Dutch–English dictionary

lachkick

(with the) An attack of uncontrolled giggling.

lachwekkend

Laughable; ridiculous.

laconiek

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

lacrosse

(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.

lactose

(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

lacune

A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

ladder

A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.

lade

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

laden

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

lading

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

laedens

(law) A person who commits a tort.

laesie

(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.

laf

Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.

lafaard

(countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.

lafbek

(countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.

lafhartig

Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

lafheid

Lack of courage.

lage

(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.

lagedrukgebied

(meteorology, informal) An area of low pressure; a depression.

lager

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.

lagune

A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

lak

A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.

lakei

A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.

laken

A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.

lakken

To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.

laks

Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.

lam

A young sheep.

lama

A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

lamantijn

Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of the genus Trichechus, found in tropical regions.

lambda

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

lambdacisme

(phonology) A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Molly for Mary.

Lambrecht

(countable) A en given name; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.

lambriseren

To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

lambrisering

(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

lamel

A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.

lamentatie

A sorrowful cry; a lament.

lamia

(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

laminaat

Material formed of thin sheets glued together. [from 1939]

lamineren

(transitive) To assemble from thin sheets glued together to make a thicker sheet.

lamlendig

Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.

lammeren

(intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.

lammetje

A young sheep.

lamp

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

lampenkap

A skylight or other device whose purpose is to direct light into a room.

lampetkan

A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water

lamprei

A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc.

lamsvlees

(uncountable) The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.

Lanceloet

(Arthurian legend) One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.

lanceren

(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

lancering

The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)

land

The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

land van oorsprong

Country of origin.

land-

From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.

landarbeider

A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.

landbouw

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

landbouwer

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

landdag

(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.

landeigendom

A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

landelijk

Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

landelijke aanpassing

(software engineering) The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.

landen

(intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.

landengte

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

landgenoot

Somebody from one's own country.

landgenote

Somebody from one's own country.

landgoed

An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18th c.]

landgrens

The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.

landheer

(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor

landhoofd

(physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms

landhuis

A landed estate.

landing

An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.

landingsbaan

(aviation) A runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary.

landkaart

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

landloper

(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.

landloperij

the state of being a vagrant

landman

A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.

landmassa

(geography) A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.

landmeter

a professional who measures land, delineates property boundaries, etc.

landras

(often, attributive) Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work). [from late 19th c.]

landrot

(nautical, pejorative) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.

landstaal

The language of a people or a national language.

landstreek

Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

landsverdediging

The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.

landtong

Coastal land that juts into the sea.

landvast

(nautical) A cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship.

landverhuizer

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

landverhuizerin

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

landverraad

The crime of betraying one’s own country.

landverrader

(pejorative) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]

lang

For a long time; extensively.

langdradig

(of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.

langdradigheid

Long-windedness, tiresome length, excess of words.

langdurig

Extending over a relatively long time period.

langdurig ondervragen

To question at length.

lange termijn

Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.

lange vinger

A small sponge cake, shaped approximately like a finger.

langegolf

(of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.

langetermijn-

Extending over a relatively long time period.

langgerekt

extensive in length (physical distance, or time)

langlopend

Extending over a relatively long time period.

langs

Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.

langs moeders kant

Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

langsgaan

(intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.

langszij

(nautical) Alongside. [from ca. 1350—1470]

langwerpig

stretched

langzaam

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

langzaamaan

(manner) At a slow pace.

langzaamheid

The quality or state of being slow.

langzame

(informal, somewhat, derogatory) Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.

langzamerhand

In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly.

lankmoedig

Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.

lankmoedigheid

Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.

lans

A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

lansier

(military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.

lantaarnpaal

The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight.

lanterfanten

(slang, by extension) To waste time; to engage in an unproductive activity.

lanthaan

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.

lanthanium

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.

Laos

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane.

Laotiaans

Synonym of Lao (“the official language of Laos”).

Laozi

(Chinese history) An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and (Chinese mythology) has subsequently been worshipped as a Taoist god.

lap

(archaic) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

lapjeskat

(countable) Ellipsis of calico cat.

lapmiddel

Of or pertaining to a short duration of time.

lappendeken

A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.

laptop

(computing) A laptop computer.

lapwerk

A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.

lapzalven

(intransitive) To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.

larf

(countable) An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle.

lariekoek

An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.

larve

(countable) An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle.

larvestadium

(figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.

las

The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.

lasagne

An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).

lasapparaat

An item of equipment for welding with: an electric welder.

laser

A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.

lassen

(transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.

lasser

One who welds, or wields.

last

A heavy load.

laster

The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.

lasteren

(transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.

lasterlijk

Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.

lastgever

(law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.

lasthebber

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.

lastig

Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.

lastigvallen

(now, often, in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.

lastpak

An annoying person, a nuisance.

lastpost

(informal) Something which can only be managed with difficulty.

lastverkoper

One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.

lat

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]

latei

(architectural element) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.