Dutch–English dictionary

problematisch

Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s):

procederen

(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

procedurefout

(appellate, _, legal, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.

proces

(legal) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.

proces-verbaal

(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.

processie

A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.

processor

A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).

procesvoering

(legal) The conduct of a lawsuit.

proclamatie

A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement.

procrastinatie

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

procreatie

The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind

procuratie

The authority to act for another, especially when written.

procuratiehouder

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

producent

(economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.

producer

(UK, Irish, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.

produceren

To produce, bear as fruit.

product

That which is produced.

product recall

Request of the return of a faulty product.

productie

(figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.

productief

Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.

productietijd

(idiomatic) The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.

productiviteit

The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.

productlijn

A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself. [from early 19th c.]

proef

A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.

proefballon

(figuratively) Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.

proeflezen

(transitive, and, intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.

proefschrift

A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.

proeftijd

A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met.

proefverlof

(legal) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are permitted to continue living in a community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions.

proefwerk

(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.

proeven

(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.

prof

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

profaan

Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.

profeet

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

professie

The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion. [from 16th c.]

professioneel

Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.

professor

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

profete

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

profeteren

To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. [from 14th c.]

profetie

A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.

profetisch

Prophetic, foretelling the future.

proficiat

Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.

profiel

(Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.

profijt

Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.

profiteren

(intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.

profiteur

(mostly, pejorative) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.

prognose

A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction. [from mid 17th c.]

programma

A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

programmatuur

(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).

programmeren

(computing) To write software programs.

programmeur

(computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

progressief

One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.

project

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

projecteren

(transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

projectiel

An object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.

projectontwikkelaar

A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.

projector

An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.]

proletariaat

(often, derogatory, also, figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.

proletariër

A member of the proletariat.

prolifereren

(ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

proloog

A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

promenade

A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.

Prometheus

(Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.

prominent

Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.

promiscue

Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.

promiscuïteit

The state or quality of being promiscuous.

promoten

(transitive) To promote heavily; to advertise or build up.

promotie

An advancement in rank or position.

promotie maken

(transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

promotor

A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.

promoveren

(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

prompt

Quick; acting without delay.

pronken

(intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.

pronomen

(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.

prooi

The result of killing; that which has been killed.

prooidier

(uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.

proost

(idiomatic) Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.

prop

A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

propaan

(organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C3H8, a constituent of natural gas. [from 1867]

propaganda

(religion, historical) The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.

propageren

(transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.

propeller

A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.

proper

Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.

propje

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

proportioneren

(transitive) To make proportionate.

propositie

(countable) An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.

proppen

(transitive, figuratively) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.

propvol

Overcrowded; congested.

prostaat

The prostate gland. [from 1646]

prosthesis

(phonology) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).

prostituant

(slang, US) A prostitute's client.

prostitué

A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]

prostituee

(obsolete) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.

prostitutie

The trade of a harlot; prostitution.

protactinium

A chemical element (symbol Pa) with atomic number 91. A dense, silvery-gray actinide metal.

protagonist

(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.

protectionisme

(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.

protegé

A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).

proteïsch

Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.

protest

A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

protestbandje

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

protesteren

(intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).

protestreclame

An advertisement created by subvertising.

prothese

(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.

prothesiologie

(medical) Branch of medicine that deals with the artificial replacement of missing body parts.

prothetisch

Artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis.

Proto-Indo-Europeaan

(dated) An Indo-European, a Proto-Indo-European.

proton

(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark. [from 1920]

prototype

An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. [from late 16th c.]

protserig

Of ostentation.

Provence

A maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

proviand

(uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.

provident

Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.

provincie

(historical, Ancient Rome) A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon

provisie

A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

provisiekamer

A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry.

provisioneel

Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.

provisoir

Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.

provisorisch

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

Provo

A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.

provocateur

A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker.

provocatie

The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.

provocatief

Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.

provoceren

(transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

proxy

(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

proza

Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

prudent

Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct.

pruik

A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.

pruilen

(intransitive) To push out one's lips.

pruilend

Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. (of a person)

pruilerig

(often, derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset

pruilmondje

One's facial expression when pouting.

pruim

An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour. [from 8th c.]

pruimenboom

The fruit and its tree.

Pruisisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.

prul

(chiefly, North American, figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.

prullaria

(figurative) A thing of little value; a toy, a trifle.

prulletje

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

prutsen

(intransitive, often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.

prutser

A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.

PS

Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, or postscript, initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote.

pseudoniem

A fictitious name used by an author in place of their actual name; a writer's pseudonym.

psi

(countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.

psyche

The capability for rational thought.

psychedelisch

Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness, etc.

psychiater

A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.

psychiatrie

(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.

psychiatrisch

Of, or relating to, psychiatry.

psychiatrische instelling

(dated) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

psycho-

Relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology.