Dutch–English dictionary

vleien

(intransitive) To exhibit affection or attempt to please.

vleiend

In the nature of a compliment.

vleier

One who flatters.

vleierig

Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.

vleierij

(countable) An instance of excessive praise.

vleister

One who flatters.

vlek

A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.

vlekje

A smear, smudge or blot.

vlekkeloos

Without flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect.

vlerk

A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.

vlerkenstreek

A prank.

vlet

(nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.

vletten

(nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.

vleug

A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.

vleugel

A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

vleugelnoot

The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.

vleugelspeler

(sports) An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.

vlieden

(intransitive) To run away; to escape.

vliegen

The act of flying.

vliegenmepper

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.

vlieger

(nautical) A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail.

vlieghaven

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.

vliegtuig

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

vliegtuigkaping

The kidnapping of the passengers of an airplane by threat of force; the hijacking of an airplane, especially in flight.

vliegveld

An airfield:

vlier

A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.

vliering

An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.

vlies

(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.

vlietend

Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.

vlijtig

Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.

vlinder

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

vlinders in je buik

Having an aching desire for one's beloved.

vlo

A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.

vloed

An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

vloedgolf

(proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)

vloeibaar

(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.

vloeibare

In a state of flux; subject to change.

vloeien

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

vloeiend

Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

vloeiende

Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.

vloeiklank

(phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

vloeimiddel

A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.

vloeistof

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.

vloeitje

(chiefly, US) A small sheet of paper used for rolling (tobacco) cigarettes, joints (marijuana cigarettes), and the like.

vloek

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.

vloeken

To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

vloekend

(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.

vloeren

To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

vloerkleed

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

vlog

(Internet) A weblog using video as its primary presentation format. [from 21st c.]

vlogger

A contributor to a vlog.

vlok

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

vlokkig

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

vlooien

(archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.

vloot

A group of vessels or vehicles.

vlot

A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.

vlotheid

(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.

vlottend houden

(transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.

vlucht

(collective) A small group of persons, especially of girls and women.

vluchteling

(sometimes, derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.

vluchtelinge

(sometimes, derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.

vluchten

(intransitive) To run away; to escape.

vluchtig

Hasty or superficial.

vluchtpunt

A point where all parallel lines meet.

vlug

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]

vluggertje

(slang) An encounter for the purposes of casual sex.

vlugheid

Promptness; speed.

VN

Initialism of United Nations.

vocaal

(orthography) A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (rarely), y (sometimes).

vocabulaire

The collection of words a person knows and uses.

vocal

(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.

vocalisatie

(orthography, phonology) The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.

vocalisering

(orthography, phonology) The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.

vocatief

(grammar) Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed.

vocht

That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.

vochtgebied

(usually, in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

vochtig

Dark, damp and humid.

vochtigheid

Moderate humidity; moisture; moistness; the state or quality of being damp.

vochtigheidsgraad

The degree to which something is damp or moist.

vod

(countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.

voeden

(transitive) To energize or stimulate something.

voeder

(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.

voederbak

A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.

voeding

That which nourishes; nutriment.

voedingsmiddel

Providing nourishment.

voedingsstof

A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

voedingssupplement

(medicine) Any substance, such as a vitamin or mineral, taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients that would otherwise be missing in a person's diet.

voedsel

A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.

voedselgewas

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

voedselketen

The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.

voedselplant

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

voedselverzameling

The act of searching for food or other items.

voedster

A female rabbit.

voedzaam

Promoting strength; nourishing.

voeg

The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.

voegen

(shipbuilding, transitive) To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.

voegmortel

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

voegspecie

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

voegwoord

(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)

voelbaar

Having a noticeable or major effect.

voeldraad

(anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.

voelend

(Philippines) a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself

voeler

(Philippines) a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself

voelhoorn

(anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.

voelspriet

An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.

voer

A meal given to an animal.

voeren

(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

voering

(uncountable) A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

voertuig

(countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].

voet

Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.

voetafdruk

The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

voetangel

(weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).

voetbal

A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.

voetballen

(uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.

voetballer

(American football, US, uncommon, dated) One who plays American football.

voetbalspeelster

(American football, US, uncommon, dated) One who plays American football.

voetbalspeler

(American football, US, uncommon, dated) One who plays American football.

voetbalster

(American football, US, uncommon, dated) One who plays American football.

voetbankje

A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.

voetganger

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.

voetgangers-

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.

voetgangerstunnel

(British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

voetgangster

A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.

voetknecht

(India) An infantryman; a soldier.

voetman

(India) An infantryman; a soldier.

voetnoot

A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.

voetpad

Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.

voetspoor

The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

voetsporen

(figurative, in the plural) What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.

voetstap

The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.

voetstuk

(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.

voettekst

(computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)

voetvaag

A fawning, servile follower.

voetveeg

(figuratively, derogatory) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.

voetvolk

Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).

voetwassing

(Christianity) The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.

voetzool

The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

vogelbekdier

A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).

vogelen

Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.

vogelhuis

A small house for birds.

vogelkooi

(countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.

vogelkundig

Of or pertaining to ornithology.

vogellijm

(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).

vogelschrik

An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s]

vogelspotten

Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.

vogeltje

(often, childish) A bird; especially, a small and cute one.

vogelverschrikker

An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s]

vogelvrije

(history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.

vogelzang

(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird, more complex than a call, for purposes associated with courtship and territory.

voice-over

An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.