Dutch–English dictionary

witje

Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.

witkalk

(uncountable) A mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.

witlof

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

witloof

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

witte dolfijn

A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.

Witte gids

A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

witte rammenas

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

witteboorden-

Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.

wittebroodsweken

The period of time immediately following a marriage.

witten

(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;

wittiger

One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.

Wodan

(Norse mythology, and, paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.

wodka

A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.

woede

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

woedeaanval

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

woeden

(transitive, rare) To anger, to irritate.

woedend

Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

woedeuitbarsting

(informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.

woef

The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark.

woeker

act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices

woekeraar

Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]

woekeraarster

A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.

woekeren

(transitive, or, intransitive) To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony.

woekering

(countable) The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.

woekerlenen

(intransitive, US, now, _, offensive) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.

woekerrente

(countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.

woelen

To be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position.

woelmuis

Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.

Woen

The Germanic chief god, distributor of talents and god of wisdom and war (corresponding to Odin), especially in his Anglo-Saxon form.

woensdag

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

woerd

A male duck.

woest

Marked by extreme and violent energy.

woestenij

A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.

woestijnrat

A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

wok

(cookware) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

wokken

To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.

wolf

A large canid, Canis lupus, once found throughout forested areas of northern Europe, Asia and America; it shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog.

wolfraam

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.

wolfsboon

Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.

wolfszweer

(pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.

Wolga

A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea.

wolk

Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.

wolkam

(textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.

wolkbreuk

A sudden heavy rainstorm.

wolkenkrabber

(architecture) A very tall building with a large number of floors. [from 1880s]

wolkenloos

Without clouds.

wollen

Made of wool.

wollig

(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

wollige taal

(colloquial) (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.

wombat

Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.

wond

An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

wonde

(figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

wonder

An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.

wonderbaar

(British spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

wonderbaarlijk

To an admirable degree.

wonderkind

(This entry is a translation hub.)

wonderlijk

In a wonderful manner.

wondermiddel

A solution to all problems.

wondkorst

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

wondteken

A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

wonen

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

woning

(chiefly, North America, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

woonboot

A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.

woonkamer

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.

woonplaats

The place where one lives (resides); one's home.

woonplaats (residence)

An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.

woonst

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.

Woord

The creative word of God; Logos.

woord voor woord

Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.

woordenboek

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]

woordenlijst

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

woordenrijk

(of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

woordenschat

The collection of words a person knows and uses.

woordenvloed

Overabundance of words.

woordenwisseling

(semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)

woordgeslacht

(grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate. [from 14th c.]

woordgrapje

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

woordherkomst

(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.

woordkeuze

A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.

woordkunstenaar

One who uses words skilfully. [from late 19th c.]

woordspeling

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

woordverwant

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

woordvoerder

(informal) A public-relations spokesperson.

woordvoerster

A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.

worden

(auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.

wording

The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

worging

The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.

work-out

(by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.

workshop

A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.

worm

(slang, derogatory) A worthless person. [from 17th c.]

wormstekig

Having grubs in it.

worp

The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).

worst

(slang) A penis.

worstelaar

(wrestling) A person who wrestles.

worstelen

(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.

worsteling

A close hand-to-hand struggle.

worstje

(British, NZ, Australia, food, slang) A sausage.

wort

(brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.

wortel

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

wortelverwant

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

woud

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

woudland

(music) A woodwind instrument.

wout

(slang, law enforcement) A police officer.

Wouter

A en given name.

wouw

A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

wraak

A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

wraak nemen

(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

wraakzuchtig

Vindictive or wanting vengeance.

wrak

(US, informal) An old or dilapidated automobile in poor operating condition.

wraken

(legal, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.

wrakhout

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

wrakstukken

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

wrat

(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

wrattenzwijn

(zoology) A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.

wrecht

(archaic, _, except in compounds and in, _, Scotland, dated) A builder or maker of something.

wrede

Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.

wreed

Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.

wreedaard

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

wreedheid

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

wreedte

(uncountable) An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.

wrek

(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.

wreken

(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

wrekende gerechtigheid

(usually, in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided; (an instance of) retribution.

wreker

One who avenges or vindicates.

wriemelen

(intransitive) To twist one's body with snakelike motions.

wrijfklank

(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.

wrijven

(ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.

wrijvingswarmte

Heat excited by friction.

wrikken

To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.

wringen

(intransitive) To twist one's body with snakelike motions.

wringer

A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.

wroeging

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

wroeten

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole.

wrok

Anger or irritability.

wrok koesteren

(transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.

wrong

(heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.

wrongel

The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.

wuft

Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.

wuiven

(transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

wuiver

One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.

wulps

Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.

wulpsheid

The property of being licentious.

wurgen

(transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

wurger

One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.

wurging

The crime of killing by strangling.

wurgvijg

A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.

wyvern

(heraldiccharge, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

Xaverius

Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).

Xbox

(video games, trademark) Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.

xenofilie

An attraction to or love of foreign people, manners or culture.