Dutch–English dictionary

steeds zeuren over

(transitive) To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.

steeg

A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.

steek

(informal, uncountable) Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks.

steekhoudend

Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.

steekkar

(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

steekmug

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

steekpartij

An incident in which a person is stabbed.

steekpenning

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

steekproef

(statistics) A subset or portion of a population that is systematically selected for measurement, observation, or questioning, with the objective of generating statistical information that accurately reflects the characteristics of the entire population.

steeksleutel

(Commonwealth, UK, Irish) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

steekspel

A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.

steekwond

A wound made by stabbing.

steel

(botany) A short stalk at the base of a reproductive structure of a non-flowering plant.

steelpan

(countable, cookware) A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.

steels

Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.

steen

An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.

Steenbok

Someone with a Capricorn star sign.

steengroeve

(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.

steenhouwen

(transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.

steenkool

(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.

steenman

A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

steenraket

Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers.

steentje

(printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.

steenzout

(mineral) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.

steevast

Every time; always, without change.

Stefanus

(biblical character) The first Christian martyr.

steiger

A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

steigerbouwer

A person who erects and dismantles scaffolding.

steigeren

(originally, intransitive, of horses) To prance, frolic, gambol.

steigerend

(originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.

steil

Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

steilte

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

stek

(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

stekel

A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.

stekelvarken

Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.

steken

(transitive) To put into a bag.

stekend

Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.

steker

(dated) A palette knife.

stekerbees

A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.

stekker

A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]

stel

Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

stelen

(transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.

stellair

(astronomy, notcomp) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

stellen

To physically place (something or someone somewhere).

stellende trap

(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

stellige bewering

Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

stelling

(sciences) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, and/or experimentation.

stellingname

An opinion, stand, or stance.

stelpen

To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.

stelsel

(physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.

steltloper

Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.

stem

(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.

stembiljet

(originally) A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.

stembusgang

A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.

stemhebbend

(phonetics) Sounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s] is unvoiced.

stemloos

(phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].

stemmen

(music, transitive) To tune (an instrument).

stemmen werven

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

stemmer

Someone who votes.

stemming

(uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.

stempel

(literally) A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.

stempelaar

One who stamps.

stemrecht

The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.

stemster

Someone who votes.

stenen

Constructed of stone.

stengel

A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

stenigen

(transitive, legal) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.

steniging

(legal) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment

stenograaf

A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.

stenose

(medicine, pathology) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.

stepperoller

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.

ster

(archaic) A body that gives light; especially, one of the heavenly bodies.

stereotype

A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).

sterfbed

The bed on which someone dies.

sterfelijk

Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. [from 14th c.]

sterfelijkheid

The state of being susceptible to death.

sterfgeval

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.

steriel

(of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.

steriliseren

(transitive) To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.

steriliteit

The state or quality of being sterile.

sterk

(of drink or drugs) Strong.

sterk van geur

(informal) Having a strong or unpleasant odour.

sterke drank

(uncountable) Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.

sterke zenuwen

Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.

sterkedrank

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.

sterkte

(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.

stern

Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

sterrenbeeld

(astrology) Any of twelve signs, corresponding to constellations, that are used as the basis of astrology

sterrendom

The status or position of a performer acknowledged to be a star; fame; celebrity.

sterrenhemel

A wide, seemingly unlimited, assortment.

sterrenkunde

The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.

sterrenkundige

(astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.

sterrenstelsel

(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]

sterrenstof

Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.

sterrenwacht

A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.

sterrenwichelaar

One who studies or practices astrology.

sterrenwichelarij

Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. [from 14th c.]

sterretje

Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.

sterveling

A human; someone susceptible to death.

sterven

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

sterven van de honger

(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.

stervende

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

stethoscoop

(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.

steun

(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

steunbeer

(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

steunen

(transitive) To support.

steunpilaar

A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.

steunpunt

(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.

steur

Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.

stevenhaak

(nautical, chiefly, historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.

stevig

(manner) In a firm or definite or strong manner.

stevige

One who has a strong build.

stevigheid

The state of being rugged, or degree to which something is rugged. [from 16th c.]

stewardess

A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.

stichten

(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.

stichter

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

sticker

An adhesive label or decal.

stickie

(slang) A marijuana cigarette.

stiefbroer

The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

stiefdochter

The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

stiefvader

(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.

stiefzoon

The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

stiefzus

The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.

stiefzuster

The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.

stiekem

In a secret or covert manner.

stiekem lachen

(intransitive, mainly, UK, Ireland) To emit a snigger.

stiel

(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].

Stier

Someone with a Taurus star sign.

stieren-

(attributive, of large mammals) Adult male.

stierenmarkt

(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise.

stierenvechter

(bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.

stift

(UK) A pen that holds quick-drying ink conveyed to a writing surface by means of a felt nib.

stiften

(transitive, sports, _, such as soccer) To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.

stijf

Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.

stijfsel

One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.

stijg

(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

stijgen

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.

stijgende

The up or positive direction.

stijging

An amount by which a quantity is increased.

stijl

(often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.

stijlleer

(linguistics) The study of literary style, and how it changes within different contexts.

stijlniveau

(linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.

stijlregister

(linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.

stijlvol

Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.

stijve

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

stik

Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.

stikken

(transitive, UK, informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.

stikkend

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

stikstof

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

stil

With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.