The Dutch word for butterfly is
vlinder

Dutch Definition
butterfly | |
1. vlinder, kapel |
Translations for butterfly and their definitions
Vlinder | |
1. Proper noun. given name, female | |
2. n-m. butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of vlinderen | |
4. v. imperative of vlinderen |
Kapel | |
1. Proper noun. . | |
2. n-f. chapel, small Christian place of worship | |
3. n-f. (uncommon) shrine, small non-Christian temple or sanctuary | |
4. n-f. orchestra | |
5. n-f. (dialectal) butterfly | |
pepel | |
1. n-m. (Southern Dutch) butterfly |
vijfwouter | |
1. n-m. (dated) butterfly |
boterschijte | |
1. n-f. (West-Flemish) butterfly |
schoenlapper | |
1. n-m. cobbler | |
2. n-m. (in particular) any butterfly belonging to the subfamily Nymphalinae |
fladderaar | |
1. n-m. someone or something that flutters | |
2. n-m. (poetic) butterfly |
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