Dutch words first recorded in the 13th century

It is inherited from Middle Dutch anders, formed from Dutch ander + -s with the adverbial ending ⟨-s⟩. Middle Dutch had the same form as the genitive singular of the pronoun, and the Middle Dutch…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch stuc, inherited from Old Dutch *stukki, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“piece”). The same word is Old Saxon stukki, Old High German stucki (modern German…

It is from Dutch als + of: Middle Dutch alse ofte joined the conjunction of comparison als “as” and the conjunction of in the sense “if”, so that the phrase meant “as (it would be) if”. German has…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch altijt, at first written separately as alle tijt, a compound from Dutch al (“every”) + tijd (“time”). German has the same formation in Middle High German alle zīt…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch elc (also ⟨eelc⟩, ⟨elic⟩, ⟨ellic⟩), a strongly contracted form of a very old compound whose parts are not certain. The same word is Middle Low German elk, Old…

1. The adverb is inherited from Middle Dutch henen (“away from here”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *hinana- (“away from here”). It is formed from the pronominal stem Proto-Germanic *hi- (“this…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch ja, inherited from Old Dutch *jā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ja. The same particle is Old Saxon jā, Old High German jā (modern German ja), Old Frisian jē, Old…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch neen (also nee), inherited from Old Dutch nēn (“none, not one”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *ne ainan (“not one, nothing”), a fusion of the negative particle *ne…

It is from Middle Dutch te (“to, towards”) + jeghen (“against, opposite”), where ⟨te⟩ gave the direction of the action. The unstressed first syllable was reduced, so that ⟨te jeghen⟩ became…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch thuus, from Middle Dutch te (“at, to”) + hûs (“house”): the preposition te with huis in the sense “place where someone lives”. The regular dative ending ⟨-e⟩ was…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch wanneer, also written separately ⟨wan eer⟩, from Middle Dutch wan (“when”) + eer (“earlier, before”), literally “when earlier”. The same compound is Old Saxon hwan…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch cant, borrowed from Old French cant (“side, edge”), the northern French form of the word that is ⟨chant⟩ in central Old French. The Old French word probably comes…

1. It is inherited from Middle Dutch echt, inherited from Old Dutch *ēhaft, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *aiwahaft. It is a very old compound, Germanic ⟨*aiwō-hafta-⟩: the first part is the…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch plaetse, borrowed from Old French place (“place, open space”), with ⟨ts⟩ showing that the word came through the Picard form plache. The French word comes from…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch allêne, inherited from Old Dutch *allēno, a compound from Dutch al + een: the intensifying adverb al “entirely” and the weak form ⟨ene⟩ of the numeral een. In the…

1. The bell is inherited from Middle Dutch belle, inherited from Old Dutch bella, inherited from Proto-Germanic *bello- (“bell”). The same word is Middle Low German belle, West Frisian bel and Old…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch ghewone, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ga-wuna-. It is formed with the prefix ge- on a stem related by ablaut to the verb wennen: the zero grade of Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch maniere, borrowed from Old French maniere (“way of acting”) (modern French manière, from about 1119). The French noun is the feminine of the Old French adjective…

1. The Mass is inherited from Middle Dutch misse, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin missa (“Mass”), a Christian Latin word first found in 385. The Middle Dutch form ⟨messe⟩ is explained by De Vries…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch maschien or meschien, a shortening of ⟨(het) mach schien⟩ “(it) may happen”, from Middle Dutch mach (“may”) + schien (“to happen”). The first part is the third…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch ombedat, a shortening of ⟨ombe dat dat⟩ “for that (reason), that”, from the preposition ombe, the word om, and dat, the word dat, first a demonstrative pronoun and…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch ordene, borrowed from Old French ordene and also taken directly from Latin ōrdō (“row, series; order, rank”), whose stem appears in the oblique case ōrdinem. Franck…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch spêlen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn (“to play; to dance”), a verb formed in West Germanic from the noun *spil (“play, game”), the ancestor of spel…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch wachten, inherited from Old Dutch *wahton, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wahtwēn, a verb formed from the noun wacht “watch, guard”. The Old Dutch verb is…

1. The noun for seven days is inherited from Middle Dutch weke, inherited from Old Dutch *wica, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; turn”). The…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch sodat, formed in Middle Dutch from Dutch zo + dat: the adverb in the sense “in such a way, to such a degree” followed by the conjunction. The Woordenboek der…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch sovele, from Middle Dutch so (“so”) + vele (“much, many”), the adverb meaning “so” with the numeral meaning “much”: the modern zo and veel.

It is inherited from Middle Dutch dinghen, inherited from Old Dutch *thingon, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þingōną (“to hold a meeting, discuss”), a…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch dôden, inherited from Old Dutch *dōden, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *daudijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *daudijaną (“to make dead, kill”). The verb was…

In ⟨er⟩ probably two older forms have fallen together. One is the genitive plural of the personal pronoun, “of them”, inherited from Old Dutch iro, which in Middle Dutch was often attached to the…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch noemen, inherited from Old Dutch *nuomen, inherited from Proto-Germanic *nōmijaną, a verb formed with ablaut from the noun behind naam “name”. The same verb is…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch dāghen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dagēn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *dagāną (“to dawn”), a verb made from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), the source of…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch eigenlijc, formed from Middle Dutch eighin (“own, independent”) + -lijc, the ancestors of eigen and -lijk. The same formation is Middle Low German egentlik, Middle…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch ergens, inherited from Old Dutch iergen (“somewhere”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *euhwargin, an old Germanic compound with a young Dutch final -s. Middle Dutch…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch even, a by-form of the more usual Middle Dutch adjective effen, inherited from Old Dutch *evan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, inherited from…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch geluckich, formed from Dutch geluk + -ig, the noun meaning “fortune, success” with the adjective suffix. The same formation is Middle Low German gelückich and…

1. The bird is inherited from Middle Dutch henne (also ⟨hinne⟩), inherited from Old Dutch *henna, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”). It was…

It is from Dutch het + zelfde, the neuter article with ⟨zelfde⟩, which is, like ⟨zelfste⟩, a strengthened form of the pronoun zelve that expresses complete identity. Compare the older hetzelve.

It is inherited from Middle Dutch lecker (“greedy for good food; tasty”), derived from the Middle Dutch verb lecken (“to lick”), a variant of likken. Kroonen reconstructs the adjective as…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch mogelijc, from Dutch mogen + -lijk, formed from the stem of the verb in its old sense “to be able”. The adverb is Middle Dutch mogelike, made with the adverbial…

1. The preposition meaning “to, towards” is inherited from Middle Dutch naer, inherited from Old Dutch *nār, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nāhuriʀ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz. It…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch natuurlijc, formed from Dutch natuur + -lijk in Middle Dutch: the noun natuur with the adjective suffix that also makes vriendelijk and eerlijk. The adverb was…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch ontmoeten, in the east ⟨entmuten⟩ and ⟨untmuten⟩, formed from Middle Dutch ont- + moeten (“to meet”): the prefix ont-, which here marks the start of an action, on…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch plecke, inherited from Proto-Germanic *plakjo- (“spot, stain”), a variant with a different vowel beside plak, which also meant “spot, place” in Middle Dutch and…

1. The educational institution is inherited from Middle Dutch schole, borrowed from Latin schola (“school”), which is from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “school; earlier leisure spent in learning…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch slecht, inherited from Proto-Germanic *slihta- (“smooth, flat”). The same word is Old High German sleht (modern German schlecht), Middle Low German slicht, Old…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch snel, inherited from Old Dutch *snel, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *snell, inherited from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“quick, bold”). The same word is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch ure, borrowed from Latin hōra (“hour, twelfth part of the day; period, season”), an early loan. The Latin word was itself taken from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch vertellen, formed from Dutch ver- + tellen in the Middle Dutch sense of the verb “to say, tell”, which itself grew out of “to count, list the facts”. French…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch vrâghe, inherited from Old Dutch *frāga, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frēgō (“question”). The same noun is Middle Low…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch waeromme, a compound of the interrogative and relative ⟨waer⟩ “where” (waar) and the preposition ⟨ombe⟩ (om); in Middle Dutch it was written both separately and…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch sēker, inherited from Old Dutch *sikur, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“free from care, safe”). The Latin…

It is a contraction of elkander, from Dutch elk + ander. In Middle Dutch they were still written separately: elk was the subject and ander was inflected, as in ⟨elc stac andren⟩ “each stabbed the…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch ôghen, inherited from Old Dutch ôgen (“to show, point out”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *augijan, a verb formed from the word for eye. In the sense “to…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch fijn, borrowed from Old French fin (“perfect, pure”), a word said mostly of precious metals. That adjective comes from Latin fīnis (“end, limit”), in the sense “at…

It is a remodelling of older altemaal, inherited from Middle Dutch altemale (“entirely; all together”), under the influence of ⟨alle⟩, the inflected form of the first part. The Middle Dutch word…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch betalen, formed with the prefix be- from the Middle Dutch verb talen (“to speak, tell; to claim at law; also to pay”), now talen. That verb was made from the nouns…

It is a Dutch adaptation of doctor, inherited from Middle Dutch doctoor (“scholar, teacher”), borrowed from Latin doctor (“teacher”), an agent noun of doceō (“to teach”). In Latin the title was used…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch erute, a combination of the reduced form of the pronominal adverb daer (“there”) and the adverb ute (“out”), which 13th-century texts always write separately…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch faute, borrowed from Old French faute (“sin against religious or moral rules; adultery”). The French word developed from Vulgar Latin *fallita, the feminine noun…