Dutch–English dictionary

haarbal

A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.

haarborstel

A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

haarbreed

(figuratively) Any very short distance.

haard

A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.

haardroger

(chiefly, _, UK) A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.

haardscherm

a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash

haarkapper

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

haarkloverij

An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. [from 17th c.]

haarknippen

(transitive) To cut the hair or beard of (a person).

haarnaald

A pin or fastener for the hair.

haarnet

A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.

haarnetje

A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.

haarscheiding

(British) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.

haarspeld

A pin or fastener for the hair.

haas

(uncountable) The meat from this animal.

haasbiefstuk

The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.

haasje-over

(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.

haast

Speed, haste or urgency.

haasten

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

haastig

Hasty or superficial.

haat

Used to form nouns meaning hate, dislike, or repression of a specific thing.

haatdragend

Full of hatred.

haatster

One who hates.

habijt

A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.

habitat

A place in which a person lives.

hachee

Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together. corn-beef hash

hachelijk

(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.

hachelijke situatie

An unfortunate or trying position or condition.

haciënda

A large homestead in a ranch or estate, usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.

hadeïcum

(geology) The Hadean eon; part of the Precambrian supereon, spanning from around 4.6 to 4 billion years ago.

Hades

(Greek god) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.

Hadewig

A en given name.

hadj

(Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

hadji

(Islam) a honorific given to Muslim who has participated in a hajj.

Hadrianus

(historical) The Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.

hadron

(particle) A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.

hagedis

(chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

hagel

(chiefly, US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

hagelen

(impersonal) To have hailstones fall from the sky.

hagelgeweer

(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

hagelkorrel

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.

hagelslag

Small candy or sugar pieces that are sprinkled over other confections.

haggis

A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.

Haïti

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

Haïtiaan

A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent.

Haïtiaans

Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language.

Haïtiaanse

A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent.

hak

(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

haken

(ambitransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.

hakenkruis

(countable) A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

hakhout

A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.

hakkelen

(transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

hakken

(transitive, literally) To sever by chopping or as if by chopping.

hakmes

A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.

hakselaar

(in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.

hal

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

halal

(specifically, of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.

Halen

A village in Halen, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium.

half

In two equal parts or to an equal degree.

halfbloed

(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.

halfgod

(mythology) A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

halfhartig

Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

halfhoge punt

(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.

halfjaarlijks

Occurring twice a year; semiannual.

halfklinker

(phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

halfrauw

(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.

halfslachtig

Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

halfvocaal

(phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

halfweg

Half of the way between two points

haliet

(mineral) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.

halleluja

An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.

hallelujah

An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.

hallo

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

Halloween

The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.

hallucinatie

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.

hallucinogeen

Any substance tending to induce hallucination.

hallux valgus

(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.

halo

A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

hals

The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.

halsband

A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.

halsboord

The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

halsbrekend

Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.

halsdoek

A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.

halsketen

A chain worn around the neck.

halsketting

A chain worn around the neck.

halsslagader

(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.

halssnoer

(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

halssnoer-achtig

(figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.

halsstarrig

(idiomatic) Hardheaded, stubborn.

halsstarrigheid

The state of being stubborn.

halster

A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.

halte

(rail) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

halter

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.

halterbank

A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.

halthouden

(transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

halve finale

A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

halve gare

(chiefly, US, slang, derogatory) An idiot, a stupid person.

halve petit

(uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.

halverwege

Half of the way between two points

ham

(uncountable) Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.

Hamburg

The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

Hamburger

A person from Hamburg.

Hamburgse

A person from Hamburg.

hamerbaar

Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

hameren

To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.

Hamlet

The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.

hamster

In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.

hamsteren

(ambitransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.

hand

(card games) The set of cards held by a player.

hand-out

A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.

handbak

(metonymically) A vehicle with a manual transmission.

handbal

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

handbewerken

To make by hand and with much skill.

handbijl

A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.

handboeien

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

handboeien omdoen

(transitive) To apply handcuffs to someone.

handboek

A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.

handbreed

(obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.

handbreedte

(obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.

handdoek

A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

handdruk

The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.

handel

(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

handel in geestelijke ambten

The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.

handel in geestelijke privileges

The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.

handelaar

A dealer or trader in a specific commodity.

handelbaar

Capable of being handled.

handelen

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.

handelend persoon

(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".

handeling

(countable) Something done, a deed.

handelingsmogelijkheid

(sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.

handels-

(economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.

handelsmerk

A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.

handen schudden

(intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

handenbinder

(informal) Something which can only be managed with difficulty.

handgeklap

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

handgekozen

(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.

handgemaakt

Made by hand; manufactured manually.

handgemeen

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

handgeschreven

Written with a person's hand, as opposed to typed.

handgewricht

(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

handgreep

The handle of a tool or weapon.

handhaven

(obsolete) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to energize.

handhaving

The act of enforcing; compulsion.

handicap

The result of being impaired.

handig

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

handigheid

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

handkar

A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)

handlanger

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

handlangster

(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. [from 1414]

handleiding

A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.