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dictionaries A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by radical and stroke for ideographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies, ...

of the

Dutch language Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. '' Afrikaans'' ...

include: *''Etymologicum teutonicae linguae'', the first known Dutch dictionary published by Cornelius Kiliaan in 1599. It continues to be a unique source of obsolete words today. *'' 't Nieuw Woorden-Boeck der Regten'' ("The New Dictionary of Rights"), published by Adriaan Koerbagh in 1664 *''Een Bloemhof van allerley lieflijkheyd'' ("A Flower Garden of All Sorts of Delights"), written by Koerbagh under the pseudonym Vreederijk Waarmond in 1668. This book explained various foreign words and caused a great religious opposition that forced him to flee to

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration w ...

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Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal The ''Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal'' (''WNT''; ) is a dictionary of the Dutch language. It contains between 350,000 and 400,000 entries describing Dutch words from 1500 to 1976. The paper edition consists of 43 volumes (including three sup ...

'', the comprehensive academic dictionary of Dutch begun in 1863 and finished in 1998, listing all words in Dutch used since 1500. *'' Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal'', first published in 1874 and today in its 15th edition, is the best-known Dutch language dictionary. There are also two notable Dutch word lists ( spelling dictionaries): *'' het Groene Boekje'', the "Green Booklet", the official Dutch orthography published by the Dutch Language Union since 1954 *'' het Witte Boekje'', the "White Booklet", published since 1998 and offers alternative Dutch spellings Dutch/English dictionary: *

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