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dictionaries A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged Alphabetical order, alphabetically (or by Semitic root, consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical-and-stroke sorting, radical an ...

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Dutch language Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speak ...

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 language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Nethe ...

. *'' Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal'', 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 hedendaags Nederlands'', 4th edition, Utrecht: Van Dale, 2008, is a dictionary about the contemporary Dutch language. *'' Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal'', first published in 1874 and today in its 16th 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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