colors, materials |
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zoogdieren vogels reptielen hear - 2 |
(mammals) (birds) (reptiles) |
amfibieën vissen insecten hear - 2 |
(amphibians) (fish) (insects) |
apen mensapen hear |
(monkeys) (apes) |
dier beest hear |
(animal, usually a mammal) (beast) |
| mens (man, human) |
man (man, male) |
vrouw (woman) |
kind (child) |
jongen (boy) |
meisje (girl) |
baby (=baby) |
kleuter (toddler) |
hear |
blindengeleidehond -hear - 2- [steering-the-blind dog] seeing-eye dog
Many of the words for animals show the common roots of English and Dutch, like
cow/koe,
sheep/schaap,
fowl/vogel
and
mare/merrie.
Some words shifted meaning, like
pork/varken (=pig),
pig/big (=piglet),
steer/stier (=bull),
deer/dier (=any animal) and
hound/hond (=any dog).
Other words look unrelated, like
horse/paard and
rooster/haan;
'horse'is related to Dutch ros, which is either used jocularly
or designates an older horse.
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| Bears and wolf pictures by © Siem & Monique Sipma. All rights reserved. | ||
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vee herkauwen pluimvee hear |
(cattle) (to [re-chew] ruminate) (poultry) |
huisdieren roofdieren hear |
(pets, domesticated animals) ([rob-animals] predators) |
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(de) mens (het) dier (de) vogel (het) insekt hear |
(man) (animal) (bird, fowl) (insect) |
(de) mier (de) bij (de) vlieg (de) worm (de) slang hear - 2 |
(ant) (bee) (fly) (worm) (snake) |
(de) aap (het) paard (de) hond (de) kat (de) rat hear - 2 |
(monkey) (horse) (dog) (cat) (rat) |
(de) koe (het) varken (de) kip (het) schaap (de) geit hear |
(cow) (pig) (chicken) (sheep) (goat) |
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konijn haas eekhoorn mol hear - 2 |
(rabbit) (hare) (squirrel) (mole) |
nijlpaard neushoorn ijsbeer hear - 2 |
([Nile-horse] hippo) ([nose-horn] rhino) ([ice] polar bear) |
struisvogel wild zwijn stinkdier hear |
(ostrich) (wild boar) (skunk) |
schildpad stekelvarken egel hear |
([shield-toad] tortoise, turtle) ([spines-pig] porcupine) (hedgehog) |
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haai kreeft garnaal kwal hear - 2 |
(shark) (lobster) (shrimp, prawn) (jellyfish) |
vogelbekdier zeehond walvis hear |
(platypus) ([sea-dog] seal) (whale [-fish]) |
vlinder nachtvlinder vleermuis hear - 2 |
(butterfly) ([butterfly of the night] large moth) (bat) |
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hagedis salamander pad hear - 2 |
(lizard) (salamander) (toad) |
kikker, kikvors donderkopje kikkervisje hear |
(frog) ([thunderhead] tadpole) ([frog-fish] tadpole) |
kalkoen fazant vos hear |
(turkey) (pheasant) (fox) |
giraf (giraffe) hear This 'G' has an unusual ('French') pronunciation |
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A children's song about swans. |
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bij wesp vlo teek mot hear |
(bee) (wasp) (flea) (tick) (small moth) |
mier kever, tor lieveheersbeestje kakkerlak hear |
(ant) (beetle) (ladybug) (cockroach) |
vlinder nachtvlinder libelle sprinkhaan hear |
(butterfly) (large moth) (dragonfly) (grasshopper, locust) |
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pissebed bromvlieg mug langpootmug spin hear |
(pillbug) (house fly) (mosquito) ('daddy longlegs' mosquito) (spider) |
duizendpoot oorwurm hooiwagen rups krekel hear |
(millipede) (earwig) ([hay-cart] 'daddy longlegs' spider) (caterpillar) (cricket) |
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kind - kinderen kalf - kalveren rund - runderen koe - koeien hear - 2 |
(child - children) (calf - calves) (bovine - bovines) (cow - cows) |
dinosaurus sauriërs hear |
(dinosaur) (dinosaurs) |
I guess there's no law against the regular plural 'dinosaurussen,' but it just sounds awful to me. |
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teckel Duitse herder keeshond hear |
('dachshund') (German shepherd) |
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