Dutch–English dictionary

ontbijten

(dated) To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.

ontbinden

(transitive) To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.

ontbinding

(legal, Catholicism) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.

ontbladeren

To remove the leaves from a plant.

ontboeien

To remove shackles from someone or something.

ontboezemen

(ambitransitive, archaic) To tell someone about (one's troubles), and thus obtain relief.

ontbranden

(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)

ontbreken

Lack; deficiency; non-existence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ontbrekend

(not comparable) Not existing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ontcijferen

(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.

ontdaan

Emotionally moved; touched.

ontdekken

(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.

ontdekker

One who explores something

ontdekking

Something discovered.

ontdekkingsreis

The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.

ontdekkingsreiziger

A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.

ontdekkingstocht

The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.

ontdoen

(transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).

ontdooien

(transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

ontduiken

(transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.

ontegenzeglijk

Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

onteigenen

(transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.

ontelbaar

(of a number) Too large to be counted to.

ontembaar

Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

onterechte conclusie

(logic) Any invalid argument in which the conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the premises.

onteren

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

onterven

(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [mid 16th – early 19th c.]

ontevreden

Unhappy; dissatisfied

ontevredenheid

The state of being disgruntled, usually displayed in a stereotypical form such as frowning and annoyance; the acts of sulky dissatisfaction.

ontfutselen

(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

ontgaan

(transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

ontgassen

(transitive) To remove the gas from.

ontginnen

To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.

ontgoochelen

(transitive) To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

ontgoocheling

The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.

ontgrendelen

(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

ontgroeien

(transitive, often, figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.

ontgroenen

(US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.

ontgroening

(US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.

onthaalbediende

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

ontharen

To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

ontheffen

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ontheffing

An act of exempting.

ontheiliging

An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

onthemen

To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.

ontheven

(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

onthoofd

With the head removed.

onthoofden

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

onthoofding

An instance of a person being beheaded.

onthouden

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

onthouder

One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

onthouding

The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks. [from early 17th c.]

onthullen

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

onthullend

telltale; giveaway

onthulling

(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

onthutst

Shocked and speechless.

ontkennen

(transitive) To assert that something is not true.

ontkennende vorm

(linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition; negating a concept.

ontkenning

(linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition; negating a concept.

ontkering

The loss of faith in a given religion and return to a previously held religion or non-religion (typically atheism, agnosticism, or rationalism).

ontketenen

(figurative) To let go; to release.

ontkleden

(transitive) To undress someone or something.

ontknoping

(authorship, often, metaphorically) The conclusion or resolution of a plot; unravelling.

ontkomen

(intransitive) To run away; to escape.

ontkoppeld

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.

ontkoppelen

(ambitransitive) To unlink; to take apart or come apart.

ontkoppelingspedaal

The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.

ontkrachten

(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

ontladen

(electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).

ontlasten

(transitive, archaic) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).

ontleden

(linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]

ontleding

(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).

ontleedkunde

The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.

ontlenen

To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

ontlokken

To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.

ontlopen

(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.

ontluiken

(intransitive) To form buds.

ontluizen

To remove lice from.

ontmaagden

(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

ontmantelen

(transitive) To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).

ontmaskeren

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

ontmijner

One who removes explosive mines.

ontmoedigen

(transitive) To discourage, intimidate.

ontmoedigend

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

ontmoediger

Anything that discourages.

ontmoediging

The act of discouraging.

ontmoeten

(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.

ontmoeting

An encounter between people, even accidental.

ontnemen

(transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

ontneming

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

ontnerven

To remove the stem from.

ontnuchteren

(transitive) To shock emotionally.

ontnuchtering

A surprise or shock.

ontoegeeflijk

In an inexorable manner; without the possibility of stopping or prevention.

ontoelaatbaar

Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.

ontoereikend

Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

ontoereikendheid

The state of being inadequate.

ontogenese

The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood.

ontologisch

Of or pertaining to the nature of being or existence.

ontploffen

(intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly

ontploffing

An explosive charge for blasting.

ontraden

(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).

ontradend

Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.

ontrading

The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.

ontrafelen

(also, figuratively) To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.

ontrafeling

The act of becoming unravelled.

ontredderd

desolate

ontregeling

An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.

ontreinigen

To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

ontroerd

Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).

ontroeren

(transitive) To move to emotion.

ontroerend

Causing or evoking deep emotions.

ontroerende

Causing or evoking deep emotions.

ontroostbaar

Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.

ontrouw

Not loyal, without loyalty.

ontschepen

(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.

ontschorsen

To strip the bark from; to peel.

ontslaan

(transitive, now, _, rare) To dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.

ontslaan van een verplichting

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ontslag

Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.

ontslag nemen

(transitive, or, intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status. [from 14th c.]

ontslagnemend

(not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).

ontsleutelen

(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.

ontsmettingsmiddel

A substance that kills germs or viruses.

ontsnappen

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

ontsnappen aan

(transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

ontspannen

The act of diverting.

ontspannend

Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.

ontspanning

Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.

ontspringen

(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

ontspruiten

(intransitive) To appear or sprout.

ontstaan

(intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.

ontstaan uit

(intransitive) To come from a source; issue from.

ontsteken

(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)

ontsteker

A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.

ontsteking

(pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.

ontstelen

To remove the stem from.

ontstellend

Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.

ontstemd

Unhappy; dissatisfied

ontstoken

(colloquial) Inflamed, like a sore.

ontstoppen

(transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.

ontstopper

A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.

onttoveren

(transitive, of a thing) To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.

onttovering

The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.

onttrekken

To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.

onttrokken

(obsolete) Derived; extracted. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 15th century.]

ontucht

(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.

ontuchtige

An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.

ontvangen

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

ontvangenis

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.