Category:Dutch terms by usage

Dutch terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Dutch archaic terms: Dutch terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Dutch autological terms: Dutch terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
• Category:Dutch censored spellings: Dutch spellings where some characters have been changed in an effort to reduce the shock value of the original term.
• Category:Dutch childish terms: Dutch terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Dutch colloquialisms: Dutch terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Dutch corporate jargon: Dutch terms (typically for non-business-specific concepts) that are used especially in a business or corporate context.
• Category:Dutch dated terms: Dutch terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Dutch derogatory terms: Dutch terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Dutch dialectal terms: Dutch terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Dutch ecclesiastical terms: Dutch terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:Dutch endearing terms: Dutch terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Dutch familiar terms: Dutch terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Dutch formal terms: Dutch terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Dutch gender-neutral terms: Dutch terms that are applicable to all people, independent of gender.
• Category:Dutch higher register terms: Dutch terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Dutch historical terms: Dutch terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:Dutch humorous terms: Dutch terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Dutch informal terms: Dutch terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Dutch nonstandard terms: Dutch terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Dutch obsolete terms: Dutch terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Dutch offensive terms: Dutch terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Dutch placeholder terms: Dutch terms used to refer to items for which one does not know or cannot recall the name, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
• Category:Dutch poetic terms: Dutch terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Dutch proscribed terms: Dutch terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Dutch rare terms: Dutch terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
• Category:Dutch short forms: Dutch terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Dutch slang: Dutch colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Dutch superseded forms: Dutch forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Dutch technical terms: Dutch terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Dutch terms of address: Dutch terms used to refer to another person.
• Category:Dutch terms with archaic senses: Dutch terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Dutch terms with historical senses: Dutch terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Dutch terms with obsolete senses: Dutch terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Dutch terms with rare senses: Dutch rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Dutch terms with uncommon senses: Dutch uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
• Category:Dutch trademarks: Dutch terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:Dutch uncommon terms: Dutch uncommonly used terms.
• Category:Dutch vulgarities: Dutch terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.