Bargoens, the Glossary
Bargoens is a form of Dutch slang.[1]
Table of Contents
27 relations: Cant (language), Cent (currency), Dubbeltje, Dutch guilder, Dutch language, Dutch rijksdaalder, French language, Germanía, Geuzen, Grypsera, Holland, Itinerant groups in Europe, Jargon, Loanword, Management, Morocco leather, Netherlands, Nickname, Prison, Romani people, Rotwelsch, Slang, Thieves' cant, Tobacco, Twenty-five cent coin (Netherlands), Uitgeverij Prometheus, Yiddish.
- Yiddish culture in the Netherlands
Cant (language)
A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group. Bargoens and cant (language) are cant languages.
See Bargoens and Cant (language)
Cent (currency)
The cent is a monetary unit of many national currencies that equals of the basic monetary unit.
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Dubbeltje
A dubbeltje is a small former Dutch coin, originally made of silver, with a value of a tenth of a Dutch guilder.
Dutch guilder
The guilder (gulden) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.
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Dutch language
Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language. Bargoens and Dutch language are languages of the Netherlands.
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Dutch rijksdaalder
The rijksdaalder (Dutch, "Imperial dollar") was a Dutch coin first issued by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands in the late 16th century during the Dutch Revolt which featured an armored half bust of William the Silent. Bargoens and Dutch rijksdaalder are Dutch words and phrases.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
See Bargoens and French language
Germanía
Germanía is the Spanish term for the argot used by criminals or in jails in Spain during 16th and 17th centuries. Bargoens and Germanía are cant languages.
Geuzen
Geuzen (Les Gueux) was a name assumed by the confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles, who from 1566 opposed Spanish rule in the Netherlands. Bargoens and Geuzen are Dutch words and phrases.
Grypsera
Grypsera (from Low German Grips meaning "intelligence", "cleverness"; also drugie życie, literally "second life" in Polish) is a distinct nonstandard dialect or prison slang of the Polish language, used traditionally by recidivist prison inmates. Bargoens and Grypsera are cant languages.
Holland
Holland is a geographical regionG.
Itinerant groups in Europe
There are a number of traditionally itinerant or travelling groups in Europe who are known as Travellers or Gypsies (the latter being increasingly taken as derogatory).
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Jargon
Jargon or technical language is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity.
Loanword
A loanword (also a loan word, loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language (the recipient or target language), through the process of borrowing.
Management
Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether they are a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administration respectively.
Morocco leather
Morocco leather (also known as Levant, the French Maroquin, Turkey, or German Saffian from Safi, a Moroccan town famous for leather) is a vegetable-tanned leather known for its softness, pliability, and ability to take color.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Nickname
A nickname or nick, also known as a sobriquet, is a substitute for the proper name of a person, place or thing.
Prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.
Romani people
The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani and colloquially known as the Roma (Rom), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle.
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Rotwelsch
Rotwelsch ("beggar's foreign (language)") or Gaunersprache ("crook's language") also Khokhmer Loshn (from Yiddish "חוכמער לשון", "tongue of the wise") is a secret language, a cant or thieves' argot, spoken by groups (primarily marginalized groups) in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Bohemia. Bargoens and Rotwelsch are cant languages.
Slang
A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing.
Thieves' cant
Thieves' cant (also known as thieves' argot, rogues' cant, or peddler's French) is a cant, cryptolect, or argot which was formerly used by thieves, beggars, and hustlers of various kinds in Great Britain and to a lesser extent in other English-speaking countries. Bargoens and thieves' cant are cant languages.
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Tobacco
Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants.
Twenty-five cent coin (Netherlands)
The twenty-five cent was a coin worth a quarter of decimal Dutch guilder.
See Bargoens and Twenty-five cent coin (Netherlands)
Uitgeverij Prometheus
Uitgeverij Prometheus is a Dutch publishing company whose main focus is on literature, history and language.
See Bargoens and Uitgeverij Prometheus
Yiddish
Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish,,; ייִדיש-טײַטש, historically also Yidish-Taytsh) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.
See also
Yiddish culture in the Netherlands
- Bargoens
- CHAJ
- Die Kuranten
- Mokum