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There are various '''lexical differences''' between [[Amerikaens]] (and its dialects) and the Dutch dialects of the [[Netherlands]]. These are distributed throughout various registers of speech, from colloquial slang to formal speech.
 
== <small>Morphemes</small> ==
== Standardisation ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Derived from
!English
!Notes
|}
 
== <small>Numbers</small> ==
==== Gender-neutral usage ====
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Derived from
!English
!Notes
|}
 
== <small>Government and politics</small> ==
==== Word formation ====
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Derived from
!English
!Notes
|}
 
== <small>Idioms and expressions</small> ==
== Preservation of old forms ==
 
== Idioms and expressions ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Idiom/expression
!Derived from
!English equivalent
!English
!Origin
!Notes
|-
!To de nainz
|
|To the nines
|English, 1700s
|}
 
== <small>Locations</small> ==
== Loanwords and calques ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Amerikaens
!Derived from
!Original term
!Origin
!English
!Notes
!Variants
|-}
 
!Koetoe
== <small>Food and drink</small> ==
|Couteau
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|French
!Term
|Knife
!Derived from
|Also spelled ''kütü''
!English
!Notes
|}
 
== <small>Anatomy</small> ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Derived from
!English
!Notes
|}
 
== <small>Clothes</small> ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Derived from
!English
!Notes
|}
 
== <small>Household</small> ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Derived from
!English
!Notes
|}
 
== <small>Culture</small> ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Derived from
!English
!Notes
|}
 
== <small>Nature</small> ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term
!Derived from
!English
!Notes
|-
!Bufalö
|Búfalo
|Buffalo
|Spanish
|
|
|-
!Plänti
|Plenty
|English
|
|
|-
!Super
|Supper
|English
|
|
|-
!Moes
|Mos
|Abenacki
|Moose
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!Wapiti
|Wapiti
|Cree
|Elk
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!Kwaewon
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|Mohawk
|Woodpecker
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!Anowara
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|Mohawk
|Turtle
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!Atÿron
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|Mohawk
|Raccoon
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!Jötenu
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|Mohawk
|Hail
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!Sewant
|Seawan
|Pidgin Delaware
|Wampum
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== See also ==
 
* [[Amerikaens]]
* [[Amerikaener]]
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