Dutch–English dictionary

berispen

(transitive) To attack (someone) verbally.

berisping

(uncommon) A strong rebuke or scolding.

Berlijner

A native or inhabitant of Berlin.

Berlijnerin

A native or inhabitant of Berlin.

Berlijnse

A native or inhabitant of Berlin.

berlinerbol

A doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling.

berm

(Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.

Bermuda

An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

Bermudaan

A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent

Bern

A federal city of Switzerland; the capital city of Bern canton.

Bernaart

A en given name.

beroemd

Well known.

beroemdheid

(countable) A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]

beroep

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

beroep doen op

(intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.

beroepen

(transitive, Christianity) To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to.

beroeps-

Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.

beroeps-, met betrekking tot een vak

(of education) That provides a special skill rather than academic knowledge.

beroeren

(intransitive, rarely, transitive, figuratively) To interfere with.

beroerte

(by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.

berooidheid

An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.

berouw

Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.

berouw hebben

(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".

berouw tonen

(theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.

berouwen

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

berouwvol

Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.

beroven

(transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

beroven (van)

(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]

beroving

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.

berserker

(historical) A Norse warrior who purportedly fought in a trance-like frenzy; a berserk.

Bert

A diminutive form of male given names containing the element bert, such as Albert or Robert, also used as a formal given name.

berucht

Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.

beruchte

Of a person or entity: generally or widely known for something negative; infamous.

beruchtheid

An infamous or notorious condition or reputation.

berusting

Acceptance of defeat without struggle.

beryllium

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.

beschaafd

(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.

beschaamd

Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

beschadigd

Rendered less effective.

beschadigen

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

beschaduwing

(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.

beschamen

(transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]

beschamend

Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful

beschatten

To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

beschaven

To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.

beschaving

An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

bescheid

(uncountable) Prior notification.

bescheiden

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

bescheidenheid

The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.

beschermeling

A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).

beschermen

To protect; to keep from harm or injury.

beschermend

Intended for defence; protective.

beschermende brillen

Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.

beschermengel

(slang, dated) A helpful and reliable person.

beschermer

Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.

beschermheer

Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.

beschermheilige

One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.

beschermhuls

(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.

bescherming

The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.

beschermingskap

An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.

beschermmiddel

A religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.

beschermster

A female protector.

beschikbaar

Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.

beschikbaar hebben

(transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.

beschikbaar stellen

(transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.

beschikbaarheid

(chiefly, uncountable) The quality of being available.

beschikken

(transitive, legal) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).

beschikking

The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

beschimmeld

Covered with mould.

beschimpen

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

beschimping

An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon…. [from late 16th c.]

beschimpingen

Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies. [from mid-16th c.]

beschouwen

(transitive) To look at attentively.

beschouwing

The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought

beschrijven

To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.

beschrijving

The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes

beschroomd

Embarrassed.

beschuit

a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)

beschuldigde

(legal) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.

beschuldigen

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

beschuldiger

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

beschuldiging

(legal) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.

besef

Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

beseffen

(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

besje

(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

beslaan

To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.

beslag leggen op

(transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).

beslaglegging

(legal) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

beslijken

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

beslissen

(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.

beslissend

In a conclusive manner; with finality.

beslissing

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

beslist

Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

besloten

Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.

besluit

The outcome or result of a process or act.

besluiteloos

(of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.

besluiteloosheid

The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist.

besluiten

(intransitive, figuratively) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.

besluitvaardig

Marked by promptness and decision.

besluitvorming

The process of reaching a decision.

besmeren

(intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.

besmet

Having an infection.

besmettelijke ziekte

A disease spread by contact.

besmetten

(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.

besmeuren

(transitive, literary) To make dirty.

besneden

(medicine, urology) Of a man, having had the foreskin of the penis excised.

besnijden

(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

besnijdenis

The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

besnoeien

(transitive, often, with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.

bespelen

(transitive, intransitive, especially, of a, person) To produce music using a musical instrument.

bespeler

(music) One who plays on a musical instrument.

bespeurbaar

Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.

bespeuren

To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.

bespieden

(intransitive) To act as a spy.

bespiegeling

The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought

bespikkelen

(transitive) To mark (something) with small spots.

bespioneren

To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.

bespoedigen

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

bespottelijk

Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

bespotten

(transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.

bespreken

(transitive, formal, or, archaic) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

bespreking

An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.

besprenkeling

(obsolete) A sprinkling, especially of holy water.

besprenkeln

(transitive) To mark (something) with small spots.

bespringen

(transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).

besproeien

To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).

best

To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather. [from 19th c.]

best wel

(degree) Somewhat, quite; to an unexpected degree. [from 16th c.]

bestaan

(now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.

bestaand

existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

bestaande

existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

bestand

A collection of papers collated and archived together.

bestanddeel

A part, or component of a whole

bestandsformaat

(computing) A file type.

bestandstype

(computing) An identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format.

beste

A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.

beste vriend

An especially close and trusted friend.

beste vriendin

An especially close and trusted friend.

besteden

To consume, to use up (time).

bestek

(chiefly, UK) Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.

bestel

That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.

bestelen

(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.

bestellen

(transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.

bestelling

(countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.

bestelwagen

A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

bestemd

Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

bestemmen

(transitive) To set apart for a special use.

bestempelen

(transitive, now, informal) To name, to entitle, to call. [from the later 16th c.]

bestendig

Without end, eternal.

bestendigen

(transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of