Language: Dutch

Affiliation: Indo-European, Germanic
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As recipient language

Dutch vocabulary contributed by Nicoline van der Sijs

The map shows Dutch in red and the donor languages in blue.

List of donor languoids (languages and families) that contributed words to Dutch
Donor Languoid Words borrowed into Dutch
name immediate earlier
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Donor Languoid

These are the names of languages and families from which the recipient language borrowed words directly or indirectly.

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Number of direct loanwords

This is the number of words that the recipient language borrowed (or calqued) directly from this donor languoid.

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Direct loanwords

These are (some of) the direct loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

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Number of indirect loanwords

This is the number of words that the recipient language borrowed (or calqued) indirectly, i.e. via another, intermediate donor languoid, from this donor languoid.

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Indirect loanwords

These are (some of) the indirect loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

Latin 109 noorderlicht, persoon, paard, ezel, kat, leeuw, kameel, duizendpoot, baarmoeder, testikels 0
Old Norse 2 rif, haai 0
Indonesian 1 bamboe 0
Greek 1 kerk 0
Old Slavic 1 rogge 0
Italian 3 vasteland, nul, bank 0
Low German 2 jas, grens 0
English 23 lucifer, baby, jaguar, kangoeroe, alligator, opossum, seks hebben, lunch, lasso, banyan 0
Turkish 1 koffie 0
Akkadian 1 zilver 0
Celtic 5 bok, ijzer, lood, rijk, eed 0
Portuguese 4 tapir, kakkerlak, banaan, bataat 0
Spanish 10 tapir, toekan, muskiet, coyote, poncho, hangmat, maïs, tabak, bataat, kano 0
Romance 3 pot, zijde, pijp 0
High German 42 vasteland, bron, sintel, verwanten, adelaar, rendier, eland, arts, gif, spindel 0
Old Frisian 1 eiland 0
Hokkien 1 thee 0
French 111 vallei, grot, baai, rivier, vlam, kalm, oceaan, lagune, kaap, savanne 0
Old Irish 1 klok 0
French (Picard) 6 moeras, rots, kous, plank, kamp, boetseren 0

As donor languoid

The map shows Dutch in blue and the recipient languages that borrowed from it in red.

List of recipient languages that borrowed words from Dutch
Recipient language Words borrowed from Dutch
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Recipient language

These are the names of recipient languages that borrowed words directly or indirectly from this languoid.

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Number of direct loanwords

This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed directly to this recipient language.

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Direct loanwords

These are (some of) the direct loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

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Number of indirect loanwords

This is the number of words that the donor languoid contributed indirectly, i.e. via another, intermediate donor languoid, to this recipient language.

[help]
Indirect loanwords

These are (some of) the indirect loanwords (or calques) from this donor languoid into the recipient language.

Saramaccan 42 hark, schaap, W.C., gas, blaas, brom(fiets), televisie, smid, tand/tanden, tweeling 106 wet, schaap, slot, gans, bak, koffie, klagen, krant, door, wolk
Kali'na 5 pijp, brandewijn, spiegel, hark, amandel 0
Tarifiyt Berber 0 1 thee
English 20 slippen, bamboes, blenken, modde, koffie, klokke, splitten, riffe, swampen, schôre 2 bricke, dijk
Japanese 6 koffie, glas, lamp, blik, pek, bier 2 roeper, lugt
Indonesian 131 bier, glas, koffie, ijs, kraan, bank, familie, konijntje, lever, penis 8 lamp, boek, pannetje, pannetje, pacht, kaart, grendel, pastoor
Malagasy 1 (wind)buks 0