Dutch–English dictionary

acuut

Urgent.

ad hoc

For a particular purpose.

adamant

An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.

adamskostuum

(idiom, often, humorous) Nakedness, unclothed skin; an exposure of a human's natural anatomy without clothing.

adapter

Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.

adaptief

Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.

addendum

Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.

adder

A venomous snake of species Vipera berus, in the family Viperidae, that can be found throughout much of Europe, and as far as East Asia

adduceren

(chemistry) The product of an addition reaction.

adel

The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

adelaarsvaren

(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.

Adelaide

A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

adelborst

(nautical) An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer.

Adelger

(rare) A en given name.

Adelheid

A en given name.

adellijk

Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

adellijke

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

Adelwijn

A en given name; always rather rare in English.

adem

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

adembenemend

stunningly beautiful; amazing

ademborstig

Afflicted with dyspnea; possessing unhealthy breathing.

ademen

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

ademhalen

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

ademhaling

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

ademnood

(pathology) Difficult or laboured breathing.

adempauze

(countable) A rest or pause.

Aden

A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen.

adequaat

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

ader

A deposit of ore, coal, etc.

aderlaten

(transitive) To bleed; let blood; phlebotomise.

aderlating

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

adervernauwing

(medicine, pathology) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.

aderverwijding

(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.

ADHD

(informal) as of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

adhesie

A close physical union of two objects.

adhesief

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

adieu

A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

adjectief

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

adjudant

(military rank) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs. [from 1641]

administrateur

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

administratie

(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

administratief

Of or relating to administering or administration.

administrator

(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.

admiraalschap

(military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

admiraliteit

(military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

adolescent

A person between thirteen and nineteen years old.

Adolf

A en given name.

adopteren

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

adrenaline

(hormone) Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

adressaat

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

Adriana

A en given name, a feminine form of Adrian.

adriatisch

Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.

advent

(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.

advertentie

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

advies

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

advies geven

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

adviesprijs

(colloquial) Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal.

adviseren

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

advocaat

A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.

advocaat van de duivel

(idiomatic) One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.

advocate

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

advocatuur

(law, metonym, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.

adynaton

(rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole.

Aegidius

A en given name.

aerobics

A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music. [1968]

aerodroom

An airfield:

aerodynamica

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.

aerodynamisch

Of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics.

aeroob

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

aerosol

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

aerostatica

(physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions

af

Into a state of non-operation.

af en aan

Stopping or starting at intervals.

af en toe

Occasionally; intermittently; irregularly; now and then; once in a while.

Afar

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

afasie

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

afbakenen

(transitive) To mark with a buoy.

afbakening

The act of delineating; depiction.

afbeelden

To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]

afbeelding

(countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.

afbetalen

(transitive) to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. [with of or (formerly) from]

afbetaling

(banking, finance) Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.

afbinden

(transitive) To bind with a ligature or bandage.

afbinding

(countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.

afblinden

(transitive) To make something less bright.

afborstelen

(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.

afbraak

(chemistry, uncountable) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements; (countable) an instance of this.

afbranden

The act of burning something with fire.

afbreekteken

The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

afbreken

(computing) The function used to abort a process.

afbrekende kritiek

(figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism. [from 1963]

afbrengen

(transitive) To convince not to try or do.

afbuigen

(transitive) To cause to change direction.

afdak

A sloping roof.

afdalen

(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

afdaling

A sloping passage or incline.

afdanken

(transitive) To throw away, to reject.

afdeling

A part, portion, or subdivision.

afdoend

In a conclusive manner; with finality.

afdracht

A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.

afdrift

The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.

afdrijvend

(medicine, pharmaceutical effect, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient.

afdrijving

An induced abortion.

afdrogen

(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

afdruk

A visible impression on a surface.

afdrukken

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

afdruppelen

To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.

afdwalen

(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.

afdwaling

State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. [Mid 17th century.]

afdwingen

(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.

affaire

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

affect

(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]

affiche

A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

affidavit

(legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.

affiniteit

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

affix

(now, uncommon) That which is affixed; an appendage.

affricaat

(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.

afgaan

(ambitransitive) To fail dismally.

afgang

A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

afgebroken

(of an, electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.

afgedankt

Retired or discarded due to age.

afgedragen

Weakened or worn out from age or wear.

afgejakkerd

Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

afgeknot

(botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate. [First attested in the early 19th century.]

afgelasten

(intransitive) To end or suspend an event.

afgelasting

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

afgelegen

Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

afgeleid gegeven

An activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence.

afgeleide

Something derived.

afgelopen

Most recent, latest, last so far.

afgemat

(US, _, slang) Exhausted.

afgemeten

Deliberate but restrained.

afgeplat

Made flat by something.

afgeprijsd

Discounted in price.

afgerond

(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

afgeroomd

(of milk) Having lowered fat content.

afgesleten

Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.

afgesproken

With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.

afgestompt

(figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

afgestudeerde

A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

afgetobd

Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition

afgeven

(intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.

afgezaagd

Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

afgezant

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

afgezien van

Except for; besides, (postposition) apart.

afgezonderd

(now, rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

afgezonderde

Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

Afghaan

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

Afghaans

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan.

Afghaanse

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]