Dutch–English dictionary

Bolivia

A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

Boliviaan

A person from Bolivia or of Bolivian descent.

Boliviaans

Of, from, or pertaining to Bolivia, or the Bolivian people.

Boliviaanse

A person from Bolivia or of Bolivian descent.

Bolivië

A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

bolleke

A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

bolletje

A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

Bolognees

Of, from or relating to the city of Bologna, capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

Bolognezer

Of, from or relating to the city of Bologna, capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

bolrond

Spherical, ball-shaped.

bolsjewiek

(historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.

bolsjewisme

The Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism.

bolvormig

Spherical, ball-shaped.

bolwerk

(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.

bom

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

bombarde

A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

bombardement

The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.

bombarderen

(transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

Bombast

Empty verbiage or nonsense. [from early 19th c.]

bomengroep

A small clump of trees or bushes.

bomenteelt

(uncountable) Commercial tree farming.

bomma

(colloquial) A grandmother.

bommenwerper

(aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.

bommetje

(diving) The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.

bompa

(colloquial, humorous) Grandpa, grandfather.

bon

(countable) A record of money owed.

Bonaventura

A surname transferred from the given name.

bonbon

(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

bond

(countable) Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.

bondage

(sex) The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.

bondgenoot

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

bondig

Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]

Bondsdag

The federal/state parliament of Germany.

bondsstaat

Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.

bonenkruid

Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.

bonenstaak

A thin pole for supporting bean vines.

bongerd

A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

bongo

A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.

Bonn

An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Rhine River; the former capital of West Germany and (until 1999) seat of government of unified Germany.

bonnetje

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

bons

A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.

bont

Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.

bonuman

A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.

bonus

Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

bonzen

(intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.

boodschap

A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.

boodschappen

Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.

boodschappen doen

(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

boodschapper

One who brings messages.

boog

A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).

boogschieten

(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.

Boogschutter

(astrology) Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.

booleaans

(logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.

booleaanse waarde

(logic, computing) A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.

boom

A rapid expansion or increase.

boomachtig

Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.

boomen

(transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.

boomgaard

A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

boomhei

White heath (Erica arborea), a thorny Mediterranean shrub.

boomhut

(chiefly, US) A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.

boomlevend

Living in or among trees.

boomrijk

Covered with trees.

boomstam

The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

boomstronk

The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

boomvalk

Falco subbuteo, a small raptor of the falcon family.

boon

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

boor

The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.

boord

Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.

boormachine

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

boos

Displaying or feeling anger.

boos maken

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

boos worden

(intransitive) To become angry.

boosaardig

Intending to harm; malevolent.

boosaardigheid

(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.

boosheid

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.

bootleg

(informal) A bootleg recording.

bootsman

(nautical) The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

bord

A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

Bordeaux

The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

bordeauxrood

Of a maroon color

bordeel

A house of prostitution.

bordenwasser

(US) An assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables.

border

A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

borduren

To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.

borduur

(British spelling) .

borduurwerk

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

boreling

A recently born baby.

boren

(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

borg

Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.

borgis

(printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.

borgsom

Security; guaranty; bail.

borgsteller

(legal) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.

borgtocht

(legal) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.

boring

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.

Borneo

A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

borrelen

(intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble.

borrelhapjes

A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.

borscht

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

borsjt

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

borsjtsj

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

borst

The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.

borstbeeld

A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.

borstbeen

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

borstelen

(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.

borstje, salopette

The upper part of an apron or overalls.

borstkas

(anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.

borstplaat

(Judaism) An embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel.

borststuk

A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.

borstvoeden

(transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.

borstvoeding

Milk produced by human mammary glands.

borstvoeding geven

(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

borstwering

A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.

bos

A bunch of cut flowers.

bosbedrijf

(uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.

bosbouw

(uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.

bosbouwkunde

(uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.

bosje

(slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's. [from 1745]

boslandcreool

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]

boslandcreools

Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

boslandcreoolse

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]

bosmarmot

(Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

bosneger

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]

bosnegerin

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]

Bosniër

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnisch

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnische

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

boson

(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

bospad

(UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.

bosrijk

Covered with trees.

bosschage

Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.

boswilg

A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.

bot

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

botanica

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

botanicus

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

botanie

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

botanisch

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.

botbreuk

(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.

boterachtig

Made with or tasting of butter.

boterbloem

Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.

boterham

Any dish consisting of only one slice of bread, with any topping.

boterhamzakje

(US) A small bag, especially a small, clear, plastic bag.

botermelk

The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.

boterschijte

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

botervat

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.

botervlieg

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

botheid

The property of being rude.

botontkalking

(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

botox

A toxic compound (generic name botulinum toxin type A) produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, that causes the paralysis of muscles, used in cosmetic surgery to conceal wrinkles and for muscle spasm relief and headache prevention.

botsen

(intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.

botser

Someone or something that bumps.