Dutch–English dictionary

hoewel

Although, despite (it) being.

hof

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

hoffelijk

Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.

hoffelijkheid

Given or done as a polite gesture.

hofhouding

The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

hofmaarschalk

(historical) A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general.

hofmeester

(nautical) A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.

hofstoet

A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important.

hoge ome

(informal) A person of importance in a group or organization.

hoge punt

(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.

hoger

Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.

hoger dan

In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface. [first attested before 1150]

hoi

(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.

hokje

A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).

hokjesdenken

To place (someone or something) into a notional category or class, especially in a way which makes unjustified assumptions or which is restrictive; to categorize, to classify, to label.

Hokkaido

The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo.

hol

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

hola

A protest or reprimand.

holbewoner

An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

hole

(golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.

holenmens

A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.

holhoornige

An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).

Holland

A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland.

Holle frasen

Empty verbiage or nonsense. [from early 19th c.]

hollen

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

holletje

(stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.

holografie

(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms

hologram

A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.

holster

A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.

holte

An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.

hom

The semen of a male fish.

homeopathisch

Of or pertaining to homeopathy.

homeostase

(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.

Homerus

Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

hommage

(countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death.

hommel

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.

homo

(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.

homofiel

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

homofobie

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]

homofoob

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

homofoon

(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

homogeen

(ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i)

homograaf

A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.

homoseksualiteit

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]

homoseksueel

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

hond

A mammal of the family Canidae:

hondachtig

Dog-like.

hondachtige

Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).

hondengevecht

A fight between dogs, especially as part of the blood sport of dogfighting.

hondenhok

A house or shelter for a dog.

honderd

A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine.

honderdjarige

One who or that which is at least 100 years old.

honderdman

(historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.

honderdste

The ordinal form of the number one hundred.

hondje

(countable, childish, or, endearing) A dog, especially a small one.

Honds

(humorous) The language supposedly spoken by dogs

hondsdol

Affected with rabies.

hondsdolheid

(disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

hondsvot

(dated, or, humorous) A detestable person.

Honduras

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa.

Hongaar

A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.

Hongaars

Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

Hongaarse

Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

Hongarije

A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Budapest.

honger

The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

hongeren

(intransitive) To be in need of food.

hongerend

(figuratively) Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.

hongerig

(figuratively) Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.

hongersnood

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

honig

(uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

honing

(uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

honingbij

(informal, proscribed) Any stinging flying insect, especially a wasp.

honingdauw

(uncountable) A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.

honingraat

(uncountable) A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.

honingzoet

(figurative) Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).

honk

(baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.

honkbal

The ball used to play the sport of baseball.

Honoloeloe

A port on Oahu Island, the capital city of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.

Honolulu

A port on Oahu Island, the capital city of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.

honorarium

An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.

hoofd

(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

hoofd (geven)

(slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

hoofd-

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

hoofd(letter)

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

hoofdartikel

(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.

hoofdband

A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.

hoofdbreker

(figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

hoofddoek

A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.

hoofding

(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

hoofdkaas

(chiefly, British) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.

hoofdkantoor

The main administrative centre for a company or organisation.

hoofdkussen

A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

hoofdkwartier

The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.

hoofdopzichter

A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.

hoofdpijler

A chief support.

hoofdpijn

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

hoofdpijnwijn

(uncountable, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) Cheap or inferior everyday wine.

hoofdrolspeelster

A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.

hoofdrolspeler

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

hoofdroos

scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis

hoofdsom

(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.

hoofdstel

(equestrian) The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.

hoofdsteun

The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.

hoofdstuk

A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.

hoofdtelefoon

A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.

hoofdtelwoord

(math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)

hoofdvak

(education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.

hoofdverpleegster

A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.

hoofdweg

A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

hoofsheid

Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women.

hoog

(music) Higher in pitch than required.

hoog houden

(transitive) To support or maintain at a high level.

hoogbegaafd

Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.

hoogconjunctuur

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

hoogdravend

(US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.

hoogdravendheid

Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.

hooggeachte

A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.

hooggeboren

(obsolete) Of noble birth. [16th–19th c.]

hooghartig

Supercilious.

hooghartigheid

A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.

hoogheid

The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank.

hoogkoor

The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

hoogland

A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.

hooglander

(Scotland) A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.

hoogleraar

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

hoogmoed

(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]

hoogmoedig

Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

hoogst

To the greatest, highest, or utmost degree.

hoogstaand

High, tall, having great height or stature.

hoogste punt

The highest part of a hill.

hoogte

The distance from the base to the top of something.

hoogtemeter

An apparatus for measuring altitude.

hoogtepunt

A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. [c. 1610]

hoogteroer

(aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.

hoogteverschil

The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.

hoogtijd

A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.

hoogtijdag

A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.

hooguit

(informal) At the very most; as a maximum.

hoogverraad

Criminal disloyalty to one's country or a sovereign.

hoogvlakte

A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.

hoogwaardig

Of very good quality; superior.

hoogwaardigheidsbekleder

An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.

hoogwaardigheidsbekleedster

An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.

hooi

(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

hooiberg

A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.

hooien

To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

hooimaand

The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.

hooiveld

A field of hay.

hooivork

Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:

hooligan

(informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.