Dutch–English dictionary

kieming

The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

kiemmaand

(historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.

kiemplant

(botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.

kies

A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

kiesdistrict

(politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials.

kiesgrensgebied

(UK) A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area.

kieskeurig

Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.

kiesman

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.

kiesmens

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.

kiespijn

(medicine) A pain or ache in a tooth.

kiesprogramma

(politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.

kiespubliek

The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

kiesrecht

(US) The right of women to vote.

kiesschijf

A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.

kietelen

(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

kietelig

Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

kiezel

A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

kiezen

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

kiezerspubliek

The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

kijk

(countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

kijk eens!

Used to express surprise.

kijkbuis

(uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

kijken

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

kijker

An organ through which animals see.

kijkerspubliek

(collectively) percentage of viewers that watched television programs or other video broadcasts.

kijkje

(informal) A glance, look.

kikker

(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.

kikkererwt

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

kikkervisje

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.

Kikongo

A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.

kikvors

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

kikvorsachtige

(batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.

kikvorsman

A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).

kil

(medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.

kilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

kilogram

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

kilohertz

A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz

kilometer

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

kilometerteller

(British) The odometer of a motor vehicle.

kim

The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.

kimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

kin

The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.

kinbaardje

A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

kind

(informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.

kinderachtig

Immature in thought or behaviour.

kinderachtigheid

(countable) Childish behaviour.

kinderarts

(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

kinderbed

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

kinderbedtijd

The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

kinderen

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

kinderen passen

(ambitransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

kindergeneeskunde

(American spelling, medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.

kinderkrant

(British) A children's magazine.

kinderlijk

Suitable for or expected of a child.

kinderloos

Not having any children.

kindermeisje

A child's nurse.

kinderoppas

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

kinderopvang

(countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

kinders

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

kinderspel

(figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.

kindertehuis

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

kinderverlamming

(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

kindervoeding

(countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.

kinderwagen

(US, Canada, Australia) A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.

kindje

A pet project or responsibility.

kindskind

A child of someone's child.

kinesie

(biology) The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus.

kinesitherapie

(British, Commonwealth, Irish) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

kinetische energie

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

Kingston

The capital and largest city of Jamaica; it is also the capital of its eponymous parish.

kinine

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]

kinky

(informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.

kiosk

A cylindrical outdoor sidewalk structure (like a column) used for advertising; an advertising column

kip

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

kippenhok

Synonym of hencoop.

kippenvlees

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

kipper

A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.

kist

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

kit

A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.

kitsch

Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.

kitscherig

(of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.

kittelaar

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

kitten

To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

kiwi

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

kje

Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.

klaaglied

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. [from early 16th c.]

klaagzang

A song expressing grief.

klaar

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

klaar om aan te vallen

(uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack.

klaarblijkelijk

Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.

klaarheid

The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.

klaarkomen

(intransitive, often vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

klaarliggen

(transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.

klaarmaken

(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.

Klaas Vaak

(folklore) A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes. [from early 19th c.]

klacht

(intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.

klacht neerleggen

(intransitive, chiefly, historical) Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.

klad

A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.

kladblok

A pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes; a notebook.

kladje

A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.

kladschilderen

(intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.

kladschilderij

A crude or amateurish painting.

kladversie

A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.

klagen

(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

klakken

A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.

klam

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

klamp

(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.

klampen

To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

klandizie

(uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.

klankbekken

(percussion instrument) A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.

klankendoof

Unable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes.

klankkleur

The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

klant

A person who makes one or more purchases.

klantengroep

The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.

klap

A sudden percussive noise.

klap voor de billen

An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.

klapbes

A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.

klapke

An informal chat.

klaplong

(medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.

klaploper

(colloquial) One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.

klappen

(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.

klapper

A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.

klapperen

(intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.

klaproos

Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

klapstuk

A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.

klare

Ready, prepared.

klaren

(ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.

klarinet

(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

klaring

(in the phrase for clarification) Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear.

klaroen

(brass instrument, historical, or, poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.

klas

(education, countable, and, uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.

klasgenoot

A student who is in the same class at school.

klasgenote

A student who is in the same class at school.

klaslokaal

A room, often in a school, where classes take place.

klasse

(sociology, countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class.

klassement

One’s relative placement in a list.

klassiek

Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined

klatergoud

A mineral or other substance often mistaken for gold; mainly iron pyrite.

klauteren

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

klauw

A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

klauwplaat

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

klavecimbel

(musical instruments) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music.

klaver

A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

klaverblad

(with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant.

klaveren

(card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.

klavier

(computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.

kleden

(archaic, literary, or, obsolete, past tense clad) To clothe, to dress.

kledij

An act or instance of putting clothes on.

kleding

Clothing.

kledingkast

(US) A chest of drawers for clothes.