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The name of the group is derived from Trekboer then later "boer", which means "farmer" in Dutch and Afrikaans. [ 4 ] In addition, the term Boeren also applied to those who left the Cape Colony during the 19th century to colonise the Orange Free State , and the Transvaal (together known as the Boer Republics ), and to a lesser extent Natal .
wakkerslaap – despite its original Dutch meaning "worry", it can also be used to verbally "wake-up" a drowsy person. windgat – lit. "wind hole." A loquatious over-talkative, perhaps bragging person. woes – wild, untidy, unkempt or irreverent. A general term pertaining to either a person, behaviour or situation.
(pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...
Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal, first published in 1874 and today in its 16th edition, is the best-known Dutch language dictionary. There are also two notable Dutch word lists (spelling dictionaries): het Groene Boekje, the "Green Booklet", the official Dutch orthography published by the Dutch Language Union since 1954
This is an incomplete list of Dutch expressions used in English; some are relatively common (e.g. cookie), some are comparatively rare.In a survey by Joseph M. Williams in Origins of the English Language it is estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin.
' Dictionary of the Dutch language ') is a dictionary of the Dutch language. It contains between 350,000 and 400,000 entries describing Dutch words from 1500 to 1976. The paper edition consists of 43 volumes (including three supplements) on 49,255 pages. [1] It is believed to be the largest dictionary in the world in number of pages. [2]
Balkenbrij (also called 'karboet', 'tuet', or 'pannas') is a traditional Dutch food that shares some of the characteristics of American scrapple.Traditionally, its preparation and consumption was an important economizing custom, especially for the rural poor.
A poultry farmer is one who concentrates on raising chickens, turkeys, ducks or geese, for either meat, egg or feather production, or commonly, all three. A person who raises a variety of vegetables for market may be called a truck farmer or market gardener. Dirt farmer is an American colloquial term for a practical farmer, or one who farms his ...