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Can you name the English words derived from Dutch?
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Kielhalen
literally 'to haul keel'
Brandewijn
literally 'burnt wine'
IJsberg
literally 'ice mountain'
Koolsla
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Baas
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Trekker
literally 's.th./s.o. that pulls'
Jan Kees, Jantje
Dutch personal names
Schaats
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Gas
:p
Stokvis
literally 'stick fish'
Ezel
originally (still) 'donkey'
Haarlem
Dutch City
Koekje/koekie
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Verlof
literally 'permission (to leave)'
Eendekooi
literally 'duck cage'
Kruisen
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Sinterklaas
= Sint Nicolaas, 'Saint Nicolas'
Kloof
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Breukelen
Dutch City
Manneken
literally 'little man'
Beker
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Jenever
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Wafel
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Dijk
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Verloren hoop
literally 'lost heap/troop'
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Words of Dutch origin Quiz
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Quartz
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Dec 2nd, 2009 at 16:15 GMT
1 point
Heh, I like the quiz. Groetjes van s.com trouwens. ;)
Mucci3
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Dec 2nd, 2009 at 16:51 GMT
1 point
Santa Claus doesn't have an "e" in it
Soija
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Dec 2nd, 2009 at 16:57 GMT
1 point
Lol, yeah, de 'e' has been removed. :D Wie is Kwarts? :p Groetjes terug.
ablackperson
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Dec 3rd, 2009 at 23:18 GMT
1 point
Neat, I love these kinds of quizzes.
Onno
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Dec 19th, 2009 at 10:13 GMT
1 point
Nice quiz. Had just read about eendekooi/decoy a while ago, wouldn't have known it otherwise.
SjoerdL
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Apr 8th, 2010 at 18:47 GMT
2 points
The dutch 'gas' comes from the belgium pronaunciation of chaos (by Jan Baptist van Helmont, the discoverer of gas).
Wolfos
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Jun 11th, 2010 at 17:08 GMT
-3 points
this is not all of Dutch origin, mannequin is a French word (I'm pretty sure of that).
chriskotx
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Aug 16th, 2010 at 00:51 GMT
3 points
Mannequin comes from the French word mannequin, which had acquired the meaning "an artist's jointed model", which in turn came from the Middle Dutch word mannekijn, meaning "little man, figurine".(Wikipedia)
chaste
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Oct 30th, 2011 at 09:32 GMT
2 points
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