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Dutch profanity can be divided into several categories. Often, the words used in profanity by speakers of Dutch are based around various names for diseases. In many cases, these words have evolved into slang, and many euphemisms for diseases are in common use.

Additionally, a substantial number of curse words in the Dutch language are references to sexual acts, genitalia, or bodily functions. Religious curse words also make up a considerable part of the Dutch profanity vocabulary. Aside from these categories, the Dutch language has many words that are only used for animals; these words are insulting when applied to people. English terms often complement the Dutch vocabulary, and several English curse words are commonly in use.

Because of the prominence of the diminutive in the Dutch language, most nouns used in Dutch profanity can also be said or written in their diminutive forms.

The words listed here are mostly used in The Netherlands, not in the Flemish part of Belgium where Dutch is also spoken.

Template:Lang	Template:Lang ("retarded") had been used as a word to denote the mentally handicapped in the past. It is commonly used as an insult. A humorous variation, "Template:Lang" ("retarded gladiolus"), was first lexicalized in 1984.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang ("incapable" or "infirm") is a term for people with a developmental disorder. It is commonly used as an insult.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang has the same meaning as the English "downy", referring to people with Down's Syndrome.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang means "idiot". Also used in Afrikaans as equal to "idiot".
Template:Lang	Template:Lang means "cancer". It can be used as a strong expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Template:Lang ("get cancer") is used as an insult. In slang, it can also have a positive meaning. For example, Template:Lang can mean "extremely good tasting" or even "very attractive". Even when used this way in its positive meaning, the word can still be considered very offensive and its use is strongly discouraged. "Template:Lang" can be paired with nearly any insult to intensify it. The word is sometimes shortened to its historical euphemism Template:Lang, or in slang kk or kkr.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang ("to cancer") is a verb, and means "to complain excessively". Idiomatically, it could be translated as "to bitch". This insult is culturally and historically linked to the dialect spoken in The Hague.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang means "cancer sufferer". It is a strong insult: an example of its legal status can be found in a 2008 court case, in which using the word Template:Lang to insult a police officer was cited as a serious offense.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang is a slang word for cholera. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Template:Lang is a common variation.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang is a slang word meaning "cholera sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker".
Template:Lang	Template:Lang is a slang word for cholera. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Template:Lang is a common variation.
Template:Lang	To wish a disease upon someone, the words Template:Lang ("catch the...", "get the...", "contract the...") are typically used. Examples include Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang and the more euphemistic (but more old-fashioned) Template:Lang. In standard Dutch, the article is superfluous or incorrect in these phrases, and consequently "Template:Lang" and "Template:Lang" are only paired with disease names in context of profanity.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang is a euphemism for leprosy. Krijg het lazarus ("catch the leprosy") is uncommonly used as an insult. It is more often used as slang for getting very drunk, comparable to "shitfaced".
Template:Lang	Template:Lang (literally: "sufferer") is a noun and suffix. It is correctly spelled "Template:Lang", but the "d" becomes silent in slang. It is used both as a standalone insult and in combination with diseases, such as Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang and Template:Lang.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang ("mongoloid") is a common insult, referring to Down syndrome. Its diminutive Template:Lang is often used as a somewhat more neutral or affectionate term for people with Down syndrome, although it is not considered politically correct. Template:Lang ("cancer-mongoloid", idiomatically "fucking retard") is a common variation: see Template:Lang. Some people use Template:Lang. Also frequently used in Afrikaans.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang is a neologism introduced by a famous Dutch comics writer, Marten Toonder. It is incorrectly used to denote somebody with a small (minor) brain or low IQ. According to the writer it is actually a positive quality, as a lack of pretence and ego.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang (literally: "plague", compare "pestilence") can be used as an adjective or as an adverb. The verb Template:Lang means "to bully" (whereas the etymologically related "Template:Lang" means "to tease"). "Template:Lang" ("to have the plague in") means "to be irritated". The word is sometimes shortened to its historical euphemism Template:Lang.
Template:Lang	Literally meaning "plague head", a Template:Lang is someone who engages in bullying. See Template:Lang and Template:Lang.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang, or less commonly Template:Lang, is a slang word for tuberculosis (compare Template:Lang), originally referring to any form of lung infection. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Template:Lang ("catch the tuberculosis") is also commonly used. As with Template:Lang, the phrase "Template:Lang" ("everything went to the tuberculosis", analogous to "everything went to hell/shit") is commonly used. As a verb, the word Template:Lang (literally "to tuberculosis off") can mean "to fuck off" (compare Template:Lang under Template:Lang).
Template:Lang	Template:Lang is a slang word meaning "tuberculosis sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker".
Template:Lang	Template:Lang is uncommon as a curse word, and is mostly heard in the phrase "Template:Lang" ("do you have polio or something?"), which can be used to insult someone's perceived laziness. The Template:Lang (Dutch Language Society) has noted a rise in the use of Template:Lang as an expletive and adjective in the Rotterdam area, and describes it as a possible alternative to the more severe Template:Lang.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang (correctly spelled "Template:Lang") is a slang word for smallpox. It can be used as an adjective or as an adverb.
Template:Lang	Template:Lang is a slang word meaning "smallpox sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker".
stom	Stom (literally: "unintelligent", "dumb", "mute") can be used an intensifier when using curse words. Examples are "stomme hoer" ("dumb whore") and "stomme kut" ("dumb cunt"). stommeling is the person who is considered stupid.
takke	Takke (from the French "attaque") is a slang word for stroke.<ref name="sandtemp1998"/> It can be used an adjective or as an adverb. Krijg de takke ("have the stroke") is used as an insult. A common variation is takkewijf ("stroke woman"): see also wijf.
tering	Tering is a slang word for tuberculosis. It is short for "vertering" (literally: "digestion"; compare English "consumption"). It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Vliegende tering ("flying tuberculosis") is a humorous variation, originally referring to sudden-onset tuberculosis. Krijg de tering ("catch the tuberculosis") is used as an insult. Other words for tuberculosis include TB and TBC, which were historically used as euphemisms, owing to the fact that names of diseases were considered profane.<ref name="baarsel2003"/><ref name="sandtemp1998"/> As with pleuris, the phrase "alles ging naar de tering" ("everything went to the tuberculosis", analogous to "everything went to hell") is commonly used.
teringlijer	Teringlijer is a slang word meaning "tuberculosis sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker".
tyfus	Tyfus is a word for typhoid fever. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Krijg de tyfus ("catch the typhoid fever") is used as an insult. The variation optiefen ("to typhoid off") is analogous to "fuck off" (compare oppleuren under pleuris). Sanders and Tempelaars (1998) note tiefttering ("typhoid tuberculosis") as a variation common in Rotterdam.<ref name="sandtemp1998"/>
tyfuslijer	Tyfuslijer is a slang word meaning "typhoid fever sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker".
vinkentering	Vinkentering (literally: "finch tuberculosis") is noted by Sanders and Tempelaars (1998) as an expression that is typical in the Rotterdam vocabulary. A noted humorous variation is krijg de (vliegende) vinkentering ("catch the (flying) finch tuberculosis").<ref name="sandtemp1998"/> See also tering.
ziekte	Ziekte (literally: "sickness", "illness" or "disease") is used in the expression krijg de ziekte ("catch the disease"). It is a euphemism that can be used for various afflictions. Older variations include drinken als de ziekte ("to drink like the disease"). Ziek can also be used as an adjective, much in the same sense that "sick" in English is used.

gadverdamme	Gadverdamme is a softened version of godverdomme. Gadverdamme is used to express disgust. It is often shortened to gadver or gatver.
getverderrie	Getverderrie is a softened version of godverdomme, and is used to express disgust. It is often shortened to getver.
godverdomme	Godverdomme is a shortened version of the subjunctive phrase "God verdoeme..." ("may God damn...", compare English "goddamnit"). Verdomme ("damn", literally "damn me") or Godsamme ("God shall me", short for "God zal me verhoeden" = "God shall protect me" e.g. from doing something barbarous) are common variations.
godskolere	Godskolere is a combination of the West-Flemish dialect word koleire (meaning "being furious"; "colère" in French) and God.
graftak	Graftak literally means "grave branch" and refers to someone's age. This is typically enforced by adding ouwe/oude ("old") or achterlijke ("retarded"). The word can also refer to a moody, cranky person.
hel	Hel ("hell") is not typically used in Dutch profanity. The word can be seen in some expressions, including "loop naar de hel" (literally: "walk to hell", analogous to "go to hell"), "hels karwei" ("hellish chore"), and the archaic helleveeg ("evil woman from hell").
Jezus Christus	Jezus Christus ("Jesus Christ") is used similarly to godverdomme, although it is slightly less offensive. Often just Jezus, or in the form of minced oaths: tjezus, jeetje, jezus mina etc. Disgust can be expressed by jesses, jasses, harrejasses, the last from Here Jezus ("Lord Jesus").
verdomme	Verdomme ("damn") is a common variation of godverdomme.
verdorie	Verdorie is a softer variation of verdomme ("darn"). There is a large number of bastard curses of this form, including Potdorie, Potjandorie, Potdrie, Potverdriedubbeltjes, Potdeksels, Deksels, ...

anaalgeneraal	Anaalgeneraal means "anus general". It is used to insult men who have sex with men.
anusridder	Anusridder means "anus knight". It is used to insult men who have sex with men. Anaalridder and Ridder van de Bruine Dreef are variations, depending on region.
bastaard	Bastaard is the Dutch word for bastard. Uncommonly used in the same context as the English equivalent.
bek	Bek ("animal mouth") is most commonly used in the phrase "houd je bek" ("shut your mouth"). Compare kop and muil.
bitch	Bitch is an English loan word. Its Dutch equivalent is teef. The same word is also used in the Afrikaans language.
chips	Chips is a minced oath version of shit, used to avoid saying the common English loan word "shit".
dikzak	Dikzak (literally: "fat bag") is an insult used to describe a fat person. Synonyms include vetzak (literally: "lard bag") and papzak (literally: "porridge bag").
doos	Doos literally means box, but is slang for vagina. It is a rather mild insult to women, usually indicating stupidity. E.g. domme doos ("daft bint"). The word is also used in Afrikaans.
drol	Drol literally means turd. It is used for an annoying or stupid person. Flapdrol, literally is a rather inexperienced, unhandy and weak person. "Drol" is also used in Afrikaans.
eikel	Eikel (literally: "acorn") is a neutral word for male glans (originally a Latin word also meaning "acorn"). As an insult, it is comparable to the English word "dickhead" when applied to a person.
emmeren	Emmeren (literally: to "bucket" around) is a verb, meaning "to nag". Most people use it ignorant of its etymology and true meaning. It refers to hussars who solved the lack of women in their surroundings by standing on a bucket behind their mares to have intercourse with them. Compare ouwehoeren.
ezel	Ezel (literally: "donkey") is relatively mild insult for a person behaving in a stubborn yet unintelligent manner. Compare with the English-language use of "ass".
flikker	Flikker is analogous to faggot, but is often also used as a verb, like flikker op (fuck off; get bent). Also commonly used in the context of something being dismissed or discarded, such as "flikker het weg" (throw it the fuck away), or "neergeflikkerd" (fell the fuck down).
fok	Fok (literally: the first person singular of "to breed") is used as a variation of the English loan word fuck. It is also in use in the Afrikaans language. The Dutch news site and virtual community FOK! uses this word as its name. Also used in Afrikaans.
fuck	Fuck is an English loan word and is a common expletive, sometimes spelled fock as a merger between the English and the Dutch words. Its adjective "fucking" is also commonly in use. The word is productive in Dutch: a standard variation is "fucken met" ("to fuck with").
hoer	Hoer is the Dutch word for whore. Also used in Afrikaans.
hondelul	Hondelul (literally: "dog's dick") is a variation of the more commonly heard "lul" ("dick"). First coined by Feyenoord soccer player Piet Romeijn, the usage of the insult has kept many connotations to Dutch professional soccer, and will often be heard during chants on the supporter tribunes ("Hi-ha-hondelul").
huppelkut	Huppelkut (literally: "skipping cunt") can be used to insult a woman's perceived shallowness. The word was first used by comedian Youp van 't Hek. The diminutive form huppelkutje is most commonly in use. It can be seen as a comedic variation of the noun kut.
kak	Kak means "crap". Sometimes used as a less offensive equivalent to "shit", its more common use is as a social slur (see kakker). It is also commonly in use in the Afrikaans language ("Jy praat kak" – "You're talking shit") and South African English ("You're so full of kak."). The British English equivalent is "cack", having the same meaning and pronunciation.
kattenkop	Kattenkop (literally: "cat's head") is a mild insult commonly aimed at young girls, and referring to mean or crass character. Compare kop. The related adjective and adverb kattig is equivalent to the English "catty".
klootzak	Klootzak (literally: "ball sack") is the scrotum, and is a common insult. It is comparable to the Irish use of "bollocks" (when used as a noun) and the Glaswegian use of "bawbag" when applied to a person. See also zak. Klojo, possibly a derivative of klootzak, means "clumsy person", "simpleton".<ref>See M. De Coster, Woordenboek van neologismen (Amsterdam: Contact, 1999) and Groot scheldwoordenboek (Antwerpen: Standaard, 2007) (retrieved from www.etymologiebank.nl).</ref>
klote	Klote (correctly spelled "kloten"; however, the "n" after a schwa is silent in standard Dutch, which affects the spelling of slang words) a word for the testicles. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective, or as an adverb. Several common expressions use the word klote, such as "ik voel me klote" ("I feel balls" – "I don't feel good"), "het examen ging klote" ("the exam went balls" – "the exam went badly") and "het weer is klote" ("the weather is balls" – "the weather is bad"). Compare kut.
kop	Kop ("animal head") is most commonly used in the phrase "houd je kop" ("shut your mouth"). Compare bek and muil.
kreng	Kreng (literally: "cadaver") is a common insult aimed at women, and denotes mean or crass character. It is roughly analogous to the English word "bitch".
kringspiermusketier	Kringspiermusketier (literally: "sphincter musketeer") is an insult aimed at a man of homosexual nature.
kut	Kut is a word for the vagina. It is commonly used as a curse word. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Several common expressions use the word kut, such as "ik voel me kut" ("I feel cunt" – "I feel like shit"), "het examen ging kut" ("the exam went cunt" – "the exam went badly") and "het weer is kut" ("the weather is cunt" – "the weather fucking sucks"). Compare klote. Its common idiomatic use in the phrase "wat kut voor je" ("how cunt for you") expresses roughly the same sentiment as the English "I'm sorry to hear that", albeit in a somewhat profane way; it could therefore be compared to "That (fucking) sucks" in English. When used as a noun to refer to a woman, the meaning of kut is analogous to the (mostly North American) English severity of the word cunt. (Huppelkut is a common comedic variation of this use.)
lamzak	Lamzak (literally: "numb sack", "numb nuts"), is used as an insult for a person that drinks (too) many alcoholic beverages. 'Lam' meaning 'drunk'.
lul	Lul is a word for the penis. It is used as an insult, and is roughly analogous to the English "dick" when applied to a person.
lullen	Lullen (literally: "to dick") is a verb, meaning "to talk pointlessly". It is somewhat analogous to the English phrase "to dick around". Compare ouwehoeren.
manwijf	Manwijf (literally: "manfemale" as in contrast to "shemale") Refers to a woman who looks like a man. Sometimes also used the opposite way.
matennaaier	A matennaaier (literally: "a buddy fucker") is somebody who has screwed over one or more of his friends. Infamous historical examples include Brutus and Benedict Arnold.
mierenneuken	Mierenneuken (literally: "ant fucking") is analogous to "nitpicking". It is considered less offensive than the standalone word neuken.
muil	Muil ("large animal mouth") is most commonly used in the phrase "hou je muil" ("shut your mouth"). Compare bek and kop.
muts	Muts literally means cap, but is slang for vagina. It is a relatively mild insult to women, comparable to doos.
neuken	Neuken literally means "to fuck". It can be used neutrally, as an intimate or romantic term, or as a form of profanity.
neukertje	Neukertje is the diminutive form of the word neuker ("fucker"). Can refer to a person that the speaker is sexually involved with. It can be either used as a term of affection, or as an insult, depending on context.
nicht	Nicht (literally: "female cousin" or "niece") can be used to mean "queer" (noun) or "fairy", in reference to a homosexual man. It is commonly used within the LGBT community as a term of endearment or self-description. Its adjective and adverb are nichterig.
ouwehoeren	Ouwehoeren (literally: "to old whore") is a verb, meaning "to talk pointlessly". See also hoer, compare lullen.
paardereet	paardereet (literally: "Horse's ass") is an insulting term for an unintelligent person.
pissig	Pissig (literally: "pissy") can mean "pissed off", "angry".
poep	Poep means "poop". Its diminutive poepje (or poepie) is used as a term of endearment comparable to "sweetie", and is not considered profane. In Belgian Dutch, the verb poepen instead means "to fuck". In Afrikaans, poep is a common term used for "fart". The noun poep is the Flemish term for "buttocks".
poes	Poes (literally: "puss", "cat") is a word for the vagina. Its diminutive poesje ("pussy") is also used. Poes is also used for "vagina" in Afrikaans.
poot	Poot ("animal leg/foot") is a word generally used to describe the leg of either an animal or a piece of furniture. More crudely, it can be used to refer to a person's hands or feet ("Blijf af met je poten" - "Keep your hands off") ("Doe je poten opzij" - "Move your legs out the way"). Additionally, poot is also a common slang term for a homosexual man, analogous to "fag".
pot	Pot can mean "homosexual woman". The term is an abbreviation of "lollepot", a firepot which women in the 16th and 17th century placed under their skirts to warm up their lower body and legs. This quickly lead to sexual jokes and slang around the use of the pot, making it a metaphor for a lesbian woman. It is somewhat more reappropriated than poot, and consequently analogous to dyke.
reet	Reet (literally: "gash", "tear") is a word for the intergluteal cleft. It is used in a number of common expressions, such as "ik vind er geen reet aan" ("it does not interest me at all", literally: "I find no asscrack on it"), "het interesseert me geen reet" ("it does not interest me one bit", literally: "it interests me no asscrack"), "steek het maar in je reet" ("stick it up your arse") and "ik snap er geen reet van" ("I don't understand it one bit", literally: "I understand no asscrack of it"). Compare zak.
reetkever	Reetkever (literally: "ass beetle"). Similar to kringspiermusketier.
rot-	The particle rot- can be used as an adjective when combined with a noun, and is commonly used in words such as "rothond" ("rotten dog"), "rotjoch" ("rotten kid") and "rotweer" ("rotten weather").
rotzak	Literally meaning "rotten sack" or "rotten testicles", rotzak can be used as an insult, roughly analogous to "asshole". Compare zak, klootzak.
schijt	Schijt means "shit". It is not used as an exclamation, but can be used as part of some common expressions: for example, schijtluis (literally: "shit louse"), schijtlijster ("shit thrush"), schijterd ("shitting person") means "chickenshit" or "coward" or 'ergens schijt aan hebben' (not caring about something, literally "to have shit on something"), . See also stront.
shit	Shit is an English loan word and an extremely common expletive. It is sometimes softened to chips (pronounced ships).
slet	Slet (literally: "rag") is the Dutch word for slut. The diminutive sletje is also commonly in use. This term is commonly combined with the Dutch slangword for fellatio pijpslet, or another common variant being slettenbak (meaning is quite similar to the original).
slijmbal	A slijmbal is someone who makes exaggerated compliments, a flatterer. Akin to English slimeball, meaning ass-kisser or bootlicker. Also slijmerd, slijmjurk ("slime dress").
slons	Slons (literally: "rag") means a person whose appearance is untidy.<ref>WNT, www.etymologiebank.nl, Van Dale.</ref> Its adjective is "slonzig".
sodemieter	Sodemieter refers to Sodom and Gomorrah and the perverted sexual acts which took place there according to the Old Testament. As a verb (sodemieteren) it has the same meaning as the English term sodomy, or the English slang "to sod" ("Sodemieter op" means "Sod off!"). Sodemieter or sodomiet, when used as nouns, are old-fashioned but very insulting terms for homosexual men. Furthermore, as noun it can be used as well in the same meaning as the English "sod" ("Het kan me geen sodemieter schelen" means "I don't give a sod.")
stoephoer	Stoephoer (literally: "sidewalk whore") can be used as an insult to women.
stront	Stront means "shit". It is not used as an exclamation, but can be used an adjective (for example, "strontjoch", which translates to "shit kid"), or as a part of fixed expressions such as "zak in de stront" ("sink into shit"). Unlike "shit", the word can also be used neutrally. See also schijt.
swaffelen	Swaffelen (or zwaffelen) means to hit one's partially erect penis—often repeatedly—against an object or another person's body. Swaffelen was named as the word of the year in the Netherlands and Belgium in 2008.
teef	Teef means "bitch". Like in English, the word can either be a neutral term for a female dog, or a strong insult aimed at women. An even stronger variant is Beftekkel (literally: "cunnilingus dachshund") which is the female variant of klootzak. Teef is also used in Afrikaans to describe "bitch".
trut	Trut is a common insult aimed at women. It was originally a slang word for vagina.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is significantly milder than kut and many people use it without realizing its true meaning (compare: tut, emmeren).
tut	Tut is a common mild insult aimed at women. It is a softer form of trut. Its diminutive tutje is also common, as is the variation tuthola. Here as well, many people use it without realizing its true meaning.
zak	Zak (literally: "sack") is a word for the scrotum, and is a common insult. It is comparable to the English word "jerk" when used applied to a person. Zakkenwasser (scrotum washer) is a variant with the same meaning. Additionally, it is used in a number of common expressions, such as "ik vind er geen zak aan" ("it does not interest me at all", literally: "I find no sack on it"), "het interesseert me geen zak" ("it does not interest me one bit", literally: "it interests me no sack") and "ik snap er geen zak van" ("I don't understand it one bit", literally: "I understand no sack of it"). Compare reet.
uilskuiken	Uilskuiken (literally: "owlet") is a word for a naively dumb person.
zeiken	Zeiken (literally: "to piss") is a verb, meaning "to complain" or "to bitch". Also afzeiken, meaning "to insult".

bamivreter	Bamivreter (meaning "bami eater") is an ethnic slur used against people of Asian (mostly Chinese or Indonesian) descent.
bosneger	Bosneger (literally: "bushnegro") was originally a neutral anthropological term for Maroons from the Surinam hinterland; today it is considered rather derogatory.
fransoos	Fransoos is a lightly derogatory term for French people.
Franse slag	Franse slag literally: French job. When a task is done with the least amount of effort or is done inappropriately, you call it a ‘Franse slag‘.
geitenneuker	Geitenneuker (literally: "goat fucker") is an ethnic slur applying to Muslims or people of Middle Eastern descent. It was coined by filmmaker and author Theo van Gogh. See also neuken.
hangjongere	Hangjongere (meaning "a youngster hanging around") refers to youngsters who hang around in neighborhoods and cause nuisance. See also tuig which has a stronger connotation.
Indo	An Indo is someone of mixed Dutch-Indonesian descent and it is a slur. Famous examples include the Van Halen brothers, the Klemann sisters (from the group Loïs Lane), and, ironically, the populist politician Geert Wilders. See also Eurasian.
kaaskop	Kaaskop (a word play: "kaas" means "cheese", and "kop" means both "cup" and "head"; literally a kaaskop is the bowl in which round Dutch cheeses are made, but figuratively it refers to the round blond straight-haired heads of the Dutch) a word for ethnically Dutch people. Is also used to refer to people originating from the city of Alkmaar, The Netherlands. It is a slur.
kakker	Kakker (literally: "crapper") is social slur, referring to people of higher social standing than the speaker, comparable to British posh. It was derived from "kouwe kak" (literally: "cold crap"), which can be used to mock someone's wealth or upper-class mannerisms. See also kak.
koelie	Koelie (Coolie) originally a word used in the Indies to refer to laborers, now used as a derogatory for people of Indonesian and Hindi(-Surinamese) origins.
lijp	Lijp originated as a slur for Jewish people, based on the name Levi.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Later on, it came to mean "slow", "dumb", "sluggish". More recently, the word has also come to mean "cool", "interesting" in youth slang.
medelander	Medelander is a neologism from two words: "mede-" ("co-") and "Nederlander" ("Dutch person"). It literally means co-countryman. Medelander was coined as a euphemism for the word "allochtoon" (lit: "from a strange land"), which was itself coined as a euphemism for "buitenlander" ("foreigner") and "asielzoeker" ("asylum seeker"). It is now used as a derogatory term in an ironic way. It is often written between scare quotes to accentuate its difference from a "Nederlander".
Mocro	Mocro is an ethnic slur and is used for people of Moroccan descent. It has largely been reappropriated.
mof	Mof is an ethnic slur used for people of German descent, comparable to kraut. It was first noted in 1574.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During World War II, the word became more common. In the northern parts of the Netherlands, the word poep is used instead. A variation is moffenhoer, referring to a woman who was sexually or romantically involved with a proponent of National Socialism (see also hoer). Another variation is Mofrica, a way to refer to Germany combining Mof and Africa.
nikker	Nikker is analogous to nigger—an ethnic slur referring to Black people. Like neger (which was formerly considered a neutral term by the Dutch, analogous to negro), nikker became an explicitly offensive slur.<ref>Present meaning derived from English "nigger" under influence of older Dutch expressions like zo zwart als de nikker, with necker, nicker meaning "water demon, evil spirit, devil", from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, *nikus-. M. Philippa, F. Debrabandere, A. Quak, T. Schoonheim & N. van der Sijs (2003-2009), Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (AUP: Amsterdam, 2003-2009), s.v. nikker (retrieved from www.etymologiebank.nl).</ref> Both neger and nikker haven't been reappropriated. The term neger is usually considered offensive by black people while others consider it neutral; nikker is always considered offensive.
pauper	Pauper is a social slur, referring to people of low social standing. Although it is no longer in common use, the word is popular in Leiden and Delft student slang as a noun and as an adverb or adjective, and can be used to mean "trashy, gaudy".
pinda	Pinda (meaning "peanut") is an ethnic slur used against people of Indonesian descent.
plebejer	Plebejer is a social slur, referring to people of low social standing. Cf. English plebeian. This term is occasionally used among students when talking about people with a lower education.
poepchinees	Poepchinees (meaning "poop Chinese") is an ethnic slur used against people of Asian descent.
proleet	Proleet stems from the Latin term "proletarius" someone who is very rude and uncultured. Also commonly of low social class. This term is often used by students and high educated people towards those with a lower education.
rapalje / rapaille	Rapalje / rapaille (originally French) is a pejorative term for lower classes. It is no longer commonly in use. The term is famous from the Rapaille Partij, an anti-democratic political party which attempted to make its point by ridiculing democracy.
roetmop	Roetmop (literally: "soot mop") is an ethnic slur for black people.
spaghettivreter	Spaghettivreter (literally: "spaghetti eater", using the crude word for "eater") is an insulting term for people of Italian descent. It can be compared to wop. A variant is pastavreter ("pasta eater").
loempiavouwer	loempiavouwer (literally: "spring roll folder") is an insulting term for people of Vietnamese descent.
Spanjool	Spanjool is a derogatory term for Spanish people, originally devised by the Geuzen to the Spanish soldiers.
spleetoog	Spleetoog (literally: "slit eye") is an insulting term for people of Asian, mostly Chinese and Indonesian descent.
tatta	Tatta is a neutral term used by Antilleans and Surinamese people for the Dutch. In the last few years "rijke tatta" is used for ethnically Dutch people who are rich. It can be used in a positive and in a negative way, but its meaning is mostly neutral. It is also the word for potato in Surinamese.
tuig	Tuig ("scum") refers to people (mostly youngsters, compare the milder term hangjongere) who hang around in the streets and around bars, commit petty crime, and bother or mistreat passers-by.
Tokkie	Tokkie is used as a pejorative term for lower-class people who often are seen as likely to engage in anti-social behaviour, similar to the British and Irish "chav" and the Australian "bogan". The term is derived from the surname Tokkie and came into general use when the Dutch Tokkie family gained notoriety when they were portrayed on national television in 2004 and 2005. Of this family only the mother (Hanna Tokkie) bears the surname Tokkie. The other family members bear the surname Ruijmgaart (after the father, Gerrie Ruijmgaart).
zandneger	Zandneger ("sand negro") is an ethnic slur for people of Middle Eastern descent.<ref>Probably derived from English "sand nigger". M. De Coster, Groot scheldwoordenboek. Van apenkont tot zweefteef (Antwerpen: Standaard, 2007), s.v. zandneger (retrieved from www.etymologiebank.nl).</ref>
zwartnek	Zwartnek (literally: "black neck") is an ethnic slur for black people.
zwartzak	Zwartzak (literally: "black sack") is an ethnic slur for people of Middle Eastern descent.

kenau	Kenau (derived from the Dutch historical figure Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer) refers to a bossy, hard-headed woman, used similarly to the English word "shrew". The word originally referred to female bravery, but its meaning changed over time. The word is sometimes used by feminists as a self-applied label.
klootviool	klootviool (literally: "scrotum viola/violin") is a mild insult that rose to prominence because of the frequent use in a voice-over series that was very popular during the mid 2000s
knuppel	Knuppel is a rather mild insult for someone who behaves strangely or unintelligently.
koekert/koekwaus	Koekert or koekwaus means "crazy person".<ref>http://www.bossche-encyclopedie.nl/publicaties/bossche%20bladen/pdf/2007-2Moerstaal.pdf</ref> It is most often used in the South of the Netherlands, mostly in North Brabant.<ref>http://bosschekoekwaus.wordpress.com/</ref> It became popularized due to being frequently used in the Dutch film New Kids Turbo.
NSB'er	NSB'er refers to the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (the Dutch WWII era Nazi party). It is generally used for someone who betrays someone's actions to authorities.
oelewapper	Oelewapper is a rather mild insult for someone who behaves strangely or unintelligently; a nincompoop. It is rarely used today.
pannekoek	Pannekoek ("pancake") is a mild insult for someone who is doing an inadequate job.
smeerlap	Smeerlap (literally: "grease rag") can be used to mean "pervert", or more generally to refer to someone of questionable morality.
sukkel	Sukkel is a relatively mild insult. The meaning of this word can be compared to "wimp", "dork", or "schlemiel". It was originally Frisian. The English word "sucker" is perhaps derived from sukkel and resulted in a verb ("it sucks"). This has been translated into Dutch: het zuigt.
sul	Sul is a relatively mild insult, typically aimed at boys and men. The meaning of this word can be compared to "wimp", "dork", or "schlemiel". Its etymology is unclear.
wijf	Wijf is a common insult aimed at women. It originally meant "woman" (compare English "wife"). It can be combined with other curse words, leading to common forms such as kutwijf, kankerwijf, etc., but also viswijf. This is because in order to sell the fish it was, and sometimes still is, loudly praised by the person selling it on the fish market.
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