Dutch–English dictionary

delicaat

Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

delicatesse

Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.

delicieus

Sweet and pleasant; delicious.

delier

(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.

Delila

The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines.

deling

(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis. [from 19th c.]

delinquent

A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

delirium

(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.

delokaliseren

(transitive) To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, in order to seek lower business costs, such as labor.

delven

(intransitive) To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.

demagogie bedrijven

(intransitive, and, transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.

demagogie gebruiken

(intransitive, and, transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.

demagogisch

Of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.

demagoog

(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.

demarcatie

(countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border.

demarcatielijn

(countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border.

demarkatie

The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.

demarkatielijn

A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.

dementie

Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.

demilitariseren

(transitive) To remove troops from (an area).

demo

(informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.

demo-

people

democraat

A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).

democrate

A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).

democratisatie

The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.

democratisch

Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.

democratiseren

(narrowly) To make democratic.

democratisering

The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.

demografisch

Of or pertaining to demography.

demon

An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. [from 10th c.]

demonisch

Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.

demoniseren

(transitive, figuratively) To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.

demonstratie

(informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.

demonstreren

(transitive) To show how to use (something).

demonteer

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).

demonteren

To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.

demoon

An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. [from 10th c.]

demotie

An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.

demotiveren

(transitive) To decrease the motivation of a person or a group.

dempen

(transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).

demper

A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

demystificeren

(transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.

den

(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

Denemarken

A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name.

dengue

An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

denigreren

(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.

denigrerend

Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.

denim

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

denkbaar

Capable of being conceived or imagined.

denkbeeld

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]

denkbeeldig

Unreal or imagined.

denken

(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).

denker

One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating.

denkkader

An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.

denkvermogen

The capability for rational thought.

dennenappel

The fruit of a conifer.

dennenboom

(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

Dennis

A en given name.

denotatie

The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes

dentist

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

deo

An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.

deodorant

An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.

deontologie

Synonym of ethics (“the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct”). [from c. 1826]

departement

A subdivision of an organization.

depileren

To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

deplorabel

To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion; lamentable.

deponent

(grammar, of a verb) Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).

deponeren

(transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

deportatie

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

deporteren

(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.

deposito

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

depot

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

deppen

(transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.

depreciatie

(accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.

depressie

(meteorology, informal) An area of low pressure; a depression.

depressief

(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.

depri

(informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.

deprimeren

To make depressed, sad or bored.

deprimerend

Causing depression or sadness.

deputatie

The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.

deracineren

To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.

derde

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

derde macht

(mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

derdegraads

(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

derdelaatste

Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.

derdengelden

(legal) A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.

dergelijk

Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.

derhalve

(conjunctive) As a result; therefore, for this reason.

derivaat

Something derived.

derivatie

(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.

dermatoloog

A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.

dertien

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

dertiende

The ordinal form of the number thirteen.

dertig

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

derven

(transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.

derwaarts

(chiefly, literary, or, law, archaic) To that place.

derwisj

A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.

des te + comp., des te + comp.

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

desalniettemin

(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.

desambigueren

To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.

desbetreffend

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

descriptie

A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

deserteren

(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.

deserteur

One who defects.

desertie

An act or incidence of defecting.

Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam), a Dutch humanist and theologian.

Desiderius Erasmus van Rotterdam

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam), a Dutch humanist and theologian.

design

The art of designing

designer

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

desillusioneren

(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.

desinfectans

A substance that kills germs or viruses.

desinformatie

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

desintegratie

The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

desintegreren

(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.

deskredactie

A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.

desktop

(computing) A desktop computer.

deskundig

(by extension) Expert.

deskundige

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

desolaat

Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

desondanks

(conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow. [from 19th c.]

desperaat

Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.

despoot

A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.

despotisme

Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

dessert

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

dessin

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.

destabiliseren

(transitive) To make something unstable.

destillaat

The substance extracted by distilling.

destillatie

(chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.

destructief

Causing destruction; damaging.

destructieve

Causing destruction; damaging.

detachement

(military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.

detachering

The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.

detail

A distinguishing feature or characteristic.

detailhandel

(business) The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.

detailleren

(transitive) To explain in detail.

detecteerbaar

That which can be detected, noticeable.

detecteren

To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

detectief

A detective.

detective

(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.

determinant

(linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.

determineren

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.

determinisme

(philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.

detineren

(transitive, law enforcement) To put under custody.

detonator

A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.

deugd

(countable) An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.

deugdelijk

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

deugdelijkheid

The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.

deugdzaam

Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.

deugdzaamheid

A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person. [from 13th c.]

deugniet

A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.