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| baa {n} (bleating of sheep) | :: bè |
| baa {v} (to make the cry of sheep) | :: blaten |
| babalaas {n} (babalaas) | :: kater {m} |
| Baba Yaga {prop} (hag who flies through the air in a mortar) | :: Baba Jaga {f} |
| babble {v} (to utter words indistinctly) | :: brabbelen |
| babble {v} (to talk much) | :: kletsen, babbelen |
| babble {v} (to make a continuous murmuring noise) | :: kabbelen |
| babble {n} (idle talk) | :: prietpraat {m} |
| babble {n} (inarticulate speech) | :: brabbelen, murmelen |
| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (attractive person) | :: stuk {n} |
| babi panggang {n} (Indonesian dish) | :: babi pangang {m} |
| babirusa {n} (a member of the genus Babyrousa) | :: babiroessa |
| Babism {n} (19th-century Persian pantheistical religious sect) | :: babisme {n} |
| Babist {n} (a believer in Babism) | :: babi {m} |
| baboon {n} (primate) | :: baviaan {m} |
| babushka {n} (matryoshka) SEE: Russian doll | :: |
| baby {n} (very young human being) | :: baby {m}, zuigeling {m}, geborene {m} {f}, pasgeborene {m} {f}, nieuwgeborene {m} {f}, boreling {m}, wiegenkind {n} |
| baby {n} (young animal) | :: jong {f}, kleintje {m} {f} |
| baby {n} (immature or infantile person) | :: baby {m}, kleuter {m} |
| baby {n} (term of endearment) | :: schatje {n}, liefje {n}, lieverd {m} {f} |
| baby {n} (form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive) | :: stuk {f}, schatje {f}, liefje {f} |
| baby {n} (pet project) | :: kindje {n} |
| baby {n} (lastborn of a family) | :: benjamin {m} |
| baby {adj} (of a child) | :: baby {m} {f} |
| baby boom {n} (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) | :: Babyboom |
| baby boom {n} (any increase in the birth rate) | :: geboortegolf |
| baby boomer {n} (person born after Second World War) | :: babyboomer |
| baby bottle {n} (bottle with a teat) | :: fles {f} |
| baby buggy {n} (a wheeled chair for the transport of a baby) SEE: stroller | :: |
| baby carriage {n} (cart that is designed for moving a baby around in a lying position) SEE: pram | :: |
| baby face {n} (face resembling that of a baby) | :: babyface {m} {n} |
| Babylon {prop} (capital of Babylonia) | :: Babylon, Babel |
| Babylonia {prop} (ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia) | :: Babylonië {n}, Babylonische Rijk {n} |
| Babylonian {adj} (pertaining to the city or empire of Babylon) | :: Babylonisch |
| baby monitor {n} (Intercom system) | :: babyfoon |
| babysit {v} (To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money) | :: babysitten, kinderen passen |
| babysit {v} (To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely) | :: nauwgelet begeleiden |
| babysitter {n} (baby or child caretaker) | :: babyoppas, kinderoppas, oppas, wiegewacht |
| baby tooth {n} (tooth which will be replaced) SEE: milk tooth | :: |
| baccarat {n} (card game) | :: baccarat |
| Bach {prop} (German composer) | :: Bach |
| bachelor {n} (unmarried man) | :: vrijgezel {m} |
| bachelor party {n} (party) | :: vrijgezellenfeest |
| back {adj} (near the rear) | :: achter |
| back {adj} (not current) | :: oud |
| back {adj} (far from the main area) | :: achteraf |
| back {adv} (to or in a previous condition or place) | :: terug |
| back {adv} (in a manner that impedes) | :: tegen |
| back {n} (the rear of body) | :: rug {m} |
| back {n} (the reverse side) | :: achterkant {m}, achter |
| back {n} (that which is farthest away from the front) | :: achterkant, achter |
| back {n} (the part of something that goes last) | :: achterkant |
| back {n} (the edge of a book which is bound) | :: rug {m} |
| back {n} (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back) | :: rugleuning {f} |
| back {n} (a position behind most players on the team) | :: verdediger {m} {f}, achterhoedespeler {m} {f} |
| back {v} (to go in the reverse direction) | :: achteruit gaan, achteruit rijden |
| back {v} (to support) | :: steunen |
| backache {n} (any pain or ache in the back, see also: lumbago) | :: rugpijn |
| backbone {n} (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord) | :: ruggengraat {m} |
| backbone {n} (any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure) | :: ruggengraat {m} |
| backbone {n} (backbone) SEE: spine | :: |
| backchat {n} (backtalk) SEE: backtalk | :: |
| backchat {v} (backtalk) SEE: backtalk | :: |
| backdate {v} (to backdate) SEE: antedate | :: |
| back door {n} | :: achterdeur {f} {m} |
| backdoor {n} (backdoor (all definitions)) SEE: back door | :: |
| backdrop {n} (a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage) | :: decor {n} |
| backdrop {n} (background of a historical event) | :: achtergrond {m} |
| backfire {v} (fail) | :: falen, averechts werken |
| backfisch {n} (teenage girl) | :: bakvis |
| back-formation {n} (linguistic process) | :: terugvorming |
| backgammon {n} (board game) | :: backgammon {n} |
| background {n} (social heritage) | :: achtergrond |
| background {n} (part of picture) | :: achtergrond |
| background {n} (activity not visible to the user) | :: achtergrond |
| backhand {n} (stroke in tennis) | :: backhand |
| backhand {n} (handwriting) | :: linkshellend handschrift |
| backlash {n} (sudden backward motion) | :: tegenstroom, verzet |
| backlash {n} (violent or abrubt reaction) | :: tegenstroom, verzet |
| backlash {n} (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts) | :: speling |
| backlash {n} (jarring motion in badly fitting machinery) | :: speling |
| backlight {n} (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind) | :: tegenlicht {n} |
| backlight {n} (light attached to an LCD display) | :: backlight {m} |
| backlight {n} (rear window of a motor car) | :: achterruit {m} {f} |
| backlog {n} (an accumulation or buildup) | :: achterstand {m} |
| back matter {n} (parts of a book that appear after the text) | :: nawerk {n} |
| back out {v} (to withdraw from something one has promised to do) | :: zich terugtrekken {n} |
| backpack {n} (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking) | :: rugzak {m} |
| backpack {v} (to hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack) | :: backpacken |
| backpack {v} | :: backpacken |
| backpacker {n} (a traveler) | :: rugzakreiziger {m}, backpacker {m} |
| backpackers {n} (hostel) SEE: hostel | :: |
| backscratcher {n} (rod for scratching one's own back) | :: ruggenkrabber {m} (back scratcher) |
| back seat {n} (seat) | :: achterbank {f} |
| backslash {n} (punctuation mark) | :: backslash {m}, terugschrap {m}, omgekeerde schuine streep {f}, schuine streep naar links {f}, schuine streep naar achter {f}, terugstreep {f} |
| backstabber {n} (a traitor or hypocrite) | :: matennaaier [literally "buddy fucker"], NSB'er {m} |
| backstage {n} (the area behind the stage) | :: achterplan {n} |
| backstop {n} (thing or a person to support) | :: achtervang {c} |
| backstop {n} (default arrangement) | :: noodoplossing {c} |
| back street {n} (small and narrow street) | :: achterafstraat, achterafstraatje {n} |
| backstroke {n} (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) | :: rugslag {m} |
| backstroker {n} (swimmer who swims the backstroke) | :: rugslagzwemmer {m} |
| backswimmer {n} (aquatic insect) | :: bootsmannetje {n} |
| backtalk {n} (verbal impudence or argument) | :: tegenspraak |
| backtalk {v} (disputatively or sarcastically respond) | :: tegenspreken |
| back to the drawing board {adv} (back to the beginning) | :: terug bij af |
| back up {v} (To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so) | :: teruggaan |
| back up {v} (To move a vehicle backwards) | :: achteruitrijden |
| backup {n} (reserve) | :: reserve |
| backup {n} (copy of file or record) | :: backup, reservekopie |
| backup {adj} (standby, reserve or extra) | :: reserve |
| backup {adj} (intended as backup) | :: reserve |
| backward {adj} (in the direction towards the back) | :: achteruit |
| backward {adj} (in the direction reverse of normal) | :: achteruit |
| backwards {adv} (toward the back) | :: achterwaarts |
| backyard {n} (yard to the rear of a house) | :: achtertuin {m} |
| bacon {n} (cut of meat) | :: bacon {m} |
| bacteria {n} (bacteria) | :: bacteriën |
| bacterial {adj} (of or caused by bacteria) | :: bacterieel |
| bacteriological {adj} (of or pertaining to bacteriology) | :: bacteriologisch |
| bacteriologist {n} (microbiologist) | :: bacterioloog {m}, bacteriologe {f} |
| bacteriology {n} (scientific study of bacteria) | :: bacteriologie {f} |
| bacterium {n} (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles) | :: bacterie {f} |
| Bactrian camel {n} (Camelus bactrianus) | :: kameel {m} |
| baculum {n} (bone found in the penis of some mammals) | :: penisbot {n}, penisbeen {n} |
| bad {adj} (unfavorable; negative) | :: slecht |
| bad {adj} (not suitable or fitting) | :: ongepast |
| bad {adj} (not appropriate, of manners etc.) | :: ongepast, ongemanierd, verkeerd |
| bad {adj} (tricky; stressful; unpleasant) | :: onaangenaam, naar |
| bad {adj} (evil, wicked) | :: slecht, kwaad |
| bad {adj} (spoilt, rotten, overripe) SEE: spoilt | :: |
| badass {adj} (belligerent and troublesome) SEE: belligerent | :: |
| baddie {n} (a person of bad character in a work of fiction) | :: slechterik {m} |
| Baden-Württemberg {prop} (state of Germany) | :: Baden-Württemberg |
| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| badger {n} (mammal) | :: das {m} |
| badger {v} (pester) | :: voortdurend lastigvallen, steeds zeuren over |
| bad luck {n} (misfortune) | :: pech {m}, ongeluk {n} |
| badmouth {v} (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully) | :: kwaadspreken |
| bad news {n} (news of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events) | :: slecht nieuws {n}, jobstijding {c}, onheilsbericht {n}, onheilsmare, onheilstijding {c} |
| bad news {n} (irritating person) | :: slecht nieuws |
| bad-tempered {adj} (having a bad temper) | :: slechtgehumeurd |
| bad trip {n} (psychedelic crisis) | :: bad trip |
| badware {n} (malware) SEE: malware | :: |
| baffle {v} (to totally bewilder; confuse or perplex) | :: verbluffen |
| baffle {n} (regulating device) | :: schot |
| baffled {adj} (thoroughly confused, puzzled) | :: [idiomatic] met stomheid geslagen, perplex |
| bag {n} (flexible container) | :: zak {m}, tas {f} |
| bag {n} (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) | :: zakje {n} |
| bag {v} (to put into a bag) | :: verpakken, inpakken, in een zak stoppen, in een zak steken (may be Belgian) |
| bag {n} (suitcase) SEE: suitcase | :: |
| bag {n} (backpack) SEE: backpack | :: |
| bagatelle {n} (trifle) | :: kleinigheid, onbenulligheid |
| bagboy {n} (person employed to put clients' purchases in bags) | :: inpakker {m} |
| bagel {n} (toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked) | :: bagel {f} {m} |
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage | :: |
| baggie {n} (a small bag) | :: boterhamzakje |
| Baghdad {prop} (city) | :: Bagdad |
| bag lady {n} (homeless woman) | :: zwerfster {f} |
| bag of bones {n} (a skinny person) | :: scharminkel {m} {n} |
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes | :: |
| bagpipes {n} (musical wind instrument) | :: doedelzak {m} |
| baguette {n} (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape) | :: stokbrood {n} |
| Bahamas {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Bahama's {p} |
| Bahrain {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Bahrein {n} |
| baiji {n} (freshwater dolphin) | :: chinese vlagdolfijn |
| bail {n} (security) | :: borgtocht {m} |
| bail {n} (release from imprisonment on payment of such money) | :: borgtocht |
| bailiff {n} (steward) SEE: steward | :: |
| bailiff {n} (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts) | :: baljuw {m}, drost {m}, drossaard {m}, amman {m}, meier {m}, schout {m}, gerechtsdeurwaarder {m} |
| bailiwick {n} (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction) | :: meierij {f} |
| baillie brushkie {n} (parakeet auklet) SEE: parakeet auklet | :: |
| Baird's sandpiper {n} (Calidris bairdii) | :: Bairds strandloper {m} |
| bait {n} (substance used in catching fish) | :: aas {n}, lokaas {n} |
| bait {v} (to attract with bait) | :: lokken, aantrekken |
| baize {n} (woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.) | :: laken {n}, baai {f} |
| Bajocian {prop} | :: Bajocien |
| Bačka {prop} (historical region divided between Serbia and Hungary) | :: Bačka |
| bake {v} (to cook in an oven) | :: bakken |
| bake {v} (to dry by heat) | :: bakken |
| bake {v} (to be hot) | :: bakken |
| bake {v} (to become baked) | :: bakken |
| baked Alaska {n} (dessert of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked) | :: omelette sibérienne {f} |
| Bakelite {n} (heat-resisting chemically inert resin) | :: bakeliet {n} |
| baker {n} (person who bakes and sells bread, etc) | :: bakker {m} |
| Baker {prop} (Occupational surname) | :: Bakker |
| baker's {n} (bakery) SEE: bakery | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} (group of thirteen) | :: bakkersdozijn {n}, duivelsdozijn {n} |
| bakery {n} (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold) | :: bakkerij {f} |
| baking powder {n} (dry leavening agent used in baking) | :: bakpoeder {n} |
| baking tray {n} (oven-proof tray) | :: bakplaat {f} |
| baklava {n} (sweet pastry) | :: baklava |
| bakmi {n} (type of noodle or dish) | :: bami {m} |
| bʼakʼtun {n} (Maya calendar period of 144000 days) | :: baktun |
| Baku {prop} (the capital city of Azerbaijan) | :: Bakoe |
| balaclava {n} (headgear) | :: bivakmuts |
| balalaika {n} (Russian instrument) | :: balalaika {f} |
| balance {n} (equilibrium) | :: evenwicht {n}, balans {m} |
| balance {n} (scales) | :: weegschaal {f} |
| balance {n} (awareness of both viewpoints) | :: evenwicht {n} |
| balance {n} (accounting: list of credits and debits) | :: balans {m} |
| balance {v} (to estimate) SEE: estimate | :: |
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra | :: |
| balance beam {n} (gymnastics: narrow wooden rail) | :: evenwichtsbalk |
| balance bicycle {n} | :: loopfiets {m} |
| balanced {adj} (even) | :: evenwichtig, uitgewogen, gebalanceerd |
| balance wheel {n} (timepiece mechanism) | :: onrust {m} {f} |
| balanitis {n} (inflammation of glans penis) | :: balanitis |
| balcony {n} (structure extending from a building) | :: balkon {n} |
| bald {adj} (having no hair) | :: kaal |
| bald {adj} ((of tyre) whose surface is worn away) | :: kaal, afgesleten |
| bald eagle {n} (species of eagle native to North America) | :: Amerikaanse zeearend {m}, witkopzeearend {m} |
| balderdash {n} (nonsense) | :: gebazel {n} |
| balding {adj} (becoming bald) | :: kalen, kaal worden |
| baldness {n} (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) | :: kaalheid {f} |
| baldrick {n} (broad belt) | :: bandelier {m} |
| Baldrs draumar {prop} (eleventh book of the Poetic Edda) | :: Baldrs draumar |
| Baldwin {prop} (given name) | :: Boudewijn |
| bale {v} (to remove water from a boat) SEE: bail | :: |
| Balearic Islands {prop} (group of Mediterranean islands) | :: de Balearen {p} |
| baleen {n} (plates in mouth of baleen whale) | :: balein {f} |
| baleen whale {n} (whale of the Mysticeti suborder) | :: baleinwalvis |
| baleful {adj} (ominous) | :: onheilspellend , miserabel ; wanhopig |
| Bali {prop} (island of Indonesia) | :: Bali |
| Balinesian {adj} (of Bali) | :: balinees |
| balk {n} (beam) | :: balk {m} |
| Balkanize {v} (to break up) | :: balkaniseren |
| Balkans {prop} (geographical region in the southeast of Europe, see also: Balkan Peninsula) | :: Balkan |
| ball {n} (solid or hollow sphere) | :: bol {m} |
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games) | :: bal {m}, kloot {m} |
| ball {n} (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape) | :: bolletje {n}, bolleke {n} [Flanders], kluwen {n} |
| ball {n} (ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile) | :: kogel {m} |
| ball {n} (testicle) | :: bal {m}, kloot {m} |
| ball {n} (in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense) | :: ballen {m-p}, kloten {m-p} |
| ball {n} (in plural — slang — courage) | :: kloten aan z’n lijf {m-p} |
| ball {n} (formal dance) | :: bal {n}, gala {n} |
| ballad {n} (narrative poem) | :: ballade {f} |
| ballast {n} (heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel) | :: ballast {m} |
| ballast {n} (material laid to form a bed for a road) | :: bedding {f}, ballastbed {n} |
| ballast {n} (electronics) | :: ballast {m} |
| ball bearing {n} (bearing assembly with spherical balls) | :: kogellager {n} |
| ball boy {n} (A male person responsible for retrieving balls) | :: ballenjongen {m} |
| ballet {n} (form of dance) | :: ballet |
| ballet dancer {n} (a person who dances in ballets) | :: balletdanser {m}, ballerina {f}, balletdanseres {f} |
| ball game {n} (game played with a ball) | :: balspel {n} |
| ballgame {n} (ball game) SEE: ball game | :: |
| ball girl {n} (female who clears balls) | :: ballenmeisje {n} |
| ballistic missile {n} (missile) | :: ballistische raket |
| ball lightning {n} (a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air) | :: bolbliksem |
| balloon {n} (slang: woman’s breast) SEE: boob | :: |
| balloon {n} (inflatable and buoyant object) | :: ballon {m} |
| balloon {n} (child’s toy) | :: ballon {m} |
| balloon {n} (inflatable object to transport people through the air) | :: luchtballon {m} |
| balloon {n} (speech bubble) SEE: speech bubble | :: |
| balloonfish {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish | :: |
| balloonist {n} (a person who flies in a (hot-air) balloon, balloons) | :: ballonvaarder |
| ballot {n} (paper used for vote-casting) | :: stembiljet {n} |
| ballot {n} (list of candidates) | :: kandidatenlijst {f} |
| ballot {v} (to vote) | :: stemmen |
| ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| ballpoint pen {n} (pen) | :: balpen {f} |
| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball | :: |
| balls {n} (bravery) | :: ballen, kloten |
| ballsack {n} (scrotum) | :: balzak {m} |
| ball up {v} (to crush into a ball) | :: verpesten, naar de knoppen helpen |
| balm {n} (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (plant or tree yielding such substance) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (soothing lotion) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (figurative: something soothing) SEE: balsam | :: |
| Balochistan {prop} (province of Pakistan) | :: Beloetsjistan |
| baloney {n} (nonsense) | :: onzin {m}, nonsens {m} |
| balsam {n} (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants) | :: balsem |
| balsam {n} (plant or tree yielding such substance) | :: balsemboom |
| balsam {n} (soothing ointment) | :: balsem {m} |
| balsam {n} (figurative: something soothing) | :: balsem |
| balsam {n} (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens) | :: balsemien {m}, springzaad {n} |
| Balthazar {prop} (male given name) | :: Balthazar |
| Baltic {prop} (Baltic Sea) SEE: Baltic Sea | :: |
| Baltic {adj} (of the Baltic region or sea) | :: Oostzee, Baltisch |
| Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Baltic languages) | :: Baltisch |
| Baltic-Finnic {adj} | :: Oostzeefins, Baltisch-Fins |
| Baltic herring {n} (Clupea harengus membras) | :: oostzeeharing, baltische haring, stromeling |
| Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea) | :: Baltische zee {f}, Oostzee {f} |
| Balto-Slavic {adj} (of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture) | :: Balto-Slavisch |
| baluster {n} (banister) | :: baluster {m} |
| balustrade {n} (row of balusters) | :: balustrade {f} |
| Bambara {prop} (language) | :: Bambara {n} |
| bamboo {n} (plant) | :: bamboe {n} |
| bamboo {n} (wood) | :: bamboe {n} |
| bamboo {adj} (made of bamboo) | :: bamboe- |
| ban {n} (prohibition) | :: verbod {n} |
| banal {adj} (common) | :: banaal |
| banana {n} (fruit) | :: banaan {f} |
| banana {n} (plant) | :: bananenplant {m} |
| banana {n} (colour) | :: bananengeel {n} |
| banana peel {n} (outermost layer of the banana) | :: bananenschil {f} |
| bananaquit {n} (Coereba flaveola) | :: suikerdiefje {n} |
| banana republic {n} (country) | :: bananenrepubliek {m} |
| banana skin {n} (banana skin) SEE: banana peel | :: |
| banana split {n} (A dessert containing a banana cut in half) | :: banana split |
| band {n} (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together) | :: band {m} |
| band {n} (strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached) | :: band {m} |
| band {n} (part of radio spectrum) | :: band {m} |
| band {n} (group of energy levels in a solid state material) | :: band {m} |
| band {n} (group of musicians) | :: band {m} |
| band {n} (group of people loosely united for a common purpose) | :: bende |
| band {v} ((intransitive) to group together for a common purpose) | :: verenigen |
| bandage {n} (medical binding) | :: verband {n}, bandage {f}, zwachtel {m} |
| bandage {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| band-aid {n} (adhesive bandage) | :: pleister |
| band-aid {v} (to apply an adhesive bandage) | :: pleister plakken |
| banded mongoose {n} (Mungos mungo) | :: zebramangoest |
| bandicoot {n} (small Australian marsupial with a long snout) | :: neusbuideldas {m} |
| bandit {n} (one who robs others) | :: bandiet {m} |
| bandleader {n} (musician who leads a band of musicians) | :: bandleider {m} |
| bandog {n} (guard dog) SEE: guard dog | :: |
| bandsaw {n} (a saw whose blade is a continuous band) | :: lintzaag |
| bandstand {n} (platform for bands to play on) | :: bandstand {m}, muziekkoepel {f}, muziekkiosk {m}, muziektent {m}, muziekpaviljoen {m} |
| band-tailed antshrike {n} (bird) | :: bandstaart-mierklauwier |
| bandwidth {n} (width of a frequency band) | :: bandbreedte {f} |
| bandwidth {n} (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) | :: bandbreedte {f} |
| bandy {n} (winter sport played on ice) | :: bandy {n} |
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison | :: |
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer | :: |
| bane {n} (source of harm or ruin; affliction) | :: verderf {n} |
| bane {v} (to be the bane of) | :: verderven, ruïneren |
| bang {n} (A sudden percussive noise) | :: knal {m}, klap |
| bang {n} (A strike upon an object causing such a noise) | :: klap, slag |
| bang {n} (An explosion) | :: knal {m}, klap, explosie |
| bang {n} (The symbol !) | :: uitroepteken |
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast | :: |
| banger {n} (sausage) | :: worstje {n} |
| Bangkok {prop} (the capital of Thailand) | :: Bangkok |
| Bangladesh {prop} (country) | :: Bangladesh |
| bangs {n} (hair that hangs down over the forehead) | :: pony {m}, froefroe {m} |
| banish {v} (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) | :: verbannen |
| banish {v} (to expel, especially from the mind) | :: verdrijven |
| banister {n} (the handrail on the side of a staircase) | :: baluster, leuning |
| banjo {n} (a musical instrument) | :: banjo {m} |
| bank {n} (institution) | :: bank {f} |
| bank {n} (branch office) | :: bank {f} |
| bank {n} (storage for important goods) | :: -bank {f} |
| bank {n} (edge of river or lake) | :: oever {m} |
| bank {n} (incline of an aircraft) | :: helling {f} |
| bank {v} (to incline laterally in order to turn) | :: doen hellen, rollen |
| bankable {adj} (reliable) SEE: reliable | :: |
| bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank) | :: bankrekening {f} |
| bank card {n} (card issued by a bank) | :: bankkaart {m} {f}, pinpas {m} |
| bank cheque {n} (cheque which is payable by a bank) | :: bankcheque {m} |
| banked slalom {n} | :: banked slalom |
| banker {n} (one who conducts the business of banking) | :: bankier {m} |
| bank holiday {n} (a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday) | :: wettelijke feestdag {m} |
| bank machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| banknote {n} (paper currency) | :: bankbiljet {n}, biljet {n} |
| bankroll {n} (.A roll of banknotes.) | :: een rol bankbiljetten |
| bankroll {n} (The monetary assets of a person or organization.) | :: fonds,budget |
| bankroll {v} (to fund a project) | :: financieren |
| bankrupt {adj} (having been legally declared insolvent) | :: bankroet, in faling, failliet |
| bankruptcy {n} (legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency) | :: faillissement {n}, bankroet {n}, failliet {n}, faling {f}, surseance van betaling {m} {f} |
| bank statement {n} | :: rekeninguittreksel {n} |
| banner {n} (flag) | :: vlag {n}, banier {n}, dundoek |
| banner {n} (principal standard of a knight) | :: standaard {n} |
| banneret {n} (nobleman) | :: baanderheer {m} |
| bannerette {n} (banneret) SEE: banneret | :: |
| banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast) | :: banket {n}, feestmaal {n}, feestdis {m} |
| banshee {n} (in Irish folklore, a female spirit) | :: banshee {f} |
| bantam {n} (chicken) | :: krielkip {f} |
| banter {n} (good humoured conversation) | :: geplaag, scherts, badinage |
| banter {v} (to engage in banter) | :: schertsen |
| banter {v} (to tease mildly) | :: plagen |
| Bantoid {adj} | :: Bantoïde |
| Bantu {n} (language family) | :: Bantoe- |
| banya {n} (a Russian steam bath) | :: banja {f} |
| banzai {interj} (hurrah) SEE: hurrah | :: |
| baobab {n} (Adansonia digitata) | :: baobab {m}, apenbroodboom {m} |
| baptise {v} (baptise) SEE: baptize | :: |
| baptism {n} (Christian sacrament) | :: doop {m} |
| baptismal font {n} (a basin used for baptism) | :: doopvont {c} |
| baptismal name {n} (name given at christening) | :: doopnaam {m} |
| Baptist {adj} (of the Baptist religious denomination) | :: baptistisch |
| baptize {v} (To perform the Christian sacrament of baptism) | :: dopen |
| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe | :: |
| bar {n} (music: section of a staff) SEE: measure | :: |
| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except | :: |
| bar {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) SEE: fess | :: |
| bar {n} (soccer: crossbar) SEE: crossbar | :: |
| bar {n} (music: vertical line across a staff) SEE: bar line | :: |
| bar {n} (solid object with uniform cross-section) | :: stang {m}, staaf {f}, baar {f}, blok {n} |
| bar {n} (metallurgy: solid object of round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular section) | :: staaf {f}, baar {f}, stang {m} |
| bar {n} (rail bar at level crossing) | :: slagboom {m} |
| bar {n} (cuboid piece of any commodity) | :: blok {n}, stuk {n}, reep {f} [chocolate] |
| bar {n} (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder) | :: blok {n} |
| bar {n} (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages) | :: bar {m}, café {n}, taveerne {m}, kroeg {f} |
| bar {n} (counter of such a premises) | :: bar {m}, toog {m}, tapkast {f} |
| bar {n} (closet containing alcoholic beverages in a private house or a hotel room) | :: bar {m} |
| bar {n} (official order prohibiting some activity) | :: verbod {n}, ban |
| bar {n} (collective term for lawyers) | :: advocatuur, balie |
| bar {n} (profession of lawyers) | :: advocatuur, orde van advocaten {f} |
| bar {n} (nautical: sand formation) | :: zandbank {f} |
| bar {v} (to obstruct the passage of) | :: blokkeren, versperren |
| bar {v} (to prohibit) | :: verbieden |
| bar {v} (to lock or bolt with a bar) | :: blokkeren, barreren, vergrendelen, versperren |
| bar {n} (unit of pressure) | :: bar |
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit | :: |
| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard | :: |
| barb {n} (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc) | :: weerhaak |
| Barbados {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Barbados |
| barbarian {adj} (uncivilized) | :: barbaars |
| barbarian {n} (uncivilized person) | :: barbaar {m} {f} |
| barbarian {n} (derogatory term for someone from a developing country) | :: barbaar {m} {f}, primitieveling {m}, wilde {m} {f} |
| barbarian {n} (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories) | :: barbaar {m} {f} |
| barbarous {adj} (barbarian) SEE: barbarian | :: |
| Barbary {prop} (Mediterranean North Africa) | :: Barbarije {f} |
| Barbary ape {n} (tailless monkey) SEE: Barbary macaque | :: |
| Barbary dove {n} (Streptopelia risoria) SEE: ringneck dove | :: |
| Barbary lion {n} (Panthera leo leo) | :: Berberleeuw, Atlasleeuw, Barabijse leeuw |
| Barbary macaque {n} (Macaca sylvanus) | :: berberaap |
| barbecue {n} (cooking instrument) | :: barbecue, grill |
| barbecue {v} (to cook food on a barbecue, see also: ) | :: grillen, barbecueën, braaien |
| barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill | :: |
| barbecue sauce {n} (type of sauce) | :: barbecuesaus |
| barbed wire {n} (twisted strands of steel wire) | :: prikkeldraad {m} |
| barbel {n} (fish) | :: barbeel {m} |
| barber {n} (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards) | :: kapper {m}, haarkapper {m}, coiffeur {m} [Flanders], barbier {m} [deprecated] |
| barber {v} (to cut the hair) | :: haarknippen, haren knippen, scheren (to shave) |
| barber pole {n} | :: kapperspaal {m}, barbierspaal {m} |
| barber shop {n} (business which offers haircuts to men) SEE: barbershop | :: |
| barbershop {n} (barber's shop) | :: kapsalon {m} |
| barber's pole {n} (barber pole) SEE: barber pole | :: |
| barber surgeon {n} (medical practitioner) | :: chirurgijn {m} |
| Barbie {prop} (diminutive of Barbara) | :: Babs, Babbe |
| barbiturate {n} (derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system) | :: barbituraat {n} |
| barcarole {n} (Venetian folk song) | :: barcarola {f}, barcarolle {f}, gondellied {n} |
| Barcelona {prop} (capital of Catalonia) | :: Barcelona {n} |
| Barcelonan {adj} (from Barcelona) SEE: Barcelonian | :: |
| Barcelonan {n} (someone from Barcelona) SEE: Barcelonian | :: |
| Barcelonian {adj} (from Barcelona) | :: Barcelonees |
| Barcelonian {n} (someone from Barcelona) | :: Barcelonees {m}, Barcelonese {f} |
| bar chart {n} (graph in the form of boxes of different heights) | :: staafdiagram {n} |
| barcode {n} (set of machine-readable parallel bars) | :: streepjescode {f}, barcode {f} |
| bar-crested antshrike {n} (a passerine bird of the antbird family) | :: streepkuif-mierklauwier |
| bard {n} (professional poet and singer) | :: bard {m} |
| bardo {n} (state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation) | :: bardo |
| bare {adj} (naked, uncovered) | :: bloot |
| bare {adj} (having no decoration) | :: kaal |
| bare {adv} (barely) SEE: barely | :: |
| barefoot {adj} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: barrevoets, blootsvoets [as adverb only] |
| barefoot {adv} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: barrevoets, blootsvoets, op blote voeten |
| barefooted {adj} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barefooted {adv} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barely {adv} (by a small margin) | :: nauwelijks, amper, [archaic] kuim |
| barely {adv} (merely) SEE: merely | :: |
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barfly {n} (person who spends much time in a bar) | :: tooghanger {m} |
| bargain {n} (item bought at a low price) | :: koopje {n} |
| bargain {v} (to make a bargain) | :: onderhandelen |
| barge {n} (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters) | :: duwbak |
| barge {n} (coastal trading vessel) | :: aak {m} |
| barge in {v} (to intrude) | :: binnenvallen, binnenbanjeren |
| bar graph {n} (bar chart) SEE: bar chart | :: |
| baritone {n} (male voice) | :: bariton |
| baritone {n} (musical range) | :: bariton |
| baritone horn {n} (baritone horn) SEE: baritone | :: |
| barium {n} (chemical element) | :: barium {n} |
| bark {v} (to make a loud noise (dogs)) | :: blaffen |
| bark {v} (to speak sharply) | :: blaffen |
| bark {n} (short, loud, explosive utterance) | :: geblaf {n} |
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree) | :: schors {f}, bast {f} |
| bark {v} (to strip the bark from, to peel) | :: ontschorsen |
| bark {v} (to abrade or rub off any outer covering from) | :: schrapen |
| bark {n} (three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged) | :: bark {f} |
| bark {v} (to girdle) SEE: girdle | :: |
| barking {n} | :: geblaf {n} |
| barking deer {n} (muntjac) SEE: muntjac | :: |
| barking dogs seldom bite {proverb} (people who make threats rarely carry them out) | :: blaffende honden bijten niet |
| barley {n} (Hordeum vulgare or its grains) | :: gerst {m} |
| barley sugar {n} (sweet) | :: zuurstok |
| bar line {n} (vertical line across a staff) | :: maatstreep {f} |
| barman {n} (bartender) SEE: bartender | :: |
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child | :: |
| barn {n} (building) | :: schuur {f} |
| Béarn {prop} (former viscounty) | :: Béarn |
| barnacle {n} (instrument to fix on the nose of a vicious horse) SEE: twitch | :: |
| barnacle {n} (barnacle goose) SEE: barnacle goose | :: |
| barnacle {n} (marine crustacean) | :: zeepok |
| barnacle goose {n} (Branta leucopsis) | :: brandgans {c} |
| béarnaise sauce {n} (sauce) | :: béarnaisesaus, béarnaise |
| barn owl {n} (Tyto alba) | :: kerkuil {m} |
| barn swallow {n} (species of swallow) | :: boerenzwaluw {f} |
| bar of chocolate {n} (slab of chocolate) | :: chocoladereep {f} |
| barometer {n} (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) | :: barometer {m}, drukmeter {m} |
| barometz {n} (half-animal and half-plant said to grow in the form of a sheep, see also: vegetable lamb) | :: barometz {n} |
| baron {n} (male ruler of a barony) | :: baron {m} |
| baroness {n} (female ruler of a barony) | :: barones {f} |
| baronial {adj} (belonging or relating to a baron) | :: baroniaal |
| barony {n} (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) | :: baronie {f} |
| Baroque {prop} (period in architecture) | :: barok {f} |
| Baroque {prop} (period in art) | :: barok {f} |
| Baroque {prop} (period in music) | :: barok {f} |
| baroque organ {n} (type of pipe organ) | :: barokorgel {n} |
| baroscope {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer | :: |
| barotropic {adj} | :: barotroop |
| barque {n} (sailing vessel, all masts but sternmost square-rigged) | :: zeilboot {m}, bark {m} |
| barque {n} (archaic, any small sailing vessel) | :: zeilbootje {m}, bark {m}, schuit {m} |
| barque {n} (poetic, any sailing vessel or boat) | :: zeilboot {m}, schuit {m} |
| barquentine {n} (sailing vessel) | :: barkentijn {f} |
| barrack {n} (a building for soldiers) | :: kazerne {m}, barrak |
| barracks {n} (buildings used by military personnel) SEE: barrack | :: |
| barracks emperor {n} (emperor who seized power by virtue of his command of the army) | :: soldatenkeizer {m} |
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark | :: |
| barracuda {n} (marine fish) | :: zeesnoek {m}, barracuda {f} |
| barrage {n} (heavy curtain of artillery fire) | :: spervuur {n} |
| barrage {n} (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons) | :: spervuur {n} |
| barrage {n} (overwhelming outburst of words) | :: spervuur {n} |
| barre chord {n} (a guitar chord) | :: barré-akkoord |
| barred antshrike {n} (a passerine bird) | :: gebandeerde mierklauwier |
| barrel {n} (tube) SEE: tube | :: |
| barrel {n} (jar) SEE: jar | :: |
| barrel {n} (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) | :: ton, vat {n} |
| barrel bomb {n} | :: vatbom {f}, vatenbom {f} |
| barrel organ {n} (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel) | :: draaiorgel {n} |
| barrel vault {n} (architecture) | :: tongewelf {n} |
| barren {adj} (unable to bear children; sterile) | :: onvruchtbaar, steriel |
| barricade {n} (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) | :: barricade {f} |
| barrier {n} (structure that bars passage) | :: barrière {c}, versperring {f} |
| barrier {n} (obstacle or impediment) | :: barrière {c} |
| barring {prep} (excepting) | :: behoudens |
| barrister {n} (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) | :: advocaat {m}, advocate {f} |
| barrow {n} (mound of earth and stones raised over a grave) | :: grafheuvel {m}, tumulus {m}, grafterp {m} |
| barrow {n} (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand) | :: kar {f}, steekkar {f}, duwkar {f}, kruiwagen {f} |
| barrow {n} (castrated boar) | :: barg {m} |
| bar shot {n} (double-headed shot connected by a bar) | :: boutkogel {m}, schietbout {m} |
| bar stool {n} (stool used for sitting) | :: barkruk {m} {f} |
| barstool {n} (bar stool) SEE: bar stool | :: |
| bar-tailed godwit {n} (bar-tailed godwit) | :: rosse grutto |
| bartender {n} (person who works in a bar) | :: kastelein {c} |
| barter {n} (exchange of goods or services) | :: ruil {m}, ruilhandel {m} |
| barter {v} (exchange goods or services without involving money) | :: ruilen, ruilebuiten |
| Bartholomew {prop} (male given name) | :: Bartolomeüs |
| Bartonian {prop} | :: Bartonien |
| baryon {n} (heavy subatomic particle) | :: baryon {n} |
| basal layer {n} (the deepest layer of the epidermis) | :: kiemlaag {f} {m} |
| basalt {n} (hard rock) | :: basalt |
| bascule bridge {n} (type of movable bridge) | :: basculebrug {m} {f} |
| base {n} (something from which other things extend) | :: basis {f} |
| base {n} (starting point of thought) | :: basis {f}, vertrekpunt {n} |
| base {n} (permanent structure for housing military) | :: basis {f}, kazerne {f} |
| base {n} (headquarters) | :: basis {f}, hoofdkwartier {n} |
| base {n} (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid) | :: base {f} |
| base {n} (baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety) | :: honk |
| base {n} (geometry: lowest side or face) | :: basis {f} |
| base {n} (heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or escutcheon) | :: schildvoet {m} |
| base {n} (heraldry: lower part of the field) | :: schildvoet {m} |
| base {v} (have as its foundation or starting point) | :: baseren, zich baseren op |
| base {n} (bass) SEE: bass | :: |
| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron | :: |
| base {n} (radix) SEE: radix | :: |
| baseball {n} (ball game) | :: honkbal |
| baseboard {n} (panel or molding between floor and interior wall) SEE: skirting board | :: |
| base class {n} | :: basisklasse {f} |
| based {adj} (founded on) | :: gebaseerd, onderbouwd |
| Basel {prop} (city in Switzerland) | :: Bazel {n} |
| basement {n} (floor below ground level) | :: kelder {m} |
| bash {v} (to strike) | :: neerslagen |
| bash {v} (to criticize) | :: kritiseren |
| bash {n} (gala) | :: gala bal {n} |
| bash {n} (an attack) | :: neerslagen {n} |
| bash {v} (collide) SEE: collide | :: |
| bashful {adj} (inclined to avoid notice) | :: verlegen, timide |
| Bashkir {prop} (language) | :: Basjkiers {n} |
| Bashkiria {prop} (Bashkortostan) SEE: Bashkortostan | :: |
| Bashkortostan {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: Bashkortostan {n} |
| Bashkortostani {adj} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| Bashkortostani {n} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| basic {adj} (necessary, essential for life or some process) | :: basis-, elementair |
| basic {adj} (elementary, simple, merely functional) | :: elementair |
| basic {adj} (chemistry: of a base) | :: basisch |
| basic {n} (necessary commodity) | :: basisonderdeel {n}, basisbehoefte {f} |
| basic {n} (elementary building block) | :: basis, basisonderdeel {n} |
| basic needs {n} (the absolute minimum resources necessary for long-term physical well-being) | :: basisbehoeften {f} |
| basil {n} (plant) | :: basilicum {m}, bazielkruid {n}, koningskruid {n}, basiliekruid {n} |
| basil {n} (herb) | :: basilicum {m}, basilicumblaadjes {n} |
| basilica {n} (Christian church building having a nave) | :: basiliek {f} |
| basilisk {n} (snake-like dragon type) | :: basilisk {m}, koningshagedis |
| basilisk {n} (type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)) | :: basilisk, boomhagedis |
| basin {n} (wide bowl for washing) | :: bassin {n} |
| basin {n} (area of land that drains into a common outlet) | :: stroomgebied {n}, bekken {n} |
| basis {n} (starting point for an argument) | :: basis {f} |
| basis {n} (underlying condition) | :: basis {f} |
| basis {n} (linearly independent, spanning set of vectors) | :: basis {f} |
| basis point {n} (one hundredth of one percentage point) | :: basispunt {n} |
| bask {v} (to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness) | :: (zich) koesteren (in), genieten (van), zwelgen (in), zijn hartje ophalen |
| basket {n} (container) | :: mand {m}, korf {m} |
| basket {n} (notional place to store items before ordering them online) | :: mandje {n} |
| basket {n} (basketball: hoop from which a net is suspended) | :: korf {m}, ring {m} |
| basket {n} (basketball: act of putting the ball through the basket) | :: gescoorde korf |
| basket {n} (wire or plastic container for carrying articles for purchase) SEE: shopping basket | :: |
| basketball {n} (the sport) | :: basketbal {n} |
| basketball {n} (the ball used in the sport) | :: basketbal {m} |
| basket case {n} (one made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic or stress) | :: zenuwpees (nerves); (fig.) hopeloos geval ({n}.) |
| basketweaver {n} (one who takes part in the craft of basketweaving) | :: mandenvlechter {m} |
| Basque {n} (language) | :: Baskisch {n} |
| Basque {n} (member of a people) | :: Bask {m}, Baskische {f} |
| Basque {adj} (relative to the Basque people or their language) | :: Baskisch |
| Basque Country {prop} (geographical region in Spain and France) | :: Baskenland |
| Basque Country {prop} (the region where the Basque language is spoken) | :: Baskenland |
| Basque Country {prop} (autonomous community within Spain) | :: Baskenland |
| bass {n} (low spectrum of sound) | :: bas {m} {f} |
| bass {n} (section of musical group) | :: bas {m} {f} |
| bass {n} (singer) | :: bas {m} |
| bass {n} (musical instrument) | :: basgitaar {m} {f}, bas {m} {f} |
| bass {n} (perch) | :: baars {m} |
| bass clef {n} (music symbol) | :: bassleutel |
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe) | :: Basse-Terre |
| basset horn {n} (alto instrument of the clarinet family) | :: bassethoorn {m} |
| bass fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass guitar {n} (stringed musical instrument) | :: basgitaar, bas |
| bassist {n} (musician) | :: bassist {m} |
| bassline {n} | :: baslijn {f} |
| bassoon {n} (musical instrument in the woodwind family) | :: fagot {m} |
| bass viol {n} (musical instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass violin {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| basta {interj} (that's enough, stop) | :: basta |
| bastard {n} (longsword) SEE: longsword | :: |
| bastard {n} (person born to unmarried parents) | :: bastaard {m}, buitenechtelijk kind {n}, onecht kind {n}, onwettig kind {n} |
| bastard {n} (mongrel) | :: mormel {n}, straathond |
| bastard {n} (contemptible etc. person) | :: bastaard {m}, hoerenjong {n}, klootzak {m}, rotzak {m}, hufter {m} |
| bastard {n} (informal: child that does not know his father) | :: bastaard {m}, buitenechtelijk kind {n}, onecht kind {n}, onwettig kind {n} |
| bastard {n} (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) | :: kreng {n}, rotding {n} |
| bastard {n} (variation that is not genuine) | :: nep, vervalsing |
| bastard {n} (intermediate-grade steel file) | :: bastaardvijl {m}, voorvijl {m} |
| bastard {adj} (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) | :: onwettig, onecht, bastaard- |
| bastard {adj} (of or like a bastard (bad person)) | :: gemeen, smerig, kloot- |
| bastard {adj} (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) | :: bastaard- |
| bastard {adj} (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)) | :: ondermaats, nep |
| bastard {adj} (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) | :: onecht, nep, vals, na(ge)maak(t) |
| bastard {interj} (exclamation of dismay) | :: smeerlap! |
| bastardization {n} (degradation of a language) | :: verbastering {f} |
| bastard sugar {n} (type of sugar) | :: basterdsuiker |
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| bastille {n} (fortress) SEE: fortress | :: |
| bastille {n} (citadel) SEE: citadel | :: |
| bastille {n} (castle tower, or fortified building; small citadel or fortress) | :: donjon {m} |
| bat {n} (small flying mammal) | :: vleermuis {f} |
| bat {n} (club used for striking the ball in sports) | :: knuppel {m}, slaghout {n} |
| Batavian Republic {prop} (historical Dutch republic) | :: Bataafse Republiek {f} |
| Batavophone {n} (Dutch speaker) | :: Nederlandstalig |
| bat away {v} (to knock an object) | :: wegslaan |
| batch {n} (quantity of baked goods made at one time) | :: lot {n} |
| batch {n} (quantity of anything produced in one operation) | :: lot {n} |
| bate {v} (simple past of beat) SEE: beat | :: |
| bate {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate | :: |
| bat-eared fox {n} (Otocyon megalotis) | :: lepelhond {m}, grootoorvos {m} |
| bateleur {n} (Terathopius ecaudatus) | :: bateleur {m}, goochelaar {m} |
| bath {n} (tub) | :: bad {n}, badkuip {m} {f} |
| bath {n} (room) | :: badkamer {f} |
| bath {n} (act of bathing) | :: bad {n} |
| bath-brush {n} (waterproof type of brush) | :: badborstel {m} |
| bathe {v} (to clean oneself with water) | :: zich baden, zich wassen |
| bathe {v} (to sunbathe) SEE: sunbathe | :: |
| bathhouse {n} (a building with baths for communal use) | :: badhuis {n} |
| bathing cap {n} (cap worn by swimmers) SEE: swim cap | :: |
| bathing suit {n} (tight fitting garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| bathing trunks {n} (pair of shorts or briefs) SEE: swimming trunks | :: |
| bath mat {n} (mat used next to a bathtub) | :: badmat {f} |
| Bathonian {prop} | :: Bathonien |
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth | :: |
| bathos {n} (nadir) SEE: nadir | :: |
| bathos {n} (anticlimax) SEE: anticlimax | :: |
| bathos {n} (overdone pathos) | :: valse pathos |
| bathroom {n} (a room with a bathtub) | :: badkamer {f} |
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| bathtub {n} (large container in which a person may bathe) | :: badkuip |
| bathyscaphe {n} (self-propelled deep-sea submersible) | :: bathyscaaf |
| Batman {prop} (the bat-themed hero) | :: Batman |
| baton {n} (sports: object transferred by relay runners) | :: stokje {n} |
| Bats {prop} (a commune in France) | :: Bats |
| batshit {adj} (insane) | :: knotsgek |
| batter {n} (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) | :: beslag {n} |
| battering ram {n} (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls) | :: stormram {m} |
| battery {n} (device storing electricity) | :: batterij {f} |
| battery {n} (legal: act of unlawful violence) | :: fysieke mishandeling {f} |
| battery {n} (coordinated group of artillery) | :: batterij {f} |
| battery {n} (array of similar things) | :: batterij {f} |
| battery {n} (set of cages for hens) | :: legbatterij {f} |
| batting {n} (cotton for surgery) | :: watten |
| battle {n} (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat) | :: slag {m}, veldslag {m}, gevecht {n}, kamp {m} |
| battle {n} (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life) | :: gevecht {n}, strijd {f} |
| battle {v} ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight) | :: strijden, vechten |
| battle {v} ((transitive) to assail in battle; to fight) | :: bestrijden, bevechten |
| battle-ax {n} (battle axe) SEE: battle axe | :: |
| battle axe {n} (electric guitar) SEE: electric guitar | :: |
| battle axe {n} (ancient military weapon) | :: strijdbijl {m} |
| battle cry {n} (something the troops yell out when going to war or battle) | :: strijdkreet {m}, wapenkreet {m}, oorlogskreet {m}, aanvalskreet {m} |
| battlefield {n} (field of a land battle) | :: slagveld {n} |
| battleground {n} (location) SEE: battlefield | :: |
| battlement {n} (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) | :: bolwerk {n} |
| Battle of Britain {prop} (series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II) | :: slag om Engeland {m} |
| battle of the sexes {n} (any competition between males and females) | :: strijd der geslachten {m} |
| battleship {n} (warship) | :: slagschip {n} |
| battleship {n} (guessing game) | :: zeeslag |
| battue {n} (form of hunting) | :: klopjacht {m} {f} |
| batty {adj} (mad, crazy, silly) | :: mal |
| bauble {n} (cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery) | :: prulletjesnuisterij |
| bauble {n} (small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees) | :: kerstbal {m} |
| Baumé scale {prop} (liquids density scale) | :: Baumé-schaal |
| bauxite {n} (ore) | :: bauxiet {n} |
| Bavaria {prop} (state) | :: Beieren {n} |
| Bavarian {adj} (of or pertaining to Bavaria) | :: Beiers |
| Bavarian {n} (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent) | :: Beier {m}, Beierin {f}, Beierse {f} |
| Bavarian {prop} (German dialect) | :: Beiers |
| bavarois {n} (pudding) | :: bavarois {m} |
| bawl {v} ((intransitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner) | :: schreeuwen |
| bay {n} (body of water) | :: baai {f} |
| bayard {n} (bay horse) | :: vos {m}, vospaard {n} |
| bayard {adj} (reddish brown) | :: voskleurig |
| bay cat {n} (Catopuma badia) | :: Borneogoudkat |
| bay leaf {n} (herb) | :: laurier {n} |
| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean) | :: Golf van Bengalen {m} |
| bayonet {n} (weapon) | :: bajonet {f} |
| bazooka {n} (American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher) | :: bazooka {m} |
| BBC {prop} (British Broadcasting Corporation) | :: BBC {f} |
| BC {adv} (before Christ) | :: v. Chr. (voor Christus) |
| BCE {adv} (before the common era) | :: onze jaartelling, gewone tijdrekening |
| béchamel sauce {n} (white sauce made with butter, flour and milk) | :: bechamelsaus |
| be {v} (occupy a place) | :: zijn, staan, zitten, liggen, wezen [informal], zich bevinden |
| be {v} (occur, take place) | :: zijn, plaatsvinden |
| be {v} (exist) | :: zijn, bestaan |
| be {v} (have a certain age) | :: zijn |
| be {v} (elliptical form of "be here", or similar) | :: zijn |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same) | :: zijn |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same) | :: gelijk zijn |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal) | :: zijn |
| be {v} (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it) | :: zijn |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase) | :: zijn |
| be {v} (used to form the passive voice) | :: worden |
| be {v} (used to form the continuous forms of various tenses) | :: zijn aan het + infinitive (or a simple tense without zijn when not stressing the continuousness of an action) |
| be {v} ((archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs) | :: zijn |
| be {v} (used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like) | :: zijn |
| be able to {v} (have ability to) | :: kunnen, vermogen, in staat zijn te |
| beach {n} (sandy shore) | :: strand {n} |
| beach {v} (to run something aground on a beach) | :: stranden |
| beach chair {n} (A chair for use on beaches) | :: strandstoel {m} |
| beach towel {n} (towel used at the beach) | :: strandlaken {n} |
| beach volleyball {n} (sport) | :: beachvolleybal {n}, strandvolleybal {n} |
| beacon {n} (signal fire) | :: baken {n}, bakenvuur {n} |
| beacon {n} (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners) | :: baken {n} |
| beacon {n} (high hill or similar) | :: baken {n} |
| bead {n} (rosary ball) | :: kraal |
| bead {n} (pierced small round object) | :: parel {f}, korrel {m} |
| bead {n} (small drop of liquid) | :: druppel |
| beadle {n} (a parish constable) | :: kerkbaljuw {m} |
| bead tree {n} (Melia azedarach) | :: Indische sering |
| beagle {n} (dog) | :: beagle {m} |
| beagle {n} (snooping person) | :: snuffelaar {m}, speurneus {m} |
| beak {n} (structure projecting from a bird's face) | :: snavel, bek |
| beak {n} (similar structure in an octopus) | :: bek |
| beaked whale {n} (whales in the family Ziphiidae) | :: spitssnuitdolfijn {m} |
| beaker {n} (flat-bottomed vessel) | :: bekerglas {n} |
| beaker {n} (drinking vessel without a handle) | :: beker {m} |
| beaker {n} (mug) | :: beker {m}, [Netherlands] mok {f}, [Flanders] tas {f} |
| be all ears {v} (to listen carefully or eagerly; to anticipate) | :: eén en al oor zijn |
| beam {n} (large piece of timber or iron) | :: balk, [railroad] biels |
| beam {n} (principal horizontal beam in a building) | :: balk |
| beam {n} (maximum width of a vessel) | :: breedte {f} |
| beam {n} (pole of a carriage) | :: dissel |
| beam {n} (ray) | :: bundel, straal |
| beam {n} (connector of notes) | :: balk |
| beam {v} (to smile broadly) | :: stralen |
| bean {n} (seed) | :: boon {f} |
| bean {n} (slang: head or brain) | :: knikker {m}, kop {m}, harses {p} |
| beanbag {n} (piece of furniture) | :: zitzak {m} |
| bean curd {n} (tofu) SEE: tofu | :: |
| bean goose {n} (Anser fabalis) | :: rietgans {m} |
| beanie {n} (cap that fits the head closely) | :: muts {m} {f} |
| beanpole {n} (pole) | :: bonenstaak {m} |
| bean sprout {n} (a sprout grown out of a bean) | :: sproutje {n} |
| bean sprout {n} (the vegetarian food) | :: taugé |
| bear {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth | :: |
| bear {v} (to carry) | :: dragen, torsen |
| bear {v} (to be equipped with) | :: dragen, uitgerust zijn met |
| bear {v} (to wear or display) | :: uitgerust zijn met |
| bear {v} (to declare as testimony) | :: afleggen |
| bear {v} (to suffer, as in carrying a burden) | :: dragen, verdragen |
| bear {v} (to support or sustain) | :: dragen |
| bear {v} (to endure with patience; to be patient) | :: verdragen, volhouden, verduren |
| bear {v} (to tolerate, to put up with) | :: verdragen, ondergaan |
| bear {v} (to produce or yield) | :: dragen |
| bear {v} (to be in a specific direction) | :: gelegen zijn |
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae) | :: beer {m}, berin {f} |
| bear {n} (large hairy man) | :: bear, beer {m} |
| bearable {adj} (able to be borne) | :: draaglijk |
| bearcat {n} (giant panda) SEE: giant panda | :: |
| bear cub {n} (young bear) | :: berenjong {n}, berenwelp {m} |
| beard {n} (facial hair) | :: baard {m} |
| bearded {adj} (having a beard) | :: bebaard |
| beardedness {n} (quality of being bearded) | :: baardigheid {f} |
| bearded tit {n} (Panurus biarmicus) | :: baardmannetje {n} |
| bearded vulture {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| bearer {n} (one who bears) | :: drager {m} |
| bearer {n} (someone who helps carry the coffin) | :: drager {m} |
| bearer {n} (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.) | :: toonder {m} |
| bearer {n} (domestic servant in India) | :: koelie {m} |
| bearing {adj} (carrying weight or load) | :: dragend |
| bearing {n} (mechanical device) | :: lager |
| bearing {n} (nautical sense) | :: peiling |
| bearing {n} (posture) | :: houding |
| bear in mind {v} (remember, consider) | :: onthouden, rekening houden met |
| bear out {v} (corroborate, prove, or confirm) | :: bevestigen |
| bear with {v} (be patient with) | :: geduld hebben, uithouden, verdragen |
| bear witness {v} (deliver testimony) | :: (een) getuigenis afleggen, getuigen |
| bear witness {v} (prove, demonstrate) | :: getuigen |
| be ashamed {v} (feel ashamed) | :: zich schamen |
| beast {n} (non-human animal) | :: beest {n}, wild dier, dier {n} |
| beast {n} (violent/antisocial person) | :: beest {n} |
| beastie {n} (beast, animal) | :: beestje |
| beast of burden {n} (animal that carries or pulls a load) | :: lastdier {n} |
| beast of prey {n} (animal) | :: roofdier |
| beat {n} (rhythm) | :: beat {m}, ritme {n}, puls {f} |
| beat {n} (interference between two tones of almost equal frequency) | :: zweving {f} |
| beat {n} (patrolled route) | :: ronde {f} |
| beat {v} (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike) | :: slaan, kloppen |
| beat {v} (to strike or pound repeatedly) | :: kloppen |
| beat {v} (to win against) | :: verslaan, overwinnen |
| beat {v} (to mix food) | :: slaan |
| beat {adj} (fabulous) | :: mieters |
| beat {adj} (exhausted) | :: afgemat, bekaf, uitgeput |
| beat {n} (act of reporting before a rival) SEE: scoop | :: |
| beat around the bush {v} (to treat a topic but omit its main points) | :: rond de pot draaien (circle around the pot), om de hete brei dansen |
| beat around the bush {v} (to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant) | :: rond de pot draaien (circle around the pot), om de hete brei dansen |
| beater {n} (a kitchen implement for mixing) | :: klopper {m} |
| beater {n} (stick to play a percussion instrument) | :: trommelstok |
| beater {n} (person who drives game towards the shooters) | :: drijver {m} |
| beater {n} (an automobile in poor operating condition) | :: wrak {n} |
| beatified {adj} (declared that a deceased has entered heaven) | :: zalig |
| beat it {v} (to go away) | :: ophoepelen, oprotten, opflikkeren, opdonderen, ophoeren, oplazeren, opsodemieteren, wegwezen |
| beatitude {n} (supreme, utmost bliss and happiness) | :: gelukzaligheid |
| beat one's brains out {v} (rack one's brain) SEE: rack one's brain | :: |
| Beatrice {prop} (female given name) | :: Beatrijs, Beatrix |
| beat to a pulp {v} (beat up) | :: tot moes slaan |
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend | :: |
| Beaufort scale {prop} (measure for the intensity of the wind) | :: schaal van Beaufort {f} |
| beautician {n} (one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments) | :: schoonheidsspecialist {m}, schoonheidsspecialiste {f} |
| beautiful {adj} (possessing charm and attractive) | :: mooi, schoon |
| beautiful {adj} (of weather: pleasant, clear) | :: mooi |
| beautifully {adv} (In a beautiful manner) | :: mooi |
| beauty {n} (quality of pleasing appearance) | :: schoonheid {f} |
| beauty {n} (someone beautiful: male) | :: beauty, schoonheid, schone |
| beauty {n} (someone beautiful: female) | :: schoonheid, schone {f} |
| beauty {n} (something particularly good or pleasing) | :: juweeltje {n}, prachtexemplaar {n} |
| beauty {n} (excellence or genius) | :: het mooie {n} |
| beauty contest {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
| beauty pageant {n} (competition on attractiveness) | :: schoonheidswedstrijd |
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole | :: |
| beaver {n} (semiaquatic rodent) | :: bever {m} |
| be awake {v} (awake) SEE: awake | :: |
| be awake {v} (wake up) SEE: wake up | :: |
| be awake {v} (to not sleep) | :: waken |
| beazle {n} (bezel) SEE: bezel | :: |
| be born {v} (to come into existence through birth) | :: geboren worden; ter wereld komen |
| be born yesterday {v} (to be inexperienced) | :: van gisteren zijn |
| be called {v} (to have a specific name) | :: heten |
| be careful {interj} (proceed with caution) | :: pas op, kijk uit, wees voorzichtig |
| because {adv} (on account) | :: omdat, dewijl, want, vermits, daar |
| because {conj} (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) | :: omdat, aangezien, daar [formal] |
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) | :: wegens, vanwege |
| Bechuanaland {prop} (former name for Botswana) | :: Protectoraat Bechuanaland |
| beck and call {n} (summons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant) | :: iemand op zijn wenken bedienen |
| beckon {v} (to wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer) | :: wenken |
| become {v} (to begin to be) | :: worden |
| bed {n} (piece of furniture) | :: bed, [archaic] sponde |
| bed {n} (prepared spot to spend the night in) | :: bed, slaapplaats |
| bed {n} (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) | :: bed, bedding, bodem, onderlaag |
| bed {n} (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) | :: bedding (riverbed), bodem (lake, sea) |
| bed {n} (area where a large number of shellfish is found) | :: bank |
| bed {n} (garden plot) | :: bed, bloembed, tuinbed |
| bed {n} (deposit of ore, coal etc.) | :: ader, laag |
| bed {v} (to go to a sleeping bed) | :: naar bed gaan, gaan slapen |
| bed {v} (to put oneself to sleep) | :: gaan slapen |
| bed {v} (to settle) | :: zich zetten |
| bed {v} (to have sexual intercourse with) | :: naar bed gaan met |
| bed and breakfast {n} (guesthouse providing breakfast) | :: bed and breakfast {n}, logies en ontbijt {n} |
| bedbound {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden | :: |
| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect) | :: bedwants {m} {f}, wandluis {m} {f} |
| bedclothes {n} (sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed) | :: beddengoed {n} |
| bedding {n} (bedlinen) | :: beddengoed {n} |
| bedfast {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden | :: |
| bedfellow {n} (one with whom one shares a bed) | :: bedgenoot {m} |
| bedlam {n} (place or situation of chaos) | :: gekkenhuis |
| bedouin {n} (desert-dweller) | :: bedoeïen {m} |
| bedpan {n} (chamber pot used while still in bed) | :: ondersteek {m} |
| bedridden {adj} (confined to bed) | :: bedlegerig |
| bedrock {n} (underground solid rock) | :: grondgesteente {n}, moedergesteente {n} |
| bedrock {n} (basis or foundation) | :: fundament {n} |
| bedroom {n} (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping) | :: slaapkamer {f} |
| bedroom community {n} (residential urban community of a nearby metropolis) | :: slaapstad {f} |
| bed sheet {n} (sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: laken {n} |
| bedsheet {n} (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: laken {n} |
| bedside table {n} (nightstand) SEE: nightstand | :: |
| bedtime {n} (time when one goes to bed to sleep) | :: bedtijd {f}, kinderbedtijd {f} |
| bee {n} (insect) | :: bij {f}, honingbij {f}, imme {f} |
| beech {n} (tree of genus Fagus) | :: beuk |
| beechen {adj} (consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech) | :: beuken |
| beech marten {n} (Martes foina) | :: steenmarter {m} |
| bee-eater {n} (bird in the family Meropidae) | :: bijeneter {m} |
| beef {n} (meat) | :: bief, [beefsteak] biefstuk, rundvlees {n} |
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow | :: |
| bee fly {n} (bee fly) | :: wolzwever {m} |
| beef up {v} (to strengthen or reinforce) SEE: strengthen | :: |
| beefy {adj} (robust) SEE: robust | :: |
| beefy {adj} (muscular) SEE: muscular | :: |
| beehive {n} (home of bees) | :: bijenkorf {m}, bijenhuif {f}, huif {f}, bijennest {n}, immenhuif {f}, immenkorf {m}, korf |
| beehive {n} (man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey) | :: bijenkorf {m}, bijenhuif {f}, huif {f}, immenhuif {f}, immenkorf {m} |
| beehive {n} (hairstyle) | :: suikerspinkapsel {f} |
| bee hummingbird {n} (hummingbird) | :: bijkolibrie |
| beekeeper {n} (someone who keeps bees) | :: imker {m}, imkerin {f}, bijenhouder {m}, bijenhoudster {f} |
| beeline {n} (straight course, ignoring established paths of travel) | :: rechte lijn |
| Beelzebub {prop} (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) | :: Beëlzebub |
| been there, done that {phrase} (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) | :: al gezien al gedaan |
| beer {n} (alcoholic drink made of malt) | :: bier {n} |
| beer {n} (glass of beer) | :: biertje {n} |
| beer and skittles {n} (fun times) | :: rozengeur en maneschijn |
| beer belly {n} (protruding abdomen) | :: bierbuik {m} |
| beer bottle {n} (a bottle designed to contain beer) | :: bierfles {m} {f} |
| beer gut {n} (beer belly) SEE: beer belly | :: |
| beer mat {n} (mat, often with an advertisement for a brewery on it, to rest one's glass) | :: biervilt {m} |
| beestings {n} (first milk drawn from an animal) SEE: colostrum | :: |
| beeswarm {n} (swarm of bees) | :: imme {f}, bijenzwerm {m}, bijendrom {m} |
| beeswax {n} (wax secreted by bees) | :: bijenwas {m} |
| beet {n} (Beta vulgaris) | :: biet {f}, kroot [archaic] |
| beetle {n} (insect) | :: kever {m} |
| Beetle {n} (Volkswagen car) | :: Kever {m} |
| beetroot {n} (normally deep red coloured root vegetable) | :: rode biet {f} |
| Beets {prop} (Dutch surname) | :: Beets |
| befall {v} (happen to) | :: overkomen |
| befit {v} (be fit for) | :: behoren |
| before {prep} (earlier than) | :: voor, voordat [+ clause] |
| before {prep} (in front of in space) | :: vóór |
| before {prep} (in store for, in the future of) | :: voor |
| before {prep} (under consideration, judgment, authority of) | :: voor |
| before {prep} (in front of according to an ordering system) | :: voor |
| before {prep} (at a higher or greater position in a subjective ranking) | :: vóór |
| before {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: voordien, eerder, voorheen, vroeger |
| before {adv} (in advance) | :: op voorhand, vooraf |
| before {conj} (in advance of the time when) | :: voor, vooraleer, voordat, alvorens |
| before {conj} (rather or sooner than) | :: eerder dan |
| before dark {prep} (before night begins to fall) | :: voor donker, voordat het donker wordt |
| beforehand {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: vooraf, op voorhand, van tevoren, bij voorbaat |
| before long {prep} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| befoul {v} (to make foul, to soil) | :: verzieken, bevuilen, bezoedelen |
| befriend {v} (make friends) SEE: make friends | :: |
| befuddle {v} (perplex or confuse) | :: verbazen, verwarren |
| befuddle {v} (stupefy) | :: verdwazen, verdoven |
| befuddled {adj} (confused or perplexed) | :: stomverbaasd, perplex, in de war |
| befuddled {adj} (drunk) | :: verdoofd, dronken, zat [Flemish] |
| befuddlement {n} (characteristic of being befuddled) | :: verdwaasdheid, verwardheid, verwarring, verdoving |
| beg {v} (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money) | :: bedelen |
| beg {v} (to plead with someone for help) | :: smeken |
| beget {v} (to beget) SEE: procreate | :: |
| beget {v} (to cause, to produce) | :: veroorzaken |
| beget {v} (to procreate) | :: verwekken, voortbrengen |
| begetter {n} (a procreator) | :: verwekker {m} |
| beggar {n} (person who begs) | :: bedelaar {m}, bedelaarster {f}, bedelares {f} |
| beggar {n} (person suffering poverty) | :: armoedzaaier {m}, bedelaar {m}, haveloze {m} |
| beggar {v} (to make a beggar of someone) | :: aan de bedelstaf brengen, ruïneren |
| beggars can't be choosers {proverb} (when resources are limited, one must accept even substandard gifts) | :: men mag een gegeven paard niet in de bek zien |
| beggary {n} (The fact or action of begging) | :: bedelarij {c} |
| begin {v} (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.) | :: beginnen, aanvangen |
| beginner {n} (someone who just recently started) | :: beginner {m} |
| beginner {n} (someone who sets something in motion) | :: starter |
| beginner's luck {n} (beginner's luck) | :: beginnersgeluk {n} |
| beginning {n} (act of doing that which begins anything) | :: begin {n} |
| beginning {n} (that which is begun) | :: begin {n} |
| beginning {n} (that which begins or originates something) | :: begin {n}, aanvang {m} |
| beginning {n} (initial portion of some extended thing) | :: begin {m} |
| begird {v} (bind with a band or girdle) | :: omringen, omsingelen |
| begonia {n} (plants of the genus Begonia) | :: begonia {f} |
| beguile {v} (to deceive or delude (using guile)) | :: misleiden, bedriegen |
| beguile {v} (charm, delight) | :: verrukken, vervoeren |
| beguiling {adj} (that beguiles) | :: verleidelijk |
| beguinage {n} (walled community of Beguines) | :: begijnhof |
| beguine {n} (music) | :: beguine |
| Beguine {n} | :: begijn |
| behave {v} (to act in a specific manner) | :: zich gedragen |
| behave {v} (to act in a polite or proper way) | :: zich gedragen |
| behave oneself {v} (to act in a polite or proper way) SEE: behave | :: |
| behavior {n} (way an animal or human behaves or acts) | :: gedrag {n}, gedragingen {p} |
| behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave) | :: gedrag {n}, gedragingen {f-p} |
| behaviorism {n} (approach to psychology focusing on behavior) | :: behaviorisme {n} |
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| behead {v} (to remove the head) | :: onthoofden |
| beheadal {n} (beheading) SEE: beheading | :: |
| beheading {n} (an instance of beheading) | :: onthoofding |
| behest {n} (vow) SEE: vow | :: |
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise | :: |
| behest {n} (command, bidding) | :: bevel, opdracht, |
| behind {prep} (at the back of) | :: achter, achteraan |
| behind {prep} (to the back of) | :: achteraan |
| behind {prep} (after, time- or motion-wise) | :: na |
| behind {prep} (in support of) | :: achter |
| behind {n} (rear, back-end) | :: achtereind {n}, achtereinde {n}, achterkant {m}, achterzijde {f} {m} |
| behind {n} (buttocks) | :: achterste {n}, achterwerk {n}, [animals] achterhand {n} |
| behind bars {prep} (in jail or prison) | :: achter de tralies |
| behind closed doors {prep} (in private) | :: achter gesloten deuren |
| behind the scenes {prep} (in secret; out of public view) | :: achter de schermen, achter de coulissen |
| behold {v} (to see, to look at) | :: aanschouwen |
| beholden {adj} (obligated, bound by moral obligation) | :: verplicht,schatplichtig |
| behove {v} (to befit, to suit) | :: betamen, pаssen |
| beige {n} (colour) | :: beige |
| Beijing {prop} (capital of China) | :: Peking {n} |
| being {n} (a living creature) | :: wezen {n} |
| being {n} (the state or fact of existence) | :: bestaan {n} |
| Beirut {prop} (capital of Lebanon) | :: Beiroet {n} |
| Bekhterev's disease {n} (disease) | :: ziekte van Bechterew {f}, spondylitis ankylopoetica {f} |
| Belarus {prop} (country) | :: Wit-Rusland {n}, Belarus {n} [official] |
| Belarusian {adj} (pertaining to Belarus) | :: Wit-Russisch, Belarussisch |
| Belarusian {n} (language) | :: Wit-Russisch {n}, Belarussisch {n} |
| Belarusian {n} (person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent) | :: Wit-Rus {m}, Wit-Russische {f} |
| belated {adj} (later in relation to the proper time) | :: verlaat, laattijdig |
| belch {v} (expel gas from the stomach through the mouth) | :: boeren, een boer laten |
| belch {n} (sound one makes when belching) | :: boer {m} |
| beleaguer {v} (to besiege; to surround with troops) | :: belegeren |
| beleaguer {v} (to vex, harass, or beset) | :: belagen |
| beleaguered {adj} (beset by trouble or difficulty) | :: aangeslagen |
| Belfast {prop} (capital of Northern Ireland) | :: Belfast |
| belfry {n} (watchtower containing an alarm-bell) | :: belfort {n} |
| belfry {n} (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church) | :: klokkentoren {m} |
| Belgian {n} (Belgian, person from Belgium) | :: Belg {m}, Belgische {f} |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgium) | :: Belgisch, Belgische |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people) | :: Belgisch, Belgische |
| Belgian Congo {prop} (Belgian colony) | :: Belgisch-Congo |
| Belgian Groenendael {n} (Belgian Groenendael) | :: Groenendaeler |
| Belgian Laekenois {n} (Belgian Laekenois) | :: Laekense herder |
| Belgian Limburg {prop} (the roughly southwestern part of the Benelux region of Limburg) | :: Belgisch Limburg {n} |
| Belgian Malinois {n} (Belgian Malinois) | :: Mechelse herder |
| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Umbrella term for the four Belgian sheepdog variants) | :: belgische herder |
| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Belgian Groenendael) SEE: Belgian Groenendael | :: |
| Belgian Tervuren {n} (Belgian Tervuren) | :: Tervuerense herder, Tervuurse herder |
| Belgium {prop} (country in Europe) | :: België {n} |
| Belgrade {prop} (capital of Serbia) | :: Belgrado {n} |
| belie {v} (to contradict or show to be false) | :: verloochenen |
| belief {n} (mental acceptance of a claim as truth) | :: geloof {n} |
| belief {n} (something believed) | :: geloof {f} |
| belief {n} (the quality or state of believing) | :: geloof {f} |
| belief {n} (religious faith) | :: geloof {f} |
| belief {n} (religious or moral convictions) | :: geloof {f} |
| believability {n} (state or quality of being believable) | :: geloofwaardigheid {f} |
| believe {v} (to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)) | :: geloven |
| believe {v} (to accept as true) | :: geloven |
| believe {v} (to consider likely) | :: geloven, [to think] denken |
| believe {v} (to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth) | :: geloven (in) |
| believe in {v} (ascribe existence to) | :: geloven in |
| believe in {v} (believe that something is right or desirable) | :: geloven in |
| believe in {v} (have confidence in) | :: geloven in |
| believer {n} (person who believes) | :: gelovige |
| be like {v} (be similar to something) | :: gelijk zijn |
| be like {v} (say) | :: zeggen van |
| belittle {v} (to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is) | :: kleineren, afkraken [more destructive] |
| belittlement {n} (An act of belittling) | :: kleinering |
| Belize {prop} (country) | :: Belize |
| bell {n} (percussive instrument) | :: bel {f}, klok {f} |
| bell {n} (informal: telephone call) | :: belletje {n} |
| bell {n} (signal at a school) | :: bel {f} |
| bell {v} (to attach a bell to) | :: de bel aanbinden |
| bell {v} (to bellow) | :: balken, loeien |
| belladonna {n} (a plant, Atropa belladonna) SEE: deadly nightshade | :: |
| bell buoy {n} (buoy) | :: belboei |
| bell curve {n} (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) | :: gausscurve |
| belles-lettres {n} (humanities) SEE: humanities | :: |
| belles-lettres {n} (light literary compositions valued for their aesthetic properties) | :: bellettrie {f} |
| belletrist {n} (person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres) | :: bellettrist {m} |
| bell-gable {n} (an architectural element) | :: klokkengevel {m} |
| bellicist {n} (warmonger) SEE: warmonger | :: |
| bellicose {adj} (warlike in nature) | :: vechtlustig |
| bellicose {adj} (having the impulse to be combative) | :: strijdlustig |
| belligerent {adj} (engaged in warfare) | :: belligerent, oorlogvoerend |
| belligerent {adj} (eager to go to war) | :: oorlogszuchtig |
| belligerent {adj} (of or pertaining to war) | :: krijgs-, oorlogs- |
| belligerent {adj} (hostile, eager to fight) | :: strijdlustig, vijandig |
| belligerent {n} (state or other armed participant in warfare) | :: belligerent, oorlogvoerende partij |
| bellow {v} (to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal) | :: brullen |
| bellow {v} (to shout in a deep voice) | :: brullen |
| bellows {n} (air blower) | :: blaasbalg |
| bell pepper {n} (spicy-sweet vegetable) | :: paprika {n} |
| bell-pull {n} (rope that rings a bell) | :: schellekoord {f} |
| bell ringer {n} (bell ringer) | :: klokkenluider |
| bells and whistles {n} (extra features added for show rather than function) | :: toeters en bellen {p} |
| bell the cat {v} (to undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group) | :: de kat de bel aanbinden |
| bellwether {n} (the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck) | :: belhamel, haantje de voorste |
| bellwether {n} (anything that indicates future trends) | :: trendsetter |
| bellwether {n} (a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition) | :: trendsetter |
| belly {n} (abdomen) | :: buik {m} |
| bellyache {n} (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen) | :: buikpijn {m} |
| bellyache {v} (To complain or whine, especially needlessly) | :: zeuren, flauw doen |
| bellyaching {n} (Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility) | :: gejammer, gezeur |
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel | :: |
| belly dance {n} (form of dance) | :: buikdans {m} |
| belong {v} (have its proper place) | :: thuishoren, horen |
| belong {v} (be accepted in a group) | :: horen, behoren, thuishoren |
| belong {v} (be part of a group) | :: horen bij, thuishoren bij |
| belong {v} (be the property of) | :: toebehoren aan, van iemand zijn |
| belong {v} (be the guardian, spouse or partner of) | :: horen bij, bij iemand zijn |
| belong {v} (set theory: be an element of) | :: behoren tot |
| beloved {adj} (loved) | :: geliefd, bemind, welbemind, lief |
| beloved {n} (someone who is loved) | :: geliefde {m} {f}, beminde {m} {f} |
| belovedness {n} (state of being beloved) | :: geliefdheid {f} |
| below {prep} (lower in spatial position than) | :: onder |
| below {prep} (lower in value than) | :: onder |
| below {adv} (in a lower place) | :: beneden |
| belowstairs {adv} (downstairs) SEE: downstairs | :: |
| below the belt {prep} ((boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist) | :: onder de gordel |
| below the belt {prep} (unfair; not according to the rules) | :: onder de gordel |
| Bel Paese {n} (mild creamy Italian cheese) | :: Bel Paese {m} |
| belt {n} (band worn around the waist) | :: gordel {m}, riem, broeksband, ceintuur {m} |
| belt {n} (band used for safety purposes) | :: gordel {m}, riem {m}, veiligheidsgordel {m} |
| belt {n} (band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power) | :: riem {m} |
| belt {n} (powerful blow) | :: dreun, klap, slag, oplawaai |
| belt {n} (geographical region) | :: gordel {m} |
| belt {v} (surround) | :: omgorden, omringen, omzomen, omgeven |
| belt {v} (fasten a belt) | :: insnoeren, omgorden |
| belt {v} (beat with a belt) | :: van de riem geven |
| belt {v} (scream) | :: brullen, (het) uitbrullen |
| beltway {n} (a freeway that encircles a city) SEE: ring road | :: |
| beluga {n} (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas) | :: beloega |
| bemock {v} (mock) SEE: mock | :: |
| bemuse {v} (to confuse or bewilder) | :: verbijsteren, verwarren, in de war brengen |
| bemused {adj} (perplexed and bewildered) | :: verward, in de war gebracht, verbijsterd |
| bemusement {n} (state of being bemused) | :: bezorgdheid |
| bename {v} (to give a name, call) | :: benamen, benoemen, namen, vernoemen |
| bench {n} (long seat) | :: bank {f}, zitbank {f} |
| bench {n} (sports: where players sit when not playing) | :: bank {f} |
| bench {v} (remove a player from play) | :: naar de zijlijn verwijzen |
| bench {v} (lift) | :: opdrukken |
| bench {n} (workbench) SEE: workbench | :: |
| benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool | :: |
| benchmark {n} (standard) | :: ijkpunt {n}, maatstaf |
| bend {v} (to cause to shape into a curve) | :: buigen, plooien |
| bend {v} (to become curved) | :: buigen, plooien |
| bend {v} (to change direction) | :: afbuigen, buigen, draaien, gaan |
| bend {v} (to force to submit) | :: onderwerpen |
| bend {v} (to tie a line) | :: knopen, bevestigen, vastmaken |
| bend {v} (to change the pitch) | :: buigen, corrigeren |
| bend {v} (to swing the body when rowing) | :: buigen |
| bend {n} (curve) | :: bocht {m} |
| bend {n} (knot) | :: verbindingsknoop {m} |
| bend {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) | :: schuinbalk {m} |
| bend down {v} (to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position) | :: bukken |
| bender {n} (device to help bending) | :: buigtang |
| bender {n} (slang: bout of heavy drinking) | :: boemelpartij, doorzakfeestje, zuippartij {f} |
| bender {n} (slang: homosexual man) | :: poot, nicht |
| bend over {v} (to bend one's upper body forward) | :: bukken |
| bend sinister {n} (diagonal band on coat of arms going from top right to bottom left) | :: schuinstreep sinister |
| bend someone's ear {v} (talk too long) | :: iemand de oren van het hoofd kletsen |
| beneath {adv} (below or underneath) | :: onder, beneden |
| beneath {prep} (below) | :: onder |
| beneath {prep} (to a lower position) | :: onder |
| beneath {prep} (concealed or covered up) | :: onder |
| Benedictine {n} (monk or nun) | :: benedictijn {m}, benedictijner {m} |
| Benedictine {n} (liqueur) | :: benedictine |
| Benedictine {adj} (of or pertaining to St. Benedict of Nursia) | :: benedictijns |
| benedictional {n} (book of benedictions) | :: benedictionale |
| benefactive case {n} (case used to indicate beneficiary) | :: benefactief {m} |
| beneficial {adj} (helpful or good to something or someone) | :: gunstig |
| beneficiary {n} (one who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate) | :: begunstigde {m} {f} |
| benefit {n} (advantage, help or aid) | :: voordeel {n}, idiomatic expression: ten voordele van, nut {n} |
| benefit {n} (payment, subsidy) | :: uitkering, subsidie {f} |
| benefit {n} (performance given to raise funds) | :: benefiet {m}, benefietconcert {n} |
| benefit of the doubt {n} (a favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence) | :: voordeel van de twijfel {n} |
| Benelux {prop} (an economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) | :: Benelux {m} |
| benevolence {n} (disposition to do good) | :: welwillendheid {f} |
| benevolent {adj} (having a disposition to do good) | :: welwillend, goedaardig |
| benevolent {adj} (possessing or manifesting love for mankind) | :: liefdadig |
| benevolent {adj} (altruistic or charitable) | :: altruïstisch |
| Bengal tiger {n} (Panthera tigris tigris) | :: Bengaalse tijger {m} |
| Benghazi {prop} (Benghazi, Libya) | :: Benghazi |
| benign {adj} (kind, gentle, mild) | :: goedaardig |
| Benin {prop} (country) | :: Benin |
| bent {adj} (folded) | :: gebogen |
| bent {adj} (Determined or insistent) | :: met de zinnen gezet op |
| bent {n} (inclination or talent) | :: aanleg {m} |
| bent {n} (predisposition) | :: aanleg {m} |
| bent {n} (area) SEE: grassland | :: |
| benthic {adj} (of the benthos on the seafloor) | :: benthonisch |
| bentsh {v} (to recite the Birkat Hamazon) | :: bensjen |
| benumb {v} (make numb) SEE: numb | :: |
| benumbed {adj} (Lacking sensation; numb) | :: gevoelloos |
| benumbed {adj} (Lacking emotion or interest; dulled) | :: versuft |
| benzene {n} (aromatic compound C6H6) | :: benzeen |
| benzene ring {n} (benzene ring) | :: benzeenring {m} |
| benzine {n} (benzene) SEE: benzene | :: |
| Benzion {prop} (given name) | :: Benzion |
| Beograd {prop} (Belgrade) SEE: Belgrade | :: |
| bepowder {v} (sprinkle or cover with powder) | :: poederen, bepoederen |
| be prepared {phrase} (motto) | :: weest paraat |
| bequeath {v} (to give or leave by will) | :: nalaten, overdragen, legateren |
| bequeath {v} (to hand down; to transmit) | :: doorgeven, overleveren |
| bequeath {v} (to give; to offer; to commit) | :: aanbieden |
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence | :: |
| Berber {adj} (of the Berber people) | :: Berbers |
| berceuse {n} (specific type of lullaby) | :: berceuse {f} |
| bereave {v} (To take away someone or something important or close) | :: beroven, ontnemen |
| bereavement {n} (The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death) | :: verlies, beroving, sterfgeval |
| beret {n} (type of brimless cap) | :: baret {f} |
| Bergen {prop} (city in Norway) | :: Bergen |
| bergshrund {n} (a large crack in a glacier) | :: gletsjerspleet {f} |
| beriberi {n} (pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B) | :: beriberi {m} {f}, rijstziekte |
| be right {v} (be correct in one's judgement or statement about something) | :: gelijk hebben |
| be right back {phrase} (indicate speaker will return in a moment) | :: ben zo terug |
| Bering Sea {prop} (sea) | :: Beringzee |
| berkelium {n} (transuranic chemical element) | :: berkelium {n} |
| Berlin {prop} (capital city of Germany) | :: Berlijn {n} |
| Berliner {n} (doughnut) | :: Berlinerbol |
| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin) | :: Berlijnse Muur {m} |
| berm {n} (strip of land between a street and sidewalk) | :: berm |
| Bermuda {prop} (island group) | :: Bermuda |
| Bermuda shorts {n} (a type of knee-high shorts) | :: bermudashort {m} |
| Bermuda Triangle {prop} (area in Atlantic Ocean) | :: Bermuda Driehoek |
| Bermudian {adj} (of, from or pertaining to Bermuda) | :: Bermudaans |
| Bermudian {adj} (personal legal status equivalent) | :: Bermudaans |
| Bermudian {n} (person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent) | :: Bermudaan {m} |
| Bern {prop} (city) | :: Bern |
| berry {n} (small fruit) | :: bes {f} |
| berserk {n} (a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy) | :: berserker {m} |
| berserk {adj} (injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control) | :: doorgedraaid, [slang] geflipt |
| berserker {n} (Norse warrior) SEE: berserk | :: |
| Bert {prop} (male given name) | :: Bert |
| berth {n} (bunk) | :: kooi {f} |
| berth {n} (space to moor) | :: ligplaats {f} |
| berth {v} (to bring a ship into berth) | :: aanmeren, aanleggen |
| beryllium {n} (chemical element) | :: beryllium {n} |
| beseech {v} (to beg) | :: bezweren, bidden, smeken |
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| beside {prep} (next to) | :: naast |
| beside {prep} (not relevant to) | :: naast |
| besides {prep} (in addition to) | :: naast |
| besides {prep} (other than; except for) | :: behalve |
| besides {adv} (also; in addition) | :: bovendien, daarenboven, daarbij |
| besides {adv} (moreover; furthermore) | :: daarnaast, bovendien, voorts |
| besides {adv} (otherwise; else) | :: behalve dat, daarnaast, daarbuiten |
| besiege {v} (to surround with armed forces) | :: belegeren |
| besiege {v} (to assail or ply) | :: belagen |
| be silent {v} (refrain from speaking) | :: zwijgen |
| besmirch {v} (make dirty) | :: besmeuren |
| besmirch {v} (tarnish; debase) | :: bekladden, bezoedelen |
| bespeak {v} ((transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss) | :: bespreken |
| bespectacled {adj} (wearing spectacles (glasses)) | :: bebrild |
| bespoke {adj} (individually or custom made) | :: op maat gemaakt |
| best {adj} (superlative of the adjective good) | :: best |
| best {v} (to beat) | :: slaan, overmeesteren, verslaan, overwinnen |
| bestiality {n} (sexual activity) | :: bestialiteit {f} |
| bestiary {n} (A medieval treatise of animals) | :: bestiarium {n} |
| best man {n} (primary attendant to the groom) | :: getuige voor de bruidegom |
| bestow {v} (to present a thing as a gift or honour) | :: toekennen, schenken |
| best regards {n} (polite closing of a letter) | :: met vriendelijke groeten |
| bestseller {n} (book or thing sold in large numbers) | :: bestseller {m}, succesboek |
| bet {n} (a wager) | :: weddenschap {f} |
| bet {n} (A degree of certainty) | :: waarschijnlijkheid {f} |
| bet {v} (to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event) | :: gokken, wedden |
| bet {v} (to be sure of something) | :: er op kunnen rekenen, er van op aan kunnen |
| beta {n} (letter of the Greek alphabet) | :: bèta {f} {m} |
| Betawi {n} (Indonesian ethnic group) | :: Betawi, Bataaf, Batavi {p} |
| betel {n} (either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut) | :: betel {f} |
| Betelgeuse {prop} (supergiant) | :: Betelgeuze |
| be that as it may {adv} (nevertheless) | :: hoe dan ook |
| Bethlehem {prop} (City) | :: Bethlehem |
| betony {n} (Stachys officinalis) | :: betonie |
| betray {v} (to deliver into the hands of an enemy) | :: verraden |
| betray {v} (to prove faithless or treacherous) | :: verraden |
| betray {v} (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret) | :: verraden |
| betray {v} (to disclose or discover) | :: verraden, onthullen, verspreken |
| betray {v} (to lead astray, as a maiden) | :: bedriegen |
| betray {v} (to show or to indicate) | :: verraden |
| betrayal {n} (treason) SEE: treason | :: |
| betrayer {n} (someone who betrays) | :: aanbrenger, aangever, judas, klikker, klikspaan, sycofant, verklikker, verlinker, verrader, versliegeraar |
| betrothal {n} (mutual promise) | :: verloving {f}, ondertrouw {m} |
| betrothed {n} (fiancé or fiancée) | :: verloofd |
| betrothment {n} (betrothal) SEE: betrothal | :: |
| better {adj} (comparative of the adjectives good or well) | :: beter |
| better {adv} (comparative form of the adverb well) | :: beter |
| better an egg today than a hen tomorrow {proverb} (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush) SEE: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | :: |
| better half {n} (spouse or lover) | :: betere helft |
| better late than never {adv} (it’s better to do something late, than to never do it at all) | :: beter laat dan nooit |
| between {prep} (in the position or interval that separates two things) | :: tussen |
| between {prep} (shared in confidence by) | :: onder ons gezegd en gezwegen |
| between {prep} (in transit from one to the other) | :: tussen |
| between {prep} (combined by effort or ownership) | :: onder |
| between {prep} (one of, representing a choice) | :: tussen |
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} (having the choice between two unpleasant options) | :: (kiezen) tussen pest en cholera ((choose) between plague and cholera) |
| betwixt {prep} (between, specifically between two things) | :: tussen |
| Beuren {prop} (surname) | :: Beuren |
| bevel {n} (An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle) | :: kartelen |
| beverage {n} (drink) | :: drankje {n}, drank |
| bevy {n} (large group of birds) | :: zwerm {m}, vlucht {f}, schare {f} |
| bevy {n} (large group or collection) | :: hoop {m}, troep {m}, schare {f} |
| bewail {v} (to wail over) | :: betreuren |
| beware of the dog {phrase} (beware of the dog) | :: pas op voor de hond |
| Bewick's swan {n} (Bewick's swan) | :: kleine zwaan |
| bewildered {adj} (confused) | :: verbijsterd |
| bewilderment {n} (state of being bewildered) | :: verbijstering |
| bewitch {v} (to cast a spell) | :: betoveren |
| be wrong {v} (have an incorrect belief, be mistaken) | :: mis hebben, zich vergissen |
| beyond {prep} (beyond) SEE: above | :: |
| beyond {n} (unknown) SEE: unknown | :: |
| beyond {prep} (further away than) | :: verder weg dan, voorbij |
| beyond {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| beyond the pale {prep} (behaviour) | :: over de grens |
| bezel {n} (the rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object) | :: vatting {f}, montuur |
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India | :: |
| Bhutan {prop} (Himalayan country) | :: Bhutan |
| bi {adj} (bisexual) | :: bi |
| bi- {prefix} (two-) | :: bi-, twee-, dubbel- |
| biannual {adj} (occurring every two years) SEE: biennial | :: |
| biannual {adj} (occurring twice a year; semi-annual) | :: halfjaarlijks |
| biarchy {n} (rule by 2 people) SEE: diarchy | :: |
| bias {n} (inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality) | :: neiging, vooroordeel {n}, vooringenomenheid {f} |
| bias {n} (electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device) | :: voorspanning {f}, voormagnetisatie {f} of a magnetic tape |
| biased {adj} (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) | :: partijdig |
| biathlon {n} (winter sport) | :: biatlon {m} |
| bib {n} (item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating) | :: slabbetje |
| bib {n} (upper part of an apron or overalls) | :: borstje, salopette |
| bibimbap {n} (Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang) | :: bibimbap |
| bible {n} (comprehensive manual) | :: bijbel |
| bible {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
| Bible {prop} (Jewish holy book) SEE: Tanakh | :: |
| Bible {prop} (Christian holy book) | :: bijbel {m}, Schrift {f} |
| Bible Belt {prop} (area where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant) | :: Bijbelgordel {m}, Bible Belt, refoband {m} |
| Bible Belt {prop} (area in the United States) | :: Bible Belt, Bijbelgordel {m} |
| biblical {adj} (of or relating to the Bible) | :: bijbels |
| biblical {adj} (in accordance with the teachings of the Bible) | :: bijbels |
| Biblical Hebrew {prop} (the archaic form of the Hebrew language, see also: Hebrew) | :: Bijbels Hebreeuws {n} |
| bibliometric {adj} (of or pertaining to bibliometrics) | :: bibliometrisch |
| bibliometrics {n} (analysis of texts) | :: bibliometrie {f} |
| bibliophage {n} (person who loves books) SEE: bookworm | :: |
| bibliophile {n} (person who loves books) | :: bibliofiel |
| bicameral {adj} (having two separate legislative chambers) | :: bikameraal, tweekamerhig |
| biceps {n} (any muscle having two heads) | :: biceps {m} |
| biceps {n} (the upper arm, especially the muscles) | :: armbuigspier {f}, biceps {m}, elleboogbuiger {m} |
| biceps {n} (biceps brachii) SEE: biceps brachii | :: |
| biceps brachii {n} (biceps brachii) | :: armbuigspier {f}, biceps {m}, elleboogbuiger {f} |
| bicker {v} (quarrel in a tiresome manner) | :: harrewarren, bekvechten, kibbelen |
| bickering {v} (present participle of bicker) | :: gekrakeel {n} |
| Bicol Peninsula {prop} (Bicol Peninsula) | :: Bicolschiereiland |
| bi-curious {adj} (Curious about one's bisexuality) | :: bischierig |
| bicycle {n} (vehicle) | :: fiets {m}, rijwiel {n} [usually a bicycle] |
| bicycle {n} | :: cyclo- [only used in compounds], rijwiel {n} [usually a bicycle] |
| bicycle {v} (to ride a bicycle) | :: fietsen, wielrennen [sport] |
| bicycle bridge {n} (type of bridge) | :: fietsbrug {f} {m} |
| bicycle path {n} (segregated path for the use of bicycles) | :: fietspad {n} |
| bicycle roundabout {n} (type of roundabout) | :: fietsrotonde {f} {m} |
| bicyclist {n} (rider of bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bid {v} (to issue a command) | :: gebieden, gelasten |
| bid {v} (to invite) | :: uitnodigen |
| bid {v} (to utter a greeting or salutation) | :: bidden |
| bid {v} (intransitive: to make an offer) | :: bieden |
| bid {v} (transitive: to offer as a price) | :: bieden |
| bid {n} (offer at an auction) | :: bod {n} |
| bidding price {n} (a price offered by a buyer/bidder) | :: verkoopprijs |
| bide one's time {v} (to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity) | :: de kans afwachten |
| bidet {n} (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) | :: bidet {m} {n} |
| bidirectional {adj} (moving in two directions) | :: bidirectioneel, tweerichtings- |
| bidirectional {adj} (operating in two directions) | :: bidirectioneel, tweerichtings- |
| bid price {n} (bidding price) SEE: bidding price | :: |
| biennial {adj} (happening every two years) | :: tweejaarlijks |
| bier {n} (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person) | :: baar {f}, lijkbaar {f} |
| bifurcation {n} (biology: division into two branches) | :: vertakking, tweedeling, splitsing {f} |
| bifurcation {n} (any place where one divides into two) | :: vertakking, bifurcatie, tweesprong |
| bifurcation {n} (either of the two resulting forks) | :: vertakking, tak |
| bifurcation {n} (act of bifurcating) | :: vertakking, aftakking |
| big {adj} (of a great size, see also: large) | :: groot, omvangrijk |
| big {adj} (adult) | :: volwassen |
| bigamist {n} (someone who practices bigamy) | :: bigamist {m} |
| Big Bad Wolf {n} (fictional evil wolf) | :: Grote Boze Wolf {m} |
| big bang {n} (explosion creating a universe) | :: oerknal {m} |
| Big Bang {prop} (cosmic event) | :: oerknal {m} |
| Big Crunch {prop} (hypothetic eventual collapse of the universe) | :: Eindkrak {m} |
| bigger {adj} (comparative of big) | :: groter |
| bighead carp {n} (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) | :: grootkopkarper {m} |
| bighorn sheep {n} (a North American wild sheep) | :: dikhoornschaap {n} |
| bight {n} (bend) | :: bocht |
| bight {n} (large bay) | :: bocht |
| bight {n} (curve) | :: lus |
| Big Mac {n} (burger) | :: Big Mac {m} |
| bigot {n} (translations to be checked) | :: fanaat {m}, fanate {f}, fanatiekeling {m}, onverdraagzame |
| bigoted {adj} (being a bigot) | :: onverdraagzaam, sectair |
| bigotedness {n} (bigotry) SEE: bigotry | :: |
| bigotry {n} (intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance) | :: bigotterie {f}, kwezelarij {f}, fanatisme {n} |
| big screen {n} (surface) | :: grote scherm {n} |
| big sister {n} (a sibling's older sister) SEE: older sister | :: |
| big spender {n} (one who makes large purchases) | :: patser |
| big toe {n} (largest of the toes of the foot of a human) | :: grote teen {m} |
| big wheel {n} (Ferris wheel) SEE: Ferris wheel | :: |
| bigwig {n} (A person of importance) | :: hoge ome, bobo |
| bijection {n} (function that is both a surjection and an injection) | :: bijectie {f} |
| bijective {adj} (both injective and surjective) | :: bijectief |
| bike {n} (bicycle) | :: fiets {m}, velo {m} [slang, Belgium] |
| bike {n} (motorcycle) | :: motorfiets, brommer |
| bike {v} (to ride a bike) | :: fietsen, wielrijden |
| bike {v} (to travel by bike) | :: toeren |
| bike path {n} (bicycle path) SEE: bicycle path | :: |
| biker {n} (person who rides a bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bikini {n} (bathing suit) | :: bikini |
| bilateral {adj} (having two sides) | :: tweezijdig |
| bilberry {n} (type of blueberry from the cowberry family, see also: blueberry) | :: bosbes {c} |
| bilberry {n} (the shrub of this plant) | :: bosbessenstruik |
| bile {n} (secretion produced by the liver) | :: gal {m} {f} |
| bilge {n} (rounded portion of a ship's hull) | :: pastoor {m} |
| bilge {n} (lowest inner part of a ship's hull) | :: kielruimte {f}, lensruimte {f}, buik {m} |
| bilgewater {n} (nautical: water which collects in the bilges of a ship) | :: kielwater {n}, ruimwater {n} |
| bilgewater {n} (slang: nonsense) | :: onzin {c}, flauwe kul {c} |
| bilingual {adj} (speaking two languages) | :: tweetalig |
| bilingual {adj} (written in two languages) | :: tweetalig |
| bilingual {n} (a person who is bilingual) | :: tweetalige |
| bilingualism {n} (condition of being bilingual) | :: tweetaligheid {f} |
| bilirubinuria {n} (medicine) | :: bilirubinurie |
| bill {n} (weapon of infantry) | :: hellebaard {m} {f} |
| bill {n} (bird's beak) | :: snavel {?}, bek {?} |
| bill {n} (draft of a law) | :: wetsontwerp {n} |
| bill {n} (advertisement) | :: plakaat {?} |
| bill {v} (to charge or enter in a bill) | :: in rekening brengen, factureren, rekenen |
| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote | :: |
| billet {v} (to lodge soldiers, or guests, in a private house) | :: inkwartieren |
| billet-doux {n} (love letter) SEE: love letter | :: |
| billeting {n} (The lodging of soldiers) | :: inkwartieren |
| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet | :: |
| billhook {n} (agricultural implement) | :: hiep {f}, snoeimes {n} |
| billiards {n} (a cue sport) | :: biljart {n} |
| billion {n} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard) | :: miljard {n} |
| billion {n} (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000, see also: trillion) | :: biljoen |
| billionaire {n} (wealth exceeding one billion (109)) | :: miljardair {m} |
| bill of exchange {n} (document demanding payment from another party) | :: wisselbrief {m} |
| bill of lading {n} (waybill for transport by boat) | :: cognossement {n}, beurtvaartadres {n} |
| billow {v} (to surge in billows) | :: deinen |
| billow {v} (to swell or bulge) | :: zwellen, doen bol staan |
| Billy {prop} (William) SEE: William | :: |
| billy goat {n} (male goat) | :: bok {m} |
| Billy Wix {prop} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl | :: |
| bilocation {n} (paranormal ability) | :: bilocatie {f} |
| bin {n} (container for rubbish) | :: vuilnisbak, afvalbak |
| bin {v} (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin) | :: dumpen, weggooien |
| binary {adj} (logic states) | :: binair, binaire |
| binary {adj} (using binary number system) | :: binair, binaire, tweetallig, tweetallige |
| binary {adj} (equal importance) | :: dubbel-(ster) -> binary star |
| binary {adj} (having two parts) | :: tweevoudig, tweevoudige |
| binary {n} (number system) | :: binariteit {f} |
| binary operator {n} (operator taking two operands) | :: binaire operator {m} |
| binary star {n} (stellar system in which two stars orbit their center of mass) | :: dubbelster {f} |
| binary star system {n} (binary star) SEE: binary star | :: |
| binary system {n} (astronomy: system of two celestial objects) SEE: binary star | :: |
| bind {v} (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.) | :: binden |
| bind {v} (transitive connect) | :: binden, verbinden, koppelen |
| binder {n} (a bookbinder) | :: boekbinder |
| binder {n} (cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.) | :: boekband |
| binder {n} (something that is used to bind things together) | :: bindsel, snoer |
| binder {n} (dossier) | :: dossier, map, folder |
| binder {n} (machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle) | :: schovenbinder |
| binder {n} (chemical etc. that causes other substances to form into one) | :: bindmiddel |
| binder {n} (down payment on a piece of real property) | :: voorschot |
| binding {adj} (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured) | :: bindend |
| bindle {n} (tramp's or itinerant's bundle) | :: knapzak |
| bindweed {n} (Convolvulaceae) | :: winde |
| bine {n} (climbing plant growing in a helix) | :: slingerplant {f} |
| binge {n} (short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol) | :: zuippartij |
| binge {n} | :: vreetbui {f} |
| binge drinking {n} (consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol) | :: comazuipen {n}, piekdrinken {n} |
| binge eating disorder {n} (medical disorder) | :: eetbuistoornis |
| binge watching {n} (The viewing of numerous episodes of a TV show) | :: comakijken |
| binge-watching {n} (watching multiple episodes of a TV programme in a short period of time) SEE: binge watching | :: |
| bingo {n} (game of chance) | :: bingo {n} |
| bingo {interj} (to claim a win in bingo) | :: bingo |
| bingo {interj} (when finding something) | :: bingo |
| binky {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| binnacle {n} ((nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass) | :: kompashuisje {n} |
| binoculars {n} (hand-held device for looking at a distance) | :: verrekijker {m} |
| binomial {adj} (consisting of two parts) | :: tweeterm |
| binomial nomenclature {n} (The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts) | :: binomiale nomenclatuur {f} |
| bio- {prefix} (life) | :: bio- |
| bioaccumulation {n} (the process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms) | :: bioaccumulatie {f} |
| biochemical {adj} (of or relating to biochemistry) | :: biochemisch |
| biochemist {n} (A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry) | :: biochemicus {m} |
| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism) | :: biochemie {f} |
| biodegradable {adj} (capable of being decomposed by biological activity) | :: biologisch afbreekbaar |
| biodiversity {n} (diversity of flora and fauna) | :: biodiversiteit {f} |
| biodynamic {adj} (Relating to agriculture according to Anthroposophic precepts) | :: biologisch-dynamisch |
| bioethics {n} (branch of ethics) | :: bio-ethiek {f} |
| biogas {n} (gas produced by organic waste matter, used as a fuel) | :: biogas {n} |
| biographer {n} (the writer of a biography) | :: biograaf {m} |
| biographic {adj} (biographical) SEE: biographical | :: |
| biographical {adj} (relating to an account of a person's life) | :: biografisch |
| biography {n} (personal life story) | :: biografie {f} |
| biohazard {n} (biological risk) | :: biologisch gevaar {n} |
| biologic {adj} (biological) SEE: biological | :: |
| biological {n} (of biology) | :: biologisch, biologische |
| biological {n} (consanguine) | :: biologisch, biologische |
| biological parent {n} (biological parent) | :: biologische ouder |
| biologist {n} (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) | :: bioloog {m}, biologe {f} |
| biology {n} (study of living matter) | :: biologie |
| biome {n} (biological community) | :: bioom {n} |
| biometric {adj} (of, pertaining to or using biometrics) | :: biometrisch |
| biomolecule {n} (molecules) | :: biomolecuul {n} |
| bionic {adj} (related to bionics) | :: bionisch |
| biophysical {adj} (relating to biophysics) | :: biofysisch |
| biophysicist {n} (a biologist or physicist whose speciality is biophysics) | :: biofysicus {m} |
| biophysics {n} (science) | :: biofysica {f} |
| biosphere {n} (part of Earth capable of supporting life) | :: biosfeer {m} {f} |
| biotite {n} (dark brown mica) | :: biotiet |
| biotope {n} (geographical area) | :: biotoop {n} |
| bioweapon {n} (weapon designed for use in biological warfare) | :: biologisch wapen {n}, biowapen {n} |
| biped {n} (a two-footed (or two-legged) animal) | :: tweevoeter {m} |
| biplane {n} (airplane that has two pairs of wings) | :: dubbeldekker {m} |
| bipod {n} (two-legged stand) | :: tweevoet |
| bipolar disorder {n} (psychiatric diagnostic category) | :: bipolaire stoornis |
| birch {n} (tree) | :: berk {m} |
| birchen {adj} (made of birch) | :: berken |
| birch sap {n} (the sap extracted from a birch tree) | :: birkesaft {m} |
| bird {n} (animal) | :: vogel {m} |
| bird {n} (woman) | :: griet {f} |
| bird dog {n} (tout) SEE: tout | :: |
| bird dog {n} (gun dog) SEE: gun dog | :: |
| birdie {n} (badminton: shuttlecock) SEE: shuttlecock | :: |
| birdie {n} (bird, birdling) | :: vogeltje |
| birdlike {adv} (in the manner of a bird) | :: vogelachtig |
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time | :: |
| bird of prey {n} (carnivorous bird) | :: roofvogel |
| birds and bees {n} (euphemistic: sexual activity) | :: de bloemetjes en de bijtjes {n-p} (the little flowers and bees) |
| Bird's Head {prop} (large peninsula) | :: Vogelkop |
| birds of a feather flock together {proverb} (people of similar character, etc. tend to associate) | :: soort zoekt soort |
| birds of the feather flock together {proverb} (birds of a feather flock together) SEE: birds of a feather flock together | :: |
| birdsong {n} (musical sound made by a bird) | :: vogelzang {m} |
| birdwatcher {n} (a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment) | :: vogelaar {m} |
| biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| birth {n} (process of childbearing; beginning of life) | :: geboorte {f} |
| birth {n} (instance of childbirth) | :: bevalling {f} |
| birth {n} (beginning or start; a point of origin) | :: geboorte {f} |
| birth {n} (circumstances of one's background) | :: afkomst {f} |
| birth {v} (to give birth (to)) | :: baren |
| birth certificate {n} (official document certifying the details of a person's birth) | :: geboorteakte {f}, geboortebewijs {n} |
| birthdate {n} (date of birth) SEE: date of birth | :: |
| birthday {n} (anniversary) | :: verjaardag {m} |
| birthday {n} (date of birth) | :: geboortedag {m}, geboortedatum {m} |
| birthday boy {n} (a male whose birthday it is) | :: Jarige Job, [but also applies to a birthday girl] jarige {m} |
| birthday cake {n} (a cake made to celebrate a birthday) | :: verjaardagstaart {f} {m}, verjaarstaart {f} {m} |
| birthday card {n} (greeting card) | :: verjaardagskaart {f} |
| birthday girl {n} (a female whose birthday it is) | :: Jarige Jet {f} |
| birthday party {n} (a party held to celebrate a birthday) | :: verjaardagsfeest {n}, verjaarsfeest {n} |
| birthday suit {n} (nakedness) | :: adamskostuum {n} |
| birth defect {n} (any of several medical disorders that are present at birth) | :: aangeboren afwijking {f} |
| birthmark {n} (a mark on the skin formed before birth) | :: moedervlek {f} |
| birthplace {n} (location where a person is born) | :: geboorteplaats {m} {f} |
| biscuit {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker) | :: biscuit {?}, koekje {?} |
| bisexual {adj} (sexually attracted to both men and women) | :: biseksueel |
| bisexual {adj} (botany: having both male and female organs) | :: tweeslachtig |
| bisexual {n} (bisexual person) | :: biseksueel {m} {f} |
| bisexual {adj} (hermaphrodite) SEE: hermaphrodite | :: |
| bisexuality {n} (psychology) | :: biseksualiteit {f} |
| Bishkek {prop} (capital of Kyrgyzstan) | :: Bischkek {n} |
| Bishnupriya Manipuri {prop} (language) | :: bishnupriya manipuri |
| bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations) | :: bisschop {m} |
| bishop {n} (chess piece) | :: loper {m} |
| bishopric {n} (diocese) | :: bisdom {n}, diocees {n}, diocese {f} |
| bishopric {n} (function of being bishop) | :: episcopaat {n} |
| bishop's pawn {n} (in chess) | :: loperpion {m} |
| Bislama {prop} (a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu) | :: Bislama {n} |
| bismuth {n} (chemical element) | :: bismut {n} |
| bismuthiferous {adj} (Containing or producing bismuth) | :: bismuthoudend |
| bison {n} (wild ox, Bison bonasus) | :: Europese bizon {m}, wisent {m} |
| bison {n} (North American animal, Bison bison) | :: Amerikaanse bizon {m} |
| bisphenol A {n} (4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2-diphenylpropane) | :: bisfenol A |
| bissextile {n} (leap year) SEE: leap year | :: |
| bissextile year {n} (year with an extra day) SEE: leap year | :: |
| bistratified {adj} (composed of two layers) | :: tweelagig |
| bistro {n} (small restaurant) | :: eetcafé {n}, bistro |
| bisyllabic {adj} (comprising two syllables) SEE: disyllabic | :: |
| bit {n} (metal in horse's mouth) | :: bit {n} |
| bit {n} (rotary cutting tool) | :: boortje {n}, bit {m} |
| bit {n} (small amount of something, see also: a little) | :: beetje, hapje (of food) |
| bit {n} (portion) | :: stuk {n} |
| bit {n} (math: binary digit) | :: bit {m} |
| bit {n} (computing smallest unit of storage) | :: bit {m} |
| bit {n} (datum that may take on one of exactly two values) | :: bit {m} |
| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin | :: |
| bit by bit {adv} (small amount at a time) | :: beetje bij beetje |
| bitch {n} (female canine) | :: teef {f}, wolvin [wolf], wijfjesvos [fox] |
| bitch {n} (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) | :: teef {f}, bitch {f}, trut {f}, kankerwijf {f}, kutwijf {f}, rotwijf {f}, kreng {n} |
| bitch {n} (submissive person) | :: bitch {m}, bitch {f} |
| bitch {v} (complain (about something) spitefully) | :: kankeren |
| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint | :: |
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog | :: |
| bitch out {v} (to complain) SEE: bitch | :: |
| bite {v} (to cut into by clamping the teeth) | :: bijten |
| bite {v} (to attack with the teeth) | :: bijten |
| bite {v} (to bite a baited hook or other lure) | :: bijten |
| bite {n} (act of biting) | :: bijten {n} |
| bite {n} (wound left behind after having been bitten) | :: beet {m} |
| bite {n} (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) | :: beet {m} |
| bite {n} (mouthful) | :: hap {m} |
| bite off more than one can chew {v} (To try to do too much) | :: te veel hooi op de vork nemen |
| bite the bullet {v} (endure punishment with dignity or accept a negative aspect of a situation) | :: door de zure appel (heen) bijten [bite into the sour apple] |
| bite the dust {v} (to die) | :: in het zand bijten |
| bitmap {n} (a series of bits) | :: rasterafbeelding {f}, bitmap {m} {f} |
| Bitola {prop} (city) | :: Bitola |
| bitter {adj} (having an acrid taste) | :: bitter |
| bitter {adj} (harsh, piercing or stinging) | :: scherp |
| bitter {adj} (hateful or hostile) | :: bitter |
| bitter {adj} (cynical and resentful) | :: verbitterd |
| bittern {n} (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae) | :: roerdomp {m} |
| bitter orange {n} (fruit) | :: zure sinaasappel {m}, bittersinaasappel {m}, pomerans {f} |
| bitterroot {n} (Lewisia rediviva) | :: bitterkruid {n} |
| bittersweet {adj} (both bitter and sweet) | :: bitterzoet |
| bittersweet {adj} (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure) | :: bitterzoet |
| bittersweet {n} (the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara) | :: bitterzoet |
| bitumen {n} (Mineral pitch) | :: aardpek {m} {n}, bitumen {n} |
| bivouac {n} (encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering) | :: bivak {n} |
| bivouac {v} (to set up camp) | :: bivakkeren |
| biweekly {adj} (occurring every two weeks) | :: om de week |
| biweekly {adj} (occurring twice a week) | :: tweemaal per week |
| bizarre {adj} (strangely unconventional) | :: bizar |
| bizbabble {n} (verbiage of business executives) | :: bedrijfslingo {n} |
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip | :: |
| blabbermouth {n} (chatterbox) SEE: chatterbox | :: |
| black {v} (to blacken) SEE: blacken | :: |
| black {adj} (absorbing all light) | :: zwart |
| black {adj} (without light) | :: donker |
| black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin) | :: neger {m}, negerin {f} [sometimes offensive] |
| black {adj} (of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener) | :: zwart |
| black {n} (colour/color) | :: zwart |
| black {n} (dark-skinned person) | :: zwarte {m} |
| black {n} | :: zwartje {n} [negative connotation], neger {m}, negerin {f} |
| black alder {n} (Alnus glutinosa tree) | :: zwarte els {m} |
| blackamoor {n} (person with dark skin (degrading)) | :: nikker |
| black and blue {adj} (covered in bruises) | :: bont en blauw |
| black antshrike {n} (bird) | :: zwarte mierklauwier |
| black-arched moth {n} (species of moth) | :: nonvlinder |
| black-backed jackal {n} (Canis mesomelas) | :: zadeljakhals {m}, zwartrugjakhals {m} |
| black-bellied plover {n} (An arctic bird) | :: zilverplevier |
| blackberry {n} (shrub) | :: braamstruik {m} |
| blackberry {n} (fruit) | :: braam {m} {f}, braambes {m} {f} |
| blackberry winter {n} (period of cold weather around March, April or May) | :: ijsheiligen [in May] |
| blackbird {n} (Turdus merula: blackbird) | :: merel {m} |
| blackboard {n} (a surface that can be written upon with chalk) | :: schoolbord {n}, bord {n} |
| black box {n} (recorders in an aircraft) | :: zwarte doos {f} |
| black cat {n} (Martes pennanti) SEE: fisher | :: |
| black cat {n} (black-furred cat) | :: zwarte kat {m} {f} |
| black child {n} (black child, see also: pickaninny) | :: negerkind {n} |
| black-crested antshrike {n} (bird) | :: Zwartkuif-mierklauwier |
| black-crowned night heron {n} (Nycticorax nycticorax) | :: kwak {m} |
| black currant {n} (berry) | :: zwarte bes {f} |
| Black Death {prop} (14th century pandemic outbreak) | :: Zwarte Dood {m} |
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder | :: |
| blacken {v} (defame, sully) | :: zwartmaken |
| black eye {n} (bruised eye) | :: blauw oog {n} |
| black-footed cat {n} (Felis nigripes) | :: zwartvoetkat |
| Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range) | :: Zwarte Woud {n} |
| Black Forest gâteau {n} (type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany) | :: Zwarte Woudtaart {m} {f}, Schwarzwalder kersentaart {m} {f} |
| black francolin {n} (Francolinus francolinus) | :: zwarte frankolijn |
| black gold {n} (petroleum) | :: zwart goud |
| black goose {n} (goose of the genus Branta) SEE: brant | :: |
| black grouse {n} (Lyrurus tetrix) | :: korhoen {n} |
| blackguard {n} (scoundrel) SEE: scoundrel | :: |
| black guillemot {n} (black guillemot) | :: zwarte zeekoet |
| blackhead {n} (skin blemish) | :: mee-eter {m} |
| black-headed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) | :: kokmeeuw {f} |
| black hellebore {n} (Helleborus niger) | :: kerstroos {m} {f} |
| black hole {n} (celestial body) | :: zwart gat {n} |
| black-hooded antshrike {n} (passerine bird) | :: zwartkap-mierklauwier |
| black ice {n} (invisible film of ice) | :: ijzel {m} |
| blacking {n} (shoe polish) SEE: shoe polish | :: |
| blackish-gray antshrike {n} (passerine bird) | :: zwartgrijze mierklauwier |
| blackjack {n} (card game) | :: eenentwintigen {n} |
| blackjack {n} (flag) | :: piratenvlag {c} |
| black kite {n} (species of kite) | :: zwarte wouw |
| black lead {n} (graphite) SEE: graphite | :: |
| blackleg {n} (strikebreaker) SEE: strikebreaker | :: |
| Black Legend {prop} (the depiction of Spain as cruel, greedy and fanatical) | :: Zwarte Legende {f} |
| black-legged kittiwake {n} (Rissa tridactyla) | :: drieteenmeeuw {f} |
| blacklist {n} (list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned) | :: zwarte lijst {f} |
| black magic {n} (magic derived from evil forces) | :: zwarte magie {f} |
| blackmail {n} (extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure) | :: afpersing {f} |
| blackmail {v} (to extort money) | :: chanteren |
| black market {n} (trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls) | :: zwarte markt |
| black mulberry {n} (tree) | :: zwarte moerbei {m} |
| black mulberry {n} (fruit) | :: moerbei, moerbes |
| black-necked grebe {n} (black-necked grebe) | :: geoorde fuut |
| black nightshade {n} (Solanum nigrum) | :: zwarte nachtschade |
| black out {v} (lose consciousness) | :: flauwvallen |
| black out {v} (make dark) | :: verduisteren |
| blackout {n} (a temporary loss of consciousness) | :: bewustzijnsverlies |
| blackout {n} (a temporary loss of memory) | :: geheugenverlies, geheugengat, zwart gat |
| blackout {n} (a large-scale power failure) | :: stroomstoring {f} |
| blackout {n} (the mandatory blinding of all light) | :: verduistering |
| blackout curtain {n} (A current which blocks light) | :: verduisterend gordijn |
| black pepper {n} (spice) | :: zwarte peper {m} |
| Black Peter {prop} (Black Peter) | :: Zwarte Piet |
| black rhinoceros {n} (Diceros bicornis) | :: zwarte neushoorn |
| black salsify {n} (Scorzonera hispanica) | :: grote schorseneer |
| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor) | :: Zwarte Zee {f} |
| black sheep {n} (nonconformist) | :: zwart schaap {n} |
| blackshirt {n} (member of a fascist party) SEE: fascist | :: |
| blackshirt {n} (uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party) | :: zwarthemd {n} |
| black skimmer {n} (bird) | :: zwarte schaarbek |
| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith) | :: smid {m}; hoefsmid {m} |
| black stork {n} (Ciconia nigra) | :: zwarte ooievaar {m} |
| black tern {n} (black tern) | :: zwarte stern |
| blackthorn {n} (Prunus spinosa) | :: sleedoorn |
| blackthorn winter {n} (blackberry winter) SEE: blackberry winter | :: |
| black-throated antshrike {n} (passerine bird) | :: zwartkeel-mierklauwier |
| black-throated diver {n} (Gavia arctica) | :: parelduiker {m} |
| black-throated loon {n} (black-throated diver) SEE: black-throated diver | :: |
| black vulture {n} (Coragyps atratus) | :: monniksgier {m} |
| black vulture {n} (Aegypius monachus) SEE: Eurasian black vulture | :: |
| blackwater {n} (contaminated waste water) | :: zwart water {n}, zwartwater {n} |
| black widow {n} (species of venomous spider) | :: zwarte weduwe {f} |
| black widow {n} (a murderous woman) | :: zwarte weduwe {f} |
| black-winged pratincole {n} (Glareola nordmanni) | :: steppevorkstaartplevier |
| black woodpecker {n} (Dryocopus martius) | :: zwarte specht {m} |
| bladder {n} (flexible sac in zoology) | :: blaas {f} |
| bladder {n} (urinary bladder) SEE: urinary bladder | :: |
| bladder cancer {n} (disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder) | :: blaaskanker {m} |
| blade {n} (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil) | :: blad {n} |
| blade {n} (thin plate, foil) | :: folie {m}, plaat {f} |
| blade {n} (the flat part of a leaf or petal) | :: blad {n} |
| blade {n} (part of a propeller) | :: blad {n} |
| blade of grass {n} (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) | :: grashalm {m} |
| Blagoevgrad {prop} (town in Bulgaria) | :: Blagoëvgrad {n} |
| blah blah blah {interj} (a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content) | :: blablabla |
| Blaise {prop} (male given name) | :: Blasius {m} |
| blame {n} (state of having caused a bad event) | :: schuld {f} |
| blame {v} (place blame upon) | :: beschuldigen, verwijten, wijten |
| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility | :: |
| blameworthy {adj} (deserving blame of censure) | :: afkeurenswaardig |
| blanch {v} (to grow or become white) | :: verbleken |
| blanch {v} (to make white) | :: bleken, witten |
| blanch {v} (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) | :: blancheren |
| Blanche {prop} (female given name) | :: Blanca |
| bland {adj} (Mild; dull; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave) | :: mild, zacht |
| bland {adj} (Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating) | :: mild, zacht |
| bland {adj} (Lacking in taste or vigor) | :: smaakloos, flauw |
| blandish {v} (to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole) | :: vleien |
| blandish {v} (to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up) | :: vleien |
| blank {n} (space character) | :: spatie |
| blank {n} (simulation cartridge) | :: losse flodder |
| blanket {n} (fabric) | :: deken {m} {f} |
| blanket {adj} (covering or encompassing everything) | :: allesomvattend |
| blanket {v} (to cover) | :: bedekken |
| blanket term {n} (word or phrase used to describe multiple groups of related things) SEE: umbrella term | :: |
| blaspheme {v} (to speak against God or religious doctrine) | :: God lasteren |
| blasphemer {n} (One who commits blasphemy) | :: godslasteraar {m}, heiligschenner {m} |
| blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred) | :: godslastering {f}, blasfemie {f} |
| blast {n} (violent gust of wind) | :: windstoot, rukwind |
| blast {n} (explosion) | :: ontploffing |
| blastoderm {n} (point from which the embryo develops) | :: blastoderm |
| blatant {adj} (bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous) | :: schaamteloos, openlijk, klinkklaar |
| blay {n} (bleak) SEE: bleak | :: |
| blaze {n} (fast-burning fire) | :: vuur, vlam, vlammenzee |
| blazer {n} (a jacket) | :: blazer |
| blazon {n} (a description of a coat of arms) | :: blazoen {n} |
| bleach {v} (to treat with bleach) | :: bleken |
| bleach {n} (chemical) | :: bleekwater {n}, Javel {m}, bleek {c} |
| bleacher {n} (seating for spectators) | :: tribune |
| bleak {adj} (without color) | :: bleek, kleurloos |
| bleak {adj} (desolate and exposed) | :: desolaat, guur |
| bleak {adj} (cheerless) | :: vreugdeloos |
| bleak {n} (small European river fish) | :: bliek {m} |
| bleat {n} (cry of a sheep or a goat) | :: geblaat {n} |
| bleat {v} (to make the cry of a sheep or goat) | :: blaten, blèren |
| bleed {v} (lose blood) | :: bloeden |
| bleed {n} (incident of bleeding) | :: bloeding |
| bleed {n} (edge around layout) | :: afloop |
| bleeding {n} (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) | :: bloeding {f} |
| bleed out {v} (die due to excess bloodloss) | :: doodbloeden |
| bleep censor {n} (software module) | :: piepsignaal censor |
| blend {n} (in linguistics) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
| blepharitis {n} (inflammation of the eyelid) | :: blefaritis |
| bless {v} (confer blessing on) | :: zegenen |
| blessed {adj} (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) | :: gezegend |
| blessed {adj} (In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person) | :: zalig |
| blessing {n} (divine or supernatural aid or reward) | :: zegen {f} |
| blessing {n} (pronouncement invoking divine aid) | :: (in)zegening {f} |
| blessing {n} (good fortune) | :: zegen {f} |
| blessing {n} ((paganism) modern pagan ceremony) | :: zegening {f} |
| blessing {n} (act of declaring, seeking or bestowing favor) | :: zegenen {n} |
| blessing {n} (prayer before a meal) SEE: grace | :: |
| blessing in disguise {n} (A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best) | :: een verhulde zegen |
| bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed) | :: gezondheid! [formal], proost! [informal] |
| bless you {interj} (short for "God bless you") SEE: God bless you | :: |
| bleuatre {adj} (bluish) SEE: bluish | :: |
| blimey {interj} (used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.) | :: amai, verdraaid |
| blimp {n} (airship) | :: blimp, [colloquially] zeppelin {m} |
| blimp {v} (become fat) | :: opblazen, verdikken |
| blind {adj} (unable to see) | :: blind |
| blind {n} (covering for a window) | :: blind {n} |
| blind {v} (make temporarily or permanently blind) | :: verblinden, blenden |
| blind alley {n} (street that leads nowhere) SEE: dead end | :: |
| blindfold {n} (a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes) | :: blinddoek |
| blindingly {adv} (extremely) SEE: extremely | :: |
| blindly {adv} | :: blindelings |
| blind man's buff {n} (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) | :: blindemannetje {n} |
| blindness {n} (condition of being blind) | :: blindheid {f} |
| blind spot {n} (part of the road that cannot be seen) | :: blinde vlek |
| blind tiger {n} (drug joint) | :: drugtent |
| blindworm {n} (slowworm) SEE: slowworm | :: |
| blink {v} (to close and reopen both eyes quickly) | :: knipperen |
| blink {v} (to flash headlights) | :: flitsen |
| blinker {n} (eye shield) | :: oogklep {f} |
| blinkered {adj} (having tunnel vision (figurative)) | :: met oogkleppen, kortzichtig |
| bliss {n} (perfect happiness) | :: gelukzaligheid {f}, verrukking {f} |
| blister {n} (bubble on the skin) | :: blaar, blein {f}, blister {m}, blaasje {n} |
| blister {v} (cause blisters to form) | :: blaren trekken |
| blithe {adj} (happy, cheerful) | :: blij |
| blithe {adj} (indifferent, careless, showing a lack of concern) | :: onverschillig |
| blithely {adv} (without care, concern, or consideration) | :: zorgeloos |
| blitz chess {n} (form of chess) | :: snelschaak |
| blitzkrieg {n} (fast military offensive) | :: bliksemoorlog {m}, blitzkrieg {m} |
| blizzard {n} (severe snowstorm) | :: sneeuwjacht {m} {f} |
| bloat {v} (to cause to become distended) | :: zwellen, uitdeinen, |
| bloat {v} (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc) | :: opblazen, volpompen, |
| bloat {v} (to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking) | :: pekelen |
| bloated {adj} (swollen with fluid or gas) | :: opgeblazen |
| bloated {adj} (excessively or extremely large or wealthy) | :: gigantisch, zeer vermogend |
| bloated {adj} (slightly salted and lightly smoked) | :: gerookt |
| block {n} (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) | :: blok {n} |
| block {n} (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) | :: blok {n} |
| block {n} (group of buildings demarcated by streets) | :: blok {n} |
| block {n} (distance from one street to another) | :: blok {n}, straat {m} {f} |
| block {n} (slang: human head) | :: kop {m} |
| block {n} (set of paper sheets) | :: blok {n} |
| block {n} (something that prevents passing) | :: verstopping {f} |
| block {v} (to fill, making it impossible to pass) | :: verstoppen |
| block {v} (to prevent passing) | :: versperren, blokkeren |
| block {v} (to prevent an action) | :: tegenhouden, verhinderen |
| block {v} (to impede opponent) | :: verhinderen, tegenhouden |
| block {n} (stupid fellow) SEE: blockhead | :: |
| block {n} (solitary confinement) SEE: solitary confinement | :: |
| blockade {n} (the isolation of something) | :: blokkade {f} |
| blockbuster {n} (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales) | :: kaskraker {m} |
| blockhead {n} (stupid person) | :: stomkop {m} {f}, domkop {m} {f} |
| block of flats {n} (apartment building) SEE: apartment building | :: |
| Bloemen {prop} | :: Bloemen |
| Bloemfontein {prop} (city) | :: Bloemfontein {n} |
| blog {n} (a personal or corporate website) | :: blog {m} |
| blond {adj} (of a pale golden colour) | :: blond |
| blond {adj} (having blond hair) | :: blond |
| blond {n} (a pale yellowish color) | :: blond [hair colour] |
| blond {n} (fair-haired person) | :: blond, blondine |
| blonde {n} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blonde {adj} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blood {v} (to cause to be covered with blood) | :: bloeden |
| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies) | :: bloed {n} |
| blood bank {n} (place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored) | :: bloedbank {c} |
| bloodbath {n} (indiscriminate killing or slaughter) | :: bloedbad |
| blood blister {n} (blister filled with blood) | :: bloedblaar {f} |
| blood brother {n} (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) | :: bloedbroeder {m} |
| blood cell {n} (any of the cells normally found in the blood) | :: bloedcel {m} {f} |
| blood clot {n} | :: trombose {f} |
| blood corpuscle {n} (blood cell) SEE: blood cell | :: |
| blood count {n} (type of blood test) | :: bloedbeeld {n} |
| blood diamond {n} (1. a diamond that has been mined in a war zone and sold in order to finance the conflict) | :: bloeddiamant {m}, conflictdiamant {m} |
| blood donor {n} (person who donates blood) | :: bloeddonor |
| blood feud {n} (feud between clans or families) SEE: vendetta | :: |
| blood group {n} (blood type) SEE: blood type | :: |
| bloodhound {n} (dog) | :: bloedhond {m} |
| bloodletting {n} (ancient medical practice) | :: aderlating {c} |
| blood libel {n} (accusation that Jews murder children) | :: bloedlaster {m}, bloedsprookje {n} |
| bloodlust {n} (the desire for bloodshed) | :: bloedlust {n} |
| blood money {n} (money paid to the family of someone killed) SEE: wergeld | :: |
| blood orange {n} (type of orange) | :: bloedsinaasappel {f}, bloedappelsien {f} |
| blood plasma {n} (clear fluid portion of blood) | :: bloedplasma {n} |
| blood poisoning {n} (presence of micro-organisms in bloodstream) | :: bloedvergiftiging {f} |
| blood pressure {n} (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) | :: bloeddruk {m} |
| blood pudding {n} (blood sausage) SEE: blood sausage | :: |
| blood red {adj} (of a deep vivid red colour) | :: bloedrood |
| blood sausage {n} (type of sausage) | :: bloedworst {f} {m} |
| bloodshed {n} (shedding or spilling of blood) | :: bloedbad {n}, bloedvergieten {n} |
| bloodshed {n} (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter) | :: bloedbad {n}, bloedvergieten {n}, slachting |
| bloodshed {n} (shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ) | :: bloedoffer {n} |
| blood sport {n} (sport involving the killing of animals) | :: kwelspel {n} |
| bloodstream {n} (flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal) | :: bloedbaan {f} |
| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (parasite) SEE: parasite | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (animal that drinks the blood of others) | :: bloedzuiger {m}, bloeddrinker {m} |
| bloodsucker {n} (one who attempts to take as much from others as possible) | :: vampier {m}, bloeddrinker {m} |
| blood, sweat and tears {n} (person's determination and hard work) | :: bloed, zweet en tranen |
| blood test {n} (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood) | :: bloedonderzoek |
| bloodthirsty {adj} (thirsty for blood) | :: bloeddorstig, bloeddorstige |
| blood type {n} (blood classification) | :: bloedgroep {f} |
| blood vessel {n} (component of the circulatory system that carries blood) | :: bloedvat {n}, ader {f} |
| blood work {n} (blood test) SEE: blood test | :: |
| bloody {adj} (covered in blood) | :: bloederig, bloederige |
| bloody {adj} (characterised by great bloodshed) | :: bloederig, bloederige |
| bloody {adj} (intensifier) | :: (only with idiot) stomme |
| bloody {adv} (intensifier) | :: verdomd |
| bloody hell {interj} (expression of dismay) | :: allemachtig |
| bloody mary {n} (cocktail made from vodka and tomato juice) | :: bloody mary |
| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower | :: |
| bloom {n} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {v} (open its blooms) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {n} (delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves) | :: rijp, waas {n} |
| blooming {adj} (opening in blossoms) | :: bloeiend, bloeiende |
| blooming {adj} (thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour) | :: bloeiend, bloeiende |
| blossom {n} (flowers on trees) | :: bloesem {m} |
| blossom {n} (state or season for such flowers) | :: bloesemtijd {m}, bloeitijd {m}, bloei {m} |
| blossom {v} (have or open into blossoms) | :: bloeien, bloesemen |
| blot {n} (blemish, spot or stain) | :: vlek |
| blot {n} (stain on someone's reputation or character) | :: schandvlek |
| blotter {n} (piece of blotting paper) SEE: blotting paper | :: |
| blotting paper {n} (absorbent paper used to dry ink) | :: vloeipapier |
| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| blouse {n} (an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt) | :: blouse, bloes |
| bloviate {v} (to speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner) | :: oreren |
| blow {v} (to produce an air current) | :: blazen, waaien |
| blow {v} (to propel by an air current) | :: blazen |
| blow {v} (to create or shape by blowing) | :: blazen |
| blow {v} ((of a cetacean) exhale visibly through the spout the seawater) | :: spuiten |
| blow {v} (to explode) | :: springen, ontploffen |
| blow {v} (to squander) | :: doorjagen |
| blow {v} (to fellate) | :: pijpen |
| blow {n} (act of striking or hitting) | :: slag {m} |
| blow {n} (damaging occurrence) | :: slag {m}, tegenslag {m} |
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow | :: |
| blow {v} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| blow-dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer | :: |
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| blowfish {n} (any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe) | :: kogelvis {m} |
| blowfly {n} (flies of the family Calliphoridae) | :: bromvlieg {f}, aasvlieg {f} |
| blowgun {n} (weapon) | :: blaasroer {n}, blaaspijp |
| blowhard {n} (person who talks too much or too loudly) | :: kletsmajoor {m}, blaaskaak {m} |
| blowhole {n} (unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product) | :: gietblaas, gietgal |
| blowjob {n} (the act of fellatio) | :: pijpbeurt |
| blow off steam {v} (to vent to relieve stress) | :: stoom afblazen |
| blow one's nose {v} (to expel mucus from nose) | :: neus snuiten |
| blowpipe {n} (weapon) SEE: blowgun | :: |
| blowtorch {n} (tool) | :: soldeerlamp {m} {f} |
| bludgeon {n} (short heavy club) | :: knuppel {m} |
| bludgeon {v} (to club, hit with a bludgeon) | :: neerknuppelen |
| bludgeon {v} (to force upon) | :: afdwingen |
| blue {adj} (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue) | :: blauw |
| blue {adj} (depressed) | :: teneergeslagen, depressief |
| blue {n} (colour) | :: blauw {n} |
| blue {n} (blue pigment) | :: blauw {n} |
| blue {n} (blue clothing) | :: blauw {n} |
| blue {n} (butterfly of the subfamily Polyommatinae) | :: blauwtje {n} |
| blue {n} (argument) SEE: argument | :: |
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky | :: |
| Bluebeard {prop} (the famous fairy tale) | :: Blauwbaard |
| Bluebeard {prop} (the title character) | :: Blauwbaard |
| bluebell {n} (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) | :: wilde hyacint |
| bluebell {n} (harebell) | :: grasklokje {n} |
| blueberry {n} (fruit) | :: blauwe bosbes {m} |
| blue blood {n} (noble or aristocratic ancestry) | :: adellijk, blauw bloed |
| bluebottle {n} (cornflower) SEE: cornflower | :: |
| blue cheese {n} (kind of cheese with bluish mold) | :: blauwschimmelkaas {m} |
| blue-eyed {adj} (having blue eyes) | :: blauwogig |
| blue green {adj} (colour/color) | :: appelblauwzeegroen |
| blue-green alga {n} (member of cyanobacteria) | :: blauwalg |
| blue jay {n} (species of North American jay) | :: blauwe gaai {m} |
| blueprint {n} (cyanotype reproduction process) | :: cyanotypie |
| blueprint {n} (print produced by this process) | :: blauwdruk {m} |
| blueprint {n} (any detailed technical drawing) | :: [technisch] plan |
| blueprint {n} (any detailed plan of action) | :: plan |
| blue screen of death {n} (screen indicating a system error) | :: blauw scherm des dood |
| blueshift {n} (change in wavelength) | :: blauwverschuiving {f} |
| bluestocking {n} (scholarly, literary, or cultured woman) | :: blauwkous {f} |
| bluestone {n} (slate) SEE: slate | :: |
| bluestone {n} (limestone) SEE: limestone | :: |
| bluestone {n} (basalt) SEE: basalt | :: |
| bluethroat {n} (bird) | :: blauwborst {m} |
| blue tit {n} (Cyanistes caeruleus) | :: pimpelmees {f} |
| bluetongue {n} (disease of ruminants) | :: blauwtong |
| Bluetooth {prop} (nickname of a Danish king) | :: Blauwtand {m} |
| Bluetooth {prop} (personal area wireless network) | :: Bluetooth {n} |
| blue whale {n} (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) | :: blauwe vinvis |
| blue wildebeest {n} (Connochaetes taurinus) | :: blauwe gnoe {m} |
| blue-winged grasshopper {n} (Oedipoda caerulescens) | :: blauwvleugelsprinkhaan {m} |
| blue-winged kookaburra {n} (Dacelo leachii) | :: blauwvleugelkookaburra |
| bluff {n} (act of bluffing) | :: bluffen |
| bluff {v} (to make a bluff) | :: bluffen |
| bluff {n} (high, steep bank) | :: klip {f}, klip {f} |
| bluish {adj} (somewhat blue in color) | :: blauwig |
| blunder {n} (mistake) | :: blunder {m} |
| blunder {v} (To make a stupid mistake) | :: blunderen, een flater slaan, een bok schieten, miskleunen |
| blunderbuss {n} (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle) | :: donderbus |
| blunt {adj} (having a thick edge or point, not sharp) | :: stomp, bot |
| blur {v} (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim) | :: vervagen |
| blur {v} (smear, stain or smudge) | :: bevlekken, bekladden, bezoedelen |
| blur {v} (become indistinct) | :: vervagen |
| blur {n} (A smear, smudge or blot) | :: vlekje, smet, veeg |
| blur {n} (Something that appears hazy or indistinct) | :: onduidelijke plek, nevelig beeld |
| blurb {n} (a short description of a book, film, or other work) | :: flaptekst |
| blurred {adj} (Out of focus) | :: wazig, onscherp |
| blurry {adj} (not clear, crisp, or focused) | :: wazig |
| blurt {v} (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) | :: uitflappen |
| blurt out {v} (blurt) SEE: blurt | :: |
| blush {v} (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment) | :: blozen |
| bluster {n} (pompous, officious talk) | :: gebral {n} |
| bluster {n} (fitful noise and violence) | :: bulder {m}, gebulder {n} |
| blustery {adj} (blowing in loud and abrupt bursts) | :: luidruchtig, rumoerig |
| blutwurst {n} (blood sausage) | :: bloedworst, pens |
| B major {n} (the major key with B as its tonic) | :: B-majeur, B-groot |
| B major {n} (the major chord with a root of B) | :: B-majeur, B-groot |
| B minor {n} (the minor key with B as its tonic) | :: b-mineur, b-klein |
| B minor {n} (the minor chord with a root of B) | :: b-mineur, b-klein |
| boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar | :: |
| boar {n} (male pig) | :: beer, mannetjesvarken |
| board {n} (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material) | :: plank {f} |
| board {n} (device containing electrical switches) | :: paneel {n}, bord {n}, controlebord {n} |
| board {n} (short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.) | :: bord {n} |
| board {n} (managing committee) | :: raad {m} |
| board {n} (regular meals or amount paid for them in a place of lodging) | :: logement {n} |
| board {v} (to step or climb onto) | :: aan boord gaan, opstappen, instappen |
| board {v} (to provide someone with meals and lodging) | :: logies verschaffen |
| board {v} (to receive meals and lodging in exchange for money) | :: logeren |
| board {v} (nautical: to capture an enemy ship) | :: enteren |
| board and lodging {n} (lodging with daily meals) | :: kost en inwoning |
| boarder {n} (pupil who lives at school during term) | :: kostleerling {m} |
| boarder {n} (someone who pays for meals and lodging) | :: kostganger {m} |
| board game {n} (game played on a board) | :: bordspel {n} |
| boarding house {n} (private house for paying guests) | :: pension {n} |
| boarding pass {n} (a document to board a plane, ship, etc.) | :: boarding pass, instapkaart |
| board meeting {n} (meeting of the board of a company etc.) | :: bestuursvergadering {f} |
| board member {n} (person on the board of directors of an association or company) | :: bestuurslid, bestuurder |
| board of directors {n} (group of people elected by stockholders) | :: raad van bestuur |
| board up {v} (to block doors or windows with boards) | :: dichttimmeren |
| boarhound {n} (large dog bred to hunt boars) | :: velter {m} |
| boast {n} (brag) | :: opscheppen |
| boast {v} (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself) | :: opscheppen |
| boat {n} (water craft) | :: boot {m}, schip {n} |
| boat {v} (travel by boat) | :: varen |
| boathook {n} (hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things, see also: setting pole) | :: bootshaak {m} |
| boat lift {n} (mechanism) | :: scheepslift |
| boatswain {n} (the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship) | :: bootsman {m} |
| boat trip {n} (trip made by boat or ship) | :: bootreis {m} {f} |
| boatyard {n} (shipyard) SEE: shipyard | :: |
| bob {n} (bobber) SEE: float | :: |
| bob {v} (move vertically at surface of water) | :: deinen, dobberen |
| bob {n} (curtsey) SEE: curtsey | :: |
| bobber {n} (buoyant fishing device) SEE: float | :: |
| bobbin {n} (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) | :: bobijn {f}, spoel {m} {f} |
| bobbin {n} (small spool in a sewing machine) | :: bobijn {f}, klos {m} {f}, spoel {m} {f} |
| bobbins {n} (crap) | :: brol {m} |
| bobcat {n} (North American wild cat) | :: rode lynx {m} |
| bobolink {n} (songbird) | :: rijsttroepiaal, bobolink |
| Bob's your uncle {phrase} (desirable conclusion is reached) | :: klaar is Kees |
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| Boche {n} (derogatory: German) SEE: Fritz | :: |
| bock beer {n} (strong, dark lager of German origin) | :: bokbier {m} {n}, bockbier {m} {n} |
| bodacious {adj} (audacious and unrestrained) | :: brutaal, baldadig |
| bodacious {adj} (uncorrigible and insolent) | :: stout, brutaal |
| bodacious {adj} (great in size) | :: enorm |
| bodacious {adj} (attractive) | :: aantrekkelijk, sexy |
| bode {v} (to foreshow something; to augur) | :: voorspellen |
| bodge {v} (do a clumsy or inelegant job) SEE: botch | :: |
| bodice {n} (sleeveless garment covering body from neck to waist) | :: kledingstuk |
| bodice {n} (blouse-like garment in European folk dress) | :: lijfje {n} |
| bodice {n} (kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone) | :: lijfje, keurslijf |
| bodily {adj} (relating to the body) | :: lichamelijk, somatisch, fysiek |
| bodily {adv} (in or by the body) | :: lichamelijk, fysiek |
| bodily fluid {n} (biofluid) | :: lichaamsvloeistof, humor {m}, lichaamssap {n}, lichaamsvocht {n} |
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger | :: |
| bodkin {n} (hairpin) SEE: hairpin | :: |
| body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal) | :: lichaam {n} |
| body {n} (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human) | :: lichaam {n} |
| body {n} (corpse) | :: lijk {n} |
| body {n} (torso) | :: corpus {n}, lijf {n} |
| body {n} (largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork)) | :: hoofddeel {n}, carrosserie {f} |
| body {n} (section of a dress) | :: lijf {n} |
| body {n} (organisation, company or other authoritative group) | :: orgaan {n}, organisatie {f} |
| body {n} (group having a common purpose or opinion) | :: massa {f}, menigte {f} |
| body {n} (collection of knowledge) | :: corpus {n}, massa {f}, verzameling {f} |
| body {n} (any physical object or material thing) | :: deel {n}, deeltje {n}, lichaam {n} |
| body {n} (substance, material presence) | :: lijf {n}, substantie {f} |
| body bag {n} (bag designed to contain a human body) | :: lijkzak {m} |
| bodybuilder {n} (a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique) | :: bodybuilder {m}, lichaamsbouwer {m} |
| bodybuilding {n} (sport of muscle development) | :: bodybuilding |
| body camera {n} (video recording system worn on the body) | :: bodycam |
| body corporate {n} (corporation) SEE: corporation | :: |
| bodyfat {n} (adipose tissue) | :: lichaamsvet {n} |
| bodyguard {n} (person responsible for protecting an individual) | :: lijfwacht, lijfgarde, persoonsbeveiliger, bodyguard {m} |
| body heat {n} (heat produced from within the body) | :: lichaamswarmte {f} |
| body odour {n} (unpleasant smell on a perons's body) | :: lichaamsgeur |
| body part {n} (anatomy: part of organism) | :: lichaamsdeel {n} |
| body part {n} (vehicle: part of body) | :: onderdeel {n}, component {m} {f} |
| body text {n} (main portion of text) | :: broodtekst {m} |
| Boeotia {prop} (a district in Greece) | :: Beotië |
| Boer {n} (South African of Dutch descent) | :: Boer |
| boffin {n} ((informal) engineer or scientist) | :: techneut {m} |
| bog {n} (expanse of marshland) | :: moeras {n}, moer {n}, zomp {m} |
| bogey {n} (structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi) SEE: bogie | :: |
| bogey {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| bogey {n} (standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at) SEE: benchmark | :: |
| bogeyman {n} (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories) | :: boeman {m}, bietebauw {m} |
| boggle {v} (to be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused) | :: verbijsterd zijn, in de war zijn |
| boggle {v} (to confuse or mystify; overwhelm) | :: verwarren, overdonderen |
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette | :: |
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| bogie {n} (structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi) | :: draaistel {n} |
| bogie {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| bog iron {n} (bog iron ore) SEE: bog iron ore | :: |
| bog iron ore {n} (deposit) | :: moeraserts {n}, moerasijzer {n}, oer {n}, ijzeroer {n} |
| bogus {adj} (counterfeit or fake; not genuine) | :: vervalst |
| Bohemia {prop} (The region of the Czech Republic) | :: Bohemen {n} |
| bohemium {n} (rhenium) SEE: rhenium | :: |
| Bohemond {prop} (a given name of historical usage) | :: Bohemund |
| bohrium {n} (chemical element) | :: bohrium {n} |
| boil {n} (accumulation of pus) | :: etterbuil {m} |
| boil {n} (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour) | :: kookpunt {n}, kook [only in idiomatic expressions] |
| boil {v} (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas) | :: koken, aan de kook brengen, zieden, zooien |
| boil {v} (cook in boiling water) | :: koken |
| boil {v} (begin to turn into a gas) | :: koken |
| boil {v} (colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot) | :: stikken |
| boiled {adj} (angry) SEE: angry | :: |
| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| boiled egg {n} (boiled egg (generic)) | :: gekookte ei {n} |
| boiling {adj} (of a thing: extremely hot) | :: kokend |
| boiling point {n} (temperature at which a liquid boils) | :: kookpunt {n} |
| boil over {v} (boil so as to overflow) | :: overkoken |
| boisterous {adj} (full of energy; noisy) | :: driest |
| boisterous {adj} (characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy) | :: stormachtig |
| bokeh {n} (subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image) | :: bokeh |
| Bokmål {n} (language) | :: Bokmål |
| bold {adj} (courageous, daring) | :: moedig |
| bold {adj} (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface) | :: vet, vetgedrukt |
| bold {adj} (presumptuous) SEE: presumptuous | :: |
| Bolivia {prop} (country in South America) | :: Bolivia, Bolivië |
| Bolivian {n} (Bolivian person) | :: Boliviaan {m}, Boliviaanse {f} |
| Bolivian {adj} (pertaining to Bolivia) | :: Boliviaans |
| bollard {n} (post to secure mooring lines) | :: meerpaal {m}, bolder {m}, aanlegpaal {m} |
| bollard {n} (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) | :: verkeerspaal {m} (road bollard), poller {m} (retractible road bollard) |
| bollock {n} ((vulgar, slang) testicle) | :: bal, kloot |
| bollock {v} ((vulgar, slang) to reprimand grossly) | :: uitkafferen |
| Bolognese {adj} (of or relating to Bologna) | :: Bolognees, Bolognezer |
| Bolognian {adj} (of or relating to Bologna) SEE: Bolognese | :: |
| Bolshevik {n} (a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917) | :: bolsjewiek {m} |
| Bolshevism {n} (Communist political ideology) | :: bolsjewisme {n} |
| bolster {v} (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support) | :: versterken, veilig stellen, ondersteunen |
| bolt {n} (metal fastener) | :: bout {m} {f} |
| bolt {n} (sliding pin or bar in a lock) | :: grendel {m} |
| bolt {n} (bar to prevent a door from being forced open) | :: grendel {m} |
| bolt {n} (sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm) | :: grendel {m} |
| bolt {n} (short, stout, blunt-headed arrow) | :: bout {m}, pijl {m} |
| bolt {n} (lightning spark) | :: schicht {m} |
| bolt {n} (large roll of material) | :: rol {m} {f} |
| bolt cutter {n} (large pair of pliers to cut bolts) | :: betonschaar |
| bolthole {n} (hole used for escape) | :: ontsnappingsgat {n} |
| bolthole {n} (second home) | :: buitenverblijf {n} |
| bomb {n} (device filled with explosives) | :: bom {f} |
| bomb {n} (unpopular commercial product) | :: flop {f} |
| bomb {n} (car in poor condition) | :: wrak {n} |
| bomb {n} (very attractive woman) | :: vlam {f} |
| bomb {v} (attack with bombs) | :: bombarderen |
| bomb {v} (fail spectacularly) | :: afgaan |
| bomb {n} (success) SEE: success | :: |
| bombard {n} (medieval primitive cannon) | :: bombarde |
| bombard {v} (to attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles) | :: bombarderen |
| bombard {v} (to attack something or someone by directing objects at them) | :: bekogelen |
| bombard {v} (to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms) | :: bombarderen |
| bombardment {n} (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) | :: bombardement {n} |
| bomber {n} (aircraft) | :: bommenwerper {m} |
| bona fide {adj} (done in good faith) | :: oprecht |
| bona fide {adj} (genuine) | :: echt |
| Bonaire {prop} (island) | :: Bonaire {n} |
| bonanza {n} (rich mine or vein of silver or gold) | :: goudader |
| bonanza {n} (something that is a mine of wealth or yields a large income or return) | :: goudmijn |
| Bonaparte's gull {n} (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | :: kleine kokmeeuw {f} |
| Bonapartism {n} (pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte) | :: bonapartisme {n} |
| bon appétit {phrase} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) | :: [formal, proscribed] smakelijk eten, eet smakelijk, [informal] smakelijk |
| Bonaventure {prop} (male given name) | :: Bonaventura |
| bond {n} (that which binds, a band) | :: band {m} |
| bond {n} (in chemistry, a link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule) | :: binding |
| bondsman {n} (someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations) | :: borg {m} |
| bone {n} (material) | :: been {n} |
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton) | :: been {n}, bot {n}, knekel {m} |
| bone {n} (fishbone) | :: graat {f} |
| bone {n} (corset part) | :: balein {f} |
| bone {n} | :: (vis)graat {f} |
| bone china {n} (type of porcelain) | :: beenderporselein {n} |
| bonefish {n} (game fish) | :: gratenvis {m} |
| bonefolder {n} (A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease) | :: vouwbeen {n} |
| bone marrow {n} (bone marrow) | :: beenmerg {n}, merg {n} |
| bone meal {n} (ground bones used as a slow-release fertilizer) | :: beendermeel {n} |
| bone of contention {n} (Something that continues to be disputed) | :: twistpunt {n} |
| boner {n} (who bones) | :: ontbener |
| boner {n} (erect penis) | :: stijve {m} |
| boner {n} (rigid state of penis or clitoris) SEE: erection | :: |
| bone structure {n} (exact anatomy of an individual at the level of his bones) | :: beenderstructuur |
| bonfire {n} (fire to burn unwanted items or people) | :: brandstapel |
| bonfire {n} (large, outdoor controlled fire) | :: vreugdevuur {n} |
| bongo {n} (mammal) | :: bongo {m} |
| bongo drum {n} (bongo) SEE: bongo | :: |
| bonhomie {n} (geniality) | :: jovialiteit, hartelijkheid |
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| bonkers {adj} (mad, crazy) | :: gek, zot |
| Bonn {prop} (a city in Germany) | :: Bonn |
| bonnet {n} (cover over the engine of a motor car) | :: motorkap {f}, kap {f} |
| bonnet {n} (second stomach of a ruminant) SEE: reticulum | :: |
| bonobo {n} (pygmy chimpanzee) | :: bonobo {m} |
| bonus {n} (something extra that is good) | :: bonus {m}, extraatje {n} |
| bonus {n} (extra amount of money given as a premium) | :: bonus {m}, premie |
| bon vivant {n} (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) | :: levensgenieter {m}, pallieter {m} |
| bon voyage {interj} (wish of good journey) | :: goede reis |
| bonze {n} (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) | :: bonze {m} |
| boo {interj} (loud exclamation intended to scare someone) | :: boe |
| boo {interj} (exclamation used by a member of an audience) | :: boe |
| boo {n} (derisive shout) | :: boegeroep {n} |
| boob {n} (breast (colloquial)) | :: tiet {f} |
| booby {n} (bird) | :: jan-van-gent {m} |
| booby {n} (woman’s breast) | :: tieten {p} |
| booby prize {n} (a prize awarded for poor performance) | :: poedelprijs {m} |
| booby trap {n} (an unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall) SEE: pitfall | :: |
| booby trap {n} (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) | :: boobytrap |
| booger {n} (a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus) | :: neuskeutel {m} |
| book {n} (ebook) SEE: e-book | :: |
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) | :: boek {n} |
| book {n} (convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps) | :: boek {n}, album {n} |
| book {n} (major division of a published work, larger than a chapter) | :: boek {n} |
| book {n} (usually in plural: records of the accounts of a business) | :: boeken {n-p} |
| book {v} (to reserve) | :: boeken, reserveren |
| book {v} (to write down, register, record) | :: te boek stellen, noteren |
| book {v} (to record the details of an offender) | :: beboeten |
| book {v} (slang: to travel very fast) | :: boeken, vlammen |
| bookbindery {n} | :: boekbinderij |
| bookbinding {n} (art, craft or process of binding books) | :: boekbinden |
| bookcase {n} (furniture displaying books) | :: boekenkast {c} |
| bookend {n} (object designed to keep books upright) | :: boekensteun {m} |
| booking {n} (writing something in (a) book(s)) | :: boeking |
| booking {n} (reservation for a service) | :: boeking, reservatie |
| booking {n} (engagement of a performer) | :: boeking |
| booking {n} (sports: issuing of a caution) | :: boeken {n} |
| bookish {adj} (given to reading; fond of study) | :: boekenworm |
| bookish {adj} (characterized by a method of expression generally found in books) | :: schools, pedant, formalistisch, litterair, eigengereid |
| bookjacket {n} (jacket of a book) SEE: dust jacket | :: |
| booklet {n} (small book) | :: boekje {n}, pamflet {n} |
| book lung {n} (A lamellate respiratory organ found in arachnids) | :: boeklong {f} {m} |
| bookmark {n} (strip used to mark a place in a book) | :: bladwijzer {m} |
| bookmark {n} (record of the address of a file or page) | :: bladwijzer {m} |
| book of hours {n} (illuminated devotional book from the Middle Ages) | :: getijdenboek {n} |
| bookrack {n} (rack for books) SEE: bookshelf | :: |
| bookshelf {n} (shelf for storing books) | :: boekenkast {c} |
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books) | :: boekwinkel {m}, boekhandel {m} |
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop | :: |
| bookworm {n} (avid reader) | :: boekenwurm {m} |
| Boolean {adj} (logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”) | :: booleaans |
| Boolean {n} (type of variable) | :: booleaanse waarde {f} |
| boom {v} (to make a loud, resonant sound) | :: dreunen, donderen |
| boom {v} (to speak with low pitch) | :: dreunen |
| boom {n} (abrupt, low-pitched sound) | :: boem |
| boom {interj} (sound of explosion) | :: boem, kaboem |
| boom {n} (spar extending the foot of a sail) | :: giek {m} |
| boom {n} (period of prosperity) | :: hausse, hoogconjunctuur |
| boom {v} (to be prosperous) | :: bloeien, floreren |
| boom barrier {n} (gate at level crossing) | :: slagboom {m} |
| boom box {n} (portable audio system) | :: gettoblaster {m} |
| boomerang {n} (flat curved airfoil) | :: boemerang {m} |
| boom gate {n} (boom barrier) SEE: boom barrier | :: |
| boomslang {n} (Dispholidus typus) | :: boomslang {m} {f} |
| boon {n} (A blessing or benefit) | :: zegen, voordeel |
| boon {n} (a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present) | :: gift, geschenk |
| boon {n} (a prayer or petition) | :: gebed, verzoek |
| boon {adj} (kind; bountiful; benign) | :: lief, goedaardig |
| boon {adj} (gay; merry; jovial; convivial) | :: vrolijk, minzaam |
| boondock {n} (rural area) | :: platteland {n}, buiten {m} |
| boondock {v} (stay in a recreational vehicle) | :: wildkamperen |
| boondoggle {n} (pointless activity) | :: tijdverspilling |
| boor {n} (a peasant) | :: boer {m} {f} |
| boost {n} (push from behind) | :: zetje {n}, duwtje {n}, duwtje in de rug {n} |
| boost {v} (to lift or push from behind) | :: een zetje geven, een duwtje geven, een duwtje in de rug geven |
| boost {v} (to steal) | :: jatten, stelen, ontvreemden |
| boot {n} (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg) | :: laars {f}, bot {f} [Flemish], hoge schoen {m} |
| boot {n} (flexible cover of rubber, plastic or similar to protect a shaft, lever, switch etc) | :: huls {f}, beschermhuls {f} |
| boot {n} (torture device) | :: wielklem {f} |
| boot {v} (kick) | :: trappen, schoppen, schieten |
| boot {v} (apply corporal punishment) | :: afranselen, straffen |
| boot {v} (forcibly eject) | :: eruitgooien, buitengooien, eruittrappen |
| boot {v} (vomit) | :: kotsen, braken |
| boot {v} (computing: disconnect, to be involuntarily removed from an online conversation) | :: eruitgooien, buitengooien, eruittrappen |
| boot {v} (to start a system) | :: opstarten |
| boot {n} (bootleg recording) | :: bootleg {m} |
| boot {n} (kick) SEE: kick | :: |
| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk | :: |
| booted eagle {n} (Hieraaetus pennatus) | :: dwergarend {m} |
| booth {n} (A small stall for the display and sale of goods) | :: stand |
| booth {n} (An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person) | :: cabinet |
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot | :: |
| bootstrap {n} (a loop at the top of a boot to help in pulling it on) | :: laarzentrekker {m}, laarzenstrop {m} {f} |
| bootstrap {n} (a means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something) | :: springplank, trampoline |
| bootstrap {n} (the process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory) | :: opstart |
| bootstrap {v} (to help (oneself) without the aid of others) | :: zelfredzaam zijn, zichzelf (be)helpen |
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot | :: |
| booty {n} (plunder) | :: buit {m} |
| booze {n} (any alcoholic beverage) | :: drank |
| boozer {n} (drunkard) | :: zuipschuit {c}, drankorgel {n}, zatlap {m} |
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| border {n} (the outer edge of something) | :: rand {m} |
| border {n} (a strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown) | :: border {m} |
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions) | :: grens {f} |
| border {v} ((transitive) to put a border on something) | :: begrenzen |
| border {v} ((transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border) | :: grenzen aan |
| borderline {adj} (not clearly on one side or other of a boundary) | :: grens, dubieus |
| borderline {n} (boundary) | :: grens {f}, grenslijn {m} {f}, scheidingslijn {m} {f}, demarcatie {f}, demarcatielijn {m} {f} |
| border on {v} (To be almost like some other thing) | :: grenzen aan |
| bordure {n} (contrasting border round a shield) | :: schildzoom {m} |
| bore {v} (to make a hole) | :: boren |
| bore {v} (to inspire boredom) | :: vervelen |
| bore {n} (A hole drilled or milled through something) | :: boring |
| Boreal {n} | :: Boreaal {n} |
| boreal owl {n} (Tengmalm's owl) SEE: Tengmalm's owl | :: |
| bored {adj} (suffering from boredom) | :: verveeld |
| boredom {n} (state of being bored) | :: verveling {f} |
| bore water {n} (water accumulated in aquifers below the earth's surface) SEE: groundwater | :: |
| boring {adj} (causing boredom) | :: saai |
| born {adj} (given birth to) | :: geboren |
| born {v} (be born) SEE: be born | :: |
| born-again {adj} (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) | :: wedergeboren |
| borne {adj} (carried, supported) | :: gedragen, ondersteund |
| Borneo {prop} (island) | :: Borneo |
| boro {v} (borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| boron {n} (chemical element) | :: boor {n}, borium {n} |
| borough {n} (administrative district) | :: deelraad, burcht {f} |
| borough {n} (municipal borough) | :: burcht {f} |
| Borromean Islands {prop} (group of three small islands) | :: Borromeïsche eilanden |
| borrow {v} (receive temporarily) | :: lenen, ontlenen |
| borrowing {n} (loanword) SEE: loanword | :: |
| borscht {n} (beetroot soup) | :: borsjt {m}, borsjtsj {m}, borscht {m} |
| Bose-Einstein condensate {n} (gaseous superfluid) | :: Bose-Einsteincondensaat {n} |
| bosk {n} (thicket; small wood) SEE: thicket | :: |
| Bosnia {prop} (short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina') | :: Bosnië |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} (country on the Balkan peninsula) | :: Bosnië en Herzegovina |
| Bosnian {n} (the people) | :: Bosniër {m}, Bosnische {f} |
| Bosnian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: Bosnisch {n} |
| bosom {n} (chest, breast) | :: boezem {m} |
| bosom buddy {n} (bosom friend) SEE: bosom friend | :: |
| bosom friend {n} (very close friend) | :: getrouwe {m} {f}, boezemvriend {m}, boezemvriendin {f} |
| boson {n} (particle) | :: boson {n} |
| Bosphorus {prop} (a strait that passes through Istanbul) | :: Bosporus |
| boss {n} (supervisor) | :: baas {m}, opzichter {m} |
| boss {n} (person in charge) | :: baas {m}, bazin {f}, chef {m} |
| boss {n} (enemy in video game) | :: baas {m}, eindbaas {m} |
| bossage {n} (rough, unfinished stone block) | :: bossage {f} |
| bossy {adj} (tending to give orders to others) | :: bazig |
| bot {n} (robot) SEE: robot | :: |
| bot {n} (a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks) | :: bot |
| bota bag {n} (wineskin bag) | :: lapzak |
| botanic {adj} (pertaining to botany) SEE: botanical | :: |
| botanical {adj} (Of or pertaining to botany) | :: botanisch |
| botanical garden {n} (a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons) | :: botanische tuin {m} |
| botanic garden {n} (botanical garden) SEE: botanical garden | :: |
| botanist {n} (a person engaged in botany) | :: botanicus {m} |
| botany {n} (scientific study of plants) | :: plantkunde, botanie, botanica |
| botch {v} (to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner) | :: verprutsen |
| botcher {n} (clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler) | :: prutser |
| botfly {n} (insect) | :: horzel {c} |
| both {determiner} (each of two; one and the other) | :: beide, allebei, allebeide, alletwee |
| both {conj} (both...and...) | :: zowel ... als ... |
| bother {v} (to annoy, disturb) | :: storen |
| bother {v} (make or take trouble) | :: moeite doen |
| bother {n} (trouble, inconvenience) | :: moeite |
| bother {interj} (mild expression of annoyance/irritation) | :: verdorie |
| botheration {interj} (expression of annoyance) SEE: bother | :: |
| Botswana {prop} (Republic of Botswana) | :: Botswana {n} |
| bottle {n} (container) | :: fles {f} |
| bottle {n} (contents of such a container) | :: fles {f} |
| bottle {v} (seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption) | :: bottelen |
| bottle {v} (feed (an infant) baby formula) | :: de fles geven |
| bottle {n} (container with a rubber nipple) SEE: baby bottle | :: |
| bottle bank {n} (container) | :: glasbak {m} |
| bottle cap {n} (closure used to seal bottles) | :: kroonkurk {m} |
| bottle crate {n} (a container used for transport of beverage containers) | :: flessenkrat {n}, flessenkratten {p} |
| bottle gourd {n} (calabash) SEE: calabash | :: |
| bottleneck {n} (neck of a bottle) | :: flessenhals |
| bottle opener {n} (device to open bottles) | :: flessenopener {m} |
| bottle shop {n} (liquor store) SEE: liquor store | :: |
| bottom {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss | :: |
| bottom {n} (lowest part) | :: onderkant {m}, bodem {f} |
| bottom {n} (euphemistic: buttocks or anus) | :: bil |
| bottom {n} (gay sexual slang: penetrated partner in sex) | :: bottom |
| bottom {n} (lowest part of a container) | :: bodem {m} |
| bottom bracket {n} | :: trapas {c} |
| bottomless {adj} (extremely deep) | :: bodemloos, bodemloze |
| bottom the house {v} (clean a house extremely thoroughly) | :: grote schoonmaak houden |
| bougainvillea {n} (flower) | :: bougainvillea |
| bough {n} (tree branch) | :: tak {m} |
| bouillabaisse {n} (mixture) SEE: mixture | :: |
| bouillon {n} (a clear seasoned broth) | :: bouillon {m} |
| bouillon cube {n} (cube) | :: bouillonblokje {n} |
| boulder {n} (large mass of stone) | :: rotsblok {n}, kei |
| boulevard {n} (broad, landscaped thoroughfare) | :: hoofdweg {m}, boulevard {m} |
| bounce {v} (to change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle) | :: stuiteren, ketsen |
| bounce {v} (to move quickly up and down) | :: stuiteren |
| bounce {v} (to cause to move quickly up and down) | :: stuiteren |
| bounce {n} (change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle) | :: stuiteren, afketsen |
| bounce {n} (movement up and down) | :: bons, stuit, terugsprong |
| bounce {n} (sack, licensing) | :: bons |
| bouncer {n} (member of security personnel) | :: portier {m}, buitenwipper {m} [Belgium], uitsmijter {m} [Netherlands] |
| bouncing castle {n} (inflatable structure on which children jump and play) | :: springkussen {n}, springkasteel {n}, luchtkussen {n} |
| bouncy ball {n} (small rubber ball) | :: stuiterbal {m} |
| bound {adj} (obliged to) | :: gehouden |
| bound {adj} (ready, prepared) | :: bereid |
| bound {adj} (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of)) | :: [voor] bestemd |
| bound {adj} (very likely to) | :: geacht |
| bound {n} (boundary, border of territory) | :: grens, limiet |
| bound {n} (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set) | :: limiet |
| bound {v} (to surround a territory) | :: begrenzen, omringen |
| bound {n} (sizeable jump) | :: sprong |
| bound {v} (to leap) | :: springen |
| boundary {n} (dividing line or location between two areas) | :: grens |
| bounded {adj} (type of set) | :: begrensd |
| bounder {n} (dishonourable man) SEE: cad | :: |
| boundless {adj} (without bounds, unbounded) | :: grenzeloos, onbegrensd |
| bounty {n} (abundance or wealth) SEE: abundance | :: |
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity | :: |
| bounty hunter {n} (person who catches criminals in return for a reward) | :: premiejager {m} |
| bouquet {n} (bunch of flowers) | :: bouquet {m}, ruiker {m}, bos {m} |
| bourdon {n} (bumblebee) SEE: bumblebee | :: |
| bourgeois {n} (9-point type) | :: borgis, burgeois, bourgeois |
| bourgeoisie {n} (class) | :: bourgeoisie {f}, gegoede burgerij {f}, burgerklasse {f} |
| bourse {n} (stock exchange) SEE: stock exchange | :: |
| bovine {adj} (of, relating to or resembling cattle) | :: runds |
| bovine {n} (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison) | :: rund |
| bovine spongiform encephalopathy {n} (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) | :: dollekoeienziekte {f}, gekkekoeienziekte {f}, boviene spongiforme encefalopathie |
| bovver {n} (bovver) | :: last |
| bovver boots {n} (bovver boots) | :: marsheerbotten |
| bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows) | :: boog {m} |
| bow {n} (bend in a rod or planar surface) | :: boog {m} |
| bow {n} (rod used for playing stringed instruments) | :: strijkstok {m} |
| bow {n} (type of knot with two loops) | :: strik |
| bow {v} (to play music on an instrument using a bow) | :: strijken |
| bow {v} (to become bent) | :: buigen |
| bow {v} (to bend a thing) | :: buigen |
| bow {v} (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference) | :: een buiging maken, zich buigen |
| bow {n} (gesture made by bending forward at the waist) | :: buiging {f} |
| bow {n} (front of a boat or ship) | :: boeg {m} |
| bow and arrow {n} (weapon) | :: pijl en boog |
| bowdlerize {v} (to remove or alter parts of a text considered offensive) | :: censureren, kuisen |
| bowel {n} (intestines, entrails) | :: ingewande |
| bowl {n} (container for food) | :: schaal {c}, kom {p} |
| bowl {v} (roll or throw (a ball)) | :: bowlen |
| bowl {n} (lawn bowls) SEE: bowls | :: |
| bowl {n} (haircut) SEE: bowl cut | :: |
| bowl cut {n} (haircut) | :: bloempotkapsel {n} |
| bowleg {n} (leg that curves outward from the knee) | :: o-benen |
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| bowls {n} (precision sport) | :: bowls, koersbal |
| bowman {n} (archer) SEE: archer | :: |
| bowsprit {n} (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel) | :: boegspriet {f} |
| bowtie {n} (necktie shaped like a bow) | :: vlinderdas {m}, strikje {n} |
| box {n} (cuboid space; container) | :: doos {f} |
| box {n} (driver’s seat on a coach) | :: bok {m} |
| box {n} ((slang) television) | :: [informal] buis {f} |
| box {n} ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) | :: doos {f} |
| box {n} (computer, or the case in which it is housed) | :: bak {m} |
| box {n} (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) | :: kader {n} |
| box {v} (to place inside a box) | :: inpakken, verpakken |
| box {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus) | :: buxus, buksboom, buks {m} |
| box {n} (blow with the fist) | :: vuistslag {m} |
| box {v} (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) | :: boksen |
| box {n} (rectangle) SEE: oblong | :: |
| box {n} (wood from a box tree) SEE: boxwood | :: |
| boxcutter {n} (utility knife) SEE: utility knife | :: |
| boxer {n} (participant in a boxing match) | :: bokser {m}, vuistvechter {m}, pugilist {m} |
| boxer {n} (breed of dog) | :: boxer |
| boxing {n} (the sport of boxing) | :: boksen {n} |
| Boxing Day {n} (the day after Christmas: 26 December) | :: tweede kerstdag {m} |
| boxing glove {n} (padded mitten worn in boxing) | :: bokshandschoen {f} {m} |
| box jellyfish {n} (box jellyfish) | :: kubuskwal |
| boxthorn {n} (plant of the genus Lycium) SEE: wolfberry | :: |
| boxwood {n} (Buxus sempervirens) | :: buxus, buksboom |
| boxwood {n} (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree) | :: buxushout, palmhout |
| boy {n} (young male) | :: jongen {m}, knaap {m} |
| boy {n} (male servant) | :: boy, huisboy {m} |
| boy {n} (historical: non-white male servant) | :: boy |
| boy {n} (non-white male) | :: nikker {m} |
| boy {n} (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive) | :: jongens {p}, kerel |
| boy {n} (adult male found attractive) | :: kerel {m}, knaap {m} |
| boy {n} (male friend) | :: mannen {p}, jongens {p}, kerels {p}, boys {p} [mostly said by female speakers] |
| boy {interj} (surprise or pleasure) | :: jongens, tsjongejonge, zo!, amai [Flemish] |
| boyar {n} (rank of aristocracy) | :: bojaar {m} |
| boycott {v} (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) | :: boycotten |
| boycott {n} (the act of boycotting) | :: boycot {m} |
| boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship) | :: vriend {m}, lief {n} |
| boyish {adj} (like a boy) | :: jongensachtig |
| boy's name {n} (name given to a male) | :: jongensnaam |
| boyswear {n} (Clothing designed to be worn by boys) | :: jongenskleding {f} |
| bra {n} (brassiere) | :: bustehouder {m}, beha {m} |
| Brabant {prop} (former province of central Belgium) | :: Brabant {n} |
| Brabant {prop} (historical region) | :: Brabant {n} |
| Brabantian {adj} (pertaining to Brabant) | :: Brabants |
| Brabantian {n} (Brabantian person) | :: Brabander |
| brace {n} (measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms) | :: el {m} {f} |
| brace {n} (harness) SEE: harness | :: |
| brace {n} (system to correct crooked teeth) SEE: braces | :: |
| brace {n} (curly bracket) SEE: curly bracket | :: |
| bracelet {n} (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament) | :: armband {m} |
| braces {n} (handcuffs) SEE: handcuffs | :: |
| braces {n} (device for straightening teeth) | :: beugel |
| brachium {n} (upper arm) SEE: upper arm | :: |
| brachygrapher {n} (stenographer) SEE: stenographer | :: |
| bracken {n} (any of several coarse ferns) | :: adelaarsvaren {m} |
| bracket {n} (generically any of "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">") | :: haakje {n} |
| bracket {n} (square bracket) SEE: square bracket | :: |
| bracket {n} (round bracket) SEE: round bracket | :: |
| brackish {adj} (slightly salty) | :: brak |
| brag {v} (to boast) | :: opscheppen |
| brag {n} (boast) SEE: boast | :: |
| braggadocio {n} (braggart) SEE: braggart | :: |
| braggart {n} (one who constantly brags or boasts) | :: pocher, aansteller, snoever |
| braid {v} (to intertwine) | :: vlechten |
| braid {n} (sudden movement) | :: ruk {m} |
| braid {n} (weave of three or more strands) | :: vlecht |
| brain {n} (organ) | :: brein {n}, hersenen {p}, hersens {p} |
| brain {n} (intelligent person) | :: brein {n} |
| brain {n} (person providing intelligence) | :: brein {n} |
| brain {n} (brains: intellect) | :: verstand {m}, intellect {n} |
| brain {v} (to strike on the head) | :: iemand op z'n kop slaan |
| brain {v} (to kill a person by smashing the skull) | :: iemand de kop inslaan |
| brain cell {n} (cell in brain) | :: hersencel |
| brainchild {n} (creation) | :: idee, geesteskind {n}, hersenkind {n} |
| brain-dead {adj} (in medicine: having cessation of brain activity) | :: hersendood |
| brain drain {n} (emigration of educated people) | :: braindrain {m}, hersenvlucht {m} {f}, kennisvlucht {m} {f} |
| brainpower {n} (mental ability) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| brain stem {n} (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum) | :: hersenstam {m} |
| brainstorm {n} (brainstorming) SEE: brainstorming | :: |
| brainstorming {n} (method of problem solving) | :: brainstorm {m} {f} |
| brain surgery {n} (something complex) | :: hogere wiskunde {f} |
| brainwash {n} (effect upon one's memory, belief or ideas) | :: hersenspoeling {f} |
| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind) | :: hersenspoelen |
| brain-washing {n} (form of indoctrination) | :: hersenspoeling {f} |
| braise {v} (To cook in a small amount of liquid) | :: smoren |
| brake {n} (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp) | :: braak {f} |
| brake {v} (to bruise and crush) | :: braken |
| brake {n} (nautical: handle of pump) | :: gekstok {m} |
| brake {n} (device used to slow or stop a vehicle) | :: rem, remmen {p}, remmer {m} |
| brake {n} (something that slows or stops an action) | :: rem, remming |
| brake {v} (to operate brakes) | :: remmen, op de rem staan/trappen |
| brake {v} (to be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking) | :: remmen, afremmen |
| brake drum {n} (brake part) | :: remtrommel {m} {f} |
| brake pad {n} (friction element in a disc brake) | :: remblok {n} |
| brake shoe {n} (element of a drum brake) | :: remschoen {m} |
| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry | :: |
| brambling {n} (bird) | :: keep {m} |
| bran {n} (outside layer of a grain) | :: zemel {m} |
| branch {n} (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk) | :: tak {m} |
| branch {n} (part that divides like the branch of a tree) | :: tak |
| branch {n} (location of an organization with several locations) | :: filiaal |
| branch {n} (area in business or of knowledge, research) | :: branch (of business), bedrijfstak (of business), vakgebied (of knowledge) |
| branch {v} (to arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree) | :: aftakken |
| branch off {v} (to diverge into two or more separate paths) | :: afbuigen |
| brand {n} (mark made by burning) | :: brandmerk {n} |
| brand {n} (name, symbol, logo) | :: merk {n} |
| brand {n} (a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished) | :: merk {n} |
| brand {v} (burn the flesh) | :: brandmerken |
| brand {v} (mark with proof of ownership) | :: brandmerken |
| Brandenburg {prop} (state) | :: Brandenburg |
| Brandenburg {prop} (city) | :: Brandenburg |
| brand name {n} (trade name) SEE: trade name | :: |
| brand new {adj} (utterly new) | :: gloednieuw, splinternieuw, spiksplinternieuw |
| brand spanking new {adj} (brand new) SEE: brand new | :: |
| brandy {n} (liquor) | :: brandewijn |
| brant {n} (wild geese of the genus Branta) | :: zwarte gans {f}, zeegans {f} |
| brass {n} (alloy of copper and zinc) | :: messing {n}, geelkoper {n} |
| brass {n} (made of brass (attributive use)) | :: messing, geelkoperen |
| brass {n} (class of wind instruments) | :: koperblazers {p} |
| brass {n} (colour of brass) | :: brons {n} |
| brass {n} (informal: a brave or foolhardy attitude) | :: lef {n} |
| brass {adj} (of colour of brass) | :: bronzen |
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra | :: |
| brass knuckles {n} (weapon which reinforces the fist) | :: boksbeugel {m} |
| brat {n} (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child) | :: (verwend) nest {n} |
| brat {n} (bratwurst) SEE: bratwurst | :: |
| Bratislava {prop} (The capital of Slovakia) | :: Bratislava |
| bratwurst {n} (A small pork sausage) | :: braadworst {f} |
| Braunschweig {prop} (Brunswick) SEE: Brunswick | :: |
| brave {adj} (strong in the face of fear) | :: moedig |
| bravery {n} (being brave) | :: moed {f}, dapperheid {f} |
| brawl {n} (disorderly argument or fight) | :: vechtpartij {f} |
| brawl {v} (to engage in a brawl, see also: fight; quarrel) | :: knokpartij |
| brawn {n} (strong muscles) | :: spierkracht, spieren |
| brawn {n} (terrine) | :: zult {m} |
| brawny {adj} (characterized by brawn) | :: gespierd |
| bray {v} (to make the cry of a donkey) | :: balken |
| bray {n} (cry of an ass or donkey) | :: gebalk {n} |
| brazen {adj} (pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass) | :: koperachtig |
| brazen {adj} (sounding harsh and loud) | :: schel |
| brazen {adj} (extremely strong) | :: keihard, ondoordringbaar |
| brazen {adj} (impudent, immodest, or shameless) | :: grof, brutaal, schaamteloos |
| brazen bull {n} (ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death) | :: messingen stier {m} |
| brazier {n} (An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal) | :: kolenbekken {n}, vuurbekken {n}, stoof {m} {n}, komfoor {n} |
| brazier {n} (A worker in brass) | :: koperslager {m} |
| Brazil {prop} (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) | :: Brazilië |
| Brazilian {n} (person from Brazil) | :: Braziliaan |
| Brazilian {adj} (pertaining to Brazil) | :: Braziliaans |
| brazil nut {n} (tree) | :: paranoot {f} |
| brazil nut {n} (nut) | :: paranoot {f} |
| breach {n} (figuratively: the act of breaking) | :: breuk {f}, breken {n} |
| breach {n} (break of a law or obligation) | :: inbreuk {f}, schending {f} |
| breach {n} (gap) | :: bres {f}, gat {n} |
| breach {n} (breaking up of amicable relations) | :: breuk {f} |
| breach {n} (breaking of waves) | :: breken {n}, branding {f} |
| breach of contract {n} (failure to perform) | :: contractbreuk {f} |
| bread {n} (baked dough made from cereals) | :: brood {n} |
| bread {n} (countable: any variety of bread) | :: brood {n} |
| bread {n} (slang: money) | :: poen {m} |
| bread {v} (to bread) | :: paneren |
| bread and circuses {n} (food and entertainment provided by the state) | :: brood en spelen |
| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach | :: |
| breadbasket {n} (basket for storing or carrying bread) | :: broodmand |
| breadbasket {n} (food bowl) SEE: food bowl | :: |
| breadboard {n} (cutting board) | :: broodplank {f} |
| bread knife {n} (knife designed to cut bread) | :: broodmes {n} |
| bread machine {n} (household appliance which makes dough) SEE: bread maker | :: |
| bread maker {n} (household appliance which makes bread) | :: broodmachine {f}, broodbakmachine {f} |
| breadmaker {n} (baker) SEE: baker | :: |
| breadmaker {n} (bread maker) SEE: bread maker | :: |
| bread roll {n} (miniature round loaf of bread) | :: bol {m}, bolletje {n}, broodje {n} |
| breadstick {n} (slender loaf of crisp bread) | :: soepstengel {m}, broodstengel {m} |
| breadth {n} (width) SEE: width | :: |
| breadwinner {n} (primary income-earner in a household) | :: kostwinner {m}, broodwinner {m} |
| break {v} (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: breken |
| break {v} (transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: breken |
| break {v} (intransitive, of a bone: to crack) | :: breken |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack) | :: breken |
| break {v} (to divide (money) into smaller units) | :: verdelen {n} |
| break {v} (transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)) | :: breken, overtreden |
| break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether) | :: stukgaan, kapotgaan |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning) | :: kapotmaken, stukmaken |
| break {v} (to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily) | :: pauzeren |
| break {v} (of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain [existing translations are to be checked, whether they belong to the previous sense]) | :: muteren |
| breakable {adj} (fragile) SEE: fragile | :: |
| break a lance {v} (to take a stand) | :: een lans breken |
| break a leg {interj} (expression of best wishes to a performer) | :: ze! [preceded by an imperative], toi toi toi! |
| break a sweat {v} (to put effort into something) | :: er flink voor werken |
| break bad {v} (to go wrong, to turn toward immorality or crime) | :: van het juiste pad afwijken |
| break bread {v} (eat a meal, especially shared) | :: het brood delen |
| break bread {v} (take part in Holy Communion) | :: het brood breken, het brood delen |
| break down {v} (to cease to function) | :: kapotgaan, stukgaan, falen |
| break down {v} (to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise) | :: in tranen uitbarsten |
| break down {v} (to decay) | :: ontbinden |
| breakdown {n} (failure, particularly mechanical) | :: defect {n}, mankement {n}, panne {f}, stilstand {m} |
| breakdown {n} (lapse of mental stability) | :: ineenstorting {f}, inzakking {f}, zenuwinstorting {f}, instorting {f} |
| breakdown {n} (listing or categorization in great detail) | :: opdeling {f}, opsplitsing, uitsplitsing {f} |
| breakdown {n} (breaking of chemical bonds within a compound) | :: openbreking, afbraak {m} {f} |
| break-even point {n} (The point where total costs equal total sales revenue) | :: rentabiliteitsdrempel {m} |
| breakfast {n} (first meal of the day) | :: ontbijt {n} |
| breakfast {v} (to eat the morning meal) | :: ontbijten |
| breakfast cereal {n} (food made from processed grains) | :: ontbijtgranen {n-p} (if used in singular it merely means cereal eaten in any form at breakfast) |
| break in {v} (to enter by force or illicitly) | :: inbreken |
| break in {v} (to make something new function well through use) | :: inlopen (for shoes) |
| break-in {n} (act of entering to commit an offense) | :: inbraak {c} |
| break of dawn {n} (daybreak) SEE: daybreak | :: |
| break-off {n} (first shot in a cue game) | :: afstoot {m} |
| break one's fast {v} (archaic: to eat breakfast) | :: ontbijten |
| break on the wheel {v} (to execute by beating) | :: radbraken |
| break someone's heart {v} (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness) | :: iemand zijn/haar hart breken |
| break the ice {v} (to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness) | :: het ijs breken |
| breakthrough {n} (military advance) | :: doorbraak {c} |
| breakthrough {n} (major progress) | :: doorbraak {c} |
| break up {v} (to end a relationship) | :: uit elkaar gaan |
| breakup {n} (breakdown) SEE: breakdown | :: |
| breakwater {n} (construction in or around a harbour) | :: golfbreker {m}, havenhoofd {n} |
| breakwater {n} (beach barrier) | :: golfbreker |
| break wind {v} (to fart) | :: een wind laten, een scheet laten |
| bream {n} (fish of the genus Abramis) | :: brasem |
| bream {n} (Abramis brama) | :: brasem {m} |
| breast {n} (milk-producing organ) | :: borst {f} |
| breast {n} (chest) | :: borst {f} |
| breast {n} (section of clothing covering the breast area) | :: borst {f} |
| breast {n} (seat of emotions) | :: hart {n} |
| breast {n} (animal's thorax) | :: borst {f} |
| breast {n} (choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals) | :: borst {f}, borststuk {n} |
| breastbone {n} (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) | :: borstbeen {n} |
| breastfeed {v} (feed a baby milk via the breasts) | :: borstvoeding geven, de borst geven, zogen |
| breastfeeding {n} (activity) | :: borstvoeding |
| breast ironing {n} (pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts to make them stop developing) | :: borststrijken {n} |
| breast milk {n} (milk produced by humans) | :: moedermelk {f}, borstvoeding {f}, borstmelk {f} |
| breastpin {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch | :: |
| breastplate {n} (armor) | :: borststuk {n} |
| breaststrap {n} (breastplate) SEE: breastplate | :: |
| breaststroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: schoolslag {m} |
| breastwork {n} (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark) | :: borstwering {f} |
| breath {n} (act or process of breathing) | :: ademhaling {f} |
| breath {n} (single act of breathing in and out) | :: adem {m}, asem {m} |
| breath {n} (air expelled from the lungs) | :: adem {m}, asem {m} |
| breath {n} (rest or pause) | :: adempauze {f}, pauze {f} |
| breathe {v} (to draw air in and out) | :: ademen, ademhalen, asemen, asemhalen |
| breathe {v} (to draw into lungs) | :: inademen |
| breathe {v} (to expel air from the lungs) | :: uitademen |
| breathe {v} (to whisper quietly) | :: ademen |
| breathe down someone's neck {v} (to follow or supervise too closely) | :: iemand in zijn/haar nek hijgen |
| breathing {n} (act of respiration) | :: ademhaling {f} |
| breathlessness {n} (difficult respiration) SEE: shortness of breath | :: |
| breathtaking {adj} (stunningly beautiful) | :: adembenemend |
| Breda {prop} (city in North Brabant) | :: Breda {n} |
| breech birth {n} (birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first) | :: stuitligging {f} |
| breeches {n} (a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs) | :: kniebroek {f} |
| breed {v} (to sexually produce offspring) | :: broeden |
| breed {v} (to keep animals and have them reproduce) | :: fokken |
| breed {n} (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) | :: variëteit {f} |
| breed {n} (race or lineage) | :: broedsel {n} (of animals), gebroed {n} (of animals) |
| breeder {n} | :: [1] kweker {m} |
| breeding {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| breeze {n} (a light, gentle wind) | :: bries {m} |
| breeze {n} (activity that is easy) | :: kinderspel {n}, eitje {n}, makkie {n} |
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly | :: |
| Bremen {prop} (state) | :: Bremen |
| Bremen {prop} (city) | :: Bremen |
| Brendan {prop} (male given name) | :: Brandaan {m} |
| brent goose {n} (Small member of the goose family) | :: rotgans {f} |
| Breslau {prop} (Wroclaw) SEE: Wroclaw | :: |
| brethren {n} | :: broeders {p} |
| Breton {n} (person from Brittany) | :: Bretoen {m}, Bretoense {f}, Breton {m}, Bretonse {f} |
| Breton {n} (the language) | :: Bretons |
| Breton {adj} (pertaining to Brittany) | :: Bretoens, Bretons |
| breve {n} (semicircular diacritical mark) | :: breve {c} |
| breve {n} (double whole note) | :: brevis {c} |
| breviary {n} (a book containing prayers and hymns) | :: brevier {n} |
| brevier {n} | :: petit, brevier {f}, galjard |
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer | :: |
| brew {v} | :: brouwen |
| brew {n} (something brewed) | :: brouwsel {n} |
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill | :: |
| brew {n} (cup of tea) SEE: cup of tea | :: |
| brewer {n} (someone who brews) | :: brouwer {m} |
| brewery {n} (building where beer is produced) | :: brouwerij {f} |
| brewmaster {n} (person in charge of beer production at a brewery) | :: brouwmeester |
| Brexit {prop} (withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU) | :: brexit {m} |
| Brezhnev {prop} (surname) | :: Brezjnev |
| briar {n} (white heath) | :: boomhei {f} |
| bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty) | :: steekpenning, smeergeld {n} |
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe) | :: omkopen |
| bribery {n} (making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions) | :: omkoperij {f} |
| brick {n} (hardened block used for building) | :: baksteen {m} |
| brick {n} (a building material) | :: baksteen {m} |
| brick {n} (term for a helpful, reliable person) | :: kanjer {m}, toeverlaat {m}, beschermengel {m} |
| brick {n} | :: koelkast {f} |
| brick {adj} (made of brick(s)) | :: bakstenen |
| brick {v} (make into brick) | :: tot bakstenen bakken |
| bricklayer {n} (craftsman) | :: metselaar {m} |
| bride {n} (woman in the context of her own wedding) | :: bruid {f} |
| bridegroom {n} (bridegroom, groom) | :: bruidegom {m} |
| bride price {n} (sum paid to the family of the bride) | :: buidsprijs {m} |
| bridge {n} (construction or natural feature that spans a divide) | :: brug |
| bridge {n} (piece on string instruments) | :: kam {m} |
| bridge {n} (card game) | :: bridge |
| bridgetender {n} (someone who maintains and/or operates a bridge) | :: brugwachter {m} |
| bridle {n} (headgear for horse) | :: hoofdstel {n} |
| bridle {v} (to put a bridle on.) | :: breidelen |
| bridle {v} (to check, restrain) | :: intomen, in bedwang houden |
| bridle {v} (to show hostility) | :: gepikeerd reageren, zich vijandig opstellen |
| bridled tern {n} (Onychoprion anaethetus) | :: brilstern |
| bridled titmouse {n} (Baeolophus wollweberi) | :: harlekijnmees |
| brie {n} (mild French cheese) | :: brie {m} |
| brief {adj} (of short duration) | :: kort, kortstondig |
| brief {adj} (concise) | :: kort, bondig, samengevat |
| briefcase {n} (case used for carrying documents) | :: aktetas |
| briefs {n} (male underwear) | :: slip |
| brig {n} (two-masted vessel) | :: brigantijn {m} {f}, brik {m} {f} |
| brig {n} (naval military jail or guardhouse) | :: cachot {n}, legergevangenis, militaire gevangenis, [naval] scheepsgevangenis, gevang {n} |
| brigadier {n} (an army rank) | :: brigadegeneraal {m} |
| brigand {n} (bandit) | :: rover, bandiet |
| brigantine {n} (square-rigged foremast with main mast rigged fore-and-aft, sailing vessel) | :: brigantijn {f} |
| bright {adj} (visually dazzling, luminous, radiant) | :: helder, fel |
| bright {adj} (intelligent) | :: slim, intelligent |
| bright {adj} (vivid) | :: bont, levendig, monter |
| bright {adj} (happy) | :: vrolijk, opgeruimd |
| brightness {n} (the quality of being bright) | :: glans {m}, helderheid {f} |
| brill {n} (Scophthalmus rhombus) | :: griet {m} {f} |
| brilliant {adj} (shining brightly) | :: stralend |
| brilliant {adj} (of surpassing excellence) | :: briljant, meesterlijk, virtuoos |
| brilliant {adj} (magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)) | :: briljant, schitterend |
| brilliant {adj} (highly intelligent) | :: briljant, geniaal |
| brilliant {n} (cut gemstone) | :: briljant {m} |
| brilliant {n} (4-point type) | :: diamant, robijn, halve petit |
| brim {n} (an edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water)) | :: rand, boord |
| brim {n} (the topmost rim or lip of a container) | :: rand |
| brim {n} (a projecting rim, especially of a hat) | :: rand |
| brim {v} (to be full to overflowing) | :: overlopen |
| brim {v} (to fill to the brim, upper edge, or top) | :: tot de rand toe vullen |
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur | :: |
| brimstone {n} (butterfly species) | :: citroenvlinder {m} |
| brindled gnu {n} (blue wildebeest) SEE: blue wildebeest | :: |
| brine {n} (salt water) | :: pekel {m} |
| brine {v} (to preserve food in a salt solution) | :: pekelen |
| bring {v} (to transport toward somebody/somewhere) | :: brengen |
| bring about {v} (To cause to take place) | :: teweegbrengen, veroorzaken |
| bring about {v} (To accomplish) | :: bewerkstelligen, verwezenlijken, tot stand brengen |
| bring forth {v} (to produce, bear as fruit) | :: voortbrengen, dragen, produceren |
| bring forth {v} (to create, bring into existence) | :: voortbrengen, genereren, scheppen, maken |
| bring forth {v} (to adduce) | :: naar voren brengen, tevoorschijn halen |
| bring forward {v} (make happen earlier) | :: vervroegen |
| bring home the bacon {v} (to make a living) | :: zijn eigen broek ophouden |
| bring owls to Athens {v} (to undertake a pointless venture) SEE: carry coals to Newcastle | :: |
| bring to a boil {v} (heat something until it reaches boiling point) | :: aan de kook brengen |
| bring up {v} (to raise children) | :: opvoeden |
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| brink {n} (edge) | :: rand, steile rand |
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea | :: |
| brioche {n} (type of bun) | :: brioche |
| briquet {n} (small brick) | :: briket |
| Brisbane {prop} (Capital of Queensland, Australia) | :: Brisbane |
| brise soleil {n} (structural sunshade) | :: zonnewering {f} |
| brisk {adj} (full of liveliness and activity) | :: levendig |
| brisk {adj} (full of spirit of life) | :: opgewekt |
| brisk {adj} (stimulating or invigorating) | :: opwekkend |
| brisket {n} (a cut of meat from an animal chest) | :: klapstuk {n} |
| briskly {adv} (fast, quickly, swiftly) | :: gezwind |
| bristle {n} (stiff or coarse hair) | :: stoppelhaar |
| bristle {n} (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.) | :: borstelhaar |
| bristle {v} (to be on one's guard) | :: recht overeind staan, stekelig reageren |
| Brit {n} (British person) SEE: Briton | :: |
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom | :: |
| Britain {prop} (island, see also: Great Britain; British Isles) | :: Britannië {n} |
| Britain {prop} (Brittany) SEE: Brittany | :: |
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| britches {n} (breeches) SEE: breeches | :: |
| Briticism {n} (word or expression used in Britain) | :: Brits gezegde {n} |
| British {prop} (citizens or inhabitants of Britain) | :: Brit {m}, Britse {f} |
| British {prop} (the British English language) | :: brits engels |
| British {adj} (of Britain) | :: Brits |
| British Columbia {prop} (province of Canada) | :: Brits Columbia {?} |
| British English {n} (English language as in Britain, especially in England) | :: Brits-Engels |
| British Isles {prop} (group of islands) | :: Britse Eilanden {p} |
| British Virgin Islands {prop} (British overseas territory) | :: Britse Maagdeneilanden |
| Briton {n} (inhabitant of Great Britain) | :: Brit {m} |
| Brittany {prop} (region of North West France) | :: Bretagne |
| brittle {adj} (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure) | :: bros, broos |
| brittle {adj} (apt to break or crumble when bending) | :: breekbaar, bros |
| brittle {adj} (emotionally fragile, easily offended) | :: kribbigkoelafstandelijk |
| Brittonic {adj} (Brythonic) SEE: Brythonic | :: |
| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother | :: |
| broach {n} (spit) SEE: spit | :: |
| broach {v} (make a hole in) | :: doorboren, aantappen (van een vat) |
| broach {v} (begin discussion about) | :: ter sprake brengen, aansnijden, aankaarten (informal) |
| broach {v} (to turn sideways to oncoming waves) | :: kapseizen |
| broach {v} (to cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves) | :: kapseizen |
| broach {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch | :: |
| broach {n} (architecture: spire) SEE: spire | :: |
| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide | :: |
| broad {adj} (having a specified width) | :: breed |
| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore | :: |
| broadband {n} (high-capacity internet connection) | :: breedband {c} |
| broad bean {n} (Vicia faba) | :: tuinboon {f} |
| broadcast {adj} (cast or scattered widely) | :: wijdverspreid |
| broadcast {n} (transmission of a radio or television programme) | :: transmissie, uitzenden {n}, uitzending |
| broadcast {n} (programme transmitted) | :: uitzending |
| broadcast {n} (act of scattering seed) | :: zaaien {n} |
| broadcast {v} (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) | :: uitzenden, omroepen |
| broadcast {v} (to appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme) | :: omroepen (excludes performer) |
| broadcast {v} (to sow seeds over a wide area) | :: uitzaaien |
| broadcaster {n} (organisation) | :: zender {m}, omroep {m} |
| broaden {v} (to make broad) | :: verbreden, verruimen |
| broad-winged hawk {n} (Buteo platypterus) | :: breedvleugelbuizerd |
| brocade {n} (fabric) | :: brokaat {n} |
| broccoli {n} (plant Brassica oleracea var. italica) | :: broccoli {m} |
| brochure {n} (booklet of printed informational matter) | :: brochure {f} |
| broiler {n} (device used to broil food) | :: grill {m} |
| broiler {n} (chicken suitable for broiling) | :: vleeskuiken {n} |
| broke {adj} (lacking money; bankrupt) | :: blut |
| brokeback {adj} (derelict) SEE: derelict | :: |
| broken {adj} (fragmented) | :: gebroken, geknakt |
| broken {adj} (having the bone in pieces, fractured) | :: gebroken, verbijzeld |
| broken {adj} (of skin: split or ruptured) | :: gebroken, opengereten |
| broken {adj} (not working properly) | :: defect, kapot |
| broken {adj} (completely defeated and dispirited) | :: gebroken, gekraakt |
| broken {adj} (poorly spoken) | :: gebroken |
| broken {adj} (having no money) | :: gepluimd, blut |
| broken {adj} (disconnected) | :: afgebroken, verbroken |
| broken {adj} (of software: badly designed or implemented) | :: kaduuk |
| broken heart {n} (feeling of grief or loss) | :: gebroken hart {n} |
| broker {n} (mediator between a buyer and seller) | :: tussenpersoon {m}, makelaar {m} |
| brolga {n} (an Australian crane) | :: brolgakraanvogel |
| bromatology {n} (study of food) | :: bromatologie {f} |
| brome {n} (grass of Bromus) | :: dravik {f} |
| bromide {n} (chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element) | :: bromide {f} |
| bromide {n} (dose of bromide taken as a sedative) | :: bromide {f} |
| bromide {n} (platitude) SEE: platitude | :: |
| bromine {n} (nonmetallic chemical element) | :: broom {n} |
| bronchitis {n} (inflammation of the lungs) | :: bronchitis |
| bronchoscopy {n} (technique) | :: bronchoscopie {f} |
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry | :: |
| bronze {v} (to tan) SEE: tan | :: |
| bronze {n} (alloy) | :: brons {n} |
| bronze {n} (colour) | :: bronskleur {f} |
| bronze {adj} (made of bronze) | :: bronzen |
| bronze {adj} (having a bronze colour) | :: bronskleurig |
| Bronze Age {prop} (archaeology) | :: bronstijd {m} |
| brooch {n} (jewellery with pin) | :: broche {f}, speldje {n} |
| brood {n} (the young of certain animals) | :: gebroed {n}, legsel {n}, nageslacht {n}, nest {n} |
| brood {n} (the young of any egg-laying creature) | :: broedsel {n} |
| brood {n} (the children in one family) | :: nageslacht {n}, maagschap, sibbe |
| brood {v} (to keep an egg warm) | :: broeden, uitbroeden |
| brood {v} (to protect) | :: behoeden |
| brood {v} (to dwell upon moodily and at length) | :: broeden, piekeren |
| brood mare {n} (mare used for breeding) | :: fokmerrie {f} |
| brook {n} (a small stream) | :: beek {f}, broek |
| brook {v} (tolerate) SEE: tolerate | :: |
| broom {n} (domestic utensil) | :: bezem {m} |
| broom {n} (Fabaceae shrub) | :: brem |
| broomrape {n} (plant of the genus Orobanche) | :: bremraap |
| broomstick {n} (the handle of a broom) | :: bezemsteel {m} |
| broth {n} (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled) | :: bouillon {n} |
| broth {n} (soup made from broth) | :: consommé {m}, bouillonsoep {m} {f} |
| broth cube {n} (bouillon cube) SEE: bouillon cube | :: |
| brothel {n} (house of prostitution) | :: bordeel {n}, hoerenhuis {n}, hoerhuis {n} |
| brothel-keeper {n} (person who keeps a brothel) | :: bordeelhouder {m}, bordeelhoudster {f}, hoerenwaard {m}, hoerenwaardin {f} |
| brother {n} (male sibling) | :: broer {m}, broeder {m} [formal] |
| brother {n} (male having parents in common) | :: broer {m}, broeder {m} [formal] |
| brother {n} (male fellow member of a religious community) | :: broeder {m} |
| brother {n} (peer) | :: broeder {m} |
| brotherhood {n} (state of being brothers or a brother) | :: broederschap {f} |
| brotherhood {n} (an association of any purpose, a fraternity) | :: broederschap {f} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's brother) | :: zwager {m} [Netherlands], schoonbroer {m} [Flanders] |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's brother) | :: zwager {m} [Netherlands], schoonbroer {m} [Flanders] |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's sister's husband) | :: zwager {m} [Netherlands], schoonbroer {m} [Flanders] |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's sister's husband) | :: zwager {m} [Netherlands], schoonbroer {m} [Flanders] |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's sister's husband) | :: zwager {m} [Netherlands], schoonbroer {m} [Flanders] |
| brow {n} (forehead) SEE: forehead | :: |
| brow {n} (eyebrow) SEE: eyebrow | :: |
| browbeat {v} (to bully in an intimidating way) | :: intimideren, inschuchteren, bruuskeren |
| brown {n} (colour) | :: bruin |
| brown {adj} (having a brown colour) | :: bruin |
| brown {v} (to become brown) | :: bruin worden |
| brown {v} (to cook until brown) | :: bruinbakken |
| brown {v} (to tan) SEE: tan | :: |
| Brown {prop} (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion) | :: Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn, Bruyns, Bruins, de Bruyne, de Bruyn, de Bruin, de Bruine, de Bruijn, de Bruijne |
| brown argus {n} (butterfly) | :: bruin blauwtje {n} |
| brown bear {n} (Ursus arctos) | :: bruine beer |
| brown coal {n} (lignite) SEE: lignite | :: |
| brown dwarf {n} (starlike object) | :: Bruine Dwerg |
| brown falcon {n} | :: grote bruine valk |
| brown hyena {n} (Hyaena brunnea) | :: bruine hyena {f}, strandwolf {m} |
| brownish {adj} (of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown) | :: bruinig, bruinachtig |
| brownnose {v} (fawn) SEE: fawn | :: |
| brown noser {n} (one who brownnoses) | :: kontkusser |
| brown rat {n} (Rattus norvegicus) | :: bruine rat {m} {f} |
| brown rice {n} (unpolished rice) | :: zilvervliesrijst {m} |
| browse {v} (scan, casually look through) | :: doorbladeren |
| browse {v} (navigate through hyperlinked documents) | :: surfen |
| browser {n} (web browser) SEE: web browser | :: |
| brr {interj} (expression to show shivering) | :: brr |
| brubru {n} (Nilaus afer) | :: broebroe |
| Bruges {prop} (city in Belgium) | :: Brugge {n} |
| bruise {v} (strike (a person), giving them a bruise) | :: slaan |
| bruise {n} (medical: mark on the skin) | :: blauwe plek {f} |
| bruise {n} (mark on fruit or vegetable) | :: rotte plek, beurze plek |
| Brumaire {prop} (the second month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: brumaire {m}, nevelmaand {f} |
| Brunei {prop} (a country in Southeast Asia) | :: Brunei |
| brunette {adj} (having brown or black hair) | :: brunette, brunet [now uncommon] |
| brunette {n} (a person, especially female, with brown or black hair) | :: brunette {f} |
| brunion {n} (nectarine) SEE: nectarine | :: |
| Brunswick {prop} (Braunschweig, Germany) | :: Brunswijk, Braunschweig |
| brush {n} (implement) | :: borstel {m}; (paint-) verfborstel; (hair-) haarborstel; (tooth-) tandenborstel |
| brush {n} (electrical contact) | :: borstel {m} |
| brush {n} (wild vegetation) | :: struikgewas {n} |
| brush {v} (to clean (with a brush)) | :: borstelen; poetsen; vegen, (brushing teeth) tandenpoetsen |
| brush {v} (to untangle/arrange) | :: borstelen |
| brush {v} (to apply) | :: aanbrengen |
| brush {v} (to remove) | :: afborstelen |
| brush {v} (to touch) | :: vegen, van de tafel vegen |
| brush up {v} (to improve a rusty or underdeveloped skill) | :: bijspijkeren, afstoffen |
| brusque {adj} (rudely abrupt, unfriendly) | :: bruusk |
| Brusselian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to, Brussels) | :: Brussels |
| Brusselian {n} (someone from Brussels) | :: Brusselaar {m}, Brusselse {f} |
| Brussels {prop} (capital of Belgium) | :: Brussel {n} |
| Brussels Capital Region {prop} (region of Belgium) | :: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest {n} |
| Brussels sprout {n} (vegetable) | :: spruit {s}, spruiten {p}, usually in the diminutive plural form: spruitje, spruitkool |
| brutal {adj} (savagely violent) | :: bruut |
| brutality {n} (a state of being brutal) | :: wreedheid |
| bruxism {n} (habit or practice of grinding the teeth) | :: bruxisme {m} |
| bryozoan {n} (invertebrate in the phylum Bryozoa) | :: mosdiertje {n} |
| Brythonic {adj} (of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup) | :: Brits, Brythonisch |
| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek | :: |
| bubble {n} (spherically contained volume of air or other gas) | :: bel {f} |
| bubble {n} (small spherical cavity in a solid) | :: bel {f} |
| bubble {n} (anything resembling a hollow sphere) | :: bel {f} |
| bubble {n} (period of intense speculation in a market) | :: bel {f} |
| bubble {n} (someone who has been fooled) SEE: dupe | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cry, weep) SEE: weep | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cheat, delude) SEE: cheat | :: |
| bubble level {n} (tool) SEE: spirit level | :: |
| bubonic plague {n} (disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis) | :: builenpest {c} |
| buccaneer {n} (a group of seamen) | :: kaper {m} |
| buccaneer {n} (pirate) | :: boekanier {m}, piraat {m} |
| Bucharest {prop} (The capital of Romania) | :: Boekarest {?} |
| buck {n} (ram) SEE: ram | :: |
| buck {n} (male deer, goat, etc.) | :: bok {m} |
| buck {v} (of a horse: to leap upward arching its back, kicking out hind legs) | :: bokken |
| bucket {n} (container) | :: emmer {m} |
| bucket {n} (amount held in this container) | :: emmer {m} |
| bucket {n} (old car) | :: rammelkar {f} |
| bucket {v} (rain heavily) | :: plenzen |
| bucket {v} (travel very quickly) | :: vlammen |
| bucket list {n} (a list of things to accomplish before one's death) | :: bucketlist {m}, loodjeslijst {f} |
| Buckingham Palace {prop} (the official London residence of the British monarch) | :: Buckingham Palace |
| buckle {n} (belt clasp) | :: gesp |
| buckler {n} (small shield) | :: beukelaar {m} |
| buckling {n} (smoked herring) | :: bokking |
| buckshot {n} (lead shot used in shotgun cartridges) | :: hagel |
| buck's party {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party | :: |
| buckwheat {n} (fruit of this plant as cereal) | :: boekweit {f}, beuktarwe {m} |
| bucolic {adj} (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) | :: rustiek, landelijk, bucolisch |
| bucolic {adj} (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) | :: pastoraal |
| bud {n} (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) | :: knop {m} |
| bud {v} (to form buds) | :: ontluiken |
| Budapest {prop} (the capital city of Hungary) | :: Boedapest {n} |
| buddha {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| Buddha {prop} (spiritual and philosophical teacher) | :: Boeddha {m} |
| Buddhism {n} (religion and philosophy) | :: boeddhisme {n} |
| Buddhist {adj} (of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism) | :: boeddhistisch |
| Buddhist {n} (practitioner of Buddhism) | :: boeddhist {m}, boeddhiste {f} |
| Buddhist {n} (follower of Buddha) | :: boeddhist {m}, boeddhiste {f} |
| buddleia {n} (tree of shrub of the genus Buddleja) | :: vlinderstruik |
| buddy {n} (friend or casual acquaintance) | :: maat {m}, maatje {n} |
| buddy {n} (informal address to a stranger) | :: maat {m}, kerel {m}, vriend {m} |
| budge {v} (intransitive: to move) | :: bewegen |
| budge {v} (transitive: to move) | :: bewegen |
| budge {v} (to yield in opinion) | :: toegeven, meegaan |
| budgerigar {n} (species of parakeet) | :: grasparkiet |
| budget {n} (the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame) | :: begroting {f}, budget {n} |
| budget {n} (itemized summary of intended expenditure) | :: begroting, budget {n} |
| budget {adj} (of, or relating to a budget) | :: budgettair |
| budget {adj} (appropriate to a restricted budget) | :: goedkoop, low-cost |
| budget {v} (construct or draw up a budget) | :: een begroting/budget opmaken/opstellen |
| budget {v} (allow for in a budget) | :: budgetteren, begroten |
| budget {v} (plan for the use of in a budget) | :: budgetteren, begroten |
| Buenos Aires {prop} (capital of Argentina) | :: Buenos Aires {n} |
| buff {n} (a person who is very interested in a particular subject) | :: liefhebber |
| buff {v} (To polish and make shiny) | :: oppoetsen |
| buffalo {n} (Old World mammals) | :: buffel {m}, [Syncerus caffer] kafferbuffel {m}, [Bubalus bubalis] waterbuffel {m}, [Bubalus bubalis] karbouw {m} |
| buffalo {n} (North American bison) | :: bizon {m}, [inaccurate translation of buffalo meaning bison] buffel {m} |
| Buffalo {prop} (a city in New York State) | :: Buffalo |
| buff-breasted sandpiper {n} (Calidris subruficollis) | :: blonde ruiter {m} |
| buffer {n} (portion of memory in computing) | :: buffer {m} |
| buffer {n} (solution to stabilize pH) | :: buffermengsel {n} |
| buffer {v} (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of one thing on another) | :: inperken |
| buffer solution {n} (buffer solution) | :: bufferoplossing |
| bufflehead {n} (a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola) | :: buffelkopeend |
| buffoon {n} (one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | :: clown {m} |
| buffoon {n} (unintentionally ridiculous person) | :: sufferd {m} |
| bufotoxin {n} (toxic substance) | :: bufotoxine {n} {f} |
| bug {n} (an insect of the order Hemiptera) | :: wants {f} |
| bug {n} (a colloquial name for insect) | :: insect {n}, beestje {n} |
| bug {n} (problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)) | :: bug {m} |
| bugbear {n} (ongoing problem) | :: bête noire |
| bugbear {n} (source of dread, resentment or irritation) | :: boeman, schrikbeeld |
| bugbear {n} (imaginary creature) | :: spookbeeld |
| bugger {n} (heretic) SEE: heretic | :: |
| bugger {n} (someone who commits buggery) | :: sodemieter {m} |
| bugger {n} (dated slang: a damn) | :: sodemieter {m} [indefinite article only] |
| bugger {v} (to ruin) | :: verneuken |
| bugger {n} (whippersnapper) SEE: whippersnapper | :: |
| bugger off {interj} (go away) SEE: get lost | :: |
| buggery {n} (anal sex) SEE: anal sex | :: |
| buggy {n} (shopping cart) SEE: shopping cart | :: |
| bughouse chess {n} (variant of chess) | :: doorgeefschaak |
| bugle {n} (music: simple brass instrument) | :: bugel {m}, flügelhorn |
| build {v} ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts) | :: bouwen |
| build {v} ((transitive) to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) | :: opbouwen |
| build {n} (physique) | :: bouw |
| build castles in the air {v} (to have any desire, idea, or plan unlikely to be realized) | :: luchtkastelen bouwen |
| builder {n} (a person who builds or constructs things) | :: bouwer, bouwster {f} |
| builder {n} (a bodybuilder) SEE: bodybuilder | :: |
| building {n} (act or process of building) | :: bouwen {n}, bouw {m} |
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof) | :: gebouw {n} |
| building worker {n} (construction worker) SEE: construction worker | :: |
| build up {v} (to accumulate) | :: opstapelen |
| build up {v} (to strengthen) | :: versterken |
| buisine {n} (medieval wind instrument) | :: bazuin {m} {f} |
| bulb {n} (rounded solid object) | :: bol |
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| Bulgaria {prop} (country) | :: Bulgarije |
| Bulgarian {adj} (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language) | :: Bulgaars |
| Bulgarian {n} (native of Bulgaria) | :: Bulgaar {m}, Bulgaarse {f} |
| Bulgarian {n} (language) | :: Bulgaars {n} |
| bulge {n} (Something sticking out) | :: bult {m} |
| bulk {n} (dietary fibre) SEE: dietary fibre | :: |
| bulky {adj} (large in size, mass, or volume) | :: lijvig, omvangrijk, dik |
| bulky refuse {n} (bulky waste) SEE: bulky waste | :: |
| bulky waste {n} (a waste type that is too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection) | :: grofvuil {n} |
| bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine) | :: bul {m}, stier {m} |
| bull {n} (adult male animal) | :: stier {m} |
| bull {n} (large, strong man) | :: beer {m}, kolos {m} |
| bull {n} (slang: policeman) | :: flik {m} {f} |
| bull {adj} (male) | :: stieren-, mannetjes- |
| bull {n} (document) | :: bul {m} |
| bull {n} (seal) | :: zegel {n} |
| bull {n} (nonsense) | :: onzin {m}, klinkklare onzin {m}, nonsens {m} |
| bullcrap {n} (bullshit) SEE: bullshit | :: |
| bulldog {n} (breed of dog) | :: buldog {m} |
| bulldozer {n} (tractor) | :: laadschop {m} {f} |
| bullet {n} (projectile) | :: kogel {m} |
| bullet hole {n} (wound) | :: kogelgat {n} |
| bulletin board system {n} (computer system to exchange messages and data) | :: bulletin board system {n} |
| bulletproof {adj} (capable of withstanding a bullet) | :: kogelvrij |
| bull fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bullfight {n} (public spectacle) | :: stiergevechten |
| bullfighter {n} (a toreador or matador) | :: torero {m} |
| bullfighting {n} (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull) | :: stierenvechten {n} |
| bullfinch {n} (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) | :: goudvink {m} |
| bullfrog {n} (bullfrog) | :: brulkikker {m} |
| bullhorn {n} (portable device which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice) | :: megafoon |
| bullion {n} (bulk quantity of precious metal) | :: staaf, goudstaaf (gold bullion), zilverstaaf (silver bullion) |
| bullpen {n} (open seating arrangement in an office) | :: kantoortuin |
| bull run {n} (event in which people run with bulls in the streets) | :: stierenrennen {n} |
| bullseye {n} (centre of a target) | :: roos |
| bullseye {n} (shot which hits the centre of a target) | :: voltreffer |
| bull shark {n} (Carcharhinus leucas) | :: stierhaai {m} |
| bullshit {n} (deceitful statements, etc) | :: lulkoek, onzin, bullshit |
| bullshit {v} (to have casual conversation with no real point) | :: ouwehoeren, lullen |
| bullshit {interj} (expression of disbelief) | :: onzin |
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| bully {n} (person who is cruel to others) | :: wreedaard {m} {f}, pestkop {m}, treiteraar {m} |
| bully {v} (to intimidate) | :: pesten, treiteren, jennen |
| bulwark {n} (defensive wall or rampart) | :: bolwerk {n} |
| bulwark {n} (defense or safeguard) | :: verschansing {f}, schans {m} {f} |
| bulwark {n} (nautical: planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale) | :: verschansing {f} |
| bulwark {n} (breakwater) SEE: breakwater | :: |
| bum {n} (informal: buttocks or anus) | :: gat {n}, kont {m}, reet {m}, poep {f} [Flemish], achterwerk {n}, achterste {n} |
| bum {n} (informal: butt(ocks) specifically) | :: billen {f-p}, bips {m} |
| bum {n} (anus specifically) | :: anus {m} |
| bum {n} (hobo) | :: landloper {m}, vagebond {m}, dakloze {m}, zwerver {m} |
| bum {v} (to beg for something) | :: bietsen, aftroggelen |
| bum bag {n} (small pouch attached to a belt) SEE: fanny pack | :: |
| bumblebee {n} (genus of bee) | :: hommel {f} |
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper | :: |
| bumfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| bump {n} (a light blow or jolting collision) | :: botsing {m} |
| bump {n} (a protuberance on a level surface) | :: bult {m} |
| bump {n} (a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury) | :: bult {m}, buil {f} |
| bump {v} (to knock against with a light blow or collision) | :: stoten, botsen |
| bumper {n} (someone or something that bumps) | :: botser {m} |
| bumper {n} (impact absorber on a vehicle) | :: bumper {m} |
| bumper {n} (mechanical device to absorb impact) | :: stootkussen {n}, stootblok {n}, stootrand {m} |
| bumper {n} (side wall of a pool table) | :: boord {m}, kant {m} |
| bumper {n} (short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements) | :: jingle {m}, aankondigingsjingle {m} |
| bumper {adj} (colloquial: large) | :: groot, vol, immens |
| bumper car {n} (vehicle) | :: botsauto {m} |
| bumper sticker {n} (sticker) | :: bumpersticker {m} |
| bumptious {adj} (obtrusively pushy) | :: hanerig, zelfgenoegzaam |
| bun {n} (newbie) SEE: newbie | :: |
| bun {n} (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced) | :: bolletje {n}, broodje {n}, bol {m} |
| bun {n} (A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head) | :: knot {m} |
| bunch {n} (a group of similar things) | :: [flowers] bos {m} |
| bunch {n} (a cluster of grapes) | :: tros {m} |
| bunch {v} (to gather into a bunch) | :: bundelen |
| bunch {v} (to form a bunch) | :: ophopen |
| Bundestag {prop} (federal parliament of Germany) | :: Bondsdag |
| bundle {n} (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) | :: bundel {n} |
| bundle {n} (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) | :: bundel {n} |
| bundle {n} (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) | :: spierbundel {n} |
| bundle {n} (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) | :: bundel {n}, hoop |
| bundle {v} (to tie or wrap together) | :: bundelen, aaneenbinden, samenbinden |
| bundle {v} (to hustle, dispatch quickly) | :: buitenwerken, wegwerken |
| bundle {v} (to dress someone warmly) | :: induffelen |
| bundle {v} (intransitive: to dress warmly) | :: zich induffelen |
| bundle {v} (intransitive: to hurry) | :: drummen, snellen |
| bundt cake {n} (ring-shaped cake) | :: tulbandcake |
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe | :: |
| bungalow {n} (single-storey house) | :: bungalow {m} |
| bungler {n} (one who makes mistakes) | :: stumper {m} |
| bungling {n} (incompetence) | :: incompetent, onbekwaam |
| bunion {n} (bump on the big toe) | :: hallux valgus |
| bunk bed {n} (two or more beds fixed on top of one another) | :: stapelbed |
| bunkbed {n} (bunk bed) SEE: bunk bed | :: |
| bunker {n} (hardened shelter) | :: bunker {m} |
| bunker {n} (truant) SEE: truant | :: |
| bunny {n} (young rabbit) | :: konijn |
| Bunsen burner {n} (small laboratory gas burner) | :: bunsenbrander {m} |
| buoy {n} (moored float) | :: boei {f} |
| buoy {v} (keep afloat or aloft) | :: drijvend houden, vlottend houden |
| buoy {v} (support or maintain at a high level) | :: stutten, hoog houden |
| buoy {v} (mark with a buoy) | :: afbakenen, markeren |
| buoy {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver | :: |
| buoyance {n} (buoyancy) SEE: buoyancy | :: |
| buoyancy {n} (physics: upward force on an immersed body) | :: opwaartse kracht {f}, drijfvermogen |
| buoyancy {n} (ability to stay afloat) | :: drijfvermogen {n} |
| buoyancy {n} (resilience or cheerfulness) | :: vrolijkheid {f}, hilariteit {f} |
| buoyant {adj} (able to float) | :: drijvend |
| bupleurum {n} (plant of the genus Bupleurum) | :: goudscherm |
| buprestid {n} (any species of Buprestidae) | :: prachtkever {m} |
| bur {n} (prickly husk) SEE: burr | :: |
| burble {v} (to bubble, to gurgle) | :: murmelen |
| burbot {n} (a freshwater fish: Lota lota) | :: kwabaal |
| burden {n} (heavy load) | :: last {m} |
| burden {v} (encumber) | :: bezwaren, opgeschept zitten met |
| burden of proof {n} (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) | :: bewijslast {m}, last {m} |
| burdensomeness {n} (the state or quality of being burdensome) | :: belasting {f}, last {m} |
| Burdigalian {prop} | :: Burdigalien |
| burdock {n} (any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium) | :: klit |
| bureau {n} (office (room)) | :: agentschap {n}, kantoor {n}, bureau {n} |
| bureau {n} (desk) | :: bureau {n}, bureel {n} |
| bureau {n} (chest of drawers for clothes) | :: kledingkast {f} {m}, kast {f} {m} |
| bureaucracy {n} (government by bureaus) | :: bureaucratie {f} |
| bureaucracy {n} (system of administration) | :: bureaucratie {f} |
| bureaucracy {n} (body of officers) | :: ambtenarenapparaat {n}, bureaucratie {f}, apparaat {n} |
| bureaucracy {n} (excessive red tape) | :: bureaucratie {f}; bureaucratie {f} |
| bureaucrat {n} (An official in a bureaucracy) | :: bureaucraat {m} |
| bureau de change {n} (a place where foreign currency can be exchanged) | :: wisselkantoor |
| Burgas {prop} (city in Bulgaria) | :: Boergas {m} |
| burgeon {v} (to grow or expand) | :: uitgroeien, opbloeien |
| burgeon {v} (of plants, to bloom, bud) | :: bloeien |
| -burger {suffix} (suffix used to make names for hamburger-like dishes) | :: -burger {m} |
| burgess {n} (inhabitant of a borough with full rights) | :: burger {m}, [historical] poorter {m} |
| burglar {n} | :: inbreker {m}, inbreekster {f} |
| burglary {n} (the crime of breaking into) | :: inbraak |
| burgomaster {n} (the mayor of a town in certain countries) | :: burgemeester {m} |
| burgrave {n} (governor) | :: burchtgraaf {m} |
| Burgundy {prop} (region) | :: Bourgondië {f} |
| burial {n} (interment) | :: begrafenis {f} |
| buried {adj} (Placed in a grave at a burial) | :: begraven |
| burka {n} (female garment that covers the whole body) | :: boerka {m} |
| Burkina Faso {prop} (country) | :: Burkina Faso |
| Burkinese {adj} (relating to Burkina Faso) | :: Burkinees |
| Burkinese {n} (person from Burkina Faso) | :: Burkinees {m} |
| burlap {n} (strong cloth) | :: jute {n} |
| burly {adj} (well-built) | :: forsgebouwd, gespierd |
| Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar) | :: Birma |
| burn {n} (physical injury) | :: brandwond {f}, verbranding {f} |
| burn {n} (act of burning something) | :: verbranding {f}, afbranden {n} |
| burn {n} (intense non-physical sting) | :: pijn {f} |
| burn {n} (physical sensation in the muscles) | :: branden {n}, branderigheid {f} |
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire) | :: verbranden |
| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire) | :: branden, verbranden, verteren |
| burn {v} (to overheat so as to make unusable) | :: laten aanbranden, verbranden |
| burn {v} (to become overheated) | :: aanbranden, verbranden |
| burn {v} (to injure with heat or chemicals) | :: verbranden |
| burn {v} (to feel hot due to embarrassment) | :: branden, gloeien |
| burn {v} (computing: to write data) | :: branden |
| burn {v} (to betray) | :: verraden, in de steek laten |
| burn {v} (slang: to insult or defeat) | :: kwetsen, beledigen, liggen hebben |
| burn {v} (to waste) | :: verliezen, doden |
| burn {n} (stream, see also: stream) | :: stroom {m}, beek {m}, sloot {f} |
| burn {n} (vegetable disease) SEE: brand | :: |
| burn {v} (to cauterize) SEE: cauterize | :: |
| burn down {v} (cause a structure to burn to nothing) | :: platbranden, afbranden |
| burn down {v} (completely burn so that nothing remains) | :: platbranden, afbranden |
| burner {n} (computing: device that allows data or music to be stored on a CD) | :: brander {m} |
| burning bush {n} (Euonymus in general) SEE: spindle | :: |
| burning bush {n} (biblical object) | :: brandende braamstruik {m}, brandende doornstruik {m} |
| burning bush {n} (Dictamnus albus) SEE: gas plant | :: |
| burnoose {n} (a thick hooded cloak) | :: boernoes {m} |
| burn out {v} | :: uitbranden |
| burnout {n} (experience of long-term exhaustion) | :: burn-out {m} |
| burnt {adj} (carbonized) | :: verbrand |
| burnt {adj} | :: verbrandde, verbrand |
| burn the midnight oil {v} (work through the night) | :: tot laat in de nacht werken, het nachtje doordoen |
| burnt offering {n} (a slaughtered animal burnt on an altar) | :: brandoffer {n} |
| buro {n} (office) | :: agentschap {n}, kantoor {n}, bureau {n} |
| buro {n} (desk) | :: bureau {n}, bureel {n} |
| buro {n} (chest of drawers for clothes) | :: kledingkast {f} {m}, kast {f} {m} |
| burp {n} (a softer belch) | :: boer, oprisping |
| burp {v} (to emit a burp) | :: boeren |
| burqa {n} (burka) SEE: burka | :: |
| burr {n} (sliver or splinter) | :: splinter |
| burr {n} (material left on an edge after cutting) | :: braam {m} {f} |
| burr {v} (to pronounce "r") | :: brouwen |
| bur-reed {n} (a marsh plant) | :: egelskop |
| burrow {n} (a tunnel or hole) | :: hol, burcht {m} {f} |
| burrow {v} (to dig a hole) | :: graven,wroeten |
| burst {v} (to break from internal pressure) | :: barsten |
| burst {v} (to cause to burst) | :: doen barsten |
| burst into tears {v} (suddenly start crying) | :: barstte in tranen uit |
| burst out laughing {v} (suddenly start laughing intensely) | :: in lachen uitbarsten |
| Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa) | :: Burundi |
| bury {v} (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb) | :: begraven |
| bury {v} (place in the ground) | :: begraven |
| bury {v} (hide or conceal as if by covering with earth) | :: begraven |
| bury {v} (to put an end to; to abandon) | :: begraven, opgeven |
| Buryatia {prop} (Buryatia, Russia) | :: Boerjatië |
| bury one's head in the sand {v} (to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation) | :: de kop in het zand steken |
| bury the hatchet {v} (to stop fighting or arguing) | :: de strijdbijl begraven |
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance | :: |
| bus {n} (vehicle) | :: bus {m}, autobus {m}, stadsbus {m} [city bus] |
| bus {v} (transport via a motor bus) | :: vervoeren met de bus |
| bus {v} (transport students to school) | :: vervoeren met de bus |
| bus {v} (travel by bus) | :: met de bus reizen |
| bus {v} (clear meal remains from) | :: afruimen |
| bus {v} (work as a table clearer) | :: afruimen |
| busbar {n} (electrical conductor) | :: busbar |
| busboy {n} (assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables) | :: bordenwasser |
| busby {n} (fur hat, usually with a plume) | :: kolbak {c} |
| bus driver {n} (driver of a bus) | :: buschauffeur, busbestuurder {m} |
| bush {n} (category of woody plant) | :: struik, heester |
| bush {n} (pubic hair) | :: bosje {n}, schaamhaar {n} |
| bush {n} (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area) | :: bush |
| bush dog {n} (a wild canine animal) | :: boshond {m} |
| bushed {adj} (very tired; exhausted) | :: uitgeput, doodmoe |
| bushel {n} (dry measure) | :: schepel {m} {n} |
| bushel {n} (vessel of capacity of a bushel) | :: buisstuk {n} |
| business {n} (commercial enterprise or establishment) | :: bedrijf {n}, zaak {f}, onderneming {f} |
| business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person) | :: zaken {f-p}, zakenleven {n} |
| business {n} (commercial, industrial or professional activity) | :: vak {n} |
| business {n} (volume or amount of commercial trade) | :: zaken {f-p} |
| business {n} (patronage) | :: klandizie {f} |
| business {n} (something involving one personally) | :: zaken {f-p} |
| business {n} (business class) | :: businessclass {m} |
| business before pleasure {proverb} (discharging one's obligations should come before one's own gratification) | :: zaken gaan voor plezier |
| business card {n} (small card) | :: visitekaartje {n} |
| businesslike {adj} (methodical and efficient in a way advantageous to business) | :: zakelijk |
| businesslike {adj} (earnest, practical and undistracted) | :: zakelijk |
| businessman {n} (a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution) | :: zakenman {m} |
| business plan {n} (summary) | :: ondernemingsplan {n} |
| business trip {n} (business trip) | :: zakenreis {m} {f} |
| businesswoman {n} (woman of business) | :: zakenvrouw {f} |
| busk {v} (nautical: to tack) SEE: tack | :: |
| busker {n} (street performer) | :: straatmuzikant {m}, straatartiest {m} |
| bus lane {n} (lane for bus) | :: rijvak voorbehouden aan bussen {n} |
| bus route {n} (set route of bus service) | :: buslijn |
| bus shelter {n} (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) | :: bushokje {n}, bushok {n} |
| bus station {n} (major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes) | :: busstation {f} |
| bus stop {n} (a stop for public transport buses) | :: bushalte {f} |
| bust {n} (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) | :: buste {m} {f}, borstbeeld {n} |
| bust {n} (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) | :: boezem {m} {f} |
| bust {v} (alteration of burst) | :: barsten, breken |
| bust {v} (to break something) | :: breken |
| bust {v} ((slang) to arrest for a crime) | :: oppakken, bij de lurven pakken, vatten |
| bust {v} ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) | :: betrappen |
| bust {n} (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation) | :: arrestatie {f}, razzia {f} |
| bust {n} (failed enterprise) | :: flop, fiasco {n} |
| bustard {n} (any of several birds of the family Otididae) | :: trap |
| busted {adj} (having no money) | :: platzak |
| busted {adj} (caught in the act) | :: gepakt zijn, erbij zijn, betrapt |
| buster {n} (guy, friend) | :: [informal] vriend {m} |
| bustle {n} (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt) | :: cul de Paris {m} |
| bus trap {n} (device placed on a road) | :: bussluis {f} |
| busty {adj} (having large breasts) | :: rondborstig |
| busy {adj} (crowded with business or activities) | :: druk |
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal) | :: bezig |
| busy {adj} (engaged) | :: bezig |
| busy {adj} (complicated) | :: druk |
| busybody {n} (someone who interferes with others) | :: bemoeial {m} {f} |
| but {conj} (rather) | :: maar, echter |
| but {conj} (although) | :: maar |
| but {conj} (except) | :: behalve |
| butch {adj} (of a man) | :: macho, mannelijk |
| butch {n} (masculine lesbian) | :: pot {f} |
| butcher {n} (a person who prepares and sells meat) | :: slager {m}, beenhouwer {m} |
| butcher {n} (a brutal or indiscriminate killer) | :: slachter {m} |
| butcher {v} (To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market) | :: slachten |
| butcher {v} (to kill brutally) | :: slachten, afslachten |
| butcher's {n} (butcher’s shop) | :: slagerij {f} |
| butchershop {n} (a butcher's shop) | :: slagerij, slagerij {m} {f} |
| butchery {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir | :: |
| butler {n} (chief male servant) | :: butler {m} |
| butt {n} (buttocks) | :: kont {c}, achterste {n}, achterwerk {n}, reet {c} [vulgar] |
| butt {n} (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) | :: peuk {m} |
| butter {n} (soft foodstuff made from milk) | :: boter {f} |
| butter {v} (to spread butter on, see also: spread; butter) | :: beboteren, inboteren, met boter besmeren |
| butterbur {n} (herb) | :: hoefblad |
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil | :: |
| buttercup {n} (herb of the genus Ranunculus) | :: boterbloem {f} |
| butterfly {n} (insect) | :: [neutral] vlinder {m}; [dated] kapel {f}, pepel {m}, vijfwouter {m}; [archaic] boterschijte {f}, botervlieg {f}, pennenvogel {m}, schoenlapper {m}, zomervogel {m}; [poetic] fladderaar {m} |
| butterfly {n} (swimming stroke) SEE: butterfly stroke | :: |
| butterfly effect {n} | :: vlindereffect |
| butterfly knife {n} (folding pocket knife) | :: vlindermes {n} |
| butterfly net {n} (net used to collect butterflies) | :: vlindernet |
| butterfly stroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: vlinderslag {m} |
| buttermilk {n} (traditional buttermilk) | :: karnemelk {f}, botermelk {f} |
| buttermilk {n} (cultured buttermilk) | :: botermelk {f} |
| butter one's bread on both sides {v} (profit from two things at the same time) | :: van twee walletjes eten |
| butter up {v} (to flatter) | :: vleien |
| buttfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| butt in {v} (to join conversation when not welcome) | :: onderbreken, zich moeien, zich inmengen |
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked | :: |
| buttock {n} (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body) | :: bil {f} |
| button {n} (knob or small disc serving as a fastener) | :: knoop {m} |
| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger) | :: knop {m}, toets {m} |
| button {n} (in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected) | :: knop {m} |
| button {n} (a badge worn on clothes) | :: badge {f} |
| button {n} (botany: a bud) | :: knop {m} |
| button {v} (to fasten with a button) | :: dichtknopen |
| button accordion {n} (type of accordion) | :: trekzak {m} |
| buttonhole {n} (hole for a button) | :: knoopsgat {n} |
| buttonhole {n} (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) | :: boutonnière |
| button mushroom {n} (Agaricus bisporus) | :: champignon {m} |
| buttonquail {n} (bird of the genus Turnix) | :: vechtkwartels |
| buttress {n} (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it) | :: stut {m}, steun {m}, beer {m}, steunbeer {m} |
| buttress {n} (anything that serves to support something) | :: stut {m}, steun {m} |
| buttress {v} (support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress) | :: stutten, ondersteunen |
| buttress {v} (support something or someone by supplying evidence) | :: ondersteunen, onderbouwen |
| buxom {adj} (having a full, voluptuous figure) | :: rondborstig |
| buy {v} (to obtain something with money) | :: kopen, aanschaffen |
| buy {n} (purchase) SEE: purchase | :: |
| buy cheap, buy twice {proverb} (buying a cheap product is a false economy) | :: goedkoop is duurkoop |
| buyer {n} (person who makes purchases) | :: koper {m}, koopster {f}, aankoper {m}, aankoopster {f}, inkoper {m}, inkoopster {f}, klant {m} {f} |
| buy off {v} (pay off) | :: afkopen, omkopen |
| buy time {v} (purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else) | :: tijd winnen |
| buzz {n} (continuous humming noise) | :: zoem |
| buzz {n} (rush of feeling of energy or excitement) | :: opwinding {f}, roes {m} |
| buzz {n} (informal: telephone call) | :: belletje {n} |
| buzz {v} (to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound) | :: zoemen |
| buzz {n} (whisper) SEE: whisper | :: |
| buzzard {n} (bird of the genus Buteo) | :: buizerd {m} |
| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture | :: |
| buzzer {n} (device) | :: zoemer {m} |
| buzzword {n} (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon) | :: buzzwoord {n} |
| by {prep} (near, or next to) | :: bij |
| by {prep} (not later than) | :: tegen |
| by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb) | :: door |
| by {prep} (indicates creator of a work) | :: door, vanwege |
| by {prep} (indicates a means) | :: door, op, per |
| by {prep} (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy) | :: met |
| by {prep} (indicates steady progression) | :: per |
| by {adv} (along a path) | :: langs |
| by accident {adv} (accidentally) SEE: accidentally | :: |
| by and by {adv} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| by and large {adv} (mostly, generally; with few exceptions) | :: over het geheel genomen |
| Byblos {prop} (port city in Lebanon) | :: Byblos |
| by chance {prep} (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) | :: toevallig |
| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of | :: |
| bye {interj} (short for goodbye, see also: goodbye) | :: dag, doei, doeg; tot ziens [‘see you’], tot weerziens [‘see you again’, dated], tot kijk [‘see you’], tot gauw [‘see you soon’], laters [informal, ‘until later’]; hoie (Limburgish), houdoe (Brabantian); zwaai [informal]; toedels [informal], toedeltjes [informal], toedelpip [informal], toedeloe [informal], toedeledokie [informal, can signify disapproval]; tabee [informal]; moi [informal, also used for hello]; adieu [a bit formal], aju [informal], ajuus [informal], joe [informal], jo [informal]; ciao [informal] |
| bye-bye {n} (goodbye, see also: bye; goodbye) | :: doei doei, dag |
| by far {prep} (to a large extent) | :: verreweg, lang [with negation] |
| by foot {adv} (on foot) SEE: on foot | :: |
| byform {n} (tangential or subordinate form) | :: bijvorm {f}, nevenvorm {f} |
| bygone {adj} (in the far past) | :: vervlogen |
| bygone {n} (A person or occurrence that took place in the past) | :: het verleden, de dingen die voorbij zijn |
| by hand {prep} (manually) SEE: manually | :: |
| by hand {prep} (manually) | :: met de hand |
| by heart {prep} (knowing completely) | :: uit het hoofd, van buiten |
| byhove {v} (to suit, to befit) | :: betamen, pаssen |
| bylaw {n} (local custom or law) | :: verordening {f} |
| bylaw {n} (law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization) | :: huishoudelijk reglement {n} |
| by means of {prep} (By using) | :: aan de hand van, door middel van |
| by no means {prep} (certainly not) | :: zeker niet, in geen geval |
| by now {prep} (now) | :: onderhand |
| bypass {n} (road) | :: wegomleiding {f}, rondweg {m}, sluipweg {m}, |
| bypass {n} (circumvention) | :: omweg {m}, rondweg {m} |
| bypass {n} (section of pipe) | :: omleiding {f} |
| bypass {n} (electrical shunt) | :: parallelschakeling {f}, shunt {m} |
| bypass {v} (to ignore the usual channels or procedures) | :: omzeilen |
| byproduct {n} (secondary or additional product) | :: bijproduct {n} |
| by-product {n} (secondary product) | :: bijproduct {n}, nevenproduct {n}, (waste) afvalproduct {n} |
| by-product {n} (side effect) | :: neveneffect {n}, bijverschijnsel {n} |
| byre {n} (a barn, especially one used for keeping cattle) | :: koestal {m} |
| by rights {prep} (properly, in justice) | :: rechtens |
| bystander {n} (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator) | :: omstander {m} |
| by the by {prep} (by the way) SEE: by the way | :: |
| by the Grace of God {prep} (By divine right) | :: bij de Gratie Gods |
| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| by the way {prep} (incidentally) | :: trouwens, overigens, nu dat ik eraan denk, tussen haakjes, terloops gezegd |
| byword {n} (a proverb) | :: spreekwoord |
| byword {n} (someone who stands for something else) | :: spotnaam |
| Byzantine {adj} (of or pertaining to Byzantium) | :: Byzantijns |
| Byzantine {n} (native of Byzantine Empire) | :: Byzantijn {m} |
| Byzantine Empire {prop} (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) | :: Byzantijnse Keizerrijk |
| Byzantine studies {n} (study of history, culture, etc. of the Byzantine Empire) | :: byzantinistiek {f}, Byzantijnse studies {c} |
| Byzantinology {n} (Byzantine studies) SEE: Byzantine studies | :: |
| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire | :: |