Dutch–English dictionary

schup

A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.

schuppen

(obsolete)

schuren

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

schurend

Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.]

schurft

(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

schurftig

Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.

schurk

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

schutgebied

A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

schutspatroon

One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.

schuttersputje

(military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.

schuttingtaal

(uncountable, euphemistic, now, _, often, _, ironic) Vulgar language.

schuur

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.

schuurder

A person employed to sand wood.

schuurmachine

Something that abrades; a tool or machine for abrading. [from mid-19th c.]

schuurmiddel

A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.; an abrasive.

schuurpapier

(uncountable) Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.

schuw

Careful, cautious, shy, wary.

schuwen

(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.

schwalbe

(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.

schwung

Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.

sclera

(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.

sclerose

(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.

scone

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

scoop

Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.

scooter

A small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

scootmobiel

An electric-powered scooter, similar in use to a wheelchair, that is specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.

scorbuut

(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.

score

A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total. [from 19th c.]

scorebord

A large board that displays the score in a game or contest.

scout

A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.

scrabble

A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.

screwdriver

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

scriptie

(by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.

scrollen

(ambitransitive, computing, GUI) To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.

scrotum

(slang, vulgar) The scrotum.

scrupule

(now, negative polarity) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. [from 17th c.]

scrupuleus

Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.

sculptuur

(countable) More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.

se

(added to a proper noun) Suffix denoting a resident or inhabitant of (the place denoted by the proper noun); used to form a demonym.

seance

A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium.

Seattle

A seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County.

Sebastiaan

A en given name.

secondant

One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.

seconde

Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.

secondje

(informal) A short but unspecified time period.

secretaris

One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.

secretie

(uncountable) The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland.

sectair

Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming negative opinions about others without just cause.

sectie

A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

sector

(countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.

secularisme

Neutrality towards all religions.

seculier

Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical; profane.

secundair

Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.

secunde

(music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).

sedentair

Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.

seder

(Judaism) The ceremonial meal held on the first night or two nights of Passover.

sedert

From the time that.

sediment

(archaic, chiefly, in the plural) Dregs, sediment.

sedimenteren

(intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.

Seeland

The largest island of Denmark.

segment

A length of some object.

SEH

Initialism of emergency department.

sein

A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.

Seine

A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.

seismisch

Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.

seizoen

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

seizoengebonden

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

seizoensgebonden

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

seks

(uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. [from 1899]

seksen

(zoology, transitive) To determine the sex of (an animal).

seksisme

Discrimination or different treatment based on sex or gender, especially discrimination against women.

seksist

A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism.

seksistisch

Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.

seksloos

Provoking or showing no sexual desire.

seksualiteit

Sexual activity; concern with, or interest in, sexual activity.

seksueel

Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. [from 17th c.]

seksuele aantrekkingskracht

Sexual attractiveness. [from 1910s]

sektarisch

Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.

sekte

(chiefly, derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.

selder

A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

selderie

A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

selderij

A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

select

Privileged, specially selected.

selecteer

To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.

selectievakje

(graphical user interface) An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.

seleen

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.

selenium

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.

selenologie

(chiefly) The scientific study of the Moon’s movements in the heavens and the kinetic influences it has upon and it receives from other astronomical bodies.

selfie

(informal, mobile phones) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.

semafoon

(telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

semantiek

The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

semantisch

Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words. [from late 19th c.]

semester

Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.

semiotiek

The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.

semiotisch

Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.

Semitisch

Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.

senaat

In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.

Senegal

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Senegal.

seniel

(often, offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.

seniliteit

Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.

senior

Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]

senioriteit

A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.

sensatie

A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.

sensatieblad

(newspapers) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news. [from early 20th c.]

sensitiviteit

(statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.

sensueel

(figuratively) Sexually enthralling.

sentimenteel

Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

Seoel

The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.

Seoul

The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.

sepaal

(botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.

sepalum

(botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.

separaat

Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

separatisme

A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).

separatistisch

Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.

seppuku

A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest, or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.

sepsis

(pathology) A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.

september

The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.

sequentieel

having some logical sequence

seraf

(post-biblical) A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God.

serafijn

(post-biblical) A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God.

sereen

Calm, peaceful, unruffled.

serendipiteit

An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident.

sereniteit

(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.

serf

A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.

sergeant

The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.

serie

A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.

serieus

(of a topic) Serious, somber.

sering

A flower of the lilac shrub.

seringen

A flower of the lilac shrub.

serpent

(now, literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.

serpentijn

(historical) An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.

serre

(chiefly, _, UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house

serum

Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual (human or nonhuman).

serveerder

One who serves.

serveerster

One who serves.

server

(computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.

serveren

(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]

servet

A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.

service

(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

Servië

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

Serviër

A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)

servies

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

Servisch

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.

Servische

A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)

servituut

(law, property law) An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).

sesam

The seed of this plant.

sesamzaad

The seed of this plant.

sessie

A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

Set

(biblical character) The third son of Adam and Eve.

Seth

(biblical character) The third son of Adam and Eve.