Dutch Countries and Nationalities Vocabulary

Learn vocabulary of countries and nationalities in Dutch

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Dutch Countries and Nationalities

The feminine form of many occupations and nationalities is indicated by one of five endings. For most nationalities, -e is added, as in Nederlandse (Dutch woman). The endings -in, -es, -esse and -ster are also used to form female counterparts. -ster is added to verbs while -esse replaces the -is ending of some nouns.

boer - boerin (farmer - female farmer/farmer's wife)
leeuw - leeuwin (lion - lioness)
koning - koningin (king - queen)
Rus - Russin (Russian man - Russian woman)
leraar - lerares (male teacher - female teacher)
prins - prinses (prince - princess)

student - studente (male student - female student)
secretaris - secretaresse (male secretary - female secretary)
bibliothekaris - bibliothekaresse (male librarian - female librarian)
schrijfer - scrijfster (write - female author)
verpleeger - verpleegster (nurse - female nurse)