Dutch–English dictionary

nadoen

(transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.

nadruk

Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.

nadrukkelijk

In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.

naft

(uncountable, North America) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.

nagaan

(intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.

nagedachtenis

The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.

nagel

The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

nagemaakt

Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.

nagenoeg

Very close to, but not quite.

nagerecht

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

nageslacht

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

nagras

(literally) The latter (i.e. second) mowing, a second crop of grass grown after the first was harvested

naïef

(chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.

naijver

(countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.

naijverig

Zealous; characterized by devotion.

Nairobi

The capital city of Kenya.

najagen

(ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. [from 14th c.]

nakend

Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

nakken

(transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.

naklank

A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.

nakomeling

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

nakomelingschap

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

nakomen van

Adherence; compliance; conformity. [Early 19th century.]

nalaten

(legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.

nalatig

Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.]

nalatigheid

(legal) An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.

nalever

One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.

naleving

Adherence; compliance; conformity. [Early 19th century.]

namaak

An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

namaak-

Imitation, not genuine; fake.

namaken

(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

namelijk

Specifically; that is to say.

Namibië

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.

namiddag

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

nandoe

Rhea americana, a species of flightless bird native to eastern South America.

nanoseconde

(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−9 seconds. Symbol: ns

nanotechnologie

The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).

Naomi

A en given name.

naoorlogs

Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.

napalm

A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [from 1942]

napluizen

(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.

napoleontisch

Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napolitaan

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

Napolitaans

Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

Napolitaanse

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

napraten

(computing, transitive) To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.

naprater

(metaphorical) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.

napslak

Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.

nar

A foolish or ridiculous person.

narcis

(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.

narcisme

Excessive love of oneself.

Narcissus

(Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.

narcist

(psychology) One who shows extreme love and admiration for themselves.

narcolepsie

(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.

narcoterrorisme

Use of terrorist tactics as an element of the traffic in illegal narcotics.

narcotica

(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.

narcotiseur

(American spelling, Canadian spelling) A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.

Narnia

(fantasy) A land in which a series of seven children's books, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis are set.

narratief

Telling a story.

narratologie

The study of narrative structure.

NASA

Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

nasaal

(phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.

nasleep

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

nasmaak

The persistence of the taste of something no longer present.

naspelen

To recreate an event, especially a historical battle.

naspeuren

(intransitive, transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.

nasporing

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination

Nassau

The capital city of the Bahamas.

nastreven

(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.

nasynchronisatie

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.

nasynchroniseren

To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation

nat maken

(transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

natie

(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

nationaal

Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]

nationalist

An advocate of nationalism.

nationalistisch

Of or relating to nationalism.

nationaliteit

National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]

natmaken

(transitive) To make more humid.

natrekking

(legal) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).

natrium

The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

natriumcarbonaat

(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).

natte sneeuw

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Northeast US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.

nattig

Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp. [from 14th c.]

natura

Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.

naturalisme

A state of nature; conformity to nature.

naturist

One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.

natuur

(archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.

natuurbescherming

Wise use of natural resources.

natuurkunde

The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

natuurkundige

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

natuurlijk

Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.

natuurlijke afvloeiing

(human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through injury, incapacitation, retirement, resignation, or death.

natuurlijke selectie

(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

natuuronderzoeker

(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]

natuuronderzoekster

(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]

natuurreservaat

Wilderness where human development is prohibited.

natuurtalent

One with an innate talent at or for something. [from 18th c.]

natuurvorser

(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]

natuurvorster

(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]

nautilus

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.

nautisch

Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

nauw

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

nauwelijks

(degree) Barely, only just, almost not.

nauwgelet begeleiden

(transitive, informal) To watch or attend anything or anyone more closely than ought to be needed; to have to help or coax too much.

nauwkeurig

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

nauwkeurig onderzoek

Intense study of someone or something.

nauwkeurigheid

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

Navarra

An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.

navel

(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

naverwant

At or towards a position close in space or time.

navigatie

(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.

navigeren

(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.

NAVO

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

navolger

(literally) One who follows, comes after another.

navolging

The act of imitating.

navorsing

Intense study of someone or something.

navraag

(economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.

nawoord

A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword

nazaat

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

Nazarener

A person from Nazareth.

Nazareth

A city in northern Israel.

nazeggen

(transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.

nazi

(historical) A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP). [1930]

nazicht

A checking or investigation.

nazisme

The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.

nazoeken

An act of tracing.

Nazoreeër

A person from Nazareth.

nazorg

(medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.

neanderthaler

A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.

necrologie

A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time.

necropolis

(chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

necrose

(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.

neder

Lower; under.

nederig

In a humble manner.

nederigheid

The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

nederlaag

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

Nederlander

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Nederlanders

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Nederlands

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

Nederlandse

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

nederzetting

A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).

nee

A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.

neef

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

neen

A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.

neen maar!

Used to express surprise.

neer

(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

neerbuigend

Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

neerdalen

(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

neerdruppelen

To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.

neergang

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.