| achterlijk | Achterlijk had been used as a word to denote mentally disabled people in the past. It is commonly used as an insult, usually for people who do not have their facts up to date, or for people, organisations or geographic areas considered backwards or old-fashioned. A humorous variation, "achterlijke gladiool", was first lexicalized in 1984. |
| debiel | Debiel is a term for people with a developmental disorder. It is commonly used as an insult. |
| downie | Downie has the same meaning as the English "downy", referring to people with Down's Syndrome. |
| idioot | Idioot means "idiot". Also used in Afrikaans as equal to "idiot". |
| kanker | Kanker means "cancer". It can be used as a strong expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Krijg de kanker is used as an insult. In slang, it can also have a positive meaning. For example, kankerlekker can mean "extremely good tasting", "cancer yummy" or even "very attractive". Even when used this way in its positive meaning, the word can still be considered very offensive and its use is strongly discouraged. "Kanker" can be paired with nearly any insult to intensify it. The word is sometimes shortened to its historical euphemism K, or in slang kk or kkr. |
| kankerlijer | Kankerlijer means "cancer sufferer". It is a strong insult: an example of its legal status can be found in court cases, in which using the word kankerlijer to insult a police officer was cited as a serious offense. |
| klere | Klere is a slang word for cholera. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Kolere is a common variation. |
| klerelijer | Klerelijer is a slang word meaning "cholera sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker". |
| kolere | Kolere is a slang word for cholera. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Klere is a common variation. |
| krijg de... | To wish a disease upon someone, the words krijg de... are typically used. Examples include krijg de tering, krijg de tyfus, krijg de kanker, krijg de pest, krijg de takke, krijg de aambeien, krijg de klere, krijg het lazarus and the more euphemistic krijg de ziekte. In standard Dutch, the article is superfluous or incorrect in these phrases, and consequently "de" and "het" are only paired with disease names in context of profanity. |
| lazarus | Rich man and Lazarus is a euphemism for leprosy. Krijg het lazarus is uncommonly used as an insult. It is more often used as slang for getting very drunk, comparable to "shitfaced". |
| lijer | Lijer is a noun and suffix. It is correctly spelled "lijder", but the "d" becomes silent in slang. It is used both as a standalone insult and in combination with diseases, such as kankerlijer, klerelijer, pleurislijer, pokkelijer, takkelijer, teringlijer and tyfuslijer. |
| mongool | Mongool is a common insult, referring to Down syndrome. Its diminutive mongooltje is often used as a somewhat more neutral or affectionate term for people with Down syndrome, although it is not considered politically correct. Kankermongool is a common variation; see kanker. Some people use mogool. Also frequently used in Afrikaans. |
| minkukel | Minkukel is a neologism introduced by a famous Dutch comics writer, Marten Toonder. It is incorrectly used to denote somebody with a small brain or low IQ. According to the writer it is actually a positive quality, as a lack of pretence and ego. |
| pest | Pest can be used as an adjective or as an adverb. The verb pesten means "to bully". "De pest in hebben" means "to be irritated". The word is sometimes shortened to its historical euphemism P. |
| pestkop | Literally meaning "plague head", a pestkop is someone who engages in bullying. See pest and kop. |
| pleuris | Pleuris, or less commonly pleuritis, is a slang word for tuberculosis, originally referring to any form of lung infection. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Krijg de pleuris is also commonly used. As with tering, the phrase "alles ging naar de pleuris" is commonly used. As a verb, the word oppleuren can mean "to fuck off". |
| pleurislijer | Pleurislijer is a slang word meaning "tuberculosis sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker". |
| polio | Polio is uncommon as a curse word, and is mostly heard in the phrase "heb je soms polio?", which can be used to insult someone's perceived laziness. The Genootschap Onze Taal has noted a rise in the use of polio as an expletive and adjective in the Rotterdam area, and describes it as a possible alternative to the more severe kanker. |
| pokke | Pokke is a slang word for smallpox. It can be used as an adjective or as an adverb. |
| pokkelijer | Pokkelijer is a slang word meaning "smallpox sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker". |
| stom | Stom can be used an intensifier when using curse words. Examples are "stomme hoer" and "stomme kut". Stommeling is the person who is considered stupid. |
| takke | Takke is a slang word for stroke. It can be used an adjective or as an adverb. Krijg de takke is used as an insult. A common variation is takkewijf : see also wijf. |
| tering | Tering is a slang word for tuberculosis. It is short for "vertering". It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Vliegende tering is a humorous variation, originally referring to sudden-onset tuberculosis. Krijg de tering is used as an insult. Other words for tuberculosis include TB and TBC, which were historically used as euphemisms, as the names of diseases were considered profane. As with pleuris, the phrase "alles ging naar de tering" is commonly used. |
| teringlijer | Teringlijer is a slang word meaning "tuberculosis sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker". |
| tyfus | Tyfus is a word for typhoid fever. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective or as an adverb. Krijg de tyfus is used as an insult. The variation optiefen is analogous to "fuck off". Sanders and Tempelaars note tiefttering as a variation common in Rotterdam. |
| tyfuslijer | Tyfuslijer is a slang word meaning "typhoid fever sufferer". It is used as an insult, and roughly analogous to "motherfucker". |
| vinkentering | Vinkentering is noted by Sanders and Tempelaars as an expression that is typical in the Rotterdam vocabulary. A noted humorous variation is krijg de vinkentering. See also tering. |
| ziekte | Ziekte is used in the expression krijg de ziekte. It is a euphemism that can be used for various afflictions. Older variations include drinken als de ziekte. Ziek can also be used as an adjective, much in the same sense that "sick" in English is used. |
| anaalgeneraal | Anaalgeneraal means "anal general". It is used to insult men who have sex with men. |
| bastaard | Bastaard is the Dutch word for bastard. Uncommonly used in the same context as the English equivalent. |
| bek | Bek is most commonly used in the phrase "houd je bek". Compare kop and muil. |
| bitch | Bitch is an English loan word. Its Dutch equivalent is teef. The same word is also used in the Afrikaans language. |
| chips | Chips is a minced oath version of shit, used to avoid saying the common English loan word "shit". |
| dikzak | Dikzak is an insult used to describe a fat person. Synonyms include vetzak and papzak. |
| doos | Doos means box but is slang for vagina. It is a rather mild insult to women, usually indicating stupidity. E.g. domme doos. The word is also used in Afrikaans. |
| drol | Drol means turd. It is used for an annoying or stupid person. Flapdrol, literally is a rather inexperienced, unhandy, and weak person. "Drol" is also used in Afrikaans. |
| eikel | Eikel is a neutral word for male glans. As an insult, it is in its meaning comparable to the English word "dickhead" when applied to a person, but due to the double meaning of the Dutch word, it is considered much milder. It usually refers to a clumsy person who makes silly mistakes. |
| emmeren | Emmeren is a verb, meaning "to nag". Most people use it ignorant of its etymology and true meaning. It refers to hussars who solved the lack of women in their surroundings by standing on a bucket behind their mares to have intercourse with them. Another possible explanation refers to the term emmer or sperma-emmer for a prostitute or a slut. Compare ouwehoeren. |
| ezel | Ezel is a relatively mild insult for a person behaving in a stubborn yet unintelligent manner. Compare this with the English-language use of "ass". |
| flikker | Flikker as a noun in modern Dutch slang is analogous to faggot, but as its etymology stems from the analog of "trickster" it is equally often used as a verb, commonly in the context of something being dismissed or discarded, such as "flikker het weg", "neergeflikkerd", or "flikker op". May also refer to one's ass; "op je flikker krijgen", "op je flikker gevallen". |
| fok | Fok is used as a variation of the English loan word fuck. It is also used in the Afrikaans language. The Dutch news site and virtual community FOK! uses this word as its name. Also used in Afrikaans. |
| fuck | Fuck is an English loan word and is a common expletive, sometimes spelled fock or fak as a merger between the English and the Dutch words. Its adjective "fucking" is also commonly in use. The word is productive in Dutch: a standard variation is "fucken met". |
| hoer | Hoer is the Dutch word for whore. Also used in Afrikaans. |
| hondelul | Hondelul is a variation of the more commonly heard "lul". First coined by Feyenoord soccer player Piet Romeijn, the insult has kept many connotations to Dutch professional soccer, and will often be heard during chants on the supporter tribunes. |
| homo | Homo is an abbreviation for "homosexueel" and was in the past used as a general insult or as an insult to men who behaved in a manner considered unmanly, similar to "miet". |
| huppelkut | Huppelkut can be used to insult a woman's perceived shallowness. The word was first used by comedian Youp van 't Hek. The diminutive form huppelkutje is most commonly used. It can be seen as a comedic variation of the noun kut. |
| incest | Incest has the same meaning as the English word incest, and can also figuratively refer to cronyism and nepotism, where the same small group of people in top positions is protecting each other. It can furthermore refer to circular constructions such as a VAT carrousel, money laundering, or a cash round, where money or goods are constantly exchanged between the same parties. It can also refer to strong interweaving between companies or within politics. |
| kak | Kak means "crap". Sometimes used as a less offensive equivalent to "shit", its more common use is as a social slur. It is also commonly in use in the Afrikaans language and South African English. The British English equivalent is "cack", having the same meaning and pronunciation. |
| kattenkop | Kattenkop is a mild insult commonly aimed at young girls, referring to the mean or crass characters. Compare kop. The related adjective and adverb kattig is equivalent to the English "catty". |
| klootzak | Klootzak is the scrotum, and is a common insult. It is comparable to the Irish use of "bollocks" and the Glaswegian use of "bawbag" when applied to a person. See also zak. Klojo, possibly a derivative of klootzak, means "clumsy person", or "simpleton". |
| klote | Klote is a word for the testicles. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective, or as an adverb. Several common expressions use the word klote, such as "ik voel me klote", "het examen ging naar de klote" and "het weer is klote". Compare kut. |
| kop | Kop is most commonly used in the phrase "houd je kop". Compare bek and muil. |
| kreng | Kreng is a common insult aimed at women, and denotes mean or crass characters. It is roughly analogous to the English word "bitch". |
| kringspiermusketier | Kringspiermusketier is an insult aimed at a man of homosexual nature. |
| kut | Kut is a word for the vagina. It is commonly used as a curse word. It can be used as an expletive, as an adjective, or as an adverb. Several common expressions use the word kut, such as "ik voel me kut", "het examen ging kut" and "het weer is kut". Compare klote. Its common idiomatic use in the phrase "wat kut voor je" expresses roughly the same sentiment as the English "I'm sorry to hear that", albeit in a somewhat profane way; it could therefore be compared to "That sucks" in English. When used as a noun to refer to a woman, the meaning of kut is analogous to the English severity of the word cunt. |
| lamzak | Lamzak, is used as an insult for a person that drinks many alcoholic beverages. "Lam" means 'drunk'. It is also used as an insult for people who are not getting into action when they should. |
| lul | Lul is a word for the penis. It is used as an insult, and is roughly analogous to the English "dick" when applied to a person. |
| lullen | Lullen is a verb, meaning "to talk pointlessly". It is somewhat analogous to the English phrase "to dick around". Compare ouwehoeren. |
| manwijf | Manwijf Refers to a woman who looks like a man. Sometimes also used the opposite way. |
| matennaaier | A matennaaier is somebody who has screwed over one or more of his friends. Infamous historical examples include Brutus and Benedict Arnold. |
| mierenneuken | Mierenneuken is analogous to "nitpicking". It is considered less offensive than the standalone word neuken. |
| muil | Muil is most commonly used in the phrase "hou je muil". Compare bek and kop. |
| muts | Muts literally means cap, but is slang for vagina. It is a relatively mild insult to women, comparable to doos. |
| neuken | Neuken literally means "to fuck". It can be used neutrally, as an intimate or romantic term, or as a form of profanity. |
| neukertje | Neukertje is the diminutive form of the word neuker. Can refer to a person that the speaker is sexually involved with. It can be either used as a term of affection or as an insult, depending on context. |
| nicht | Nicht can be used to mean "queer" or "fairy", about a homosexual man. It is commonly used within the LGBT community as a term of endearment or self-description. Its adjective and adverb are nichterig. |
| ouwehoeren | Ouwehoeren is a verb, meaning "to talk pointlessly". See also hoer, compare lullen. |
| paardereet | Paardereet is an insulting term for an unintelligent person. |
| pedo | Pedo and pedofiel are sometimes used as an insult for people who molest children. |
| pissig | Pissig can mean "pissed off", "angry". |
| poep | Poep means "poop". Its diminutive poepje is used as a term of endearment comparable to "sweetie", and is not considered profane. In Belgian Dutch, the verb poepen instead means "to fuck". In Afrikaans, poep is a common term used for "fart". The noun poep is the Flemish term for "buttocks". |
| poes | Poes is a word for the vagina. Its diminutive poesje is also used. Poes is also used for "vagina" in Afrikaans. |
| poot | Poot is a word generally used to describe the leg of either an animal or a piece of furniture. More crudely, it can be used to refer to a person's hands or feet . Additionally, poot is also a common slang term for a homosexual man, analogous to "fag". |
| pot | Pot can mean "homosexual woman". The term is an abbreviation of "lollepot", a firepot that women in the 16th and 17th centuries placed under their skirts to warm up their lower bodies and legs. This quickly leads to sexual jokes and slang around the use of the pot, making it a metaphor for a lesbian woman. It is somewhat more reappropriated than poot, and consequently analogous to dyke. |
| reet | Reet is a word for the intergluteal cleft. It is used in many common expressions, such as "ik vind er geen reet aan", "het interesseert me geen reet", "steek het maar in je reet" and "ik snap er geen reet van". Compare zak. |
| reetkever | Reetkever. Similar to kringspiermusketier. |
| reetridder | Reetridder is an insult aimed at a man of homosexual nature. It might be derived by etymological reinterpretation from the Frisian word reedrider which simply means "ice skater". Anusridder, Bruine Ridder, Anaalridder, Rugridder, and Ridder van de Bruine Dreef are variations, depending on the region. |
| rot- | The particle rot- can be used as an adjective when combined with a noun, and is commonly used in words such as "rothond", "rotjoch" and "rotweer". As a noun, rot is Amsterdam slang for "rat". |
| rotzak | Meaning "rotten sack" or "rotten testicles", rotzak can be used as an insult, roughly analogous to "asshole". Compare zak, klootzak. |
| schijt | Schijt means "shit". It is not used as an exclamation, but can be used as part of some common expressions: for example, schijtluis, schijtlijster, schijterd means "chickenshit" or "coward", or "Ergens schijt aan hebben". See also stront. |
| shit | Shit is an English loan word and an extremely common expletive. It is sometimes softened to chips. The word is etymologically related to "schijt" and the German "Scheiße". |
| slet | Slet is the Dutch word for slut. The diminutive sletje is also commonly in use. This term is commonly combined with the Dutch slangword for fellatio pijpslet, or another common variant being slettenbak. |
| slijmbal | A slijmbal is someone who makes exaggerated compliments, a flatterer. Akin to English slimeball, meaning ass-kisser or bootlicker. Also slijmerd, slijmjurk. |
| slons | Slons means a person whose appearance is untidy. Its adjective is "slonzig". |
| sodemieter | Sodemieter refers to Sodom and Gomorrah and the perverted sexual acts that took place there according to the Old Testament. As a verb it has the same meaning as the English term sodomy, or the English slang "to sod". Sodemieter or sodomiet, when used as nouns, are old-fashioned but very insulting terms for homosexual men. Furthermore, as noun, it can be used as well in the same meaning as the English "sod". The derivative miet is used as an insulting term for homosexual men, but more often as an insult to people considered cowards. |
| stoephoer | Stoephoer can be used as an insult to women. |
| stront | Stront means "shit". It is not used as an exclamation but can be used as an adjective, or as a part of fixed expressions such as "zak in de stront". Unlike "shit", the word can also be used neutrally. See also schijt. |
| swaffelen | Swaffelen means to hit one's partially erect penis—often repeatedly—against an object or another person's body. Swaffelen was named the word of the year in the Netherlands and Belgium in 2008. |
| teef | Teef means "bitch". Like in English, the word can either be a neutral term for a female dog or a strong insult aimed at women. An even stronger variant is Beftekkel which is the female variant of klootzak. Teef is also used in Afrikaans to describe "bitch". |
| trut | Trut is a common insult aimed at women. It was originally a slang word for vagina. It is significantly milder than kut and many people use it without realizing its true meaning. |
| tut | Tut is a common mild insult aimed at women. It is a softer form of trut. Its diminutive tutje is also common, as is the variation tuthola. Here as well, many people use it without realizing its true meaning. |
| uilskuiken | Uilskuiken is a word for a naively dumb person. |
| zak | Zak is a word for the scrotum and is a common insult. It is comparable to the English word "jerk" when used applied to a person. Zakkenwasser is a variant with the same meaning. Additionally, it is used in many common expressions, such as "ik vind er geen zak aan", "het interesseert me geen zak" and "ik snap er geen zak van". Compare reet. |
| zeiken | Zeiken is a verb, meaning "to complain" or "to bitch". Also afzeiken, meaning "to insult". "Zeikerd" refers to a querulous person. |
| bamivreter | Bamivreter is an ethnic slur used against people of Asian descent. |
| bosneger | Bosneger was originally a neutral anthropological term for Maroons from the Surinam hinterland; today it is considered derogatory. This is sometimes also referenced as "vuile bosaap" |
| fransoos | Fransoos, derived from "Français", is a lightly derogatory term for French people. |
| Franse slag | Franse slag is called when a task is done with the least amount of effort. |
| geitenneuker | Geitenneuker is an ethnic slur against people from the Maghreb region or Middle Eastern descent, often Muslim people. See also neuken. Originally, the term was not ethnic and was a more general insult. It was coined in this context of the ethnic slur by filmmaker and author Theo van Gogh. Bestiality is often, and not only by the Dutch, used to demonize groups of people and to portray them as depraved and undeveloped. |
| hangjongere | Hangjongere refers to youngsters who hang around in neighborhoods and cause nuisance. See also tuig which has a stronger connotation. |
| kaaskop | Kaaskop is a word for ethnically Dutch people. It is also used to refer to people originating from Alkmaar, The Netherlands. |
| kakker | Kakker is a social slur, referring to people of higher social standing than the speaker, comparable to British posh. It was derived from "kouwe kak", which can be used to mock someone's wealth, snobbism, or upper-class mannerisms. See also kak. |
| koelie | Koelie, originally a word used in the Indies to refer to laborers, is now used as a derogatory for people of Indonesian and Hindi origins. |
| lijp | Lijp originated as a slur for Jewish people, based on the name Levi. Later on, it came to mean "slow", "dumb", "sluggish", and "mentally unstable". More recently, the word has also come to mean "cool" or "interesting" in youth slang. |
| loempiavouwer | Loempiavouwer is an insulting term for people of Vietnamese descent. |
| medelander | Medelander is a neologism from two words: "mede-" and "Nederlander". It means co-countryman. Medelander was coined as a euphemism for the word "allochtoon", which was itself coined as a euphemism for "buitenlander" and "asielzoeker". Ironically, it is now used as a derogatory term. It is often written between scare quotes to accentuate its difference from a "Nederlander". |
| Mocro | Mocro is an ethnic slur and is used for people of Dutch Moroccan descent. It has largely been reappropriated. |
| mof | Mof is an ethnic slur used for people of German descent, comparable to kraut. It was first noted in 1574. During World War II, the word became more common. In the northern parts of the Netherlands, the word poep is used instead. A variation is moffenhoer, referring to a woman who was sexually or romantically involved with a proponent of National Socialism. Another variation is Mofrika, referring to Germany combining Mof and Afrika. |
| Mongool | As described under "illness and diseases", the word can also be considered an ethnic slur given the racist etymology behind the term Mongool for Down Syndrome. The World Health Organization dropped the term in 1965 after a request by the delegation from the Mongolian People's Republic. |
| nikker / neger | Nikker is analogous to nigger—an ethnic slur referring to Black people. Like neger, nikker became an explicitly offensive slur. Neither "neger" nor "nikker" have been reappropriated. The term neger is usually considered offensive by black people; and like nikker is always considered offensive. |
| pauper | Pauper is a social slur, referring to people of low social standing. Although it is no longer in common use, the word is popular in Leiden and Delft student slang as a noun and as an adverb or adjective, meaning "trashy" or "gaudy". |
| pinda | Pinda is an ethnic slur used against people of Indonesian descent. |
| plebejer | Plebejer is a social slur, referring to people of low social standing. Cf. English plebeian. This term is occasionally used among students when talking about people with a lower education. |
| poepchinees | Poepchinees is an ethnic slur used against people of Asian descent. |
| proleet | Proleet stems from the Latin term "proletarius", meaning someone who is very rude and uncultured, commonly of low social class. Students and highly educated people often use this term for those with a lower education. |
| rapalje / rapaille | Rapalje / rapaille is a pejorative term for the lower classes. It is no longer commonly used. The term is famous for the Rapaille Partij, an anti-democratic political party that attempted to make its point by ridiculing democracy. |
| roetmop | Roetmop is an ethnic slur for black people. |
| spaghettivreter | Spaghettivreter is an insulting term for people of Italian descent. It can be compared to wop. A variant is pastavreter. |
| Spanjool | Spanjool is a derogatory term for Spanish people, originally devised by the Geuzen to the Spanish soldiers. |
| spleetoog | Spleetoog is an insulting term for people of Asian, mostly Chinese and Indonesian descent. Also referring to Asian-style eyes as spleetogen is considered offensive. |
| tatta | Tatta is a pejorative term against white people, meaning potato because of the stereotype that Dutch people eat a lot of potatoes. |
| tuig | Tuig refers to people who hang around in the streets and around bars, commit petty crimes, and bother or mistreat passers-by. |
| Tokkie | Tokkie is used as a pejorative term for lower-class people who often are seen as likely to engage in anti-social behavior, similar to the British and Irish "chav" and the Australian "bogan". The term is derived from the surname Tokkie and came into general use when the Dutch Tokkie family gained notoriety when they were portrayed on national television in 2004 and 2005. Of this family, only the mother bears the surname Tokkie. The other family members bear the surname Ruijmgaart. |
| zandneger | Zandneger is an ethnic slur for people of Middle Eastern descent. |
| zwarte | Zwarte is an ethnic slur for black people. Derived terms are zwartje, zwartnek, and zwartjoekel. In Flanders, the term can also refer to wartime collaborators during WWII, possibly referring to the Italian blackshirts or the negative association of the color black. All terms are considered highly offensive. |
| zwartzak | Zwartzak is an ethnic slur for people of Middle Eastern descent. |
| halvezool | Halvezool is a mild insult for someone who behaves unintelligently. Its etymology is unclear, but an explanation is that it is a corruption of the English asshole. |
| kenau | Kenau refers to a bossy, hard-headed woman, used similarly to the English word "shrew". The word originally referred to female bravery, but its meaning changed. The word is sometimes used by feminists as a self-applied label. |
| klotenklapper | klotenklapper is a mild insult that is mostly used to describe dumb people. This is a lesser known insult |
| klootviool | Klootviool is a mild insult that rose to prominence because of the frequent use of voice-over parodies by Mastermovies, which were very popular during the mid-2000s. |
| knuppel | Knuppel is a rather mild insult for someone who behaves strangely or unintelligently. |
| koekert/koekwaus | Koekert or koekwaus means "crazy person". It is often used in the South of the Netherlands, mostly in North Brabant. It became popularized because it was frequently used in the Dutch film New Kids Turbo. |
| NSB'er | NSB'er refers to the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands. It is generally used for someone who betrays someone's actions to authorities or someone who betrays their own country or people. |
| oelewapper | Oelewapper is a rather mild insult for someone who behaves strangely or unintelligently; a nincompoop. It is rarely used today. |
| pannenkoek | Pannenkoek is a mild insult for someone who is doing an inadequate job. |
| pipo | Pipo is a stereotypical name given to a clown. Calling someone pipo is like saying they are a clown. |
| smeerlap | Smeerlap can be used to mean "pervert", or more generally to refer to someone of questionable morality. |
| sukkel | Sukkel is a relatively mild insult. The meaning of this word can be compared to "wimp", "dork", or "schlemiel". It was originally Frisian. The English word "sucker" is perhaps derived from sukkel and resulted in a verb. This has been translated into Dutch: het zuigt. |
| sul | Sul is a relatively mild insult, typically aimed at boys and men. The meaning of this word can be compared to "wimp", "dork", or "schlemiel". Its etymology is unclear. |
| wappie | Wappie generally means 'crazy' and has been used in recent slang to refer, for example, to one's state of being intoxicated "ik snoof me helemaal wappie". During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a dismissive term for people who openly subscribe to conspiracy theories due to its use by comedian Youp van 't Hek in his 2020 New Year's Eve show. Simultaneously the word—originally an adjective—became used as a noun. |
| wijf | Wijf is a common insult aimed at women. It originally meant "woman". It can be combined with other curse words, leading to common forms such as kutwijf, kankerwijf, etc., but also viswijf. |
| zooi | Zooi and its diminutive zooitje mean "mess". It can be used to intensify an expletive, for example in the common expressions teringzooi and kankerzooi. The variation rotzooi, however, is fairly neutral and not commonly seen as profanity. Sanders and Tempelaars additionally note the use of krijg de kankerzooi. |