Batavism

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language).
 * 2) * Oldenburg, Meyer, and  De  Vries  naturally  wrote,  as scholars,  in  Latin  (De  Vries  not  without  a  touch  of  Batavism), and  Spinoza  replied  to  them  in  the  same  language,  writing carefully,  and  even  indulging  in  purisms.(F. Pollock, Spinoza, his life and philosophy. London. Kegan Paul (1880), chapter Spinoza's correspondence, p. 45)
 * 3) * to polder (English verb)
 * 4) * Go your gang, a literal translation of Dutch ga uw gang which means "please go ahead".
 * 5) * Pay the meat is a Scotticism, and a Batavism as well. Pay for the meat is the English equivalent. ("Scotticisms and Batavisms". in: Taalstudie, vols. 3-4 (1882), p. 343)

Coordinate terms

 * Dutchism

Translations

 * Dutch: