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| -'s {suffix} | :: Used to form the plural form of nouns ending in a vowel, except schwa |
| -'s {suffix} | :: Used to form the genitive form of proper nouns which end in certain vowels; the apostrophe actually stands for an elided vowel |
| -s- {interfix} | :: Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds |
| -s {suffix} | :: Used to form regular plurals of nouns that end in certain suffixes or syllables, such as -el, -er, -en, -em, -eur, -aar, -aard, diminutive -je, etc |
| -s {suffix} | :: Used to form irregular plurals of many other nouns, chiefly of foreign origin |
| -s {suffix} [archaic, except in fixed expressions] | :: Used to form the genitive case of (strong) masculine and neuter nouns |
| -s {suffix} | :: Used to form the genitive case of proper nouns and some pronouns |
| -s {suffix} | :: Used to form the partitive form of the adjective |
| -s {suffix} | :: Used to form adverbs |
| -s {suffix} | :: Used to form adjectives of characteristic from nouns |
| -s {suffix} | :: Used to form adjectives or language names from names of nations or countries |
| 's {prefix} | :: Used in ’s ochtends, ’s morgens, ’s middags, ’s avonds, ’s nachts, ’s zomers, and ’s winters |
| 's {prefix} | :: Used in place names as a shorthand for genitive des such as ’s-Gravenhage and ’s-Hertogenbosch indicating possession or origin |
| 's {prefix} | :: Used to construct a noun phrase which indicates a genitive (quality, possession or origin) |
| 's {adv} | :: clipping of eens |
| s {letter} | :: letter |
| S {letter} | :: letter |
| saai {adj} | :: boring, tedious |
| saai {n} {m} | :: woven woollen cloth |
| saai {n} {m} [Brabantian] | :: wool [in yarn form] |
| saaiheid {f} | :: dullness, tediousness |
| saam {adv} [often, colloquial, sometimes, literary] | :: together |
| saamhorigheid {f} [Netherlands] | :: affinity, fellowship, community feeling, solidarity |
| saamhorigheidsgevoel {n} | :: feeling of togetherness (in a community) |
| saampjes {adv} [colloquial, Netherlands] | :: together |
| sabbat {m} | :: Sabbath |
| sabbelen {vi} | :: to suckle, to suck |
| sabel {m} | :: sabre [Commonwealth], saber [US] (sword with a narrow, slightly curved blade) |
| sabel {m} | :: sable, Martes zibellina |
| sabel {m} [heraldry] | :: sable, the colour black |
| sabeldier {n} | :: sable, Martes zibellina |
| sabelmarter {m} | :: sable, Martes zibellina |
| Sabijn {m} | :: a Sabine |
| Sabijns {adj} | :: Sabinian, Sabine |
| Sabine {prop} {f} | :: given name, popular in the latter half of the twentieth century |
| sabotage {m} | :: sabotage |
| saboteren {vt} | :: to sabotage |
| saboteur {m} | :: saboteur |
| sabra {m} | :: Sabra (native-born Israeli) |
| sacharose {f} {m} [biochemistry] | :: sucrose |
| sachem {m} | :: sachem, Native American chief |
| sacherijn {n} | :: chagrin |
| sacherijnig {adj} | :: bad tempered, grumpy |
| sachet {n} | :: sachet |
| sacoche {f} [Belgium] | :: handbag |
| sacraal {adj} | :: holy, sacred |
| sacraal {adj} | :: consecrated, cultic, ritual, ritualistic |
| sacraal {adj} [anatomy] | :: sacral, pertaining to the sacrum |
| sacraliseren {v} | :: to hallow, to sanctify |
| sacrament {n} [Christianity] | :: sacrament |
| sacramenteel {adj} [Christianity] | :: sacramental |
| sacristie {f} | :: sacristy |
| sadistisch {adj} | :: sadistic |
| sadomasochist {m} | :: sadomasochist |
| safari {m} | :: safari |
| saffiaan {n} {m} | :: saffian (type of leather) |
| saffiaantje {noun} | :: cigarette |
| saffie {n} [Netherlands, colloquial] | :: cigarette |
| saffier {m} | :: sapphire (transparent blue corundum, or a clear corundum of another colour) |
| saffier {n} | :: sapphire ((blue) corundum) |
| saffier {n} | :: sapphire (blue colour) |
| saffieren {adj} | :: sapphire (consisting of sapphire, made of sapphire) |
| saffraan {m} | :: saffron (spice) |
| saffraangeel {adj} [color] | :: saffron |
| saflet {noun} [Brabantian] | :: a blow, whack |
| sage {f} | :: story of heraldry and valor, a saga |
| sago {m} | :: A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener |
| sago {m} | :: Any of the palms from which sago is extracted |
| sagopalm {m} | :: sago palm, any palm or palm-like plant that produces sago |
| Sahidisch {prop} {n} | :: Sahidic (Theban dialect of Coptic) |
| Sahidisch {adj} | :: Sahidic |
| sail {n} [nautical] | :: The fin or sail of a submarine |
| saillant {adj} | :: salient |
| saillant {m} {n} [military] | :: A salient |
| Saintes {prop} {n} | :: A city in the southeastern French département Charente-Maritime, the former capital of the Saintonge province |
| Saintes {prop} {n} | :: A French Catholic diocese named after the above, its see |
| Saintes {prop} {n} | :: A French arrondissement named after the above, its capital |
| Saintes {prop} {n} [in the plural] | :: A small French Caribbean island chain in the Leeward Islands, a dependency of Guadeloupe |
| Saint Kitts en Nevis {prop} | :: Saint Kitts en Nevis (a <<country>> consisting of two <<islands>> in the <<r/Caribbean>>) |
| Saint Vincent en de Grenadines {prop} | :: Saint Vincent en de Grenadines (archipelago/and/country) |
| sajet {n} | :: combed and twined woollen yarn of short fibres |
| sake {m} | :: sake (Japanese rice wine) |
| sakkerloot {interj} [archaic] | :: well I never! |
| Saks {m} | :: A Saxon |
| Saksen {prop} {n} | :: Saxony |
| Saksen-Anhalt {prop} {n} | :: Saxony-Anhalt |
| Saksisch {adj} | :: Saxon |
| salade {f} | :: salad (a food made primarily of a mixture of raw ingredients, typically vegetables) |
| salade {f} [archaic] | :: lettuce |
| salade {f} | :: A sallet, a salade (certain type of round helmet) |
| salafisme {n} | :: Salafism (Sunni movement that seeks to align modern Islam with early Islam) |
| salafist {m} | :: A Salafist, a Salafi (Sunni Muslim who seeks to align modern Islam with early Islam) |
| salafistisch {adj} | :: Salafistic, Salafi |
| salamander {m} | :: salamander, amphibian of the order Caudata |
| salami {m} | :: salami |
| salaris {n} | :: salary |
| saldo {n} | :: balance on an account |
| salet {n} | :: A salon, a small room where one receives guests |
| salet {n} [obsolete] | :: An upper-class party or similar formal meeting where one socialises; often of a type traditionally organised and attended by ladies, such as a tea party |
| saletjonker {m} [historical] | :: An eighteenth or nineteenth century dandy from the upper classes, typically with a law degree; a petit maître |
| salie {f} | :: sage, herb of the genus Salvia |
| Salland {prop} {n} | :: An area in the west of the Dutch province of Overijssel, including the cities of Zwolle and Deventer |
| Sallands {adj} | :: Of, from or pertaining to Salland |
| Sallands {prop} {n} | :: Sallands, a Low Saxon dialect spoken in the Salland region of Overijssel |
| sallewase {noun} [Brabantian] | :: a blow, whack |
| salmiak {m} | :: ammonium chloride, sal ammoniac |
| salmiak {m} | :: a piece of liquorice with salmiak |
| salmiakdrop {f} {n} | :: licorice with ammonium chloride |
| salmiakzout {n} | :: ammonium chloride |
| salmonella {f} [countable, uncountable] | :: salmonella, bacterium of the genus Salmonella |
| Salomo {prop} {m} | :: Solomon (Biblical figure, historical king of Israel and Judah) |
| Salomon {prop} {m} | :: alternative form of Salomo |
| Salomon {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Salomonseilanden {prop} {p} | :: Salomonseilanden (country) |
| salon {m} {n} | :: salon, room for receiving guests |
| salon {m} {n} | :: pub, café or restaurant [often posh or trendy, or in a French context] |
| salonfähig {adj} | :: salonfähig |
| salonpopulist {m} [derogatory] | :: a person who is considered to belong to the societal elite and expresses antipolitical sentiments similar to populism |
| salonsocialisme {n} [usually pejorative, colloquial] | :: champagne socialism |
| salonsocialist {m} [usually pejorative, colloquial] | :: a champagne socialist, an armchair socialist (someone who professes to be a socialist but is perceived not to be genuine) |
| salonsocialistisch {adj} [usually pejorative, colloquial] | :: champagne socialistic |
| salontafel {f} | :: coffee table, tea table (low, relatively small table used in living rooms, parlours, etc.) |
| salontafeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of salontafel |
| salp {f} | :: salp, any member of the class Thaliacea |
| salpeter {m} {n} | :: saltpetre (UK), saltpeter (US) |
| salpeterzuur {n} [inorganic compound] | :: nitric acid |
| salsa {m} | :: salsa (dance) |
| salsa {m} | :: salsa (spicy tomato sauce) |
| saltatie {f} | :: saltation |
| salto {m} | :: somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation) |
| saluut {interj} [Belgium] | :: goodbye |
| saluutjes {interj} [Belgium] | :: goodbye |
| saluutschot {n} | :: A salute shot |
| salvo {n} | :: salvo, volley, a series of shots |
| Sam {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Sam {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| samarium {n} | :: samarium |
| sambabal {m} [colloquial] | :: maraca |
| sambal {m} [Netherlands, Belgium, chiefly uncountable] | :: Sambal, a relish made from chili peppers |
| sambal {m} [Suriname] | :: A spicy spread made of chili peppers and chicken, esp. chopped liver |
| samen {adv} | :: together |
| samendrukken {vt} | :: To compress, press together (e.g. into a smaller space) |
| samengesteld {adj} | :: compound |
| samengesteld {adj} | :: composed |
| samenhang {m} [topology] | :: connectedness |
| samenhang {m} | :: relation, relationship |
| samenhangen {v} | :: to coincide, concur |
| samenhangend {adj} | :: connected |
| samenhangend {adj} | :: (~ met) in connection with |
| samenhangendheid {f} [topology] | :: connectedness |
| samenhorigheid {f} [Belgium] | :: affinity, fellowship, community feeling |
| samenkomen {vi} | :: to come together, to meet, to assemble |
| samenkomst {f} | :: meeting, gathering, meetup |
| samenkomst {f} | :: junction, intersection (place where two or more things come together, esp. lines and (water)ways) |
| Samenland {prop} {n} | :: Lapland |
| samenleven {v} | :: to live together as partners or a family |
| samenleving {f} | :: society |
| samenloop {m} | :: a series of coincidences or concurrent events |
| samenroepen {v} | :: to call together (for a meeting) |
| samenrotten {vi} | :: to assemble with malicious intent, e.g. to conspire or to gather for a riot |
| samenscholen {vi} | :: to gather, to assemble, to join up, usually in public |
| samenscholing {f} [countable] | :: An assembly, a group of people gathered, usually in public |
| samenscholing {f} [uncountable] | :: The act or process of assembling, of gathering together, usually in public |
| samenscholingsverbod {n} | :: A ban on assembly in public spaces |
| samensmelten {v} | :: to amalgamate (melt/blend together) |
| samenspannen {vi} | :: to conspire [+ tegen (object) = against] [+ met (object) = with] |
| samenspanning {f} [formal, legal] | :: conspiracy |
| samenspraak {f} | :: consultation |
| samenspraak {f} [historical] | :: discussion, dialogue, conversation |
| samenstellen {v} | :: to compose, to make up, to form |
| samenstellen {v} | :: to compile, to put together |
| samenstelling {f} | :: composition |
| samenstelling {f} [grammar] | :: compound word |
| samenstromen {vi} | :: to flow in a convergent direction |
| samenstromen {vi} [also, figurative] | :: to converge |
| samentrekken {v} | :: to shrivel up |
| samentrekking {f} | :: contraction |
| samenvallen {v} | :: to coincide |
| samenvatten {v} | :: to summarize (US); summarise (UK) |
| samenvatting {f} | :: A summary, a digest |
| samenvoegen {v} | :: to combine, to merge, to unite |
| samenwerken {v} | :: to cooperate, collaborate |
| samenwerkend {adj} | :: cooperative |
| samenwerking {f} | :: cooperation, working together, collaboration |
| samenwerkingsverband {f} | :: cooperation of organisations |
| samenzang {m} | :: communal singing |
| samenzweerder {m} | :: Conspirator |
| samenzweren {v} | :: to conspire, plot |
| samenzwering {f} | :: conspiracy |
| samenzweringstheoreticus {m} | :: conspiracy theorist |
| Samisch {adj} | :: Sami |
| Samniet {m} | :: Samnite |
| Samoa {prop} {n} | :: Samoa |
| Samoaan {m} | :: A Samoan |
| Samoaans {prop} {n} | :: Samoan |
| samoem {m} | :: simoom |
| samoen {m} | :: alternative form of samoem |
| samoerai {m} | :: samurai |
| Samojeeds {adj} | :: Samoyedic |
| sampan {f} | :: sampan (Chinese wooden boat) |
| samsam {adv} | :: fifty-fifty, equally, with equal shares or contributions |
| samsonseks {m} [Belgium] | :: Parents' undisturbed sex (sexual activity) while their children are occupied by a television show or movie (e.g. Samson & Gert) |
| Samuel {prop} | :: Samuel (Biblical figure; books of the Bible) |
| Samuel {prop} | :: given name |
| Samuël {prop} [rare] | :: alternative spelling of Samuel |
| Sanaa {prop} {n} | :: Sanaa (capital city) |
| sanatorium {n} | :: sanatorium |
| sanctie {f} [chiefly diplomacy] | :: sanction (measure intended to encourage compliance) |
| sanctie {f} [law] | :: sanction, approval |
| sanctieregime {n} | :: regime of sanctions [often in either an international or a managerial context] |
| sandaal {f} | :: sandal |
| Sander {prop} | :: given name |
| 's anderdaags {phrase} [Belgium] | :: (on) the next day |
| 's anderendaags {phrase} | :: (on) the next day |
| Sanders {prop} | :: surname |
| sandwich {m} | :: sandwich |
| sandwichman {m} | :: sandwichman |
| saneren {v} | :: to reorganize (a business), rehabilitate (finances) |
| saneren {v} | :: to recuperate, redevelop (e.g. a city district) |
| sani {m} [slang] | :: thing |
| sanitair {adj} | :: sanitary |
| sanitair {n} | :: bathroom facilities, kitchen facilities, e.g. a sink or other equipment relating to hygiene |
| San Marino {prop} {n} | :: San Marino (microstate) |
| San Marino {prop} {n} | :: San Marino (capital city) |
| Sanne {prop} {f} | :: given name, diminutive of Susanne |
| Sanne {prop} {m} | :: given name, via Frisian, sometimes a diminutive of Sander, Alexander or from Old Norse sannr |
| Sanskriet {prop} {n} | :: Sanskrit (Indo-Iranian language) |
| Sanskrit {prop} {n} | :: Sanskrit |
| Santen {prop} {n} | :: Xanten, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, near the Rhine |
| Santiago {prop} {n} | :: Santiago (capital city) |
| Saoedi-Arabië {prop} {n} | :: Saudi Arabia |
| Sao Tomé en Principe {prop} | :: The West African islans state São Tomé and Príncipe, a former Portuguese colony, now the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe |
| sap {n} | :: sap (fluid in plants) |
| sap {n} | :: juice |
| saponiet {n} | :: saponite |
| sappelen {v} | :: to toil, to work hard |
| sappig {adj} | :: juicy, succulent, sappy |
| sappigheid {f} [uncountable] | :: juiciness [quality of being juicy] |
| sappigheid {f} [countable, obsolete] | :: humour, body fluid |
| sappigheid {f} [countable] | :: juicy or interesting piece of information |
| saprijk {adj} | :: juicy, succulent |
| Sara {prop} {f} [biblical character] | :: Sarah |
| Sara {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Saraceen {m} | :: Saracen |
| Sarah {prop} {f} | :: alternative form of Sara |
| sarcasme {n} | :: sarcasm |
| sarcastisch {adj} | :: sarcastic |
| sarcofaag {m} | :: sarcophagus |
| sarcoom {n} | :: sarcoma |
| sarcopenia {f} | :: alternative form of sarcopenie |
| sarcopenie {f} [pathology] | :: gradual age-related loss of skeletal muscle; sarcopenia |
| sarder {m} | :: pesterer, tormenter (one who pesters) |
| sarder {f} | :: sard, a brownish carnelian |
| sardien {f} | :: alternative form of sardine |
| Sardijn {m} | :: A Sardinian person |
| Sardijns {adj} [rare] | :: Sardinian |
| Sardijns {prop} {n} [rare] | :: Sardinian (language) |
| sardine {f} | :: sardine, fish of the family Clupeidae |
| Sardinië {prop} {n} | :: Sardinië (region) |
| Sardinisch {adj} | :: Sardinian |
| Sardinisch {prop} {n} | :: Sardinian (language) |
| sardis {f} | :: sard, usually a brownish carnelian |
| Sardisch {adj} | :: Sardinian |
| Sardisch {prop} {n} | :: Sardinian (language) |
| sari {m} | :: sari (South Asian garment) |
| sarren {vt} | :: to pester, to bother, to torment |
| sarren {vt} [archaic] | :: to tease, to rib |
| sas {?} | :: good spirit |
| sas {n} {f} [chiefly Belgium] | :: sluice |
| sas {f} [historical] | :: an explosive or highly flammable compound used in various explosives such as early artillery projectiles |
| Sas {m} | :: dated form of Saks |
| Saskia {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Sassenheim {prop} {n} | :: Sassenheim (town) |
| Sassisch {adj} | :: dated form of Saksisch |
| Sassisch {prop} {n} | :: dated form of Saksisch |
| satanisch {adj} | :: satanic |
| satanisme {n} | :: satanism |
| satansboleet {m} | :: satan's bolete, Rubroboletus satanas/Boletus satanas |
| saté {m} | :: satay |
| saté ajam {m} | :: chicken satay |
| saté babi {m} | :: pork satay |
| satelliet {m} | :: satellite (natural: e.g. Phobos and Deimos) |
| satelliet {m} | :: satellite (artificial: e.g. Sputnik) |
| satellietfoto {f} {m} | :: satellite image |
| satellietschotel {f} | :: satellite dish |
| satellietstaat {m} | :: A satellite state (formally sovereign state subject to another jurisdiction) |
| sater {m} | :: alternative spelling of satyr |
| Saterfries {prop} {n} | :: Saterland Frisian, Saterlandic |
| saterspel {n} | :: alternative spelling of satyrspel |
| satésaus {f} | :: satay sauce, peanut sauce |
| satéstok {m} | :: A bamboo or wooden skewer for satay |
| satijn {n} | :: satin |
| satire {f} | :: A satire |
| satiriek {adj} [dated] | :: satirical |
| satirisch {adj} | :: satiric, satirical |
| satisfactie {f} [formal] | :: satisfaction |
| satraap {m} | :: satrap (Persian provincial governor) |
| saturnaliën {p} | :: Saturnalia |
| Saturnus {prop} {m} | :: The Roman god Saturn |
| Saturnus {prop} {m} | :: Saturn, the sixth planet from Earth's Sun |
| satyr {m} [Greek mythology, Roman mythology] | :: satyr, faun |
| satyrspel {n} | :: satyr play |
| saucijs {f} [often diminutive] | :: A narrow sausage made of spiced mince |
| saucijzenbroodje {n} | :: A sausage roll, a roll made of puff pastry containing spiced mince |
| Saudi-Arabië {prop} {n} | :: Saudi Arabia, the country comprising most of the Arabian peninsula |
| sauna {m} | :: sauna |
| sauna {m} [often diminutive] | :: a session in a sauna |
| sauriër {m} | :: saurian, reptile of the Sauria |
| saus {f} | :: sauce (liquid condiment, usually of more than watery consistency) |
| savanne {f} {m} | :: savanna |
| 's avonds {adv} | :: in the evening |
| sawa {m} | :: rice paddy |
| sawaslang {f} | :: Indian python, Python molurus |
| sax {c} | :: sax, short sword, dagger |
| sax {m} [colloquial] | :: sax, saxophone |
| saxofoon {m} [musical instruments] | :: A saxophone, metallic wind instrument with keys |
| scabreus {adj} | :: scabrous, sleazy, obscene, scandalous |
| scalair {adj} | :: scalar (possessing magnitude but not direction) |
| scalar {m} | :: scalar (quantity with only magnitude) |
| scalp {m} | :: scalp (hair-covered skin, especially as a trophy) |
| scalperen {vt} | :: to scalp, to remove haired skin from |
| scandaleus {adj} | :: scandalous |
| scanderen {vti} | :: to scan, to form a poetic metre by pronouncing out loud |
| scanderen {vti} | :: to chant |
| Scandinavië {prop} {n} | :: Scandinavia |
| scandium {n} | :: scandium (chemical element) |
| scanner {m} | :: scanner (scanning device) |
| scapulier {n} {n} [Roman Catholicism] | :: scapular (type of cape worn by regular clergy) |
| scapulier {n} {n} [Roman Catholicism] | :: scapular (hallowed object made of cloth worn by laity) |
| scenario {n} | :: scenario (screenplay, plot outline) |
| scenario {n} | :: scenario (model of events) |
| scène {f} | :: scene, stage |
| scepter {m} | :: sceptre |
| sceptisch {adj} | :: skeptical, sceptical |
| schaaf {f} | :: plane (a tool) |
| schaafwond {f} | :: skin abrasion, excoriation |
| schaafwonde {f} [chiefly Belgium] | :: alternative form of schaafwond |
| schaak {n} [game] | :: chess |
| schaak {n} | :: (position in chess) check |
| schaakbord {n} | :: chessboard |
| schaakmat {n} | :: checkmate |
| schaakmeester {m} | :: chess master |
| schaakster {f} | :: female chess player |
| schaakstuk {n} | :: chess piece |
| schaaktoren {m} [chess] | :: rook |
| schaal {f} | :: shell (of an egg or a nut) |
| schaal {f} | :: shallow bowl |
| schaal {f} | :: scale (e.g. for measuring) |
| schaaldier {n} | :: A crustacean, an invertebrate class of animals |
| schaambeen {n} | :: pubis |
| schaamberg {m} | :: mons pubis |
| schaambos {m} [collective] | :: bush, pubic hair, netherhair |
| schaamdeel {n} | :: genital |
| schaamhaar {n} [countable] | :: A single pubic hair |
| schaamhaar {n} [collective, uncountable] | :: Pubic hair, hairgrowth in the pubic region |
| schaamhaartje {noun} | :: diminutive of schaamhaar |
| schaamheuvel {m} | :: mons pubis |
| schaamlap {m} | :: loincloth |
| schaamlip {m} | :: labium |
| schaamluis {f} | :: crab louse, pubic louse |
| schaampruik {f} | :: merkin |
| schaamrood {n} | :: A blush caused by shame or embarrassment |
| schaamspleet {f} | :: vulva |
| schaamstreek {f} | :: pubic region |
| schaamte {f} | :: feeling of shame (uncomfortable or painful feeling) |
| schaamtecultuur {f} [sociology] | :: culture characterised by the dominance of honour and shame in value judgements |
| schaamteloos {adj} | :: shameless, impudent |
| schaamteloosheid {f} | :: shamelessness, impudence |
| schaap {n} | :: sheep (a woolly ruminant animal of the genus Ovis) |
| schaap {n} [figurative, derogatory or familiar] | :: someone with very curly hair |
| schaap {n} | :: sheep (unthinking follower) |
| schaap {n} [Christianity] | :: a member of a priest's or minister's congregation |
| Schaap {prop} | :: surname |
| schaapherder {m} | :: alternative form of schaapsherder |
| schaapkameel {m} [now, uncommon] | :: llama, Lama glama |
| schaapsherder {m} | :: a sheepherder |
| schaapshond {m} | :: sheepdog |
| schaapskooi {f} | :: sheepfold |
| schaapsvlies {n} [countable, obsolete] | :: amnion (interior foetal membrane) |
| schaar {f} | :: pair of scissors |
| schaar {f} | :: claw (e.g. of a crab) |
| schaar {f} | :: alternative form of schare |
| schaars {adj} | :: scarce |
| schaarste {f} | :: scarcity |
| schaarverrekijker {m} | :: A pair of scissor binoculars; a pair of adjustable stereoscopic binoculars consisting of two (short) periscopes |
| schaats {f} | :: skate, ice skate |
| schaats {f} [archaic] | :: stilt |
| schaatsen {v} | :: to skate |
| schaatsenrijden {vi} [somewhat, formal] | :: to ice-skate |
| schaatser {m} | :: skater |
| schaatsster {f} | :: (female) skater |
| schabouwelijk {adj} [Belgisch Nederlands] | :: poor |
| schabrak {f} {n} | :: [superseded] alternative form of sjabrak |
| schacht {m} | :: A shaft, a pole-shaped object or part of one, e.g. a handle |
| schacht {m} | :: A shaft, an access opening |
| schacht {m} [college] | :: A pledge, freshman, especially if subject to hazing |
| schachtbok {m} | :: mineshaft tower, headframe, pit frame |
| schachttoren {m} | :: mineshaft tower, headframe, pit frame |
| schade {f} | :: damage |
| schadelijk {adj} | :: harmful, damaging, detrimental, pernicious, noisome |
| schaden {vi} | :: to damage, to harm, to hurt |
| schadevergoeding {f} | :: damages |
| schadevreugde {f} [uncommon] | :: schadenfreude |
| schaduw {f} | :: shade |
| schaduw {f} | :: shadow |
| schaduw {f} [metonymy] | :: blemish |
| schaduwbank {f} | :: shadow bank |
| schaduwen {vt} | :: to shadow, tail, follow closely, like a shadow |
| schaduwkabinet {n} | :: shadow cabinet |
| schaduwplant {f} | :: shade-dweller, shade-dwelling plant |
| schaduwrijk {n} | :: underworld |
| schaduwrijk {adj} | :: shadowfull |
| schaduwzijde {f} | :: dark side, downside |
| schaers {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of schaars |
| schaffen {vt} | :: to procure |
| schaffen {vt} | :: to serve up |
| schaften {v} | :: to pause, rest, to take a break, especially so as to eat |
| Schagen {prop} {n} | :: Schagen (town/and/municipality) |
| schakel {mf} | :: shackle (chain shackle) |
| schakel {mf} | :: link (chain) |
| schakel {mf} | :: link, connection |
| schakel {mf} | :: association, contact |
| schakelaar {m} | :: A switch (device for directing the flow of electric currents) |
| schakelen {vt} | :: to switch |
| schakelen {vi} [automotive] | :: to change gear |
| schaken {v} | :: to play chess |
| schaken {n} [game] | :: chess |
| schaken {v} [archaic] | :: to kidnap |
| schaker {m} | :: A chess player |
| schaker {m} | :: A kidnapper, particularly of women or girls |
| schaker {m} [obsolete] | :: A robber, a bandit |
| schal {m} [poetic, dated] | :: a resonating sound or noise |
| schalie {f} [geology] | :: shale |
| schaliedak {n} | :: shale roof |
| schaliegas {n} | :: shale gas |
| schalk {m} | :: scoundrel, rascal, tomboy |
| schalk {m} | :: prankster, trickster |
| schalks {adj} | :: teasing, naughty |
| schallen {v} | :: to sound loudly |
| schallen {v} | :: to resound, to echo |
| schalm {m} | :: metal ring |
| schalm {m} | :: part of a chain; a link |
| schalmei {f} | :: shawm |
| schamel {adj} | :: poor, impoverished |
| schamel {adj} | :: insignificant, pitiable |
| schamen {vr} | :: to be ashamed |
| schampen {vti} | :: to graze |
| schamper {adj} | :: disdainful, contemptuous |
| schampschot {n} | :: grazing shot |
| schandaal {n} | :: scandal |
| schandaalpers {f} | :: yellow press |
| schandaleus {adj} [now, uncommon] | :: scandalous |
| schandalig {adj} | :: scandalous, shameful |
| schandalig {adj} | :: outrageous |
| schanddaad {f} | :: shameful deed, act of depravity |
| schande {f} | :: shame, disgrace |
| schandelijk {adj} | :: shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable |
| schandelijk {adv} | :: shamefully |
| schandknaap {m} | :: young male prostitute |
| schandpaal {m} | :: pillory |
| schans {f} | :: A sconce or a similar type of fortification |
| schans {f} | :: A ramp |
| schans {f} | :: A platform or ramp used for ski jumpers (or any similar sport) to gain elevation during their jumps |
| -schap {suffix} | :: -ship |
| schap {n} | :: shelf |
| schape {f} [archaic] | :: form, shape |
| schapen {v} | :: alternative form of scheppen |
| schapenboet {f} | :: A barn used for storing feed for sheep and various equipment, of a type found on Texel (formerly also in the region West Friesland (region) in North Holland), often with the main entrance facing the northeast |
| schapenkaas {m} | :: sheep milk cheese, sheep cheese |
| schapen met bokken verdelen {v} [idiom] | :: to apply a double standard |
| schapenstal {m} | :: sheepfold |
| schapenvlees {n} | :: mutton |
| schapenvlies {n} [countable, uncountable] | :: sheep's fleece (unprocessed wool of sheep) |
| schaper {m} | :: shepherd |
| schapevlees {n} | :: superseded spelling of schapenvlees |
| schapievlees {n} [slang, potentially offensive] | :: alternative form of schapenvlees |
| schappelijk {adj} | :: reasonable, fair (of people, remarks, prices etc) |
| schare {f} [formal, poetic] | :: crowd |
| scharen {vt} | :: to arrange, draw up, line up |
| scharen {vr} | :: to rally [+ achter (object) = around, behind ] |
| scharesliep {m} | :: tradesperson who sharpens knifes, axes and other tools |
| scharesliep {m} [pejorative] | :: underdressed, peculiar person |
| scharlaken {n} [originally] | :: a scarlet laken (woollen cloth) |
| scharlaken {n} [often] | :: the bright-red color scarlet |
| scharlakenrood {n} | :: the bright-red shade scarlet |
| scharminkel {n} [mildly, pejorative, usually of animals or children] | :: scrag (someone or something scrawny) |
| scharnier {n} | :: hinge (device for the pivoting of a door) |
| scharnierpen {f} {m} | :: a hinge pin |
| scharrel {mf} [action, especially in "aan de scharrel"] | :: picking up, seeking a casual sex partner |
| scharrel {mf} | :: fuckmate, person with whom one has an irregular, noncommittal, superficial love relationship |
| scharrelei {n} | :: free-range egg |
| scharreleitje {noun} | :: diminutive of scharrelei |
| scharrelen {v} | :: to mess around, to potter |
| scharrelen {v} | :: to piece together, to gather from scattered bits and pieces |
| scharrelkip {f} | :: free-range chicken |
| scharrelvee {n} [collective, uncountable] | :: free-range livestock |
| scharren {v} | :: to scrape |
| schat {m} | :: treasure |
| schat {m} | :: honey, darling, sweet person |
| schatbewaarder {m} | :: treasurer |
| schateiland {n} | :: treasure island |
| schateren {vi} | :: to laugh loudly |
| schaterlach {m} | :: loud laughter |
| schaterlachen {vi} | :: to laugh loudly |
| schatkamer {f} | :: treasury chamber, treasury vault |
| schatkist {f} | :: treasure chest |
| schatkist {f} [figuratively] | :: treasury; the financial means of a state, ruler or any organisation |
| schatlijst {f} | :: inventory list |
| schatmeester {m} | :: treasurer |
| schatplichtig {adj} [literally] | :: tributary, obliged to pay a form of tribute |
| schatplichtig {adj} [figuratively] | :: obliged, having some (notably moral) debt |
| schatrijk {adj} | :: loaded, very rich |
| schattebout {m} | :: A term of endearment: darling, precious, sweetie |
| schatten {noun} | :: treasure |
| schatten {v} | :: to estimate |
| schatten {v} | :: to appraise |
| schattig {adj} | :: cute, adorable |
| schatting {f} | :: estimate |
| schatting {f} | :: toll, tribute |
| schatzoeker {m} | :: A treasure hunter |
| schaven {vt} | :: to plane, to grate |
| schaven {vt} | :: to smooth |
| schaven {vi} | :: to rub roughly, over a rough surface |
| schavot {n} | :: A scaffold where public executions or less commonly corporal punishment or other humiliating punishments took place |
| schavuit {m} [dated] | :: rascal, rogue, crook |
| schede {f} | :: sheath, scabbard |
| schede {f} | :: vagina |
| schedel {m} | :: skull |
| schedel {m} | :: death's-head |
| schedel {m} | :: mound's crest or crown |
| schedelbasis {f} | :: The base of a skull, a cranial base |
| schedelbasisfractuur {f} | :: basilar skull fracture |
| schedeldak {n} | :: calvaria, skullcap |
| schedelloos {adj} | :: skull-less |
| schedelloos {adj} | :: cephalochordate, any member of the subphylum Cephalochordata |
| schedelloze {noun} | :: cephalochordate, any member of the subphylum Cephalochordata |
| schedeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of schedel |
| schedelvlies {n} | :: pericranium |
| scheef {adj} | :: crooked, not level or straight |
| scheef {adj} [colloquial] | :: weird, not right |
| scheef {f} [textiles] | :: shive, i.e. fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp |
| scheefhuren {n} [Netherlands, politics, pejorative] | :: the practice of renting social housing for a rent lower than one's income legally requires |
| scheefhuren {v} [Netherlands, politics, pejorative] | :: to rent a home for a rent that is too low according to legal income-dependent norms for pricing |
| scheefhuur {m} [Netherlands, politics, pejorative] | :: the practice of renting social housing for a rent lower than one's income legally requires |
| scheefhuurder {m} [Netherlands, politics, pejorative] | :: someone who rents a home (social housing) for a rent that is considered too low when compared to income |
| scheel {adj} | :: cross-eyed, squinting |
| scheel {adj} | :: crooked, bent, not straight |
| scheel {adj} [figurative sense] | :: with an envious or jealous look |
| scheel {adj} [of a pain or painful issue] | :: severe |
| scheel {adj} [uncommon] | :: sour, tart |
| scheel {m} [obsolete] | :: A difference |
| scheel {m} [obsolete] | :: A dispute, difference of opinion, conflict |
| scheel {m} | :: A skull; a death's-head |
| scheel {m} | :: A mound's crest or crown |
| scheel {n} | :: A lid, cover |
| scheel {n} | :: An eyelid, cover |
| scheel {n} | :: A measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel' |
| scheel {m} [obsolete] | :: A parting of the hair |
| scheel {m} [obsolete] | :: A hairstyle of the hair |
| scheel {m} [obsolete] | :: A plait of hair |
| scheel {n} | :: A mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place |
| scheen {f} [chiefly plural] | :: shin |
| scheen {f} | :: strip of wood or metal |
| scheenbeen {n} | :: A tibia (bone of the leg) |
| scheenbeen {n} | :: A shin, the front of a vertebrate leg beneath the knee |
| scheep {adv} | :: aboard |
| scheepbouw {m} | :: alternative form of scheepsbouw |
| scheepsanker {n} | :: A ship's anchor |
| scheepsbel {f} | :: ship's bell |
| scheepsbemanning {f} | :: The crew of a ship |
| scheepsblok {n} | :: A ship's block (one or multiple pulleys in a shell block) |
| scheepsboot {m} | :: ship's boat |
| scheepsbouw {m} | :: shipbuilding |
| scheepsbouwer {m} | :: shipbuilder |
| scheepsgenoot {m} | :: A shipmate, crewmate, fellow crewmember of the same ship |
| scheepshuid {f} | :: The hull of a ship, the plating or planking of a ship |
| scheepsjongen {m} [nautical] | :: A cabin boy, junior ship's crew member, apprentice sailor |
| scheepsjournaal {n} | :: ship's log, logbook of a ship |
| scheepskameel {m} [historical] | :: An external flotation device consisting of wooden tanks, used for ships, in particular large seaworthy ships, to reduce their draught |
| scheepskanon {n} | :: naval cannon, cannon on board of a ship |
| scheepskok {m} | :: The cook of a ship |
| scheepslog {n} [nautical] | :: logbook of a ship |
| scheepsmast {m} | :: mast (pole used to hold a ship's sails) |
| scheepsramp {f} | :: A disaster involving a ship, a maritime disaster |
| scheepsromp {m} | :: The hull of a ship |
| scheepsruim {n} | :: cargo hold of a ship |
| scheepsschroef {f} | :: A ship's propeller |
| scheepsvolk {n} | :: a ship's crew [sometimes excluding officers] |
| scheepsvracht {f} | :: The cargo of a ship |
| scheepsvracht {f} | :: A shipload |
| scheepswerf {f} | :: A shipyard, place and/or firm for building and/or repairing ships |
| scheepswrak {n} | :: shipwreck |
| scheepvaart {f} | :: shipping, navigation |
| scheepvaartverkeer {m} | :: maritime traffic |
| scheer {f} | :: skerry (small rocky island) |
| scheerapparaat {n} | :: electric shaver |
| scheerkwast {m} | :: shaving brush |
| scheermes {n} | :: A razor, a fine knife or blade for shaving |
| scheermes {n} [figuratively] | :: Something razor sharp, poignant etc |
| scheersel {n} [uncountable] | :: hair that is removed during shaving or shearing |
| scheersel {n} [countable] | :: (rare) the same, but of a specific variety of hair or fleece |
| scheerzeep {f} | :: A shaving soap |
| scheet {m} [vulgar] | :: fart |
| scheet {m} [humorous] | :: a windy quantity, a bit |
| scheetje {noun} [colloquial, , affectionate] | :: Someone or something cute |
| scheidbaar {adj} | :: separable |
| scheiden {vt} | :: to separate |
| scheiden {vi} | :: to divorce |
| scheiding {f} | :: (between objects) separation |
| scheiding {f} | :: A divorce |
| scheiding {f} | :: A parting, a part (hairstyle) |
| scheidingslijn {f} | :: borderline, line of separation |
| scheidingstransformator {m} | :: isolation transformer |
| scheidlijn {f} [now, uncommon] | :: alternative form of scheidslijn |
| scheidmaal {n} [historical, dated] | :: farewell meal |
| scheids {m} | :: clipping of scheidsrechter |
| scheidslijn {f} | :: divide, dividing line, demarcation |
| scheidsrechter {m} | :: referee, arbiter, umpire, judge |
| scheikunde {f} | :: chemistry |
| scheikundig {adj} | :: chemical, relating to or applying chemistry |
| scheikundige {noun} | :: chemist |
| scheit {f} | :: shoat (sheep-goat hybrid) |
| schel {adj} | :: shrill (sharp, high-pitched and piercing, especially of a sound) |
| Schelde {prop} | :: The river Scheldt |
| schelden {v} | :: to scold, to swear |
| scheldpartij {f} | :: A bout or fit of using insults and profanity; [if mutual] a slanging match |
| scheldproza {n} | :: vituperative prose |
| scheldwoord {n} | :: insult, invective, pejorative |
| scheldziek {adj} [rare] | :: prone to swearing |
| schelen {v} | :: to ail (cause to suffer) |
| schelen {v} | :: to make a difference |
| schelf {f} | :: storage floor for hay or straw, often above a stable |
| schellak {m} {n} | :: shellac |
| schellekoord {f} | :: bellpull |
| schellen {vt} [dated] | :: To peel |
| schellen {vi} [dated] | :: To be peeled |
| schellen {vi} | :: To ring a bell |
| schellen {vt} | :: To summon by ringing a bell |
| schellen {vi} | :: To make the sound of a bell |
| schelling {m} [historical] | :: shilling |
| schelm {m} | :: (originally) rogue, scoundrel, fiend |
| schelm {m} [figuratively] | :: imp, prankster, rascal |
| schelmenliteratuur {f} | :: trickster literature (genre of literature fictionalizing the doings of tricksters) |
| schelmenroman {m} | :: trickster novel, picaresque novel ((proto)novel about tricksters) |
| schelmstuk {n} | :: knavery, roguish act |
| schelp {f} {m} | :: shell (e.g. of a mollusk) |
| schelpdier {n} [animals] | :: shellfish |
| schelpdiertje {noun} | :: diminutive of schelpdier |
| schelpenpaadje {noun} | :: diminutive of schelpenpad |
| schelpenpad {n} | :: A shell-covered path |
| schelvis {m} | :: The marine fish species Melanogrammus aeglefinus (haddock) |
| schelvis {m} | :: The fish species Sebastes norvegicus (rosefish, redfish, bergylt, Norway haddock) |
| schema {n} [general sense] | :: visualisation, diagram |
| schema {n} [science] | :: conceptual model |
| schemer {m} | :: twilight |
| schemeractief {adj} [biology] | :: crepuscular (active around twilight) |
| schemerdonker {n} | :: twilight |
| schemeren {v} [impersonal, typically, of the time of day] | :: to be dusky, to be in twilight |
| schemerig {adj} | :: dim, dusky |
| schemering {f} | :: dusk, twilight |
| schemerkelkje {n} [rare] | :: sundowner (cocktail drunk at sundown) |
| schemerlicht {n} | :: twilight |
| schemerstond {f} [archaic or poetic] | :: twilight |
| schenden {v} | :: to violate |
| schender {m} [now, uncommon] | :: alternative form of schenner |
| schending {f} | :: violation |
| schendziek {adj} [obsolete] | :: violent, aggressive |
| schenenschopper {m} | :: lit. someone who kicks the shins of another |
| schenenschopper {m} | :: harsh and controversial critic |
| schenken {v} | :: to give as a present, to gift |
| schenken {v} | :: to pour from a vessel |
| schenker {m} [historical] | :: A cupbearer, one who pours drinks for a high-ranking person |
| schenker {m} | :: A donor, one who gives or donates |
| schenking {f} | :: donation |
| schenking {f} | :: grant |
| schennen {v} | :: alternative form of schenden |
| schenner {m} | :: violator |
| schennis {f} | :: An active or passive case of hurting, damaging |
| schennis {f} | :: An immoral violation of a person, obligation or rule |
| schennis {f} [obsolete] | :: A result of the above: shame, dishonor, scandal |
| schennis {f} [obsolete] | :: The potential to hurt or damage: danger, risk |
| schenziek {adj} [obsolete] | :: alternative form of schendziek |
| schep {f} {m} | :: scoop, shovel |
| schepel {m} {n} | :: bushel, an old, variable measure of volume equal to a quarter of a mud |
| schepel {m} {n} | :: wooden shovel for moving harvested crops |
| schepen {m} | :: alderman |
| scheper {m} | :: shepherd |
| scheper {m} [Belgium] | :: sheepdog |
| scheppen {vt} | :: to create |
| scheppen {vt} | :: to scoop (up), to shovel (away) |
| scheppen {vt} | :: to hit and subsequently heave up (by a vehicle at high speed) |
| schepper {mf} | :: creator, author, inventor |
| schepping {f} | :: an act of physical creation and/or mental creativity |
| schepping {f} | :: its result, compare schepsel 'creature' |
| schepping {f} [religion] | :: (e.g. Biblical) the supernatural start of all which exists |
| schepsel {n} | :: creature, a life form (believed to be created in most religious traditions) |
| schepsel {n} | :: wretch; vulnerable, contemptible, or miserable individual |
| scheren {vtr} | :: to shave (reflexive pronouns are used for self-directed actions) |
| scheren {vt} | :: to shear |
| scheren {v} | :: to skim, fleet; to go over something really quickly |
| scherf {f} | :: A shard |
| scherfje {noun} | :: diminutive of scherf |
| schering {f} [weaving] | :: warp - a set of lengthwise yarns through which the woof is woven crosswise |
| schering en inslag {p} [idiomatic] | :: something very common or ordinary |
| scherm {n} | :: screen, protection |
| scherm {n} | :: awning, sunblind |
| scherm {n} | :: display screen, monitor |
| scherm {n} [plant] | :: umbel |
| schermafbeelding {f} [computing] | :: screenshot |
| schermafdruk {m} [computing] | :: screenshot |
| schermen {vi} | :: to fence |
| schermen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to protect, to shield |
| schermer {m} | :: fencer |
| schermgezicht {n} | :: someone known from television or film; a tv or film personality |
| schermster {f} | :: female fencer |
| schermutseling {f} | :: skirmish |
| scherp {adj} | :: sharp, able to cut easily |
| scherp {adj} | :: alert, on the ball |
| scherp {adj} | :: clever, intelligent, witty |
| scherp {adj} | :: acute, having a small angle |
| scherp {adj} | :: in focus, clearly visible, not blurry |
| scherp {adj} [of food] | :: hot, spicy |
| scherpen {vt} | :: to sharpen |
| Scherpenzeel {prop} | :: Scherpenzeel (village/and/municipality) |
| Scherpenzeel {prop} | :: Scherpenzeel (village) |
| Scherpenzeel {prop} | :: surname |
| scherper {m} [Belgium] | :: pencil sharpener |
| scherprechter {m} | :: executioner |
| scherpschutter {m} | :: sharpshooter |
| scherpstellen {v} [of a camera] | :: to focus, to adjust in order to bring into focus |
| scherpzinnig {adj} | :: perspicacious |
| scherpzinnigheid {f} | :: perspicacity |
| scherts {f} | :: Joking, tomfoolery, silliness |
| scherts {f} | :: A joke, a prank |
| schertsen {vti} | :: to joke, to jest |
| scheten {vi} | :: to fart, to waft, to trump |
| schets {f} | :: sketch |
| schetsen {vt} | :: to sketch |
| schetsen {vt} | :: to describe with words |
| scheur {f} | :: crack, fissure |
| scheurbuik {f} | :: scurvy |
| scheuren {v} | :: to tear (rend) |
| scheuren {v} [figuratively] | :: to tear driving, to drive at breakneck speed |
| scheurjurk {f} | :: A dress that is resistant to being torn |
| scheurmaker {m} | :: One who sows or effects division; a divisive figure, seceder or schismatic |
| scheurpen {v} [Brabantian] | :: comment and complain continuously; nag |
| scheut {f} | :: shoot, sprout of a plant |
| scheut {f} | :: a small amount of poured liquid |
| scheut {f} | :: a short, sudden pain |
| schicht {f} [archaic] | :: dart, arrow, bolt |
| schicht {f} | :: beam of light, flash |
| Schiedam {prop} {n} | :: Schiedam (city/and/municipality) |
| schielijk {adj} [dated] | :: swift, quick |
| schielijk {adj} [dated, Southern Netherlands] | :: abrupt, sudden |
| schier {adv} [formal] | :: almost |
| schier {adv} [obsolete] | :: quickly |
| schier {adj} [archaic, dialectal] | :: fast, quick |
| schier {adj} [dialectal] | :: neat, tidy, proper |
| schier {adj} [archaic, dialectal] | :: grey, in particular light grey |
| schier {adj} [dialectal, especially of soil] | :: infertile |
| schier {adj} [dialectal, of cattle] | :: lean, well-shaped, not fat |
| schier {adj} [obsolete] | :: white |
| schiereiland {n} | :: peninsula |
| schiereilandje {noun} | :: diminutive of schiereiland |
| Schiermonnikoog {prop} | :: Schiermonnikoog (island) |
| Schiermonnikoog {prop} | :: Schiermonnikoog (village/and/municipality) |
| schietbaan {f} | :: shooting range, shooting gallery |
| schietbaantje {noun} | :: diminutive of schietbaan |
| schietbout {m} [historical, obsolete] | :: bar shot |
| schieten {vi} | :: to shoot, fire |
| schieten {vt} | :: to shoot, to kill (especially game) |
| schieten {vi} | :: to rush, to move quickly |
| schieten {vi} | :: to kick (a ball in ball games, especially soccer) |
| schietgat {n} [fortification] | :: loophole, embrasure |
| schietgebed {n} [originally Roman Catholic] | :: A jaculatory prayer, a hurried prayer said in life-threatening circumstances |
| schietgebedje {noun} | :: diminutive of schietgebed |
| schietgeweer {n} [now, chiefly childish or humorous] | :: A gun, a firearm |
| schietgraag {adj} | :: trigger-happy |
| schietgraag {adj} [football, jargon] | :: eager to shoot at goal |
| schietijzer {n} [poetic] | :: gun |
| schietkraam {f} | :: shooting stall, shooting gallery stall |
| schietlood {n} | :: plummet (lead on a line), plumb, plumb bob, plumb line |
| schietpartij {f} | :: shooting, shootout |
| schietschijf {f} | :: shooting target (target with concentric circles used in shooting and archery training) |
| schietvoorraad {m} | :: ammunition, munition |
| schietwilg {m} | :: white willow, Salix alba |
| schiften {vi} | :: to separate, to divide itself into separate layers or substances |
| schijf {f} | :: disk |
| schijf {f} | :: a slice |
| schijfrem {f} | :: disc brake |
| schijftongkikker {m} | :: painted frog, frog of the genus Discoglossus or Latonia |
| schijftongkikker {m} | :: Mediterranean painted frog, Discoglossus pictus |
| schijn {m} | :: A shine, glimmering |
| schijn {m} | :: An appearance, semblance, especially when misleading |
| schijn {m} | :: A cast (visual appearance) |
| schijn {m} [chiefly the diminutive] | :: A small quantity/sum, a bit, pittance |
| schijnbaar {adj} | :: ostensible, apparent |
| schijnbaar {adv} | :: seemingly, apparently |
| schijnbeweging {f} | :: a movement made to confuse someone, e.g. an opponent; a feint |
| schijnen {v} [ergative] | :: to shine |
| schijnen {v} [copulative] | :: to appear, to seem |
| schijngestalte {c} [astronomy] | :: phase (e.g. lunar phase) |
| schijnheil {c} [colloquial, Netherlands] | :: A sanctimonious person |
| schijnheil {n} [now, uncommon] | :: illusory salvation |
| schijnheilig {adj} | :: sanctimonious, hypocritical |
| schijnheilige {mf} | :: hypocrite |
| schijnheiligheid {f} | :: hypocrisy |
| schijnhert {n} | :: telemetacarpal deer, deer of the subfamily Capreolinae |
| schijnhuwelijk {n} | :: sham marriage (a marriage of convenience entered into without the intention to create a real marital relationship) |
| schijnproces {n} | :: show trial |
| schijnsel {n} [light] | :: radiance, glow |
| schijnstam {m} | :: pseudostem |
| schijnwerper {m} | :: floodlight, bright light projector |
| schijt {m} [vulgar] | :: shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel) |
| schijt een beer in het bos {phrase} [colloquial, mildly, vulgar] | :: does a bear shit in the woods? (rhetorical question denoting a strong affirmative) |
| schijten {v} [vulgar] | :: to shit, to poop |
| schijterd {m} [slang] | :: coward, wuss |
| schijterig {adj} | :: cowardly |
| schijtert {m} [slang] | :: coward, wuss |
| schijt hebben aan {v} [idiomatic, vulgar] | :: to be profoundly indifferent towards, to not care even a little bit, to not give a shit about |
| schijthuis {n} [vulgar] | :: shithouse, outhouse |
| schijthuis {n} [vulgar, derogatory] | :: term of abuse for a coward |
| schijtlaars {mf} [vulgar] | :: term of abuse for a coward |
| schijtlijster {f} {m} [vulgar, pejorative] | :: term of abuse for a coward |
| schijtluis {m} [colloquial] | :: Term of abuse for a coward |
| schik {m} | :: pleasure |
| schikken {vt} | :: to arrange, to order |
| schikken {vt} | :: to be convenient for (e.g. of an appointment time) |
| schikken {vr} | :: to accommodate, to adapt [+ naar (object) = to] |
| schikking {f} | :: arrangement, layout |
| schikking {f} | :: compromise |
| schikking {f} [law] | :: settlement agreement, resolution of a dispute by settlement |
| schiksel {m} [archaic] | :: destiny, fate |
| schiksel {m} [obsolete] | :: decision, decree |
| schil {f} {m} | :: peel, rind, skin, bark |
| schil {f} {m} | :: crust (soil) |
| schil {f} {m} | :: shell (egg or mollusc) |
| schil {f} {m} [obsolete] | :: slice |
| schil {f} {m} [obsolete] | :: membrane covering the eye; used figuratively in the absolute plural (de schillen) for (mental) blindness |
| schild {n} | :: shield |
| schild {n} | :: shell, carapace, cuttlebone or scale |
| schild {n} [obsolete, nautical] | :: A protective balustrade behind and on both sides of the bowsprit |
| schild {n} [dated, dialectal] | :: signboard |
| Schild {prop} {n} [constellation] | :: Scutum |
| schilder {m} | :: painter |
| Schilder {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Pictor |
| schilderachtig {adj} | :: picturesque |
| schilderen {vt} | :: to paint |
| schilderij {n} {f} | :: painting |
| schildering {f} | :: mural, painting (usually meant on a wall as opposed to schilderij) |
| schilderkunst {f} | :: the art of painting |
| schildersplakband {n} {m} [uncommon] | :: masking tape |
| schilderstuk {n} | :: painting |
| schilderwerk {n} | :: A painting |
| schilderwerk {n} | :: A paint job (that what has to be or has been painted) |
| schildhouder {m} [heraldry] | :: supporter |
| schildklier {f} | :: thyroid gland |
| schildknaap {m} | :: squire, a knight's attendant and/or apprentice |
| schildknaap {m} [figuratively] | :: acolyte, sidekick, helper |
| schildluis {m} | :: scale insect |
| schildpad {f} | :: tortoise, turtle; reptile of the order Testudines |
| schildpad {f} [dated, historical, rare] | :: tortoise, cat, testudo (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; siege weapon) |
| schildpad {f} [archaic, historical, rare] | :: testudo formation |
| schildpad {f} [obsolete, nautical] | :: ship's block (one or more pulleys in a shell) |
| schildwacht {f} {m} | :: A guard, a sentry, especially in a military or paramilitary context |
| schildwacht {f} {m} | :: Guard duty |
| schildzoom {m} [heraldry] | :: bordure |
| schillen {v} | :: to peel (e.g. an apple) |
| schim {f} | :: shadow |
| schim {f} | :: apparition, ghost |
| schimmel {m} | :: mould |
| schimmel {m} | :: fungus, any member of the kingdom Fungi |
| schimmel {m} | :: gray (lightly coloured horse with a pale base and darker marks) |
| Schimmel {prop} | :: surname |
| schimmelen {vi} | :: to become mouldy |
| schimmelkaas {m} | :: any fungal cheese, such as blue cheese |
| Schimmelpenninck {prop} | :: surname |
| schimmenrijk {n} | :: realm of the dead, underworld |
| schimmenspel {n} | :: A shadow play |
| schimmenspel {n} [figurative] | :: A shady, suspicious situation or turn of events |
| schimmig {adj} | :: shadowy, shady |
| schimmig {adj} | :: hidden, obscure, furtive |
| schimmig {adj} | :: untrustworthy, dodgy |
| schimp {m} [uncountable] | :: ridicule, abuse |
| schimp {m} [countable] | :: insult, slight |
| schimpen {vi} | :: to abuse verbally, to be abusive |
| schimpen {vi} | :: to verbally attack, to swear at, to scold [+ op (object)] |
| schimpen {vi} [obsolete] | :: to mock, to be mocking |
| schimpscheut {f} [countable] | :: insult, jab, slur |
| schimpschrijver {m} [historical] | :: A writer of personally insulting or defamatory texts |
| schimpzucht {f} | :: excessive desire to scoff others |
| schip {n} | :: ship (a large, water borne vessel) |
| schip {n} [architecture] | :: nave (the middle or body of a standard medieval church or cathedral, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances) |
| schipbreuk {f} | :: shipwreck, shipbreach (event where a ship sinks or runs aground) |
| schipbreukeling {m} | :: A castaway, a shipwrecked sailor or passenger |
| schipbreukelingetje {noun} | :: diminutive of schipbreukeling |
| Schiphol {prop} {n} | :: The airport of the city of Amsterdam, and the main international airport of the Netherlands |
| schipper {m} | :: skipper, captain (master of a ship) |
| schipper {m} [dated] | :: Any member of a ship's crew |
| schipper {m} [obsolete] | :: Anyone travelling on a ship |
| Schipper {prop} | :: surname |
| schist {f} {m} | :: schist |
| schitteren {v} | :: to shine, glitter |
| schitterend {adj} | :: amazing, wonderful |
| schittering {f} | :: glitter |
| schizofreen {f} | :: schizophrenic |
| schizofreen {adj} | :: schizophrenic |
| schizofrenie {f} | :: schizophrenia |
| Schleck {prop} | :: surname |
| schlemiel {m} [colloquial] | :: schlemiel |
| schmink {m} | :: face paint |
| schminkdoos {f} | :: box for face paint |
| schminkdoos {f} [Brabant] | :: woman who tends to excessively wear make-up |
| schnabbel {m} | :: gig, side job, in particular a lucrative one |
| schnabbelen {vi} | :: to do work as a gig or a side job |
| schnitzel {m} | :: schnitzel |
| schoeien {v} | :: to shoe |
| schoeisel {n} [collective] | :: shoewear, footwear |
| schoeisel {n} [countable] | :: any particular item of footwear |
| schoeiseltje {noun} | :: diminutive of schoeisel |
| schoelie {m} [Southern Dutch] | :: alternative form of schoelje |
| schoelje {m} | :: crook, thug, hoodlum |
| schoelje {m} | :: rascal, tomboy |
| schoen {m} | :: shoe (footwear) |
| schoenbekooievaar {m} | :: shoebill |
| schoenendoos {f} | :: A shoebox (box for shoes) |
| schoener {f} | :: schooner (type of boat) |
| schoenlapper {m} | :: cobbler |
| schoenlapper {m} [archaic] | :: butterfly |
| schoenlapper {m} [in particular] | :: any butterfly belonging to the Nymphalinae |
| schoenlepel {m} | :: shoehorn |
| schoenmaat {f} | :: shoe size |
| schoenmaker {m} | :: shoemaker (artisan who produces and repairs shoes) |
| schoenmakerij {f} | :: the shoemaker's profession, the shoe-making sector |
| schoenmakerij {f} | :: a business where shoes are produced, repaired and sold, a shoemaker's shop |
| Schoenmakers {prop} | :: surname |
| schoenneus {m} | :: front side of a shoe |
| schoenpoetser {m} | :: shoeshiner, boots |
| schoensmeer {n} {f} | :: shoe polish |
| schoenveter {m} | :: A shoelace, a shoestring |
| schoenwinkel {m} | :: shoe shop |
| schoenzool {f} | :: The sole of a shoe |
| schoep {f} | :: A paddle, a blade of a water wheel or similar contraption |
| schoer {m} {n} | :: downpour, heavy rainshower |
| schoffel {m} | :: hoe (specifically a Dutch hoe) |
| schoffel {m} [dialectal, northern and eastern Netherlands] | :: shovel |
| schoffelen {vt} | :: to hoe, to weed with a scuffle |
| schoffelen {vt} | :: to weed |
| schoft {m} [pejorative] | :: bastard, trash, a person with no moral |
| schoftentuig {n} [collective] | :: rabble, scumbags, thugs |
| schok {m} | :: shock |
| schokbreker {m} | :: A shock absorber |
| schokdemper {m} | :: shock absorber |
| schokgevoelig {adj} | :: shock-sensitive |
| schokken {vi} | :: To shake, shiver |
| schokken {vt} | :: To (administer a) shock physically |
| schokken {vt} [figuratively] | :: To shock, disturb, startle |
| Schokland {prop} {n} | :: A former island in the Zuiderzee, now part of the Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, in the Netherlands |
| schoktoestand {m} | :: state of shock |
| schol {f} | :: floating plate (e.g. ice floe or tectonic plate) |
| schol {f} | :: ice floe |
| schol {f} [dated] | :: sod, clod, turf (lump of earth, sometimes with vegetation) |
| schol {m} | :: European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa (a species of flatfish) |
| scholekster {m} [zoology] | :: The bird species Haematopus ostralegus (oystercatcher) |
| scholen {vt} | :: To school, give formal/organized training |
| scholier {m} | :: pupil, student |
| scholiere {f} | :: female equivalent of scholier |
| scholing {f} | :: education (imparting skills and/or knowledge) |
| schollentektoniek {f} [uncommon] | :: plate tectonics |
| schollevaar {m} | :: cormorant |
| Scholten {prop} | :: surname |
| scholver {m} [dated] | :: cormorant |
| schommel {m} | :: a swing |
| schommelen {v} | :: to swing, to sway side to side |
| schommelen {v} | :: to oscillate |
| schommelschip {m} | :: pirate ship (larger fairground ride, single swing that can accommodate several people) |
| schommelstoel {m} | :: rocking chair |
| schommelstoeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of schommelstoel |
| schone {mf} | :: A beauty, beau/belle |
| schone kunsten {p} | :: fine arts |
| schone schijn {f} | :: appearances |
| schoof {f} | :: sheaf |
| schooien {v} [dated] | :: to travel around in freedom without a plan or profession, to wander |
| schooien {v} | :: to beg, implore, beseech |
| schooier {m} | :: a wandering or roaming beggar; a vagabond |
| school {f} | :: school (An educational institution that focuses completely on education, and not on, say, research) |
| school {f} | :: a group of fish |
| schoolbestuur {m} | :: school administration |
| schoolbibliotheek {f} | :: A school library |
| schoolbord {n} | :: blackboard |
| schoolbus {m} | :: school bus |
| schoolbus {f} [archaic] | :: A money box used for donating money to an education fund |
| schoolganger {m} | :: schoolgoer |
| schoolgenoot {m} | :: schoolmate (somebody who attended the same school) |
| schoolgenote {f} | :: female schoolmate (girl or woman who attended the same school) |
| schoolhoofd {n} | :: A headteacher, a principal, a schoolmaster or schoolmistress |
| schooljongen {m} | :: A schoolboy, junior male pupil |
| schooljuf {f} | :: A female schoolteacher at a kindergarten or primary school |
| schoolkind {n} | :: schoolchild |
| schoolmeester {m} | :: A schoolmaster, male schoolteacher |
| schoolmeester {m} [figuratively] | :: A pedantic person |
| schoolmeisje {noun} | :: schoolgirl |
| schoolplein {n} | :: schoolyard |
| schoolradio {m} | :: radio broadcasting aimed at primary and (less commonly) secondary school students for classroom use |
| schoolreis {f} | :: school excursion, school trip |
| schoolslag {m} | :: The swimming style breaststroke, the basic one (first) taught at European schools |
| schooltas {f} | :: school bag |
| schoolvos {m} [derogatory] | :: A pedant, notably a teacher who loves finding and correcting faults; an unpleasant teacher |
| schoolvos {m} [sometimes, derogatory] | :: An experienced schoolteacher, who knows all the tricks of the trade |
| schoolvosserij {f} | :: Pedantry, in particular when done by teachers |
| schoolziek {adj} [colloquial] | :: feigning illness (in order to avoid having to go to school) |
| schoolziekte {f} [colloquial] | :: feigned illness for the purposes of avoiding having to go to school |
| schoon {adj} [chiefly Belgium] | :: beautiful |
| schoon {adj} [Netherlands] | :: clean; cleansed |
| schoonbroer {m} | :: [chiefly Belgium] brother-in-law |
| schoonbrus {mf} | :: sibling-in-law (sibling's spouse or spouse's sibling) |
| schoondochter {f} | :: daughter-in-law (wife of someone's son) |
| schoonheid {f} | :: beauty |
| schoonheid {f} | :: beautiful person or object |
| schoonheidsideaal {n} | :: A beauty ideal |
| schoonheidssalon {m} | :: A beauty salon, a beauty parlour |
| Schoonhoven {prop} {n} | :: Schoonhoven (town) |
| schoonmaakster {f} | :: female cleaner, female janitor |
| schoonmaken {v} | :: to clean |
| schoonmaker {m} | :: cleaner, janitor |
| schoonmoeder {f} | :: mother-in-law (spouse’s mother) |
| schoonouder {mf} | :: A parent-in-law |
| schoonschrift {n} | :: calligraphy |
| schoonschrijven {vi} | :: to calligraph |
| schoonvader {m} | :: father-in-law |
| schoonvegen {vt} | :: to sweep clean, to wipe clean |
| schoonwassen {v} | :: to clean with a whitening agent such as bleach |
| schoonwassen {v} [figuratively] | :: to free one from guilt, exculpate |
| schoonzoon {m} | :: son-in-law (male partner of one's child) |
| schoonzus {f} | :: sister-in-law (brother's wife or spouse's sister) |
| schoonzuster {f} | :: sister-in-law (brother's wife or spouse's sister) |
| Schoorl {prop} {n} | :: Schoorl (village) |
| Schoorl {prop} {n} | :: surname |
| schoorsteen {m} | :: A chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) |
| schoorsteen {m} | :: The smokestack of a steamboat or steam locomotive |
| schoorsteenmantel {m} | :: The mantle of the fireplace of a chimney |
| schoorsteenveger {m} | :: chimney sweep |
| schoorsteenvegertje {noun} | :: diminutive of schoorsteenveger |
| schoot {m} | :: The act(ivity) of shooting |
| schoot {m} [metonymy] | :: A shot; the projectile; the range |
| schoot {m} | :: A vegetal shoot |
| schoot {m} [figuratively] | :: Various movements |
| schoot {m} | :: A shot, some liquid (especially liquor) poured in one movement |
| schoot {m} | :: A wedge |
| schoot {m} | :: lap, upper leg |
| schoot {m} [figuratively] | :: Various corresponding parts of certain vestments, animals and objects |
| schoot {m} | :: A shoot, certain ropes or chains used in sailing |
| schoothond {m} [literally] | :: A lapdog, a canine pet which is small and/or frequently cuddled |
| schoothond {m} [figuratively] | :: A human, (nearly) willless 'pet' or flunky |
| schootkind {n} | :: A small child, easy to take on an adult's lap |
| schootkind {n} | :: A child which enjoys sitting on the lap |
| schootkind {n} [figuratively] | :: A coddled, pampered child |
| schootsafstand {m} | :: shooting distance (distance from which one shoots or is able to shoot) |
| schop {f} | :: A shovel, a spade, a digging tool |
| schop {m} | :: kick, hit or strike with the leg or foot |
| schoppen {v} | :: kick (strike with or raise the foot or leg) |
| schoppen {mf} [uncountable, cards] | :: spades |
| schoppen {mf} | :: a playing card of the spades suit |
| schor {adj} [voice] | :: hoarse, husky |
| schor {mf} | :: A plain or marsh formed by silt deposits unprotected by any dykes |
| schorpen {v} | :: to rip open |
| schorpen {v} | :: to saw |
| schorpioen {m} [zoology] | :: A scorpion, an arachnid with a venomous sting of the order Scorpiones |
| schorpioen {m} [history] | :: The scorpio, an ancient single-arm catapult |
| schorpioen {m} [figuratively, pejorative] | :: A vicious, dangerous person; tormentor |
| schorpioen {m} | :: Vernacular names for other species: |
| schorpioen {m} | :: the European mole cricket, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa |
| schorpioen {m} | :: a certain weed; shortened from the derived term schorpioenkruid |
| schorpioen {m} | :: A scourge, a flail with sharp ends used for flogging |
| Schorpioen {prop} {m} [zodiac constellations] | :: Scorpius |
| Schorpioen {prop} {m} [astrology] | :: Scorpio |
| schorremorrie {n} [collective, pejorative] | :: scum, thugs, riffraff |
| schorretje {noun} | :: diminutive of schor |
| schors {f} {m} | :: Bark, (tree) surface tissue |
| schors {f} {m} | :: Any equivalent rind on other plants |
| schors {f} {m} | :: A similar exterior tissue or layer, peel or crust, e.g. on an organ |
| schors {f} {m} [figuratively] | :: One's or something's appearance; a cover |
| schors {f} {m} [by extension] | :: another rough and/or protective exterior or ice |
| schors {f} {m} [obsolete] | :: An apron |
| schorsen {vt} | :: to suspend, delay (an event, proceding) by inserting a pause |
| schorsen {vt} | :: to suspend, temporarily depose / remove from office or from membership or enrolment in an organisation |
| schorsen {vt} | :: To strip off bark |
| schorseneer {f} | :: salsify, used for plants of the genera Tragopon and Scorzonera |
| schorseneer {f} | :: black salsify, Scorzonera hispanica, in particular its edible root |
| schorsing {f} | :: A suspension, interrupting a proceding |
| schorsing {f} | :: A suspended status, notably as a sanction |
| schorsmolen {m} | :: bark mill |
| schort {f} {n} | :: apron (clothing) |
| schot {n} | :: shot, act of shooting |
| schot {n} | :: missile, projectile |
| schot {n} | :: a divider that partitions a larger space into smaller ones (traditionally wooden planks, but could be made of any materials) |
| Schot {m} | :: a Scot, Scotsman |
| schotel {f} | :: dish |
| schotel {f} | :: saucer |
| schotel {f} | :: satellite dish |
| schotelantenne {f} | :: satellite dish |
| Schotland {prop} {n} | :: Scotland |
| schots {adj} | :: messy, disorderly |
| schots {f} | :: floe, ice floe |
| Schots {adj} | :: Scottish |
| Schots {prop} {n} | :: Scots (British language) |
| schotschrift {n} | :: A hateful or libelous polemical pamphlet |
| Schotse {f} | :: a woman from or living in Scotland; a Scotswoman |
| Schots-Gaelisch {prop} {n} | :: Scottish Gaelic |
| schouder {m} | :: shoulder |
| schouderblaadje {noun} | :: diminutive of schouderblad |
| schouderblad {n} | :: shoulderblade |
| schout {m} | :: sheriff, bailiff |
| Schouten {prop} | :: surname |
| schouw {m} | :: fireplace |
| schouwburg {m} | :: theatre (UK), theater (US) |
| schouwen {vt} [archaic] | :: to see, watch |
| schouwen {vt} | :: to inspect formally, as with an honor guard |
| schouwen {vt} | :: to examine physically, as in forensics |
| schouwen {vt} | :: to see mentally |
| schouwspel {n} | :: show, spectacle |
| schouwspeler {m} | :: a (male) stage actor |
| schouwtoneel {n} | :: A theatrical scenery, the site of a spectacle |
| schouwtoneel {n} [figuratively] | :: A scene, spectacle, a theatrical show or other sight worth watching |
| schraal {adj} | :: poor, scanty |
| schraapzucht {f} | :: greed |
| schrander {adj} | :: shrewd, astute, clever |
| schrank {noun} | :: trestle |
| schransen {v} | :: to consume excessively, to gormandize, to glutton |
| schranzen {vi} | :: consume excessively, to gormandize, to glutton |
| schrap {adj} | :: bracing oneself, tense, ready for impact |
| schrapen {v} | :: to scrape |
| schrapen {v} | :: to rake |
| schraper {m} | :: a scraper (tool) |
| schraper {m} | :: a scrooge, a miser |
| schrappen {v} | :: to cross out |
| schrappen {v} | :: to cancel, to annul |
| schrap zetten {vr} | :: to brace oneself |
| schrede {f} | :: a step, stride |
| schreef {f} {m} | :: line, stroke of the pen |
| schreef {f} {m} | :: border (over de schreef: across the border) |
| schreef {f} {m} | :: a decoration at the end of lines which make up letters; a serif |
| schreefloos {adj} | :: sans serif |
| schreeuw {m} | :: scream |
| schreeuwarend {m} | :: lesser spotted eagle, Clanga pomarina |
| schreeuwen {v} | :: To yell; to bellow; to shout; to talk loudly |
| schreeuwen {v} | :: To scream; to shriek |
| schreeuwen {v} | :: Of a colour or design: to be extremely conspicuous |
| schreeuwerig {adj} | :: shouty, screamy (characterised by or prone to screaming) |
| schreeuwerig {adj} | :: loud, brash, gaudy |
| schreeuwlelijk {m} | :: loudmouth, blowhard |
| schreeuwlelijk {adj} | :: ostentatious, garish, gaudy |
| schreien {v} | :: to cry; to weep |
| schriën {v} [archaic, dialectal] | :: to scream |
| schriën {v} [archaic, dialectal] | :: to cry, to weep loudly |
| schrift {n} | :: script |
| schrift {n} | :: notebook |
| schrift {n} | :: scripture |
| Schrift {prop} {f} | :: Bible |
| schriftelijk {adj} | :: written |
| schriftteken {n} [typography] | :: glyph |
| schriftvervalsing {noun} | :: forgery or unauthorised modification of official documents or of any document that is to be used for legal purposes |
| schrijden {v} | :: to stride |
| schrijfberd {n} | :: alternative form of schrijfbord |
| schrijfberd {n} [archaic] | :: desk |
| schrijfbord {n} | :: writing board |
| schrijfgerei {n} | :: stationery, writing materials, writing implements |
| schrijfkunst {f} | :: writing, the art of writing, the ability to write |
| schrijfmachine {f} | :: typewriter |
| schrijfsel {n} | :: written material [especially one of poor quality] |
| schrijfster {f} | :: female writer |
| schrijftaal {f} | :: written language |
| schrijftafel {f} | :: desk |
| schrijfwijze {f} | :: spelling |
| schrijfzaal {f} | :: scriptorium, especially such a room in a monastery |
| schrijlings {adv} | :: astride |
| schrijn {m} {n} | :: shrine, a finely worked container, e.g. for a holy relic |
| schrijn {m} {n} | :: shrine, a place of (especially religious) worship |
| schrijnen {v} | :: to smart; to sting |
| schrijnwerker {m} [historical] | :: cabinetmaker |
| schrijnwerker {m} [Brabant] | :: carpenter |
| schrijven {vt} | :: to write |
| schrijven {vt} | :: to write (data) |
| schrijver {m} | :: writer |
| schrijverschap {n} | :: authorship |
| schrik {m} | :: shock, dread |
| schrik {m} | :: terror, menace |
| schrikbarend {adj} | :: frightening, worrying, terrifying |
| schrikbeeld {n} | :: Terrifying thought, bugbear |
| schrikbewind {n} | :: reign of terror |
| schrikkeldag {m} | :: leap day (29 February) |
| schrikkeljaar {n} | :: A leap year, year with an added leap day, hence 366-day year, in the Gregorian calendar |
| schrikken {vi} | :: to be startled, to get a scare |
| schrikken {vt} | :: to quench (cool rapidly by immersion) |
| schrikwekkend {adj} | :: frightening |
| schril {adj} | :: shrill |
| schrinken {v} [uncommon, dated] | :: to shrink |
| schrobben {vti} | :: to scrub; to clean with water and a hard brush or other hard implement |
| schrobben {vti} [obsolete] | :: to scrape, to scratch |
| schroef {f} {m} | :: screw (fastener) |
| schroef {f} {m} [nautical] | :: A ship's propeller |
| schroef {f} {m} | :: An Archimedes screw |
| schroefdraad {m} [engineering] | :: screw thread |
| schroefgang {m} [dated] | :: helical outdent bounding a cylinder |
| schroefhoorngeit {f} | :: markhor, screw-horn goat, Capra falconeri |
| schroeflijn {f} [dated] | :: helix |
| schroeien {v} | :: to singe, to scorch |
| schroeven {v} | :: to screw, manipulate a screw |
| schroevendraaier {m} | :: A screwdriver (tool) |
| schromelijk {adj} | :: extreme, excessive |
| schromelijk {adv} | :: extremely, excessively |
| schromen {v} | :: to fear |
| schromen {v} | :: to be bashful |
| schrooien {v} | :: to cut to pieces, to chop |
| schrooien {v} | :: to scrape |
| schroomvallig {adj} | :: timid |
| schroomvalligheid {f} | :: timidity |
| schroot {n} | :: scrap (discarded metal, junk metal) |
| schrootbus {f} | :: case shot, canister shot |
| schroothoop {m} | :: junkyard, scrapheap |
| schub {f} | :: scale (keratinous segment of certain animals' skin) |
| schub {f} | :: pigmented, chitinous segment of butterfly wings |
| schub {f} | :: a similarly flaky part of the exterior of plants |
| Schubbekutteveen {prop} {n} [Netherlands, vulgar, slang] | :: Fictional backwater place, used metonymously for the backwoods; Podunk |
| schubdier {n} | :: A pangolin, a mammal of the family Manidae |
| schubvlecht {f} [medicine, dated, chiefly uncountable] | :: psoriasis |
| schuchter {adj} | :: shy |
| schudden {v} [ergative] | :: to shake, to tremble, to waver |
| schudden {vt} | :: to shuffle (cards) |
| schudden {vi} | :: to nod as in to express disagreement |
| schudding {f} | :: An instance or the action of shaking, trembling |
| schudding {f} | :: A beating, hard enough to make the victim twitch in pain; figurative, a scolding |
| schudding {f} | :: A shake, twitch, vibration |
| schuier {m} [archaic, Northern Dutch, now, dialectal] | :: A flat cloth brush |
| schuieren {vt} [dated, chiefly Northern Dutch, now, dialectal] | :: to brush [usually with a flat brush] |
| schuif {m} | :: drawer |
| schuif {m} | :: bolt, to lock a door etc |
| schuif {m} | :: slide, moving or moveable |
| schuif {m} | :: shove |
| schuif {m} | :: Something shoven; a portion of sorts |
| schuif {m} [slang] | :: mouth |
| schuifdak {n} | :: A retractable roof, as to cover an open-air sports field in bad weather |
| schuifelen {v} | :: to shuffle, move slowly |
| schuifmaat {f} | :: vernier caliper, vernier scale |
| schuilen {v} | :: to take shelter |
| schuilen {v} | :: to lurk |
| schuilgaan {vi} | :: to hide |
| schuilkelder {m} | :: A bomb shelter |
| schuilkeldertje {noun} | :: diminutive of schuilkelder |
| schuilkerk {f} | :: A clandestine church |
| schuilnaam {m} | :: A pseudonym that is used to hide one's true identity. A fake identity |
| schuilplaats {f} | :: shelter |
| schuim {n} | :: foam, froth |
| schuim {n} [uncountable] | :: a type of spongy sweets, made of albumen and sugar [as a countable object always diminutive] |
| schuim {n} | :: scum, rabble, crooks |
| schuim {n} | :: impurity, flaw, especially in (molten) metal |
| schuimen {vi} | :: to foam, to produce foam |
| schuimen {vit} | :: to remove foam |
| schuimen {vit} [figuratively] | :: to remove impurities from something |
| schuimen {vit} [dated] | :: to plunder, to rob |
| schuimen {vit} [uncommon] | :: to rummage, to scour |
| schuimen {vi} [by extension] | :: to wander, to roam [+ over (object) = over/object] |
| schuimfeest {n} | :: foam party |
| schuimkop {m} [chiefly plural] | :: The foamy crest of a wave |
| schuimkop {m} | :: A top layer of foam on something else, especially a liquid |
| schuimkraag {f} | :: The head or foamy layer formed by bubbles rising from beer and other carbonated beverages |
| schuimparty {f} | :: foam party |
| schuimrubber {n} [chiefly uncountable] | :: foam rubber |
| schuimspaan {f} {n} | :: skimmer (sieve-like scoop; kitchen utensil) |
| schuimspaantje {noun} | :: diminutive of schuimspaan |
| schuimtaal {f} [archaic, derogatory] | :: A bastardised language containing many foreign elements |
| schuimwijn {m} [Belgium] | :: sparkling wine |
| schuin {adj} | :: slanted, slanting |
| schuin {adj} | :: obscene |
| schuin {adv} | :: diagonally |
| schuinen {v} | :: to slant |
| schuinkruis {n} | :: A Saint Andrew's cross (diagonal cross) |
| schuins {adv} | :: diagonally |
| schuinsmarcheerder {m} | :: lecher [generally male], one with a sexually libertine lifestyle |
| schuit {f} | :: A boat or small ship, usually a flat-bottomed one used for inland navigation or less commonly for coastal navigation; a barge |
| schuiven {v} [ergative] | :: to slide |
| schuiven {v} [ergative] | :: to shove |
| schuiven {vt} [of actions or objects] | :: to make money, to earn money [for someone] |
| schuiven {vt} [of tobacco or opium] | :: to smoke |
| schuivuit {m} [now, rare] | :: An owl, especially an eagle owl or horned owl |
| schuld {f} [finance, accounting] | :: debt, account payable |
| schuld {f} [law, by extension] | :: any obligor’s duty to perform |
| schuld {f} | :: blame, fault (responsibility for a mishap or mistake) |
| schuld {f} [law] | :: guilt, culpability |
| schuld {f} | :: guilt; fault (condition of moral deficiency) |
| schuldbewijs {n} | :: debt note |
| schuldcultuur {f} [sociology] | :: culture characterised by the dominance of wrongdoing, guilt and conscience in value judgements |
| schuldeiser {m} | :: creditor |
| schuldeiser {m} | :: obligee |
| schuldenaar {m} | :: debtor |
| schuldenaar {m} | :: obligor |
| schuldenlast {f} | :: debt burden, indebtedness |
| schuldgevoel {n} | :: feeling of guilt |
| schuldig {adj} | :: guilty |
| schuldige {mf} | :: A guilty person, an offender, a perpetrator |
| schulpen {v} | :: to decorate with shells or shell-shaped edges |
| schulpen {v} | :: to become shell-shaped |
| schunnig {adj} | :: dirty, obscene |
| schuren {v} [ergative] | :: to grate, rub, scour, chafe |
| schuren {vt} | :: to sand |
| schuren {vt} | :: to bring in, notably a crop to the barn |
| schurft {f} {n} | :: scabies |
| schurk {m} | :: scoundrel, villain |
| schurkenstaat {m} [pejorative] | :: rogue state |
| schut {n} | :: A dam or lock gate |
| schut {n} | :: A light movable partition or wall, such as a folding screen |
| schutkleur {f} | :: camouflage |
| schutkleur {f} | :: colour that provides camouflage |
| schutkring {m} [Belgium, health] | :: cordon sanitaire |
| schutten {vt} | :: to stop, to hold back |
| schutten {vt} | :: to protect, to cover |
| schutten {vt} [nautical] | :: to let pass through a sluice/lock |
| schutter {m} | :: marksman, shooter |
| Schutter {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Sagittarius |
| schutterij {f} [historical] | :: city guard |
| schuttersstuk {f} [historical] | :: Group portrait of a city militia unit called a schutterij |
| schuttersstukken {noun} | :: plural of schuttersstuk |
| schutterstuk {f} | :: alternative spelling of schuttersstuk |
| schutterstukken {noun} | :: alternative spelling of schuttersstukken |
| schuttersvis {m} | :: archerfish, specifically largescale archerfish |
| schutting {f} | :: a (usually wooden) solid, or nearly solid, barrier separating two pieces of land; fence |
| schuttingtaal {f} | :: foul language, such as obscenities and abusive terms, four letter words such as scribbled on walls or fences |
| schuur {f} | :: barn |
| schuur {f} | :: shed |
| schuurkerk {f} | :: A clandestine church disguised as a barn or shed |
| schuurmiddel {n} | :: An abradant, an abrasive |
| schuurpapier {n} [countable, uncountable] | :: sandpaper, abrasive paper |
| schuurpapiertje {noun} | :: diminutive of schuurpapier |
| schuw {adj} [animals] | :: shy of humans, wild |
| schuw {adj} [people] | :: shy, unsociable |
| schuwen {vt} | :: to shun, eschew |
| schwalbe {f} [sports] | :: dive, a deliberate fall to gain advantage in the game |
| Schweinhund {m} | :: A bastard, an arse; used as a stereotypically German insult |
| schwul {adj} [Limburg] | :: homosexual |
| sclerose {f} [pathology] | :: sclerosis |
| -scoop {suffix} | :: -scope |
| scoorder {m} | :: scorer, one who scores |
| scooter {m} | :: scooter |
| scootmobiel {m} | :: mobility scooter |
| score {m} | :: score (number of points earned) |
| scorebord {n} | :: scoreboard |
| scoren {vti} [sports, games] | :: to score (a certain amount of points) |
| scoren {vt} [Netherlands, slang] | :: to get, to acquire, to score, to gain |
| scout {m} | :: A scout, a boy scout or girl scout |
| scout {m} [sport] | :: A talent scout |
| scrip {m} | :: scrip (share certificate) |
| script {n} | :: script (written text of a dramatic performance) |
| scriptorium {n} | :: scriptorium (place where manuscripts are produced) |
| scrofulose {f} | :: scrofula, scrofulosis |
| scrollbalk {m} [graphical user interface] | :: scroll bar |
| sculptuur {f} | :: sculpture |
| Scythië {prop} {n} | :: Scythia |
| -se {suffix} | :: Suffix denoting a female inhabitant of a place |
| seaborgium {n} | :: seaborgium |
| Sebastiaan {prop} | :: given name |
| sebiet {adv} | :: alternative form of subiet |
| seclusie {f} | :: seclusion |
| secondant {m} [formal] | :: A second, a prominent aide or assistant, chiefly one who is left in charge when a superior is absent |
| secondant {m} | :: A second (attendant of a duel or boxing match standing in for a contestant) |
| secondant {m} [historical] | :: A second teacher, one substituting a headteacher when necessary [chiefly used for former times when schools frequently had only one or a few teachers] |
| seconde {f} | :: second (a unit of time) |
| secondje {noun} [Belgium] | :: short, unspecified period of time |
| secreet {n} | :: outhouse |
| secreet {n} [offensive] | :: bitch |
| secreet {n} | :: secretion, that which has been secreted |
| secretaire {m} | :: a writing desk or more precisely a secretary desk |
| secretaresse {f} | :: secretary (a person keeping records and handling clerical work) |
| secretariaat {n} | :: a central office in any business or institution (or a department thereof), responsible for correspondence, making appointments, and general administrative support |
| secretariaat {n} | :: secretariat |
| secretaris {m} | :: secretary |
| secretaris {m} | :: receptionist |
| secretaris {m} | :: secretary bird |
| secretarisvogel {m} | :: secretary bird |
| sectie {f} | :: dissection, autopsy |
| sectie {f} [jargon] | :: autopsy with no requirement for the consent of relatives |
| sectie {f} | :: subdivision |
| sector {m} | :: sector |
| secularisme {n} | :: secularism |
| seculier {adj} | :: secular |
| secundair {adj} | :: secondary (succeeding first) |
| secundaire school {f} {m} [Belgium] | :: high school |
| secundaire sector {m} [economy] | :: secondary sector (industrial sector) |
| sedan {m} [automotive] | :: sedan, saloon (car type) |
| sedentair {adj} | :: sedentary (settled, not migratory) |
| seder {m} [Judaism] | :: seder (Passover meal) |
| seder {m} [Judaism] | :: seder (portion of the Torah or Mishnah) |
| sedert {prep} [formal] | :: since |
| sediment {n} | :: sediment |
| sedimentgesteente {n} | :: sedimentary rock |
| seekomkommer {noun} | :: sea cucumber, echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea |
| Sefanja {prop} | :: Zephaniah (book of the Bible) |
| seffes {adv} [Belgium, dialectal] | :: later on |
| segment {n} | :: A segment |
| segmentaal {adj} [chiefly biology and medicine] | :: segmental |
| segmenteel {adj} [uncommon, chiefly linguistics] | :: alternative form of segmentaal |
| segmentje {noun} | :: diminutive of segment |
| segregatie {f} | :: segregation |
| seider {m} [Judaism] | :: seder (Passover meal) |
| sein {n} | :: signal |
| seinen {v} | :: to signal |
| seismisch {adj} | :: seismic (related to earthquakes, seismology or Earth vibrations) |
| seismograaf {m} | :: A seismograph, scientific device to read and record seismic vibrations |
| seismologie {f} | :: seismology |
| seismoloog {m} | :: seismologist |
| seizoen {n} | :: season |
| seizoensarbeider {m} | :: seasonal labourer |
| seks {m} | :: sex (sexual intercourse) |
| sekse {f} | :: gender (behavioural characteristics) |
| sekservaring {f} | :: sexual experience |
| seksindustrie {f} | :: sex industry |
| seksisme {n} | :: sexism |
| seksmaniak {m} [pejorative] | :: sex maniac |
| seksobject {n} | :: sex object (someone primarily depicted or treated as an object for sexual lust) |
| seksplaat {f} | :: a piece of music played before or during sex to set or enhance the mood |
| seksslaaf {m} | :: A sex slave (one forced into sexual work) |
| seksslavin {f} | :: A female sex slave (woman forced into sexual work) |
| seksspeeltje {n} | :: sex toy |
| sekssymbool {n} | :: sex symbol |
| seksualiteit {f} [uncountable] | :: sexuality, sexual intercourse, sexual activity |
| seksualiteit {f} [uncountable, countable] | :: sexuality, sexual orientation |
| seksueel {adj} | :: sexual, of or relating to sexuality in the wide sense |
| seksueel {adj} | :: related to sex or gender |
| seksueel overdraagbare aandoening {f} | :: sexually transmitted disease |
| seksuele intimidatie {f} | :: sexual harassment |
| seksuologie {f} | :: sexology (the study of sex and sexuality) |
| seksverslaafde {noun} | :: sex addict |
| sekswerker {m} | :: sex worker |
| sekswerkster {f} [uncommon] | :: female sex worker |
| sektarisch {adj} | :: sectarian |
| sekte {f} [religion] | :: cult (socially proscribed and often novel religious group) |
| sekte {f} [archaic, religion] | :: sect (split-off religious or philosophical group) |
| -sel {suffix} | :: -age, -ion; Creates nouns indicating something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action |
| selderie {f} | :: alternative form of selderij |
| selderij {m} | :: celery (herb) |
| selecteren {v} | :: to select |
| selectie {f} | :: selection (the act of selecting) |
| selectie {f} | :: selection, choice (that which has been selected) |
| selectiespeler {m} [sports] | :: A player who is part of the main selection of a team |
| selectievakje {noun} [computing] | :: a checkbox |
| seleen {n} | :: selenium (chemical element) |
| selenium {n} | :: selenium |
| selfie {m} | :: selfie |
| Sels {prop} | :: surname |
| Sem {prop} {m} | :: Shem (mythological Biblical character) |
| Sem {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| semantiek {f} | :: semantics |
| semantisch {adj} | :: semantic |
| Semiet {m} | :: Semite |
| seminarie {n} | :: A seminary |
| seminarist {m} [Christianity] | :: A student at a seminary, usually Roman Catholic, Remonstrant or Lutheran |
| seminarium {n} | :: A seminary |
| Semitisch {adj} | :: Semitic |
| -sen {suffix} | :: -son; a suffix used to form patronymic surnames |
| senaat {m} | :: senate |
| senang {adj} [Netherlands] | :: comfortable, at ease, pleasant |
| senator {m} | :: senator |
| seneschaal {m} | :: obsolete form of seneschalk |
| seneschael {m} | :: obsolete form of seneschalk |
| seneschalck {m} | :: obsolete spelling of seneschalk |
| seneschalk {m} | :: seneschal (steward of a nobleman) |
| seneschalk {m} | :: seneschal (French steward, magistrate and governor) |
| seniel {adj} | :: senile (of, or relating to old age; having poor memory or poor mental faculties) |
| sensatie {f} | :: sensation |
| sensatiebelust {adj} | :: sensationalist, craving sensation |
| sensatieblad {n} | :: tabloid |
| sensatiepers {f} | :: yellow press |
| sensationeel {adj} | :: sensational |
| sensor {m} | :: sensor |
| sensualist {m} | :: sensualist (person who believes in enjoying sensuality) |
| sensualist {m} | :: sensualist (one who holds to the doctrine of sensualism) |
| sentiment {n} [countable, uncountable] | :: sentiment |
| sentimenteel {adj} | :: sentimental |
| Seoel {prop} {n} | :: Seoel (capital city) |
| Seoul {prop} {n} | :: alternative spelling of Seoel |
| sepaal {m} [botany] | :: sepal |
| separatistisch {adj} | :: separatist |
| sepia {f} {m} | :: cuttlefish |
| sepia {n} | :: the color sepia |
| sepia {n} | :: a style of yellowish/brownish-and-black photography |
| sepoy {m} | :: A sepoy, native soldier in the East Indies |
| seppuku {m} | :: seppuku |
| september {m} | :: September |
| seraf {m} | :: seraph |
| seraf {m} | :: uraeus-like angel |
| seraf {m} | :: humanoid angel of the highest rank |
| serafijn {m} | :: seraph |
| serafijn {m} | :: uraeus-like angel |
| serafijn {m} | :: humanoid angel of the highest rank |
| serafijn {m} [dated, affectionate] | :: Term of endearment for a child |
| sereen {adj} | :: serene, peaceful |
| serenade {f} | :: serenade |
| serendipiteit {f} | :: serendipity |
| sereniteit {f} | :: serenity |
| serf {m} | :: a serf (semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him) |
| serie {f} | :: series |
| seriële poort {c} [computing] | :: serial port |
| seriemoord {m} | :: serial killing |
| seriemoordenaar {m} | :: serial killer |
| serienummer {n} | :: A serial number |
| serieus {adj} | :: serious |
| serieus {adv} | :: seriously |
| sering {f} | :: lilac, woody plant of the genus Syringa |
| seroendeng {m} | :: A condiment made of fried coconut flakes spiced with peanut, garlic, coriander, cumin and onion |
| serpent {n} {f} {m} [formal, dated] | :: snake |
| serpent {n} {f} {m} [formal] | :: serpent, serpentine dragon, large snake |
| serpent {n} {f} {m} | :: an unpleasant, spiteful or foulmouthed person, especially used of women |
| serpent {f} [musical instruments] | :: serpent (wind instrument) |
| serpentijn {m} | :: serpentine, a small cannon used in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern era |
| serpentinespray {m} | :: silly string |
| serre {f} [Netherlands] | :: conservatory room (greenhouse or winter garden, usually as part of a house) |
| serre {f} [Belgium] | :: greenhouse |
| serum {n} | :: blood serum |
| serval {m} | :: serval, Leptailurus serval |
| serveerder {m} [tennis] | :: One who serves, a server |
| serveerder {m} | :: A waiter |
| serveerster {f} | :: waitress |
| serveren {v} | :: to serve |
| servet {n} | :: napkin, serviette |
| servetje {noun} | :: diminutive of servet |
| service {f} {m} | :: service |
| Servië {prop} {n} | :: Serbia |
| Servië en Montenegro {prop} {n} | :: Serbia and Montenegro |
| Serviër {prop} {m} | :: Serb |
| Serviër {prop} {m} | :: An inhabitant of Serbia, formerly in Yugoslavia |
| servies {n} | :: service, set of dishes |
| Servisch {adj} | :: Serbian (of the people) |
| Servisch {adj} | :: Serbian (of the language) |
| Servisch {prop} {n} | :: Serbian (language) |
| Servo-Kroatisch {prop} {n} | :: Serbo-Croatian |
| Servo-Kroatisch {adj} | :: Serbo-Croatian |
| sesam {m} | :: sesame, Sesamum indicum |
| sesam {m} | :: sesame, seeds |
| sesamolie {f} | :: sesame oil |
| sesaté {f} [archaic] | :: synonym of saté |
| sesquiplan {f} [dated] | :: sesquiplane |
| sessie {f} | :: session |
| settelen {v} | :: to settle |
| sex {m} [proscribed] | :: alternative form of seks |
| Sextant {prop} [constellation] | :: Sextans |
| sexy {adj} | :: sexy |
| Seychellen {prop} {p} | :: Seychellen (country) |
| -sfeer {suffix} | :: sphere |
| sfeer {f} {m} [literally, geometry] | :: sphere, round object |
| sfeer {f} {m} | :: atmosphere, mood |
| sfeerverlichting {f} | :: atmospheric lighting, mood lighting (ambient artificial lighting) |
| sfeervol {adj} | :: atmospheric, agreeable, charming |
| sferisch {adj} | :: spheric, sphere-shaped |
| SGP {prop} | :: Reformed Political Party, a conservative orthodox Protestant political party in the Netherlands |
| 's Gravenhage {prop} {n} | :: archaic spelling of 's-Gravenhage |
| 's-Gravenhage {prop} {n} | :: synonym of Den Haag |
| 's-Gravenzande {prop} {n} | :: 's-Gravenzande (town) |
| shag {m} | :: shag (coarse shredded tobacco) |
| shampoo {m} | :: shampoo (product for washing hair) |
| shanty {m} | :: A shanty, a sailing song |
| sheddak {n} | :: saw-tooth roof |
| sheik {m} | :: sheik |
| 's-Hertogenbosch {prop} {n} | :: 's-Hertogenbosch (city/and/municipality/and/capital) |
| shigellose {f} [disease] | :: shigellosis |
| shit {interj} | :: shit, darn |
| shit {m} [slang] | :: stuff |
| shit {m} [slang] | :: trouble |
| Shona {prop} {n} | :: Shona (African language) |
| shop {m} | :: shop |
| shoppen {vi} [colloquial] | :: to shop |
| shot {n} {m} [film, photography] | :: shot (sequence of frames) |
| shot {n} {m} | :: shot (measure/serving of alcohol) |
| shotglas {n} | :: shot glass |
| shotje {noun} | :: diminutive of shot |
| show {m} | :: A show (entertainment) |
| showproces {n} | :: show trial |
| showtje {noun} | :: diminutive of show |
| shredden {v} | :: to shred into smaller pieces |
| shredden {v} [rock music] | :: to play guitar solos in the shredding style |
| shredder {m} | :: A shredder, a machine that shreds material into smaller pieces |
| shredder {m} [rock music] | :: A shredder, one who plays guitar solos in the shredding style |
| shuttle {m} | :: A space shuttle |
| shuttle {m} | :: A shuttlecock, shuttle |
| shuttle {m} | :: A shuttle bus |
| si {mf} | :: musical note; ti |
| Siberië {prop} {n} | :: Siberia |
| Siberisch {adj} | :: Siberian |
| Siberische tijger {m} | :: A Siberian tiger, Panthera tigris altaica |
| sibilant {c} | :: sibilant |
| sic {adv} | :: sic (thus) |
| Siciliaans {adj} | :: Sicilian, relating to the island Sicily, its inhabitants or their language and culture |
| Siciliaans {n} | :: The Sicilian language (or dialect), as distinct from Italian |
| Siciliaans {n} | :: The Sicilian chess opening starting with 1. e4 c5 |
| Sicilië {prop} {n} | :: Sicilië (island/and/region) |
| sidderaal {m} | :: electric eel, Electrophorus electricus |
| sidderen {v} | :: shiver, tremble, quake |
| siderisch {adj} | :: sidereal (of or relating to the stars) |
| siderische dag {m} [astronomy] | :: sidereal day |
| siderisch jaar {n} | :: sidereal year |
| Sieme {prop} | :: given name |
| siemens {m} | :: siemens (unit of electrical conductance) |
| sier {m} | :: decoration |
| sier {m} | :: reception, welcome |
| Sier {prop} | :: surname also common in Wallonia |
| sieraad {n} | :: ornament, piece of jewellery |
| sieren {vt} | :: to adorn, to decorate |
| sieren {vt} | :: to befit, to be appropriate for |
| sieren {vt} | :: to be nice of, to be decent of |
| sierkussen {n} | :: A decorative cushion, of little or secondary practical use |
| sierlijk {adj} | :: elegant |
| sierplant {f} | :: ornamental plant |
| Sierra Leone {prop} {n} | :: Sierra Leone (country) |
| siervaas {f} | :: ornamental vase |
| siervaasje {noun} | :: diminutive of siervaas |
| siervuurwerk {n} | :: fireworks that primarily create visual displays (as opposed to creating mainly noise) |
| Sietse {prop} {m} | :: given name of West Frisian origin. |
| Sietske {prop} {f} | :: given name of West Frisian origin. |
| sigaar {f} | :: cigar |
| sigarendoos {f} | :: A cigar box (box for cigars) |
| sigarendoosje {noun} | :: diminutive of sigarendoos |
| sigaret {f} | :: cigarette |
| sigarettenjongen {m} | :: cigarette boy, boy who sells cigarettes |
| signaal {n} | :: signal |
| signalement {n} | :: a description of someone's appearance, especially in relation to law enforcement; a profile |
| signaleren {v} | :: to signal, flag |
| signaleren {v} | :: to put (someone) down as a suspect |
| sijpelen {v} | :: to trickle, seep |
| sijs {m} | :: siskin, any member of the genus Spinus |
| sijs {m} | :: specifically the Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus as a species or any member thereof |
| sik {m} | :: beard of a goat |
| sik {m} | :: a goatee or soul patch |
| sikh {m} | :: Sikh |
| sikkel {f} | :: sickle |
| sikkeneurig {adj} | :: peevish, grumpy |
| sikkepit {f} [colloquial] | :: very little, next to nothing |
| sikker {adj} | :: alternative form of sjikker |
| silaan {n} | :: silane |
| silbe {f} [obsolete] | :: syllable |
| Silezië {prop} {n} | :: The Central-European region Silesia |
| Silezisch {adj} | :: Silesian |
| silicium {n} | :: silicon (chemical element with atomic number 14) |
| silt {n} [geology] | :: silt |
| siltsteen {m} [geology] | :: siltstone |
| simpel {adj} | :: simple |
| Simpelveld {prop} {n} | :: Simpelveld (village/and/municipality) |
| simpelweg {adv} | :: simply |
| simulatie {f} | :: simulation |
| simultaan {adj} | :: simultaneous |
| simultaanschaak {n} | :: simultaneous chess |
| sinaasappel {m} | :: orange (fruit) |
| sinaasappelboom {m} | :: orange tree |
| sinaasappelhuid {f} | :: cellulitis |
| sinaasappelhuid {f} | :: A skin afflicted by cellulitis |
| sinaasappelsap {n} | :: orange juice |
| sinas {m} [Netherlands] | :: orangeade, orange soda |
| Sindarijns {prop} {n} | :: Sindarin |
| sinds {prep} | :: since |
| sindsdien {adv} | :: since then |
| singel {m} | :: a body of water surrounding the inner portion of a city or a village |
| singel {m} | :: a band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle in place; bellyband; girth |
| singeltje {noun} | :: a single (vinyl record) |
| single {m} | :: A single (short music record, e.g. 45 RPM vinyl with an A side and a B side; main track of such a record) |
| single {m} | :: A single (person without a romantic partner) |
| single {adj} | :: single (without a romantic partner) |
| singletje {noun} | :: diminutive of single |
| singleton {m} | :: A singleton (lone playing card) |
| singleton {n} | :: A singleton (design pattern, class, set) |
| singulariteit {f} | :: singularity |
| sinister {adj} | :: sinister |
| sinjoor {m} [colloquial] | :: A "true Antwerpian", according to various definitions |
| Sino-Tibetaans {adj} | :: Sino-Tibetan |
| sint {m} | :: saint |
| Sint {m} | :: Saint |
| Sint {m} [de Sint] | :: Sinterklaas |
| sintel {m} | :: ember |
| Sinterklaas {prop} {m} | :: Saint Nicholas, who (in the Low Countries and other parts of Europe) gives presents to children on December 5 or 6 |
| sinterklaasavond {m} | :: The evening with presents, which is on the day of Sinterklaas, 6 December (in Belgium) or the day before (in the Netherlands) |
| sinterklaaslied {n} | :: Sinterklaas song |
| Sint-Jans-Geest {prop} {n} | :: Saint-Jean-Geest, a village in Belgium |
| Sint Maarten {prop} {n} | :: Sint Maarten (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) |
| Sint Maarten {prop} {n} | :: Saint Martin (island in the Caribbean) |
| Sint-Nicolaas {prop} {m} | :: Saint Nicholas of Myra, patron saint of Amsterdam and of children |
| Sint-Nicolaas {prop} {m} | :: Sinterklaas |
| Sint-Petersburg {prop} | :: Sint-Petersburg (federal city) |
| Sint-Remigius-Geest {prop} {n} | :: Saint-Remy-Geest, a village in Belgium |
| sinus {m} [trigonometry] | :: sine |
| sinus {m} | :: sinus |
| sinusoïdaal {adj} | :: sinusoidal |
| sip {adj} | :: sad, subdued |
| sirene {f} | :: A siren, a dangerous nymph of Greek mythology, luring passers-by using an irresistible song |
| sirene {f} [figuratively] | :: A seductive but dangerous female |
| sirene {f} | :: (plural sirenes) A siren, a noisy warning device |
| sirocco {m} | :: sirocco (wind on the Mediterranean originating from North Africa) |
| sirocco {m} [rare, dated] | :: kiln |
| siroop {f} | :: syrup, especialy an inviscid variety |
| siroop {f} | :: A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water; squash |
| siroop {f} | :: The concentrate from which said soft drink is made |
| sisklank {m} | :: sibilant (consonant) |
| sissen {v} | :: to hiss, sizzle |
| sissen {v} [figuratively] | :: to hiss, to express disapproval |
| sissende kakkerlak {f} | :: (Madagascar) hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) (insect) |
| site {m} | :: web site |
| site {m} | :: archaeological site |
| site {m} [uncommon] | :: construction site |
| sits {noun} | :: chintz |
| Sittard {prop} {n} | :: Sittard (city) |
| Sittard-Geleen {prop} {n} | :: Sittard-Geleen (municipality) |
| situatie {f} | :: situation, circumstance |
| situeren {v} | :: to situate |
| Sitz im Leben {m} [theology] | :: sociological context/setting |
| sixpack {n} {m} | :: six pack (set of six cans or bottles) |
| sixpack {n} {m} | :: six pack (pronounced abdominal muscles) |
| sixpackje {noun} | :: diminutive of sixpack |
| Sjaak {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| sjaal {m} | :: scarf |
| Sjaan {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| sjabbat {m} [Judaism] | :: Sabbath |
| sjabbes {m} [Judaism, Ashkenazic form] | :: Sabbath |
| sjabloon {f} {m} {n} | :: template |
| sjabrak {f} {n} | :: saddlecloth |
| sjacheren {v} | :: to sell a pup, to swindle with substandard wares, to scam |
| sjacheren {v} | :: to wrangle |
| sjagerijn {adj} | :: nonstandard spelling of sacherijnig |
| sjagerijnig {adj} | :: nonstandard spelling of sacherijnig |
| sjah {m} | :: shah [king of Persia or Iran] |
| Sjakie {prop} {m} [Netherlands] | :: given name |
| sjalot {f} | :: shallot, Allium cepa var. aggregatum |
| sjamaan {m} | :: shaman, witch doctor |
| sjambok {f} | :: A sjambok, a long heavy whip |
| sjammes {m} [Judaism] | :: shamash or gabbai, a sexton in a synagogue |
| Sjanghai {prop} | :: Sjanghai (direct-administered municipality/major port city) |
| sjans {c} | :: charisma, allure, the property of being liked (romantically/sexually) by the people around oneself |
| sjansen {v} [colloquial] | :: to flirt |
| sjap {m} [colloquial, obsolete] | :: jenever, gin, or a portion of gin |
| sjap {m} [slang, pejorative] | :: a nasty, anti-social (young) male, often considered uncivilised |
| sjap {m} [slang, dated] | :: a good egg, fine guy, trump |
| sjap {c} [historical] | :: chop, a stamp or seal used in East Asia |
| sjap {m} [historical] | :: shovel, spade, used in the Caribbean |
| sjappietouwer {m} [Netherlands, obsolete] | :: sailor |
| sjappietouwer {m} [Netherlands, dated] | :: A dock worker |
| sjappietouwer {m} [Netherlands, dated] | :: loafer |
| sjappietouwer {m} [Netherlands, dated] | :: nasty or deceitful person, jerk, crook |
| sjappietouwer {m} [Netherlands, dated] | :: Someone with an unkempt appearance |
| sjees {f} | :: chaise; a high, open (sometimes convertible), two-wheeled carriage |
| sjekel {m} [biblical] | :: shekel, ancient Israelite unit of weight |
| sjekel {m} | :: shekel, ancient Judean monetary unit |
| sjekel {m} | :: shekel, modern Israeli monetary unit |
| sjekkie {n} | :: roll-your-own cigarette |
| sjezen {vi} | :: to drive or ride fast |
| sjezen {vi} | :: to run fast |
| sjiek {adj} | :: chic |
| sjiiet {m} [Islam] | :: A Shi'a Muslim, a Shiite |
| sjiisme {n} [Islam] | :: Shi'a Islam, Shi'ism |
| sjiitisch {adj} | :: Shiite, Shiitic (pertaining to Shia Islam) |
| sjikker {adj} | :: drunk, loaded, intoxicated |
| sjikse {f} | :: shiksa |
| sjmoes {f} | :: alternative form of smoes |
| sjmoezen {v} | :: alternative form of smoezen |
| sjocheet {m} | :: Jewish butcher. One that makes meat kosher |
| sjoe {m} [Belgium] | :: darling [also as form of address] |
| sjoege {m} | :: comprehension, understanding |
| sjoege {m} | :: reaction, response |
| sjoel {f} {m} [Judaism] | :: A (usually Ashkenazic) synagogue |
| sjoelbak {m} | :: The board upon which sjoelen, a Dutch variety of shuffleboard, is played |
| sjoelen {n} | :: A variety of shuffleboard played in the Netherlands |
| sjoelen {v} | :: To play shuffleboard (Dutch variety) |
| sjoemelen {vi} | :: to cheat, to manipulate |
| sjoemelsoftware {m} | :: software that skews test results |
| sjofar {m} [Judaism] | :: shofar |
| sjofeet {m} [Judaism] | :: biblical judge (premonarchic leader of the Israelites) |
| sjofel {adj} | :: shabby, poor |
| sjofeur {m} | :: eye dialect of chauffeur |
| sjokken {v} | :: trudge |
| sjokola {m} | :: eye dialect of chocola |
| sjoof {m} [Bargoens, archaic] | :: alternative form of zoof |
| sjorren {v} | :: to drag |
| Sjos {prop} [colloquial] | :: a given name |
| sjouchet {m} | :: shochet |
| sjouwen {v} | :: to carry (a heavy object or load), tote |
| sjuderans {m} | :: eye dialect of jus d'orange |
| sjwa {mf} | :: schwa |
| ska {m} [music] | :: ska |
| skai {n} | :: leatherette |
| skate {m} | :: inline skate |
| skateboard {n} | :: skateboard |
| skateboarden {vi} | :: to skateboard |
| skateboarder {m} | :: A skateboarder |
| skaten {vi} | :: to skate (especially with in-line skates or a skateboard) |
| skeeler {m} | :: skate, in-line skate [originally one with five wheels, but soon also used for four-wheel in-line skates] |
| skeeleraar {m} | :: An in-line skater |
| skeeleren {vi} | :: to skate on in-line skates |
| skeer {adj} [slang] | :: broke |
| skeer {adj} [slang] | :: cheap |
| skelet {n} | :: skeleton (support structure of an organism; ensemble of animal bones) |
| skelet {n} [figurative] | :: frame, skeleton (supporting frame of an inanimate or non-animal object or entity) |
| skeletspier {f} | :: skeletal muscle |
| sketch {m} | :: sketch, skit (short comic work) |
| skeurmaker {noun} | :: One who sows or effects division; a divisive figure, seceder or schismatic |
| ski {m} | :: a ski |
| skiën {v} | :: to ski (to move on skis) |
| skiër {m} | :: A skier, someone who practices skiing |
| skiester {f} | :: female skier |
| ski-instructeur {m} | :: ski instructor |
| ski-instructrice {f} | :: female ski instructor |
| skilift {m} | :: ski lift |
| skimmen {vti} | :: to skim, to read quickly and superficially |
| skimmen {vt} | :: to skim, to surreptiously and fraudently scan a payment card |
| skin {mf} | :: Skin (computing) |
| skin {mf} | :: Short for skinhead |
| skinhead {m} | :: A skinhead |
| skink {m} | :: A skink, any lizard of the family Scincidae |
| skitta {?} [slang, vulgar] | :: shit, crap |
| skivakantie {f} | :: ski holiday |
| skotoe {m} [slang] | :: police |
| skottelbraai {m} | :: South African grill and wok |
| skunk {m} | :: skunk, weed with a high level of THC |
| skypen {vt} [computing] | :: to skype (make a Skype call) |
| sla {f} | :: lettuce |
| sla {f} [now especially diminutive] | :: salad |
| slaaf {m} | :: [male or indeterminate] slave |
| Slaaf {m} | :: Slav |
| slaafje {n} | :: The diminutive of slaaf (slave) |
| slaafje {n} [figuratively] | :: A flunky, slavish follower etc |
| slaafs {adj} | :: slavish, obsequious, subservient |
| slaafs {adj} | :: slavish, unthinking, uncritically following orders or examples |
| slaafs {adj} [uncommon] | :: pertaining to slaves or slavery |
| slaag {c} | :: a beating |
| slaan {vt} | :: to hit, to slap |
| slaan {vt} | :: to beat, overcome |
| slaan {vt} | :: to strike |
| slaan {vi} | :: to pulse, beat |
| slaan {vt} | :: to surround with |
| slaan {vi} | :: to suddenly start along (of movement), to turn |
| slaan {vt} [chess] | :: to take one of your opponent's pieces |
| slaan op {vt} | :: to refer to, to mean, to have to do with |
| slaap {m} | :: sleep |
| slaap {m} | :: sleepiness |
| slaap {m} | :: temple |
| slaapbank {mf} | :: sofa-bed |
| slaapbol {m} | :: opium poppy, Papaver somniferum |
| slaapbol {m} | :: the seedbox of the opium poppy |
| slaapbol {m} | :: any of several narcotic drugs made from the opium poppy |
| slaapdronken {adj} | :: drowsy, dazy, half asleep |
| slaapfeest {n} | :: slumber party |
| slaapgebrek {n} | :: sleep deprivation, lack of sleep |
| slaapkamer {f} | :: bedroom |
| slaapkop {m} | :: a sleepy or lazy person, a sleepyhead |
| slaapkop {m} | :: unclear head [as when just woken up] |
| slaaplied {n} [chiefly diminutive] | :: A lullaby |
| slaapmiddel {n} | :: a somnifacient (such as sleeping pills) |
| slaapmuts {f} | :: nightcap (headwear) |
| slaapmuts {f} [mostly in diminutive] | :: nightcap (beverage) |
| slaappil {f} | :: sleeping pill, soporific pill |
| slaapstand {m} [chiefly singular] | :: sleep mode |
| slaapverwekkend {adj} | :: soporific, inducing sleep |
| slaapverwekkend {adj} | :: soporific, incredibly boring |
| slaapwandelen {v} | :: to sleepwalk |
| slaapwel {interj} [chiefly Belgium] | :: good night, sleep well |
| slaapzaal {f} | :: dormitory (room where multiple people can sleep) |
| slaapzak {m} | :: sleeping bag |
| slaapzand {n} | :: rheum crusts around the eyes, sleepy sand |
| slaapzand {n} [fiction] | :: the sleepy sand thrown in people's eyes by the Sandman |
| slaapzucht {f} | :: (physical) narcolepsy |
| slaapzucht {f} | :: (mental) lethargy |
| slaatje {noun} | :: small salad |
| Slaats {prop} | :: surname |
| slab {f} [also very common in the diminutive] | :: bib |
| slabak {m} | :: a salad bowl (a bowl used to hold lettuce and other salad ingredients) |
| slabak {f} {m} | :: someone who slacks off |
| slabakken {v} | :: to slack (off) |
| slacht {c} | :: slaughter |
| slachten {vt} | :: to slaughter |
| slachter {m} | :: slaughterer |
| slachterij {f} | :: slaughterhouse |
| slachthuis {n} | :: abattoir, slaughterhouse |
| slachtoffer {n} | :: victim |
| slachtoffer {n} [dated, religion] | :: sacrificial victim, usually an animal |
| slachtofferrol {mf} | :: the position of a victim of (perceived) injustice |
| slag {m} | :: blow, knock, strike |
| slag {m} | :: beat, stroke, pulsation |
| slag {m} | :: battle |
| slag {m} [baseball] | :: strike, hit |
| slag {n} | :: kind, type, sort |
| slag {n} | :: parcel, plot, premise (stretch of land) |
| slagader {c} | :: artery |
| slagbal {n} | :: A sport similar to baseball and softball that is played on a smaller, according to the official rules hexagonal, field with either a flat bat or a small cylindrical bat and in which runners receive an out when the ball is put on the home plate |
| slagboom {m} [transport] | :: boom barrier, boom gate |
| slagen {v} | :: to succeed (obtaining what was desired) |
| slagen {v} | :: to pass a test |
| slager {m} | :: butcher (one who prepares and sells meat and meat products) |
| slager {m} [obsolete] | :: killer, slayer, murderer |
| slagerij {f} | :: butcher's shop |
| slaginstrument {n} [music] | :: percussion instrument |
| slagkracht {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: clout, strength, power |
| slagroom {m} | :: whipped cream |
| slagroomspuit {f} | :: cream spray (for whipped cream) |
| slagroomtaart {noun} | :: cream pie |
| slagschaduw {f} | :: shadow, umbra (dark regions of a shadow) |
| slagschip {n} | :: battleship |
| slagtand {m} | :: tusk, a large tooth extending outside the mouth, as on an elephant, fit as a weapon |
| slagtand {m} | :: a boar's razor |
| slagvaardig {adj} | :: alert, ready for battle |
| slagveld {n} [military] | :: battlefield |
| slagveld {n} [figurative] | :: carnage, disaster area |
| slagwapen {n} | :: A melee weapon with which one slashes or chops (as opposed to stabbing) |
| slagwerk {n} [uncountable, music] | :: percussion |
| slagzij {n} | :: tilt |
| slagzij maken {v} [nautical] | :: to heel |
| slagzin {m} | :: slogan |
| slagzwaard {n} | :: longsword |
| slak {f} {m} | :: snail, slug (any gastropod) |
| slak {f} | :: slag (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore) |
| slak {f} | :: hard, molten leftovers of burnt coal and other solid fuels |
| slaken {v} | :: to utter (a sound, word or cry), especially a sigh; to heave; to fetch |
| slakkengang {m} | :: A snail's pace, a very slow pace |
| slakkenhuis {n} | :: snail shell |
| slakkenhuis {n} | :: cochlea (cavity of the inner ear) |
| slakkenhuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of slakkenhuis |
| slampamper {m} [pejorative] | :: A lazy, decadent, often gluttonous, man |
| 's lands {phrase} | :: the country's; of the country; in the country |
| slang {f} | :: snake, squamate of the suborder Serpentes |
| slang {f} | :: hose (flexible tube) |
| slang {n} | :: language outside the conventional register specific to a social group, slang |
| Slang {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Serpens |
| slangenarend {m} | :: short-toed snake eagle, Circaetus gallicus |
| Slangendrager {prop} {m} [zodiac constellations] | :: Ophiuchus |
| slangengif {n} | :: snake venom (poison that a serpent administers through its fangs) |
| slangengift {n} | :: dated form of slangengif |
| slangenkuil {m} | :: snake pit (pit full of snakes, pit inhabited by snakes) |
| slangenkuil {m} | :: snake pit (treacherous, hostile place) |
| slangenmens {m} {n} | :: contortionist (acrobat whose body can be contorted into unusual postures) |
| slangster {f} | :: A brittle star, an echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea |
| slangsterretje {noun} | :: diminutive of slangster |
| slank {adj} | :: slender, slim |
| slanke klaproos {f} [slightly, dated] | :: blind eyes, long-headed poppy Papaver dubium |
| slanken {vi} [obsolete] | :: to become slim |
| slaolie {f} | :: salad oil |
| slaoliestijl {m} [Netherlands, chiefly derogatory] | :: art nouveau |
| slap {adj} | :: slack |
| slap {adj} | :: weak |
| slapeloosheid {f} | :: insomnia |
| slapen {v} | :: to sleep |
| slapen als een roos {vi} [simile] | :: to be fast asleep |
| slapende rekening {f} [banking] | :: An inactive or dormant account |
| slapende vulkaan {m} | :: dormant volcano |
| slapenstijd {m} [archaic] | :: bedtime |
| slaper {m} | :: A sleeper, one who sleeps |
| slaper {m} | :: A dyke that doesn't function as a water barrier but is capable of acting as a reserve barrier |
| slaperig {adj} | :: sleepy, tending to go to sleep |
| slapheid {f} | :: indolence |
| slapjanus {m} [derogatory] | :: weakling |
| slapte {f} | :: slackness |
| slasaus {f} | :: A salad dressing, often resembling inviscid mayonnaise |
| slavenaard {m} | :: a servile disposition/character |
| slavenarbeid {m} | :: slave labour |
| slavenhandel {m} | :: slave trade |
| slavenhandelaar {m} | :: slave trader |
| slavenkolonie {f} | :: slave colony |
| slavenmarkt {m} | :: A slave market |
| slavenschip {n} | :: A slave ship, a slaver |
| slavenziel {f} | :: a servile disposition/character |
| slavernij {f} | :: slavery |
| slavernij {f} | :: oppression, submission, bondage |
| slavin {f} | :: female slave |
| Slavisch {adj} | :: Slavic |
| Slavische {f} | :: female Slav (person of Slavic origins) |
| slavist {m} | :: Slavist |
| slavistiek {f} | :: Slavic studies, Slavistics, study of the Slavic languages and the culture of the Slavic peoples |
| Slavonië {prop} {n} | :: Slavonia |
| slecht {adj} | :: bad |
| slecht {adj} [dialectal, obsolete] | :: ordinary, simple, common, mean |
| slechte {noun} | :: bad person |
| slechte {noun} [fiction, in the plural] | :: the bad guys |
| slechten {vt} | :: to smoothe, to even out |
| slechten {vt} | :: to remove, to make disappear |
| slechterik {m} [childish] | :: baddie, bad guy |
| slechtgehumeurd {adj} | :: in a bad mood |
| slechts {adv} | :: only, just |
| slechtstschrijvend {adj} | :: Worst-writing. Describing the worst of several writers |
| slechtvalk {m} | :: peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
| slechtziend {adj} | :: Having poor vision, visually impaired |
| slechtziende {noun} | :: A visually impaired person |
| slede {f} | :: dated form of slee |
| sledehond {m} | :: A sled dog |
| sledetocht {m} | :: sleigh ride or sleigh trip |
| slee {f} | :: sled, sleigh, wheelless vehicle which glides on land or ice |
| slee {f} [colloquial] | :: A large/prestigious car |
| slee {m} | :: The spiny shrub sloe, Prunus spinosa |
| slee {m} | :: Its stony fruit |
| slee {adj} | :: stiff, cramped |
| slee {adj} | :: blunt |
| slee {adj} | :: sour |
| sleeën {v} | :: to sleigh |
| sleep {m} | :: (the act of) dragging, towing |
| sleep {m} | :: train, the part of wedding gown that drags behind the bride |
| sleepboot {m} | :: tugboat |
| sleephopperzuiger {m} | :: trailing suction hopper dredger |
| sleepkabel {m} | :: towline |
| sleepnet {n} | :: trawl, dragnet |
| sleepnetbevoegdheid {f} | :: the authority to engage in the mass collection of digital data in a certain area regardless of the identity of the sender or the recipient |
| sleeptoon {m} [Limburgish phonology] | :: long level tone |
| sleeptouw {m} | :: towline |
| sleepwagen {m} | :: tow truck |
| sleepwet {prop} {f} [Netherlands, politics] | :: Nickname of the Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2017, a revision of the Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2002 |
| Sleeswijk-Holstein {prop} {n} | :: Schleswig-Holstein |
| sleet {c} [chiefly Belgium] | :: wear |
| sleets {adj} | :: extremely worn and weathered |
| sleeuw {adj} | :: alternative form of slee |
| sleg {f} | :: wooden sledgehammer |
| slenk {f} [geology] | :: graben |
| slenk {f} [geography] | :: small meandering salt-water inlet: creek |
| slenk {f} | :: naturally-formed trench filled with water |
| slenteren {v} | :: to saunter, to stroll |
| slepen {v} | :: to drag, to tow |
| slepen {v} | :: to slide |
| slet {f} | :: slut |
| slet {f} [archaic, dialectal] | :: rag, cloth |
| sletterig {adj} | :: slutty, whorish |
| sletvrees {f} | :: the shame or sense of guilt a woman experiences for having sexual desires, the fear in a woman of being judged for having such desires |
| sleuf {f} | :: slit (narrow cut or opening; a slot) |
| sleuf {f} | :: any long, narrow opening: trench, etc |
| sleufmachine {f} | :: disc cutter (handheld power tool, similar in construction to an angle grinder, but with different type of disc at business end) |
| sleufmachine {f} | :: wall chaser (handheld power tool) |
| sleur {f} | :: rut; rote; groove (mechanical routine) |
| sleuren {vt} | :: to pull, to drag, to tow [usually in a careless or unrefined manner] |
| sleurgeloof {n} [derogatory] | :: A religion practised as a dull traditional routine |
| sleurhut {f} [Netherlands, colloquial] | :: caravan |
| sleutel {m} | :: A key |
| sleutel {m} | :: A wrench, a spanner |
| sleutel {m} [music] | :: A clef |
| sleutelbaard {m} | :: key bit |
| sleutelbeen {n} | :: collarbone |
| sleutelen {v} | :: to tinker, repair |
| sleutelfiguur {f} | :: key figure, crucial character or person |
| sleutelgaatje {noun} | :: diminutive of sleutelgat |
| sleutelgat {n} | :: A keyhole |
| sleutelhanger {m} | :: keychain |
| sleutelkind {n} | :: latch-key child |
| sleutelkoord {f} {n} | :: lanyard |
| sleutelrol {m} | :: key role, crucial role |
| sleutelroman {m} | :: A novel about real-life people and events (though possibly with altered names) |
| slib {n} | :: silt, mud or earth deposit |
| slib {n} | :: sediment |
| sliert {m} | :: wisp, ribbon, string, tendril, strand (long, narrow, flaccid object) |
| sliert {m} | :: line [e.g. of people], row, chain |
| sliertje {noun} | :: diminutive of sliert |
| slijk {n} | :: mud |
| slijk der aarde {n} | :: See: nl slijk der aarde |
| slijk der aarde {n} | :: money, filthy lucre |
| slijkgeus {m} [obsolete, Protestantism, pejorative] | :: Gomarist |
| slijm {m} {n} | :: slime |
| slijm {m} {n} | :: mucus (particularly phlegm) |
| slijmbal {m} | :: A slimeball, sycophant, reprehensible person |
| slijmbal {m} [rare] | :: A ball of slime |
| slijmen {v} | :: To suck up to a person |
| slijmerig {adj} | :: slimy, mucous |
| slijmvlies {n} | :: mucous membrane |
| slijmzwam {f} | :: slime mould |
| slijpen {v} | :: to sharpen |
| slijpen {v} | :: to grind (a lens e.g.) |
| slijper {m} | :: agent noun of slijpen; sharpener |
| slijptol {m} | :: A cutter grinder, a power grinder |
| slijtage {f} | :: wear (as in "wear and tear") |
| slijten {v} | :: to tear |
| slijten {v} | :: to wear down |
| slijten {v} | :: to sell |
| slijter {m} | :: a liquor store owner |
| slijterij {f} | :: liquor store |
| slijtplek {f} | :: A wear, a damaged spot |
| slijtplekje {noun} | :: diminutive of slijtplek |
| slikken {v} | :: to swallow |
| slim {adj} | :: intelligent, bright |
| slim {adj} | :: clever, smart |
| slim {adj} [now, dialectal, Eastern Dutch] | :: wrong, incorrect, bad |
| slimheid {f} | :: cleverness, smartness, ingenuity |
| slimheid {f} [obsolete] | :: wrongness |
| slingen {v} [dated] | :: to sling |
| slingen {v} [dated] | :: to wind, to coil |
| slinger {m} | :: A garland, a line with party flags or similar decoration |
| slinger {m} [physics] | :: A pendulum |
| slinger {m} | :: A sling (projectile weapon) |
| slingeraap {m} | :: spider monkey, monkey of the genus Ateles |
| slingeraapje {noun} | :: diminutive of slingeraap |
| slingeren {v} | :: to sway, to swerve |
| slingeren {v} | :: to fling, to sling |
| slingeren {v} [nautical] | :: to roll |
| slingerklok {f} {m} | :: pendulum clock |
| slingerpaadje {noun} | :: diminutive of slingerpad |
| slingerpad {n} | :: A winding path |
| slingerplant {f} [botany] | :: twiner; bine (twining plant) |
| slingerplantje {noun} | :: diminutive of slingerplant |
| slingeruurwerk {n} | :: pendulum clock |
| Slingeruurwerk {prop} {n} [constellation] | :: Horologium |
| slinken {vi} | :: to shrink, to lessen, to decrease |
| slip {f} | :: A pair of briefs, a short type of undershorts which covers the buttocks but nothing below |
| slip {f} [by extension, for women] | :: A pair of knickers, any female underpants |
| slip {f} | :: tail, part of an upper garment hanging below the waist |
| slip {m} | :: skid, an act or instance of slipping |
| slippen {vi} | :: To slide, slip, lose one's traction |
| slippendrager {m} [figurative] | :: subservient person |
| slippendrager {m} | :: One who carries a slip; pallbearer, [more strictly] one who carries a winding sheet at one of the corners |
| slissen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to end, to put a stop to |
| slissen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to decide (a conflict) |
| slissen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to extinguish (a fire) |
| slissen {vi} | :: to lisp |
| slobberen {vi} | :: to slurp, to drink audibly |
| slobberen {vi} | :: to misfit, to hang loose |
| slobberig {adj} | :: unkempt, grubby |
| slobberig {adj} | :: baggy, roomy (said of clothes) |
| slobkous {f} | :: gaiter, spat |
| slobkousbij {f} | :: yellow-loosestrife bee, Macropis europaea |
| slobkousbij {f} | :: any bee of the genus Macropis |
| slobkousbijtje {noun} | :: diminutive of slobkousbij |
| slochter {m} | :: alternative form of slufter |
| sloddervos {m} | :: A messy, untidy person, a sloven or slattern; someone who doesn't keep their home tidy |
| sloeber {m} | :: pitiable person |
| sloeber {m} | :: kind-hearted, loyal person, often somewhat big and slow |
| sloeber {m} | :: naughty child; rascal |
| sloep {f} | :: A small boat, with oars and historically often with a mast |
| sloep {f} | :: A rowing boat or small motorboat carried on a ship |
| sloep {f} [historical] | :: A sloop |
| sloerie {f} [pejorative] | :: slut, tramp (insult for a woman, relating to promiscuity) |
| slof {m} | :: house or bedroom slipper (shoe) |
| sloffen {v} | :: to trudge, shuffle |
| slok {m} | :: draught, sip, gulp |
| slokdarm {m} | :: gullet, oesophagus |
| slokken {v} | :: to swallow gluttonously |
| slokop {m} | :: a glutton, a pig |
| slome duikelaar {m} [pejorative] | :: a slow-witted person, dullard, dolt |
| slons {f} | :: slob, frump |
| sloof {f} | :: apron, especially an artisan's or food worker's apron |
| sloof {f} | :: A hard-working woman doing domestic work; e.g. a maid or housewife |
| sloom {adj} | :: sluggish, lifeless |
| sloop {f} {n} | :: pillowcase, pillowslip |
| sloop {m} | :: demolition |
| sloophuis {n} | :: A house that has been designated for demolition |
| sloopwerk {n} | :: demolition work, demolition job |
| sloot {f} | :: ditch, trench |
| slootjespringen {vi} | :: to jump over a ditch, especially as a children's game |
| slootwater {n} | :: ditchwater |
| slootwater {n} [colloquial] | :: any weak or watery drink; swill |
| slop {n} | :: a bad situation |
| slop {n} | :: run-down house, shanty |
| slopen {v} | :: to demolish |
| sloping {f} | :: demolition, the act or process of demolishing |
| slopingswerk {n} | :: demolition work, demolition job |
| slopje {noun} | :: alleyway |
| sloppenwijk {f} | :: shantytown, slum |
| slordig {adj} | :: sloppy, careless |
| slordig {adj} | :: undisciplined, haphazard |
| slordig {adj} | :: unkempt, untidy, slovenly |
| slordigheid {f} | :: inaccuracy |
| slordigheid {f} | :: sloppiness |
| slot {n} | :: lock (something used for fastening) |
| slot {n} | :: castle |
| slot {n} | :: end, conclusion |
| Sloten {prop} {n} | :: Sloten (town) |
| Sloten {prop} {n} | :: Sloten (village) |
| slotgracht {f} {m} | :: moat |
| slotpleidooi {n} [legal] | :: closing argument (in a court case) |
| slottoren {m} | :: donjon, keep |
| Sloveens {adj} | :: Slovene, Slovenian |
| Sloveens {prop} {n} | :: Slovene (language) |
| Slovenië {prop} {n} | :: Slovenia |
| Slowaaks {adj} | :: Slovak, Slovakian |
| Slowaaks {prop} {n} | :: Slovak (language) |
| Slowakije {prop} {n} | :: Slovakia |
| slowen {v} | :: to slow dance |
| slufter {m} | :: tidal dune inlet (coastal valley located behind (former) dunes where sea water can enter at exceptionally high tides) |
| sluier {m} | :: A veil |
| sluierbewolking {f} | :: A cloud cover consisting of thin, low-hanging clouds |
| sluieren {vt} | :: to veil, to cover with a veil |
| sluik {adj} [of hair] | :: straight, smooth |
| sluikhandel {m} | :: smuggling, illicit trade |
| sluikreclame {f} [uncountable] | :: surreptitious advertising (e.g. product placement) |
| sluikreclame {f} [countable] | :: surreptitious advertisement |
| sluikstort {n} {m} [Belgium] | :: An illegal garbage dump |
| sluikstorten {v} [Belgium] | :: To dispose of waste illegally |
| sluimeren {v} | :: to slumber |
| sluipen {vi} | :: to sneak, to move stealthily |
| sluiper {m} | :: One who sneaks; a sneak |
| sluipmoordenaar {m} | :: assassin, furtive murderer |
| sluipmoordenaar {m} [figurative] | :: anything lethal that is hard to detect |
| sluiproute {m} | :: shortcut (a shorter and faster way to a place) |
| sluipschutter {m} | :: sniper |
| sluipverkeer {n} | :: traffic that engages in cut-through driving |
| sluipweg {m} | :: a bypass, a faster alternate route |
| sluipwesp {f} | :: parasitoid wasp |
| sluis {f} | :: sluice, lock |
| sluiten {vti} | :: to close |
| sluiten {vt} | :: to make, to affirm (a pact, friendship etc.) |
| sluiter {m} | :: One who closes, notably any person who closes up, locks or guards something/somewhere; especially: |
| sluiter {m} | :: a jailer |
| sluiter {m} | :: a doorkeeper |
| sluiter {m} | :: a gatekeeper |
| sluiter {m} | :: a cellar keeper |
| sluiter {m} | :: The camera part shutter |
| sluiter {m} | :: A brake shoe |
| sluitertijd {mf} | :: shutter speed, exposure time |
| sluiting {f} | :: closure |
| sluiting {f} | :: lock |
| sluitrede {f} | :: A syllogism (inference from premises) |
| sluitstuk {n} | :: stop |
| sluitstuk {n} | :: final part, tail end, finale |
| sluizen {v} | :: to sluice, to manipulate a sluice gate so as to either restrict or allow waterflow |
| Sluizen {prop} {n} | :: Sluizen, a borough of Tongeren, Belgium |
| Sluizen {prop} {n} | :: L'Écluse, a village in Belgium |
| slukes {interj} [Belgium] | :: goodbye |
| slungel {m} | :: a tall thin and somewhat clumsy person |
| slungelachtig {adj} | :: clumsy |
| slurf {mf} | :: trunk (extended nasal organ of certain animals, like the elephant) |
| slurf {mf} [colloquial] | :: penis, dick |
| slurf {mf} [aviation] | :: jet bridge |
| slurf {mf} | :: obsolete form of slurp |
| slurfdier {n} | :: An animal of the order Proboscidea |
| slurp {mf} | :: a gulp that involves slurping noises |
| slurp {mf} | :: a slurping noise, especially when drinking or eating |
| slurp {mf} [archaic, dialectal] | :: alternative form of slurf |
| slurpen {v} | :: to slurp |
| slurven {v} | :: alternative form of slurpen |
| sluw {adj} | :: sly, cunning |
| sluwheid {f} | :: cunning |
| sm {n} | :: sadomasochism |
| sma {f} [Netherlands, slang] | :: woman, girl |
| sma {f} [Netherlands, slang] | :: darling, babe |
| smaad {m} | :: vilification, slandering |
| smaadrede {f} | :: A libellous expression, including any types of discourse from brief insults to lengthy harangues |
| smaak {m} | :: taste, sense of taste |
| smaak {m} | :: taste, decorum |
| smaakvol {adj} | :: tasteful |
| smaakzin {m} | :: sense of taste |
| smachten {vi} | :: to yearn [+ naar (object) = after/for], to pine [+ naar (object) = for] |
| smadelijk {adj} | :: slanderous, dishonourable |
| smaden {v} [formal] | :: to vilify, defame |
| smak {c} | :: crash, blow, smack |
| smakelijk {adj} | :: tasty, delicious |
| smakelijk {interj} [colloquial] | :: enjoy your meal, bon appétit |
| smakelijk eten {interj} | :: enjoy your meal, bon appétit |
| smakeloos {adj} | :: tasteless (said of food and drink) |
| smakeloos {adj} [figuratively] | :: obscene, vulgar, tasteless |
| smaken {vi} | :: to taste |
| smaken {vi} | :: to taste good, to be likable in taste |
| smaken {vt} | :: to experience; to enjoy |
| smakken {v} | :: to smack, to crash hard |
| smakken {v} | :: to make noise while eating |
| smal {adj} | :: narrow |
| smalband {m} [telecommunications] | :: narrowband, a narrow band of frequencies |
| smaldeel {n} [nautical] | :: squadron or naval division (group of ships, belonging to a fleet or flotilla) |
| smaldeel {n} | :: subdivision of an organisation or body |
| smalen {v} | :: to scorn (to display contempt) |
| smalend {adj} | :: scornful |
| smalend {adv} | :: scornfully, pejoratively |
| smalle weegbree {f} | :: ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) |
| Smallingerland {prop} | :: Smallingerland (municipality) |
| smalneusaap {m} | :: catarrhine, any member of the parvorder Catarrhini |
| smalspoor {n} | :: narrow gauge railway |
| smalspoortrein {m} | :: narrow gauge train |
| smaragd {m} | :: emerald |
| smaragden {adj} | :: emerald |
| smart {f} | :: pain, sorrow, grief |
| smartegeld {n} | :: Financial compensation for immaterial damages |
| smartelijk {adj} | :: painful, grievous, hurtful, causing pain |
| smartelijk {adj} | :: doleful, sorrowful, experiencing hurt or grief |
| smartelijk {adj} | :: intensely longing |
| smartengeld {n} | :: equitable remedy |
| smartphone {m} | :: smartphone |
| smeden {v} | :: to forge, hammer into shape |
| smeden {v} [figuratively] | :: to make (a plan), plot |
| smederij {f} | :: smithy, smithery (location) |
| smeedblok {n} | :: anvil |
| smeedijzer {n} | :: wrought iron |
| smeekbede {f} | :: entreaty, supplication |
| smeer {m} {n} | :: smear, a fat substance |
| smeer {m} [Brabant] | :: blow, whack |
| Smeerenburg {prop} | :: A former whaling outpost, built in the 17th century by the Dutch on Amsterdam Island in northwest Spitsbergen, Norway |
| smeergeld {n} | :: graft, bribe |
| smeerkaas {m} [chiefly uncountable] | :: cheese spread |
| smeerlap {m} [pejorative, generic insult] | :: asshole, bastard |
| smeerlap {m} [pejorative] | :: dirtbag, pervert |
| smeerlap {m} [pejorative] | :: a gross person |
| smeerolie {f} | :: motor oil |
| smeerpoets {mf} | :: dirty or gross person, dirty fellow |
| smeersel {n} [pharmacy] | :: An ointment, a balm; a liquid emulsion |
| smeerseltje {noun} | :: diminutive of smeersel |
| Smeets {prop} | :: surname |
| smegma {n} | :: smegma |
| smeir {m} [Brabantian] | :: alternative form of smeer |
| smeken {v} | :: to beg, implore, urge |
| smelt {m} | :: a quantity of molten material |
| smelten {vi} | :: to melt |
| smelten {vt} | :: to melt |
| smelten {vt} | :: to smelt |
| smeltkroes {m} | :: crucible, melting pot |
| smeltkroes {m} [figurative] | :: melting pot (place where heterogeneous things are mixed) |
| smeltkroes {m} [figurative, dated] | :: crucible (difficult or painful experience that refines) |
| smeltkunde {f} [obsolete] | :: metallurgy [sometimes called “alchemy” or “chemistry” in references] |
| smeltkunst {f} [obsolete] | :: metallurgy [often called “alchemy” in references] |
| smeltpunt {n} | :: melting point |
| smeltwater {n} | :: meltwater |
| smeltzout {n} | :: emulsifying salt |
| smeren {vt} | :: to smear, to rub a substance |
| smeren {vt} [by extension, of bread-like foods] | :: to make, to butter |
| smeren {vt} | :: to grease, to oil, etc. (to make run more smoothly) |
| smeren {vt} | :: to corrupt, to pay off, to bribe |
| smerig {adj} | :: dirty, filthy, grubby |
| smeris {m} [pejorative, Bargoens, Netherlands] | :: cop, pig, police officer |
| smet {mf} | :: a stain, a blemish |
| smet {mf} [figuratively] | :: an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure |
| smet {mf} [obsolete] | :: infection |
| Smets {prop} | :: surname |
| smetstof {f} | :: A germ, a pathogen |
| smetten {vt} | :: to dirty, to foul |
| smetten {vt} | :: to defile |
| smetten {vt} [obsolete] | :: to infect |
| smetvrees {f} | :: mysophobia, germophobia |
| smeuïg {adj} | :: smoothable, bendable |
| smeuïg {adj} [cooking] | :: spreadable |
| smeuïg {adj} | :: racy, exciting, titillating |
| smeuïg {adj} [language] | :: expressive use of language, in order to sound funny or interesting |
| smeulen {v} | :: to smoulder |
| smid {m} | :: smith |
| Smid {prop} | :: surname |
| 's middags {adv} | :: in the afternoon |
| smidse {f} | :: forge, smithy (workshop of a smith) |
| smiecht {m} [pejorative, dated] | :: a rat, sneak, bastard |
| smijdig {adj} | :: supple, flexible |
| smijdig {adj} | :: malleable, pliable |
| smijten {v} | :: to fling or hurl, to throw forcefully |
| smikkel {m} [colloquial] | :: face, mouth |
| smikkelen {v} | :: to feast (on), to eat (delectable food) |
| Smilde {prop} {n} | :: Smilde (village) |
| smiley {m} | :: smiley |
| Smit {prop} | :: surname |
| Smits {prop} | :: surname |
| smoel {m} [colloquial] | :: mouth |
| smoel {m} [colloquial] | :: look, appearance |
| smoes {m} | :: excuse, pretext |
| smoesje {noun} | :: diminutive of smoes |
| smoezelig {adj} | :: untidy, grimy, unkempt |
| smoezen {v} | :: to talk softly, murmur, whisper |
| smog {m} | :: smog |
| smoken {v} [slang] | :: to smoke, especially weed or hash |
| smoking {m} | :: smoking jacket, black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo |
| smokkel {m} | :: smuggling |
| smokkelaar {m} | :: smuggler |
| smokkelen {vt} | :: to smuggle, to transport contraband |
| smokkelen {vi} [colloquial] | :: to cut corners, to use a shortcut |
| smokkelnest {n} | :: smugglers' nest |
| smombie {m} | :: smombie, smartphone zombie (walking smartphone user who is oblivious to the surrounding world) |
| smoothie {m} | :: A smoothie |
| smoren {vt} | :: to smother, to suffocate, to deprive of oxygen |
| smoren {vt} | :: to muffle, to repress, to diminish, to die out |
| smoren {vit} | :: to braise |
| smoren {v} [colloquial, Belgium] | :: to smoke weed |
| 's morgens {adv} | :: in the morning |
| smoske {noun} | :: club sandwich prepared with any kind of sauce |
| smossen {v} [Brabantian] | :: spill, make a mess |
| smots {f} | :: spilled old rag |
| smots {f} | :: mop |
| smots {f} | :: slut |
| smous {m} [ethnic slur, offensive] | :: Jew |
| smous {m} | :: A small breed of terrier with a light to dark beige fur, native to the Netherlands |
| smoushond {m} | :: synonym of smous |
| smout {n} | :: melted and solidified animal fat |
| smout {n} | :: any type of melted and solidified fat |
| smout {n} [rare] | :: any type of oil |
| smout {n} | :: type of melted and solidified lard, often sweetened with sugar or another additive, used as bread spread |
| smoutebol {m} [Belgium] | :: an oliebol-like treat, deep-fried in lard |
| smoutebol {m} [Belgium] | :: an oliebol |
| smoutenbol {m} | :: common misspelling of smoutebol |
| sms {m} | :: SMS, a service for sending text messages on a cellular telephone system |
| sms {m} | :: a text message, an SMS message |
| sms'en {vt} | :: to send a/as text message (to ...) |
| smuigen {v} [obsolete] | :: to eat secretly, to snack in secrecy |
| smuilen {v} [archaic] | :: to smile |
| smullen {v} | :: to eat quickly, to feast [+ van (object) = on] |
| smulpaap {m} | :: glutton, gourmand |
| smurf {m} [comics, fictional character] | :: smurf |
| smurfen {vit} | :: to smurf |
| smurfendebat {n} [Netherlands, politics, neologism] | :: A debate between the leaders of small political parties |
| smurrie {m} | :: sludge, gunk, mud |
| snaaien {vti} [colloquial] | :: to snack |
| snaaien {vti} [colloquial] | :: to snag, to knick |
| snaak {m} | :: joker, prankster |
| snaak {m} | :: (jokingly) boy, young man |
| snaaks {adj} | :: mischievously funny, pranksterish |
| snaar {f} [music] | :: string |
| snaar {f} [physics] | :: string |
| snaarinstrument {n} [music] | :: string instrument |
| snaartheoreticus {m} | :: string theorist |
| snaartheorie {f} [physics] | :: string theory |
| 's nachts {adv} | :: during the night, in the night, at night |
| snack {m} | :: snack |
| snackbar {m} | :: snack bar |
| snacken {v} | :: to snack |
| snackmuur {f} [Netherlands] | :: snack dispenser built into a wall |
| snakken {v} | :: to open the mouth greedily |
| snakken {v} | :: to strongly desire, to crave [+ naar (object) = for] |
| snaphaan {m} [historical] | :: silver coin from Guelders |
| snaphaan {m} [historical] | :: early type of flintlock |
| snaphaan {m} [obsolete] | :: any type of flintlock |
| snaphaan {m} [obsolete] | :: gun, rifle |
| snappen {v} | :: to get, to understand |
| snappen {v} | :: to catch in the act |
| snauwen {vit} | :: to snap, to sneer, to snarl |
| snavel {m} | :: beak |
| snavel {m} [derogatory] | :: mouth |
| snaveldier {n} | :: monotreme |
| sneaken {v} | :: to move inconspicuously |
| sneaker {m} | :: sneaker |
| snebbe {f} | :: beak |
| snebbe {f} [nautical] | :: sharp prow; [also] rostrum |
| snede {f} {m} | :: cut, section |
| snee {mf} | :: cut (an opening resulting from cutting) |
| snee {mf} | :: slice (a piece cut off from a whole) |
| sneedhamer {m} | :: swage |
| sneer {m} | :: snide remark |
| sneeuw {f} | :: snow (frozen precipitation) |
| sneeuw {f} | :: snow, static, noise (on a display screen) |
| sneeuw {f} [slang] | :: cocaine |
| sneeuwachtig {adj} | :: snowlike, resembling snow |
| sneeuwanker {n} [mountaineering] | :: ice anchor |
| sneeuwbal {m} | :: snowball, ball of snow |
| sneeuwballen {v} | :: to throw snowballs |
| sneeuwballengevecht {n} | :: snowball fight |
| sneeuwband {m} | :: snow tire (soft-rubber winter tire) |
| sneeuwbank {f} | :: snowdrift |
| sneeuwbeer {m} [uncommon, archaic] | :: polar bear |
| sneeuwbes {f} | :: snowberry |
| sneeuwblind {adj} | :: snowblind, blindness caused by overexposure to UV light because of reflection by snow |
| sneeuwblindheid {f} | :: snow blindness |
| sneeuwbol {m} | :: snow globe |
| sneeuwbom {f} | :: A period or instance of heavy snowfall |
| sneeuwbom {f} [dated] | :: (large) snowball |
| sneeuwbril {m} | :: A pair of snow goggles |
| sneeuwbui {f} | :: bout of snow, (period of) snowfall, (mild) snowstorm (meteorological phenomenon of continuous snowfall over a certain period) |
| sneeuwdek {n} | :: snow cover |
| sneeuwdrift {f} | :: snowdrift |
| sneeuwduin {f} | :: snowdrift |
| sneeuwen {v} | :: to snow |
| sneeuwen {adj} | :: snowy, consisting of snow |
| sneeuwen {adj} | :: snow white, being the colour of snow |
| sneeuwengel {m} | :: snow angel |
| sneeuwerig {adj} | :: snowy |
| sneeuwfrees {m} | :: rotary snow plough, rotary snow plow |
| sneeuwgans {f} | :: snow goose, Chen caerulescens (individually or as a species) |
| sneeuwgeit {f} | :: mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus (either an individual or the entire species) |
| sneeuwgrens {f} | :: snow line |
| sneeuwhaas {m} | :: snow hare, mountain hare, Lepus timidus |
| sneeuwhoen {n} | :: Any grouses of the genus Lagopus |
| sneeuwhoos {f} | :: snow tornado |
| sneeuwhut {m} | :: igloo |
| sneeuwig {adj} [now, uncommon] | :: snowy |
| sneeuwkanon {n} | :: snowgun, snow cannon |
| sneeuwketting {f} | :: tyre chain, tire chain, snow chain |
| sneeuwkleed {n} | :: snow cover |
| sneeuwklok {f} [chiefly diminutive] | :: snowdrop, flower of the genus Galanthus |
| sneeuwklokje {noun} | :: diminutive of sneeuwklok |
| sneeuwkristal {n} | :: snow crystal |
| sneeuwkroon {f} | :: a snow cover on a mountain |
| sneeuwlandschap {n} | :: snowscape, snowy landscape |
| sneeuwlawine {f} | :: avalanche, snowslide |
| sneeuwleeuw {m} | :: snow lion (Tibetan religious and cultural icon) |
| sneeuwloos {adj} | :: snowless, without snow |
| sneeuwluipaard {m} {n} | :: snow leopard, snow panther, Uncia uncia |
| sneeuwman {m} | :: snowman, figure made of snow |
| sneeuwmug {f} | :: a certain species of snow fly, Chionea belgica |
| sneeuwmug {f} | :: any snow fly, any insect of the genus Chionea |
| sneeuwmuis {f} | :: snow vole, Chionomys nivalis |
| sneeuwpanter {m} | :: snow panther, snow leopard, Uncia uncia |
| sneeuwploeg {mf} | :: snow plough, snow plow |
| sneeuwpop {f} {m} | :: snowman (figure made of snow) |
| sneeuwpudding {m} | :: a white pudding made of semolina or cornflour, milk, vanilla and sugar |
| sneeuwschep {f} {m} | :: snow shovel |
| sneeuwschoen {m} | :: snowshoe |
| sneeuwschuiver {m} | :: snow plough |
| sneeuwscooter {m} | :: snowmobile |
| sneeuwstorm {m} | :: snowstorm |
| sneeuwuil {mf} | :: snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus |
| sneeuwval {m} | :: snowfall |
| sneeuwvlo {f} | :: snow flea, Boreus hyemalis |
| sneeuwvlok {f} | :: snowflake |
| sneeuwvrouw {f} | :: female snowman, female figure made of snow |
| sneeuwwit {adj} | :: snow-white (colour) |
| sneeuwwit {n} | :: snow (colour) |
| Sneeuwwitje {prop} {n} | :: Snow White |
| Sneeuwwitje {n} | :: A shandy; a cocktail made with beer and lemonade (often 7 Up) |
| sneeuwwoestijn {f} | :: snow desert (snow-covered area with little precipitation) |
| Sneijder {prop} | :: surname |
| snek {c} | :: drakkar, Viking longship |
| snel {adj} | :: fast, quick, rapid |
| snelheid {f} | :: speed, velocity |
| snelheidsmeter {m} | :: speedometer |
| snelkookpan {f} | :: pressure cooker |
| snelkookrijst {f} {m} | :: precooked or pre-steamed rice |
| snelkoppeling {f} [computing] | :: shortcut |
| snellen {v} | :: to rush |
| snelschrift {n} | :: shorthand, stenography |
| snelschrift {n} [uncommon] | :: pamphlet |
| snelspanner {m} [cycling] | :: quick release lever |
| sneltoets {c} | :: hotkey, keyboard shortcut |
| sneltrein {m} | :: express train |
| snelverband {n} | :: A bandage that can be applied quickly |
| snelverkeer {n} | :: fast traffic, usually motorised traffic |
| snelweg {m} | :: freeway, highway, motorway |
| snert- {prefix} | :: stupid, damned, shit |
| snert {m} | :: pea soup |
| snert {m} | :: nonsense |
| snert {m} | :: goopy mess, gunk |
| snertnimf {f} [Netherlands, historical, nautical] | :: A woman who begged for leftovers from ships |
| snertvent {m} | :: A tosser, an objectionable male |
| sneu {adj} | :: pitiful, pathetic, sad |
| sneu {adj} | :: disappointed |
| sneu {adv} | :: pitiful, pathetic, sad |
| sneu {adv} | :: disappointed |
| sneu {f} [fishing] | :: any of the branch lines with baited hooks off a longline ("beug"); snood, gangion |
| sneuvelen {vi} | :: to die in battle |
| sneuvelen {vi} [figuratively] | :: to perish, to disappear |
| sneuvelen {v} [ergative] | :: to break |
| sneven {v} | :: to die in battle |
| sneven {v} [figurative] | :: to cease to exist |
| sniezen {v} [rare] | :: alternative form of niezen |
| snijbiet {c} | :: chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla) |
| snijbonenmolen {m} | :: A bean slicer; a kitchen implement for cutting long beans into pieces by means of rotating blades |
| snijboon {f} | :: A flat bean, a long variety of Phaseolus vulgaris, with flat pods and fully matured seeds |
| snijden {vi} | :: to cut |
| snijden {vt} | :: to cut off (in traffic) |
| snijkoek {m} | :: A type of spiced cake without succade commonly consumed in the Low Countries |
| snijplank {f} | :: chopping board, cutting board |
| snijpunt {n} [geometry] | :: point of simple crossing between two curves - i.e. point of intersection but not of tangency |
| snijwerk {n} [countable] | :: A carved object |
| snijwerk {n} [uncountable, uncommon] | :: Work that involves cutting or carving |
| snik {m} | :: A sob, a weep with a convulsive gasp |
| snikheet {adj} | :: [chiefly of the weather] smoldering hot |
| snikkel {m} [slang, vulgar] | :: penis |
| snikken {vi} | :: to sob |
| snip {f} | :: A snipe or woodcock, thin-beaked bird of the genera Gallinago, Scolopax, Lymnocryptes, Limnodromus and Coenocorypha |
| snip {f} [colloquial, Netherlands] | :: A 100 guilders banknote |
| snipper {c} | :: a shred, a snippet |
| snipperen {vt} | :: to cut food into small pieces |
| snob {m} | :: snob |
| snoeien {vti} | :: to prune |
| snoeier {m} | :: A pruner; one who prunes |
| snoeimes {n} | :: A pair of pruning shears |
| snoeimesje {noun} | :: diminutive of snoeimes |
| snoeisel {n} [uncountable] | :: pieces of plant material that are removed during pruning |
| snoeisel {n} [countable] | :: The same of a specific variety of plant |
| snoek {m} | :: pike (any fish of the genus Esox) |
| snoek {m} | :: pike, Northern pike, Esox lucius |
| snoekbaars {m} | :: zander (fish) |
| snoep {m} {n} [uncountable] | :: sweets, candy |
| snoepen {v} | :: to eat sweets or other tasty foods |
| snoepen {v} | :: to snack, to eat between meals |
| snoepgoed {n} | :: candy (in general), confectionery |
| snoepie {n} [colloquial, Hollandic] | :: alternative form of snoepje |
| snoepje {n} | :: a sweet, a piece of candy |
| snoepje {n} [slang] | :: a pill of ecstasy or, more broadly, any drug in pill form |
| snoepreep {m} | :: candy bar |
| snoepreis {f} [chiefly diminutive] | :: A junket, a pleasure trip |
| snoepreis {f} [chiefly diminutive, obsolete] | :: An extramarital tryst |
| snoer {n} | :: a cord, cable |
| snoer {n} | :: a necklace (especially one formed by stringing a number of objects, such as beads, together) |
| snoer {f} [derogatory] | :: hooker, slut |
| snoer {f} [obsolete] | :: daughter-in-law |
| snoeren {v} | :: to lace, string |
| snoeren {vt} [figuratively] | :: to shut up |
| snoes {c} [affectionate] | :: sweetheart, darling |
| snoeshaan {m} | :: unusual or weird person |
| snoet {m} [affectionate] | :: The face, especially mouth and nose, of a human or some animals |
| snoet {m} [uncommon] | :: synonym of snuit |
| snoetje {noun} | :: diminutive of snoet |
| snoeven {vi} | :: to brag, to boast |
| snoezelen {v} | :: to practice snoezelen |
| snoezig {adj} | :: adorable, dinky, lovely |
| snoge {f} [Judaism] | :: a (usually Sephardic) synagogue |
| snol {f} [pejorative] | :: slut, whore, promiscuous woman |
| snol {f} [obsolete] | :: babe, lover |
| snollen {noun} [Brabantian] | :: search through something, often surreptitiously |
| snood {adj} | :: villanous and criminal |
| snooker {m} | :: snooker |
| snor {f} | :: moustache |
| snor {m} | :: Savi's warbler (Locustella luscinioides) |
| snorfiets {f} | :: moped, limited to 25 km/h speed |
| snorhaar {n} [countable] | :: A whisker of certain non-human mammals, such as those of cats and rodents |
| snorhaar {n} [countable] | :: A moustache hair; [uncountable] moustache hair |
| snorkel {m} | :: snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube) |
| snorkel {m} | :: submarine snorkel, snort |
| snorkelaar {m} | :: A snorkeller |
| snorkelen {vi} | :: To snorkel, to dive using a snorkel |
| snorren {v} | :: to produce certain buzzy sounds, notably to hum, roar, purr, whirr |
| snorren {v} | :: to snoop |
| snorren {v} | :: to catch (in the act) |
| snorren {v} | :: to ply for hire, notably in cab-fare |
| snor zitten {vi} [impersonal] | :: to be all right, to be okay, to go well |
| snossel {f} [Brabantian] | :: snacks, candy |
| snossel {f} [Brabantian] | :: left-overs, small parts or items |
| snosselen {v} [Brabantian] | :: snack; eat candy |
| snot {n} | :: snot, nasal mucus |
| snotaap {m} | :: snot, contemptible brat |
| snotneus {m} | :: snotty nose, often symptomatic of a cold |
| snotneus {m} [metonymy, pejorative] | :: brat, whippersnapper, rather helpless/irresponsible youngster |
| snotneus {m} | :: a specific kind of oil lamp |
| snotolf {m} | :: lumpsucker, lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus |
| snotolf {m} [obsolete] | :: dirtbag, gross person |
| snottebel {f} [mainly childish] | :: snot, especially that is visible on someone's nose |
| snotvalling {f} | :: cold with prominent runny nose |
| snouwen {v} [archaic, dialectal] | :: alternative form of snuwen |
| snuf {f} | :: smell, odor |
| snuf {f} | :: snuff, sniffle |
| snuffelen {v} | :: to snuffle |
| snuffelen {v} [by extension] | :: to search for something haphazardly |
| snuffelhond {m} | :: detection dog, sniffer dog |
| snuffelvliegtuig {n} | :: sniffer plane |
| snuffen {v} | :: to snuff |
| snufferd {m} | :: nose |
| snufje {n} | :: diminutive of snuf: little smell |
| snufje {n} | :: diminutive of snuf: little snuff |
| snufje {n} | :: a small amount of tobacco, esp. one that can be snuffed in one instance |
| snufje {n} | :: (by extension) a tiny amount, a teeny bit, a pinch |
| snufje {n} | :: a novelty, something new |
| snugger {adj} | :: smart |
| snuifdoos {f} [historical] | :: snuffbox |
| snuiftabak {m} | :: snuff (tobacco) |
| snuiftabakje {n} | :: a portion of snuff |
| snuit {m} | :: A snout, a muzzle |
| snuit {m} | :: (by analogy, mainly human) A face, a facial expression |
| snuiten {vt} [of noses] | :: to blow one's nose |
| snuiten {vt} | :: to trim a candle's wick |
| snuiten {vt} [archaic] | :: to swindle, cheat out of money |
| snuiter {m} | :: snuffer |
| snuiter {m} | :: type of scissors used for extinguishing candles |
| snuiter {m} | :: conical extinguisher |
| snuiter {m} [by extension] | :: (curious) fellow, chap, [often] a strange chap |
| snuitkever {m} | :: weevil |
| snuiven {v} | :: to sniff |
| snuiver {m} | :: One who sniffs (smells, fragrances) or insufflates (tobacco, cocaine, etc.) |
| snuiver {m} | :: An exhaust or ventilation duct |
| snuiver {m} [obsolete] | :: A small chimney |
| snuiver {m} [nautical] | :: A submarine snorkel, a snort [UK] |
| snuiver {m} [historical] | :: A small room or small outbuilding for cooking, separate from the kitchen |
| snuiverbedrijf {n} | :: The act of sailing using a submarine snorkel |
| snuiveren {vi} [nautical, of submarines] | :: to sail at periscope depth by means of a snorkel |
| snuivermast {m} [nautical] | :: Retractable mast containing and encasing a submarine snort [UK] or snorkel [US] |
| snuivervaart {f} | :: The act of sailing using a submarine snorkel |
| snurken {vi} | :: to snore |
| snutten {vt} [Brabantian] | :: to blow (one's nose) |
| snuwen {v} [archaic, dialectal] | :: to snow |
| snuyt {m} | :: archaic spelling of snuit |
| soa {f} | :: acronym of seksueel overdraagbare aandoening |
| soap {f} | :: soap opera, soap |
| sober {adj} | :: simple, plain, austere |
| 's ochtends {adv} | :: in the morning |
| sociaal {adj} | :: social |
| sociaaldemocraat {m} | :: social democrat |
| sociaaldemocratie {f} [uncountable] | :: social democracy (centre-left ideology) |
| sociaaldemocratie {f} [countable] | :: social democracy (society with a social democratic welfare state) |
| sociaaldemocratisch {adj} [politics] | :: social democratic |
| sociale media {p} | :: social media |
| socialisme {n} | :: socialism (left ideology) |
| socialisme {n} [Marxism] | :: socialism (stage in historical materialist grand schemes) |
| socialist {m} | :: socialist |
| socialistenvreter {m} | :: A ferocious anti-socialist |
| socialisties {adj} [obsolete] | :: nonstandard spelling of socialistisch |
| socialistisch {adj} | :: socialist |
| social media {p} | :: social media |
| sociëteit {f} | :: society (a group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest) |
| sociolect {n} | :: sociolect |
| sociolinguïstisch {adj} | :: sociolinguistic |
| sociologe {f} | :: female sociologist |
| sociologie {f} | :: sociology |
| socioloog {m} | :: sociologist |
| Socrates {prop} {m} | :: Socrates |
| sodemieter {m} | :: sodomite, bugger |
| sodemieter {m} [as part of a denial] | :: damn, bugger [often in denials with verb indicating concern, interest or care] |
| sodomiet {m} [derogatory, offensive] | :: A sodomite, a man who penetrates another man anally or [more generally] any male homosexual |
| soebatten {vi} [Netherlands] | :: to beg persistently |
| soebatten {vi} [Netherlands] | :: to grovel, to beg sycophantically |
| Soedan {prop} {n} | :: Sudan |
| Soedanees {m} | :: a Sudanese person, an inhabitant of Sudan |
| Soedanees {adj} | :: Sudanese |
| soefi {m} [Islam] | :: Sufi |
| Soenda {prop} {n} | :: Sunda (region and historic kingdom in West Java) |
| Soendaland {prop} {n} | :: Sundaland (biogeographical region) |
| Soendaland {prop} {n} [archaic] | :: Sunda (region and historic kingdom in West Java) |
| Soendanees {m} | :: Sundanese person |
| Soendanees {prop} {n} | :: Sundanese, the Sundanese language |
| Soendanees {adj} | :: Sundanese; pertaining to Sunda, the Sundanese people or the Sundanese language |
| soenniet {m} [Islam] | :: A Sunni Muslim, a Sunnite |
| soennisme {n} [Islam] | :: Sunni Islam, Sunnism |
| soennitisch {adj} [Islam] | :: Sunni, Sunnite |
| soep {f} {m} | :: soup |
| soepel {adj} | :: supple, flexible |
| soepel {adj} [figuratively] | :: pliable, flexible (e.g. personality) |
| soepelheid {f} | :: flexibility, suppleness |
| soepjurk {f} [often, derogatory] | :: A loose-fitting dress, often considered inelegant; occasionally used as a disparaging term for robes that are not dresses, such as cassocks or djellabas |
| soepjurk {f} [derogatory] | :: A person, usually a woman, wearing such a dress |
| soepkip {f} | :: boiling fowl |
| soepkip {f} [pejorative, Netherlands] | :: dumbass, loser, sucker |
| soeplepel {m} | :: soupspoon |
| soepschildpad {f} | :: green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas |
| soepstengel {m} | :: A breadstick |
| soepvlees {noun} | :: piece of meat that gets boiled with a soup dish to add flavor to the latter - this meat generally gets eaten cold afterwards; boneless beef shank |
| soera {f} | :: surah, chapter of the Qur'an |
| soes {c} | :: choux pastry |
| soesje {noun} | :: diminutive of soes |
| Soest {prop} | :: Soest (town/and/municipality) |
| Soete {prop} | :: surname |
| soeverein {adj} | :: sovereign |
| soevereiniteit {f} | :: sovereignty |
| soezen {v} | :: to doze, to drowse, to nap |
| sof {m} [slang] | :: bummer, disappointment |
| sof {m} [slang, uncommon] | :: a nobody, a failure of a person |
| sofa {m} [chiefly Belgium] | :: A couch, a sofa |
| softijs {n} | :: soft ice cream, soft serve |
| softijsje {noun} | :: A serving of soft ice cream |
| software {m} | :: software (encoded computer instructions) |
| soigneur {noun} [sports profession] | :: A non-competing member of a team whose role is to provide support for the athletes, possibly including (psychological) and medical care as well as supplies |
| soja {f} | :: soy |
| sojaboon {f} | :: soybean |
| sojakaas {m} | :: tofu |
| sojakoek {m} [chiefly uncountable, countable] | :: tempeh |
| sojakoek {m} [agriculture, countable] | :: soy press cake, used as animal feed |
| sojamelk {f} | :: soy milk |
| sojaolie {f} | :: soybean oil |
| sojasaus {f} | :: soy sauce |
| sojascheut {m} [Belgium] | :: mung bean sprout |
| sok {f} {m} | :: sock |
| sokkel {m} | :: pedestal, base |
| sokpop {f} {m} | :: sock puppet |
| sol {f} [music, Belgium] | :: sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la |
| soldaat {m} | :: soldier, private |
| soldaatje {noun} | :: A term for certain beetles or beetle larvae of the family Cantharidae |
| soldaat maken {vt} [idiom] | :: to (fully) consume a serving of food or drinks |
| soldatenkist {f} | :: combat boot, army boot |
| soldatenleven {n} | :: The life of a soldier, a soldier's life |
| soldeerbout {m} | :: A soldering iron |
| soldeerboutje {noun} | :: diminutive of soldeerbout |
| solden {p} [Belgium] | :: sale (a period of reduced prices) |
| solderen {vt} | :: to solder |
| solderen {vt} [Belgium] | :: to reduce in price |
| soldij {f} | :: remuneration paid to a soldier |
| solidair {adj} | :: solidary |
| solipsisme {n} | :: solipsism |
| sollen {v} | :: to throw back and forth (of a ball) |
| sollen {v} | :: to play, to mess |
| sollicitatie {f} | :: job application |
| solliciteren {vt} | :: to apply for a job |
| solliciteren {vt} [idiom] | :: just asking for |
| som {f} | :: sum |
| soma {noun} [sometimes offensive, slang, ] | :: a Somalian |
| Somalië {prop} {n} | :: Somalia |
| Somaliër {m} | :: a Somali (someone from Somalia) |
| Somalisch {prop} {n} | :: Somali |
| Somalische {f} | :: female Somali |
| somatotrofine {n} [hormone] | :: somatotropin |
| somber {adj} | :: somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth) |
| somberen {v} | :: to be a pessimist, to express a somber opinion |
| sommeren {v} | :: to sum up, to add up |
| sommeren {v} | :: to demand, to dun (a payment) |
| sommige {determiner} | :: some |
| sommigen {determiner} | :: some people |
| soms {adv} | :: sometimes |
| soms {adv} [in questions] | :: maybe, perhaps |
| somtijds {adv} [Southern Dutch] | :: sometimes |
| somwijlen {adv} [Southern Dutch] | :: sometimes |
| sonar {m} | :: sonar |
| sonarhut {f} | :: sonar room on a ship |
| sonarvis {m} [rare] | :: tow fish of a sonar system (towed sonar vessel) |
| sonate {f} | :: sonata |
| sonatina {f} | :: alternative form of sonatine |
| sonatine {f} | :: sonatina |
| sonde {mf} | :: probe |
| sonde {mf} | :: feeding tube [medical equipment] |
| sonderen {vt} | :: to probe, to measure or examine with a probe |
| sonderen {vt} [figurative] | :: to probe, to question or investigate |
| song {m} | :: song |
| songfestival {n} | :: song contest |
| songtekst {m} | :: lyrics |
| songwriter {m} | :: songwriter |
| sonnet {n} | :: sonnet |
| sonnettenbakker {m} [pejorative] | :: sonnet poet [sonnets were deprecated by art elites during most of the 20th century] |
| sonnettenkrans {m} | :: A crown of sonnets |
| Sont {prop} {m} | :: the Sound (strait that separates Zealand from Scania) |
| soof {m} [Bargoens, archaic] | :: alternative form of zoof |
| -soom {suffix} | :: -some (3) |
| soort {n} | :: sort, kind |
| soort {f} [biology, taxonomy] | :: species |
| soorteigen {adj} | :: specific to or typical for a given species; natural |
| soortelijk {adj} | :: specific |
| soortelijk {adj} [biology] | :: characteristic of a species |
| soortelijk {adj} [physics, chiefly in fixed phrases] | :: characteristic of a type of matter (e.g. element) |
| soortenrijkdom {mf} | :: biodiversity, diversity in species |
| soortgelijk {adj} | :: similar |
| soortgenoot {m} | :: An organism belonging to the same species [in usage sometimes translatable as congener] |
| soortgenoot {m} [figurative] | :: An object of the same type or category |
| soortnaam {m} | :: common noun |
| soos {f} [colloquial] | :: club, society |
| sop {n} | :: water with soap, usually for washing |
| sop {n} | :: the sea in terms of somebody who will sail on it |
| soporatief {adj} | :: soporific |
| soporatief {adj} [figuratively] | :: boring, dry |
| soporatief {n} | :: a soporific |
| soporeus {adj} | :: soporific |
| sopraan {f} [music] | :: The soprano, the highest of the four traditional voice registers, even above alto |
| sopraan {f} | :: A soprano or treble, singer or instrument with such natural register |
| Sorbisch {adj} | :: Sorbian, belonging or relating to the Sorbian people |
| Sorbisch {adj} | :: Sorbian, in or relating to the Sorbian language |
| Sorbisch {prop} {n} | :: The Sorbian (West Slavic) language |
| sores {p} | :: tsuris; misery, worry |
| sorgo {noun} | :: sorghum |
| sorry {interj} | :: sorry (expressing regret) |
| sorry {interj} | :: sorry, pardon, excuse me |
| sorrycultuur {f} [chiefly politics] | :: a culture of apologising for errors without these errors resulting in any substantial negative sanctions |
| sorteren {v} | :: to sort |
| sortering {f} | :: sorting, categorizing, ordering |
| sortering {f} | :: collection, assortment |
| sos {m} [derogatory, Belgium] | :: socialist |
| sos {m} [slang, Netherlands] | :: cocaine |
| SOSCASTOA {noun} [trigonometry] | :: SOHCAHTOA; sinus is overstaande gedeeld door schuine, cosinus is aanliggende gedeeld door schuine, tangens is overstaande gedeeld door aanliggende |
| souffleren {vit} [theatre] | :: to prompt |
| souffleur {m} [theatre] | :: A prompter |
| souffleuse {f} | :: female equivalent of souffleur |
| soulmate {m} | :: soulmate |
| soutane {f} [Southern Dutch, Roman Catholicism] | :: cassock |
| souteneur {m} | :: pimp, souteneur |
| souterrain {n} | :: basement, cellar |
| souvenir {n} | :: souvenir |
| Sovjet-Unie {prop} {f} | :: Soviet Union |
| sovnarchoz {m} [historical] | :: sovnarkhoz |
| sowieso {adv} | :: anyhow, in any case, anyway |
| sowieso {adv} | :: necessarily, in all cases |
| SP {prop} {f} | :: initialism of Socialistische Partij; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands |
| sp.a {prop} {f} [Belgium, politics] | :: Abbreviation of Socialistische Partij Anders ("Socialist Party Differently"), a socialist political party of Flanders |
| spa {m} | :: spade |
| spa {m} | :: mineral water |
| spa {adj} [obsolete] | :: late |
| Spa {prop} | :: Spa: A town located in the Belgian province of Liège, famous for its springs |
| spaak {f} | :: A spoke, part between the center and outer rim of a wheel etc |
| spaak {f} | :: A boom or handle |
| spaakbeen {n} | :: A radius, either of two major bones in upper - and lower arm |
| spaakbeenslagader {f} | :: radial artery |
| spaan {f} [uncountable] | :: chip, shaving [of wood or metal] |
| spaan {f} | :: spatula |
| spaanderplaat {f} | :: particleboard, chipboard |
| spaanplaat {f} | :: chipboard, particle board |
| spaanplaatschroef {f} | :: chipboard screw |
| spaanplaten {adj} | :: Made of chipboard |
| Spaans {adj} | :: Spanish |
| Spaans {prop} {n} | :: Spanish (language) |
| Spaans {adv} [archaic outside fixed phrases] | :: callously, savagely, cruelly |
| Spaanse {f} | :: female Spanish person |
| Spaanse griep {f} | :: Spanish influenza |
| Spaanse kraag {m} | :: paraphimosis |
| Spaanse lynx {m} | :: Iberian lynx, Lynx pardinus |
| Spaanse opening {f} | :: Ruy Lopez (chess opening) |
| Spaanse peper {m} | :: A chili pepper; a spicy pepper of the genus Capsicum |
| Spaans pepertje {n} | :: diminutive of Spaanse peper |
| spaarbank {f} | :: savings bank |
| spaarbankboekje {noun} | :: a savings book (only used in the diminutive form) |
| spaarboekje {noun} | :: a savings book (only used in the diminutive form) |
| spaarder {m} [literally] | :: A saver, who makes/own savings |
| spaarder {m} [finance] | :: The holder of a savings account |
| spaargeld {n} | :: One's savings |
| spaarlamp {c} | :: compact fluorescent lamp |
| spaarpot {m} | :: piggy bank [not necessarily pig-shaped] |
| spaarpot {m} [figuatively] | :: an amount of money to keep close at hand for emergencies [usually in the diminutive] |
| spaarrekening {f} | :: savings account |
| spaarvarken {n} | :: piggy bank, pig-shaped container to save change in |
| spaarzaam {adj} | :: sparing, frugal, thrifty |
| spaarzaam {adv} | :: sparingly, frugally, thriftly |
| spaarzaamheid {f} | :: frugality |
| spaarzegel {m} | :: A saving-stamp, carrying a percentage of a savings coupon |
| spaarzegel {m} | :: A stamp used as proof that an installment was deposited in a financial scheme to save up |
| spaat {n} {f} | :: spar |
| spa blauw {m} | :: still mineral water (not sparkling) |
| spaceshuttle {m} | :: A space shuttle |
| spadassijn {m} [rare, obsolete] | :: spadassin |
| spadassin {m} [rare, obsolete] | :: alternative spelling of spadassijn |
| spade {m} | :: spade |
| spade {adj} [archaic] | :: late |
| spaghettivreter {m} [pejorative, ethnic slur] | :: dago, wop, greaseball (person of Italian descent) |
| spaghettiwestern {m} | :: A western made by Italians |
| spa groen {m} | :: fizzy lemonade |
| spahi {m} | :: A spahi |
| spalk {f} | :: splint (supportive and immobilising device) |
| spam {m} | :: spam (undesired electronic content) |
| spammen {v} [computing] | :: to spam |
| spammer {m} | :: A spammer |
| span {n} | :: A span, a team (pair or larger team of draught animals) |
| span {n} | :: A cart or instrument with a team of draught animals |
| span {n} | :: A romantic pair, couple |
| spanbroek {f} | :: a pair of tights or a pair of tight trousers |
| Spanbroek {prop} {n} | :: Spanbroek (town) |
| spandoek {m} | :: banner |
| spandoekje {noun} | :: diminutive of spandoek |
| Spanjaard {m} | :: A Spaniard, person belonging to or descended from the (Romance) people of Spain |
| Spanje {prop} {n} | :: Spanje (country) |
| spanjoletsluiting {f} | :: espagnolette |
| spanjool {m} [pejorative] | :: Spaniard |
| spannen {v} | :: to strain, to put tension on |
| spannen {v} | :: to stretch |
| spannend {adj} | :: tensive |
| spannend {adj} | :: exciting |
| spanning {f} | :: tension |
| spanning {f} | :: voltage |
| spanningsbron {f} [electronics] | :: voltage source |
| spanningsmeter {m} | :: voltmeter, voltage meter |
| spar {m} | :: spruce; certain tree of the family Pinaceae, especially of the genus Picea, but also used for trees of the genera Abies, Tsuga and Pseudotsuga |
| sparen {vt} | :: to spare |
| sparen {vt} | :: to save up |
| spa rood {m} | :: sparking mineral water |
| Spartaan {m} | :: a Spartan |
| Spartaan {m} | :: a strong, hardy person; a spartan |
| Spartaans {adj} | :: Spartan |
| Spartaans {adj} | :: spartan (austere and manly) |
| spartelen {v} | :: to flounce, to flounder (to flop around) |
| spartelen {v} | :: to squirm, writhe |
| spasticiteit {f} | :: spasticity |
| spat {m} [obsolete] | :: blowgun |
| spat {m} | :: spot, speckle, stain |
| spatader {m} | :: A varicose vein |
| spatadertje {noun} | :: diminutive of spatader |
| spatel {mf} | :: spatula |
| spatie {f} [typography] | :: space |
| spatie {f} | :: spacebar |
| spatiebalk {m} | :: space bar |
| spatten {v} | :: to splatter, splash |
| spawater {n} | :: mineral water |
| specerij {f} | :: spice |
| Specerij-eilanden {prop} {p} [historical] | :: The Moluccas |
| specht {m} | :: woodpecker, bird of the family Picidae |
| speciaal {adj} | :: special |
| speciaal {adj} [undeclined, postposited] | :: served with mayonnaise (or a similar sauce), curry ketchup and chopped onions |
| speciaal {adv} | :: specially, especially, particularly |
| speciaalbier {n} [uncountable] | :: Beer of any other kind than lager |
| speciaalbier {n} [countable] | :: A glass, bottle or can of the above beverage |
| speciaal onderwijs {n} | :: special education |
| speciaal-studie {f} | :: obsolete spelling of speciaalstudie |
| speciaalstudie {f} | :: specialised study, investigation of a specific subject |
| special {m} | :: A special broadcast episode |
| specialiseren {vr} | :: to specialise oneself |
| specialist {m} | :: specialist |
| specialiteit {f} | :: specialty |
| specialiteit van het huis {f} | :: [gastronomy] signature dish |
| specialiteit van het huis {f} | :: signature move, special skill |
| specie {f} | :: mortar (in sense of mixture of lime or cement, sand and water) |
| specificeren {v} | :: to specify |
| specifiek {adj} | :: specific |
| specifiek {adv} | :: specifically |
| spectaculair {adj} | :: spectacular |
| spectro- {prefix} | :: spectro- |
| spectrofotometer {m} | :: spectrophotometer |
| spectrograaf {m} [astronomy] | :: spectrograph |
| spectrografie {f} | :: spectrography |
| spectrometer {m} | :: spectrometer |
| spectroscoop {m} | :: spectroscope |
| spectroscopie {f} | :: spectroscopy |
| spectrum {n} | :: spectrum |
| speculaas {n} | :: speculoos |
| speculant {m} | :: speculator |
| speculatie {f} | :: speculation, conjecture |
| speculatie {f} | :: financial speculation |
| speculatiebouw {m} [Netherlands, historical] | :: speculative construction of slum housing |
| speculeren {vi} | :: to imagine, to guess |
| speech {m} | :: speech, oration (oral monologic address of some length) |
| speechen {vi} | :: to hold a speech, to have an address |
| speedboot {f} {m} | :: A speedboat |
| speedbootje {noun} | :: diminutive of speedboot |
| speeksel {n} | :: saliva, spit(tle) |
| speekselklier {f} | :: salivary gland |
| speelbaar {adj} | :: playable |
| speelbaar {adj} | :: performable |
| speelbal {m} [figurative] | :: A helpless victim of external forces |
| speelbal {m} [chiefly diminutive] | :: A ball used for playing, especially one belonging to a pet |
| speelballetje {noun} | :: diminutive of speelbal |
| speeldoos {f} | :: musical box |
| speelfilm {m} | :: A live-action film (as opposed to a tekenfilm, an animated movie) |
| speelgoed {n} [collective] | :: toys |
| speelhal {f} {m} [gaming] | :: arcade, amusement arcade |
| speelhol {n} | :: illegal casino, gambling den |
| speelhol {n} [uncommon] | :: a secluded area where children can play |
| speelhuis {n} | :: casino, playhouse |
| speelhuis {n} [obsolete] | :: seedy pub, similar to a sleazy cabaret or nightclub |
| speelhuis {n} [now chiefly diminutive] | :: pavilion, summerhouse, gazebo |
| speelkaart {f} | :: a playing card |
| speels {adj} | :: casual, relaxed |
| speels {adj} | :: playful |
| speelschuld {f} | :: gambling debt |
| speelsheid {f} | :: playfulness, friskiness |
| speelstad {f} {m} | :: host city (for a championship) |
| speelstad {f} {m} | :: playground built as a small town |
| speelster {f} | :: a female player (of a game or musical instrument) |
| speelstuk {n} | :: man (piece in board games) |
| speeltje {noun} | :: a toy, a plaything |
| speeltje {noun} [obsolete] | :: a game, a play |
| speeltje {noun} [obsolete] | :: a theatre play |
| speeltuig {n} | :: playground equipment |
| speeltuig {n} [now less common] | :: toy |
| speeltuig {n} [music, dated] | :: musical instrument |
| speeltuigje {noun} | :: diminutive of speeltuig |
| speeltuin {m} | :: A children's playground |
| speelvogel {m} [Belgium] | :: a person with a very playful nature |
| speelvogel {m} [archaic] | :: bower bird, bird of the family Ptilonorhynchidae |
| speelzucht {f} | :: eagerness or desire to gamble, often pathologically |
| speen {f} | :: A teat, a nipple |
| speen {f} | :: A dummy, a pacifier |
| speen {f} | :: A nozzle for bottle-feeding |
| speen {f} [archaic] | :: A hemorrhoid |
| speer {f} | :: spear |
| speer {f} | :: javelin |
| speerhaai {m} | :: spiny dogfish, spurdog, Squalus acanthias |
| speerpunt {m} | :: spearhead (point of a spear) |
| speerpunt {m} | :: main point of discussion or policy |
| speerwerper {m} | :: A javelin thrower, a spear thrower |
| spek {n} {m} [chiefly uncountable] | :: bacon |
| spek {n} {m} [confectionary, usually in the diminutive] | :: marshmallow |
| spek {n} {m} [derogatory, slang, historical] | :: a Spaniard, especially during the Eighty Years' War |
| spekbuik {m} | :: a belly with an excess of subcutaneous fat; a potbelly |
| spekglad {adj} | :: very slippery |
| spekken {v} | :: to lard |
| spekken {v} | :: to supply, provide |
| spekken {v} | :: to complete, fill in |
| spekkoek {m} | :: Indonesian layer cake, spekkoek |
| spekkoper {m} [colloquial] | :: A lucky or successful person, someone who has it made |
| spekkoper {m} [archaic] | :: A merchant in bacon |
| speknek {m} | :: a fat, blubbery neck |
| speknek {m} [pejorative] | :: a person with a fat, blubbery neck |
| spektakel {n} | :: spectacle |
| spel {n} | :: game |
| spel {n} | :: playing (e.g. of a musical instrument) |
| spelbord {n} | :: A game board, a playing board |
| spelcomputer {mf} | :: video game console |
| speld {f} | :: A pin (fastening device) |
| speld {f} | :: A brooch |
| speldje {noun} | :: pin (jewellery), brooch (jewellery) |
| speldje {noun} | :: diminitive of speld |
| spelen {vi} | :: to play |
| spelen {vt} | :: to play (a game) |
| spelen {vti} | :: to play (a musical instrument) |
| spelen {vt} | :: to play (a role) |
| spelenderwijs {adv} | :: playfully, through play |
| speleoloog {m} | :: speleologist |
| speler {m} | :: a player, someone who plays a game |
| speler {m} | :: a player, someone who plays a musical instrument |
| speler {m} | :: a device to play music |
| spelevaren {vi} | :: to sail as a recreational activity |
| spelevaren {vi} [obsolete] | :: to ride as a recreational activity |
| spelfout {f} {m} | :: spelling mistake, misspelling |
| spelleider {m} | :: game host, game moderator, game master |
| spellen {v} | :: to spell |
| spelling {f} | :: spelling |
| spellingsfout {f} | :: A spelling error, a spelling mistake |
| spellingvariant {m} | :: A variant spelling |
| spelonk {f} [literary] | :: grotto |
| spelonk {f} [Brabantian] | :: bad, dank, poorly-lit housing |
| spelt {f} | :: spelt (grain) |
| Spencer {prop} | :: given name |
| spenderen {vt} | :: to spend |
| spenen {vt} | :: to wean |
| sperma {n} [biology] | :: sperm, semen (fluid animal seed) |
| spermabank {mf} | :: A sperm bank |
| spermatofoor {m} | :: spermatophore |
| sperren {v} | :: to bar, inhibit |
| speruur {n} | :: curfew |
| speruur {n} | :: curfew hour |
| spervuur {n} [uncountable, military] | :: Crossfire to suppress an enemy |
| spervuur {n} [countable, military] | :: A barrage of suppressive crossfire |
| spervuur {n} [countable, figurative] | :: A barrage of words |
| sperwer {m} | :: sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisus |
| sperwer {m} | :: various other birds of prey of the genus Accipiter |
| sperwergrasmus {f} | :: barred warbler (Sylvia communis) |
| sperzieboon {f} | :: A variety of green bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, with seeds that have not fully matured |
| spetter {m} | :: A splatter, splash or drop (of a fluid) |
| spetter {m} [teenage slang] | :: An attractive man, a hottie |
| spetteren {v} | :: to splatter, splash (especially water) |
| speurder {m} | :: detective, (crime) investigator |
| speuren {vi} | :: to search thoroughly |
| speurtocht {f} | :: search, quest, hunt |
| spie {f} | :: pin |
| spieden {vt} [rare] | :: to watch, to observe |
| spieden {vt} [rare] | :: to spy on |
| spiegel {m} | :: mirror |
| spiegel {m} | :: stern of a ship |
| spiegel {m} | :: level (amount of a substance) |
| spiegelbeeld {n} | :: mirror image |
| spiegelbeeld {n} [by extension] | :: opposite |
| spiegelei {n} | :: fried egg sunny side up |
| spiegelglad {adj} | :: very slippery |
| spiegeling {f} [geometry] | :: reflection |
| spiegelreflexcamera {f} | :: single-lens reflex camera |
| spieken {v} | :: to cheat, to crib [at a test or game] |
| spier {f} | :: muscle (contractile tissue) |
| spier {f} [archaic] | :: blade (of a plant) |
| spier {f} [archaic] | :: blade of grass |
| spier {f} | :: spar (pole) |
| spier {n} | :: [dated] the collective of muscles |
| spier {n} [obsolete] | :: poultry, white meat, the whitish meat of fowl |
| spierbundel {m} | :: a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers; a muscle fascicle |
| spierbundel {m} | :: a very muscular person; a beefcake |
| spierkracht {f} {m} | :: muscle power |
| spierkrachtvliegtuig {n} [now, historical] | :: human-powered aeroplane |
| spiernaakt {adj} | :: stark naked, completely naked (so the muscles show through the bare skin) |
| spierverlies {n} | :: sarcopenia |
| spierversterken {v} | :: to strengthen one's muscles |
| spierversterken {n} | :: muscle strengthening |
| spierversterking {f} | :: anything that strengthens the muscle; muscle strengthening |
| spierversterking {f} | :: an exercise that strengthens the muscle; strength training |
| spierwit {adj} | :: white as a sheet |
| spies {f} | :: spike, long spear, pike |
| spies {f} | :: skewer |
| spieshert {n} [archaic] | :: A brocket or male deer calf; a one- or two-year old stag or buck with immature, hornlike antlers [definitions vary] |
| spieshert {n} | :: A brocket deer, deer of the genus Mazama |
| spietsen {v} | :: to impale |
| spijbelaar {m} | :: one who skips school or work; a truant |
| spijbelen {v} | :: to play truant, cut class, skip class, [UK] bunk |
| Spijkenisse {prop} {n} | :: Spijkenisse (town) |
| spijker {m} | :: nail (metal fastener) |
| spijker {m} | :: granary |
| spijkerbed {n} | :: bed of nails |
| spijkerbom {f} | :: nail bomb |
| spijkerbroek {f} [Netherlands] | :: A pair of jeans |
| spijkeren {vt} | :: to nail |
| spijkerschrift {n} | :: cuneiform |
| spijkerstof {n} | :: denim |
| spijl {f} | :: bar (on a fence) |
| spijs {f} {m} | :: foodstuff in general |
| spijs {f} {m} [by extension] | :: almond paste; almond paste surrogate |
| spijskaart {f} | :: menu (card) [usually a physical copy] |
| spijsolie {f} | :: vegetable oil |
| spijsvertering {f} | :: digestion |
| spijsverteringskanaal {n} | :: digestive tract |
| spijt {c} | :: regret |
| spijten {vt} | :: to cause regret to, to cause to be sorry |
| spijten {v} [impersonal] | :: to regret, to be sorry |
| spijtig {adj} | :: pitiful, regrettable |
| spikkel {m} | :: speckle, fleck |
| spiksplinter {adj} | :: spick-and-span |
| spiksplinternieuw {adj} | :: brand new |
| spil {f} | :: an axis |
| spil {f} | :: a key figure |
| spillen {vt} | :: to waste, to spend vainly or profligately |
| spillen {vt} [dated] | :: to spend, to use |
| spillen {vt} | :: to spill |
| spilziek {adj} | :: wasteful, profligate |
| spilzucht {f} | :: profligacy |
| spin {f} | :: spider, member of the order Araneae |
| spin {m} [physics] | :: particle spin |
| spin {m} | :: political spin, media spin |
| spinazie {m} | :: spinach (a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea) |
| spindel {m} | :: a rod used for spinning and winding natural fibres; a spindle |
| spindel {m} | :: a central pillar around which a staircase spirals; a newel |
| spindel {m} | :: an upright bar for holding CDs or DVDs by skewering |
| spindeltrap {m} | :: spiral staircase |
| spindoctor {m} | :: spin doctor |
| spinhuis {n} [historical] | :: A place of confinement where inmates, usually women, were forced to spin threads |
| spinhuis {n} [historical, rare] | :: A room or building used for spinning threads, not belonging to a penal or mental institution |
| spinnekob {f} | :: spider |
| spinnekop {f} | :: spider |
| spinnen {v} | :: to spin: make yarn by twisting and winding fibres together |
| spinnen {v} | :: to purr |
| spinnen {v} | :: to tell stories, fib, lie |
| spinnendoder {m} | :: spider wasp, any member of the Pompilidae |
| spinnenkopmolen {m} | :: hollow post mill |
| spinnenweb {n} | :: A spiderweb |
| spinner {m} | :: a spinner: someone who makes yarn from loose fibers |
| spinneweb {n} | :: superseded spelling of spinnenweb |
| spinnewebje {noun} | :: diminutive of spinneweb |
| spinnewiel {n} | :: spinning wheel |
| spinnijdig {adj} | :: angry, livid, furious |
| spinster {f} | :: a female spinner |
| spintepel {m} | :: spinneret |
| spion {m} | :: spy, person who secretly gathers information |
| spion {m} | :: a dog breed for the partridge hunt |
| spionage {f} | :: espionage, spying |
| spionagevliegtuig {n} | :: An espionage airplane, a spy plane |
| spioneren {vi} | :: to spy, to perform espionage |
| spionne {f} | :: female spy, a woman who secretly gathers information |
| spiraal {f} [geometry] | :: A spiral |
| spiraal {f} [chiefly diminutive, medicine] | :: An intrauterine device, a IUD |
| spiraalstelsel {n} [astronomy] | :: spiral galaxy |
| spiraaltje {noun} | :: diminutive of spiraal |
| spiraalvormig {adj} | :: spiral, spiral-shaped |
| spiritisme {prop} {n} | :: spiritism |
| spiritualiteit {f} | :: spirituality |
| spiritueel {adj} | :: spiritual |
| spiritus {m} | :: methylated spirit |
| spiritus {m} [orthography] | :: A kind of diacritic used on Ancient Greek vowels to indicate aspiration or lack thereof. See spiritus asper and spiritus lenis |
| spit {n} | :: A skewer |
| spitje {noun} | :: diminutive of spit |
| spits {adj} | :: pointed |
| spits {n} | :: a pointed tip |
| spits {f} | :: A top, a peak, a pinnacle or an apex |
| spits {f} [architecture] | :: A spire |
| spits {f} [sports] | :: A striker (both the position and the player), often referring to the centre forward |
| spits {f} [military] | :: A frontline battalion, a front subdivision of a vanguard |
| spits {mf} | :: rush hour |
| Spitsbergen {prop} {n} | :: Svalbard (the archipelago) |
| Spitsbergen {prop} {n} | :: Spitsbergen (the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago) |
| spitsen {vt} | :: to focus |
| spitsmuis {f} | :: shrew, laurasiatherian of the family Soricidae |
| spitsroede {f} | :: switch, thin rod, used for punishment |
| spitssnuitdolfijn {m} | :: beaked whale, toothed whale of the family Ziphiidae |
| spitsstrook {f} | :: A lane or shoulder on a road, esp. a highway, that is open to traffic during rush hour |
| spitsuur {n} | :: peak hour, rush hour |
| spitsvondig {adj} | :: shrewd, clever, streetwise |
| spitsvondigheid {f} | :: shrewdness, cleverness |
| spleet {f} | :: crack, cleft, split |
| spleet {f} | :: fissure, slit |
| spleet {f} [childish, especially, in the diminutive] | :: vagina |
| spleet {f} [vulgar] | :: anus |
| spleetoog {n} [derogatory] | :: slit-eye, slant-eye |
| spleetoog {n} [ethnic slur, derogatory] | :: A person of Chinese or Far Eastern descent; Chink, gook, slope |
| spleettrommel {f} {m} | :: slit drum |
| splenectomie {f} [surgery] | :: splenectomy |
| splijten {v} | :: to split |
| splijtzwam {f} {m} [figurative] | :: cause of controversy or division |
| splijtzwam {f} {m} [dated] | :: bacterium |
| splinternieuw {adj} | :: brand new |
| splitsen {v} | :: split (divide along a more or less straight line) |
| splitsing {f} | :: bifurcation, splitting |
| splitten {v} | :: to divide, to break up |
| spoed {m} | :: speed |
| spoed {m} | :: hurry, haste |
| spoed {m} | :: thread pitch |
| spoedeisend {adj} | :: urgent |
| spoedgeval {f} {m} | :: an emergency |
| spoedig {adj} | :: imminent, arriving or occurring soon, soon |
| spoedig {adj} | :: speedy |
| spoedig {adv} | :: soon |
| spoel {f} | :: spool |
| spoel {f} [electronics] | :: inductor |
| spoelbak {m} | :: sink |
| spoelbak {m} | :: case for a spool in a loom |
| spoelen {vt} | :: to rinse, to wash up |
| spoelen {vt} | :: to flush |
| spoelen {vi} | :: to stream, to wash, to flow |
| spoelen {vt} [of a tape] | :: to wind |
| spoelkeuken {f} | :: dishwashing kitchen |
| spog {n} | :: dated form of spuug |
| spoken {vi} | :: to haunt |
| spokerij {f} | :: haunting, spookiness, haunt (activity by ghosts) |
| spokerij {f} [uncommon, now, chiefly pejorative] | :: magic, magical stuff, mumbo jumbo, superstition |
| spoliëren {vt} [formal] | :: to plunder, to spoliate, to despoil |
| spon {f} | :: A bung |
| spon {f} [obsolete] | :: A bunghole |
| spondee {m} | :: spondee |
| spongat {n} | :: A bunghole |
| spons {f} | :: sponge |
| sponsdier {n} | :: sponge, any member of the phylum Porifera |
| sponsor {mf} | :: sponsor |
| sponsoren {v} | :: to sponsor |
| spontaan {adj} | :: spontaneous |
| spontaan {adv} | :: spontaneously |
| spontane generatie {f} [historical] | :: spontaneous generation |
| spook {n} | :: phantom, ghost |
| spook {n} | :: horror, terror |
| spook {n} | :: an annoying and intolerable woman |
| spookachtig {adj} | :: eerie, spooky, ghastly |
| spookdier {n} [chiefly diminutive] | :: tarsier, primate of the family Tarsiidae |
| spookdier {n} | :: ghost animal (undead, spectral animal) |
| spookdorp {n} | :: ghost village (desolate village) |
| spookhuis {n} | :: haunted house (both for rides in fairgrounds or amusement parks and houses said to be haunted according to superstition) |
| spookrijder {m} | :: wrong-way driver, ghost driver; a person who drives on the wrong side of the road, into oncoming traffic |
| spookrijdertje {noun} | :: diminutive of spookrijder |
| spookschip {n} | :: ghost ship |
| spookstad {f} | :: ghost town |
| spooktrein {m} | :: ghost train |
| spookverhaal {n} | :: ghost story |
| spookwoord {n} | :: ghost word (non-existent word in dictionaries or other reference works) |
| spoor {n} | :: track |
| spoor {n} | :: railway track |
| spoor {n} | :: trace |
| spoor {n} | :: spoor |
| spoor {n} | :: lead, trail, clue |
| spoor {f} | :: spur |
| spoor {f} | :: spore |
| Spoor {prop} | :: surname |
| spoorbrug {f} | :: railway bridge |
| spoorbruggetje {noun} | :: diminutive of spoorbrug |
| spoorfiets {f} | :: rail bicycle (pedal-powered vehicle travelling over railway tracks) |
| spoorlijn {f} | :: A railway line |
| spoorloos {adj} | :: trackless, without a trace |
| spoorrail {n} [chiefly plural] | :: rail track |
| spoorslags {adv} | :: rapidly, hurriedly, quickly |
| spoortunnel {m} | :: railway tunnel |
| spoorweg {m} | :: railway |
| spoorwegnet {n} | :: railway network |
| spoorwegovergang {m} [rail transport] | :: level crossing |
| sporadisch {adj} | :: sporadic (rare and scattered in occurrence) |
| sporangium {n} [botany] | :: sporangium |
| sporen {vt} | :: to spur |
| sporen {vi} [Netherlands] | :: to agree, to align |
| sporen {vi} [Netherlands] | :: to be sane |
| sporen {vi} | :: to travel by rail |
| sporendoos {f} [botany] | :: sporangium |
| sport {f} [countable] | :: A sport; [uncountable] sports |
| sport {f} | :: rung, step on a ladder |
| sportauto {m} | :: sports car |
| sportbeha {m} | :: alternative spelling of sport-bh |
| sport-bh {m} | :: A sports bra |
| sporten {v} | :: to play a sport |
| sporter {m} | :: one who plays a sport (habitually) |
| sporthal {f} | :: A sports hall, a gym hall |
| sportief {adj} | :: sporty, pertaining or partial to sports |
| sportief {adj} | :: sportsmanlike, fair |
| sportjournalistiek {f} | :: sports journalism |
| sportjournalistiek {adj} | :: pertaining to sports journalism |
| sportman {m} | :: sportsman |
| sportprent {f} [historical, art] | :: An English picture depicting a sports' event, often a fox hunt or a horse race |
| sportschoen {m} | :: athletic shoe, sneaker, runner |
| sportskiër {m} | :: sport skier |
| sportvereniging {f} | :: sports club |
| sportvrouw {f} | :: sportswoman |
| sportwinkel {m} | :: sports shop |
| spot {m} | :: mockery |
| spot {m} | :: spot; a spotlight |
| spot {m} | :: spot; a brief segment on television |
| spotprent {f} | :: caricature, cartoon (image mocking someone or something) |
| spotschrift {n} | :: satirical text, written satire |
| spotten {vi} | :: to mock, deride |
| spotten {vt} | :: to spot (vehicles, such as trains or airplanes) |
| spouwen {v} | :: to spit |
| spouwen {v} | :: to vomit |
| spouwen {vt} [dated] | :: to split, cleave |
| spouwer {m} | :: spitter, spouter |
| spouwer {m} | :: puker, vomiter |
| spraak {f} | :: speech |
| spraak {f} [archaic] | :: language |
| spraakgebrek {n} | :: speech disorder |
| spraakkunst {f} | :: grammar (rules for speaking and writing a language) |
| spraakleer {f} | :: grammar (structure of language rules) |
| spraakleer {f} [countable] | :: grammar (grammar book) |
| spraakverwarring {f} | :: terminological mix-up |
| spraakwaterval {m} | :: A waterfall of words; a (virtual) monologue in which one says many things with little pause |
| spraakzaam {adj} | :: talkative (tending to talk or speak freely or often), talksome |
| Sprachbund {m} [linguistics] | :: sprachbund |
| sprakeloos {adj} | :: speechless |
| sprake van zijn {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: it is said that, it may be so that; (negated) there is no way that, it must not be so that |
| sprake van zijn {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: it is a case of ..., there is ... involved |
| spray {m} | :: spray (liquid commercial product sold in a spray container) |
| spreekbeurt {f} [education] | :: presentation given a student in class, lecture as a school project |
| spreekbuis {f} [obsolete, literally] | :: voicepipe, speaking tube |
| spreekbuis {f} [figuratively] | :: interpreter, spokesperson |
| spreekgestoelte {n} | :: a podium |
| spreekkamer {f} | :: A doctor's office, a surgery, a consulting room, a consultation room |
| spreekkoor {n} | :: A chant shouted by the audience at sports matches and at performances |
| spreekstalmeester {m} | :: ringmaster of a circus |
| spreektaal {f} | :: vernacular (everyday/colloquial speech), spoken language, everyday language |
| spreektalig {adj} | :: vernacular, colloquial, pertaining to spoken language |
| spreekt hier iemand Engels {phrase} | :: does anyone here speak English? |
| spreekt u Engels {phrase} [formal] | :: do you speak English? |
| spreekuur {n} | :: consulting hour |
| spreekwijze {f} | :: expression (colloquialism or idiom) |
| spreekwoord {n} | :: saying, proverb |
| spreekwoordelijk {adj} | :: proverbial |
| spreekwoordenboek {n} | :: dictionary of proverbs |
| spreeuw {mf} | :: The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, individually or specifically |
| spreeuw {mf} | :: A starling, passerine bird of the family Sturnidae |
| spreeuwenkist {f} [Netherlands, colloquial, uncommon] | :: A contraption that makes sounds [used for radios, loudspeakers, televisions and certain musical instruments such as pianos, organs and accordeons] |
| sprei {f} | :: bedcover, bedspread |
| spreiden {v} | :: to spread |
| spreiding {f} | :: dispersal |
| spreidloopgeweer {n} | :: blunderbuss |
| spreken {vti} | :: to speak |
| sprekend {adv} | :: strongly resembling, a spitting image of, a dead ringer of |
| spreker {m} | :: One who speaks; speaker |
| spreker {m} | :: Orator; lecturer |
| spreng {m} [dialectal] | :: small spring, especially the source of a creek |
| spreuk {f} | :: saying, proverb |
| spreuk {f} | :: sentence |
| spreuk {f} | :: conjuration, incantation |
| spreuk {f} | :: spell |
| Spreuken {prop} {c} | :: Proverbs (book of the Hebrew Bible) |
| spriet {m} [botany] | :: long, narrow shoot from a plant; blade (of grass or corn), sprig |
| spriet {m} [nautical] | :: sprit |
| spriet {m} | :: antenna |
| springbok {m} | :: springbok |
| springen {vi} | :: to jump, to leap |
| springen {vi} | :: to explode, to shatter |
| springmes {n} | :: flick knife, switchblade |
| springpak {n} | :: jumpsuit |
| springplank {f} | :: springboard |
| springplank {f} [figuratively] | :: something that serves as a medium for someone to achieve a higher goal; a bootstrap |
| springschans {c} | :: a platform or ramp used for ski jumpers to gain height during their jumps |
| springstier {m} | :: A stud bull |
| springstof {f} [countable, uncountable] | :: explosive, explosive material |
| springtij {n} | :: spring tide |
| springveer {f} | :: spring |
| springveren {adj} | :: Containing springs |
| sprinkhaan {m} | :: locust, grasshopper, insect of the suborder Caelifera or infraorder Acrididea |
| sprinkhanenplaag {f} | :: locust plague, locust infestation |
| sprinkhanenzwerm {m} | :: locust swam |
| sprint {m} | :: sprint |
| sprinten {vi} | :: to sprint |
| sproeien {v} | :: to spray |
| sproeier {m} | :: sprinkler |
| sproet {f} [chiefly plural] | :: A freckle |
| sproetje {noun} | :: diminutive of sproet |
| sprokkelen {vti} | :: To glean. To harvest what has been left |
| sprokkelen {vti} | :: To gather small stuff without paying for it |
| sprokkelen {vi} | :: To cheat (in competitions) |
| sprong {m} | :: jump, leap |
| sprookje {n} | :: fairy tale |
| sprookje {n} | :: a usually old, allegorical short story |
| sprookje {n} | :: story presented as true that is not believable |
| sprookje {n} | :: dream come true (very desirable life) |
| sprookspreker {m} [historical] | :: minstrel, itinerant medieval storyteller who recited tales and poetry |
| sprot {m} | :: sprat: small herringlike fish |
| spruit {f} [botany] | :: A sprout, shoot, a branch-like part of a plant which grows from the rest |
| spruit {f} | :: A child, seen as a parent's offspring, usually said of a minor |
| spruit {f} [construction] | :: A style or beam which rests on another |
| spruit {f} | :: A branch of a plumbing pipe, rope etc |
| spruit {f} [geography] | :: A small river, river branch, especially used in South African toponyms |
| spruiten {v} | :: to sprout |
| spruiten {v} | :: to spring/come out (of) |
| spruitje {noun} | :: [commonly used in the plural form] A Brussels sprout, a variant of Brassica oleracea of the gemmifera group |
| spruitkool {f} [often, collective] | :: Brussels sprout(s) |
| spruitkool {f} | :: A plant of the gemmifera group of Brassica oleracea varieties, that produces Brussels sprouts |
| spugen {v} | :: to spit |
| spugen {v} [euphemistic] | :: to vomit |
| spuien {v} | :: to spew out, to discharge |
| spuigat {noun} | :: scupper |
| spuit {f} | :: spout |
| spuit {f} | :: needle, syringe |
| spuit {f} | :: injection, jab |
| spuit {f} [euphemistic, usually diminutive] | :: euthanasia [particularly in relation to animals, usage in relation to humans may be considered crass] |
| spuit {f} [dated] | :: gun, rifle |
| spuitbus {f} {m} | :: spray can |
| spuit elf {f} [Netherlands] | :: a nobody who is late in commenting or catching up, often one whose comment is ignorant or irrelevant |
| spuitelf {f} | :: alternative spelling of spuit elf |
| spuit elf geeft ook modder {phrase} [Netherlands, derogatory] | :: Indicating that a nobody (an irrelevant person) has given a belated, often irrelevant or ignorant, comment |
| spuiten {v} | :: to squirt, to spout |
| spuiten {v} | :: to inject |
| spuitgast {m} | :: A firefighter, especially a man, who operates a firehose |
| spuitje {noun} | :: diminutive of spuit |
| spuitserpentine {f} | :: silly string |
| spuitwater {n} | :: carbonated water, soda water |
| spul {n} | :: stuff |
| spul {n} | :: junk |
| spullenbaas {m} | :: proprietor of a fairground ride |
| spurt {m} | :: spurt (short sudden energetic effort), especially in running or cycling |
| spurten {vi} | :: to spurt, to sprint |
| spuug {n} | :: spit, spawl |
| spuuglelijk {adj} | :: hideous, extremely ugly |
| spuw {n} | :: alternative form of spuug |
| spuwen {v} | :: to spit |
| spuwer {m} | :: spitter, spouter |
| spuwster {f} | :: female spitter, spouter |
| Sranantongo {prop} {n} | :: Sranan Tongo |
| Sranan Tongo {prop} {n} | :: alternative spelling of Sranantongo |
| Srebrenica {prop} {n} | :: Srebrenica (town) |
| Sri Lanka {prop} {n} | :: Sri Lanka (an island and a country) |
| SS'er {m} | :: SS member |
| -st {suffix} | :: appended to the stem of a verb, this suffix yields a verbal noun; it is similar in function to the Dutch suffix -ing |
| -st {suffix} | :: appended to an adjective this suffix forms the superlative |
| St. {noun} | :: abbreviation of Sint St |
| staaf {m} | :: A bar, rod (solid metal object) |
| staaf {m} | :: A rod cell (in the retina) |
| staafkerk {f} | :: stave church |
| staafmixer {m} | :: an immersion blender |
| staakt-het-vuren {n} | :: ceasefire |
| staal {n} | :: steel |
| staal {n} | :: sample |
| staalblauw {adj} | :: blue-grey |
| staalkaart {f} | :: sampling card (sheet with samples or examples) |
| staan {vi} | :: to stand, to be upright |
| staan {vi} | :: to be, to be placed or located |
| staan {v} [auxiliary, with te] | :: Forms a continuous aspect. Although it carries an implication of standing, this is vague and is not strictly required or emphasized |
| staan {vi} | :: to say, to be written, to be said (to be indicated in written form) |
| staan {vi} | :: to suit, fit, befit (of clothing) |
| staande achtervork {c} | :: The seatstays of a bicycle |
| staande ovatie {f} | :: standing ovation |
| staander {m} | :: support beam |
| staander {m} | :: standard, stand (vertical support of any kind) |
| staanderkerk {f} [rare] | :: stave church |
| staart {m} | :: tail |
| staartbeen {n} | :: tailbone |
| staartman {m} [obsolete, historical, pejorative] | :: Englishman |
| staartploeg {mf} | :: stilted plough, plow with (a) stilt(s) |
| staartploeg {mf} | :: team that trails in the rankings |
| staartster {f} | :: comet |
| staartstuk {n} | :: tailpiece (e.g. of a violin or an airplane) |
| Staart van de Slang {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Serpens Cauda |
| staartvin {f} | :: tailfin |
| staartvin {f} [aviation] | :: tailfin (of an aircraft) |
| staartvinnig {adj} | :: having tailfins |
| staat {m} | :: state, condition |
| staat {m} | :: state (political entity) |
| staathuishoudkunde {f} [somewhat dated] | :: political economy |
| staatkunde {f} | :: knowledge or competence in governance or politics, esp. at a national level; statecraft |
| staatkunde {f} | :: political philosophy, political theory, policy |
| staatkundig {adj} | :: political |
| staatkundig {adv} | :: politically |
| Staats {adj} [historical] | :: Pertaining to the Dutch Republic |
| Staats {adj} [historical] | :: Pertaining to the States-General of the Dutch Republic |
| Staats {adj} [historical] | :: Pertaining to the republican faction of the Dutch Republic |
| staatsbegrafenis {f} | :: state funeral |
| staatsbestel {n} | :: constitutional structure, regime, polity |
| Staatsbewind {prop} {n} [historical] | :: the executive of the Batavian Republic from 1801 to 1805 |
| staatsbezoek {n} | :: A state visit |
| staatsburger {m} | :: citizen (of a country) |
| staatsgeheim {n} | :: state secret |
| staatsgreep {m} | :: coup d'état, stroke of state |
| staatsgrijper {m} [rare] | :: A putschist |
| staatshoofd {n} | :: head of state |
| staatsingrijpen {n} | :: state intervention, government intervention |
| staatskerk {f} | :: state church |
| staatsman {m} | :: statesman |
| staatsmijn {f} | :: state mine, mine operated by the state |
| staatsschuld {f} | :: national debt |
| staatssecretaris {m} [politics] | :: junior minister, deputy minister |
| staatsterreur {f} | :: state terror |
| staatsvijand {m} | :: enemy of the state |
| staatszender {m} | :: state television channel |
| staatzucht {f} | :: fierce or even obsessive drive to achieve status |
| stabiel {adj} | :: stable, (relatively) unchanging |
| stabiel {adj} | :: soundly balanced |
| stabiel {adj} | :: reliable |
| stabij {m} | :: A long-haired breed of dog originating from Friesland, historically used as retriever, pointer, hound, watchdog and cart-dog |
| stabiliseren {v} | :: to stabilize |
| stabiliteit {f} | :: stability |
| stacaravan {m} | :: mobile home, trailer |
| stad {mf} | :: city, town |
| stad {mf} | :: the town/city centre |
| staden {v} | :: alternative form of steden |
| stadhouder {m} [historical] | :: stadtholder (chief magistrate of the Dutch Republic) |
| stadhuis {n} | :: town hall, city hall |
| stadion {n} [sports] | :: stadium, arena |
| stadium {n} | :: A stadium |
| stadium {n} | :: A stage; a phase |
| stadje {noun} | :: diminutive of stad |
| stadjer {f} {m} | :: An inhabitant of the city of Groningen, the Netherlands |
| stadsarrest {n} [historical] | :: prohibition on leaving a city, as a punishment or precaution |
| stadsbestuur {m} | :: city administration |
| stadsbewoner {m} | :: inhabitant of a city |
| stadsbus {m} | :: city bus |
| stadscentrum {n} | :: city center |
| stadsdeel {n} | :: (general) part of a city |
| stadsdeel {n} | :: (specific) a city district unique to the Netherlands, similar to the deelgemeente in Belgium and quartier in France |
| stadsgas {n} | :: town gas, coal gas |
| stadsgezicht {n} | :: city view, cityscape |
| Stadskanaal {prop} {n} | :: Stadskanaal (city/and/municipality) |
| stadskern {m} | :: A city centre |
| stadskind {n} | :: city child: child that comes from the city |
| stadsmuur {f} | :: city wall |
| stadsneger {m} [Suriname] | :: A Surinamese creole person descending from plantation slaves who didn't escape slavery, generally from the Paramaribo area |
| stadspoort {f} | :: city gate |
| stadsrand {m} | :: The (often suburban) outskirts of a city |
| stadsrecht {n} | :: [also in the plural] town privileges, city rights |
| stadsstrand {n} | :: An urban beach, often an artificial beach |
| stadstaat {m} | :: city state |
| stadsuitleg {m} [historical] | :: the expansion of a city outside its previous walls |
| stadsvernieuwing {f} | :: urban renewal |
| stadsverwarming {f} [in cities] | :: district heating |
| stadswijk {f} | :: A city quarter |
| stadwaarts {adv} | :: towards the city |
| staf {c} | :: staff (stick) |
| stafchef {m} [military] | :: A chief of staff |
| stafofficier {m} | :: staff officer |
| stage {m} | :: probation, induction |
| stage {m} | :: apprenticeship |
| stage {m} | :: internship |
| stagflatie {f} | :: stagflation |
| stagiair {m} | :: trainee |
| stagiair {m} | :: intern |
| stagiaire {f} | :: trainee |
| stagiaire {f} | :: intern |
| stagnatie {f} | :: stagnation |
| stagneren {v} | :: to stagnate |
| staken {vi} | :: to strike, go on a strike |
| staken {vt} | :: to suspend, to cease |
| staken {vt} | :: to support (a plant) with stakes |
| staker {m} | :: a striker, someone who goes on strike |
| staking {f} | :: strike (work stoppage) |
| staking {f} | :: cessation, delay, the act of ending or delaying something |
| staking {f} | :: deadlock, tie in voting |
| stakker {m} | :: pitiable person |
| stal {m} | :: stable, a place to keep hoofed animals |
| stal {m} | :: stall, notably as a vending place on a market |
| stal {m} [rare] | :: marked period of time |
| stal {m} [rare] | :: thin pole |
| stal {m} [rare] | :: leg of a piece of furniture |
| stalen {adj} | :: steel, made of steel |
| stalen ros {n} [colloquial] | :: bicycle |
| stalinisme {n} | :: Stalinism |
| stalinisties {adj} [obsolete] | :: nonstandard spelling of stalinistisch |
| stalinistisch {adj} | :: Stalinist |
| stalinorgel {n} | :: A Katyusha (Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher) |
| Stalinorgel {n} | :: superseded spelling of stalinorgel |
| staljongen {m} | :: stable-boy, boy or junior employee working in a stable |
| stalken {vt} | :: to stalk (to follow and harass someone) |
| stalker {m} | :: A stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) |
| stalking {f} | :: stalking (act or crime of following and harassing someone) |
| stalknecht {m} | :: stablehand, hostler, employee working in a stable |
| stallen {v} | :: to put an animal in a stable |
| stallen {v} | :: to park (any human-powered vehicle, such as a bicycle) |
| stallen {v} | :: to put aside, lodge, retire |
| stalles {p} [theatre, architecture] | :: The stalls in a theatre |
| stalling {f} | :: A place where gear can be stored, or where vehicles (especially bicycles) can be parked |
| stalmeester {m} | :: stablemaster, equerry |
| stalmeid {f} | :: stable girl |
| stalmeisje {noun} | :: diminutive of stalmeid |
| stam {m} | :: trunk of a tree |
| stam {m} [linguistics] | :: stem |
| stam {m} | :: tribe, clan |
| stam {m} [biology, taxonomy] | :: phylum |
| stamboek {n} | :: ancestry book, [breeding] pedigree book |
| stamboom {m} | :: A family tree, genealogical stemma |
| stamcel {f} | :: stem cell |
| stamdag {m} | :: tribal gathering day |
| stamelen {v} | :: to stammer, stutter |
| stamgast {m} | :: patron, regular customer, especially to a pub |
| stamgenoot {m} | :: A fellow tribesman, member of the same tribe |
| stamhoofd {n} | :: A tribal chief or leader |
| stamkroeg {f} | :: a local bar |
| stamland {n} | :: land of origin |
| stammen {vi} | :: to descend |
| stammen {vi} | :: to derive |
| stammenbewustzijn {n} | :: tribal consciousness, tribal awareness (salience of tribal identity) |
| stamoudste {m} | :: A tribal elder, senior tribesman by age and/or rank, typically member of a tribal council which may counsel or even supervise the tribal chief(s) |
| stampen {v} | :: to stamp, to press |
| stampen {v} | :: to stomp with the feet |
| stampen {v} [nautical] | :: to pitch |
| stamper {m} | :: pistil (reproductive organ of certain plants) |
| stamper {m} | :: pestle (stick used for crushing and grinding) |
| stampij {f} | :: uproar, dissension, discord, concern |
| stamppot {m} | :: A dish of mash and vegetables, often with bacon or other meat and served with gravy |
| stampvoeten {v} | :: to stamp/stomp with the feet, often in rage or frustration |
| stampvol {adj} | :: packed, crowded (filled to capacity) |
| stamvader {m} | :: A male ancestor of a family, a family's founding father |
| stamverwant {m} | :: Someone of related origin |
| stamverwant {m} | :: [tribal contexts] Someone of the same tribe |
| stamverwant {adj} | :: related, germane in descent |
| stamverwant {adj} | :: [tribal contexts] of the same tribe |
| stamvorm {m} [biology] | :: progenitor, ancestor |
| stamvorm {m} [grammar] | :: stem |
| stand {m} | :: posture, position, bearing |
| stand {m} | :: rank, standing, station; class |
| stand {m} | :: score (of a game, match) |
| stand {m} | :: stand (small building or booth) |
| standaard {adj} | :: standard |
| standaard {adv} | :: by default |
| standaard {m} | :: standard, norm |
| standaard {m} | :: standard unit |
| standaard {m} | :: a banner, a standard |
| standaard {m} | :: a stand, support (e.g. to keep a bicycle standing upright) |
| standaardafwijking {f} | :: standard deviation |
| standaarddeviatie {f} | :: standard deviation |
| standaardmolen {m} | :: alternative form of standerdmolen |
| standaardtaal {f} | :: standard language |
| standaardwerk {n} | :: standard work |
| standaardwerkje {noun} | :: diminutive of standaardwerk |
| standbeeld {n} | :: statue |
| standenvergadering {f} [historical] | :: A representative assembly of the social estates |
| standerdkorenmolen {m} | :: A post mill used for milling grain |
| standerdmolen {m} | :: A post mill |
| standje {noun} | :: sexual position |
| standje {noun} | :: a scolding |
| standplaats {m} | :: stand (a designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait, e.g. for a bus) |
| standpunt {n} | :: standpoint; point of view |
| standrechtelijk {adj} | :: summary (pertaining to immediate delivery of a verdict, esp. of an execution, usually under martial law) |
| standrechtelijk {adv} | :: summarily |
| standvastig {adj} | :: strong, steadfast, steady |
| standvis {m} | :: sedentary fish (fish of a non-migratory population) |
| standvogel {m} | :: sedentary bird (bird of a non-migratory population) |
| standwild {n} [collective] | :: sedentary wild animals (wild animals of a non-migratory population) |
| stang {m} | :: bar |
| stangen {vt} [colloquial] | :: to tease, to bait, to pester |
| stank {m} | :: stench |
| stank voor dank {noun} | :: ungratefulness |
| stap {m} | :: step |
| stapel {m} | :: pile |
| stapel {m} [archaic] | :: basis, foundation, pedestal |
| stapel {m} [historical, trade] | :: stockpile, stock |
| stapel {m} [lutherie] | :: sound post |
| stapel {m} [obsolete, dialectal] | :: cricket (or alternatively, grasshopper) |
| stapelbed {n} | :: bunkbed |
| stapelen {vt} | :: to pile, to stack |
| stapelen {vi} [particularly of secondary and tertiary education, Netherlands] | :: to complete multiple tracks/variants of education at the same educational level [i.e. at secondary or tertiary education] |
| stapelgek {adj} | :: Completely mad, totally crazy |
| stapelgek {adj} | :: Completely besotten, infatuated |
| stapelmeervoud {n} | :: double plural |
| Staphorst {prop} {n} | :: Staphorst (village) |
| stappen {v} | :: to march |
| stappen {v} | :: to step |
| stappen {v} [Netherlands] | :: to go out (for a drink) |
| stappen {v} [chiefly Belgium] | :: to walk |
| stappenteller {m} | :: A pedometer (device that counts the amount of steps walked) |
| stapsgewijs {adv} | :: stepwise, step-by-step |
| stapsgewijs {adj} | :: stepwise, step-by-step |
| star {adj} | :: stiff, frozen |
| star {adj} | :: rigid |
| staren {vi} | :: to gaze, stare |
| start {m} | :: start |
| startbaan {f} {m} | :: runway |
| starten {v} | :: to start |
| starter {m} | :: starter, one who starts; in particular |
| starter {m} | :: first-time home buyer |
| starter {m} | :: start-up |
| startpijn {f} | :: joint pain that occurs after a period of rest or inactivity and wears off again after a period of activity, often associated with arthrosis and other joint maladies |
| startpunt {n} | :: starting point |
| startsein {n} | :: A starting signal |
| stase {f} | :: stasis, inactive state, as of a bodily liquid arrested in its flow |
| stase {f} [Brabantian] | :: train station |
| statenbond {m} | :: a political union or alliance of independent states or political organizations; a confederation |
| Stateneiland {prop} {n} | :: Isla de los Estados |
| Stateneiland {prop} {n} [now, uncommon] | :: Staten Island |
| Staten-Generaal {p} | :: States General, the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands |
| Staten-Generaal {p} [historical] | :: States General, the legislative assembly consisting of representatives from the provincial assemblies of the Dutch Republic, or earlier, of the Low Countries |
| Staten-Generaal {p} [historical] | :: A similar arrangement in France during the Ancien Regime |
| statie {f} [chiefly Belgium] | :: train station |
| statief {n} | :: A tripod serving as an optic - or other device's three-legged stand or mount |
| statig {adj} | :: stately, solemn, ceremonious, stern |
| station {n} | :: station (place for vehicles to stop) |
| stationering {f} | :: stationing (the putting in place to perform military duty) |
| stationsgebouw {n} | :: station building |
| stationsroman {m} | :: A light novel without literary ambition, strictly for entertainment, usually romantic and/or adventurous, often chosen as a pastime by travelers |
| statisch {adj} | :: static, stationary, concerning a motionless state or object in equilibrium |
| statisch {adj} | :: concerning statics, statical |
| statisch {adj} | :: invariable, constant, immobile |
| status {m} | :: status (all senses) |
| status {m} | :: medical file |
| status quo {m} | :: status quo |
| statussymbool {n} | :: status symbol |
| statuszucht {f} | :: fierce or even obsessive drive to achieve status |
| statutair {adj} | :: statutory |
| statuur {f} {n} [chiefly singular] | :: stature, size |
| statuut {n} | :: statute, legislation, regulation; written collection of laws or rules |
| statuut {n} | :: statute; written rule or principle, especially of a society or other institution |
| statuut {n} [Belgium] | :: legal status, legal position |
| statuut {n} [Netherlands] | :: ordinance, law |
| staurogram {n} [historical, Christianity] | :: staurogram (ligature and symbol of the cross) |
| Stavoren {prop} {n} | :: Stavoren (town) |
| stayeren {v} [sports] | :: ride behind pacemaker |
| stayeren {v} | :: ride or run a long distance |
| -ste {suffix} | :: Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers |
| steak {m} | :: steak |
| stedelijk {adj} | :: urban, civic |
| stedeling {m} | :: city-dweller, citizen (person who lives in a city) |
| steden {vt} [obsolete] | :: to place |
| steden {vt} [obsolete] | :: to hold in place |
| stedewaarts {adv} | :: towards the city |
| stedewaarts {adj} | :: towards the city |
| steeds {adv} | :: always, continually, all the time, every time, each time |
| steeds {adv} | :: increasingly, more and more, ever (+ comparative) |
| steeds weer {adv} | :: over and over again, repeatedly |
| steeg {f} | :: An alleyway; a lane [between walls, fencing, etc.]; a bystreet |
| steegje {noun} | :: diminutive of steeg |
| steek {m} | :: a prick (insect bite), a stab, a thrust |
| steek {m} | :: a knot |
| steek {m} | :: a stitch |
| steek {m} | :: a bicorne or tricorn; a cornered hat |
| steek houden {vi} [idiom] | :: to be valid, to be coherent |
| steekincident {n} | :: A stabbing incident |
| steekkaart {f} | :: file card |
| steekkar {f} | :: hand truck |
| steekpalm {m} | :: holly (Ilex aquifolium) |
| steekpalm {m} [obsolete] | :: certain plants of the genus Ruscus |
| steekpalm {f} | :: European box, boxwood, Buxus sempervirens |
| steekpartij {f} | :: a fight with knives or other bladed weapons |
| steekpenning {m} | :: A bribe, corrupt payment to buy an illegitimate favor (usually used in the plural form) |
| steekproef {f} | :: sample (statistics) |
| steekspel {n} [historical] | :: joust (chivalric contest where two contestants tried to knock their opponent of his horse with a lance) |
| steekspel {n} [chiefly historical] | :: tiltting at the ring (equestrian contest where a contestant tried to pierce a ring with a lance) |
| steekwagen {m} | :: hand truck |
| steel {m} | :: stem (of a plant) |
| steel {m} | :: handle (of a broom, a pan) |
| steelpan {f} | :: deep pan or pot with a handle |
| steelpan {m} | :: steelpan, steel drum |
| steels {adj} | :: furtive, secretive |
| steelzucht {f} | :: kleptomania |
| steen {m} | :: stone (small rock) |
| steen {m} [uncountable] | :: stone (hard substance) |
| Steen {prop} | :: surname |
| steenachtig {adj} | :: stony, stonelike |
| steenarend {m} | :: golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos |
| steenberg {m} [Netherlands] | :: spoil heap (mound made up of rubble from mining excavations) |
| steenbok {m} | :: An ibex, rock goat (wild mountain goat) |
| Steenbok {prop} {m} [zodiac constellations] | :: Capricornus |
| Steenbok {prop} {m} [astrology] | :: Capricorn |
| Steenbokskeerkring {prop} {m} [geography] | :: Tropic of Capricorn |
| steeneik {m} | :: holm oak |
| steenezel {m} [derogatory] | :: ass, stupid person, especially one who won't learn |
| steenezel {m} [obsolete, Suriname] | :: common donkey |
| steenfruit {n} [collective] | :: stone fruit, drupes |
| steengoed {adj} [colloquial] | :: damn good, unsurpassably good |
| steengoed {n} | :: pottery |
| steengoed {n} | :: stoneware, particularly German stoneware that is baked at high temperatures and originated in the fourteenth century |
| steengroeve {f} | :: stone quarry |
| steengruis {n} | :: debris, small crushed rocks |
| steenhouwer {m} | :: stonemason |
| steenkolenengels {n} | :: Dunglish |
| steenkolengas {n} | :: coal gas |
| steenkolenveld {n} | :: coal field |
| steenkool {f} | :: coal |
| steenkoud {adj} | :: ice-cold, very cold |
| steenmarter {m} | :: beech marten, Martes foina |
| steenmot {f} [Northern Dutch, mostly used in the east and north of the Netherlands] | :: woodlouse, isopod |
| steenolie {f} [rare] | :: petroleum, rock oil |
| steenpapier {n} | :: a type of paper manufactured from calcium carbonate mixed with a high density polyethylene bonding agent; stone paper |
| steenpuist {f} | :: carbuncle |
| steenrijk {adj} | :: filthy rich |
| steenslag {m} | :: crushed stone |
| steentijd {m} | :: Stone Age |
| steentijdperk {n} | :: Stone Age |
| steentijdvak {n} [dated] | :: Stone Age |
| steenuil {mf} | :: little owl, Athene noctua |
| steenvrucht {f} | :: stone fruit, drupe |
| Steenwijk {prop} {n} | :: Steenwijk (town) |
| steenwortel {m} [obsolete] | :: common polypody, Polypodium vulgare; chiefly in relation to its rhizome |
| steenzout {n} [mineral] | :: halite, sodium chloride |
| Stefan {prop} | :: given name |
| Stefanus {prop} [biblical character] | :: Stephen the protomartyr |
| steiger {m} | :: a jetty; a small, often wooden landing for boats or small ships |
| steiger {m} | :: scaffolding |
| steigeren {v} [mounts] | :: to prance, to rear |
| Steijn {prop} | :: surname |
| steil {adj} | :: steep |
| steil {adj} | :: (of hair) straight, not curly |
| Stein {prop} {n} | :: Stein (village/and/municipality) |
| stek {m} | :: spot, place, home |
| stek {m} | :: cutting, a leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant |
| stek {m} [Southern Dutch] | :: alternative form of stok |
| stekeblind {adj} [simile] | :: blind as a bat, blind as a mole |
| stekel {m} | :: prickle (small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn) |
| stekel {m} | :: spine (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant) |
| stekel {adj} | :: rabid (affected with rabies) |
| stekelbrem {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: needle furze, pettywhin, Genista anglica |
| stekelhuidige {noun} | :: echinoderm, any member of the phylum Echinodermata |
| stekelig {adj} | :: spiny, prickly, bristly (having pins, barbs, thorns, etc.) |
| stekelrog {m} | :: thornback ray, Raja clavata |
| stekelvarken {n} | :: A porcupine, large rodent of the families Erethizontidae and Hystricidae |
| steken {vt} | :: to prick, sting |
| steken {vt} | :: to stab, thrust (with a sharp instrument such as a dagger) |
| steken {vt} | :: to insert, put in |
| steken laten vallen {v} [idiomatic] | :: to make mistakes |
| stekker {m} | :: plug (e.g. electrical) |
| stekker {m} | :: jack (e.g. telephone jack) |
| stekkerdoos {f} | :: multiple socket; power strip |
| stel {n} | :: couple, pair |
| stel {n} | :: group, set, collection |
| stel {n} [colloquial] | :: a couple (of), a few |
| stelen {vt} | :: to steal |
| stelkunde {f} | :: algebra |
| Stella {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| stellen {vt} | :: to position; place |
| stellen {vt} | :: to state, to put forward (a question or problem) |
| stellen {vr} | :: to take one's stand |
| stellen {vt} [chemistry] | :: to standardize a solution by titration |
| stellende trap {m} [grammar] | :: positive degree |
| stellig {adj} | :: certain |
| stelling {f} | :: position, configuration |
| stelling {f} | :: thesis, contention |
| stelling {f} | :: sentence |
| stelling {f} | :: theorem |
| stelling {f} | :: scaffold |
| stellingenoorlog {m} | :: war of position, positional war |
| stellingmolen {m} | :: A tall smock mill with at least one gallery |
| stellingname {f} | :: the act of taking a position (i.e. a military position or an opinion) |
| stelling van Pythagoras {prop} {f} | :: Pythagorean theorem |
| stelregel {m} | :: A principle |
| stelsel {n} | :: system (collection of organized items) |
| stelsel {n} [mathematics] | :: system (a set of equations) |
| stelselmatig {adj} | :: systematic |
| stelselmatig {adv} | :: systematically |
| steltkluut {m} | :: The black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus |
| steltkluut {m} | :: Any other stilt of the genus Himantopus |
| stem {f} | :: voice, sound made by the mouth using airflow |
| stem {f} | :: the ability to speak |
| stem {f} | :: vote |
| stem {f} [obsolete] | :: word |
| stem {f} [phonetics] | :: voice, property formed by vibration of the vocal cords |
| stemband {m} [chiefly plural] | :: vocal cord |
| stembiljet {n} | :: ballot |
| stembus {f} | :: ballot box |
| stembusakkoord {n} | :: electoral agreement among political parties about a policy or a few related policies |
| stembusgang {m} | :: election (the action of voting in an election) |
| stemcomputer {m} | :: voting computer |
| stemfie {m} | :: A self-portrait photographed in a polling booth |
| stemgeluid {n} | :: tone of voice |
| stemgerechtigde {mf} | :: (eligible) voter |
| stemhok {n} [literally and figuratively] | :: voting booth |
| stemknop {m} | :: peg (e.g. of a violin, used for tuning a string) |
| stemmen {vit} [sometimes] | :: to vote |
| stemmen {vt} | :: to tune (to the right pitch) |
| stemmen {vt} | :: to bring into a certain mood |
| stemmen {vi} [obsolete] | :: to agree |
| stemmer {m} | :: tuner: someone who tunes a musical instrument |
| stemmer {m} | :: voter: someone who is eligible to vote in an election |
| stemmetje {noun} | :: diminutive of stem |
| stemming {f} | :: mood, atmosphere |
| stemming {f} | :: vote, ballot (act or instance of voting) |
| stemming {f} [music] | :: tuning, intonation |
| stemming maken {vi} [idiom, often with "tegen"] | :: to agitate, to incite people [against something] |
| stemmingmaken {v} | :: alternative form of stemming maken |
| stemmingmakerij {f} | :: agitation, the activity of arousing public sentiment, rabblerousing |
| stempel {m} {n} | :: stamp, die, seal (of wax) |
| stempel {m} {n} | :: stamp, postmark (of ink) |
| stempel {m} {n} [figuratively] | :: any kind of mark or sign of influence |
| stempel {m} {n} [botany] | :: stigma |
| stempelen {vt} | :: to stamp |
| stempelen {vi} | :: to collect state benefits |
| stemplichtig {adj} | :: required to vote |
| stemrecht {n} | :: the right to vote, suffrage |
| stemvee {n} [collective, pejorative] | :: voters considered to be easily manipulable |
| stemvee {n} [collective, pejorative] | :: parliamentarians perceived as anonymous, merely serving to boost the party ranks in votes |
| stemwijzer {m} | :: voting application |
| stenen {adj} | :: stonen, made of stone |
| stengel {m} | :: stalk |
| stengelui {m} | :: spring onion, scallion (Allium fistulosum); particularly when cultivated for its stem, similar to a leek |
| stenig {adj} | :: stony, stonelike |
| steniging {f} | :: stoning |
| stennis {m} | :: uproar, commotion |
| steno- {prefix} | :: steno- |
| steno {n} {m} | :: shorthand |
| stenograaf {m} | :: stenographer: shorthand writer |
| stenografie {f} | :: stenography |
| step {f} | :: kick scooter |
| step {f} [dated] | :: A mounting bracket on a bicycle |
| steppe {f} | :: steppe |
| steppearend {m} | :: steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis |
| steppenhoen {n} | :: Any bird of the genus Syrrhaptes |
| steppenroller {m} | :: tumbleweed |
| steppevos {m} | :: corsac fox, steppe fox (Vulpes corsac) |
| -ster {suffix} | :: feminine noun of -er |
| ster {mf} | :: star |
| ster {mf} [historical, otherwise archaic] | :: any luminous astronomical or meteorological phenomenon |
| ster {mf} | :: star (person) |
| ster {mf} | :: one who excels in something |
| ster {mf} | :: celebrity |
| ster {mf} [television] | :: short advertisement |
| steradiaal {m} [geometry] | :: steradian |
| sterallure {f} [chiefly plural, derogatory] | :: the pretentiousness of a celebrity |
| steranijs {m} | :: star anise |
| stercatalogus {m} | :: star catalogue |
| stereotyperen {vt} | :: to stereotype |
| stereotyperen {vt} [now, rare] | :: to print from a stereotype |
| stereotypering {f} | :: The act of stereotyping, conforming views about an individual to generalised opinions on groups |
| stereotypering {f} | :: A stereotype |
| stereotypering {f} [archaic] | :: The act of forcefully conforming something to one's views or image [generally not of opinions or tropes] |
| sterfbed {n} [chiefly singular] | :: deathbed |
| sterfdag {m} | :: date of death, dying day |
| sterfelijk {adj} | :: mortal (susceptible to death) |
| sterfgeval {n} | :: A fatality, the occurrence of someone's death |
| sterfjaar {n} | :: year of a person's death |
| sterfte {f} | :: death, dying |
| sterfte {f} | :: mortality |
| sterfte {f} [now chiefly in compounds] | :: mass death |
| sterftecijfer {n} | :: mortality rate |
| steriliteit {f} | :: sterility (the condition of being sterile) |
| sterk {adj} | :: strong, having physical strength |
| sterk {adj} | :: concentrated, strong, powerful in taste |
| sterk {adj} | :: implausible, improbable |
| sterk {adj} [Germanic grammar] | :: strong, pertaining to strong verbs |
| sterk {adj} [Germanic grammar] | :: strong, pertaining to strong nouns, strong declension |
| Sterk {prop} | :: surname |
| sterke drank {m} | :: superseded spelling of sterkedrank |
| sterkedrank {m} | :: liquor, spirit(s) |
| sterkedrank {m} [Belgium] | :: distilled beverage |
| sterkedrank {m} [Netherlands] | :: beverage with 15%+ alcohol content |
| sterken {v} | :: to fortify |
| sterken {v} [figuratively] | :: to encourage, to give strength to |
| sterker nog {adv} | :: but more than that; not that alone; even more strikingly; even more importantly; worse still; better still |
| sterkhouder {m} | :: (of people) a (male) mainstay |
| sterkte {interj} | :: Expression used to wish someone the strength to persevere whatever hardship they are experiencing |
| sterkte {interj} | :: good luck |
| sterkte {f} | :: strength of materials or of optic devices such as lenses of mirrors |
| stern {m} | :: tern |
| sterrenbeeld {n} [astronomy] | :: constellation |
| sterrenbeeld {n} [astrology] | :: astrological sign |
| sterrendag {m} [astronomy] | :: stellar day |
| sterrendom {n} | :: stardom, celebrity status |
| sterrenhoop {m} [astronomy] | :: star cluster |
| sterrenkijker {m} | :: An astronomical telescope |
| sterrenkijker {m} [dated] | :: One who looks at the stars, a stargazer |
| sterrenkind {n} [endearing] | :: stillborn child |
| sterrenkunde {f} | :: astronomy |
| sterrenkundige {mf} | :: astronomer |
| sterrenregen {m} | :: A meteor shower, an instance of many shooting stars falling within a short timespan |
| sterrenschot {n} | :: star jelly, star shot |
| sterrenstelsel {n} [astronomy] | :: galaxy |
| sterrenstof {n} | :: stardust |
| sterrenstof {n} | :: cosmic dust |
| sterrenstof {n} [slang] | :: cocaine, coke |
| sterrenwacht {f} | :: observatory |
| sterrenwichelaar {m} | :: astrologer |
| sterrenwichelarij {f} | :: astrology |
| sterrenzwerm {m} [astronomy, now, uncommon] | :: star cluster |
| sterretje {noun} | :: asterisk (*) |
| sterretje {noun} | :: sparkler |
| sterretjestuin {m} | :: (part of a) cemetary where stillborn children are buried |
| sterveling {m} | :: mortal |
| stervelinge {f} | :: mortal |
| sterven {v} | :: to die |
| stethoscoop {m} | :: stethoscope |
| steun {m} | :: support |
| steun {m} [military] | :: backup |
| steun {m} [colloquial] | :: dole, unemployment benefit |
| steunbeer {m} [architecture] | :: buttress |
| steunen {vt} | :: to support, keep up, back up, assist |
| steunen {vi} | :: to rest, be based or founded on |
| steunen {vi} | :: to moan, groan |
| steunfonds {n} | :: A support fund: fund to give material of immaterial support to certain groups |
| steunfonds {n} | :: A support fund of the European Monetary Union, used to bail out the debtors of countries with unsustainable debts |
| steunfort {n} | :: A small fortress or fortification functioning as an outwork to defend a larger fortification |
| steunkous {f} | :: compression stocking |
| steunpakket {n} | :: An aid package, a support package; often referring to funds or measures provided by political actors in support of something (usually businesses) |
| steuntrekker {m} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: someone who receives unemployment benefits |
| steur {m} | :: sturgeon |
| stevel {m} | :: boot |
| steven {m} | :: the part of a ship's deck that stretches along the entire length of the keel including the bow and the stern |
| Steven {prop} | :: given name |
| stevenen {v} | :: to steeve, to project upward |
| stevenen {v} | :: to bear down |
| Stevens {prop} | :: surname |
| stevig {adj} | :: firm, sturdy |
| stevig {adj} | :: sizeable, considerable |
| stevig {adv} | :: firmly |
| stevigheid {f} | :: firmness |
| stevigheid {f} | :: virtue |
| steward {m} [aviation] | :: steward, male flight attendant |
| stewardess {f} | :: stewardess, air hostess |
| stibium {n} | :: antimony |
| sticht {n} | :: bishopric |
| sticht {n} [dated] | :: monastery |
| sticht {n} [obsolete] | :: building, edifice |
| Sticht {prop} {n} [historical] | :: Bishopric of Utrecht, consisting of Utrecht, Overijssel and Drenthe |
| Sticht {prop} {n} | :: the province or formerly the lordship of Utrecht |
| stichtelijk {adj} | :: devoted, pious |
| stichten {v} | :: to found, establish |
| stichten {v} | :: to cause, allow to occur |
| stichten {v} | :: to preach |
| stichter {m} | :: founder |
| stichting {f} | :: foundation |
| Stichts {adj} | :: Pertaining to the Bishopric of Utrecht |
| sticker {m} | :: sticker (adhesive decal) |
| stickie {n} | :: A marihuana cigarette [generally smaller than a joint] |
| stief- {prefix} | :: step-; a prefix indicating the individual being referred to is related through the marriage of a parent |
| stiefbroer {m} | :: The son of one's stepparent who is not the son of either of one's biological parents |
| stiefbrus {mf} | :: stepsibling |
| stiefdochter {f} | :: stepdaughter |
| stiefelen {v} | :: to walk |
| stiefkind {n} | :: stepchild |
| stiefkind {n} [figuratively] | :: someone or something that is not treated fairly (the diminutive form is often used) |
| stiefmoeder {f} | :: stepmother |
| stiefouder {m} | :: A stepparent |
| stiefvader {m} | :: stepfather, stepdad |
| stiefzoon {m} | :: stepson |
| stiefzus {f} | :: stepsister |
| stiekem {adv} | :: secretly |
| stiekem {adj} | :: secret |
| stiel {m} | :: A métier, professional/expert skills |
| stiel {m} | :: A profession, job |
| stielman {m} | :: skilled specialised professional, especially artisan or technician |
| stier {m} | :: bull; a male of certain mammals, in particular bovines |
| Stier {prop} {m} [zodiac constellations, astrology] | :: Taurus |
| stierengevecht {n} | :: bullfight |
| stierenrennen {n} [bullfighting] | :: bull run, running of the bulls |
| stierenvechten {n} | :: bullfighting |
| stierenvechter {m} | :: one who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or bullfighter |
| stierenvechtster {f} | :: A female bullfighter |
| stierman {m} | :: A lamassu |
| stierman {m} | :: alternative form of stuurman |
| stift {f} | :: graphite core of a pencil |
| stift {f} | :: a felt-tip pen, a marker |
| stift {f} | :: a chip (in football) |
| stiften {v} | :: To draw or apply colour using a stift |
| stiften {v} | :: To chip (in football) |
| stigmatisatie {f} [Christianity] | :: stigmatisation, the appearance of stigmata |
| stigmatisatie {f} [rare, nonstandard] | :: stigmatisation, the act or process of stigmatising |
| stigmatiseren {vt} [Christianity] | :: to mark with the stigmata |
| stigmatiseren {vt} [by extension] | :: to stigmatise/stigmatize (to consider or label as shameful) |
| stijf {adj} | :: stiff, rigid |
| stijf {adj} | :: formalistic, posh |
| stijfheid {f} | :: stiffness |
| stijfsel {n} | :: The laundry stiffener starch |
| stijfsel {n} | :: Any stiffening additive, especially for putting up wallpaper |
| stijgbeugel {m} | :: stirrup |
| stijgen {vi} | :: to climb, to go up, to rise |
| stijgen {vi} | :: to ascend |
| stijging {f} | :: ascent |
| stijging {f} | :: increase |
| stijgwind {m} | :: lift, updraught, updraft |
| stijl {m} | :: style, fashion |
| stijl {m} [botany] | :: style of a pistil |
| stijl {m} | :: a bar on a metal fence |
| stijl {m} | :: the vertical part of the metal or concrete support frame that surrounds a window or a door |
| stijlfiguur {f} {m} | :: figure of speech |
| stijlfout {f} | :: style error, stylistic error (as opposed to a spelling error) |
| stijlmiddel {n} | :: figure of speech |
| stijlvol {adj} | :: stylish |
| Stijn {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| stijve {noun} [slang] | :: stiffy, hard-on, an erect phallus; hence, an erection |
| stik {interj} [Netherlands] | :: drat, darn; Used as an expression of frustration, if something doesn't work out as expected. It is a rather innocent, child-friendly curse |
| stikkapot {noun} [Belgium] | :: very tired, exhausted; knackered, dead tired |
| stikken {vi} | :: to choke, suffocate |
| stikken {vt} [archaic] | :: to suffocate, to cause problems with breathing |
| stikken {v} [impersonal] | :: to teem [+ van (object) = with] (to have an abundance of) |
| stikken {v} | :: to stitch |
| stikstof {f} [chemistry] | :: nitrogen |
| stil {adj} | :: still, not moving |
| stil {adj} | :: quiet, silent |
| stilaan {adv} | :: slowly, gradually |
| stiletto {f} | :: stiletto |
| stilistisch {adj} | :: stylistic |
| stille {mf} | :: silent person, who rarely speaks |
| stille {mf} | :: undercover agent (male only) |
| Stille Oceaan {prop} {m} | :: the Pacific Ocean (the world's largest body of water) |
| stilletjes {adv} | :: diminutive of stil; silently, stealthily |
| stilleven {n} | :: still-life (painting or other image of arranged inanimate or dead objects, sometimes displaying living animals as well) |
| stilstaan {v} | :: to stand still, to not move |
| stilstaan {v} | :: to stagnate |
| stilstaan {v} | :: to realise, to pay attention [+ bij (object) = to] |
| stilstand {m} | :: standstill, stop, stoppage, cessation |
| stilte {f} | :: silence |
| stilvallen {v} | :: to fall silent |
| stilvallen {v} | :: to come to a standstill, to stop moving |
| stilzwijgen {n} | :: complete silence, absence of speaking or other communication |
| stilzwijgen {vi} | :: to be completely silent, to be taciturn |
| stimulans {m} | :: stimulus, incentive |
| stimulatie {f} | :: stimulation |
| stimuleren {vti} | :: to stimulate |
| stinkbom {f} | :: stinkbomb |
| stinkdas {m} | :: A stink badger, mephitine of the genus Mydaus |
| stinkdier {n} | :: skunk, any member of the family Mephitidae |
| stinken {v} | :: to stink |
| stinkmarter {m} [uncommon] | :: European polecat, Mustela putorius |
| stinkrob {m} | :: ringed seal, Pusa hispida |
| stinkvogel {m} [chiefly Suriname] | :: black vulture, Coragyps atratus |
| stinkvogel {m} [Suriname] | :: hoatzin, Opisthocomus hoazin |
| stins {f} [historical] | :: A fortified stone house or tower, a keep |
| stinzenplant {f} | :: A cultivated plant originating from more southern regions that was historically grown in gardens and farms |
| stip {f} {m} | :: dot |
| stip {f} {m} | :: freshwater ick: a disease that affects (aquarium) fish (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) |
| stippel {c} | :: A dot, dash, speck |
| stippelmot {f} | :: An ermine moth, moth of the family Yponomeutidae |
| stippelmotje {noun} | :: diminutive of stippelmot |
| stipt {adj} | :: precise, exact |
| stipt {adj} | :: punctual |
| stiptheid {f} | :: punctuality |
| stock {m} | :: stock, goods in supply |
| stock {m} | :: basic capital |
| stock {m} | :: shares (equity) |
| Stockholm {prop} {n} | :: Stockholm (capital city) |
| stoe {f} | :: alternative form of stouw |
| stoefen {v} | :: to brag, to boast, to show off |
| stoeien {v} | :: To fight in a playful way |
| stoeien {v} | :: To romp |
| stoel {m} | :: A chair, a piece of furniture used for sitting, normally portable and having four legs |
| stoel {m} | :: [hence)] Any seat, from stool to throne; a dais |
| stoel {m} | :: The base on which something rests, e.g. platform; something fixed on it, notably a workbench |
| stoel {m} | :: A place of residence, headquarters, powerbase |
| stoel {m} [botany] | :: A receptacle, stool, a type of stump |
| stoel {m} [obsolete] | :: A confessional chair |
| stoel {m} [obsolete, uncountable] | :: Fecal stool |
| stoel {m} [obsolete] | :: A toadstool, a mushroom |
| stoelen {v} | :: (used with the preposition op 'on' and an indirect object) To rest, be based/ founded, on something (such as an argumentation) |
| stoelen {vi} [botany] | :: To form into a stool (stump) |
| stoelendans {m} | :: musical chairs |
| stoelgang {m} | :: One's stool, fecal discharge |
| stoelpoot {m} | :: A leg of a chair |
| stoeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of stoel |
| stoeltjeslift {m} | :: A chairlift |
| stoep {f} | :: pavement, footpath, sidewalk |
| stoep {f} | :: stoop, platform before a (major) door into a building, doorstep |
| stoephoer {f} [vulgar, pejorative, offensive] | :: A highly pejorative term for a woman |
| stoephoer {f} [vulgar, uncommon] | :: street whore (a prostitute who operates in public areas) |
| stoepier {m} | :: Someone employed to stand near the entrance of a venue or attraction in order to entice people to enter |
| stoepkrijt {n} | :: sidewalk chalk |
| stoepkrijten {vit} | :: to draw or write in sidewalk chalk |
| stoeprand {m} | :: A kerb, the edge of a pavement |
| stoer {adj} | :: firm, robust, sturdy |
| stoer {adj} | :: tough, cool |
| stoer {interj} | :: cool, nice |
| stoet {m} | :: procession |
| stoet {f} [Northeastern] | :: bread |
| stoeterij {f} | :: horse ranch, stud (farm where horses are kept for breeding) |
| stoethaspel {m} [derogatory] | :: A clumsy person; a galoot, klutz, butterfingers |
| stof {n} | :: dust |
| stof {f} | :: matter, material |
| stof {f} | :: substance |
| stof {f} | :: fabric |
| stof {f} | :: curriculum |
| Stofberg {prop} | :: surname |
| stofdoek {m} | :: A duster, a dust cloth |
| stofduivel {m} | :: dust devil |
| stoffeerder {m} | :: upholsterer |
| stoffelijk {adj} | :: material |
| stoffelijk overschot {noun} | :: corpse |
| stoffen {vt} | :: to dust, to remove dust from |
| stoffen {adj} | :: fabric (made of fabric) |
| stoffer {m} | :: duster, often used in combination with a dustpan |
| stofferen {v} | :: to upholster |
| stoffig {adj} | :: dusty |
| stofhoos {f} | :: dust devil |
| stofkam {m} | :: a very fine-toothed comb |
| stoflong {f} | :: pneumoconiosis |
| stofmasker {n} | :: A dust mask |
| stofstorm {m} | :: dust storm |
| stofvrij {adj} | :: dustfree |
| stofwisseling {f} | :: metabolism (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) |
| stofwisselingsziekte {f} | :: A metabolic disease |
| stofwolk {f} | :: A dust cloud |
| stofwolkje {noun} | :: diminutive of stofwolk |
| stofzuigen {vit} | :: to vacuum-clean, clean with a vacuum cleaner |
| stofzuiger {m} | :: vacuum cleaner, hoover |
| stofzuiger {m} [archaic] | :: A stationary industrial device that removes dust and other particles |
| stofzuigeren {v} [uncommon] | :: to vacuum-clean |
| stofzuigerslang {f} | :: vacuum cleaner hose |
| stoichiometrie {f} | :: stoichiometry; the study and calculation of quantitative (measurable) relationships of the reactants and products in chemical reactions |
| stoïcijn {m} | :: A stoic, an adherent of stoicism |
| stoïcijns {adj} | :: stoic, unaffected by pain or emotion, unemotional |
| stoïcijns {adj} | :: stoic, pertaining to stoicism |
| stoïcisme {n} | :: stoicism |
| stok {m} | :: stick, natural (wood) or artificial |
| stok {m} | :: cane |
| stok {m} [card games] | :: deck, stock (set of playing cards) |
| stok {m} [dated] | :: stock, supply |
| stokaas {n} | :: larva of the caddis fly; [collectively] larvae of the caddisfly |
| stokanker {n} | :: stock anchor, stocked anchor (anchor with a stock) |
| stokbewaarder {m} [archaic] | :: A jailer, notably one which carries a cane‐like instrument to prod or discipline prisoners, as usual in Antiquity and feudal era |
| stokbrood {n} | :: baguette (elongated French type of bread) |
| stokebrand {m} | :: agitator, instigator of unrest |
| stoken {vt} | :: to poke, stoke |
| stoken {vt} | :: to light, to start (fire) |
| stoken {vt} [figuratively] | :: to stir up, to enflame (problems, emotions) |
| stoker {m} | :: stoker, one who stokes fuel |
| stoker {m} | :: agitator, one who sows division or discord |
| stokhaver {c} | :: A caning, load of blows with a stick or similar implement |
| stokje {noun} [sports] | :: baton (in a relay race) |
| stokje {noun} [chiefly plural] | :: chopstick |
| stokoud {adj} | :: very old, ancient |
| stokslag {m} | :: A cane stroke or hit with another type of stick, such as hickory or even a clubber |
| stokstaartje {noun} | :: meerkat |
| stokstijf {adj} [literally] | :: as stiff as a stick |
| stokstijf {adj} | :: stock-still, immobile |
| stokstijf {adj} [figuratively] | :: immovable, stubborn, tenacious |
| stokvis {m} | :: stockfish |
| stokwachter {m} [rare] | :: jailor, warden |
| stol {m} | :: stollen |
| Stoli {noun} [slang] | :: Stolichnaya vodka |
| Stolk {prop} | :: surname |
| stollen {vi} | :: to coagulate, to solidify, to congeal |
| stollen {vt} | :: to coagulate, to solidify |
| stolling {f} | :: freezing |
| stolling {f} | :: coagulation |
| stollingsgesteente {n} [geology] | :: igneous rock |
| stolp {f} | :: cover |
| stolp {f} | :: bell jar |
| stolpboerderij {f} | :: Haubarg, a byre-dwelling farm |
| stom {adj} | :: mute, unable to speak, as medical condition or species-determined |
| stom {adj} | :: speechless; soundless, silent |
| stom {adj} | :: wordless, non-verbal |
| stom {adj} | :: mentally dulling, soul-killing |
| stom {adj} | :: stupid, dumb |
| stom {adj} | :: foolish, senseless, piteous |
| stom {adj} | :: in compounds essentially reinforcing the sense |
| stoma {m} [botany] | :: stoma, One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass |
| stomdronken {adj} | :: pissed drunk, sodden, blottoed |
| stomen {vi} | :: to be propelled by steam, to move while powered by a steam engine |
| stomen {vt} | :: to steam, to cook by means of steam |
| stomen {vt} | :: to steam, to clean by means of steam |
| stomerij {f} | :: dry cleaner |
| stomme film {m} | :: silent film |
| stommeling {m} | :: A dumb-ass, dunce, duffer, stupid person |
| stommerd {m} [chiefly childish] | :: A dumbo, a stupid person, a stupid-head |
| stommerik {m} | :: A dumbo, stupid person |
| stommiteit {f} [countable] | :: a stupidity, a stupid action |
| stommiteit {f} [uncountable, rare] | :: stupidity, the quality of being stupid |
| stomp {adj} | :: blunt, not sharp |
| stomp {adj} [mathematics, of an angle] | :: Having over 90 degrees |
| stomp {m} | :: A stump, a short, formless, protruding object |
| stomp {m} | :: A blow, a painful hit with the fist or the elbow |
| stompen {v} | :: to pommel, to punch |
| stompkaars {f} {m} | :: block candle |
| stompneusaap {m} | :: snub-nosed monkey, monkey of the genus Rhinopithecus |
| stompzinnig {adj} | :: stupid, harebrained |
| stond {f} | :: time; point in time, moment |
| stond {f} | :: age, epoch |
| stond {f} | :: hour |
| stoned {adj} | :: stoned, high (under the influence of drugs, especially recreational drugs) |
| stoof {f} | :: foot stove |
| stoof {f} [historical] | :: public bathing house |
| stoofvlees {n} | :: slow-cooked meat |
| stookolie {f} | :: fuel oil, marine oil, furnace oil, heavy fuel |
| stoom {m} | :: steam |
| stoombad {n} | :: steam bath, sauna |
| stoomboot {m} | :: steamboat |
| stoombootdienst {f} | :: A steamboat service, a steamboat line |
| stoombootmaatschappij {f} | :: A steamboat company |
| stoomcursus {m} | :: A very short intensive educational course to prepare students for an exam or a subsequent course or education |
| stoomcursus {m} [historical] | :: A short military course to prepare regular soldiers or recruits for an officer education |
| stoomfiets {f} [dated or historical, often, humorous] | :: A motorcycle, originally a steam-powered one but since approx. 1900 often used humorously for a petrol-fuelled motorbike |
| stoomfluit {c} | :: steam whistle, as on a steam engine |
| stoomgemaal {n} | :: A steam-powered pumphouse or pumping-engine for draining polders |
| stoomketel {m} | :: A steam boiler |
| stoomkracht {f} | :: Steam power |
| stoomlocomotief {f} {m} | :: A steam locomotive, locomotive powered by steam engine |
| stoommachine {f} | :: steam engine (machine) |
| stoompaard {n} [dated or historical, in later usage often, humorous or poetic] | :: A steam locomotive |
| stoomschip {n} | :: A steamship, steamer, a ship powered by steam (engine(s)) |
| stoomtram {m} | :: steam tram, a tram unit pulled by a steam tram locomotive |
| stoomtrein {m} | :: steam train |
| stoomturbine {f} | :: A steam turbine |
| stoomwals {f} | :: steamroller [often also used of non-steam-operated rollers] |
| stoornis {f} | :: disorder |
| stoorzender {m} | :: A jammer, a jamming station |
| stoorzender {m} [derogatory, figurative] | :: A person who obstructs regular operation; an obstructionist, a saboteur |
| stoot {m} | :: a jab, punch, blow |
| stoot {m} [billiards] | :: a shot |
| stoot {m} | :: a stab with a pointed object |
| stoot {m} | :: a shocking interruption of a movement, shock |
| stoot {m} [colloquial] | :: thrust (single penetrating movement of the penis during sex.) |
| stoot {f} [slang] | :: a chick (i.e. an attractive young woman) |
| stootarbeider {m} | :: udarnik (highly productive Soviet worker) |
| stoottand {m} | :: tusk, a large tooth extending outside the mouth, as on an elephant, fit as a weapon |
| stoottoon {m} [Limburgish phonology] | :: falling tone |
| stoottroep {mf} [chiefly plural] | :: shock troop |
| stootvogel {m} [uncommon] | :: bird of prey, in particular one that incapacitates its prey by knocking it down |
| stootwapen {n} | :: A weapon used for thrusting [may be both sharp or blunt] |
| stop {m} | :: An action of stopping, cessation |
| stop {m} | :: A plug for a sink, a stopper |
| stop {m} | :: An electric fuse |
| stopbord {n} | :: stop sign |
| stopcontact {n} | :: a electrical socket, an outlet |
| stopfles {f} | :: A jar or bottle with a lid that resembles a plug and is usually made of glass |
| stopformulier {n} | :: stop and search record (form filled in by police officers when having subjected someone to a stop-and-search, in order to quantify ethnic profiling by the police) |
| stoplicht {n} | :: A traffic light |
| stoplicht {n} | :: One of the lights on a traffic light or on another signalling device, in particular a red one |
| stoppel {m} | :: stubble |
| stoppelbaard {m} | :: stubble, stubbly beard |
| stoppen {v} | :: to stop, to halt |
| stoppen {v} | :: to plug |
| stoppen {v} | :: to stuff, to put, to insert |
| stoppen {v} | :: to darn |
| stoppenkast {f} | :: A fusebox |
| stopper {m} | :: stop (device to block path) |
| stopstreep {f} | :: stop line |
| stoptrein {m} | :: local train, commuter train |
| stopwoord {n} | :: filled pause |
| stopzetten {v} | :: to discontinue, to suspend, to adjourn, to interrupt (a process, function, task, position, or event) |
| storax {m} | :: alternative form of styrax |
| storen {v} | :: to disturb, to bother |
| storen {v} [radio] | :: to interfere with, to cause interference |
| storing {f} | :: malfunction |
| storing {f} | :: disruption |
| storing {f} [radio] | :: interference |
| stork {m} [dialectal, uncommon] | :: stork |
| storm {m} | :: storm; a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane |
| storm {m} [of sieges or battles] | :: assault, storming |
| stormachtig {adj} | :: stormy, tempestuous |
| stormbandpinguïn {m} | :: chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarcticus |
| stormen {vi} [of a wind or gale] | :: to blow strongly |
| stormen {vi} [of a person] | :: to storm, to move with rage |
| storm in een glas water {m} | :: storm in a teacup, tempest in a teapot |
| stormloop {m} | :: stampede |
| stormparaplu {m} | :: A storm-resistant umbrella |
| Storms {prop} | :: surname |
| stormvloed {m} | :: A storm surge |
| stormvloedkering {f} | :: A storm surge barrier |
| stort {n} | :: A place where waste or garbage is left, a dump |
| stortbad {n} [regional, Southern Dutch, Belgian Dutch] | :: shower (for bathing) |
| stortbad {n} | :: a flush of water |
| stortbad {n} [figuratively] | :: disillusion |
| stortbevalling {f} | :: precipitate labour; a labour with a short timespan between the beginning of cervical dilation and childbirth |
| stortbui {f} | :: downpour |
| storten {v} | :: to dump, to deposit |
| storten {v} | :: to plummet |
| storten {v} | :: to deposit into an account |
| storting {m} | :: the deposit of money into a bank account |
| stortregen {m} | :: pouring rain, downpour |
| stortregenen {v} [impersonal] | :: to downpour |
| stoten {vt} | :: to push |
| stoten {vt} | :: to shock or to shake |
| stotig {adj} | :: [of cattle] Prone to goring |
| stotteren {v} | :: to stutter, to stammer |
| stout {adj} | :: naughty, disobedient, mischievous |
| stout {adj} | :: high (expectations) |
| stout {adj} [archaic] | :: bold, audacious |
| stout {m} {n} | :: stout (brew) |
| stouterik {m} [childish] | :: naughty person |
| stoutmoed {m} | :: courage, bravery |
| stoutmoedig {adj} | :: daring |
| stouw {f} [obsolete] | :: stow, place |
| stoven {v} | :: to stew on a fire |
| stoven {v} | :: (figuratively) to prepare |
| stoven {v} | :: to stove |
| stoven {v} | :: to simmer for a long time |
| straal {mf} | :: ray (a beam of light or radiation) |
| straal {mf} | :: a thin stream of liquid, a jet |
| straal {mf} [geometry] | :: radius |
| straal {mf} | :: stinger |
| straal {mf} [equids] | :: frog (organ in the hoof) |
| straal {adv} | :: completely, to the hilt |
| straal {adv} | :: along a straight line |
| straaljager {m} | :: A jet fighter, a fighter jet (combat aeroplane with a jet engine) |
| straaljagertje {noun} | :: diminutive of straaljager |
| straalmotor {m} | :: A jet engine |
| straalstroom {m} [meteorology] | :: jet stream |
| straalvinnige {noun} | :: ray-finned fish, any member of the class Actinopterygii |
| straalvliegtuig {n} | :: A jet plane, a jet aeroplane |
| straalvliegtuigje {noun} | :: diminutive of straalvliegtuig |
| straat {f} | :: street, paved way |
| straat {f} [geography] | :: channel, strait |
| straatarm {adj} | :: dirt-poor |
| straathoek {m} | :: street corner |
| straathond {m} | :: A street dog, a stray dog |
| straathondje {noun} | :: diminutive of straathond |
| straatintimidatie {f} | :: street harassment (sexual harassment in outdoor public places) |
| straatjongen {m} | :: A street boy, a male street urchin |
| straatkind {n} | :: street urchin |
| straatkunstenaar {m} | :: street artist |
| straatlicht {n} | :: streetlight |
| straatlichtje {noun} | :: diminutive of straatlicht |
| straatmeisje {n} | :: A street girl, a female street urchin |
| straatmuzikant {m} | :: street musician |
| straatnaam {m} | :: street name, road name |
| straatorgel {n} | :: street organ (musical instrument) |
| straatrace {m} | :: A street race |
| straatracer {m} | :: A street racer |
| straatroof {m} | :: street robbery |
| straatrover {m} | :: street robber, mugger |
| Straatsburg {prop} {n} | :: Straatsburg (capital city) |
| straatschender {m} | :: hooligan, vandal |
| straatsteen {m} | :: paving stone |
| straatvechter {m} | :: (male) streetfighter |
| straatveger {m} | :: A street sweeper |
| straatverkoper {m} | :: A street vendor (outdoor vendor) |
| straatweg {m} [dated] | :: a paved road (usually found in certain street names or landmarks) |
| stracciatella {f} {m} | :: stracciatella (Italian ice cream) |
| stracciatella {f} {m} | :: stracciatella (Italian soup) |
| straf {f} | :: punishment, penalty, sanction |
| straf {adj} | :: heavy, hefty |
| straf {adj} | :: spicy |
| straf {adj} | :: implausible, improbable |
| strafadvocaat {m} [legal] | :: A defence counsel or defense lawyer specialised in criminal law |
| strafbaar {adj} | :: illegal |
| strafbaarstelling {f} | :: criminalisation |
| strafblad {n} | :: a criminal record |
| strafcorner {c} [field hockey] | :: penalty corner (corner taken from the back line approx. 10 m from the nearest goalpost) |
| strafexpeditie {f} | :: punitive expedition, punitive campaign |
| straffeloos {adv} | :: with impunity, unpunished |
| straffeloos {adj} [uncommon] | :: unpunished, with impunity |
| straffen {vt} | :: to punish |
| straffen {vt} | :: to sentence |
| straffen toebak {m} [Belgian Dutch] | :: no mean feat |
| straffen toebak {m} | :: strong or exaggerated story |
| straffen toebak {m} | :: powerful thing or person |
| strafkamp {n} | :: A penal camp, a prison camp, an internment camp (camp where civilians, esp. dissidents, are imprisoned) |
| strafkolonie {f} | :: penal colony |
| strafmaat {c} | :: sentence (of a crime) |
| strafpleiter {m} [legal] | :: A defence counsel or defense lawyer specialised in criminal law |
| strafpunt {n} [generally, sports in and, games, sometimes law] | :: penalty point |
| strafrecht {n} [legal] | :: criminal law |
| strafrechtadvocaat {m} [legal] | :: A defence counsel or defense lawyer specialised in criminal law |
| strafschop {m} [football] | :: penalty, a free-kick from the penalty spot awarded to the grieved team in football etc |
| strafschopdoelpunt {n} | :: penalty goal |
| strafschopgoal {m} | :: penalty goal |
| strafschoppenserie {f} | :: penalty shootout |
| strafschoptreffer {m} | :: penalty goal |
| strafstudie {f} [Belgium, education] | :: detention |
| strafwerk {n} [education] | :: school assignment(s) given as a punishment, imposition |
| strak {adj} | :: tight |
| strak {adj} | :: tense (showing stress or strain) |
| straks {adv} | :: later today, shortly, in a moment |
| straks {adv} [Suriname, elsewhere dialectal] | :: immediately, right now |
| stralen {vi} | :: to radiate, to shine |
| stralen {vi} | :: to miscarry |
| stralen {vt} [Southern Dutch] | :: to hit with an arrow or similar weapon |
| stralen {vt} [Southern Dutch] | :: to prick, to sting |
| stralen {vt} [Southern Dutch] | :: to squirt out |
| straling {f} [physics] | :: radiation |
| stralingsdosis {f} | :: radiation dose |
| stralingsveld {n} | :: radiation field |
| stram {adj} | :: stiff, rigid, inflexible |
| stramijn {n} [Flemish] | :: colander |
| strand {n} | :: beach, strand |
| strandbal {m} | :: A beach ball |
| stranden {v} | :: to strand |
| strandjut {m} [Northern Dutch] | :: beachcomber (one who collects or steals items of salvage found on a beach) |
| strandjutter {m} | :: beachcomber (one who collects or steals items of salvage on a beach) |
| strandkrab {f} | :: shore crab, green crab (Carcinus maenas) |
| strandleeuwerik {m} | :: shore lark, horned lark, Eremophila alpestris |
| strandleeuwerik {m} | :: Any lark of the genus Eremophila |
| strandloper {m} | :: A sandpiper, used of certain waders of the family Scolopacidae, especially of the genus Calidris |
| strandloper {m} [dated] | :: A beachcomber |
| strandloper {m} [dated, rare] | :: A beach walker, someone who walks on the beach |
| strandmeer {n} | :: lagoon |
| strandpaal {m} | :: A beach pole; a pole on a beach used to mark distance or as a small landmark |
| strandpaviljoen {n} | :: A beach restaurant or beach-side shop, often being a temporary building made of light materials |
| strandplevier {m} | :: The Kentish plover, Chadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus |
| strandpluvier {m} | :: superseded spelling of strandplevier |
| strandstoel {m} | :: beach chair |
| strandvond {m} | :: A stranded discovered object, a beach find |
| strandvond {m} [collective] | :: Several of the above stranded finds, collectively |
| strandvonder {m} [Netherlands] | :: official responsible for the recovery and lawful return or distribution of stranded objects and vessels within a specified area at or near the shore |
| strandwacht {f} {m} | :: A beach lifeguard |
| strandwacht {f} {m} [archaic] | :: A guard (person) posted at or near a beach |
| strandwacht {f} [archaic] | :: A guard squad at or near a beach |
| strandweer {n} | :: pleasant weather that makes people (want to) go to the beach |
| strandwolf {m} | :: brown hyena, Hyaena brunnea |
| strapats {f} [chiefly derogatory] | :: prank, caper (strange, excessive or frivolous action) |
| strateeg {f} | :: strategist |
| strategie {f} | :: strategy |
| strategisch {adj} | :: strategic |
| strato- {prefix} | :: strato- |
| stratosfeer {f} {m} | :: stratosphere |
| stratovulkaan {m} | :: stratovolcano |
| streaken {vi} | :: to streak (to run naked in public, especially at sports games) |
| streaker {m} | :: A streaker (one who runs naked in public, especially at sports games) |
| stream {m} [computing, internet] | :: A stream |
| streamen {vti} | :: to stream |
| streber {m} [colloquial, derogatory] | :: A person who studies hard or makes a great effort in another way, generally seen as trying too hard; a try-hard, a nerd |
| streek {f} | :: region |
| streek {f} | :: prank, trick, antic |
| streekgerecht {n} | :: Dish particular to a certain region |
| streektaal {f} | :: regiolect, regional language [used for both dialects and separate languages with a regional presence] |
| streekvervoer {n} | :: suburban transport |
| streep {f} | :: stripe |
| streep {f} | :: a short stroke (e.g. of the pen) |
| streepjescode {m} | :: barcode |
| streepkleur {f} [mineralogy] | :: streak |
| strekdam {m} | :: A dam constructed to be (partially or approximately) parallel to the bank, shore and/or water current, to prevent erosion |
| strekken {vi} | :: to stretch, to extend, to reach |
| strekken {vt} | :: to reach, to extend, to stretch |
| strekken {vi} | :: to suffice, to last |
| strekking {f} | :: purpose, tenor |
| strekking {f} | :: scope (of a sanction) |
| strekking {f} | :: drift (of a storyline) |
| strekking {f} | :: meaning (of a word) |
| strekking {f} [geology] | :: strike |
| strelen {v} | :: to pet, caress |
| streling {f} | :: petting |
| stremmen {v} | :: to block, to obstruct |
| stremmen {v} | :: to curdle |
| streng {adj} | :: strict, severe, rigorous, unbending, cruel |
| streng {f} {m} | :: string, twined object, as most ropes or cords |
| strepen {vt} | :: to stripe, to draw stripes/lines on |
| stress {m} | :: stress |
| stressbal {m} | :: A stress ball |
| stressballetje {noun} | :: diminutive of stressbal |
| stressen {v} | :: to be stressed |
| stresskip {f} [colloquial] | :: a stress-prone person |
| stresskonijn {n} [colloquial] | :: Someone who is often anxious or prone to stress, a neurotic person. Literally, a stress-rabbit |
| stretcher {m} | :: stretcher |
| streven {vi} | :: to strive [+ naar/tot (for) before a noun / + om (to/for) before a verb] |
| streven {vi} [slang] | :: to study hard |
| streven {vi} [obsolete] | :: to move (forward) |
| strever {m} | :: One who strives; striver |
| strever {m} [uncommon, colloquial, derogatory] | :: A person who studies hard or makes a great effort in another way; a try-hard, a nerd |
| striemen {v} | :: to hit hard, like the elements |
| Striep {prop} {n} | :: Striep (A <<hamlet>> on <<isl/Terschelling>>, <<c/Netherlands>>.) |
| strijd {m} | :: fight |
| strijd {m} | :: battle |
| strijd {m} | :: conflict |
| strijdbaar {adj} | :: militant, combative |
| strijdbijl {f} | :: battle axe |
| strijd der geslachten {m} | :: battle of the sexes |
| strijden {vi} | :: to fight |
| strijder {m} | :: fighter |
| strijdgas {n} [countable, uncountable] | :: military poison gas |
| strijdhamer {m} | :: war hammer |
| strijdkracht {f} | :: A military unit; [in the plural] armed forces |
| strijdkracht {f} [uncountable] | :: One's capability or readiness to fight |
| strijdkreet {m} | :: battle cry |
| strijdlied {n} | :: battle song |
| strijdlust {m} | :: warlikeness, ferocity |
| strijdlustig {adj} | :: warlike, ferocious |
| strijdperk {n} [military] | :: battlefield (arena or theatre of fighting) |
| strijdperk {n} [figurative] | :: subject or scope of contention (that which is subject to controversy) |
| strijdster {f} | :: (female) fighter |
| strijdtoneel {n} [also, figurative] | :: theatre of war, theatre of battle |
| strijdvaardig {adj} | :: aggressive, belligerent |
| strijdwagen {m} | :: chariot |
| strijkbout {m} | :: iron (iron for ironing clothes) |
| strijken {vi} | :: to stroke |
| strijken {vt} | :: to iron, press (clothes) |
| strijken {vt} | :: to lower (sail) |
| strijker {m} [music] | :: A musician who plays a string instrument, usually with a bow |
| strijker {m} | :: Someone who irons clothes |
| strijker {m} | :: A match cracker, a type of firecracker that is ignited by rubbing a phosphorous or sulphurous head over a suitable surface |
| strijkijzer {n} | :: iron (for pressing clothes) |
| strijkkraal {f} {m} | :: fusible bead |
| strijkorkest {n} | :: A string orchestra |
| strijkplank {f} | :: ironing board |
| strijkstok {m} | :: bow (rod used for playing stringed instruments) |
| strijkstok {m} | :: strickle, screed, strike (rod or other straight-edged instrument for levelling a measure) |
| strik {m} | :: tie, knot |
| strik {m} | :: bow (type of knot) |
| strik {m} | :: snare |
| strik {m} | :: tangle (in one's hair) |
| strikdas {c} | :: cravat |
| strikken {v} | :: to tie (up a shoelace for example) |
| strikken {v} | :: to get (someone to do something for you); to ask to stay |
| strikt {adj} | :: strict |
| strikt {adv} | :: strictly |
| strikvraag {f} | :: trick question |
| string {m} [clothing] | :: G-string, thong |
| string {m} [computing] | :: character string |
| strip {m} | :: strip (long thin piece) |
| strip {m} | :: comic (a cartoon story) |
| stripalbum {n} | :: comic book |
| stripboek {n} | :: comic book |
| stripclub {m} | :: strip club |
| stripfiguur {f} {n} | :: comic character, character from a comic strip |
| stripfiguurtje {noun} | :: diminutive of stripfiguur |
| stripheld {m} | :: A comic-book hero |
| strippen {vi} | :: To practice striptease, to remove one's clothes ostentatiously |
| strippenkaart {f} [historical] | :: ticket for local public transport (i.e. for buses, trams, and metro) |
| striptekenaar {m} | :: cartoonist, comic artist (drawer of comics or cartoons) |
| stripverhaal {n} | :: comic, comic strip |
| stripverhaaltje {noun} | :: diminutive of stripverhaal |
| stro {n} | :: straw |
| strodak {n} | :: roof thatched with straw |
| stroef {adj} | :: rough, not smooth |
| stroef {adj} | :: difficult to move |
| stroef {adj} | :: stiff, stern |
| stroet {f} [archaic] | :: marshland |
| Stroet {prop} {n} | :: Stroet (village) |
| strogeel {adj} | :: straw-colored |
| stroken {vi} | :: to match, to fit together |
| Stroker {prop} | :: surname |
| stromen {vi} | :: to flow |
| stroming {f} | :: a stream |
| stroming {f} | :: a flow, current |
| stroming {f} | :: a movement (e.g. cultural, social, or artistic) |
| stroming {f} | :: a school of thought |
| stromingsleer {f} [physics] | :: fluid mechanics, hydraulics and pneumatics |
| strompelen {vi} | :: to stumble, to walk clumsily |
| strompelen {vi} | :: to fall, to stumble |
| stronk {m} | :: tree stump |
| stronken {adj} | :: crunk, stoned and drunk at the same time |
| stront {m} [colloquial, chiefly uncountable] | :: shit, dung |
| stront aan de knikker {m} | :: a problem, trouble; used to indicate that something is wrong |
| stronteigenwijs {adj} [colloquial] | :: extremely stubborn |
| strontium {n} | :: strontium (chemical element) |
| strontjaloers {adj} [colloquial] | :: very jealous |
| strontmisselijk {adj} [colloquial] | :: very nauseous, very sick |
| strontvlieg {f} | :: yellow dungfly, Scathophaga stercoraria |
| strontziek {adj} [colloquial] | :: very ill, very sick |
| strontziek {adj} [colloquial, by extension] | :: fed up, sick and tired |
| strooien {adj} | :: strawen, made of straw |
| strooien {v} | :: to strew, scatter |
| strooien {v} | :: to sprinkle |
| strooigoed {n} | :: A mixture of confectionery that is often strewn around rooms during Sinterklaas celebrations, for children to pick up. The main ingredient is typically kruidnoten |
| strooiwagen {m} | :: A gritting lorry, a sander, a gritter, a salt truck |
| strook {f} | :: strip |
| strook {f} | :: stripe |
| stroom {m} | :: stream |
| stroom {m} | :: current |
| stroom {m} | :: electrical current |
| stroom {m} | :: electricity |
| stroom {m} | :: large river, especially one leading to the sea or ocean |
| stroomafwaarts {adv} | :: downstream, downriver |
| stroombed {n} | :: bed of a stream |
| stroombedding {f} | :: bed of a stream |
| stroombekken {n} | :: catchment basin |
| stroombotje {n} | :: funny bone |
| stroombron {f} [electronics] | :: current source |
| stroomdraad {m} | :: electrical wire, live wire |
| stroomgebied {n} [geology] | :: drainage basin |
| stroomlijn {c} | :: streamline |
| stroomlijnen {v} | :: to streamline |
| stroommeter {m} | :: ammeter, current meter |
| stroomomvormer {m} [colloquial] | :: voltage converter, transformer |
| stroomopwaarts {adv} | :: upstream, upriver |
| stroomrekening {f} | :: power bill (bill paid for consumption of power e.g. in a household) |
| stroomsterkte {f} | :: electrical current |
| stroomstoot {m} | :: An electric shock |
| stroomstootje {noun} | :: diminutive of stroomstoot |
| stroomstootwapen {n} | :: A taser (electro-stun weapon) |
| stroomstoring {f} | :: power cut, blackout |
| stroomtrein {m} [uncommon] | :: electric train |
| stroomuitval {m} | :: power cut, blackout |
| stroop {f} | :: syrup, especially a viscous variety of syrup |
| stroop {m} | :: poaching (the act of hunting illegally) |
| stroopkoek {m} | :: A Dutch syrup waffle made of two biscuits with syrup between them, somewhat similar to a stroopwafel |
| stroopkoek {m} [archaic] | :: A type of spiced cake containing syrup |
| strooptocht {mf} | :: A poaching or plundering expedition |
| stroopwafel {f} | :: A syrup waffle, a stroopwafel |
| stroopwafelpiet {m} | :: A servant of Sinterklaas with facepaint in the colour scheme of a stroopwafel, a typically Dutch treat, in order to avoid the blackface on Zwarte Piet |
| strop {m} | :: A noose |
| strop {m} [by metonymy] | :: hanging (execution) |
| strop {m} [figuratively] | :: bad luck, loss |
| strop {m} | :: A loop |
| strop {m} | :: A rascal, brat |
| stropdas {f} | :: necktie |
| stropen {vti} | :: to poach (to hunt illegally) |
| stropen {vti} [by extension, also, figurative] | :: to plunder, to maraud |
| stropen {vt} | :: to flay, to skin (to peel the skin from) |
| stropen {vt} [chiefly of clothing] | :: to roll up |
| stroper {m} | :: poacher, marauder |
| stroperij {f} | :: poaching (illegal hunting) |
| strot {m} | :: throat, gorge |
| strot {m} | :: larynx |
| strottehoofd {n} | :: superseded spelling of strottenhoofd |
| strottenhoofd {n} | :: larynx |
| strubbeling {f} | :: disagreement, small argument |
| structuralisme {n} | :: structuralism |
| structureel {adj} | :: structural |
| structuur {f} | :: structure |
| structuurformule {f} {m} [chemistry] | :: structural formula |
| struik {m} | :: bush, shrub |
| struikelen {v} | :: to stumble, fall over or trip over an object |
| struikelmat {f} | :: a hard and pointy rubber mat laid down between railroad tracks to make it difficult to walk or run across |
| struikgewas {n} | :: bush, thicket |
| struikrover {m} | :: highwayman, literally one who ambushes their victims from behind the bushes |
| struiksprinkhaan {m} | :: speckled bush-cricket, Leptophyes punctatissima |
| struiksprinkhaan {m} | :: certain other bush-crickets of the genus Leptophyes |
| struikvormig {adj} | :: shrublike |
| struinen {v} | :: to nose about |
| struinen {v} | :: to tramp |
| struisvogel {m} | :: An ostrich, flightless bird of the genus Struthio |
| struisvogelpolitiek {f} [derogatory] | :: An evasive style of politics that fails to address problems by either ignoring them or by creating a false sense of security through (known) ineffective measures; ostrich politics |
| struweel {n} [uncountable] | :: brushwood, scrub |
| struweel {n} [countable] | :: shrubland (area covered in bushes) |
| struweel {n} [countable, uncommon, dialectal] | :: bush, shrub |
| stuc {c} | :: stucco |
| stuccen {noun} | :: alternative spelling of stuken |
| stucen {noun} | :: alternative spelling of stuken |
| stud {m} | :: colloquial (in the Netherlands) abbreviation of student |
| studeerkamer {f} | :: study (room for studies) |
| student {m} | :: student |
| studente {f} | :: female equivalent of student |
| studentencorps {n} | :: student society, especially a traditional and hierarchical one |
| studentendoop {m} | :: student hazing |
| studentenhaver {m} | :: trail mix |
| studentenhuis {n} | :: student residence, student house (building housing accommodation for students) |
| studentikoos {adj} | :: in a student-like way |
| studentikoos {adj} | :: jocular |
| studeren {vi} | :: to study (to take part in organized education) |
| studeren {vt} | :: to study, to major in |
| studie {f} | :: study (mental effort to learn or acquire knowledge) |
| studie {f} | :: study (tertiary education, usually at an academic level) |
| studie {f} | :: study, (piece of) research |
| studiebeurs {f} | :: scholarship, grant as study allowance to a student or researcher |
| studiefinanciering {f} | :: study grant (financial support for students provided by the government) |
| studio {m} | :: A studio flat/apartment |
| studio {m} | :: studio (place where radio or television programs, records or films are made) |
| stufi {f} [colloquial] | :: abbreviation of studiefinanciering |
| stug {adj} | :: stiff, resistant, inflexible |
| stug {adj} | :: headstrong, inflexible |
| stuifdijk {m} | :: A dike that is formed by placing a barrier, often made of wood or twigs, in a location where sand is blown by the wind, so that sand will accumulate in a way similar to the formation of dunes |
| stuifmeel {n} | :: pollen (fine granular substance produced in flowers) |
| stuifmeel {n} | :: flour dispersed in a flour mill due to grinding, stive |
| stuifsneeuw {f} | :: drifting snow (fine, particulate snow that is easily blown by the wind) |
| stuifzand {n} | :: fine sand liable to being blown away by the wind |
| stuifzand {n} | :: an area whose (top) soil consists of such minute sand |
| stuipen {v} [archaic] | :: to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward; to stoop |
| stuipen {v} [archaic] | :: to flog |
| stuit {f} | :: tailbone |
| stuitbeen {n} | :: tailbone |
| stuitbevalling {f} | :: breech delivery |
| stuiten {v} | :: to stop, arrest in progress, end |
| stuiten {v} | :: to be arrested, come to rest |
| stuiten {v} | :: to meet, arrive at |
| stuiten {v} | :: to irritate, bother, shock |
| stuitend {adj} | :: obnoxious |
| stuiterbal {m} | :: bouncy ball |
| stuiteren {v} | :: to bounce |
| stuitligging {f} | :: breech position [of a foetus], breech presentation |
| stuiven {v} | :: to dash, move rapidly |
| stuiven {v} | :: to be dusty |
| stuiven {v} | :: to be blown by the wind |
| stuiver {m} [numismatics] | :: stiver, 5 cents (0.05 guilder) |
| stuiver {m} [numismatics] | :: penny |
| stuiversroman {m} | :: A pulp novel, a cheap novel of inferior fiction, originally sold for five cents |
| stuiversromannetje {noun} | :: diminutive of stuiversroman |
| stuk {n} | :: piece, item (of a thing, kind, ware; often untranslated in English) |
| stuk {n} | :: piece, part (of a whole) |
| stuk {n} | :: play, skit |
| stuk {n} | :: document (especially official) |
| stuk {n} [colloquial] | :: hottie, babe, attractive person [of any gender] |
| stuk {adj} | :: broken |
| stukadoor {c} | :: plasterer |
| stuken {v} | :: to plaster |
| stukgaan {vi} | :: to break down |
| stukloon {n} | :: piece rate |
| stuk verdriet {n} [derogatory] | :: A nasty person, a vexing person |
| stukwerk {n} | :: piece work |
| stulp {f} | :: alternative form of stolp |
| stulp {f} | :: hut, shelter |
| stumper {m} | :: pitiable person |
| stunt {m} | :: stunt |
| stuntel {m} | :: A bumbler, klutz |
| stuntelig {adj} | :: clumsy |
| stunten {v} | :: to stunt, to do stunts |
| stunten {v} | :: to deliver an extraordinary performance |
| stunten {v} | :: to offer a bargain, an unusually low price |
| stuntteam {n} | :: a crew of stunt performers that execute an action sequence for a film or any other artistic performance; a stunt team |
| sturen {vt} | :: to steer, guide |
| sturen {vt} | :: to send |
| stuur {n} | :: A steering device, notably a steering wheel in a vehicle or handlebars on a bicycle |
| stuur {n} [figuratively] | :: (used absolutely, with the definite article: het stuur) Control |
| stuur {n} [obsolete] | :: A tax, a levy |
| stuurautomaat {m} | :: autopilot |
| stuurbaar {adj} | :: steerable |
| stuurbekrachtiging {f} | :: power steering |
| stuurboord {n} | :: starboard (right hand side of a vessel) |
| stuurhuis {n} [nautical] | :: wheelhouse, bridge |
| stuurhuis {n} [automotive] | :: part of a steering system that transfers motion from the steering wheel to the drive axle; steering box, steering gear |
| stuurhut {n} [nautical] | :: wheelhouse, bridge |
| stuurhut {n} [trains] | :: cabin |
| stuurhut {n} [aviation] | :: cockpit |
| stuurknuppel {m} | :: A joystick, chiefly of an aircraft |
| stuurkuip {f} [aviation, nautical, automotive] | :: An open bridge or cockpit of a boat or aircraft; an open front section of a car |
| stuurkuip {f} | :: A small fairing protecting the headlight and the handlebar of a motorbike |
| stuurkunde {f} | :: cybernetics |
| stuurman {m} | :: helmsman |
| stuurpen {c} | :: The stem of a bicycle, connecting the handlebars to the fork |
| stuurprogramma {n} [literally] | :: A program to steer or otherwise control some thing or process |
| stuurprogramma {n} [software] | :: A driver, program acting as interface between an application and hardware it needs to comunicate with |
| stuurrad {n} | :: A steering wheel, especially of a ship or boat |
| stuurs {adj} | :: curmudgeonly, moody, dour, cranky |
| stuurwiel {n} | :: steering wheel |
| stuw {m} | :: weir |
| stuwadoor {m} | :: stevedore |
| stuwdam {m} | :: barrage, dam |
| stuwen {v} | :: to obstruct (a fluid current) |
| stuwen {v} | :: to stow |
| stuwen {v} | :: to push along |
| stuwend {adj} | :: driving |
| stuwkracht {f} | :: impulse |
| stuwkracht {f} | :: propulsion |
| stuwkracht {f} [figurative] | :: impetus, stimulus |
| stuwmeer {n} | :: reservoir: artificial lake used as a source of water supply |
| stuwraket {mf} | :: thruster, rocket used for propulsion |
| stuwwal {m} | :: A push moraine (mound formed by land ice pushing sediment into a pile) |
| styliet {m} | :: stylite |
| stylo {m} [Belgium] | :: ballpoint pen, biro |
| stylus {m} | :: stylus (sharp pen used for writing on clay tablets or wax tablets) |
| stylus {m} | :: stylus (plastic stick used for interacting with touch-screen devices) |
| styrax {m} | :: storax (sweetgum resin) |
| suatiekanaal {n} [dated] | :: A drainage channel |
| sub- {prefix} | :: sub- |
| sub {c} | :: submarine, sub |
| subatomair {adj} | :: subatomic |
| subcontinent {n} | :: subcontinent (large landmass smaller than a continent) |
| subcultuur {f} | :: subculture |
| subduraal {adj} [medicine] | :: subdural |
| subfamilie {f} | :: subfamily |
| subfossiel {n} | :: subfossil |
| subiet {adv} [chiefly Netherlands, formal] | :: immediately, at once |
| subiet {adv} [Belgium, dialectal] | :: later on |
| subjectief {adj} | :: subjective |
| subjectiviteit {f} | :: subjectivity |
| subsidie {f} | :: A subsidy, a subvention |
| subsidiëren {vt} | :: to subsidise, to provide subsidies to |
| subsonisch {adj} | :: subsonic |
| substantie {f} | :: substance (matter) |
| substantief {n} [grammar] | :: substantive, noun |
| substantiveren {v} [grammar, linguistics] | :: to substantivise |
| substantivering {f} [linguistics] | :: substantivisation |
| subtiel {adj} | :: subtle (hard to grasp) |
| subtropisch {adj} | :: subtropical |
| subversief {adj} | :: subversive |
| succes {n} | :: success |
| succesnummer {n} | :: smash hit song |
| succesnummer {n} [by extension] | :: any great success |
| succesvol {adj} | :: successful |
| succulent {adj} | :: succulent, juicy |
| succulent {adj} [botany] | :: succulent (storing water in leaves or other tissue) |
| succulent {m} | :: succulent plant |
| sucrose {f} {m} | :: sucrose |
| sudderen {v} | :: To simmer |
| Suezkanaal {prop} {n} | :: the Suez Canal, linking the Egyptian Red Sea - and Mediterranean coasts |
| suf {adj} | :: dull, lethargic, drowsy |
| suffeet {m} | :: suffete (chief magistrate in ancient Carthage) |
| suffer {m} | :: alternative form of sufferd |
| sufferd {m} | :: fool, idiot |
| sufferd {m} [in the diminutive] | :: local newspaper |
| sufferd {m} [obsolete] | :: dotard, person with mental impairments |
| sufkop {mf} | :: someone who is not fully awake or alert; a sleepyhead or dreamer |
| sufkop {mf} [mildly, derogatory] | :: fool, idiot |
| sufkut {f} | :: oaf, fool, galoot |
| suggereren {v} | :: to suggest |
| suïcidaal {adj} | :: suicidal |
| suïcide {f} | :: suicide |
| suiker {m} | :: sugar |
| suikerbeest {n} | :: confection made in the shape of an animal, made of borstplaat, a substance similar to tablet |
| suikerbiet {f} | :: the plant sugar beet, Beta vulgaris var. rapa |
| suikerbiet {f} | :: the root of the above plant |
| suikerboer {m} | :: A farmer whose crop is used to refine sugar from |
| suikerboon {f} | :: A sugar plum, a piece of hard candy or boiled sweets |
| suikerboontje {noun} | :: diminutive of suikerboon |
| suikerbrood {n} | :: a type of Frisian luxury whitebread with pieces of sugar mixed into the dough |
| suikerbrood {n} [historical] | :: sugarloaf |
| Suikerfeest {prop} {n} | :: The religious celebration at the end of Ramadan, on the first day of the tenth month of the Muslim lunar calendar; Eid al-Fitr |
| suikergoed {n} | :: candy (in general), confectionery |
| suikerij {f} | :: a chicory plant |
| suikerij {f} | :: a coffee substitute from the chicory plant |
| suikerklont {m} [chiefly diminutive] | :: A sugar cube, a sugar lump |
| suikerklontje {noun} | :: diminutive of suikerklont |
| suikermoei {f} [dated, rare] | :: A wealthy aunt who is generous or whose fortune one expects to inherit |
| suikeroom {m} | :: A wealthy uncle who is generous or whose fortune one expects to inherit |
| suikeroom {m} [slang, uncommon] | :: sugar daddy |
| suikerpatiënt {m} | :: diabetic (patient) |
| suikerplantage {f} | :: sugar plantation |
| suikerriet {n} | :: sugar cane |
| suikerrietplantage {f} | :: sugar cane plantation |
| suikerrijk {adj} | :: high in sugar content |
| suikerspin {mf} | :: candy floss/cotton candy/fairy floss |
| suikerspinnetje {noun} | :: diminutive of suikerspin |
| suikertaart {f} | :: A pie with a filling and topping of (caramelised) sugar, typical of Belgian cuisine |
| suikertaart {f} [pejorative] | :: A hideously opulent building |
| suikertante {f} | :: A wealthy aunt who is generous or whose fortune one expects to inherit |
| suikerwater {n} | :: sugar water |
| suikerziek {adj} | :: diabetic |
| suikerziekte {f} | :: diabetes |
| suite {f} | :: suite (group of interconnected rooms) |
| suite {f} [music] | :: suite (music piece) |
| suizen {v} | :: to whiz |
| suizen {v} | :: to speed, move quickly |
| sukkel {mf} | :: dummy, idiot, twerp |
| sul {m} [Brabant] | :: naive, gullible person who is easily deceived |
| Sulawesi {prop} {n} | :: Sulawesi |
| sulfide {n} | :: sulfide (anion of sulphur or a compound thereof) |
| sultan {m} | :: sultan, a Muslim ruler title |
| sultan {m} | :: a certain pastry |
| sultanaat {n} | :: A sultanate, (Muslim) state ruled by a sultan(ic dynasty) |
| sultanaat {n} | :: The dignity, throne of a sultan |
| sultane {f} | :: sultana (female sultan or consort of a sultan) |
| sultanshoen {n} [zoology] | :: The sultana bird, Porphyrio porphyrio |
| Sumatra {prop} {n} | :: Sumatra |
| Sumatraan {m} | :: A Sumatran, a person from Sumatra |
| Sumatraans {adj} | :: Sumatran |
| Sumer {prop} | :: Sumer |
| Sumeriër {m} | :: alternative spelling of Soemeriër |
| summier {adj} | :: summary, brief, concise |
| summier {adv} | :: summarily, briefly, concisely |
| sund {interj} | :: pity, a shame |
| super- {prefix} | :: super- |
| super {adv} [colloquial] | :: very, extremely, super |
| super {adj} | :: great, super |
| superbroeikasgas {n} [climate] | :: super greenhouse gas, greenhouse gases with a much more potent greenhouse effect than carbon dioxide |
| supercel {f} | :: A supercell (rotating thunderstorm) |
| supercluster {c} {n} [astronomy] | :: supercluster |
| supercontinent {n} | :: supercontinent (large landmass consisting of multiple continents or an extremely large continent in a planet's geologic past) |
| superette {f} | :: convenience store |
| superfamilie {f} | :: superfamily |
| supergeleider {m} | :: superconductor |
| supergeleiding {f} | :: superconductivity |
| superheld {m} | :: A superhero |
| superheldin {f} | :: A superheroine, a female superhero |
| superieur {adj} | :: superior |
| superieur {mf} | :: One's superior |
| superioriteit {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: superiority |
| superioriteitscomplex {n} | :: superiority complex |
| superkracht {mf} [literally] | :: An exceptional strength |
| superkracht {mf} | :: A supernatural and/or fictional superpower, as often ascribed to mythological characters and superheroes |
| supermaan {f} | :: supermoon |
| supermacht {f} | :: A military/political superpower, a great power of the highest rank |
| supermarkt {f} | :: supermarket |
| supermerk {n} [dated] | :: An excellent or prominent brand [of a product or service] |
| supernova {f} [astronomy] | :: supernova |
| superplie {n} | :: surplice |
| superreus {m} | :: A supergiant (type of star) |
| superster {mf} | :: superstar |
| supervisie {f} | :: supervision |
| suppletie {f} | :: suppletion, provision, replenishing |
| suppletie {f} [linguistics] | :: suppletion |
| suppoost {m} | :: museum guard, attendant [in venues or public spaces] |
| suppoost {m} [archaic] | :: attendant, chaperone [in institutions] |
| suppoost {m} [obsolete] | :: subordinate |
| supporter {m} [sports] | :: supporter |
| suprageleider {m} | :: dated form of supergeleider |
| surfboard {n} | :: surfboard |
| surfbord {n} | :: alternative form of surfboard |
| surfen {v} [sports] | :: to surf |
| surfen {v} [computing] | :: to surf (the web) |
| surfplank {f} | :: surfboard |
| Surinaams {adj} | :: Surinamese |
| Surinaams {prop} {n} | :: Sranan Tongo (language) |
| Suriname {prop} {n} | :: Suriname (country) |
| Suriname {prop} {n} [Suriname] | :: the region around Paramaribo |
| Surinamer {m} | :: Surinamer |
| surjectief {adj} | :: surjective |
| surplus {n} | :: surplus |
| surprise {f} [Netherlands] | :: a gift wrapped in an ingenious or creative manner. Often given anonymously during Sinterklaas celebrations in a similar way to secret Santa |
| surrealisme {n} | :: surrealism |
| surrealistisch {adj} | :: surrealist, surrealistic |
| surreëel {adj} | :: surreal |
| surrogaat {n} | :: surrogate |
| surrogaatkoffie {f} {m} | :: coffee substitute |
| surveillance {f} | :: stakeout |
| susceptibiliteit {f} [physics] | :: electric susceptibility |
| sushi {m} | :: sushi |
| suske {noun} [Brabantian, term of endearment] | :: darling |
| Suske {prop} [colloquial] | :: a given name |
| sussen {v} | :: to appease |
| Susteren {prop} {n} | :: Susteren (town) |
| Sutphin {prop} | :: surname |
| Sven {prop} | :: given name |
| swa {m} [slang, Netherlands, Antilles] | :: mate, bud, friend |
| swaffelaar {m} | :: One who swings or slaps his penis against people or objects |
| swaffelen {v} [slang] | :: To hit one's penis—often repeatedly—against an object or another person's body |
| Swahili {prop} {n} | :: Swahili (language) |
| Swart {prop} | :: surname |
| swastika {f} {m} | :: swastika |
| 's werelds {phrase} | :: the world's; of the world; in the world |
| Swifterbant {prop} {n} | :: Swifterbant (village) |
| swingen {v} | :: to swing |
| Swinkels {prop} | :: surname |
| 's winters {adv} | :: in the winter |
| swipen {vi} | :: to swipe [on an touch screen device] (to brush one's finger over a touch screen) |
| sybariet {m} | :: A person devoted to pleasure and luxury; a sybarite |
| syfilis {f} | :: syphilis |
| syllabe {noun} | :: syllable |
| syllogisme {n} | :: A syllogism (inference from premises) |
| symbiont {m} {n} | :: A symbiont, a symbiote |
| symbioot {m} | :: A symbiote, a symbiont |
| symbiose {f} [ecology] | :: symbiosis |
| symbiotisch {adj} | :: symbiotic |
| symboliek {f} | :: symbolism |
| symboliek {f} [dated] | :: the theological study of symbolism |
| symboliek {adj} [uncommon] | :: symbolic |
| symbolisch {adj} | :: symbolic |
| symbolisch {adv} | :: symbolically |
| symboliseren {v} | :: to symbolize (US); symbolise (UK) |
| symbolisme {n} | :: symbolism |
| symbool {n} | :: A symbol, sign, character, glyph or anything of symbolic value |
| symbool {n} | :: A (notably Chistian) creed |
| symboolpolitiek {f} [derogatory, politics] | :: political symbolism, symbolic politics |
| symfonie {f} | :: symphony |
| symmetrie {f} | :: symmetry |
| symmetrieas {f} | :: axis of symmetry |
| sympathie {f} | :: sympathy |
| sympathiek {adj} | :: sympathetic, nice, kind, friendly, likeable |
| symposium {n} | :: symposium |
| symptomatisch {adj} | :: symptomatic (showing symptoms) |
| symptoom {n} | :: A medical symptom, manifestation of a syndrom |
| symptoom {n} | :: An indicator, characteristic of the presence of something else |
| syn- {prefix} | :: syn- |
| synagoge {f} | :: synagogue |
| synagogeganger {m} | :: synagogue-goer |
| synchroniseren {v} | :: to synchronise |
| syndicaat {n} [Belgium] | :: trade union, labour union |
| syndicaat {n} | :: association, society |
| syndicaat {n} | :: criminal syndicate |
| syndicaat {n} | :: consortium, syndicate (group of companies that pool business, esp. sale or purchases) |
| syndroom {n} | :: A syndrome |
| synecdoche {f} [literature] | :: synecdoche |
| synode {f} [Christianity] | :: synod |
| synoniem {adj} | :: synonymous, having the same meaning (or nearly) |
| synoniem {adj} [figuratively] | :: exchangeable, inseparable |
| synoniem {n} | :: synonym, word with (nearly) the same meaning as another |
| syntactisch {adj} | :: syntactical |
| syntaxis {f} | :: syntax (structure of language) |
| syntaxis {f} | :: syntax (study of syntax) |
| synthese {f} | :: A synthesis, a combination |
| synthetisch {adj} | :: synthetic |
| synthetiseren {vt} | :: To synthesize, make a synthesis, summarise |
| synthetiseren {vt} | :: To (re)produce synthetically, e.g. using substitute ingredients |
| Syrië {prop} {n} | :: Syria |
| Syriër {m} | :: Syrian (person from Syria) |
| Syrisch {adj} | :: Syrian (Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or the Syriac language) |
| Syrisch {prop} {n} | :: The Syriac language (variant of Aramaic) |
| systeem {n} | :: system |
| systeembeheerder {m} | :: system administrator |
| systeemfout {f} | :: system failure, systematic error |
| systeemkunde {f} | :: systems engineering |
| systeemleer {f} | :: systems engineering |
| systematiseren {v} | :: to organize, to put into order, to systemize |
| systole {f} [physiology] | :: systole |
| 's zomers {adv} | :: during the summer |