Dutch–English dictionary

Afghaanse windhond

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

Afghanistan

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

afgietsel

An object made in a mould.

afgod

(now, chiefly, historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity. [from 10th c.]

afgodendienst

(religion) The worship of idols.

afgoderij

(religion) The worship of idols.

afgraving

(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

afgrenzing

Any strictly defined separation.

afgrijselijk

Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.

afgrijselijke zaak

(countable) A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. [Mid 18th century.]

afgrijzen

(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]

afgrond

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

afgunst

Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]

afgunstig

Causing ill will, envy, or offense.

afgunstig zijn

(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]

afhaalmaaltijd

(chiefly, UK, Australia, South Africa, and, New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.

afhakken

(transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

afhalen

(transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.

afhangen

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

afhangen van

Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.

afhankelijk

Relying upon; depending upon.

afhankelijkheid

The state of being dependent, of relying upon another.

afjakkeren

(transitive) To ride a horse too hard.

afkammen

(transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)

afkappen

(transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

afkeer

(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]

afkeren

(obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.

afkerig

Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. Always followed by a verbal phrase.

afketsen

A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.

afkeuren

To find fault (with something).

afkeurenswaardig

Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.

afkeuring

The act of disapproving; condemnation.

afkijken

(transitive, informal) To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.

afknagen

(transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).

afkoelen

(intransitive) To become calm.

afkomen

(transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.

afkomst

(uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.

afkomstig

(not comparable) Having a specified place or time as its origin.

afkomstig zijn van

To be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence.

afkopen

(transitive) To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.

afkoping

The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.

afkorten

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

afkorting

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

afkraken

(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]

aflaat

(Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.

afladen

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

afleesbaar

Which can be read—i.e. accessed or played—by a certain technical type of device.

afleggen

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.

afleiden

(transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).

afleiding

That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.

afleidingsmanoeuvre

(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.

afleveren

To bring or transport something to its destination.

aflevering

An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.

aflijning

Any strictly defined separation.

afloop

(printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).

aflopen

(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.

aflossen

(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]

afluisteraar

One who eavesdrops.

afluisteren

To eavesdrop; to listen secretly.

afmaken

(transitive) To put down or euthanize.

afmatten

(transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

afmattend

Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.

afmelden

(transitive) To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).

afmeren

(intransitive) To land at a harbour.

afmeting

(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.

afmetingen

Space required by a piece of equipment.

afmixen

(transitive, music) To produce a finished version of (a recording).

afname

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]

afnemen

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

afneming

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

afpersen

(transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.

afperser

Someone who blackmails.

afpersing

The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

afraden

(transitive) To recommend the opposite or negation of; to advise against.

afraden om

(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).

afraffelen

(transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.

aframmelen

(transitive) To pound or beat.

afranselen

(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.

afreagering

(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

afremmen

(intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

Afrika

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

Afrikaan

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

Afrikaans

Of or pertaining to Africa.

Afrikaanse

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

afrikaantje

Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.

Afrikaner

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.

afrit

(road transport) A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).

Afro-

African

afrodisiacum

Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.

afromen

(transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface

afronden

(transitive) To complete or finish something.

afronding

Smoothness or continuity.

afruimen

(transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.

afschaduwing

(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.

afschaffen

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

afschaffing

The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. [First attested from the mid 16th century.]

afscheid

A departure; the act of leaving.

afscheid nemen

To bid farewell or say goodbye.

afscheiden

(transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

afscheiding

A splitting off or breaking away from; a secession; divergence.

afscheidsrede

Of or pertaining to a valediction; designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.

afschermen

(ambitransitive) To protect, to defend.

afschetsing

(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.

afschilferen

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

afschrapen

(transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface

afschrift

The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.

afschrijven

(accounting, transitive) To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.

afschrijving

The reduction of loan principal over a series of payments.

afschrikken

(transitive) To discourage, intimidate.

afschrikkend

Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.

afschrikking

The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.

afschrikmiddel

Something that deters.

afschrikwekkend

Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.

afschudden

(transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

afschuifkracht

(mathematics) A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.

afschuimen

(transitive) To search an area thoroughly.

afschuinen

(transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.

afschuining

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

afschuiven

(physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.

afschuren

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

afschuring

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

afschurving

The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

afschuw

(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]

afschuwelijk

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]

afslaan

(intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.

afslachten

(transitive) To kill brutally.

afslachting

A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.

afslag

A reverse auction that starts at a high price that is gradually reduced by the auctioneer until someone is willing to buy.

afslager

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.

afslanken

(intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

afslijten

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

afslijting

An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.

afsluitceremonie

(education) A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.

afsluiten

(intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.

afsluiting

An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

afsluitpremie

A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

afsluitprovisie

A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

afsmelting

(sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping. [Mid 20th century.]

afsnijden

(transitive, archaic) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

afsnijder

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

afspeuren

(transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly. [from 19th C.]

afsplitsen

(ambitransitive, software development) To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.

afsplitsing

(metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.

afspraak

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

afspraakje

A pre-arranged meeting.

afspreken

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

afstaan

(intransitive) To give way under force; to succumb to a force.

afstammeling

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

afstammelingen

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

afstamming

Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.