Messy
Senior Member
Boss: baas
Cookie: koekie
Dollar: daalder, but that comes from the German Zsech thaler
Coleslaw: koolsla
Yacht: jacht
Sleigh: slee
Santa Claus: Sinterklaas
Bluff: bluffen
Berm: berm
Drugstore: drogisterij
Brooklyn: Breukelen
Harlem: Haarlem
Knapsack: knapzak
Dyke: dijk
Yankees: comes from 'Jan-Kees'. Dutch colonists who moved to the New Netherland (present-day New York) in the 17th century were often named Jan or Kees. Their British competitors therefore mockingly called them 'Jan-Kezen'. In translated form: 'Yankees'.
Cookie: koekie
Dollar: daalder, but that comes from the German Zsech thaler
Coleslaw: koolsla
Yacht: jacht
Sleigh: slee
Santa Claus: Sinterklaas
Bluff: bluffen
Berm: berm
Drugstore: drogisterij
Brooklyn: Breukelen
Harlem: Haarlem
Knapsack: knapzak
Dyke: dijk
Yankees: comes from 'Jan-Kees'. Dutch colonists who moved to the New Netherland (present-day New York) in the 17th century were often named Jan or Kees. Their British competitors therefore mockingly called them 'Jan-Kezen'. In translated form: 'Yankees'.
