Indische Nederlander
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “East Indian Dutchman”, or more loosely translated as “Indonesian Dutchman”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Indische Nederlander m (plural Indische Nederlanders, feminine Indische Nederlandse)
- a Dutch citizen with family roots in colonial-era Indonesia (the former Dutch East Indies); either a person with mixed Dutch and Indonesian ancestry (also called Indo) or a person of European ancestry who is born in colonial-era Indonesia and/or who is descended from Europeans who lived there for several generations (also called totok)
- 2024 November 18, Roland van Erven, “Indonesië wilde geen voetballachertje meer zijn. Met een team vol Nederlanders lonkt nu het WK [Indonesia no longer wanted to be football's laughing stock. With a team packed with Dutchmen, the World Cup now beckons]”, in NRC Handelsblad[1], retrieved 8 January 2025:
- Team Garuda moest gaan presteren, en snel. Afgekeken van landen als Marokko en Turkije, maar ook van buurland Maleisië, stuurde Thohir daarom scouts naar het buitenland om te zoeken naar talentvolle jongens met Indonesische roots. Naar Nederland vooral, waar door 350 jaar kolonialisatie zo’n twee miljoen Indische Nederlanders wonen en voetbal volkssport nummer één is.
- Garuda Squad needed to start performing, and fast. Taking a cue from countries like Morocco and Turkey, as well as neighbouring Malaysia, Mr Thohir therefore sent scouts abroad to look for talented guys with Indonesian roots. To the Netherlands in particular, home to some two million Dutchmen of Indonesian heritage due to 350 years of colonialisation and having football as its number one national sport.