Dutch Words in English Language

There are a lot of Dutch loan words in English Language, here is a compact list:[1]

* Aardvark

from South African Dutch aard + varken (earth + pig)

* Afrikaans (Africanish)
* Aloof

from loef (a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind)

* Avast

from "hou vast" (hold fast, hold steady)

* Bamboo

from bamboe, based on Malay mambu

* Bazooka

from bazuin (trompet)

* Beaker

from beker (mug, cup)

* Beleaguer

from belegeren (besiege)

* Berm
* Blare

from blaren and blèren (to bleat, to shout)

* Blaze

from blazen (to blow, on a trumpet)

* Blink

from blinken (to glitter)

* Bluff (poker term)

from bluffen (to brag)

* Boer (Dutch colonist in South Africa)

from boer (farmer)

* Boodle

from Dutch boedel (property)

* Boom

(tree)

* Boomslang

(tree snake, a type of snake)

* Boss

from baas

* Boulevard

from bolwerk, also directly borrowed as bulwark

* Brackish

from brak (salty)

* Brandy

from brandewijn (burnt wine)

* Brooklyn

From Breukelen, a town near Utrecht Bruin(s) (brown)

* Buckwheat

from Dutch boekweit

* Bulwark (see boulevard)
* Bundle

from bundel

* Buoy

from boei

* Caboose

from kombuis (ship's kitchen)

* Cockatoo

from kaketoe (bird)

* Coleslaw

from koolsla (cabbage salad)

* Cookie

from koekje

* Crimp

from krimpen (to shrink)

* Cruise

from kruisen (to cross)

* Cruller

from krullen (to curl)

* Dapper (bold)
* Deck

from dekken (to cover)

* Decoy

from kooi (cage)

* Dock

from dok

* Dollar

from daalder

* Dope

from doop (to dip)

* Easel

from ezel

* Elope

from ontlopen (run away)

* Etch

from ets

* Flushing

from Vlissingen

* Foist

from vuist (fist)

* Freebooter

from vrijbuiter

* Freight

from vracht

* Frolic

from vrolijk (cheerful)

* Furlough

from verlof (permission to leave)

* Gas (from gas)
* Geek
* from gek (fool)
* Gherkin (from augurken)
* Gin (from jenever)
* Golf

from kolf (bat, club)

* Grab (from grijpen)
* Guilder

from gulden (former Dutch currency)

* Hankering

from hunkeren

* Harlem

from Haarlem

* Hoboken

from Hoge Beuken (High Beeches)

* Holster

from holster

* Hooky

from hoek (corner)

* Iceberg

from ijsberg (literally ice mountain)

* Ietsism

from ietsisme (literally: somethingism)

* Keelhauling

from kielhalen (literally "to haul keel")

* Kink (in a cabel)

from kink (in de kabel)

* Knapsack (from knapzak)

L Landscape from landschap (land + -ship)

* Luck

from geluk (good fortune)

* Manikin

from manneken (little man)

* Mart

from markt (market)

* Meerkat

from South African Dutch meer + kat (lake + cat)

* Morass

from moeras (swamp)

* Onslaught

From aanslag (attack)

* Polder (from polder)
* Pump

from pomp

* Quack

from kwak(-zalver) (literally "someone who daubs ointments")

* Roster

from rooster (schedule)

* Rover

from rover (robber)

* Santa Claus

from Sinterklaas ("Saint Nicholas)

* School (group of fish)

from Dutch school (group of fish)

* Scone

from schoon (bright)

* Scum (bad person)

from schuim (foam)

* Skate (from schaats)
* Sketch (from schets)
* Skipper

from schipper (literally "shipper")

* Sled, sleigh

from slede, slee

* Sloop (from sloep)
* Slurp (from slurpen)
* Smearcase

from smeerkaas (cheese that can be spread over bread)

* Smelt

from smelten (to melt)

* Snicker

from Dutch snikken (to gasp)

* Snoop

from snoep (candy)

* Snuff

from snuiven (to sniff)

* Splinter (from splinter)
* Split

from splitten

* Spook

from spook (ghost)

* Spoor

from spoor (track)

* Stoker

from stoken (stoke a fire)

* Still life (from Dutch stilleven)
* Stoop (steps) (from stoep)
* Stockfish

from stokvis (stick fish)

* Stove (from stoof)

* Tickle (from kietelen)
* Trigger

from trekker (Trekken =to pull)

* Vang

from vangen (to catch) Veld from veld (field)

* Walrus (from walrus)
* Wagon

from wagen (car)

* Wentletrap

from wenteltrap: wentelen (turning around) and trap (stairs)

* Wildebeest

from wild + beest (wild beast) Witloof from Belgian Dutch witloof (literally white foliage)

Y Yacht from jacht(-schip) (hunting ship) Yankee from Jan-Kees (a name)

## See also[edit]

* American English

## References[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.english-for-students.com/Dutch-Loan-Words.html