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| A Dutch stop word list. Comments begin with vertical bar. Each stop
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| word is at the start of a line.
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| This is a ranked list (commonest to rarest) of stopwords derived from
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| a large sample of Dutch text.
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| Dutch stop words frequently exhibit homonym clashes. These are indicated
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te | (1) chez, at etc, (2) to, (3) too
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die | that, those, who, which
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niet | not, nothing, naught
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zijn | (1) to be, being, (2) his, one's, its
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was | (1) was, past tense of all persons sing. of 'zijn' (to be) (2) wax, (3) the washing, (4) rise of river
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op | on, upon, at, in, up, used up
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aan | on, upon, to (as dative)
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als | like, such as, when
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voor | (1) before, in front of, (2) furrow
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had | had, past tense all persons sing. of 'hebben' (have)
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om | round, about, for etc
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zou | should/would, past tense all persons sing. of 'zullen'
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wat | what, something, anything
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mijn | possessive and noun 'mine'
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zo | so, thus, in this way
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ze | she, her, they, them
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bij | (1) a bee, (2) by, near, at
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der | Old Dutch form of 'van der' still found in surnames
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daar | (1) there, (2) because
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haar | (1) her, their, them, (2) hair
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naar | (1) unpleasant, unwell etc, (2) towards, (3) as
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heb | present first person sing. of 'to have'
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heeft | present third person sing. of 'to have'
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hebben | 'to have' and various parts thereof
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want | (1) for, (2) mitten, (3) rigging
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zal | 'shall', first and third person sing. of verb 'zullen' (will)
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ge | 'thou', still used in Belgium and south Netherlands
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iets | something, somewhat
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worden | to become, grow, get
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waren | (1) 'were' (2) to wander, (3) wares, (3)
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meer | (1) more, (2) lake
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moet | noun 'spot/mote' and present form of 'to must'
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ben | (1) am, (2) 'are' in interrogative second person singular of 'to be'
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kan | noun 'can' and present form of 'to be able'
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dus | so, consequently
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alles | all, everything, anything
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onder | under, beneath
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werd | imperfect third person sing. of 'become'
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wordt | present third person sing. of 'become'
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wezen | (1) to be, (2) 'been' as in 'been fishing', (3) orphans
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tegen | against, towards, at
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wil | (1) present tense of 'want', (2) 'will', noun, (3) fender
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kon | could; past tense of 'to be able'
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geweest | been; past participle of 'be'