List of English Words of Dutch Origin - F

F

Filibuster
from Spanish filibustero from French flibustier ultimately from Dutch vrijbuiter (="pirate" or "freebooter")
Flense
from Danish flense or Dutch vlensen
Flushing, Queens
from Vlissingen, a city in the Netherlands
Foist
from Dutch vuisten (="take in hand"), from Middle Dutch vuist (="fist")
Forlorn hope
from verloren hoop (literally "lost hope ," figuratively "suicide mission," "cannon fodder") Forlorn also has identical cognates in German and the Scandinavian languages
Freebooter
from vrijbuiter
Freight
from vracht
Frolic
from vrolijk (="cheerful")
Furlough
from verlof (="permission (to leave)")

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