Dutch–English dictionary

oceanisch

Of or relating to the ocean.

och

Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

ochtendgloren

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

ochtendschemering

(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.

octopus

(countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus.

octrooi

(law) A type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority to direct that some action be taken; to grant a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization; to record a contract.

oculair

The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.

oculus

An organ through which animals see.

odalisk

(historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.

ode

A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.

Odin

(Norse mythology, and, paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.

Odyssee

An epic poem, ascribed to Homer, that describes the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.

Odysseus

(Greek mythology) The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey.

oedeem

(medicine) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

oef

Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise.

oefenen

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.

oefening

(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.

oefenterrein

An area for military training or equipment testing.

Oeganda

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

oehoe

Bubo bubo, the largest owl, native to almost all of temperate Eurasia.

oehoeën

To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.

oei

An expression of dismay, concern, worry or disapproval.

oek

(geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons).

Oekraïens

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.

Oekraïense

A citizen of Ukraine or a person of Ukrainian ethnicity.

Oekraïne

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.

Oekraïner

A citizen of Ukraine or a person of Ukrainian ethnicity.

Oelan-Bator

The capital city of Mongolia.

oelewapper

(derogatory) A foolish or silly person. [from 16th c.]

oeps

(colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.

oer-

(degree, informal, colloquial) Very, absolutely, extremely.

oerdom

Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.

oerlelijk

(slang, vulgar) Extremely ugly.

oermodel

An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.]

oeros

An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.

oeroud

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

oerwoud

A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.

oesophagus

(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

oestrogeen

(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

oetlul

(derogatory) A foolish or silly person. [from 16th c.]

oeuvre

The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

oever

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

Oezbekistan

A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.

of

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

offensief

Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.

offer

A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.

offer-

Relating to sacrifice

offeren

To kill as a sacrifice.

offerte

(countable) A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.

offertorium

(Christianity) The part of the Eucharist service when offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar and when any collection is taken; also, the money or other things collected. [from 15th c.]

officieel

Of or about an office or public trust.

officier van justitie

A public officer charged with carrying on the prosecution or representing the state in criminal proceedings and, in some jurisdictions, instituting or representing the state in civil or administrative proceedings.

offline

Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.

offset

(programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

ofschoon

Although, despite (it) being.

oftalmoloog

A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.

ofwel

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

ogen dichtknijpen

(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

ogenblik

(idiom) A moment (a very short period of time).

ogenblikkelijk

(legal) Present; current; extant.

ogenschaal

An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.

ogenschijnlijk

Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

oger

(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.

ohm

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere.

OK

(transitive, computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK.

oké

All right, acceptable, permitted.

okee

(informal) All right; acceptable; good.

oker

Having a yellow-orange colour.

okerkleur

A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.

okerkleurig

Having a yellow-orange colour.

okkernoot

A nut of the walnut tree.

oksel

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

oktober

The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November.

ol

(functional group suffix) An alcohol or phenol.

Olaf

A en given name.

olfactorisch

(relational) Concerning the sense of smell.

olibanum

A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.

olie

(by extension) Any oily or fatty matter.

olieachtig

Resembling oil.

oliehoudend

Covered with or containing oil.

oliën

(transitive) To lubricate with oil.

olienoot

A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

olifant

A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.

oligarch

A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.

olijf

The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).

olijfgroen

Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

olijfgroene

Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

olijfhout

The wood of the olive tree.

olijk

Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.

olijvenhout

The wood of the olive tree.

Oliver

A en given name.

olm

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

olympiade

(by, _, extension, usually, _, preceded, _) A competition aspiring to the importance of the Olympic Games or considered similar to them, especially one occurring at 4-year intervals, representing a national or international range of amateur student rather than professional adult competition, and/or requiring the highest level of ability in the field for success.

olympisch

(rare) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.

olympische

(rare) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.

Olympus

The highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.

om

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

om de tuin leiden

To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.

om het even wat

In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and incomplete manner.

om te

(expressing purpose) In order to.

om te beginnen

(sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

om-

To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction. [from ca. 1350–1470]

oma

(informal) Grandmother.

omafiets

(cycling) A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.

Oman

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Sultanate of Oman. Capital: Muscat.

omarmen

(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

omarming

An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.

ombervis

An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

ombouw

A conversion or transition from one thing to another.

ombudsman

An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.

omcirkelen

To draw a line around; to encircle.

omdat

Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).

omdraaien

(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

omdraaiing

The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

omega

The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.

omelet

A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.

omen

An omen or a sign.

omgaan

(intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.

omgaan met

(transitive) To behave in a certain way towards.

omgangsrecht

(legal) The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.

omgangstaal

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

omgangsvormen

Etiquette.

omgekeerd

(often, conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.

omgekeerd evenredig

(mathematics) Proportional to the reciprocal of the independent variable.

omgekeerde

The reverse of any procedure or process.

omgekeerde schuine streep

The punctuation mark \.

omgeven

(transitive) To fasten a belt on.

omgeving

(computing) The software or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

omgooien

(transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.

omgorden

(transitive) To fasten a belt on.

omheen

Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place. [from ca. 1350–1470]

omheinen

(transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.

omheining

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

omhelzen

(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

omhelzing

An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.

omhoog

To a high position; or up in, or to, the sky; above.

omhoogdraaien

(transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.

omhullen

(transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.

omhulsel

The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.

omikron

(virology, pathology) Ellipsis of Omicron variant.

omineus

Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

omkeerbaar

Able to be reversed.

omkeren

(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

omklemmen

(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp.

omkomen

(intransitive) To die; to cease to live.

omkoopbaar

(of a person) bribable, that can be bought

omkopen

(transitive) To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.

omkoperij

The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

omlaagschieten

(intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

omleiden

(transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.