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Can you name the English words derived from Dutch?
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Sinterklaas
= Sint Nicolaas, 'Saint Nicolas'
Dijk
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Ezel
originally (still) 'donkey'
Manneken
literally 'little man'
Kielhalen
literally 'to haul keel'
Haarlem
Dutch City
Beker
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Verlof
literally 'permission (to leave)'
Jenever
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Koekje/koekie
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Gas
:p
Breukelen
Dutch City
Koolsla
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Schaats
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Kloof
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Eendekooi
literally 'duck cage'
Stokvis
literally 'stick fish'
Jan Kees, Jantje
Dutch personal names
Baas
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Brandewijn
literally 'burnt wine'
Kruisen
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Wafel
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IJsberg
literally 'ice mountain'
Verloren hoop
literally 'lost heap/troop'
Trekker
literally 's.th./s.o. that pulls'
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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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