Dutch–English dictionary

rechtmaken

(transitive) To cause to become straight.

rechtmatig

Factually right, correct; factual.

rechts

(geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.

rechtsbedeling

Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.

rechtschapen

Just, equitable.

rechtschapenheid

Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.

rechtsgeleerdheid

(legal) The theoretical study of law.

rechtskundig raadsman

In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services to clients apart from acting as their advocate in court. A solicitor instructs barristers to act as an advocate for their client in court, although rights of audience for solicitors vary according to jurisdiction.

rechtsom

In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.

rechtspreken

(intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

rechtstreeks

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

rechtsverwerking

(legal) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.

rechtswetenschap

(legal) The theoretical study of law.

rechtszaak

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

rechtszaal

The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.

rechttrekken

(transitive, idiomatic) To correct; to make right or true.

rechtuit

(idiomatic) Openly, without deceit.

rechtvaardig

Fair, just, or impartial.

rechtvaardigen

(transitive) To justify by providing evidence.

rechtvaardigheid

The state or characteristic of being just or fair.

rechtvaardiging

(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

rechtzetten

(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]

recidive

Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.

recidiveren

Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.

reciteren

(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

reclame

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

reclamespot

An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.

reconciliëren

(ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

reconstrueren

To construct again; to restore.

record

The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

recreaasje

Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

recreatie

Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

recreëren

(reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.

rectaal

Of, via or related to the rectum.

rectie

(grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.

rectificeren

(transitive) To right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.

rector

A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.

reçu

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

recuperen

recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness

recupereren

(intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.

recursie

(mathematics) The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.

recuseren

(reflexive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.

recyclage

The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

recyclen

(transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.

recycleren

(transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.

recycling

The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

red.

editor

redacteur

A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

redden

(transitive) To save, rescue.

redder

A person who rescues someone or something.

redding

An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

reddingsboot

(nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).

reddingszwemmer

A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.

rede

(countable) Any rational expression, reason.

redekunde

The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

redekunst

The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner. [from 16th c.]

redelijk

Fair; acceptable; okay.

redelijkerwijs

In accordance with reason.

Redemptorist

A member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (i.e. Jesus Christ), founded in 1732 by Saint Alphonsus Maria of Liguori

reden

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

redeneren

To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason.

redenering

Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.

redetwisten

(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.

redigeren

(transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

redmiddel

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

redoute

A small, temporary, military fortification.

redster

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

reduceren

(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

redundantie

The state of being redundant

ree

(countable) Any place of shelter.

reebok

(countable) A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.

reebruin

Of the fawn colour.

reed

(nautical) The line from a vessel to its anchor.

reeds

Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

reëel

Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]

reegeit

A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).

reekalf

A young deer.

reeks

A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.

reële

(mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.

reep

A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

reet

(informal, _, or, _, childish, chiefly, Commonwealth) The buttocks.

referendum

(law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.

referent

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.

referente

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.

referentie

A statement concerning the character of a person, typically for submission during a job application or court proceeding.

reffen

(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

reflectie

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

reflexief

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.

reform

The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it

reformatorisch

Of the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation.

refractie

(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.

refrein

The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.

refutatie

An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.

refuteren

(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.

regaal

(musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.

regeerbaar

Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule.

regel

(music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

regelaar

A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.

regelbaar

capable of being adjusted

regelen

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

regeling

(often, in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.

regelmaat

(uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.

regelmatig zesvlak

(geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

regelmatigheid

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular

regelrecht

Completely, wholly.

regenachtig

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

regenbak

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.

regenboog

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

regenboogvlies

(anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See w:Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

regenbui

(weather) A short, mild period of rainfall.

regendruppel

A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.

regenjas

A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain.

regenmaand

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

regenponcho

A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood.

regenput

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.

regenscherm

A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.

regent

One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]

regentschap

A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.

regenval

(meteorology) The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

regenwater

Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

regenwaterput

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.

regenworm

A worm that lives in the ground.

regeren

(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.

regering

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

regeringsloosheid

(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.

regime

A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

regiment

(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units. [from 16th c.]

regio

A particular geographic region.

regionaal

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

regisseur

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

regisseuse

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

register

An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

registratie

(countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something.

registreren

(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.

reglement

(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

rehabilitatie

The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.

reiger

(zoology) Any member of the family Ardeidae, the herons, egrets and bitterns.

reigersbek

Any plant of genus Erodium.

reiken

(intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.

reikwijdte

The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.

rein

Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed. [first attested in the mid 1500s]

Reinaart

(literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox.

reïncarnatie

Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

reïncarneren

(ambitransitive) To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.

reinigen

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.

reiniger

A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.

reiniging

(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

reinigingsmiddel

(pharmaceutical drug) A detergent.

Reintje

(literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox.

reis

A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.