Dutch–English dictionary

bevriende

A person or entity on the same side as one's own in a conflict.

bevriezen

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

bevriezing

(business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.

bevrijden

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

bevrijdend

Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.

bevrijdende verjaring

(figurative) Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided.

bevrijding

The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.

bevroren

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

bevruchting

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

bevuilen

To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.

bewaakster

A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

bewaarder

One who conserves, preserves or protects something.

bewaardster

One who conserves, preserves or protects something.

bewaargeving

(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.

bewaarmiddel

Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.

bewaarster

A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

bewaken

(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

bewaker

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

bewaking

Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.

bewaren

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

beweegbaar

Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.

beweeglijk

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

beweegreden

(law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. [from 18th c.]

bewegen

(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.

bewegend

Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move

bewegende

(not comparable) That moves or move.

beweging

(mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).

bewegingsloos

One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere).

bewegwijzeren

(transitive) To install signposts on.

bewegwijzering

(uncountable) Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road traffic information, taken collectively.

beweren

(transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

bewering

An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.

bewerkelijk

Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

bewerken

(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

bewerker

One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.

bewerking

(computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

bewerkstelligen

(transitive) To accomplish, to achieve.

bewerkster

One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.

bewieroken

To perfume with incense.

bewijs

(rare, uncountable) Credential or supporting material for a person or claim.

bewijs leveren

(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.

bewijskrachtig

Of or providing evidence.

bewijslast

(legal) The duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi.

bewijzen

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

bewijzen leveren

(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.

bewolken

(transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.

bewolkt

Filled with clouds; cloudy.

bewonderaar

One who admires.

bewonderaarster

One who admires.

bewonderen

(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.

bewonderenswaardig

Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.

bewondering

A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful

bewonen

(military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory).

bewoner

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.

bewoning

(uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

bewoonbaar

Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

bewoonbare

Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

bewoond

Having inhabitants; lived in.

bewoonde wereld

(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.

bewoonster

Someone or thing who lives in a place.

bewoording

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

bewust

Sapient; self-aware.

bewusteloos

Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.

bewustwording

An act of figuring out or becoming aware.

bewustzijn

(uncountable) The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

bewustzijnsverlies

A temporary loss of consciousness.

bezem

A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.

bezemen

(transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.

bezemsteel

The handle of a broom (sweeping tool); (sometimes) the entire broom.

bezet

(British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.

bezeten

Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.

bezetene

A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.

bezetenheid

An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.

bezetten

(military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory).

bezetter

One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.

bezetting

(art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.

bezichtigen van bezienswaardigheden

The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.

bezield

(grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

bezielen

(transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.

bezien

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

bezienswaardigheid

(often, in the plural) Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.

bezig

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

bezigheid

An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.

bezighouden

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

bezinken

(transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.

bezinksel

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

bezit

Tangible, movable property.

bezit nemen van

Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).

bezitsaanmatiging

The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.

bezitster

One who owns something.

bezitten

(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.

bezittend

Of or relating to property or ownership.

bezitter

One who owns something.

bezitterig

Unwilling to yield possession of.

bezitting

Something that is owned.

bezittingen

Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.

bezoedelen

To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.

bezoedeling

A component or additive that renders something else impure.

bezoek

A short visit, usually for social purposes.

bezoeken

To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).

bezoeker

Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.

bezoekers

(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.

bezoeking

A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially, religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.

bezoekrecht

(uncountable, legal) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.

bezorgd

Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

bezorgdheid

An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

bezuinigen

(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).

bezuiniging

(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.

bezwaar

A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).

bezwaar hebben

(intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).

bezwaar maken

(intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).

bezwaarlijk

Arousing disapproval; worthy of objection; offensive.

bezweerder

One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.

bezweet

Covered in sweat.

bezweren

To beg or request for (something).

bezwering

An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

bezwijken

(intransitive, euphemistic) To die.

bezwijming

A faint.

Bhutan

A country in South Asia, in the Himalayas. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan. Capital: Thimphu.

bi

(LGBTQ, slang) Bisexual.

bi-

Every two; a rate of once every two.

biathlon

(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

biatlon

(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

bibberig

Shaking or trembling.

bibliofiel

One who loves books.

bibliothecaresse

The keeper, manager of a library.

bibliothecaris

The keeper, manager of a library.

bibliotheek

An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.

bibliotheekbeheerder

The keeper, manager of a library.

bibliotheekcatalogus

A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.

biceps

(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.

bidden

To beg or request for (something).

bidet

A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.

bidsprinkhaan

Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.

biecht

The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).

biechteling

One under the direction of a confessor.

biechten

(religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.

biechtstoel

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.

biechtvader

(Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.

bieden

To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions; to bid.

biefstuk

(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer).

bieper

(telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

bier

(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.

bierbuik

A protruding belly caused by excess fat stored in the abdomen and colloquially attributed to the consumption of beer.

bierpul

A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.

biertje

(countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.

bies

(AU) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]

biet

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

bietebauw

A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

bietsen

(transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.