Dutch Loan Words - Part 1

These Dutch words have sneaked into the English language. See if you can guess them.

These words are not necessarily used the same way in Dutch

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Definition	Word	Dutch Word
Someone you work for, and has the ability to fire you	Boss	Baas
From South African Dutch earth + pig, the first animal in the dictionary	Aardvark	Aardvarken
Laboratory equipment, generally a cylindrical container with a flat bottom	Beaker	Beker
Tactics in certain card games designed to mislead one's opponents	Bluff	Bluf
A 17th- to mid-19th-century firearm with a short, large caliber barrel which is commonly flared at the muzzle	Blunderbuss	Donderbus
A liquor produced by distilling wine. It generally contains 35–60% alcohol	Brandy	Brandewijn
A distilled alcoholic drink flavoured with juniper berries and other botanical ingredients	Gin	Jenever
A borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island	Brooklyn	Breukelen
A neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of the above	Coney Island	Konijn + eiland
A neighborhood in Upper Manhattan	Harlem	Haarlem
A person who handles the cash register such as the point of sale in a retail store.	Cashier	Kassier
Side dish consisting primarily of finely shredded raw cabbage with a salad dressing	Coleslaw	Koolsla
A baked snack that is typically small, flat, and sweet. With chocolate chips for example	Cookie	Koekje
A person or device which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lure them. Used in hunting for example	Decoy	De kooi
Percussion instrument consisting of at least one membrane, that is stretched over a shell and struck with a stick.	Drum	Trom
An upright support used for displaying or making art, espescially paitings	Easel	Ezel
A piece of fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration	Flag	Vlag
In transportation, this refers to goods conveyed by land, water or air.	Freight	Vracht
A temporary cessation of paid employment that is intended to address the special needs of a company or employer. Often used by military personnel	Furlough	Verlof
A piece of fresh water ice more than 15 meters long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water.	Iceberg	IJsberg
A slang term originally used to describe eccentric or non-mainstream people, now used for ethusiasts for Star Wars, computers, of geography for example	Geek	Gek