“dog”), calque of English prairie dog.

compound

(zoology) the burrowing rodent prairie dog, of the genus Cynomys


eierstok

nl-noun

eierstok m (plural eierstokken, diminutive eierstokje n)

eierstokken (plural)
eierstokje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: eierstok

Borrowed from German Eierstock. Analyzable as ei (“egg”) + -er- + stok (“stock, stick”).

affix

(botany) the swelling part of a pistil which bears ovules


zwaardvis

nl-noun

zwaardvis m (plural zwaardvissen, diminutive zwaardvisje n)

zwaardvissen (plural)
zwaardvisje (diminutive neuter)

Xiphias gladius
Xiphias gladius#Translingual


vlinderen

vlinderen (infinitive)
vlinderen (gerund neuter)
vlinder (first-person present singular)
vlinderde (first-person past singular)
vlindert (present second-person singular)
vlinder (present second-person singular)
vlinderde (past second-person singular)
vlindert (formal present second-person singular)
vlinderde (formal past second-person singular)
vlindert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
vlindert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
vlinderde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
vlinderde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
vlindert (present singular third-person)
vlinderde (past singular third-person)
vlinderen (plural present)
vlinderden (past plural)
vlindere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
vlinderde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
vlinderen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
vlinderden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
vlinder (imperative present singular)
vlindert (archaic imperative plural present)
vlinderend (participle present)
gevlinderd (participle past)

From vlinder (“butterfly”) + -en. The senses "move like a butterfly" and "observe butterflies" are simple denominative formations (compare vogelen); the swimming sense however is based on vlinderslag.

(intransitive, biology) to observe butterflies (recreationally or for scientific purposes)


ecosysteem

ecosysteem n (plural ecosystemen, diminutive ecosysteempje n)

ecosystemen (plural)
ecosysteempje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: ekosistem

Borrowed from English ecosystem. Equivalent to eco- (“ecology”) + systeem (“system”).

(ecology) an ecosystem, system of an ecological community of species and its environment


zuurzak

zuurzak m (plural zuurzakken, diminutive zuurzakje n)

zuurzakken (plural)
zuurzakje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: sizaka, susaka

→ Virgin Islands Creole: susaka (dated)

desc

→ Indonesian: sirsak (“soursop, custard apple”)

→ Petjo: sirsak, zuurzak

Popular etymology, apparently from zuur (“sour, acidous”) + zak (“sack”), in fact from two mismatched Dravidian words.

(botany) the East Indian tree species Artocarpus integrifolius (chempedak)

Annona muricata
Annona muricata#Translingual

(botany) the South American tree species Annona muricata (custard apple; a soursop)


coreopsis

Borrowed from New Latin Coreopsis, from Ancient Greek κόρις (kóris, “bedbug”) + New Latin -opsis (“resembling structure”) (from Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis, “aspect, appearance”)).

der

(botany) a coreopsis, a plant in the genus Coreopsis of composite herbs


zoutwatervis

nl-noun

zoutwatervis m (plural zoutwatervissen, diminutive zoutwatervisje n)

zoutwatervissen (plural)
zoutwatervisje (diminutive neuter)

From zout water (“salt water”) + vis (“fish”).

compound

(zoology) a fish species with a saline (usually maritime) biotope


variëteit

nl-noun

variëteit f (plural variëteiten, diminutive variëteitje n)

variëteiten (plural)
variëteitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle French varieté, from Latin varietās (“difference, diversity”), from varius (“different, various”); see various.


koolrabi

nl-noun

koolrabi f (plural koolrabi's, diminutive koolrabietje n)

koolrabi's (plural)
koolrabietje (diminutive neuter)


stijl

stijl m (plural stijlen, diminutive stijltje n)

stijlen (plural)
stijltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Afrikaans: styl

Berbice Creole Dutch: stili

English: De Stijl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Middle Dutch stijl, from Old French estile, from Latin stilus.


morgenster

morgenster f (plural morgensterren, diminutive morgensterretje n)

morgensterren (plural)
morgensterretje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: morgster

From morgen (“morning”) + ster (“star”).

(botany) a goat's-beard; any plant of the genus Tragopogon


eutrofie

From Ancient Greek εὐτροφία (eutrophía).


bloemblad

bloemblad n (plural bloembladeren or bloembladen, diminutive bloemblaadje n)

bloembladeren (plural)
bloembladen (plural)
bloemblaadje (diminutive neuter)

From bloem (“flower”) + blad (“leaf, petal, sepal”).


zymogeen

zymogeen (adverbial positive predicative)
zymogene (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
zymogeen (indefinite neuter positive singular)
zymogene (indefinite plural positive)
zymogene (definite positive)
zymogeens (partitive positive)


winde

From Middle Dutch winde. Equivalent to a deverbal from winden (“to wind”).

De winde is een dier planten, waarvan het loof, in casu de ranken, meer de aandacht trekt dan de bloemen.

1933, Enkele bloemnamen in de Zuidnederlandsche dialecten, page 30:

2008, Romke van de Kaa, Alles kan wachten. Tuinieren op ontspannen wijze, Uitgeverij Contact (publ.).
Tenminste – als ze zich niet met wortels van andere planten verweven hebben, want dan moet je alle planten uitgraven om de wortels van de winde te verwijderen.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(botany) bindweed (Convolvulus or Calystegia)


conjugeren

conjugeren (infinitive)
conjugeren (gerund neuter)
conjugeer (first-person present singular)
conjugeerde (first-person past singular)
conjugeert (present second-person singular)
conjugeer (present second-person singular)
conjugeerde (past second-person singular)
conjugeert (formal present second-person singular)
conjugeerde (formal past second-person singular)
conjugeert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
conjugeert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
conjugeerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
conjugeerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
conjugeert (present singular third-person)
conjugeerde (past singular third-person)
conjugeren (plural present)
conjugeerden (past plural)
conjugere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
conjugeerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
conjugeren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
conjugeerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
conjugeer (imperative present singular)
conjugeert (archaic imperative plural present)
conjugerend (participle present)
geconjugeerd (participle past)

Borrowed from French conjuguer, from Latin coniugō.


proteïne

nl-noun

proteïne f (plural proteïnen or proteïnes, diminutive proteïntje n)

proteïnen (plural)
proteïnes (plural)
proteïntje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: protein

Deze shake zit vol met proteïne voor na je training.

This shake is packed with protein for after your workout.

Vlees is een goede bron van proteïne.

Veel sporters nemen extra proteïnen om spierherstel te bevorderen.

Many athletes take additional proteins to promote muscle recovery.


pluis

pluis n (plural pluizen, diminutive pluisje n)

pluizen (plural)
pluisje (diminutive neuter)

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


endemie

nl:Endemie (biogeografie)
nl:Endemie (geneeskunde)

(biology) endemism (state of being endemic, exclusive to an area)


mierenbroodje

From mier (“ant”) + -en- + broodje (“sandwich”).


plantensoort

nl-noun

plantensoort f or m (plural plantensoorten, diminutive plantensoortje n)

plantensoorten (plural)
plantensoortje (diminutive neuter)

From plant (“plant”) + -en- + soort (“species”).


plantenrijk

From plant (“plant”) + -en- + rijk (“kingdom”).

(biology, botany, taxonomy) Plant Kingdom, kingdom Plantae


hagelsnoer

nl-noun

hagelsnoer n (plural hagelsnoeren, diminutive hagelsnoertje n)

hagelsnoeren (plural)
hagelsnoertje (diminutive neuter)


kiemvlek

kiemvlek f or m (plural kiemvlekken, diminutive kiemvlekje n)

kiemvlekken (plural)
kiemvlekje (diminutive neuter)

From kiemen (“to germinate”) + vlek (“spot”).


luchtkamer

luchtkamer f (plural luchtkamers, diminutive luchtkamertje n)

luchtkamers (plural)
luchtkamertje (diminutive neuter)


zaadlob

zaadlob f or m (plural zaadlobben, diminutive zaadlobje n)

zaadlobben (plural)
zaadlobje (diminutive neuter)


peul

peul m or f (plural peulen, diminutive peultje n)

peulen (plural)
peultje (diminutive neuter)

(especially in the diminutive, botany) snow pea, Pisum sativum var. saccharatum, or its pod eaten as food


schicht

schicht f (plural schichten, diminutive schichtje n)

schichten (plural)
schichtje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch schicht, from Old Dutch *skiht, from Proto-Germanic *skihtiz, derived from *skehaną (from which geschieden). The meaning was "something that shoots forward" and is only attested in Dutch; the German near-cognate Geschichte preserves the earlier meaning "forward movement" and hence "that which proceeds/occurs".


pastinaak

pastinaak f (plural pastinaken, diminutive pastinaakje n)

pastinaken (plural)
pastinaakje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch pastenake, from Latin pastināca (“root, carrot”).

Pastinaca sativa
Pastinaca sativa#Translingual


parasitisme

Superficially from parasiet + -isme, but likely a borrowing.


vertebraat

vertebraat m (plural vertebraten, diminutive vertebraatje n)

vertebraten (plural)
vertebraatje (diminutive neuter)

(zoology) an animal which has a vertebral column; a vertebrate


petalum

Borrowed from Latin petalum, from Ancient Greek πέτᾰλον (pétalon).


vogelnestje

(botany) a plant from the Orchidaceae family, Neottia nidus-avis


vogelnest

vogelnest n (plural vogelnesten, diminutive vogelnestje n)

vogelnesten (plural)
vogelnestje (diminutive neuter)

(ornithology) birdnest, bird-nest, bird's nest


catastrofisme

From catastrofe + -isme, calque of English catastrophism.

(historical, geology, biology) catastrophism (belief that the Earth's crust and life on Earth are mainly influenced by catastrophes)


bladschede

bladschede f (plural bladscheden or bladschedes, diminutive bladschedetje n)

bladscheden (plural)
bladschedes (plural)
bladschedetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of blad (“leaf”) + schede (“sheath”).


onderklasse

onderklasse f (plural onderklassen or onderklasses, diminutive onderklassetje n)

onderklassen (plural)
onderklasses (plural)
onderklassetje (diminutive neuter)

From onder (“under”) + klasse (“class”).


kerstroos

kerstroos f (plural kerstrozen, diminutive kerstroosje n)

kerstrozen (plural)
kerstroosje (diminutive neuter)

From kerst (“Christmas”) + roos (“rose”).

Helleborus niger
Helleborus niger#Translingual

(botany) Christmas rose or black hellebore, Helleborus niger


pikorde

pikorde f (plural pikordes or pikorden, diminutive pikordetje n)

pikordes (plural)
pikorden (plural)
pikordetje (diminutive neuter)

From pikken + orde, calque of German Hackordnung.


ongans

(veterinary science) disease of sheep caused by liver fluke


nachtvlinder

nachtvlinder m (plural nachtvlinders, diminutive nachtvlindertje n)

nachtvlinders (plural)
nachtvlindertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound from nacht (“night”) + vlinder (“butterfly”).

(entomology) nocturnal moth (nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera)


vissenrijk

vissenrijk n (plural vissenrijken, diminutive vissenrijkje n)

vissenrijken (plural)
vissenrijkje (diminutive neuter)

1855, A. W. M. van Hasselt, "Natuurhistorische schets der visschen, en van hunne betekenis voor den mensch", Album der natuur. Een werk ter verspreiding van natuurkennis onder beschaafde lezers van allerlei stand., publ. by A. C. Kruseman, 100.
Een tweede algemeen, doch meer uitwendig kenmerk van het visschenrijk is gelegen in hunne vinnen.

1974 November, advertisement, Kampioen, 89, vol. 11, 768.
Dit standaardwerk brengt het vissenrijk bij u thuis.

Die olie zorgt, met de zwaardvormige snuit, voor een in het vissenrijk ongeëvenaarde snelheid.

2016, Ariejan Korteweg, “Burgemeesters zijn dragers van de politieke moraal”, in De Volkskrant:

(uncountable, taxonomy, deprecated) Pisces, a now obsolete taxon containing all fish


rozenkransvormig

rozenkransvormig (adverbial positive predicative)
rozenkransvormige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
rozenkransvormig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
rozenkransvormige (indefinite plural positive)
rozenkransvormige (definite positive)
rozenkransvormigs (partitive positive)

From rozenkrans (“rosary”) + -vormig (“shaped”).


wintervacht

nl-noun

wintervacht f (plural wintervachten, diminutive wintervachtje n)

wintervachten (plural)
wintervachtje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of winter (“winter”) + vacht (“pelt, fur”).

De beer had een dikke wintervacht gekregen om zich tegen de kou te beschermen.

The bear had developed a thick winter coat to protect itself from the cold.

Elk jaar verliest de vos zijn wintervacht in de lente.

Every year, the fox sheds its winter coat in the spring.

Het wintervachtje van het konijn was bijzonder zacht.

The rabbit's short winter coat was exceptionally soft.


flemen

flemen (infinitive)
flemen (gerund neuter)
fleem (first-person present singular)
fleemde (first-person past singular)
fleemt (present second-person singular)
fleem (present second-person singular)
fleemde (past second-person singular)
fleemt (formal present second-person singular)
fleemde (formal past second-person singular)
fleemt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
fleemt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
fleemde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
fleemde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
fleemt (present singular third-person)
fleemde (past singular third-person)
flemen (plural present)
fleemden (past plural)
fleme (archaic present singular subjunctive)
fleemde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
flemen (archaic plural present subjunctive)
fleemden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
fleem (imperative present singular)
fleemt (archaic imperative plural present)
flemend (participle present)
gefleemd (participle past)


koolstofassimilatie

Compound of koolstof (“carbon”) + assimilatie (“assimilation”).

compound

(biology, chemistry) assimilation of carbon dioxide (by plants and algae), photosynthesis


assimilatie

Afrikaans: assimilasie

→ Indonesian: asimilasi

Borrowed from French assimilation, from Latin assimilātiō, alternative form of assimulātiō.

(biology, chemistry) assimilation (chemical reaction)

(biology, chemistry) assimilation of carbon dioxide, photosynthesis


nimf

nl-noun

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.

(entomology) nymph, juvenile form of a hemimetabolous insect


zijarm

zijarm m (plural zijarmen, diminutive zijarmpje n)

zijarmen (plural)
zijarmpje (diminutive neuter)

(botany, architecture) any other branch or, for certain organisations, arm or schism; anything that branches off


verschrikkelijke sneeuwman

verschrikkelijke sneeuwman m (plural verschrikkelijke sneeuwmannen, diminutive verschrikkelijk sneeuwmannetje n)

verschrikkelijke sneeuwmannen (plural)
verschrikkelijk sneeuwmannetje (diminutive neuter)

Mid-twentieth century. Calque of English abominable snowman.


sporendoos

sporendoos f (plural sporendozen, diminutive sporendoosje n)

sporendozen (plural)
sporendoosje (diminutive neuter)


superfamilie

superfamilie f (plural superfamilies, diminutive superfamilietje n)

superfamilies (plural)
superfamilietje (diminutive neuter)

Probably a calque. By surface analysis, super- + familie.


domein

domein n (plural domeinen, diminutive domeintje n)

domeinen (plural)
domeintje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch domeyn, from Middle French domaine, from Old French [Term?].


klit

klit f (plural klitten, diminutive klitje n)

klitten (plural)
klitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch clitte. Compare German Klette.

(botany) burdock, plant of the genus Arctium


aderslag

aderslag m (plural aderslagen, diminutive aderslagje n)

aderslagen (plural)
aderslagje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of ader (“vein”) + slag (“beat, knock, hit”).

compound

(biology, rare) pulse, especially when observed at an artery


spriet

nl-noun

spriet m (plural sprieten, diminutive sprietje n)

sprieten (plural)
sprietje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: sprichi (from the diminutive)

From Middle Dutch spriet, from Old Dutch *spriet, from Proto-West Germanic *spreut.

(botany) long, narrow shoot from a plant; blade (of grass or corn), sprig


meerjarig

meerjarig (adverbial positive predicative)
meerjariger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het meerjarigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het meerjarigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
meerjarige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
meerjarigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
meerjarigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
meerjarig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
meerjariger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
meerjarigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
meerjarige (indefinite plural positive)
meerjarigere (comparative indefinite plural)
meerjarigste (indefinite plural superlative)
meerjarige (definite positive)
meerjarigere (comparative definite)
meerjarigste (definite superlative)
meerjarigs (partitive positive)
meerjarigers (comparative partitive)

From meer + jaar + -ig. Cognate with German mehrjährig.

Lavendel is een meerjarige plant die jaar na jaar bloeit.

Lavender is a perennial plant that blooms year after year.

Deze meerjarige bloemen zullen volgend seizoen terugkomen.

These perennial flowers will come back next season.

In onze tuin groeien veel meerjarige kruiden.

In our garden, many perennial herbs grow.

(botany, of a plant) perennial (having a life cycle of more than two years)


winterslaap

winterslaap m (plural winterslapen, diminutive winterslaapje n)

winterslapen (plural)
winterslaapje (diminutive neuter)

→ West Frisian: wintersliep

Compound of winter (“winter”) + slaap (“sleep”), probably a calque of German Winterschlaf. Attested since the second half of the 18th century.

(biology, chiefly in the singular) hibernation


kj

(chiefly birdwatching and ornithology) Abbreviation of kalenderjaar (“calendar year”).


vormleer

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

compound

(biology) morphology (study of the forms of organisms)


mineren

mineren (infinitive)
mineren (gerund neuter)
mineer (first-person present singular)
mineerde (first-person past singular)
mineert (present second-person singular)
mineer (present second-person singular)
mineerde (past second-person singular)
mineert (formal present second-person singular)
mineerde (formal past second-person singular)
mineert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
mineert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
mineerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
mineerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
mineert (present singular third-person)
mineerde (past singular third-person)
mineren (plural present)
mineerden (past plural)
minere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
mineerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
mineren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
mineerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
mineer (imperative present singular)
mineert (archaic imperative plural present)
minerend (participle present)
gemineerd (participle past)

From Middle Dutch mineren, from Old French miner.

(transitive, intransitive, entomology) to dig shafts in plant organs (of larvae)


zangvogel

nl-noun

zangvogel m (plural zangvogels, diminutive zangvogeltje n)

zangvogels (plural)
zangvogeltje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈzɑŋˌvoː.ɣəl/

(taxonomy, ornithology) passerine (bird of the order Passeriformes)


hyperparasiet

hyperparasiet m (plural hyperparasieten)

From hyper- + parasiet. Probably a loanword.

(entomology) a hyperparasite, a parasite that parasitises other parasites


eclips

Afrikaans: eklips

→ Indonesian: eklips

→ Papiamentu: eklips

Borrowed from Middle French eclipse, from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “I abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).

der

(ornithology) eclipse plumage, a type of inconspicuous plumage briefly worn by moulting (and thus temporarily vulnerable) male ducks


koudbloedig

nl-adj

koudbloedig (comparative koudbloediger, superlative koudbloedigst)

koudbloediger (comparative)
koudbloedigst (superlative)
koudbloedig (adverbial positive predicative)
koudbloediger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het koudbloedigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het koudbloedigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
koudbloedige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
koudbloedigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
koudbloedigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
koudbloedig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
koudbloediger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
koudbloedigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
koudbloedige (indefinite plural positive)
koudbloedigere (comparative indefinite plural)
koudbloedigste (indefinite plural superlative)
koudbloedige (definite positive)
koudbloedigere (comparative definite)
koudbloedigste (definite superlative)
koudbloedigs (partitive positive)
koudbloedigers (comparative partitive)

(not comparable, zoology) cold-blooded, ectothermic


dagactief

dagactief (adverbial positive predicative)
dagactieve (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
dagactief (indefinite neuter positive singular)
dagactieve (indefinite plural positive)
dagactieve (definite positive)
dagactiefs (partitive positive)

Compound of dag (“day”) + actief (“active”).


nachtactief

nachtactief (adverbial positive predicative)
nachtactieve (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
nachtactief (indefinite neuter positive singular)
nachtactieve (indefinite plural positive)
nachtactieve (definite positive)
nachtactiefs (partitive positive)

Compound of nacht (“night”) + actief (“active”).


doosvrucht

nl-noun

doosvrucht f (plural doosvruchten, diminutive doosvruchtje n)

doosvruchten (plural)
doosvruchtje (diminutive neuter)


schemeractief

schemeractief (adverbial positive predicative)
schemeractieve (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
schemeractief (indefinite neuter positive singular)
schemeractieve (indefinite plural positive)
schemeractieve (definite positive)
schemeractiefs (partitive positive)

Compound of schemer (“twilight”) + actief (“active”).

compound

(biology) crepuscular (active around twilight)


bloedplaatje

Afrikaans: bloedplaatjie

→ Indonesian: keping darah (calque)

→ Indonesian: lempeng darah (calque)

(cytology, hematology) thrombocyte, platelet


soortelijk

soortelijk (adverbial positive predicative)
soortelijke (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
soortelijk (indefinite neuter positive singular)
soortelijke (indefinite plural positive)
soortelijke (definite positive)
soortelijks (partitive positive)

specific
(biology) characteristic of a species


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


heksenmelk

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

blend

Euphorbia esula
Euphorbia esula#Translingual


slingerplant

nl-noun

slingerplant f (plural slingerplanten, diminutive slingerplantje n)

slingerplanten (plural)
slingerplantje (diminutive neuter)


petaal

Ultimately from Latin petalum, from Ancient Greek πέτᾰλον (pétalon).


sepaal

Borrowed from French sépale, from New Latin sēpalum, based on sēparātus (“separate”) + petalum (“petal”).


middenstip

(chiefly biology) a dot or spot on the centre of a body


erfelijkheid

From Middle Dutch erfelijchede. Equivalent to erfelijk + -heid.


fasciatie

Probably borrowed from French fasciation.

(botany) fasciation, cresting (abnormal plant growth)


zelfverminking

zelfverminking f (plural zelfverminkingen)

Afrikaans: selfverminking


endeem

(biology) an endemic organism, an organism that is exclusive to an area


neofiet

neofiet m (plural neofieten, diminutive neofietje n)

neofieten (plural)
neofietje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin neophytus, from Koine Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos).

(botany) Superseded spelling of neofyt (“recently introduced plant species”).


neofyt

Internationalism (see English neophyte).

(botany) neophyte (recently-introduced plant species, post-1500)


bloemkelk

bloemkelk m (plural bloemkelken, diminutive bloemkelkje n)

bloemkelken (plural)
bloemkelkje (diminutive neuter)

(botany) a calyx (outermost whorl of flower parts)


segmentaal

segmentaal (adverbial positive predicative)
segmentale (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
segmentaal (indefinite neuter positive singular)
segmentale (indefinite plural positive)
segmentale (definite positive)
segmentaals (partitive positive)

(chiefly biology and medicine) segmental


haantjesgedrag

Compound of haantje (“small cock, rooster”) + -s- (“behaviour”) + gedrag.

compound

(biology) male courtship behaviour, such as courtship display


celwand

nl-noun

celwand m (plural celwanden, diminutive celwandje n)

celwanden (plural)
celwandje (diminutive neuter)


celkern

celkern f (plural celkernen, diminutive celkerntje n)

celkernen (plural)
celkerntje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: inti sel (calque)


gastheercel

gastheercel f (plural gastheercellen, diminutive gastheercelletje n)

gastheercellen (plural)
gastheercelletje (diminutive neuter)


bladmineerder

bladmineerder m (plural bladmineerders, diminutive bladmineerdertje n)

bladmineerders (plural)
bladmineerdertje (diminutive neuter)


kiemplant

kiemplant f (plural kiemplanten, diminutive kiemplantje n)

kiemplanten (plural)
kiemplantje (diminutive neuter)

(botany) embryo (rudimentary plant contained in the seed)


knoopcel

knoopcel f (plural knoopcellen, diminutive knoopcelletje n)

knoopcellen (plural)
knoopcelletje (diminutive neuter)

From knoop + cel, probably a calque of English button cell.


copulatie

→ Indonesian: kopulasi

From Middle Dutch copulacie, from Middle French copulation, from Latin cōpulātiō.


copuleren

copuleren (infinitive)
copuleren (gerund neuter)
copuleer (first-person present singular)
copuleerde (first-person past singular)
copuleert (present second-person singular)
copuleer (present second-person singular)
copuleerde (past second-person singular)
copuleert (formal present second-person singular)
copuleerde (formal past second-person singular)
copuleert (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
copuleert (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
copuleerde (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
copuleerde (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
copuleert (present singular third-person)
copuleerde (past singular third-person)
copuleren (plural present)
copuleerden (past plural)
copulere (archaic present singular subjunctive)
copuleerde (archaic past singular subjunctive)
copuleren (archaic plural present subjunctive)
copuleerden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
copuleer (imperative present singular)
copuleert (archaic imperative plural present)
copulerend (participle present)
gecopuleerd (participle past)

Borrowed from Middle French copuler, from Latin cōpulō.


celsplitsing

→ Indonesian: pembelahan sel (calque)


halfaap

halfaap m (plural halfapen, diminutive halfaapje n)

halfapen (plural)
halfaapje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of half (“half, not quite”) + aap (“monkey”).

compound

(zoology) a strepsirrhine, member of one the two suborders of primates, besides haplorhines (which includes monkeys and apes)


dwarsader

nl-noun

dwarsader f (plural dwarsaders, diminutive dwarsadertje n)

dwarsaders (plural)
dwarsadertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of dwars (“in a crosswise direction”) + ader (“vein”).

compound

Deze vliegjes zijn zeer algemeen en het is vooral N. podagrica, met bruin gezoomde dwarsaders die door zijn eigenaardige vliegmanoeuvres opvalt.

1937, W. J. Kabos, “Zweefvliegen”, in De Levende Natuur, volume 42, number 3, page 74:

(entomology) crossvein (vein of an insect wing)


hondspeterselie

nl-noun

hondspeterselie f (plural hondspeterselies, diminutive hondspeterselietje n)

hondspeterselies (plural)
hondspeterselietje (diminutive neuter)

(botany) fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium)


geel walstro

geel walstro n (plural geel wastro's, diminutive geel walstrootje n)

geel wastro's (plural)
geel walstrootje (diminutive neuter)


warmbloedig

nl-adj

warmbloedig (comparative warmbloediger, superlative warmbloedigst)

warmbloediger (comparative)
warmbloedigst (superlative)
warmbloedig (adverbial positive predicative)
warmbloediger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het warmbloedigst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het warmbloedigste (adverbial predicative superlative)
warmbloedige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
warmbloedigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
warmbloedigste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
warmbloedig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
warmbloediger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
warmbloedigste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
warmbloedige (indefinite plural positive)
warmbloedigere (comparative indefinite plural)
warmbloedigste (indefinite plural superlative)
warmbloedige (definite positive)
warmbloedigere (comparative definite)
warmbloedigste (definite superlative)
warmbloedigs (partitive positive)
warmbloedigers (comparative partitive)

(zoology, not comparable) warm-blooded, endothermic


remming

De remming van het zenuwstelsel.


jakobsladder

nl-noun

jakobsladder f (plural jakobsladders, diminutive jakobsladdertje n)

jakobsladders (plural)
jakobsladdertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of Jakob (“Jacob”) + -s- + ladder (“ladder”).

com

(botany) Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, Polemonium caeruleum


bougainville

→ Indonesian: bugènvil

From translingual Bougainvillea. Named after Louis Antoine de Bougainville.

(botany) bougainvillea, shrub of the genus Bougainvillea


epitheton

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton).


juveniel

juveniel (adverbial positive predicative)
juveniele (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
juveniel (indefinite neuter positive singular)
juveniele (indefinite plural positive)
juveniele (definite positive)
juveniels (partitive positive)

Borrowed from French juvénile, from Latin iuvenīlis.


juveniel

nl-noun

juveniel m or f (plural juvenielen, diminutive juvenieltje n)

juvenielen (plural)
juvenieltje (diminutive neuter)


slagpen

slagpen f (plural slagpennen, diminutive slagpennetje n)

slagpennen (plural)
slagpennetje (diminutive neuter)

(ornithology) a flight feather, usually a remex, but sometimes a rectrix


invasiegast

Compound of invasie (“invasion”) + gast (“guest”).

(zoology) a vagrant, usually a bird, that is infrequently found in an area but when it is encountered, occurs en masse


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.

(biology) pertaining to asexual reproduction


substraat

substraat n (plural substraten, diminutive substraatje n)

substraten (plural)
substraatje (diminutive neuter)

(biology) substrate (surface whereon an organism grows or whereto it is attached)


oestrogeen

Internationalism (see English estrogen).

(biochemistry, steroids) estrogen, œstrogen, oestrogen


wapendier

wapendier n (plural wapendieren, diminutive wapendiertje n)

wapendieren (plural)
wapendiertje (diminutive neuter)

(obsolete, biology, chiefly diminutive, rare) a rotifer of the genus Brachionus

(archaic, biology, chiefly diminutive, very rare) a ciliate of the family Stylonychia


bloeiperiode

bloeiperiode f (plural bloeiperioden or bloeiperiodes)

bloeiperioden (plural)
bloeiperiodes (plural)

(botany) flowering season, blooming season


anas unox

From taxonomic translingual Anas (itself from Latin anas (“duck”), found in the taxonomic names of several duck species, and the brand name Unox, known primarily for their sausages. The brand name Unox here is perhaps a reference to the term soepeend (literally “soup duck”), a semi-jocular term for domestic ducks: Unox produces various canned and other ready-made soups, and is also particularly known for their rookworst (“smoked sausage”), a type of sausage that is commonly eaten in soup during the winter in the Netherlands.

(humorous, birdwatching slang) the hybrid of a domestic duck and wild ducks


metapopulatie

metapopulatie f (plural metapopulaties, diminutive metapopulatietje n)

metapopulaties (plural)
metapopulatietje (diminutive neuter)


infraklasse

infraklasse f (plural infraklassen or infraklasses, diminutive infraklassetje n)

infraklassen (plural)
infraklasses (plural)
infraklassetje (diminutive neuter)


geslachtengroep

geslachtengroep f or m (plural geslachtengroepen, diminutive geslachtengroepje n)

geslachtengroepen (plural)
geslachtengroepje (diminutive neuter)


plas-dras

plas-dras c (plural plas-drassen, diminutive plas-drasje n)

plas-drassen (plural)
plas-drasje (diminutive neuter)

From plas (“pool, body of shallow water”) + dras (“marshy, boggy (adjective)”).

compound

Beschermde inheemse weidevogels zoals grutto's en lepelaars profiteren van de aanwezigheid van plas-dras.

Protected native pasture birds such as godwits and spoonbills profit from the presence of swampy pastures.

(ecology) wet, swampy grassland, usually pastures where the water table is close to the surface, which is well suited for grassland wader birds


grasfalt

Blend of gras (“grass”) + asfalt (“asphalt”); so named because these fields harbor so little biodiversity they might as well be paved with asphalt.

blend

(ecology) grass (particularly ray grass, Lolium perenne) as monoculture; pastures where only grass is allowed to grow, harming the biodiversity of an area


eikapsel

nl-noun

eikapsel n (plural eikapsels, diminutive eikapseltje n)

eikapsels (plural)
eikapseltje (diminutive neuter)

From ei (“egg”) + kapsel (“capsule (membrane)”).


primaire productie

In de ecologie verwijst primaire productie naar het proces waarbij planten energie uit zonlicht omzetten in voedsel.

In ecology, primary production refers to the process by which plants convert energy from sunlight into food.


prachtkleed

nl-noun

prachtkleed n (plural prachtkleden, diminutive prachtkleedje n)

prachtkleden (plural)
prachtkleedje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pracht (“beauty”) + kleed (“garment, cover, cloth”).


noordse dief

nl-noun

noordse dief m (plural noordse dieven, diminutive noords diefje n)

noordse dieven (plural)
noords diefje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “nordic thief”, a blend of noordse stern (“arctic tern”, literally “nordic tern”) + visdief (“common tern”, literally “fish-thief”). These two tern species resemble each other a great deal visually and distinguishing features based on which an exact determination can be made are often difficult to spot from a distance in the field, especially by casual observers. This has led some birders to refer to birds they observe of these species using this more general term instead of attempting an exact determination.

blend

Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo#Translingual

Sterna paradisaea
Sterna paradisaea#Translingual

(birdwatching) a bird that is either a common tern (Sterna hirundo) or an arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), but which cannot be determined with certainty


marjolein

nl-noun

marjolein f (uncountable, diminutive marjoleintje n)

(botany, broadly speaking) a marjoram; any plant of the genus Origanum

(botany, particularly) Synonym of echte marjolein (“marjoram, Origanum majorana”)


majoraan

majoraan f (uncountable, diminutive majoraantje n)

(botany) Synonym of echte marjolein (“the marjoram plant, Oreganum majorana”)


hauw

hauw f (plural hauwen, diminutive hauwtje n)

hauwen (plural)
hauwtje (diminutive neuter)


woladventief

From wol (“wool”) + adventief (“adventive species”).

compound

(botany) an adventive plant species first introduced to a region through the import of wool containing seeds of said species


adventief

nl-noun

adventief n (plural adventieven, diminutive adventiefje n)

adventieven (plural)
adventiefje (diminutive neuter)

(biology) an adventive; a non-native naturalized species


dodde

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *duttaz. Compare Old High German tutto, especially its derivate tuttokolbo (“cattail”).

(botany, obsolete) a long, soft raceme, as of a cattail plant


lintbloem

lintbloem f (plural lintbloemen, diminutive lintbloempje n or lintbloemetje n)

lintbloemen (plural)
lintbloempje (diminutive neuter)
lintbloemetje (diminutive neuter)

From lint (“ribbon”) + bloem (“flower)”).


buisbloem

buisbloem f (plural buisbloemen, diminutive buisbloempje n or buisbloemetje n)

buisbloemen (plural)
buisbloempje (diminutive neuter)
buisbloemetje (diminutive neuter)


kattenstaart

kattenstaart m (plural kattenstaarten, diminutive kattenstaartje n)

kattenstaarten (plural)
kattenstaartje (diminutive neuter)

From paard (“horse”) + -en- + staart (“tail”).

af

(botany) a loosestrife, any plant of the genus Lythrum


basioniem

nl-noun

basioniem n (plural basioniemen, diminutive basioniempje n)

basioniemen (plural)
basioniempje (diminutive neuter)

Internationalism (see English basionym).


lateraal meristeem

lateraal meristeem n (plural laterale meristemen)


meristeem

meristeem n (plural meristemen, diminutive meristeempje n)

meristemen (plural)
meristeempje (diminutive neuter)

Internationalism; compare English meristem.


fenegriek

From Middle Dutch fenegriec, fenigreec, fenigriec, from Latin foenum-graecum.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum#Translingual

(botany) fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)


vetplantenfamilie

From vetplant (“succulent”) + -en- + familie (“family”).

af

(botany) Crassulaceae, the stonecrop family


Pothoofdplant

nl-noun

Pothoofdplant f (plural Pothoofdplanten, diminutive Pothoofdplantje n)

Pothoofdplanten (plural)
Pothoofdplantje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of Pothoofd + plant; the Pothoofd was once a major transloading site in the port of Deventer in The Netherlands, back when Deventer was still an important port connected to the North Sea via the Zuiderzee and the river IJssel (today it is cut off from the ocean due to the damming in 1932 of the Zuiderzee, which is now a lake). The Pothoofd became a hotspot among botanists c. 1900 due to the prevalence of rare non-native plants which germinated there from seeds accidentally imported from distant lands (adventives), causing Pothoofdplanten to become, for some decades, emblematic for the phenomenon of adventive plants in the Netherlands in general.

(historical, botany) an adventive, particularly one found around the Pothoofd in Deventer, The Netherlands


sporenplant

sporenplant f (plural sporenplanten, diminutive sporenplantje n)

sporenplanten (plural)
sporenplantje (diminutive neuter)

From spoor (“spore”) + -en- + plant (“plant”).

compound

(botany) a cryptogam; a plant that reproduces via spores


cryptogaam

cryptogaam (adverbial positive predicative)
cryptogame (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
cryptogaam (indefinite neuter positive singular)
cryptogame (indefinite plural positive)
cryptogame (definite positive)
cryptogaams (partitive positive)

Internationalism; see English cryptogam.


biobouwer

From bio- (“life-”) + bouwer (“builder”).

(ecology) ecosystem engineer (species that significantly impacts its habitat)


zachte oever

Literally, “gentle bank”. This is contrasted with the "hardness" (in terms of materials used and in terms of the steepness of the slope) of artificial riverbanks or shores, such as those often formed when a dike is built to protect the hinterland against flooding, which predominate in the West-European landscape today. Zachte oevers by contrast create far more favourable conditions for many species of plants and animals that are native to the Low Countries, such as frogs.

(ecology) a bank or shore that is not (artificially) too steep and that gradually transitions from the natural incline of the land into shallow water


verschijningsvorm

nl-noun

verschijningsvorm m (plural verschijningsvormen)


kelkbloem

kelkbloem m (plural kelkbloemen, diminutive kelkbloempje n)

kelkbloemen (plural)
kelkbloempje (diminutive neuter)


bruine kiek

bruine kiek m (plural bruine kieken, diminutive bruin kiekje n)

bruine kieken (plural)
bruin kiekje (diminutive neuter)

bruine kiekendief
bruine kiekendief#Dutch

(birdwatching slang) Apocopic form of bruine kiekendief (“western marsh harrier”)


hazenstaart

hazenstaart m (plural hazenstaarten, diminutive hazenstaartje n)

hazenstaarten (plural)
hazenstaartje (diminutive neuter)

From haas (“hare”) + -en- + staart (“tail”). The plant is so named due to the fluffy appearance of its flowerheads (see image); compare for example hazenpootje. Confer the scientific name Lagurus and English harestail.


broedparasiet

broedparasiet m (plural broedparasieten, diminutive broedparasietje n)

broedparasieten (plural)
broedparasietje (diminutive neuter)


nestparasitisme

(biology) Synonym of broedparasitisme (“brood parasitism”)


nestparasiet

nestparasiet m (plural nestparasieten, diminutive nestparasietje n)

nestparasieten (plural)
nestparasietje (diminutive neuter)

(biology) Synonym of broedparasiet (“brood parasite”)