Dutch–English dictionary

stutten

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

stuur

(mostly, in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.

stuurboord

The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.

stuurhuis

An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.

stuurhut

An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.

stuurknuppel

A mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.

stuurkundig

Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.

stuurman

(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.

stuurpen

(cycling) A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.

stuurprogramma

(computing) Software, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device.

stuurrooster

(electronics) The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).

stuurs

Expressing gloom or melancholy.

stuurwiel

A wheel-shaped control that is rotated by the driver to steer, existing in most modern land vehicles.

stuw

An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

stuwadoor

A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work. [from 18th c.]

stuwkracht

A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.

stuwmeer

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

stylus

(writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.

Styx

(Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.

sub-

Under, beneath.

subatomair

(physics) Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.

subcutaan

Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.

subglaciale

Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.

subject

(grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.

subjectief

Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.

subjectiviteit

(singulare tantum) The state of being subjective.

sublimatie

(chemistry) The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase. [from late 14th c.]

subliminaal

(physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally) , below the threshold where a response can be produced. [from late 19th c.]

subprogramma

(computer science) A section of code, called by the main body of a program, that implements a task.

subsequent

Following in order of place; succeeding.

subsidiair

Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.

subsidie

(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.

subsidiëren

(transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.

substantie

(uncountable) Substance; physical presence. [from 17th c.]

substantieel

Significant; substantial.

substantief

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

substraat

An underlying layer; a substratum.

subtiel

Of an argument or concept, words, etc.: requiring one to distinguish between fine points, especially if it is difficult to do so; nice; also (generally) , difficult to grasp; not easily understood or obvious.

subtiliteit

Subtlety or fine detail.

succes

(literary) Used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of a person's actions be positive for them; typically said to someone who is about to start a journey or a daring endeavour.

succesboek

A book or other product that has sold in large numbers.

succesnummer

A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.

succesvol

(of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

succulent

Juicy or lush.

Sucre

The constitutional capital of Bolivia.

Sudan

Republic of the Sudan, since 1955

sudderen

(transitive) To cook (food) in a slow cooker.

sudoku

(games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

suf

Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.

sufferd

(pejorative) An unintentionally ridiculous person.

suffix

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

suggereren

(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

suggestibel

Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.

suggestie

Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something.

suggestief

Tending to suggest or imply.

suïcidaal

(of a person) Likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide.

suikerachtig

(dated) Of or relating to sugar; sugary.

suikerbakker

A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).

suikergoed

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

suikerij

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

suikeroom

(figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.

suikerspinkapsel

A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.

suikerstok

(British, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.

suikerziekte

(disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]

sukkel

(chiefly, derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.

sukkelen

(intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

sul

(pejorative) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

sulfaat

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.

sulfide

(American spelling, chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.

sulfiet

(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.

sultan

A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

sultana

A type of viol, a cither viol.

Sumatra

The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.

Sumeriër

A person of Sumer.

Sumerisch

(linguistics) The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.

summier

(manner) In a summary manner.

super

(US, slang) Fine, excellent, OK, in excellent order.

supercomputer

(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.

superheld

Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.

superieur

Superior in rank.

superkracht

(countable, originally, fiction) An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.

superlatief

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. tiniest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).

supermacht

(countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.

superman

A man of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers.

supermarkt

A chain of such stores.

supermarktketen

A chain of such stores.

supermodel

A highly paid, famous fashion model.

supernova

(star) A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.

superpellicum

A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.

superplie

A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.

supersonisch

(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).

supersoon

(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).

superstar

Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.

superster

Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.

supervisie

(uncountable) The act or instance of supervising.

supinum

(grammar, also, attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.

supplement

Something added; especially, such an addition added to make up for a deficiency.

supplementair

(chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.

suppleren

To provide or make a supplement to something.

suppo

(medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.

supporteren

(intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.) [late 19th century]

suppositoir

(medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.

supranationaal

Beyond the borders or scope of any one nation.

suprematie

(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.

Sur

A city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.

surfen

(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.

surfer

A person who surfs the Internet.

surfplank

A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

surnumerair

A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary). [from early 17th c.]

surplus

That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.

Surrealisme

(art) An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

surreëel

Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.

surrogaat

Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.

surseance van betaling

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

surveillance

The act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.

surveillant

A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.

surveilleren

(transitive) To watch over; to guard.

susceptibiliteit

(physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

sushi

(proscribed) Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.

suspenderen

To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.

suspensoir

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.

sussen

(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

swaffel

(slang, vulgar, uncommon) The act of slapping someone with one's penis, particularly in the face.

Swahili

An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

swastika

(countable) A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

sweatshirt

A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel.

sweetie

A fruit that is a crossbreed between a grapefruit and a pomelo, originating in Israel.

swingen

(intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.

Sydney

(uncountable) A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.

syfilis

(disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

syllabe

(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

symbiose

A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.

symbiotisch

(ecology) Of, or relating to symbiosis; living together.

symbolisch

Pertaining to a symbol.

symboliseren

(transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent.

symbolisme

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]

symbool

(computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.

symfonie

An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.

symmetrie

Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.

symmetrisch

Exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations.

sympathie

A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.

sympathiek

Friendly or sociable.

sympathisant

(often, derogatory) A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.

symposium

A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.

symptoom

(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.

synagoge

(countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.

synchronisatie

The state or property of being synchronized.

synchroniseren

(transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.

synchroon

At the same time, at the same frequency.

syncope

(linguistics, phonology, prosody) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.