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Words of Max Havelaar · 93 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

cheval

horseback once

cheval

French à cheval, literally “on horseback,” here means rigorously insistent on a principle.

Chinees

Chinese; Chinese man; Chinese woman 8 times

chinesche, Chinezen, Chinees, Chinesche

noun, plural; noun, common gender, singular; nominalized adjective, common gender, singular

An older inflected spelling of Chinese, used substantively for a Chinese woman.

commanderen

command once

kommandeeren

Kommandeeren is an older spelling of modern commanderen.

compliment

compliments once

komplimenten

Old spelling of modern Dutch complimenten.

comptabiliteit

accounting office once

komptabiliteit

Here comptabiliteit denotes the government accounting department, not merely accounting as an activity.

congé

dismissal once

congé

Congé is a French loanword here meaning dismissal from employment.

correct

correct once

korrekt

Korrekt is a historical spelling of correct.

coûter

costs; it costs twice

coûte

Coûte que coûte is a French idiom meaning at any cost.

Seen once or twice

c

c once

Caligula

Caligula once

cano

we sing once

Capellen

Capellen once

catechisatie

catechism class once

cause

cause once

cel

cell once

cellulair

cellular once

cent

pennies once

centraal

central twice

century

century once

Ceylons

Ceylon once

cha

cha once

chagrin

grief once

Cham

Ham's once

charge

charge twice

chausser

shod once

chemisch

chemical once

Cheribon

Cheribon once

chicane

chicaneries once

China

China once

chinois

Chinese style once

cholera

cholera once

christenhond

Christian dogs once

Christus

Christ twice

chronisch

chronic once

Cianjur

Tjanjor once

Cilacap

Tjilatjap once

circonstance

circumstance once

circulaire

circulars once

cirkelkwadratuur

squaring the circle once

citaat

quotations once

civiel

Civil; civil twice

climax

climax once

comfortabel

comfortable once

commandeur

commander once

commentaar

Commentary once

commercieel

commercial once

commis-voyageur

commercial traveler once

compleet

complete twice

compromitteren

compromise once

concurreren

rival once

conducteur

conductor once

conferentie

conference twice

Confucius

Confucius once

constateren

establish once

constitutie

constitution once

continentaal

Continental once

continuïteit

continuity once

contract

contract; contracts twice

copiste

Copyist once

corps

main building once

courant

Courant once

courtage

brokerage twice

crime

crime once

crimineel

criminal twice

Crusoëroman

Crusoe novels once

cultuur

cultivation twice

The particulars

The words
Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Multatuli / Eduard Douwes Dekker, d. 1887; Dutch 1860, Project Gutenberg #11024).
Translation
Public-domain Dutch (Multatuli, d. 1887; published 1860). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
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