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| h {letter} | :: letter |
| H {letter} | :: The eighth letter of the Dutch alphabet |
| ha {symbol} | :: abbreviation of hectare |
| ha {interj} | :: ha |
| haag {f} | :: A hedge, thicket of woody bushes planted in a row |
| haag {f} | :: A lane, (often double) row of lined-up persons or objects, as for a formal guard of honor inspection |
| haag {f} [obsolete] | :: Undergrowth, a dense low forest |
| haagdoorn {m} [botany] | :: any species of the genus Crataegus including hawthorn and mayblossom |
| haagspel {n} [historical] | :: An late-mediaeval or early-modern rural festive contest of lower standing in which local chambers of rhetoric competed |
| haai {m} | :: shark, fish of the superorder Selachimorpha (sometimes also including certain extinct shark-like members of the Elasmobranchii outside this superorder) |
| haai {m} | :: greedy person |
| haaibaai {f} [pejorative, Netherlands] | :: loud or domineering woman |
| haak {m} | :: hook |
| haak {m} | :: bracket (for enclosing text or mathematical symbols) |
| haakbus {m} | :: harquebus, arquebus |
| haakje {noun} | :: parenthesis, bracket |
| haaks {adj} | :: at a right angle |
| Haaksbergen {prop} {n} | :: Haaksbergen (village) |
| haaksnavel {m} | :: hawk-like beak |
| haakvormig {noun} | :: unciform |
| haakvormig been {n} | :: hamate bone |
| haalbaar {adj} | :: feasible, achievable, accomplishable |
| haalbaarheid {f} | :: Feasibility |
| haam {m} | :: horsecollar, collar for draught animals; made of wood or leather |
| haam {m} [dated, rare] | :: A type of fishing net with a handle |
| haan {m} | :: A cock, a rooster (male chicken) |
| haan {m} | :: The male of various other species of gallinaceous birds |
| haan {m} | :: The lock or hammer of an older type of firearm |
| haantjesgedrag {n} [biology] | :: male courtship behaviour, such as courtship display |
| haantjesgedrag {n} [by extension] | :: human macho behaviour, machismo |
| haar {pron} [personal] | :: Third-person singular, feminine object pronoun: her |
| haar {determiner} | :: Third-person singular, feminine possessive adjective: her |
| haar {determiner} [archaic] | :: Third-person plural possessive adjective: their |
| haar {n} {c} | :: [uncountable] hair (collection of hairs) |
| haar {n} {c} | :: [countable] hair (mammalian keratin filament) |
| haarbal {m} | :: hairball (mass of hair) |
| haarband {m} | :: A hair tie, a hairband, a headband (elastic band wrapped around the head to keep hair in place) |
| haarbandje {noun} | :: diminutive of haarband |
| haarborstel {m} | :: hairbrush |
| haard {m} | :: hearth |
| haard {m} | :: fireplace |
| haard {m} | :: place where a disease or disaster begins |
| haardkleed {n} | :: Hearthrug |
| haardos {m} | :: hair, headhair (all of a person's head hair) |
| haardos {m} | :: hairdo, hairstyle, haircut (particular way of styling one's hair) |
| haardroger {m} | :: hairdryer |
| Haarlem {prop} {n} | :: Haarlem (city/and/municipality/and/capital) |
| Haarlemmer {m} | :: Haarlemer |
| Haarlemmer {adj} [dated] | :: Of, from or pertaining to Haarlem |
| Haarlemmermeer {prop} {f} | :: A former lake in Noord-Holland, the Netherlands, located between Amsterdam, Leiden and Haarlem, drained between 1849 and 1852 |
| Haarlemmermeer {prop} {f} | :: A polder and municipality at the location of the former lake, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands |
| Haarlems {adj} | :: Of, from or pertaining to Haarlem |
| Haarlems {prop} {n} | :: The Hollandic dialect of Haarlem |
| haarnaald {f} | :: hairpin |
| haarscherp {adj} | :: pinpoint, extremely accurate |
| haarschuier {m} [Northern Dutch, dated] | :: hairbrush |
| haarspeld {f} | :: hairpin |
| haarspeldbocht {f} | :: A hairpin bend, a hairpin turn |
| haarspray {m} | :: hair spray |
| haarstuk {n} | :: A hairpiece |
| haaruitval {n} | :: hair loss |
| haarverf {f} | :: A hair dye |
| haarverlies {n} | :: hair loss |
| haarzelf {pron} | :: (informal / improper, reflexive) herself |
| Haarzuilens {prop} {n} | :: Haarzuilens (village) |
| haas {m} | :: hare, lagomorph of the genus Lepus |
| haas {m} | :: meat of the hare, fillet |
| haas {m} [sports] | :: rabbit, pacesetter (runner in a distance race who sets the pace) |
| haas {m} | :: tenderloin |
| Haas {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Lepus |
| Haas {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| haasachtige {noun} | :: lagomorph, any member of the order Lagomorpha |
| haasachtige {noun} [somewhat, dated] | :: rabbit or hare, any member of the family Leporidae |
| haasje {noun} | :: leveret |
| haasje-over {n} | :: leapfrog |
| haast {mf} | :: hurry, haste |
| haast {adv} | :: almost, nearly |
| haasten {vtr} | :: to hasten, to hurry, make haste |
| haastig {adj} | :: hasty, rash, impetuous |
| haat {f} {m} | :: hatred |
| haatbaard {m} [slang, pejorative, offensive] | :: radical muslim |
| Habakuk {prop} {m} [religion] | :: Habakkuk |
| habbekrats {mf} | :: trifle (something of very small importance or very low price) |
| habijt {n} {m} | :: habit (dress worn by monks and nuns) |
| habilitatie {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: habilitation (academic qualification) |
| habitus {m} | :: manner, behaviour |
| habitus {m} | :: general physical appearance such as shape of the body |
| habitus {m} [zoology] | :: general appearance and/or behaviour of a plant |
| Habsburg {prop} | :: the Habsburg castle in Aargau (northern Switzerland) |
| Habsburg {prop} | :: the Habsburg noble family named after it |
| haček {f} {m} | :: háček |
| hachelijk {adj} | :: precarious, insecure, dangerous |
| hacht {f} | :: large piece or chunk, esp. of meat or bread |
| hacht {f} | :: captivity, imprisonment |
| hack {m} | :: hack (exploit; illegitimate attempt to gain access) |
| hacken {vt} | :: to hack (to attempt to gain illegitimate access) |
| hacker {m} | :: A hacker |
| hadde {contraction} [Brabantian] | :: contraction of hadt gij |
| Hadewig {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Hadewijch {prop} {f} | :: alternative form of Hadewig |
| hadj {m} [Islam] | :: hajj |
| hadji {m} | :: hajji |
| hadron {n} [particle] | :: hadron |
| hafnium {n} | :: hafnium |
| -haftig {suffix} | :: -like, -ish |
| hagedis {m} | :: lizard, non-snake reptilian of the subclass Squamata, especially of the Lacertilia |
| Hagedis {prop} {f} [constellation] | :: Lacerta |
| hagel {m} | :: hail (frozen rain) |
| hagel {m} | :: shot (small metal balls used as ammunition) |
| Hageland {prop} | :: A region in the provinces of Flemish Brabant (mostly) and Limburg in Belgium, lying between the cities of Aarschot, Leuven, Tienen and Diest |
| Hageland {prop} | :: A surname, most common in Norway and Denmark, and with less use in Iceland |
| hagelen {v} | :: to hail (weather condition) |
| hagelgeweer {n} | :: shotgun |
| hagelkorrel {m} | :: graupel |
| hagelslag {m} | :: hundreds and thousands, sprinkles [elongated and often made of chocolate]; jimmies |
| hagelslag {m} | :: hailstorm, particularly a severe one |
| hagelsnoer {n} [biology] | :: chalaza |
| hagelsteen {m} | :: hailstone |
| hagelstorm {m} | :: hailstorm (storm accompanied by precipitation in the form of hail) |
| hagelwit {adj} | :: bright white, snow-white |
| Hagenees {m} | :: a (usually) lower-class inhabitant of The Hague |
| Hagenees {prop} {n} | :: the lect spoken by lower-class people from The Hague |
| hagenpreek {f} [historical] | :: hedge sermon |
| hagepreek {f} | :: superseded spelling of hagenpreek |
| haggada {f} [Judaism] | :: Haggadah (liturgical text used at the Seder based on the Exodus story) |
| haggis {m} | :: haggis |
| hagiografie {f} | :: hagiography |
| Haïti {prop} {n} | :: Haïti (country) |
| Haïtiaan {m} | :: a Haitian |
| Haïtiaans {adj} | :: Haitian |
| Haïtiaanse {f} | :: female from Haiti |
| hak {m} | :: heel of a shoe |
| hak {m} | :: heel |
| hak {m} | :: hoe (agricultural tool, gardening tool) |
| hakblok {n} | :: chopping block (for chopping wood or decapitating) |
| haken {vt} | :: to hook, to catch |
| haken {vt} | :: to crochet |
| haken {vt} | :: to long strongly for |
| hakenkruis {n} | :: swastika |
| Hakka {prop} {n} | :: Hakka (language) |
| hakkelen {vt} | :: to hack, to chop, to mince (to cut into small pieces) |
| hakkelen {vi} | :: to stutter, to stammer |
| hakken {vt} | :: to hack, chop |
| hakken {vi} | :: to dance in a style originating from the Dutch hardcore or gabber scene |
| hakken {n} [slang] | :: a style of dance originating from the Dutch hardcore and gabber scene |
| hal {f} | :: hall, hallway |
| hal {n} | :: frozen ground |
| halacha {prop} {f} | :: Halacha |
| halachisch {adj} | :: halakhic |
| halal {adj} [Islam] | :: allowed, in keeping with Islamic principles |
| halal {adv} [Islam] | :: done in keeping with Islamic principles |
| halen {vt} | :: to fetch, to get |
| halen {vt} | :: to reach (a goal), to catch |
| halen {vi} [het halen] | :: to make it |
| half {adj} | :: half |
| half {adj} [with numbers] | :: half before the next whole |
| halfbakken {adj} | :: half-baked (not fully baked) |
| halfbakken {adj} | :: half-baked (insufficient) |
| halfbloed {mf} | :: a half-blooded person, someone with mixed parentage |
| halfbroer {m} | :: half brother |
| halfdek {n} | :: halfdeck |
| halfedelsteen {m} | :: semi-precious stone |
| halfgaar {adj} | :: not completely cooked, half-baked |
| halfgaar {adj} [of meat] | :: medium rare |
| halfgaar {adj} | :: crazy, foolish, half-baked |
| halfgeleider {m} | :: A semiconductor (substance with electrical conductivity properties) |
| halfgeleiding {f} | :: semiconduction, semiconductivity |
| halfgod {m} | :: demigod, half-god |
| halfgod {m} [Greek mythology] | :: hero of semi-divine extraction |
| halfhartig {adj} | :: without much conviction or effort; halfhearted |
| halfkoets {f} [dated] | :: open coach (four-wheeled carriage without a permanent roof) |
| halfnaakt {adj} | :: seminaked, largely nude, only partially dressed or otherwise covered |
| halfpijp {f} | :: halfpipe |
| halfrond {n} [geography] | :: hemisphere |
| halfrond {adj} | :: hemispherical |
| halfschaduw {f} [chiefly astronomy, gardening] | :: penumbra |
| halfslachtig {adj} | :: without much conviction or effort; halfhearted |
| halfstok {adv} | :: half-staff, half-mast |
| halfuur {n} | :: half-hour, half an hour |
| halfvlak | :: half-plane |
| halfwaardetijd {f} | :: half-life |
| halfweg {adv} | :: halfway |
| hallo {interj} | :: hello (a general greeting used when meeting somebody) |
| hallo daar {interj} | :: hello there |
| hallucinatie {f} | :: hallucination |
| hallucineren {v} | :: to hallucinate |
| halm {m} | :: haulm, stalk, stem of grasses (including grain and reed) |
| halo {m} | :: halo [atmospheric phenomenon] |
| halo {m} | :: Similar visual effect resulting from undesirable, roughly circular spots on an imperfectly developed photograph |
| halogeen {n} | :: halogen (any element of group 7) |
| halogenide {n} [chemistry] | :: halide |
| hals {m} | :: [narrow sense] Front side of the neck; throat |
| hals {m} | :: [broad sense] Neck |
| halsader {m} | :: A jugular vein |
| halsband {m} | :: collar [as worn by pets] |
| halsband {m} | :: collar, bond placed around the neck to restrain people |
| halsband {m} [obsolete] | :: necklace |
| halsbandje {noun} | :: diminutive of halsband |
| halsbandparkiet {m} | :: ring-necked parakeet, rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri |
| halsberg {m} | :: haubergeon |
| halsberger {m} | :: Cryptodiran, any tortoise or turtle of the suborder Cryptodira |
| halsberger {m} | :: synonym of halsberg |
| halsdoek {m} | :: neckerchief |
| halsgevel {m} | :: neck-gable |
| halsketting {f} | :: necklace |
| halsmisdaad {f} | :: capital offence [Commonwealth], capital offense [US] (crime punishable with the death penalty) |
| halsmisdrijf {n} | :: capital offence [Commonwealth], capital offense [US] (crime punishable with the death penalty) |
| halsoverkop {adv} | :: head over heels |
| halsslagader {f} | :: A carotid, a carotid artery |
| halssnoer {n} | :: necklace |
| halsstarrig {adj} | :: stubborn, obstinate, stiff-necked |
| halsstarrigheid {f} | :: stubbornness, obstinacy |
| halswender {m} | :: side-necked turtle, turtle of the suborder Pleurodira |
| halte {f} | :: stop (place to get on and off line buses or trams) |
| halva {f} {m} | :: halva |
| halvanaise {m} | :: A sauce resembling mayonnaise but having a lower fat content |
| halvarine {f} | :: A form of margarine, with half the amount of fat that normal margarine contains |
| -halve {suffix} | :: Used to form adverbs from abstract nouns |
| halvegare {m} [pejorative] | :: idiot, fool, nutcase |
| halveren {vt} | :: to halve, to divide by two |
| halveren {vt} | :: to halve, to divide (e.g. by cutting) in two |
| halvering {f} | :: An act or process of halving |
| halveringstijd {f} | :: half-life |
| halverwege {adv} | :: halfway through |
| halve zool {f} | :: superseded spelling of halvezool |
| halvezool {f} | :: A moron, an idiot |
| ham {f} | :: ham (cured pork from the thigh of a swine) |
| hamam {m} | :: Turkish bath, hammam |
| hamburger {m} | :: hamburger |
| hamel {m} | :: wether, a castrated ram (male sheep) |
| Hamelink {prop} | :: surname |
| hamer {m} | :: hammer |
| hameren {v} | :: to hammer |
| hamerhaai {m} | :: hammerhead shark, any shark of the Sphyrnidae |
| hamerstuk {n} [politics] | :: A piece of legislation that is accepted without plenary discussion |
| hamerstuk {n} | :: Anything that is rubber stamped |
| hammam {m} | :: alternative spelling of hamam |
| hamster {m} | :: hamster |
| hamsteraar {m} | :: A hoarder, especially for emergencies |
| hamsteren {vti} | :: to hoard (e.g. food, supplies), typically for emergencies |
| hamsterhaas {m} [obsolete] | :: pika, lagomorph of the family Ochotonidae or specifically of the genus Ochotona |
| hamvraag {f} | :: million-dollar question (the final, critical or most important question, the crux) |
| hand {f} | :: hand of a human or other simian |
| handbak {m} | :: manual gearbox |
| handbal {n} | :: Handball (European handball) |
| handbal {m} | :: A handball used in European handball |
| handballen {vi} | :: to play handball (European rules) |
| handboei {f} {m} | :: handcuff |
| handboog {m} | :: handbow (archery weapon, excluding crossbows) |
| handdoek {m} | :: A towel, a cloth used for drying (sometimes for cleaning) one's hands |
| handel {m} | :: trade (activity of trading) |
| handel {m} | :: business, company (commercial entity) |
| handel {m} | :: goods, things |
| handel {m} | :: shop, store (merchant's business) |
| handelaar {m} | :: merchant, trader |
| handelen {vi} | :: to trade, do business |
| handelen {vi} | :: to act |
| handeling {f} | :: act, action |
| Handelingen {prop} | :: the book of Acts (book of the Bible) |
| handelsafgunst {f} | :: trade envy |
| handelsbetrekking {f} | :: commercial relation |
| handelsembargo {n} | :: A trade embargo (ban on trade with another country) |
| handelsgenoot {m} | :: companion, business partner |
| handelsgewas {n} | :: cash crop |
| handelsmerk {n} | :: trade mark |
| handelsnatie {f} | :: trading nation (nation whose national income or national identity largely depends on trade) |
| handelsoorlog {m} | :: A trade war (mutual imposition of trade barriers) |
| handelsoorlog {m} [chiefly historical] | :: A war pertaining to trading interests |
| handelspartner {m} | :: trading partner (someone with whom one trades) |
| handelspartner {m} [less common] | :: companion, business partner |
| handelspost {m} | :: trading post |
| handelsschip {n} | :: A trading ship, a merchant ship |
| handelsstad {f} | :: trading city, trading town |
| handelsstadje {noun} | :: diminutive of handelsstad |
| handelsvaart {f} | :: merchant shipping |
| handelsvloot {f} {m} | :: merchant navy |
| handelswaar {f} | :: merchandise |
| handen en voeten geven {vi} [with indirect object] | :: to put into practice, to realise, to accomplish |
| handen omhoog {interj} | :: hands up! |
| handenvol {adv} | :: while busy |
| handgeklap {n} | :: handclapping (a form of music) |
| handgeklap {n} | :: applause |
| handgemaakt {adj} | :: handmade |
| handgemeen {adj} | :: involved in a fight |
| handgemeen {n} | :: scuffle (fight) |
| handgereedschap {n} | :: hand tool |
| handgranaat {f} | :: hand grenade |
| handhaven {vt} | :: to enforce, to maintain, to uphold |
| handhaven {vt} | :: to persevere with, to persist with/in |
| handhaven {vr} | :: to remain in charge, to remain in place |
| handhaver {m} | :: An enforcer, one who upholds something |
| handhaver {m} | :: One who maintains public ordder, a law enforcement official |
| handhaving {f} | :: enforcement, maintaining, upholding |
| handicap {m} | :: disability |
| handicap {m} | :: handicap, disadvantage |
| handicap {m} [sports, golf] | :: handicap, measure of ability |
| handig {adj} | :: handy, convenient, practical |
| handig {adj} | :: handy, capable, dexterous |
| handig {adj} | :: clever, crafty, cunning |
| handige jongen {m} | :: handyman |
| handigheid {f} | :: skilfulness, handiness, dexterity |
| handjeklap {m} | :: gesture in which two people slap their hands |
| handjeklap {m} [Netherlands] | :: children's game in which players clap each other's hands |
| handjeklap {m} [Netherlands, chiefly historical] | :: system of bargaining on certain markets according to which parties would slap on each other's hands with each bid until an agreement is reached |
| handjeklap {m} [Netherlands, chiefly politics, pejorative] | :: system of political negotiation according to which compromise is sought by exchanging policy proposals more or less wholesale on an issue-by-issue basis |
| handlanger {m} | :: accomplice, henchman (one who assists in criminal or unethical activity) |
| handlanger {m} [now, chiefly Surinam or Zeeland, otherwise dated] | :: assistant; helper |
| handleiding {f} | :: (instruction) manual |
| handmatig {adj} | :: manual |
| handmatig {adv} | :: manually |
| handpalm {f} | :: palm (inner, concave part of a hand) |
| handrem {f} | :: handbrake (any brake operated by hand, e.g. a parking brake or a brake lever) |
| handruiker {m} [now, Suriname] | :: A flower bouquet |
| handschoen {m} | :: glove (item of clothing) |
| handschoenenkast {f} | :: glove compartment (compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard) |
| handschoenmaker {m} | :: glover |
| handschrift {n} | :: handwriting |
| handschrift {n} | :: manuscript |
| handschrift {n} [obsolete] | :: autograph, signature |
| handstand {m} | :: handstand |
| handtas {f} {m} | :: handbag [Commonwealth], purse [US] |
| handtekening {f} | :: Signature, autograph |
| handvat {n} | :: handle, grip |
| handvest {n} | :: charter (document creating a public or private institution) |
| handvest {n} | :: manifesto |
| handvuurwapen {n} | :: handgun, hand firearm, portable firearm |
| handwanmolen {m} | :: manual winnowing mill |
| handwas {m} | :: washing by hand, usually referring to laundry, dishwashing or food |
| handwerk {n} | :: handiwork |
| handwerken {v} | :: to handwork |
| hanengevecht {n} | :: cockfight |
| hanenkam {m} | :: cockscomb, the fleshy crest on the top of a rooster's head |
| hanenkam {m} [hairstyle] | :: Mohawk |
| hanenkam {m} | :: chanterelle or Cantharellus cibarius |
| hanenkamp {m} [uncommon] | :: cockfight |
| hang {c} | :: A support for hanging objects, such as a nail for a picture frame |
| hang {c} | :: A place to dry or smoke produce |
| hang {c} | :: A tendency, knack |
| hangar {m} | :: hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft |
| hangbrug {f} | :: suspension bridge |
| hangbuikzwijn {n} | :: pot-bellied pig, a Vietnamese breed of domesticated pig |
| hangen {vi} | :: to hang |
| hangen {vt} | :: to hang |
| hanger {m} | :: hanger |
| hanger {m} | :: jewel that hangs |
| hangijzer {n} | :: An iron hanger to suspend objects from |
| hangijzer {n} | :: (in heet hangijzer) A problematic, unresolved matter |
| hangjongere {m} | :: loitering youngster |
| hangmat {f} | :: hammock |
| hangplant {f} | :: A hanging plant |
| hangplantje {noun} | :: diminutive of hangplant |
| hangslot {n} | :: padlock |
| hangsnor {f} | :: A droopy moustache that somewhat exceeds the width of the lips |
| Hanna {prop} {f} | :: Hannah (Biblical character) |
| Hanna {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Hannah {prop} {f} | :: alternative spelling of Hanna |
| hannes {m} | :: dummy, idiot, twerp |
| hannesen {vi} | :: to mess around, to bungle, to act clumsily |
| Hans {prop} {m} | :: given name, short form of Johannes |
| hansworst {m} [pejorative] | :: butterfingers, klutz, meathead |
| hansworst {m} [historical] | :: comic theatre persona, similar to a harlequin or clown |
| hanteerbaar {adj} | :: wieldable, wieldy |
| hanteerbaar {adj} | :: practicable, usable, employable |
| hanteren {v} | :: to handle |
| hanteren {v} | :: to use |
| Hanze {f} [history] | :: Hanseatic League |
| Hanzestad {f} | :: Hanseatic city, city that was a member of the Hanseatic League |
| hap {m} [often, diminutive] | :: bite |
| hap {m} | :: chunk |
| hap {m} [often, diminutive] | :: snack, light meal |
| haperen {v} | :: to malfunction, to be out of order |
| hapjespan {f} | :: saute pan |
| happen {v} | :: to take a bite |
| happy slapping {m} | :: happy slapping |
| har {f} [dated] | :: hinge |
| har {f} [dialectal, chiefly diminutive] | :: gap, narrow opening [especially of doors, windows and hatches] |
| hara-kiri {m} | :: archaic spelling of harakiri |
| harakiri {m} | :: hara-kiri |
| haram {adj} [Islam] | :: forbidden, not allowed |
| haram {adv} [Islam] | :: in a way that is forbidden |
| Haratin {c} | :: Haratin |
| hard {adj} | :: hard, strong |
| hard {adj} [economics, of a currency] | :: strong, not easily devalued |
| hard {adj} | :: unquestionable, uncontestable |
| hard {adj} | :: heartless, unsympathetic (of a person) |
| hard {adj} | :: hard, difficult |
| hard {adj} | :: harsh, heavy |
| hard {adj} | :: hard, rich in calcium (of water) |
| hard {adj} | :: loud (of sound) |
| hard {adv} [speed] | :: fast, swiftly |
| hard {adv} | :: very |
| hard {adv} | :: loudly |
| harde {m} | :: A hard one, e.g. a hard hit, a tough guy |
| harde {m} [euphemistic] | :: A stiffy, hard-on, erected phallus |
| harde g {f} [phonology] | :: The phoneme /ɣ/ pronounced with a more velar or uvular articulation, often also voiceless. This pronunciation is characteristic of the northern Dutch-speaking areas |
| harden {vt} | :: To render hard(er), more resistant etc.; to temper metal; to steel nerves |
| harden {vt} | :: to endure, bear, stand, tolerate |
| Hardenberg {prop} {n} | :: Hardenberg (town) |
| Hardenne {prop} [Belgian] | :: Ardennes; alternative form of Ardennen |
| Hardenne {prop} | :: surname |
| harder {m} | :: A mullet, fish of the family Mugilidae |
| harder {m} | :: A flathead mullet, flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus |
| Harderwijk {prop} {n} | :: Harderwijk (city/and/municipality) |
| harde schijf {f} [computer hardware] | :: hard disk |
| hardgekookt {adj} | :: hard-boiled (of a boiled egg) |
| hardhandig {adj} | :: hardhanded, forceful |
| hardheid {f} | :: hardness |
| hardlijvig {adj} | :: constipated, suffering constipation |
| hardlopen {v} [Netherlands] | :: to run |
| hardnekkig {adj} | :: stubborn, stiffnecked |
| hardnekkig {adj} | :: persistent, lasting |
| hardop {adv} | :: out loud, aloud |
| hard teken {n} | :: hard sign (Ъ/ъ) |
| hardtin {n} [rare] | :: An alloy of tin and copper; pewter |
| hardvochtig {adj} | :: hard-hearted |
| Hare Majesteit {pron} [title] | :: Her Majesty |
| harer {pron} [dated] | :: her |
| harig {adj} | :: hairy, covered in hair, having a lot of hair |
| harig {adj} [obsolete] | :: dry and windy |
| harig {adj} [uncommon] | :: foggy, misty |
| haring {m} | :: herring |
| haring {m} | :: tent peg |
| haringbuis {f} [historical] | :: herring buss; an old type of keeled fishing boat used for catching herring, having two or three rectangular main sails |
| haringhaai {m} | :: porbeagle, Lamna nasus |
| haringkoning {m} [folklore] | :: king of herrings (mythological large golden herring) |
| haringkoning {m} | :: giant oarfish, king of herrings, Regalecus glesne |
| haring of kuit {phrase} | :: See: nl haring of kuit |
| haring of kuit {phrase} [idiom] | :: synonym of hom of kuit |
| haringworm {m} | :: a roundworm of the genus Anisakis |
| haringwormziekte {f} | :: anisakiasis |
| hark {m} | :: rake (garden tool) |
| harken {v} | :: to rake, to use the rake on |
| harlekijn {m} | :: harlequin (type of mime) |
| Harlingen {prop} {n} | :: Harlingen (city/and/municipality) |
| Harm {prop} {m} | :: given name, Low German, derived from Herman, meaning "army man" |
| Harmelen {prop} {n} | :: Harmelen (village) |
| harmonie {f} [music] | :: harmony |
| harmonie {f} | :: harmony, concord |
| harmonie der sferen {f} [historical, astronomy] | :: music of the spheres |
| harmonisch {adj} | :: harmonic, harmonious |
| harmonische {mf} [physics] | :: harmonic |
| harmoniseren {v} | :: to harmonize |
| Harmsen {prop} | :: surname |
| harnas {n} | :: (medieval) armor |
| harp {f} {m} | :: harp |
| harpij {f} [Greek mythology] | :: harpy (hybrid of a woman and a bird of prey) |
| harpij {f} | :: harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja |
| harpij {f} [pejorative] | :: harpy, harridan (malicious or unpleasant woman) |
| harpist {m} | :: harpist |
| harpiste {f} | :: female equivalent of harpist |
| harpoen {m} | :: A harpoon, short spearlike weapon with tenderhooks thrown at the target, of various sizes and types, e.g. used for whaling |
| harpoen {m} | :: Some similar weapons |
| harpoen {m} [heraldry] | :: A figure representing a harpoon |
| harpoenier {m} | :: harpooner |
| hars {m} {n} | :: resin |
| harses {p} [dialectal, colloquial] | :: alternative form of hersenen |
| harses {p} [dialectal, colloquial] | :: noggin, bonce |
| harst {m} [dated, dialectal] | :: A cut of meat |
| harst {f} | :: obsolete form of hars |
| harsten {v} [archaic] | :: To fry |
| hart {n} | :: heart, main muscle pumping blood through the body: |
| hart {n} | :: The center point or zone of an object, image etc |
| hart {n} | :: The core or essence of some thing, reasoning etc |
| hart {n} | :: Compassionate or similar feelings |
| hartaandoening {f} | :: heart disease |
| hartaanval {m} | :: heart attack |
| hartelijk {adj} | :: cordial |
| hartelijk {adj} | :: hearty |
| hartelijk {adj} | :: hospitable |
| hartelijk {adj} | :: outgoing |
| hartelijk {adj} | :: warm |
| hartelijk {adv} | :: heartily |
| hartelijk {adv} | :: warmly |
| hartelijkheid {f} | :: cordiality |
| harteloos {adj} | :: heartless |
| harten {mf} [uncountable, cards] | :: hearts |
| harten {mf} | :: a playing card of the hearts suit |
| hartenjagen {n} | :: The card game hearts |
| hartenpijn {f} [archaic] | :: heartburn, cardialgia |
| hartenpijn {f} | :: heartache |
| hartfalen {n} [medicine] | :: heart failure ((chronic) inability of the heart to circulate a sufficient amount of blood) |
| hartfalen {n} [colloquial, media] | :: heart attack |
| hartfilm {m} [Netherlands, now, colloquial, now chiefly diminutive] | :: An electrocardiogram |
| hartfilmpje {noun} | :: diminutive of hartfilm |
| hartig {adj} | :: (rare) savoury and spicy, heavily seasoned |
| hartig {adj} | :: having a salty taste, such as cheese, meat etc. (i.e. not sweet) |
| hartigheid {f} | :: saltiness, spiciness |
| hartigheid {f} | :: something that is salty and spicy |
| hartinfarct {n} [disease] | :: myocardial infarction, heart attack |
| hartkamer {f} | :: ventricle, lower chamber of a heart |
| hartligger {m} [Brabantian] | :: favorite person |
| hartpatiënt {m} | :: Someone who suffers from a heart disease |
| hartritme {n} | :: heart rate, cardiac rhythm, heart rhythm |
| hartritmestoornis {f} | :: cardiac arrhythmia |
| hartschelp {f} [animals] | :: cockle |
| hartslag {m} | :: A heartbeat |
| hartslag {m} | :: The heart rate, the rhythm of a beating heart |
| hartslag {m} [figuratively] | :: A moving force, 'engine' |
| hartstikke {adv} [colloquial] | :: very, freaking, hella |
| hartstilstand {m} | :: cardiac arrest |
| hartstocht {m} | :: passion |
| hartstochtelijk {adj} | :: passionate, intense |
| hartsvriendin {f} | :: intimate female friend |
| hartverscheurend {adj} | :: heartrending |
| hartverwarmend {adj} | :: heartwarming |
| hartvormig {adj} | :: heart-shaped |
| hasj {m} | :: hashish, hash (dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant) |
| hasjiesj {m} | :: hashish, hash |
| haskala {prop} {f} | :: alternative spelling of Haskala |
| Haskala {prop} {f} | :: Haskalah |
| haspel {c} | :: reel (a machine on which yarn, cable, hose etc. is wound) |
| Hassan {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Hasselt {prop} {n} | :: The capital city of Limburg, Belgium |
| hassium {n} | :: hassium |
| hatelijk {adj} | :: hateful, malicious |
| hatelijk {adj} | :: odious, abominable |
| hatelijk {adv} [obsolete] | :: extremely, used with other adverbs to express a high degree |
| hatelijkheid {f} | :: a sharp and hurtful remark |
| haten {vt} | :: to hate |
| hater {m} | :: A hater, someone who hates |
| hater {m} | :: A hater, an enemy or criticaster |
| hatseflats {interj} [Netherlands] | :: Expresses a sudden or completed occurrence |
| hatsjie {interj} | :: achoo (representation of a sneeze) |
| hatsjoe {interj} | :: achoo; onomatopoeia for the sound of sneezing |
| Hattem {prop} {n} | :: Hattem (city/and/municipality) |
| Hattemerbroek {prop} {n} | :: Hattemerbroek (village) |
| hausse {f} [economics] | :: economic bubble |
| hausse {f} | :: hype |
| hautain {adj} | :: haughty, supercilious |
| Hávamál {prop} | :: Hávamál |
| have {f} | :: property, possession |
| haveloos {adj} | :: shabby |
| haven {f} | :: harbour |
| haven {f} | :: port |
| havendorp {n} | :: A port village, a harbour village |
| havenen {v} | :: to damage, to harm |
| havenen {v} | :: to abuse, to mistreat |
| havenen {v} [dated, Northern Dutch, dialectal] | :: to treat carefully, to groom |
| havenen {v} [dated, Northern Dutch, dialectal] | :: to clean |
| havenen {vi} | :: to enter a harbour, to enter port |
| havengebied {n} | :: port area |
| havengebied {n} | :: dockland |
| havenhoofd {n} | :: jetty, breakwater (pier near a harbour) |
| havenmeester {m} | :: harbourmaster |
| havenplaats {f} | :: port (any settlement with a harbour) |
| havenrecht {n} | :: right to use a harbour |
| havenrecht {n} | :: fee or duty paid for using a harbour |
| havenstad {f} | :: port city |
| haver {m} | :: any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena |
| haver {m} | :: in particular, Avena sativa, the cereal oats, notably fed to horses |
| Haverbus {prop} | :: surname |
| havermout {m} | :: oatmeal |
| havervlokkenpap {m} | :: oatmeal (breakfast cereal) |
| havik {m} | :: A hawk, a small bird of the family Accipitridae, especially of the genus Accipiter |
| havik {m} | :: A northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis |
| havik {m} [politics] | :: A hawk, someone with aggressive or extreme views in (foreign) politics |
| havo {prop} {f} {m} {n} [Netherlands] | :: initialism of Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs |
| HAVO {prop} {c} {n} [Netherlands] | :: alternative case form of havo |
| Hawaï {prop} {n} | :: Hawaï (state) |
| Hawaïaans {adj} | :: Hawaiian |
| Hawaïaans {prop} {n} | :: Hawaiian (language) |
| Hazebroek {prop} {n} | :: Hazebrouck, a village in France |
| hazel {m} [rare, dated, literary] | :: hazel |
| hazelaar {m} | :: hazel, Corylus avellana |
| hazelnoot {mf} | :: A hazel nut |
| hazelnoot {mf} | :: A hazel, a hazel nut tree or shrub; tree of the genus Corylus |
| hazenpad {n} [uncommon] | :: a hare's trail |
| hazewindhond {m} | :: A greyhound |
| hbo {noun} | :: initialism of hoger beroepsonderwijs |
| HBO {n} | :: acronym of hoger beroepsonderwijs |
| hé {interj} | :: hey |
| hè {interj} | :: huh; said when surprised or puzzled |
| hè {interj} | :: ugh, aww; said when disappointed or annoyed |
| hè {interj} [as a question at the end of a statement] | :: does it?, is it?, right?, eh?; creates a tag question |
| headbangen {vi} | :: to headbang |
| heaumeau {m} [offensive, derogatory] | :: homosexual person |
| heaumeau {m} [offensive, derogatory] | :: clumsy or under performing person |
| hebbeding {n} [obsolete] | :: piece of junk |
| hebbeding {n} | :: gadget, gimmick, trinket (desirable but often depreciated commodity) |
| hebbelijk {adj} | :: appropriate, decent, proper |
| hebbelijkheid {f} | :: habit, mannerism |
| hebben {vt} | :: to have, to possess, own, hold |
| hebben {vt} [medicine] | :: to be afflicted with a disease |
| hebben {v} [auxiliary] | :: Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of most verbs, together with a past participle |
| hebben {v} [auxiliary, with te] | :: must, to be obliged to, to be to |
| hebbes {interj} | :: gotcha (captured or apprehended) |
| hebbie {contraction} [Netherlands, colloquial] | :: contraction of heb ie |
| heb je hulp nodig {phrase} | :: [familiar] do you need help? |
| Hebreeuws {prop} {n} | :: Hebrew (Semitic language, official language of Israel) |
| Hebreeuws {adj} | :: Hebrew |
| Hebreeuwse Bijbel {prop} {m} [Judaism, Bible, scholarship] | :: the Hebrew Bible |
| hebt u een menu in het Engels {phrase} | :: do you have a menu in English? |
| hebzucht {f} | :: greed, avarice |
| hebzuchtig {adj} | :: greedy |
| hecatombe {f} [Greco-Roman religion] | :: hecatomb, public sacrifice involving many sacrificial animals |
| hecatombe {f} [figuratively] | :: carnage, massacre, any great loss of life whether intentional or not |
| hecht {adj} | :: tight, close-knit |
| hechten {vt} | :: to attach, to bind |
| hechten {vt} | :: to suture, to stitch |
| hechtenis {f} | :: custody, detention |
| hechting {f} | :: act of binding or stitching |
| hechting {f} [surgery] | :: stitch |
| hectare {f} | :: hectare |
| hecto- {prefix} | :: hecto- |
| hectoampère {m} | :: hecto-ampere: 100 amperes |
| hectocandela {mf} | :: hectocandela: 102 candela |
| hectometer {m} | :: A hectometre (100 m) |
| hectometerpaal {m} | :: A roadside location marker placed at intervals of 100 m (1 hm) |
| hectometerpaaltje {noun} | :: diminutive of hectometerpaal |
| hecto-ohm {m} {n} | :: hecto-ohm: 100 ohms |
| Hector {prop} {m} | :: Hector (hero from the Iliad) |
| hectoseconde {f} | :: hectosecond: 100 seconds |
| hedde {contraction} [Brabantian] | :: contraction of hebt gij |
| hede {f} [dialectal] | :: tow, hards |
| heden {adv} | :: today |
| heden {adv} | :: presently |
| heden {n} | :: the present |
| hedendaags {adj} | :: current, contemporary, modern |
| heden ten dage {adv} | :: nowadays |
| hedonisme {n} | :: hedonism |
| hee {interj} | :: alternative spelling of hé |
| heeft u hulp nodig {phrase} | :: [polite] do you need help? |
| heel {adj} | :: complete, full, whole |
| heel {adj} | :: unbroken, undamaged, untarnished |
| heel {adj} | :: big, enormous, significant |
| heel {adv} | :: very |
| heelal {n} | :: universe |
| heelhuids {adv} | :: unharmed, safe and sound, unscathed |
| heelhuids {adj} [rare] | :: unscathed, unharmed |
| heelkunde {f} | :: surgery (discipline) |
| heelmeester {m} [now, chiefly in fantasy or historical, otherwise archaic] | :: healer, doctor |
| heem {n} | :: house, home |
| heem {n} | :: (domestic/ farm-)yard |
| heemraad {m} | :: village council |
| heemraad {m} [historical] | :: in Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts |
| heemraad {m} [historical] | :: a member of such a council |
| Heemskerk {prop} {n} | :: Heemskerk (town) |
| Heemskerk {prop} {n} | :: surname |
| heemstede {f} | :: a house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; a homestead |
| heemstede {f} [historic] | :: a court of law in Gelderland |
| heemwaarts {adv} | :: homewards |
| heen {adv} | :: away |
| heen {adv} [postpositional] | :: to, towards |
| heen {adv} [slang] | :: gone, outside the boundaries of the norms |
| heen en weer {adv} | :: to and fro, back and forth |
| heengaan {v} [formal] | :: to go away |
| heengaan {v} [euphemism] | :: to pass away, to die |
| heenkomen {n} | :: place of refuge |
| heer {m} | :: lord; master |
| heer {m} | :: gentleman |
| heer {n} [archaic] | :: army |
| Heerde {prop} | :: Heerde (village/and/municipality) |
| Heerenveen {prop} {n} | :: Heerenveen (village/and/municipality) |
| Heerhugowaard {prop} {n} | :: Heerhugowaard (town) |
| heerkracht {f} [archaic] | :: army, (military) force |
| Heerlen {prop} {n} | :: Heerlen (city/and/municipality) |
| heerlijk {adj} | :: wonderful (when referring to a sensation), great |
| heerlijk {adj} | :: delicious |
| heerlijk {adj} | :: lordly, suzerain (pertaining to a feudal lord) |
| heerlijk {adj} | :: glorious, magnificent |
| heerlijkheid {f} | :: deliciousness, delight, delicacy |
| heerlijkheid {f} | :: fiefdom (specifically referring to manorialism) |
| heerlijkheid {f} | :: glory |
| heeroom {m} | :: An uncle who is a (Roman Catholic) priest or monastic |
| heerschaar {f} [now, chiefly Christianity] | :: A host, a throng of fighters |
| heerschappij {f} | :: lordship, dominion |
| heerschare {f} | :: host, army |
| heersen {v} | :: to rule |
| heersen {v} | :: to prevail |
| heerser {m} | :: a ruler, sovereign |
| heerseres {f} | :: female equivalent of heerser |
| heerszucht {f} [pejorative] | :: pathological desire to rule |
| hees {adj} | :: hoarse, rough, husky, grating |
| heesheid {f} | :: hoarseness |
| heester {m} | :: bush, shrub |
| heestertje {noun} | :: diminutive of heester |
| heet {adj} | :: hot (very warm) |
| heet {adj} | :: spicy, hot |
| heetgebakerd {adj} | :: hot-tempered, hotheaded |
| hefboom {m} [literally] | :: lever (turning rigid piece) |
| hefboom {m} [figuratively] | :: leverage |
| hefeiland {n} | :: jackup rig |
| heffen {v} | :: To raise, lift, heave |
| heffen {v} | :: To levy (a tax or toll) |
| heffing {f} | :: a tax |
| heffing {f} | :: [poetry] a group of letters which are stressed in a poetic meter |
| hefinstallatie {f} | :: a part of a machinery that's used to raise heavy objects; a hook and chain, a sling |
| heft {n} | :: handle of a knife or other tool, haft, hilt |
| heft {n} | :: (metaphor, used absolutely: het heft) control, charge |
| heftig {adj} | :: fierce, severe |
| heftig {adj} | :: violent |
| heftig {adj} | :: passionate |
| heftig {adj} | :: impetuous, impulsive |
| heg {f} | :: hedge, hedgerow |
| hegemonie {f} | :: hegemony |
| heggenmus {f} | :: dunnock, hedge sparrow (Prunella modularis) |
| heggenmus {f} | :: Any bird of the family Prunellidae |
| hegje {noun} | :: diminutive of heg |
| hei {f} | :: alternative form of heide |
| heibel {m} | :: row, quarrel |
| heibel {m} | :: uproar, commotion |
| -heid {suffix} | :: -ness, -ity; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| heide {f} | :: heath, heathland |
| heide {f} | :: heather, plant of the family Ericaceae |
| heideblauwtje {n} | :: silver-studded blue, Plebejus argus |
| heiden {m} | :: heathen, pagan, person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion |
| heiden {m} | :: gentile |
| heiden {m} [figuratively] | :: barbarian, Philistine in the uncivilised sense |
| heidendom {n} | :: paganism, heathendom (polytheistic religious tradition) |
| heidendom {n} | :: heathendom, heathenry, heresy (any faith, view or community proscribed by a given religion) |
| heidens {adj} | :: pagan (pertaining to paganism) |
| heidens {adj} | :: gentile (pertaining to non-Jews) |
| heidens {adj} [derogatory] | :: uncivilised, heathen |
| heidens {adj} [colloquial] | :: immense, enormous |
| heien {vti} | :: to drive (a pile, plank or wall) into the ground |
| heiig {adj} | :: misty, foggy |
| heikneuter {m} | :: common linnet, Linaria cannabina |
| heikneuter {m} [derogatory] | :: bumpkin, yokel, hick (unsophisticated rural person) |
| heil {n} | :: prosperity |
| heil {n} | :: salvation |
| heiland {m} [religion] | :: savior (North America), saviour (Commonwealth) |
| Heiland {prop} {m} [Christianity] | :: Savior (North America), Saviour (Commonwealth) |
| heilbot {m} | :: halibut, the largest flatfish species of marine genus Hippoglossus |
| heildronk {m} | :: toast, honouring or salutation by raising a drink |
| heilgymnast {m} | :: remedial gymnast |
| heilgymnastiek {f} | :: remedial gymnastics |
| heilig {adj} | :: holy |
| heilig {adj} | :: sacred |
| heiligbeen {n} [anatomy] | :: sacrum |
| heiligdom {n} | :: Holy building or place, sanctuary |
| heilige {f} {m} | :: saint |
| heilige der heiligen {prop} {n} | :: Holy of Holies [chiefly in relation to the Temple of Solomon] |
| Heilige Geest {prop} {m} | :: Holy Spirit, one of the three persons constituting the Holy Trinity in Christian theology |
| Heilige Graal {prop} {m} | :: Holy Grail |
| Heilige Land {prop} {n} [Christianity] | :: Holy Land (Palestine, Israel) |
| heiligen {v} | :: to hallow, to sanctify |
| heiligenbeeld {n} | :: image of a saint |
| heiligenschijn {m} [uncountable] | :: heiligenschein (optical phenomenon causing bright area around the shadow of the observer's head) |
| heiligenschijn {m} [countable] | :: halo, nimbus |
| heiligenschrijn {n} | :: a coffin-like reliquary |
| heilige oorlog {m} | :: holy war |
| Heilige Stoel {prop} | :: the Holy See, Rome (the Vatican) as seat of and metonomy for the papacy and the universal Roman Catholic church which it heads |
| heiligheid {f} | :: holiness (quality or state of being holy, sacred) |
| heiligheid {f} | :: Something that is holy |
| heiligheid der heiligheden {prop} {f} [dated] | :: Holy of Holies [in relation to the Temple of Solomon] |
| heilig huisje {n} [idiom, chiefly in the plural, politics, society] | :: sacred cow, taboo (something that is considered inviolable) |
| heiligschennis {f} | :: sacrilege, desecration |
| heiligverklaring {f} [Roman Catholicism] | :: canonization (US); canonisation (UK) |
| Heilissem {prop} {n} | :: Hélécine, a village in Belgium |
| Heiloo {prop} {n} | :: Heiloo (village/and/municipality) |
| heilsgeschiedenis {f} [Christianity] | :: Heilsgeschichte |
| heilshistorie {f} [Christianity] | :: Heilsgeschichte |
| heilstaat {m} [countable] | :: An ideal state, a utopia, in particular a socialist utopia |
| heilstaat {m} [archaic, theology, Christianity, uncountable] | :: The state of salvation |
| heilwens {m} | :: wish [for success, health, etc. to someone] |
| heilzaam {adj} | :: healthy, salutiferous |
| heim {n} | :: alternative form of heem |
| heimelijk {adj} | :: secretive |
| heimelijk {adj} | :: furtive, stealthy |
| heimwaarts {adv} [dated] | :: alternative form of heemwaarts |
| heimwee {n} | :: homesickness |
| hein {m} | :: physical demarcation between fields or yards, like a fence, wall or ditch |
| hein {m} | :: skinny person |
| hein {m} | :: skinny horse |
| hein {m} | :: personification of death |
| Hein {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| heinde {adv} | :: closeby |
| heinen {vt} [dated] | :: to fence (off), to enclose |
| heipaal {m} | :: A pile (pole or beam driven into the ground as part of a foundation) |
| heipaaltje {noun} | :: diminutive of heipaal |
| heir {n} [archaic] | :: alternative spelling of heer |
| heirbaan {f} [historical] | :: Roman road |
| heisa {m} | :: fuss, ado, to-do, commotion |
| heisa {interj} [dated] | :: huzzah, hey, hurrah; expression of happiness or excitement |
| heitje {n} [Netherlands] | :: A coin with the denomination of 25 guilder cents |
| hek {n} | :: fence |
| hek {n} | :: stern |
| hekel {m} | :: a hatred |
| hekel {m} | :: a tool for working hemp or flax |
| hekeldicht {n} [countable] | :: a satirical poem |
| hekeldichter {m} | :: (male or not specific) satirist |
| hekeldichteres {f} | :: satirist (female) |
| hekelen {vt} [of flax] | :: to heckle, to comb with a hackle (heckling comb) |
| hekelen {vt} | :: to denounce, criticize (publicly) |
| hekelen {vt} | :: to satirise, to lampoon |
| hekje {noun} | :: Number sign |
| hekkensluiter {m} | :: straggler, trailer, one who comes last |
| heks {f} | :: witch (sorceress) |
| heks {f} [figurative, derogatory] | :: witch (term of abuse for a woman) |
| heksenjacht {f} {m} [literal and figurative] | :: witch-hunt |
| heksenketel {m} | :: witch's cauldron |
| heksenketel {m} [figuratively, uncountable] | :: pandemonium |
| heksenkring {m} | :: fairy ring |
| heksenmelk {f} [botany] | :: leafy spurge, Euphorbia esula |
| heksenmelk {f} | :: witch's milk (neonatal milk) |
| heksensabbat {m} | :: witches' Sabbath |
| heksensteen {m} | :: adder stone |
| hekserij {f} | :: witchcraft |
| hekserij {f} | :: something quite difficult |
| hekwerk {n} | :: fencing |
| hekwerk {n} | :: railing |
| hel {f} [religion, mythology] | :: Hell, an infernal afterlife |
| hel {f} [figurative] | :: A terrible place or ordeal |
| hel {adj} [archaic] | :: bright |
| hel {n} {f} | :: hall, frozen spot |
| helaas {adv} | :: unfortunately |
| helaas {interj} | :: alas! |
| helaas pindakaas {interj} [idiomatic] | :: too bad, oh well |
| helaba {interj} [Belgium] | :: Hey, you - Used to point out somebody has to watch out 'watch it!', or to (work up to) reprove |
| helaba {interj} [Belgium] | :: hello, hi there |
| held {m} | :: hero |
| heldendaad {f} | :: A heroic deed, act, feat |
| heldendicht {n} | :: An epic, narrative poem (or by extension prose), notably on a hero |
| heldendicht {n} [figuratively] | :: An epic episode or scene |
| heldendom {n} | :: being a hero |
| heldenmoed {m} | :: heroic courage |
| helder {adj} | :: clear, bright |
| helder {adj} | :: clear, lucid, obvious |
| helder {adj} | :: clear, transparent, lucid |
| helderheid {f} | :: brightness |
| helderheid {f} [figuratively] | :: lucidness, lucidity |
| helderziend {adj} | :: sibylline, clairvoyant |
| helderziende {noun} | :: A psychic, a clairvoyant person |
| helderziendheid {f} | :: clairvoyance |
| heldhaftig {adj} | :: heroic, daring, brave |
| heldhaftigheid {f} [uncountable] | :: heroism, bravery (quality of being heroic) |
| heldhaftigheid {f} [countable] | :: heroic feat, heroic deed |
| heldin {f} | :: heroine |
| heldinnetje {noun} | :: diminutive of heldin |
| held op sokken {m} | :: A coward, a scaredy-cat |
| hele {adv} | :: alternative form of heel |
| heleboel {num} | :: [with indefinite article] (a) lot |
| Heleen {prop} {f} | :: given name, a nativised variant of Helena (=Helen) |
| helemaal {adv} | :: completely |
| helemaal {adv} [colloquial] | :: anyway |
| helemaal niet {adv} | :: not at all, absolutely not |
| helen {v} [ergative] | :: to heal |
| helen {v} | :: To accept (and sell) stolen goods; to fence |
| Helena {prop} {f} | :: given name, a Latinate variant of Heleen (=Helen) |
| heler {m} | :: healer |
| heler {m} | :: fence (middleman for transactions of stolen goods) |
| heleres {f} | :: female equivalent of heler |
| heleres {f} | :: female equivalent of heler |
| helft {f} {m} | :: half |
| Helga {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Helgoland {prop} {n} | :: Heligoland |
| heli {m} | :: chopper |
| helikopter {m} | :: helicopter |
| helikoptercrash {m} | :: helicopter crash |
| helikopterouder {m} | :: helicopter parent |
| heling {f} | :: fencing (buying of stolen goods) |
| heling {f} | :: healing |
| heliometer {m} | :: heliometer |
| helium {n} | :: helium |
| helix {f} | :: helix |
| Hella {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Helleen {m} | :: A Hellene, an ethnic Greek |
| Helleens {adj} | :: Hellenic |
| hellegebroed {n} [literally] | :: A hellspawn, (a) creature(s) from hell |
| hellegebroed {n} [figuratively] | :: The worst, vilest, most vicious, fiendish or monstruous |
| hellegeest {m} [poetic] | :: hell-spirit, devil, demon |
| hellekind {n} | :: hellspawn, son of Darkness |
| hellekind {n} | :: nasty child, crotch critter, dipshit |
| hellemoer {f} | :: the devil's mother |
| hellemoer {f} | :: (figurative) an extremely evil female |
| hellen {vi} | :: to incline |
| hellenisme {n} | :: Hellenism |
| hellenist {m} [historical, Judaism] | :: A Helleniser, a Hellenised Jew, a Hellenist (ancient Jew who had adopted Ancient Greek customs) |
| hellenist {m} [historical] | :: A Hellenist (one of any non-Greek people who had adopted Ancient Greek customs) |
| hellenistisch {adj} | :: Hellenistic |
| hellerivier {f} | :: alternative form of helrivier |
| hellevuur {n} [uncountable] | :: the fire of Hell; hellfire |
| hellevuur {n} [uncountable] | :: fire produced by the Devil, or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell |
| hellevuur {n} [countable] | :: a fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity; an inferno |
| hellewaarts {adv} | :: to hell, hellward |
| helling {f} | :: inclination, slope |
| helling {f} [geology] | :: dip |
| hellingshoek {m} | :: angle of inclination |
| helm {m} | :: helmet |
| helm {m} [heraldry] | :: helmet |
| helm {f} {n} | :: European beachgrass, Ammophila arenaria |
| Helmond {prop} {n} | :: Helmond (city/and/municipality) |
| helpen {vt} | :: to help |
| helpen {vt} | :: to provide, to supply [+ aan (object) = with] |
| helpen {vt} | :: to get hooked, to cause (someone) to be very keen (on), addicted or depended [+ aan (object) = to] |
| helper {m} | :: One who helps, gives aid; deputy, assistant, aide, flunky |
| helrivier {f} | :: river in or near hell or another underworld |
| hels {adj} [literal] | :: hellish, in or related to hell |
| hels {adj} | :: diabolically horrible, gruesome |
| hels {adj} | :: devilishly extreme, intense |
| hels {adj} | :: chemically aggressive |
| Helsinki {prop} {n} | :: Helsinki (capital city) |
| helwaarts {adv} | :: towards hell |
| helzen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to embrace, to wrap the arms around the neck of |
| hem {pron} [personal] | :: Third-person singular, masculine, objective: him |
| hem {pron} [personal] | :: The tagger in a game of tag: it |
| hematologie {f} | :: haematology |
| hematoom {n} | :: hematoma |
| hemd {n} [now, Belgium, Suriname] | :: a shirt (article of clothing) |
| hemd {n} [Netherlands] | :: a singlet, undershirt |
| hemdrok {m} [historical] | :: a type of long shirt covering the entire torso down to the thighs |
| hemdsmouwen {p} | :: in the fixed expression in hemdsmouwen |
| hemel {m} | :: heaven |
| hemel {m} | :: sky, heavens |
| hemel {m} | :: canopy, baldachin |
| hemelbed {n} | :: canopy bed |
| hemelbestormer {m} [figurative] | :: iconoclast, someone who breaks taboos |
| hemelbestormer {m} [now, uncommon, Greek mythology] | :: Titan |
| hemelblauw {n} | :: sky blue (loosely speaking: not according to any color standardization) |
| hemelblauw {n} | :: French blue (RAL 5015 (RAL is a Dutch color standardization) |
| hemelblauw {adj} | :: sky blue (loosely speaking: not according to any color standardization) |
| hemelblauw {adj} | :: French blue (RAL 5015 (RAL is a Dutch color standardization)) |
| hemelbol {m} [astronomy] | :: celestial sphere |
| hemelen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to hide, to remove |
| hemelen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to fix, to repair |
| hemelen {vi} [euphemism] | :: to die, with the implication of going to heaven |
| hemelgeest {m} [dated] | :: angel |
| hemelgeest {m} [dated] | :: heaven or sky spirit |
| hemelgewelf {n} | :: sky, firmament |
| hemelhoog {adj} | :: sky high, very high |
| hemelhoog {adv} | :: sky high |
| hemeling {m} | :: A celestial being |
| hemelkaart {f} | :: star map |
| hemellichaam {n} | :: heavenly body |
| hemelmechanica {f} [astronomy, physics] | :: celestial mechanics |
| hemelnimf {f} [Islam] | :: houri |
| hemelpool {f} | :: celestial pole (pole that is the centrepoint of the stars' apparent axial rotation) |
| hemels {adj} | :: heavenly, of or pertaining to heaven |
| hemels {adj} | :: heavenly, amazing, sublime |
| hemelsblauw {n} | :: alternative spelling of hemelblauw |
| hemelsblauw {adj} | :: alternative spelling of hemelblauw |
| hemelsfeer {f} {m} [historical] | :: sphere of heaven, celestial sphere, a spherical layer of which the supralunar sky was thought to be composed |
| hemelsfeer {f} {m} [figurative, often in the plural] | :: heaven |
| hemelteken {n} | :: star sign |
| hemelteken {n} | :: celestial or atmospheric phenomenon |
| hemelvaart {f} [Christianity] | :: ascension to Heaven |
| Hemelvaart {prop} {m} | :: Ascension Day |
| Hemelvaart {prop} {m} | :: Christ’s ascension |
| Hemelvaartsdag {m} | :: Ascension Day |
| hemelvuur {n} [uncommon, poetic] | :: lightning |
| hemelwaarts {adv} | :: towards heaven |
| hemelwijd {adj} | :: enormous, as though spanning across the heavens |
| hemisfeer {m} | :: A hemisphere, half-sphere, notably half the planet Earth |
| hemmetje {noun} [colloquial] | :: shirt, blouse |
| hemofilie {f} | :: haemophilia |
| hempie {noun} [colloquial, Hollandic] | :: alternative form of hemdje |
| hem smeren {v} [idiomatic] | :: to scram, to be out of here/there |
| hemzelf {pron} | :: (informal / improper, reflexive) himself |
| hen {pron} | :: them (object pronoun) |
| hen {f} | :: hen, female chicken; female of a related species |
| hen {f} | :: A female of the species of birds brooding on the ground |
| hen {f} [figuratively] | :: 'bird', colloquial term for a human female |
| hendel {m} {n} | :: lever |
| Hendrick {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Hendrik {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Hendriks {prop} | :: a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "of Hendrik." |
| Henegouwen {prop} {n} | :: Henegouwen (province) |
| heng {f} | :: moving leaf of a hinge, affixed to the moving part |
| hengel {m} | :: fishing rod |
| hengelaar {m} | :: angler, someone who fishes using a fishing rod |
| hengelen {vi} | :: to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a rod |
| hengelen {vi} [metaphor] | :: to fish for information or some reaction |
| Hengelo {prop} {n} | :: Hengelo (city) without city rights, near Enschede and Almelo |
| Hengelo {prop} {n} | :: Hengelo (village) |
| hengsel {n} | :: hinge |
| hengsel {n} | :: handle of a container [e.g. of a backet or cauldron] |
| hengst {m} | :: stallion (male horse, especially uncastrated) |
| hengst {m} [metonymy] | :: A very hard hit, like given by a angrily kicking stallion |
| hengstveulen {n} | :: colt, a male foal (equine young) |
| Henk {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Henk en Ingrid {prop} {p} | :: The stereotypical autochthonous Dutch common folks |
| Hennekes {prop} | :: surname |
| hennep {m} | :: hemp |
| hennepolie {f} | :: hemp oil |
| hennepzaad {n} | :: hempseed |
| hennepzaadolie {f} | :: hemp oil |
| hennetje {noun} | :: diminutive of hen |
| hennip {m} | :: obsolete spelling of hennep |
| Henoch {prop} {m} | :: Enoch (mythological character) |
| Henoch {prop} {m} | :: Title of three apocrypha |
| hept- {prefix} [hydrocarbon chain prefix] | :: hept- |
| heptaan {n} [organic compound] | :: heptane |
| heptatonisch {adj} | :: heptatonic |
| hepteen {n} [organic compound] | :: heptene |
| heptyl {n} [organic chemistry] | :: heptyl |
| heptyn {n} [organic compound] | :: heptyne |
| her- {prefix} | :: re- |
| her- {prefix} | :: again |
| her {adv} | :: here |
| heraldiek {f} | :: heraldry |
| heraut {m} | :: herald |
| herbarium {n} | :: herbarium |
| herbarium {n} | :: herbarium book |
| herbebossen {vt} | :: to reforest |
| herbegraven {vt} | :: to rebury |
| herberg {mf} | :: inn, lodging |
| herbergen {v} | :: to lodge (to supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time) |
| herberghe {f} {m} | :: obsolete form of herberg |
| herbergier {m} | :: innkeeper |
| herbergzaam {adj} | :: hospitable |
| herbivoor {m} [zoology] | :: herbivore (plant-eating animal) |
| herbouwen {v} | :: to rebuild |
| herbranden {v} | :: to reburn |
| herbronnen {vi} | :: to return to or reconnect with a source; to reorient, to do some introspection |
| herbruikbaar {adj} | :: reusable (able to be used again) |
| Hercules {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Hercules |
| herculesslag {m} | :: A ball that passes the line of the field in Frisian handball |
| herdenken {v} | :: to remember, to commemorate |
| herdenking {f} | :: commemoration |
| herdenkingsdag {m} | :: remembrance day |
| herdenkingsmunt {f} | :: commemorative coin |
| herdenkingsplaats {f} | :: memorial |
| herder {m} | :: herdsman, herd, herder |
| herder {m} | :: sheepdog |
| herderin {f} | :: shepherdess |
| herdershond {m} | :: sheepdog (dog (breed) used for herding herds) |
| herdersstaf {f} | :: shepherd's crook |
| herdopen {vt} | :: to rebaptise |
| herdopen {vt} | :: to rename |
| herdruk {m} | :: reprint (printed edition identical to an earlier edition) |
| herdrukken {vt} | :: to reprint |
| heremiet {m} | :: hermit |
| heremietkreeft {m} | :: hermit crab |
| herenakkoord {n} | :: gentleman's agreement |
| herenboer {m} | :: gentleman farmer, patrician farmer |
| herenboerderij {f} | :: gentleman's farm (farm owned by a patrician landowner) |
| herenhoeve {f} | :: a large farmstead, especially one belonging to wealthy and aristocratic landowners |
| herenhuis {n} | :: tall townhouse, often imposing and originally belonging to the elite |
| herenhuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of herenhuis |
| herenigen {v} | :: to reunite |
| herenkapper {m} | :: A men's hairdresser, a barber |
| herenkleding {f} | :: men's wear, men's clothes |
| herenliefde {f} [euphemism] | :: male homosexuality, sexual and/or romantic love between men |
| Herentals {prop} {n} | :: Herentals (city) |
| herformuleren {v} | :: to reformulate |
| herfst {m} | :: autumn, fall |
| herfstavond {m} | :: autumn evening |
| herfstmaand {f} | :: autumn month |
| herfstmaand {f} [archaic] | :: September |
| herfstnachtevening {f} | :: autumn equinox |
| herfsttij {n} | :: autumn, fall |
| herfsttij {n} [figurative] | :: period of decline, final period of a lifetime |
| hergebruik {n} | :: reuse |
| hergebruiken {v} | :: to reuse, to recycle |
| hergroeperen {v} | :: to regroup |
| herhaaldelijk {adv} | :: repeatedly |
| herhalen {v} | :: to repeat |
| herhaling {f} | :: repetition |
| herhaling {f} | :: repeat, rerun |
| heringebruikname {mf} | :: return-to-operation |
| herinneren {vt} [+ aan] | :: to remind, prompt |
| herinneren {vr} [ditransitive] | :: to remember, remind oneself |
| herinnering {f} | :: A memory, something that one remembers |
| herinnering {f} | :: The act of remembering |
| herinnering {f} | :: A reminder, something that reminds one about something |
| herinnering {f} | :: A souvenir, a keepsake |
| herinneringsplaats {f} | :: A place of memory or lieu de mémoire, that is, a space with particular (historical) significance in the collective memory of a community |
| herinterviewen {v} | :: To reinterview |
| herkansen {v} | :: to retry, to reattempt, to retake, to have another go at (a test, exam etc.) |
| herkansing {f} | :: retry, second (another chance to achieve what should have been done the first time) |
| herkapitaliseren {v} | :: to recapitalize |
| herkauwen {v} | :: to rechew, to ruminate |
| herkauwer {m} | :: ruminant (animal which chews cud) |
| herkenbaar {adj} | :: recognizable |
| herkennen {v} | :: to recognize |
| herkenning {f} | :: recognition, recalling (of someone's face e.g.) |
| herkomst {f} | :: origin, descent |
| herkrijgen {v} | :: to regain, to recover possession of |
| herlaadbaar {adj} | :: reloadable |
| herlaadbaar {adj} | :: rechargeable |
| herladen {v} | :: to reload |
| herleiden {v} | :: to reduce |
| herleiden {v} | :: to infer; deduce |
| herleven {vi} [literally] | :: To come to life again, revive |
| herleven {vi} [figuratively] | :: To reappear |
| herleven {vi} [figuratively] | :: To return, rise again |
| herleven {vi} [figuratively] | :: To recover strength or vitality |
| herleven {vi} [figuratively] | :: To be renewed |
| herleven {vt} [literally] | :: To relive, experience again |
| herleving {f} | :: revival |
| hermafrodiet {m} | :: A hermaphrodite. [see usage note below] |
| hermafrodiet {adj} | :: Hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic |
| hermafrodisie {f} [rare] | :: hermaphroditism |
| hermafrodisme {n} [uncommon] | :: hermaphroditism |
| hermafroditisme {n} | :: hermaphroditism |
| Herman {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| hermandad {f} [slang] | :: police |
| Hermans {prop} | :: surname |
| hermelijn {m} | :: stoat, ermine, Mustela erminea |
| hermelijn {m} [heraldry] | :: ermine |
| hermelijn {m} [uncountable] | :: ermine, the white fur of the stoat |
| hermelijnen {adj} | :: ermine, consisting of white stoat fur |
| hermelijnkoorts {f} [Netherlands, derogatory] | :: fawning servility towards a monarch |
| hermeneut {m} | :: hermeneut, exegete |
| hermeneutiek {f} | :: hermeneutics, exegesis |
| hermeneutisch {adj} [humanities] | :: hermeneutic, hermeneutical |
| hernemen {v} | :: to retake (take again) |
| hernhutter {m} [Protestantism] | :: Herrnhuter |
| hernieuwen {v} [Netherlands] | :: to renew |
| hernoemen {v} | :: to rename |
| heroïne {f} {m} | :: heroin |
| heroïsch {adj} | :: heroic |
| herontdekking {f} | :: rediscovery |
| heropenen {v} | :: to reopen |
| heropleven {v} | :: to be revived, to be reinvigorated |
| heropleving {f} | :: revival, reinvigoration (of a phenomenon) |
| heroprichten {v} | :: to reestablish |
| heroveren {v} | :: to recapture, retake, win back |
| herrie {f} | :: noise (various sounds, usually unwanted) |
| herrijzen {v} [ergative] | :: to rise again, to become resurrected |
| herroepen {v} | :: to retract, to take back what was said |
| herroepen {v} | :: to revoke, to cancel |
| hersenbalk {m} | :: corpus callosum |
| hersenbloeding {f} | :: bleeding of the brain, brain haemorrhage intracranial hemorrhage |
| hersencel {f} | :: brain cell |
| hersencelletje {noun} | :: diminutive of hersencel |
| hersendood {adj} | :: brain-dead |
| hersendood {m} | :: brain death |
| hersenen {p} | :: [plurale tantum] brain |
| hersenkind {n} | :: brainchild, product of one's fantasy or creativity |
| hersenkronkel {m} | :: gyrus |
| hersenkronkel {m} | :: a difficult puzzle, brain twister |
| hersenloos {adj} | :: brainless |
| hersenpan {f} | :: cranium |
| hersens {p} | :: [plurale tantum] alternative form of hersenen |
| hersenschim {f} | :: phantom, delusion, chimera, figment of the imagination |
| hersenschors {f} | :: cerebral cortex |
| hersenschudding {f} | :: The medical condition concussion |
| hersenspinsel {n} | :: figment, fantasy |
| hersenspoelen {vt} | :: to brainwash |
| hersenspoeling {f} | :: brain-washing |
| hersenstam {m} | :: brain stem |
| hersenvlies {n} | :: meninges |
| herstarten {v} | :: to restart, to reboot |
| herstel {n} | :: recovery |
| herstel {n} | :: restoration, repair |
| herstelbetaling {f} | :: reparation (imposed payment for presumed transgressions) |
| herstellen {v} | :: to restore, repair |
| herstellen {v} | :: to recover, recuperate |
| herstelling {f} | :: medical recovery, the act or process of healing |
| herstelling {f} | :: repair, the act or process of fixing an inanimate object |
| herstelling {f} | :: restoration, the act or process of restoring something to its former condition |
| herstellingsoord {n} | :: sanatorium |
| hert. {noun} | :: abbreviation of hertogdom |
| hert {n} | :: A deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; may occasionally be used of members of the families Moschidae and Tragulidae in non-scientific use [see derived terms] |
| hert {n} | :: Venison, the meat of a deer |
| hert {n} [Southern Dutch] | :: alternative form of hart |
| hertenbok {m} | :: An adult, male deer; a stag |
| hertengewei {n} | :: An antler or a set of antlers of a deer |
| hertenkamp {m} | :: enclosed pasture where deer are kept |
| hertog {m} | :: duke |
| hertogdom {n} | :: duchy |
| hertogdom {n} | :: dukedom |
| hertogdommetje {noun} | :: diminutive of hertogdom |
| hertogelijk {adj} | :: ducal, belonging/referring to a duke and/or a duchy |
| hertogin {f} | :: A duchess (wife of a duke; female ruler of a duchy) |
| hertrouwen {vti} | :: to remarry (to marry after the end of a previous marriage) |
| hertzwijn {n} | :: babirusa, pig of the genus Babyrousa |
| heruitgave {f} {m} | :: new edition (e.g. of a book), re-release |
| heruitzending {f} | :: A rerun, re-broadcast of a program |
| hervatten {v} | :: to resume |
| hervormd {adj} | :: Reformed; [referring to the Netherlands] pertaining to the Dutch Reformed Church and its traditions |
| hervormd {adj} | :: reformed |
| hervormen {v} | :: to reform |
| hervormer {m} | :: reformer |
| hervorming {f} | :: reform |
| hervorming {prop} {f} [history, Protestantism, definite article] | :: Reformation |
| herwinnen {v} | :: to recover, to get back |
| herzien {v} | :: to revise, to review |
| herziening {f} | :: revision |
| herziening {f} | :: overhaul |
| hes {m} | :: A short, protective type of blouse or shirt, typically worn by manual laborers |
| hes {m} | :: A light version of the above, worn as a signal, notably to be noticed by traffic |
| hes {adj} [obsolete] | :: alternative form of hesselijk, heslijk |
| hesp {f} [chiefly Belgium] | :: ham (type of pork, meat from the thigh of a hog) |
| hespan {m} [obsolete, Dutch North America] | :: raccoon |
| hesseling {m} [dated] | :: European chub, Squalius cephalus |
| Hester {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| het {art} | :: the [the neuter definite article] |
| het {pron} | :: it; third-person singular, neuter, subjective |
| het {pron} | :: it; third-person singular, neuter, objective |
| het {pron} | :: it; impersonal |
| het bekijken {v} [colloquial] | :: to get stuffed, to forget it (implying "I'm out of here") |
| het besterven {vi} | :: to die (in figurative sense), to suffer badly |
| het besterven {vi} | :: to be shocked, to be overwhelmed with emotion (usually negative, but also from laughter) |
| het Bildt {prop} {n} | :: het Bildt (former municipality) |
| het bloed kruipt waar het niet gaan kan {proverb} | :: blood will tell; one's real character eventually shows up |
| het bloed kruipt waar het niet gaan kan {proverb} | :: blood is thicker than water |
| het doel heiligt de middelen {proverb} | :: the end justifies the means |
| het doen {vi} | :: to function, to work |
| het doen {vi} [colloquial] | :: to have sex, to do "it" |
| het doet er niet toe {phrase} | :: it doesn't matter |
| heteluchtbad {n} | :: sauna |
| heteluchtballon {m} | :: hot-air balloon |
| heten {v} [copulative] | :: To be named; to have as name; to be called |
| heten {v} [copulative] | :: to be (a translation or synonym of); to be called |
| heten {vt} [dated] | :: To name, to call (to provide with a name, to define a name as) |
| heten {v} [copulative, dated] | :: to be claimed; to be asserted |
| heten {v} [copulative, dated] | :: to mean; to have as meaning |
| heten {vt} | :: To heat, make warmer |
| heten {vi} | :: To heat up, become warmer |
| heten {vt} [figuratively] | :: To stir, arouse emotions etc |
| hetero- {prefix} | :: hetero- (other; different) |
| hetero {m} [colloquial] | :: A heterosexual, a hetero |
| heterodox {adj} | :: heterodox (deviating from some orthodoxy, whether religious or ideological) |
| heterofiel {adj} | :: heterosexual |
| heterofiel {m} | :: a heterosexual |
| heterogeen {adj} | :: heterogeneous |
| heterogeniteit {f} | :: heterogeneity |
| het erom spannen {idiom} | :: to be close |
| heteroseksisme {n} | :: heterosexism |
| heteroseksualiteit {f} | :: heterosexuality |
| heteroseksueel {adj} | :: heterosexual |
| heteroseksueel {m} | :: a heterosexual |
| hetgeen {pron} | :: (relative pronoun) that which, which, what |
| het gelag betalen {v} | :: Bear all the consequences, regardless of responsibility |
| het geld groeit me niet op de rug {proverb} | :: money doesn't grow on trees |
| het geluk is met de dommen {phrase} | :: One seems to achieve something easier by luck, than through skill; it is better to be lucky than good |
| het geluk is met de onwetenden {proverb} | :: alternative form of het geluk is met de dommen |
| het geweer van schouder veranderen {v} [idiom, Belgium] | :: to change tack, to change course |
| het gras is altijd groener aan de overkant {proverb} | :: the grass is always greener on the other side |
| het haasje zijn {vi} [idiom] | :: to be in trouble, to be screwed |
| het hazenpad kiezen {vi} [idiomatic] | :: to escape, to run away, to take flight |
| het hebben over {v} [idiomatic] | :: to talk about |
| het heft in eigen handen nemen {v} [idiomatic] | :: to take matters into one's own hands, to take control |
| het heft in handen hebben {v} [idiomatic] | :: to be in control, charge |
| het hele jaar door {phrase} | :: throughout the whole year |
| het hoekje om {phrase} [colloquial] | :: dead |
| het hoekje om gaan {v} [colloquial] | :: to kick the bucket, to pass away |
| Het Hogeland {prop} {n} | :: Het Hogeland (municipality) |
| het ijs breken {v} | :: to break the ice, to get to know people |
| het ijs breken {v} [archaic] | :: to do important preparatory work, to clear the way, to be the first one to do something |
| het is de Moriaan gewassen {proverb} [probably offensive] | :: it is a vain effort, it is no use, it is pointless |
| het is kermis in de hel {interj} | :: devil's beating his wife (said when a sunshower occurs) |
| het kan vriezen en het kan dooien {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: anything is possible, anything could happen |
| het kind van de rekening zijn {phrase} | :: be (solely) blamed; have to bear the consequences (partially or entirely caused by others) |
| het land uit, de dieven tellen {phrase} [Brabantian] | :: Evasive reply to questions about where one is going |
| het laten afweten {v} [idiomatic] | :: to let down, to disappoint, to renege (on a promise) |
| het laten afweten {v} [idiomatic, of a device] | :: to die, to break down, to stop working |
| het levenslicht zien {v} [idiom] | :: to be born; to appear, to see the light |
| het licht zien {v} [idiom] | :: to see the light |
| het licht zien {v} | :: to become public, to be published |
| het licht zien {v} | :: to gain understanding |
| het licht zien {v} [religion] | :: to undergo a conversion |
| het loodje leggen {v} [idiomatic] | :: to kick the bucket, to be pushing up daisies |
| het naadje van de kous {n} [idiom] | :: All details of a subject matter |
| het paard achter de wagen spannen {v} [idiomatic] | :: to put the cart before the horse |
| het redden {vi} | :: to manage, to cope, to make it |
| het schip ingaan {vi} [idiom] | :: to suffer a loss, to lose, to be scammed |
| het vijfde wiel aan de wagen {phrase} | :: superfluous, unwanted, not needed |
| het voortouw nemen {vi} | :: to take the lead |
| het warm water uitvinden {v} [idiomatic] | :: to (re)discover common knowledge, or present it as though one had discovered it |
| hetwelk {pron} | :: which [with neuter or phrasal antecedent] |
| het wiel opnieuw uitvinden {v} | :: to reinvent the wheel |
| hetze {f} | :: witch hunt, hate campaign, smear campaign |
| het zekere voor het onzekere nemen {v} [idiomatic] | :: to err on the side of caution |
| hetzelfde {determiner} | :: the same (used to modify neuter nouns) |
| hetzelve {determiner} [archaic] | :: alternative form of hetzelfde |
| hetzij {conj} [used as hetzij ... hetzij] | :: either ... or |
| heug {m} | :: desire, appetite |
| heugen {vt} | :: to remember |
| heugen {v} [impersonal] | :: to remain in one's memory |
| heugen {vt} | :: to remind |
| heugenis {f} | :: memory, recollection |
| heul {f} | :: A floodgate with a bridge |
| heul {f} | :: A stone or brick bridge, usually consisting of only a single arch |
| heul {f} [now, dialectal] | :: A sewer or a ditch for wastewater |
| heul {f} [dialectal, possibly, obsolete] | :: A temporary bridge, often made of wood |
| heul {m} {n} [archaic] | :: poppy, plant of the genus Papaver |
| heul {m} {n} [archaic] | :: several kinds of soporific drugs made from the poppy |
| heul {m} {n} [obsolete, figurative] | :: something soothing, healing, salutary or even redeeming |
| heulen {vi} | :: To conspire |
| heulsap {n} [archaic, chiefly uncountable] | :: opium, (dried) juice obtained from the opium poppy |
| Heumen {prop} | :: Heumen (village/and/municipality) |
| heup {f} | :: hip |
| heupprothese {f} | :: A hip prosthesis, artificial replacement for a hip |
| heur {pron} [personal, archaic, dialectal] | :: her. Sometimes (though decreasingly) used in Standard Dutch, especially in poetry and in conjunction with haar (in the sense of hair), for the sake of euphony or comic effect |
| heuristisch {adj} | :: heuristic |
| heus {adj} | :: friendly, polite |
| heus {adj} | :: real, genuine |
| heus {adj} | :: impressive for being indistinguishable from the real thing; nothing less than.. |
| heus {adv} | :: really, actually, genuinely |
| Heusden {prop} {n} | :: Heusden (city/and/municipality) |
| heuvel {m} | :: hill |
| heuvelachtig {adj} | :: hilly |
| heuvelrug {m} | :: ridge (of a hill) |
| heuvelrug {m} | :: range (of hills) |
| hevel {m} | :: heddle |
| hevel {m} | :: siphon |
| hevig {adj} | :: violent, intense |
| hex- {prefix} [hydrocarbon chain prefix] | :: hex- |
| hexaan {n} [organic compound] | :: hexane |
| hexagonaal {adj} [geometry] | :: hexagonal, having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon |
| hexameter {m} | :: hexameter |
| hexeen {n} [organic compound] | :: hexene |
| hexyl {n} [organic chemistry] | :: hexyl |
| hexyn {n} [organic compound] | :: hexyne |
| Heyting {prop} {?} | :: surname |
| HGH {interj} [internet slang] | :: acronym of Hoe gaat het? (which means how are you doing?) |
| Hidde {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Hidjra {prop} {f} [Islam] | :: Hijra |
| hiel {m} | :: heel, part of the foot |
| hiel {m} | :: analogous part of footwear or another physical entity |
| hielenlikker {m} | :: bootlicker, flunky, arse-licker, sycophant |
| hielenlikkertje {noun} | :: diminutive of hielenlikker |
| hieperdepiep {interj} | :: hip hip (as a cheer) |
| hieperdepiep hoera {interj} | :: hip hip hooray |
| hier {adv} | :: here |
| hier {adv} [with a preposition] | :: this |
| hieraan {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of aan + dit |
| hierachter {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of achter + dit |
| hierachteraan {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of achteraan + dit |
| hieraf {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of af + dit |
| hiërarchie {f} | :: hierarchy (body of authoritative officials) |
| hiërarchisch {adj} | :: hierarchical |
| hierbij {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of bij + dit; hereby |
| hierbinnen {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of binnen + dit |
| hierboven {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of boven + dit |
| hierbuiten {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of buiten + dit |
| hierdoor {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of door + dit |
| hierdoorheen {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of doorheen + dit |
| hier en nu {n} | :: here and now, present moment |
| hierheen {adv} | :: hither, towards here |
| hierin {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of in + dit |
| hierlangs {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of langs + dit |
| hiermede {adv} | :: alternative form of hiermee |
| hiermee {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of met + dit |
| hierna {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of na + dit |
| hiernaar {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of naar + dit |
| hiernaartoe {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of naartoe + dit |
| hiernaast {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of naast + dit |
| hiernamaals {n} | :: afterlife, life after death |
| hiernamaals {adv} [now, uncommon] | :: hereafter, afterwards |
| hiernamaals {adj} | :: Of or relating to the afterlife |
| hiernumaals {n} | :: life before death, contrasted with afterlife |
| hiero {adv} [colloquial, Hollandic] | :: here, over here |
| hiëroglief {c} | :: hieroglyph |
| hierom {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of om + dit |
| hieromheen {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of omheen + dit |
| hieromtrent {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of omtrent + dit |
| hieronder {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of onder + dit |
| hierop {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of op + dit |
| hierop {adv} | :: subsequently, following this |
| hierover {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of over + dit |
| hieroverheen {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of overheen + dit |
| hierrond {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of rond + dit |
| hiertegen {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of tegen + dit |
| hiertegenover {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of tegenover + dit |
| hiertoe {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of tot + dit |
| hiertussen {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of tussen + dit |
| hiertussendoor {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of tussendoor + dit |
| hieruit {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of uit + dit |
| hiervan {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of van + dit |
| hiervanaf {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of vanaf + dit |
| hiervandaan {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of vandaan + dit |
| hiervoor {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of voor + dit |
| hiervoorbij {adv} | :: pronominal adverb form of voorbij + dit |
| Higgs-boson {n} | :: alternative spelling of Higgsboson |
| Higgsboson {n} [particle] | :: Higgs boson |
| Higgs-deeltje {noun} | :: alternative spelling of Higgsdeeltje |
| Higgsdeeltje {noun} [particle] | :: Higgs particle |
| hij {pron} | :: Third-person singular, masculine, subjective: he |
| hijgen {vi} | :: to pant, to gasp for breath |
| hij is bewusteloos {phrase} | :: he's unconscious |
| hijs {contraction} [colloquial] | :: contraction of hij + is |
| hijsen {vt} | :: to pull up, hoist |
| hijskraan {m} | :: crane (machinery to lift weighty objects) |
| hijzelf {pron} | :: himself |
| hik {m} | :: hiccup |
| hil {m} [archaic] | :: hill, elevation |
| hilarisch {adj} | :: hilarious, comical |
| hilariteit {f} | :: hilarity |
| Hilarius {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Hillegom {prop} {n} | :: Hillegom (village/and/municipality) |
| Hilversum {prop} {n} | :: Hilversum (city/and/municipality) |
| Himalaya {prop} {m} | :: Himalaya (mountain range) |
| hinde {f} | :: A doe, a female deer |
| Hindeloopen {prop} {n} | :: Hindeloopen (town) |
| hinder {m} | :: hindrance, impediment, obstruction |
| hinderen {vt} | :: hinder, impede |
| hinderen {vi} | :: to be in the way, to be a problem |
| hinderlaag {f} {m} | :: ambush |
| hindernis {f} | :: hindrance, obstacle |
| Hindi {prop} {n} | :: Hindi (language) |
| hindoe {m} | :: Hindu |
| hindoeïsme {n} | :: Hinduism |
| hindoeïstisch {adj} | :: Hindu, Hinduistic |
| Hindoestaan {m} | :: An Indian Surinamese person, a Surinamese person of Indian descent |
| hinken {v} | :: to limp, to hobble (walk with difficulty due to injury) |
| hinniken {v} | :: to neigh |
| hint {f} {m} | :: hint |
| hinten {v} | :: to hint |
| hinterland {n} | :: hinterland [rural territory, backwater] |
| hip {adj} | :: genteel (stylish, elegant) |
| hip {adj} | :: fashionable (characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style) |
| hip-hop {m} | :: hip-hop |
| hippen {v} | :: to hop |
| hippie {mf} | :: hippie |
| hippogrief {m} | :: hippogriff, hippogryph |
| histologie {f} | :: histology |
| historica {f} | :: A female historian |
| historiciteit {f} | :: historicity |
| historicus {m} | :: historian |
| historie {f} [somewhat formal] | :: history |
| historie {f} [formal, archaic] | :: story |
| historisch {adj} | :: historical |
| hit {m} | :: A hit song, a very popular and successful song |
| hit {m} [by extension] | :: A success, something popular and successful [especially in the entertainment industry] |
| hitlijst {f} | :: A music chart, a hit parade |
| hitparade {f} | :: A hit parade, a list or ranking of hit songs |
| hitsen {vt} [archaic] | :: to chase away, to scare off |
| hitsingle {m} | :: A hit single (music track or single record that is a hit) |
| hitte {f} | :: heat (extreme warmth) |
| hitteberoerte {f} [medicine] | :: heat stroke |
| hittebestendig {adj} | :: heat-resistant |
| hittegolf {f} [meteorology] | :: heat wave, hot spell |
| hitteschild {n} [aeronautics] | :: heat shield |
| hiv {n} | :: HIV |
| H.M. {noun} | :: abbreviation of Hare Majesteit |
| HM {pron} [title of a queen] | :: initialism of Hare Majesteit |
| hobbel {m} | :: bump |
| hobbel {m} | :: (gait) hobble |
| hobbelen {v} | :: to lurch |
| hobbelig {adj} | :: bumpy |
| hobbelpaard {n} | :: rocking horse |
| hobbeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of hobbel |
| hobby {m} | :: hobby (activity) |
| hobo {m} | :: oboe (woodwind) |
| hockey {n} | :: hockey, usually field hockey |
| hockeyen {vi} | :: to play hockey, to play field hockey |
| hockeyer {m} | :: hockey player |
| hockeystick {m} | :: hockey stick |
| hocus pocus {m} | :: hocus-pocus |
| hocus pocus {interj} | :: hocus-pocus |
| hode {f} [archaic] | :: testicle |
| hoe {adv} | :: how |
| hoe {conj} | :: (forms a the parallel comparative) the ... the |
| hoed {m} | :: hat |
| hoedanigheid {f} | :: quality, form, appearance |
| hoedanigheidswoord {n} [now, chiefly Belgium] | :: adjective |
| hoe dan ook {adv} | :: anyway, regardless, no matter what, one way or another |
| hoede {f} | :: heed, guard, alertness |
| hoede {f} | :: protection, care, auspices |
| hoede {f} | :: remit, scope of control |
| hoeden {vt} | :: to mind, to take care of |
| hoeder {m} | :: guardian, custodian |
| hoederecht {n} | :: child custody, especially over a minor whose parents are separated |
| hoe de vork in de steel zit {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: the ins and outs |
| hoef {m} | :: hoof, bony foot of various animals |
| hoefdier {n} | :: An ungulate, a hooved animal; formerly considered a member of the Ungulata |
| hoefijzer {n} | :: horseshoe (metallic 'shoe' for an equine's hoof) |
| hoefijzermagneet {m} | :: A horseshoe magnet |
| hoefijzermeer {n} | :: oxbow lake |
| hoefijzerneus {mf} | :: horseshoe bat, bat of the family Rhinolophidae |
| hoefsmid {m} | :: farrier (person who trims and shoes horses' hooves) |
| hoe gaat het {phrase} | :: how are you? (literally: how goes it?) |
| hoe gaat het met u {phrase} [formal] | :: how are you? |
| hoe groter geest, hoe groter beest {proverb} | :: intellectually gifted people are more liable to indulgent or unethical behaviour |
| hoe is het {phrase} | :: how are you? (literally: how is it?) |
| hoek {m} | :: corner |
| hoek {m} | :: angle |
| Hoek {prop} | :: surname |
| hoekbal {m} [soccer] | :: corner kick |
| hoekbal {m} [bowling] | :: hook, hook ball |
| hoekbank {mf} [Netherlands] | :: corner seat |
| hoekbank {mf} [obsolete, Holland, Leiden] | :: countertop, counter |
| hoekig {adj} | :: angular |
| hoekig {adj} | :: stiff, rigid |
| hoe kom ik bij {phrase} | :: how do I get to...? (at a particular place, such as a person, business or building) |
| hoe kom ik bij de luchthaven {phrase} | :: how do I get to the airport? |
| hoe kom ik bij het busstation {phrase} | :: how do I get to the bus station? |
| hoe kom ik bij het station {phrase} | :: how do I get to the train station? |
| hoe kom ik bij het vliegveld {phrase} | :: how do I get to the airport? |
| hoe kom ik in {phrase} | :: how do I get to...? (a town, or inside something) |
| hoekschop {m} [soccer] | :: Corner kick |
| hoeksnelheid {f} [physics] | :: angular velocity |
| hoeksteen {m} [literally, figuratively] | :: cornerstone |
| Hoekstra {prop} | :: surname |
| hoektand {m} | :: canine (tooth) |
| hoekversnelling {f} [physics] | :: angular acceleration |
| hoekwant {n} | :: longline |
| hoe laat {adv} | :: (at) what time (on the clock) |
| hoe laat is het {phrase} | :: what time is it? |
| hoe lang {adv} | :: how long |
| hoelang {adv} | :: alternative form of hoe lang |
| hoe meer zielen, hoe meer vreugd {proverb} | :: the more the merrier |
| hoen {n} [zoology] | :: A fowl, a gallinaceous bird |
| hoen {n} | :: the domestic chicken, genus Gallus |
| hoen {n} [hunting] | :: the partridge |
| hoender {m} [regional] | :: alternative form of hoen |
| hoender {m} | :: a type of deep basket for cherries |
| hoenderhok {n} | :: chicken coop, henhouse |
| hoenderkoper {m} [now, uncommon] | :: merchant in chickens |
| hoendermelker {m} | :: fowl fancier, fowl keeper or fowl breeder |
| hoe oud ben je {phrase} | :: how old are you? |
| hoe oud bent u {phrase} [formal] | :: how old are you? |
| hoepel {m} | :: hoop |
| hoepel {m} | :: hula hoop |
| hoepelen {vi} | :: to roll hoops |
| hoepelen {vi} | :: to hula hoop |
| hoepelen {v} [colloquial, uncommon] | :: to go away, to get lost [more commonly in derived expressions] |
| hoer {f} [sometimes, derogatory] | :: whore, prostitute |
| hoer {f} [pejorative] | :: whore, slut [slur] |
| hoera {interj} | :: hurrah! |
| hoera {n} | :: a hurrah |
| hoerendop {m} [pejorative, historical] | :: john, client of a prostitute, in particular a frequent patron [frequently used as a generic dysphemism in early modern times] |
| hoerenhengst {m} [pejorative, archaic, uncommon] | :: prostitute's client |
| hoerenhuis {n} | :: brothel, whorehouse |
| hoerenkind {n} [pejorative, vulgar] | :: a despicable person |
| hoerenkind {n} [literally] | :: the child of a whore (child of a usually female prostitute) |
| hoerenloper {m} | :: jockey, john (client of a prostitute) |
| hoerenwaardin {f} | :: madam, female brothel-keeper |
| hoerenzoon {m} [pejorative, vulgar] | :: whoreson, son of a bitch (despicable man) |
| hoerenzoon {m} [literally] | :: son of a whore, whoreson (son of a usually female prostitute) |
| hoererij {f} [somewhat, pejorative] | :: whoredom (sexual immorality; prostitution) |
| hoererij {f} [Biblical, figurative] | :: idolatry |
| hoerhuis {n} | :: alternative form of hoerenhuis |
| hoeri {f} [Islam] | :: houri |
| hoerie {f} [dated] | :: alternative spelling of hoeri |
| hoernalist {m} [derogatory] | :: presstitute |
| hoes {f} | :: cover |
| hoeslaken {n} | :: fitted sheet |
| hoest {m} | :: cough |
| hoestbui {f} | :: A coughing fit |
| hoesten {vi} | :: To cough, push air from the lungs forcefully, as because of a cold |
| hoesten {vi} | :: To suffer from a (disease which causes a) cough |
| hoesten {vi} | :: To clear one's throat, notably by emulating the above |
| hoetelen {vi} [now, dialectal] | :: to mess around, to bungle, to huddle |
| hoetelen {vt} [dated] | :: to pester, to bother |
| hoetelen {vi} [now, dialectal] | :: to practice or engage in petty trade |
| hoeve {f} | :: farmstead |
| hoeveel {determiner} | :: how much, how many |
| hoeveelheid {f} | :: quantity, amount |
| hoeveelste {adj} | :: which/how many in order, how manyth |
| hoeven {vi} | :: to be necessary |
| hoeven {v} [auxiliary, with te] | :: to need to, to have to |
| hoeven {vt} [with maar] | :: to need |
| hoeven {vi} [euphemism] | :: to need to urinate or defecate, to need to go |
| hoewel {conj} | :: though, although |
| hoewel {conj} | :: however |
| hoewel {conj} | :: even though |
| hoezeer {adv} | :: how much [to what degree] |
| hoezo {adv} | :: in what way, in what respect |
| hoezo {adv} | :: why |
| hoezo {interj} | :: how so? how is that? |
| hoezo {interj} | :: how/what do you mean? |
| hof {n} {m} | :: (royal) court |
| hof {n} {m} | :: court of law; short form of gerechtshof |
| hof {n} {m} | :: court, yard |
| hof {n} {m} [Flanders] | :: garden |
| hofdame {f} | :: lady-in-waiting |
| hofdolheid {f} [Netherlands, derogatory, rare] | :: fawning servility towards a monarch |
| hoffelijk {adj} | :: courteous |
| hoffelijkheid {f} | :: courtesy |
| hofleverancier {m} | :: (title) royal purveyor - purveyor to the royal household |
| Hofman {prop} | :: surname |
| hofmeesteres {f} | :: stewardess, female attendant on a ship |
| hofmeesteres {f} [dated] | :: stewardess, female flight attendant |
| hofmeier {m} [historical] | :: mayor of the palace, steward, majordomo (steward of the Merovingian kings) |
| hofmeier {m} [historical] | :: steward, intendant, majordomo |
| hofpop {f} [obsolete] | :: A courtesan, a high-status mistress or prostitute |
| hofpop {f} [obsolete, derogatory] | :: A weak and foppish court noble |
| hoge bomen vangen veel wind {proverb} | :: the bigger they are, the harder they fall; great winds blow upon high hills |
| hogedrukpan {f} | :: pressure cooker |
| hoge hakken {p} | :: high heels, stilettos |
| hoge hoed {m} | :: A top hat |
| hogehoed {m} | :: tophat |
| Hogendorp {prop} | :: surname |
| Hoge Porte {prop} | :: The Sublime Porte, pars pro toto for the Ottoman sultanic court, notably in Topkapi palace, hence for the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empre |
| hogepriester {m} | :: high priest |
| hogepriesteres {f} | :: high priestess |
| hogergeschoold {adj} | :: highly educated |
| hogerop {adv} | :: hierarchically higher |
| hogeschool {f} [education] | :: hogeschool; polytechnic, college |
| hogesnelheidstrein {mf} | :: high-speed train |
| Hoge Venen {prop} {n} | :: High Fens (boggy region in eastern Belgium and western Germany) |
| hoi {interj} [Netherlands, colloquial] | :: A greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence, comparable to English hey, hi |
| hoi {interj} [Netherlands, colloquial] | :: A farewell acknowledging someone's departure, comparable to English goodbye, bye |
| hoi {interj} [dated] | :: An exclamation of joy |
| hoihoi {interj} | :: synonym of hoi |
| hok {n} | :: A living shelter for domesticated animals such as a kennel, cage, hut or a pen |
| hok {n} | :: A closet or small room |
| hok {n} | :: A den; a small and often dark dwelling such as a hut |
| hokje {noun} | :: space, compartment (e.g. enclosed by a polygon drawn on a piece of paper) |
| hokken {v} [colloquial] | :: to live together unmarried, shack up |
| hol {n} | :: A hole, hollow, cavity |
| hol {n} [nautical] | :: A cargo hold |
| hol {n} [vulgar] | :: An anus, arsehole; both anatomical senses of butt |
| hol {n} [by extension] | :: Any other bodily cavity that resembles a hole |
| hol {n} | :: An artificial opening such as a slit |
| hol {n} | :: burrow (a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, like a rabbit, used as a dwelling) |
| hol {n} [figuratively] | :: An unsanitary and/or unpleasant place; shithole |
| hol {adj} | :: hollow, having an empty space inside |
| hol {m} | :: A run, the action running |
| hol {f} | :: A small height in the landscape, such as |
| hol {f} | :: a hill (like the Utrecht city wall ruins) |
| hol {f} | :: a sloping road (as in Rotterdam) |
| hola {interj} | :: hallo, hoi |
| holbewoner {m} | :: troglodyte, any cave-dweller, e.g. cave man or cave-dwelling animal |
| holebi {mf} | :: collective name for homosexuals, lesbians and bisexuals; lesbigay; LGB |
| holenbeer {m} | :: cave bear, Ursus spelaeus |
| holenleeuw {m} | :: cave lion, Panthera leo spelaea |
| holistisch {adj} | :: holistic |
| Holland {prop} {n} | :: Holland (traditional region, the modern provinces North Holland and South Holland) |
| Holland {prop} {n} | :: (in patriotic context) the Netherlands |
| Holland {prop} {n} [mostly in Belgium, proscribed] | :: the Netherlands as a whole |
| Hollander {m} | :: Hollander, person from Holland (e.g. North Holland or South Holland) or of Hollandic descent |
| Hollander {m} [Belgium] | :: Dutchman (person from the Netherlands) |
| Hollanditis {f} | :: Hollanditis; opposition to nuclear proliferation and the deployment of American nuclear weapons in Western Europe, especially in reference to the Netherlands |
| Hollands {adj} | :: Hollandic |
| Hollands {adj} [chiefly Belgium, proscribed] | :: Netherlandic, Dutch |
| Hollands {prop} {n} | :: Hollandic (dialect) |
| Hollands {prop} {n} [chiefly Belgium, proscribed] | :: Netherlandic Dutch (dialect) |
| hollen {vt} | :: To (make) hollow, empty (the inside) |
| hollen {vt} | :: To make by hollowing |
| hollen {vi} | :: To run fast or frantically, run away, flee etc |
| hollen {vi} | :: To rage; be/get out of control |
| hollen {vi} | :: To (be/ go on) strike |
| hollen {vt} | :: To drag, toy, play games (with ...), play tricks (on ...) |
| hollen of stilstaan {proverb} | :: all or nothing |
| holler {c} | :: A (hurried) runner |
| Hollum {prop} {n} | :: Hollum (A <<village>> on <<isl/Ameland>>, < >, <<c/Netherlands>>.) |
| holm {m} | :: a small island |
| holmium {n} | :: holmium |
| holocaust {m} | :: holocaust, genocide |
| holocaust {m} [dated] | :: holocaust (complete burnt offering) |
| Holocaust {prop} {m} | :: Holocaust |
| holografie {f} | :: holography |
| hologram {n} | :: hologram, hologramme |
| holoniem {n} [semantics] | :: A term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term, such as 'face' in relation to 'eye'; a holonym |
| holoniem {adj} | :: holonymous |
| holoniempje {noun} | :: diminutive of holoniem |
| holrond {adj} | :: concave |
| holst {n} [figuratively] | :: The core, center; notably used in in het holst van de nacht 'at the dead of night' |
| holster {m} | :: holster (leather case into which a gun fits snugly) |
| holte {f} | :: cavity, hole, hollow |
| holtedier {n} | :: An coelenterate, animal of the (dated) phylum Coelenterata |
| hom {f} [Netherlands] | :: milt (fish semen) |
| homeo- {prefix} | :: homeo- |
| homeomorfisme {n} [topology] | :: homeomorphism |
| homeopathie {f} | :: Homeopathy: a pseudomedical method invented by Hahnemann based on analogies between symptoms and remedies, using extremely diluted doses |
| homeopathisch {adj} | :: homeopathic |
| homerisch {adj} | :: Homeric (pertaining to Homer, his genre of epic or his style) |
| hometrainer {m} | :: exercise bicycle, stationary bicycle |
| hommage {m} | :: homage, hommage |
| hommel {f} | :: bumblebee (bee of the genus Bombus) |
| hommel {f} [archaic] | :: drone (male bee) |
| hommelbij {f} [archaic] | :: drone, male bee |
| hommelbij {f} | :: bumblebee |
| hommer {m} | :: lobster |
| homo- {prefix} | :: homo- (same) |
| homo- {prefix} | :: homo- (pertaining to homosexuality) |
| homo {m} [neutral, not offensive] | :: gay, homosexual |
| homo {m} [offensive, derogatory] | :: Used as a general slur |
| homobar {m} | :: A gay bar |
| homobom {m} | :: gay bomb |
| homocultuur {f} | :: gay culture |
| homofiel {mf} [dated] | :: homophile, homosexual |
| homofiel {adj} [dated] | :: homophile, homosexual |
| homofilie {f} [dated] | :: homophilia, homosexuality |
| hom of kuit {phrase} | :: See: nl hom of kuit |
| hom of kuit {phrase} [now, chiefly politics, idiom] | :: clear answer or clear decision between (often two) options |
| homofobie {f} | :: homophobia |
| homofobisch {adj} | :: homophobic |
| homofoob {m} | :: homophobe |
| homofoob {adj} | :: homophobic |
| homogeen {adj} | :: homogeneous |
| homogeniteit {f} | :: homogeneity |
| homohuwelijk {n} [uncountable, with definite article] | :: same-sex marriage, gay marriage (as a concept) |
| homohuwelijk {n} [countable] | :: same-sex wedding, same-sex marriage (a single instance) |
| homologatie {f} | :: homologation, ratification by a recognized authority for such matters as a bankrupcy agreement or the execution of a legal transaction |
| homologatie {f} | :: recognition of a sporting record |
| homonationalisme {n} | :: homonationalism |
| homoniem {n} | :: homonym |
| homorechten {p} | :: gay rights |
| homorgaan {adj} [linguistics, in relation to Austronesian languages] | :: homorganic, having the same place of articulation |
| homoseksualiteit {f} | :: homosexuality |
| homoseksueel {adj} | :: homosexual |
| homoseksueel {m} | :: homosexual |
| homotopisch {adj} | :: homotopic |
| homp {c} | :: gobbet (chunk of food) |
| hompje {noun} | :: diminutive of homp |
| hond {m} | :: dog, Canis lupus familiaris |
| hond {n} [obsolete] | :: an old unit of area measuring 100 roeden, approximately 0.14 hectares |
| Honda {prop} {mf} | :: a Japanese automotive manufacturer |
| Honda {prop} {mf} | :: a brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand |
| hondachtig {adj} | :: doglike, canid |
| hondachtige {noun} | :: canid, any member of the family Canidae |
| hondebrok {n} | :: superseded spelling of hondenbrok |
| hondefluit {mf} | :: dog whistle |
| hondehok {n} | :: superseded spelling of hondenhok |
| hondelijn {f} | :: superseded spelling of hondenlijn |
| hondenbaan {f} | :: A terrible job |
| hondenbaantje {noun} | :: diminutive of hondenbaan |
| hondenbrok {m} | :: a chunk of dry dog food; a dog biscuit |
| hondengevecht {n} | :: A dogfight (fight between dogs, particularly as a blood sport) |
| hondenhok {n} | :: doghouse, kennel |
| hondenkot {n} [chiefly Belgium] | :: A doghouse, a kennel |
| hondenkot {n} [Belgium, humorous] | :: A large classy hat, such as a top hat or bowler hat |
| hondenleven {n} | :: A dog's life, a miserable life |
| hondenlijn {f} | :: dog leash |
| hondenlul {m} [pejorative, vulgar] | :: dick, asshole, prick [usually used for males] |
| hondenlul {m} [uncommon] | :: canine dick, dog penis |
| hondenmoeder {f} [Belgium] | :: a mother who neglects or mistreats her children; a bad mother |
| hondenpoep {f} [Netherlands] | :: dog dirt, dog shit |
| hondenras {n} | :: dog breed |
| hondenriem {m} | :: dog leash |
| hondenslee {f} | :: dog sled, dog sleigh |
| hondenstront {m} [colloquial, chiefly in the singular] | :: dog shit |
| hondentouw {n} | :: ragger |
| hondenwacht {f} [nautical, chiefly historical] | :: the guard shift from midnight until 4 o'clock in the morning |
| hondenweer {n} | :: particularly bad or rough weather, the kind of weather when it is raining cats and dogs |
| honderd {num} | :: hundred |
| honderd {n} | :: a count of hundred |
| honderdje {noun} | :: A 100 guilder banknote |
| honderdje {noun} | :: A 100 euro banknote |
| honderdman {m} | :: centurion |
| hondje {noun} | :: flatbed cart or trolley without any handles |
| honds {adj} [literally] | :: (rare) canine, relating to dogs |
| honds {adj} [figuratively] | :: (concerning humans) currish, doggish, doggy, notably: |
| honds {adj} | :: insolent, impertinent, shameless |
| honds {adj} | :: rude, coarse, insulting |
| hondsbrutaal {adj} | :: shameless, impudent, extremlyy audacious |
| hondsdagen {p} | :: dog days |
| hondsdol {adj} | :: rabid, affected by rabies |
| hondsdol {adj} | :: (metaphorically) behaving as madly as a rabies-sufferer, or nearly |
| hondsdolheid {f} | :: rabies, a very contagious disease cause by species of Lyssavirus, spread from canines, including foxes), and certain other animals to humans |
| hondshaai {m} | :: sandy dogfish, small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula |
| hondsmoe {adj} | :: extremely tired, very exhausted, dog-weary |
| hondstrouw {adj} | :: very loyal, lit. “loyal as a dog” |
| hondsvot {f} {n} | :: a scoundrel |
| Honduras {prop} {n} | :: Honduras (country) |
| Hondurees {adj} | :: Honduran |
| Hondurees {m} | :: a Honduran |
| honen {v} | :: to mock, to deride |
| Hongaar {m} | :: A Hungarian, member of the Magyar people |
| Hongaar {m} | :: A Hungarian, member or descendant of the population of Hungary |
| Hongaars {adj} | :: Hungarian |
| Hongaars {prop} {n} | :: Hungarian (language) |
| Hongarije {prop} {n} | :: Hungary |
| honger {m} | :: hunger |
| hongerdood {m} | :: death by starvation |
| hongeren {v} | :: to hunger |
| hongerhormoon {n} | :: ghrelin |
| hongerig {adj} | :: hungry |
| hongerloon {n} | :: A starvation wage, a pittance |
| hongerloontje {noun} | :: diminutive of hongerloon |
| hongeroedeem {n} | :: hunger oedema |
| hongersnood {m} | :: famine |
| hongerstaker {m} | :: A hunger striker |
| hongerstaking {f} | :: hunger strike |
| honig {m} | :: archaic form of honing |
| honing {m} | :: honey |
| honingbij {f} {m} | :: honeybee |
| honingboom {m} | :: Japanese pagoda tree or Chinese scholar tree, Styphnolobium japonicum/Sophora japonica |
| honingdas {m} | :: ratel, honey badger, Mellivora capensis |
| honinggeel {adj} [color] | :: honey |
| honk {n} [somewhat, rare] | :: home, place where one belongs, shelter |
| honk {n} [games] | :: base (safe zone, e.g. in baseball and similar sports) |
| honkbal {n} | :: baseball (sport) |
| honkbal {m} | :: baseball (ball) |
| honkbalclub {m} | :: baseball club (association) |
| honkbalknuppel {m} | :: baseball bat |
| honkballen {vi} | :: to play baseball |
| honkballer {m} | :: A baseball player |
| honkballertje {noun} | :: diminutive of honkballer |
| honkbalspeler {m} | :: baseball player |
| honkbalveld {n} | :: baseball field |
| honkvast {noun} | :: loyal or fixed to a place; unwilling to move to another city or country |
| honnepon {f} [familiar] | :: sweetheart, honeybun, darling (term of endearment for a girl or woman) |
| honneponnetje {noun} | :: diminutive of honnepon |
| Honoloeloe {prop} {n} | :: Honolulu |
| honoreren {v} | :: to pay |
| honoreren {v} | :: to recognize, to acknowledge |
| honoreren {v} | :: to honour, to respect |
| hoofd- {prefix} | :: main, head, chief, principal |
| hoofd {n} | :: head |
| hoofd {n} | :: head (of an organisation), chief, boss |
| hoofd {n} | :: a breakwater, jetty or pier at the entrance of a sea harbour |
| hoofd {n} [uncommon, slang] | :: oral sex |
| hoofdas {f} | :: main axis |
| hoofdbureau {n} | :: main office, now generally used of the main police station of a given area |
| hoofdcommissaris {m} | :: A commissioner ranking above others commissioners, but not necessarily the highest rank |
| hoofddeksel {n} | :: A headgear, object worn as headdress |
| hoofddoek {m} | :: headscarf, a more or less rectangular cloth worn over the head, mainly by women, now usually by Muslimas |
| hoofddoekjesbelasting {f} | :: tax on headscarves |
| hoofddorp {n} | :: main village |
| hoofdelijke omslag {m} | :: poll tax |
| hoofdeling {m} [historical] | :: chieftain, in particular a Frisian chieftain before Burgundian times |
| hoofdfiguur {f} | :: protagonist |
| hoofdgebouw {n} | :: main building |
| hoofdgerecht {n} | :: A main course, the main dish of a meal |
| Hoofdhaar {prop} {n} [constellation] | :: Coma Berenices |
| hoofdinspecteur {m} | :: chief inspector |
| hoofdkaas {m} | :: brawn, head cheese |
| hoofdkussen {n} | :: pillow |
| hoofdkwartier {n} | :: headquarters |
| hoofdletter {f} | :: capital (uppercase letter) |
| hoofdlettergevoelig {adj} | :: case sensitive |
| hoofdletterongevoelig {adj} | :: case insensitive |
| hoofdluis {f} | :: head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) |
| hoofdmacht {f} [chiefly military] | :: main force |
| hoofdman {m} | :: chief, leader, ringleader |
| hoofdmast {m} [nautical] | :: The third mast of a ship with more than three masts |
| hoofdmotief {n} | :: primary motive, main motive |
| hoofdmotief {n} | :: main motif |
| hoofdpagina {f} | :: main page |
| hoofdpersonage {n} {f} | :: protagonist |
| hoofdpersoon {mf} | :: protagonist |
| hoofdpijn {f} | :: headache |
| hoofdpijndossier {n} | :: A particularly difficult issue or case |
| hoofdplaats {f} | :: the most important place in a region, such as a capital, seat of government, or of industry |
| hoofdplaats {f} | :: an important place in a region |
| hoofdpunt {n} | :: main point, gist |
| hoofdpunt {n} | :: headline |
| hoofdredacteur {m} | :: editor-in-chief |
| hoofdreeks {m} | :: A main series, a main sequence |
| hoofdreeks {m} [astronomy, uncountable] | :: The main sequence |
| hoofdreeksster {m} [astronomy] | :: A main-sequence star |
| hoofdrekenaar {m} | :: One who performs mental arithmetic, mental calculation |
| hoofdrekenen {v} | :: to do mental arithmetic |
| hoofdrol {m} [film, theater] | :: lead role, leading role |
| hoofdrol {m} [by extension] | :: protagonist |
| hoofdrolspeler {m} [film, theatre] | :: lead actor, actor playing a main role |
| hoofdrolspeler {m} | :: protagonist |
| hoofdstad {f} | :: capital city |
| hoofdstam {m} | :: A main tree trunk |
| hoofdstam {m} | :: A main tribe; a high-ranking tribe or a higher level of tribal classification |
| hoofdstedelijk {adj} | :: Of or relating to a capital city |
| hoofdstraat {f} | :: main street/Main Street |
| hoofdstuk {n} | :: chapter (in a book, film etc.) |
| hoofdtelefoon {m} | :: headphone |
| hoofdtelwoord {n} | :: cardinal number word, numeral |
| hoofdvak {n} | :: a major subject (at a tertiary institution) |
| hoofdvakker {m} [tertiary education] | :: One who takes a subject as a major subject |
| hoofdverdachte {mf} | :: main suspect |
| hoofdweg {m} | :: main road |
| hoofdwerker {m} | :: white collar worker |
| hoofdwerkwoord {n} | :: main verb |
| hoofdzaak {f} | :: Matter of primary importance or priority |
| hoofdzakelijk {adj} | :: main |
| hoofdzakelijk {adv} | :: mainly |
| hoofdzin {m} [grammar] | :: main clause |
| hoofdzonde {f} {m} [Roman Catholicism] | :: cardinal sin |
| hoog {adj} | :: high |
| hoogachtend {adj} | :: having high regard [with an indirect object optionally indicating the object of high regard] |
| hoogachtend {interj} [formal] | :: yours sincerely, yours faithfully (ending of a formal letter) |
| hoogbejaarde {mf} | :: Very old person [often defined as aged 80 or older] |
| hoogbouw {m} [collective] | :: high-rise buildings |
| hoogbouw {m} [chiefly in the singular] | :: high-rise, tall building |
| hoogdoorlaatfilter {n} {m} [electronics] | :: high-pass filter |
| Hoogduits {prop} {n} [dated] | :: German; standard German [used especially when Duits was still sometimes used to mean “continental West Germanic”] |
| Hoogduits {prop} {n} | :: High German (languages and dialects that have undergone the High German consonant shift) |
| Hoogduits {adj} | :: High German |
| Hoogduitse klankverschuiving {prop} {f} [linguistics] | :: High German consonant shift |
| Hoogeveen {prop} {n} | :: Hoogeveen (village/and/municipality) |
| Hoogezand-Sappemeer {prop} | :: Hoogezand-Sappemeer (former municipality) |
| hooggebergte {n} | :: mountain range consisting of relatively uneroded high mountains, like alps |
| hooggerechtshof {n} | :: supreme court |
| hooghartig {adj} | :: haughty, supercilious |
| hoogheemraadschap {n} [Netherlands] | :: water board, level of government structure for water management [only used for a few water boards in Holland and Utrecht] |
| hoogheid {f} | :: majesty (title of respect for a monarch) |
| hoogland {n} | :: highland |
| hoogleraar {m} | :: professor |
| hoogleraarschap {n} | :: professorship |
| hoogmis {f} {m} [Roman Catholicism] | :: high mass |
| hoogmoed {m} | :: hubris |
| hoogpolig {adj} | :: (carpets) deep pile (see deep pile carpet) |
| hoogspanning {f} [electricity] | :: high voltage |
| hoogstand {m} [gymnastic] | :: An erect handstand |
| hoogstand {m} [figurative, chiefly diminutive] | :: A tour de force, a skillful or impressive feat, an extraordinary achievement |
| hoogstens {adv} | :: at most |
| Hoogstraten {prop} {n} | :: Hoogstraten (city) |
| hoogte {f} | :: height |
| hoogtepunt {n} | :: acme, climax; zenith |
| hoogtepunt {n} | :: in geometry: altitude (triangle) |
| hoogtevrees {f} {m} | :: acrophobia, fear of heights |
| hoogtezon {f} | :: A lamp emitting light that contains a large dose of ultraviolet light, replicating the light of the Sun at high altitudes and used in medicine and sunbathing |
| hooguit {adv} | :: at most |
| hoogverraad {n} | :: high treason |
| hoogwaardig {adj} | :: high-quality, first-rate |
| hoogwaardig {adj} | :: eminent |
| hoogwaardigheid {f} | :: the state of being of high quality |
| hoogwaardigheid {f} | :: someone of high rank; an eminence |
| hoogwaardigheidsbekleder {m} | :: dignitary |
| hoogwerker {m} | :: aerial work platform |
| hoogzwanger {adj} | :: highly pregnant, being towards the end of one's pregnancy |
| hooi {n} | :: hay (dried grass) |
| hooi {n} [obsolete] | :: grass intended to be used as hay, grass to be mown |
| hooiberg {m} | :: A haystack; mound, pile or stack of stored hay |
| hooiberg {m} | :: A Dutch barn, a hay barrack; an open or semi-open barn for storing hay |
| hooibroei {m} | :: hay fire due to self-combustion |
| hooiduivel {n} | :: hay devil |
| hooikist {f} [chiefly historical] | :: haybox, insulation cooker (insulated chest used as cooking device) |
| hooikoorts {f} | :: hay fever |
| hooiland {n} | :: hayland |
| hooimijt {f} | :: haystack (pile of hay) |
| hooivork {f} | :: pitchfork |
| hooiwagen {m} | :: A harvestman, an arachnid of the order Opiliones |
| hooiwagen {m} | :: A hay cart, a wagon full of hay |
| hooiwagenkrab {f} | :: Any crab of the genus Macropodia |
| hooligan {m} [pejorative] | :: hooligan |
| hoon {f} | :: mockery, sneering |
| hoon {f} | :: scorn, derision |
| hoongelach {n} [dated] | :: derision, scornful laughter |
| hoop {f} | :: A hope, aspiration, wish |
| hoop {m} | :: A pile, heap, stack |
| hoop {m} [figuratively] | :: A lot, heaps |
| hoop {m} | :: A pile of manure, faeces |
| hoop {m} | :: A mass |
| hoop {m} | :: A multitude, a throng |
| hoop {m} [obsolete] | :: A unit of soldiers, a contingent |
| hoop doet leven {proverb} | :: if it were not for hope, the heart would break |
| hoopvol {adj} | :: hopeful |
| hoopvol {adv} | :: hopefully, in a hopeful manner |
| hoor {adv} | :: modal particle indicating reassurance or confidence from the speaker: certainly, surely, at all, but often weak and untranslatable |
| hoor {adv} | :: modal particle indicating disagreement or a certain nuance with an earlier statement: regardless, despite that, anyway, you know |
| hoorbaar {adj} | :: audible |
| hoorn {m} | :: a horn (sound device) or a bugle |
| hoorn {m} | :: a horn (growth projecting from the head of some animals) |
| hoorn {m} | :: a receiver, an earphone |
| Hoorn {prop} {n} | :: Hoorn (city/and/municipality) |
| Hoorn {prop} {n} | :: Hoorn (A <<village>> on <<isl/Terschelling>>, < >, <<c/Netherlands>>.) |
| hoornaar {m} | :: hornet (insect) |
| hoornbeest {n} | :: A livestock animal with horns, especially a head of cattle |
| hoornblazer {m} [literally] | :: A hornblower, who uses a signalhorn |
| hoornblazer {m} | :: A musician who plays a horn |
| hoornbloem {f} | :: chickweed; Cerastium |
| hoorndier {n} | :: A horned animal, in particular a head of cattle |
| hoorndier {n} [obsolete] | :: A male cuckold or wittol |
| hoorndrager {m} | :: A male cuckold or wittol |
| hoornraaf {m} | :: ground hornbill, mainly ground-dwelling bird of the genus Bucorvus |
| hoorntje {noun} | :: an icecream cone |
| hoornvee {n} [collective] | :: horned livestock, especially cattle |
| hoornvlies {n} | :: cornea |
| hoornvliesontsteking {f} | :: keratitis |
| hoorspel {n} | :: radio drama |
| hoortoestel {n} | :: hearing aid |
| hoorzitting {f} | :: hearing (proceeding for hearing arguments and discussion) |
| hoos {f} | :: high boot |
| hoos {f} | :: whirlwind, (specifically) landspout |
| hoos {m} [dated, jargon] | :: hose (tube), container used for removing water |
| hoosbui {f} | :: A downpour, a heavy rain |
| hop {m} | :: hoopoe, the species Upupa epops or an individual of this species |
| hop {m} | :: any bird of the family Upupidae |
| hop {f} | :: hop, Humulus lupulus |
| hop {interj} | :: go, get going |
| hop {m} | :: a hop, a short jump |
| hopelijk {adv} | :: hopefully |
| hopeloos {adj} | :: hopeless |
| hopen {v} | :: to hope |
| hopen {v} | :: to heap |
| hopliet {m} | :: hoplite |
| hopman {m} | :: A male scouting captain |
| hopman {m} [historical] | :: A military captain, belonging to a city guard, militia or army |
| hor {f} | :: An insect screen |
| horde {f} | :: A horde |
| horde {f} | :: A troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs |
| horde {f} | :: A gross sieve |
| horde {f} | :: A hurdle |
| hordeloop {m} | :: athletic discipline in which the runners must also jump regularly placed hurdles |
| hordeloop {m} | :: path strewn with obstacles |
| horeca {m} | :: the hotel and catering industry |
| horecabedrijf {n} | :: hotel or catering business |
| horecagelegenheid {f} | :: public venue |
| horen {vt} | :: to hear |
| horen {vi} | :: to belong |
| horen {v} [auxiliary, with te] | :: to be supposed to, to be meant to |
| horen {vi} | :: to be appropriate, polite or agreeing with social norms (lit. to be heard of) |
| horen {m} | :: alternative spelling of hoorn |
| horige {noun} | :: serf |
| horigheid {f} | :: serfdom |
| horizon {m} | :: horizon |
| horizontaal {adj} | :: horizontal (parallel to the plane of the horizon) |
| horloge {n} | :: watch |
| horlogemaakster {f} | :: female watchmaker |
| horlogemaker {m} | :: watchmaker |
| hormonaal {adj} | :: hormonal (all senses) |
| hormonenbom {f} [pejorative] | :: Pejorative term for a person considered to behave in an unreasonably emotional manner, ascribed to hormones: |
| hormonenbom {f} | :: Specifically, a pregnant woman |
| hormonenbom {f} | :: Specifically, a pubescent boy trying to be macho |
| hormoon {n} | :: hormone (substance produced by the body that physiologically affects bodily activity) |
| hormoonhuishouding {f} | :: hormonal system, system of developing or maintaining hormone levels |
| hormoonspiegel {m} | :: hormone level |
| hormoonverstoorder {m} | :: endocrine disruptor |
| horrelvoet {m} | :: clubfoot |
| hors {n} [rare, dialectal, now mostly found in names] | :: horse |
| horsmakreel {m} | :: scad, Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus |
| horst {f} [geology] | :: an area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land; a horst |
| horst {f} | :: an elevated land overgrown with shrub |
| horst {f} | :: a nest of a bird of prey; an eyrie |
| Horst {prop} {n} | :: Horst (village) |
| Horst aan de Maas {prop} {n} | :: Horst aan de Maas (municipality) |
| hortensia {f} | :: A hydrangea, a hortensia, a flowering plant of the genus Hydrangea |
| horzel {f} | :: botfly, insect of the family Oestridae |
| hospik {m} | :: (army slang) A military (hospital) orderly |
| hospik {m} [by extension] | :: A medic |
| hospikken {v} | :: To serve as military (hospital) orderly or as medic |
| hospita {f} | :: landlady |
| hospitaal {n} | :: hospital, now in particular a military hospital |
| hospitaalkerkschip {n} | :: A support ship that functions as a hospital and a church |
| hospitaalridder {m} | :: Knight-Hospitaller, member of the Order of St. John or one of its derivative orders |
| hospitaalschip {n} | :: A hospital ship |
| hospitaaltrein {m} [chiefly historical] | :: A hospital train, a train used for the transportation and medical treatment of the sick and the wounded |
| hospitaliseren {vt} | :: to hospitalise, to admit into a hospital |
| hospiteeravond {m} | :: housewarming (party to invite friends to a new house or apartment) |
| hosselen {v} [Suriname, Netherlands] | :: to work hard |
| hosselen {v} [Suriname, Netherlands] | :: to acquire something or subsist with difficulty |
| hosselen {v} [Suriname, Netherlands, slang] | :: to obtain money illicitly, especially through drug dealing; to hustle |
| hossen {vi} | :: to dance and bounce about arm in arm |
| host {m} [computing] | :: host |
| hosten {vt} | :: to host (to perform the role of a host for/at) |
| hostie {f} [Christianity] | :: host (consecrated bread / wafer) |
| hot {adj} [nautical] | :: right, on the right side |
| hot {adj} [colloquial] | :: hot, popular |
| hot {adj} [colloquial] | :: hot, sexy, attractive |
| hotdog {m} | :: hot dog |
| hotel {n} | :: hotel |
| hoteldebotel {adj} [colloquial] | :: mad, crazy |
| hoteldebotel {adj} [colloquial] | :: smitten, head over heels |
| hotelier {m} | :: hotelier |
| hotelletje {noun} | :: diminutive of hotel |
| hotemetoot {m} [chiefly Netherlands] | :: bigwig, poobah |
| Hottentot {m} [now, offensive] | :: A Khoekhoe person, a member of the native people of southwestern Africa |
| hottentottententententoonstelling {f} [literally] | :: exposition of Hottentot tents |
| hottentottententententoonstelling {f} | :: the whole nine yards, everything |
| Hottentottententoonstelling {prop} {f} | :: Hottentot exhibition |
| Hottentottin {f} [now, offensive] | :: A Khoekhoe woman |
| hou {adj} [only in set phrases] | :: friendly, of a favourable disposition |
| houdbaar {adj} | :: preservable |
| houdbaar {adj} | :: tenable |
| houdbaarheid {f} | :: tenability |
| houdbaarheid {f} | :: shelf life |
| houdbaarheidsdatum {m} | :: expiration date |
| houden {vt} | :: to keep (in a particular state) |
| houden {vt} [of animals] | :: to keep, to care for |
| houden {vt} | :: to hold, to be engaged in |
| houden {vt} | :: to hold, to have, to organise (an event) |
| houden van {vt} | :: to love |
| houden van {vt} | :: to like |
| houden voor {vt} [with direct object and an antecedent] | :: to take for, to consider, to see as |
| houder {m} | :: holder, bearer |
| houder {m} | :: cradle (a case for a broken or dislocated limb) |
| houdgreep {m} [martial arts] | :: grappling hold |
| houdgreep {m} [figurative] | :: deadlock |
| houding {f} | :: attitude |
| houding {f} | :: stance |
| houding {f} | :: posture, pose |
| houdoe {interj} [regional, Noord-Brabant] | :: bye, see you |
| houdster {f} | :: female holder, bearer |
| hou je smoel {phrase} [vulgar] | :: shut up |
| house {m} | :: house music, house |
| hout {n} | :: wood |
| hout {n} | :: particular kind of wood |
| hout {n} | :: piece of wood, stick |
| houtachtig {adj} | :: woody, ligneous |
| houtbeschot {n} [architecture] | :: wood paneling |
| houten {adj} | :: wooden, made of wood |
| houten {v} | :: to paint something, so as to give the impression that it is made of beautifully figured wood |
| houten huik {f} {m} | :: schandmantel, Spanish coat |
| houten klaas {m} | :: stolid, phlegmatic person |
| houten klaas {m} | :: stiff, woodenly moving person |
| houterig {adj} | :: wooden, stiff, rigid |
| houterigheid {f} | :: woodenness, stiffness |
| houthakker {mf} | :: lumberjack, woodcutter |
| houtig {adj} | :: woody (of plants or plant parts) |
| houtkachel {f} {m} | :: wood-burning stove |
| houtlijm {m} | :: wood glue, joiner's glue |
| houtmade {f} [dated] | :: woodworm |
| houtmijt {f} | :: A pile of wood, in particular a pyre |
| houtprent {f} | :: woodcut |
| houtskool {m} | :: [invariable without an article] charcoal (heat-transformed wood) |
| houtskool {m} | :: a piece of charcoal |
| houtskoolvuur {n} | :: charcoal fire |
| houtskoolvuurtje {noun} | :: diminutive of houtskoolvuur |
| houtsnede {f} {m} | :: woodcut, wood engraving |
| houtsnijwerk {n} [countable, uncountable, collective] | :: A wood carving or several wood carvings; something carved from wood |
| houtsnijwerk {n} [uncountable] | :: The art of wood carving |
| houtsnijwerkje {noun} | :: diminutive of houtsnijwerk |
| houtsnip {f} | :: Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola |
| houtsnip {f} [colloquial] | :: A sandwich consisting of a slice of white bread with a slice of (ripened) cheese and a slice of rye bread, sometimes topped with another slice of white bread |
| houttuin {m} [archaic or historical] | :: A wood store yard |
| houtvester {m} | :: forester |
| houtworm {m} | :: woodworm |
| houtworm {m} | :: shell which bores into wooden ships and riverine structures |
| houvast {m} | :: grip, grasp |
| houvast {m} | :: something to hold onto (physically or emotionally), support, solace |
| houwdegen {m} | :: backsword (early modern sabre) |
| houwdegen {m} | :: swashbuckler, basher (eager but sometimes reckless fighter, violent person) |
| houweel {n} | :: pickaxe/pickaxe (mining tool) |
| houweeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of houweel |
| houwen {vi} | :: to hew |
| houwer {m} | :: Someone who chops, in particular a lumberjack or a sculptor |
| houwer {m} [mining] | :: A hewer, a pickman |
| houwer {m} | :: A tusk of a wild boar |
| houwer {m} [now, Suriname] | :: A machete (blade weapon) |
| houwer {m} [obsolete] | :: Any blade weapon |
| houwitser {m} | :: howitzer |
| houwtouw {n} | :: lanyard |
| houzee {interj} | :: hurrah, huzzah |
| hovaard {f} [obsolete] | :: hubris, haughtiness |
| hovaardig {adj} | :: haughty, arrogant |
| hovaardij {f} [archaic, literary] | :: hubris, haughtiness |
| hoveling {m} | :: courtier, royal official |
| hovenier {m} | :: Professional gardener |
| hozen {vti} | :: to bail, to scoop water out of a boat, cellar etc |
| hozen {v} [impersonal] | :: to rain heavily, to pour |
| h-pion {m} [chess] | :: h-pawn: pawn placed on the h-file at the beginning of the game |
| HPVS {noun} | :: abbreviation of hydropneumatisch veersysteem |
| Hr. {pron} | :: abbreviation of harer |
| Hr. Ms. {noun} | :: alternative form of Hr.Ms. |
| Hr.Ms. {noun} [nautical, military] | :: Harer Majesteits - literally "Her Majesty's" - HNLMS |
| Hubert {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Huberta {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Hubrecht {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Hué {prop} | :: Hue, in Vietnam (all senses) |
| huemul {m} | :: huemul, deer of the genus Hippocamelus |
| hufter {m} [vulgar, pejorative] | :: (Male) jerk, asshole |
| hufterproof {adj} [colloquial] | :: Being capable of withstanding vandalism and general antisocial behaviour; vandal-proof |
| hugenoot {m} [historical] | :: Huguenot, French Reformed Protestant during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries |
| hugenoot {m} [historical] | :: specifically, one of the Huguenots who fled abroad after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes or an immediate descendant |
| hui {f} [dated, dialectal] | :: whey |
| Huib {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| huichelaar {mf} | :: hypocrite |
| huichelen {v} | :: to feign, to pretend, to act hypocritically |
| huid {f} | :: skin |
| huid {f} | :: the hull of a ship or aircraft |
| huidarts {m} | :: A dermatologist, specialist in skin conditions |
| huiden {v} [obsolete] | :: to hide, to conceal |
| huidig {adj} | :: current, present |
| huidkanker {m} | :: skin cancer |
| huidtransplantatie {f} | :: dermoplasty |
| huiduitslag {m} | :: skin rash |
| huif {f} | :: cap |
| huif {f} | :: chaperon (headgear) |
| huif {f} | :: cap to blind a falcon used in hunting |
| huif {f} | :: canvas wrapped around a prairie schooner or other covered wagon |
| huif {f} | :: hive |
| huif {f} | :: beehive |
| huifkar {m} | :: covered wagon, especially a prairie schooner |
| huig {f} | :: uvula (appendage that hangs from the palate) |
| huik {f} {m} [dated, historical] | :: sleeveless cape or coat |
| huik {f} {m} [dated, dialectal, nautical] | :: canvas cover |
| huik {f} {m} [dated, chiefly diminutive] | :: calyptra |
| huiken {v} [archaic] | :: to squat, to bend (through the knees) |
| huilebalk {m} | :: A crybaby, a child that weeps often and long |
| huilebalk {m} [by extension] | :: Any weepy person, regardless of age |
| huilebalk {m} | :: A type of round felt hat with a wide, soft rim and a low crown |
| huilebalken {vi} | :: To bawl easily, be a crybaby |
| huilen {v} | :: to cry, to weep |
| huilen {v} | :: to howl |
| huilen met de pet op {phrase} [predicative] | :: (to be) of terrible quality |
| huiler {m} | :: A cryer, one who weeps |
| huiler {m} | :: An unweaned abandoned seal |
| huilerig {adj} | :: weepy, prone to crying |
| huilerigheid {f} | :: weepiness, proclivity to crying |
| huilertje {noun} | :: diminutive of huiler |
| huilie {interj} [Netherlands, internet slang, derogatory] | :: boohoo, contemptuously mimicking crying or complaining |
| huilie huilie doen {v} [Netherlands, internet slang, derogatory] | :: to whine, to cry, to moan |
| huin {m} [obsolete] | :: giant |
| huis {n} | :: house |
| huisafval {n} {m} | :: domestic waste |
| huisaltaar {n} | :: A home altar |
| huisaltaartje {noun} | :: diminutive of huisaltaar |
| huisarrest {n} [legal] | :: house arrest |
| huisarrest {n} [education, by analogy] | :: grounding as a domestic punishment |
| huisarrest geven {v} [literally] | :: To impose house arrest |
| huisarrest geven {v} | :: To ground, make a charge remain at home, usually as a punishment |
| huisarts {m} | :: general practitioner |
| huisartsenpraktijk {f} | :: general practice, doctor's clinic [of a GP] |
| huisbaas {m} | :: A landlord, who rents a home he owns, or room(s) in it, to one or more tenants |
| huisbrand {m} [uncountable] | :: domestic fuel |
| huisbrand {m} [countable] | :: residential fire, housefire (disastrous fire in a residence) |
| huisbrandolie {f} | :: heating oil [used primarily for domestic purposes] |
| huiscavia {f} | :: a domestic guinea pig |
| huisdeur {f} | :: house door |
| huisdier {n} | :: domestic animal |
| huisdier {n} | :: pet |
| huiselijk {adj} | :: domestic, residential, pertaining to the home or to residences |
| huiselijk {adj} | :: cozy, homely |
| huiselijk geweld {n} | :: domestic violence |
| huiselijkheid {f} | :: homeliness, coziness, folksiness |
| huiselijkheid {f} | :: domesticity |
| huisfeest {n} | :: house party |
| huisgeest {m} | :: a mythological ghost or spirit linked to a house or home; a house-spirit |
| huisgemaakt {adj} | :: homemade |
| huisgenoot {m} | :: housemate |
| huisgenote {f} | :: A female housemate |
| huisgod {m} | :: A household deity |
| huisgod {m} [figuratively] | :: Anyone (or anything) which protects - and/or brings bliss to a house(hold) |
| huisgodendienst {m} [dated] | :: worship of household deities |
| huishouden {v} | :: to do housekeeping; keep house |
| huishouden {v} [pejorative] | :: to make a shambles |
| huishouden {n} | :: housekeeping |
| huishouden {n} | :: household |
| huishouden van Jan Steen {n} [figurative] | :: An untidy, chaotic house or room; a mess |
| huishoudfolie {n} | :: clingfilm |
| huishoudhulp {f} {m} | :: household help |
| huishouding {f} | :: housekeeping |
| huishouding {f} | :: household |
| huishoudster {f} | :: female housekeeper, cleaning lady |
| huishoudtrap {mf} | :: stepladder |
| huisjesmelker {m} | :: slumlord |
| huisjesslak {f} | :: snail, gastropod with a shell |
| huiskamer {f} | :: Living room |
| huiskat {f} | :: domestic cat (domesticated feline species) |
| huiskerk {f} | :: house church (house or section of a house frequently used for church meetings) |
| huisman {m} [Middle Ages] | :: a free commoner |
| huisman {m} [Middle Ages] | :: a pater familias |
| huisman {m} | :: a male homemaker; a househusband |
| Huisman {prop} | :: surname |
| huismarter {m} | :: beech marten, Martes foina |
| huismuis {f} [zoology] | :: house mouse |
| huismus {m} | :: house sparrow |
| huismus {m} [figurative] | :: person who prefers to stay at home rather than go out |
| huisnijverheid {f} | :: cottage industry, domestic artisanry |
| huisnummer {n} | :: house number |
| huisploert {m} [historical, obsolete, student slang] | :: The landlady or landlord of a student's housing |
| huisraad {n} | :: a collective term used to refer to all furniture, appliances and other housewares in a household (except for grocery items); household items, household goods, household inventory |
| huisschaap {n} | :: domesticated sheep |
| huisschilder {m} | :: painter (often laborer) who does (non-artistic) painting |
| huisslaaf {m} | :: A house slave |
| huisslaafje {noun} | :: diminutive of huisslaaf |
| huissleutel {m} | :: The key to one's house |
| huisstof {n} {f} | :: household dust |
| huisstofmijt {f} | :: house dust mite, dust mite |
| huistaak {f} | :: homework |
| huistelefoon {m} | :: A home telephone |
| huis-tuin-en-keuken- {prefix} | :: everyday, run-of-the-mill, garden variety |
| huisvader {m} | :: father of the house, family man |
| Huis van Afgevaardigden {prop} {n} | :: House of Representatives |
| huis van bewaring {n} | :: detention center |
| huisvesten {v} | :: to house, accommodate |
| huisvesting {f} | :: housing, accommodation |
| huisvlijt {f} | :: cottage industry, domestic artisanry |
| huisvredebreuk {f} | :: trespass |
| huisvriend {m} | :: A friend who regularly visits someone at home |
| huisvrouw {f} | :: housewife, female homemaker |
| huisvuil {n} | :: garbage |
| huiswaarts {adv} | :: homewards |
| huiswarming {f} | :: housewarming |
| huiswerk {n} | :: homework (educational assignment to be done in one's own time) |
| huiszoeking {f} | :: A house-search, thorough search of a home or other privately owned real estate as part of an official (notably judicial) investigation |
| huiszoeking {f} [obsolete] | :: The act of thresspassing into someone's house |
| huiszoekingsbevel {n} | :: A search warrant, court order authorizing the authorities to search a home as part of a criminal investigation |
| huiver {m} | :: shiver [out of fear or from the cold], tremble |
| huiver {m} | :: fear, trepidation |
| huiveren {vi} | :: to shiver, to tremble |
| huiverig {adj} | :: shivery, shivering |
| huiverig {adj} | :: fearful, trepid, anxious |
| huivering {f} | :: quivering, shivering |
| huivering {f} | :: a shiver |
| huiveringwekkend {adj} | :: horrible |
| huizen {v} | :: to live (have permanent residence) |
| huizenbezitter {m} | :: homeowner |
| huizenblok {n} | :: A block of houses, a residential block |
| huizenblokje {noun} | :: diminutive of huizenblok |
| huizenbouw {m} | :: home building, residential construction |
| huizenmarkt {f} | :: housing market |
| Huizinga {prop} | :: surname |
| hulde {f} | :: homage |
| huldigen {v} | :: to pay homage, honour |
| hullen {v} | :: to wrap |
| hullie {pron} [proscribed, dialectal] | :: The nominative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun, as opposed to jullie: they, them-people |
| hulp {f} | :: help, assistance, rescue |
| hulp {f} [especially the diminutive] | :: helper, aide, assistant, sidekick [also in the masculine gender] |
| hulpbisschop {m} | :: An auxiliary bishop |
| hulpbron {f} | :: (economic or natural) resource |
| hulpeloos {adj} | :: helpless |
| hulpeloosheid {f} | :: Helplessness |
| hulphond {m} | :: An assistance dog [UK], a service dog [US] (dog trained for aiding people with (chiefly non-visual and non-auditive) disabilities or disorders) |
| hulphypothese {f} [science, philosophy] | :: auxiliary hypothesis [often considered questionable as if made out of insincere motives] |
| hulpmiddel {n} | :: aid, instrument, tool (material source of help) |
| hulpmiddeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of hulpmiddel |
| hulpprogramma {n} [computing] | :: A software utility, a program aiding in a specific task |
| hulpprogramma {n} | :: An aid programme |
| hulpsinterklaas {m} | :: A helper Sinterklaas, named to explain the fact that Sinterklaas can be at more than one place at the same time |
| hulptaal {f} | :: (international) auxiliary language |
| hulptelwoord {n} | :: measure word, counter |
| hulpvaardig {adj} | :: helpful |
| hulpvaardigheid {f} | :: helpfulness |
| hulpverlener {m} | :: aid worker |
| hulpverlener {m} | :: first responder |
| hulpvloot {f} | :: An auxiliary fleet or relief fleet |
| hulpwerkwoord {n} [grammar] | :: auxiliary verb (a helping verb) |
| huls {f} {m} | :: shell, case (usually cylindrical covering part of an item, in particular of ammunition) |
| huls {f} {m} | :: husk (cover of a fruit or nut) |
| hulst {f} | :: holly, common holly (Ilex aquifolium) |
| hum {n} | :: (good) mood |
| hum {interj} | :: uttering to attract attention, without literal meaning |
| humaan {adj} | :: humane (with regard for the health and well-being of another; compassionate) |
| humaniora {p} | :: humanities |
| humanist {m} | :: humanist |
| humanitair {adj} | :: humanitarian (pertaining to or concerned with human wellbeing) |
| humeur {n} | :: mood, mental state |
| humeurig {adj} | :: moody, temperamental, fickle |
| humeurig {adj} | :: in a bad mood |
| humeus {adj} | :: humous |
| hummel {m} [affectionate, colloquial] | :: A small child |
| humor {m} [uncountable] | :: humour (sense of amusement) |
| humor {m} [countable, archaic] | :: humour (bodily fluid) |
| humoraal {adj} [historical, medicine] | :: humoral, pertaining to the humours |
| humoraal {adj} [medicine] | :: humoral, pertaining to the body fluids |
| humoristisch {adj} | :: humoristic, humorous |
| humus {m} | :: humus (soil organic matter) |
| humus {m} [by extension] | :: compost |
| humusrijk {adj} | :: rich in humus, containing a lot of humus |
| hun {pron} | :: The dative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: them, to them |
| hun {pron} [proscribed] | :: The accusative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: them |
| hun {pron} [dependent possessive] | :: The third-person plural possessive pronoun: their |
| hun {pron} [proscribed, regiolectal, Netherlands] | :: The nominative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: they (only referring to people) |
| Hun {m} | :: A Hun, member of the nomadic tribe |
| Hun {m} [figuratively] | :: A barbarian, brute |
| hunebed {n} [archaeology] | :: dolmen |
| hunkeren {v} | :: to long for, crave |
| hunlieden {pron} [proscribed, dialectal] | :: The nominative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: they, them-people |
| hunlui {pron} [proscribed, dialectal] | :: The nominative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: they, them-people |
| hunner {pron} | :: theirs |
| huppeldepup {m} {n} [object] | :: thingamajig, whatchamacallit |
| huppeldepup {m} {n} [person] | :: whatshisname, whatshername |
| huppelen {v} | :: to skip, to frisk, to gambol (to move by hopping on alternate feet) |
| huppen {v} | :: to hop |
| hupsakee {interj} | :: hey presto, ta-da (when the result of one's work becomes apparent) |
| hupsakee {interj} | :: up you go (when helping a child a climb onto something) |
| hupsakee {interj} | :: upsadaisy (when throwing a small child in the air during play) |
| hupsakee {interj} | :: More generally, an exclamation of giving someone a mild and/or pleasant surprise |
| huren {v} | :: to rent, hire |
| hurken {v} | :: squat, crouch |
| hurken {v} | :: cower |
| hurriën {v} | :: to hasten, to hurry |
| Hurro-Urartisch {adj} | :: Hurro-Urartian |
| husselen {v} | :: To mix up, to shake up |
| husselen {v} | :: To shuffle |
| hut {f} | :: a small wooden shed, hut |
| hut {f} | :: a primitive dwelling |
| hut {f} | :: a cabin on a boat |
| hut {f} | :: a usually simple recreational lodging, pub, or suchlike for scouting, mountaineering, skiing, and so on |
| hut {f} [archaic or toponym] | :: a roadhouse, inn or pub, sometimes primitive and/or of ill repute |
| hutkoffer {m} | :: A trunk, a large chest used to move luggage |
| hutspot {m} | :: A traditional Dutch meal made from mashed potatoes, carrots and onions |
| huttenkaas {m} | :: cottage cheese |
| hüttenkäse {m} | :: cottage cheese |
| Huub {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| huur {c} | :: renting, hiring |
| huur {c} | :: rent |
| huurbescherming {f} | :: rent control |
| huurder {m} | :: hirer, renter (one who rents or leases something) |
| huurder {m} | :: tenant (of real state, notably a home or room) |
| huurhuis {n} | :: rented house |
| huurling {m} | :: mercenary (person employed to fight) |
| huurling {m} [sports] | :: a player who plays on on one team while being employed by another team (who is out on loan) |
| Huurman {prop} | :: surname |
| huurmoordenaar {m} | :: contract killer, (hired) assassin |
| huursoldaat {m} | :: mercenary, soldier of fortune |
| huurwoning {f} | :: tenement |
| huwelijk {n} | :: marriage |
| huwelijksaanzoek {n} | :: proposal of marriage |
| huwelijksboot {f} {m} [figurative, now chiefly diminutive] | :: marriage [compared to a boat] |
| huwelijksbureau {n} | :: dating agency |
| huwelijksdag {m} | :: wedding day |
| huwelijksdrang {m} | :: An urge to marry |
| huwelijksdwang {m} | :: forced marriage, marriage under duress |
| huwelijksnacht {m} | :: wedding night |
| huwelijkspartner {m} | :: spouse |
| huwelijksreis {f} {m} | :: honeymoon (wedding trip) |
| huwen {v} | :: to marry, wed |
| huwen {v} [figuratively] | :: to achieve or join by marriage or a similar alliance |
| huzaar {m} | :: A hussar, light cavalrist |
| huzarenstuk {n} | :: impressive feat, tour de force, masterpiece |
| hyacint {m} | :: A hyacinth, plant of the genus Hyacinthus |
| hydraat {n} | :: hydrate (solid compound containing or linked to water molecules) |
| hydrant {m} | :: hydrant, fire hydrant |
| hydrodynamisch {adj} | :: hydrodynamic |
| hydrofiel {adj} [physics, chemistry] | :: hydrophilic |
| hydrofobie {f} | :: hydrophobia |
| hydrofobie {f} [obsolete] | :: rabies |
| hydrofoob {adj} [physics, chemistry] | :: hydrophobic |
| hydroniem | :: hydronym |
| hydrostatisch {adj} | :: hydrostatic |
| hydroxy- {prefix} [functional group prefix] | :: hydroxy- |
| hyena {f} | :: hyena, any member of the family Hyaenidae |
| hyenahond {m} | :: African wild dog, Lycaon pictus |
| hygiëne {f} {m} | :: hygiene |
| Hylke {prop} {mf} | :: given name |
| hymne {f} | :: song of praise |
| hyper {adj} [slang] | :: hyperactive, particularly in a panicked or frenetic way |
| hyper {c} [colloquial] | :: hyperglycaemia |
| hyperaldosteronisme {n} | :: hyperaldosteronism (condition in which too much aldosterone is produced) |
| hyperbool {f} {m} [math] | :: hyperbola |
| hyperbool {f} {m} [literature] | :: hyperbole |
| hypergamie {f} | :: hypergamy (tendency or practice of seeking marital partners of a higher status) |
| hypergetto {n} | :: hyperghetto |
| hypermarkt {m} | :: A hypermarket |
| hyperoniem {n} | :: hypernym |
| hyperparasiet {m} [entomology] | :: A hyperparasite, a parasite that parasitises other parasites |
| hypertensie {f} | :: hypertension, (abnormally) high blood pressure |
| hyperventileren {v} | :: to hyperventilate |
| Hypnos {prop} {m} [Greek god] | :: Hypnos |
| hypnose {f} | :: hypnosis |
| hypnotiseren {v} | :: to hypnotise |
| hypo- {prefix} | :: hypo- |
| hypocentrum {n} [geology] | :: A hypocentre |
| hypochondrie {f} | :: hypochondriasis (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness) |
| hypocriet {m} | :: hypocrite |
| hypocriet {adj} | :: hypocritical, characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite |
| hypocrisie {f} | :: The fake quality hypocrisy (claim, pretense, or false representation of holding beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not actually possess) |
| hypofyse {f} | :: hypophysis, pituitary gland |
| hyponiem {n} | :: hyponym |
| hypotensie {f} | :: hypotension, (abnormally) low blood pressure |
| hypotenusa {f} [geometry] | :: hypotenuse (side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) |
| hypothecair {adj} | :: hypothecary |
| hypotheek {f} | :: mortgage |
| hypotheekrente {f} | :: mortgage interest, mortgage rate |
| hypotheekrenteaftrek {m} [Netherlands, taxation] | :: mortgage interest deduction, deduction of taxable income based on mortgage rate (subsidy to encourage homeownership) |
| hypotheekrenteaftrekregeling {f} | :: mortgage interest deduction arrangement |
| hypothermie {f} | :: hypothermia |
| hypothese {f} | :: a hypothesis, tentative conjecture, as postulated in science |
| hypothetisch {adj} | :: hypothetic, hypothetical |
| hypoxie {f} | :: hypoxia (condition in which tissues are deprived of oxygen) |
| hypoxisch {adj} | :: hypoxic |
| hysterectomie {f} | :: hysterectomy |