Word List of the Dutch Language

The first publication was in 1954. A revised word list was not released until 1990. The most recent publication was in 2015. Its content does not differ from the previous version published in 2005. The current spelling has been effective since 1 August 2006. The Green Booklet is published by Sdu in the Netherlands and Lannoo in Flanders. It is available in a paper edition and on CD-ROM at a fee. The Dutch Language Union offers a free official internet version of the list at Woordenlijst.org. The latest edition was released on 13 October 2015. In 1994, the committee of Ministers of the Dutch Language Union decided that the word list of the Green Booklet would be updated every ten years. The 2005 edition was the first time that Surinamese Dutch words were included; about 500 of them were added as was agreed upon when Suriname joined the Language Union in January 2005. The Green Booklet should not be confused with the Green Dictionary, which is also a publication of Sdu. == Green Booklet versus White Booklet ==

The 2005 edition of the Green Booklet was criticised for its complicated rules such as the rules on how to use an -n between certain compound words. They argued that there were fewer disagreement between the Dutch Language Union and Genootschap Onze Taal, and that the spelling from the Green Booklet was often more logical. Various emails received by the NOS involved readers pointing out 'errors', which often concerned cases of White spellings that readers perceived to be 'incorrect', as they had already come to accept the 2005 official Green spelling as the standard. An important factor was that only the Green spelling was taught in schools, and the resulting demographic shift significantly increased the number of official spelling users versus alternate spelling users over the course of 18 years. The NOS' own editors were often confused by the double Green and White spelling choices offered by the Taalloket ("Language Desk") of Onze Taal as well. Sometimes, the NOS had already switched; for example, from persé (White) to per se (Green), as readers were often annoyed by persé. == Yellow Booklet ==

Although the Green Booklet is also the official list of words for Flemish people, they use some words which are not in the Green Booklet and not known by people in the Netherlands. However, those words are so commonly used in Flanders, most people are not aware these are not official. Many of those words are even used in newspapers, magazines, and television. On 31 January 2015, Flemish newspaper De Standaard and some language professionals published the '' (). In this book, various words are printed in black or in grey. A black word is a non-official word, but De Standaard would allow it in their newspapers. A grey word is a non-official word which should not be used. It was the intention that other Flemish media would make use of the Yellow Booklet''. == See also ==