Dutch–English dictionary

schemeractief

(zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.

schemerig

Not bright or colorful.

schemering

(uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.

schemerlamp

A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.

schemermist

The close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes.

schenden

(transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.

schending

(legal) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.

schenkel

(countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.

schenken

To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render.

schenker

(chiefly, historical) One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served.

schenking

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

schep

A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

schepel

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

schepeling

(nautical, plural: crew) A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.

schepen

A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.

Scheper

An English surname originating as an occupation.

Schepers

An English surname originating as an occupation.

scheppen

To create, generate, bring into existence.

Schepper

(religion) A god who created the Universe; God.

schepping

(uncountable) The act of creating something.

scheprad

A paddlewheel.

schepsel

A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.

schepster

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

scheren

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

schering

(weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.

schering en inslag

Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).

scherm

Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

schermen

The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).

schermer

A participant in the sport of fencing.

schermster

A participant in the sport of fencing.

schermutselen

To engage in a minor battle or dispute.

schermutseling

A rough fight.

schermutselingen

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

scherp

(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]

scherp antwoord

A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.

scherp bekritiseren

(transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)

scherp maken

(transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

scherpe lava

(volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe. [From 19th c.]

scherpen

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To make sharp.

scherpheid

(uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.

scherpschutter

A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

scherpte

Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

scherpziend

(obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.

scherpzinnig

Quickly and critically discerning.

scherpzinnigheid

Perceptiveness.

scherts

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

schertsen

(intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.

schertsend

Humorous, amusing or joking.

schertsfiguur

Someone who is not important or well-known.

schervengericht

(historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.]

schets

(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.

schetsboek

A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.

schetsen

(transitive) To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.

schetteren

To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.

scheur

A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

scheurbuik

(uncountable, disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.

scheuren

(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.

scheut

(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

scheutig

Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. [from 17th c.]

scheutje

A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

schicht

A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.

schichtig

Easily scared or startled; timid.

schiereiland

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

schieten

(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

schietgat

(architectural element, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.

schietlood

A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.

schietpartij

(chiefly, US, crime) The shooting of multiple people over a short period of time, particularly when there are many victims and in which the victims are targeted indiscriminately.

schietschijf

A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

schietspoel

(weaving) A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.

schietvoorraad

Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

schiften

(intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.

schijf

(dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

schijn

Visual appearance.

schijnbaar

Seemingly; in appearance.

schijnbeweging

(often, military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.

schijnen

(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

schijnheilig

Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. [from mid-16th c.]

schijnheilige

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]

schijnheiligheid

The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.

schijnreden

(logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.

schijnsel

(informal) A ghost or phantom.

schijterij

(uncountable, euphemistic) Feces; excrement.

schijtlijster

(derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.

schikgodinnen

(Greek mythology) Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis; supernatural beings who controlled the destiny of men and of the gods.

schil

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.

schild

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

schilder

An artist who paints pictures.

schilderachtig

Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.

schilderen

To describe or depict with words or gestures.

schilderij

the action of applying paint

schilderkunst

artistic application of paint

schildersezel

An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

schilderslinnen

A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.

schilderwerk

an illustration or artwork using paint

schildhoofd

(sometimes, ironic) An informal term of address.

schildhouder

(heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.

schildknaap

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

schildpad

(military, historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages to protect assailants approaching besieged enemy defences; a cathouse.

schildvarken

Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.

schildvoet

(heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)

schildwacht

A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.

schilfer

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

schilferen

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

schillen

(transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.

schilling

The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen.

schilmesje

A thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredients, especially used for precise and controlled cutting.

schim

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

schimmel

(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

schimmenrijk

(religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

schimpen

(transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

schimpnaam

An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.

schimpscheut

A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.

schip

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

schipbreken

To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

schipbreuk

(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

schipbreuk lijden

To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

schipbreukeling

(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.

schipper

(nautical) The master of a ship.

schisma

A division or schism.

schitteren

To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.

schitterend

(of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.

schittering

A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.

schizoïde

Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.

schlemiel

A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally.

schmink

(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.

schnabbel

Originally (music) , a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.

schnitzel

(by extension) A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet.

schoeisel

Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.

schoelie

A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

schoen

(transitive) To put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse.

schoenendoos

The box in which shoes are sold.

schoener

(watercraft) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.

schoenlapper

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

schoenlapster

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

schoenmaakster

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

schoenmaker

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

schoenveter

A lace used for fastening a shoe.

schoenzool

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

schoep

The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.

schoer

A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.

schoffel

(when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.

schoffelen

(transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.

schoft

The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. [from 1580]

schok

A surprise or shock.

schokeffect

(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.

schokken

An act of jolting.

schokkend

Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.]

schokschouderen

(ambitransitive) To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.

scholatisch

(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism

scholen

(transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).