Dutch–English dictionary

verlustigen

To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.

verlustiging

The act of one who gloats.

vermaak

A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.

vermaard

Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.

vermageren

(intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted.

vermakelijk

Very amusing; that entertains.

vermaken

(transitive) To leave (property) in a will.

vermalen

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.

vermanen

(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.

vermarkten

(transitive) To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.

vermeend

Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.

vermeerderd

In a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.

vermeerderen

(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

vermeerdering

(uncountable) (Gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; (countable) an instance of this.

vermelden

(transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.

vermelding

Enumeration; mention.

vermengen

(transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.

vermenging

The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.

vermenigvuldigen

(transitive, arithmetic, with by) To perform multiplication on (a number).

vermenigvuldiging

The act of making copies.

vermenigvuldigingstafel

A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.

vermetel

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

vermicelli

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

vermijdbaar

Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

vermijden

(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.

vermiljoen

A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

verminderd

Rendered less effective.

verminderen

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

verminderend

declining; growing less

vermindering

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]

verminken

To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

verminking

The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.

verminkt

(informal) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.

vermist

Not able to be located; gone, misplaced.

vermits

(mostly, law) It being the fact that; inasmuch as. (Often used to begin recitals; sometimes emboldened or emphasized as a signifier.)

vermoedelijk

According to someone's allegation.

vermoeden

(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

vermoeid

(of a person) Tired and exhausted.

vermoeidheid

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

vermoeien

(transitive) To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.

vermoeiend

Very tiring.

vermogen

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

vermogend

Wealthy or well off.

vermommen

(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

vermomming

An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.

vermoorden

The act of killing.

vermorzelen

(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.

vermout

A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.

vernederd

Humbled; lowered, especially in rank, position, or prestige.

vernederen

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]

vernederend

Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded.

vernedering

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]

vernemen

To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

vernielen

(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

vernietigen

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

vernietigend

Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm, or cause complete destruction.

vernietiger

That which destroys something.

vernietiging

The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.

vernieuwbaar

Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.

vernieuwen

(intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.

vernieuwend

(not comparable) Pioneering.

vernieuwer

Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.

vernieuwing

The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

vernikkelen

(transitive) To plate with nickel.

vernis

(uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.

vernuft

Something overly artful or artificial.

vernuftig

Showing originality or sagacity; witty.

veronachtzamen

(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.

veronachtzaming

The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.

verondersteld

Supposed but doubtful.

veronderstellen

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

veronderstelling

(general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.

verontachtzaming

The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.

verontreinigen

To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

verontreiniging

The act or process of contaminating.

verontrusten

(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

verontrustend

Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.

verontschuldigen

(intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends

verontschuldiging

An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).

verontwaardigd

Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

verontwaardigen

(intransitive) To become slightly offended.

verontwaardiging

An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.

veroordeeld

(rare) Rejected; cast off as worthless.

veroordeelde

(legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

veroordelen

(chiefly, religion, ethics) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

veroordeling

(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.

veroorzaken

To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

verootmoedigen

(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

verordening

A local custom or law of a settlement or district.

verordonneren

(transitive) To issue a command to; to charge.

verouderd

Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

verouderen

(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.

veroudering

The process of becoming older or more mature.

verouderingsproces

(biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.

veroveraar

Someone who conquers.

veroveren

To defeat in combat; to subjugate.

verovering

An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

verpachting

(legal) Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.

verpakken

(transitive) To put into a bag.

verpakker

A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

verpakking

The materials used to pack something.

verpanden

(transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

verpanding

An instance of pawning something.

verpersoonlijking

(internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

verpesten

(transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

verplaatsen

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

verplaatsing

A distance travelled in general; displacement.

verpleegkundige

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

verpleegster

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

verplegen

(transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.

verpleging

The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

verpletterd

Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.

verpletteren

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

verpletterend

That crushes; overwhelming.

verplettering

(figurative) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. [from early 19th c.]

verplicht

(usually with 'to') Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.

verplichten

(transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.

verplichting

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

verprutsen

(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something

verpulveren

(transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.

verraad

The crime of betraying one’s own country.

verraden

(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.

verrader

(by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.

verraderlijk

Causing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

verraderlijke

Traitorous.

verrassen

(transitive, slang, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) To astonish, to render temporarily stuck for words.

verrassend

Causing surprise.

verrassing

A surprise or shock.

verrassingsaanval

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

verrek

Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.

verrekenen

(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

verrekijker

A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.

verrekking

The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself.

verrekt

(British, Australian, slang, not comparable) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

verrijzenis

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

verroeren

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

verroering

Physical motion between points in space.

verroesten

(transitive) To cause to oxidize.

verrotten

(intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.

verrotting

The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.

verruimen

(transitive) To make broad or broader.

verrukken

(transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.

verrukking

(Christianity) In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ.

verrukt

(UK, Ireland, informal) Very pleased or satisfied; delighted.

vers

Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.

Versailles

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.

versatiel

Changeable or inconstant.

verschaald

(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.

verschaffen

To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.

verschansing

A defense or safeguard.