Word acquires new meaning of providing information not based on reliable data, thereby making it ‘inaccurate or completely ...

We all have them: favourite words. It can be the sound, the meaning, or the way it makes us feel. We conducted an entirely unscientific enquiry into favourite words during our End of Year party. We ...

Cape Town - It's no secret that Afrikaans was once classified as the 'Kombuistaal' of it's origin language, Dutch. Although many pure Dutch words have translated into Afrikaans as is, there are also ...

With coronavirus dominating just about every aspect of our lives, it seems fitting a term relating to the pandemic has been voted Dutch word of the year by a considerable (social) distance. The ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Although sometimes confusing and hard to pronounce or to spell, the place names of Dutch origins that fill the Hudson River Valley and the region around the state capital are charming.