Dutch–English dictionary

zeeslag

A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).

zeesnoek

Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.

zeester

Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.

zeestraat

A narrow body of water between two land masses.

zeetong

(fish) Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.

zeevaarder

One who travels by sea.

zeevruchten

Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.

zeewaarts

Being in or facing towards the sea, as opposed to the land.

zeewater

The saltwater of a sea or ocean.

zeewier

Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.

zeeziek

Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea.

zeg maar

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.

zege

(uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.

zegel

A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

zegen

Good fortune.

zegenen

(Perl, _, programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

zegening

(paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.

zegevieren

(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.

zegevierend

in a victorious manner; as part of a victory

zegevreugde

The act of one who gloats.

zegge

Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.

zeggen

(transitive) To mention, specify.

zeggenschap

(countable, uncountable(?)) A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.

zeggingskrachtig

Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

zegje

(countable, uncountable(?)) A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.

zegsman

One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.

zegsvrouw

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

zegswijze

An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.

zeiken

(intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.

zeil

(nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.

zeilboot

A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged

zeildoek

(nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.

zeilen

Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise

zeilster

A woman who sails a yacht.

zeiltocht

A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.

zeilvis

Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.

zeker

Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

zeker weten

Without question and beyond doubt.

zekeren

(transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.

zekergesteld

Properly secured.

zekerheid

The state of being certain.

zekering

(electricity) An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.

zelden

Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. [from 16th c.]

zeldzaam

Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way. [from early 19th c.]

zeldzaamheid

A measure of the scarcity of an object.

zelf

(emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate

zelf-benoemde

(chiefly, US) An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.

zelfactualisering

Psychological development that can be achieved when all basic and mental needs are fulfilled. [from 1950]

zelfbeheersing

Calmness of mind or temperament.

zelfbewust

Aware of oneself as an individual being.

zelfbewustzijn

Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.

zelfde

The same; identical.

zelfdoding

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

zelfgemaakt

Made at home.

zelfgenoegzaam

(UK) Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.

zelfgenoegzaamheid

A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.

zelfheid

The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.

zelfingenomen

Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.

zelfingenomenheid

(uncountable) The state or quality of being smug.

zelfmoord

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

zelfmoord-

(of a voluntarily-chosen course of action) Highly likely to certain to result in the deaths of the participants; dangerous or reckless to such a degree as to be tantamount to suicide for those taking part.

zelfmoordenaar

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

zelfmoordenaares

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

zelfmoordenaarster

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

zelfonderzoek

(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.

zelfreflectie

(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.

zelfrespect

Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect.

zelfs

In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

zelfstandig

Unaided; without assistance or help from others.

zelfstandig naamwoord

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

zelftevreden

Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.

zelftevredenheid

A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.

zelfvertrouwen

Self-assurance.

zelfverzekerd

Unduly confident; arrogant.

zelfvoldaanheid

A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).

zelfzeker

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

zelfzekerheid

The state or quality of being assured.

zelfzucht

The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.

zelfzuchtig

Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others.

zelkova

A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). [from 19th c.]

zeloot

(historical, Judaism) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.

zemel

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

zendeling

A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).

zenden

(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

zender

An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.

zending

(countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.

zendpiraterij

The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.

zendruimte

(broadcasting) Space (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.

zendtijd

The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted.

zenit

(astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.

zenuw

A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.

zenuwachtig

nervy, jumpy, on edge

zenuwachtige

Nervous and excited.

zenuwachtigheid

The state or quality of being nervous.

zenuwcel

(cytology) A cell of the nervous system which conducts nerve impulses; a neuron.

zenuwen

(countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

zenuwknoop

An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.

zenuwlijder

(informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

zenuwpijn

(pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.

zenuwziekte

(dated, pathology, ;, current in, _, psychology, and) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society. [from the 1700s]

zepen

(transitive, informal) To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.

zeppelin

(aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

zerk

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

zerpte

The condition or quality of being sour.

zes

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).

zesde

The ordinal form of the number six.

zeskamp

(athletics) An athletic contest comprising six events.

zesling

One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.

zestien

(football, futsal) An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.

zestiende

The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

zestig

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

zesvlak

(geometry) A polyhedron with six faces.

zet

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

zèta

The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)

zetel

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

zetje

A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.

zetmeel

(nutrition, countable) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

zetpil

(medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.

zetten

To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

zetter

(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.

zeurderig

Inclined to fret, agitated, worrying.

zeuren

(informal, figurative, intransitive) To unnecessarily complain or whine, often about simple matters.

Zeus

(Greek god) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera.

zeven

To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.

zevenboom

The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.

Zevenburgen

A historical region in western Romania.

zevende

The ordinal form of the number seven.

Zevengesternte

(astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

zevenkamp

(athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.

zeventien

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

zeventiende

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

zeventig

The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

zever

(slang, US, dated, 1920s) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.

zeveren

To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

zich

(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

zich aankleden

(also, reflexive, and, figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe. [from 15th c.]

zich aanpassen

(intransitive) To become something different.

zich absenteren

(intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 18th century.]

zich afvragen

(transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

zich baseren op

(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

zich bedrinken

(intransitive) To intoxicate oneself with alcohol. (This entry is a translation hub.)

zich beijveren

(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]

zich bevinden

To occupy a place.

zich bezatten

(transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.

zich bezighouden met

(transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.

zich blootstellen aan

(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

zich concentreren

(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.

zich conformeren met

(transitive, US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

zich ergeren

(intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.

zich focussen

(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.