Buitenvrouw is a Surinamese Dutch

Surinamese Dutch

Surinamese Dutch is the form of Dutch spoken in Suriname, a former Dutch colony. Dutch is spoken as a mother tongue by about 60% of the population, most of them being bilingual with Sranan Tongo, Saramaccan and other languages. Nevertheless, Dutch is the sole official language of the country...

 word for a mistress

Mistress (lover)

A mistress is a long-term female lover and companion who is not married to her partner; the term is used especially when her partner is married. The relationship generally is stable and at least semi-permanent; however, the couple does not live together openly. Also the relationship is usually,...

. Although traditionally considered a taboo, some contemporary Surinamese cultural figures like Jetty Mathurin and Frits Wolfs are found to satirize or criticize the institution.

After the Surinamese mass immigration to the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, some Surinamese developed extramarital affairs with local Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

 women, i.e., buitenvrouwen. The 1994 novel De buitenvrouw by Joost Zwagerman

Joost Zwagerman

Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus Zwagerman is a Dutch writer, poet, and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.- Education :At the age of nine Joost Zwagerman was already engaged with texts...

 reverts the roles, featuring Iris, an Afro-Surinamese as the mistress of a White

White people

White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...

 Dutchman.

The word buitenvrouw has become a part of the standard Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

 vocabulary and it is found in the Wordlist of the Dutch language

Wordlist of the Dutch language

The Word list of the Dutch language is a list of words in the correct official spelling of the Dutch language . It is officially established by the Dutch Language Union , and is published in dictionary style. Because of the colour of its published form, it is better known as the Green Booklet...

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