Dutch–English dictionary

drastische

Drastic, or of great severity.

dreadlock

A single strand of dreadlocks.

dreadlocks

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

dreef

A driveway.

dreigen

(figurative) To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.

dreigend

About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

dreigend kijken

(intransitive) To look or stare with anger. [from late 15th c.]

dreinen

To cry or sob softly and intermittently.

drempel

(figuratively) An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.

drempelwaarde

(engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.

Dresden

The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe. [1735]

dreun

A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

dreunen

To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.

dreuzel

A person who has no magical abilities.

dribbelen

(countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.

drie

The digit/figure 3.

drie koningen

(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).

Drie-eenheid

(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

drie-enig

(chiefly, religion, Christianity) Both trine and one at the same time.

driedelig

In three parts.

driedubbel

Of three times the quantity; treble.

driehoek

(geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.

driehoekig

Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.

driehoeks-

Of, or pertaining to, triangles.

driehoeksmeetkunde

(geometry, analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.

driehoeksmeting

(uncountable, surveying) A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.

Driekoningen

A en given name.

drieledig

Made up of three things.

drielingbroer

One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.

drielingzus

One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.

drieluik

A set of three connected works, usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions, all related by theme, characters, or setting.

driemaal

(somewhat, dated, outside, Asia, Canada, Australia, &) Three times.

driemaandelijks

Once every quarter year (three months).

driemanschap

An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.

driepoot

A three-legged stand or mount.

dries

(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

Driessen

A town, the county seat of Grimes County, Texas; named for Kenneth Lewis Anderson, 4th Vice President of the Republic of Texas.

driest

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

drietal

(obsolete) A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares;)

drietallig

(arithmetic) To the base three.

drievoudig

Arranged in groups of three.

Drievuldigheid

(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

driewegstekker

Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.

driewerf

(somewhat, dated, outside, Asia, Canada, Australia, &) Three times.

driewieler

A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.

drift

A type of public roadway.

driftbui

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

driftig

Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

driftkikker

(pejorative) One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights.

drijfhout

A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.

drijfveer

(psychology) Desire or interest.

drijfvermogen

The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.

drijfzand

(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

drijven

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.

drijvend

Having buoyancy; able to float.

drijvend houden

(transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.

drijvende kracht

The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.

drijver

A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.

dril

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.

drilboor

A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.

drillen

(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.

dringend

Urgent.

drinkbaar

(of water) Safe to drink.

drinken

(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. [from 16th c.]

drinkgeld

A gratuity.

droef

Sad or pessimistic.

droefenis

(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.

droefgeestig

Solemnly or ponderously sad.

droefheid

(uncountable) unhappiness, woe

droes

A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.

droesem

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

droevig

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

droge land

The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

drogen

(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree. [from late 16th c.]

droger

(most often) Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer

drogeren

(transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

drogreden

(uncountable) Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

drol

A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.

drom

A large group of people; a crowd.

dromedaris

The single-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius).

dromenland

An imaginary world experienced while dreaming.

dromer

One who daydreams.

dromerig

(comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

drone

A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

dronkaard

A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

dronken

Drunk

dronkenschap

A state of being drunk.

droog

Very dry.

droogheid

(uncountable) A lack of moisture.

drooghut

An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

droogkamer

An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

droogte

A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

droogzwierder

By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)

droom

(literary) Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.

droomachtig

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

droombeeld

(countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

droomwereld

An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.

drop

Light rain.

droplul

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

droppen

To deliver goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.

dropping

The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.

dropregen

Light rain.

drossaard

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

drost

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

drug

A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.

druggebruiker

A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.

drugs

(uncountable, slang) Any of various recreational substances:

druïde

(historical) One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.

druipen

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.

druiper

(slang, usually with "the") Gonorrhea.

druivelaar

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

druiven-

Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.

druivenkleurig

Of a dark purplish red colour.

druivensuiker

(carbohydrate) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.

druk

The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.

drukken

(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.

drukkunst

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

drukmeter

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

druksluis

A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.

drukte

A fuss, uproar, commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.

druktemaker

(slang, derogatory) One who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.

drum

(percussion instrument) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.

drummen

(intransitive) To hurry.

drummer

(musician) One who plays the drums.

drumspeelster

(musician) One who plays the drums.

drumspeler

(musician) One who plays the drums.

drumstok

A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]

drumstokje

A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]

drup

Light rain.

druppel

A small drop of water or other liquid. [from 16thc.]

druppelen

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.

druppelglas

A small mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.

druppelsgewijs afscheiden

To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.

druppen

(impersonal) To rain lightly.

drupregen

Light rain.

dualis

(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.

dubbel

(usually, of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.

dubbel kolonel

(printing, dated) A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.

dubbel-

Every two; a rate of once every two.

dubbelbloed

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

dubbele punt

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

dubbelganger

Someone who, or something which, physically resembles (looks like) another.

dubbelhartig

Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

dubbelhartigheid

Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.

dubbelpunt

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

dubbelspel

Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.

dubbeltje

(US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar.

dubbelzinnig

Open to multiple interpretations.

dubbelzinnigheid

(countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.

dubben

To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation