uitstekendheid
; voortreffelijkheid; uitnemendheid.
What is Dutch for excellent?
excellent →
voortreffelijk
, excellent, uitmuntend, uitstekend.
What word comes from Dutch?
Anchovy, buoy, caboose, freight, halibut, herring, hoist, keelhaul, skipper and starboard
are all derived from Dutch. Even when the water is frozen, modern English cannot do without Dutch loan words. The words skate, to sled and sleigh come from Dutch as well.
Why are some Dutch words English?
Some English words have been borrowed directly from Dutch. But typically, English spellings of Dutch loanwords
suppress combinations of vowels of the original word
which do not exist in English and replace them with existing vowel combinations respectively.
Is school a Dutch word?
school →
scholen
. school → schools, school, kunstrichting, leerschool.
Is Cookie a Dutch word?
Cookie. The Dutch, exhibiting a fine degree of linguistic munificence, were kind enough to give us the word cookie (it
comes from their
word koekje, which is the diminutive of koek, meaning “cake”).
Is Frisian Dutch?
The Frisians are
a Germanic ethnic group indigenous to the coastal regions of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany
. They inhabit an area known as Frisia and are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia (which was a part of Denmark until 1864).
How is K pronounced in Dutch?
The consonants s, f, h, b, d, z, l, m, n, and ng are pronounced the same way in Dutch as in English. P, t, and
k are pronounced without the puff of air
(called aspiration.) Sometimes the g is pronounced like zh in words borrowed from French.
Does English come from Dutch?
English has its roots in the Germanic languages
, from which German and Dutch also developed, as well as having many influences from romance languages such as French. (Romance languages are so called because they are derived from Latin which was the language spoken in ancient Rome.)
Does English have more words than Dutch?
The Oxford Dictionary says it’s quite probable that
English has more words than most comparable world languages
. … English was originally a Germanic language, related to Dutch and German. English shares much of its grammar and basic vocabulary with those languages.
How many Dutch words are in English?
The Dutch Golden Age
Most of the Dutch words that are now used in English found their way into the language then. Today you can find
more than 1500 words
in an English dictionary that come from Dutch.
What word is school?
noun.
an institution where instruction is given
, especially to persons under college age:The children are at school. an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field. a college or university.
Which word was borrowed from Dutch language?
The word “cookie”
is directly borrowed from the Dutch word koekje (biscuit/cookie), which is pronounced kook-ye. FUN FACT : The English spelling of Dutch words typically omitted combinations of vowels which do not exist in English (like “oe”) and replaced them with existing vowel combinations respectively (like “oo”).
How do you pronounce Koekje?
- IPA: /ˈkuk.jə/
- Audio. (file)
– According to a Nestlé Toll House poll in 2017,
chocolate chip cookies
are the most popular cookie in 18 states, followed by peanut butter chocolate chip. Considering this comes from a chocolate chip maker, we take that with a large grain of sea salt.
Can Dutch speakers understand Frisian?
Although a Dutchman or a German could be able to pick up on some words,
it would be impossible to understand a conversation in Frisian
. Conversely, a Frisian would have no trouble at all understanding a conversation in Dutch. … It has an official written form, and Frisian courses are taught at some Dutch universities.
