Dutch–English dictionary

ovenpaal

A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

ovenschieter

A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

ovenschop

A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

over

Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of. [from ca. 1150–1350]

over de ganse lijn

Throughout, over.

over de hele wereld

Throughout the world.

over het algemeen

Generally; with everything considered.

over koetjes en kalfjes praten

(intransitive) To talk idly.

over tijd

Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.

over zijn toeren

(figurative) Heated up; excited. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

overaftelbaar

(mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.

overal

In or at any location.

overal aanwezig

Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.

overall

(uncountable) Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.

overbelast

Subjected to too much work.

overbevolking

(biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (people, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them.

overbieden

(transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.

overblijfsel

(formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.

overblijfselen

Litter and discarded refuse.

overblijvend

(not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.

overbodig

(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.

overboord

Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.

overboord werpen

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

overboordgooien

(countable) The action of jettisoning items.

overbrengen

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

overbrenging

(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.

overbruggen

To span as if with a bridge.

overdaad

(countable) An excessive amount of something.

overdadig

(literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant.

overdenken

(transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.

overdonderen

(transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.

overdosis

An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.

overdracht

(computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.

overdrachtelijk

(linguistics, semantics) In the broad sense; broadly.

overdragen

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

overdragen aan

(transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

overdreven

That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.

overdrijven

To overstate, to describe more than the fact.

overdrijving

The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

overduidelijk

Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

overeenkomen

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

overeenkomend

(with to or with) Conforming; obedient.

overeenkomst

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

overeenkomstig

In a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion to; in accordance with. [from 16th c.]

overeenstemmen

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

overeenstemmen met

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

overeenstemmend

With equal measure or extent.

overeenstemming

Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.

overeind

Bristling.

overerfbaar

That can legally be inherited.

overerving

(programming, object-oriented) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

overeten

(ambitransitive) To eat too much of.

overgaan

(intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.

overgang

A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.

overgankelijk

(grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.

overgave

(legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. [Early 19th century.]

overgebleven

Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

overgedragen

Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.

overgeërfd

Innate, inborn. [from 19th c.]

overgelukkig

Very happy.

overgeven

(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]

overgevoeligheid

(medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.

overgewicht

(uncountable, chiefly, transport, legal) An excess of weight.

overgieten

(transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.

overgooier

A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.

overhalen

(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.

overhand

(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.

overhandigen

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

overhangen

(transitive) To hang over (something).

overheen

On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

overheersen

To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power

overheersend

Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.

overheersing

Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.

overheerst

Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.

overheid

(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

overheids-

Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization. [from 15th c.]

overheidsdienst

Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.

overheidsinkomsten

All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.

overhellend

Projecting outwards.

overhemd

(US) A collared shirt with buttons worn as part of a formal, business or business casual outfit.

overhuiving

A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.

overigens

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

overjas

A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.

overkapping

Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.

overlaat

An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

overlaatst

(referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present) in recent times.

overladen

Flashy, flowery or showy.

overladen (met)

(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

overlangs

Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.

overlappen

(intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

overlappend

(chiefly, anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.

overlast

(legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

overlaten

(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.

overleden

(now, _, rare) Deceased, dead.

overledene

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

overledenen

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

overleg

The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).

overleggen

(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.]

overleven

(intransitive, idiomatic) To survive; to do well enough.

overlevende

One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.

overlever

(figuratively) A person who is able to endure hardship.

overleveren

To hand down; to transmit.

overlevering

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

overleving

The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.

overlijden

(euphemism) A death.

overloop

A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

overloopventiel

A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.

overlopen

(intransitive, also, figurative) To be full until almost overflowing.

overloper

One who defects.

overmaat

An excess, too much.

overmacht

An overwhelming force. [from late 19th c.]

overmannen

(transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.

overmatig

Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.

overmatige

Excessive, or far beyond the norm.

overmeesteren

(transitive) To beat in a contest.

overmoedig

Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

overnachten

(intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.

overnachting

(countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

overnachts

(figurative) In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

overnemen

(transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.

overpeinzing

A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.

overplaatsen

(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

overreden

(transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]

overrompelen

(transitive) To infest, swarm over, flow over.

overrompeling

An instance of overrunning.

overschaduwen

To obscure or overshadow.

overschat

Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.

overschatten

To judge or calculate too highly.

overschijden

(transitive) To run past; to run beyond.

overschoen

(British) A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.

overschoenen

(North America, in the plural) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.

overschot

A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.

overschouwen

(literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.

overschrijden

(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.

overschrijding

An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.

overschrijving

(in Europe, etc.) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.

overslaan

Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]

overspel

(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry

overspelig

Of, or characterized by adultery.

overspelige

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

overspoeld

Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.

overspoelen

(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.

overstag

(nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about. [from late 15th c.]

overstag gaan

(intransitive, nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.

overstap

(countable) A transfer between vehicles.

overstapkandidaten

(telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.

overstappen

(intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)

overste

One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)

oversteek

A voyage across a body of water.

oversteekplaats

(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.