Dutch–English dictionary

rots

A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.

rotsblok

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

rotsformatie

The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.

rotsig

Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.

rotte plek

A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.

rotten

(chiefly, Northern England, Scotland) Often followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.

rottend

Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Rotterdam

A city in South Holland, Netherlands.

rottig

(informal) Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).

rottweiler

A very large muscular breed of dog of German origin with black fur and tanned markings.

rotvent

(countable) A contemptible person.

rotzak

(informal, mildly, vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife.

rotzooi

(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.

rouge

(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

roulette

(uncountable) A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

route

A course or way which is traveled or passed.

routebeschrijving

A guidebook for travellers.

routepunt

Any mapped reference point on a route that can be easily identified.

router

(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.

routine

A fixed routine.

routineus

Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.

rouw

Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]

rouwbandje

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

rouwig

Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

rouwklacht

Specifically, mourning.

rouwkoets

A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.

rouwvol

Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.

rouwzang

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

roux

A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

roven

(transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).

rover

(crime) An outlaw or bandit.

royal

(somewhat, informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.

royeren

(transitive) To remove from membership.

roze

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

rozemarijn

A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

rozenbottel

The fruit of a rose.

rozenstruik

A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.

rozig

Having a purplish-red or pink color; rosy.

rubber

(uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.

rubberboot

(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

rubberig

Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

Ruben

(biblical) A member of one of the Israelite tribes, descended from Reuben.

Rubicon

(historical) A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.

rubriek

A title of a category or a class.

ruche

(zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

rucola

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

rudiment

(biology) A body part that no longer has a function

rudimentair

(biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.

rug

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

rugby

A team sport similar to rugby football, played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

rugbyen

(intransitive) To play rugby.

ruggengraat

Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.

ruggengraatswervel

(skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.

ruggensteunen

(transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.

rugleuning

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

rugpijn

Any pain or ache in the back.

rugtas

A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.

rugwaarts

(archaic, Geordie) Towards the back or rear; backwards. [First attested prior to 1150.]

rugwervel

(skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.

rugzak

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

rugzakreiziger

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

rugzijde

(anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.

rui

The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

ruien

(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.

ruig

Stormy, of rough weather; not clement.

ruiken

(transitive) To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.

ruiken naar

(intransitive, figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.

ruiker

A bunch of cut flowers.

ruil

An act of exchanging or trading.

ruilen

(transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.

ruim

Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

ruimen

To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.

ruimer

A tool for boring a hole wider.

ruiming

An organized killing of selected animals.

ruimte

A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.

ruimtehaven

A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.

ruimtelijk

Having plenty of space; roomy; capacious.

ruimteschip

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

ruimtetuig

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

ruimtevaarder

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

ruimtevaartuig

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

ruimtewezen

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

ruimwater

(nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.

ruine

The ruins of a broken-down structure.

ruïneren

(figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).

ruisen

(ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.

ruit

(shapes, heraldiccharge) A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.

ruiten

(card games) A card of the diamonds suit.

ruiter

Of horseback riding or horseback riders.

ruiterij

(military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

ruiteroptocht

A ceremonial parade.

ruiterstoet

A ceremonial parade.

ruk

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

rukken

(slang, by extension) To waste time; to engage in an unproductive activity.

rukwind

A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

rum

(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

rumachtig

Resembling or tasting of rum.

rumdrinker

A rum-drinking alcoholic.

rummy

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

rumoer

(informal, slang) A wad of cash.

rumoerig

Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.

rund

(not comparable) Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.

rundvee

(pejorative, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

Rus

(uncountable) The Russian language.

Rusland

A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.

Russisch

Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.

Russische

Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.

rust

(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.

rusteloos

(slang) Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.

rusteloosheid

The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.

rusten

(intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.

rusten op

Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.

rustgevend

(figuratively) Soothing or relaxing. [from 18th c.]

rustiek

Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

rustig

(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.

rustteken

(music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.

Rutger

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

rutiel

(mineral) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.

ruw

Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]

ruwbouw

(architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.

ruwe

Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive. [from 20th c.]

ruwheid

The property of being rough, coarseness.

ruwweg

Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

ruzie

Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.

ruzieën

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.

ruziemaken

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.

ruziemaker

(Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A worthless person; a hooligan or lout. [From 1930s.]

ruzien

(intransitive, originally, US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.

ruziestoker

A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.

Rwanda

A country in East Africa.

s

A possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun or noun phrase bearing the marker.

saaf

(slang) Money.

saai

Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.

saaiheid

The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity.

Saba

An island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, in the southern part off the west coast of Venezuela.

sabayon

A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine.

sabbat

Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.

sabbatjaar

An extended period of leave from a person's usual pursuits.

sabbatsjaar

An extended period of leave from a person's usual pursuits.

sabel

(tincture) In blazon, of the colour black.

sabeldier

(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.

sabelmarter

(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.

Sabijn

A member of a certain ancient tribe of Italy.

sabotage

A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

saboteren

To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

saboteur

A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.

saccade

A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.

sacharide

(carbohydrate) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.

sacharine

(figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

sacraal

Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.