Dutch–English dictionary

sneeuwbal

A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

sneeuwbui

A light, brief snowfall.

sneeuwen

(intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.

sneeuwjacht

A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.

sneeuwman

A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

sneeuwpop

A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

sneeuwregen

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Northeast US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.

sneeuwruimen

(transitive) To clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow.

sneeuwscooter

(vehicle) A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport.

sneeuwstorm

Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.

sneeuwval

(uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.

sneeuwvlok

A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.

sneeuwwit

The white color of snow.

snel

With speed; quickly; rapidly.

snel afhaspelen

(transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.

snel afmaken

(transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.

snel misselijk

Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.

snel vermenigvuldigen

(ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

snelbus

(British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

snelcursus

(idiomatic) A quick, intense course of learning, especially one which is informal or hurried.

snelheid

The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.

snelheidsmeter

An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.

snelle

Very swift or quick.

snellen

(intransitive) To hurry.

sneltreinprocedure

(figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

snelweg

A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.

snerend

Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.

snerpen

To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.

snerpend

Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.

sneu

Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.

snierken

(intransitive, slang) To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.

snijbiet

(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

snijden

(participial adjective) Having been cut.

snijdend

Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.

snijder

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

snijding

A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

snijwond

An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.

snik

A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

snikheet

(weather) Hot and humid; sweltering. [from late 16th c.]

snikken

(transitive) To say (something) while sobbing.

snip

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

snit

The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.

snob

(informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]

snobistisch

Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

snoeien

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

snoek

A species of pike, Esox lucius.

snoekbaars

A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.

snoeken

(intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.

snoep

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

snoepgoed

Confectionery, candy.

snoepje

(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.

snoepreisje

A pleasure trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.

snoer

Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.

snoet

The front of the prow of a ship or boat. [First attested in 1387.]

snoeven

To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully.

snoever

Someone who constantly brags or boasts. [from late 16th c.]

snoezig

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

snood

Sly, cunning, full of tricks.

snooker

A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.

Snoopy

Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.

snor

Locustella luscinioides, an Old World warbler, found in parts of Europe, Western Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa.

snorkelen

To use a snorkel.

snorren

To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.

snot

(informal, uncountable, sometimes, slightly, vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.

snot-

Running or dirtied with mucus.

snotaap

(slang, countable) A contemptible child.

snotjongen

(slang, countable) A contemptible child.

snotneus

(slang, countable) A contemptible child.

snotteren

(intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.

snotterend

That or who sobs.

snowboard

A board, somewhat like a broad ski, or a very long skateboard with no wheels, used in the sport of snowboarding.

snowboarden

To ride a snowboard.

snuffelaar

A person who snoops on others; a detective.

snuffelen

Often followed by in or into: to press or push the nose or snout, mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.

snufje

A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

snuif

A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.

snuifje

A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

snuiftabak

A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.

snuisterij

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

snuit

The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

snuitkever

A weevil; specifically, a true weevil ("beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae")

snuiven

The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

snurken

(ambitransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

sober

Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.

soberheid

The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.

sociaal

(of a person) Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.

sociaal darwinisme

(science) The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures.

social media

(uncountable) Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet.

sociale gerechtigheid

Fairness in society.

sociale media

(uncountable) Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet.

sociale rechtvaardigheid

Fairness in society.

socialisatie

(sociology, psychology) The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children.

socialist

One who supports or advocates socialism.

socialiste

One who supports or advocates socialism.

socialistisch

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

socialistische

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

sociëteit

(countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

sociologie

A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.

sociologisch

Of or pertaining to sociology.

sociopaat

A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

Socrates

A en given name of mostly historical use, known after a Greek philosopher.

sodomie

Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal, oral, or manual sex.

Soedan

Republic of the Sudan, since 1955

Soedanees

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.

Soedanese

A person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent.

soelaas

A source of comfort or consolation.

soenniet

A follower of Sunni Islam.

soennitisch

Belonging or relating to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah) and that places emphasis on the Sahabah.

soepel

Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

soepelheid

The quality of being supple; litheness.

soeplepel

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.

soera

Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.

soeverein

A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.

sof

A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

sofa

(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

Sofia

The capital city of Bulgaria.

sofisme

(uncountable) Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

software

(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).

softwarepakket

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

soggen

(transitive) To put off; to delay (something).

soiree

A formal evening party.

sojakaas

A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.

sok

A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.

sokkel

(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.

sol

In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.

soldaat

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

soldaatje

(Britain, AU, Ireland, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.

soldate

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

soldeerlamp

A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.

solden

Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”).

soldenier

A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.

solderen

to join items together, or to coat them with solder

solfatare

An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam. [from 18th c.]

soliciteren

(specifically, politics) To seek the support of (voters or a constituency) in a forthcoming election or poll through personal solicitation or public addresses.

solide

(of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.

solipsisme

Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others; self-centeredness; egoism.

solist

A person who performs a solo.

sollicitant

One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.

sollicitatie

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

solliciteren

(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

solo

(music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

som

(often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).

Somali

(chiefly, countable, collective) An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.

Somalië

A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.

Somaliër

(countable, collective) A citizen or resident from the country of Somalia. The term Somalian is sometimes used as an alternative to Somali to emphasize civic affiliations to the Republic of Somalia and de-emphasize ethnic affiliations. Using the term Somalian may be offensive to some Somalis as it is deemed nonstandard. Some Somali ethnonationalists do not consider all citizens of Somalia to be Somali. Some Somali separatists prefer terms such as Somalian or Somalilander in civic contexts over the ethnolinguistic connoted term Somali.

Somalisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.

Somalische

(countable, collective) A citizen or resident from the country of Somalia. The term Somalian is sometimes used as an alternative to Somali to emphasize civic affiliations to the Republic of Somalia and de-emphasize ethnic affiliations. Using the term Somalian may be offensive to some Somalis as it is deemed nonstandard. Some Somali ethnonationalists do not consider all citizens of Somalia to be Somali. Some Somali separatists prefer terms such as Somalian or Somalilander in civic contexts over the ethnolinguistic connoted term Somali.

somber

(comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy

sommatie

That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.

sommelier

The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server.