Dutch–English dictionary

Leipzig

An independent city in Saxony, Germany.

lek

(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

leken-

Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.

lekken

(transitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.

lekker

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

lekkerbek

(colloquial) A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.

lekkernij

Something that is delectable.

lekstok

(motorsport) A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.

lel

Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

lelie

Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.

lelijk wijf

(pejorative) An ugly old woman.

lelijkheid

The condition of being ugly.

lemma

The act of entering.

lemmet

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

lemming

A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.

lemuur

Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

lende

The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.

lendendoek

A garment worn about the loins and covering the crotch.

lendenstuk

Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal.

lenen

To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

leng

A fish of the species Molva molva, of eastern Atlantic waters, especially the North Sea.

lengte

The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

lengtegraad

(geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.

lenig

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

lenigheid

The quality of being supple; litheness.

Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

lening

(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).

Leningrad

(historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.

leninist

A person who follows or supports Lenin or the philosophy of Leninism.

leninistisch

Of or relating to Leninism.

Lennard

A surname transferred from the given name.

Lennart

A surname transferred from the given name.

lens

(anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

lensruimte

(nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.

lente

(countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

lenteklokje

Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.

Leo

A en given name, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.

Leonard

A surname transferred from the given name.

Leopold

A en given name. Used in the 19th century but rare today.

lepel

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

lepelvol

The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

leproos

A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

leraar

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

lerares

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

leren

To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.

leren kennen

(transitive) To become acquainted with (someone or something); to meet someone.

les

A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

lesbi

A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.

lesbienne

A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.

Lesbisch

Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.

lesrooster

A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.

lessen

(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.

lessenaar

A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

Let

(countable) A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.

letaal

Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.

letargie

A state of being inactive or stuporous.

lethargie

A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]

lethargisch

(figuratively) Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.

Letland

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

Lets

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

Letse

(countable) A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.

letsel

The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

letten op

(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]

letter

A symbol in an alphabet.

lettergreep

(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

letterkeer

(of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

letterlijk

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.

letterlijk herhalen

Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.

letterteken

A symbol in an alphabet.

lettertype

(typography) The particular design of some type, font, or a font family.

letterwoord

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

letterzetter

(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.

leugen

An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.

leugenaar

A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.

leugenaarster

A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.

leugenachtigheid

(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.

leugentje

(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

leuk

Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.

leuk vinden

To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.

leukemie

(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

leunen

To hang outwards.

leuning

The handrail on the side of a staircase.

leunstoel

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

leuren

To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.

Levant

A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

leven

Animation; spirit; vivacity.

leven na de dood

A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

levend

Having life; living; not dead.

levend vlees

Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

levende natuur

(often, attributive) undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.

levendig

In a state of action; in force or operation; existent.

levendige

(archaic) Lively; brisk.

levendigheid

(uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.

levenloos

Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter. [mid-20th c.]

levensduur

(obsolete) A given or assigned length of life; duration.

levensecht

Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation

levenslang

(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).

levenslust

(US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.

levensmiddelen

(uncountable) Food and drink.

levensmoe

(informal, hyperbolic) Extremely reckless.

levensonderhoud

(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.

levensstijl

A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.

levensvatbaar

Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).

levensvatbaarheid

The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.

lever

(countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

leverage

(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.

leverancier

One who supplies; a provider.

leveren

(transitive) To supply to retail outlets.

levering

The act of conveying something.

levermos

A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.

levertijd

(idiomatic) The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.

levertjes

(countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

leverworst

Spreadable sausage made with liver.

leviathan

(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.

Levieten

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

levitatie

The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind

Leviticus

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

lexeem

(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.

lexicologie

(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.

lexikaal

(linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.

lezen

(transitive) To fail to understand.

lezenswaardig

(of a book) Enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed.

lezer

A person who reads a publication.

lezeres

A person who reads a publication.

lezers

The readership of a book or other written publication. [from 19th c.]

lezerspubliek

The readership of a book or other written publication. [from 19th c.]

lezing

A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

LHBT

Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.

li

The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).

liaan

(botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

Libanees

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.

Libanese

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.

Libanesisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.

libel

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

Liberia

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia.

libertijn

One who is freethinking in religious matters.

libertijns

Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.

Libië

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

Libiër

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.

Libisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

Libische

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.

licentie

The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.

licentiëren

To authorize officially.

licentieus

Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.

lichaam

(countable) Any physical object or material thing. [from 14th c.]

lichaamsbeweging

(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.

lichaamsholte

(slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.

lichaamsslagader

(anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

lichamelijk

Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly.

lichamelijk onderzoek

A physical examination.