The Dutch word for boy is
jongen
Dutch Definition
| boy | |
| 1. jongen, knaap |
Translations for boy and their definitions
| jongen |  © | |
| 1. n-m. A boy, any male child. | ||
| De jongen speelt in de tuin met zijn bal. - The boy is playing in the garden with his ball. | ||
| 2. n-m. (in the plural) Members of a male 'peers' group, e.g. a military unit. | ||
| 3. n-m. (informal, used in the used in the vocative) (Informal term used to address multiple children of masculine or mixed gender;) kids, guys (may be considered insufficiently gender-inclusive). | ||
| Kom op, jongens, laten we naar buiten gaan en spelen! - Come on, kids/guys, let's go outside and play! | ||
| 4. n-m. (colloquial used in the vocative) (Colloquial term used by men to address other familiar men); mate, dude, bro. | ||
| Hé, jongens, hoe gaat het vandaag? - Hey, mates/dudes/bros, how's it going today? | ||
| 5. n-m. (familiar) A male servant, especially but not exclusively a younger one (using it for older men may be dated and offensive). | ||
| De rijke koopman had een jongen die hem hielp bij zijn dagelijkse taken. - The wealthy merchant had a male servant who assisted him with his daily tasks. | ||
| 6. n-m. (familiar) A male trainee or newcomer in a job. | ||
| De nieuwe medewerker is nog maar een jongen in het vak, dus we moeten hem nog veel leren. - The new employee is still a trainee in the job, so we have to teach him a lot. | ||
| 7. v. To give birth, to have offspring, i.e. to deliver one or more young | ||
| 8. v. (figuratively, intransitive) To multiply, grow | ||
| 9. n. plural of jong | ||
| knaap | |
| 1. n-m. boy, usually adolescent. | |
| 2. n-m. (by extension) Any human male, regardless of age | |
| 3. n-m. (chiefly in compounds) A servant, helper | |
| 4. n-m. A big one, whopper, said of a creature or an object. |
| nikker | |
| 1. n-m. (pejorative, ethnic slur, offensive) A nigger (offensive slur for a black person). | |
| 2. n-m. (mythology, dated, now likely to be confused with the ethnic slur) A water spirit, especially one who lures (young) people to drown; a neck, nix, nixie. | |
| 3. n-m. (obsolete) A demon, a devil. |
| jongens | |
| 1. n. plural of jongen | |
| De jongens spelen voetbal in het park. - The boys are playing soccer in the park. | |
| 2. n. (colloquial) guys, a form of address for a group of male persons or a group of mixed male and female persons. | |
| Kom op, jongens, we moeten aan het werk. - Come on, guys, we need to get to work. | |
| 3. interj. boy! | |
| Jongens, wat een grote vis! - Boy, what a big fish! |
| Boy | |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, male | |
| 2. n-m. (historical, now offensive) a male domestic servant, especially one with a darker skin in a colony | |
| 3. n-m. (informal) boy, young man | |
| Ik vind die Roy echt een rare boy. - I think this Roy is really a strange young man. |
| mannen | © | |
| 1. n. plural of man | ||
| kerel | |
| 1. n-m. lad, fellow, bloke | |
| 2. n-m. (historical, or archaic) A long overgarment. |
| kerels | |
| 1. n. plural of kerel |
| boys | |
| 1. n. plural of boy |
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