Dutch–English dictionary

zich gedragen

(transitive, reflexive) To behave.

zich gekrenkt voelen

(intransitive) To become slightly offended.

zich gewonnen geven

(intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.

zich groeperen

(intransitive) To join together to form a group.

zich helemaal

(with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.

zich herinneren

To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

zich in de echt verbinden

(transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]

zich inbeelden

(transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.

zich keren tegen

To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.

zich kleden

(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 niet inlaten met

(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew [from 15th c.]

zich omkleden

(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).

zich ontdoen van

(transitive) To discard or abandon.

zich onthouden

(transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.

zich onthouden van

To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.

zich onthoudend

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

zich ontpoppen

(transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.

zich ontwikkelen

(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.

zich opstapelen

(intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.

zich overgeven

(transitive) To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).

zich prosterneren

To cause to lie down, to flatten.

zich rechten

(transitive) To cause to become straight.

zich richten (op)

(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).

zich richten naar

(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).

zich scheren

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

zich stilletjes uit de voeten maken

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

zich storen aan

(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.

zich terugtrekken

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

zich uitbreiden

(intransitive) To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.

zich uitstrekken

To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.

zich verenigen

(archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.

zich vermaken

(ambitransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.

zich veroorloven

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.

zich verspreken

(informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.

zich vertonen

Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.

zich verzamelen

(ergative) To gather as a group.

zich verzetten

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

zich vijandig opstellen

(intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.

zich voegen

(ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.

zich voor de kop slaan

To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief, disgust or shame; for example, when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.

zich voordoen

Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.

zich voortplanten

To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

zich vrijblijvend opstellen

(transitive) To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.

zich zetten

(intransitive) To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.

zichel

(agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.

zicht

Vision or the faculty of sight.

zicht belemmeren

To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

zichtbaar

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

zichtbaarheid

(countable) The degree to which things may be seen.

zichtbare

Able to be seen.

zichzelf

(reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

zieden

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

ziedend

Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

ziek

Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

zieke

Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. [from 15th c.]

ziekelijk

(originally) Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease. [from 1650s]

ziekelijkheid

The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.

ziekenauto

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]

ziekenhuis

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

ziekenwagen

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]

ziekmakend

Causing sickness or disgust.

ziekte

(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.

ziektecijfer

(medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.

ziektekiem

(pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.

ziekteverwekkend

(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.

ziel

An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.

zielenknijper

(slang, sometimes, pejorative) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.

zielenrust

The absence of mental turmoil or anxiety.

zielenzuiger

(fantasy, RPG) A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.

zieleroerselen

(figurative, in the plural) Chiefly in cockles of someone's heart: a person's innermost feelings.

zielig

(UK) A term of commiseration to a child who has suffered a mildly painful situation.

zielknijper

(slang, sometimes, pejorative) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.

zielkunde

(uncountable) The study of the human mind.

zielloos

As if without a soul; insensitive, unfeeling.

zielsverhuizing

Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. [from 16th c.]

zielsverwant

(idiomatic) Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself.

zien

(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

ziener

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

zieneres

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

zienswijze

A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.

ziften

(transitive) To examine (something) carefully.

zigeuner

(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

zigeunerin

(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

ziggoerat

(archaeology) A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories

zij

(personal) The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.

zij aan zij

Side by side and facing forward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)]

zijbeuk

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

zijde

(geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.

zijdedoek

A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.

zijdelings

At or near the far end of (a space).

zijdelings (verwant)

(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.

zijdelings verwant

(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).

zijden

Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly

zijn

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

zijn aan het +

(rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]

zijn biezen pakken

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

zijn ongenoegen uiten

(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.

zijn opwachting maken

(intransitive) To come before the public.

zijrivier

(hydrology) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.

zijspan

A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.

zijspanwagen

A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.

zijspoor

(rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).

zijsteek

(countable, and, uncountable) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.

zijtak

Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.

zijwaarts

Toward a side.

zijwaartse

A squint.

zijzelf

(emphatic) She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .

ziljoen

(slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).

zilver

(tincture) : of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

zilveren

Made from silver.

zilverkleur

(uncountable) A shiny gray color.

zilverkleurig

Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

zilverkleurige

Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

zilversmelt

Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).

zilverspar

(chiefly, countable) A conifer of the genus Abies.

zilverstaaf

A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.

zilvervis

Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).

zilverwerk

(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.

Zimbabwe

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.

zin

The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.

zinderen

(intransitive) To be exciting or dazzling.

zingen

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

zink

(musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.

zinken

(transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.

zinker

A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

zinkgat

(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

zinkstuk

A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.

zinloos

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

zinloosheid

(uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.

zinnelijkheid

(uncountable) The state of being sensual or sensuous.

zinnig

Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.

zinsbegoocheling

(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.

zinsleer

(linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language.

zinsmelodie

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

zinspelen

(intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

zinspeling

An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.

zintuig

Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

zinvol

Having meaning, significant.

zionist

An advocate of Zionism. [1890s]

zioniste

An advocate of Zionism. [1890s]

zitbank

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.

zitbeen

(skeleton) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis. [from 17th c.]

zitmeubel

The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.

zitplaats

A place in which to sit.

zitten

To occupy a place.

zittend

(zoology) Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology) , of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support.

zitter

Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.

zitting

An official meeting or term of a council, court, or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together comprise the legislative term), whose individual meetings are also called sessions.

zitvlak

The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.

zitzak

A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.