User:Matthias Buchmeier/nl-en-v
| v. {adj} [grammar] | :: abbreviation of vrouwelijk |
| v. {prep} | :: abbreviation of van (in surnames) |
| v {letter} | :: The twenty-second letter of the Dutch alphabet |
| V {letter} | :: The twenty-second letter of the Dutch alphabet |
| vaag {adj} | :: vague, hazy |
| vaag {adj} [colloquial] | :: odd, weird |
| vaagtaal {f} | :: a speech or writing abundant with weasel words |
| vaak {adv} | :: often |
| vaak {adj} | :: frequent, regular |
| vaak {f} | :: sleepiness |
| vaal {adj} [of skin] | :: sallow, pallid |
| vaal {adj} [of color, lighting etc] | :: pale, light |
| Vaal {prop} {c} | :: the Vaal river |
| Vaals {prop} {n} | :: Vaals (village/and/municipality) |
| vaalt {f} | :: dung heap |
| vaam {m} | :: rare form of vadem |
| vaan {f} {n} | :: vane, small flag (often pointed or pronged) |
| vaan {f} {n} | :: banner, battle standard |
| vaan {f} {n} | :: weathervane |
| vaan {f} {n} [historical, otherwise archaic] | :: A measure of volume for beer and other drinks, equivalent to about 5 litres |
| vaandel {n} | :: ensign |
| vaandel {n} | :: banner, pennant |
| vaandelvlucht {f} [military] | :: desertion |
| vaandelvlucht {f} [politics, by extension] | :: defection (from an opinion or organisation) |
| vaandrager {m} | :: ensign, someone (usually a low-ranking officer) who bears a vane or banner |
| vaandrig {m} | :: ensign, someone (usually a low-ranking officer) who carriers a banner |
| vaanjonker {m} | :: A cavalry standard-bearer (cavalry ensign) |
| vaanvoerder {m} [archaic] | :: ensign (officiel bearing a battle standard or vane) |
| vaarboom {m} | :: punting pole |
| vaarder {m} [nautical] | :: sailor, skipper |
| vaardig {adj} | :: skillful |
| vaardig {adj} [archaic] | :: ready |
| vaardigen {vt} [archaic] | :: to ready, make ready |
| vaardigheid {f} | :: skill |
| vaargeul {f} {m} [transport, nautical] | :: channel, fairway |
| vaars {f} | :: heifer (cow approximately 2 years old that has not calved) |
| vaart {f} | :: trip (by boat) |
| vaart {f} | :: speed, momentum |
| vaart {f} | :: canal |
| vaart {f} | :: shipping, maritime traffic |
| vaartuig {n} [nautical] | :: vessel |
| vaartuig {n} [archaic, nautical, collective] | :: vessels |
| vaartuig {n} [archaic] | :: vehicle |
| vaarwater {n} [transport, nautical] | :: fairway, waterway |
| vaarweg {m} | :: waterway |
| vaarwel {interj} [poetic] | :: goodbye, farewell (connotation is somewhat sad, almost poetic) |
| vaarwel {n} | :: A farewell, an occasion of saying goodbye; a departure |
| vaas {f} | :: vase, decorative pot or glass often used for containing severed branches or stems with flowers |
| vaasje {noun} | :: A downwards tapering beer glass, typically with a volume of about 0.25 to 0.33 litres |
| vaasschildering {f} | :: vase painting |
| vaat {f} | :: (dirty) dishes, washing-up |
| vaataandoening {f} | :: vascular disease |
| vaatbundel {m} | :: vascular bundle |
| vaatdoek {m} | :: dishcloth, dishtowel |
| vaatwasmachine {f} | :: A mechanical dishwasher |
| vaatwasser {m} | :: dishwasher (machine) |
| vaatweefsel {n} | :: vascular tissue, venal tissue |
| vaatwerk {n} [collective] | :: crockery, dishware |
| vaatwerk {n} [collective] | :: tableware |
| vacature {f} | :: vacancy, job opening |
| vacaturebank {f} {m} | :: a job bank - similar to an online employment agency |
| vaccin {n} | :: vaccine |
| vaccinatie {f} | :: vaccination, inoculation with a vaccine |
| vaccinatieprogramma {n} | :: A vaccination programme |
| vaccineren {vt} | :: to vaccinate |
| vaceren {vi} [dated] | :: to be vacant |
| vacht {f} | :: fur |
| vacht {f} | :: pelt |
| vachtje {noun} | :: diminutive of vacht |
| vacuüm {n} | :: A vacuum |
| vacuüm {n} [figuratively] | :: emptiness, meaninglessness |
| vacuüm {adj} | :: In or constituting a vacuum |
| vacuüm {adj} [figuratively] | :: empty, meaningless |
| vadem {m} | :: fathom |
| vademecum {n} | :: vade mecum |
| vader {m} | :: father |
| vader {m} | :: forefather |
| Vaderdag {m} | :: Father's Day, a day (in June) in informal celebration of fathers and fatherhood |
| vaderland {n} | :: fatherland, one's own native land/nation and/or the country of one's forefathers, the possible object of patriotism |
| vaderland {n} [religion] | :: Heaven |
| vaderlandsliefde {f} | :: patriotism |
| vaderlandslievend {adj} | :: patriotic |
| vaderlijk {adj} | :: paternal |
| vaderloos {adj} | :: fatherless, without a father |
| vadermoord {m} | :: patricide, parricide of one's father |
| vadermoord {m} [figuratively] | :: defamation of a fatherlike authority figure (a person or an organization such as a business) |
| vaderschap {n} | :: fatherhood |
| vaderschapsverlof {n} | :: paternity leave |
| vaderstad {f} {m} | :: hometown |
| vadsig {adj} | :: (informal) Overweight, often lazy |
| vadsig {adj} | :: (informal) Slow or apathetic |
| Vaes {prop} | :: surname |
| Vaessen {prop} | :: surname |
| va-et-vient {m} | :: comings and goings, toing and froing |
| vagebond {m} | :: vagabond, vagrant |
| vagebond {m} | :: scoundrel, rogue |
| vagen {v} | :: alternative form of vegen |
| vagevuur {n} | :: purgatory |
| VAGH {prop} | :: initialism of Vereniging van Assistent-Geneeskundigen in de Heelkunde |
| vagina {f} | :: vagina |
| vaginaal {adj} | :: vaginal (of the vagina) |
| vaginose {f} | :: vaginosis (vaginal infection) |
| vair {n} [heraldry] | :: vair (fur used in heraldry) |
| vak {n} | :: compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section) |
| vak {n} | :: subject (in school) |
| vak {n} | :: profession |
| vak {n} | :: trade, craft |
| vakantie {f} | :: holiday, vacation |
| vakantieganger {m} | :: holidaymaker, vacationer |
| vakantiehuis {n} | :: holiday home (building used as holiday accommodation) |
| vakantiehuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of vakantiehuis |
| vakantietoeslag {m} | :: holiday pay, holiday allowance |
| vakbond {m} | :: trade union |
| vakbondskader {n} | :: The core or framework of officials and dedicated members of a trade union |
| vakgebied {n} | :: field, specialism, domain [within a subject or profession] |
| vakidioot {m} [pejorative] | :: A fachidiot; a (very) capable professional with little societal awareness or engagement outside one's narrow expertise, especially one who exaggerates the importance of one's specialism |
| vakidiotisme {n} [pejorative] | :: An excessive, narrow focus on one's specialism with little societal awareness or engagement; the state of being a fachidiot |
| vakkenvuller {m} | :: A shelf stacker |
| vakkundig {adj} | :: skillful, competent |
| vakman {m} | :: craftsman |
| vakman {m} | :: specialist, expert |
| vakmanschap {n} | :: craftsmanship |
| vakmens {m} | :: craftsperson |
| vakmens {m} | :: specialist, expert |
| vakterm {m} | :: technical term, a specialist term used in jargon |
| vakverbond {n} | :: A trade union collective, a federation of trade unions |
| vakvrouw {f} | :: craftswoman |
| vakvrouw {f} | :: female specialist, female expert |
| vakwerk {n} | :: A good, professional-level job, ably skilled performance |
| vakwerk {n} | :: A construction technique where a building's (exterior) wall is divided up by wooden laths into squares, often subdivided diagonally, then each square or triangle filled up with plaster etc.; a timber framing construction |
| vakwerk {n} | :: A truss, a support structure of interconnected beams or girders forming triangles |
| vakwerkbrug {f} | :: A truss bridge |
| vakwerkhuis {n} | :: A timber-frame house, a half-timbered house |
| vakwerkhuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of vakwerkhuis |
| val {m} | :: fall (act of falling) |
| val {m} | :: downfall, demise |
| val {m} | :: trap, snare |
| val {m} | :: (in compounds) case |
| val {m} | :: (in compounds) nightfall |
| val {m} [obsolete] | :: catfish |
| valavond {m} | :: nightfall, sundown, dusk |
| valbijl {f} | :: guillotine |
| valbrug {mf} | :: drawbridge |
| valentie {f} | :: valence |
| valentienucleon {n} [physics] | :: valence nucleon |
| Valentijn {prop} | :: given name |
| Valentijn {prop} | :: surname |
| valeriaan {c} | :: valerian, Valeriana officinalis |
| vale vos {m} | :: pale fox (Vulpes pallida) |
| valg {f} | :: fallow |
| valhek {n} | :: portcullis |
| valide {adj} | :: valid |
| valide {adj} | :: healthy, strong, not handicapped |
| valies {n} | :: portmanteau (travelling case) |
| valk {f} {m} | :: A falcon, bird of the family Falconidae, in particular of the genus Falco |
| valk {f} {m} | :: A type of sailboat [see picture] |
| Valk {prop} | :: surname |
| Valkenburg {prop} | :: Valkenburg (town) |
| Valkenburg {prop} | :: Valkenburg (village) |
| Valkenburg {prop} | :: surname |
| Valkenburg aan de Geul {prop} {n} | :: Valkenburg aan de Geul (municipality) |
| valkenier {m} | :: falconer |
| valkenjacht {f} | :: A hunt or the practice of hunting by means of falcons; falconry |
| valkerij {f} | :: falconry, sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey |
| valkerij {f} | :: the art of training birds for it |
| valkerij {f} | :: a falcon house |
| valkuil {m} | :: pitfall (type of trap) |
| valkuil {m} | :: pitfall (hazard in general) |
| valkuil {mf} | :: hawk owl (owl in the genus Ninox) |
| valkuiltje {noun} | :: diminutive of valkuil |
| vallei {f} {m} | :: valley |
| vallen {vi} | :: to fall, to tumble |
| vallen {vi} | :: to fall, to begin (of a time period) |
| vallen {v} [auxiliary, with te] | :: to be able to be |
| vallende ster {f} | :: shooting star, meteor |
| vallen onder {v} | :: to fall under |
| vallen op {v} | :: to be romantically or sexually attracted to, to fancy |
| valletje {noun} | :: diminutive of val |
| Valletta {prop} {n} | :: Valletta (capital city) |
| valling {f} [Belgium] | :: rhinitis, cold |
| valling {f} | :: unripe fruit that fell to the ground |
| valling {f} | :: inclination (of a slope etcetera) |
| valluik {n} | :: trapdoor |
| valmes {n} | :: jack-knife, flick knife |
| valpoort {f} | :: portcullis |
| valpoortje {noun} | :: diminutive of valpoort |
| valreep {m} [dated, nautical] | :: rope ladder; originally a single rope with knots |
| valreep {m} [nautical] | :: opening in a ship's railings |
| valreep {m} [by extension, nautical] | :: accommodation ladder |
| vals {adj} | :: fake, false |
| vals {adj} [music] | :: off-key, out of tune |
| vals {adj} | :: vicious |
| vals {adj} [dated] | :: incorrect, untrue |
| valscherm {n} | :: parachute |
| valschermspringer {m} | :: A parajumper |
| valselijk {adv} | :: falsely |
| valse vriend {m} [linguistics] | :: A false friend |
| valse vriend {m} | :: See: nl valse vriend |
| valsspelen {v} | :: to cheat |
| valsspeler {m} | :: cheater |
| valstrik {m} [literally] | :: snare, trap for catching animals or trespassers |
| valstrik {m} [figuratively] | :: any kind of trap or ploy made to deceive |
| valstrikje {noun} | :: diminutive of valstrik |
| valuta {mf} | :: currency (money or other item used to facilitate transactions) |
| valuur {n} | :: the hour of nightfall, sundown |
| vampier {m} | :: A vampire (folkloric blood-sucking monster) |
| vampier {m} | :: A vampire bat, bat of the subfamily Desmodontinae |
| van {prep} | :: of (possession, property) |
| van {prep} | :: of (general association) |
| van {prep} | :: by, of (creator) |
| van {prep} | :: from (origin) |
| van {prep} | :: from (starting point of a movement or change) |
| van {prep} | :: from (starting point in time) |
| van {prep} | :: from, off (removal of something from off something else) |
| van {prep} | :: of, out of, from, with (cause) |
| van {prep} | :: of, out of, with (material or resource) |
| van {prep} | :: of, out of, among (out of a larger whole; partitive) |
| van {prep} | :: from, was, formerly (indicating a change in price) |
| van {prep} [colloquial] | :: like (quotative (used to introduce direct speech)) |
| van {adv} | :: of, from |
| van {adv} | :: from |
| van {adv} | :: by, from |
| van {adv} | :: of, about |
| van {m} | :: A surname or nickname beginning with the preposition van |
| van {m} | :: Any surname |
| vanadium {n} | :: vanadium (chemical element) |
| vanaf {prep} | :: starting from, from onwards, as of, as from |
| vanaf {prep} | :: from on top of |
| vanaf {circump} | :: away from |
| vanaf {circump} | :: rid of, freed from, released from, no longer affected by |
| van alle markten thuis {adj} [idiomatic] | :: of all trades, having an answer to any request, well-versed in any subject |
| vanavond {adv} | :: tonight, this evening, the evening of the current day (in the future or past) |
| van Beek {prop} | :: surname |
| van Beers {prop} | :: surname |
| van Bergen {prop} | :: surname |
| van Berkel {prop} | :: surname |
| van Beuren {prop} | :: van Beuren; surname |
| van Biafra komen {v} [Belgium] | :: be emaciated |
| van bil gaan {vi} [colloquial] | :: to have sex, to get laid [+ met (object) = with] |
| van Bommel {prop} | :: surname |
| vandaag {adv} | :: today |
| vandaag de dag {phrase} | :: nowadays |
| vandaal {m} | :: vandal |
| Vandaals {prop} {n} | :: Vandalic (language) |
| Vandaals {adj} | :: Vandalic, Vandal |
| vandaan {adv} [postpositional] | :: from, away |
| vandaar {adv} | :: thence |
| vandaar {adv} | :: hence, therefore |
| vandalisme {n} | :: vandalism (needless damage or destruction of property) |
| van Dam {prop} | :: surname |
| van de Berg {prop} | :: surname |
| van de daken af schreeuwen {v} | :: alternative form of van de daken schreeuwen |
| van de daken schreeuwen {vti} [idiom, sometimes, _] | :: to shout from the rooftops |
| van de gekke zijn {v} [chiefly Netherlands] | :: to be ridiculous, to be absurd, to be insane [generally referring to situations] |
| van de hoed en de rand weten {vi} [idiom] | :: to be well informed |
| van de Kamp {prop} | :: surname |
| van de Meer {prop} | :: surname |
| vanden {v} [archaic, dialectal] | :: to visit |
| vanden {v} [archaic, dialectal] | :: to seek, to search for |
| vanden {v} [archaic, dialectal] | :: to test, to try, to trial |
| vanden {v} [archaic, dialectal] | :: to investigate, to examine |
| van den Berg {prop} | :: surname |
| van den Bosch {prop} | :: surname |
| van den Brink {prop} | :: surname |
| van den Broek {prop} | :: surname |
| van den Eijnde {prop} | :: surname, meaning 'of the end', indicating dwelling at the end of a geographical spot. By example: end of the road or village |
| van den Heuvel {prop} | :: surname |
| van de Pol {prop} | :: surname |
| van de pot gerukt {adj} [idiomatic, vulgar] | :: Crazy, insane, off one's rocker, fucked in the head |
| van der Asdonk {prop} | :: surname, typically from the Dutch province Northern-Brabant. A donk is a small sandy hill and as is the Dutch word for 'ash', hence the meaning of the surname is 'from the small sandy hill with ash' |
| van der Berg {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Heijden {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Horst {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Laan {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Lans {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Lee {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Linden {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Made {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Meer {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Merwe {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Meulen {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Plas {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Veen {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Velde {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Ven {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Vliet {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Waals {prop} | :: surname |
| vanderwaalskracht {f} | :: van der Waals force |
| van der Waalskracht {f} | :: van der Waals force; alternative form of vanderwaalskracht |
| vanderwaalskrachten {noun} | :: plural of vanderwaalskracht |
| van der Waalskrachten {noun} | :: plural of van der Waalskracht alternative form of vanderwaalskrachten |
| van der Wal {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Zee {prop} | :: surname |
| van der Zwan {prop} | :: surname |
| van de Ven {prop} | :: surname |
| van de vrachtwagen gevallen {phrase} [idiom] | :: fell off a truck |
| van de week {adv} [idiomatic] | :: this week (during the current week, whether past or future) |
| van de Wiel {prop} | :: surname |
| van dienst zijn {phrase} | :: be on duty |
| van dienst zijn {phrase} | :: take on a certain role |
| van dienst zijn {phrase} | :: be handy |
| Vandievoet {prop} [chiefly Belgium] | :: surname |
| Van Dievoet {prop} [chiefly Belgium] | :: surname |
| van Dijk {prop} | :: surname |
| van dik hout zaagt men planken {proverb} | :: Indicates that something is done crudely or imprecisely, or is unnuanced or coarse |
| van Dongen {prop} | :: surname |
| van Doorn {prop} | :: surname |
| van Dort {prop} | :: surname |
| van een mug een olifant maken {vi} [idiom] | :: to make a mountain out of a molehill |
| van een muis een olifant maken {vi} [idiom, Belgium] | :: to make a mountain out of a molehill |
| van Eijk {prop} | :: surname |
| vanelle {?} | :: (slang) shag tobacco (sometimes flavoured) |
| vanelle {?} | :: (slang) plain, au naturel |
| van Essen {prop} | :: surname |
| van Etten {prop} | :: surname |
| van Galen {prop} | :: surname |
| vangbal {m} [ball games] | :: A ball that has been caught |
| van gedachten veranderen {v} | :: to change one's mind |
| vangen {vt} | :: to catch |
| van Gils {prop} | :: surname |
| van gisteren zijn {vi} | :: to be born yesterday (to be naive, to be easily deceived) |
| van Gogh {prop} | :: surname |
| van Goor {prop} | :: surname |
| vangrail {f} {m} | :: guardrail, crash barrier |
| vangst {f} | :: A catch, a haul (that which has been caught) |
| vangst {f} | :: The act of catching |
| vangtand {m} | :: fang |
| van harte {adv} | :: with love, from the bottom of one's heart |
| van harte {interj} | :: best wishes, congratulations |
| van heb ik jou daar {adj} [idiomatic, Netherlands, only used postnominally] | :: a hell of a .. |
| van Hertrooij {prop} | :: surname |
| van het kastje naar de muur {prep} [idiom] | :: from post to pillar |
| van hier en ginder {adv} [Brabantian] | :: careless; sloppy |
| van hier en ginder {adv} [Brabantian] | :: so-so |
| van hier tot Tokio {prep} [colloquial] | :: extremely long |
| van hier tot Tokio {prep} [colloquial, by extension] | :: extremely large |
| van Hoof {prop} | :: surname |
| vanille {f} | :: vanilla |
| vanillesuiker {m} | :: vanilla sugar (vanilla-flavoured sugar) |
| Van Ingen {prop} [anthroponymy] | :: Van Ingen; surname |
| vanitasstilleven {n} | :: A still life that intends to instruct the viewer that all is vanity |
| van jetje geven {vt} [idiom] | :: to put all one's effort into, to do one's best for |
| van Kammen {prop} | :: surname |
| van Kampen {prop} | :: surname |
| van kant maken {vt} [idiom] | :: to kill |
| van kleur {prep} [nonstandard] | :: of colour, of color |
| van Leeuwen {prop} | :: surname |
| van Leeuwenhoek {prop} | :: a Dutch surname |
| van Leeuwenhoek {prop} | :: Anton van Leeuwenhoek Dutch scientist |
| van likmevestje {prep} | :: Of low quality or competence; worthless, good-for-nothing |
| van Loon {prop} | :: surname |
| van meet af aan {adv} | :: from the start; from the beginning; from the onset |
| vanmiddag {adv} | :: this afternoon, the afternoon of the current day (in the future or past) |
| vanmorgen {adv} | :: this morning, the morning at the beginning of the current day (in the past) |
| vannacht {adv} | :: tonight, this night, the night at the end of the current day |
| vannacht {adv} | :: last night, the night at the end if the previous day |
| van Nes {prop} | :: surname |
| vanochtend {adv} | :: this morning, the morning at the beginning of the current day (in the past) |
| van onderen {interj} | :: Exclamation to indicate that a large object is falling; timber |
| van Oort {prop} | :: surname |
| vanouds {adv} | :: traditionally; since a long time |
| van Rijn {prop} | :: surname |
| van Rossum {prop} | :: Dutch habitational surname |
| van Schaik {prop} | :: surname |
| van slag {adv} | :: upset, disturbed |
| van slag {adv} | :: [of mechanical clocks] having a sound mechanism that is out of alignment with the time-keeping mechanism |
| van stal halen {vt} [idiom] | :: to trot out, to drag out |
| van tevoren {adv} | :: in advance |
| van tijd tot tijd {prep} | :: from time to time |
| van top tot teen {adv} | :: head to toe, head to foot, from top to bottom |
| van twee walletjes eten {v} | :: to butter one's bread on both sides |
| van twee walletjes eten {v} | :: to have it both ways, to have one's cake and eat it too |
| vanuit {prep} | :: from (inside), (from) out of |
| vanuit {adv} [proscribed] | :: Alternative spacing in certain forms of the phrasal verb uitgaan van |
| van Veen {prop} | :: surname |
| van Vliet {prop} | :: surname |
| vanwaar {adv} | :: from where, whence |
| vanwaar {adv} | :: why, whence (because of what motivation) |
| vanwege {prep} | :: because of, due to |
| Van Wie {prop} | :: surname |
| van Wijk {prop} | :: surname |
| vanzelf {adv} | :: automatically |
| vanzelf spreken {vi} [idiom] | :: to be self-evident, to be obvious |
| vanzelfsprekend {adj} | :: self-evident, evidently, obviously |
| vanzelfsprekend {adj} | :: (to be) taken for granted, naturally |
| van zijnen tak maken {v} [idiomatic] | :: to rail (protest or complain loudly) |
| vapen {vi} | :: to vape (to inhale the vapour of an electronic cigarette) |
| vaper {m} | :: An electronic cigarette |
| vaper {m} | :: A vaper, one who vapes |
| var {m} | :: male pig; boar |
| VARA {prop} {f} | :: abbreviation of VARA, a Dutch public broadcasting association, now merged with BNN |
| varaan {m} | :: The monitor lizard, a lizard of the genus Varanus |
| varen {v} | :: To sail; to go by boat; to navigate |
| varen {v} | :: To ascend or descend |
| varen {v} | :: To fare |
| varen {f} | :: fern, plant of the class Polypodiopsida |
| varenblad {n} | :: frond |
| variabel {adj} | :: variable |
| variabiliteit {f} | :: The quality variability: |
| variabiliteit {f} | :: the ability to vary |
| variabiliteit {f} | :: a tendency to change; inconstancy, unreliability |
| variant {m} | :: A variant |
| variantie {f} | :: variance |
| variatie {f} | :: variant, the act, process or instance of varying |
| variëren {v} | :: to vary |
| variëteit {f} [mathematics] | :: manifold |
| variëteit {f} [biology] | :: variety |
| varken {n} [zoology] | :: A pig, Sus scrofa domesticus |
| varken {n} [figuratively, pejorative, offensive] | :: A swine, a dirty, gross or foul person |
| varken {n} [archaic, possibly offensive] | :: A student who does not belong to a student society; one who is neither a frat boy nor a soror |
| varken {n} [dialectal] | :: A brush, especially one used along with a dustpan for sweeping floors or hearths |
| varkensbeest {n} [Belgium] | :: isopod, woodlouse, pillbug |
| varkensgriep {f} | :: swine flu (disease caused by certain orthomyxoviruses of the influenza virus types A or C) |
| varkenssaté {m} | :: pork satay |
| varkensvlees {n} | :: pork |
| Vasconisch {adj} | :: Vasconic |
| Vascoons {adj} | :: alternative form of Vasconisch |
| vast {adj} | :: firm, fast, tight |
| vast {adj} | :: fixed, not moving or changing |
| vast {adj} | :: stuck, unable to get out |
| vast {adj} [chemistry] | :: in the solid state |
| vast {adj} [botany] | :: perennial |
| vast {adj} [of a telephone] | :: using a landline |
| vast {adv} | :: surely, certainly |
| vast {adv} [colloquial, sarcastically] | :: sure, yeah, right |
| vastberaden {adj} | :: resolute, determined |
| vastberadenheid {f} | :: determination, resoluteness |
| vastbesloten {adj} | :: determined, intent, resolved |
| vastbijten {vri} | :: to bite deep [+ in (object) = into] |
| vastbijten {vr} | :: to dig in [+ in (object) = in], to continue with resilience [+ in (object)], to carry on resiliently [+ in (object) = with] |
| vastbinden {v} | :: to tie up |
| vasteland {n} | :: mainland |
| vasten {v} | :: to fast |
| vasten {m} {n} | :: fast (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food) |
| vastgoed {n} | :: real estate |
| vasthouden {v} | :: to hold (onto), to retain |
| vasthoudendheid {f} | :: Relentlessness |
| vastknopen {v} | :: to attach or secure with a knot |
| vastleggen {vt} | :: to moor, to fasten, to tether |
| vastleggen {vt} | :: to set out, specify |
| vastleggen {vt} | :: to record, to register |
| vastlopen {v} | :: to run aground |
| vastlopen {v} | :: to jam |
| vastlopen {v} [computing] | :: to hang (to stop functioning) |
| vastmaken {v} | :: to attach, fasten |
| vastplakken {vi} | :: to be stuck onto something, to stick |
| vastplakken {vt} | :: to stick (onto something) |
| vaststellen {vt} | :: to determine, to ascertain |
| vaststellen {vt} | :: to set, to establish |
| vaststelling {f} | :: determination, observation |
| vastvoetig {adj} | :: surefooted |
| vastvriezen {vi} | :: to freeze stuck, to freeze onto something |
| vastzetten {vt} | :: to fix, to fasten |
| vastzetten {vt} | :: to affix |
| vastzetten {vt} | :: to lock up, to jail |
| vastzitten {v} | :: to be stuck |
| vastzitten {v} | :: to be in the state of incarceration |
| vat {n} | :: barrel, tank |
| vat {n} [biology] | :: vessel |
| vat {m} | :: grip, both literal and figurative |
| vatbaar {adj} | :: susceptible, receptive, liable |
| vatbaar {adj} | :: prone to certain behaviours |
| vatbaar {adj} | :: easily damaged or afflicted by disease |
| vatbaar {adj} | :: well-disposed to certain things, notion or actions |
| vatbaar {adj} [dated] | :: comprehensible, understandable |
| vatbaarheid {f} | :: susceptibility |
| vatbom {f} | :: alternative form of vatenbom |
| vatenbom {f} | :: barrel bomb |
| Vaticaan {prop} {n} | :: Vaticaan (city-state) |
| Vaticaans {adj} | :: Vatican |
| Vaticaanstad {prop} {n} | :: Vaticaanstad (city-state) |
| vaticinium ex eventu {n} | :: a vaticinium ex eventu |
| vatten {vt} | :: to grasp |
| vatten {vt} | :: to grasp mentally, to understand |
| vatten {vt} | :: to catch, to apprehend |
| vatten {vt} | :: to catch, to be afflicted with (a disease) |
| vauxhall {c} [archaic] | :: Some type of attraction on a funfair |
| vazal {m} | :: vassal |
| vazalstaat {m} | :: A vassal state (state that is subject to another power) |
| v. Chr. {phrase} | :: abbreviation of voor Christus |
| v.Chr. {phrase} | :: alternative form of v. Chr. |
| v/d {abbr} | :: van de |
| VDW {prop} | :: initialism of van der Waals |
| VDW {prop} | :: initialism of van der Walt |
| Vecht {prop} {f} | :: Vecht (river) |
| vechten {vi} | :: to fight |
| vechtenstijd {m} [archaic] | :: time to fight, hour of battle |
| vechten tegen de bierkaai {vi} [idiom] | :: to put in effort in vain, to strive for a lost or impossible cause |
| vechter {m} | :: a (male) fighter |
| vechtersbaas {m} | :: hooligan |
| vechthaan {m} [literally] | :: gamecock |
| vechthaan {m} | :: brawler |
| vechthond {m} | :: A fighting dog |
| vechtkwartel {m} | :: buttonquail, bird of the family Turnicidae |
| vechtlust {m} | :: eagerness to fight, truculence |
| vechtlustig {adj} | :: bellicose, truculent |
| vechtmissie {f} [military] | :: combat mission (military mission whose practical purpose or stated aim is to fight opponents) |
| vechtpartij {f} | :: A fight, a brawl |
| vechtpartijtje {noun} | :: diminutive of vechtpartij |
| vechtscheiding {f} [neologism] | :: A divorce involving bitter conflict between the separating spouses |
| vechtsport {f} | :: martial art |
| vechtsporter {m} | :: martial artist, fighter |
| vechtwagen {m} [formal, dated] | :: tank (armoured fighting vehicle with caterpillar track) |
| vector {m} [mathematics] | :: vector, an element of a vector space |
| vectorfunctie {f} [mathematics] | :: vector function |
| vectorveld {n} [math] | :: vector field |
| vede {f} | :: obsolete form of vete |
| vedel {f} | :: A vielle, a precursor to the violin |
| vedel {f} [dated, dialectal] | :: A violin |
| veder {f} [dated, except in compounds] | :: alternative form of veer |
| vederbal {m} | :: a shuttlecock |
| vederbos {m} | :: A panache (plume on headwear) |
| vederbos {m} | :: A set of plumes (large or ornamental feathers) |
| vederbosje {noun} | :: diminutive of vederbos |
| vederdos {m} | :: A creature's plumage, notably seen as an adornment |
| vederlicht {adj} | :: light as a feather, very light (having little weight; having little substance) |
| vee {n} [collective] | :: livestock, cattle |
| veearts {m} | :: A veterinarian, mainly used for one treating farm animals |
| veeartsenij {f} | :: veterinary practice |
| veeartsenijkunde {f} | :: veterinary medicine |
| veeartsenijkundig {adj} | :: Pertaining to veterinary medicine |
| veeboer {m} | :: A livestock farmer |
| veedief {m} | :: abactor, someone who steals livestock |
| veeg {f} | :: a swipe |
| veeg {adj} | :: doomed to die |
| veeg {adj} | :: near death |
| veeg {adj} | :: doomed |
| veegte {f} | :: enmity |
| veehouder {m} [agriculture] | :: someone who keeps livestock, a livestock farmer |
| veehouderij {f} [uncountable] | :: husbandry |
| veehouderij {f} | :: farm where livestock are raised, cattle farm |
| veeknecht {m} | :: cowboy, peon, ranchhand, any employee handling livestock |
| veel {determiner} | :: many, much, a lot of |
| veel {pron} | :: much, a lot |
| veel {adv} | :: much |
| veel {adv} | :: often, frequently |
| veelal {adv} | :: mostly - more often than not (not as strong as meestal) |
| veel beterschap {phrase} | :: get well soon (said when someone is ill, wishing a speedy recovery) |
| veeleer {adv} | :: rather |
| veeleisend {adj} | :: exacting |
| veelgebruikt {adj} | :: much-used |
| veelgodendom {n} | :: polytheism |
| veelheid {f} | :: abundance |
| veelhoek {m} [geometry] | :: polygon (plane figure bounded by straight edges) |
| veel koks bederven de brij {proverb} | :: too many cooks spoil the broth (literally "many cooks spoil the porridge") |
| veel koks verzouten de brij {proverb} | :: too many cooks spoil the broth (literally "many cooks salt the porridge") |
| veel noten op zijn zang hebben {v} [idiomatic] | :: be demanding |
| veel noten op zijn zang hebben {v} [idiomatic] | :: be verbal about something, provide with a lot of comments |
| veelpleger {m} | :: habitual offender (someone with many offences on his or her rap sheet) |
| veel plezier {phrase} | :: have fun, enjoy yourself |
| veels {determiner} | :: Way too |
| veelschrijver {m} | :: writer who authors many texts of low quality |
| veelschrijverij {f} [derogatory] | :: high productivity in writing at the expense of quality |
| veelverdiener {m} | :: A large earner, one with a high income |
| veel voeten in de aarde hebben {v} | :: be labor- and time-intensive |
| veelvoud {n} [arithmetic] | :: A multiple |
| veelvoud {n} | :: A multiple, a multiplicity |
| veelvraat {m} | :: glutton |
| veelvraat {m} | :: wolverine, Gulo gulo |
| veelvuldig {adj} | :: frequent |
| veelwijverij {f} [pejorative] | :: polygyny |
| veelzijdig {adj} | :: multifaceted |
| veemarkt {f} | :: livestock market |
| veen {n} | :: peat |
| veen {n} | :: bog, fen |
| Veen {prop} | :: surname |
| veenbrand {m} | :: peat fire |
| veenbrand {m} [figurative] | :: lingering, periodically reigniting conflict |
| veenbrandje {noun} | :: diminutive of veenbrand |
| Veendam {prop} {n} | :: Veendam (city/and/municipality) |
| Veenendaal {prop} {n} | :: Veenendaal (town) |
| veenkolonie {f} | :: A settlement that arose as a result of peat excavation |
| veenlijk {n} | :: bog body (mummified human remains found in a bog) |
| veenmol {m} | :: mole cricket |
| veenmos {n} | :: peat moss, moss of the genus Sphagnum |
| veenreukgras {n} | :: bison grass, holy grass, sweetgrass, Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens) |
| Veenstra {prop} | :: surname |
| veer {f} | :: feather |
| veer {f} | :: spring (e.g. metallic helix which resists stress) |
| veer {n} | :: ferry |
| veerboot {m} | :: ferryboat |
| veerconstante {f} | :: spring constant |
| veerdienst {f} | :: ferry service |
| Veere {prop} {n} | :: A town and municipality on Walcheren, Zeeland, in the Netherlands, bordering the Veerse Meer |
| veerkracht {f} | :: resilience |
| veerkracht {f} [physics] | :: elasticity |
| Veerle {prop} | :: given name, a specific Flemish female name,diminutive of Verula |
| Veerletje {prop} | :: given name, a diminutive of Veerle |
| veerman {m} | :: ferryman |
| veerman {m} [archaic] | :: skipper |
| Veerman {prop} | :: surname |
| veerooster {n} | :: A cattle grid, usually specifically intended for livestock |
| veerpont {c} | :: ferryboat |
| Veerse Gat {prop} {n} | :: A former sea channel to the north of Walcheren and Zuid-Beveland and to the south of Noord-Beveland; now the Veerse Meer |
| Veerse Meer {prop} {n} | :: An artificial brackish lake to the north of Walcheren and Zuid-Beveland and to the south of Noord-Beveland; formed by damming the Veerse Gat |
| veertien {num} | :: fourteen |
| veertiende {adj} | :: fourteenth |
| veertig {num} | :: forty |
| veertigdagentijd {m} [Christianity] | :: Lent (fast before Easter) |
| veertigste {adj} | :: fortieth |
| veertoestel {f} | :: spring rider (playing device) |
| veestapel {m} | :: livestock population, livestock (total amount of livestock of a business, region or country) |
| veestapel {m} [archaic] | :: cattle population |
| veesterfte {f} | :: mass death of livestock |
| veeteelt {f} | :: husbandry, the raising of livestock |
| veetrek {m} | :: livestock migration, especially seasonal migration |
| vega- {prefix} | :: vegetarian |
| vega {m} [colloquial] | :: A vegetarian, a veggie |
| vegaburger {m} | :: A vegetarian burger; a vegetarian substitute or alternative for a hamburger |
| vegagehakt {n} [uncountable] | :: A vegetarian substitute for mince (ground meat) |
| vegamenu {n} | :: A vegetarian menu (list or set of vegetarian dishes) |
| veganisme {n} | :: veganism |
| veganist {m} | :: A vegan |
| veganiste {f} | :: A female vegan |
| veganistisch {adj} | :: vegan |
| vegarestaurant {n} | :: A vegetarian restaurant (restaurant exclusively serving food without meat) |
| vegavlees {n} | :: Vegetarian or vegan substitutes for meat |
| vegen {v} | :: to sweep |
| vegen {v} | :: to brush |
| vegen {v} | :: to wipe |
| veger {m} | :: sweeper, one who sweeps |
| veger {m} | :: broom, duster |
| vegetariër {mf} | :: a vegetarian |
| vegetarisch {adj} | :: vegetarian (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians) |
| vegetatie {f} [uncountable, countable] | :: vegetation |
| Veghel {prop} {n} | :: Veghel (village) |
| veil {adj} | :: venal |
| veilen {v} | :: to auction |
| veiler {m} | :: auctioneer |
| veilig {adj} | :: safe |
| veilig {adv} | :: safely |
| veiligheid {f} | :: safety, security |
| veiligheidsadviseur {m} | :: safety advisor, security advisor |
| veiligheidsbril {m} | :: A pair of safety goggles |
| veiligheidshalve {adv} | :: just in case, in order to be on the safe side |
| veiligheidshalve {adv} | :: for reasons of safety or security |
| veiligheidskooi {?} | :: roll cage |
| veiligheidsmaatregel {m} | :: security measure, safeguard |
| veiligheidsspeld {f} | :: A safety pin |
| veiling {f} | :: auction [concrete and abstract] |
| veiling {f} | :: auction house, building or business where auctions are held |
| veilinghuis {n} | :: auction house |
| veinzen {v} | :: to feign, pretend |
| vel {n} | :: A skin, a hide |
| vel {n} | :: A fur, a pelt |
| vel {n} | :: A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page) |
| vel {n} | :: A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk |
| vel {n} | :: A rag, a shred |
| veld {n} | :: field, open country |
| veld {n} | :: patch or grass and/or other small plants |
| veld {n} | :: agricultural field |
| veld {n} | :: sports field |
| veld {n} [physics] | :: field (physical phenomenon pervading an area) |
| veld {n} | :: field, domain of knowledge |
| veldbed {n} | :: stretcher |
| veldbrand {m} | :: A bushfire, a wildfire in a field or shrubland |
| veldgrijs {adj} | :: field-grey (greenish grey colour, esp. as military camouflage) |
| veldgroen {adj} | :: field-green (subdued green colour, esp. as military camouflage) |
| veldheer {m} | :: warlord, general |
| veldhospitaal {n} | :: A field hospital |
| veldkeuken {f} [military] | :: A field kitchen |
| veldkijker {m} | :: field glass, pair of binoculars for outdoor use |
| veldleeuwerik {m} | :: Eurasian skylark, skylark, Alauda arvensis |
| veldmaarschalk {m} | :: field marshal |
| veldofficier {m} | :: A field officer, ranking under general officers but above the lowest commissioned officers |
| veldprediker {m} [historical, otherwise dated, chiefly Protestantism] | :: An military chaplain, usually a Protestant one |
| veldsla {mf} | :: mâche (Valerianella locusta) |
| veldslag {m} | :: A battle on open land [therefore excluding sieges] |
| veldslag {m} [obsolete] | :: The practice of letting livestock graze on the commons |
| veldslang {f} | :: culverin |
| veldspaat {f} {n} {m} | :: feldspar |
| veldteken {n} | :: banner, pennant |
| veldteken {n} [archaic] | :: ensign, badge |
| veldtocht {m} | :: military campaign |
| velduil {mf} | :: short-eared owl, Asio flammeus |
| veldwachter {m} | :: rural patrolman |
| veldwerk {n} | :: fieldwork |
| vele {adj} | :: many |
| vele handen maken licht werk {proverb} | :: many hands make light work |
| velen {v} [rare] | :: to endure, to bear |
| velen {pron} | :: plural of veel |
| velerlei {determiner} | :: many, of many sorts or types |
| velg {mf} | :: rim (of a wheel) |
| velgrem {f} | :: rim brake |
| vellen {vt} | :: to fell, cut down |
| vellen {vt} [of verdicts, opinions] | :: to decide, to pronounce |
| velo {m} [Belgium, colloquial] | :: bicycle |
| velodroom {n} {m} | :: velodrome |
| vels {m} [archaic, poetic, dialectal] | :: rock, cliff |
| Velsen {prop} {n} | :: Velsen (municipality) |
| Velsen {prop} {n} | :: Former name of Velsen-Zuid |
| Veltman {prop} | :: surname |
| Veluwe {prop} {c} | :: An area and natural reserve located in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands |
| Veluws {adj} | :: relating to the Veluwe |
| Veluws {prop} | :: Veluws |
| ven {n} | :: mere, a small shallow lake or pond |
| vendel {?} [obsolete, military] | :: company |
| venditie {f} [formal] | :: public auction [both abstract and concrete] |
| vendu {f} {n} [formal] | :: public auction [both abstract and concrete] |
| vendutie {f} [formal] | :: alternative form of venditie |
| venerisch {adj} | :: venereal, sexually transmitted |
| venerisch {adj} | :: venereal, pertaining to sexual union |
| venerologie {f} | :: venereology (study of venereal disease) |
| venerologisch {adj} | :: venereological (pertaining to (the study of) venereal disease) |
| veneroloog {m} | :: venereologist (specialist in venereal disease) |
| Venetiaan {m} | :: A Venetian, an inhabitant or native of Venice |
| Venetiaans {adj} | :: Venetian (relating to Venice) |
| Venetiaans {prop} {n} | :: Venetian, the Romance language spoken in and around Venice |
| Venetië {prop} {n} | :: Venice |
| Venetisch {prop} {n} | :: Venetic, an extinct Indo-European language spoken in Veneto |
| Venetisch {adj} | :: Venetic |
| veneus {adj} | :: venous, pertaining to the veins |
| Venezuela {prop} {n} | :: Venezuela (country) |
| Venezuela {prop} {n} [historical] | :: Venezuela (South American province of the Spanish Empire) |
| venijn {n} | :: venom, poison |
| venijn {n} [figuratively] | :: something that is hurtful, slanderous and venomous |
| venijnboom {m} | :: yew |
| venijnig {adj} | :: venomous |
| venijnig {adj} [figuratively] | :: vicious, malicious, hurtful |
| venijnig {adj} [figuratively, of a conversation] | :: heated, argumentative, confrontational |
| venkel {f} | :: fennel, the plant Foeniculum vulgare |
| Venlo {prop} {n} | :: Venlo (city/and/municipality) |
| venndiagram {n} [set theory] | :: Venn diagram |
| vennoot {m} | :: partner |
| vennootschap {f} | :: company, partnership |
| vennootschap {f} [obsolete] | :: cooperation, companionship |
| vennootschapsbelasting {f} | :: corporate tax, company tax |
| Venray {prop} {n} | :: Venray (town/and/municipality) |
| venster {n} | :: window |
| venster {n} [computing] | :: window |
| vensterbank {f} | :: windowsill |
| vensterruit {f} {m} | :: windowpane |
| vent {m} | :: chap, fellow |
| venten {v} | :: to peddle |
| venter {m} | :: A vendor, peddler, door-to-door salesman |
| ventiel {n} | :: valve |
| ventieltje {noun} | :: diminutive of ventiel |
| ventilatie {f} | :: ventilation |
| ventilator {m} | :: fan, ventilator [device that circulates fresh air] |
| ventileren {v} | :: to ventilate |
| ventileren {v} [figuratively] | :: to articulate, make clear and precise |
| ventrikel {n} {m} | :: ventricle, type of major body cavity: |
| ventrikel {n} {m} | :: one of two lower chambers of the heart |
| ventrikel {n} {m} | :: a compartment of the brain |
| ventweg {m} [Netherlands] | :: frontage road, service road |
| Venus {prop} {f} | :: Venus (planet) |
| venusheuvel {m} | :: mons pubis |
| venusjanker {m} [obsolete] | :: A man who is hopelessly in love, especially pertaining to foolish love or puppy love |
| venusjanker {m} [obsolete] | :: A jockey, a john (client of a prostitute) |
| venusziekte {f} | :: A venereal disease, an STD |
| ver- {prefix} | :: to do or to become what the stem (following this prefix) refers to |
| ver- {prefix} | :: used to indicate that the action (referred to by the stem) has a negative connotation (for the direct object of the stem) |
| ver- {prefix} | :: to move or change in the manner specified by the stem |
| ver- {prefix} | :: A prefix found as part of surnames, found mainly in the southern Netherlands and in Belgium |
| ver {adj} | :: far |
| Vera {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| verachtelijk {adj} | :: scornful, disdainful |
| verachtelijk {adj} | :: despicable |
| verachten {v} | :: to scorn, to despise, to abominate |
| verachting {f} | :: disdain |
| verademen {v} | :: to relax, to renew, to refresh |
| veraf {adj} | :: far away, far off |
| verafgoden {v} | :: to idolize |
| verafschuwen {v} | :: to loathe, detest, abominate |
| veralgemeend {adj} [Belgian] | :: generalized (US), generalised (UK) |
| veralgemenen {v} [now, chiefly Belgium] | :: to generalise |
| veralgemeniseren {v} [Netherlands] | :: to generalise |
| veramerikaniseren {v} [ergative] | :: to Americanise |
| veranda {f} | :: veranda |
| verandaatje {noun} | :: diminutive of veranda |
| veranderen {v} [ergative] | :: to change |
| verandering {f} | :: change |
| veranderlijk {adj} | :: variable, changing |
| verankeren {v} | :: to moor, anchor |
| verantwoordelijk {adj} | :: responsible |
| verantwoordelijkheid {f} | :: responsibility |
| verantwoordelijkheid {f} | :: accountability |
| verantwoorden {v} | :: to justify, be responsible for |
| verantwoording {f} | :: accountability |
| verarming {f} | :: impoverishment |
| verassen {vt} | :: to incinerate |
| verassen {vt} | :: to cremate |
| verassing {f} | :: cremation |
| verassing {f} | :: incineration, burning to ashes |
| verbaal {adj} | :: verbal, pertaining to spoken language |
| verbaal {adj} | :: verbal, pertaining to verbs |
| verbaal {n} [historical] | :: A signed memo |
| verbaal {n} [Netherlands] | :: short for proces-verbaal |
| verbaasd {adj} | :: astonished, surprised |
| verband {n} | :: a bandage |
| verband {n} | :: a link or relation |
| verbanddoos {f} | :: A first-aid box |
| verbannen {vt} | :: to banish, exile |
| verbannen {vt} [archaic, chiefly Biblical] | :: to consecrate, to dedicate to God and remove from human use |
| verbasteren {v} | :: to degenerate |
| verbastering {f} | :: deterioration, degeneration |
| verbastering {f} | :: bastardization |
| verbazen {vt} | :: to amaze, befuddle |
| verbazen {vr} | :: to be amazed |
| verbazing {f} | :: amazement |
| verbazingwekkend {adv} | :: amazingly |
| Verbeek {prop} | :: surname |
| verbeelden {vt} | :: to depict |
| verbeelden {vr} | :: to imagine |
| verbeelding {f} | :: imagination (image-making faculty of the mind) |
| verbeelding {f} | :: imagination (act of imagining) |
| verbergen {vt} | :: to hide |
| verbeteraar {m} | :: improver, one who improves something |
| verbeteren {v} | :: to improve |
| verbeteren {v} | :: to correct |
| verbeterhuis {n} [history] | :: A penitentiary or other house of correction |
| verbeterhuis {n} [colloquial] | :: A reformatory (school) |
| verbetering {f} | :: An improvement, amelioration |
| verbetering {f} | :: A correction, rectification, |
| verbetering {f} | :: A reparation, amendment |
| verbetering {f} | :: The act or process of improving, correcting etc |
| verbetering {f} [obsolete] | :: A reprimand; correction, sanction |
| verbetering {f} | :: A raise, promotion etc |
| verbeuzelen {v} | :: to waste, fritter away |
| verbidden {vt} | :: to persuade [by begging, prayer] |
| verbieden {v} | :: to forbid, prohibit |
| verbijsterd {adj} | :: bewildered, astonished |
| verbijsteren {v} | :: to confuse, bewilder |
| verbijsteren {v} | :: to dismay |
| verbijstering {f} | :: consternation, astonishment, stupor |
| verbijten {v} | :: to suppress [pains, feelings, etc.] |
| verbijten {v} [obsolete] | :: to forbite |
| verbinden {v} | :: to connect, link up |
| verbinden {v} | :: to bandage |
| verbinding {f} | :: connection, link |
| verbinding {f} [chemistry] | :: compound |
| verbintenis {f} [law] | :: obligation |
| verbitteren {v} | :: to embitter |
| verbleken {v} | :: to fade, to pale |
| verblijden {v} | :: to gladden |
| verblijf {n} | :: a stay |
| verblijf {n} | :: a place where a stay is possible; a home, residence |
| verblijfplaats {f} | :: residence, place of residence |
| verblijfsvergunning {f} | :: residence permit; authorization to reside in a country |
| verblijven {v} | :: to stay, to reside |
| verblinden {v} | :: to blind |
| verblinden {v} [figuratively] | :: to dazzle, to spellbind |
| verbloemen {vi} [of a plant] | :: to blossom again, bear (at least) a second bloom |
| verbloemen {vt} | :: to ornate, to cover with flowers |
| verbloemen {vt} | :: to veil, soften by euphemistic phrasing |
| verbloemen {vt} | :: to excuse, treat apologetically |
| verbloemen {vt} | :: to mask, hide (something unpleasant) |
| verbloemen {vt} | :: to avoid, suppress, leave unspoken |
| verbloemen {vt} | :: to personify |
| verbloemen {vt} [chemistry] | :: to effloresce, let crystallize |
| verbloeming {f} | :: A euphemistic or masked phrasing, vaguery |
| verbloeming {f} | :: An excuse, apologetic phrasing, justification |
| verbloeming {f} | :: A rhetoric figure of speech |
| verbloeming {f} | :: A fleuron, floral ornament |
| verbloeming {f} [chemistry] | :: An efflorescence |
| verbluffend {adv} | :: amazing, astonishing |
| verbod {n} | :: prohibition |
| verbod {n} | :: ban |
| verboden {adj} | :: forbidden, prohibited |
| verbogen {adj} [grammar] | :: declined |
| verbolgen {adj} [somewhat formal] | :: angry |
| verbond {n} | :: alliance, federation (between countries) |
| verbond {n} | :: union, association (people with a common cause) |
| verbondenheid {f} | :: solidarity, connectedness |
| verbondsark {f} | :: the Ark of the Covenant |
| verbondskist {f} {m} | :: the Ark of the Covenant |
| verborgen {adj} | :: hidden |
| verbouwen {v} | :: to build into something different, to renovate |
| verbouwen {v} | :: to cultivate |
| verbrand {v} | :: sunburnt |
| verbranden {vt} | :: To burn, consume/kill in fire |
| verbranden {vi} | :: To be consumed by fire |
| verbranden {vt} | :: To burn, affect gravely with corrosive etc. chemicals |
| verbranden {vi} | :: To burn, be affected gravely with corrosive etc. chemicals |
| verbranden {vt} [figuratively] | :: To discredit completely, ruin psychologically for future use, e.g. by scandal or media leak |
| verbranding {f} [chemistry] | :: combustion |
| verbranding {f} | :: burn (wound) |
| verbrandingskamer {f} | :: combustion chamber |
| verbrandingsmotor {m} | :: combustion engine |
| verbreden {v} | :: to broaden, widen |
| verbreding {f} | :: widening (of roads); expansion |
| verbreiden {v} | :: to spread, disperse |
| verbreken {v} | :: to break, break up |
| verbreken {v} | :: to violate (the terms of a contract) |
| verbrijzelen {vt} | :: to shatter, to crush |
| verbroederen {vit} | :: to unite, to fraternise/fraternize, to bring together |
| Verbrugge {prop} | :: surname |
| verbruik {n} | :: consumption |
| verbruiken {v} | :: to consume, use up |
| verbuigen {v} | :: to bend (change curvature) |
| verbuigen {v} | :: to twist (change torsion) |
| verbuigen {v} [grammar] | :: to decline |
| verbuiging {f} | :: inflection |
| verbuiging {f} | :: declension |
| Vercammen {prop} | :: surname |
| Vercauteren {prop} | :: surname |
| verchromen {v} | :: to chrome (i.e. to plate with chrome) |
| Vercruysse {prop} [Belgium] | :: A surname |
| verdacht {adj} | :: suspicious, suspect |
| verdacht {n} [archaic] | :: suspicion |
| verdachte {mf} | :: defendant, suspect |
| verdachtmaking {f} | :: imputation, insinuation about wrongdoing |
| verdampen {v} | :: to evaporate |
| verdamping {f} [physics] | :: evaporation |
| verde {adj} | :: obsolete form of verre |
| verdedigbaar {adj} | :: arguable, justifiable |
| verdedigen {vt} | :: to defend |
| verdediger {m} | :: defender, protector |
| verdediger {m} [sports] | :: defender |
| verdediging {f} | :: defense, defence |
| verdedigingslinie {f} | :: line of defence, defensive line |
| verdedigingsmacht {f} | :: A defence force (military force primarily intended for defensive purposes) |
| verdedigster {f} [sports] | :: female defender |
| verdedigster {f} | :: female defender, female protector |
| verdeeldheid {f} | :: divide, disunity |
| verdeel en heers {phrase} | :: divide and conquer, divide and rule |
| verdelen {v} | :: to divide |
| verdelen {v} | :: to distribute |
| verdelgen {vt} | :: to exterminate |
| verdelger {m} | :: exterminator |
| verdeling {f} | :: division, partition, distribution |
| verdelingsplan {n} | :: A partition plan |
| verdenken {v} | :: to suspect (that someone is guilty) |
| verdenking {f} | :: suspicion |
| verder {adv} | :: further |
| verder {adv} | :: furthermore, on top of that, otherwise, for the rest |
| verderf {n} | :: ruination, perdition |
| verderfelijk {adj} | :: deleterious, pernicious |
| verderfelijk {adj} [dated] | :: putrefiable, nondurable |
| verderfenis {f} [formal] | :: corruption |
| verderfenis {f} [formal] | :: moral decay |
| verdergaan {vi} | :: to continue, to resume |
| verdergaan {vt} | :: to proceed, to go forward |
| verdergaand {adj} | :: more far-reaching |
| verderop {adv} | :: further on |
| verderven {vt} | :: to spoil, to ruin |
| verderzetten {vi} | :: to continue, to resume |
| verdichten {v} | :: to condense |
| verdichtingspunt {n} [analysis] | :: limit point |
| verdichtsel {n} | :: fabrication, constructed falsehood |
| verdienen {vt} | :: to earn |
| verdienen {vt} | :: to deserve |
| verdienste {f} | :: merit |
| verdienstelijk {adj} | :: deserving, valuable |
| verdienstelijk {adj} | :: useful |
| verdiepen {vt} | :: to deepen |
| verdiepen {vr} [verdiepen in] | :: to study more thoroughly, to devote oneself (mentally) to |
| verdieping {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: deepening |
| verdieping {f} [countable] | :: floor, storey |
| verdierlijken {vr} [ergative, also, _] | :: to turn into an animal; to cause, produce or acquire animal or animalesque traits |
| verdikken {vi} | :: to thicken, to become thicker, more viscous |
| verdikken {vt} | :: to thicken, to toughen |
| verdobbelen {vt} | :: to waste on gambling in dice games |
| verdoemen {v} | :: to damn |
| verdoemen {v} | :: to curse |
| verdoemen {v} [literally] | :: to bring doom upon |
| verdoemenis {f} [uncountable] | :: damnation, perdition |
| verdoemenis {f} [countable, obsolete] | :: condemnation, guilty verdict |
| verdoen {v} | :: to waste |
| verdoezelen {v} | :: to obscure (a fact), to cover up, to cloud |
| verdomd {adj} | :: damned |
| verdomme {interj} | :: dammit! |
| verdommen {vt} | :: to damn |
| verdommen {vt} | :: to refuse to do |
| verdonkeremanen {v} [somewhat, colloquial] | :: to hide, to cover up |
| verdonkeremanen {v} [somewhat, colloquial] | :: to steal, to embezzle |
| verdorie {interj} | :: darn it, blast, rats |
| verdorren {v} [ergative] | :: to wither |
| verdoven {v} | :: to deafen |
| verdoven {v} | :: to anesthetize |
| verdoven {v} | :: to stupefy |
| verdovend {adj} | :: stupefacient |
| verdoving {f} | :: anesthesia |
| verdr. {noun} | :: abbreviation of verdrag |
| verdraagbaar {adj} | :: tolerable, bearable |
| verdraaglijk {adj} | :: bearable, endurable |
| verdraagzaam {adj} | :: tolerant |
| verdraagzaamheid {f} | :: tolerance |
| verdraaid {adj} | :: darned |
| verdraaid {interj} | :: darn it! |
| verdraaien {v} | :: to twist, to contort |
| verdraaien {v} | :: to twist, distort (the truth, one's words etc.) |
| verdrag {n} | :: treaty |
| verdragen {v} | :: to tolerate |
| verdragen {v} | :: to endure, bear |
| verdriet {n} | :: grief, sadness, sorrow |
| verdriet {n} [dated] | :: misery, distress |
| verdriet {n} [archaic] | :: chagrin, aversion |
| verdrieten {v} | :: to sadden, to displease |
| verdrietig {adj} | :: sad [chiefly in relation to the emotions of human and animals] |
| verdrietigheid {f} | :: sadness |
| verdrievoudigen {v} | :: to triple |
| verdrijven {v} | :: to expel |
| verdrijven {v} | :: to depose |
| verdrijven {v} | :: to dissipate |
| verdringen {v} | :: to push aside or away |
| verdringen {v} | :: to repress |
| verdrinken {v} [ergative] | :: to drown (to (cause to) die of suffocation while submerged) |
| verdrinken {v} [ergative] | :: to drown (to submerge completely in liquid) |
| verdrinken {vi} [figuratively] | :: to drown, drown out (to seemingly disappear in a mass) |
| verdrinken {vt} | :: to spend on drinking alcoholic drinks |
| verdrinken {vt} [figuratively] | :: to drown (one's sorrow by consuming alcohol) |
| verdrinking {f} | :: drowning |
| verdrinkingsdood {m} | :: death by drowning |
| verdrogen {vi} | :: to wither, to dry out |
| verdrukken {v} | :: to push aside, push away |
| verdrukken {v} [by extension] | :: to oppress |
| verdrukking {f} | :: oppression |
| verdubbelen {vt} | :: to double |
| verdubbelen {vi} | :: to become doubled |
| verduidelijken {v} | :: to clarify |
| verduidelijking {f} | :: clarification |
| verduiken {vti} | :: to dive away |
| verduiken {vti} | :: to hide, to keep secret |
| verduisteren {v} | :: to darken |
| verduisteren {v} | :: to embezzle |
| verduistering {f} | :: darkening |
| verduistering {f} | :: embezzlement |
| verduistering {f} | :: blackout; the mandatory blinding of all light emanating from houses to prevent bombing raids during the WW II occupation |
| verdunnen {v} | :: to thin down, to dilute (a liquid or gas) |
| verduren {v} | :: to endure |
| verduurzamen {vt} | :: to cure, to preserve |
| verduurzamen {vt} | :: to make sustainable, to green |
| verduurzamen {vir} | :: to become sustainable |
| verduurzaming {f} | :: The process of becoming more sustainable |
| verduurzaming {f} | :: A policy for increasing sustainability |
| verdwaald {adj} | :: lost |
| verdwalen {v} | :: to become lost, to go astray |
| verdwergen {vt} [uncommon] | :: to dwarf, to make much smaller |
| verdwijnen {vi} | :: to disappear |
| verdwijnen {vi} | :: to dwindle |
| verdwijnhoekje {noun} | :: a small, snug place which may be used as a place of privacy and safety by children; a cubbyhole |
| verdwijning {f} | :: disappearance |
| veredelen {v} | :: to ennoble |
| veredeling {f} | :: ennoblement |
| veredeling {f} | :: culture |
| vereenbaren {v} | :: to agree upon |
| vereenbaren {v} | :: to reconcile |
| vereenvoudigen {v} | :: to simplify |
| vereenvoudiging {f} | :: simplification |
| vereenzelvigen {v} | :: to identify, to equate |
| vereeuwigen {v} | :: to perpetuate, immortalize (US); immortalise (UK) |
| vereisen {v} | :: to need, require |
| vereiste {f} {n} | :: requirement, requisite, necessity |
| ver- -en {circumfix} | :: Forms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" |
| ver- -en {circumfix} | :: Forms factitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to make into (noun)" |
| veren {adj} | :: made of feathers, plumose |
| veren {vi} | :: to bounce, reverberate, spring |
| veren {v} | :: to ferry |
| verengelsen {vi} | :: to anglicise, to become English |
| verengelsen {vt} | :: to anglicise, to make English |
| verengelsing {f} | :: anglicisation |
| verenigbaar {adj} | :: compatible |
| verenigd {adj} | :: united |
| Verenigde Arabische Emiraten {prop} {p} | :: United Arab Emirates |
| Verenigde Staten {prop} {p} | :: Verenigde Staten (country) |
| Verenigde Staten van Amerika {prop} {p} | :: Verenigde Staten van Amerika (country) |
| Verenigd Koninkrijk {prop} {n} | :: Verenigd Koninkrijk (country) |
| Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland {prop} {n} | :: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| verenigen {v} | :: to unite |
| vereniging {f} | :: association |
| vereniging {f} | :: unification |
| vereniging {f} [set theory] | :: union |
| veren in de reet steken {v} | :: alternative form of een veer in de reet steken |
| verenkleed {n} | :: The plumage which covers a creature with feathers |
| verenneweren {v} [Brabantian] | :: ruin |
| vereren {v} | :: to worship |
| vereren {v} | :: to honour |
| vereren {v} | :: to idolize |
| verergeren {v} | :: to worsen, to deteriorate, aggravate |
| verering {f} | :: devotion, worship |
| veresteren {vi} [organic chemistry] | :: to esterify, to turn (be turned) into an ester |
| verestering {f} [organic chemistry] | :: esterification |
| verf {f} | :: paint |
| verfijnd {adj} | :: refined |
| verfijnen {v} | :: to refine |
| verfijning {f} | :: refinement |
| verfilmen {vt} | :: to make a film of, to turn into a movie |
| verfilmen {vt} | :: to store on microform |
| verfilming {f} | :: A film that has been based on or adapted from another medium |
| verfilming {f} | :: The process of adapting another medium into a movie |
| verfilming {f} | :: The process of storing a medium on microform |
| verflauwen {v} | :: to fade, weaken |
| verflensen {v} | :: to wither |
| verflucht {noun} | :: paint smell (literally "paint air") |
| verfoeien {v} | :: to feel hatred and disgust for; to abhor |
| verfoeilijk {adj} | :: abominable, detestable, despicable, execrable |
| verfomfaaid {adj} | :: wrinkly |
| verfomfaaien {v} | :: to wrinkle, crumple |
| verfomfaaien {v} [figuratively] | :: to dishevel, throw into chaos |
| verfouteren {v} [colloquial] | :: to make a mistake in the belief that one is correcting mistakes, to hypercorrect |
| verfraaien {v} | :: to embellish |
| verfransen {v} | :: to gallicize |
| verfransing {f} | :: Frenchification |
| verfrissen {v} | :: to renew, to revitalize |
| verfspray {m} | :: paint spray, spray paint |
| verg. {v} | :: abbreviation of vergelijk |
| vergaan {v} | :: to rot, to perish, to expire |
| vergaan {v} [figuratively] | :: to die |
| vergaand {adj} | :: far-reaching |
| vergaand {adv} | :: considerably |
| vergaderen {vi} | :: to gather, to meet, to assemble |
| vergadering {f} | :: meeting, gathering |
| vergadertijger {m} [colloquial] | :: A person who often and habitually attends meetings, usually also seeking to increase their importance and frequency |
| vergaderzaal {f} | :: meeting room, conference room |
| vergankelijk {adj} | :: perishable, transient |
| vergankelijkheid {f} | :: perishableness |
| vergaren {v} | :: to gather, collect |
| vergasser {m} [now, uncommon] | :: carburetor, carburettor |
| vergasser {m} [dated] | :: gas burner of a lamp or heating device |
| vergeeflijk {adj} | :: forgivable |
| vergeefs {adv} | :: in vain |
| vergeefs {adj} | :: fruitless, futile |
| vergeefsheid {f} | :: futility |
| vergeetachtig {adj} | :: forgetful |
| vergeetachtigheid {f} | :: forgetfulness |
| vergeet-me-niet {m} [chiefly diminutive] | :: alternative form of vergeet-mij-niet |
| vergeet-me-nietje {noun} | :: diminutive of vergeet-me-niet |
| vergeet-mij-niet {m} [chiefly diminutive] | :: A forget-me-not, flower of the genus Myosotis |
| vergeet-mij-nietje {noun} | :: diminutive of vergeet-mij-niet |
| vergeetput {m} | :: oubliette |
| vergelden {v} | :: to pay back, to punish, to retaliate |
| vergelding {f} | :: retaliation |
| vergeldingsmaatregel {m} | :: retaliatory measure |
| vergelen {vi} | :: to become yellow, to yellow |
| vergelen {vt} | :: to make yellow, to yellow |
| vergelijkbaar {adj} | :: comparable |
| vergelijken {v} | :: to compare |
| vergelijkende trap {m} [grammar] | :: comparative degree |
| vergelijking {f} | :: comparison |
| vergelijking {f} | :: equation |
| vergeling {f} | :: yellowing |
| vergemakkelijken {v} | :: to simplify, facilitate |
| vergen {vt} | :: to demand, utter/pose a requirement |
| vergen {vt} | :: to require, necessitate |
| vergen {v} [obsolete] | :: to ask, inquire |
| vergen {v} [obsolete] | :: to offer, grant |
| vergen {v} [obsolete] | :: to taunt, bother |
| vergen {v} [obsolete] | :: to seek, search |
| vergetelheid {f} | :: oblivion |
| vergeten {v} | :: to forget (lose remembrance of) |
| vergeten {v} | :: to forget (fail to do) |
| vergeten {v} | :: to leave (fail to take) |
| vergeven {vt} | :: to forgive |
| vergeven {vt} [obsolete] | :: to harm through poison |
| vergeven {adj} | :: overrun, crawling |
| vergeving {f} | :: forgiveness |
| vergevingsgezindheid {f} | :: Forgiveness (inclination to forgive) |
| vergevorderd {adj} | :: advanced, late |
| vergewissen {vr} | :: to convince oneself of the veracity [+ van (object) = of]/ [+ dat (object) = that], to ascertain |
| vergezellen {v} | :: to accompany (attend as a companion) |
| vergezicht {n} | :: panorama, vista |
| vergezicht {n} [figurative] | :: vision of the future |
| vergezocht {adj} | :: far-fetched |
| vergiet {n} | :: colander |
| vergieten {vt} | :: to spill, to shed |
| vergieten {vt} | :: to drain, to pour over |
| vergieten {vt} [obsolete] | :: to make liquid, to liquidise |
| vergiettest {f} [dated, now, chiefly historical] | :: colander |
| vergif {n} | :: poison |
| vergiffenis {f} | :: forgiveness |
| vergifleer {f} [dated, uncommon] | :: alternative form of vergiftleer |
| vergift {n} | :: poison |
| vergiftigen {v} | :: to poison (to use poison to kill or paralyse) |
| vergiftiging {f} | :: poisoning |
| vergiftleer {f} [dated] | :: toxicology |
| vergismoord {mf} | :: the killing of somebody other than the intended victim (due to mistaken identity) |
| vergissen {vr} | :: To make a mistake |
| vergissen is menselijk {proverb} | :: to err is human |
| vergissing {f} | :: mistake |
| vergisten {v} | :: to ferment |
| vergisting {f} | :: fermentation |
| vergistoerist {m} [Netherlands] | :: A tourist who mistakenly shows up for an event on an incorrect date, usually because of reliance on outdated guide books |
| verglijden {v} | :: to slip away slowly, trickle away |
| vergoddelijking {f} | :: deification, apotheosis |
| vergoeden {v} | :: to compensate for, to reimburse |
| vergoeding {f} | :: compensation |
| vergooien {v} | :: to throw away |
| vergooien {v} [figuratively] | :: to waste away |
| vergrendelen {v} | :: to bolt shut, bar (a door for example) |
| vergrijpen {v} | :: to assault (usually used with aan) |
| vergrijzen {vit} | :: to grey (make or become grey) |
| vergrijzen {vit} [of a population] | :: to age |
| vergrijzing {f} | :: the ageing of the population due to a decrease in the proportion of young people, typically through low birth rates |
| vergroeien {vi} | :: to grow together |
| vergroeien {vi} | :: to deform, to grow out of shape |
| vergroenen {v} [ergative] | :: to green, to become or make more sustainable |
| vergroenen {v} [ergative] | :: to green (colour), to make or to become green |
| vergroening {f} | :: transition to a less environmentally harmful state or practice, greening |
| vergrootglas {n} | :: magnifying glass |
| vergroten {v} | :: to enlarge |
| vergroten {v} | :: to increase |
| vergrotende trap {m} [grammar] | :: comparative degree |
| vergroting {f} | :: enlargement, increase, expansion |
| vergroting {f} | :: magnification |
| verguisd {adj} | :: much maligned |
| verguizen {v} | :: to speak about something or to someone with contempt; to revile |
| vergulden {vt} | :: to gild, to apply gold leaf to |
| verguldsel {n} | :: gilding, gold leaf |
| vergunnen {v} | :: to authorise (UK), authorize (US) |
| vergunning {f} | :: license: authorization by a government to do something which is otherwise forbidden |
| verhaal {n} | :: story |
| verhaal {n} | :: redress, reparation, remedy |
| verhaallijn {f} | :: storyline |
| verhaaltje {noun} | :: tale, story |
| verhalen {v} | :: to narrate |
| verhalen {v} | :: to make someone pay the costs for something |
| verhalenverteller {m} | :: story teller |
| verhalenvertelster {s} | :: female story teller |
| verhandelbaar {adj} | :: negotiable |
| verhandelbaar {adj} | :: easily sold or traded |
| verhandelen {v} | :: to trade, negotiate |
| verhandeling {f} | :: treatise |
| verhang {n} [geography, hydrology] | :: relative measure for the vertical distance in proportion to horizontal distance between two points of a watercourse [in units of gradient or as a proportion] |
| verhangen {vt} | :: to cause to hang, to hang |
| verhangen {vt} | :: to hang somewhere else |
| verhangen {vt} | :: to hang someone (to execute by hanging) |
| verhangen {vr} | :: to hang oneself (to commit suicide by hanging) |
| verhapstukken {vt} [originally] | :: to fit (worn-off footwear) with new heels |
| verhapstukken {vt} | :: to mend |
| verhapstukken {vt} | :: to deal with, handle, come to terms with |
| verharden {vir} | :: harden (to become hardened) |
| verharden {vt} | :: harden (to make hardened) |
| verharen {vi} | :: to shed hair, to moult [of hairs] |
| verhaspelen {v} | :: to mangle, to mess up |
| verhaspelen {v} | :: to reproduce strangely or wrongly (by speech, writing or otherwise) |
| verhaspeling {f} | :: malapropism |
| verheerlijken {v} | :: to glorify |
| verheffen {v} | :: to raise |
| verheffing {f} | :: lifting up, the act of raising |
| verheffing {f} | :: edification, uplifting through education or cultural influence |
| verheiligen {v} | :: to hallow, to sanctify |
| verhelderen {vt} | :: to clarify, elucidate, illuminate |
| verhelen {v} | :: to conceal, to hide |
| verhelen {v} [ergative] | :: to unify, to make or become one whole [now mostly used of tracts of land and barriers] |
| verhelen {v} [ergative, dated] | :: to heal, to restore or become restored |
| verhelpen {v} | :: to solve, to fix |
| verhemelte {n} | :: palate |
| verhemelte {n} [obsolete] | :: canopy, baldachin |
| verheugen {vt} | :: to make happy, delight |
| verheugen {vr} | :: to rejoice, be glad |
| verheugen {vr} | :: to look forward [+ op (object) = to] |
| verhevigen {v} [ergative] | :: to intensify |
| verhinderen {v} | :: to hinder (to delay or impede movement) |
| verhinderen {v} | :: to prevent |
| verhip {interj} [dated] | :: by Jove! gadzooks! (expression of surprise) |
| verhit {adj} | :: fiery, hot, feverish |
| verhitten {v} | :: to heat |
| Verhoeven {prop} | :: surname |
| Verhofstadt {prop} | :: surname |
| verhogen {v} | :: to heighten |
| verhogen {v} | :: to increase |
| verhoging {f} | :: increase, the act of raising |
| verhoging {f} | :: elevation, an eminence (raised portion of land) |
| verhoging {f} | :: elevated body temperature, mild fever, febrile hyperthermia |
| verhongeren {v} | :: to starve |
| verhoor {n} | :: interrogation |
| verhoorkamer {m} | :: interrogation room |
| verhoren {v} | :: to interrogate |
| verhouden {vr} [verhouden tot] | :: to stand in relation to |
| verhouding {f} | :: proportion |
| verhouding {f} [mathematics] | :: ratio, proportion |
| verhouding {f} | :: relation, connection |
| verhouding {f} | :: intimate relationship between two persons |
| verhouten {v} | :: to lignify |
| verhovaardigen {vr} | :: to be or to become arrogant, to be or to become boastful [+ op (object) = about] [+ over (object) = about] |
| verhovaardigen {vt} [now, rare] | :: to make arrogant, to make boastful |
| verhuisdoos {f} | :: A moving box, a removing box |
| verhuiswagen {m} | :: A removal van, a moving truck |
| verhuizen {v} | :: to move from one residence to another |
| verhuizer {m} | :: mover, remover (person employed to help moving people from one house to another) |
| verhuizer {m} [uncommon] | :: someone who moves from one house to another |
| verhuizing {f} | :: move (change of place of habitation) |
| verhullen {v} | :: to conceal, to cover |
| verhuren {v} | :: to rent, rent out (To grant occupation in return for rent) |
| verifiëren {v} | :: to verify |
| vering {f} | :: suspension (system of springs, and in the case of vehicles shock absorbers) |
| verjaardag {m} | :: birthday |
| verjaardagsfeest {n} | :: birthday party |
| verjagen {v} | :: to drive off |
| verjaren {v} | :: to have one's birthday |
| verjaren {v} [legal] | :: become expired due to a statute of limitations |
| verjongen {vi} | :: to become young, to rejuvenate |
| verjongen {vt} | :: to make young, to rejuvenate |
| verjonging {f} | :: rejuvenation, renewal |
| Verkade {prop} | :: surname |
| verkalken {v} | :: to calcify |
| verkassen {vt} [literally] | :: to move to another greenhouse |
| verkassen {vi} | :: to move to another place (house, patch of ground, seat etc.) |
| verkavelen {v} | :: to parcel out (land) |
| verkeer {n} | :: traffic |
| verkeer {n} | :: exchange, intercourse |
| verkeerd {adj} | :: wrong |
| verkeerd {adj} | :: distorted |
| verkeersader {f} | :: a main road, a thoroughfare essential to transit |
| verkeersafwikkeling {f} | :: traffic flow |
| verkeersbord {n} | :: traffic sign |
| verkeersfuik {f} | :: a police trap that involves putting a checkpoint on a road |
| verkeersfuik {f} [colloquial] | :: a place where traffic moves slowly |
| verkeersinformatie {f} | :: traffic information |
| verkeersknoop {m} [Belgium] | :: A traffic bottleneck; a place where traffic jams often occur |
| verkeersknoop {m} [dated] | :: A junction or traffic hub |
| verkeersknooppunt {n} | :: interchange (grade-separated infrastructure junction) |
| verkeerslicht {n} | :: traffic light |
| verkeersongeluk {n} | :: traffic accident |
| verkeersongeval {n} | :: traffic accident |
| verkeerspaal {m} | :: a road bollard |
| verkeersplein {n} | :: An interchange or large junction containing a roundabout |
| verkeersplein {n} | :: A roundabout |
| verkeersregel {m} | :: traffic rule, traffic regulation |
| verkeersvliegtuig {n} | :: commercial aeroplane, civilian airplane |
| verkeerswisselaar {m} [Belgium] | :: interchange (grade-separated infrastructure junction) |
| verkennen {v} | :: to explore |
| verkenner {m} | :: A scout (one who does reconnaissance) |
| verkenner {m} | :: A boy scout of high-school age |
| verkennertje {noun} | :: diminutive of verkenner |
| verkenning {f} | :: exploration |
| verkenning {f} | :: reconnaissance |
| verkeren {v} | :: to find oneself (e.g. in a situation) |
| verkeren {v} | :: to be found, be located |
| verkeren {v} | :: to handle, get along with |
| verkering {f} [Netherlands] | :: The state of having a relationship, of going out together |
| Verkerk {prop} | :: surname |
| verkerven {vt} | :: to carve in a wrong way |
| verkerven {vt} | :: to destroy by carving |
| verkerven {vt} [figuratively] | :: to spoil, to ruin |
| verkiesbaar {adj} | :: electable |
| verkiezen {v} | :: to prefer |
| verkiezen {v} | :: to elect |
| verkiezing {f} | :: election (by vote or ballot) |
| verkiezing {f} [Protestantism] | :: election, predestination of the elect in orthodox Calvinism |
| verkiezingscampagne {f} | :: election campaign |
| verkiezingsfraude {f} | :: electoral fraud |
| verkiezingsnederlaag {f} | :: electoral loss, electoral defeat |
| verkiezingsprogramma {n} | :: election programme, electoral programme |
| verkijken {vt} | :: to waste or miss while watching |
| verkijken {vr} | :: to mistakingly see |
| verkitten {v} | :: to cement |
| verklaarbaar {adj} | :: explicable, explainable |
| verklappen {v} | :: to give away, reveal (a previously held secret) |
| verklaren {v} | :: to declare, state |
| verklaren {v} | :: to explain, clarify |
| verklaring {f} | :: declaration, statement |
| verklaring {f} | :: explanation |
| verkleden {vr} | :: to get changed |
| verkleinen {v} | :: reduce, make smaller (in scale or size) |
| verkleinen {v} | :: diminish, minimize |
| verkleinen {v} | :: extenuate |
| verkleining {f} | :: reduction |
| verkleining {f} | :: diminutive formation (making a verkleinwoord) |
| verkleining {f} | :: belittlement |
| verkleinvorm {m} | :: diminutive (form) |
| verkleinwoord {n} [grammar] | :: diminutive |
| verkleinwoorden {noun} | :: plural of verkleinwoord |
| verkleinwoordje {noun} | :: diminutive of verkleinwoord |
| verkleumd {adj} | :: stiff/numb with cold |
| verkleuren {v} [of a color] | :: to change e.g. through tarnishing or bleaching |
| verkleuring {f} | :: change in colour |
| verkleuring {f} | :: a spot whose colour differs from its surroundings: discoloration, discolouration |
| verklikken {v} | :: To denounce, act as informer, rat on |
| verklikken {v} [obsolete] | :: To observe, spy upon, spot, track |
| verklikken {v} [obsolete] | :: To catch, trick |
| verklikken {v} [obsolete] | :: To betray a secret, reveal what is hidden |
| verklinken {vi} [of sound] | :: to fade out, to slowly stop sounding |
| verkloten {vt} [mildly, vulgar] | :: to fuck up |
| verknallen {vt} | :: to screw up (one's choices) |
| verknallen {v} | :: to shoot a firework |
| verkneukelen {vr} | :: to wring one's hands together with pleasure, to secretly enjoy oneself |
| verknijpen {vt} | :: to destroy by pinching |
| verknijpen {vr} [figuratively] | :: to strenuously suppress feelings |
| verknocht {adj} | :: emotionally attached, devoted, wedded |
| verknoeien {v} | :: to mess up, to botch |
| verkoelen {vi} | :: to cool down |
| verkoelen {vt} | :: to cool down |
| verkoeling {f} | :: cooling, coolness |
| verkoeling {f} | :: a cool drink |
| verkolen {v} | :: to carbonize, to scorch |
| verkommeren {v} | :: to languish, to wither |
| verkondigen {v} | :: to announce, proclaim |
| verkondigen {v} | :: to preach |
| verkondiger {m} | :: preacher |
| verkondiging {f} | :: announcement, proclamation |
| verkoop {m} | :: sale |
| verkoopautomaat {m} | :: vending machine |
| verkoopprijs {m} | :: bidding price |
| verkoopster {f} | :: saleswoman, female seller |
| verkopen {v} | :: to sell |
| verkoper {m} | :: salesman, seller |
| verkoperen {vt} | :: To copper, mount, cover, coat or otherwise fit with copper or brassware |
| verkoperen {vt} | :: To copper, colour (e.g. paint) like copper (or brass) |
| verkoperen {vt} [figuratively] | :: To close off (notably one's heart) |
| verkorten {v} | :: to shorten |
| verkorten {v} | :: to abridge, abbreviate |
| verkorting {f} | :: shortening |
| verkorting {f} | :: abbreviation, abridgment |
| verkouden {adj} | :: having a cold |
| verkoudheid {f} | :: cold (illness) |
| verkrachten {v} | :: to rape, to abuse |
| verkrachter {m} | :: rapist |
| verkrachter {m} [dated, except in certain prepositional or possessive constructs] | :: violator, offender |
| verkrachting {f} | :: rape |
| verkrachtingscultuur {f} | :: rape culture |
| verkreukelen {v} | :: to crease, rumple |
| verkreukelen {v} [figuratively] | :: to blunder, screw up |
| verkrijgbaar {adj} | :: obtainable, available |
| verkrijgen {v} | :: to obtain, gain, get |
| verkwikken {v} | :: to freshen up, refresh |
| verkwisten {v} | :: to waste |
| verkwistend {adj} | :: wasteful |
| verkwister {m} | :: A squanderer, who wastes money and/or valuable things |
| verladen {v} | :: to transfer, to load to another place |
| verlagen {v} | :: to lower |
| verlagen {vr} | :: to debase oneself, to lower one's standards |
| verlaging {f} | :: lowering |
| verlamming {f} | :: paralysis, loss of (muscle) control, involuntary immobilization (both literally and figuratively) |
| verlangen {v} | :: to long for, desire, yearn |
| verlangen {v} | :: to expect, to ask (of someone) |
| verlangen {n} | :: longing, craving |
| verlangzamen {vi} | :: to slow down |
| verlangzamen {vt} | :: to slow down |
| verlaten {v} | :: to leave |
| verlaten {v} | :: to abandon |
| verlaten {v} | :: to desert |
| verlaten {v} | :: to belate, to stall, to delay |
| verl. deelw. {noun} | :: abbreviation of verleden deelwoord |
| verleden {adj} [dated] | :: gone by, past |
| verleden {adj} | :: previous, last |
| verleden {n} [with definite article] | :: the past |
| verleden deelwoord {n} [grammar] | :: past participle |
| verleden tijd {m} [grammar] | :: past (the past tense) |
| verlegen {adj} | :: shy, bashful, timid |
| verlegen {adj} | :: embarrassed |
| verlegen {adj} | :: lacking, having a shortage |
| verlegen {adj} [obsolete] | :: spoiled, rotten |
| verlegenheid {f} | :: embarrassment, shyness |
| verleidelijk {adj} | :: alluring, tempting, seductive |
| verleiden {v} | :: to tempt |
| verleiden {v} | :: to seduce |
| verleider {m} | :: seducer |
| verleiding {f} | :: temptation |
| verlenen {v} | :: to grant |
| verlener {m} | :: provider |
| verlener {m} | :: giver |
| verlengd {adj} | :: extended, prolonged |
| verlengen {v} | :: to extend, lengthen |
| verlengen {v} | :: to protract, delay |
| verlenging {f} | :: extension |
| verlenging {f} | :: extra time |
| verlengsnoer {n} | :: An extension cord (electrical cord with plug and power socket(s)) |
| verlening {f} | :: allotment |
| verleren {vt} | :: to forget [something learned] |
| verlichten {v} | :: to lighten, alleviate (make less heavy) |
| verlichten {v} | :: to enlighten, illuminate, brighten (make brighter) |
| verlichting {f} | :: lighting, illumination |
| verlichting {f} | :: alleviation |
| verlichting {prop} {f} [history, philosophy, definite article] | :: the Enlightenment |
| verliefd {adj} | :: in love |
| verliefdheid {f} | :: amorousness |
| verlies {n} | :: loss, defeat |
| verlies {n} | :: (the process of) losing someone or something |
| verlieven {v} | :: to fall in love |
| verlieven {v} | :: to make someone fall in love |
| verliezen {v} | :: to lose (possession) |
| verliezen {v} | :: to lose (a game), to be defeated |
| verlijden {v} [law, of a contract] | :: to expire, to end |
| verlijden {v} [law, of a contract] | :: to declare binding |
| Verlinden {prop} | :: surname |
| verloederen {vi} | :: to become decadent, to decay (morally), to degenerate |
| verloederen {vi} | :: to deteriorate, to worsen (e.g. conditions) |
| verloedering {f} | :: degradation, degeneration, dilapidation |
| verlof {n} | :: furlough, leave of absence |
| verlof {n} | :: permission, authorization |
| verlofje {noun} | :: diminutive of verlof |
| verlokkelijk {adj} | :: tempting |
| verlokken {v} | :: to tempt |
| verloochenen {vt} | :: to disavow |
| verloochenen {vt} | :: to deny, to block out (e.g. the possibility of something occurring) |
| verloofde {noun} | :: A betrothed, a fiancée or fiancé |
| verloop {n} | :: course (development) |
| verloop {n} | :: process |
| verloopnippel {m} | :: adapter nozzle, adapter valve (tubular adapter) |
| verloopstekker {m} | :: plug adapter |
| verlopen {v} | :: to progress |
| verlopen {v} | :: to expire, to become invalid |
| verlopen {v} [colors] | :: to fade |
| verlopen {v} [clocks] | :: to go fast/slow, to go out of pace |
| verloskunde {f} | :: midwifery |
| verlossen {v} | :: To free (of something) |
| verlossen {v} | :: To redeem |
| verlossen {v} | :: To attend the birth of an infant and provide postpartum care to the mother and her infant |
| verlosser {m} | :: redeemer, savior/saviour |
| verlossing {f} | :: release |
| verlossing {f} | :: salvation, redemption, rescue |
| verlossing {f} | :: delivery (childbirth) |
| verloten {v} | :: to give as a prize in a lottery or in sweepstakes |
| verloven {vt} [archaic] | :: to commit to an obligation |
| verloven {vt} | :: to conclude an engagement |
| verloven {vr} [zich verloven] | :: to undertake an engagement, get engaged |
| verloven {vt} [obsolete] | :: to allow, permit |
| verloven {vt} [obsolete] | :: to releave, suspend |
| verloven {vt} [obsolete] | :: to exempt from (notably military) duty |
| verloving {f} | :: engagement (before marrying) |
| verlovingsring {m} | :: engagement ring |
| verluchtigen {v} | :: to air, ventilate |
| verluchtigen {v} | :: to illustrate, illuminate |
| verlummelen {v} [of time] | :: to waste, to while away |
| vermaak {n} | :: entertainment, amusement |
| vermaard {adj} | :: renowned |
| vermageren {v} | :: to lose weight |
| vermageren {v} | :: to emaciate |
| vermakelijk {adj} | :: entertaining, amusing |
| vermakelijkheid {f} [countable] | :: entertainment, something entertaining |
| vermakelijkheid {f} [uncountable] | :: the quality of being entertaining |
| vermaken {vt} | :: to entertain, to amuse |
| vermaken {vr} | :: to amuse oneself |
| vermaken {vt} | :: to renovate, to restore |
| vermaken {vt} | :: to adjust, to alter |
| vermalen {v} | :: to grind, crush, pulverize |
| vermanen {v} | :: to admonish |
| vermaning {f} | :: An admonishment, a warning |
| vermaning {f} | :: A Mennonite congregation or church building |
| vermaren {v} | :: to make famous, to make one's accomplishments known |
| vermeend {adj} | :: wrongly alleged |
| vermeend {adj} | :: supposed, alleged |
| Vermeer {prop} | :: surname |
| vermeerderen {vi} | :: to increase in number, to multiply |
| vermeerderen {vt} | :: to increase in number, to multiply |
| vermeerdering {f} | :: increase (in population), accretion |
| Vermeersch {prop} | :: surname |
| Vermeij {prop} | :: surname |
| Vermeiren {prop} | :: surname |
| vermelden {v} | :: to mention |
| vermelding {f} | :: mention |
| vermengen {vt} | :: to mix |
| vermenigvuldigen {v} [arithmetic] | :: to multiply |
| vermenigvuldigen {vr} | :: to multiply, to become more numerous |
| vermenigvuldiging {f} | :: multiplication |
| vermetel {adj} | :: audacious, daring |
| vermetel {adv} | :: audaciously, daringly |
| vermeten {adj} | :: audacious, daring |
| Vermeulen {prop} | :: surname |
| Vermeyen {prop} | :: surname |
| vermijden {vt} | :: to avoid |
| vermijding {f} | :: avoidance |
| vermiljoen {n} | :: vermillion (orange-red colour; pigment or dye of this colour) |
| vermiljoen {adj} | :: vermillion |
| verminderen {vi} | :: to diminish, to decrease |
| verminderen {vt} | :: to lower, to decrease, to reduce, to decrement |
| vermindering {f} | :: reduction, abatement, decrease, diminishment, lessening |
| verminken {v} | :: to mutilate |
| verminking {f} | :: mutilation |
| vermissen {vi} | :: to go missing |
| vermissen {vt} | :: to lose, to miss |
| vermist {adj} | :: missing, lost |
| vermiste {noun} | :: missing person |
| vermiste {noun} | :: missing object |
| vermoedelijk {adj} | :: probable |
| vermoedelijk {adv} | :: presumably |
| vermoeden {v} | :: to suppose |
| vermoeden {v} | :: to suspect |
| vermoeden {n} | :: suspicion, assumption, presumption |
| vermoeden {n} [math] | :: conjecture |
| vermoeid {adj} | :: tired, exhausted |
| vermoeidheid {f} | :: tiredness, weariness |
| vermoeien {vt} | :: to tire |
| vermogen {n} | :: ability, power, capacity |
| vermogen {n} [physics] | :: power |
| vermogen {n} | :: fortune (large sum of money) |
| vermogen {n} [economics] | :: wealth, fortune, property |
| vermogen {v} [rare; formal] | :: to be able to do, to be able to achieve |
| vermogensbeheer {n} | :: asset management |
| vermogensbelasting {f} | :: wealth tax, capital tax |
| vermolmen {v} | :: to decay, rot |
| vermolmen {v} | :: to go mouldy |
| vermolmen {v} [figuratively] | :: to crumple, collapse |
| vermommen {vt} | :: to disguise, mask |
| vermomming {f} | :: Disguise |
| vermoorden {vt} | :: to murder |
| vermoording {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: The act of murdering, murder |
| vermorsen {v} | :: to trifle, waste |
| vermurwen {vt} | :: to soften, to weaken |
| vernaaien {v} | :: to adjust, to modify through sewing |
| vernaaien {v} [vulgar] | :: to screw up, to fuck up |
| vernachelen {vt} | :: to con, to scam, to deceive |
| vernachelen {vt} | :: to mess up, to waste, to destroy |
| vernaggelen {v} | :: alternative spelling of vernachelen |
| vernauwen {vt} | :: to narrow, narrow down |
| verne {adj} | :: of the past year, said especially of wine |
| vernederen {vt} | :: to humiliate, humble |
| vernederen {v} | :: (reflexive use: zich vernederen) to stoop to, humble/humiliate oneself |
| vernederend {adj} | :: humiliating, constituting or implying humiliation |
| vernedering {f} | :: humiliation, either active or passive |
| vernederlandsen {vi} | :: to become Dutch(-speaking), to assimilate into Dutch(-speaking) society |
| vernederlandsen {vt} | :: to make Dutch, to Dutchify |
| vernemen {v} | :: to learn (of), to find out, to hear (about) |
| verneuken {v} [vulgar] | :: to deceive |
| verneuken {v} [vulgar] | :: to fuck up, to screw |
| verneukeratief {adj} [mildly vulgar, colloquial, Netherlands] | :: tricky |
| vernielen {v} | :: to destroy |
| vernieler {m} | :: A destroyer, one who destroys |
| vernieler {m} [archaic, military, nautical] | :: A destroyer (fast combat ship) |
| vernieling {f} | :: destruction, havoc |
| vernielzucht {f} | :: tendency to commit vandalism; a strong desire to destroy |
| vernietigd {adj} | :: destroyed |
| vernietigen {vti} | :: to destroy |
| vernietiging {f} | :: destruction |
| vernietigingskamp {n} | :: extermination camp, death camp (camp intended for the extermination of certain groups) |
| vernieuwen {v} | :: to renew |
| vernieuwer {m} | :: innovator |
| vernieuwing {f} | :: innovation |
| vernis {n} {m} | :: varnish |
| vernisje {noun} | :: diminutive of vernis |
| vernissen {vt} | :: to varnish |
| vernoemen {v} | :: to name after |
| vernuft {n} | :: ingenuity, brilliance, intelligence |
| vernuftig {adj} | :: ingenious, nifty |
| veronachtzamen {v} | :: To not pay attention to, ignore, disregard |
| veronderstellen {v} | :: to presume, guess, suppose |
| veronderstelling {f} | :: supposition, assumption |
| verongelijktheid {f} | :: A feeling of being wronged by a society |
| verongelukken {vi} | :: to die in an accident |
| verontreinigen {vt} | :: to pollute |
| verontreiniging {f} | :: pollution |
| verontrusten {v} | :: to trouble, disturb |
| verontschuldigen {vt} | :: to excuse, to forgive |
| verontschuldigen {vr} | :: to apologize |
| verontschuldiging {f} | :: apology |
| verontwaardigen {v} | :: to make indignant, to indignify |
| verontwaardiging {f} | :: indignation |
| veroordeeld {adj} | :: condemned |
| veroordeelde {noun} | :: person who has been sentenced |
| veroordelen {v} | :: to condemn, convict |
| veroordeling {f} [legal] | :: conviction, condemnation |
| veroorlogen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to waste by war, to war away |
| veroorloven {vr} | :: to afford, allow oneself |
| veroorzaken {v} | :: to cause |
| veroorzaker {m} | :: one who causes |
| veroorzaker {m} [obsolete, grammar] | :: a word in the instrumental case |
| veropenbaren {v} | :: disclose |
| verorberen {v} | :: to eat up (usually avariciously) |
| verordening {f} | :: regulation |
| verordonneren {v} | :: to order (give an order) |
| verouderd {adj} | :: obsolete |
| verouderen {vi} | :: to age (become old) |
| veroveraar {m} | :: conqueror |
| veroveren {v} | :: To conquer |
| verovering {f} | :: conquest, victory |
| verpachten {v} | :: to lease |
| verpakken {v} | :: to wrap up, to package (to fold and secure something to be the cover or protection) |
| verpakken {v} | :: to box (to place inside a box) |
| verpakken {v} | :: to bag (to put into a bag) |
| verpakken {v} | :: to tarp (to cover with a tarpaulin) |
| verpakking {f} | :: packaging |
| verpanden {v} | :: to pawn (to sell something to a pawn shop) |
| verpesten {vt} | :: to infect, poison |
| verpesten {v} [figuratively] | :: to spoil, ruin |
| verpesten {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to screw up, botch up |
| verpieteren {vi} [of food] | :: to waste or lose flavour because of being cooked too long |
| verpieteren {vt} [of food] | :: to cause to waste or lose flavour because of being cooked too long |
| verplaatsen {v} | :: to move, transfer - from one place (A) to another (B) |
| verplaatsen {v} | :: to remove |
| verplaatsing {f} | :: The act of moving something to another spot |
| verplanten {v} | :: to replant |
| verpleeghuis {n} | :: rest home, nursing home |
| verpleegkunde {f} | :: nursing, medical care |
| verpleegkundig {adj} | :: pertaining to nursing |
| verpleegkundige {mf} | :: nurse |
| verpleegster {f} | :: nurse, sister (senior nurse) |
| verplegen {v} | :: to nurse |
| verpleger {m} | :: nurse |
| verpleging {f} | :: nursing (caretaking), medical treatment |
| verpletteren {v} | :: to crush, smash |
| verpletteren {v} [figuratively] | :: to overwhelm, crush |
| verplicht {adj} | :: compulsory, necessary, required |
| verplichten {vt} | :: to oblige |
| verplichten {vr} | :: to affiliate, to unite |
| verplichting {f} | :: obligation |
| verplichting {f} | :: commitment |
| verpotten {vt} | :: to repot |
| verpozen {v} | :: to repose, relax |
| verpretparkiseren {v} [ergative, figurative, derogatory] | :: to turn into an amusement park |
| verprutsen {v} | :: to mess up, to ruin, to spoil |
| verraad {n} | :: betrayal, treason |
| verraden {v} | :: to betray |
| verraden {v} | :: to give away, to spoil (a secret) |
| verrader {m} | :: traitor, betrayer |
| verraderlijk {adj} | :: treacherous |
| verrassen {vt} | :: to surprise, to amaze, to awe |
| verrassend {adj} | :: surprising |
| verrassend {adv} | :: surprisingly |
| verrassing {f} | :: surprise |
| verregaand {adj} | :: far-reaching |
| verrekenen {v} | :: to offset, to settle (a debt or a payment) |
| verrekijker {m} | :: pair of binoculars |
| verrekijker {m} [archaic] | :: telescope [especially one not used for astronomy] |
| verrekken {vt} | :: to overstretch |
| verrekken {vt} [of a muscle] | :: to pull |
| verrekken {vt} | :: to refuse to do |
| verrekt {adj} [slang] | :: damned |
| verreweg {adv} | :: by far |
| verrichten {v} | :: to perform, to carry out |
| verrichting {f} | :: action |
| verrijken {v} | :: to enrich |
| verrijzen {v} | :: to arise |
| verrijzenis {f} | :: resurrection |
| verroeren {v} | :: To move, to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion |
| verroeren {v} | :: To arouse, move emotionally |
| verroest {interj} | :: Exclamation of surprise at a newly discovered fact |
| verroesten {v} | :: to rust away |
| verrotten {v} | :: to rot, to decompose |
| verruilen {vt} | :: to exchange [+ voor (object) = for], to trade in [+ voor (object) = for] |
| verrukkelijk {adj} | :: wonderful, delightful |
| verrukken {vt} | :: to cause to become overjoyed |
| verrukken {vt} | :: to enchant, charm |
| verrukken {vt} [obsolete] | :: to move, to shift |
| verrukken {vt} [obsolete] | :: to take away, to lead away |
| verrukking {f} | :: ecstasy, elation |
| verruwen {vi} | :: to grow rough or uneven |
| verruwen {vt} | :: to roughen, to unsmooth |
| verruwen {vti} | :: to become or make less civil |
| vers {adj} | :: fresh |
| vers {n} | :: A verse, a stanza |
| vers {n} | :: A short poem |
| vers {n} | :: Verse (poetic form with fixed rhyme and meter) |
| vers {n} | :: A verse; a line, sentence or similarly short passage of a text, usually in prose |
| versassen {vt} [Belgium] | :: to transit, to ship through |
| versch. {adj} | :: abbreviation of verschillende |
| verschaffen {v} | :: to procure, provide |
| verschalken {vt} | :: to eat up, to catch and eat |
| verschalken {vt} | :: to mislead, to fool |
| verschalken {vt} | :: to catch by means of cunning, to trap, to capture, to ensnare |
| verschalken {vt} | :: to ambush |
| verschansen {vt} | :: to fortify; [literal] to surround with a defensive wall, to protect with a bastion |
| verschansen {vr} | :: to dig oneself in, to seek cover, to fortify one's position, to take a fortified position |
| verschansing {f} | :: bulwark |
| verscheiden {adj} | :: various |
| verscheiden {v} [poetic] | :: to pass away, to die |
| verscheiden {n} | :: passing away, dying, death |
| verscheidene {determiner} | :: various |
| verscheidenheid {f} | :: variety |
| verscheidenheid {f} | :: variety of |
| verschenken {v} | :: to give away |
| verschenken {v} | :: to pour a liquid in too high quantities |
| verschenken {v} | :: to dilute by adding too much of another liquid |
| verschepen {v} | :: to embark |
| verschepen {v} | :: to ship |
| verscherpen {v} | :: to sharpen, to tighten |
| verscherpen {v} | :: to strengthen |
| verscheuren {v} | :: to tear apart |
| verschiet {n} | :: the distance, place far away |
| verschiet {n} [figuratively] | :: the future |
| verschieten {vt} | :: to use (up) projectiles etc. for shooting |
| verschieten {vi} | :: to shift rapidly, 'shoot' away, |
| verschieten {vi} | :: to move, to shift |
| verschieten {vt} | :: to advance (money) |
| verschieten {vi} | :: to change colour, as though tarnishing; in particular due to trauma or a shift in mood |
| verschijnen {v} | :: to appear, show up |
| verschijnen {v} | :: to be published |
| verschijning {f} | :: appearance, act of appearing |
| verschijning {f} | :: appearance, likeness, how something appears on the outside |
| verschijning {f} | :: appearance, apparition, phenomenon |
| verschijnsel {n} | :: phenomenon |
| verschil {n} | :: difference |
| verschillen {v} | :: to differ |
| verschillend {adj} | :: different |
| verschillend {adj} | :: various |
| verschonen {vt} | :: to change, to replace with a clean piece of the same thing |
| verschonen {vt} [figuratively] | :: to excuse, pardon |
| verschonen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to withhold, to fail to use or employ |
| verschoning {f} | :: pardon, forgiveness |
| verschoning {f} | :: pardon, excusement |
| verschoning {f} | :: cleaning [nowadays especially of the replacement of nappies/diapers] |
| Verschoor {prop} | :: surname |
| verschot {n} | :: lumbago |
| verschoven {vt} [mathematics] | :: to sheafify |
| verschranzen {vt} | :: to gobble up, to gormandize |
| verschrijven {vr} | :: to make a mistake while writing |
| verschrikkelijk {adj} | :: awful, terrible |
| verschrikkelijk {adv} | :: terribly, extremely |
| verschrikkelijke sneeuwman {m} | :: abominable snowman |
| verschrikken {v} | :: to frighten, terrify |
| verschrikking {f} | :: horror |
| verschroeien {v} | :: to scorch, to burn |
| Verschueren {prop} | :: surname |
| verschuilen {vt} | :: to hide, to make hidden |
| verschuilen {vr} | :: to hide, to be hidden, to lurk |
| verschuiven {vt} | :: to move, shift |
| verschuiven {vt} | :: to postpone |
| verschuiven {vi} | :: to move (oneself) |
| verschuiving {f} | :: shift |
| verschuldigd {adj} | :: owed, indebted, liable |
| Verschuren {prop} | :: surname |
| Verschuur {prop} | :: surname |
| versheid {f} | :: freshness |
| vershoudfolie {n} | :: clingfilm [esp. when used for wrapping food] |
| versie {f} | :: version |
| versierder {m} [literally] | :: A decorator |
| versierder {m} | :: A male who smoothly picks up dates, such as a womanizer |
| versieren {v} | :: to decorate |
| versieren {v} [slang] | :: to seduce |
| versieren {v} [slang] | :: to procure by irregular means |
| versiering {f} | :: decoration |
| versiersel {n} | :: decoration, ornament |
| versimpelen {v} | :: to simplify |
| versimpeling {f} | :: simplification |
| versjteren {v} [slang] | :: (transitive) To mess up |
| verslaafd {adj} | :: depending on (drugs or medications) |
| verslaafd {adj} | :: addicted to |
| verslaafde {noun} | :: An addict; in particular a drug addict |
| verslaan {v} | :: to defeat |
| verslaan {v} | :: to report on |
| verslag {n} | :: report |
| verslagenheid {f} | :: dejection, despondence |
| verslaggever {m} | :: reporter (especially an on-site reporter) |
| verslapen {vr} | :: to oversleep |
| verslappen {v} | :: to extenuate (make thin or slender) |
| verslappen {v} | :: to wilt, to fatigue |
| verslappen {v} | :: to relax, sag, slack (to lose firmness) |
| verslappen {v} | :: to relent, slacken, abate |
| verslappen {v} | :: to fade |
| verslaven {vt} | :: to addict; to make an addict of |
| verslaven {vt} [now, uncommon] | :: To make a slave of; to enslave |
| verslavend {adj} | :: addictive (causing or tending to cause addiction) |
| verslavend {v} | :: past participle of verslaven |
| verslaving {f} | :: addiction |
| verslaving {f} [now, chiefly historical] | :: enslavement, act of enslaving or slavehood |
| verslechteren {v} | :: to worsen, deteriorate |
| versleten {adj} | :: worn out, trite |
| versleutelen {v} [computing] | :: to encrypt |
| verslijten {v} | :: to wear out, fray |
| verslijten {v} | :: to take for |
| verslikken {vr} | :: to choke, to swallow wrong |
| verslinden {v} | :: to devour, to eat greedily |
| Versluis {prop} | :: surname |
| versluizen {vt} [Netherlands] | :: to transit, to ship through |
| versmallen {v} | :: to narrow, narrow down |
| versmelten {v} | :: to coalesce (melt/blend together) |
| versmelting {f} | :: amalgamation |
| versmijten {vt} | :: to destroy by throwing away |
| versmijten {vt} | :: to displace by throwing away |
| versmijten {vt} [figuratively] | :: to throw away, to waste |
| versnapering {f} | :: refreshment, finger food, snack |
| versnellen {v} [physics] | :: to speed up, to accelerate |
| versneller {m} | :: accelerator (something that accelerates) |
| versnelling {f} | :: acceleration (act, state) |
| versnelling {f} | :: gear (gearbox of a car or bicycle) |
| versnellingsbak {m} | :: gearbox |
| versnellingsbak {m} | :: transmission |
| versnellingspook {c} | :: gear lever, shift stick |
| versnijden {vt} | :: to cut up, to cut in pieces |
| versnijden {vt} [obsolete] | :: to destroy by cutting, to ruin by cutting |
| versnijden {vt} | :: to dilute, to mix, to adulterate, to step on |
| versnijden {vt} [of old beer] | :: to blend or mix (with younger beer) [done to certain beers, like gueuze] |
| versnijdenis {f} [biblical, Christianity, pejorative] | :: concision, mutilation of the flesh (polemical term for circumcision) |
| versnipperen {vi} | :: to shred |
| versnipperen {vt} | :: to shred |
| versnippering {f} | :: shredding, turning into many very small pieces |
| versnippering {f} | :: fragmentation |
| versoepelen {vi} | :: to become more flexible, to relax |
| versoepelen {vt} | :: to make more flexible, to relax |
| versomberen {v} | :: to sadden, to become sombre |
| verspekken {vi} [jargon, of mounted butterflies] | :: to turn lipid and pale, to spoil |
| versperren {v} | :: to bar, block |
| versperring {f} | :: The action of blocking |
| versperring {f} | :: An object used to block, a barricade |
| verspillen {vt} | :: to waste |
| verspillend {adj} | :: wasteful |
| verspilling {f} | :: waste |
| verspreiden {v} | :: to spread around |
| verspreider {m} | :: distributor |
| verspreiding {f} | :: spread, diffusion, dispersion |
| verspreiding {f} | :: distribution (e.g. spatial distribution) |
| verspreidingsgebied {n} | :: range (of repartition of a certain phenomenon) |
| verspreken {vr} | :: to misspeak |
| verspreken {vt} [dialectal] | :: to promise, to agree to |
| verspreken {vt} [obsolete] | :: to criticise, to excoriate |
| verspuiten {vt} | :: to spray away, to spout away |
| verspuiten {vt} [of substances] | :: to use up or deplete by spraying |
| verstaan {v} | :: to understand (language, words), to hear clearly |
| verstaan {v} | :: to understand (an idea), to comprehend |
| verstaanbaar {adj} | :: Capable of being heard and understood, audible and intelligible |
| verstaanbaar {adj} [archaic] | :: Comprehensible, intelligible, capable of being understood |
| verstaander {m} [uncommon] | :: understander (one who hears and/or understands) |
| verstand {n} | :: reason, mind, intellect, brains, wit |
| verstand {n} | :: understanding, knowledge |
| verstandelijk {adj} | :: intellectual |
| verstandhouding {f} | :: understanding (relation between persons: i.e. "get-alongness") |
| verstandig {adj} | :: sensible, wise, able-minded |
| verstandigheid {f} | :: understanding |
| verstandigheid {f} | :: good sense |
| verstandskies {m} [chiefly Netherlands] | :: wisdom tooth |
| verstandsverbijstering {f} | :: bewilderment, stupor |
| Verstappen {prop} | :: Verstappen; surname |
| verstarren {v} | :: to become petrified |
| verstedelijken {v} [ergative] | :: to urbanise |
| verstedelijken {v} [ergative, rare, dated] | :: to become or turn into urban municipal property |
| verstedelijking {f} | :: urbanisation |
| Versteeg {prop} | :: surname |
| Verstegen {prop} | :: surname |
| verstek {n} [law] | :: absence from a court meeting to which one has been summoned, default |
| verstek {n} [architecture] | :: a joint formed by connecting two components at segments having 45° angles relative to their length or width, the whole forming a right angle |
| verstek {n} [obsolete] | :: expropriation, deprivation |
| verstekeling {m} | :: stowaway |
| verstellen {v} | :: to adjust |
| verstenen {vt} | :: to petrify, turn (something) into rock |
| verstenen {v} [by extension] | :: to harden, make insensitive |
| verstenen {vi} | :: to be petrified, turned into rock |
| verstenen {v} [by extension] | :: to be hardened, to become rigid, implacable |
| verstenen {vt} | :: to equip, fit (a mill) with a(nother) millstone |
| verstenen {vi} | :: To moan, complain |
| verstenen {vt} | :: To bemoan, regret |
| verstening {f} | :: petrification |
| versterken {v} | :: to reinforce, strengthen |
| versterken {v} | :: to amplify |
| versterker {m} | :: amplifier |
| versterking {f} | :: strengthening |
| versterking {f} | :: amplification |
| versterking {f} | :: reinforcement, backup |
| versterking {f} | :: stronghold |
| versterven {vi} | :: to die slowly (by refusing to eat or to drink) |
| versterven {vi} | :: to bequeath after death |
| versteven {adj} [Brabantian] | :: (feeling) very cold |
| verstevigen {vt} | :: to solidify, to reinforce |
| verstijven {v} | :: to stiffen, to become stiff, to freeze |
| verstikken {v} [ergative] | :: to choke, to suffocate |
| verstikking {f} | :: asphyxiation, suffocation |
| verstokt {adj} | :: staunch, inveterate, die-hard |
| verstoppen {vtr} | :: to hide, conceal |
| verstoppen {vt} | :: to clog |
| verstoppertje {n} [games] | :: hide and seek |
| verstoren {v} | :: to disturb |
| verstoten {v} | :: to repudiate, to reject, to expel |
| verstoten {v} | :: to disown |
| Verstraete {prop} | :: surname |
| verstrammen {v} | :: to stiffen |
| verstrekken {v} | :: to procure, provide |
| verstrekkend {adj} | :: far-reaching |
| verstrengelen {vt} | :: to tangle up |
| verstrengeling {f} | :: entanglement |
| verstrijken {vt} | :: To use up by smearing, applying all liquid or paste |
| verstrijken {vi} | :: To run out, expire, become invalid |
| verstrikken {v} | :: to trap, to snare |
| verstrikken {v} [figuratively] | :: to entrap, to entangle |
| verstrooid {adj} | :: absent-minded |
| verstrooiing {f} | :: scattering |
| verstrooiing {f} | :: leisure |
| verstuiken {vt} | :: to sprain |
| verstuiten {vt} [obsolete] | :: to sprain |
| verstuiven {vti} | :: to nebulize, to dissolve into airborne particles |
| verstuiven {vti} | :: to be blown away or displaced by the wind |
| versturen {v} | :: To send (off); to dispatch |
| vertaalbaar {adj} | :: translatable |
| vertaalkunde {f} | :: translation studies |
| vertaalster {f} | :: female translator |
| vertaalwetenschap {f} | :: translation studies |
| vertaalwoordenboek {n} | :: translation dictionary; a dictionary that gives the translation for a given word in a given language |
| vertakken {v} | :: to branch off |
| vertakking {f} | :: branch |
| vertalen {vti} | :: to translate |
| vertaler {m} | :: translator |
| vertaling {f} | :: translation |
| verte {f} | :: distance |
| vertebraat {m} [zoology] | :: an animal which has a vertebral column; a vertebrate |
| vertederen {v} | :: to soften, to mollify, to dulcify |
| verteerbaar {adj} | :: digestible |
| vertegenwoordigen {v} | :: to represent |
| vertegenwoordiger {m} | :: representative |
| vertegenwoordigster {f} | :: A female representative |
| vertellen {vt} | :: to tell |
| verteller {m} | :: narrator |
| vertelling {f} | :: narrative, tale, story |
| vertelster {f} | :: female narrator |
| verteren {v} | :: to digest |
| verteren {v} | :: to spend, consume |
| verticaal {adj} | :: vertical (perpendicular to the plane of the horizon) |
| vertier {n} [slightly, dated and formal] | :: entertainment, amusement |
| vertier {n} [dated] | :: activity, social intercourse (the presence of many interacting people) |
| vertikken {vt} [usually with "het" as object] | :: to refuse to do |
| vertillen {vt} | :: to move by lifting |
| vertillen {vr} | :: to get hurt by lifting [+ aan (object)] |
| vertoeven {v} | :: to linger, to stay |
| vertonen {v} | :: to show, exhibit |
| vertoning {f} | :: show, spectacle, performance |
| vertoning {f} | :: display (contains negative connotations) |
| vertoog {n} | :: discourse (way of thinking involving certain concepts and terms) |
| vertoog {n} | :: discourse (exposition of some length) |
| vertragen {vt} | :: to slow down, to delay |
| vertraging {f} | :: delay |
| vertraging {f} | :: deceleration |
| vertrappen {vt} | :: to tread, to trample |
| vertrappen {vt} [figurative] | :: to humiliate |
| vertrek {n} | :: departure (the act of departing) |
| vertrek {n} | :: room, quarters |
| vertrekken {vi} | :: to depart, to leave |
| vertrekstaat {m} | :: timetable of departures |
| vertrektijd {m} | :: time of departure, departure time |
| vertroebelen {v} [ergative] | :: to become/make muddy, blurry, unclear |
| vertroetelen {vt} | :: to pamper, to coddle, to nurture |
| vertroosten {v} | :: to console |
| vertroosting {f} | :: consolation |
| vertrossen {f} [Netherlands, chiefly derogatory, of public broadcasting organisations] | :: to increasingly focus on entertainment over educative television and radio and lose one's distinctive (ideological or religious) character |
| vertrossing {f} [Netherlands, chiefly derogatory] | :: A process in which public broadcasting organisations increasingly focus on entertainment over educative television and radio and lose their distinctive (ideological or religious) character, considered a symptom of semi-commercialism and degenerate mass culture by critics |
| vertrouwd {adj} | :: familiar |
| vertrouweling {m} | :: confidant |
| vertrouwelinge {f} | :: female equivalent of vertrouweling |
| vertrouwen {vit} | :: to trust [+ op (object)] |
| vertrouwen {vr} [obsolete] | :: to marry |
| vertrouwen {n} | :: trust, faith |
| vertwijfeld {adj} | :: desperate |
| vertwijfeling {f} | :: desperation |
| vertwijfeling {f} | :: doubt |
| veruit {adv} | :: by far |
| vervaard {adj} [dialectal, archaic in Standard Dutch] | :: afraid, perturbed |
| vervaardheid {f} [dated] | :: fright, trepidation |
| vervaardigen {v} | :: to manufacture |
| vervaarlijk {adj} | :: horrible, dreadful |
| vervaarnis {f} [obsolete] | :: fear (emotion or sensation of being afraid) |
| vervagen {vi} | :: to blur |
| vervagen {vt} | :: to blur |
| verval {n} | :: decay |
| verval {n} [geography, hydrology] | :: vertical distance between two points of a watercourse [in units of length] |
| vervaldatum {m} | :: due date (of payment) |
| vervaldatum {m} | :: best before date |
| vervallen {v} | :: to decline, reject |
| vervallen {v} | :: to worsen |
| vervallen {v} | :: to decay, rot |
| vervallen {v} | :: to recede, pull away |
| vervallen {v} [legal] | :: to cease to be valid |
| vervallen {v} [of food] | :: to expire |
| vervallen {adj} | :: dilapidated, ruinous |
| vervallen {adj} [legal] | :: having no legal force or cogency, invalid |
| vervallen {adj} [of food] | :: expired |
| vervalsen {v} | :: to falsify |
| vervalsing {f} | :: Forgery, fake |
| vervalsing {f} | :: Forgery, the act of forging, faking |
| vervangbaar {adj} | :: replaceable |
| vervangbaar {adj} [finance and commerce] | :: fungible |
| vervangen {v} | :: to replace, substitute |
| vervanger {m} | :: substitute, replacement |
| vervanging {f} | :: substitution, replacement |
| vervanging {f} | :: as a substitute for |
| vervaren {vt} | :: to transport by sailing |
| vervaren {vi} [archaic] | :: to sail |
| vervaren {vir} [or with _, object, archaic] | :: to fear, to be afraid |
| vervaren {vt} [archaic] | :: to scare, to make afraid |
| verveeld {adj} | :: bored |
| verveerd {adj} | :: alternative form of vervaard [see the usage notes there, the same applies to this form] |
| vervelen {vt} | :: to annoy, to pester |
| vervelen {vt} | :: to bore; inspire boredom in somebody |
| vervelen {vr} | :: to be bored |
| vervelend {adj} | :: boring, uninteresting |
| vervelend {adj} | :: annoying, causing irritation or annoyance; vexatious |
| vervelend {adj} | :: troublesome |
| verveling {f} | :: boredom |
| vervellen {vi} | :: to shed skin, to moult |
| verveloos {adj} | :: without paint [due to wear] |
| verven {vti} | :: to paint |
| verversen {v} | :: to replace, to renew, to change |
| vervetten {v} | :: to fatten |
| vervlaamsen {v} [ergative] | :: to make or become Flemish |
| vervlechten {vt} | :: to braid together, to interweave |
| vervlechten {vt} | :: to connect together |
| vervliegen {vi} | :: to evaporate, to dissipate, to volatilise |
| vervliegen {vi} [figurative] | :: to evaporate, to disappear |
| vervliegen {vi} [e.g. of time] | :: to fly away, to go away |
| vervliegen {vi} [obsolete] | :: to flee, to escape |
| vervlieten {v} [ergative] | :: to flow away |
| vervlieten {v} [ergative] | :: to evaporate |
| vervlieten {v} [ergative, figuratively] | :: to disappear |
| vervloeken {vt} | :: to curse, to put a curse on someone |
| vervloekt {adj} | :: cursed, damned |
| vervlogen {adj} | :: past, bygone |
| vervlogene {n} [poetic] | :: a time gone by; the past |
| vervoegen {v} | :: to conjugate |
| vervoegen {v} [proscribed] | :: to join |
| vervoeging {f} [grammar] | :: conjugation |
| vervoer {n} | :: The act or process of transporting; transportation |
| vervoer {n} [metonymy] | :: Any means of transport, vehicle and/or driver etc |
| vervoerder {m} | :: transport company |
| vervoeren {v} | :: to transport, to move |
| vervolg {n} | :: sequel |
| vervolgen {v} | :: to continue, carry on |
| vervolgen {v} | :: to persecute, pursue |
| vervolgen {v} | :: to prosecute, sue |
| vervolgens {adv} | :: subsequently |
| vervolging {f} | :: persecution |
| vervolgonderwijs {n} | :: further education, continuing education |
| vervolgziek {adj} [archaic] | :: prone to persecute, extremely intolerant |
| Vervoort {prop} | :: surname |
| vervormbaarheid {f} | :: plasticity |
| vervormen {v} | :: to deform, to change the shape of |
| vervorming {f} | :: transformation |
| vervorming {f} | :: deformation |
| vervreemden {v} | :: to alienate |
| vervriezen {v} [ergative] | :: to thoroughly freeze, to completely freeze |
| vervriezen {v} [ergative] | :: to freeze to death |
| vervroegen {v} | :: to advance, hasten |
| vervroegen {v} | :: to bring forward (appointment, etc.) |
| vervuilen {v} | :: to pollute |
| vervuiling {f} | :: pollution |
| vervullen {v} | :: to fulfill |
| verwaand {adj} | :: supercilious |
| verwaarloosbaar {adj} | :: negligible |
| verwaarlozen {vt} | :: to neglect, to slack off |
| verwaarlozing {f} | :: Negligence |
| verwachten {v} | :: to expect, await |
| verwachting {f} | :: expectation |
| verwachting {f} [meteorology] | :: forecast |
| verwachtingswaarde {f} [statistics] | :: expected value |
| verwant {adj} | :: related [including distant relations] |
| verwant {m} | :: relative, family member, including distant relatives |
| verwante {f} | :: female equivalent of verwant |
| verwantschap {f} | :: affinity, relationship |
| verward {adj} | :: confused |
| verwarmen {v} | :: to heat, warm |
| verwarming {f} | :: heating (system) |
| verwarren {v} | :: to tangle |
| verwarren {v} | :: to confuse, confound, befuddle |
| verwarrend {adj} | :: confusing |
| verwarring {f} | :: confusion |
| verwaten {adj} [archaic] | :: damned, cursed |
| verwaten {adj} | :: arrogant, haughty |
| verwedden {v} | :: to wager |
| verweer {n} | :: defense (US); defence (Commonwealth): e.g. something that a defendant says at a trial |
| verweerder {m} [law] | :: defendant |
| Verweggistan {prop} {n} | :: A proverbially obscure, far away country. Literally means 'farawayistan', and is used similar to Timbuktu or Outer Mongolia in English |
| Verweij {prop} | :: surname |
| verwekken {v} | :: to beget |
| verwekker {m} | :: begetter, procreator |
| verwelken {v} | :: to wither, wilt |
| verwelkomen {vt} | :: to welcome (to affirm or greet the arrival of someone) |
| verwen {v} | :: obsolete form of verven |
| verwennen {v} | :: to spoil (someone), to be extra nice to |
| verwensing {f} | :: imprecation, curse, swearword |
| verweren {v} | :: to defend |
| verweren {v} | :: to erode due to weather conditions like rain, wind and frost |
| verwering {f} [geology] | :: weathering |
| verwerken {v} | :: to process |
| verwerken {v} | :: to assimilate, to cope with, to come to terms with |
| verwerking {f} | :: process |
| verwerpelijk {adj} | :: reprehensible |
| verwerpen {v} | :: to reject |
| verwerven {v} [somewhat, formal] | :: to acquire, obtain, gain |
| verwerving {f} | :: acquisition |
| verweven {v} | :: to interweave |
| verwezen {vi} | :: to become orphaned |
| verwezen {vt} [chiefly figurative] | :: to orphan, to bereave of parents |
| verwezenlijken {v} | :: to realize (US); realise (UK), accomplish |
| verwijden {v} | :: to widen |
| verwijderen {vt} | :: to remove |
| verwijdering {f} | :: removal |
| verwijt {n} | :: accusation |
| verwijtbaar {adj} | :: culpable, blameworthy |
| verwijtbaar werkloos {adj} [legal] | :: unemployed as a consequence of one's own actions (for example, resigned voluntarily) |
| verwijten {v} [ditransitive] | :: to blame for |
| verwijven {vi} | :: to become effeminate |
| verwijven {vt} | :: to make effeminate |
| verwijzen {v} | :: to refer (to) |
| verwijzing {f} | :: reference |
| verwijzing {f} | :: link (hypertext) |
| verwijzing {f} [medicine] | :: referral |
| verwikkelen {v} | :: to involve, implicate |
| verwikkeling {f} | :: entanglement |
| verwilderd {adj} | :: wild, unruly |
| verwilderd {adj} [vegetation] | :: overgrown |
| verwilderd {adj} [animals] | :: wild, feral |
| verwilderen {vi} | :: to become wild and unruly |
| verwilderen {vi} | :: to return to the wild; to become feral |
| verwisselen {v} | :: to swap, replace, exchange |
| verwittigen {v} [Belgium] | :: to inform, to notify |
| verwoed {adj} | :: fierce, furious (passionately, with much energy) |
| verwoesten {v} | :: to lay waste, devastate |
| verwoesting {f} | :: devastation, destruction |
| verwonden {v} | :: to wound |
| verwonderen {v} | :: to amaze |
| verwondering {f} | :: amazement, marvel, surprise, fascination, wonderment |
| verwonderlijk {adv} | :: amazing |
| verwonding {f} | :: wound, injury |
| verwoorden {v} | :: to word, to express in words, to formulate |
| verwoording {f} | :: the choice of words; wording |
| verwoording {f} | :: to articulate something with words; articulation |
| verworden {v} | :: to become corrupt |
| verworden {v} | :: to degenerate |
| verworvenheid {f} | :: achievement |
| verwringen {v} | :: to wry, contort (especially one's face) |
| verwrongen {adj} | :: twisted |
| verwrongen {adj} [facial expression] | :: wry |
| verwurgen {vt} | :: to kill by strangling |
| verwurging {f} | :: stranglehold |
| verzachten {v} | :: to soften |
| verzachtend {adj} | :: softening |
| verzachtend {adj} | :: extenuating |
| verzadigen {vt} | :: to saturate |
| verzadigen {vt} | :: to satisfy |
| verzadiging {f} | :: saturation |
| verzadiging {f} | :: satiety |
| verzaken {vt} | :: to renounce, to abandon |
| verzaken {vt} | :: to neglect, to abandon |
| verzaken {vt} | :: to betray, to abandon |
| verzaker {m} | :: One who neglects, shirks, avoids, etc. responsabilities |
| verzaker {m} [religion, chiefly Hinduism, Buddhism] | :: An ascetic, someone who has renounced worldly riches |
| verzaking {f} | :: renunciation |
| verzaking {f} | :: neglect |
| verzamelaar {m} | :: collector (e.g. of art) |
| verzamelbegrip {n} | :: catch-all term |
| verzameldrang {m} | :: compulsive hoarding |
| verzamelen {v} | :: To collect, to gather |
| verzameling {f} | :: collection |
| verzameling {f} [set theory] | :: set |
| verzamelingenleer {f} {m} [mathematics] | :: set theory |
| verzamelwoede {f} | :: compulsive hoarding |
| verzamelzucht {f} | :: compulsive hoarding |
| verzanden {vi} | :: to become cloged with sand |
| verzanden {vt} | :: to clog with sand |
| verzanden {vi} | :: to become covered with sand |
| verzanden {vt} | :: to cover with sand |
| verzanden {vi} [figurative] | :: to become stuck, to bog down |
| verzanding {f} | :: The process of becoming clogged with sand; the formation of sand deposits |
| verzegelen {v} | :: to seal |
| verzekeraar {m} | :: insurer |
| verzekeren {v} | :: to assure |
| verzekeren {v} | :: to insure |
| verzekering {f} | :: insurance |
| verzekering {f} [archaic] | :: life insurance |
| verzekering {f} | :: assurance, act of assuring, something that one has assured |
| verzekeringsmaatschappij {f} | :: An insurance company |
| verzekeringspremie {f} | :: The amount to be paid for an insurance policy, insurance premium |
| verzen {f} [obsolete, usually plural] | :: heel |
| verzenden {v} | :: to send, to ship |
| verzendkosten {p} | :: shipping costs, shipping prices |
| verzengen {v} | :: to sear, to burn |
| verzet {n} | :: resistance |
| verzet {n} [foreign occupation] | :: resistance movement |
| verzet {n} | :: (only in the diminutive) a diversion, an activity that distracts the mind |
| verzetje {n} [literally] | :: the diminutive of verzet (all senses) |
| verzetje {n} | :: A (relaxing) distraction, as to clear the mind |
| verzetje {n} [by extension] | :: Any fun activity |
| verzetsbeweging {f} | :: resistance movement |
| verzetten {vt} | :: to move, to shift to another position |
| verzetten {vt} | :: to perform, to do |
| verzetten {vr} [verzetten tegen] | :: to resist |
| verzieken {v} | :: to befoul, to wreck |
| verzijp {n} | :: colander |
| verzinken {v} | :: to sink away |
| verzinken {v} | :: to coat with zinc, to galvanize |
| verzinnen {v} | :: to invent, to make up |
| verzinsel {n} | :: Something that is made up |
| verzoek {n} | :: request (act of requesting), friendly demand, petition |
| verzoeken {v} | :: to request, to demand politely, to petition |
| verzoeken {v} [rare, archaic] | :: to tempt, to lure |
| verzoeking {f} [archaic] | :: temptation |
| verzoekschrift {n} | :: petition |
| verzoenen {v} | :: to reconcile |
| verzoening {f} | :: reconciliation |
| verzorgd {adj} | :: careful, tidy, cultivated |
| verzorgen {vt} | :: to take care of, to look after, to nurse |
| verzorgen {vt} | :: to provide (a service), to supply |
| verzorger {m} | :: caretaker (e.g. of animals in a zoo) |
| verzorging {f} | :: caretaking |
| verzorgingsplaats {f} | :: rest area [next to a highway] |
| verzorgingsstaat {m} | :: welfare state |
| verzorgpony {m} | :: A pony for whom one cares (grooms, walks or rides, treats, etc.) as a non-owner, a common pastime among teenage girls |
| verzot {adj} | :: (verzot op) eager for |
| verzouten {vi} | :: to become salty |
| verzouten {vt} | :: to make salty, to fill or saturate with salt |
| verzouten {vt} [dated] | :: to oversalt |
| verzuchting {f} | :: complaint |
| verzuchting {f} | :: aspiration |
| verzuilen {vt} | :: to pillarize, to become segrated along political and religious lines |
| verzuiling {f} | :: pillarization, institutional segregation of society according to religious and political identity |
| verzuimen {v} | :: to neglect, overlook |
| verzuipen {v} [ergative, colloquial] | :: to drown |
| verzuipen {vt} | :: to spend on drinking alcoholic drinks |
| verzuren {vi} | :: to acidify, to become acidic |
| verzuren {vt} | :: to acidify, to make acidic |
| verzuring {f} | :: acidification (soil, muscles (lactic acid)) |
| verzwakken {vi} | :: to weaken, to become weaker |
| verzwakken {vt} | :: to weaken, to make weaker |
| verzwaren {v} | :: to increase in severity or intensity |
| verzwelgen {v} | :: to devour |
| verzwijgen {v} | :: to hold back, suppress, or conceal information; to keep quiet about something |
| verzwinden {vi} | :: to disappear, to vanish |
| Vessem {prop} {n} | :: Vessem (village) |
| vest {f} | :: fortified wall, city wall |
| vest {f} | :: moat |
| vest {f} | :: boulevard |
| vest {n} | :: vest, cardigan, waistcoat |
| vesten {vt} [obsolete] | :: to fix, to fasten, to attach |
| vesten {vt} [obsolete] | :: to fortify, to strengthen |
| vestigen {vt} | :: to establish, to place |
| vestigen {vr} | :: to establish oneself |
| vestigen {vr} | :: to settle |
| vestiging {f} | :: branch, location (subsidiary business) |
| vestiging {f} | :: establishment, settlement, founding (the action of establishing or founding a building or settlement) |
| vestigingsklimaat {n} | :: The totality of conditions that affect the attractiveness of starting business operations in a country or area |
| vesting {f} | :: fortification |
| vestingstad {f} | :: A fortified town or city |
| vestingstadje {noun} | :: diminutive of vestingstad |
| vestingwerk {n} | :: A defence work, a fortification |
| vet {adj} | :: fat |
| vet {adj} | :: greasy |
| vet {adj} [colloquial] | :: cool |
| vet {n} | :: fat |
| vet {n} | :: grease |
| vet {adv} [colloquial] | :: very |
| vetarm {adj} | :: having a low fat content |
| vetberg {m} | :: a large accumulation of fat and discarded toiletries which clogs sewers; a fatberg |
| vetbol {m} | :: suet cake, fat ball |
| vete {f} | :: feud |
| veter {m} | :: A lace (string) |
| veter {m} [obsolete] | :: A hawser, a chain, a cable |
| veter {m} [obsolete] | :: A chain, a bond, a fetter |
| veteraan {m} | :: veteran |
| veteraan {m} [sports] | :: a player of a higher age (depending on which branch of sports) |
| vetewezen {n} [historical] | :: a customary system of resolving conflicts and feuds with public displays of violence |
| vetgans {f} [now, uncommon] | :: penguin |
| vethart {n} [obsolete] | :: cor adiposum, a heart disease due to accumulation of fat in or near the heart |
| vetklep {f} [derogatory] | :: A fatty, a podge |
| vetlaars {f} | :: boot made of curried leather |
| vetleer {n} | :: curried leather |
| vetmesten {vt} | :: to fatten |
| veto {n} | :: veto |
| vetoën {vt} | :: to veto |
| vetorecht {n} | :: right of veto |
| vetplant {f} | :: succulent plant, succulent |
| vetreserve {f} | :: A fat reserve (reserve energy stored as fat by an organism) |
| vettig {adj} | :: greasy |
| vetzak {m} [derogatory] | :: fatso, lard-ass |
| vetzucht {f} {m} | :: adiposity, obesity |
| vetzuur {m} | :: fatty acid |
| veulen {n} | :: A foal, the young of any equine and some other quadrupeds, either colt (male) or filly (female); unless specified, usually a horse's |
| veulen {n} [figuratively] | :: A young person, especially behaving naively; fool |
| Veulen {prop} {n} [constellation] | :: Equuleus |
| veulendragend {adj} | :: which carries, i.e. is pregant of, (a) foal(s) [or certain other quadruped young, compare veulen] |
| veulengeld {n} | :: The sum due to the equine stud's owner after the birth of a foal it sired |
| veulenpaard {n} [Southern Dutch, dated] | :: A pregnant mare |
| Veurne {prop} | :: a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders |
| vezel {f} {m} | :: A fibre [Commonwealth]; fiber [US] (single piece/strand of fabric or other material) |
| vezel {f} {m} | :: A dietary fibre |
| vezelen {v} | :: to whisper |
| vgl. {v} | :: abbreviation of vergelijk |
| VGT {noun} | :: Vlaamse Gebarentaal ≡ Flemish sign language |
| v/h {abbr} | :: van het |
| via {prep} | :: via, through, by way of |
| via {prep} | :: by (means of); using (a medium) |
| viaduct {m} | :: viaduct |
| Vianen {prop} {n} | :: Vianen (town) |
| via via {adv} | :: through various intermediaries, especially by way of one's extended network |
| vibreren {v} | :: to vibrate, trill |
| vice- {prefix} | :: vice- |
| vicepresident {m} | :: vice president |
| vice versa {adv} | :: vice versa |
| vicevoorzitter {m} | :: vice-chairman |
| vicieuze cirkel {m} | :: vicious circle |
| vicissitude {f} | :: vicissitude |
| Victoriaans {adj} | :: Victorian |
| video {m} | :: video, movie [regardless of medium] |
| video {m} | :: videotape |
| video {m} | :: video, video signal or the visual element of a medium |
| video {m} | :: movie which is on a video tape |
| video {m} | :: video recorder |
| videoband {m} | :: videotape |
| videobellen {v} | :: To video call |
| videocamera {f} | :: video camera |
| videoclip {m} | :: music video |
| videocratie {f} | :: videocracy |
| videorecorder {m} | :: video recorder |
| videospel {n} | :: video game |
| videospelletje {noun} | :: diminutive of videospel |
| videotheek {f} | :: video rental store |
| vief {adj} | :: energetic, lively, active |
| vier {num} | :: four |
| vierdaags {adj} | :: Lasting or consisting of four days, four-day |
| vierdaagse {mf} | :: A four-day episodal race, contest or sports event |
| vierdaagse {mf} | :: A four-day trip or other event |
| vierde {adj} | :: fourth |
| vierde {f} {m} | :: a fourth in ranking |
| vierde {n} | :: one in four parts, a quarter |
| vierdeel {n} | :: one of four equal parts; a quarter |
| vierdeel {n} | :: a section of a town; a quarter |
| vierde naamval {m} [grammar] | :: accusative case |
| vierduitenstuk {n} [Netherlands, historical] | :: alternative form of vierduitstuk |
| vierduitstuk {n} [historical, Netherlands] | :: A 2½ cent piece, a coin with the value of 1/40th of a guilder or half the value of a stiver, issued until 1942 and accepted as legal tender until 1948 |
| vierduizend {num} | :: four thousand |
| vieren {v} | :: to celebrate |
| vieren {v} | :: to let loose, to let go |
| vierendertig {num} | :: thirty-four |
| vierennegentig {num} | :: ninety-four |
| vierentachtig {num} | :: eighty-four |
| vierentwintig {num} | :: twenty-four |
| vierenveertig {num} | :: forty-four |
| vierenvijftig {num} | :: fifty-four |
| vierenzestig {num} | :: sixty-four |
| vierenzeventig {num} | :: seventy-four |
| vierhoekig {adj} | :: quadrangular |
| vierhonderd {num} | :: four hundred |
| viering {f} | :: celebration |
| viering {f} [architecture] | :: cross between the nave and transepts of a church |
| vieringtoren {m} [architecture] | :: crossing tower |
| vierkant {adj} | :: square |
| vierkant {n} | :: square (geometric shape) |
| vierkant {adv} [Belgium] | :: completely |
| vierkant {adv} | :: in one's face |
| vierkante kilometer {m} | :: square kilometer / square kilometre |
| vierkante meter {m} | :: square metre/square meter |
| vierkantswortel {m} [arithmetic] | :: square root |
| vierklapper {m} [soccer] | :: a player's feat to score four goals in one match |
| vierling {m} | :: quadruplet; one of a group of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth |
| viermotorig {adj} | :: [of motorised means of transport] having four engines |
| vierpuntsdruktoets {f} {m} [videogames] | :: D-pad |
| vierspan {n} | :: A span of four horses arranged in pairs |
| viertal {n} | :: quartet, quadruplet (group of four) |
| viertallig {adj} | :: Consisting of four |
| viervoeter {m} | :: quadruped |
| viervoeter {m} | :: tetrapod, any member of the superclass Tetrapoda |
| viervoeter {m} [affectionate] | :: dog |
| viervoeter {m} [poetry] | :: tetrameter |
| vierwieler {m} | :: four-wheeler, four-wheeled vehicle |
| vies {adj} | :: dirty (not clean) |
| vies {adj} | :: bad-tasting |
| vies {adj} | :: dirty, also in a sexual sense |
| viesheid {f} | :: dirtiness |
| viespeuk {m} | :: lowlife, a person of ill repute |
| Vietnam {prop} {n} | :: Vietnam |
| Vietnamees {adj} | :: Vietnamese |
| Vietnamees {m} | :: Vietnamese person |
| Vietnamees {prop} {n} | :: Vietnamese (language) |
| Vietnamoorlog {prop} {m} | :: Vietnam War |
| vieux jeu {n} | :: something unoriginal, same old story |
| viezerik {m} | :: lowlife, scumbag |
| vigeren {vi} | :: to be in force, to be valid, to be current |
| vigeren {vi} | :: to be influential, to dominate |
| vijand {m} | :: enemy |
| vijandelijk {adj} | :: hostile, inimical |
| vijandelijkheid {f} [often, in the plural] | :: animosity, hostility |
| vijandig {adj} | :: hostile (with an aggressive approach; belonging or appropriate to an enemy) |
| vijandige rivaliteit {f} | :: strife |
| vijandigheid {f} | :: hostility |
| vijandin {f} | :: female enemy |
| vijandschap {f} | :: hostility |
| vijf {num} | :: five |
| vijfde {adj} | :: fifth |
| vijfde naamval {m} [grammar] | :: vocative case |
| vijfduizend {num} | :: five thousand |
| vijfendertig {num} | :: thirty-five |
| vijfennegentig {num} | :: ninety-five |
| vijfentachtig {num} | :: eighty-five |
| vijfentwintig {num} | :: twenty-five |
| vijfenveertig {num} | :: forty-five |
| vijfenvijftig {num} | :: fifty-five |
| vijfenzestig {num} | :: sixty-five |
| vijfenzeventig {num} | :: seventy-five |
| vijfhoek {m} [geometry] | :: pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles) |
| vijfhonderd {num} | :: five hundred |
| vijfjarenplan {n} [historical] | :: five-year plan (economic plan with a duration of five years in a socialist planned economy) |
| vijfje {noun} | :: A coin or bank note with the denomination of 5 monetary units: |
| vijfje {noun} [Netherlands] | :: A 5 guilder coin, issued from 1988 until 2001 |
| vijfje {noun} [Netherlands] | :: A 5 guilder bank note |
| vijfje {noun} | :: A 5 euro bank note, issued from 2002 |
| vijfje {noun} [obsolete, Netherlands] | :: A coin with the denomination of 25 guilder cents |
| vijflettergrepig {adj} | :: pentasyllabic |
| vijfling {m} | :: quintuplet; one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth |
| vijfmotorig {adj} | :: [of motorised means of transport] having five engines |
| vijftien {num} | :: fifteen |
| vijftiende {adj} | :: fifteenth |
| vijftig {num} | :: fifty |
| vijfvoudig {adj} | :: fivefold |
| vijfwouter {m} [dated] | :: butterfly |
| vijg {f} | :: fig |
| vijgcactus {m} | :: Any cactus species or individual cactus from the genus Opuntia |
| vijgeboom {m} | :: superseded spelling of vijgenboom |
| vijgenboom {m} | :: fig tree |
| vijgencactus {m} | :: alternative form of vijgcactus |
| vijg van Barbarije {f} [obsolete] | :: A prickly pear, an Indian fig |
| vijl {f} {m} | :: file (abrasive tool) |
| vijs {f} | :: screw |
| vijver {m} | :: pond |
| vijzel {mf} | :: mortar (vessel used to grind ingredients); mortar and pestle [pars pro toto, the pestle is normally not named separately] |
| vijzel {mf} | :: jack (instrument to lift heavy objects) |
| vijzel {mf} | :: Archimedes' screw |
| vijzen {v} | :: to screw or unscrew (turn a screw) |
| Viking {m} | :: A Viking |
| Vikingschip {n} | :: Viking ship |
| vilajet {m} | :: vilayet (province or administrative division of the Ottoman empire) |
| vilder {m} | :: skinner |
| vilein {adj} | :: Mean |
| villa {f} | :: mansion (large, (normally) expensive, sumptuous house) |
| villasubsidie {f} [pejorative, politics] | :: A left nickname for the hypotheekrenteaftrek |
| villen {v} | :: to skin (remove the skin from) |
| Vilnius {prop} {n} | :: Vilnius (capital city) |
| vilt {n} | :: felt (animal hair/fibre) |
| viltje {noun} | :: a cardboard disc to put a glass on |
| viltstift {f} {m} | :: marker pen, felt-tip pen |
| Vilvoorde {prop} {n} | :: Vilvoorde (city) |
| vin {f} | :: fin |
| vin {f} | :: fin (aircraft component) |
| Vinck {prop} | :: surname |
| vinden {vt} | :: to find (after searching) |
| vinden {vt} | :: to find, to come across |
| vinden {vt} [copulative] | :: to find, to think, to feel, to be of opinion |
| vinder {m} | :: finder, someone who finds something |
| vindiceren {v} | :: to vindicate, claim as one's own |
| vinding {f} | :: finding, discovery |
| vindingrijk {adj} | :: creative, inventive |
| vindingrijk {adj} | :: resourceful |
| Vingboons {prop} | :: surname |
| vinger {m} | :: finger |
| vingerafdruk {m} | :: A fingerprint |
| vingerafdrukje {noun} | :: diminutive of vingerafdruk |
| vingerdier {n} | :: aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis |
| vingeren {vti} | :: to finger, to masturbate (a vulva, vagina or anus) using fingers |
| vingeren {vi} [obsolete] | :: to move one's finger(s), to let one's finger(s) go [followed by a prepositional phrase] |
| vingerhoed {m} | :: A thimble (sewing implement) |
| vingerhoedje {noun} | :: thimble fungus, bell morel |
| vingernagel {m} | :: fingernail |
| vingerring {m} | :: A finger ring, designed to be worn on a finger |
| vingerschudden {v} | :: to finger-wag |
| vingertop {m} | :: fingertip |
| vink {f} {m} | :: A chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| vink {f} {m} | :: One of many other birds of the family Fringillidae; a finch |
| vink {f} {m} | :: A Dutch dish that consists of pork and beef mince wrapped in bacon; short for slavink |
| vink {f} {m} [computing] | :: A checkmark (often used in its diminutive form - vinkje) |
| Vink {prop} | :: surname |
| vinken {vt} | :: To finch; catch finches |
| Vinkeveen {prop} {n} | :: Vinkeveen (village) |
| vinnig {adj} | :: pungent, sharp |
| vinnig {adj} | :: having fins |
| vinoloog {m} | :: wine connoisseur |
| vinvis {m} | :: Any cetacean of the family Balaenopteridae, rorqual |
| vinvis {m} | :: The fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, in particular |
| violet {n} | :: violet, a purplish colour |
| violet {adj} | :: violet-coloured |
| violist {m} | :: violinist |
| violiste {f} | :: female violinist |
| viool {f} [musical instruments] | :: A violin, a popular musical string instrument of the soprano range |
| viool {f} [chiefly diminutive] | :: Any violet, an ornamental fragrant plant of the genus Viola (including the pansy) |
| vioolbouwer {m} | :: violin maker |
| viooltje {n} [botany] | :: The common appellation, regardless of size, for any violet, an ornamental fragrant plant genus (including the pansy) |
| viraal {adj} | :: viral |
| viraal gaan {vi} [chiefly Belgium] | :: to go viral |
| viral gaan {vi} [Netherlands] | :: to go viral |
| Virginië {prop} {f} [archaic, depreciated] | :: Virginia, a U.S. state |
| virologie {f} | :: virology |
| virologisch {adj} | :: virological |
| viroloog {m} | :: virologist |
| virtueel {adj} | :: virtual |
| virtuoos {m} | :: virtuoso |
| virtuoos {adj} | :: brilliant, talented |
| virus {n} [microbiology] | :: virus |
| virus {n} [computer science] | :: virus |
| virusremmer {m} | :: antiviral medication |
| vis {m} | :: fish |
| Vis {prop} | :: surname |
| visarend {m} | :: osprey |
| visbestand {n} | :: fish stock, fish population |
| visboer {m} | :: fishmonger |
| visch {noun} | :: obsolete spelling of vis |
| viscositeit {f} | :: viscosity |
| viseren {v} | :: to aim (with a gun) |
| viseren {v} [figuratively] | :: to target, to direct aim at |
| viseren {v} | :: to issue with a visa or to grant a passport |
| visgraat {m} | :: fishbone |
| visgraat {m} [design] | :: herringbone pattern |
| visgrom {n} [dated] | :: fish intestines |
| visie {f} | :: vision |
| visies {noun} | :: plural of visie |
| visioen {n} | :: vision (something dreamlike or imaginary thought to be seen; mystical experience) |
| visite {f} | :: visit |
| visite {f} [collective] | :: visitors, guests |
| viskeus {adj} | :: viscous |
| viskraam {f} | :: fish stall (stall where fish is sold) |
| viskraampje {noun} | :: diminutive of viskraam |
| viskweek {m} | :: fish farming (the raising of fish for commercial ends) |
| vislijm {m} | :: isinglass |
| vislijn {f} | :: fishing line |
| visluis {f} | :: argulid, fish louse; crustacean of the family Argulidae |
| vismarter {m} | :: fisher (Martes pennanti, syn. Pekania pennanti) |
| visotter {m} | :: European otter, Lutra lutra |
| vispopulatie {n} | :: fish population, fish stock |
| visquotum {n} | :: fishing quotum/quota |
| visrijk {adj} | :: Abounding in fish, full of fish, fishful |
| vissaus {f} | :: fish sauce |
| visse {f} [Southern Dutch, dialectal] | :: European polecat, Mustela putorius |
| vissen {v} | :: to fish, to try to catch fish |
| vissen {v} | :: to fish (trying to get information) |
| Vissen {prop} {m} [zodiac constellations, astrology] | :: Pisces |
| vissenrijk {n} [uncountable, taxonomy, depreciated] | :: Pisces, a now obsolete taxon containing all fish |
| vissenrijk {n} [countable, figurative or fiction] | :: a fish kingdom or empire |
| visser {m} | :: A fisher, a fisherman or, less commonly, a fisherwoman |
| Visser {prop} | :: surname, meaning fisherman |
| visserij {f} | :: fishing |
| visserij {f} | :: fishery |
| Vissers {prop} | :: surname |
| vissersboot {m} | :: fishing boat |
| visserschip {n} | :: uncommon spelling of vissersschip |
| vissersdorp {n} | :: fishing village |
| vissersring {mf} [Roman Catholicism] | :: piscatory ring |
| vissersschip {n} | :: fishing ship, large fishing boat |
| vissluis {f} | :: A sluice allowing fish to bypass an obstacle |
| vissoep {f} | :: fish soup |
| visstand {m} | :: fish stock, fish population |
| vissterfte {f} | :: mass death of fish |
| vissterfte {f} | :: fish mortality |
| visstick {m} | :: fish finger, fish stick |
| vistuig {n} | :: fishing gear |
| visueel {adj} | :: visual |
| visum {n} | :: visa (permit for entering or leaving a country) |
| visvervanger {m} | :: A vegetarian or vegan substitute for fish or seafood |
| visvijver {m} | :: A fishpond |
| viswijf {n} [pejorative] | :: fishwife, female fishmonger |
| viswijf {n} [pejorative] | :: scold |
| vitaal {adj} | :: vital, lively |
| vitaliteit {f} | :: vitality |
| vitamientje {noun} | :: diminutive of vitamine |
| vitamine {f} | :: vitamin (organic compound essential to human health) |
| vitrage {f} | :: vitrage (translucent curtain or fabric) |
| vitrine {f} | :: vitrine, showcase |
| vitrine {f} | :: shop window |
| vitriool {n} | :: vitriol (substance containing metallic sulfates) |
| vitten {v} | :: to cavil |
| vizier {n} | :: visor, a removable protective guard on a (knight's) helmet |
| vizier {n} | :: backsight, a visual aiming aid on the barrel of a gun |
| vizier {m} | :: A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire |
| vla {f} | :: A sweet custard-based or cornflour-based dessert |
| vlaag {f} | :: gust |
| vlaag {f} [figurative] | :: mood swing |
| vlaai {f} | :: A type of fruit pie traditionally made and consumed in the Limburg province of the Netherlands |
| Vlaams {prop} {n} | :: Flemish |
| Vlaams {adj} | :: Flemish |
| Vlaams-Brabant {prop} {n} | :: Flemish Brabant, a province of Belgium |
| Vlaamse gaai {m} [zoology] | :: Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) |
| Vlaanderen {prop} {n} | :: Flanders |
| Vlaardingen {prop} | :: Vlaardingen (city/and/municipality) |
| vlaflip {m} [Netherlands] | :: A dessert made from vla, yogurt and cordial, mainly eaten by children |
| vlag {f} | :: flag |
| vlaggendoek {n} {m} [uncountable] | :: the type of cloth from which flags are made |
| vlaggendoek {n} {m} [by extension, countable, rare] | :: a piece of such cloth |
| vlaggenlijn {mf} [nautical] | :: halyard |
| vlaggenmast {m} | :: A long, upright flagpole |
| vlaggenroof {m} [games] | :: capture the flag |
| vlaggenroof {m} [rare] | :: theft of flags |
| vlaggenschip {n} [nautical] | :: flagship |
| vlaggenstok {m} | :: flagpole |
| vlak {adj} | :: flat, plane |
| vlak {n} [literally] | :: A plain, a flat surface |
| vlak {n} [figuratively] | :: A domain, sphere, field of interest |
| vlak {adv} | :: straight, immediately, just |
| vlak {f} | :: A spot, soiled mark |
| vlakbij {adv} | :: very near |
| vlakbij {prep} | :: very near, close to |
| vlakspoeler {m} | :: toilet with a horizontal plateau |
| vlaktaks {f} | :: flat tax (proportional tax, with a single constant rate for all payers) |
| vlakte {f} | :: Flatness, levelness |
| vlakte {f} | :: A plain, an expanse (tract of land with relatively low relief, level terrain) |
| vlaktemaat {f} | :: unit of area |
| vlam {f} | :: flame |
| vlam {f} [colloquial, metonym] | :: love interest, partner |
| vlambaar {adj} | :: flammable |
| vlamboog {m} | :: electric arc |
| Vlaming {m} | :: Fleming |
| vlammen {v} | :: to catch flames |
| vlammen {v} | :: to flash, speed like a flare (travel very fast) |
| vlammenwerper {m} | :: A flamethrower |
| vlammenzee {f} | :: inferno, conflagration, sea of fire |
| vlammetje {noun} | :: A small, deep-fried egg roll containing spicy mince |
| vlas {n} | :: flax |
| vlaskleurig {adj} | :: colored flaxen, strawy like flax |
| vlaszaad {n} | :: linseed |
| vlecht {f} | :: braid, plait |
| vlechten {vti} | :: to braid |
| vlechtje {noun} | :: diminutive of vlecht |
| Vledder {prop} | :: A village in west Drenthe, the Netherlands |
| Vledderveen {prop} {n} | :: A small village in west Drenthe, the Netherlands |
| Vledderveen {prop} {n} | :: A hamlet in southeast Groningen, the Netherlands |
| vleerhond {m} | :: flying fox, bat of the family Pteropodidae |
| vleermuis {f} | :: bat |
| vlees {n} | :: meat |
| vlees {n} | :: flesh |
| vleesboom {m} [now, dated, rare] | :: beam for hanging an animal carcass to be butchered |
| vleesboom {m} [now, uncommon] | :: uterine thyroid, uterine myoma; any myoma |
| vleesch {n} | :: obsolete spelling of vlees |
| vleeseter {m} | :: carnivore, meat-eating creature |
| vleeshamer {m} | :: meat mallet |
| vleeshouwer {m} | :: butcher |
| vleeslul {m} [somewhat, vulgar] | :: a penis which is not considerably larger when erect compared to flaccid; a shower |
| vleesnat {n} | :: gravy |
| vlees noch vis {phrase} [Netherlands] | :: neither fish nor fowl |
| vleesschaap {n} | :: mutton sheep (sheep raised for meat) |
| vleesvervanger {m} | :: A vegetarian or vegan substitute for meat |
| vleesverwerking {f} | :: meat processing |
| vleeswaar {f} [chiefly plural] | :: processed meat products, smallgoods |
| vleet {f} [historical] | :: A series of drift nets used for catching herring |
| vlegel {m} | :: A flail, whipping implement; also in figurative sense |
| vlegel {m} | :: A flail, threshing tool (or by extension equivalent machinery) |
| vlegel {m} [pejorative] | :: A rogue, imp, rascal, scamp |
| vlegel {m} | :: alternative form of vleugel |
| vlegelsman {m} | :: An adult, yet knavish rogue |
| vleien {vit} | :: to flatter, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle (praise excessively and disingenuously) |
| vleien {vt} | :: to convince, talk into, talk over |
| vleien {vt} | :: to entice, lure, seduce |
| vleien {vtr} | :: to fondle, pet, stroke |
| vleien {vtr} | :: To flatter (present disingenuously) |
| vleien {vt} | :: To fling, throw a pebble etc. over water so as to make it bounce |
| vleien {vi} | :: To form a membrane |
| vleien {vi} | :: To be covered by one |
| vleier {m} | :: flatterer |
| vleierij {f} | :: flattery |
| vleinaam {m} | :: pet name, name of endearment, nickname |
| vleinaampje {noun} | :: diminutive of vleinaam |
| vlek {f} {m} | :: spot, stain, speck |
| vlek {n} [obsolete] | :: area, region |
| vlek {n} | :: hamlet |
| vlek {n} [obsolete] | :: town, large village |
| vlekkeloos {adj} | :: flawless, without errors |
| vlekken {vt} | :: to stain, to make stains on |
| vlektyfus {m} [pathology] | :: typhus |
| vlerk {mf} | :: wing |
| vlerk {mf} | :: scoundrel |
| vleselijk {adj} | :: fleshly, carnal |
| vleugel {m} | :: wing |
| vleugel {m} | :: grand piano |
| vleugel {m} | :: building wing |
| vleugel {m} [political] | :: political wing |
| vleugel {m} [military] | :: army wing |
| vleugel {m} [sports] | :: wing |
| vleugel {m} [by extension] | :: airforce base |
| vleugel {m} | :: part of the nose |
| vleugel {m} | :: part of a helix |
| vleugel {m} | :: part of a clap door |
| vleugeldeur {f} [architecture] | :: a pair of double doors without a doorpost between the two |
| vleugeldeur {f} [automotive] | :: a car door that opens vertically |
| vleugellam {adj} | :: Injured in the wing |
| vleugellam {adj} | :: Incapable of action, unable to act |
| vleugelpiano {f} {m} | :: grand piano |
| vleugelspeelster {f} [sports] | :: a female winger |
| vleugelspeler {m} [sports] | :: a winger |
| vleugeltip {m} | :: wing tip (extremity of an animal's or aeroplane's wing) |
| vlezig {adj} | :: fleshy |
| Vlie {n} | :: A seaway between Vlieland and Terschelling belonging to the province Frisia, the Netherlands, connecting the North Sea and the Wadden Sea |
| vlieboot {f} [historical] | :: A light cargo vessel with two or three masts, a flyboat |
| vlieden {vi} | :: to flee, leave quickly |
| vlieden {vi} | :: to seek refuge |
| vlieden {vi} | :: to retreat |
| vlieden {vi} | :: to depart |
| vlieden {vi} | :: to disappear, dissipate |
| vlieden {vt} | :: to avoid |
| vlieden {vt} | :: to abstain from |
| vlieden {vt} | :: to turn away from |
| vlieg {f} | :: a fly |
| Vlieg {prop} {f} [constellation] | :: Musca |
| vliegangst {m} | :: fear of flying |
| vliegbasis {f} | :: military airbase |
| vliegbereik {n} | :: flight radius (range to where one can fly without stops) |
| vliegdek {n} | :: flight deck, e.g. of an aircraft carrier |
| vliegdekschip {n} | :: aircraft carrier |
| vliegen {vi} | :: to fly |
| vliegen {vt} | :: to steer an aircraft, to fly |
| vliegen {vi} | :: to soar, to rush |
| vliegende deur {m} [nickname] | :: white-tailed eagle, sea eagle; any bird of the species Haliaeetus albicilla or the species as a whole |
| Vliegende Hollander {prop} {m} [fiction] | :: Flying Dutchman (ghost ship; sometimes the clipper's captain) |
| vliegende hond {m} | :: flying fox, bat of the family Pteropodidae |
| vliegende schotel {f} | :: flying saucer, UFO |
| vliegende vis {m} | :: flying fish |
| Vliegende Vis {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Volans |
| vliegend hert {n} | :: stag beetle, any beetle of the family Lucanidae |
| vliegend hert {n} | :: stag beetle, Lucanus cervus |
| vliegenier {m} | :: aviator |
| vliegenmepper {m} | :: flyswatter, implement to manually chase or squash small insects, such as flies |
| vliegensvlug {adv} | :: in no time (very quickly) |
| vliegenvanger {m} | :: A flycatcher, bird of the family Muscicapidae |
| vliegenvanger {m} | :: A Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula |
| vliegenvanger {m} | :: One of various other carnivorous plants, in particular of the Droseraceae, that (occasionally) feed on flies |
| vliegenvanger {m} | :: A household implement for getting rid of flies, such as flypaper |
| vliegenvanger {m} | :: Any animal that feeds on flies in a significant quantity |
| vliegenvorst {prop} {m} | :: Beelzebub [literally, “fly lord”] |
| vliegenzwam {f} | :: amanita (any mushroom of the genus Amanita) |
| vliegenzwam {f} | :: fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) |
| vlieger {m} | :: kite |
| vlieger {m} | :: aviator |
| vlieghaven {f} | :: airport |
| vliegkamp {n} | :: airbase, military airport |
| vliegkamp {n} [dated] | :: airport [also for general purposes] |
| vliegkampschip {n} | :: aircraft carrier |
| vliegpark {n} [now, historical] | :: airbase, military airport |
| vliegramp {f} | :: aircraft disaster, disaster pertaining to aviation |
| vliegschaamte {f} | :: shame of flying (motorised air travel) because of its impact on the environment |
| vliegshow {m} | :: air show |
| vliegticket {m} | :: An air ticket, a plane ticket |
| vliegtoestel {n} [now, uncommon] | :: airplane, aircraft |
| vliegtuig {n} | :: aeroplane, winged aircraft |
| vliegtuig {n} [archaic] | :: Any aircraft, including aerostats |
| vliegtuigbom {f} {m} | :: aerial bomb, bomb dropped or launched from an aircraft |
| vliegtuigkaper {m} | :: An aeroplane hijacker |
| vliegtuigkaping {f} | :: An aeroplane hijacking |
| vliegtuigmoederschip {n} | :: seaplane carrier (seaplane tender with facilities for launching and hoisting seaplanes) |
| vliegtuigongeluk {n} | :: plane crash |
| vliegtuigslurf {mf} [uncommon] | :: jet bridge |
| vliegveld {n} | :: airfield |
| vliegveld {n} | :: airport |
| vliegverbod {n} | :: ban from flying |
| vliegverkeer {n} | :: air traffic |
| vliegvissen {v} | :: to fly-fish |
| vliegwiel {n} | :: flywheel |
| Vlieland {prop} {n} | :: Vlieland (island) |
| Vlieland {prop} {n} | :: Vlieland (municipality) |
| vlier {c} | :: elder, elderberry |
| vliering {f} | :: garret |
| vlies {n} | :: film, thin layer |
| vlies {n} | :: membrane |
| vlies {n} | :: fleece |
| vliesgevel {m} [architecture] | :: curtain wall |
| vliet {m} | :: body of moving water; stream, river, creek |
| vlieten {v} | :: to flow |
| vlijen {vt} | :: to lay, to place |
| vlijen {vr} [with _, pronoun] | :: to lie down, to sit down |
| vlijen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to make to size, to make (something) fit |
| vlijm {f} {m} {n} | :: A scalpel (sharp small knife with single 3-5 cm long cutting surface as used for surgery) |
| vlijm {f} {m} {n} | :: A fleam or lancet (sharp instrument with two-sided, 1-3 mm long cutting surface, as used to open a vein for taking blood sample) |
| vlijm {f} {m} {n} [figuratively, rare] | :: Any sharp or poignant organ, such as a tooth or snake's tongue |
| vlijmscherp {adj} [literally] | :: razor-sharp, said of blades and other sharpened objects |
| vlijmscherp {adj} [by extension] | :: painfully sharp or acute, notably said of sensorial functions |
| vlijmscherp {adj} [figuratively] | :: precisely, either usefully, dangerously or harmfully, cutting, biting, burning, penetrating etc., said of speech, reasoning etc |
| vlijt {f} {m} | :: diligence |
| vlijtig {adj} | :: diligent, assiduous |
| vlinder {m} | :: butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera |
| Vlinder {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| vlinderdas {m} | :: bowtie |
| vlinderen {v} | :: to smooth a mould with a trowel |
| vlinderen {v} | :: swimming with the butterfly stroke |
| vlinderen {v} | :: going through life in an unserious unfocused way |
| vlindermachine {f} | :: trowel machine |
| vlindermes {n} | :: butterfly knife, fan knife |
| vlinders in de buik hebben {vi} [idiom] | :: to have butterflies in one's stomach |
| vlinderstruik {c} | :: butterfly bush |
| vlo {f} | :: A flea, insect of the order Siphonaptera |
| vloed {m} | :: flood (high tide) |
| vloed {m} | :: flood, current (stream) |
| vloed {m} [now, uncommon] | :: flood (inundation) |
| vloedgolf {m} [literally] | :: A tidal wave, large and sudden rise and fall in the tide causing a massive flood of water |
| vloedgolf {m} [figuratively] | :: Any flood, a crushing mass, an endless sequence |
| vloedlijn {f} | :: high-water line, flood-line, the water level or line formed by water during high tide; sometimes also denoting the high-water marks created by high tide |
| vloedzwembad {n} | :: flood pool |
| vloeibaar {adj} | :: liquid (capable of flowing, and neither solid nor gaseous) |
| vloeien {v} | :: to flow |
| vloeipapier {n} [countable, uncountable] | :: blotting paper |
| vloeipapier {n} [countable, uncountable, as a countable noun especially in the diminutive] | :: cigarette paper, rolling paper |
| vloeipapieren {adj} | :: Made of blotting paper or cigarette paper |
| vloeistof {f} | :: A liquid, as opposed to solid - and gaseous (states of) matter |
| vloeistof {f} | :: A fluid (any state of matter which can flow) |
| vloeitje {n} | :: A piece of cigarette paper, a piece of rolling paper, a skin |
| vloek {m} | :: curse |
| vloekbeest {n} | :: A prolific curser |
| vloekbeest {n} | :: A loud and shrill animal |
| vloeken {vi} | :: to curse, to damn, invoke a negative spell |
| vloeken {vi} | :: to blaspheme, curse, swear |
| vloeken {v} [figuratively] | :: to clash, go very badly with |
| vloer {m} | :: A floor |
| vloer {m} [figuratively] | :: Any ground, surface |
| vloer {m} [figuratively] | :: The bottom, lowest level |
| vloerbedekking {f} [countable, uncountable] | :: floorcovering |
| vloerder {m} | :: A floorer, who lays floors |
| vloeren {vt} | :: To deck, (throw against the) floor |
| vloeren {vt} [figuratively] | :: To floor, defeat totally, eliminate |
| vloeren {vt} | :: To (lay a) floor (in ...), cover with flooring |
| vloerkleed {n} | :: carpet, rug (specifically one found on the floor as opposed to hanging carpets) |
| vloerverwarming {f} | :: underfloor heating |
| vloerwerk {m} | :: A flooring |
| vlok {f} | :: flake |
| vlokever {m} | :: flea beetle of the genus Psylliodes, or more generally any beetle from the Chrysomeloidea |
| vlokkig {adj} | :: flaky, consisting of flakes |
| vlonder {m} | :: wooden walkway over a creek, a duckboard |
| vlonder {m} | :: wooden patio or floor |
| vlooien {vt} | :: To catch/remove (someone's) fleas |
| vlooien {v} [obsolete] | :: To flatter |
| vlooienmarkt {f} | :: flea market, an outdoor market for trading inexpensive antiques, curios |
| vloot {f} {m} | :: fleet |
| vlootbouw {m} | :: fleet building (the act of constructing vessels for a fleet) |
| vlooteskader {n} [nautical] | :: navy squadron |
| vlootvoogd {m} | :: admiral, fleet commander |
| vlot {adj} | :: smooth, easy |
| vlot {adj} | :: quick, fast |
| vlot {n} | :: raft |
| vlotbrug {f} | :: A retractable floating bridge |
| vlotbrug {f} [chiefly historical] | :: A bridge made from rafts |
| vlotten {v} | :: to go smoothly, to make progress, to glide |
| vlucht {f} | :: flight |
| vlucht {f} | :: swarm (of birds) |
| vlucht {f} | :: escape, flight |
| vluchtauto {m} | :: getaway car, getaway vehicle |
| vluchteling {m} | :: refugee |
| vluchteling {m} | :: fugitive |
| vluchtelinge {f} | :: female equivalent of vluchteling |
| vluchtelingenkamp {n} | :: refugee camp |
| vluchten {v} | :: to flee |
| vluchtheuvel {m} | :: A traffic island |
| vluchtheuvel {m} | :: A (usually artificial) hill used in the past as a refuge from flooding |
| vluchtheuvel {m} [figurative] | :: A refuge |
| vluchtig {adj} | :: volatile (evaporating readily) |
| vluchtig {adj} | :: superficial (shallow, not thorough) |
| vluchtig {adj} | :: fleeting |
| vluchtstrook {f} [Netherlands] | :: hard shoulder (part of a road where drivers may move to in an emergency) |
| vluchtweg {m} | :: emergency exit, fire exit |
| vluchtweg {m} | :: (figuratively) way out |
| vlug {adj} | :: quick, fast |
| vlugheid {f} | :: quickness |
| vlugschrift {n} | :: pamphlet relating to current events |
| vlugzout {n} | :: smelling salts (ammonium carbonate) |
| VN {prop} | :: UN |
| vnl. {adv} | :: abbreviation of voornamelijk |
| vnw. {noun} | :: abbreviation of voornaamwoord |
| vocaal {m} [phonetics] | :: a vowel |
| vocaal {adj} | :: vocal, pertaining to the voice |
| vocaal {adj} [uncommon] | :: vocal, outspoken, prone to use one's voice |
| vocaal {adv} | :: vocally (in a way related to the voice) |
| vocaalharmonie {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: vowel harmony |
| vocabulaire {n} {m} | :: vocabulary |
| vocabulaire {n} {m} | :: vocabulary list, word list |
| vocatief {m} [grammar] | :: vocative case |
| vocativus {m} [grammar] | :: the vocative case or a word therein |
| vocht {n} | :: dampness, moisture |
| vocht {n} | :: liquid |
| vocht {adj} [poetic] | :: moist |
| vochten {vt} [obsolete] | :: synonym of bevochtigen |
| vochtgebied {n} | :: wetland |
| vochtig {adj} | :: moist |
| vochtig {adj} | :: humid |
| vochtigen {vt} [obsolete] | :: synonym of bevochtigen |
| vochtigheid {f} | :: moistness, humidity, moisture |
| vod {n} | :: rag |
| voddenbaal {f} {m} [literally] | :: A bag of rags. Said to a shabby looking person |
| voddenpop {f} {m} | :: rag doll |
| voeden {vt} | :: To feed |
| voeder {n} | :: alternative form of voer |
| voederen {v} | :: alternative form of voeren |
| voeding {f} | :: food (for people), diet |
| voeding {f} | :: nutrition |
| voeding {f} [electricity] | :: power supply |
| voedingskunde {f} | :: nutritional science |
| voedingsleer {f} [uncountable] | :: nutritional science |
| voedingsleer {f} [countable] | :: nutritional doctrine or body of nutritional teachings [not necessarily scientific] |
| voedingsmiddel {n} | :: food item, aliment, foodstuff |
| voedingsstof {f} | :: nutrient |
| voedingswaarde {f} | :: nutritional value |
| voedingswaardetabel {f} | :: nutritional table (table containing nutritional information) |
| voedsel {n} | :: food |
| voedsel {n} | :: nutrient |
| voedselallergie {f} | :: A food allergy |
| voedselarm {adj} | :: nutrient-poor |
| voedselbank {f} {m} | :: food bank |
| voedselbank {f} {m} | :: a bank for providing food aid abroad |
| voedselbon {m} | :: food stamp |
| voedselbron {f} | :: food source |
| voedselgewas {n} | :: A food crop |
| voedselketen {f} | :: food chain |
| voedselrijk {adj} | :: nutrient-rich |
| voedselvergiftiging {f} | :: food poisoning |
| voedster {f} [dated] | :: a nursemaid |
| voedster {f} | :: a female rabbit; a doe |
| voedzaam {adj} | :: nourishing, nutritious |
| voedzaamheid {f} | :: nutritiousness |
| voeg {f} | :: junction, joint |
| voegen {vt} | :: to place, to put |
| voegen {vt} | :: to add |
| voegen {vt} | :: to grout |
| voegen {vt} | :: to fit, to suit |
| voegsel {n} | :: joiner, gap filler |
| voegw. {noun} | :: abbreviation of voegwoord |
| voegwoord {n} | :: conjunction |
| voelen {vt} | :: to feel, to have sensation of |
| voelen {vr} [copulative] | :: to feel, to experience a feeling |
| voelspriet {m} | :: feeler, antenna |
| voer {n} | :: fodder, grub, animal food, (for humans) inferior food |
| voer {n} [obsolete] | :: bait |
| voer {n} | :: (wagon) load |
| voer {n} [obsolete] | :: a wine measure, about a barrel |
| voer {n} [obsolete] | :: act(ion), deed; business |
| voer {n} [obsolete] | :: conduct |
| voer {n} [obsolete] | :: attitude |
| voer {n} [obsolete] | :: agitation; mischief |
| Voer {prop} {?} | :: A minor tributary of the river Maas (Meuse) |
| voerbak {m} | :: Any container for animal fodder or feed: food bowl, trough, manger, feeding bowl |
| voeren {vt} | :: to guide, lead |
| voeren {vt} | :: to wage (war) |
| voeren {vt} | :: to line (cover the inner surface) |
| voeren {vt} | :: to feed |
| Voerendaal {prop} {n} | :: Voerendaal (village/and/municipality) |
| voering {f} | :: lining of a garment, underlay |
| voerman {m} | :: driver of a horse cart |
| Voerman {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Auriga |
| voertaal {f} | :: language of exchange, working language |
| voertuig {n} | :: vehicle |
| voet {m} | :: foot (lowest part of the legs) |
| voet {m} [historical] | :: Dutch foot (unit of measure) |
| voet {m} | :: imperial foot (unit of measure) |
| voet {m} | :: foot, base (lowest part of any standard, support, stand or pillar) |
| voet {m} [poetry] | :: foot (most basic element of a metre) |
| voetafdruk {m} | :: footprint |
| voetangel {m} | :: caltrop |
| voetbal {n} | :: football, soccer (association football) |
| voetbal {m} | :: football (the ball itself) |
| voetballen {v} | :: To play soccer/football |
| voetballer {m} | :: footballer (soccer player) |
| voetbalspeelster {f} | :: A female football player, a female footballer |
| voetbalspeler {m} | :: A football player, a footballer |
| voetbalster {f} | :: female footballer (soccer player) |
| voetbalster {mf} | :: football star (star soccer player) |
| voet bij stuk houden {vi} [idiomatic] | :: to stand firm, to not give in to threats or pressure |
| voetboog {m} | :: An arbalest |
| voetboog {m} | :: The arch of a foot |
| voetenwerk {n} | :: Someone's footwork; notably the lower limb 'dexterity' of a football (l.s.) player |
| voeteren {vi} [now, Suriname] | :: to go on foot, to walk |
| voetganger {m} | :: pedestrian (somebody on foot, without a vehicle or mount) |
| voetknecht {m} | :: footman, infanterist |
| voetkus {m} | :: foot kiss; reverential kiss on foot or footwear |
| voetkussen {n} | :: a cushion to rest the feet on |
| voetman {m} | :: footman, infanterist |
| voetnoot {f} | :: footnote |
| voetpad {n} | :: footpath, especially a paved walkway |
| voetslet {f} [obsolete] | :: flunky, doormat |
| voetsoldaat {m} | :: A foot soldier, infantryman |
| voetspoor {n} | :: trail of footprints, footsteps |
| voetstap {m} | :: footstep |
| voetstuk {n} | :: pedestal |
| voetstuk {n} | :: leg of a piece of furniture |
| voetveeg {m} [uncommon] | :: doormat, mat |
| voetveeg {m} [by extension] | :: flunky, doormat, minion |
| voetveeg {m} | :: leg sweep (kick or tackle where the leg sweeps over the ground) |
| voetveer {n} | :: pedestrian ferry, ferry that serves pedestrians |
| voetvolk {n} | :: The infantry, the non-mounted troops |
| voetzool {f} | :: sole of the foot (bottom part of the foot) |
| vof {n} | :: a specific type of company in Belgium and the Netherlands, a general partnership |
| vogel {m} | :: bird, any member of the class Aves |
| vogel {m} | :: gaai, a feathered target in archery or shooting |
| vogel {m} [figuratively, , slang] | :: A dude, cat |
| Vogel {prop} | :: surname |
| vogelaar {m} | :: someone who catches birds for a living |
| vogelaar {m} | :: birdwatcher |
| Vogelaartje {noun} | :: An embarrassing mistake made by a politician, especially a minister, when confronted with critical journalists |
| vogelachtig {adj} | :: birdlike |
| vogelbekdier {n} | :: platypus |
| vogelbekdier {n} | :: ornithorhynchid, any member of the family Ornithorhynchidae of platypuses and close relatives |
| vogeldrager {m} | :: A mason's assistant, typically fetching building materials etc |
| vogelfauna {f} | :: bird fauna of a region, avifauna |
| vogelgriep {f} | :: bird flu |
| vogelhuis {n} | :: birdhouse |
| vogelkenner {m} | :: A bird expert, e.g. a knowledgeable bird enthusiast |
| vogelkooi {f} | :: A birdcage |
| vogelkooitje {noun} | :: diminutive of vogelkooi |
| vogelkunde {f} | :: ornithology |
| vogelmelk {f} | :: star-of-Bethlehem, plant and flower of the genus Ornithogalum |
| vogelnest {n} | :: bird's nest |
| vogelnestje {noun} [botany] | :: A plant from the Orchidaceae family, the Neottia nidus-avis |
| vogelnestje {noun} [cooking] | :: A type of Scotch egg |
| vogelperspectief {n} | :: A bird's-eye view (top-down or isometric perspective) |
| vogelpest {f} | :: bird flu |
| vogelpik {m} [Belgium] | :: darts |
| vogelpik {m} [Belgium] | :: dart |
| vogelpik {m} [Belgium] | :: dartboard |
| vogelpoep {f} | :: bird droppings |
| Vogels {prop} | :: surname |
| vogelspin {m} [zoology] | :: true tarantula, spider of the family Theraphosidae |
| vogelspin {m} [colloquial] | :: any large, hairy spider resembling a tarantula |
| vogelstruis {m} [archaic] | :: ostrich |
| vogeltjesmarkt {f} {m} | :: bird market, a place for selling and buying poultry |
| vogeltrek {m} | :: bird migration |
| vogelverschrikker {m} | :: scarecrow |
| vogelvlucht {f} | :: A bird's flight |
| vogelvlucht {f} | :: A concise general overview, a bird's-eye view |
| vogelvrij {adj} | :: outlawed (declared outside of the law and unprotected by the law) |
| vogelvrij {adj} | :: free as a bird (completely free) |
| vogelwichelaar {m} [historical] | :: augur, bird diviner |
| vogelwichelarij {f} [historical] | :: augury, bird divination |
| vogelwikke {noun} | :: tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) |
| vogelzaad {n} [chiefly uncountable, countable] | :: birdseed |
| -vol {suffix} | :: -ful, possessing |
| vol- {prefix} | :: to complete what the stem refers to |
| vol {adj} | :: full, replete |
| Volapük {prop} {n} | :: Volapük [definite article is often omitted] |
| volbloed {adj} [of horses and other animals] | :: thoroughbred, purebred |
| volbloed {adj} [of humans] | :: racially pure |
| volbloed {adj} | :: pedigreed |
| volbloed {adj} [figuratively] | :: fierce, dedicated to passionate |
| volbloed {m} | :: Thoroughbred, a horse of prime stock |
| volbloed {m} [by extension] | :: any purebred and/or pedigreed animal or member of a human ethnic group |
| volbouwen {vt} | :: to fully build, to build till completion |
| volbouwen {vt} | :: to build in specific area till it's filled up |
| volbrengen {v} | :: to accomplish |
| volcontinu {adv} | :: twenty-four seven (work schedule of an organisation or group within one) |
| voldaan {adj} | :: satisfied |
| volder {m} | :: alternative form of voller |
| voldoen {v} | :: to satisfy, to meet |
| voldoen {v} | :: to suffice |
| voldoen {v} | :: to fill up, to make full |
| voldoende {determiner} | :: sufficient |
| voldoening {f} | :: satisfaction |
| voldragen {vt} | :: to carry out till completion |
| voldragen {vt} | :: to carry an unborn child till it's developed |
| voleinden {vi} | :: to complete, to finish |
| voleindigen {v} | :: to complete, to finish |
| volgeling {m} | :: follower |
| volgen {vt} | :: to follow |
| volgen {vt} | :: to understand, to pay attention to |
| volgend {adj} | :: following, next, subsequent |
| volgens {prep} | :: according to |
| volgens mij {adv} | :: I think, I reckon, I suspect |
| volgieten {vt} | :: to pour full |
| volgieten {vr} | :: to guzzle, to drink till one becomes drunk |
| volgorde {f} | :: order, ordering, sequence |
| volgroeid {adj} | :: full-grown, adult |
| volgroeien {vi} | :: to mature, to become full-grown |
| volgzaam {adj} | :: obedient, docile |
| volharden {v} | :: to hold on to, persevere |
| volharding {f} | :: persistence, perseverance |
| volhouden {v} | :: to continue, persevere |
| volk {n} | :: people, nation |
| volk {n} | :: tribe |
| volk {n} | :: folk, the common people, the lower classes, the working classes |
| volk {n} [colloquial, uncountable] | :: people (many individuals) |
| Volkenbond {prop} {m} | :: League of Nations |
| volkenrecht {n} [legal] | :: international law, international public law |
| volkerenmoord {f} | :: genocide |
| volkomen {adj} | :: complete, total |
| volkomen {adv} | :: completely |
| volkoren {adj} | :: Wholemeal |
| volkoren {n} | :: Wholemeal products |
| volkorenbrood {n} | :: Wholemeal bread; a loaf of wholemeal bread |
| volkorenbroodje {noun} | :: diminutive of volkorenbrood |
| volkorenmeel {n} | :: Wholemeal flour |
| volks {adj} | :: popular, relating to the common people |
| volksaard {f} | :: national character (set of dispositional or cultural traits in a person supposedly typical of a nation) |
| volksaltaar {n} [Roman Catholicism] | :: people's altar |
| volksbuurt {c} | :: working-class neighborhood |
| volksfeest {n} | :: festival |
| volksgezondheid {f} | :: public health |
| volksgezondheid {f} | :: [often capitalized] department of health |
| Volkslatijn {prop} {n} | :: Vulgar Latin |
| Volkslatijns {adj} | :: Vulgar Latin |
| volkslied {n} | :: A national anthem; also an anthem associated with a subnational grouping or level of government |
| volkslied {n} | :: A folk song |
| volksmenner {m} | :: demagogue |
| volksmennerij {f} | :: demagoguery |
| volksmond {m} | :: popular language, vernacular |
| volksoploop {m} | :: A more or less spontaneous mass gathering of people at a location, often in order to protest or with a riotous atmosphere |
| volksopstand {m} | :: popular uprising |
| volksplanting {f} [formal] | :: colony |
| volksraad {m} | :: people's council |
| volksrepubliek {f} | :: people's republic |
| Volksrepubliek China {prop} {n} | :: People's Republic of China |
| Volksrepubliek Loegansk {prop} {f} | :: Luhansk People's Republic |
| volksstam {m} | :: A tribe, a clan |
| volkstaal {f} | :: vernacular (vernacular language) |
| volkstelling {f} | :: census (demographic count or estimate of population) |
| volkstuin {m} | :: an allotment of land rented as a garden plot to gardeners, historically in particular to working-class city residents; usually located on the edge of town on former agricultural land or near recreational greenery |
| volkstuinder {m} | :: a gardener renting and tending to an allotment of land |
| volkstuintje {noun} | :: diminutive of volkstuin |
| volksuniversiteit {f} [Netherlands] | :: institution offering stand-alone courses to a wide audience without requirements of prior study |
| volksverhaal {n} | :: folktale |
| volksvertegenwoordiger {m} | :: representative of the people, somebody who has been elected to serve in an assembly |
| volksvertegenwoordiging {f} | :: a representative body, assembly, house in which representatives assemble |
| volksvijand {m} | :: enemy of the people |
| volksvijandig {adj} [now, historical] | :: hostile or inimical to the people [variously defined, but since the 1930s used according to the National Socialist definition] |
| volkswil {m} [politics] | :: will of the people |
| volladen {vt} | :: to load full |
| volladen {vt} [of a battery] | :: to recharge fully |
| volledig {adj} | :: complete |
| volledig {adv} | :: completely |
| volledigheid {f} | :: completeness |
| volle maan {m} | :: full moon |
| volle melk {f} | :: full-cream milk (milk with 2.5%-3.5% fat content) |
| volle neef {m} | :: (male) first cousin |
| Vollenhove {prop} | :: Vollenhove (A small <<town>> in < >, <<c/Netherlands>>.) |
| voller {m} | :: A fuller (one who fulls cloth) |
| volle zee {f} | :: open sea |
| vollopen {v} | :: to fill up |
| volmaakt {adj} | :: perfect |
| volmaaktheid {f} | :: Perfection (being perfect) |
| volmacht {f} | :: plenipotence, full authority or power |
| volmacht {f} | :: power of attorney |
| volmaken {v} | :: to fill, to make full |
| volmaken {v} | :: to complete |
| volmaken {v} | :: to perfect |
| volmondig {adj} | :: frank |
| volmondig {adv} | :: frankly |
| volmondig {adv} | :: whole-heartedly, unconditionally |
| volop {adv} | :: abundant, plentiful, in abundance |
| volop {adv} | :: thoroughly, strongly, very much |
| volproppen {v} | :: to stuff full, to pack full |
| volschenken {vt} | :: to pour full |
| volschieten {vi} | :: to be overcome with emotion |
| volschieten {vt} [literal] | :: to shoot full |
| volschieten {vi} | :: to become full |
| volslagen {adj} | :: complete, total, utter |
| volslank {adj} | :: slender and curvaceous |
| volslank {adj} [by extension, ironic, play on words] | :: well-rounded, well-fed, as euphemism for chubby or fat |
| volstaan {v} | :: to suffice |
| volstrekken {vt} | :: to accomplish, to carry out till completion |
| volstrekt {adj} | :: absolute, complete |
| volstrekt {adv} | :: absolutely, positively, completely |
| volt {m} | :: volt (unit) |
| voltallig {adj} | :: complete, in full numbers, entire (with all members of a class) |
| voltallig {adj} | :: fully attended, plenary |
| voltige {f} | :: equestrian vaulting |
| voltijds {adj} | :: full-time |
| voltmeter {m} | :: voltmeter |
| voltooibaar {adj} | :: completable |
| voltooid {adj} | :: completed |
| voltooid {adj} [grammar] | :: perfect |
| voltooid deelwoord {n} [grammar] | :: perfect participle, commonly also past participle |
| voltooid tegenwoordige tijd {m} [grammar] | :: present perfect tense |
| voltooid tegenwoordige toekomende tijd {m} [grammar] | :: present future perfect tense |
| voltooid toekomende tijd {m} [grammar] | :: future perfect tense |
| voltooid verleden tijd {m} [grammar] | :: past perfect tense |
| voltooid verleden toekomende tijd {m} [grammar] | :: conditional perfect |
| voltooien {v} | :: to complete (to finish) |
| voltooiing {f} | :: accomplishment, completion |
| voltreffer {m} [by extension] | :: Something (usually a projectile or a shot) that hits its target; a direct hit |
| voltrekken {v} | :: to execute, carry out |
| voltrekken {vr} | :: to happen, to take place |
| voluit {adv} | :: in full, without abbreviations |
| volume {n} | :: volume |
| volumelading {f} [physics] | :: volume charge |
| volumelading {f} [transport] | :: bulky, light cargo; cargo which is paid by volume, not by weight |
| volumeladingsdichtheid {f} [physics] | :: volume charge density |
| volumestroom {c} [physics] | :: volume current |
| volumestroomdichtheid {f} [physics] | :: volume current density |
| Völuspá {prop} | :: the Völuspá |
| volvoeren {vt} | :: to fulfill, to successfully perform |
| volwaardig {adj} | :: full-fledged |
| volwassen {adj} | :: adult, full-grown |
| volwassene {noun} | :: an adult, a full-grown human or animal |
| volwassenheid {f} | :: adulthood |
| volzet {adv} [Belgium] | :: full (only in some definitions, like a parking) |
| volzin {m} [grammar] | :: complete sentence |
| volzinnetje {noun} | :: diminutive of volzin |
| volzuigen {vr} | :: to suck full |
| volzuigen {vr} [of liquid] | :: to drench |
| vondeling {m} | :: foundling, an abandoned and/or orphaned but timely found and raised child |
| vondelingschap {n} | :: foundlinghood (state of being a foundling) |
| vondst {f} | :: find |
| vonk {m} | :: spark (a small particle of glowing matter, either molten material or from fire) |
| vonk {m} | :: spark (a short or small burst of electrical discharge) |
| vonk {m} [Brabantian] | :: heavy blow/kick |
| Vonk {prop} | :: surname |
| vonkelwijn {m} | :: South African sparkling wine |
| vonken {v} | :: to spark (to give off sparks) |
| vonkje {noun} | :: diminutive of vonk |
| vonnis {n} [legal] | :: sentence (decision of a jury) |
| voogd {m} | :: guardian (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis) |
| voogdes {f} | :: female guardian |
| voogdij {f} [legal] | :: guardianship under which the ward is a minor |
| vooi {f} [Southern Dutch] | :: female rabbit |
| voois {f} [now, Belgium, dialectal] | :: melody, tune |
| voois {f} [now, Belgium, dialectal] | :: voice |
| voor- {prefix} | :: denotes primarily that something is before or in front of another thing or higher in a hierarchy |
| voor {prep} | :: for |
| voor {prep} | :: before |
| voor {prep} | :: in front of |
| voor {n} | :: pro, advantage, upside, positive |
| voor {f} | :: furrow |
| vooraanstaand {adj} | :: prominent |
| vooraanzicht {n} | :: front view |
| vooraf {adv} | :: beforehand |
| voorafgaan {v} | :: to precede |
| voorafgaand aan {prep} | :: prior to |
| voorafje {noun} | :: first course, starter |
| vooral {adv} | :: especially, above all |
| vooral {adv} | :: most of the time |
| vooralsnog {adv} | :: for the moment |
| voorarrest {n} | :: pre-trial detention (period of custody before a trial) |
| vooravond {m} | :: early evening |
| vooravond {m} | :: eve (evening before) |
| voorbaat {f} [dated] | :: earliness, timeliness, punctuality |
| voorbaat {f} [obsolete] | :: profit, advance |
| voorbarig {adj} | :: premature |
| voorbeeld {n} | :: example |
| voorbeeld {n} [computing] | :: preview |
| voorbeeldig {adj} | :: exemplary: |
| voorbeeldig {adj} [literally] | :: which is/can be set as an example worth following |
| voorbeeldig {adj} | :: excellent, to the highest standard |
| voorbeeldig {adj} | :: textbook -, perfectly executed etc |
| voorbeeldzin {m} | :: example sentence |
| voorbehoedsmiddel {n} | :: A contraceptive |
| voorbehoedsmiddel {n} [dated] | :: A medical preventive, something that prevents ailments |
| voorbehouden {v} | :: to reserve |
| voorbereiden {v} | :: to prepare |
| voorbereidend {adj} | :: preparatory |
| voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs {n} | :: A type of secondary education of the Netherlands (lit.: preparing scientific education) |
| voorbereiding {f} | :: preparation |
| voorbeschikking {f} [theology] | :: predestination |
| voorbestemdheid {f} | :: predestination |
| voorbeurs {adj} | :: before the opening of the stock exchange |
| voorbij {adv} | :: past; just beyond |
| voorbij {adv} [postpositional] | :: past (implying motion) |
| voorbij {adv} | :: over (finished) |
| voorbij {prep} | :: past, beyond |
| voorbije {n} | :: a time gone by; the past |
| voorbijgaan {vi} | :: to pass, to go by (in space or time) |
| voorbijganger {m} | :: passer-by |
| voorbijgekabbeld {adj} | :: To have passed without trouble |
| voorbijkomen {vi} | :: to pass, to come to pass, to end |
| voorbijkomen {vi} | :: to drop by |
| voorbillen {p} [euphemistic or childish, rare] | :: vulva, vagina; front bottom |
| voorbinddildo {m} | :: strap-on dildo |
| voorbinden {vt} | :: to fasten before someone or something |
| voorbips {f} | :: [often, euphemistic or childish] vulva; front bottom |
| voorbode {m} [literally] | :: foreboder, person who foretells something impending |
| voorbode {m} [figuratively] | :: indication, telling sign, auspicious or ominous |
| Voorburg {prop} {n} | :: Voorburg (town), to the north of The Hague |
| voord {m} | :: ford |
| voordat {conj} [subordinating] | :: before |
| voorde {f} | :: alternative form of voord |
| voor de bijl gaan {vi} | :: to take a loss, to receive or undergo something disadvantageous |
| voor de boeg hebben {v} [idiomatic] | :: to experience (hardship), to have (an ordeal) |
| voor de bühne {prep} | :: Done merely to impress (not particularly well-informed) onlookers rather than for substantial reasons |
| voordeel {n} | :: advantage |
| voor de gek houden {v} [idiomatic] | :: to fool, deceive |
| voor de hand liggen {v} [idiomatic] | :: to be obvious, apparent, likely |
| voordek {n} [nautical] | :: foredeck, forward deck |
| voor de kat zijn viool {adv} [idiomatic, colloquial] | :: in vain |
| voor de kat z'n viool {adv} | :: alternative spelling of voor de kat zijn viool |
| voordelig {adj} | :: advantageous |
| voordelig {adj} | :: cheap |
| voor de pinnen halen {v} | :: to delve up (as out of a stash) |
| voordeur {f} | :: front door |
| voordien {adv} | :: before this |
| voordoen {v} | :: to demonstrate |
| voordoen {vr} | :: to occur |
| voordoen {vr} | :: to pose, act, pretend (with als) |
| voordracht {f} | :: speech |
| voordracht {f} | :: presentation |
| voordragen {v} | :: to propose |
| voordragen {v} | :: to present, to recite |
| voordringen {vi} | :: to jump the queue, to cut in line |
| voor een groot deel {adv} | :: to a great extent, greatly |
| vooreergisteren {adv} [dated] | :: day before the day before yesterday |
| voor eigen parochie preken {vi} [idiom] | :: to preach to the choir, to preach to the converted |
| voor elk wat wils {pron} | :: something for everyone (such that each person has something to suit their tastes/needs) |
| voorfase {f} | :: preliminary phase, early phase |
| voorgaan {v} | :: to lead, precede |
| voorgaand {adj} | :: preceding |
| voorganger {m} | :: predecessor |
| voorganger {m} [religion] | :: pastor |
| voorgangster {f} | :: female predecessor |
| voorgangster {f} [religion] | :: female pastor |
| voorgebergte {n} | :: cape, promontory [in particular a mountainous one] |
| voorgebergte {n} [less commonly] | :: region of foothills or lower mountains near a mountain range |
| voorgerecht {n} | :: A starter, the first course of a meal, an entrée |
| voorgeschiedenis {f} | :: prehistory (prior history, history of people or events before a certain reference point) |
| voorgeschiedenis {f} | :: prehistory (human history before writing) |
| voorgeslacht {n} [collective] | :: ancestors, previous generations |
| voorgeslacht {n} [countable, rare] | :: a particular generation of ancestors or previous generation |
| voorgevel {m} | :: front of a building, façade |
| voorgevel {m} | :: human face; or in particular the nose or mouth |
| voorgeven {v} | :: to feign, to pretend |
| voorgevoel {n} | :: presentiment, premonition |
| voorgoed {adv} | :: for good |
| voorgrond {m} | :: foreground |
| voorhamer {m} | :: sledgehammer, forehammer |
| voorhang {m} | :: a curtain in a religious context, found commonly in temples, tabernacles or churches |
| voorhang {m} | :: a parliamentary procedure in the Netherlands' parliamentary system [see voorhangprocedure] |
| voorhangen {v} | :: to hang in front in order to cover what's behind (such as a priest's robe) |
| voorhanger {m} | :: a pair of detachable sunglasses that can be bridged onto the primary spectacles |
| voorhangsel {n} | :: a curtain decorated with religious figures found commonly in temples, tabernacles or churches |
| voorhebben {v} | :: intend |
| voorhebben {v} | :: carry |
| voorhebben {v} | :: wear |
| voorheen {adv} | :: formerly, used to |
| voor het zingen de kerk uitgaan {vi} [idiom] | :: to practice coitus interruptus |
| voorhistorisch {adj} | :: prehistoric |
| voorhoede {f} | :: A vanguard |
| voorhoede {f} | :: A leading edge (vanguard) |
| voorhoofd {n} | :: forehead (part of face above eyebrows) |
| voorhuid {f} | :: foreskin |
| voorhuis {n} | :: The frontmost room in a house on the ground floor |
| voorhuis {n} | :: The front section of a house |
| voorijlig {adj} | :: premature |
| voorinschrijving {f} | :: pre-registration |
| voorjaar {n} | :: spring (season) |
| voorjaarsoffensief {n} | :: A spring offensive |
| voor joker staan {v} [idiomatic] | :: to be humiliated, to be put in an awkward position |
| voorkant {m} | :: front |
| voorkasteel {n} | :: forecastle |
| voorkennis {f} | :: prior knowledge, knowledge beforehand |
| voorkennis {f} [finance] | :: insider knowledge |
| voorkeur {m} | :: preference |
| voorkomen {v} | :: to exist, to occur |
| voorkomen {v} | :: to happen |
| voorkomen {v} [copulative] | :: to appear |
| voorkomen {v} | :: To get ahead; to draw ahead |
| voorkomen {n} | :: appearance, look |
| voorkomen {v} | :: to prevent; to avert |
| voorkomend {adj} | :: attentive, kind |
| voorkomst {f} | :: appearance, look |
| voorkomst {f} [rare] | :: attestation |
| voorkoop {m} | :: preemption (option to buy before others) |
| voorlaadgeweer {n} | :: muzzle-loading rifle |
| voorlaatst {adj} | :: penultimate, next-to-last |
| voorlader {m} | :: muzzleloader |
| voorleden {adj} [archaic] | :: previous, last |
| voorleden {adv} [obsolete] | :: recently, last time |
| voorleggen {v} | :: to submit; to produce |
| voorleser {m} | :: obsolete spelling of voorlezer |
| voorletter {f} {m} | :: initial, first letter, notably in an abbreviated full name |
| voorletter {f} {m} | :: first initial |
| voorletter {f} {m} | :: middle initial |
| voorlezen {v} | :: to read aloud |
| voorlichten {vti} | :: to raise awareness, to educate, to inform |
| voorlichten {vti} [dated, now, uncommon] | :: to guide with light, to shine light in front of |
| voorlichter {m} | :: informer, educator, counseller (one who raises awareness) |
| voorlichting {f} | :: explanation, clarification, clearing up |
| voorlid {n} [obsolete, grammar] | :: article, particularly in the Southern diminutive form voorledeken |
| voorliefde {f} | :: preference, in particular a relatively intense or strong one; predilection |
| voor lief nemen {v} [idiomatic] | :: to accept, put up with, tolerate |
| voorliegen {vt} | :: to lie to, to tell a lie to someone |
| voorloper {m} | :: precursor, ancestor |
| voorlopig {adj} | :: provisional, temporary |
| voorlopig {adj} | :: current |
| voorlopig {adv} | :: for now, for the moment, for the time being |
| voormalig {adj} | :: former |
| Voormalige Joegoslavische Republiek Macedonië {prop} | :: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| voorman {m} | :: supervisor, foreman, ganger |
| voorman {m} | :: leader |
| voorman {m} | :: boss, head of a company |
| voormiddag {m} [Belgium] | :: late morning, part of the day before noon (before the 12th hour of the day) |
| voormiddag {m} [The Netherlands] | :: midday, early afternoon (around the 12th to the 14th hour in the afternoon) |
| voorn {m} | :: A roach; a vernacular term used of a grouping of fish in the family Cyprinidae due to superficial resemblances; in particular used of (former) members of the genus Leuciscus |
| Voorn {prop} | :: surname |
| voornaam {m} | :: first name |
| voornaam {adj} | :: important, distinguished |
| voornaamwoord {n} | :: pronoun |
| voornaamwoordelijk bijwoord {n} | :: pronominal adverb |
| voornamelijk {adv} | :: mainly, mostly; predominantly |
| voornemen {n} | :: intention, resolve, resolution |
| voornemen {v} | :: to intend |
| voor niets gaat de zon op {phrase} [idiom] | :: it isn't for free, not everything is for free |
| vooronderstellen {v} | :: to presuppose, presume |
| vooronderstelling {f} | :: alternative form of veronderstelling |
| vooroordeel {n} | :: preconception, prejudice |
| vooroorlogs {adj} | :: Which is built, made or existed before World War II |
| voorop {adv} | :: at the front, first, foremost |
| voorouder {m} | :: ancestor |
| voorouderaltaar {n} | :: An ancestral altar, an altar used for worshipping or venerating ancestors |
| voorover {adv} | :: headlong |
| voor paal staan {v} [idiomatic] | :: to be humiliated, to be put in an awkward position |
| voor Piet Snot {adv} | :: in vain |
| voorpoot {m} | :: foreleg [of an animal or of furniture] |
| voorpret {f} | :: joy or pleasure ahead and in anticipation of the actual fun event |
| voorprogramma {n} | :: support act |
| voorraad {m} | :: stock (inventory), provision |
| voorraad {m} [obsolete] | :: premeditation, counsel beforehand |
| voorraadkast {f} | :: pantry, cupboard |
| voorraadkastje {noun} | :: diminutive of voorraadkast |
| voorraadschip {n} | :: A supply ship |
| voorradig {adj} | :: in stock; available (normally available for purchase) |
| voorrang {m} | :: priority, precedence |
| voorrang {m} | :: right-of-way |
| voorrecht {n} | :: privilege |
| voorronde {f} {m} | :: qualifying round |
| voorruit {m} | :: windscreen, windshield |
| voorschieten {v} | :: to advance (money), to pay in advance |
| voorschot {n} | :: advance payment |
| voorschot {n} | :: wooden planks fitted to the top of the gable |
| voorschotje {noun} | :: diminutive of voorschot |
| voorschrift {n} | :: prescription, regulation |
| voorschrijven {v} | :: To prescribe |
| voorsorteervak {n} | :: filter lane |
| voorsorteren {v} | :: to presort (mail) |
| voorsorteren {v} | :: to get into the proper filter lane at an intersection |
| voor spek en bonen {prep} [mainly, sports and games] | :: not for real, not competitively (indicating a noncompetitive participant) |
| voor spek en bonen {prep} [by extension] | :: useless, to no avail, ineffective; without doing anything substantial, relevant or worthwhile |
| voorspel {n} [theatre] | :: prefatory play |
| voorspel {n} [music] | :: prelude |
| voorspel {n} [sex] | :: foreplay |
| voorspelbaar {adj} | :: predictable |
| voorspelbaarheid {f} | :: predictability |
| voorspellen {v} | :: to predict, foresee, foretell, forespell |
| voorspelling {f} | :: forecast |
| voorspelling {f} | :: prophecy |
| voorspoed {m} | :: prosperity |
| voorspoedig {adj} | :: successful, propitious, favourable |
| voorspook {n} [now, chiefly historical] | :: portent, omen, premonition |
| voorsprong {m} | :: lead (e.g., in a race or in the polls) |
| voorsprong {m} | :: head start |
| Voorst {prop} | :: Voorst (village/and/municipality) |
| voorstaan {v} | :: to uphold, maintain |
| voorstaan {v} [sports] | :: to defend (a score) |
| voorstad {mf} [literally] | :: A suburb: |
| voorstad {mf} | :: suburban municipality, adjacent and subordinate to a (major) city |
| voorstad {mf} | :: (originally) a quarter outside the city walls |
| voorstad {mf} | :: a suburban quarter |
| voorstad {mf} [figuratively] | :: A nearby hinterland |
| voorstander {m} | :: advocate (person who speaks in support of something) |
| voorstanderklier {f} {m} | :: prostate |
| voorste {adj} | :: foremost |
| voorste {adj} | :: first |
| voorste {noun} | :: foremost one, the one most in front |
| voorste {noun} | :: first one |
| voorstedelijk {adj} | :: suburban |
| voorstel {n} | :: proposal |
| voorstellen {vt} | :: to present, to put forth, to introduce |
| voorstellen {vt} | :: to propose, to suggest |
| voorstellen {vr} | :: to imagine |
| voorstellen {vt} | :: to amount to, to matter, to be important |
| voorstellen {vi} | :: to represent, to depict |
| voorstelling {f} | :: show, performance |
| voorstelling {f} | :: presentation |
| voorstelling {f} | :: notion, idea; mental picture |
| voorsteven {m} | :: prow, bow |
| voort- {prefix} | :: forth-, indicating a continuing action |
| voort {adv} | :: forth, forwards |
| voort {m} | :: archaic spelling of voord |
| voortaan {adv} | :: henceforth, from now on |
| voortbestaan {n} | :: continued existence |
| voortborduren {v} | :: to embroider further |
| voortborduren {v} | :: to build further, to elaborate (on) |
| voortbrengen {v} | :: to engender |
| voortbrengen {v} | :: to produce |
| voortbrengsel {n} | :: the product (of something) |
| voortbrengsel {n} | :: the offspring (of someone) |
| voortbrengsel {n} | :: the return or benefit (of something) |
| voortdrijven {v} | :: to propel, to impel, to drive forward |
| voortdrijven {v} | :: to urge, to spur on |
| voortduren {v} | :: to continue, to persist |
| voortdurend {adj} | :: continuous, incessant |
| voortdurend {adv} | :: continuously, incessantly, all the time |
| voorteken {n} | :: portent |
| voortgaan {v} | :: to go forth, to progress |
| voortgaan {v} | :: to continue |
| voortgang {m} | :: progress |
| voortgezet {adj} | :: continued |
| voortgezet onderwijs {n} | :: secondary education |
| voortijdig {adj} | :: untimely, premature |
| voortijds {adv} [archaic] | :: before, earlier |
| voortijds {adv} [archaic] | :: ahead of time, too early |
| voortkomen {v} | :: to originate (from) |
| voortkomen {v} [archaic] | :: to come forth |
| voortouw {n} | :: A rope attached to the front side of an object |
| voortplanten {vr} | :: to procreate, to reproduce |
| voortplanten {vr} | :: to propagate |
| voortplanting {f} | :: procreation, reproduction |
| voortreffelijk {adj} | :: excellent, outstanding |
| voortreffelijkheid {f} | :: excellence |
| voortrekken {v} | :: to favour, to show favouritism towards |
| voortrekkerij {f} | :: favouritism |
| voorts {adv} [archaic] | :: furthermore, besides |
| voortschrijden {v} | :: to march forward |
| voortslepen {vt} | :: to tow or drag forth |
| voortslepen {vi} | :: to drag on, to keep on reoccurring |
| voortstuwing {f} | :: propulsion |
| voorttrekken {v} | :: to drag, tote, tow forward/onward |
| voortuin {m} | :: front yard |
| voortvaren {v} [archaic] | :: to go through, to go ahead, to hold course |
| voortvarend {adj} | :: vigorous, strong, energetic |
| voortvloeien {v} | :: to outflow, to flow |
| voortvloeien {v} | :: to result |
| voortvluchtig {adj} | :: on the run, fugitive, at large |
| voortvluchtige {noun} | :: fugitive |
| voortzetten {v} | :: to continue |
| voortzetting {f} | :: continuation |
| vooruit- {prefix} | :: forwards |
| vooruit {adv} | :: ahead, onward |
| vooruit {interj} | :: come on, go on (used to drive someone forward) |
| vooruit {interj} | :: fine, oh all right then (said when grudgingly accepting a suggestion for a certain action) |
| vooruitblik {m} | :: outlook into future events |
| vooruitblikken {v} | :: to look ahead, preview, focus on possible future events |
| vooruitgaan {v} [ergative] | :: to go forwards |
| vooruitgaan {v} [ergative] | :: to improve |
| vooruitgang {m} | :: progress |
| vooruitkijken {vi} | :: to look ahead, prospect |
| vooruitkijken {v} [transitive, with "naar"] | :: to look ahead to |
| vooruitspoelen {v} | :: to fast forward |
| vooruitzicht {n} | :: outlook, expectation |
| voorvader {m} | :: progenitor |
| voorvaderlijk {adj} | :: ancestral, relating to forefather(s) |
| voorval {n} | :: incident, event |
| voorvechter {m} | :: champion (defender of a cause) |
| voorvechtster {m} | :: (female) champion (defender of a cause) |
| voorvertonen {v} | :: to preview, exhibit beforehand |
| voorverwarmen {vt} | :: to preheat |
| voorvocht {n} | :: pre-ejaculate, Cowper's fluid |
| voorvoegsel {n} [grammar] | :: prefix |
| voorvoelen {vt} | :: to sense beforehand |
| voorvoelen {vt} | :: to anticipate, expect |
| voorvork {c} | :: The (front) fork of a bicycle, motorcycle, or moped that holds the front wheel |
| voorwaar {adv} [archaic] | :: indeed, truly, verily, forsooth |
| voorwaarde {f} | :: condition, requirement |
| voorwaardelijk {adj} | :: conditional |
| voorwaardelijke wijs {f} [grammar] | :: conditional mood |
| voorwaarts {adj} | :: forward |
| voorwaarts {adv} | :: forwards |
| voorwas {c} | :: prewash |
| voorwenden {v} | :: to feign, to pretend |
| voorwendsel {n} | :: pretense, excuse, pretext |
| voorwerp {n} | :: object |
| voorwerp {n} [grammar] | :: object (of a sentence) |
| voorwoord {n} | :: foreword |
| voorz. {noun} | :: abbreviation of voorzetsel |
| voorzeggen {v} | :: to say in advance/beforehand; |
| voorzeggen {v} | :: to say in order to have someone repeat (contrast nazeggen) |
| voorzeggen {v} | :: to spoil; to ruin (a challenge, secret, story or similar) by giving the answer, solution or outcome prematurely |
| voorzeggen {v} | :: to predict, foretell, forespell |
| voorzet {m} [sports] | :: a pass |
| voorzet {m} [certain boardgames] | :: a beginning move |
| voorzetsel {n} [part of speech] | :: preposition |
| voorzetselbijwoord {n} | :: A word with the form of a preposition but the function of an adverb. For example, in a separable verb, the prepositional part functions as an adverb |
| voorzetten {v} | :: to place in front |
| voorzetten {v} [sports] | :: to assist |
| voorzetten {v} [football] | :: to cross the ball |
| voor zich spreken {v} | :: to go without saying |
| voorzicht {n} [archaic] | :: foresight |
| voorzichtig {adj} | :: careful. Literally looking to the future |
| voorzichtigheid {f} | :: caution (careful attention, prudence) |
| voorzichtigheid {f} | :: foresight |
| voorzien {vt} | :: to provide, to supply (optionally [+ van (object) = with]) |
| voorzien {vt} | :: to facilitate |
| voorzien {vt} | :: to foresee, to predict |
| voorzienig {adj} | :: provident (capable of foresight, of foreseeing the future) |
| voorzienig {adj} [figurative] | :: provident, presaging (farsighted, taking the future in consideration) |
| voorziening {f} | :: provision, supply |
| voorziening {f} | :: facility, amenity |
| voorzijn {vt} | :: to precede, to get to a place before (someone else) |
| voorzitster {f} | :: chairwoman |
| voorzitten {vti} | :: to preside, to lead a gathering |
| voorzitter {m} | :: chairperson |
| voorzitterschap {n} | :: leadership, chairpersonship |
| voorzitting {f} | :: the act of presiding over a meeting |
| voorzitting {f} [uncommon] | :: front seat of a vehicle |
| voorzorg {f} {m} | :: precaution |
| voorzorgsbeginsel {n} | :: precaution principle |
| voor zover bekend {adv} | :: as far as (it) is known |
| voor zo ver ik weet {adv} | :: as far as I know, to the best of my knowledge |
| voos {adj} | :: weak, feeble, unsteady |
| voos {adj} | :: numb, insensitive, insensible (without (sense of) physical feeling) |
| voos {adj} | :: weak, soft, spongy, porous |
| voos {adj} | :: lethargic, unenergetic |
| voos {adj} | :: immoral, rotten, corrupt, evil |
| voos {adj} | :: bland, tasteless, insipid |
| vorderen {vi} | :: to advance, to progress, to bring forward |
| vorderen {vt} | :: to demand, to claim |
| vordering {f} [law] | :: petition (of court), complaint |
| vordering {f} [finance, accounting] | :: claim against a debtor, account receivable |
| vordering {f} [law, by extension] | :: claim against any obligor, obligee’s right to performance |
| vordering {f} | :: progress, advance |
| vorderingen maken {v} | :: to make progress |
| vore {f} | :: alternative form of voor |
| voren {adv} | :: an alternative form of voor; always found with a preposition in set phrases; in advance, to the front |
| voren {m} [superseded] | :: dated form of voorn |
| vorig {adj} | :: previous |
| vork {f} | :: fork (pronged tool) |
| vork {f} | :: intersection, split |
| vork {f} | :: fork of a two-wheeled vehicle |
| vorm {m} | :: form, shape |
| vormeloos {adj} | :: amorphous, shapeless |
| vormen {v} | :: to form, mold |
| vormen {v} | :: to make up, constitute |
| vormen {v} [Christianity] | :: to confirm an already baptised Christian |
| vormenleer {f} [philosophy] | :: Plato's theory of the world of ideas |
| vormenleer {f} | :: alternative form of vormleer |
| vormgeving {f} | :: design |
| -vormig {suffix} | :: -shaped, -like |
| vorming {f} | :: formation |
| vorming {f} | :: education |
| vormingsroman {m} [uncommon] | :: bildungsroman |
| vormleer {f} [linguistics] | :: morphology (study or exposition of morphemes) |
| vormleer {f} [mathematics, archaic] | :: elementary geometry (education in elementary geometrical shapes) |
| vormleer {f} [geography] | :: morphology (study of landforms) |
| vormleer {f} [biology] | :: morphology (study of the forms of organisms) |
| vormloos {adj} | :: formless, shapeless |
| vormsel {n} [Christianity] | :: confirmation |
| vors {m} [archaic] | :: frog |
| vorscr. {adj} [obsolete] | :: initialism of voorgeschreven |
| vorsen {v} | :: to examine, look into |
| vorsen {v} | :: to research scientifically |
| vorst {m} | :: frost, freeze, frosty weather |
| vorst {m} | :: generic term for prince, monarch, ruler |
| vorst {m} | :: prince, rendering of tradition-specific title of certain ranks (all below King) |
| vorst {m} | :: wood(land), forest |
| vorst {f} | :: ridgepole |
| vorstbisdom {n} | :: prince-bishopric; the bishopric of a prince bishop |
| vorst-bisschop {m} | :: prince-bishop |
| vorst.d. {noun} | :: abbreviation of vorstendom |
| vorstendom {n} | :: principality, princedom (a region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess) |
| vorstenhuis {n} | :: dynasty, royal (or imperial, noble, etc.) house |
| vorstin {f} | :: a princess, the daughter of a king, elector (in the Holy Roman Empire), emperor, or the wife or daughter of certain princes |
| vorstin {f} | :: a princess, the female reigning monarch of a principality |
| vorstin {f} [generic] | :: a female potentate, such as certain especially mediaeval duchesses |
| vorstje {noun} | :: diminutive of vorst |
| vorstreus {m} [mythology] | :: frost giant, ice giant |
| vos {m} | :: fox, carnivore of the tribe Vulpini |
| vos {m} | :: red fox specifically, Vulpes vulpes |
| vos {m} | :: fox fur |
| vos {m} | :: a crafty, ingenious person |
| vos {m} | :: horse with red or red-brown fur |
| Vos {prop} | :: Vos; surname |
| vosch {m} | :: obsolete spelling of vos |
| voshaai {m} | :: common thresher, Alopias vulpinus |
| voshaai {m} | :: any shark of the family Alopiidae |
| Vosje {prop} {n} [constellation] | :: Vulpecula |
| Voskamp {prop} | :: surname |
| voskleurig {adj} | :: bayard, foxy, reddish brown; notably said of horses and all hair |
| vosrekel {m} | :: the male of the fox |
| vossen {v} [Belgium, slang] | :: to fuck |
| Vossen {prop} | :: surname |
| vossengeschreeuw {n} | :: screaming of foxes |
| vossin {f} | :: vixen, female fox |
| vot {f} [archaic, Southern Dutch] | :: butt, buttocks, posterior |
| votief {adj} | :: votive |
| -voud {suffix} | :: -fold |
| -voudig {suffix} | :: -fold |
| vousvoyeren {v} | :: to address someone with the formal second person pronoun u |
| vouw {c} | :: fold, crease |
| vouwbeen {n} | :: folding-bone, folding-stick, bonefolder |
| vouwen {v} | :: to fold |
| vouwen {v} [slang, law] | :: to arrest |
| vouwfiets {f} [chiefly Netherlands] | :: folding bicycle |
| vouwstoel {m} | :: folding chair |
| voyeur {m} | :: voyeur |
| vraach {f} | :: obsolete spelling of vraag |
| vraag {f} [countable] | :: question, query |
| vraag {f} [countable] | :: question, issue, problem |
| vraag {f} [countable] | :: interrogative, question (sentence form formulating a query) |
| vraag {f} [uncountable, economics] | :: demand |
| vraagal {m} | :: a nosy person who persists in asking questions |
| vraagcurve {f} | :: demand curve |
| vraagelasticiteit {f} [economics] | :: demand elasticity |
| vraagelastisch {adj} [economics] | :: elastic with respect to demand, demand-elastic |
| vraaggesprek {n} | :: Media interview |
| vraagh {f} | :: obsolete spelling of vraag |
| vraaghe {f} | :: obsolete form of vraag |
| vraagprijs {m} | :: asking price |
| vraagstuk {n} | :: question, issue, problem |
| vraagteken {n} | :: a question mark (?) |
| vraagteken {n} | :: something that is unknown or unclear, something unanswered |
| vraagtekort {n} [economics] | :: demand deficit |
| vraat {m} | :: a glutton |
| vraatzucht {f} {m} | :: greediness, gluttony, voraciousness |
| vraatzuchtig {adj} | :: voracious, gluttonous |
| vracht {f} | :: freight |
| vracht {f} | :: a large amount, a mass |
| vrachtauto {m} | :: truck (US), lorry (UK) (a cargo truck, not a passenger truck (bus)) |
| vrachtkonvooi {n} | :: convoy of loaded vehicles, such as trucks or carts |
| vrachtschip {n} | :: cargo ship |
| vrachtvliegtuig {n} | :: cargo plane, cargo aircraft |
| vrachtwagen {m} | :: truck, lorry |
| vrachtwagen {m} [archaic] | :: freightwagon, cart for transporting loads |
| vrachtwagenchauffeur {m} | :: truck driver, lorry driver |
| vraech {f} | :: obsolete spelling of vraag |
| vraeg {f} | :: obsolete spelling of vraag |
| vraege {f} | :: obsolete form of vraag |
| vraegh {f} | :: obsolete spelling of vraag |
| vraeghe {f} | :: obsolete form of vraag |
| vrage {f} | :: obsolete form of vraag |
| vragelijk {adj} | :: questionable; dubious |
| vragen {vt} | :: to ask (a question) |
| vragen {vt} | :: to demand, exact |
| vragen {vt} | :: to require, need |
| vragenlijst {f} | :: questionnaire |
| vraghe {f} | :: obsolete form of vraag |
| vrede {f} | :: peace |
| vrede {f} | :: peace treaty |
| vreden {vt} [obsolete] | :: synonym of bevredigen |
| vredesbespreking {f} [chiefly plural] | :: peace talk, peace negotiation |
| vredesmacht {f} | :: peacekeeping force |
| vredesonderhandeling {f} | :: peace negotiation |
| vredespolitiek {f} | :: politics of peace or peacemaking |
| vredesverdrag {n} | :: peace treaty |
| vredeswerk {n} | :: peace work, peacemaking activity |
| vredig {adj} | :: peaceful |
| vredig {adj} | :: calm |
| vredigen {vt} [obsolete] | :: synonym of bevredigen |
| vree {f} [archaic] | :: alternative form of vrede; peace |
| vreê {f} [archaic, poetic] | :: alternative spelling of vrede |
| vreedzaam {adj} | :: peaceful |
| vreemd {adj} | :: strange, weird, odd |
| vreemd {adj} | :: foreign, exotic |
| vreemde {noun} | :: stranger |
| vreemde eend in de bijt {f} [idiomatic] | :: odd one out; someone or something that is strange, out of the ordinary, or different from the others |
| vreemdeling {m} | :: stranger (unfamiliar person hailing from elsewhere) |
| vreemdeling {m} | :: foreigner |
| vreemdelinge {f} | :: female stranger (unfamiliar woman hailing from elsewhere) |
| vreemdelinge {f} | :: female foreigner |
| vreemdelingenbeleid {n} | :: immigration policy |
| vreemdelingenhaat {f} {m} | :: xenophobia |
| vreemdelingenverkeer {n} | :: tourism |
| vreemden {vt} [obsolete] | :: to estrange, to alienate |
| vreemde taal {f} | :: foreign language |
| vreemdgaan {v} | :: to cheat; to wander (have sexual or romantic relations with another than one's stable partner, typically in secrecy) |
| vreemdheid {f} | :: strangeness |
| vrees {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: fear, apprehension, angst |
| vreesaanjagend {adj} | :: frightening |
| vreesachtig {adj} | :: apprehensive, timid, fearful |
| vreetmolen {m} [colloquial] | :: mouth |
| vrek {m} | :: scrooge, miser |
| vreselijk {adj} | :: terrible |
| vreselijk {adv} | :: terribly |
| vreten {vt} | :: to eat savagely, stuff |
| vreten {n} [slang] | :: food |
| vreugd {f} | :: alternative form of vreugde |
| vreugde {f} | :: joy |
| vreugdedans {m} | :: dance of joy, a celebratory, often improvised choreography |
| vreugdeloos {adj} | :: sad, bleak |
| vreugdevuur {n} | :: Bonfire |
| vrezen {vti} | :: to fear |
| vriend {m} | :: (male) friend |
| vriend {m} | :: boyfriend (romantic partner) |
| Vriend {prop} | :: surname |
| vriendelijk {adj} | :: friendly, kind |
| vriendelijk {adv} | :: friendly, kindly |
| vriendelijkheid {f} | :: friendliness, kindliness |
| vriendin {f} | :: (female) friend |
| vriendin {f} | :: girlfriend (romantic) |
| vriendjespolitiek {f} | :: nepotism, cronyism |
| vriendschap {f} | :: friendship |
| vrieskast {f} [uncommon] | :: freezer, deep freeze |
| vrieskastje {noun} | :: diminutive of vrieskast |
| vrieskist {f} | :: chest freezer |
| vrieskistje {noun} | :: diminutive of vrieskist |
| vrieskou {f} | :: freezing cold |
| vriespunt {n} | :: freezing point |
| vriesvak {n} | :: A freezer compartment within a refrigerator rather than as a separate unit, a freezing compartment |
| vriesweer {n} | :: freezing weather, ice-cold weather |
| vriezen {vi} | :: to freeze |
| vriezer {m} | :: freezer |
| -vrij {suffix} | :: free from; without |
| vrij {adj} | :: free; not imprisoned or enslaved |
| vrij {adj} | :: free; unconstrained |
| vrij {adj} | :: free; unobstructed, without blockages |
| vrij {adj} | :: free; without obligations |
| vrij {adv} | :: fairly, rather, quite, very |
| vrijaf {adj} | :: off free (from commitments such as work or school) |
| vrijaf {n} | :: time off, day off (e.g. work) |
| vrijage {f} | :: romantic relation |
| vrijbrief {m} | :: A written permit; originally, a historical license granted by a state to a freebooter to pirate non-allied states' ship |
| vrijbrief {m} [figuratively] | :: A free hand |
| vrijbuiter {m} | :: A freebooter, particularly a pirate |
| vrijdag {m} | :: Friday |
| vrijdagmiddagborrel {m} | :: synonym of vrijmibo |
| vrijdagmorgen {m} | :: Friday morning |
| vrijdagochtend {m} | :: Friday morning |
| vrijdags {adj} | :: Friday |
| vrijdags {adv} | :: Friday |
| vrijdagsmorgens {adv} | :: Friday morning |
| vrijdagsochtends {adv} | :: Friday morning |
| vrijdenker {m} | :: freethinker, someone critical of organised religion |
| vrijdenkerij {f} | :: free thought; the freethinkers' movement or the underlying principles thereof |
| vrijdom {m} | :: freedom |
| vrijdom {m} | :: release from duty |
| vrijemarktkapitalisme {n} | :: free market capitalism (type of capitalism with sufficient anti-trust regulation to prevent widespread monopolisation) |
| vrije meningsuiting {f} | :: freedom of expression |
| vrijen {vi} | :: to make love, to have sex |
| vrijen {vi} | :: to make out, to cuddle, to hug and kiss |
| vrijen {vi} | :: to have a relationship, to be a couple, to go out with someone |
| vrijer {m} | :: (obsolete) suitor |
| vrijer {m} | :: lover, friend |
| vrijer {m} | :: (derogatory, of women) old spinster (“oude vrijster”) |
| vrije software {f} [computing] | :: free software (software that can be freely distributed, studied and modified) |
| vrijgeleide {n} [diplomacy] | :: safe-conduct |
| vrijgeleide {n} [idiom] | :: free hand, free rein |
| vrijgesteld {adj} | :: exempt |
| vrijgeven {v} | :: to release, to open |
| vrijgeven {v} | :: to declassify, to make public |
| vrijgevig {adj} | :: generous |
| vrijgevigheid {f} | :: generosity |
| vrijgezel {m} | :: A bachelor, unmarried (adult or adolescent) male |
| vrijgezel {adj} [uncommon] | :: unmarried, single |
| vrijgezellenfeest {n} | :: bachelor party, bachelorette party |
| vrijgezellenfeestje {noun} | :: diminutive of vrijgezellenfeest |
| vrijgraafschap {n} {f} | :: A free county; a comital domain or status directly belonging to the sovereign ruler |
| Vrijgraafschap {prop} {n} {f} [historical] | :: Franche-Comté, the county of Burgundy |
| vrijgrs. {noun} | :: abbreviation of vrijgraafschap |
| vrijhandel {m} | :: free trade |
| vrijhaven {f} | :: free port, free zone |
| vrijhaven {f} [figurative] | :: haven, refuge |
| vrijheid {f} | :: freedom |
| Vrijheidsbeeld {prop} {n} | :: Statue of Liberty |
| vrijheidsstraf {m} | :: A punishment involving deprivation of liberty, imprisonment, prison sentence |
| vrijheidsstrijder {m} | :: freedom fighter |
| vrijheid van het woord {f} | :: freedom of speech (literally: "freedom of the word") |
| vrijheid van meningsuiting {f} | :: freedom of speech, freedom of expression |
| vrijkorps {n} | :: paramilitary group |
| vrijkorps {n} | :: militia |
| vrijlaat {m} [historical] | :: A freed serf, a freedman |
| vrijlaten {v} | :: to release |
| vrijmaken {v} | :: to set free |
| vrijmarkt {f} {m} | :: A type of garage sale occurring throughout the Netherlands during Koninginnedag |
| vrijmarkt {f} {m} [historical] | :: A market or market town with special privileges |
| vrijmetselaar {m} | :: Freemason |
| vrijmetselarij {f} | :: Freemasonry |
| vrijmibo {m} | :: an informal meetup, usually involving alcoholic drinks, held on Friday afternoon (typically with one's colleagues or friends) at the end of the workweek |
| vrijmoedigheid {f} | :: frankness, free willingness |
| vrijpion {m} [chess] | :: passed pawn (pawn without enemies on its file) |
| vrijplaats {m} | :: refuge, safe haven, sanctuary (place that offers safety, in particular freedom from persecution or prosecution) [in a figurative sense used both positively and negatively] |
| vrijpleiten {v} | :: to exonerate, free from guilt through pleading |
| vrijspraak {f} {m} [chiefly legal] | :: release (of a suspect), acquittal |
| vrijspreken {v} | :: to absolve, acquit |
| vrijstaand {adj} | :: free-standing |
| vrijstaat {m} | :: free state |
| vrijstad {f} [historical] | :: free city, especially a free imperial city |
| vrijstad {f} [chiefly historical] | :: city of refuge, asylum city |
| vrijstadje {noun} | :: diminutive of vrijstad |
| vrijster {f} | :: female lover, female friend |
| vrijster {f} | :: (derogatory) old spinster, old maid (“oude vrijster”) |
| vrijwel {adv} | :: almost |
| vrijwielen {v} | :: to freewheel |
| vrijwillig {adj} | :: voluntary, of one's own free will |
| vrijwilliger {m} | :: volunteer (one engaged in volunteering work) |
| vrijwilliger {m} | :: voluntary (para)military recruit or soldier, volunteer |
| vrijwilligerstoerisme {n} | :: voluntourism |
| vrijwilligerswerk {n} | :: volunteering work, community service |
| vrijzinnig {adj} [politics, religion, culture] | :: liberal |
| vrijzinnig {adj} [religion, Belgium] | :: irreligious, freethinking |
| vrille {f} [aviation] | :: tailspin |
| vrind {m} [nonstandard or dialectal, often, humorous] | :: alternative form of vriend |
| vroed {adj} [archaic] | :: wise, knowing |
| vroeden {vt} [obsolete] | :: to understand, to comprehend |
| vroeden {vi} [obsolete] | :: to become wise, understanding |
| vroedmeester {m} [archaic, now, historical] | :: male obstetrician |
| vroedmeesterpad {f} | :: midwife toad, toad of the genus Alytes |
| vroedmeesterpad {f} | :: common midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans |
| vroedschap {m} | :: town council |
| vroedvrouw {f} | :: midwife (woman who assists women in childbirth) |
| vroeg {adj} | :: early |
| vroegboekkorting {f} | :: a price reduction for making an early reservation or commitment; an early bird discount |
| vroeger {adj} | :: Having to do with or occurring in the past |
| vroeger {adv} | :: earlier |
| vroeger {adv} | :: formerly, previously |
| vroeger {adv} | :: in the past |
| vroeggeboorte {f} | :: premature birth |
| Vroegnieuwengels {prop} {n} | :: Early Modern English |
| Vroegnieuwengels {adj} | :: Early Modern English |
| Vroegnieuwhoogduits {prop} {n} | :: Early New High German |
| Vroegnieuwhoogduits {adj} | :: Early New High German |
| Vroegnieuwnederlands {prop} {n} | :: early modern Dutch |
| Vroegnieuwnederlands {adj} | :: early modern Dutch |
| vroegpredicatie {f} [Protestantism, archaic] | :: A religious service held early in the morning, earlier than a usual morning service |
| vroegpreek {f} [Protestantism] | :: A religious service held in the early morning, earlier than a usual morning service |
| vroegpreek {f} [dated, uncommon, now, dialectal] | :: A family roof, a large, old-fashioned model of umbrella made of cotton [against rain] |
| vroegrijp {adj} | :: precocious |
| vroegte {f} | :: early hours (of the morning) |
| vroegtijdig {adj} | :: premature |
| vroegtijdigheid {f} | :: prematureness |
| vroegvolwassen {adj} | :: precocious |
| vrolijk {adj} | :: cheerful, merry |
| Vrolijk {prop} | :: surname |
| vrolijke feestdagen {phrase} | :: synonym of fijne feestdagen |
| vrolijkheid {f} | :: glee, merriment, mirth |
| vrolijk kerstfeest {phrase} | :: Merry Christmas |
| Vrolijk Kerstfeest {phrase} | :: Merry Christmas |
| Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar {phrase} | :: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! |
| vroom {adj} | :: pious, devout |
| vroomheid {f} | :: piety |
| -vrouw {suffix} | :: someone (implied female) who is an expert in an area |
| -vrouw {suffix} | :: someone (implied female) who is employed or holds a position in an area |
| -vrouw {suffix} | :: someone (implied female) who has special characteristics relating to an area |
| vrouw {f} | :: woman |
| vrouw {f} | :: wife |
| vrouwe {f} [formal] | :: noblewoman |
| vrouwe {f} [formal] | :: esteemed woman |
| vrouwelijk {adj} | :: feminine |
| vrouwelijk {adj} | :: female |
| vrouwelijke tank {m} [obsolete] | :: A tank only armed with a machine gun |
| vrouwelijkheid {f} | :: femininity |
| vrouwelijkheid {f} [archaic] | :: the female genitals |
| -vrouwen {suffix} | :: plural form of Dutch suffix -vrouw |
| vrouwenemancipatie {f} | :: women's emancipation |
| vrouwenhaat {m} | :: misogyny |
| vrouwenhandel {m} | :: sex trafficking of women |
| vrouwenhater {m} | :: misogynist |
| vrouwenkiesrecht {n} | :: women’s suffrage |
| vrouwenmoord {f} | :: femicide |
| vrouwenquotum {n} | :: A women's quota, usually proposed or implemented to address occupational gender bias in high-ranking positions |
| vrouwenring {m} | :: A women's ring, a model of ring generally worn by women |
| vrouwenring {m} [uncommon] | :: A cervical cap, a diaphragm |
| vrouwenversierder {m} | :: A womaniser, a Casanova |
| vrouwenvoetbal {n} | :: women's football |
| vrouwmens {n} {f} [now, chiefly Belgium, neutral] | :: woman |
| vrouwmens {n} {f} [Netherlands, derogatory] | :: woman, bint |
| vrouwtje {noun} | :: darling wife; wifey |
| vrouwtje {noun} | :: the female of a species of animal |
| vrouwtjes- {prefix} | :: female, she- |
| vrouwtjeskat {f} | :: female cat |
| vrucht {f} | :: fruit |
| vrucht {f} [archaic] | :: fear |
| vruchtafdrijving {f} | :: abortion |
| vruchtbaar {adj} | :: fruitful |
| vruchtbaar {adj} | :: fertile |
| vruchtbaarheid {f} | :: fertility |
| vruchtbaarheidsgodin {f} | :: fertility goddess |
| vruchteloos {adj} | :: fruitless, unproductive, futile |
| vruchteloosheid {f} | :: uselessness, futility |
| vruchten {v} [archaic] | :: to fear |
| vruchtensap {n} | :: fruit juice |
| vruchtvlees {n} | :: the flesh or pulp of a fruit |
| vruchtwater {n} | :: amniotic fluid |
| VS {prop} {s} {p} | :: VS (country); initialism of Verenigde Staten |
| VSA {prop} [chiefly Belgium] | :: VSA (country); initialism of Verenigde Staten van Amerika |
| VTB-VAB {prop} | :: initialism of Vlaamse Toeristenbond - Vlaamse Automobilistenbond (Belgian Tourist and Automobile Association) |
| V.Tk.T. {noun} [grammar] | :: acronym of voltooid toekomende tijd |
| V.T.T. {noun} | :: abbreviation of voltooid tegenwoordige tijd |
| v.t.t.t. {noun} | :: abbreviation of voltooid tegenwoordige toekomende tijd |
| Vught {prop} {n} | :: Vught (town) |
| vuidig {adj} | :: obsolete form of vuig |
| vuig {adj} | :: despicable, reprehensible |
| vuig {adj} | :: inferior, lesser |
| vuil {adj} | :: dirty, filthy |
| vuil {adj} | :: obscene, lewd |
| vuil {adj} | :: dishonorable |
| vuil {adj} | :: illegal, improper |
| vuil {adj} [nautical] | :: fouled, having its wetted surface polluted by marine organisms |
| vuil {n} | :: dirt, filth |
| vuil {n} | :: garbage, trash, waste, litter |
| vuilbak {m} [Southern Dutch] | :: alternative form of vuilnisbak |
| vuile ziekte {f} [Belgium] | :: sexually transmitted disease, STD |
| vuiligheid {f} | :: filth |
| vuilnis {f} {n} [especially] | :: rubbish, trash, garbage; waste products (to be) disposed off |
| vuilnisbak {m} | :: rubbish bin, trashcan, dustbin |
| vuilnisbelt {m} | :: landfill, dumpsite |
| vuilnisemmer {m} | :: rubbish bin, trashcan, dustbin |
| vuilnisemmertje {noun} | :: diminutive of vuilnisemmer |
| vuilnisman {m} | :: A dustman, a garbage man, a male garbo |
| vuilwit {adj} | :: off-white |
| vuilzak {m} | :: refuse bag |
| vuilzak {m} [derogatory] | :: unhygienic person |
| vuil ziekte {f} [Brabantian, dialectal] | :: alternative form of vuile ziekte |
| vuist {f} | :: fist |
| vuistbijl {f} | :: hand axe, biface (primitive axe without a handle) |
| vuistbijltje {noun} | :: diminutive of vuistbijl |
| vuistdiep {adv} | :: as deep as a fist |
| vuistdiep {adv} [figurative] | :: very deep |
| vuistdiep {adj} | :: as deep as a fist |
| vuisten {v} [slang] | :: To fist-fuck |
| vuistregel {m} | :: rule of thumb |
| vuistvechter {m} | :: boxer |
| vuistvuurwapen {n} | :: handgun |
| Vulgaat {prop} {f} | :: Vulgate (Latin translation of the Bible by Jerome) |
| vulgair {adj} | :: vulgar, obscene |
| vulgair {adj} | :: ordinary, banal |
| vulgair Latijn {prop} {n} | :: Vulgar Latin |
| Vulgair Latijn {prop} {n} | :: alternative form of vulgair Latijn |
| vulgair-Latijns {adj} | :: Vulgar Latin |
| Vulgair-Latijns {adj} | :: alternative form of vulgair-Latijns |
| vulgariteit {f} | :: vulgarity |
| vulkaan {m} [geology] | :: volcano |
| vulkaanuitbarsting {f} | :: volcanic eruption |
| vulkanisch {adj} | :: volcanic |
| vulkanisme {n} | :: volcanism (volcanic activity) |
| vulkanisme {n} [historical] | :: Vulcanism |
| vullen {vt} | :: to fill |
| vulling {f} | :: filling |
| vulling {f} | :: placeholder |
| vullis {n} [dialectal] | :: alternative form of vuilnis |
| vullis {n} [dialectal, colloquial] | :: scum, trash, riffraff |
| vulpen {f} | :: fountain pen |
| vulpotlood {n} | :: mechanical pencil |
| vulslurf {mf} | :: the appendix of a balloon |
| vulva {f} | :: vulva |
| vundig {adj} | :: mouldy, musty |
| vundig {adj} [figuratively] | :: sordid, obscene |
| vuren {vi} | :: to fire, to shoot (a weapon) |
| vuren {adj} | :: made of the wood of the Norway spruce |
| vuren {n} | :: wood of the Norway spruce (Picea abies) |
| vurig {adj} | :: fiery, ardent |
| vurig {adj} | :: enthusiastic |
| vuur {n} | :: fire |
| vuur {n} | :: heater |
| vuur {n} [colloquial] | :: a lighter |
| vuur {n} | :: The act of firing with firearms, explosives or less commonly other projectile weapons; fire |
| vuur {adj} [slang] | :: Great, amazing, extraordinary, dope |
| vuurbaak {m} [nautical] | :: beacon for signaling light to vessels, smaller than a lighthouse |
| vuurbaken {n} [nautical] | :: beacon for signaling light to vessels, smaller than a lighthouse |
| vuurblusser {m} [dated, uncommon] | :: A firefighter |
| vuurblusser {m} [rare] | :: A fire extinguisher |
| vuurbol {m} | :: fireball |
| vuurdood {m} | :: death by fire or burning |
| vuurdoop {m} | :: baptism by fire, baptism of fire (a trying ordeal as one's first experience, often as some kind of initiation) |
| vuurduivel {m} [literal] | :: fire devil (demon associated with fire) |
| vuurduivel {m} [Belgium, historical, pejorative] | :: Nickname for steam trains and steam locomotives |
| vuurduivel {m} | :: fire devil, firenado (fiery whirlwind) |
| vuurgevecht {n} | :: gunfight |
| vuurkaart {f} | :: a type of identity card used by Belgian World War I soldiers |
| vuurkorf {m} | :: fire basket, fire box (container made of metal grills for outdoor fires) |
| vuurkorf {m} [obsolete] | :: metal container with a grill on top, intended for indoor coal fires |
| vuurkracht {f} [military] | :: firepower |
| vuurkracht {f} [chiefly poetic, uncommon] | :: the power of fire |
| vuur met vuur bestrijden {v} [idiomatic] | :: to fight fire with fire |
| vuurmond {m} | :: the muzzle and chamber of a gun, especially of a piece of artillery |
| vuurmond {m} | :: a cannon, artillery piece |
| vuurmuur {m} | :: a fireplace |
| vuurmuur {m} | :: a wall of fire |
| vuurmuur {m} [Brabant] | :: a wall to prevent the spread of fire; a firewall |
| vuurmuur {m} [computer] | :: firewall |
| vuurpeloton {n} | :: firing squad, armed people lined up to perform an execution by bullet(s) |
| vuurpijl {m} | :: a flare |
| vuurpijl {m} [fireworks] | :: a rocket |
| vuurroer {n} [historical] | :: light musket, matchlock gun |
| vuurrood {adj} | :: scarlet [often of facial colours, e.g. due to blushing or anger] |
| vuursein {n} | :: A fire signal, especially as a signalling light for navigation |
| vuursein {n} [military] | :: A signal to open fire with ranged weapons |
| vuursignaal {n} | :: A fire signal, especially as a signalling light for communication |
| vuurspuwer {m} | :: fire-breather |
| vuursteen {m} {n} | :: A flint, piece of hard fine-grained quartz stone, as struck to spark up a fire |
| vuursteen {m} {n} | :: Flint, the material silex |
| vuursteengeweer {n} | :: flintlock |
| vuursteenpistool {n} [historical] | :: flintlock pistol |
| vuursteenslot {n} | :: flintlock mechanism (firing mechanism) |
| vuurstenen {adj} | :: made of flint |
| vuurtoren {m} | :: a lighthouse |
| vuurtoren {m} [Netherlands] | :: a 250 guilder banknote (before the introduction of the euro) |
| vuurtoren {m} [pejorative] | :: a redhead, ginger |
| vuurtorenwachter {m} | :: lighthouse keeper |
| vuurvast {adj} | :: fire-proof |
| vuurvast {adj} [by extension] | :: with fairly great heat tolerance; fit for use in cooking, refractory, ovenproof |
| vuurvlieg {f} | :: A firefly, beetle of the family Lampyridae, especially its grub |
| vuurvlinder {m} | :: A copper, used of certain butterflies of the genus Lycaena |
| vuurvogel {m} | :: A fire bird, e.g. a phoenix, Bennu or other mythological bird associated with fire |
| vuurwapen {n} | :: firearm |
| vuurwapengevaarlijk {adj} [of criminals] | :: likely to use a firearm, armed and dangerous, trigger-happy |
| vuurwater {n} | :: firewater, strong alcoholic beverage |
| vuurwerk {n} | :: fireworks |
| vuurwerk {n} [dated, historical] | :: military ordnance, in particular explosives and projectiles |
| vuurwerker {m} [historical] | :: A low-ranking officer at an artillery branch |
| vuurwerkramp {f} | :: fireworks disaster (usually in reference to the Enschede fireworks disaster) |
| vuurzee {f} | :: conflagration, sea of fire |
| vuurzucht {f} | :: pyromania |
| vuvuzela {m} | :: vuvuzela |
| vv {noun} | :: VC (volleyball club); abbreviation of volleybalvereniging |
| vv {noun} | :: SC (soccer club) or FC (football club); abbreviation of voetbalvereniging (soccer-football club) |
| VVD {prop} {f} | :: initialism of Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie; People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, a conservative liberal political party in the Netherlands |
| V.V.T. {noun} | :: initialism of voltooid verleden tijd |
| V.V.Tk.T. {noun} [grammar] | :: acronym of voltooid verleden toekomende tijd |
| v.v.t.t. {noun} | :: abbreviation of voltooid verleden toekomende tijd |
| vw. {noun} | :: abbreviation of voegwoord |
| vwo {n} | :: abbreviation of voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs |
| vz. {noun} | :: abbreviation of voorzetsel |