Category:Dutch metonyms

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Newest and oldest pages 
Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. wijngaard
  2. roti
  3. markt
  4. hals
  5. brood
  6. bloed
  7. lam
  8. Den Haag
  9. toverlantaarn
  10. kroon
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. gepeperd
  2. dwangbuis
  3. gouden medaille
  4. bioscoopje
  5. zwabber
  6. vervoer
  7. brandstapel
  8. belastingen
  9. bergrug
  10. doofpot

Dutch terms whose origin involves calling a thing or concept not by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.