Dutch–English dictionary

sacraliseren

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

Sacramento

The capital city of California, United States and the county seat of Sacramento County.

sacrista

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

sacristie

A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.

sacrosant

Sacred, very holy.

Saddam Hoessein

Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi dictator (1979-2003).

sadist

One who derives pleasure through cruelty or pain to others.

sadistisch

Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.

sadomasochist

A person who enjoys both inflicting and receiving pain for sexual gratification.

safari

A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or to hunt wild animals in their own environment.

safe

A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

saffier

(countable, and, uncountable) A deep blue colour.

saffierblauw

of a deep blue colour.

saffierblauwe

of a deep blue colour.

saffloer

A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.

saffraan

A plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocus.

saffraankrokus

A plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocus.

Sahara

A desert in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.

saignant

(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.

sake

(alcohol) Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.

Saks

A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.

Saksen

A state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands. Official name: Free State of Saxony.

Saksisch

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.

salade

An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.

salaris

A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.

salarisstop

(business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.

saldo

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

salie

The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.

Salomo

(Biblical character) In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.

salopette

Heavy denim pants or trousers, usually with bib and braces, worn especially as work clothing.

salt

(chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.

salto

Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.

saluut

(sometimes, formal, sometimes, humorous) Hello.

saluutschoten

A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

salvo

A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.

Samaritaan

A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.

Samaritaans

Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans.

Samaritaanse

A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.

Same

A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

samen

(figurative) Working together collaboratively; collaborative, cooperative.

samenbinden

(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.

samenbreien

(transitive) To combine from various elements.

samendrijven

(transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up.

samendrukken

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

samengaan

(intransitive) To join together to form a group.

samengaand

Naturally as part or consequence of something.

samengeraapt

Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.

samengesteld

Composed of elements; not simple.

samengestelde interest

(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.

samengevat

Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]

samengroeien

The act of coalescing.

samenhang

State of cohering, or of working together.

samenhangen

(intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

samenhangend

Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.

samenhangendheid

The state or quality of being connected.

samenhopen

(ergative) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble.

samenhorigheid

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

samenklank

Agreement or accord.

samenklitten

(intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.

samenkomen

(ergative) To gather as a group.

samenkomst

The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.

samenkrimpen

(intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.

samenleving

(countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

samennemen

(ergative) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble.

samenpersen

(transitive) To make more dense; to compress.

samenroepen

(transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.

samenscholing

A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).

samensluiten

(intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.

samensmelten

(of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.

samensmelting

(physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.

samenspannen

(intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire

samenspanning

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

samenspraak

The act of consulting.

samenstaan

To arrange or occur side by side.

samenstel

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.

samenstellen

(transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]

samenstelling

The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.

samenstromen

(transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.

samentellen

To add up; to calculate a total.

samentrekken

(intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.

samentrekking

(linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.

samenvallen

To occur at the same time.

samenvallend

Happening or existing at the same time.

samenvatten

(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

samenvatting

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

samenvloeien

(transitive, intransitive) To combine into a whole.

samenvloeiing

The act of joining, or the state of being joined.

samenvoegen

(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

samenwerken

(intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.

samenwerkend

Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

samenwerking

(uncountable) The act of collaborating.

samenwerkingsverband

Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.

samenwonen

(transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.

samenzetten

To arrange or occur side by side.

samenzijn

(informal) Preferring or favoring cooperation or social interaction.

samenzweerder

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

samenzweren

(intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire

samenzweren (tegen)

(dated) To plot; to scheme (against someone).

samenzwering

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

Samisch

Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

Samoa

A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.

Samoaan

(countable) A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent.

Samoaans

Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.

Samoaanse

(countable) A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent.

samoerai

In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

samowar

A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.

Samson

(biblical character) An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress.

Samuel

(biblical figure) The primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel.

sanatorium

An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

sanctie

An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

sandaal

(footwear) A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

sandhi

(phonology) Any of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.

sandwich

The simultaneous sexual penetration of one or more orifices of one person by two other people or objects.

sangria

A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.

sanitair

Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.

Sanskriet

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.

sap

(uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

sapcentrifuge

A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.

sapioseksueel

Sexually attracted to intellectual or mental qualities over appearance.

sappig

Having lots of juice.

saprijk

Juicy or lush.

Sara

(biblical character) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.

Sarah

A en given name.

Sarajevo

The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

sarcasme

(uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.

sarcastisch

Sharp in intent, sarcastic

sarcofaag

A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.

Sardijn

A native or inhabitant of Sardinia, Italy.

Sardijns

Of, from or relating to Sardinia, Italy.

Sardinië

An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Sardinisch

Of, from or relating to Sardinia, Italy.

Sardisch

Of, from or relating to Sardinia, Italy.

Sas

A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.

Saskatchewan

A prairie province in western Canada. Capital: Regina.

satan

(countable) A demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); a fallen angel.

satanisch

Resembling a devil.

satelliet

A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]

satellietstaat

A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. [from 19th c.]

satijn

A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

satire

(uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.

satirisch

Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.

Saturnaliën

(historical) An Ancient Roman holiday honoring the deity Saturn.

Saudi

A person from Saudi Arabia or of Saudi Arabian descent.

Saul

(Christianity) The Hebrew name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament.

Saulus

(Christianity) The Hebrew name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament.

sauna

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

saunaën

To use a sauna.

saus

A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.

saus opdoen

To add sauce to; to season.

sausachtig

Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.