Dutch–English dictionary

interventionisme

(politics) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.

interviewen

(intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

interviewer

One who interviews.

interviewster

One who interviews.

intervocaal

(phonetics) Existing or occurring between vowels.

intiem

Closely acquainted; familiar.

intikken

To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

intimidatie

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.

intimideren

(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

intimiderend

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

intimiteit

(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.

intolerant

Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.

intolerantie

(uncountable) The state of being intolerant.

intomen

(transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.

intonatie

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

intoneren

(intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.

intoxicatie

A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

intramusculair

Inside a muscle or the muscles.

intraveneus

Inside the veins.

intrekken

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

intrekking

The act of abrogating.

intriest

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

intrige

A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

intrigeren

(figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme

intrigerend

Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.

intrinsiek

Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

introduceren

(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

intronisatie

The act of enthroning or the state of being enthroned.

introspectie

(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.

introvert

(psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an introvert: thoughtful, reflective.

intrusief

Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.

intussen

During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.

inundatie

The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

inunderen

To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.

inval

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

invalide

Having a disability.

invaliden

(nonstandard) One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

invallen

(impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.

invalshoek

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

invasie

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

inventaris

(music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.

inventariseren

(operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.

invers

(geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.

inverse

(mathematics) A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically:

investeerder

A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

investituur

The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.

invetten

(transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

invitatie

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

inviteren

(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

invloed

(informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

invloed uitoefenen

(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.

invloedrijk

Having or exerting influence.

invoegen

(transitive) To put in between or into.

invoer

The act of entering.

invoeren

(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

invoervergunning

(uncountable) Clipping of importance.

invullen

(transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.

inwendig

Inside or closer to the inside of the body.

inwerken

(transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.

inwijden

(transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

inwijkeling

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

inwijking

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.

inwilligen

(intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]

inwoner

(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]

inwonertal

(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.

inwoonster

Someone or thing who lives in a place.

inzakken

(intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.

inzameling

A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.

inzending

The thing which has been submitted.

inzepen

(transitive) To cover with lather.

inzet

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

inzet verdubbelen

(gambling, intransitive) To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack.

inzicht

Perceptiveness.

inzichtelijk

Possessing insight; percipient. [from 20th c.]

inzinking

A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.

inzittende

A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.

ion

An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

IP-adres

(Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.

iPhone

(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.

iPod

(by extension) Any portable personal MP3 player or similar device.

IQ

Initialism of intelligence quotient.

Iraaks

Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.

Iraans

(linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

Iraanse

A person from Iran or of Iranian descent.

Irak

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.

Irakees

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.

Irakese

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.

Iraki

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.

Iran

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.

Iraniër

A person from Iran or of Iranian descent.

Irene

A en given name, in regular use since the 19th century.

iridium

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.

Iris

A en given name; a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.

iriserend

(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

ironisch

(of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.

irrationaal

(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

irrationale

(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

irrationeel

Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.

irrationele

Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.

irreconciliabel

Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.

irreëel

Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.

irrelevant

(archaic) Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless.

irrelevantie

(uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.

irreligie

The state of being irreligious; irreligious sentiment or thought.

irrigatie

The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.

irritant

Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]

irritatie

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

irriteren

(intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

irriterend

Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]

IS

Initialism of Islamic State.

isch

(as a noun) One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.

ischemie

(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).

ISIS

A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013]

islam

A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.

Islamabad

The capital city of Pakistan, located within the Islamabad Capital Territory.

islamitisch

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

Ismaël

(Abrahamism, biblical character) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs via the Ishmaelites.

isme

Used to form names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology, or principle or lack thereof.

isolatie

A non-conductive structure, coating or device that does not transmit sound, heat or electricity (see image)

Isolde

A en given name.

isoleren

(transitive) To isolate.

isotoop

(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.

Israëli

A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.

Israëliër

A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.

Israëlisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.

Israëlische

A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.

Israëlitisch

(rare, chiefly, in, _, Protestantism) Of or pertaining to the descendants of the patriarch Jacob.

ist

one who subscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination;

Istanboel

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

istmus

(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

Istrië

A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.

IT'er

(informal) One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.

Italiaan

(countable) An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.

Italiaans

(uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Italiaans ijs

A frozen dessert, resembling ice cream, made from finely granulated ice mixed with concentrated syrup flavouring or fruit purées.

Italiaanse

(countable) An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.

Italië

A country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.

iteratie

(computing) The use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop.

itis

(pathology) Denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.

Ivanovitsj

A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ива́нович (Ivánovič, “son of Ivan”).

ivoor

A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

ivoorkleur

A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

ivoorkleurig

Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

ivoorkleurige

Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

ivoren

Made of ivory.

Ivy League

(US, education, politics) An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality. [from 1935]

Izebel

(biblical character) The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings), and who incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols.

ja

A traditional phrase said by each of the prospective spouses during a wedding ceremony in order to accept the marriage.

ja, hallo

(colloquial) Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed has done something the speaker considers to be foolish, or missed something that should have been obvious.

jaagster

Something or someone who chases. [from 14th c.]