Dutch–English dictionary

skyline

The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.

skypen

(transitive, computing) To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.

sla

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

Slaaf

A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

slaafje

A fawning, servile follower.

slaafs

Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.

slaafs volgeling

A sycophantic follower.

slaan

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

slaap

(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.

slaapcel

A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

slaapkamer

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

slaapkop

(informal) A sleepy person.

slaapliedje

A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.

slaapmiddel

(pharmaceutical drug) Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.

slaapmuts

(headwear) A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread. [From 14th c.]

slaapmutsje

A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic. [From 1818.]

slaapplaats

A prepared spot in which to spend the night.

slaapverwekkend

Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

slaapwandelaar

A person who walks about in their sleep; a sleepwalker.

slaapwandelen

The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.

slaapzaal

A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

slaapzucht

A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]

slaatje

(uncountable, vegetable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.

slabbetje

An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.

slacht

(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.

slachtafval

The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.

slachten

(veterinary, _, medicine) The slaughter of animals, especially diseased ones to limit the spread of the disease.

slachter

(figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.

slachterij

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.]

slachthuis

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.]

slachting

A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.

slachtmaand

The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.

slachtoffer

(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).

slachtofferloos

Without a victim.

slachtpartij

A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.

slachtplaats

A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.

slag

A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

slagader

(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.

slagboom

A structure that bars passage.

slagen

(transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.

slager

A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

slaghout

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

slagkracht

(informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

slagman

(baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.

slagschip

(informal) Any type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.

slagtand

The sharp tusk of a wild boar.

slagveld

The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field.

slagzin

A common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth.

slak

Slag from a metal furnace.

slang

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

slangdraak

(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.

slangenbeet

(countable) Either of a pair of lip piercings below the lower lip, resembling the fangs of a snake.

slangenmens

An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions.

slank

(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.

slanke sleutelbloem

A plant of species Primula elatior, similar to cowslip (Primula veris) but with larger, pale yellow flowers.

slap

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

slapeloos

Characterized by an absence of sleep: wakeful.

slapeloosheid

(medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.

slapen

(intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

slapend

In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.

slaper

Someone who sleeps.

slaperig

Quite sleepy or tired.

slapheid

Habitual laziness or sloth.

slapjanus

A person who lacks courage.

slaplant

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

slappe hap

(countable) Someone or something that is lacking in interest or substance.

slappe lach

(with the) An attack of uncontrolled giggling.

slappeling

(slang, countable) A naive person; a simpleton.

slapte

The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.

slavenhaler

(nautical) A ship used to transport slaves.

slavenhandelaar

A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.

slavenschip

(nautical) A ship used to transport slaves.

slavin

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

Slavisch

Of the Slavs, their culture or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.

Slavische

A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

slechst

least well.

slecht

In a bad manner.

slecht begrijpen

(ambitransitive) To hear wrongly.

slecht gemaakt

Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

slecht horen

(ambitransitive) To hear wrongly.

slecht maken

(transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

slecht voorgevoel

A sense of evil to come.

slechte

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

slechte werking

Faulty functioning.

slechter

(for non-slang definitions)

slechterik

(informal) A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.

slechtheid

The quality or state of being evil.

slechts

Only, simply, merely.

slechtst

Most inferior; doing the least good.

slee

(British) any type of sled or sleigh.

sleeën

The act of sliding downhill, or transporting something, on a sled.

sleepboot

(watercraft) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

sleepnet

(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.

sleeptouw

A rope or cable used in towing.

sleet

Grinding down or wearing away by friction.

slendang

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

slenk

(British) A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.

slenteren

(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

slepen

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

sleper

(watercraft) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

slet

(countable, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A woman of loose morals.

sleur

Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.

sleutel

(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

sleutelbeen

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

sleutelbloem

A flowering plant of the genus Primula.

sleutelen

(ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

sleutelfiguur

(figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.

sleutelgat

Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.

sleutelhanger

An item carried on a key ring either as decoration or for security.

sleutelkaart

A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.

sleutelkoord

(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.

sleutelschild

A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.

slick

(sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.

slide

(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.

sliding

(sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.

sliert

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

slijk

A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.

slijm

(US, slang) Any thick, disgusting liquid.

slijmachtig

Of or relating to goo.

slijmbal

(figuratively, originally, US, colloquial, derogatory) A person who is slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.

slijmerig

Of or pertaining to slime

slijmerige prop

(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.

slijmprik

Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.

slijmstof

A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.

slijpen

To form or shape by cutting.

slijpmachine

A grinder, typically with a pair of grinding wheels (one at each end of the motor shaft) that is designed to be permanently mounted on a workbench.

slijpmiddel

A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

slijpsteen

An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing, or grinding.

slijtage

Grinding down or wearing away by friction.

slikken

(transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe

slim

Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.

slimmigheid

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

slinger

A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

slingerarm

A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

slingerblijde

A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

slingeren

A sudden or unsteady movement.

slingerplant

(botany) A climbing plant, as hops, which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support (distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers).

slinken

(transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.

slinksheid

(uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.

Slinky

A toy in the form of a loose metal (originally) or plastic spring that can be made to "walk" down stairs as its coils separate and close up.

slip

(chiefly, Australia, informal) Male underpant bikini briefs.

slipje

Underpants for women and girls.

slippen

(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.

slipper

A person or creature that slips.

slippertje

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

slipster

A person or creature that slips.

slis

The act or a habit of lisping.

slisgeluid

The act or a habit of lisping.

slissen

(intransitive) To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.

slobber

(internet slang, derogatory) Content or media of little-to-no value, especially that which is produced consistently and according to trends to satisfy a recommendation algorithm or consumerist demands.