Dutch–English dictionary

bloeimaand

The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.

bloeitijd

The state or season of producing such flowers.

bloeiwijze

(botany) A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.

bloem

Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.

bloembed

A garden plot.

bloemblaadje

(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

bloemenverkoper

A person who sells flowers.

bloemgestel

(botany) A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.

bloemist

A person who sells flowers.

bloemkroon

(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.

bloemlezing

A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.

bloemrijk

Flashy, flowery or showy.

bloes

(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

bloesem

A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.

bloesemen

(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.

bloesemtijd

The state or season of producing such flowers.

blog

(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)

blogger

(blogging) A contributor to a blog (from weblog) or online journal.

blok

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

blok van een gevangenis

A section or subdivision of a prison.

blokfluit

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

blokje

Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

blokkade

(by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.

blokken

(transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.

blokker

(slang, British) One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck.

blokkeren

(transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.

blond

A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.

blondine

(countable) A person with this hair color.

blooper

(informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

bloot

Naked, uncovered.

blootje

(with article, "the nude") The state of total nudity.

blootleggen

(transitive, now, rare) To expose, uncover.

blootstellen

(transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.

blootstelling

(uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.

blootsvoets

Wearing nothing on the feet.

blouse

(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

blowtje

(countable) A marijuana cigarette.

blozen

(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

bluegrass

(music, uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.

Bluetooth

(networking, trademark) An industrial specification for wireless personal area networks.

bluffen

(countable, or, uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.

blunder

A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

blunderen

(intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. [from 1706]

blush

(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

blussen

To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.

bluswater

(especially, manufacturing) Water for use in firefighting.

blut

(colloquial) Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.

bluts

A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

blutsen

(transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.

BMI

Initialism of body mass index.

BMW

A manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)).

Bob

A en given name.

bobijn

A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.

bobo

(idiomatic) A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.

bochel

A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.

bocht

A curve.

bochtenwerk

The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself.

bod

An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.

bode

One who brings messages.

bodem

A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

bodembedekking

(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.

bodemloos

Extremely deep.

bodemloze

Extremely deep.

bodempje

(fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.

bodyguard

A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.

boe

The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.

Boedapest

The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.

Boeddha

Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

boeddhisme

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

boeddhistisch

Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.

boefkik

(slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption.

boeg

(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

boegbeeld

(nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.

boegeroep

A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.

boei

(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes

boeiboord

(architectural element) A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.

boeideel

(architectural element) A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.

boeien

(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.

boeiend

Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

boek

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

boekanier

(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

Boekarest

The capital city of Romania.

boekband

A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.

boekbinden

The art, craft or process of binding books.

boekdeel

A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.

boekdrukkunst

(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.

boeken

(usually, in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.

boekenkast

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

boekenwinkel

A shop that sells books.

boekenworm

Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.

boekerij

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.

boeket

A bunch of cut flowers.

boekhandel

A shop that sells books.

boekhouden

(uncountable, British, NZ, often, _, Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.

boekhouder

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

boekhouding

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

boeking

A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.

boekjaar

(accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

boekje

A small or thin book.

boekrol

A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.

boekstaaf

A symbol in an alphabet.

boekweit

An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

boekwinkel

A shop that sells books.

boel

A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.

boem

Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.

boeman

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

boemel

(rail) A train (either the service or the train itself) making stops at all stations along its route.

boemelpartij

(slang) A bout of heavy drinking.

boemerang

A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.

Boer

(historical) A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.

boerderij

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

boeren-

From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.

boerenkinkel

(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]

boerenknecht

Synonym of farmworker.

boerenkool

An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

boerenlul

(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]

boerenpummel

(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]

boerenradijs

(uncountable) A pungent condiment made from the root of the plant.

boerenverstand

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

boerin

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

boerka

(strictly) An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).

boertje van buut'n

(pejorative) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.

boete

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

boetedoening

(theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

boetiek

A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.

boetseren

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

boeventaal

(countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

boevenwereld

That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.

boezem

(biology) Any enclosed body cavity or chamber.

bof

(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

boffend

(of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

Boheems

Of, or relating to Bohemia or its language. [from 16th c.]

Boheemse

A native or resident of Bohemia. [from 16th c.]

Bohemen

A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.

Bohemer

Of, or relating to Bohemia or its language. [from 16th c.]

Bohemerin

A native or resident of Bohemia. [from 16th c.]

boiler

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

bojaar

(historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.

bok

(countable) An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik). [from 16th c.]

bokken

(intransitive, of a horse, _, or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.

bokkenbaard

A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

bokkesprong maken

To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.

bokking

Smoked herring.

boksen

(transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

bokser

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

bokvis

A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).

bol

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

bolderkar

Abbreviation of toy wagon; A child's riding toy, with the same structure as a wagon (sense 1), pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.

bolide

An extremely bright meteor.

bolivar

The currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos.