Dutch–English dictionary

reisbus

(British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

reisgids

A book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist information about a particular country or area.

reiskoorts

A strong impulse or longing to travel.

reislust

A strong impulse or longing to travel.

reisroute

A route or proposed route of a journey.

reisstekker

Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.

reisverslag

An account or record of a journey.

reizen

(intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.

reiziger

(countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.

reizigster

One who travels, especially to distant lands.

rek

A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other

rekel

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

rekenaar

(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]

rekenen

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

rekenfout

An incorrect or mistaken calculation.

rekening

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

rekenkunde

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

rekenkundig

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

rekenmachine

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.

rekenschap

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

rekensom

(often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).

rekentafel

A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.

rekentoestel

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.

rekenvaardigheid

A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

rekken

(transitive) To supplement.

rekruteren

To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.

rekruut

A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

rektor

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

rekwisiet

(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.

rel

A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.

relatie

(computing) The connection between buses or systems.

relatief

In a comparative manner.

relatieve meerderheid

(countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.

relegeren

(transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.

relevant

Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.

relevantie

The quality of being pertinent.

relict

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

reliëf

An area of land or the particular features of it.

reliekhouder

(religion) A container to hold or display religious relics.

reliekschrijn

(religion) A container to hold or display religious relics.

religie

(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

religieus

Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.

relikwie

(religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.

rem

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.]

remake

A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.

rembourseren

To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

remedie

A method, device or medication that restores good health.

remmen

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.]

remmer

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.]

remming

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.]

ren

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

renaal

Pertaining to the kidneys.

renaissance

Revival, reinvigoration.

renaissancemens

A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.

Renate

A en given name.

renbaan

A horse racing course.

rendement

The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.

renderen

(transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

rendez-vous

A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.

rendier

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

renegaat

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

rengalop

The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

renium

A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.

renmuis

A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

rennen

Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.

renovatie

An act, or the process, of renovating.

renoveren

To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.

renpaard

A horse that competes in races.

rente

(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]

reparatie

An understanding, grasp of something.

repareren

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

repatriëring

The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.

repel

(textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

repercussie

(mostly, in the plural) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion.

repertoire

A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.

repertorium

A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

repeteren

(ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.

repetitie

(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

repliek

(legal) The defendant's answer to the replication.

reporter

A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.

representatie

That which represents something else.

representatief

Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.

representeren

(transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

repressie

Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

reprimande

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

reprise

(music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.

reproduceerbaar

The closeness of agreement among repeated measurements of a variable made under the same operating conditions over a period of time, or by different people.

reproduceren

(transitive) To produce an image or copy of.

reproductie

The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring

reptiel

(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. [from 19th c.]

republiek

One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

republikein

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

republikeins

Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]

republikeinse

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

reputatie

What somebody or something is known for.

research

(countable, dated) A particular instance or piece of research.

reservaat

Wilderness where human development is prohibited.

reservatie

A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.

reserve

A reserve or substitute.

reserve-

Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.

reservekopie

(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.

reserveren

(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.

reservering

A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.

reservoir

A receptacle for lamp oil in a lamp.

residentie

A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house#Noun or an apartment#Noun therein.

residu

A remainder left over at the end of some process.

residuair

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

resolutie

(computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

resoluut

Firm, unyielding, determined.

resonantie

(astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.

resoneren

To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.

respect

One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference. [from 16th c.]

respectabiliteit

The quality of being respectable.

respecteren

(transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.

respectievelijk

In a relative manner; often used when comparing array lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given.

respectloos

Lacking respect.

respectvol

(archaic) Polite; showing respect.

respijt

(legal) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.

respons

A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.

responsabel

(of a, job, or, position) Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.

ressource

Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

rest

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

restant

Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.

restanten

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

restaurant

An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

restaurateur

A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

restauratie

The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.

restauratrice

A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

restaureren

(transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

resten

The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.

resteren

To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

resterend

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

restje

A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

restproduct

A remainder left over at the end of some process.

resultaat

(chiefly, sport) The scoreline; the result.

resulteren

(intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

resumé

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

retentie

The act of retaining or something retained.

retentiebeugel

(dentistry) A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.

retentierecht

(legal) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.

retentievermogen

The act or power of remembering things.

retina

(ophthalmology) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.

retorica

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

retoriek

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

retorisch

(archaic) Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.

retort

(chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.

retoucheren

(transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.

retraite

A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.

retriever

A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.

reu

A mammal of the family Canidae: