Word origins

• 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.
• MakassarThe capital and largest city of South Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
• 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.
• VonkA surname from Dutch.
• VeendamA city and municipality of Groningen, Netherlands.
• gherkinA small cucumber, often pickled whole.
• GiesenA surname.
• skiveTo avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
• VVDPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy
• BruggemanA surname.
• RijswijkA town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
• DanserA surname from Dutch.
• stellingA site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)
• BlitzenThe eighth and last reindeer of Santa Claus.
• commandeerTo seize for military use.
• trickerOne who tricks or plays tricks; a practical joker; a prankster
• manessA surname from Dutch.
• burgherA citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
• ReepA surname.
• RuiterA surname from Dutch.
• BeluxA geographic region grouping Belgium and Luxembourg, often used in business.
• FlevolandA province of the Netherlands.
• evereA municipality of Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium.
• AlkenA municipality of Limburg, Flanders, Belgium.
• gyleThe amount of beer brewed at a time.
• weryA surname from Dutch.
• KirkendallA surname from Dutch.
• selvageThe edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
• OosterhoutA city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
• BemelmansA surname from Dutch.
• SluisA city and municipality of Zeeland, Netherlands.
• SteenbergenA surname from Dutch.
• MuizenbergA former coastal town in the Western Cape, South Africa; now a neighbourhood of Cape Town.
• laagerA defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers.
• SchryverA surname from Dutch.
• VanderheidenA surname from Dutch.
• waterlandSynonym of wetland.
• GeurtsA surname from Dutch.
• stipesThe vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion.
• VlissingenA city and municipality of Zeeland, Netherlands.
• SutphinA surname from Dutch.
• AmsterA surname.
• KerkradeA municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
• GeertsA surname from Dutch.
• VerstappenA surname from Dutch.
• BoekeA surname from Dutch.
• losseA lynx.
• WeertA municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
• faasA surname.
• BergsmaA surname from Dutch.
• blunderbussAn old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
• LeffertsA surname from Dutch.
• AlmeloA city and municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands.
• weakfishAny of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
• ReindersA surname from Dutch.
• patroonOne of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.
• HardenbergA municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
• ClasonA surname from Dutch.
• AstenA village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
• VeldhovenA village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
• KattegatA body of water between Jutland and the Swedish mainland.
• FreelingA surname from Dutch.
• HeusdenA city and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
• VerstraeteA surname from Dutch.
• OrserA surname from Dutch.
• blackstrapThe dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
• fykeA type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.
• MoermanA surname from Dutch.
• WaalwijkA city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
• WillemsenA surname from Dutch.
• RaalteA village and municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands.
• NieuwegeinA town and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
• HobertA surname.
• VoortrekkerA Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s.
• NienhuisA surname from Dutch.
• JoostenA surname from Dutch.
• radenThe Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out part of the mother-of-pearl inside the shell, into the carved surface of lacquer or wood.
• melickA surname from Dutch.
• DoornbosA surname from Dutch.
• NolfA surname.
• SchutterA surname.
• daalderA historic unit of currency of the Netherlands, equivalent to one-and-a-half guilders.
• SchagenA municipality of the region of West Friesland, North Holland, Netherlands.
• HeemskerkA village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
• AarschotA city in Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium.
• boodleMoney, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
• dookTo make a certain clucking sound.
• VerbekeA surname from Dutch.
• RoermondA city and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.