Etymologicum teutonicae linguae, the first known Dutch dictionary published by Cornelius Kiliaan in 1599. It continues to be a unique source of obsolete words today.
't Nieuw Woorden-Boeck der Regten ("The New Dictionary of Rights"), published by Adriaan Koerbagh in 1664
Een Bloemhof van allerley lieflijkheyd ("A Flower Garden of All Sorts of Delights"), written by Koerbagh under the pseudonym Vreederijk Waarmond in 1668. This book explained various foreign words and caused a great religious opposition that forced him to flee to Leiden.
Historical dictionaries
Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, the comprehensive academic dictionary of Dutch begun in 1863 and finished in 1998, listing all words in Dutch used since 1500.
Current Dutch dictionaries
General dictionaries
Van Dale
Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal, 16th edn. Antwerp/Utrecht: Van Dale Lexicografie, 2022. - referred to as the Dikke Van Dale or Grote Van Dale, it was first published in 1874 and remains the best-known and most widely read unabridged Dutch dictionary.
Van Dale Groot Woordenboek hedendaags Nederlands, 4th edn. 2 vols. Utrecht: Van Dale, 2008 (out of print)
Prisma
Martha Hofman, ed. Prisma groot woordenboek Nederlands: met onderscheid tussen Nederlands-Nederlands en Belgisch-Nederlands. Houten: Unieboek/Het Spectrum, 2018.
André Abeling, ed. De grote Prisma Nederlands, 6th edn. Utrecht: Het Spectrum, 1997 (reprinted under the title Het Groene woordenboek (The Hague: Sdu, 2002). (out of print)
Koenen
W. Th. de Boer et al., eds. Koenen woordenboek Nederlands, 30th edn. Utrecht: Koenen, 2006. (out of print)
M.J. Koenen & J.B. Drewes, eds. Wolters’ woordenboek eigentijds Nederlands: Grote Koenen. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff, 1986. (out of print)
Kramers
H. Coenders & H.J. Demeersseman, eds. Kramers’ woordenboek Nederlands: verklarend zakwoordenboek met zakentermen en synoniemen, 21st edn. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1996 (repr. 1998, 2000, Utrecht: Het Spectrum, 2002). (out of print)
Gijsbert van Kooten et al., eds. Kramers’ groot woordenboek Nederlands, 2nd edn. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1986. (out of print)
Verschueren
Frans Claes, ed. Verschueren groot encyclopedisch woordenboek, 10th edn. 2 vols. Antwerp: Standaard; The Hague: Sdu, 1996. (out of print) - this dictionary had many illustrations and pictures
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