Dutch–English dictionary

kunst

(uncountable) Aesthetic value.

kunstenaar

(often, in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity.

kunstgreep

A tactic, strategy, or scheme.

kunsthars

Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

kunstmaan

A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]

kunstmatig

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

kunstmest

(chemistry) A chemical compound created to have the same effect.

kunstschilder

An artist who paints pictures.

kunstschool

An establishment where an art is taught.

kunststof

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

kunstwerk

(uncountable) Aesthetic value.

kunstzinnig

(of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.

kuras

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

kurk

The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.

kurken

The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.

kurkentrekker

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

kurkschors

The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.

kus

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

kussen

A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

kussensloop

A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.

kust

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

kust-

Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.

kustgebied

A shore.

kustlijn

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

kuststreek

A shore.

kuur

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

kwaad

Displaying or feeling anger.

kwaad maken

(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.

kwaad spreken

(transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile

kwaad worden

(intransitive) To become angry.

kwaadaardig

Intending to harm; malevolent.

kwaadaardigheid

The quality or state of being evil.

kwaadspreken

(informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

kwaadsprekerij

Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.

kwaadwil

Hostile attitude or feeling.

kwaadwillend

Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.

kwab

(anatomy) A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

kwade

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

kwade geest

An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. [from 10th c.]

kwadraat

(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.

kwadrateren

(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

kwajongen

A mischievous scamp.

kwak

A medium-sized heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.

kwaken

(intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.

kwakkel

(uncountable, dated) A made-up story.

kwakzalfster

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]

kwakzalver

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]

kwakzalveren

To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).

kwakzalverij

(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

kwal

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

kwalijk nemen

(transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

kwalitatief

Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.

kwaliteit

(occasionally, proscribed) (attributive) Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.

kwalm

The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.

kwantitatief

Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.

kwantiteit

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

kwantor

(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.

kwantum

(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]

kwantum-

(physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.

kwark

A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

kwarktaart

(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).

kwart

(American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.

kwart cicero

(US, _, printing, dated) The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.

kwart noot

(music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.

kwartaal

(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.]

Kwartair

(geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.

kwartel

Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.

kwartet

(card games) A children's card game in which players ask each other for cards of a particular rank, requiring them to "fish" in a pool of additional cards if they do not have the requested card.

kwartier

The residential area near one's home.

kwartieren

(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.

kwartierstaat

(countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.

kwartje

(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. [from 18th c.]

kwarts

(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

kwast

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.

kwastl

(dated) A vain, gaudy person; someone who is shallow or superficial. [from 16th c.]

kwebbelen

(intransitive) To talk idly.

kwee

(countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

kweepeer

(countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

kweken

(transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.

kweker

A person who rears and sells plants in a nursery.

kwekerij

A facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish or poultry.

kwel

Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.

kwellen

(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.

kwelling

Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.

kwestie

A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.

kwetsbaar

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

kwetsbaarheid

The state of being subject to danger (physical, economic, or otherwise).

kwetsen

(transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.

kwetsend

Causing ill will, envy, or offense.

kwezel

(obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.

kwezelarij

The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.

kwiek

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]

kwijl

(now, somewhat, rare) Saliva, drool.

kwijlen

To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

kwijnen

(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. [from 15th c.]

kwijt

In an unknown location; unable to be found.

kwijtschelden

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

kwijtschelding

The partial or total forgiveness of debt.

kwik

(science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]

kwikhoudend

(not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury. [from 16th c.]

kwikzilver

(science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]

kwinkslag

A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.

kwint

(music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)

kwintessens

The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.

kwintet

Any group of five members

kwispelen

(intransitive, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.

kwistig

Wastefully extravagant.

kwistigheid

Wasteful extravagance.

kwitantie

(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).

kylix

An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.

Kymrisch

(uncountable) The Welsh language. [from 10th c.]

Kyoto

A prefecture of Japan.

la

An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.

laadklep

(automotive) A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.

laadruim

(nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).

laadruimte

(North America, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

laadschop

A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

laag

A deposit of ore, coal, etc.

laag allooi

(uncountable) Low moral standards.

laagje

A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

laagland

An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.

laagst

Lowest in rank or degree.

laagte

A sunken area on a surface.

laai

The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

laaien

To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.

laak

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

laakbaar

Arousing disapproval; worthy of objection; offensive.

laan

(also, figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.

laar

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

laarzenstrop

A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.

laarzentrekker

A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.

laat

Near the end of a period of time.

laatdunkend

High-spirited.

laatkomer

One who arrived late.

laatst

Most recent, latest, last so far.

laatst verschenen

Most recent.

laatste

Last; ultimate.

laatste wilsbeschikking

(law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).

laatstgenoemd

Relating to or being the second of two items.

laattijdig

Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.

lab

A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.

labda

The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.

labeur

(uncountable, British, colloquial) Work; labor requiring effort.

labiaal

(anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.

labo

A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.

laboratorium

A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.

laborieus

Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

labyrint

A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths

lach

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

lachen

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.