Dutch–English dictionary

Azraël

The angel of death in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, and in Islam.

azuur

(tincture) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

azuur (blauw)

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.

azuurblauw

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.

baai

A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.

baaierd

The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

baan

(sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.

baanbrekend

Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before.

baancafé

(southern US, countable) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.

baanvak

A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.

baar

Able to be done; fit to be done.

baard

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

baardhaar

That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.

baardloos

(ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

baarmoeder

(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. [from 8th c.]

baarmoeder-

Of or pertaining to the uterus.

baarmoederhals

(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

baarmoederverwijdering

(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.

baars

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

baas

A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

baat hebben

(transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).

babbel

(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

babbelen

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

babbelziek

Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

Babel

(biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.

Babs, Babbe

A en given name.

baby

A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.

Babylon

(historical) An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates.

Babylonisch

(historical) Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire. [from 16th c.]

babyoppas

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

babysitster

A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.

babysitten

(ambitransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

babysitter

A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.

baccarat

(card games) A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.

Bach

(music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.

bâche

(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.

back-up

(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.

backgammon

A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.

backhand

(tennis, and, other, racquet sports) A stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.

backpacken

(intransitive) To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.

backpacker

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

backslash

The punctuation mark \.

bacterie

(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.

bacterieel

(microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.

bacteriologie

(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.

bad

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

baden

(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

badge

(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

badhuis

A building with baths for communal use.

badinage

Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

badjas

A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.

badkamer

A building or area where bathing occurs.

badkuip

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

badmantel

A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.

badmeester

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

badpak

A garment worn for swimming.

badwater

The water used in a bath (bathtub).

baffen

Performance of oral sex upon the anus.

bagageband

A continuously revolving device for item delivery.

bagatel

(figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.

bagatelliseren

(transitive, rare) To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle.

Bagdad

The capital city of Iraq.

bagel

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

baggeren

To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.

baggermachine

A dredging machine.

baggermolen

A dredging machine.

baggerschip

A dredging machine.

baggervaartuig

A dredging machine.

bah

An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor.

Bahama's

An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

bahasa

(uncountable) The common language spoken in Indonesia.

Bahrein

An archipelago, island, and country in West Asia in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama.

bajes

A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.

bajonet

(military) A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.

bak

(nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

bakbanaan

The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

bakbeest

(archaic) A large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre.

bakboord

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

bakboord-

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

baken

A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

bakenvuur

A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

bakermat

(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

bakkebaarden

Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.

bakken

(intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.

Bakker

An English surname originating as an occupation for a baker, or owner of a communal oven

bakkerij

A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.

bakkes

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

baklava

A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]

Bakoe

The capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

bakplaat

(cookware) An oven-proof metal tray used to hold foods in the oven.

bakstenen

(colloquial, AAVE, New York, of weather) Extremely cold.

bakster

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

bakvorm

(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.

bal

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

balaclava

A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.

balans

(accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.

baldadig

(US) Audacious and unrestrained.

baldakijn

(countable) A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.

balein

(physiology, uncountable) keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale (Mysticeti), which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.

balhoofd

(cycling) On a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame.

Bali

A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.

balie

(law, metonym, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.

baljuw

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

baljuwschap

The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

balk

Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".

Balkan

A geographic region and large peninsula in southeastern Europe, surrounded by water on three sides: the Adriatic Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea (including the Ionian and Aegean Seas) to the south and the Black Sea to the east. Its northern boundary is often given as the Danube, Sava and Kupa rivers.

Balkanees

Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.

balken

(intransitive) To bellow or roar.

ballade

A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.

ballast

(uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

ballastbed

Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.

ballen

(mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.

balletje

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

ballingschap

The state of being banished, exile.

ballistiek

(physics) The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.

ballistisch

(not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics.

ballon

Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.

Balthazar

A en given name.

Baltisch

Of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea.

baluster

(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway or around a balcony; a banister.

balustrade

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

balzak

The scrotum.

bamboe

Made of the wood of the bamboo.

ban

An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.

banaal

Repeated too often.

banaan

The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]

bananengeel

(uncountable) A yellow color, like that of a banana's skin. [from 1923]

bananenplant

The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]

bananenrepubliek

(politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

band

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

bandage

A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.

bandbreedte

(broadcasting) Space (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.

bandeloosheid

Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.

bandiet

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

bandje

(swimming) One of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim.

bandjir

(countable) A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.

bandleider

A musician who conducts or leads a band of musicians.

bandstand

A small, open-air platform or enclosure for bands to play on, usually roofed.

bandy

(sports, uncountable) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.

bang

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

bang maken

(intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.

bang zijn

(obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.

bang zijn voor

(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.

bangelijk

Afraid; suffering from fear.

bangerik

(by extension, pejorative) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.

Bangkok

(exonym) The capital city of Thailand.

Bangladesh

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

banjer

(UK, Irish, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.

banjo

A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

bank

(countable, mostly, in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.