Dutch–English dictionary

handmatig

(of an activity) Performed with the hands.

handout

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.

handpalm

The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.

handrem

(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.

hands

(countable, Australian rules football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

handsbal

(countable, Australian rules football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

handschift

Handwriting; style of penmanship.

handschoen

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

handschoenmaker

A person who makes or sells gloves.

handschrift

The characteristic writing of a particular person.

handstand

A headstand.

handtas

(now, rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.]

handtekening

A person's autograph or signature.

handvat

The handle of a tool or weapon.

handvest

(obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.

handvol

That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

handwortelbeen

(skeleton) The group of bones that make up the wrist.

hanengekraai

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

hanenkam

A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.

hangar

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

hangen

(now, literary, heraldry) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms.

hangend

Suspended.

hangende

Suspended.

hangende zijn

(archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.

hanger

A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]

hangertje

A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]

hangmat

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

hangslot

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

Hannibal

A en given name of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar.

Hanoi

The capital city of Vietnam.

hansworst

(slang) A meathead.

hanteerbaar

Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.

hanteren

(transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.

hap

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

hapje

A small amount of something.

har

A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.

haram

(Islam, fiqh) Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.

hard

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

hard labeur

Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.

harde

(of a sound) Of great intensity.

harde noot

A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

harde schijf

(computer hardware) Ellipsis of hard disk.

harden

(transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.

harder

A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).

hardheid

The quality of being hard.

hardleers

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.

hardnekkig

stubbornly persevering, steadfast

hardrijder

One who speeds: one who exceeds the maximum legal speed limit.

hardvochtig

Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.

hardware

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

harem

The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male strangers. [from 1841]

harig

(of an animal) Having a lot of fur.

haring

Clupea harengus, an abundant species of herring and an important food fish living in the North Atlantic.

hark

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

harlekijn

A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.

harmonica

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

harmonie

(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.

harmonisch

Pertaining to harmony.

harmonische

(physics) A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.

harmonium

(music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.

harnas

(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

harnassen

(transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.

harp

(music, colloquial) Any musical instrument.

harpij

(ornithology) A neotropical eagle, Harpia harpyja.

harpist

Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.

harpiste

Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.

harpoen

A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.

harpoeneren

(transitive) To shoot something with a harpoon.

hars

A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.

harses

(slang) The head or brain.

hart

The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.

harteklop

A very short space of time; an instant.

hartelijk

In a cordial, warm, friendly or heartfelt manner.

harteloos

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

harten

(card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.

hartenbeest

A type of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

hartenjagen

(card games) A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.

hartig

Evincing health.

hartkamer

One of two lower chambers of the heart.

hartkloppingen

An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.

hartritme

The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.

hartschelp

Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

hartslag

One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.

hartstocht

Fervor, determination.

hartstochtelijk

Fired with intense feeling.

hartsvanger

(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.

hartzakje

(anatomy, cardiology) A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.

hartzeer

Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their absence.

hashtag

(Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007]

hasj

(slang) Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

hasjiesj

The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.

Haskell

(programming language) A general-purpose purely functional programming language with support for recursive functions and pattern matching.

haspel

(textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.

hatelijk

Full of hatred.

hatelijke

Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

haten

(transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.

hater

One who hates.

hatsjie

(onomatopoeia) The sound of a sneeze.

hatsjoe

(onomatopoeia) The sound of a sneeze.

hattrick

(by extension, sports) Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.

hausse

(economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

have

Tangible, movable property.

haveloos

Wearing tattered clothes.

haveloze

A person suffering from extreme poverty.

haven

(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.

havenarbeider

A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work. [from 18th c.]

havendam

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

havenhoofd

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

haver

(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

havergort

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

haverkoekje

(British) A bar made with rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, baked in a tray.

havermout

Meal made from rolled or round oats.

havermoutpap

A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.

havervlokken

Meal made from rolled or round oats.

havervlokkenpap

A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.

haverzak

(archaic) An oat-sack, or nosebag for a horse.

Hawaï

(specifically) An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

Hawaïaans

The Hawaiian language.

Hawaii

(specifically) An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

hawaiigans

The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

hazardspel

An activity characterized by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

hazelaar

(countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.

hazelnoot

The fruit of the hazel, especially Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially.

hazeslaapje

(informal, chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

hé

An exclamation to get attention.

hé daar

An exclamation to get attention.

headset

A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.

hebben

(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to express the speaker's wish that the preceding statement were true

hebberigheid

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

hebbes

I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).

hebgier

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

hebgierigheid

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

Hebreeërs

(biblical) The nineteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to the Hebrews.

Hebreeuws

Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

Hebriden

The islands off the west coast of Scotland, divided into the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides.

hebzucht

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

hebzuchtig

Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

hechten

(transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended

hechting

(botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.

hechtmap

An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.

hechtmiddel

Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

hectisch

(figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion.

Hector

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.

hede

Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.

heden

(abstract) This time, the present situation.

heden ten dage

At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]

hedendaags

Belonging to the same period; contemporary.

hedgefonds

(finance) Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equities or money markets).

hedonisme

(ethics, uncountable) The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.

hedonistisch

Devoted to pleasure