So it gradually expanded to include more words, as the Dutch language
has many words that relate to bodies of water and the means of controlling
it and land reclemation
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Dam of Dijk? | Dijk of Dam | Dike or Dam | Dam or Dijk? |
Dams | Dam | Dam | Dams |
| Stuw | Barrage or flood-control dam 11 | |
| Stuwdam | Weir | |
| Stuwwal | Lateral Moraine 11 | |
Dijkramp | Afkalving | Crumbling, Cave in, crumble away 2 | Dike disasters |
| Dijkbreuk | Dike Break | |
| Dijkdoorbraak | Dike break through | |
| Dijkval | Dike Fall | |
| Golfoverslag | wave overtopping | |
| IJsgang | Rapid Ice (movement) | |
| Oeverafschuiving | River Erosion | |
| Oeververdediging | River Bank/Sea Shore defense | |
| Overstroming | Flood, overflow, outpouring 12 | |
| Stormvloed | Storm-Tide | |
| Watersnoodramp | Watersnoodramp (lit: Water distress disaster) | |
Dijks | Achterdijk | Back-dike | Dikes |
| Achterkade | After embankment | |
| Bandijk | see Winterdijk | |
| Dijk | Dike | |
| Dwarsdijk | Traverse or cross dike | |
| Inlaagdijk | Secondary or interior dikes | |
| Kade | Embakment | |
| Kanaaldijk | Channel Dike | |
| Kanaaloever | Channel bank | |
| Kwelderwal | Seepage embankment | |
| Kweldijk | Seapage Dike | |
| Oeverwal | River ridge | |
| Ringdijk | Ring-Dike 2 | |
| Rivierdijk | River-Dike | |
| Schaardijk | Dual? dike | |
| Slaperdijk | Sleeper-Dike | |
| Strandwal | Beach embakment | |
| Wal | Embankment, Bank | |
| Winterdijk | Winter Dike | |
| Zeedijk | Sea-Dike | |
| Zeewering | Sea embankment (dunes) | |
| Zijkade | see dwarsdijk | |
| Zomerdijk | Summer-Dijk | |
| Zomerkade | Summer-embankment | |
Dijks end dams die bekend zijn | Afsluitdijk | Closure dike) (lit: close off dike) | Well knows dams and dikes |
| Deltawerken | Delta works | |
Dijks2 | Aanwas | Growth or Increase 8 | Dijks2 |
| Afwatering | Drainage | |
| Dijkaanleg | Dike construction | |
| Dijkverzwaring | Dike reinforcing | |
| Overlaat | Overfall, waste weir 2 | |
Land | Hoogveen | High-moor | Land |
| Hoogveenlandschap | High-moor landscape | |
| Hoogveenontginningslandschap | High-moor reclaimed landscape | |
| Inlaag | Inner low (land) | |
| Kust | Coast | |
| Kwelder | Saltings 2 | |
| Laagveen | Low-moor | |
| Overslaggrond | flood ground? | |
| Polder | Polder | |
| Rivierwaard | Holm | |
| Schor | Saltings 2 | |
| Uiterwaard | Foreland or foreshore 2 | |
| Veen | | |
| Voorland | Foreshore | |
| Waard | Land surounded by water | |
| Wad | Mud-flat or shallow | |
| Waddengebied | Mud-flat or shallow area | |
| Winterbed | Winter (river) bed | |
| Zomerbed | Summer (river) bed | |
Land Aanwining | Bedijking | Diking/Daming in | Land reclemation |
| Bemaling | Drainage | |
| Dijkage | Embakment, Embanking11 | |
| Droogmakerij | Land Reclamation (lit. Dry Making) | |
| Inpoldering | Reclemation (lit: to make polders) | |
| Laagveenlandschap | Peat-bog Landscape | |
| Nieuw land | New land | |
| Offensieve bedijking | Offensive diking | |
| Ontgining | land clearing/reclemation | |
| Opgevaren grond | Dreged ground | |
| Opwas | | |
| Oud land | Old land | |
| Priel | | |
| Uitmalen | | |
Malen | Molen | Windmill | Mills |
| Watergemaal | water-pumping | |
Plaats | IJsselmeer | IJssel Lake | Places |
| Zuiderzee | Southern Sea see IJsselmeer | |
| Zuiderzeewerken | Southern sea works | |
Sluis | Duikersluis | Diver Sluice | Sluice |
| Inlaatsluis | Inlet sluice | |
| Keersluis | Turn-sluice | |
| Schutsluis | Lift-Lock2 | |
| Sluis | Sluice, Lock | |
| Spuisluis | Sluice | |
| Uitlaatsluis | | |
| Uitwateringssluis | Water Release Lock | |
| Zijl | Watercourse or lock 2 | |
Spreekwoorden | Aan de dijk zetten | To put at the dike | Sayings |
| Als er een schaap over de dam is volgen er meer | After one sheep is over the dam, more will follow | |
| Dat zijn geen zoden aan de dijk. | That's no sods on the dike | |
| De dammen en dijken zijn doorgebroken | The dams and dikes have been broken through. | |
| Een dijk van een film / boek | A dike of a film / book | |
| Een dijk van een huis / salaris | A dike of a house / salary | |
| Een goede dam leggen | Laying a good dam | |
| Een kerel als een dijk | A fellow as an dike | |
| Een koe in de put is beter dan tien zwaluwen op de dijk. | | |
| Ergens een dam tegen opwerpen | Constructing a dam somewhere. | |
| Eten als een dijker | Eating as a much as a diker. | |
| Geen aarde aan de dijk brengen | Bringing no soil to the dike | |
| Geen oude koeien uit de sloot halen | Not draging old cows out of the ditch | |
| Geen zoden aan de dijk brengen | Bringing no sod to the dike | |
| Het hek is van de dam | The fence is off the dam. | |
| Het water komt op de dijk | The water comes on the dike | |
| Hij laat het water over de dijk lopen | He lets the water run over the dike | |
| Iemand van de wal in de sloot helpen | Helping someone from the shore into the ditch | |
| Men moet geen Haarlemmerdijkjes maken | We shouldn't make Haarlemmerdijkjes | |
| Met de hakken over de sloot | With heels of the ditch | |
| Met je hakken over de sloot | With your heels over the ditch | |
| Oude koeien uit de sloot halen | Getting old cows out of the ditch | |
| Oude paarden jaagt men aan de dijk | Old horses you chase to the dike. | |
| Van de dam vliegen | Flying of the dam. | |
| Waar de dijk het laagst is, daar spoelt de vloed het eerstover heen | Where the dike is lowest, water runs over it first. | |
| Water naar de zee dragen | Carrying water to the sea | |
| Zoden aan de dijk zetten | Setting turf on de dike | |
Water | Beek | Stream, Brook, Creek | Water |
| Binnenwateren | Inland Waters | |
| Binnenzee | Inner Sea | |
| Boezem | Boezem | |
| Bron | (water) Spring, River Source | |
| Buitenwater | Exterior water | |
| Dwarssloten | | |
| Geul | Channel, Gully | |
| Gletsjer | Glacier | |
| Hoofddiep | Head (main) depth | |
| Hoofdkanaal | Head (main) Channel | |
| Kanaal | Channel 2 | |
| Kanaliseren | Canalize 2 | |
| Kreek | Kreek2 | |
| Kwel | Seapage | |
| Kwelsloot | Seepage-Ditch | |
| Kwelstroom | Seapage-current | |
| Kwelwater | Seapage water | |
| Meer | Lake | |
| Oever | River Bank/Sea Shore | |
| Oeverzone | | |
| Plas | Pool, puddle | |
| Poel | Pool | |
| Ringvaart | Circular canal2 | |
| Rivier | River | |
| Sloot | | |
| Springvloed | Spring (high) tide | |
| Stuwen | Weirs | |
| Stuwmeer | Dammed Lake | |
| Vaart | Canal | |
| Vloed | (high) Tide | |
| Wadi | | |
| Wetering | Water course 2 | |
| Zee | Sea | |
| Zee-Boezem | Bay | |
| Zijkanaal | Side-channel | |
| Zwetsloten | | |
Waterschap | Dijkarbeider | Dike worker / diker 11 | Water management |
| Dijkbeslag | Revetment 11 | |
| Dijkbestuur | Dike board / authority or Dike management 11 | |
| Dijkcedullen | Dijkcedullen | |
| Dijkcollege | Dijk board (of directors) | |
| Dijkgraaf | Dike-reeve 2 | |
| Dijkgraafschap | Dike reeve area | |
| Dijklast | Dike-Tax (and Polder taxes) | |
| Dijkleger | Dike-Army | |
| Dijkplichte | Dike-duty | |
| Dijkraad | | |
| Dijkschouw | Inspection of dikes2 | |
| Dijkslag | Dijkslag | |
| Dijksontvanger | Dike tax collector 7 | |
| Dijkstoel | Dike Chair | |
| Dijkwerker | Diker 2, Dike worker 7 | |
| Heemraad | Dike-reeve | |
| Heemraadschap | see waterschap | |
| Hoogheemraad | Head dike-reeve | |
| Hoogheemraadschap | District water contol board | |
| Ingelanden | Property Owner | |
| Ontwatering | | |
| Overstromingirrigatie | Overflow Irrigation | |
| Polderbestuur | Polder water control board | |
| Rivierpolder | River-Polder | |
| Schout | Sherriff, Bailiff 2 | |
| Stormvloedkering | Storm Tide Turning (Barrier) | |
| Veenpolder | Moor Polder | |
| Waterbeheersing | Water Management | |
| Waterberging | Water Storage Capacity | |
| Waterbezwaar | Water load? | |
| Watergraaf | Water Reeve | |
| Waterhuishouding | see Waterbeheersing | |
| Watering | Water control board (Belgium) | |
| Waterschap | Water control body | |
| Waterschaplasten | Water control board taxes | |
| Waterschapwapens | Coat of Arms of Water Control Bodies | |
| Zeepolder | Sea-Polder | |
| Zijlvest | Lock water control board | |
| Zomerpolder | Summer-Polder see River-Polder | |