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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.
The 2002 circulation of De Morgen was 68,359 copies. [9] Its market share in the same year was 5.4%. [9] The circulation of De Morgen was 57,248 copies in 2008. [10] During the first quarter of 2009, the paper had a circulation of 76,439 copies. [11] Its total circulation was 58,496 copies in 2009. [10] It was 55,973 copies in 2010 and 55,936 ...
All other verbs use the existing form as the past participle. For example, "to pay" is betaal and "I have paid" is "ek het betaal", while "to translate" is "vertaal" and "he has translated" is hy het vertaal; Dutch would use betaald (from betalen) and vertaald (from vertalen) respectively.
Many of those words are even used in newspapers, magazines, and television. On 31 January 2015 De Standaard and some language professionals published the Yellow Book. In this book a word is printed in black or in grey. A black word is a non-official word, but De Standaard will allow it in their newspapers.
The infinitive, when used as a noun, is neuter and has no plural. Dutch also has a feminine gerund in -ing, but this is no longer productive and usually has a concrete, technical meaning, e.g. het lenen 'borrowing, lending' vs. de lening 'loan'; het opleiden 'educating' vs. opleiding 'education'. Het doden van mensen is verboden.
The Van Dale Dictionary is a private endeavor, to be distinguished from the government-published "Green Booklet" that lists the official spelling mandated for schools and government employees. Van Dale includes the official spelling of the words as well, but it further provides their definitions. The position of the editors is clear: the actual ...
Relief on De Waag, Gouda made by Bartholomeus Eggers in 1668. The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system.Before the 19th century, a wide variety of different weights and measures were used by the various Dutch towns and provinces.
A Morgen (Mg) is a historical, but still occasionally used, German unit of area used in agriculture. [1] Officially, it is no longer in use, but rather the hectare. [1] While today it is approximately equivalent to the Prussian morgen, measuring 25 ares or 2,500 square meters, its area once ranged from 1,906 to 11,780 square meters, but usually between ¼ and ½ hectare. [1]