Dutch–English dictionary

hunkering

(often, followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.

huppeldepup

(slang) A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.

huppelen

(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.

huppen

(intransitive) To jump a short distance.

huren

(transitive, chiefly, UK) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

hurken

A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

hut

(US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

huur

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.

huurder

(by extension) One who has possession of any place.

huurdoder

A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.

huurkazerne

A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

huurling

A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.

huurmoordenaar

Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

huurmoordenares

Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

huursoldaat

A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.

huwbaar

Suitable for marriage; nubile.

huwelijk

The state of being married. [from 14th c.]

huwelijkskandidaat

One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.

huwelijkspartner

A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

huwelijksplechtigheid

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

huwelijksreis

The period of time immediately following a marriage.

huwen

(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]

huzaar

A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies.

hyacint

Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.

hybride

(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.

hybridisch

Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.

hybridisch woord

(linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.

hybris

Excessive pride, presumption, or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

Hydra

(astronomy) One of Pluto's moons.

hydraat

(chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.

hydrateren

(transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.

hydraulica

The engineering science that deals with practical applications where liquid is in motion and transmits energy.

hydraulisch

Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.

hydro-elektrisch

That generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water, or of steam escaping under high pressure.

hygiëne

Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.

hygiënisch

Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.

hygiënist

A person skilled in hygienics, but especially a dental assistant who cleans teeth etc

hymen

(anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.

hymne

A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.

hype

(marketing) Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims.

hyperbolisch

(topology) Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).

hyperbool

(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.

hypermarkt

A shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket.

hypertensie

(medicine, cardiology) A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid.

hypertrofie

(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.

hypnose

A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.

hypnotiseren

(transitive) To induce a state of hypnosis in.

hypochonder

Related to, or affected by hypochondria.

hypocriet

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]

hypocrisie

The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.

hypodermaal

Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis.

hypofysaal

(anatomy) Of or relating to the pituitary gland.

hypofyse

(anatomy) The pituitary gland.

hypokorisme

(uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names.

hyponiem

(semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.

hypotensie

(medicine, cardiology) The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure.

hypotenusa

(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

hypothalamus

(neuroanatomy) A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.

hypotheek

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.

hypothekeren

(transitive, legal) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.

hypothermie

(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.

hypothese

(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

hypothetisch

In a hypothetical way; as a hypothesis.

hypoxie

(pathology) A condition in which tissues are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen [from 1940s].

hypoxisch

(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hypoxia.

hysterectomie

(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.

hysterisch

Of, or arising from hysteria.

i-grec

The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

iant

(as a noun) Having a certain profession.

ibis

Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.

ibuprofen

(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.

iconisch

Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

icoon

(graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something.

ICT

(informatics) Initialism of information technology.

id

Any of a group of several elements - lanthanide.

ide

Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.

ideaal

Perfect, flawless, having no defects.

idealist

An impractical dreamer.

idealistisch

Idealistic or utopian.

idee

(informal) A creation of one's brain; an original idea or innovation of a person or group of people, an organization, etc.

ideëel

Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.

idem

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

idem dito

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

iden

(historical, often, _, capitalized) The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.

identiek

(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

identieke

(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

identificatie

(broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.

identificeerbaar

Capable of being distinguished and named.

identificeren

(broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.

identiteit

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.

identiteitsbewijs

A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.

ideologisch

Of or pertaining to one or more ideologies.

idiomatisch

Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language.

idioot

A silly person.

idiosyncrasie

A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.

idiosyncratisch

Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

Ido

A constructed language; a reform of Esperanto and Idiom Neutral.

idolatrie

(religion) The worship of idols.

idoliseren

(transitive) To idolize.

idool

An idol.

ie

Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.

ieder

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

iedereen

All people.

ief

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

iegelijk

Every person.

iejoor

(figuratively) An excessively negative or pessimistic person.

iemand

Any person; anybody.

iemand aankleden

(transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.

iemand aframmelen

(dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

iemand een dwangbuis aandoen

(literally) To put someone into a straitjacket.

iemand een pandoering geven

(dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

iemand het zwijgen opleggen

Tending to make someone feel small; scornful in a mortifying way.

iemand in zijn vrijheid beperken

(by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.

iemand op de hoogte houden

To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.

iemand te kakken zetten

(transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.

iep

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

Ier

A man from Ireland.

Iers

(uncountable) The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.

iets

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

iets afbreken

(figurative, by extension) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.

iets op tegen hebben

(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]

ieve

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

ig

Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.

iglo

A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.

Ignatius

A en given name (1491–1556)

ignorant

Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.

ignorantie

The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.

iguana

(colloquial) In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.

ijdel

Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak. [from 16th c.]

ijdelheid

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

ijf

(countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.

ijk

(mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

ijkpunt

A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.

ijs

A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.

ijsberen

To walk back and forth in a small distance.

ijsberg

A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

ijsje

A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.

ijskast

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

ijskegel

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

ijsklomp

A block of ice.

ijskoud

(by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold

IJsland

An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.

IJslands

Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland.

ijspegel

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

ijsregen

(meteorology) Rain which freezes upon contact.

ijsruimte

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

ijver

(countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.

ijveren

A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.

ijverig

Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.

ijverzucht

(countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.