Weekly Reflections automatically translated

Some of you know that I write weekly devotional texts (I call them Reflections). I used to write these texts in Dutch (my mother tongue) and translate them in English, but I only did the Dutch texts for the last couple of months due to a lack of time. I just have too many things to do and too little time to do them!

But you can use Google translate if you want to read my Dutch texts in funny English (yes, even funnier than my Dutch-English) because sometimes the Google translation is hilarious! But you will get the idea anyway and if not, please let me know. By the way: 'Superheld' is the Dutch word for Superhero. Have a look here!

Boulevard and mannequin are Dutch words

The French word, boulevard was derived from the Dutch word bolwerk (before 1395), which is still in use today in The Netherlands and means ‘rampart’. The English word ‘bulwark’ is also a derivative of this Dutch word.
The French adapted several nautical terms from the Dutch around the late Middle Ages and sixteenth century when Holland was a world leader in shipbuilding and nautical science. The French word for the port side of a ship, bâbord, is from the Middle Dutch word for port, bakboord. The other side of the ship is called tribord in French and this comes from stuurboord, the Dutch word for ‘starboard’. Yacht has made it into French (and English and many other languages) from the Middle Dutch word jaght, a word connected to the verb jagen ‘to chase’. The Dutch word for yacht is now jacht. Even the French word, fret, meaning ‘freight’ carried by ships is from the Middle Dutch word, vrecht for ‘sea freight’
And who would have thought that mannequin, the French word for fashion model, came from the Dutch? It is from the Middle Dutch word (circa 1450) mannekijn, meaning ‘little man or puppet' (see picture). Source

Dutch words in the English language

Furlough: A leave of absence or vacation, alteration of vorloffe, furlogh, from Dutch verlof (Middle Dutch) 1. I think you can also recognize the German word for holiday 'Urlaub' in this word - the Dutch and German languages are closely related, of course.

Maelstrom: Dutch malen ("grind") + stroom ("stream")
Large and violent whirlpool, any violent or turbulent situation.
On Wikipedia I found a list of English words derived from our language - check this. And this is also an interesting discussion.
Have a look at my postings about the Netherlands - USA below if you are interested in this subject and let me know what you think!