Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal
Encyclopedia
Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal is a dictionary
of the Dutch language
. It has over 430,000 entries of Dutch words from 1500 to 1921 and the paper edition consists of 43 volumes and close to 50,000 pages. The dictionary was almost 150 years in the making: the first fascicle (A-Aanhaling) was published in 1863 and the last (Zuid-Zythum) in 1998. Three supplements to the original dictionary text containing modern-day Dutch words were published in 2001. The dictionary is currently available as an online dictionary, which has been available since 27 January 2007. There is no charge for access.
It is published by the Instituut voor Nederlandse Lexicologie (Institute for Dutch Lexicology).
Dictionary
A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...
of the Dutch language
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
. It has over 430,000 entries of Dutch words from 1500 to 1921 and the paper edition consists of 43 volumes and close to 50,000 pages. The dictionary was almost 150 years in the making: the first fascicle (A-Aanhaling) was published in 1863 and the last (Zuid-Zythum) in 1998. Three supplements to the original dictionary text containing modern-day Dutch words were published in 2001. The dictionary is currently available as an online dictionary, which has been available since 27 January 2007. There is no charge for access.
It is published by the Instituut voor Nederlandse Lexicologie (Institute for Dutch Lexicology).