Dutch–English dictionary

kreupelhout

Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.

kreupelrijm

(poetry) Of a crude or irregular construction.

krib

An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.

kribbe

A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.

kribbelen

(transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.

kribbig

Emotionally fragile, easily offended.

kriebelen

(intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.

kriek

The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.

krieken

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

kriekenboom

The wood of a cherry tree.

krijg

Of or pertaining to war.

krijgen

(transitive) To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.

krijger

A warrior; a fighting soldier.

krijgs-

Relating to war.

krijgshaftig

Martial, bellicose or militaristic.

krijgsheer

A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak.

krijgskunde

A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

krijgslist

Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation.

krijgsschip

Any ship built or armed for naval combat.

krijsen

A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

krijser

One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.

Krijt

(geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 66 million years ago.

krijtgesteente

(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).

krijtje

(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).

krik

A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]

krill

Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

krimpen

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

kring

A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.

kringel

Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.

krioelen

To teem with; to be filled (with).

krioelen van

To be copiously supplied. [with in or with ‘something’]

krioelend

Abundantly filled with especially living things.

krip

A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.

kristal

(uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.

kristalfout

A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.

kristallen

(uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.

kristallens

(anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

kristallijn

Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.

kristalrooster

(crystallography) A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.

kristalvormig

(chemistry) Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.

kritiek

In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.

kritikaster

A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

kritisch onderzoek

Intense study of someone or something.

kritiseren

(transitive, informal) To criticize harshly.

Kroaat

An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

Kroaten

An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

Kroatië

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

Kroatisch

Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.

Kroatische

An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

krocht

A large cave.

krodde

Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Rhamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis).

kroeg

(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.

kroegbaas

(chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house.

kroep

(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

krokodil

Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

krokus

A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.

krols

(uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

krom

Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

kromme

(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.

kromme rug

A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.

krommen

(transitive) To bend; to crook.

kromming

The shape of something curved.

kromsabel

A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.

kromzwaard

A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.

kronen

To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.

kroniek

A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

Kronieken

(book of the bible) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible.

kroning

(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.

kronkelen

(intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.

kronkelend

Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.

kronkeling

The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself.

kroon

(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.

kroonblad

(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

kroonluchter

A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.

kroot

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

krop

(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.

krot

A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

krottenwijk

(countable, pejorative) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

kruid

Something used to enhance the flavor of food, for example, salt or pepper, especially when added by the eater to taste rather than by the cook.

kruiden

(transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.

kruidenier

A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

kruidenierster

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

kruidig

Fragrant or spicy.

kruidkundige

A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.

kruidnagel

(uncountable, or, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

kruier

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

kruik

A flexible, saclike bottle, usually made of rubber, intended to be filled with hot water and placed on some part of the body for thermotherapy, or simple warming.

kruim

The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.

kruimel

A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

kruin

(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

kruip

The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).

kruipen

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

kruiper

One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.

kruiperig

Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

kruippak

(US) A one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.

kruippakje

(US) A one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.

kruis

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.

kruisbeeld

An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.

kruisbes

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

kruisboog

A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.

kruisdood

An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.

kruiselings

transversely; so as to lie across

kruisen

(intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.

kruisgang

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

kruisigen

To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.

kruisiging

An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.

kruising

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

kruisje

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.

kruislings

transversely; so as to lie across

kruispunt

An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.

kruisridder

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

kruisteken

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.

kruistocht

Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.

kruisvaarder

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

kruisvaart

(historical) Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.

kruiswoordpuzzel

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

kruiswoordraadsel

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

kruiwagen

(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

kruk

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

krukas

A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.

krul

A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.

krullenbol

a person or animal with curly hair.

krullerig

Having curls.

krullig

Having curls.

krypton

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

kryptoniet

(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.

ksi

The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.

kubiek

(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

kubisch

(crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.

kubus

(geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

kuch

A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

kuchen

Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

kudde

A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).

kuif

A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.

kuifaalscholver

Gulosus aristotelis (syn. Phalacrocorax aristotelis), a member of the Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant) family of seabirds.

kuiken

A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).

kuil

Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

kuiltje

Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.

kuiper

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

kuis

Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.

kuisen

(transitive) To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.

kuisheid

The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.

kuit

The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

kuitschieten

(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

kuitspier

The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

kummel

The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.

kunde

A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.

kundig

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

kundigheid

Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.

kunnen

(modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.