Dutch–English dictionary

laten

(transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.

laten besterven

To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.

laten doorschemeren

(intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

laten gaan

(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.

laten hangen

(transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

laten inslapen

(transitive) To put down or euthanize.

laten knappen

(transitive, UK, AU) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.

laten ontkiemen

(transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.

laten overwinteren

(transitive) To keep or preserve for the winter.

laten schrikken

(intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.

laten smelten

(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

laten stikken

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

laten varen

(transitive, legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

laten verdwijnen

(transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.

laten voorbijgaan

To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.

laten wij zeggen

(impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.

latent

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

later

(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.

latex

The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

Latijn

(uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.

Latijns

Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.

Latijns-Amerikaans

Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.

latrine

(slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.

latwerk

A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.

Laura

A en given name.

laureaat

(dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.

Laurens

A en given name.

laurier

An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.

laurierkroon

A crown of laurel.

lauw

Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.

lauwerkrans

A crown of laurel.

lava

The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.

lavaglas

(mineral) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.

lavement

To administer an enema.

laveren

(ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

lawaai

Any loud and continued noise.

lawaaierig

Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound

lawine

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

laxeermiddel

Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

laxerend

Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.

laxerende

Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.

lay-out

The layout of a publication or document.

lay-outen

To create or edit the layout of a document.

lazuur

A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

lead

(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.]

lease

(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

lebberen

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, colloquial) To kiss passionately.

led

Initialism of light-emitting diode.

ledemaat

A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

leden van een gemeenschap

(politics, religion, usually, uncountable) Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.

leder

A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.

ledigheid

The state of being idle; inactivity.

ledikantje

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

leed

(figurative, uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.

leedvermaak

The act of one who gloats.

leedwezen

Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]

leefbaar

Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable.

leefgebied

A place in which a person lives.

leefkamer

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.

leefnet

(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.

leeftijd

(countable, poker) The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.

leeftijdgenoot

Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).

leeftijdsdiscriminatie

The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.

leeg

Pure, especially morally or religiously.

leeg laten lopen

(transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.

leegbaar

Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.

leeghoofd

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

leeglopen

(intransitive) To lose liquid.

leegloper

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

leegmaken

(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

leegroven

(transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

leegte

(informal) Nothing; absence of anything.

leem

(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

leemte

(informal) Nothing; absence of anything.

Leen

A en given name.

leengoed

An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.

leenheer

A lord in a feudal system, one who bestows fiefs on vassals in exchange for homage, fealty, and obligations of personal services or rent.

leenhulde

(historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.

leenman

The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

leenstelsel

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

leenwoord

A word directly taken into one language from another one.

leep

Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

leer

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

leerboek

(education) A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

leergierig

Eager to acquire knowledge; acquisitive.

leerjongen

A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

leerling

An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.

leerlooien

(transitive, stative) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.

leermeester

One who instructs; a teacher.

leermeesteres

One who instructs; a teacher.

leermeisje

A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

leerrijk

Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

leerstellig

Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.

leerstelling

An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.

leerstoel

(education) A distinguished professorship at a university.

leerstuk

An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.

leertje

A flat piece of material, often of metal and often an annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.

leerzaam

Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

leesbaar

Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.

leesbaarheid

The property of being legible or easily readable.

leesplankje

A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.

leest

A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes.

Leeuw

Someone with a Leo star sign

Leeuwenhart

The nickname of Richard I of England.

leeuwentand

(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).

leeuwerik

Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

leeuwin

A female lion (animal).

leewater

(symptom) The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.

lef

(uncountable, informal) A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.

legaal

Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.

legaat

(law) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

legaliseren

To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

legateren

(legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.

legatoboog

(music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).

legbatterij

A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.

legen

(transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.

legenda

(cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.

legendarisch

Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.

legende

A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.

leger

The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines, and sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force.

legeren

To mix or combine; often used of metals.

legergevangenis

(US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

legering

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

legerkledij

A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

leggen

To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.

legger

A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.

leghen

A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.

legio

Numerous; vast; very great in number.

legioen

(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

legionair

A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).

legislatie

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.

legitiem

Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.

legitimeren

(transitive) To make legitimate.

legkip

A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.

legplank

A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

legsel

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

legster

A hen kept to lay eggs; a breed of chicken bred to maximize laying output.

leguaan

(colloquial) In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.

lei

(countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.

leiden

(transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.

leiden naar

(horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.

leiden tot

(intransitive) To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.

leider

A headdress; a covering for the head.

leiderschap

The capacity of someone to lead others.

leiding

A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.

leidinggevende

(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.

leidraad

Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.

leidsman

A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

leidster

One having authority to direct.

leigrijs

Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.