Word origins

• hartsA surname from Dutch.
• KoopmanA surname from Dutch.
• NoordwijkA municipality in South Holland, Netherlands.
• BloemenA surname from Dutch.
• TervurenA municipality of the Flemish Brabant province in Belgium.
• DeboerA surname from Dutch.
• meeseA titmouse.
• BoersA surname from Dutch.
• DejongA surname from Dutch.
• OortA surname from Dutch.
• stippleThe use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used.
• StaalA surname from Dutch.
• leaguerA siege.
• narwhalAn Arctic toothed whale (Monodon monoceros) that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed cuspid that projects forward.
• cantylively; cheerful; merry; brisk
• sprueA tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
• kloofA deep glen or ravine.
• keeshondA spitz bred in the Netherlands and Germany, characterized by a fluffy coat of silver and black fur.
• LandenA city and municipality of the province of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium.
• RandstadA region, a roughly crescent-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands which includes the four largest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and The Hague) and surrounds the Groene Hart.
• KinderhookA town in Columbia County, New York, United States.
• GerritsenA surname from Dutch.
• GeelA city in Antwerp, Belgium.
• AnderlechtA municipality of Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
• lisseTo relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).
• PietersA surname from Dutch.
• HilversumA municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
• WillemstadThe capital city of Curaçao, Netherlands
• BleekerA surname from Dutch.
• JanssensA surname from Dutch.
• SchoutenA surname.
• KlerkA surname from Dutch or Afrikaans.
• korfballA non-contact unisex team sport originating from the Netherlands, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
• DorlandA surname.
• KarmanA surname.
• BosmanA surname from Dutch.
• LeeuwardenA city and capital of Friesland, Netherlands.
• advocaatA Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.
• OranjeA surname from Dutch.
• kartelA German industrial cartel.
• SoestA town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• RietveldA surname from Dutch.
• DiemenA village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
• EilandA surname.
• scamperA quick, light run.
• GoossensA surname from Dutch.
• VisscherA surname from Dutch.
• HendriksA surname from Dutch.
• HeerenveenA village and municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.
• FaassenA surname from Dutch.
• HartogA surname from Dutch.
• JoranA male given name.
• DrentheA province in the northeastern Netherlands with Assen as capital and Emmen as largest city.
• GenkA city and municipality of Belgium.
• BlauveltA surname from Dutch.
• KristiansenA surname.
• VinkA surname.
• poppycockfoolish talk; nonsense.
• hogeschoolA Dutch polytechnic or college; a higher education institution of lower rank than a university.
• WassenaarA town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
• HuizenA municipality of the Netherlands.
• ZandvoortA village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, The Netherlands.
• dorpA village or small town; a town considered provincial.
• ScholtenA surname from Dutch.
• JonkerA surname from Dutch.
• NavisA surname from Dutch.
• JoosA surname from Dutch.
• VeenstraA surname.
• SmidA surname.
• HuismanA surname from Dutch.
• bumpkinA clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
• HoornA municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
• dubbelA kind of strong brown beer, originally from Belgian Trappist monasteries.
• trompTo tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
• scowA large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
• DegrootA surname from Dutch.
• CarisA surname.
• terpAn interpreter (person who translates).
• ZoetermeerA city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
• BentinckA surname from Dutch.
• jeerA mocking remark or reflection.
• HeesA surname from Dutch
• HelmondA city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
• LokerA surname.
• AertsA surname from Dutch.
• LelystadA city and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands.
• KooiA surname from Dutch.
• HulstA surname from Dutch.
• OverijsselA province of the Netherlands, with Zwolle as capital city and Enschede the largest city.
• kolkAn underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.
• DecorteA surname from Dutch.
• AmstelveenA municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
• koffA type of two-masted Dutch vessel.
• ArminianA person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through free will.
• VerheyenA surname from Dutch.
• kraalIn Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
• hoosA surname from Dutch.
• SinterklaasSaint Nicholas in a folkloric incarnation, who (in the Low Countries and other parts of Europe) gives presents to children on December 5 or 6.
• zeistOne who believed that maize was the cause of pellagra.
• MolenaarA surname from Dutch.