词汇 | dutch words in english |
词源 | Dutch words in English. Dutch and other Low German languages (Frisian, Flemish, and Plattdeutsch) have contrib- uted a great many words to English. These include: date, do- tard, bowsprit, golf, gin, uproar, wagon, bounce, snatch, huck- ster, tackle (fishing), boy, booze, wainscot, hobble, splint, kit, mart, hop (plant), spool, rack, sled, excise, buoy, hoist, hose (stockings), bulwark, boor, loiter, snap, groove, luck, placard, brandy, stoker, smuggle, sloop, cruise, walrus, jib, yawl, knap- sack, furlough, blunderbuss, sketch, stipple, decoy, slur, hang- er, snort, snuff, hustle, snow, and mangle. Many Dutch words became part of American English. These include: bush, hook (of land), boss, patroon, Yankee, sawbuck, stoop (porch), hay, barrack, boodle, dingus, dope, dumb, logy, poppycock, Santa Claus, snoop, spook, skate, coleslaw, cruller, cookie, pit (of fruit), pot cheese, waffle span (of horses), sleigh, caboose, scow, bedspan, bedspread, cuspidor, keelboat, landscape, and a good scout. |
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