The two most common types of words from Dutch are sea-faring terms ("ballast", "skipper") and painting ("easel", "landscape"). A few food terms are also present. The rest of the words are very varied.
| Word | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ahoy | Nautical greeting. One of many nautical terms from Dutch. | |
| aloof | ||
| amidships | Middle of the ship. | |
| avast | hold fast | Nautical term for 'stop'. |
| ballast | Heavy material used for giving a ship stability. | |
| block | Pully system. | |
| bluff | boast | |
| boom | Part of a ship. | |
| booze | drink much alcohol | |
| boss | master | |
| brandy | burnt wine | |
| brawl | ||
| Brooklyn | A New York District - a former Dutch colony. | |
| bully | lover | Originally a term of endearment. |
| bumpkin | little barrel | Rustic person. |
| bundle | a binding | Collection of items loosely fastened together. |
| bung | stopper | |
| caboose | Originally a cooking room on a ship; later a guards' van on a train. | |
| cackle | Loud silly laugh. | |
| cam | comb | Part of a machine wheel. |
| coleslaw | European salad. | |
| cookie | little cake | A type of biscuit in UK; a word for biscuit in USA. |
| cruise | cross | A method of sailing to and fro. |
| deck | roof | Platform of a ship. |
| decoy | 'the cage' used for catching water fowl | to entice |
| derrick | Formerly a scaffold; named after a Dutch hangman. | |
| dock | Place where ships stop. | |
| domineer | to rule | |
| dot | head of boil | |
| drill | bore | |
| drug | Medical substance. | |
| dyke | wall | A structure to keep water off the land. |
| easel | Wooden frame to support picture. One of many artistic terms from Dutch. | |
| elope | run away | A couple running away to get married. |
| etch | cause to eat | An engraving. |
| flout | hiss | Mock or insult. |
| fop | fool | |
| freight | Hire of ship for transporting goods. | |
| frolic | gladly | |
| fumble | Awkward use of hands. | |
| gallop | Horse's fastest pace. | |
| gherkin | cucumber | plural of 'gurk' |
| glib | slippery | |
| grab | Seize suddenly. | |
| growl | ||
| gruesome | to shudder | |
| grumble | ||
| guild | tribute | Society for mutual aid. |
| gulp | Swallow. | |
| halibut | holy flatfish | A fish previously eaten on holidays. |
| Harlem | A New York District - a former Dutch colony. | |
| heckle | Agressive interruption. | |
| hoist | Raise aloft. A device used on houses in the Netherlands. | |
| holster | leather case for pistol. | |
| Hottentot | stammerer | A derogatory name for the San people from southern Africa. |
| hustle | shake | |
| jeer | Tackle on ship. | |
| kipper | A cured or smoked fish. | |
| knack | Faculty for doing something. | |
| knapsack | bite sack | Soldiers' leather bag. |
| landscape | ||
| ledger | Book for recording trade transactions. | |
| lob | ||
| loiter | wag about | |
| lottery | Prizes won by chance. | |
| maelstrom | whirl stream; | Great whirlpool. |
| manikin | little man | |
| measles | pustule | An illness marked by red spots. |
| morass | A bog or marsh. | |
| mumps | An illness marked by swelling of glands. | |
| nib | Tip of a pen. | |
| offal | Animal waste after slaughter. | |
| ogle | look at | |
| pamper | Overindulge. | |
| pickle | Meat, fish or vegetables or stored in brine or vinegar. | |
| plug | ||
| plump | shapeless | |
| poll | counting by heads | |
| Poppycock | ||
| pump | Machine with piston that moves gas or liquid. | |
| quack | prattle | A false doctor. |
| ramble | wander about with sexual excitement | Originally applied to animals. |
| rant | rave | |
| roster | list | |
| rover | pirate | |
| rumble | ||
| rumple | wrinkle | |
| Santa Claus | Dutch name for 'Father Christmas'. | |
| scab | The same root as 'shabby'. | |
| schooner | boat | |
| scone | fine bread | |
| scour | clean | |
| sketch | Rough drawing. | |
| skipper | shipper | Master of a small sea vessel. The same root as 'ship'. |
| sledge | Vehicle for travelling over snow. Used in UK. | |
| sleigh | Vehicle for travelling over snow. Used in USA. | |
| slip | ||
| slurp | Drink noisily. | |
| smuggle | Illegal import and export of goods. | |
| snack | Casual meal. | |
| snip | ||
| snoop | eat on the sly | To pry. |
| snuff | sniff | Powdered tobacco. |
| snug | protected from the weather; originally a nautical term. | |
| sob | ||
| spangle | ||
| splice | join ropes by interweaving | |
| splinter | ||
| split | ||
| spook | ghost | |
| stoker | Person who feeds a fire. | |
| stove | More used in USA; the UK word is usually 'cooker' or 'oven'. | |
| suds | marsh, swamp | |
| trample | ||
| trawl | drag net | |
| trigger | pull | |
| tub | Small flat bottomed boat. | |
| waffle | Small crisp butter cake. | |
| wagon | ||
| yacht | hunt | |
| Yankee | UK and Latin American Slang for USA citizen. | |
| Zealand | Dutch region. |
