File talk:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Matrozen van de Koninklijke Marine presenteren het geweer aan boord van de Gedeh TMnr 60008505.jpg

False friend translation

Remember that in most tongues other then English the word "marine" indicates navy, and not amphibious soldiers.KTo288 (talk) 20:16, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Correct, many Dutch people often confuse sailors with marines because of that, they think any armed sailor is a marine. Matroos (plural: matrozen) means sailor in Dutch, both in the Royal Netherlands Navy as in the merchant navy. S_peakF_ree (talk) 18:56, 9 October 2011 (UTC)