Dutch–English dictionary

kledingmaat

A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. [from 16th c.]

kledingstuk

A single item of clothing.

kleed

(clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.

kleedkamer

A room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup.

kleerhanger

A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

kleerkast

A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.

kleermaakster

A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

kleermaken

(ambitransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.

kleermaker

A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

klef

Soaked with moisture or other liquid.

klei

A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

kleien

Of clay; made of clay.

klein

(of a sibling) Younger.

klein krijgen

Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

kleindochter

The daughter of someone's child.

kleine hersenen

(neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the back of the cerebrum and is formed of two lateral lobes and a median lobe. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.

kleine kano

(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

kleine landeigenaar

(historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.

kleine letter

(countable) A lowercase letter.

kleine man

(idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.

kleineren

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]

kleinerend

Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.

kleinering

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]

kleingeld

(uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.

kleingeschreven

In lower case.

kleinigheid

A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

kleinkind

A child of someone's child.

kleinood

A small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery.

kleintje

Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.

kleinzerig

Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.

kleinzoon

A son of one's child.

kleitablet

A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.

klem

A mental or psychological trap.

klembord

(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.

klemmen

(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.

klemtoon

(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.

klep

(slang) A person's mouth.

klepel

An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.

klepper

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

klepperen

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

kleptocratie

A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed.

kleptomaan

One who steals compulsively.

kleptomane

One who steals compulsively.

kleren

(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.

klerikaal

Of or relating to clerks or their work.

klerk

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

klets

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

kletsen

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

kletserig

Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

kletskous

(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.

kletsmajoor

(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]

kletspraat

(countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.

kletspraatje

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.

kleur

(of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.

kleuren

(transitive) To give something color.

kleurloos

Without color; pale; pallid.

kleurpotlood

(, American spelling) A pencil with a wax-like colored core.

kleurrijk

Possessing prominent and varied colors.

kleurschakering

A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.

kleurstelling

The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.

kleurstof

A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

kleuter

A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.

kleuterschool

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]

kleven

(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.

klever

Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).

kleverig

Soft, sticky and viscous.

kliederen

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

kliek

A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

kliekje

Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.

klieven

(transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

klif

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

klikken

(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

klikspaan

One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.

klimaatsverandering

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

klimaatwijziging

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

klimmen

(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.

klimmer

Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

klimop

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

klimplant

(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

klimsport

(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.

kling

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

Klingon

An artificial language created by Marc Okrand for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

kliniek

A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

klinisch

Of or pertaining to a clinic, such as a medical clinic or law clinic.

klink

(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.

klinkdicht

A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.

klinken

(intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

klinkend

(by extension) Emphatic, noteworthy.

klinker

(phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.

klinkerklank

(phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.

klinkklaar

Free of foreign material or pollutants.

klinkklare onzin

(euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.

klinknagel

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

klip

A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

klipper

(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.

klipspringer

A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).

klit

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

klittenband

A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.

klodde

A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.

kloek

Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

klojo

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

klok

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

klokhuis

The central portion of an apple containing the seeds and where the stem attaches (and the opposed end). Particularly the portion that remains after the main part of the fruit has been eaten.

klokken

(British, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.

klokkenist

One who plays the carillon.

klokkenmaker

A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.

klokkenspel

(musical instrument) A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.

klokkenspeler

One who plays the carillon.

klokkentoren

(architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.

klokslag

(music) A bow or pluck of a string or strings of a stringed instrument; also, the manner in which a musical instrument is played; hence, a melody, a tune.

klomp

A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

klonen

(transitive) To create a clone of.

klont

Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.

klonter

A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.

klonteren

(transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.

klontje

Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

kloof

(poetic) Something which is abrupt; an abyss. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

kloofbijl

A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.

kloofdal

A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.

klooster

A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.

kloosterachtig

Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

kloostergang

A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:

kloosterleven

(figuratively) The monastic life.

kloosterlijk

Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

kloosterzuster

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

kloot

(printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.

klootzak

(figuratively, US, _, slang, vulgar)

klop

(US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.

klopgeest

(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.

klopjacht

(uncountable, hunting, often, attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [from early 19th c.]

kloppen

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

kloppend hart

A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.

klopper

A kitchen implement for mixing.

klos

In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.

klote zijn

(chiefly, North American, intransitive, stative, colloquial, sometimes, vulgar) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency. [from 20th c.]

kloten

(mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.

kloten aan z’n lijf

(in the plural) Courage.

klotsen

(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

klucht

(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.

kluchtig

Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

kluis

A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

kluizenaar

One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.

kluizenkamer

An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.

kluizenkraker

One who breaks into safes.

kluns

(US, pejorative) A clumsy or stupid person.

klus

(by extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.

klussen

(ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

klutsen

(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.

kluwen

A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

klysma

To administer an enema.