Dutch–English dictionary

vooruit

At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.

vooruitbetaald

Paid for in advance.

vooruitbetaling

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

vooruitblik

A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction. [from mid 17th c.]

vooruitgang

A forward move; improvement or progression.

vooruitkijkend

Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.

vooruitschouwend

Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.

vooruitstekend deel

(geography) A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.

vooruitstuwen

(intransitive) To make advance with force.

vooruitzicht

The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.

vooruitziend

Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.

voorvader

An ancestor.

voorval

A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.

voorvechten

(transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).

voorvechter

(botany) A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.

voorverpakt

That has been packaged prior to being sold.

voorvertoning

A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.

voorverwarmen

(transitive) to heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action

voorvoegen

(transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. [from 16thc.]

voorvoegsel

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.

voorvoelen

(transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

voorvork

(cycling, motorcycles, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.

voorwaar

(archaic, or, poetic) Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.

voorwaarde

A requirement.

voorwaardelijk

Limited by a condition.

voorwaardelijke wijs

(grammar) The conditional mood.

voorwaarts

(formal, archaic) Forward in time, place or degree.

voorwenden

(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

voorwendsel

A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

voorwerpglaasje

(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.

voorwoord

An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).

voorzeker

Without doubt, surely.

voorzet

(football) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.

voorzetsel

(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

voorzetten

(sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

voorzichtig

With care; attentively, circumspectly.

voorzichtigheid

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.

voorzien

(obsolete) To provide.

voorzienbaar

able to be foreseen or anticipated

voorziening

A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

voorzijde

The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.

voorzitster

A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.

voorzitten

(intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.

voorzitter

A person presiding over a meeting.

voorzitterschap

The capacity of someone to lead others.

voorzorg

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.

voorzorgsmaatregel

A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.

vordering

(accounting) The total monetary amount owed to a financial entity due to debts arising from sales on credit or on account.

vorderingen maken

(by extension) To improve; to become better or more complete.

vore

A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

vorig

previous, former

vorige

(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.

vork

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

vorkheftruck

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

vorklift

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

vorm

The mould used to make cast objects.

vorm aannemen

(usually, transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

vormeloos

Lacking a definite form or clear shape.

vormen

(transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.

vormgeven

(transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.

vormgeving

The art of designing

vorming

The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.

vormloos

Without form; shapeless.

vormsel

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

vorsen

(transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

vorst

A period of intensely cold weather.

vorstendom

(countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.]

vorstig

Cold, chilly; icy.

vorstperiode

A period of intensely cold weather.

vos

A bay horse

vosachtig

Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning.

voskleurig

coloured bay, reddish brown, notably said of equines

vospaard

A bay horse

vossenhol

The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.

vossin

A female fox.

votief

Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.

vousvoyeren

(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).

vouwmes

A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.

vraag

The desire to purchase goods and services.

vraagwoord

(grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.

vraatzucht

The vice of eating to excess.

vraatzuchtig

Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.

vracht

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

vrachtauto

(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.

vrachtbrief

A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.

vrachtcontainer

(transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

vrachtlijst

A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.

vrachtprijs

(countable) Payment for transportation.

vrachtvoertuig

A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)

vrachtwagen

(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.

vrachtweigering

A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.

vragen

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

vragend

(grammar) Asking or denoting a question.

vragenlijst

A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.

vrede

A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

vrede met zichzelf

A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

vredelievend

(chiefly, theology) Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.

vredestichter

A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes; one who engages in peacemaking.

vredestijd

The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.

vredestrijder

One who loves, supports, or favours peace.

vredevol

Not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.

vredig

(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.

vreedzaam

Not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.

vreemd

Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

vreemd (aan)

(with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.

vreemde

A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.

vreemde apostel

A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

vreemdeling

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

vreemdelinge

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

vreemdelingenhaat

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

vrees

Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.

vreesachtig

(Scotland) Frightened, timid.

vrek

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

vrekkigheid

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

vreselijk

Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.

vreten

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

vreugde

Joy; pleasure.

vreugdeloos

Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

vreugdevuur

A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.

vrezen

To anticipate with fear.

vrezen om

(intransitive) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for [with for].

vriend

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

vriendelijk

Showing friendliness or goodwill.

vriendelijkheid

The quality of being friendly.

vriendin

(euphemistic) A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.

vriendje

(euphemistic) A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.

vriendjespolitiek

(originally, US, derogatory) Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics) , in their appointment to political positions.

vriendloos

Without friends (without a friend).

vriendschappelijk

Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

vriesdauw

(specifically, meteorology) Water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.

vrieskamer

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

vriesvak

The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

vriezen

(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

vriezer

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

vrij

Free from; devoid of; without.

vrijboord

(nautical) The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel.

vrijbuiter

An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".

vrijdag

The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.

vrijdenker

One who is freethinking in religious matters.

vrijdom

(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

vrije

(software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.

vrijen

(transitive) To attempt to attract; to invite by attractions; to allure.

vrijetijdsbesteding

An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

vrijgave

(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

vrijgelatene

A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.

vrijgesteld

Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

vrijgestelde

One who has been released from something.

vrijgevig

Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. [from 17th c.]

vrijgevigheid

(uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.

vrijgevochten

Freed, especially from traditional ideas in social and sexual matters.