Dutch–English dictionary

verscheiden

Showing variety, diverse.

verscheidene

Consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many. [from 17th c.]

verscheidenheid

The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.

verschepen

(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.

verscheping

The act of transporting goods.

verscheurd

Unable to decide between multiple options.

verscheuren

To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.

verschijnen

(intransitive) To come before the public.

verschijning

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

verschijningsvorm

(genetics, evolutionary theory) The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.

verschijnsel

A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

verschil

(countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.

verschil van mening

(countable) An argument or debate.

verschillen

(intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.

verschillend

Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

verscholen

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

verschonen

(transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.

verschoppeling

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.]

verschot

(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.

verschrikkelijk

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]

verschrikken

(intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.

verschrikking

(countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.

verschroeid

Burnt, carbonized.

verschroeien

(transitive) To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy

verschrompeld

Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

verschrompelen

(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.

verschuiven

To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

verschuldigd

Obligated, especially financially.

versheid

The state or quality of being fresh.

versieren

(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.

versiering

Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.

versimpelen

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

versimpeling

The act of simplifying or something that has been simplified.

versje

A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.

verslaafde

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

verslaafdheid

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

verslaan

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

verslag

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

verslagenheid

(uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.

verslaggever

A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.

verslappen

To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.

verslaven

(usually, in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

verslavend

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

verslavend middel

(slang) An addictive drug.

verslaving

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

verslechteren

(transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

verslechtering

The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

versleten

Weakened or worn out from age or wear.

versleutelen

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

verslijken

(transitive) To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).

verslijten

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

verslinden

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

versluierd

Obscure.

versmaat

US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).

versmaden

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.

versmallen

(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.

versmalling

A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).

versmelten

(of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.

versmelting

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

versmoren

(transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.

versnapering

(usually, countable, usually, in the plural) That which refreshes, such as a light snack or drink.

versnellen

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

versneller

A device for causing acceleration.

versnelling

(countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.

versnellingsbak

That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.

versnipperaar

A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.

versnipperen

To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.

verspaansing

The act or process of rendering Hispanic.

verspelen

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

versperring

A structure that bars passage.

verspieder

(espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.

verspillen

(transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.

verspillend

Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. [from late 16th c.]

verspilling

A wasting of time in idleness or trifles. [from 16th c.]

verspilzucht

Wasteful extravagance.

versplinteren

(intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.

versporen

(transitive) To transport via railroad.

verspreid

Having widely spaced intervals.

verspreiden

(transitive) To scatter or spread.

verspreiding

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.

verspreidingsgebied

(ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.

verspreken

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

verspreking

(informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

verspringing

The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

verstaan

(intransitive, idiomatic, with of) To decipher or understand.

verstaanbaar

Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.

verstand

The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

verstandelijk

Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

verstandhouding

A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.

verstandig

Having unimpaired mental capability.

verstappen

(intransitive) To step badly or incorrectly.

verstarren

To immobilize with fright.

verstarring

A state of being inactive or stuporous.

versteend

Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone or a bone-like mass).

verstek

A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

verstekeling

A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.

versteken

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

verstellen

(transitive) To modify.

verstenen

To immobilize with fright.

versterken

(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

versterking

The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.

versterkt

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

verstevigen

(transitive, figurative) To strengthen.

verstijfd

Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.

verstijven

(transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.

verstikken

(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

verstikking

Death due to lack of oxygen.

verstoken zijn van

Completely without; having none of.

verstokt

Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing.

verstomd doen staan

(transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.

verstoord

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

verstoppen

(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

verstopping

Something that prevents something from passing.

verstopt

Having an obstructed flow; blocked.

verstoren

(transitive) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

verstorend

(formal) Causing pain or distress; harrying.

verstoring

(legal) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.

verstoteling

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.]

verstoten

(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard. [mid 16th – late 17th c.]

verstotene

A castaway; a person who has been marooned. [from 19th c.]

verstouten

To render (someone) bolder or more courageous; to encourage, to hearten.

verstrekken

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

verstrengelen

(transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

verstrengeling

The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.

verstrijken

(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.

verstrijkend

That passes away; ephemeral. [from 14th c.]

verstrikken

To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.

verstrikking

The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.

verstrooid

(comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

verstrooidheid

Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind). [First attested in the early 18th century.]

verstrooien

(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.

verstrooiend

Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.

verstrooiïng

A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.

verstuiken

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation

verstuiking

The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining

verstuiver

An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.

versturen

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]

versuffen

(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.

versuft

Lacking emotion or interest; dulled.

vertaalster

A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly

vertakken

The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.

vertakking

(biology) A division into two branches.

vertalen

To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.

vertaler

A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly

vertaling

A translation.

verte

Chiefly preceded by the, especially in into or in the distance: the place that is far away or remote.

vertederend

Inspiring affection or love, often in a childlike way.

verteerbaar

Capable of being digested.

vertegenwoordigen

(transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

vertegenwoordiger

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.