Dutch–English dictionary

ver weg

To or at a great distance.

ver-

reversal, undoing

verachtelijk

Deserving contempt.

verachten

(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

verachting

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

Veracruz

A city in Veracruz, Mexico.

verademing

The process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.

veraf

At a distance; disconnected.

verafgelegen

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

verafgoden

(transitive) To idolize.

verafgoding

(figurative) The excessive admiration of somebody or something.

verafschuwd

Causing fear, dread, or terror.

verafschuwen

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

veralgemenen

(transitive) To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule.

veranda

(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

veranderen

(intransitive) To become something different.

verandering

The act of altering or making different.

veranderlijk

Changing; active; in motion.

veranderlijke

Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

verankerd

partially buried in concrete or planted in earth

verankeren

To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

verantwoord

Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.

verantwoordelijk

Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.

verantwoordelijke

A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).

verantwoorden

(intransitive, dated) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.

verantwoording

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

verarmen

(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.

verassen

(transitive) To burn something to ashes.

verassing

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

verbaal

Of or relating to words.

verbaal vastpinnen

(figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.

verbaasd

Amazed; surprised.

verband

A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.

verbannen

(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]

verbanning

The act of banishing.

verbazen

To surprise greatly.

verbazend

Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.

verbazing

The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

verbazingwekkend

Difficult to believe; strange but true.

verbeelden

(transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.

verbeelding

The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.

verbergen

(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

verbeten

stubbornly persevering, steadfast

verbeteren

(transitive) To improve or rectify.

verbetering

An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem.

verbeurdverklaring

The act or process of confiscating.

verbeuren

To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

verbeus

Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

verbieden

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

verbijsterd

perplexed and bewildered

verbijsterd zijn

(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

verbijsteren

(transitive) To confuse or bewilder.

verbijsterend

That astounds or astound.

verbijstering

(uncountable) The result or state of being baffled, confused, or puzzled.

verbijzeld

(of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

verbinden

(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

verbinding

(countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

verbindingsknoop

Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

verbindingspunt

A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

verbindingsstreepje

The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

verbindingsstuk

A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.

verbintenis

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

verbitterd

Cynical and resentful.

verbittering

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

verbleken

(intransitive) To grow or become white.

verblijf

One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.

verblijfplaats

(with a possessive) A location; where something is situated.

verblijven

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

verblinden

(transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.

verblinken

(transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).

verbloemen

Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.

verbloeming

(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another one that is more offensive, blunt or vulgar.

verbluffen

To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.

verbluffend

Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.

verbluft

Confused, perplexed or flustered.

verbod

A prohibition.

verboden

Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

verboden te

Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

verbond

A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.

verbonden

Joined as allies.

verbondenheid

The state or quality of being connected.

verborgen

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

verbouwen

To grow plants, notably crops.

verbouwereerd

In a state of shock or confusion.

verbrand

(of food) Carbonised.

verbranden

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

verbranding

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

verbrassen

To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.

verbreden

(transitive) To make broad or broader.

verbreiden

(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]

verbreiding

The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.

verbrijzelen

(transitive) To violently break something into pieces.

verbrodden

(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable. [from 16th c.]

verbroken

(of an, electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.

verbrokkelen

(intransitive, often, figurative) To fall apart; to disintegrate.

verbrossing

The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a material.

verbruiken

(transitive) To use up.

verbruiker

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

verbruiksgoed

(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.

verbuigen

(transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.

verbuiging

(grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.

verchromen

(transitive) To plate with chrome.

vercijferen

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

verdacht

(figurative) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

verdachte

(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

verdagen

To put off until a later time; to defer.

verdaging

(countable, legal, chiefly, US) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.

verdampen

(intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.

verdamping

The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

verdedigbaar

That can be argued; that can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.

verdedigen

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.

verdediger

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

verdediging

The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.

verdedigster

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

verdeeld

Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.

verdeeldheid zaaien onder

(transitive) To cause disagreement or alienation among or within.

verdeelstekker

Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.

verdekt

Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).

verdelen

(transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

verdelgen

(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.

verdelgingsmiddel

Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

verdeling

An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

verdenken

(transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

verder

(comparative form of far) To a greater extent or degree.

verder weg dan

Further away than.

verderf

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

verderfelijk

Harmful or evil in intent or effect.

verdergaan

(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).

verderleven

(intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

verderven

(figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).

verdichten

(transitive) To make more dense; to compress.

verdict

(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

verdiep

A floor or level of a building or ship.

verdiepen

(transitive) To make deep or deeper

verdieping

A floor or level of a building or ship.

verdikken

(slang, intransitive) To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.

verdoemen

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

verdoemenis

Eternal damnation.

verdoen

(transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

verdoken

Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).

verdomd

(informal, Australia, Britain, India, Ireland, Newfoundland, NZ) Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasis.

verdomme

(mildly, vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

verdomme!

(vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

verdonkeren

(transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.

verdoofd

Drunk

verdorie

(dated, euphemistic) A mild expression of annoyance.

verdorren

(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.

verdorven

Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]

verdorvenheid

(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

verdoven

(transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.