diff --git a/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/language/Dutch.java b/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/language/Dutch.java
index 9bd9938ba9b7..39e9164cf8d8 100644
--- a/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/language/Dutch.java
+++ b/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/language/Dutch.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public String[] getCountries() {
   @NotNull
   @Override
   public Tagger createDefaultTagger() {
-    return new DutchTagger();
+    return DutchTagger.INSTANCE;
   }
 
   @Nullable
diff --git a/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/rules/nl/CompoundAcceptor.java b/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/rules/nl/CompoundAcceptor.java
index dac22efa8f9a..17d7d6809906 100644
--- a/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/rules/nl/CompoundAcceptor.java
+++ b/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/rules/nl/CompoundAcceptor.java
@@ -558,14 +558,13 @@ public class CompoundAcceptor {
     }
   }
 
-  private final DutchTagger DutchTagger;
+  private DutchTagger dutchTagger = DutchTagger.INSTANCE;
 
   CompoundAcceptor() {
-    this.DutchTagger = new DutchTagger();
   }
 
   public CompoundAcceptor(DutchTagger DutchTagger) {
-    this.DutchTagger = DutchTagger;
+    this.dutchTagger = DutchTagger;
   }
 
   boolean acceptCompound(String word) {
@@ -622,14 +621,14 @@ boolean acceptCompound(String part1, String part2) {
   }
 
   private boolean isNoun(String word) throws IOException {
-    return DutchTagger.getPostags(word).stream().anyMatch(k -> {
+    return dutchTagger.getPostags(word).stream().anyMatch(k -> {
       assert k.getPOSTag() != null;
       return k.getPOSTag().startsWith("ZNW") && !part2Exceptions.contains(word);
     });
   }
 
   private boolean isExistingWord(String word) throws IOException {
-    return DutchTagger.getPostags(word).stream().anyMatch(k -> k.getPOSTag() != null);
+    return dutchTagger.getPostags(word).stream().anyMatch(k -> k.getPOSTag() != null);
   }
 
   private boolean hasCollidingVowels(String part1, String part2) {
diff --git a/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/tagging/nl/DutchTagger.java b/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/tagging/nl/DutchTagger.java
index 93256ad5641c..41f7d6f8afb1 100644
--- a/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/tagging/nl/DutchTagger.java
+++ b/languagetool-language-modules/nl/src/main/java/org/languagetool/tagging/nl/DutchTagger.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  */
 public class DutchTagger extends BaseTagger {
 
+  public static final DutchTagger INSTANCE = new DutchTagger();
   private static final Pattern PATTERN1_A = compile("([^aeiouáéíóú])(á)([^aeiouáéíóú])");
   private static final Pattern PATTERN1_E = compile("([^aeiouáéíóú])(é)([^aeiouáéíóú])");
   private static final Pattern PATTERN1_I = compile("([^aeiouáéíóú])(í)([^aeiouáéíóú])");