nieuwborn

Nieuwborn is a nonstandard Dutch spelling that some writers use to refer to a newborn baby. The correct Dutch terms for a newborn are pasgeboren (adjective) and pasgeborene or de pasgeborene (noun). In English, the standard form is newborn.

The word consists of nieuw (new) and geboren (born). In standard Dutch, compounds are usually written separately or inflected, so nieuwborn is generally considered nonstandard or informal. It may appear in product names, marketing, or informal online text influenced by English.

In medical and care contexts, the newborn period covers roughly the first 28 days of life, during which infants require close monitoring. Topics include temperature regulation, feeding, cry and sleep patterns, hygiene, and umbilical cord care. Health checks include the APGAR score at birth and newborn screening tests.

Terminology varies in Dutch: de pasgeborene (noun) and pasgeboren (adjective). The term neonate is used in medical English and sometimes borrowed into Dutch clinical literature; the field is called neonatologie in Dutch.

See also: newborn, pasgeborene, neonatologie, APGAR score, newborn screening.