Dutch–English dictionary

savanne

A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

saxofoon

A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

scalpeermes

A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.

scalpel

A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.

scampi

(Commonwealth) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.

scandaleus

Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.

scanderen

(poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific metre. [from 14th C.]

Scandinaaf

Someone from Scandinavia.

Scandinaafs

(of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

Scandinaafse

Someone from Scandinavia.

Scandinavië

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.

Scandinaviër

Someone from Scandinavia.

Scandinavisch

(of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

Scandinavische

Someone from Scandinavia.

scenario

(authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.

scenarioschrijfster

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

scenarioschrijver

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

scenarist

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

scène

The location of an event that attracts attention.

scepter

An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

scepticus

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

sceptisch

Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe. [from 16th c.]

schaaf

(countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

schaafwond

(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

schaafwonde

Injury or wear caused by friction.

schaak

(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. [from 14th c.]

schaakbord

(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.

schaakbordachtig

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

schaakmat

(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.

schaakmat spelen

(chess) Clipping of checkmate.

schaakspel

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

schaal

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

schaaldier

Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.

schaambeen

The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.

schaamhaar

(slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's. [from 1745]

schaamlip

folds of tissue at opening of vulva

schaamluis

A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.

schaamte

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.

schaamteloos

Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]

schaamteloosheid

(formal) Immodesty; shamelessness.

schaap

The meat of sheep used as food.

schaapherder

(countable) A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.

schaapsvacht

(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

schaars

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

schaarste

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

schaats

A light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating.

schaatsen

The act, or the sport, of skating on ice.

schaatser

A person who skates.

schacht

(US, Canada, Philippines) a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body

schade

Harm, hurt, damage.

schadelijk

(formal) Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.

schadelijke software

(computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

schaden

To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.

schadevergoeding

(legal) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.

schadeverwekker

(law) A person who commits a tort.

schadevreugde

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

schaduw

(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.

schaduwen

(transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.

schaduwzijde

A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.

schakelaar

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.

schakelen

(engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

schaken

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

schaker

A human or computer that plays the game of chess.

schakering

A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.

schaking

(legal) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [from mid-18th century.]

schamel

Of little worth.

schampen

(transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

schamper

(of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.

schandaal

An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.

schandalig

Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.

schanddaad

(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.

schande

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

schandelijk

Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.

schandpaal

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

schandvlek

(by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.

schans

A defense or safeguard.

schap

Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".

schapenhoedster

(dated) A female shepherd.

schapenvacht

(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

schapenvlees

The meat of sheep used as food.

schappelijk

Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.

schare

(collective) A small group of persons, especially of girls and women.

scharen

To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does.

scharlaken

Of a bright red colour.

scharlakenrood

Of a bright red colour.

scharnier

A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.

scharrelen

To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.

schat

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

schatbewaarder

The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

schatje

(informal) A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.

schatmeester

The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

schatplichtig

(usually with 'to') Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.

schatrijk

(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.

schatten

(linguistics) The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.

schattig

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

schattigaard

A cute person or animal.

schatting

(mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.

schaven

(ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.

schavot

An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.

schavuit

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.

schede

The sheath of a sword.

schedel

(skeleton) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

scheef

Turned or twisted to one side.

scheefstaande grote teen

(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.

scheeftrekking

(countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.

scheefzakken

(figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.

scheelkijken

The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.

scheen

(anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

scheenbeen

(anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

Scheepers

An English surname originating as an occupation.

scheepsbeschuit

(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.

scheepsgevangenis

(US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

scheepskeuken

(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

scheepslading

A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).

scheepsmaat

(nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.

scheepsromp

(by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.

scheepsruim

(nautical) A hold on a ship (including the forehold and stern hold), used to store cargo during a voyage.

scheepsvracht

(nautical) The amount (of cargo) that a ship can carry.

scheepswerf

A place where ships are built and repaired.

scheepswrak

A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.

scheepvaart

(uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.

scheerapparaat

A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.

scheerling

Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera

scheermes

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

scheerriem

A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.

Scheherazade

A en given name.

scheiden

(transitive, archaic) To tear off or asunder. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

scheiding

(uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.

scheiding der machten

A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.

scheidingslijn

(countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border.

scheidsrechter

A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.

scheikunde

(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.

scheikundig

Of or relating to chemistry.

scheikundige

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

schel

Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.

schelden

(intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism [from 16th c.]

scheldnaam

An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.

scheldpartij

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

scheldwoord

Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.

schelen

(transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

schellak

A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.

schelling

(historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.

schelm

(metaphor) A cunning person.

schelmenstreek

The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief.

schelp

The empty shell of a marine mollusk.

schelpdier

A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.

schelvis

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

schema

A list of planned events.

schematisch

Represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding of complex subject matter.

schemerachtig

Not bright or colorful.