Excuseer

Excuseer is a form of the Dutch verb excuseren, which means to excuse. In everyday Dutch, the word appears most often as an imperative or as part of polite phrases used to request pardon or to apologize for a disturbance. The infinitive form of the verb is excuseren, and its conjugation follows standard Dutch patterns, producing forms such as excuseer (imperative) and excuseert (present tense).

Etymology and usage context: excuseren is a loanword from English to excuse, with Dutch spelling adapted to fit the normal -eren verb class. The term is widely used in informal and formal contexts, especially in customer service, journalism, and everyday conversation when a quick apology or acknowledgment of a fault is needed. It is common to hear phrases like Excuseer me for the delay or Excuseer dat ik te laat ben.

Relationship to related terms: In Dutch, verontschuldigen is the more formal and historically established verb meaning to apologize or excuse someone. Excuseren and its imperative form excuseer are often seen as direct translations of English “to excuse,” and they appear frequently in modern Dutch especially in conversational settings. The noun form excuser is not standard in typical Dutch usage; instead, speakers refer to someone who makes excuses with descriptive phrases rather than a fixed noun.

See also: Verontschuldigen; Excuses; Apology in Dutch. Usage notes: while excuseer is common in spoken language, in more formal writing verontschuldigingen or verontschuldigen blijft the preferred terminology.