The INT makes the following historical dictionaries available through a single online search application. Together, these dictionaries describe the Dutch vocabulary from around 500 to 1976, and the Frisian vocabulary from 1800 to 1975. They are also available at the European dictionary portal:
- Oudnederlands Woordenboek (ONW, Dictionary of Old Dutch) 500-1200
- Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek (VMNW, Dictionary of Early Middle Dutch) 1200-1300
- Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek (MNW, Dictionary of Middle Dutch) 1250-1550
- Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal (WNT, Dictionary of the Dutch Language) 1500-1976
- Woordenboek der Friese Taal (WFT, Dictionary of the Frisian Language) 1800-1975
Furthermore, the INT also hosts the platform Etymologiebank, which contains the most important etymological publications on Dutch.
The lemmata and quotations of the historical Dutch dictionaries are stored in the central database, GiGaNT, which contains a historical component (Hilex) and a modern component (Molex). The historical lexicon is linked to the modern lexicon, so that the history of words can be traced through time. Importantly, this lexicon enables users to search for spelling variants of words in corpora that do not contain lemma or PoS tags. As a semantic layer on top of GiGaNT, DiaMaNT is a computational semantic lexicon that offers diachronic semantic information.
Further information and links:
- Access all the INT’s historical dictionaries here.