| b {letter} | :: letter |
| B {letter} | :: letter |
| baadje {n} | :: A type of loose-fitting Malay and Indonesian shirt |
| baadster {f} | :: female bather, woman taking a bath |
| baai {f} | :: bay |
| baai {f} {m} | :: baize |
| baai {f} {m} | :: wine |
| baaien {adj} | :: baize (made of baize) |
| baaierd {m} | :: the primordial chaos before creation |
| baaierd {m} | :: chaos |
| baaierd {m} | :: diverse set |
| baaierd {m} | :: An institution that provided temporary shelter to poor strangers |
| baal {f} | :: A bale of hay or straw |
| baal {f} | :: A closed bag or package of wares |
| baan {f} | :: a road, way, path |
| baan {f} | :: a track, lane |
| baan {f} | :: a job, professional occupation |
| baan {f} | :: court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games) |
| baanatletiek {f} | :: athletics on the track, as opposed to field or road athletics |
| baanboef {m} | :: ball boy in old ball games like pelote |
| baanbrekend {adj} | :: revolutionary, earthshaking (very innovative and important) |
| baanderheer {m} | :: banneret, banner lord |
| baanderheer {m} | :: one of various knightly ranks or titles |
| baanderheer {m} | :: any arrogant, haughty 'lordly' person |
| baanwielrennen {n} | :: track cycling |
| baanwielrenner {m} | :: track cyclist |
| baanwielrenster {f} | :: female track cyclist |
| -baar {suffix} | :: -able, indicates an action can be performed |
| baar {f} | :: A bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to carry someone or something, especially wounded or dead people |
| baar {f} | :: A bed on which a dead person is displayed before he is buried |
| baar {f} | :: A bar, an ingot |
| baar {f} | :: A bar, a beam |
| baar {f} | :: A wave |
| baar {adj} | :: Said of money; cash |
| baar {m} | :: greenhorn, newbie |
| baarblijkelijk {adv} | :: clearly, evidently |
| baarblijkelijk {adj} | :: clear, evident |
| baard {m} | :: beard (mass of facial hair that includes chin hair) |
| baard {m} | :: key bit |
| baard {m} | :: awn, beard |
| baard {m} | :: baleen, whalebone |
| baardaap {m} | :: the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) |
| baardaap {m} | :: someone with a (large) beard |
| baardeloos {adj} | :: alternative form of baardloos |
| baarder {m} | :: one who begets |
| baarder {m} | :: the genitive case |
| baardgras {n} | :: beardgrass, rabbitsfoot grass, grass of the genus Polypogon (Poaceae) |
| baardhaar {n} | :: beard hair |
| baardig {adj} | :: bearded |
| baardigheid {f} | :: beardedness |
| baard in de keel {f} | :: The state of having undergone a voice change (breaking voice) in puberty due to the lowering and lengthening of the vocal cords |
| baardloos {adj} | :: beardless (not having a beard) |
| baardman {m} | :: bearded man |
| baardman {m} | :: bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) |
| baardmankruik {f} | :: Bartmann jug |
| baardmankruikje {noun} | :: diminutive of baardmankruik |
| baardmannetje {n} | :: bearded tit, Panurus biarmicus |
| baardwalvis {m} | :: baleen whale, member of the suborder Mysticeti |
| baarkleed {n} | :: pall, cloth laid over a coffin |
| baarkruk {f} | :: birthstool |
| baarlid {n} | :: vulva |
| baarlijk {adj} | :: evident, clear |
| baarlijk {adj} | :: open, public, not hidden |
| baarmoeder {f} | :: uterus, womb |
| baarmoederhals {m} | :: cervix (between the uterus and the vagina) |
| baarmoederhalskanker {m} | :: cervical cancer |
| baarmoederkanker {m} | :: uterus carcinoma, endometrium carcinoma |
| Baarn {prop} {n} | :: Baarn (village/and/municipality) |
| baars {m} | :: perch (fish of the genus Perca) |
| baas {m} | :: boss, chief, superior |
| baas {m} | :: employer, manager |
| baas {m} | :: strong or tough guy |
| baas {m} | :: boss |
| baas {m} | :: crack, master, expert at something |
| baas {m} | :: whopper, large one in its kind |
| baas {m} | :: (diminutive: baasje) fellow, boy, especially a youngling or novice |
| Baas {prop} | :: surname |
| baasje {noun} | :: A boy, young male person |
| baasje {noun} | :: Caring pet owner |
| baasspeler {m} | :: A bossy person, someone who often acts as if in charge |
| baasspelertje {noun} | :: diminutive of baasspeler |
| baat {f} | :: profit, advantage |
| baat {adj} | :: cocky |
| baatzoeker {m} | :: A selfish person, someone who exclusively serves one's own interests |
| Bab. {adj} | :: abbreviation of Babylonisch |
| babbel {m} | :: a babble |
| babbelen {vi} | :: to chatter, to chit-chat, to talk casually |
| babbelen {v} | :: to nibble, to bite on something |
| babbelkous {f} | :: female babbler |
| babbeltruc {m} | :: A type of burglary in which one perpetrator distracts the victim in his or her house with a conversation, either in order to enter the home and steal from it or to allow an accomplice to break in |
| Babel {prop} {n} | :: Babel |
| babi {m} | :: A Babist, a follower of Báb (Siyyid `Alí Muhammad Shírází) and Babism |
| babi {m} | :: A pig or wild pig in Indonesia |
| babi {m} | :: pork in an Indonesian or Malay dish |
| babi ketjap {m} | :: babi kecap |
| babi pangang {m} | :: babi panggang |
| babiroesa {m} | :: babirusa, pig of the genus Babyrousa |
| babisme {n} | :: Babism, a pantheistic religion founded by Báb |
| baboe {f} | :: a female babysitter, usually of Indonesian descent |
| baboe {noun} | :: babu |
| baboetje {noun} | :: diminutive of baboe |
| baby {m} | :: baby (infant) |
| babyboom {m} | :: baby boom |
| babyboomer {m} | :: baby boomer |
| babyface {m} {n} | :: baby face |
| babyfoon {m} | :: baby monitor, audio system for monitoring babies |
| Babylon {prop} {n} | :: Babylon |
| Babylonisch {adj} | :: Babylonian |
| babypoeder {n} | :: baby powder |
| babyshampoo {m} | :: shampoo meant for a baby |
| baccalaureaat {n} | :: baccalaureate |
| baccalaureaat {n} | :: quadrivium degree |
| baccalaureaat {n} | :: bachelor student |
| bacil {m} | :: bacillus, bacterium of the genus Bacillus |
| bacilletje {noun} | :: diminutive of bacil |
| backslash {m} | :: backslash |
| bacove {c} | :: banana |
| bacove {c} | :: plantain |
| bacoven {c} | :: obsolete form of bacove |
| bacterie {f} | :: bacterium, any member of the domain Bacteria |
| bacterieel {adj} | :: bacterial |
| bacterievuur {n} | :: fire blight (plant disease caused by Erwinia amylovora) |
| bacteriologie {f} | :: bacteriology |
| bacterioloog {m} | :: bacteriologist |
| baculum {n} | :: penis bone |
| bad {n} | :: bath |
| badderen {v} | :: to swim or play in water |
| badderen {v} | :: to bathe |
| badeend {f} | :: rubber duck (anatine bath-tub toy) |
| baden {v} | :: to bathe |
| bader {m} | :: Someone who bathes, is taking a bath, mostly in a river or open water, or in a religious sense |
| badgeld {n} | :: fee for bathing in a bathhouse |
| badhuis {n} | :: bathhouse |
| badjas {m} | :: bathrobe |
| badjasje {noun} | :: diminutive of badjas |
| badjuf {f} | :: female pool lifeguard, often also serving as a swimming instructor |
| badjuffrouw {f} | :: female pool lifeguard, often also serving as a swimming instructor |
| badkamer {f} | :: bathroom |
| badkuip {f} | :: bathtub |
| badmat {f} | :: bath mat |
| badmeester {m} | :: male pool lifeguard, often also serving as a swimming instructor |
| badminton {n} | :: badminton |
| badmintonnen {vi} | :: to play badminton |
| badmuts {f} | :: bathing cap, shower cap, swimming cap |
| badpak {n} | :: bathing suit, swimsuit |
| badplaats {f} | :: A settlement with a spa or bathing resort |
| badplaatsje {noun} | :: diminutive of badplaats |
| badspons {f} | :: A sponge intended for use when bathing or otherwise washing oneself |
| badwater {n} | :: bathwater |
| badzeep {f} | :: floating bath soap |
| baet {f} | :: obsolete spelling of baat |
| baffen {v} | :: to perform anilingus |
| baffen {v} | :: alternative form of blaffen |
| bagage {f} | :: baggage; luggage |
| bagage {f} | :: load, a person's relevant (especially hindering) background |
| bagagedrager {m} | :: luggage carrier , bike rack |
| bagagedrager {m} | :: roof rack |
| bagatel {f} {m} | :: a negligible sum, a tiny amount |
| bagatel {f} {m} | :: trinket |
| bagatel {f} {m} | :: trifle, futility |
| bagatelliseren {vt} | :: to trivialize, to play down |
| Bagdad {prop} {n} | :: Bagdad (capital city) |
| bagel {m} | :: bagel (ring-shaped pastry) |
| bagger {f} | :: mud, dredge, dirt |
| bagger {f} | :: filth, muck, any mucky or dirty substance (such as dredge) |
| bagger {f} | :: junk, crap, stuff (substandard objects) |
| bagger {adj} | :: crap, terrible, bleh |
| baggeren {vt} | :: to dredge |
| baggermachine {f} | :: A mud dredge, dredger, mud excavator |
| bah {interj} | :: An exclamation of disapproval, contempt or disgust: bah, yuck |
| Bahama's {prop} {p} | :: Bahama's (archipelago/and/country) |
| bahasa {n} | :: Indonesian language |
| Bahrein {prop} {n} | :: Bahrein (country) |
| bajes {f} | :: slammer, jail, prison |
| bajesklant {m} | :: prison inmate, prisoner |
| bajonet {f} | :: bayonet (stabbing weapon attached on a fire-arm) |
| bak {m} | :: a container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub |
| bak {m} | :: a drinking vessel, usually a cup or mug |
| bak {m} | :: jail, slammer, prison |
| bak {m} | :: a vehicle, a car |
| bak {m} | :: pork: the meat of a pig |
| bak {m} | :: a pig |
| bak {m} | :: abbreviation of versnellingsbak |
| bak {m} | :: a joke, crack |
| bakbaard {m} | :: dated form of bakkebaard |
| bakbanaan {f} {m} | :: plantain, fruit of the genus Musa that is used in cooking |
| bakbeest {n} | :: whopper, hulk (any particularly large object, person or animal) |
| bakbeest {n} | :: drunk, drunkard |
| bakboord {n} | :: port (left-hand side of a vessel) |
| baken {n} | :: beacon |
| bakenen {vt} | :: to place beacons around |
| bakenen {vt} | :: to visibly mark |
| baker {f} | :: A midwife; one who helps women in childbirth with deliveries |
| bakeren {vt} | :: to dry-nurse |
| bakeren {vt} | :: to swaddle |
| bakerhaai {m} | :: wobbegong, any shark of the Orectolobidae |
| bakermat {f} | :: cradle |
| bakermat {f} | :: place of origin, cradle |
| bakermoeder {f} | :: midwife |
| bakerpraat {m} | :: gossip and myths in relation to birth and childrearing |
| bakerpraat {m} | :: spurious talk, unfounded nonsense and gossip |
| bakerpraatje {n} | :: an urban myth about childbirth and childrearing |
| bakerpraatje {n} | :: any urban myth or unfounded, unreliable story |
| bakerstoel {m} | :: birthstool |
| bakfiets {f} | :: A cargo bicycle, a freight bicycle |
| bakhuis {n} | :: bakery |
| bakhuis {n} | :: separate building with an oven for baking bread and such, belonging to a house or farm; private bakery |
| bakhuis {n} | :: alternative spelling of bakkes |
| bakkebaard {m} | :: sideburn |
| bakkeleien {vi} | :: to quarrel, to argue, to fight |
| bakkeleien {vi} | :: to fight, to brawl (to engage in physical combat) |
| bakkeljauw {m} | :: salt cod |
| bakken {v} | :: to bake |
| bakken {v} | :: to pan-fry |
| bakkenist {m} | :: sidecar passenger |
| bakkenistje {noun} | :: diminutive of bakkenist |
| bakker {m} | :: baker (person who bakes and sells bread, etc) |
| Bakker {prop} | :: surname, meaning baker |
| bakkerij {f} | :: a bakery |
| bakkerij {f} | :: the act of baking |
| bakkerin {f} | :: female baker |
| bakkes {n} {m} | :: face |
| bakkie {noun} | :: alternative form of bakje |
| baklap {m} | :: cutlet, schnitzel (without bread crumbs) |
| baklap {m} | :: loser, jerk, oaf |
| baklava {m} | :: baklava |
| bakmeel {n} | :: fine flour |
| Bakoe {prop} {n} | :: Bakoe (capital) |
| bakplaat {f} | :: baking tray |
| bakpoeder {n} | :: baking powder |
| baksel {n} | :: something that has been baked |
| bakslede {f} | :: baking tray, oven tray |
| bakslede {f} | :: sled with a container for storing/delivering goods |
| baksteen {m} | :: brick |
| bakstenen {adj} | :: made of brick(s), brick |
| bakster {f} | :: female baker |
| baktand {m} | :: molar |
| bak troost {m} | :: cup of coffee, cup of joe |
| bakvis {m} | :: A pubescent girl, connoting giggliness and fangirlism |
| bakvis {m} | :: A fish cooked by frying (rather then boiling etc.), referring either a culinary dish or a species usually thus prepared |
| bakvorm {m} | :: A tin used for baking, in particular for cakes and other pastry |
| bakvormpje {noun} | :: diminutive of bakvorm |
| bakzeil halen {v} | :: to back a sail |
| bakzeil halen {v} | :: to let one's demands fall, to compromise or to retreat |
| bal {m} | :: a ball or any object with such a shape |
| bal {m} | :: testicle, nut |
| bal {m} | :: pass, shot |
| bal {m} | :: toff, posh person |
| bal {n} | :: ball, dance party |
| balanceren {vit} | :: to balance (to maintain a balance, equipoise, etc.) |
| balanceren {v} | :: to balance (accounts) |
| balans {f} | :: balance, scales for weighing |
| balans {f} | :: equilibrium |
| balans {f} | :: balance sheet |
| balans {f} | :: type of bridge with counterweight |
| balansmaker {m} | :: One who produces balances (scales) |
| balbezit {n} | :: possession (of the ball) |
| baldadig {adj} | :: rowdy, boisterous, vandalous |
| baldadigheid {f} | :: rowdyism |
| baldadigheid {f} | :: mischief |
| Baldrs draumar {prop} {p} | :: Baldrs draumar |
| balein {n} | :: (type of material) baleen |
| balein {f} | :: a whalebone; a baleen |
| balein {f} | :: a spoke that reinforces an umbrella or parasol (in the past often made of baleen) |
| baleinen {adj} | :: (type of material) baleen |
| baleinwalvis {m} | :: baleen whale, member of the suborder Mysticeti |
| balen {vi} | :: to be annoyed, frustrated or fed up |
| balen {vi} | :: to act up, usually from frustration |
| balen {interj} | :: too bad, that sucks |
| balg {m} | :: leather bag |
| balg {m} | :: bellows |
| balg {m} | :: fake bait for training birds |
| balg {m} | :: cover for moving joints, as in articulated buses |
| balg {m} | :: belly |
| balgpijn {f} | :: stomache ache |
| balhoofd {n} | :: headset; a bicycle part that connects the fork to the frame |
| Bali {prop} {n} | :: Bali |
| balie {f} | :: counter (table or board on which business is transacted) |
| baliekluiver {m} | :: idler, loafer, lazybones |
| Balinees {adj} | :: Balinese; of, from or related to Bali or the Balinese people |
| Balinees {m} | :: A Balinese person |
| Balinees {prop} {n} | :: The Balinese language |
| baljuw {m} | :: bailiff, reeve |
| balk {m} | :: beam, support |
| balk {m} | :: cuboid |
| balken {vi} | :: to bray, make a donkey's sound |
| balken {vi} | :: to utter asinine talk |
| balken {vi} | :: to bawl, cry, weep loudly |
| balken {vi} | :: to belt, sing loudly |
| balkon {n} | :: balcony |
| balkondeur {f} | :: balcony door |
| balkonspringen {v} | :: to do balconing |
| ballast {m} | :: ballast (weights used in ships or aerostats) |
| ballast {m} | :: baggage (something that hampers functioning) |
| ballasten {vt} | :: to ballast |
| ballastscheeps {adv} | :: empty , carrying no cargo other than ballast |
| ballen {vi} | :: to play with a ball |
| ballen {vt} | :: to form into a ball or similar shape; to clasp, clench (into a fist) |
| ballen {vt} | :: to fuck |
| ballenjongen {m} | :: A ball boy, who fetches balls and may perform other menial services to ball game players, notably at a tournament or luxurious club |
| ballenknijper {m} | :: briefs (short underpants for males) or a very tight pair of swimming trunks, budgie smugglers |
| ballenknijper {m} | :: someone who squeezes the testicles of his opponent as a form of unsportsmanlike conduct |
| ballenlikker {m} | :: An ass-kisser; a suck-up |
| ballenspel {n} | :: A ballgame played with multiple balls, notably billiards |
| ballentent {m} | :: fairground stall with ball games |
| ballentent {m} | :: ostentatious, posh public venue |
| ballentent {m} | :: any ill regarded venue |
| balling {m} | :: exile (exiled person) |
| ballingschap {f} | :: exile (state of being in exile) |
| ballon {m} | :: balloon |
| ballon {m} | :: hot-air balloon |
| ballonet {m} | :: The ballonet of a blimp |
| balorig {adj} | :: contrary |
| balorig {adj} | :: bad-tempered |
| balorig {adj} | :: rebellious |
| balorig {adj} | :: tired or moody from listening |
| balpen {f} | :: A ballpoint pen, industrially produced pen type |
| balsem {m} | :: balsam, balm |
| balsemen {vt} | :: to embalm, treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition long-term |
| balsemen {vt} | :: to treat with a balm |
| balsemen {vt} | :: to soften, physically or emotionally |
| balspel {n} | :: A ballgame, sport or game played with (a) ball(s) |
| balsport {f} | :: ball sport, ball sports |
| balsturig {adj} | :: capricious, impulsive, whimsical |
| Baltisch {adj} | :: Baltic |
| Baltisch-Fins {adj} | :: Baltic-Finnic |
| Balto-Slavisch {adj} | :: Balto-Slavic |
| Balto-Slavisch {prop} {n} | :: Balto-Slavic |
| balts {m} | :: courtship display |
| baltsen {vi} | :: to engage in courtship display |
| balustrade {f} | :: balustrade |
| balustrade {f} | :: railing |
| balverlies {n} | :: loss of possession |
| balzaal {f} | :: ballroom |
| bamboe {n} | :: bamboo |
| bamboeriet {n} | :: bamboo |
| bami {m} | :: bakmi, wheat noodles |
| bami {m} | :: bakmi goreng |
| bami goreng {m} | :: bakmi goreng |
| bammetje {n} | :: sandwich |
| ban {m} | :: excommunication, denunciation, shunning |
| ban {m} | :: anathema which is cast upon one who is excommunicated |
| ban {m} | :: magic spell |
| ban {m} | :: legal or feudal domain |
| ban {m} | :: public declaration |
| ban {m} | :: exile |
| ban {m} | :: a revocation of permission to access or participate |
| banaal {adj} | :: commonplace, banal |
| banaan {mf} | :: banana |
| banaan {mf} | :: plantain |
| banaan {mf} | :: black person, person of African heritage |
| bananenboom {m} | :: banana tree |
| bananenboompje {noun} | :: diminutive of bananenboom |
| bananenboot {m} | :: A banana boat, a boat that transports bananas |
| bananenboot {m} | :: A banana boat, a yellow inflatable boat |
| bananenboot {m} | :: A dessert consisting of one or two bananas, ice cream, whipped cream and often including chocolate, vaguely shaped like a boat |
| bananenplant {f} | :: banana plant |
| bananenplantje {noun} | :: diminutive of bananenplant |
| bananenrepubliek {f} | :: banana republic |
| bananenschil {f} | :: banana peel |
| bancair {adj} | :: Pertaining to banking, pertaining to banks |
| band {m} | :: connection, liaison, bond (attachment, as in a relation) |
| band {m} | :: band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians) |
| band {m} | :: tire/tyre (e.g. a car tyre) |
| band {m} | :: tape (magnetic tape, video tape) |
| band {m} | :: bank (the bank of a pool table) |
| band {m} | :: belt (martial arts belt) |
| band {m} | :: belt (conveyor belt) |
| band {m} | :: interval relating to frequency or wavelength in electromagnetic phenomena |
| band {m} | :: interval in the light spectrum |
| band {m} | :: range of energy levels in a solid state material |
| band {m} | :: ribbon |
| band {m} | :: bond, tie |
| band {n} | :: ribbon |
| band {m} | :: band |
| bandafnemer {m} | :: tyre lever, tire iron |
| bandage {f} | :: bandage |
| bandagist {m} | :: One who professionally applies bandages |
| bandbreedte {f} | :: bandwidth, the width or spread of a signal's spectrum of frequencies (in Hertz) |
| bandbreedte {f} | :: bandwidth, the transfer speed of a connection |
| banddoorlaatfilter {n} {m} | :: band-pass filter |
| bandeloos {adj} | :: unrestrained, boundless |
| bandeloos {adj} | :: immoral, without moral restraints, indulgent |
| bandeng {m} | :: milkfish, Chanos chanos |
| bandenlichter {m} | :: tyre lever, tire iron |
| bandenloos {adj} | :: (of a vehicle) without tires |
| bandenloos {adj} | :: (of a person) without relationships |
| bandenloos {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of bandeloos |
| bandfabriek {f} | :: A textile mill producing ribbons or straps |
| bandhond {m} | :: A chained dog |
| bandiet {m} | :: bandit, brigand |
| bandiet {m} | :: exile, someone who has been banished |
| bandietennest {n} | :: bandits' nest |
| bandijt {m} | :: obsolete spelling of bandiet |
| bandleider {m} | :: bandleader |
| bandopnemer {m} | :: A tape recorder |
| bandrecorder {m} | :: tape recorder |
| bandrekel {m} | :: A chained or leashed male dog |
| bandsperfilter {n} {m} | :: band-stop filter |
| bandwerker {m} | :: assembly line worker |
| banen {vt} | :: to make way, to clear |
| banenpool {m} | :: a labour pool, chiefly intended to land unemployed people with jobs |
| bang {adj} | :: scared, frightened |
| bang {adj} | :: fearful |
| bang {adj} | :: anxious |
| bang {m} | :: sound of an explosion or gun; bang |
| banga {f} | :: slut (promiscuous woman) |
| bangalijst {f} | :: A list of women who are considered to be easy sex partners |
| bangelijk {adj} | :: frightened, scared |
| bangerik {m} | :: faint-hearted (individual), coward |
| bangheid {f} | :: fear, scaredness |
| Bangkok {prop} | :: Bangkok (capital city) |
| Bangladesh {prop} {n} | :: Bangladesh (country) |
| banier {f} | :: banner, pennant |
| banja {f} | :: banya (Russian sauna) |
| banjer {m} | :: A braggart, a self-important person, a boaster |
| banjer {m} | :: A flood caused by torrential rains |
| banjeren {v} | :: to walk slowly back and forth, to saunter around |
| banjeren {v} | :: to boast, to act important |
| banjerheer {m} | :: A bigwig, a self-important person |
| banjo {m} | :: banjo (stringed instrument) |
| bank {mf} | :: bench |
| bank {mf} | :: couch, sofa |
| bank {mf} | :: place where seashells are found |
| bank {mf} | :: shallow part of the sea near the coast |
| bank {mf} | :: bank (financial institution) |
| bank {mf} | :: 100 Dutch guilders banknote |
| bank {mf} | :: bank, a player who controls a deposit in some card games or board games and in gambling |
| bankafschrift {n} | :: bank statement |
| bankbediende {mf} | :: a bank teller, cashier |
| bankbiljet {n} | :: banknote |
| bankbreker {m} | :: somebody who has gone bankrupt |
| bankbreuk {f} | :: criminal bankruptcy |
| bankbreuk {f} | :: bankruptcy |
| bankbreukig {adj} | :: bankrupt; criminally bankrupt |
| bankensector {m} | :: bank sector |
| banket {n} | :: banquet (meal) |
| banket {n} | :: A pastry made of almond paste and puff pastry |
| banket {n} | :: Any of a variety of sweet pastries |
| banketbakker {m} | :: baker specialised in baker's confectionery |
| banketbakkersspijs {f} | :: an almond paste surrogate made of white beans and sugar |
| banketspijs {f} | :: an almond paste surrogate made of white beans and sugar |
| banketspijs {f} | :: almond paste |
| bankgeld {n} | :: bank money (tender accepted by or acceptable to a bank in times before national monetary units existed) |
| bankie {noun} | :: alternative form of bankje |
| bankier {m} | :: banker (person in charge of a bank) |
| bankieren {vi} | :: to bank |
| banknoot {f} | :: banknote |
| bankoverval {m} | :: bank robbery |
| bankovervaller {m} | :: bank robber |
| bankrekening {f} | :: A bank account |
| bankroet {adj} | :: bankrupt |
| bankroet {n} | :: bankruptcy |
| bankroetier {m} | :: someone who has gone bankrupt |
| bankroof {m} | :: A bank robbery |
| banksaldo {n} | :: balance on a bank account |
| bankschroef {f} {m} | :: vice, vise (i.e. a bench vise) |
| banksector {m} | :: alternative form of bankensector |
| bankstel {n} | :: a lounge suite |
| bankwezen {n} | :: banking, banking sector |
| bankzitter {m} | :: A benched player |
| bankzitter {m} | :: Someone sitting on a bench, pew or couch |
| banneling {m} | :: exile: an exiled person |
| bannen {vt} | :: to expel, drive off |
| bannen {vt} | :: to ban (an IP address) |
| bannen {vt} | :: to expel, drive off |
| bannen {vt} | :: to ban (an IP address) |
| banner {m} | :: banner (web advertisement) |
| bannerheer {m} | :: alternative form of baanderheer |
| bannissement {n} | :: banishment, exile |
| Bantoe {prop} {n} | :: Bantu, the Bantu languages |
| Bantoe {adj} | :: Bantu |
| Bantoe {m} | :: A Bantu person |
| bantoestan {m} {n} | :: bantustan (designated homeland for black South Africans under apartheid) |
| Bantoïde {adj} | :: Bantoid |
| baobab {m} | :: baobab, any tree of the genus Adansonia |
| bapao {m} | :: baozi, a steamed stuffed bun with various fillings such as meat, bean paste, vegetables |
| baptist {m} | :: Baptist (Protestant denomination practicing adult baptism, of English origin) |
| baptist {m} | :: baptiser; epithet of John the Baptist |
| baptistisch {adj} | :: Baptist |
| bar {m} | :: bar, counter, drink cabinet |
| bar {m} | :: bar, pub |
| bar {adj} | :: harsh, tough (used mainly with koude, or omstandigheden) |
| bar {adj} | :: barren, inhospitable, bare |
| bar {adj} | :: crude, grim, unfriendly |
| bar {adv} | :: extremely |
| bar {noun} | :: bar: a unit of pressure, equal to 100,000 pascals |
| barak {f} | :: barracks |
| barak {f} | :: shed, shelter |
| barakaan {n} | :: barracan, camlet |
| barbaar {m} | :: barbarian |
| barbaars {adj} | :: barbaric |
| barbaarsheid {f} | :: barbarity, barbarousness |
| Barbados {prop} {n} | :: Barbados (island/and/country) |
| Barbara {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| barbarij {f} | :: barbarism, barbarity, brutality |
| Barbarije {prop} {f} | :: Barbary |
| Barbarijs {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to Barbary; Barbary |
| Barbarijse vijg {f} | :: prickly pear |
| Barbarijse vijg {f} | :: cactus from the genus Opuntia |
| barbecue {m} | :: barbecue |
| barbecueën {vi} | :: to barbecue, to have a barbecue |
| barbecuen {v} | :: superseded spelling of barbecueën |
| barbeel {m} | :: barbel, Barbus barbus |
| barbeel {m} | :: Some unrelated marine basses (perch) of genus Mullus, including the 'bearded' species Mullus barbatus |
| barbier {m} | :: barber (hairdresser) |
| barbier {m} | :: surgeon |
| barbieren {vt} | :: to shave |
| barbierster {f} | :: A female barber |
| Barcelona {prop} {n} | :: Barcelona (capital city) |
| barcode {m} | :: barcode |
| bard {m} | :: bard, Celtic poet, singer |
| baren {vt} | :: to bear, to give birth to |
| baren {vt} | :: to cause, to bring about |
| Barendrecht {prop} {n} | :: Barendrecht (village/and/municipality) |
| baret {f} | :: A beret, type of cap, also used as part some military uniforms |
| baret {f} | :: The same in heraldry |
| barfen {vi} | :: to vomit, to barf |
| barg {m} | :: barrow, castrated boar |
| Bargoens {prop} {n} | :: Bargoens (a Dutch cant) |
| bariet {n} | :: barite, baryte |
| barium {n} | :: barium |
| bark {m} | :: the bark of certain trees, used for its tannin |
| bark {f} | :: barge, a large type of rowing or sailing boat |
| barkas {f} | :: launch; largest lifeboat aboard a ship |
| barkie {m} | :: one hundred euros |
| barkruk {mf} | :: bar stool |
| barlebaan {m} | :: devil, evil spirit |
| barman {m} | :: barman, male bartender |
| barmhartig {adj} | :: merciful |
| barmhartig {adj} | :: charitable |
| barmhartigheid {f} | :: (an act of) mercy |
| barmhartigheid {f} | :: (an act of) charity |
| barnen {v} | :: to burn |
| Barneveld {prop} | :: Barneveld (village/and/municipality) |
| barnsteen {m} | :: an amber stone, a fossil resin |
| barnsteen {n} | :: the material of a fossil resin |
| barnsteengeel {adj} | :: amber (colour) |
| barnsteengeel {n} | :: amber (colour) |
| barok {prop} {f} | :: the Baroque (period) |
| barok {adj} | :: baroque |
| barometer {m} | :: barometer |
| baron {m} | :: baron |
| barones {f} | :: baroness (female ruler of a barony) |
| barotroop {adj} | :: barotropic |
| barracuda {f} | :: barracuda, fish of the genus Sphyraena |
| barrevoeter {m} | :: A barefoot man |
| barrevoeter {m} | :: A barefoot monk |
| barrevoeter {adj} | :: barefoot |
| barrevoets {adv} | :: barefoot (wearing no footwear at all) |
| barrevoetster {f} | :: A barefoot woman |
| barricade {f} | :: A barricade |
| barricaderen {vt} | :: to barricade |
| barricadering {f} | :: The act of barricading |
| barricadering {f} | :: A barricade |
| barrière {f} {m} | :: barrier |
| bars {adj} | :: stern, strict |
| barst {f} | :: A crack, rip, tear |
| barst {f} | :: A little, a tiny amount; notably in: geen barst ("not a bit") |
| barst {f} | :: An outburst, eruption |
| barst {interj} | :: drat! damnit! |
| barsten {vi} | :: to burst, split completely |
| barsten {vi} | :: to crack, break partially |
| barsten {vi} | :: to suffer and/or break under emotional pressure |
| barsten {vi} | :: To urge, be near emotional eruption |
| barsten vertonen {v} | :: crumble; show serious defects |
| barstig {adj} | :: cracked, showing cracks |
| Bart {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| barvoets {adj} | :: alternative form of barrevoets |
| barvrouw {f} | :: barwoman, female bartender |
| baryon {n} | :: baryon |
| bas {f} | :: bass (instrument) |
| bas {f} | :: bass (low frequencies of sound) |
| bas {f} | :: bass (singing voice) |
| basaal {adj} | :: basic, elementary |
| basalt {n} | :: basalt (type of igneous rock) |
| basalten {adj} | :: basaltic |
| bascule {f} | :: balance, balance scales |
| bascule {f} | :: counterweight |
| basculebrug {mf} | :: bascule bridge |
| base {f} | :: base , alkali |
| basen {vti} | :: to inhale or insufflate (heated cocaine) |
| baseren {vt} | :: to base (to have as its foundation or starting point) |
| basgitaar {f} | :: bass guitar |
| basgitarist {m} | :: bass guitarist |
| Basiel {prop} {m} | :: given name, a diminutive of Basilius, the Latin form of Basil |
| basilica {f} | :: basilica |
| basilicum {n} | :: basil, name of some plants of the mint family, notably: |
| basilicum {n} | :: Ocimum basilicum, an ornamental plant |
| basilicum {n} | :: Ocimum suave, cultivated for cookery |
| basilicum {n} | :: the second plant's edible leaves, used as a spice |
| basilicum {n} | :: an ointment made from the plant |
| basiliek {f} | :: basilica |
| basilisk {m} | :: a basilisk (mythological or heraldic monster, part serpent, part rooster) |
| basilisk {m} | :: a basilisk, a tree-dwelling type of lizard of the genus Basiliscus |
| basis {f} | :: basis (principle, foundation, that which is elementary) |
| basis {f} | :: base (lower portion, foundation) |
| basis {f} | :: obsolete form of base |
| basisarts {m} | :: A medical doctor who has not (yet) completed specialised education |
| basisbeurs {f} | :: A basic allowance that was granted to all university students regardless of income level until the early 2010's |
| basisdemocraat {m} | :: An advocate of basic democracy |
| basisdemocratie {f} | :: grassroots democracy |
| basisdemocratisch {adj} | :: relating to grassroots democracy, grassroots-democratic |
| basisinkomen {n} | :: basic income, demogrant |
| basisonderwijs {n} | :: elementary education (US), primary education (UK) |
| basisschool {f} | :: elementary school (US), primary school (UK) |
| Basjkiers {prop} {n} | :: Bashkir, the Bashkir language |
| Basjkiers {adj} | :: Bashkir, Bashkirian |
| Bask {m} | :: Basque (person) |
| Baskenland {prop} {n} | :: Baskenland (autonomous community) |
| basket {m} | :: basket (the goal in basketball) |
| basketbal {n} | :: basketball (the sport) |
| basketbal {m} | :: basketball (the ball) |
| basketballen {vi} | :: to play basketball |
| basketter {m} | :: basketball player |
| Baskisch {adj} | :: Basque |
| Baskisch {prop} {n} | :: Basque (language) |
| basklarinet {f} | :: bass clarinet |
| baslijn {f} | :: bassline |
| bassen {vi} | :: to bark, like a dog (rarely in the sense of shouting) |
| bassen {vi} | :: to produce a somewhat similar sound, notably as result of a cough |
| bassist {m} | :: A musician playing a bass; esp. a bass guitarist |
| basson {m} | :: bassoon |
| bast {f} | :: A bark, as on a tree |
| bast {f} | :: A skin, hide |
| bastaard {m} | :: A bastard, person born to unmarried parents; in some legal systems a non-heir, or on that criterium restricted to illegitimate sons |
| bastaard {m} | :: An animal or plant genetically 'degenerated' by having parents of different species or races |
| bastaard {m} | :: A bastardised term or language |
| bastaard {m} | :: An old canon type |
| bastaardarend {m} | :: spotted eagle, greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga) |
| bastaardklaproos {f} | :: wild poppy, Papaver hybridum |
| bastaardtaal {f} | :: A bastardised language, containing many foreign elements; a bastard language |
| bastaardwoord {n} | :: loan, loanword |
| Bastenaken {prop} {n} | :: Bastogne, a town in Belgium |
| basterdsuiker {m} | :: castor sugar, berry sugar |
| Bastiaan {prop} | :: given name derived from Sebastiaan |
| bastion {n} | :: bastion; a projecting part of a rampart |
| bastionnetje {noun} | :: diminutive of bastion |
| bastonnade {f} | :: caning, any beating with a stick |
| bastonnade {f} | :: specifically, falaka (oriental beating of the soles of the feet) |
| Bataaf {m} | :: Batavian (member of the tribe of the Batavi) |
| Bataafs {adj} | :: Batavian (relating to the tribe of the Batavi) |
| Bataafs {adj} | :: Batavian (relating to the Batavian Republic) |
| Bataafs {adj} | :: Dutch (relating to the Netherlands) |
| Bataafse Republiek {prop} {f} | :: Batavian Republic, a republic more or less at the location of the modern-day Netherlands, existing from 1795 until 1806 |
| Bataafs Gemenebest {prop} {n} | :: the official name of the Batavian Republic from 1801 to 1806 |
| Batavia {prop} | :: former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period |
| Batavier {m} | :: Batavian (member of the tribe of the Batavi) |
| baten {vti} | :: to avail |
| batist {n} | :: batiste, cambric |
| batist {n} | :: a piece of batiste fabric |
| batisten {adj} | :: batiste, made of cambric |
| batsen {vi} | :: to rock, to bounce |
| batsen {vt} | :: to hit, to slap, to smack |
| batsen {vt} | :: to fuck |
| batterij {f} | :: battery, tactical artillery unit |
| batterij {f} | :: electrical battery, power storage device |
| bauxiet {n} | :: bauxite |
| bavarois {m} | :: bavarois |
| baviaan {m} | :: baboon, monkey of the genus Papio |
| baviaan {m} | :: Arminian, Remonstrant |
| bazaar {m} | :: bazaar, a marketplace |
| bazaar {m} | :: fair |
| bazelen {vt} | :: to babble, twaddle |
| bazen {vi} | :: to babble, to talk nonsense |
| bazig {adj} | :: bossy, domineering |
| bazig {adv} | :: in a bossy way |
| bazig {adv} | :: firmly, soundly, in good measure (or more) |
| bazin {f} | :: female boss, chief, superior |
| bazin {f} | :: female employer |
| bazin {f} | :: female owner of a pet |
| bazooka {m} | :: bazooka (antitank weapon) |
| bazuin {f} {m} | :: buisine, mediaeval trumpet |
| bazuinen {vi} | :: to trumpet, to fanfare, to announce loudly |
| BBP {n} | :: nonstandard spelling of bbp initialism of Bruto Binnenlands Product (GDP) |
| be- {prefix} | :: Used to indicate that a verb is acting on a direct object (making an intransitive verb into a transitive verb). Always unstressed |
| be- {prefix} | :: Used to change the direct object of a transitive verb, so that what was previously expressed as an optional prepositional object becomes the direct object and vice versa. Always unstressed |
| beademen {vt} | :: to breathe on, to breathe into |
| beademen {vt} | :: to apply mechanical (artificial) ventilation to |
| beademing {f} | :: ventilation (act of assisting someone with breathing) |
| beagle {m} | :: beagle (hound) |
| beambte {mf} | :: official, public servant |
| beamen {vt} | :: to say, reply 'amen' after an uttering, notably in prayer or liturgy (especially in a responsory) |
| beamen {vt} | :: to assent to a statement |
| beamen {vi} | :: to (transport by) beam; mainly used in science fiction context |
| beamenen {vt} | :: to say, reply 'amen' after an uttering, notably in prayer or liturgy (especially in a responsory) |
| beamenen {vt} | :: to assent to a statement |
| beamer {m} | :: A consenter, who assents to a statement |
| beamer {m} | :: A video projector |
| beangstigen {vt} | :: to make anxious, to make fearful, to alarm |
| beantwoorden {vt} | :: to answer, reply to |
| Béarn {prop} {n} | :: The Béarn region in the French Pyrenees |
| béarnaise {f} | :: The béarnaise sauce |
| beat {m} | :: A beat, a rhythmic pattern, notably in music |
| beat {m} | :: beat an early rock genre |
| beatmis {f} | :: A mass accompanied by beat music |
| Beatrijs {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| beauty {f} | :: A beauty, looker, beautiful person |
| beauty {f} | :: A beautiful other creature or thing |
| beauty {f} | :: Human beauty, as the object or goal of cosmetics etc |
| bebaard {adj} | :: bearded |
| bebloed {adj} | :: bloody, sanguine |
| bebloeden {vt} | :: to bleed on |
| beboeten {vt} | :: to fine, penalise financially (an offender or offense) |
| beboeting {f} | :: the act of fining |
| beboeting {f} | :: fine |
| bebolwerken {vt} | :: to fortify, especially with bastions |
| bebossen {vt} | :: to forest |
| bebouwde kom {f} | :: built-up area |
| bebouwen {vt} | :: to build something on |
| bebroeden {vt} | :: to incubate (eggs) |
| becijferen {vt} | :: to compute, to calculate |
| beconcurreren {vt} | :: to compete against |
| bed {n} | :: bed (furniture for sleeping) |
| bed {n} | :: patch, bed |
| bed {n} | :: layer, often a substratum |
| bed {n} | :: bed of a body of water |
| bedaard {adj} | :: serene, imperturbable |
| bedaard {adj} | :: calm, level-headed |
| bedaard {adv} | :: serenely |
| bedaard {adv} | :: calmly |
| bedachtzaam {adj} | :: thoughtful, pensive |
| bedachtzaam {adj} | :: thoughtful, careful |
| bedammen {vt} | :: to dam, to confine or protect with dams |
| bedampen {vt} | :: to treat with vapour |
| bedampen {vt} | :: to be covered or filled with smoke |
| bedampen {vt} | :: to intoxicate |
| bedanken {vt} | :: to thank |
| bedanken {vi} | :: to decline, to reject |
| bedankt {interj} | :: thanks |
| bedaren {v} | :: to become calm, to calm down |
| beddegoed {n} | :: superseded spelling of beddengoed: bedding (sheets, blankets etc.) |
| beddengoed {n} | :: bedding (sheets, blankets etc.) |
| bedding {f} | :: bed of any body of water; riverbed, seabed |
| bedding {f} | :: floor or frame on which an artillery mount or gun carriage is deployed |
| bede {f} | :: plea |
| bede {f} | :: a prayer |
| bededag {m} | :: day of prayer |
| bedeesd {adj} | :: shy, fearful |
| bedehuis {n} | :: house of worship |
| bedekken {vt} | :: to cover, bedeck |
| bedekking {f} | :: cover, hood |
| bedel {m} | :: A charm (small trinket or pendant on a bracelet) |
| bedel {m} | :: The practice of begging, mendicancy |
| bedel {m} | :: A beadle, academic usher |
| bedelaar {m} | :: A beggar, a mendicant, who requests alms or handouts |
| bedelaar {m} | :: A pauper, one who can't properly provide in his/her own/family's needs |
| bedelen {vi} | :: to beg for alms or handouts |
| bedelen {vi} | :: to (say) pray(ers) |
| bedelen {vt} | :: to assign, to attribute, to impart, to endow |
| bedelen {vt} | :: to divide, portion |
| bedelmonnik {m} | :: mendicant, mendicant monk |
| bedelnon {f} | :: mendicant, mendicant nun |
| bedelorde {f} | :: mendicant monastic order |
| bedelstaf {m} | :: A beggar's cane |
| bedelstaf {m} | :: destitution, deep poverty |
| bedelven {vt} | :: to bury, to cover with earth |
| bedelven {vt} | :: to overwhelm |
| bedenkbaar {adj} | :: thinkable, imaginable |
| bedenkelijk {adj} | :: dubious |
| bedenken {vt} | :: to bethink |
| bedenken {vt} | :: to think of, to make up |
| bedenken {vr} | :: to reconsider, to change one's mind |
| bedenker {m} | :: deviser, someone who thinks something up |
| bedenker {m} | :: creator |
| bedenking {f} | :: doubt, reservation |
| bedenking {f} | :: consideration, contemplation, deliberation |
| bederf {n} | :: decay, rotting |
| bederf {n} | :: deterioration, worsening |
| bederf {n} | :: need, necessity |
| bederfzwam {f} | :: An organism belonging to an obsolete taxon that included bacteria, fungi and yeasts |
| bederven {v} | :: to spoil, to go off, to go bad |
| bederven {vt} | :: to make worse |
| bederven {vt} | :: to indulge, spoil |
| bedevaart {f} | :: pilgrimage |
| bedevaartsoord {n} | :: place of pilgrimage |
| bedgenoot {m} | :: A bedfellow, bedmate; one of several persons sharing a bed |
| bedgenoot {m} | :: A sex partner, someone with whom one has sex |
| bedied {n} | :: meaning |
| bedied {n} | :: explanation, exposition |
| bediedsel {n} | :: meaning, significance |
| bedienaar {m} | :: One who serves in a public or religious office |
| bediende {mf} | :: servant, low-ranking employee |
| bediende {mf} | :: employee |
| bedienen {vt} | :: to be of assistance to, to serve |
| bedienen {vt} | :: to serve (at a restaurant) |
| bedienen {vt} | :: to operate (a device) |
| bedienen {vt} | :: to administer the last sacraments to |
| bedienen {vr} | :: to make use , to utilise |
| bediener {m} | :: operator |
| bediening {f} | :: attendance, service |
| bediening {f} | :: maintenance, service |
| bediening {f} | :: operation |
| bediening {f} | :: last rites |
| bedieningspaneel {n} | :: control panel |
| bedijken {vt} | :: to dyke, to confine or protect with dykes |
| bedilal {m} | :: someone who condescends excessively and pettily |
| bedillen {vt} | :: to patronise, to treat as less than adult |
| bediller {m} | :: One who patronises, a patronising critic |
| bedilziek {adj} | :: prone to patronising |
| beding {n} | :: condition; often used in the construction onder geen beding, meaning “definitely not” |
| beding {n} | :: prayer, act of praying |
| bedingen {vt} | :: to claim rights to something through negotiation; to stipulate |
| bedkamer {f} | :: bedroom |
| bedkruik {f} | :: hot water bottle |
| bedlamp {f} | :: bedlamp (bedside lamp) |
| bedleger {n} | :: sickbed, bedrest |
| bedleger {n} | :: sick person, person in bedrest |
| bedleger {n} | :: bed |
| bedlegerig {adj} | :: bedridden, confined to bed, usually on medical grounds |
| bedodden {v} | :: alternative spelling of bedotten |
| bedoeïen {m} | :: a bedouin, member of a nomadic Arab desert tribe |
| bedoelen {vt} | :: to mean |
| bedoelen {vt} | :: to intend |
| bedoeling {f} | :: intention (goal, purpose) |
| bedoen {vr} | :: to soil oneself, to stain oneself, to beshit or pee oneself |
| bedoen {vt} | :: to cover |
| bedompt {adj} | :: stuffy, poorly ventilated |
| bedompt {adj} | :: sombre, gloomy |
| bedonderd {v} | :: out of one's mind, insane, perplexed |
| bedonderen {vt} | :: to double-cross, to cheat |
| bedonderen {vt} | :: to baffle, to perplex |
| bedopen {vt} | :: to dip, to submerge, to dunk |
| bedotten {vt} | :: to mislead, to trick |
| bedotten {vt} | :: to cheat, to scam |
| bedoven {adj} | :: submerged, under water |
| bedoven {adj} | :: immersed |
| bedplassen {vi} | :: to wet one's bed |
| bedplasser {m} | :: A bedwetter |
| bedrading {f} | :: wiring, totality or mass of electrical cords |
| bedrag {n} | :: Amount of money |
| bedragen {vt} | :: to amount to |
| bedragen {v} | :: to cover |
| bedragen {v} | :: to accuse |
| bedreigen {vt} | :: to threaten (to pose a risk to) |
| bedreigen {vt} | :: to threaten (to express a threat to) |
| bedreiging {f} | :: threat, menace (something that poses a risk) |
| bedreiging {f} | :: threat, menace (that which expresses a threat) |
| bedremmelen {vt} | :: to embarrass, to make shy or compliant, to intimidate |
| bedreven {adj} | :: skillful |
| bedriegelijk {adj} | :: superseded spelling of bedrieglijk |
| bedriegen {vt} | :: to deceive |
| bedriegen {vt} | :: to cheat on one's significant other |
| bedrieger {m} | :: deceiver, cheater, fraudster |
| bedrieger {m} | :: crook, hustler, impostor |
| bedriegerij {f} | :: trickery, deceit |
| bedrieglijk {adj} | :: deceitful (regarding one's character) |
| bedrieglijk {adj} | :: fraudulent (regarding one's practices) |
| bedrieglijk {adj} | :: deceptive (regarding one's looks) |
| bedrieglijk {adj} | :: fallacious |
| bedriegster {m} | :: female deceiver, cheater, fraudster |
| bedriegster {m} | :: female crook, hustler, impostor |
| bedrijf {n} | :: business, economic activity |
| bedrijf {n} | :: profession |
| bedrijf {n} | :: company, firm, corporation |
| bedrijf {n} | :: act, major unit in a theatre piece |
| bedrijfsklimaat {n} | :: working atmosphere; social relations at the workplace; morale of a company |
| bedrijfsklimaat {n} | :: the commercial and economic conditions for companies in a given city or country |
| bedrijfsleven {n} | :: The corporate world |
| bedrijten {vt} | :: to soil with faeces, to beshit |
| bedrijven {vt} | :: to do, to perform, to carry out |
| bedrijven {vt} | :: to commit, perpetrate |
| bedrijvende vorm {f} | :: active voice |
| bedrillen {vt} | :: to domineer, to dominate, to intimidate |
| bedrillen {vt} | :: to scold |
| bedrillen {vt} | :: to ride on (a bumpy route) |
| bedroefd {adj} | :: sorrowful, sad |
| bedroefd {adj} | :: little, paltry |
| bedroeven {vt} | :: to grieve, sadden |
| bedrog {n} | :: deception, fraud |
| bedruipen {vt} | :: to baste, to besprinkle |
| bedruipen {vr} | :: to be financially independent, to support oneself without assistance from others |
| bedrukken {vt} | :: to print on |
| bedrukken {vt} | :: to sombre |
| bedstede {f} | :: alternative form of bedstee |
| bedstee {f} {m} | :: closet-bed |
| bedtijd {m} | :: bedtime |
| beducht {adj} | :: afraid, fearful |
| beduchten {vt} | :: to fear |
| beduchten {vr} | :: to fear |
| beduid {n} | :: obsolete form of bedied |
| beduiden {vt} | :: to signify |
| beduiden {vt} | :: to indicate, signal |
| beduiden {vt} | :: to foreshadow |
| beduidend {adj} | :: significant, considerable |
| beduidsel {n} | :: obsolete form of bediedsel |
| beduimelen {vt} | :: to stain or soil by (excessive) touching with thumbs or fingers |
| bedunken {v} | :: to seem, to appear |
| beduveld {adj} | :: possessed by devils |
| beduveld {adj} | :: nuts, senseless |
| beduvelen {vt} | :: to deceive, to cheat, to swindle |
| bedvriend {m} | :: male sexual partner |
| bedvriendin {f} | :: female sexual partner |
| bedwang {n} | :: constraint, check, control |
| bedwants {mf} | :: bedbug, Cimex lectularius |
| bedwelmen {vt} | :: to stun, to intoxicate, to daze |
| bedwingen {vt} | :: to restrain |
| beëdigen {vt} | :: to swear in, to give an oath to |
| beëdiging {f} | :: the act of swearing in |
| beefaal {m} | :: electric eel |
| beëindigen {vt} | :: to end, to finish, to conclude |
| beëindigen {vt} | :: to put a stop to |
| beek {f} | :: brook, creek (running waterway smaller than a river) |
| Beek {prop} {n} | :: Beek (village/and/municipality) |
| Beek {prop} | :: surname |
| Beekdaelen {prop} {n} | :: Beekdaelen (municipality) |
| beekjuffer {f} | :: A demoiselle, jewelwing, a damselfly of the family Calopterygidae |
| beeld {n} | :: image |
| beeld {n} | :: statue, sculpture |
| beeld {n} | :: impression, idea |
| beeldbellen {vi} | :: to videocall |
| beeldbuis {f} | :: cathode ray tube |
| beeldbuis {f} | :: a television |
| beeldelement {n} | :: image element (compositional component of a visual composition) |
| beelden {v} | :: to shape, form |
| beelden {v} | :: to form an image in the mind, to picture, imagine |
| beelden {v} | :: to give an impression of something |
| beeldend {adj} | :: visual, "plastic", pictorial |
| beeldende kunst {f} | :: visual arts |
| beeldenstorm {m} | :: iconoclasm (destruction or removal of statues and images) |
| Beeldenstorm {prop} {m} | :: Beeldenstorm (wave of iconoclasm during the 1560s) |
| beeldenstormer {m} | :: iconoclast (one who destroys statues and images) |
| beeldenstormer {m} | :: iconoclast (controversial person) |
| beeldhouden {v} | :: alternative form of beeldhouwen |
| beeldhouder {m} | :: alternative form of beeldhouwer |
| beeldhouwen {vt} | :: to carve (sculptures, as an art form) |
| beeldhouwen {n} | :: (the art of) sculpture |
| beeldhouwer {m} | :: sculptor |
| Beeldhouwer {prop} {m} | :: Sculptor |
| beeldhouwkunst {f} | :: Artistic sculpting |
| beeldhouwwerk {n} | :: sculpture, an object created by sculpting |
| beeldig {adj} | :: beautiful, lovely |
| beeldmontage {f} | :: A montage composed from various pictures or (e.g. film) images |
| beeldpunt {n} | :: pixel |
| beeldscherm {n} | :: screen (screen where an image is shown) |
| beeldscherm {n} | :: monitor (computer display) |
| beeldscherpte {f} | :: resolution (of an image) |
| beeldschoon {adj} | :: gorgeous |
| beeldschrift {n} | :: ideographic script |
| beeldsnijwerk {n} | :: One or more carved artefacts; carved statuary |
| beeldspraak {f} | :: metaphor, figure of speech |
| beeldspraak {f} | :: A script (alphabet, syllabary, etc.) that uses recognisably figurative characters |
| beeldvorming {f} | :: framing, perception (social interpretation of observations) |
| beeldvorming {f} | :: imaging, image formation (creation of images of an interior by means of wave phenomena) |
| beeltenis {f} | :: image |
| beeltenis {f} | :: portrait |
| Beëlzebub {prop} {m} | :: Beelzebub (demon) |
| beemd {m} | :: low-lying pasture near water, e.g. a flood plain or a grassy polder |
| be- -en {circumfix} | :: Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to apply/provide (noun) to" |
| been {n} | :: leg, limb of a person, horse (other animals' would have poten) and certain objects (again many have poten) |
| been {n} | :: side, leg |
| been {n} | :: bone, constituent part of a skeleton |
| been {n} | :: bone, the chalky material bones are made of |
| beenafzetting {f} | :: leg amputation |
| beenafzetting {f} | :: bone deposition |
| beenamputatie {f} | :: leg amputation |
| beenbreek {m} | :: bog asphodel, bastard asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum |
| beenbreker {m} | :: sea eagle |
| beenbreuk {f} | :: A bone fracture |
| beenbreuk {f} | :: A leg fracture, a broken leg |
| beenderhuis {n} | :: bonehouse (often at a graveyard), charnel house (building for the storage of exhumed bones) |
| beendermeel {n} | :: bone meal |
| beendroog {adj} | :: bone-dry (very dry) |
| beenhouwer {m} | :: butcher, who professionally sells (and often prepares) meat products |
| beenmeel {n} | :: alternative form of beendermeel |
| beenmerg {n} | :: bone marrow |
| beenpijp {f} | :: a leg cover, a trouser leg |
| beenpijp {f} | :: the part of a bone consisting of cortical bone |
| beenvis {m} | :: A bony fish, any member of the superclass Osteichthyes; a fish whose skeleton contains bone |
| beenvisachtige {noun} | :: bony fish, any member of the superclass Osteichthyes |
| beenvlies {n} | :: periosteum |
| beer {m} | :: bear, any member of the family Ursidae |
| beer {m} | :: person who is physically impressive and/or crude |
| beer {m} | :: boar (male swine) |
| beer {m} | :: buttress; protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main building |
| beer {m} | :: liquid manure |
| beer {m} | :: debt |
| beer {m} | :: creditor (one to whom one owes debt) |
| Beerenberg {prop} {m} | :: Beerenberg, a volcano on Jan Mayen |
| Beerens {prop} | :: surname |
| beermarter {m} | :: binturong, bearcat, Arctictis binturong |
| beerput {m} | :: cesspool, storage for effluent waste |
| Beers {prop} | :: surname |
| bees {f} | :: kiss |
| bees {f} | :: candy |
| bees {f} | :: berry |
| Beesel {prop} {n} | :: Beesel (village/and/municipality) |
| beest {n} | :: An animal, a beast |
| beest {n} | :: An animal kept as livestock, a head |
| beest {n} | :: A cruel, wild, uncivilised, uninhibited or brutal person |
| beestenbende {f} | :: A complete mess (mess as if resulting from animals stampeding) |
| beestenspel {n} | :: A fairground or circus attraction where exotic animals were displayed; a precursor to modern zoos |
| beet {m} | :: bite |
| beet {f} | :: alternative form of biet |
| beet {v} | :: singular past indicative form of bijten |
| beetgaar {adj} | :: al dente |
| beetje {adv} | :: a bit, a little bit, somewhat |
| beetje {determiner} | :: a bit of, a little bit of, some |
| beetje {determiner} | :: something of, anyone or anything worth its salt |
| beetje {noun} | :: Small amount |
| beetnemen {vt} | :: to fool, to trick |
| beetpakken {vt} | :: to clutch |
| Beets {prop} | :: surname |
| beetwortel {m} | :: sugar beet |
| bef {f} | :: collar |
| bef {f} | :: an ornamental pair of bands worn hanging over the chest, notably as part of formal dress by magistrates, professors and certain Catholic and Protestant clergy |
| bef {f} | :: by analogy, any of certain other similar objects |
| bef {f} | :: a patch on the throat or chest of a different color on cats or dogs |
| bef {f} | :: the vulva |
| bef {f} | :: a nickname for an unspecified small Dutch coin |
| BEF {noun} | :: Belgische frank, the Belgian franc, Belgium's national currency before the introduction of the Euro as founding member of the monetary union |
| befaamd {adj} | :: famous, famed |
| Befehl ist Befehl {phrase} | :: Used wrily when someone attempts to justify questionable actions by referring to rules, laws or orders from higher up |
| beffen {vtr} | :: to put on an ornamental band or collar on (someone's formal dress) |
| beffen {vi} | :: to wear such a collar; hence, to look smart(ly dressed) |
| beffen {vt} | :: to perform cunnilingus, to sensually stimulate the vagina by licking, to eat pussy |
| beffen {v} | :: alternative form of blaffen |
| beffer {m} | :: Someone who wears (and/or or puts on) a bef (collar etc. senses) |
| beffer {m} | :: A lover who orally stimulates a vagina |
| beffer {m} | :: A (notably small) dog who yelps, barks sharply |
| befgajes {n} | :: the legal profession, judges and lawyers |
| beflijster {f} | :: ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus |
| beg {m} | :: alternative form of bei |
| begaafd {adj} | :: gifted, talented |
| begaafdheid {f} | :: talent |
| begaan {vt} | :: to walk upon, to tread on |
| begaan {vt} | :: to move upon, to travel on |
| begaan {vt} | :: to commit (e.g. a misdeed) |
| begaan {vt} | :: to do, to act as one wills |
| begaanbaar {adj} | :: negotiable, traversable |
| begadkefat {f} | :: begadkefat |
| begane grond {m} | :: first floor (US), ground floor (British) |
| begeerd {adj} | :: coveted |
| begeerlijk {adj} | :: desirable |
| begeerlijkheid {f} | :: desirability |
| begeerlijkheid {f} | :: something desirable |
| begeerte {f} | :: desire |
| begeerte {f} | :: covetousness |
| begeesteren {vt} | :: to animate, to enthuse |
| begeestigen {vt} | :: alternative form of begeesteren |
| begekken {vt} | :: to mock, to take the mickey out of |
| begeleiden {vt} | :: to accompany |
| begeleiden {vt} | :: to guide, oversee |
| begeleiden {vt} | :: to supervise (a student) |
| begeleider {m} | :: accompanier, escort |
| begeleider {m} | :: guide |
| begeleider {m} | :: tutor, mentor |
| begeleiding {f} | :: accompaniment, guidance |
| begelukzaligen {vt} | :: to bless, to bestow blessings |
| begelukzaligen {vt} | :: to make happy, to beatify |
| begenadigen {vt} | :: to grace , to gracefully give |
| begenadigen {vt} | :: to pardon |
| begeren {vt} | :: to covet |
| begerig {adj} | :: covetous, avaricious, desirous |
| begerigheid {f} | :: avariciousness, covetousness |
| begeven {vi} | :: to give way, to collapse, to break down |
| begeven {vr} | :: to go (somewhere), move towards |
| begieten {vt} | :: to pour on |
| begieten {vt} | :: to water |
| begiftigen {vt} | :: to grant, gift |
| begijnhof {n} | :: beguinage |
| begin {n} | :: start, beginning |
| beginletter {f} | :: initial, first letter |
| beginlettergreep {f} | :: initial syllable, first syllable of a word (or, rarely, morpheme) |
| beginneling {m} | :: A beginner, a novice, a newcomer |
| beginnelingetje {noun} | :: diminutive of beginneling |
| beginnen {v} | :: to begin |
| beginner {m} | :: Someone who is just starting something, or has only recently started (similar to English) |
| beginnerscursus {m} | :: beginners' course |
| beginnersgeluk {n} | :: beginner's luck |
| beginnetje {noun} | :: stub |
| beginpunt {n} | :: starting point |
| beginsel {n} | :: principle |
| begintoon {m} | :: keynote |
| begonia {m} | :: begonia |
| begoocheling {f} | :: illusion, deception |
| begooien {vt} | :: to throw at |
| begraafplaats {f} | :: cemetery, a ground reserved for graves |
| begrafenis {f} | :: burial, funeral |
| begrafenisondernemer {m} | :: A funeral director, an undertaker |
| begraven {vt} | :: to bury |
| begrazen {vt} | :: to graze on |
| begrazen {vt} | :: to plant grass on |
| begrazing {f} | :: grazing |
| begrensd {adj} | :: limited, circumscribed |
| begrensd {adj} | :: bounded |
| begrenzen {vt} | :: to demarcate, limit |
| begrenzen {vt} | :: to neighbor |
| begrijnen {vt} | :: to grin maliciously at, to smirk at |
| begrijpelijk {adj} | :: understandable |
| begrijpen {vt} | :: to understand (concepts, ideas), to comprehend |
| begrip {n} | :: understanding, comprehension |
| begrip {n} | :: understanding, empathy |
| begrip {n} | :: notion, concept, term |
| begrip {n} | :: institution (well-known entity) |
| begrippenkader {n} | :: conceptual framework |
| begroeien {vi} | :: to overgrow (e.g. with vegetation) |
| begroeiing {f} | :: vegetation |
| begroeten {vt} | :: to hail, greet |
| begroeting {f} | :: greeting (acknowledgement of a person's presence or arrival) |
| begrommelen {vt} | :: to complain about, to grumble about |
| begrommelen {vt} | :: to besmirch, to soil |
| begrommen {vt} | :: to growl at, to roar at, to grumble at |
| begrommen {vt} | :: to complain at, to whine at, to grumble at |
| begroten {vt} | :: to budget, to appraise, to estimate |
| begroting {f} | :: budget, particularly a government budget |
| begrotingsdiscipline {f} | :: budget discipline |
| begrotingskort {n} | :: budget deficit |
| begrotingstekort {n} | :: budget deficit |
| begrotingsunie {f} | :: fiscal union |
| begunstigde {noun} | :: beneficiary |
| begunstigen {vt} | :: to favour, to benefice |
| beha {m} | :: a bra |
| behaaglijk {adj} | :: pleasant, agreeable, comfortable |
| behaaglijkheid {f} | :: agreeableness, pleasantness |
| behaagziek {adj} | :: overly willing to please, fawning |
| behagen {vt} | :: to delight, please, gratify |
| behalen {vt} | :: to gain, to achieve |
| behalve {prep} | :: except |
| behandelaar {m} | :: therapist, one providing a (medical, physical or psychiatric) therapy |
| behandelaar {m} | :: One who treats a case or subject |
| behandelen {vt} | :: to handle, to treat |
| behandelen {vt} | :: to treat (medically) |
| behandelen {vt} | :: to deal with, address or discuss as a subject |
| behandeling {f} | :: medical or therapeutic treatment, therapy |
| behandeling {f} | :: judicial treatment |
| behandigen {vt} | :: to hand, to hand over |
| behang {n} | :: wallpaper |
| behangen {vt} | :: to hang things on, to behang |
| behangen {vti} | :: to wallpaper |
| behanger {m} | :: A wallpaperer, a paperer |
| behangpapier {n} | :: wallpaper (decorative paper to hang on walls) |
| behangselpapier {n} | :: wallpaper (decorative paper to hang on walls) |
| behapbaar {adj} | :: manageable |
| beharing {f} | :: hair cover (totality of hairs covering a surface) |
| beharten {vt} | :: to care about, to take to heart |
| behartenswaardig {adj} | :: worth (i.e., deserving of) taking to heart |
| behartigen {vt} | :: to look after, serve, study, promote, be watchful of , have at heart, take to heart |
| behaviorisme {n} | :: behaviorism |
| behaviorist {m} | :: behaviorist |
| behavioristisch {adj} | :: behaviorist |
| beheer {n} | :: management, administration |
| beheerbaar {adj} | :: manageable |
| beheerder {m} | :: manager, warden, administrator, curator, steward |
| beheersbaar {adj} | :: controllable |
| beheersen {vt} | :: to control, to master |
| beheersing {f} | :: control |
| beheersing {f} | :: knowledge, command, proficiency, mastery |
| beheerst {adj} | :: restrained |
| beheinen {vt} | :: to enclose |
| behelzen {vt} | :: to contain |
| behelzen {vt} | :: to involve |
| behendig {adj} | :: nimble, agile |
| behendig {adj} | :: graceful |
| behendig {adj} | :: skillful |
| behendigheid {f} | :: agility, skill, skilfulness |
| beheren {vt} | :: to manage, administer |
| behinderd {adj} | :: disabled, handicapped |
| behoeden {vt} | :: to protect, watch over |
| behoeden {vt} | :: to preserve |
| behoeder {m} | :: protector |
| behoedzaam {adj} | :: careful, cautious |
| behoef {n} | :: need, requirement of something that lacks |
| behoef {n} | :: advantage, benefit |
| behoefte {f} | :: a need |
| behoefte {f} | :: defecation |
| behoeftig {adj} | :: needy, poor |
| behoeftig {adj} | :: necessary, needed |
| behoeven {vt} | :: to need |
| behoorlijk {adj} | :: reasonable, fitting, proper |
| behoorlijk {adv} | :: quite |
| behoren {vi} | :: to belong (be accepted in a group) |
| behoren {vi} | :: to befit, behoove |
| behoud {n} | :: preservation, conserving, conservation |
| behoud {n} | :: salvation |
| behoud {n} | :: conservatism, orthodoxy |
| behouden {vt} | :: to save, keep |
| behouden {vt} | :: to preserve |
| behoudend {adj} | :: conservative |
| behoudens {prep} | :: except for |
| behulp {n} | :: help, aid |
| behuwdmoeder {f} | :: mother-in-law |
| behuwdvader {m} | :: father-in-law |
| behuwen {vt} | :: to acquire in marriage |
| behuwen {vt} | :: to marry |
| bei {f} | :: berry |
| bei {n} | :: bey, beg (historical Turkish official) |
| beiaard {m} | :: carillon |
| beiaardier {m} | :: carillonist, carillonneur |
| beide {determiner} | :: both |
| beiden {pron} | :: both (referring to two persons) |
| beiden {vt} | :: to await, to bide |
| beiden {vi} | :: to wait |
| beieren {vt} | :: to sound (a large bell) |
| Beieren {prop} {n} | :: Bavaria |
| Beiers {adj} | :: Bavarian, in, from or relating to Bavaria, its Germanic people and culture |
| Beiers {n} | :: The (High) German dialect group Bavarian, spoken in Bavaria |
| beige {adj} | :: beige |
| beignet {c} | :: a beignet |
| beijveren {vr} | :: to endeavor, to devote oneself to something or put great effort into something, to strive |
| beijveren {vt} | :: to strive for |
| beijzelen {vt} | :: to cover with black ice |
| Beilen {prop} | :: A town in the municipality Midden-Drenthe in Drenthe, the Netherlands |
| beïnvloeden {vt} | :: to influence |
| beïnvloeden {vt} | :: to manipulate, to interact |
| beïnvloeding {f} | :: influencing (act or process of exerting influence) |
| Beire {prop} | :: form of Albert |
| Beiroet {prop} {n} | :: Beiroet (capital city) |
| beitel {m} | :: A chisel, tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal |
| beitelen {vt} | :: to chisel |
| beits {f} {n} | :: stain (colourant that soaks into surface) |
| beitsen {vt} | :: to stain (to coat with a stain) |
| bejaard {adj} | :: elderly |
| bejaarde {mf} | :: elderly person |
| bejaardenhuis {n} | :: retirement home, old people's home |
| bejaardenpartij {f} | :: pensioners' party, political party that is aimed toward elderly voters and prioritises their interests |
| bejaardentehuis {n} | :: retirement home, old people's home |
| bejagen {vt} | :: to hunt after, to hunt on |
| bejubelen {vt} | :: to cause to become jubilant, to cheer for |
| bek {m} | :: a bird's beak |
| bek {m} | :: any animal's mouth (such as a snout) |
| bek {m} | :: a human mouth |
| bekaaid {adj} | :: having come off badly, let down, disappointed, disadvantaged |
| bekaaid {adj} | :: bad, poor |
| bekakken {vt} | :: to shit on |
| bekakt {adj} | :: shit-soiled |
| bekakt {adj} | :: posh, haughty, snooty |
| bekan {adv} | :: alternative form of bijkans |
| bekant {adv} | :: alternative form of bijkans |
| bekeerling {m} | :: A convert |
| bekend {adj} | :: (well-)known |
| bekend {adj} | :: familiar, trusted |
| bekende {m} | :: An acquaintance, someone known/trusted to the person of reference, yet often less than a friend |
| bekende {m} | :: (with the definite article: het bekende) The known, what one is familiar with |
| bekendheid {f} | :: familiarity, acquaintance, knowledge |
| bekendheid {f} | :: fame |
| bekendheid {f} | :: someone famous, a celebrity |
| bekendmaken {vt} | :: to announce, to make known |
| bekendmaken {vt} | :: to denounce |
| bekennen {vt} | :: to acknowledge, confess |
| bekennen {vt} | :: to see, to make out, to discern |
| bekennen {vt} | :: to have sex, to know |
| bekentenis {f} | :: confession |
| bekentenis {f} | :: acknowledgement |
| beker {m} | :: beaker, cup, chalice (drinking vessel, often but not always without a handle, generally not made of glass) |
| beker {m} | :: cup (trophy) |
| Beker {prop} {m} | :: Crater |
| bekeren {vt} | :: to convert (e.g. to a religion or ideology) |
| bekeren {vi} | :: to participate in a cup match |
| bekeren {vi} | :: to drink lavishly |
| bekerfinale {f} | :: A match in which the winner of a cup is decided; a final of a cup |
| bekering {f} | :: religious conversion |
| bekerplant {f} | :: pitcher plant, carnivorous plant that captures prey in a bell or pitcher; most belonging to the genus Nepenthes, others to unrelated families |
| bekertoernooi {n} | :: cup (tournament) |
| bekerwedstrijd {m} | :: A match in which the winner of a cup is decided; a final of a cup |
| bekeuren {vt} | :: to fine, to penalise |
| bekeuring {f} | :: fine |
| bekeuring {f} | :: the act of fining |
| bekijken {v} | :: to look at, to view |
| bekijven {vt} | :: to insult, to throw insults at |
| bekken {n} | :: basin, broad-shaped liquid container |
| bekken {n} | :: basin, geological depression |
| bekken {n} | :: pelvis, basin-shaped body region |
| bekken {n} | :: cymbal, two-part metallic percussion instrument |
| bekken {vi} | :: to peck (at a target) |
| bekken {vi} | :: to snap, to sneer (at someone) |
| bekken {vi} | :: to sound, to feel in the mouth when sung or spoken |
| bekken {vi} | :: to kiss intensely, to French kiss |
| bekkeneel {n} | :: cranium |
| Bekkeneelberg {prop} {m} | :: Golgotha |
| bekkeneelvlies {n} | :: pericranium |
| bekken trekken {vi} | :: to make faces, in jest or expressively |
| bekkentrekken {v} | :: alternative form of bekken trekken |
| bekkesnijden {v} | :: to play a rural game that involved cutting cheeks with knives or coins |
| bekkesnijder {m} | :: vandal, cutthroat, ruffian |
| bekkesnijder {m} | :: someone who played a rural game that involved cutting cheeks with knives or coins |
| beklag {n} | :: The act of complaining |
| beklag {n} | :: The act of mourning and weeping |
| beklagen {vt} | :: to lament, grieve |
| beklagen {vr} | :: to complain |
| beklagenswaardig {adj} | :: lamentable, pitiful |
| beklauteren {vt} | :: to climb, to climb on(to) |
| bekleden {vt} | :: to clothe |
| bekleden {vt} | :: to upholster |
| bekleden {vt} | :: to grant someone an official position (such as priesthood) |
| bekleding {f} | :: upholstering (padding, covers, etc. found on furniture) |
| beklemkrecht {n} | :: inheritable right of use of agricultural ground that one doesn't own, in exchange for rent paid to the owner |
| beklemmen {vt} | :: to squeeze |
| beklemmen {vt} | :: to distress, strain |
| beklemmen {vt} | :: to oppress, stifle |
| beklemming {f} | :: inheritable right of use of agricultural ground that one doesn't own, in exchange for rent paid to the owner |
| beklemming {f} | :: troubling or trying situation, difficulty, oppression |
| beklemtonen {vt} | :: to stress (a syllable) |
| beklemtonen {vt} | :: to emphasize, to stress |
| beklijven {vi} | :: to last, to remain, to endure |
| beklijven {vi} | :: to remain attached, to adhere, to stick |
| beklijven {vi} | :: to thrive, to grow propitiously |
| beklimmen {vt} | :: to climb, to mount |
| beklimmer {m} | :: climber (one climbing a slope or (steep) incline) |
| beknellen {vt} | :: to trap by pressing, crushing or squeezing |
| beknellen {vt} | :: to intimidate, to daunt |
| beknellen {vt} | :: to enclose, to keep in place |
| beknibbelen {vi} | :: to cut down on expenses, to save up (often parsimoniously) |
| beknopt {adj} | :: concise |
| beknoptheid {f} | :: conciseness, brevity |
| beknotten {v} | :: to curtail, to confine |
| bekogelen {vt} | :: to bombard, to launch (e.g. shoot or throw ]) a hail of projectiles at a target |
| bekogelen {vt} | :: to besiege, to systematically attack or taunt by any (e.g. verbal) means |
| bekogelen {vt} | :: to delude, play tricks on someone |
| bekokstoven {vt} | :: to devise, to machinate, to concoct (to plan maliciously) |
| bekomen {vi} | :: to recover |
| bekomen {vt} | :: to obtain, to acquire |
| bekomen {v} | :: to please, to be enjoyable |
| bekommeren {vt} | :: to worry, to concern |
| bekommeren {vr} | :: to concern oneself, to worry/be worried |
| bekommernis {f} | :: solicitude, distress |
| bekoorlijk {adj} | :: attractive, appealing |
| bekopen {vt} | :: to pay for, to suffer punishment for |
| bekopen {vt} | :: to swindle, to hustle |
| bekoren {vt} | :: to charm |
| bekoren {vt} | :: to captivate |
| bekoring {f} | :: charm, appeal, attractiveness, allure |
| bekoring {f} | :: temptation |
| bekoring {f} | :: pleasure |
| bekorten {vt} | :: to shorten |
| bekostigen {vt} | :: to finance, to pay for |
| bekostiging {f} | :: defrayment |
| bekouten {v} | :: to talk over, to persuade |
| bekrachtigen {vt} | :: to ratify, to bring into force |
| bekransen {vt} | :: to give a wreath to, to bestow a wreath on |
| bekrassen {vt} | :: to scratch on, to produce scratches on |
| bekrassen {vt} | :: to daub on |
| bekrijgen {vt} | :: to war against |
| bekrijten {vt} | :: to bemourn, to beweep |
| bekrijten {vt} | :: to chalk, to apply chalk to, to cover with chalk |
| bekritiseren {vt} | :: to criticise |
| bekrompen {adj} | :: narrow-minded, prejudiced |
| bekronen {vt} | :: to crown |
| bekronen {vt} | :: to award |
| bekroning {f} | :: crowning |
| bekruiden {vt} | :: to spice, to season, to treat with spices and/or herbs |
| bekruipen {vt} | :: to creep on/ up to, to approach and/or mount by crawling, especially stealthily |
| bekruipen {vt} | :: to steal upon, to come over, to assail (of feelings and thoughts) |
| bekruisen {vr} | :: to make the sign of the cross, to becross oneself |
| bekruisen {vt} | :: to repeatedly traverse a patrol area, to sail on patrol throughout a certain area |
| bekruisen {vt} | :: to becross, to put a cross on |
| bekvechten {vi} | :: to bicker, to argue verbally |
| bekwaam {adj} | :: capable, competent |
| bekwaamheid {f} | :: competence, capability, skill, adeptness |
| bekwamen {vt} | :: to train |
| bekwamen {vr} | :: to study |
| bekwellen {vt} | :: to torment, to pester |
| bekwijlen {vt} | :: to cover in drool, to drool on |
| bel {f} | :: bell |
| bel {f} | :: segment of a rattlesnake's rattle |
| bel {f} | :: bubble |
| belabberd {adj} | :: ill, rotten, sick |
| belabberd {adj} | :: terrible, rotten, of a very poor quality |
| belabberd {adj} | :: impeded; especially having a speech impediment |
| belachelijk {adj} | :: ridiculous, risible |
| belachen {vt} | :: to laugh at, to belaugh |
| beladen {vt} | :: to burden, to charge, to lade, to freight, to load, to encumber |
| beladen {vt} | :: to pack, to pile |
| beladen {adj} | :: laden, fraught (heavily loaded or weighed down) |
| belagen {vt} | :: to beleaguer, waylay |
| belagen {vt} | :: to vex, harass or beset |
| belager {m} | :: A harasser, crafty and/or persistent assailant, even a stalker |
| Belanda Hitam {prop} {p} {m} | :: African KNIL soldiers |
| belanden {vi} | :: to end up |
| belang {n} | :: interest, concern |
| belang {n} | :: importance, significance |
| belangeloos {adj} | :: without a stake, without self-interest |
| belangeloosheid {f} | :: selflessness |
| belangenverstrengeling {f} | :: conflict of interest |
| belanghebbend {adj} | :: important |
| belanghebbend {adj} | :: interested (e.g. owning a share of a company) |
| belanghebbende {noun} | :: interested party |
| belanghebber {m} | :: stakeholder, someone who has an interest (stake) in something |
| belangrijk {adj} | :: important |
| belangrijkheid {f} | :: importance, importantness |
| belangrijkheid {f} | :: something important |
| belangstellen {noun} | :: to be interested |
| belangstelling {f} | :: interest (e.g. in a subject) |
| belangstelling {f} | :: attention |
| belangwekkend {adj} | :: interesting |
| belastbaar {adj} | :: taxable, subject to taxation |
| belasten {vt} | :: to burden, encumber |
| belasten {vt} | :: to charge (e.g. taxes) |
| belasten {vt} | :: to charge, to order |
| belasteren {vt} | :: to defame, discredit |
| belasting {f} | :: strain, burden, load |
| belasting {f} | :: tax, levy by public authorities |
| belasting {f} | :: load |
| belastingaangifte {f} | :: tax declaration |
| belastingafspraak {mf} | :: advance tax ruling, tax ruling |
| belastingbetaler {m} | :: taxpayer |
| belastingdruk {m} | :: tax burden, tax pressure |
| belastingformulier {n} | :: tax form |
| belastingfraude {f} | :: tax fraud |
| belastinggeld {n} | :: tax money |
| belastinginner {m} | :: tax collector |
| belastingontduiking {f} | :: tax evasion |
| belastingontwijking {f} | :: tax avoidance |
| belastingovereenkomst {f} | :: advance tax ruling, tax ruling |
| belasting-paradijs {noun} | :: archaic spelling of belastingparadijs |
| belastingparadijs {n} | :: tax haven |
| belastingtarief {f} | :: tax rate |
| belazeren {vt} | :: to con, to scam |
| bel de brandweer {phrase} | :: call the fire brigade! |
| bel de politie {phrase} | :: call the police! |
| belebberen {vt} | :: to lick or lap intensively and audibly |
| belebberen {v} | :: obsolete form of belabberen |
| beledigen {vt} | :: to offend |
| belediging {f} | :: insult, verbal abuse |
| beleefd {adj} | :: polite (well-mannered) |
| beleefdheid {f} | :: politeness |
| bel een ambulance {phrase} | :: call an ambulance! |
| beleg {n} | :: siege on a city |
| beleg {n} | :: bread topping |
| belegen {adj} | :: mature, ripe (said of cheese, fruits, etc.) |
| belegeren {vt} | :: to besiege |
| belegering {f} | :: siege, the act of besieging |
| belegeringskunde {f} | :: siegecraft |
| belegeringsmunt {f} | :: obsidional coin |
| belegeringstoren {m} | :: siege tower |
| beleggen {vt} | :: to cover, smear, butter, spread over (e.g. a piece of bread with butter and jam) |
| beleggen {vt} | :: to invest money |
| beleggen {vt} | :: to convoke, to call a meeting |
| beleggen {vt} | :: to belay, to fasten (a rope), to fasten (with rope) |
| beleggen {vt} | :: to cover with |
| beleggen {vt} | :: to plan, to devise |
| belegger {m} | :: investor |
| belegging {f} | :: investment |
| belegsel {n} | :: toppings to be used on bread; spread or cold cuts |
| belegsel {n} | :: A fringe or border on an item of clothing, usually with a decorative function |
| beleid {n} | :: policy |
| beleid {n} | :: care, circumspection |
| beleid {n} | :: method, manner, approach |
| beleidsmaker {m} | :: policy maker |
| beleidsmedewerker {m} | :: policy worker (someone employed to (co)develop policy) |
| belemen {vt} | :: to cover with loam, to loam |
| belemmen {vt} | :: to hinder |
| belemmeren {vt} | :: to obstruct, to hinder, to hamper |
| belemmering {f} | :: obstacle |
| belenen {vt} | :: to pledge, to impawn |
| belenen {vt} | :: to enfeoff |
| beleren {vt} | :: to reprimand, to criticise |
| beleren {vt} | :: to educate |
| beletsel {n} | :: obstacle, hindrance |
| beletten {vt} | :: to hinder, prevent |
| beleven {vt} | :: to experience, live through, go through |
| beleven {vt} | :: to profess, practice openly (notably a faith or conviction) |
| beleven {vt} | :: to live, exist in (a time or space) |
| beleven {vt} | :: to observe, follow (a command etc.) |
| belevenis {f} | :: experience (something that is experienced) |
| beleving {f} | :: experience (act of experiencing, something that is experienced) |
| belezen {vt} | :: to enchant by reading a spell |
| belezen {vt} | :: to exorcise |
| belezen {vt} | :: to convince |
| belezen {adj} | :: well-read, well informed and knowledgeable because of extensive reading |
| belezen {adj} | :: hence book-smart, erudite |
| belfort {n} | :: belfry (belltower not belonging to a church) |
| Belg {m} | :: Belgian (inhabitant of Belgium) |
| belgen {vr} | :: to become angry |
| belgen {vt} | :: to anger |
| België {prop} {n} | :: België (country) |
| Belgisch {adj} | :: Belgian (of or pertaining to Belgium or its people) |
| Belgisch {adj} | :: Belgic (pertaining to the Low Countries) |
| belgitude {f} | :: the concept of Belgian national identity, formulated in a self-depreciating or humorous way |
| Belgrado {prop} {n} | :: Belgrado (capital city) |
| belgziek {adj} | :: irritable, snappy (prone to growing angry) |
| belhamel {m} | :: bellwether (the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck) |
| belhamel {m} | :: tomboy, rascal |
| belichamen {vt} | :: to embody |
| belichaming {f} | :: embodiment |
| belichten {vt} | :: to illuminate |
| belichten {vt} | :: to expose |
| beliegen {vt} | :: to lie to, to tell a lie to someone |
| believen {vt} | :: to please, to appease |
| belijden {vt} | :: to confess |
| belijden {vt} | :: to profess |
| belijdenis {f} | :: confession (profession of faith) |
| belijdenis {f} | :: confession (admission of sins to someone) |
| belijder {m} | :: confessor |
| belijdster {f} | :: female confessor |
| belikken {vt} | :: to lick |
| Belize {prop} {n} | :: Belize (country) |
| Bella {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| belladonna {f} {m} | :: belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) |
| Belle {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| bellen {vi} | :: to ring, like using a bell |
| bellen {vt} | :: to call, by bell (originally) or (now mostly) telephone; to dial |
| bellen {vi} | :: to bark, like a canine |
| bellen {vt} | :: to bark, scold, insult, rage at |
| beller {mf} | :: caller, someone who calls in |
| belletjetrekker {m} | :: One who engages in ding-dong ditch or knock knock ginger |
| belletrist {m} | :: alternative spelling of bellettrist |
| bellettrist {m} | :: belletrist |
| belligerent {adj} | :: belligerent, engaged in warfare |
| belligerent {m} | :: A belligerent, armed party in warfare |
| Bello {prop} {m} | :: A stereotypical name for a dog |
| Bellona {prop} {f} | :: Bellona (Roman goddess of war) |
| beloega {m} | :: beluga, Delphinapterus leucas |
| beloeren {vt} | :: to leer at, to gaze at, to lurk at |
| belofte {f} | :: promise, vow, pledge |
| belofte maakt schuld {proverb} | :: promise is debt |
| beloftenploeg {m} | :: superseded spelling of belofteploeg |
| belofteploeg {m} | :: A team of young promising players |
| belonen {vt} | :: to reward |
| beloning {f} | :: reward |
| belopen {vt} | :: to walk |
| belopen {v} | :: to amount to |
| beloven {vt} | :: to promise |
| belt {m} | :: heap, hill |
| belt {m} | :: (clothing) belt |
| beluiken {vt} | :: to close, to shut, to lock |
| beluiken {vt} | :: to cover, to hide |
| beluisteren {vt} | :: to listen to |
| belust {adj} | :: eager, desiring |
| bemachtigen {vt} | :: to acquire with difficulty |
| bemachtigen {vt} | :: to subdue, to overpower |
| bemachtigen {vt} | :: to empower, to give power to |
| bemalen {vt} | :: to drain (a polder, or other piece of land or body of water) by means of mills or pump houses |
| bemannen {vt} | :: to man (to supply with staff or crew) |
| bemanning {f} | :: crew |
| bemanningslid {n} | :: crew member, member of a crew |
| bemazzel {m} | :: lucky devil (person who is lucky) |
| bemeesteren {vt} | :: to master |
| bemerken {vt} | :: to notice |
| bemesten {vt} | :: to fertilise, to manure (to apply fertiliser or manure to) |
| bemetselen {vt} | :: to apply masonry to |
| bemiddelaar {m} | :: A mediator, one who mediates |
| bemiddeld {adj} | :: affluent, well-to-do |
| bemiddelen {vt} | :: to mediate |
| bemiddeling {f} | :: mediation |
| beminde {m} | :: loved one |
| beminnaar {m} | :: admirer, connoisseur, lover (one who appreciates a certain subject or activity) |
| beminnaar {m} | :: sex mate, lover |
| beminnelijk {adj} | :: lovely, with love |
| beminnelijk {adj} | :: warmly |
| beminnen {vt} | :: to love |
| beminnenswaardigheid {f} | :: lovableness |
| bemoedigen {vt} | :: to encourage |
| bemoediging {f} | :: encouragement |
| bemoeial {mf} | :: A busybody, a meddlesome person |
| bemoeien {vr} | :: to interfere, to meddle |
| bemoeienis {f} | :: intervention, meddling |
| bemoeilijken {vt} | :: to make (more) difficult, to make harder, to hamper, to complicate |
| bemoeizucht {f} | :: intrusiveness, meddlesomeness; a strong desire to meddle with other people's business |
| bemost {adj} | :: mossy, covered in moss |
| bemuren {vt} | :: to fortify with a wall, to wall |
| benaaien {vt} | :: to sew onto |
| benadelen {vt} | :: to disadvantage, to wrong |
| benaderen {vt} | :: to approach |
| benaderen {vt} | :: to approximate |
| benadering {f} | :: approach |
| benadering {f} | :: approximation |
| benadrukken {vt} | :: to emphasize |
| benamen {vt} | :: to name, to bestow a name on |
| benaming {f} | :: denomination, appellation |
| benauwd {adj} | :: stuffy, poorly ventilated |
| benauwd {adj} | :: having difficulties with breathing |
| benauwd {adj} | :: cramped, too confined |
| benauwen {vt} | :: to confine, to enclose |
| benauwen {vt} | :: to oppress |
| benauwen {vt} | :: to distress |
| bende {f} | :: gang, squad |
| bende {f} | :: mess as in: a disagreeable mixture of a large quantity of objects in disorder resulting from people misbehaving or animals stampeding |
| bende {contraction} | :: contraction of bent gij |
| bendeoorlog {m} | :: A gang war |
| Bende van Vier {prop} {f} | :: Gang of Four |
| beneden {adv} | :: below |
| beneden {adv} | :: downstairs |
| beneden {prep} | :: under, below, beneath |
| benedenbuur {m} | :: downstairs neighbour |
| benedenbuurman {m} | :: male downstairs neighbour |
| benedenbuurvrouw {f} | :: female downstairs neighbour |
| beneden de Moerdijk {prep} | :: in the Southern Netherlands; in the southern Low Countries |
| beneden de Moerdijk {prep} | :: in Belgium |
| benedenhuis {n} | :: the downstairs or lower portion of a house, sometimes a residence separate (i.e. with separate inhabitants) from the upstairs or upper portion |
| benedenstad {f} | :: lower city |
| benedenwaarts {adv} | :: downwards |
| benedenwaarts {adj} | :: downward |
| benedenwaarts {adv} | :: downwards |
| benedenwinds {adj} | :: leeward |
| benedictijn {m} | :: Benedictine |
| benedictijner {adj} | :: Benedictine |
| benee {adj} | :: alternative form of beneden |
| benêe {adj} | :: archaic spelling of benee |
| beneffens {prep} | :: obsolete form of benevens |
| benefice {m} {n} | :: An office, privilege or advantage |
| benefice {m} {n} | :: A charitative event or institution |
| Benelux {prop} {m} | :: Benelux |
| benemen {vt} | :: to take away; snatch |
| benemen {vt} | :: to purloin, to rob, to steal, to filch, to swipe |
| benen {adj} | :: made of bone |
| benen {vi} | :: to walk in large strides |
| benenen {vt} | :: to deny, to negate |
| benenwagen {m} | :: shanks' pony; the feet or legs as a form of transport |
| benepen {adj} | :: fearful, timid |
| benepen {adj} | :: petty, narrow-minded |
| benevens {prep} | :: besides |
| Bengaals {adj} | :: Bengal |
| Bengaalse tijger {m} | :: A Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris |
| Bengaalse vos {m} | :: Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis) |
| Bengalen {prop} {n} | :: Bengal (region) |
| bengel {m} | :: young rascal, a naughty to mischievous tomboy |
| bengel {m} | :: club, stick, bat |
| bengel {m} | :: bell (metal struck idiophone) |
| bengelen {vi} | :: to dangle, swing around loosely |
| bengelen {vt} | :: to bother, to tease |
| bengelen {vt} | :: to ring (a bell) |
| benieuwd {adj} | :: longing to see, hear or understand, expectant |
| benieuwen {vt} | :: to arouse a feeling of curiosity or longing to see, hear or understand something |
| benig {adj} | :: bony, osseous |
| benig {adj} | :: skinny, bony |
| benigne {adj} | :: benign |
| benijden {vt} | :: to envy, be envious or jealous |
| Benin {prop} {n} | :: Benin (country) |
| Benins {adj} | :: Beninese |
| Benjamin {prop} {m} | :: Benjamin (Biblical character, mythological son of Jacob) |
| Benjamin {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| ben je allergisch voor medicijnen {phrase} | :: are you allergic to any medications? |
| bennen {v} | :: alternative form of zijn (only the form zijn itself, not the other inflected forms) |
| bennie {contraction} | :: contraction of ben niet |
| benodigd {adj} | :: required, necessary |
| benodigdheid {f} | :: supply; requirement; requisite |
| benodigen {vt} | :: to need, to require |
| benoemen {vt} | :: to appoint, to nominate |
| benoemen {vt} | :: to name, to call by someone's or something's name |
| benoorden {prep} | :: to the north of |
| bent u allergisch voor medicijnen {phrase} | :: are you allergic to any medications? |
| benul {n} | :: understanding, idea; insight, awareness |
| benutten {vt} | :: to make use of, to profit from, to take advantage of |
| benutten {vt} | :: to convert (a penalty kick etc.) |
| benzeen {n} | :: benzene |
| benzeenring {m} | :: benzene ring |
| benzine {f} | :: petrol, gas, gasoline (fuel containing alkanes) |
| benzinepomp {f} | :: a petrol station, a gas station, a service station |
| benzinepomp {f} | :: a petrol pump, a gas pump |
| benzinepomp {f} | :: a petrol pump, a gas pump |
| benzinepompje {noun} | :: diminutive of benzinepomp |
| benzinestation {n} | :: service station or petrol station ; gas station |
| benzol {n} | :: benzene |
| beoefenaar {m} | :: practitioner |
| beoefenen {vt} | :: to practice regularly, ongoing: some sport, craft, skill, or profession |
| beogen {vt} | :: to intend, aim at |
| beoliën {vt} | :: to oil, to cover or lubricate with oil |
| beoordelen {vt} | :: to evaluate, to assess, to judge |
| beoordeling {f} | :: assessment, judgement |
| beoorlogen {vt} | :: to wage war against, to war against |
| beoosten {prep} | :: to the east of |
| Bep {prop} {f} | :: given name, diminutive of Elizabeth |
| bepaald {adj} | :: certain |
| bepaald {adj} | :: specific |
| bepaald {adj} | :: definite |
| bepaald {adv} | :: certainly, definitely, absolutely |
| bepaaldelijk {adv} | :: particularly |
| bepaald lidwoord {n} | :: definite article |
| bepalen {vt} | :: to determine, to figure out |
| bepalen {vt} | :: to determine, to decide, to choose |
| bepalen {vr} | :: to limit oneself, to restrain oneself, to contain oneself |
| bepaling {f} | :: definition, description (determination of meaning) |
| bepaling {f} | :: condition (determination of possibility) |
| bepaling {f} | :: provision |
| bepalingaankondigend voornaamwoord {n} | :: a pronoun which announces that it should be immediately followed by a relative clause |
| bepeinzen {vt} | :: to contemplate, to ruminate over, to mediate on |
| beperken {vt} | :: to limit, to curtail, to restrict, to constrain |
| beperken {vt} | :: to abridge |
| beperking {f} | :: restriction, limitation, constraint |
| beperking {f} | :: disability, handicap |
| beperkt {adj} | :: restricted, limited |
| bepissen {vt} | :: to piss on, to bepiss |
| bepissen {vr} | :: to piss one's pants laughing |
| beplakken {vt} | :: to glue together, to stick together |
| beplakken {vt} | :: to stick something onto |
| beplanten {vt} | :: to plant, to plant with (to provide with plants) |
| beplanten {vt} | :: to supply |
| beplaten {vt} | :: to plate |
| bepleiten {vt} | :: to plead, to advocate |
| bepotelen {vt} | :: to grope, to touch sexually |
| bepotelen {vt} | :: to get one's hands on, to handle, to control |
| beppen {vi} | :: to chit-chat, to blab |
| bepraten {vt} | :: to talk over, discuss |
| beraad {n} | :: consideration, consultation (the process of considering) |
| beraadslagen {vt} | :: to discuss in depth, to deliberate |
| beraden {vr} | :: to consider, to think, to wonder |
| beraden {adj} | :: thoughtful |
| beramen {vt} | :: to devise, to plot |
| beramen {vt} | :: to calculate, to estimate, to plan expenditure |
| Berber {m} | :: Berber, Berber person |
| Berber {prop} {n} | :: Berber, Berber languages |
| berberaap {m} | :: Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus |
| Berbers {adj} | :: Berber |
| berceuse {f} | :: A lullaby, especially one composed by a composer |
| berceuse {f} | :: rocking chair |
| berd {n} | :: table |
| berd {n} | :: plank |
| bere- {prefix} | :: Intensifying adjectival prefix |
| berechten {vt} | :: to judge, to try (take to court/trial) |
| berechtigd {adj} | :: entitled |
| berechtigd {adj} | :: authorized |
| berechtigen {v} | :: to entitle |
| berechtigen {v} | :: to authorize |
| beredeneren {vt} | :: to argue, reason |
| beregeil {adj} | :: incredibly sexy, incredibly horny |
| beregenen {vt} | :: to berain, to rain upon |
| beregenen {vt} | :: to spray water on, to sprinkle water on |
| bereid {adj} | :: ready, prepared |
| bereid {adj} | :: willing |
| bereiden {vt} | :: to prepare |
| bereider {m} | :: One who prepares something, especially someone who prepares a meal |
| bereidheid {f} | :: willingness |
| bereiding {f} | :: preparation |
| bereik {n} | :: reach (a continuous extent of water) |
| bereik {n} | :: compass (area) |
| bereikbaar {adj} | :: reachable |
| bereikbaar {adj} | :: achievable, attainable |
| bereiken {vt} | :: to arrive at, to reach, to get to |
| bereiken {vt} | :: to achieve, to attain |
| berekenen {vt} | :: to calculate, to compute |
| berekening {f} | :: computation |
| berekoud {adj} | :: very cold, frigid |
| Berend {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Berends {prop} | :: surname |
| Berendsen {prop} | :: surname |
| berenleider {m} | :: bear leader |
| berennen {vt} | :: to surround and lay siege to; to cordon and besiege |
| berennen {vt} | :: to run on |
| beren op de weg zien {v} | :: to imagine (future) problems |
| berg {m} | :: mountain, hill |
| Berg {prop} | :: surname |
| bergachtig {adj} | :: mountainous |
| bergaf {adv} | :: downhill, moving down a slope |
| bergaf {adv} | :: downhill, worsening |
| bergafwaarts {adv} | :: down the hill, in a downward direction |
| bergamot {f} | :: bergamot (pear-shaped citrus fruit) |
| bergamotboom {m} | :: bergamot tree |
| bergbewoner {m} | :: mountain dweller |
| bergdorp {n} | :: A mountain village |
| bergdorpje {noun} | :: diminutive of bergdorp |
| bergeend {f} | :: common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna |
| bergeendje {noun} | :: diminutive of bergeend |
| bergen {vt} | :: to store, to stash away |
| bergen {vt} | :: to salvage (a vessel) |
| Bergen {prop} {n} | :: Bergen (city/and/municipality/and/capital) |
| Bergen {prop} {n} | :: Bergen (port city) |
| Bergen {prop} {n} | :: Bergen (village/and/municipality) |
| Berg en Dal {prop} | :: Berg en Dal (village/and/municipality) |
| Bergen op Zoom {prop} {n} | :: Bergen op Zoom (city/and/municipality) |
| Berger {prop} | :: surname |
| bergère {f} | :: wing chair |
| bergère {f} | :: shepherdess |
| bergfort {n} | :: mountain fort |
| berggebied {n} | :: A mountainous area, a mountain region |
| berggeit {f} | :: One of several goat antelopes that inhabit mountain regions, including (subspecies of) Capra aegagrus (wild goat) and of Oreamnos americanus (mountain goat) |
| berggod {m} | :: mountain god |
| berggodin {f} | :: mountain goddess |
| berghelling {f} | :: A mountain slope, a mountainous incline |
| Berghen op Soom {prop} {n} | :: obsolete spelling of Bergen op Zoom |
| Berghen op Zoom {prop} {n} | :: obsolete spelling of Bergen op Zoom |
| berghoen {n} | :: Any fowl of the genus Tetraogallus; a snowcock |
| berghoen {n} | :: Any fowl of the genus Tetrao |
| bergijs {n} | :: mountain ice (ice on or from a mountain) |
| berging {f} | :: rescue, salvage (act of recovering or bringing to safety) |
| berging {f} | :: storage room, storeroom |
| bergingsbedrijf {n} | :: nautical salvage business, rescue company, recovery company |
| bergketen {f} | :: mountain range |
| bergklassement {n} | :: mountains classification |
| bergkristal {n} | :: rock crystal (clear, colourless form of quartz) |
| bergleeuw {m} | :: mountain lion, puma |
| Bergman {prop} | :: surname |
| bergmassief {n} | :: massif, mountain mass |
| bergmeubel {n} | :: A piece of furniture used for storage, such as a closet or chest of drawers |
| bergnimf {f} | :: mountain nymph, oread |
| bergop {adv} | :: uphill, moving up a slope |
| bergpad {n} | :: mountain path, mountainous road |
| bergpas {m} | :: mountain pass |
| bergplaats {f} | :: storage location |
| bergreeks {f} | :: mountain range |
| bergreus {m} | :: (general) mountain giant |
| bergreus {m} | :: (specific) mountain giant in Norse mythology |
| bergrijst {f} {m} | :: mountain rice (rice cultivated in dry fields at high altitudes) |
| bergrug {m} | :: A mountain-ridge, (line/view formed by) a (chain of) mountain top(s) |
| bergrug {m} | :: The top section of a mountain, where its slopes meet |
| Bergse Maas {prop} {f} | :: a canal that was constructed in 1904 to be the main distributary of the Maas River (French: Meuse) in the Dutch province of North Brabant |
| Bergsma {prop} | :: surname |
| bergstof {f} | :: mineral, mineral resource |
| bergstofkunde {f} | :: mineralogy |
| bergteer {f} | :: bitumen, mineral pitch |
| bergtop {m} | :: mountaintop, peak (the summit of a mountain) |
| bergvesting {f} | :: mountain stronghold, mountain fort |
| bergvrede {m} | :: fortified tower, donjon, keep |
| bergweide {f} | :: mountain pasture |
| bergwerker {m} | :: miner (one who works in a mine) |
| bergwind {m} | :: A mountainous wind |
| bericht {n} | :: message |
| bericht {n} | :: news |
| bericht {n} | :: communication |
| berichten {vi} | :: to report, inform |
| berichtgeving {f} | :: notice, reporting |
| berichtgeving {f} | :: reporting, coverage |
| berig {adj} | :: on heat, in oestrus |
| berijden {vt} | :: to ride (a horse or other animal) |
| berijden {vt} | :: to drive/travel over (a road) |
| berijder {m} | :: A rider, who rides a mount |
| berijder {m} | :: A mobile deputy mandated by a Flemish baljuw (high feudal bailiff) to render justice in and under his jurisdiction |
| beril {m} | :: beryl (gemstone) |
| beril {n} | :: beryl (substance) |
| berin {f} | :: a she-bear / female bear (female large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae) |
| beringen {vt} | :: to ring |
| Beringen {prop} {n} | :: Beringen (city) |
| Beringen {prop} {n} | :: Beringen (town) |
| Beringen {prop} {n} | :: Beringen (municipality) |
| Beringzee {prop} {f} | :: Bering Sea |
| berispen {vt} | :: to scold, reprimand |
| berisping {f} | :: admonition, reprimand, scolding |
| berk {m} | :: birch, tree of the genus Betula |
| berkelium {n} | :: berkelium |
| Berkelland {prop} {n} | :: Berkelland (municipality) |
| berkenboom {m} | :: A birch, tree of the genus Betula |
| berkenmeier {m} | :: A chalice, originally one carved from birch wood |
| berkenroede {f} | :: a birch rod, a rod made from birch twigs |
| berkhaan {m} | :: blackcock, heath cock, male of Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix) |
| berkhoen {n} | :: black grouse, blackgame, Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix) |
| berkoen {m} | :: A support beam |
| Berlijn {prop} {n} | :: Berlijn (caplc) |
| Berlijn {prop} {n} | :: Berlijn (state) |
| Berlijner {m} | :: Berliner (inhabitant of Berlin) |
| berliner {m} | :: newspaper on Berliner format |
| berlinerbol {m} | :: Berliner (pastry) |
| berm {m} | :: berm, verge, tree lawn, roadside (strip of land next to a road, street or sidewalk) |
| bermbom {f} {m} | :: roadside bomb |
| bermlamp {f} | :: lamp on the side of a car to light the side of the road |
| bermprostitutie {f} | :: roadside prostitution (prostitution that is advertised on the side of highways and other major roads) |
| bermtoerisme {n} | :: roadside tourism (recreation one engages in at the side of a road) |
| bermtoerist {m} | :: roadside tourist (one who engages in recreation at the side of a road) |
| Bern {prop} {n} | :: Bern (capital city) |
| Bern {prop} {n} | :: Bern (canton) |
| beroemd {adj} | :: famous, renowned |
| beroemdheid {f} | :: Fame |
| beroemdheid {f} | :: A famous individual |
| beroep {n} | :: profession, vocation |
| beroep {n} | :: appeal, act of invoking or appealing to something or someone |
| beroep {n} | :: appeal |
| beroep {n} | :: invitation to ministry in a particular parish or congregation |
| beroepen {vr} | :: to appeal , to defend one's position according to a law or rule |
| beroepen {vt} | :: to request ordination (admission into the ministry of a church) |
| beroepen {vt} | :: to appeal (a verdict) |
| beroepen {v} | :: to refer to |
| beroeps {mf} | :: A professional, one who does something for a living |
| beroeps {adj} | :: Professional |
| beroepsbevolking {f} | :: work force |
| beroepshalve {adv} | :: In one's professional capacity, while doing one's job; professionally |
| beroepsmatig {adj} | :: professional |
| beroepssoldaat {m} | :: A professional soldier |
| beroerd {adj} | :: bad, poor, crappy |
| beroeren {vt} | :: to stir up, to cause unrest in |
| beroeren {vt} | :: to touch |
| beroering {f} | :: turmoil, tumult, commotion, ruckus, agitation |
| beroerte {f} | :: fit, stroke or seizure |
| beroerte {f} | :: conflict, strife, war, unrest |
| beroerte {f} | :: uproar, agitation |
| beroezen {vr} | :: to drink oneself into a high or into intoxication |
| berokken {v} | :: alternative form of berokkenen |
| berokkenen {vt} | :: to cause, to bring about (something negative) |
| berooid {adj} | :: devoid of money and possessions |
| berooid {adj} | :: poor, miserable |
| berooidheid {f} | :: destitution, poverty |
| berooven {v} | :: obsolete spelling of beroven |
| berouw {n} | :: remorse |
| berouw {n} | :: regret |
| berouwen {v} | :: to (cause to) regret, to rue, to repent |
| berouwvol {adj} | :: regretful, repentant |
| beroven {vt} | :: to rob , to steal from |
| beroven {vt} | :: to deprive |
| beroving {f} | :: A robbery |
| bersten {v} | :: obsolete form of barsten |
| Bert {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| berucht {adj} | :: notorious, infamous |
| beruchtheid {f} | :: infamy, notoriety |
| berusten {vi} | :: to rest, depend |
| berusten {vi} | :: to resign oneself, to be resigned , to accept after resisting; settle for |
| beryl {n} | :: superseded spelling of beril |
| beryl {m} | :: superseded spelling of beril |
| beryllium {n} | :: beryllium |
| bes {f} | :: berry |
| bes {f} | :: B flat |
| bes {f} | :: an old woman |
| besabbelen {vt} | :: to suck or suckle on |
| besabbelen {v} | :: obsolete spelling of bezabbelen |
| beschaafd {adj} | :: civilized, cultured |
| beschaafd {adj} | :: courteous, polite |
| beschaamd {adj} | :: ashamed |
| beschadigen {vt} | :: to damage |
| beschadiging {f} | :: damage |
| beschadiging {f} | :: flaw |
| beschaduwen {vt} | :: to beshadow, to cover with shadow, to provide with shade |
| beschamen {vt} | :: to embarrass, to cause shame |
| beschamen {vt} | :: to disgrace, to dishonour |
| bescharen {vt} | :: to provide (something) |
| bescharen {vt} | :: to steal, to secretly appropriate |
| beschaven {vt} | :: to civilize |
| beschaven {vt} | :: to smoothen by scraping (with a plane) |
| beschaven {vt} | :: to rob, to bereave |
| beschaving {f} | :: civilization (organised culture encompassing many communities) |
| beschaving {f} | :: civilization (society, as opposed to wild nature) |
| bescheid {n} | :: reply, response |
| bescheid {n} | :: document, file |
| bescheid {n} | :: soundness of mind, good judgement |
| bescheiden {adj} | :: modest, humble, unassuming |
| bescheiden {adj} | :: reasonable, sound, rational |
| bescheiden {vt} | :: to apportion, to allot |
| bescheiden {vt} | :: to invite |
| bescheidenheid {f} | :: modesty, humility |
| bescheidenheid {f} | :: something modest, such as a small gift |
| beschemeren {vt} | :: to cast a faint shadow on |
| beschemeren {vt} | :: to faintly light |
| beschenken {vt} | :: to bestow (on), to confer |
| beschenken {vt} | :: to give a drink |
| beschenken {vr} | :: to get drunk |
| bescheren {vt} | :: to determine, to allot |
| beschermeling {m} | :: A protégé |
| beschermen {vt} | :: to protect |
| beschermengel {m} | :: A guardian angel (tutelary angel) |
| beschermengel {m} | :: A guardian angel (protector, minder) |
| beschermer {m} | :: protector, guardian |
| beschermfeest {n} | :: festival for a patron saint |
| beschermgebied {n} | :: protectorate |
| beschermgod {m} | :: tutelary deity, guardian deity |
| beschermgodin {f} | :: tutelary goddess, guardian goddess |
| beschermheer {m} | :: male patron, protector (high-status man offering protection and support of various kinds (e.g. legal aid) to those of lower status; by extension a dignitary affiliated to an organisation) |
| beschermheilige {m} | :: patron saint |
| bescherming {f} | :: protection (state or quality of being protected) |
| bescherming {f} | :: protection, shelter (something that protects) |
| beschermster {f} | :: protectress |
| beschermvrouw {f} | :: female patron, protector (high-status woman offering protection and support of various kinds (e.g. legal aid) to those of lower status; by extension a dignitary affiliated to an organisation) |
| beschieten {vt} | :: to shoot at, to fire at |
| beschieten {vt} | :: to cover with planks |
| beschieten {vti} | :: to cover, to stretch out (over) |
| beschieten {vti} | :: to make progress with; to benefit or thrive from; to suffice |
| beschieten {vti} | :: to nap, to doze |
| beschieting {f} | :: A shooting, an act of shooting at someone |
| beschieting {f} | :: A cover of planks |
| beschijnen {vt} | :: to shine on |
| beschijten {vt} | :: to beshit, to shit on or in |
| beschijten {vt} | :: to deceive, to con |
| beschikbaar {adj} | :: available |
| beschikbaarheid {f} | :: availability |
| beschikken {vt} | :: to direct, have influence over, decide |
| beschikken {vi} | :: to have at one's disposal |
| beschikking {f} | :: power of control, direction or disposal; decision, ruling (by an authorized official or official body such as a court); mastery, command |
| beschikking {f} | :: access |
| beschilderd {adj} | :: painted |
| beschilderen {vt} | :: to paint, to put paint on, apply paint to |
| beschimmelen {vi} | :: to become mouldy |
| beschimpen {vt} | :: to taunt |
| beschimpen {vt} | :: to abuse |
| beschimping {f} | :: insult, mocking reproach |
| beschonken {adj} | :: drunk, intoxicated |
| beschoren {adj} | :: allotted, blessed |
| beschouwen {vt} | :: to contemplate |
| beschouwen {vt} | :: to consider, to regard |
| beschouwing {f} | :: consideration |
| beschreien {vt} | :: to weep about, to becry |
| beschrijven {vt} | :: to write on |
| beschrijven {vt} | :: to write (a letter) to |
| beschrijven {vt} | :: to describe9 |
| beschrijving {f} | :: description |
| beschroomd {adj} | :: timid, shy |
| beschuit {f} | :: zwieback, rusk |
| beschuldigen {vt} | :: to accuse, blame |
| beschuldiging {f} | :: accusation |
| beschuldiging {f} | :: accusation, charge |
| beschutten {vt} | :: to protect, to provide cover, to shield |
| beschutting {f} | :: shelter; protection, especially from the elements or from harm |
| beschutting {f} | :: shelter; object or place that offers protection |
| besef {n} | :: realisation, awareness, sense |
| beseffen {vt} | :: to realize |
| beslaan {vt} | :: to cover, occupy |
| beslaan {vt} | :: to surround, envelop |
| beslaan {vi} | :: to fog up |
| beslaan {vt} | :: to shoe (a horse with horseshoes) |
| beslabberen {vt} | :: to stain, to soil with food or while eating |
| beslag {n} | :: arrest, detention |
| beslag {n} | :: (metal) cover (e.g. of a book) |
| beslag {n} | :: a horseshoe |
| beslag {n} | :: a batter, a relatively fluid dough |
| beslag {n} | :: the state of having reached the final decision or having definitively decided upon an arrangement |
| beslapen {vt} | :: to sleep with, to have sex with, to bed |
| beslapen {vt} | :: to sleep on (an object, e.g. a bed) |
| beslapen {vr} | :: to sleep on (a subject or matter, to think it through) |
| beslechten {vt} | :: to settle, to decide (a conflict) |
| beslissen {vt} | :: to decide, to determine |
| beslissen {vt} | :: to decide, to make a definitive choice (between options) |
| beslissing {f} | :: decision |
| beslist {adv} | :: definitely, absolutely |
| beslommering {f} | :: daily worry, daily concerns |
| besloten {adj} | :: private |
| besloten {adj} | :: agreed, decided |
| besluipen {vt} | :: to sneak up on, stalk, to approach using stealth |
| besluipen {vt} | :: to bother constantly, to harass |
| besluit {n} | :: decision (e.g. after consideration of alternatives) |
| besluit {n} | :: determination (to do or follow through with something) |
| besluiteloos {adj} | :: indecisive, not decisive, unable or unwilling to make decisions or reach conlusions |
| besluiten {vt} | :: to decide, to make a decision |
| besmeren {vt} | :: to grease, to dirty, to apply grease or dirt to |
| besmettelijk {adj} | :: contagious |
| besmetten {vt} | :: to infect (with a disease), to contaminate |
| besmetting {f} | :: contagion, contamination |
| besmeuren {vt} | :: to besmear, to stain, to soil, to dirty |
| besmuikt {adj} | :: secret, secretive |
| besmullen {vt} | :: to sully, to besmirch, to stain |
| besneeuwen {vt} | :: to besnow, to snow on |
| besnijden {vt} | :: to circumcise |
| besnijdenis {f} | :: circumcision |
| besnord {adj} | :: having a moustache, moustachio'd |
| besnot {adj} | :: Covered in snot |
| besogne {f} | :: everyday occupation, daily concern, daily business (that which occupies someone on an everyday basis) |
| besparen {vt} | :: to spare, save from |
| besparen {vt} | :: to save (money), economize |
| besparing {f} | :: saving |
| bespekken {vt} | :: to lard |
| bespekken {vt} | :: to fill with money |
| bespekken {vt} | :: to stain, to blemish |
| bespelen {vt} | :: to play (a musical instrument) |
| bespeler {m} | :: player (e.g. of a musical instrument) |
| bespeuren {vt} | :: to sense, to perceive |
| bespieden {vt} | :: to spy on, to watch secretively |
| bespiegelen {vt} | :: to contemplate, to reflect on |
| bespioneren {vt} | :: to spy on, to scope out |
| bespottelijk {adj} | :: ridiculous, laughable |
| bespottelijk {adv} | :: ridiculously, laughably |
| bespotten {vt} | :: to mock, to scorn |
| bespraakt {adj} | :: eloquent |
| bespreekbaar {adj} | :: negotiable |
| bespreken {vt} | :: to discuss |
| bespreking {f} | :: a discussion |
| bespringen {vt} | :: to jump or pounce on |
| besproeien {vt} | :: to spray onto, to water |
| bespuiten {vt} | :: to besprinkle, to spray on/at |
| bespuiten {vt} | :: to spout on/at |
| best {adj} | :: fine, okay |
| best {adv} | :: quite, rather |
| best {f} | :: alternative form of bes |
| bestaan {vi} | :: to exist, to be |
| bestaan {vi} | :: to consist, to be made |
| bestaan {n} | :: existence |
| bestaansminimum {n} | :: subsistence income |
| bestaansminimum {n} | :: legally set minimum income |
| bestand {n} | :: archive, file |
| bestand {n} | :: file |
| bestand {n} | :: truce |
| bestand {adj} | :: capable of withstanding, capable to withstand |
| bestanddeel {n} | :: ingredient (one of the parts of a whole) |
| bestanddeel {n} | :: component, element |
| bestandsformaat {n} | :: file format |
| bestandssysteem {n} | :: file system |
| besteden {vt} | :: to spend |
| besteden {vt} | :: to match for a job |
| besteding {f} | :: spending |
| besteedbaar {adj} | :: disposable |
| besteedster {f} | :: A woman working as an employment agent for maidservants or wetnurses, sometimes also for manservants |
| besteedster {f} | :: A family roof, an old-fashioned large model of umbrella made of cotton fabric |
| bestek {n} | :: silverware, cutlery |
| bestek {n} | :: plan, planning, design |
| bestek {n} | :: span, extent |
| bestekamer {f} | :: The best parlour in a home, in the old days only used on Sundays and holidays |
| bestekamer {f} | :: The best room in a house |
| bestekamer {f} | :: toilet, bathroom |
| bestekla {f} | :: A drawer for cutlery |
| bestel {n} | :: order, establishment (especially political) |
| bestel {n} | :: matter, issue |
| bestel {n} | :: governance, rule |
| bestelbus {m} | :: delivery van |
| bestelen {vt} | :: to rob |
| bestelformulier {n} | :: An order form, an ordering form |
| bestellen {vt} | :: to order, demand delivery |
| bestellen {vt} | :: to deliver |
| besteller {m} | :: A client who orders or has ordered something |
| besteller {m} | :: A deliverer of orders |
| bestelling {f} | :: order |
| bestelwagen {m} | :: delivery van |
| bestemmen {vt} | :: to intend, destine |
| bestemming {f} | :: purpose, future function of something |
| bestemming {f} | :: the place set for the end of a journey; destination |
| bestemming {f} | :: aim for one's life |
| bestemoeder {f} | :: grandmother |
| bestemoer {f} | :: alternative form of bestemoeder |
| bestempelen {vt} | :: to label |
| bestendig {adj} | :: lasting, permanent, as in bestendige deputatie (executive college in a Belgian province) |
| bestendig {adj} | :: resistant, enduring |
| bestendig {adj} | :: -proof |
| bestendigen {vt} | :: to perpetuate, to prolong, to reinforce, to consolidate |
| besterven {vi} | :: to start to decompose after death |
| besterven {vi} | :: to disappear as if dying |
| bestevaar {m} | :: alternative form of bestevader |
| bestevader {m} | :: grandfather |
| bestevenen {vt} | :: to turn one's bow to |
| bestevenen {vt} | :: to sail to |
| bestiaal {adj} | :: bestial, beastly |
| bestiaal {n} | :: sale of livestock |
| bestiaal {n} | :: tax on the sale of livestock |
| bestiaal {n} | :: livestock, cattle |
| bestialiteit {f} | :: bestiality |
| bestialiteit {f} | :: beastliness |
| bestieren {vt} | :: to govern |
| bestijgen {vt} | :: to mount |
| bestijgen {vt} | :: to climb, to ascend |
| bestijging {f} | :: The act of rising to, climbing or mounting something |
| bestijging {f} | :: Climbing an elevation |
| bestijging {f} | :: Rising to sit on furniture or mounting a mount |
| bestijging {f} | :: Sexual mounting |
| bestoken {vt} | :: to attack, to shoot at |
| bestoken {vt} | :: to shell, to bombard |
| bestoken {vt} | :: to plague, to harass |
| bestoppen {v} | :: to hide, to conceal, to cover |
| bestormen {vt} | :: to storm, to assault quickly |
| bestorming {f} | :: storming, charge, quick attack |
| bestorven {adj} | :: orphaned (not having parents) |
| bestraffen {vt} | :: to punish |
| bestraffing {f} | :: punishment, usually as a negative sanction |
| bestralen {vt} | :: to shine upon |
| bestralen {vt} | :: to irradiate |
| bestralen {vt} | :: to treat with radiotherapy |
| bestraling {f} | :: irradiation |
| bestraling {f} | :: radiotherapy |
| bestraten {vt} | :: to pave, to cover with stones |
| bestrijden {vt} | :: to combat, suppress, fight against |
| bestrijder {m} | :: opposer, one who fights something |
| bestrijding {f} | :: suppression, control |
| bestrijdingsmiddel {n} | :: A chemical or biological agent used for exterminating undesired organisms; a pesticide, herbicide or fungicide |
| bestrijdster {f} | :: female opposer, woman who fights something |
| bestrijken {vt} | :: to smear, spread |
| bestrijken {vt} | :: to cover, to be spread across |
| bestrijken {vt} | :: to reach, to cover (a location or distance) |
| bestrooien {v} | :: to bestrew, to sprinkle on, to scatter on |
| bestuderen {vt} | :: to study, investigate |
| bestuiven {vt} | :: to pollinate |
| bestuiven {vt} | :: to cover with dust or powder, to powder, to bedust |
| bestuiving {f} | :: pollination |
| besturen {vt} | :: to steer |
| besturen {vt} | :: to operate |
| besturen {vt} | :: to drive (e.g. a car or vehicle) |
| besturen {vt} | :: to govern |
| besturing {f} | :: driving, operation |
| besturingsbus {m} | :: control bus |
| besturingseenheid {f} | :: A control unit (input device for controlling a piece of hardware) |
| besturingssysteem {n} | :: operating system |
| bestuur {n} | :: management |
| bestuur {n} | :: governing board |
| bestuur {n} | :: reign |
| bestuurder {mf} | :: driver |
| bestuurder {mf} | :: manager |
| bestuurlijk {adj} | :: administrative |
| bestuurlijk sanctierecht {n} | :: A domain (ermerging) in law between administrative law and criminal law |
| bestuursambtenaar {m} | :: civil administrator |
| bestuursapparaat {n} | :: administrative apparatus, government apparatus |
| bestuursdienst {m} | :: civil administration |
| bestuurslui {p} | :: management people |
| bestuurstaal {f} | :: An official language which is used by public authorities for administrative purposes |
| bestuursvergadering {f} | :: board meeting |
| bestuursvorm {m} | :: form of government; polity |
| bet. {noun} | :: abbreviation of betekenis |
| betaalbaar {adj} | :: payable, affordable |
| betaalbewijs {n} | :: receipt, written attestation of the transfer of money or goods |
| betaald {adj} | :: nonfree, paid, for payment |
| betaald krijgen {v} | :: to get paid |
| betaald zetten {v} | :: to make (someone) pay for, to get back at (someone) for |
| betaalmeester {m} | :: official in charge of payments, paymaster |
| betaalmiddel {n} | :: A tender, a means of payment |
| betaalmuur {m} | :: paywall (the mechanism on a website that provides certain content only to paying visitors) |
| betakeling {f} | :: whipping (cord securing the end of a rope) |
| betalen {vt} | :: to pay |
| betaler {m} | :: payer |
| betaling {f} | :: Payment |
| betalingsmiddel {n} | :: tender, a means of payment |
| betalingstermijn {m} | :: term of payment, payment deadline |
| betamelijk {adj} | :: decent, proper |
| betamen {vi} | :: to behoove, to be appropriate, fitting or necessary, to suit |
| betamen {vi} | :: to please, to be welcome (to ...), to befit |
| betamen {vi} | :: to belong to, to be due to |
| betasten {vt} | :: to feel, to grope |
| betegelen {vt} | :: to tile, to put tiles on |
| betegeling {f} | :: tiling |
| betegeling {f} | :: tessellation |
| betekenen {vt} | :: to mean, to signify |
| betekenis {f} | :: meaning |
| betekenis {f} | :: significance, importance |
| betekenisloos {adj} | :: meaningless |
| betekenisvol {adj} | :: meaningful |
| betel {f} | :: betel |
| betel {f} | :: betel vine, Piper betle |
| betel {f} | :: betel palm, Areca catechu |
| betelnoot {f} | :: betel nut, areca nut |
| beter één vogel in de hand dan tien in de lucht {proverb} | :: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush |
| beteren {v} | :: to improve, to become/make better |
| beteren {vt} | :: to tar, to cover with tar |
| beter laat dan nooit {phrase} | :: better late than never |
| beterschap {f} | :: betterness, the state of being or becoming better or well |
| beterschap {interj} | :: get well; used to wish someone well when they are sick |
| beteugelen {vt} | :: to curb, rein |
| beteunie {f} | :: obsolete form of betonie |
| Bethlehem {prop} {n} | :: Bethlehem (city) |
| betichten {vt} | :: to accuse falsely |
| betitelen {vt} | :: to title, to name |
| betitelen {vt} | :: to caption |
| betogen {vt} | :: to demonstrate, to show |
| betogen {vt} | :: to (attempt to) produce evidence or proof |
| betoger {m} | :: demonstrator |
| betoging {f} | :: demonstration, protest |
| beton {n} | :: concrete |
| betonblok {n} | :: block of concrete |
| betonen {vt} | :: to show |
| betonen {vt} | :: to emphasize, to accent |
| betonie {f} | :: betony, Stachys officinalis |
| betonnen {adj} | :: (made of) concrete |
| betonnen {vt} | :: to buoy off a port side by equipping it with protective barrels |
| betonneren {vi} | :: to pour concrete |
| betonneren {vt} | :: to cast, to fit, to set in concrete |
| betonneren {vt} | :: to freeze, to set unchangeably (as if cast in concrete) |
| betonschaar {f} | :: bolt cutter, bolt cutters |
| betoog {n} | :: argument, plea (subjective discourse in which one argues in favour of something) |
| betoog {n} | :: proof, evidence |
| betoog {n} | :: demonstration, act of showing |
| betoveren {vt} | :: to enchant |
| betoveren {vt} | :: to fascinate |
| betoverend {adj} | :: Enchanting |
| betovergroot- {prefix} | :: great-great-grand- |
| betovergrootmoeder {f} | :: great-great-grandmother |
| betovergrootvader {m} | :: great-great-grandfather |
| betovering {f} | :: enchantment, charm, allure, beguilement |
| betovering {f} | :: spell, bewitchment, witchery, magic |
| betr. {noun} | :: abbreviation of betrekking |
| betr. {v} | :: abbreviation of betreft |
| betr. {adj} | :: abbreviation of betreffende |
| betrachten {vt} | :: to exercise or consider carefully |
| betrachten {v} | :: to pursue |
| betralied {adj} | :: covered with bars, as in a cage or in front of a prison window |
| betrappen {vt} | :: to take by surprise, to catch unaware, someone who is doing something they should not be |
| betreden {vt} | :: to tread upon |
| betreden {vt} | :: to enter, to come in |
| betreffen {vt} | :: to concern, to affect |
| betreffende {prep} | :: concerning |
| betrekkelijk {adj} | :: relative |
| betrekkelijk {adv} | :: rather, quite, fairly |
| betrekkelijk voornaamwoord {n} | :: relative pronoun |
| betrekken {vt} | :: to involve, to implicate |
| betrekken {vt} | :: to live, to settle in |
| betrekken {vt} | :: to obtain |
| betrekken {vi} | :: to become cloudy |
| betrekking {f} | :: relation |
| betrekking {f} | :: office, position, post |
| betreuren {vt} | :: to regret, to grieve over |
| betreurenswaardig {adj} | :: regrettable, lamentable |
| betreurenswaardig {adv} | :: regrettably |
| betreurenswaardig {adv} | :: grievingly |
| betrokken {adj} | :: involved |
| betrokken {adj} | :: clouded |
| betrokkenheid {f} | :: involvement, implication (e.g. in a crime) |
| betrokkenheid {f} | :: commitment |
| betrouwbaar {adj} | :: trustworthy, reliable |
| betrouwbaarheid {f} | :: reliability, trustworthiness |
| betrouwbaarheidsinterval {n} | :: confidence interval |
| betrouwen {vt} | :: to trust, to rely on |
| Bettenhoven {prop} {n} | :: Bettincourt, a village in Belgium |
| betuigen {vt} | :: to declare |
| betuiging {f} | :: declaration, expression (act of declaring or expressing) |
| betuinen {vt} | :: to enclose, to fence, to hedge |
| betuttelen {vt} | :: to condescend, to patronise, to treat as less than adult |
| betutteling {f} | :: condescension |
| Betuwe {prop} {f} | :: Betuwe (area), the Netherlands |
| betweter {m} | :: know-it-all |
| betweterig {adj} | :: pedantic, know-it-all |
| betwijfelen {vt} | :: to doubt |
| betwist {adj} | :: disputed |
| betwistbaar {adj} | :: questionable, arguable |
| betwisten {vt} | :: to challenge, to dispute |
| beu {adj} | :: fed up, having had enough |
| beu {adv} | :: to satiety |
| beug {f} | :: longline |
| beug {f} | :: trawlnet for anchovy catch on the former Zuiderzee |
| beugel {m} | :: stay, brace, bracket, prop, support |
| beugel {m} | :: dental braces |
| beugel {m} | :: hinged clamp |
| beugel {m} | :: stirrup |
| beugel {m} | :: brace, orthosis |
| beugelkroon {f} | :: hoop crown |
| beugeltas {m} | :: buckle bag |
| beugen {vi} | :: to fish with a longline |
| beuger {m} | :: A longline fisherman |
| beuk {m} | :: A beech, tree of the genus Fagus |
| beuk {m} | :: The common beech, Fagus sylvatica |
| beuk {m} | :: part of a church building, compare middenbeuk |
| beukelaar {m} | :: a small round shield used for parrying; a buckler |
| beuken {vt} | :: to ram, to beat, to knock |
| beuken {adj} | :: beechen (made of beech wood) |
| beukenboom {m} | :: A beech tree, tree of the genus Fagus |
| beukhamer {m} | :: sledgehammer |
| beukseks {m} | :: rough sex (sexual intercourse) |
| beul {m} | :: An executioner, torturer, one who carries out executions and other judicial corporal punishments |
| beul {m} | :: A cruel person, in act or sadistic streak |
| beulin {f} | :: cruel woman |
| beulin {f} | :: wife of an executioner |
| beun {f} | :: attic |
| beun {f} | :: raised platform, often made out of wood |
| Beun de Haas {prop} {m} | :: Personification of a dilettante manual worker |
| beunhaas {m} | :: tradesman or merchant, especially a tailor, who wasn't associated with a guild |
| beunhaas {m} | :: bungler, dilettante |
| beunhaas {m} | :: in particular, a dilettante who does untaxed paid manual work, or a professional who does it as an untaxed side job |
| Beuningen {prop} | :: Beuningen (village/and/municipality) |
| beuren {vt} | :: to lift, to raise |
| beuren {vt} | :: to collect (debt, owed money) |
| beuren {vt} | :: to receive |
| beuren {vi} | :: to happen, to occur |
| beuren {vt} | :: to befall |
| Beuren {prop} | :: Beuren; surname |
| beurs {f} | :: purse, both as object and treasury |
| beurs {f} | :: bursary |
| beurs {f} | :: scholarship |
| beurs {f} | :: stock exchange |
| beurs {f} | :: event or place where goods are exchanged; a trade fair |
| beurs {adj} | :: bruised, hence sore |
| Beurs {prop} {n} | :: Boirs, a village in Belgium |
| beurshandel {m} | :: exchange trading, stock trade |
| beurskrach {m} | :: stock market crash |
| beurt {f} | :: turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) |
| beurt {f} | :: maintenance, service |
| beurt {f} | :: sex, intercourse |
| beurtbalk {m} | :: A checkout divider, a separator to put between the products of different customers on the conveyor belt in a supermarket |
| beurtelings {adv} | :: alternately |
| beurtelings {adj} | :: alternative, alternating |
| beurtman {m} | :: A line ship for inland transportation of passengers and freight according to a regular schedule |
| beurtschip {n} | :: A line ship for inland transportation of passengers and freight according to a regular schedule |
| beurzensnijder {m} | :: purse-snatcher, cutpurse, pick-pocket, a petty criminal who steals wallets, purses, etcetera |
| beurzensnijder {m} | :: hence metaphorically, somebody charging outrageous prices. "Wat een beurzensnijderij!" (Such price-gouging, such highway robbery.) |
| beuzelpraat {m} | :: banter, chit-chat, idle talk |
| bevaarbaar {adj} | :: navigable |
| bevallen {vt} | :: to please, satisfy |
| bevallen {vi} | :: to give birth |
| bevallig {adj} | :: charming, graceful, demure |
| bevalligheid {f} | :: gracefulness |
| bevalling {f} | :: labor (process of giving birth) |
| bevangen {vt} | :: to catch, to grasp |
| bevangen {adj} | :: abashed, shy, timid |
| bevaren {vt} | :: to sail on, to navigate on |
| bevaren {vt} | :: to move on, to go on, to travel on |
| bevattelijk {adj} | :: susceptible, prone |
| bevattelijk {adj} | :: comprehensible, understandable |
| bevatten {vt} | :: to contain |
| bevatten {vt} | :: to comprehend |
| bevechten {vt} | :: to fight against, to combat |
| bevederd {adj} | :: feathered |
| beveiligen {vt} | :: to protect |
| beveiliger {m} | :: guard |
| beveiliging {f} | :: protection, security |
| beveiligster {f} | :: female guard |
| Bevekom {prop} {n} | :: Beauvechain, a town in Belgium |
| bevel {n} | :: order, command |
| bevelen {vt} | :: to order, to command |
| bevelhebber {m} | :: commander |
| bevelhebster {f} | :: female commander |
| bevelvoerder {m} | :: commander, commanding officer |
| beven {vi} | :: to shake, to shiver, to tremble |
| bever {m} | :: A beaver, rodent of the genus Castor |
| beverboom {m} | :: magnolia, tree or shrub of the genus Magnolia |
| beverburcht {mf} | :: beaver lodge |
| bevergeil {n} | :: castoreum |
| beverharen {adj} | :: made of beaver fur |
| beverrat {m} | :: coypu, member of the family Myocastoridae |
| beverskul {f} | :: beaver sacs, castoreum |
| Beverwijk {prop} {n} | :: Beverwijk (city/and/municipality) |
| bevestigen {vt} | :: to attach |
| bevestigen {vt} | :: to confirm |
| bevestiging {f} | :: confirmation |
| bevestiging {f} | :: attachment |
| bevijlen {vt} | :: to work with a file (tool) |
| bevindelijk {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to certain conservative orthodox (sections of) Reformed churches that emphasise strict scriptural authority and a passive experiential mysticism; ultraorthodox |
| bevindelijk {adj} | :: experiential |
| bevinden {vt} | :: to discover, to find |
| bevinden {vr} | :: to be located, to find oneself |
| bevinding {f} | :: finding, discovery, observation |
| beving {f} | :: tremor |
| bevingeren {vt} | :: to digitise, to touch with the fingers |
| bevingshaard {m} | :: A hypocentre |
| bevissen {vt} | :: to fish at, to fish in (a body of water) |
| bevissen {vt} | :: to fish for (fish or other aquatic organisms) |
| bevlekken {vt} | :: to stain, to soil |
| bevlekken {vr} | :: to masturbate, to self-pollute |
| bevliegen {vt} | :: to fly upon |
| bevliegen {vt} | :: to travel across by flying |
| bevlijtigen {vr} | :: to become or be industrious |
| bevochten {vt} | :: synonym of bevochtigen |
| bevochtigen {vt} | :: to wet, to dampen |
| bevochtigen {vt} | :: to moisturize |
| bevoegd {adj} | :: competent |
| bevoegd {adj} | :: qualified, authorised, having permission |
| bevoegdheid {f} | :: authority, authorization |
| bevoegdheid {f} | :: competence |
| bevoelen {vt} | :: to touch, to feel, to perceive by touching |
| bevolken {vt} | :: to populate |
| bevolking {f} | :: population (the actual group of residents of an area; not the number/statistic thereof) |
| bevolkingsdichtheid {f} | :: population density |
| bevoogdend {adj} | :: paternalizing, paternalist |
| bevoordelen {v} | :: to favour/favor |
| bevooroordeeld {adj} | :: subjective, biased, preconceived |
| bevoorraden {vt} | :: to supply, to provision |
| bevoorrechten {v} | :: to favor/favour, to privilege |
| bevorderaar {m} | :: patron, promoter |
| bevorderen {vt} | :: to stimulate, to benefit |
| bevorderen {vt} | :: to promote, to advance |
| bevorderlijk {adj} | :: advantageous; favorable (US), favourable (Commonwealth) |
| bevrachten {vt} | :: to load, to burden |
| bevragen {vt} | :: to ask questions of, to direct questions at, to interrogate |
| bevredigen {vt} | :: to satisfy, to satiate |
| bevreemden {vt} | :: to surprise, to astonish |
| bevreemding {f} | :: surprise, astonishment |
| bevreesd {adj} | :: afraid |
| bevriend {adj} | :: friendly, befriended |
| bevrienden {vt} | :: to befriend, to become friends with, to acquire friendship with |
| bevriezen {v} | :: to freeze (solid) |
| bevriezen {vi} | :: to freeze, to be completely still and immobile |
| bevriezen {vt} | :: to stop, to halt |
| bevriezing {f} | :: freezing, frost (act or process of freezing) |
| bevrijden {vt} | :: to liberate, to free |
| bevrijder {mf} | :: liberator |
| bevrijding {f} | :: liberation |
| Bevrijdingsdag {prop} {m} | :: Liberation Day, i.e. VE Day (Victory in Europe day): celebrated as a holiday on May 5th in the Netherlands |
| bevrijdingskind {n} | :: a child born not long after the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II, as the result of sexual relations between Dutch women and Allied soldiers (usually raised by single Dutch mothers) |
| bevrijdingsoorlog {m} | :: war of liberation |
| bevrijdingstheologie {f} | :: liberation theology (type of theology inspired by Marxism) |
| bevroeden {vt} | :: to understand, to comprehend, to suspect, to realise |
| bevroeden {vt} | :: to instruct, to inform |
| bevrouwen {vt} | :: to woman, to staff with women |
| bevruchten {v} | :: to fertilise, to inseminate |
| bevuilen {v} | :: to sully (to corrupt or damage) |
| bevuilen {v} | :: to dirty, to soil, to defile, to stain, to sully (to make dirty or impure) |
| bewaarder {m} | :: keeper, custodian, conservator |
| bewaaren {v} | :: obsolete spelling of bewaren |
| bewaarheiden {vt} | :: to prove true, to realise, to cause to come to fruition |
| bewaarheiden {vt} | :: to demonstrate the truthfulness of |
| bewaarnis {f} | :: storage |
| bewaarnis {f} | :: protection, defence |
| bewaarnis {f} | :: garrison, stationed troops |
| bewaarplicht {f} | :: retention obligation (legal requirement to retain data, objects, etc.) |
| bewaken {vt} | :: to watch over, to guard |
| bewaker {m} | :: guard (person who protects something) |
| bewaking {f} | :: surveillance, watch |
| bewandelen {vt} | :: to walk on (a route or surface) |
| bewapenen {vt} | :: to arm (to supply with weapons) |
| bewaren {vt} | :: to preserve, to keep |
| bewaren {vt} | :: to guard, to watch over |
| bewaring {f} | :: storage |
| bewaring {f} | :: custody |
| bewaring {f} | :: safekeeping |
| beweegbaar {adj} | :: movable |
| beweeglijk {adj} | :: mobile |
| beweegreden {f} | :: A motive, reason to do something |
| bewegen {vir} | :: to move, to be in motion |
| bewegen {vt} | :: to move, to cause to be in motion |
| bewegen {vt} | :: to budge, to motivate, to spur, to induce |
| beweging {f} | :: movement, motion (act of physically moving) |
| beweging {f} | :: physical activity, exercise |
| beweging {f} | :: movement, group, organisation (people with a common ideology or goal) |
| bewegingsapparaat {n} | :: locomotor system |
| bewegingsoorlog {m} | :: manoeuvre warfare |
| bewegingsoorlog {m} | :: a war that involves manoeuvre warfare |
| bewegwijzeraar {m} | :: signposter, one who provides signage |
| bewegwijzeren {vt} | :: to signpost, to furnish with signage |
| bewegwijzering {f} | :: signage (signs collectively) |
| beweiden {vt} | :: to graze, to make animals graze on |
| beweiding {f} | :: grazing, pasturing; the act of letting animals graze on a plot of land |
| bewelkomen {vt} | :: to welcome |
| bewenen {vt} | :: to cry about, to bewail |
| beweren {vt} | :: to claim, to assert, to allege |
| bewering {f} | :: assertion |
| bewerkelijk {adj} | :: laborious |
| bewerken {vt} | :: to work |
| bewerken {vt} | :: to work on, to till |
| bewerken {vt} | :: to edit, to rework |
| bewerken {vt} | :: to manipulate, to try change opinion |
| bewerking {f} | :: edit |
| bewerking {f} | :: operation, calculation |
| bewerkingsgeschiedenis {f} | :: revision history (history or chronology of the revisions that a work has undergone) |
| bewerkstelligen {vt} | :: to bring about, to realize |
| bewerpen {vt} | :: to throw at |
| bewesten {prep} | :: to the west of |
| bewettigen {v} | :: to authorise, to legitimise |
| bewieroken {vt} | :: to fill or cover with incense |
| bewieroken {vt} | :: to laud, to hail |
| bewijs {n} | :: proof |
| bewijs {n} | :: evidence |
| bewijs {n} | :: the totality of proof and/or evidence used to make a case; argumentation |
| bewijs {n} | :: attesting document, permit |
| bewijs {n} | :: licence, permit (document allowing one to use certain vehicles) |
| bewijs {n} | :: ticket, pass entitling one to use, admission or possession |
| bewijs {n} | :: legal apportionment of an inheritance |
| bewijsgrond {m} | :: argument |
| bewijslast {m} | :: burden of proof, onus |
| bewijsmateriaal {n} | :: (piece of) evidence |
| bewijsmateriaal {n} | :: (piece of) material evidence |
| bewijsmiddel {n} | :: A means of proving or demonstrating something |
| bewijsmiddel {n} | :: A piece of evidence |
| bewijsstuk {n} | :: A piece of evidence, esp. an attesting document |
| bewijsstukje {noun} | :: diminutive of bewijsstuk |
| bewijs uit het ongerijmde {n} | :: reductio ad absurdum |
| bewijsvoering {f} | :: The argumentation applied to prove or plead a case |
| bewijzen {vt} | :: to prove |
| bewijzen {vt} | :: to confer (a favor) |
| bewind {n} | :: reign |
| bewind {n} | :: government, regime, administration |
| bewindsman {m} | :: male minister or secretary of state |
| bewindsvrouw {f} | :: female minister or secretary of state |
| bewindvoerder {m} | :: trustee, financial administrator |
| bewolking {f} | :: cloud cover |
| bewolkt {adj} | :: cloudy |
| bewolktheid {f} | :: cloudiness |
| bewonderen {vt} | :: to admire |
| bewonderenswaardig {adj} | :: admirable, worthy of admiration, deserving high esteem |
| bewondering {f} | :: admiration |
| bewonen {vt} | :: to live in, to inhabit |
| bewoner {m} | :: occupant, inhabitant |
| bewoning {f} | :: habitation, act of inhabiting |
| bewoonbaar {adj} | :: habitable, fit for inhabitation, where humans or other animals can live (or fairly comfortably) |
| bewoond {adj} | :: inhabited |
| bewoorden {vt} | :: to express in words, to put into words |
| bewoording {f} | :: phrasing, a way of putting something into words |
| bewust {adj} | :: conscious, aware |
| bewust {adj} | :: deliberate |
| bewust {adj} | :: in question, very |
| bewust {adv} | :: deliberately |
| bewusteloos {adj} | :: unconscious |
| bewusteloosheid {f} | :: unconsciousness |
| bewustenis {f} | :: conscience |
| bewustheid {f} | :: consciousness |
| bewustmaken {v} | :: to conscientize, to make aware |
| bewustzijn {n} | :: consciousness |
| beyde {determiner} | :: obsolete spelling of beide |
| bezaaien {vt} | :: to sow onto |
| bezaan {f} | :: mizzenmast (hindmost mast of a ship) |
| bezaan {f} | :: mizzensail (hindmost sail of a ship) |
| bezaanmast {m} | :: alternative form of bezaansmast |
| bezaansmast {m} | :: mizzenmast |
| bezabberen {v} | :: to drool on, to drivel on |
| bezabberen {v} | :: to stain, to besmirch |
| bezadigd {adj} | :: sedate |
| bezadigdheid {f} | :: sedateness |
| bezanden {vt} | :: to cover with sand |
| bezanding {f} | :: The action or process of covering something with sand; a layer of sand thus produced |
| bezant {m} | :: bezant (coin) |
| bezant {m} | :: bezant |
| bezatten {vr} | :: to get drunk |
| bezegelen {vt} | :: to seal, to provide with a seal |
| bezegelen {vt} | :: to confirm, to conclude, to finalise |
| bezeilen {vt} | :: to sail on (a body of water), to sail |
| bezeilen {vt} | :: to reach by sailing, to arrive (by sailing) at |
| bezeilen {vt} | :: to overtake by sailing, to encounter while sailing |
| bezem {m} | :: broom (utensil consisting of fibers and a long handle, used for sweeping) |
| bezemsteel {m} | :: broomstick |
| bezemstuiver {m} | :: a stuiver (5 cent piece) depicting a bundle of arrows |
| bezemstuiver {m} | :: any stuiver; an insignificant amount of money |
| bezeren {vt} | :: to hurt, cause pain and/or injury |
| bezeren {vr} | :: to hurt oneself, to get hurt |
| bezeten {adj} | :: obsessed |
| bezeten {adj} | :: (demonically) possessed |
| bezetene {noun} | :: someone who is possessed, or acts as though they were; a demoniac |
| bezetteling {m} | :: member of a garrison |
| bezetten {vt} | :: to occupy, to fill |
| bezetten {vt} | :: to occupy (forcefully with military personnel), to conquer |
| bezetter {m} | :: occupier |
| bezetting {f} | :: occupation |
| bezetting {f} | :: casting, the division of roles in a performance |
| bezettingszone {f} | :: zone of occupation, occupied zone |
| bezeveren {vt} | :: to drool on, to drivel on |
| bezichtigen {vt} | :: to behold |
| bezichtigen {vt} | :: to sightsee, to view |
| bezie {f} | :: berry |
| bezielen {vt} | :: to give a soul to, to animate |
| bezielen {vt} | :: to inspire |
| bezieling {f} | :: inspiration, vitality |
| bezien {vt} | :: to have a closer look at |
| bezien {vt} | :: to view, to behold |
| bezienswaardig {adj} | :: worth seeing |
| bezienswaardigheid {f} | :: tourist attraction |
| bezig {adj} | :: busy, occupied |
| bezigheid {f} | :: busyness, occupation, activity |
| bezighouden {vt} | :: to keep busy, to occupy |
| bezighouden {vr} | :: to occupy oneself, to be productive |
| bezingen {vt} | :: to sing about a specific subject, to besing |
| bezingen {vt} | :: to sing the praises of |
| bezinken {vi} | :: to precipitate (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) |
| bezinksel {n} | :: dregs, sediment (sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid) |
| bezinnen {vi} | :: to reflect (i.e. think about) |
| bezinnen {vr} | :: to reconsider, to think carefully |
| bezinning {f} | :: contemplation, reflection |
| bezint eer ge begint {proverb} | :: alternative form of bezint eer gij begint |
| bezint eer gij begint {proverb} | :: look before you leap |
| bezit {n} | :: possession, asset |
| bezit {n} | :: estate |
| bezitster {f} | :: female owner |
| bezittelijk {adj} | :: possessive |
| bezitten {vt} | :: to own, to possess |
| bezitter {mf} | :: possessor (and possibly, but not necessarily, also the owner) |
| bezitting {f} | :: possession |
| bezoedelen {vt} | :: to stain, to besmirch, to sully |
| bezoedeling {f} | :: sullying, besmirching |
| bezoek {n} | :: visit |
| bezoek {n} | :: visitors |
| bezoek {n} | :: research, investigation |
| bezoek {n} | :: temptation |
| bezoeken {vt} | :: to visit |
| bezoeker {m} | :: visitor |
| bezolden {v} | :: synonym of bezoldigen |
| bezoldigen {vt} | :: to pay salary to |
| bezoldiging {f} | :: remuneration, pay |
| bezondigen {vr} | :: to commit a misdeed, to commit a sin, to transgress |
| bezopen {adj} | :: drunk, loaded, pissed |
| bezorgd {adj} | :: preoccupied, concerned |
| bezorgdheid {f} | :: anxiety, concern |
| bezorgen {vt} | :: to deliver (hand over) |
| bezorgen {vt} | :: to provide |
| bezorgen {vt} | :: to provide for, to care for |
| bezorger {m} | :: A deliverer, one who delivers items |
| bezorging {f} | :: delivery (of a package, for example) |
| bezorging {f} | :: execution, the act of fulfilling |
| bezuiden {prep} | :: to the south of |
| bezuinigen {vi} | :: to economize, to cut the budget |
| bezuiniging {f} | :: the action of cutting spending |
| bezuiniging {f} | :: budget cut |
| bezuipen {vr} | :: to get drunk |
| bezwaar {n} | :: objection |
| bezwaar {n} | :: difficulty, obstacle |
| bezwaarlijk {adj} | :: difficult, hard |
| bezwaarlijk {adj} | :: objectionable, problematic |
| bezwaarschrift {n} | :: remonstrance, written notice of objection |
| bezwaarschrift {n} | :: statement or written notice of appeal |
| bezwachtelen {vt} | :: to bandage, to bind, to wrap |
| bezwangeren {vt} | :: to impregnate, to make pregnant |
| bezwangering {f} | :: impregnation, the act of making someone pregnant |
| bezwaren {vt} | :: to burden |
| bezweet {adj} | :: sweaty (covered in sweat) |
| bezweetheid {f} | :: sweatiness |
| bezwemmen {vt} | :: to swim in/at |
| bezwendelen {vt} | :: to defraud, to swindle |
| bezweren {vt} | :: to control, to subdue |
| bezweren {vt} | :: to enchant, to cast a spell over |
| bezweren {vt} | :: to swear to uphold or observe |
| bezweren {vt} | :: to swear about the truth of |
| bezweren {vt} | :: to try to influence, especially in order to avert, by means of wards or spells |
| bezwering {f} | :: oath |
| bezwering {f} | :: exorcism |
| bezwering {f} | :: conjuration, incantation |
| bezweten {vt} | :: to cover in sweat |
| bezwijken {vi} | :: to give way, succumb |
| bezwijken {vi} | :: to expire, to die |
| bezwijmen {vi} | :: to faint, to lose consciousness |
| bezwijmen {vi} | :: to swoon |
| bh {m} | :: a bra |
| Bhutan {prop} {n} | :: Bhutan (country) |
| bi {adj} | :: bisexual |
| biandrie {f} | :: biandry (marriage with two men) |
| biathlon {m} | :: superseded spelling of biatlon |
| biatlon {m} | :: Biathlon |
| biatlon {m} | :: A biathlon |
| bib {f} | :: library |
| bibber {m} | :: shiver, tremble |
| bibberen {vi} | :: to shiver, to tremble |
| bibbering {f} | :: shiver, tremble |
| bibi {pron} | :: yours truly (I, me or myself) |
| bibliobus {m} | :: mobile library |
| bibliofiel {m} | :: bibliophile |
| bibliofiel {adj} | :: bibliophilic, pertaining to bibliophilia or bibliophiles |
| bibliofilie {f} | :: bibliophilia |
| bibliofilistisch {adj} | :: bibliophilic |
| bibliograaf {m} | :: bibliographer |
| bibliografie {f} | :: bibliography |
| bibliografisch {adj} | :: bibliographical |
| bibliothecaresse {f} | :: A female librarian |
| bibliothecaris {m} | :: librarian |
| bibliotheek {f} | :: library |
| bibliothekaris {m} | :: superseded spelling of bibliothecaris |
| biceps {m} | :: biceps; any two-headed muscle |
| biceps {m} | :: the biceps brachii |
| biddag {m} | :: day of prayer |
| bidden {vi} | :: to pray |
| bidden {vt} | :: to pray to |
| bidden {vt} | :: to bid |
| bidder {m} | :: someone who prays |
| bidon {m} | :: A bidon; a sports drinking bottle, especially one used on a bicycle |
| bidsprinkhaan {m} | :: A praying mantis, any of various predatory insects of the order Mantodea |
| bieb {f} | :: clipping of bibliotheek |
| biecht {f} | :: confession |
| biechteling {m} | :: One who goes to confession, in particular one who frequents a particular confessor |
| biechten {vt} | :: to confess |
| biechtgeheim {n} | :: the principle of the secrecy of confession |
| biechtgeheim {n} | :: a secret shared in confession |
| biechtspiegel {m} | :: manual of confession (a list of common sins which can be consulted to examine whether one has some of them to confess) |
| biechtstoel {m} | :: A confessional chair (often rather a booth) where a confessor can privately hear confession |
| biechtvader {m} | :: A confessor, priest who administers the sacrament of confession, ad hoc or on a more regular basis with specific believers (e.g. his parishioners) |
| bieden {vti} | :: to make an offer, to bid |
| biefstuk {m} | :: beefsteak, steak |
| biefstuksocialist {m} | :: A champagne socialist |
| biefstuksocialist {m} | :: A socialist who prioritises stimulating private wealth and (basic) private consumption over building collective services and fulfilling more eudaemonic needs |
| biel {f} | :: railway sleeper |
| biels {f} | :: railway sleeper |
| biep {m} | :: A beep or bling, such sound, notably made as a signal by a beeper or any automatic - or control device |
| biepen {vi} | :: to (make a sound like) beep |
| biepen {vt} | :: to contact by beeper, pager |
| bieper {m} | :: One that beeps |
| bieper {m} | :: A beeper, a noise-signalling device |
| bier {n} | :: beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material) |
| bier {n} | :: a serving of beer |
| bier {n} | :: a variety of beer |
| bieraccijns {m} | :: excise tax on beer |
| bierazijn {n} | :: beer vinegar, alegar |
| bierbrouwer {m} | :: brewer, one who brews beer |
| bierbrouwerij {f} | :: brewery, place where beer is brewed |
| bierbuik {m} | :: a belly with an excess of subcutaneous fat, often blamed to excess consumption of beer; a potbelly, beer belly |
| bierbuik {m} | :: someone with a beer belly |
| bierdop {m} | :: The cap of a beer bottle |
| bierdopje {noun} | :: diminutive of bierdop |
| bierdrinker {m} | :: beer drinker, one who drinks beer |
| bierenbrood {n} | :: A porridge made from beer and bread |
| bierfiets {f} | :: A party bike, a beer bike; a pedal-powered road vehicle with a bar counter, multiple seats and a beer tap, so that the riders can drink while riding |
| bierfles {f} | :: beer bottle |
| bierflesch {f} | :: obsolete spelling of bierfles |
| biergist {f} | :: A species of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, especially in relation to brewing beer |
| bierglas {n} | :: beer glass |
| Bierk {prop} {n} | :: Bierghes, a village in Belgium |
| bierkan {f} | :: beer jug |
| bierkelder {m} | :: cellar where beer is stored |
| bierkelder {m} | :: bierkeller |
| bierpens {f} | :: beer belly, potbelly |
| bierpul {f} | :: beer stein, tankard: a kind of beer mug |
| biertap {m} | :: beer tap |
| bierton {f} | :: beer barrel |
| biervat {n} | :: beer barrel |
| biervilt {m} | :: beer mat, a round or square cardboard mat to put underneath drinking glasses |
| biervlieg {f} | :: Someone who regularly gets drunk on beer |
| bierworst {f} | :: German Bierwurst |
| bierworst {f} | :: a long, narrow smoked sausage, usually eaten as a snack |
| bies {f} | :: rush, sedge (marsh plant) of the genus Schoenoplectus |
| bies {f} | :: piping (on a seam) |
| biesbos {m} {n} | :: rush bed, area grown with rush |
| biesbos {m} {n} | :: bundle of rush |
| bieslook {m} | :: chive, Allium schoenoprasum |
| biest {f} | :: beest, colostrum, beestings |
| biestmelk {f} | :: beest, beestings, colostrum |
| biet {f} | :: beet, beetroot plant or tuber of the genus Beta, esp. Beta vulgaris |
| bietebauw {m} | :: bogeyman, bugbear, some kind of ghost figure used to scare children |
| bietsuiker {m} | :: beet sugar |
| big {mf} | :: piglet, little pig |
| bigaam {adj} | :: bigamous |
| bigamie {f} | :: bigamy |
| bigamist {m} | :: (male) bigamist |
| biggelen {vt} | :: to roll downward (of tears) |
| Big Mac {m} | :: Big Mac |
| bigot {adj} | :: holier-than-thou, excessively pious |
| bigot {adj} | :: sanctimonious |
| bigot {m} | :: A holier-than-thou person, an extremely pious person |
| bij- {prefix} | :: additional, secondary |
| bij {prep} | :: at, with |
| bij {prep} | :: by, close to |
| bij {prep} | :: to, towards |
| bij {prep} | :: by, through, by means of, through the action or presence of |
| bij {adv} | :: alongside, with |
| bij {adv} | :: in order to adjust or improve |
| bij {f} | :: bee, insect of the clade Anthophila |
| bijbaan {f} | :: side job, extra job (job that one has beside an education or another job) |
| bijbaantje {noun} | :: diminutive of bijbaan |
| bijbedoeling {f} | :: ulterior motive, hidden intention |
| bijbehorend {adj} | :: associated, matching |
| bijbel {m} | :: bible (copy of the Bible) |
| bijbel {m} | :: any large book |
| Bijbel {prop} {m} | :: Bible |
| bijbelhaak {m} | :: square bracket |
| bijbelneuker {m} | :: Bible thumper |
| bijbels {adj} | :: alternative case form of Bijbels |
| Bijbels {adj} | :: Biblical |
| Bijbels Aramees {prop} {n} | :: Biblical Aramaic |
| Bijbels Hebreeuws {prop} {n} | :: Biblical Hebrew |
| Bijbelvast {adj} | :: being well-versed in the Bible, reading the Bible frequently |
| bijbelwetenschap {f} | :: Biblical studies |
| bij benadering {adv} | :: approximately |
| bij benadering {adv} | :: odd (about) |
| bij bewustzijn {adj} | :: conscious, aware, awake |
| bijblijven {vi} | :: to keep up, to not fall behind |
| bijblijven {vt} | :: to stick with, to persist (in memory) |
| bijbrengen {vt} | :: to teach, to instill (an ideal) |
| bijbrengen {vt} | :: to resuscitate, to bring around |
| bij de beesten af {prep} | :: horrible, outrageous, insufferable, disgusting |
| bijdehand {adj} | :: bright, smart, sly, pedantic |
| bijdehand {adj} | :: forward, bold |
| bij de konijnen af {prep} | :: despicable, insufferable, disgusting, horrible |
| bij de konijnen af {prep} | :: involving a lot of sex |
| bij de lurven pakken {v} | :: to seize |
| bij de lurven pakken {v} | :: to arrest |
| bij de vleet {adv} | :: in abundance, galore |
| bijdrage {f} | :: contribution |
| bijdragen {vt} | :: to contribute |
| bijdragetje {noun} | :: diminutive of bijdrage |
| bijdrukken {vt} | :: to print additionally, to add by printing |
| bijectie {f} | :: bijection |
| bijectief {adj} | :: bijective |
| bijeen {adv} | :: together |
| bijeenhouden {vt} | :: to hold together |
| bijeenkomen {v} | :: to come together, to meet, to assemble |
| bijeenkomst {f} | :: meeting |
| bijeenroepen {vt} | :: to call together (for a meeting) |
| bij elkaar {adv} | :: together |
| bijenarend {m} | :: pern, European honey buzzard, Pernis apivorus |
| bijendrom {m} | :: beeswarm |
| bijeneter {m} | :: bee-eater (any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds of the family Meropidae) |
| bijeneter {m} | :: European bee-eater, Merops apiaster |
| bijengewas {n} | :: A crop pollinated by bees |
| bijengewas {n} | :: beeswax |
| bijenhoning {m} | :: bees' honey |
| bijenhouder {m} | :: beekeeper |
| bijenhuif {f} | :: A skep, a wicker beehive |
| bijenkast {f} | :: A modern-style boxlike beehive |
| bijenkolonie {f} | :: bee colony |
| bijenkoningin {f} | :: a queen bee (fertile female of social insects) |
| bijenkoningin {f} | :: a queen bee (dominant woman in a business) |
| bijenkorf {m} | :: A skep, a woven beehive |
| bijenmelk {f} {n} | :: royal jelly |
| bijennest {n} | :: beehive |
| bijensterfte {f} | :: mass death of bees |
| bijenvolk {n} | :: bee colony |
| bijenwas {n} {m} | :: beeswax |
| bijenzwerm {m} | :: beeswarm |
| bijfiguur {n} {m} | :: minor or secondary character in a story |
| bijgebouw {n} | :: outbuilding |
| bijgeloof {n} | :: superstition (a set of unscientific beliefs that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way) |
| bijgelovig {adj} | :: superstitious |
| bijgelovigheid {f} | :: superstition (superstitious belief) |
| bijgelovigheid {f} | :: superstition (tendency to be superstitious) |
| bijgenaamd {adj} | :: nicknamed |
| bijgerecht {n} | :: side dish |
| bijgevolg {adv} | :: consequently |
| bijgevolg {n} | :: A side effect, a side consequence |
| bijgoochem {m} | :: know-all, know-it-all, smart aleck |
| bijhorend {adj} | :: accompanying |
| bijhorend {adj} | :: associated |
| bijhouden {vt} | :: to keep up with (the pace) |
| bijhouden {vt} | :: to maintain, upkeep |
| bijkans {adv} | :: almost, nearly |
| bijkeuken {f} | :: a room near the kitchen; a scullery, a storeroom for the kitchen |
| bijklank {m} | :: connotation |
| bijklussen {v} | :: to moonlight (to work on the side) |
| bijknippen {vt} | :: to trim |
| bijkomen {vi} | :: to regain consciousness, to come round |
| bijkomen {vi} | :: to recuperate, to recover, to catch one's breath |
| bijkomen {vi} | :: to gain weight |
| bijkomend {adj} | :: additional |
| bijkomstig {adj} | :: secondary, less important, having less importance |
| bijkomstigheid {f} | :: Something that is less important and secondary to the main issue |
| bijl {f} | :: axe |
| bijl aan de wortel {f} | :: A looming, fundamental threat; a radical solution that ends something |
| bijlage {f} | :: a supplement (to a document) |
| bijlage {f} | :: e-mail attachment |
| bijland {n} | :: territory, a subject region of lesser importance and with fewer rights |
| bijlbundel {m} | :: fasces |
| bijldrager {m} | :: lictor |
| bijldrager {m} | :: axeman |
| bijleren {vi} | :: to learn more, add to one's knowledge or skills |
| Bijlmermeer {prop} {n} | :: Bijlmermeer (neighborhood) |
| Bijltje {n} | :: An 18th-century shipwright who supported the house of Orange |
| bijlvechter {m} | :: An axe fighter, an axeman |
| bijna {adv} | :: almost |
| bijna {adv} | :: soon |
| bijnaam {m} | :: nickname |
| bij nacht en ontij {phrase} | :: at unusual times |
| bij nacht zijn alle katten grauw {proverb} | :: all cats are grey in the dark |
| bijnier {f} | :: adrenal gland |
| bijou {m} | :: a piece of jewelry, often specifically with fake gems |
| bijouterie {f} | :: A jewellery shop, a jeweller's |
| bijouterie {f} | :: Jewellery, trinkets |
| bijpraten {vit} | :: to catch up, to get (someone) up to date about the latest developments |
| bijproduct {n} | :: byproduct, by-product |
| bijrol {f} {m} | :: minor role, supporting role |
| bijschaduw {f} | :: penumbra |
| bijschieten {vi} | :: to come to the aid (of), to come to someone's aid |
| bijschrift {n} | :: caption (a title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon) |
| bijspijkercursus {m} | :: A course for brushing up previously learnt knowledge or skills or (in practice) for quickly catching up with what one should have learnt |
| bijspijkeren {vt} | :: to brush up |
| bijstaan {vt} | :: to assist |
| bijstaan {vi} | :: to stand by or nearby |
| bijstand {m} | :: social welfare, dole |
| bijstand {m} | :: help, aid |
| bijstellen {vt} | :: to adjust, to adapt |
| bijstelling {f} | :: Adjustment, the process or activity of adapting |
| bijstelling {f} | :: An apposition |
| bijster {adj} | :: lost, missing |
| bijster {adv} | :: very |
| bijt {f} | :: a man-made hole in ice (on the surface of a body of water) |
| bijtanken {vi} | :: to refuel |
| bijtanken {vi} | :: to invigorate, to refresh |
| bijtellen {v} | :: to add |
| bijten {vt} | :: to bite |
| bijtgraag {adj} | :: Mordacious, prone to biting |
| bij tijd en wijle {adv} | :: from time to time |
| bijtijds {adv} | :: in good time, well in advance; betimes, betides |
| bijtijds {adj} | :: in good time, well in advance; betimes, betides |
| bij uitstek {adv} | :: par excellence |
| bijv. {adv} | :: abbreviation of bijvoorbeeld; e.g. |
| bijvak {n} | :: a minor subject (at a tertiary institution) |
| bijvakker {m} | :: One who takes a subject as a minor subject |
| bijval {m} | :: approval, endorsement |
| bijval {m} | :: accolade, applause |
| bijvallen {vi} | :: to fall in addition |
| bijvallen {vt} | :: to second, take side |
| bijverdienste {f} | :: emolument (extra income) |
| bijverschijnsel {n} | :: epiphenomenon |
| bijvoegen {vt} | :: to add, to include, to attach |
| bijvoegen {vt} | :: to enclose |
| bijvoeglijk {adj} | :: adjective |
| bijvoeglijk naamwoord {n} | :: adjective |
| bijvoegsel {n} | :: addendum, appendix |
| bij voorbaat {adv} | :: beforehand |
| bijvoorbeeld {adv} | :: for example |
| bijvorm {m} | :: A less common or subordinate variant, a byform |
| bijvrouw {f} | :: concubine |
| bijvullen {v} | :: to top up, to refill |
| bijw. {noun} | :: abbreviation of bijwoord |
| bijwerken {vt} | :: to update (make something up to date) |
| bijwerking {f} | :: side effect, adverse effect |
| bijwerking {f} | :: update, the act of keeping something up to date |
| bijwijf {n} | :: concubine |
| bijwijfschap {n} | :: concubinage (state of being a concubine) |
| bijwijlen {adv} | :: sometimes |
| bijwonen {vt} | :: to attend |
| bijwoning {f} | :: attendance |
| bijwoning {f} | :: cohabitation |
| bijwoning {f} | :: An additional, secondary or annex residence |
| bijwoord {n} | :: adverb |
| bijwoord {n} | :: proverb |
| bijwoordelijk {adj} | :: adverbial (of or relating to an adverb) |
| bijzaak {f} | :: A matter of secondary or minor importance |
| bijzettafel {f} | :: occasional table, side table |
| bijzetten {vt} | :: to add, to set beside something else |
| bijzijn {n} | :: presence |
| bijzin {m} | :: subordinate clause |
| bijzit {f} | :: concubine |
| bijzitster {f} | :: concubine |
| bijzitten {vi} | :: to sit along, to sit nearby |
| bijzitten {vt} | :: to attend |
| bijzitten {vi} | :: to be a concubine |
| bijzitter {m} | :: Describing various non-voting magistrates: assessor, non-voting councillor |
| bijzonder {adj} | :: special |
| bijzonder {adj} | :: unusual |
| bijzonderheid {f} | :: specialness, exceptionality, unusualness, the property of being exceptional, special or unusual |
| bijzonderheid {f} | :: an exceptional circumstance |
| bikini {m} | :: bikini |
| bikkel {m} | :: talus, a bone in a sheep's heel |
| bikkel {m} | :: such a bone (often worked and) used as in a dice-like game of chance |
| bikkel {m} | :: any artificial, similar throwing device; a die |
| bikkel {m} | :: pebble |
| bikkel {m} | :: robust, resilient person |
| bikkel {m} | :: pickaxe |
| bikken {vt} | :: to chip, to chip off |
| bikken {vt} | :: to eat |
| bil {f} | :: A buttock, usually used in the plural: billen, unless specified as left/right |
| bil {f} | :: a hammer-like double-edged tool used by stonecutters and millers |
| bildungsroman {m} | :: bildungsroman |
| bilhamer {m} | :: A small pick for dressing (applying grooves to) millstones |
| biljard {n} | :: quadrillion (1015) |
| biljard {n} {m} | :: obsolete spelling of biljart |
| biljart {n} {m} | :: billiards |
| biljart {n} {m} | :: billiard table |
| biljartbal {m} | :: billiard ball |
| biljarten {vi} | :: to play billiards |
| biljartspel {n} | :: cue sport, billiards |
| biljet {n} | :: a note |
| biljet {n} | :: a banknote |
| biljet {n} | :: a ticket |
| biljoen {n} | :: A trillion, 1012 |
| billen {vt} | :: to sharpen, to apply grooves to a millstone |
| billen {vt} | :: to bed, to have sex with |
| billenkoek {m} | :: spanking, a beating applied on the buttocks |
| billentikker {m} | :: shortie, bum-coat (a coat design with tails at the back) |
| billijk {adj} | :: fair, reasonable |
| billijken {v} | :: to approve |
| bilnaad {m} | :: buttcrack |
| bilocatie {f} | :: bilocation (ability to be in two locations simultaneously; instance hereof) |
| bilocatie {f} | :: divorce arrangement where the child or children spend(s) equal time at the homes of both parents |
| bilspleet {f} | :: buttcrack |
| bilstuk {n} | :: rump (meat from the hindquarters of an animal) |
| biltong {f} | :: biltong |
| bima {f} | :: bima (raised platform in a synagogue) |
| bimbo {f} | :: bimbo (unintelligent floozie) |
| binden {vt} | :: to tie |
| binden {vt} | :: to wrap |
| binden {vt} | :: to bind |
| binden {vi} | :: to bind, to thicken |
| bindgaren {n} | :: twine, cord, string |
| binding {f} | :: binding, tying, act of applying bonds to someone or of fastening something |
| binding {f} | :: connection, bond, tie (association or commitment to someone or something) |
| bindingsangst {m} | :: fear of commitment |
| bindrijs {n} | :: twigs braided together to be used as a fastener |
| bindweefsel {n} | :: connective tissue |
| bingo {m} | :: bingo (a game of chance) |
| bingo {m} | :: bingo (a win in that game of chance) |
| bingo {interj} | :: bingo; expression to claim a win in bingo |
| bingo {interj} | :: bingo; expression to indicate that a hit has been landed or that one has an idea |
| bingoën {vi} | :: to play bingo |
| binnen- {prefix} | :: inside, inner |
| binnen {adv} | :: inside, indoors |
| binnen {adv} | :: (to) inside, into |
| binnen {prep} | :: inside, within |
| binnen {prep} | :: within (a time) |
| binnen {adj} | :: set for life, having obtained such success professionally and having been able to save enough money that one does not need to work any longer |
| binnenbaan {f} | :: indoor court, indoor playing field |
| binnenbaan {f} | :: inner lane |
| binnenband {m} | :: inner tyre |
| binnenband {m} | :: inner tube |
| binnenbeul {m} | :: tormentor, one who tortures people in dungeons |
| binnenbeurs {f} | :: inside pocket |
| binnenbrengen {v} | :: to come in, to move in; to get closer |
| binnenbrengen {v} | :: to bring in (to earn money for a family or company) |
| binnendoor {adv} | :: via a shortcut |
| binnendringen {vti} | :: to encroach, to intrude, to penetrate, to invade, to interlope (to intrude unrightfully on someone else's rights or territory) |
| binnengaan {vt} | :: to enter, go into (a room, etc.) |
| binnengaan {vi} | :: to go inside |
| binnenhalen {vt} | :: to bring in |
| binnenhalen {vt} | :: to download |
| binnenkant {m} | :: interior, inside |
| binnenkern {f} | :: inner core |
| binnenkomen {vt} | :: to enter, to come inside |
| binnenkoorts {f} | :: A persistent, often particularly debilitating, fever |
| binnenkort {adv} | :: soon |
| binnenland {n} | :: everything within the boundaries of a nation (as opposed to buitenland) |
| binnenland {n} | :: inland |
| binnenlands {adj} | :: interior, within a country, national, domestic |
| binnenlands {adj} | :: inland, removed from coast/borders |
| binnenmens {m} | :: indoor person, someone who prefers to be indoors or spends a lot of time indoors |
| binnenmoeder {f} | :: headmistress of an orphanage |
| binnenmuur {f} {m} | :: interior wall |
| binnenplaats {f} {m} | :: courtyard (open space enclosed by buildings) |
| binnenplaneet {f} | :: inner planet |
| binnenpret {f} | :: fun caused by reminiscing or amusing thoughts |
| binnenpretje {noun} | :: A private thought that causes one to laugh, seeming random to any onlookers |
| binnenschans {f} | :: An interior sconce or other fortification |
| binnenscheepvaart {f} | :: inland navigation |
| binnenschip {n} | :: ship used for inland navigation |
| binnenskamers {adv} | :: indoors, inside a building |
| binnenskamers {adv} | :: privately, not publicly |
| binnenskamers {adv} | :: secretly |
| binnenst {adj} | :: innermost |
| binnenstad {f} | :: inner city |
| binnenstebuiten {adv} | :: inside out |
| binnentrekken {vt} | :: to march in, to invade |
| binnenvaart {f} | :: inland navigation |
| binnenvaart {f} | :: waterway considered to be inside or internal to another area |
| binnenvaartschip {n} | :: ship used for inland navigation |
| binnenvallen {vi} | :: to drop in (especially unannounced) |
| binnenvallen {vt} | :: to invade |
| binnenwater {n} | :: inland water, an interior waterway or body of water |
| binnenwater {n} | :: the water within a polder |
| binnenweg {m} | :: A secondary or side road that is often used as a shortcut to circumvent traffic |
| binnenzak {m} | :: An inside pocket, inner pocket |
| binnenzee {f} | :: inland sea (sea mostly enclosed by land) |
| binocle {m} | :: opera glass |
| binocle {m} | :: field glass (binoculars) |
| binomiale nomenclatuur {f} | :: binomial nomenclature |
| bint {n} | :: heavy wooden beam, especially as part of a roof |
| bint {n} | :: several beams, forming the structure of a building or a roof |
| bintoerong {m} | :: binturong |
| bio- {prefix} | :: (pertaining to) life |
| bio {f} | :: biology |
| biochemicus {m} | :: biochemist (a chemist whose speciality is biochemistry) |
| biochemie {f} | :: biochemistry, the branch of chemistry studying compounds that occur in living organisms and the processes occurring in their metabolism and catabolism |
| biochemisch {adj} | :: biochemical (of or relating to biochemistry) |
| biodanza {f} | :: Biodanza (New Age dancing style) |
| biodiversiteit {f} | :: biodiversity (diversity of flora and fauna) |
| biofysica {f} | :: biophysics |
| biofysicus {m} | :: biophysicist |
| biofysisch {adj} | :: biophysical |
| biograaf {m} | :: biographer |
| biografie {f} | :: biography |
| biografisch {adj} | :: biographical |
| biographie {f} | :: superseded spelling of biografie |
| biologe {f} | :: biologist (female) |
| biologeren {vt} | :: to entrance, to mesmerize |
| biologie {f} | :: biology (science of living matter) |
| biologisch {adj} | :: biological (of biology) |
| biologisch {adj} | :: organic; produced without chemical pest control (of food) |
| biologisch-dynamisch {adj} | :: biodynamic |
| bioloog {m} | :: biologist |
| biomassa {f} | :: biomass (total mass of living things) |
| biomassa {f} | :: biomass (vegetation or other organic matter used as fuel) |
| biomassacentrale {f} | :: A biomass plant (power plant burning biomass) |
| biopsie {f} | :: A biopsy |
| bioscoop {m} | :: cinema; movie theater |
| bioscoop {m} | :: a visit to the cinema; a film seen there |
| bioscoop {m} | :: bioscope; motion-picture projector |
| bioscoopje {noun} | :: a visit to the movies |
| biosfeer {m} | :: biosphere |
| biotechnologie {f} | :: biotechnology |
| biowapen {n} | :: A bioweapon |
| biplaan {m} | :: alternative form of biplan |
| biplan {m} | :: biplane |
| bips {f} | :: butt, buttocks |
| birdie {m} | :: birdie |
| Birma {prop} {n} | :: Burma |
| Birmaan {m} | :: A Burman, a person from Burma (Myanmar) |
| Birmaan {m} | :: An ethnic Burman, a person from the Burmese ethnicity |
| Birmees {m} | :: A Burman, a person from Burma (Myanmar) |
| Birmees {m} | :: An ethnic Burman, a person from the Burmese ethnicity |
| Birmees {prop} {n} | :: Burmese, the Burmese language spoken in Myanmar |
| Birmees {adj} | :: Burman, Burmese, Myanmarese; pertaining to Burma, the Burmese languages, ethnic Burmans or the Myanmarese |
| bis {f} | :: B sharp |
| bis {interj} | :: Used to request an encore |
| bisam {m} | :: A muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus |
| bisam {n} | :: The fur of the muskrat |
| bisam {n} | :: The musk of the muskrat |
| bisamrat {f} | :: A muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus |
| bischierig {adj} | :: bi-curious |
| bisdom {n} | :: bishopric |
| biseksualiteit {f} | :: bisexuality |
| biseksueel {adj} | :: bisexual |
| biseksueel {m} | :: bisexual |
| bisjaar {n} | :: A school year in which a student repeats the same grade or year |
| Bislama {prop} {n} | :: the Bislama language |
| bismut {n} | :: bismuth |
| bisschop {m} | :: bishop (official in Orthodox, Catholic and some Protestant churches overseeing a diocese) |
| bisschop {m} | :: bishop, bishop's wine |
| bisschoppelijk {adj} | :: episcopal, related to a bishop and/or to the episcopate |
| bisschopsmijter {m} | :: episcopal mitre, mitre of a bishop |
| bisschopsring {m} | :: episcopal ring |
| bisschopswijn {m} | :: A type of mulled wine, often drunk on and before Saint Nicholas' Eve (December 5), made of oranges; bishop's wine |
| bit {n} | :: bit (for a working animal) |
| bit {n} | :: bit (rotary cutting tool) |
| bit {n} | :: mouthguard |
| bit {m} | :: bit (binary digit) |
| bit {m} | :: bit (unit of storage) |
| bit {m} | :: bit (datum with two possible values) |
| bitch {f} | :: bitch (somewhat general term of abuse for a woman; disagreeable, assertive, aggressive or malicious woman) |
| bitch {f} | :: bitch (person in a submissive or low-placed position) |
| bits {adj} | :: abrupt, snappy, unfriendly |
| bits {adj} | :: prone to biting |
| Bitsingen {prop} {n} | :: Bassenge, a town in Belgium |
| bitter {adj} | :: bitter (having an acrid taste) |
| bitter {adj} | :: bitter, embittered |
| bitter {m} {n} | :: A type of strong spirits made by steeping (often bitter) herbs in brandy or jenever, traditionally considered a digestive drink |
| bitterbal {m} | :: A spherical croquette filled with ragout |
| bitteren {vi} | :: to drink a bitter (liquor) |
| bitterkoek {m} | :: A small macaroon made of bitter almonds (or a substitute) |
| bitterkoekje {noun} | :: diminutive of bitterkoek |
| bitterwortel {m} | :: chicory root, root of a plant of the genus Cichorium |
| bitterwortel {m} | :: chicory, a coffee surrogate made from these roots |
| bitterzoet {adj} | :: bittersweet, simultaneously sweet and bitter |
| bitterzoet {adj} | :: bittersweet, evoking or involving both sad and pleasant emotions |
| bitterzoet {noun} | :: bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) |
| bitumen {n} | :: bitumen, mineral pitch |
| bitumineus {adj} | :: bituminous, pertaining to bitumen or similar substances |
| bivak {n} | :: bivouac (an encampment for the night, chiefly in military contexts or relating to expeditions) |
| bivakkeren {v} | :: to bivouac |
| bivakmuts {f} | :: balaclava |
| bizar {adj} | :: bizarre |
| bizon {m} | :: bison, bovid of the genus Bison |
| blaag {m} | :: child, kid, only said of minors, in this sense usually in the plural |
| blaag {m} | :: rascal, brat |
| blaam {f} | :: blame |
| blaar {f} {m} | :: blister |
| blaas {f} | :: bladder |
| blaasinstrument {n} | :: wind instrument |
| blaasje {n} | :: blister |
| blaasje {n} | :: pimple |
| blaasje {n} | :: vesicle |
| blaasje {n} | :: diminutive of blaas ("bladder") |
| blaasjeskruid {n} | :: bladderwort, plant of the genus Utricularia |
| blaaskaak {m} | :: blowhard, braggart |
| blaaskanker {m} | :: bladder cancer |
| blaaskapel {f} | :: marching band |
| blaasontsteking {f} | :: bladder infection, cystitis |
| blaaspijp {f} | :: blowgun |
| blaasrob {m} | :: hooded seal, clapmatch, Cystophora cristata |
| blaasroer {n} | :: blowgun |
| blaasspeeltuig {n} | :: wind instrument |
| blaauw {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of blauw |
| blaauwachtig {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of blauwachtig |
| blaauwagtig {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of blauwachtig |
| blad {n} | :: leaf |
| blad {n} | :: sheet of paper, leaf (in a book) |
| blad {n} | :: page |
| blad {n} | :: magazine |
| blad {n} | :: the flat section on the upper side of a table or desk |
| blad {n} | :: the broad, flat blade of a weapon or tool; a blade |
| blad {n} | :: usufruct (right to derive profit from somebody else's property) |
| bladcactus {m} | :: A cactus with visible leaves or leaflike stems |
| bladder {f} {m} | :: blister, particularly of paint |
| bladerdak {n} | :: canopy, topmost foliage |
| bladerdeeg {n} | :: puff pastry |
| bladeren {vi} | :: to leaf, to grow leaves |
| bladeren {vi} | :: to browse |
| bladerloos {adj} | :: leafless |
| bladgoud {n} | :: gold leaf |
| bladgroen {n} | :: chlorophyll |
| bladgroente {f} | :: leaf vegetable(s), greens; a species or type of greens |
| bladloos {adj} | :: leafless |
| bladmineerder {noun} | :: leaf miner |
| bladmineerders {noun} | :: plural of bladmineerder |
| bladmuziek {f} | :: sheet music |
| bladschede {f} | :: leaf sheath |
| bladschedetje {noun} | :: diminutive of bladschede |
| bladtin {n} | :: tin foil, sheet tin (tin in the shape of thin leaves) |
| bladverliezend {adj} | :: deciduous |
| bladvormig {adj} | :: leaflike |
| bladwesp {f} | :: sawfly, hymenopteran of the suborder Symphyta |
| bladwijzer {m} | :: bookmark |
| bladwijzer {m} | :: index, register |
| bladzij {f} {m} | :: A page |
| bladzijde {f} | :: A page |
| bladzilver {n} | :: silver leaf |
| blaf {m} | :: A single yelp of (notably canine) barking, a bark |
| blaffen {vi} | :: to bark, like a canine and certain others species |
| blaffen {vi} | :: to shout rudely etc |
| blaffen {vi} | :: to grumble, notably said of a hungry stomach |
| blaffen {vi} | :: to utter pointless sounds, e.g. protest or argue in vain |
| blaffende honden bijten niet {proverb} | :: People who make big threats usually never carry them out; barking dogs seldom bite |
| blaffer {m} | :: one who barks, usually a canine |
| blaffer {m} | :: a (noisy) gun |
| blaken {vi} | :: to scorch, blaze |
| blaken {vi} | :: to be extremely good, to be full of (something) |
| blaker {m} | :: A dish or low candelabrum with a handle, used as a candleholder |
| blakeren {vt} | :: to scorch, to singe |
| blamage {f} | :: A disgrace, something that tarnishes the reputation of someone or something |
| blameren {vt} | :: to slander, to calumniate |
| blameren {vt} | :: to disgrace, to humiliate |
| blank {adj} | :: white, pale |
| blank {adj} | :: white (having a light skin tone) |
| blanke {noun} | :: a white person, someone with a light skin colour |
| blanken {vi} | :: to glow in a white or pallid colour |
| blanken {vt} | :: to blank |
| Blankenberge {prop} {n} | :: A municipality and town on the Belgian coast |
| blankvoorn {m} | :: common roach, Rutilus rutilus |
| blaren {vt} | :: to blister, to cause blisters |
| blaren {vi} | :: To get/show blisters |
| blaren {vi} | :: to bleat, cry like a sheep, goat or calf |
| blaren {vi} | :: to make a loud and silly sound, whether speech, song or gibberish |
| blasfematorisch {adj} | :: blasphemous |
| blasfemeren {vi} | :: to blaspheme |
| blasfemie {f} | :: blasphemy |
| blasfemisch {adj} | :: blasphemous, unsacred |
| blasphemisch {adj} | :: archaic spelling of blasfemisch |
| blaten {vi} | :: to bleat, produce the typical baa sound of sheep |
| blaten {vi} | :: to speak as pointlessly as if it were gibberish |
| blauw {adj} | :: blue |
| blauw {adj} | :: visibly bruised, as in blauwe plek 'a bluish bruise' |
| blauw {adj} | :: (slang) drunk |
| blauw {n} | :: The colour blue |
| blauw {n} | :: Police (especially in the phrase: blauw op straat (police on the street)) |
| blauwachtig {adj} | :: bluish, somewhat or resembling blue |
| blauwagtig {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of blauwachtig |
| blauwalg {f} | :: blue-green alga, member of the Cyanobacteria |
| blauwbok {m} | :: bluebuck, Hippotragus leucophaeus |
| blauwborst {m} | :: bluethroat, Luscinia svecica |
| blauwdruk {m} | :: A blueprint, a white-on-blue design image, a cyanotype |
| blauwdruk {m} | :: A blueprint, a plan, a design |
| blauwe {noun} | :: Indo (person of part Indonesian, part European descent) |
| blauwe {noun} | :: Any non-white person |
| blauwe boon {f} | :: bullet |
| blauwe haai {m} | :: blue shark, Prionace glauca |
| blauwe hap {m} | :: Indo or (Dutch) Chinese food |
| blauwe maandag {m} | :: A short period of time |
| blauwe pinguïn {m} | :: little penguin, Eudyptula minor |
| blauwe plek {f} | :: A bruise where the initially reddened skin turns bluish or purplish |
| blauwe reiger {m} | :: The grey heron, the Old World wading bird species Ardea cinerea, of the heron family |
| blauwe vinvis {m} | :: blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
| blauwe zeedistel {mf} | :: sea holly, Eryngium maritimum |
| blauwgrauw {adj} | :: blue-grey |
| blauwgrijs {adj} | :: blue-grey |
| blauwgroen {n} | :: blue-green, cyan |
| blauwgroen {adj} | :: cyan-coloured |
| blauwheid {f} | :: blueness |
| blauwheid {f} | :: something blue |
| blauwhelm {m} | :: A Blue Helmet; a soldier or civilian employee of a UN peacekeeping mission |
| blauwhemd {m} | :: police officer |
| blauwig {adj} | :: bluish, of a colour or shade which resembles or hinges on blue and/or contains some blue |
| blauwogig {adj} | :: blue-eyed |
| blauw oog {n} | :: black eye |
| blauw oog {n} | :: See: nl blauw oog |
| blauwschimmelkaas {m} | :: blue cheese |
| blauwschuit {f} | :: scurvy |
| blauwschuit {f} | :: varices |
| blauwtje {noun} | :: a rejection, in particular a romantic rejection |
| blauwtje {noun} | :: a blue, a butterfly of the Polyommatinae |
| blauwtong {-} | :: bluetongue |
| blauwverschuiving {f} | :: blueshift |
| blauwvleugelsprinkhaan {m} | :: blue-winged grasshopper, Oedipoda caerulescens |
| blauwzucht {f} | :: cyanosis |
| blazen {vit} | :: to blow |
| blazen {vi} | :: to hiss (like a cat) |
| bled {n} | :: A metal strip with holes |
| bled {n} | :: A flat board such as a tabletop |
| bled {m} | :: middle of nowhere |
| bledder {m} | :: football |
| bledder {m} | :: head |
| bledder {m} | :: boastful nonsense, hot air, bluster |
| bleek {adj} | :: pale |
| bleek {adj} | :: bleak |
| bleek {f} | :: bleach (chemical used for bleaching) |
| bleek {f} | :: the act of bleaching |
| bleek {f} | :: bleachfield |
| bleekgezicht {n} | :: paleface, an ethnic European as opposed to a native redskin |
| bleekselderij {f} | :: Celery, a cultivar derived from wild celery cultivated for its stems, Apium graveolens var. dulce |
| bleekveld {n} | :: A bleachfield (field for bleaching fabrics, esp. linens, in the Sun) |
| bleekveldje {noun} | :: diminutive of bleekveld |
| blei {f} | :: upper layer of sludge |
| blei {f} | :: sludge |
| blei {f} | :: cowardly woman |
| blei {f} | :: dumb or naive girl |
| blei {f} | :: a type of carp; blay |
| blei {n} | :: alternative form of blij |
| blein {f} | :: blister |
| bleiten {vi} | :: to shed tears, to cry |
| bleitsmoel {m} | :: crybaby |
| bleke klaproos {f} | :: blind eyes, long-headed poppy Papaver dubium |
| bleken {v} | :: to bleach |
| bleker {m} | :: A bleacher, one who bleaches fabrics, especially linens; the owner or operator of a bleaching business |
| blekerd {m} | :: rosé, strongly associated with the German Rhineland |
| blekerd {m} | :: A pale person |
| blekke {m} | :: ten of diamonds |
| blende {f} | :: metallic sulphide, in particular blende |
| blenden {vt} | :: to blind |
| blenden {vt} | :: to mix in a blender, to blend |
| blèren {vi} | :: to cry or whine loudly |
| bles {f} | :: blaze (light-coloured spot on a horse's face) |
| blesbok {m} | :: blesbuck, Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi |
| blesseren {vt} | :: to injure |
| blessure {f} | :: injury (in particular, from practising a sport), sports injury |
| blessuretijd {m} | :: injury time |
| bleuke {n} | :: novice |
| blij {adj} | :: happy |
| blij {adj} | :: glad |
| blij {n} | :: lead (metal) |
| blij {n} | :: the colour of lead |
| blijde {f} | :: catapult (medieval siege weapon) |
| blijdschap {f} | :: joy, gladness |
| blijeinde {n} | :: happy ending |
| blijf-van-mijn-lijfhuis {n} | :: women's shelter (shelter for female victims of domestic violence) |
| blijheid {f} | :: happiness |
| blijk {n} | :: token, expression, demonstration, sign |
| blijk {n} | :: mark |
| blijk {n} | :: evidence, proof, demonstration |
| blijkbaar {adv} | :: apparently |
| blijkbaar {adj} | :: evident, apparent |
| blijken {vi} | :: to appear, to become apparent |
| blijken {v} | :: to appear |
| blijken {v} | :: to turn out |
| blijkens {prep} | :: according to, judging from, as is apparent from |
| blijmoedig {adj} | :: upbeat, cheerful |
| blijspel {n} | :: a drama that is light and humorous; a comedy |
| blijven {vi} | :: to stay, to remain |
| blijven {v} | :: to stay, to remain, to still be |
| blijven {v} | :: to keep/keep on, to continue to |
| blijvend {adj} | :: permanent |
| blik {m} | :: A glance |
| blik {m} | :: A ray, a beam |
| blik {n} | :: A can, a tin (container) |
| blik {n} | :: Sheet metal, tin plate; the metallic material tins are made of, often coated with tin or pewter |
| blik {n} | :: A dustpan |
| blikken {adj} | :: tin, tinnen, made of a light tinplate (or similar metallic alloy) as produced for cans |
| blikken {vi} | :: to look at, to glance |
| bliklopen {n} | :: A children's game in which a player walks on metal cans or buckets of any material, that have been affixed to cords that are held in the player's hands, so that they can be lifted manually when stepping |
| bliklopen {v} | :: to walk on such cans or buckets as part of the above-described game |
| blikschade {f} | :: minor damage to a vehicle (for example in an accident), limited to scratches and dents in the exterior |
| bliksem {m} | :: lightning |
| bliksemafleider {m} | :: a lightning rod, lightning conductor |
| bliksemen {vi} | :: to flash (lightning) |
| bliksemflits {f} | :: A flash of lightning, a lightning |
| blikseminslag {m} | :: lightning strike |
| bliksemoorlog {m} | :: blitzkrieg |
| bliksemschicht {f} | :: lightning bolt |
| bliksemsnel {adj} | :: lightning-fast, very quick or rapid |
| bliksemstraal {mf} | :: lightning bolt |
| bliksemstraaltje {noun} | :: diminutive of bliksemstraal |
| blikslager {m} | :: One who produces or repairs objects made of sheet metal, e.g. a pewterer or tinsmith |
| blikslager {interj} | :: Minced oath for bliksem |
| blikvanger {m} | :: eyecatcher |
| blikvanger {m} | :: can catcher |
| blind {adj} | :: blind (unable to see) |
| blind {n} | :: window shutter |
| blinddoek {m} | :: a blindfold |
| blinddoeken {vt} | :: to blindfold |
| blinde {noun} | :: blind person |
| blinde {f} | :: window shutter |
| blinde darm {m} | :: superseded spelling of blindedarm |
| blindedarm {m} | :: cecum (pouch near the transition from the small to the large intestine) |
| blindedarmontsteking {f} | :: appendicitis, inflammation of the vermiform appendix |
| blindelings {adv} | :: blindly, with eyes closed |
| blindengeleidehond {m} | :: guide dog |
| blinde passagier {m} | :: stowaway |
| blinde passagier {m} | :: See: nl blind passagier |
| blindheid {f} | :: blindness, (medical) inability to see |
| blindheid {f} | :: unwillingness to take notice |
| blinken {vi} | :: to shine, to glitter (reflect light) |
| blister {m} | :: blister pack |
| blits {adj} | :: fashionable |
| blitskikker {m} | :: a (usually young) person who follows fashion very closely, fashionista |
| blitzkrieg {m} | :: blitzkrieg |
| bloed- {prefix} | :: prefix meaning very |
| bloed {n} | :: blood |
| bloed {n} | :: a grave consequence, a high price |
| bloed {n} | :: a whole body; especially (plural also (archaic) bloeien in this sense) a (poor) person |
| bloedarmoede {f} {m} | :: The syndrome anemia |
| bloedarmoede {f} {m} | :: Lack of inspiration, innovation, etc. ('fresh blood') |
| bloedbaan {f} | :: bloodstream |
| bloedbad {n} | :: bloodbath, carnage |
| bloedbank {f} {m} | :: blood bank |
| bloedbeeld {n} | :: blood count |
| bloedblaar {f} | :: blood blister |
| bloedbroeder {m} | :: blood brother (friend with whom one has ceremonially shared blood) |
| bloedcel {f} | :: blood cell |
| bloeddiamant {m} | :: blood diamond |
| bloeddonor {m} | :: A blood donor |
| bloeddorst {m} | :: bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness |
| bloeddorstig {adj} | :: bloodthirsty |
| bloeddruk {m} | :: blood pressure |
| bloeddrukmeter {m} | :: A blood pressure monitor, a blood pressure meter |
| bloedeloos {adj} | :: bloodless (lacking emotion or vigor) |
| bloedeloos {adj} | :: bloodless (lacking blood) |
| bloeden {vi} | :: to bleed |
| bloederig {adj} | :: bloody (physical sense only), sanguinary |
| bloederziekte {f} | :: haemophilia |
| bloedgang {m} | :: dysentery |
| bloedgeil {adj} | :: horny as hell, pointedly sexually aroused |
| bloedgeld {n} | :: blood money (money acquired at the cost of someone's life, or by causing great suffering) |
| bloedgeld {n} | :: wergeld |
| bloedgericht {n} | :: a judicial or extralegal verdict of death |
| bloedgroep {mf} | :: blood type |
| bloedgroep {mf} | :: background, especially in an organisation that is the result of a merger |
| bloedheet {adj} | :: hell-hot, sweltering (very hot, and often also humid) |
| bloedhekel {m} | :: abhorrence, extreme contempt or aversion towards something or someone |
| bloedhond {m} | :: bloodhound |
| bloedhond {m} | :: someone skilled in finding people; skilled or persistent tracker or stalker |
| bloedhond {m} | :: persecutor, tenaciously cruel person |
| bloedig {adj} | :: bloody (covered in blood, pertaining to bloodshed) |
| bloeding {f} | :: bleeding |
| bloedkanker {m} | :: blood cancer |
| bloedkaros {f} | :: A folkloric carriage that would abduct children who were outside late and cause them to bleed to death, usually by maiming their limbs or slitting their throats; as a bogeyman it was widely believed in by the common people in early modern times and was frequently connected to stories about foreign monarchs collecting blood |
| bloedlink {adj} | :: hazardous, treacherous, very risky |
| bloedloop {m} | :: dysentery |
| bloedloop {m} | :: any bloody stool |
| bloedlul {m} | :: a penis which is considerably larger when erect compared to flaccid; a grower |
| bloedlul {m} | :: a jerk, an arse |
| bloedmaan {f} | :: blood moon |
| bloedmooi {adj} | :: drop-dead gorgeous |
| bloedneus {mf} | :: A nosebleed |
| bloedneusje {noun} | :: diminutive of bloedneus |
| bloedplaatje {n} | :: thrombocyte, platelet |
| bloedplasma {n} | :: blood plasma |
| bloedrood {adj} | :: blood-red |
| bloedschande {f} | :: incest (sexual activity with a close relative) |
| bloedschandig {adj} | :: incestuous |
| bloedschender {m} | :: alternative form of bloedschenner |
| bloedschending {f} | :: incest |
| bloedschenner {m} | :: One who commits incest, incestuous person |
| bloedschennis {f} | :: incest |
| bloedsneeuw {f} | :: watermelon snow, blood snow |
| bloedsomloop {m} | :: blood circulation |
| bloedspat {m} | :: blood stain |
| bloedspoor {n} | :: a bloody trail, as left by a wounded creature |
| bloedspoortje {noun} | :: diminutive of bloedspoor |
| bloedsprookje {n} | :: blood libel |
| bloedstolling {f} | :: clotting, coagulation of blood |
| bloedstroom {m} | :: blood flow |
| bloedsuiker {m} | :: blood sugar (glucose (level) in blood) |
| bloedtransfusie {f} | :: blood transfusion |
| bloeduitstorting {f} | :: haematoma |
| bloedvat {n} | :: blood vessel |
| bloedvatenstelsel {n} | :: circulatory system |
| bloedvergieten {n} | :: bloodshed (violent loss of life) |
| bloedvergieten {n} | :: bloodletting (removal of blood from the veins) |
| bloedvergieting {f} | :: bloodshed (violent loss of life) |
| bloedvergieting {f} | :: bleeding, the spilling or pouring of blood |
| bloedvergiftiging {f} | :: blood poisoning (presence of micro-organisms in bloodstream enough to cause serious illness) |
| bloedverwant {adj} | :: related |
| bloedverwant {m} | :: a blood relative |
| bloedvete {f} | :: blood feud |
| bloedvink {m} | :: bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
| bloedvlag {f} | :: A flag used as a signal of attack, originally red, but some black flags were in use during the 20th century |
| bloedwei {f} | :: blood serum |
| bloedworst {f} {m} | :: blood pudding, blood sausage |
| bloedzuiger {m} | :: A bloodsucker |
| bloedzuiger {m} | :: A leech, blood-sucking annelid |
| bloedzuiger {m} | :: A ruthless exploiter, a slave driver, a pitiless debitor etc |
| bloedzuster {f} | :: blood sister (sister to whom one is related) |
| bloedzuster {f} | :: blood sister (intimate female friend, as if an adopted sister) |
| bloedzweer {f} | :: carbuncle (type of purulent ulcer) |
| bloei {m} | :: blossom |
| bloeien {vi} | :: to blossom, to bear flowers |
| bloeien {vi} | :: to grow, develop |
| bloeien {vi} | :: to flourish, prosper |
| bloeien {vi} | :: to produce a swelling or secretion |
| bloeien {vi} | :: to blush, to redden in the face |
| bloeien {vi} | :: to flourish, to be in one's period of maximum activity or influence |
| bloeisel {n} | :: blossom |
| bloeisel {n} | :: bloom, anything that blooms |
| bloeitijd {m} | :: blossoming time, budding time; florescence (of flowers and other plants) |
| bloeitijd {m} | :: heyday, prime (someone's youth or most productive years of life) |
| bloeitijd {m} | :: golden age (of a civilization, country or other social group) |
| bloem {f} | :: flower of flowering plant |
| bloem {f} | :: flour of wheat or corn (uncountable) |
| bloembak {m} | :: flower tub (a usually concrete quadrilateral tub used to hold flowers for decorative purposes) |
| bloembed {n} | :: flower bed |
| bloembinder {m} | :: a flower arranger who binds vegetal and sometimes other ingredients to ornamental pieces |
| bloemblad {n} | :: (flower) petal |
| bloembol {m} | :: flower bulb |
| bloembollenveld {n} | :: A field used for the cultivation of bulb flowers; a bulb flower field |
| bloemdier {n} | :: An anthozoan, animal of the class Anthozoa |
| Bloemen {prop} | :: Bloemen; surname |
| bloemencorso {n} {m} | :: flower parade, flower pageant |
| Bloemendaal {prop} {n} | :: Bloemendaal (village/and/municipality) |
| bloemenkrans {m} | :: A flower wreath |
| bloemenkransje {noun} | :: diminutive of bloemenkrans |
| bloemenkwekerij {f} | :: flower farm |
| bloementuin {m} | :: A flower garden |
| bloementuintje {noun} | :: diminutive of bloementuin |
| bloemenvaas {f} | :: A flower vase |
| bloemenvaasje {noun} | :: diminutive of bloemenvaas |
| bloemenveiling {f} | :: flower auction |
| bloemetjesjurk {f} | :: A flowered dress |
| bloemetjesjurkje {noun} | :: diminutive of bloemetjesjurk |
| Bloemfontein {prop} | :: Bloemfontein (city) |
| bloemist {m} | :: florist, flowershop keeper |
| bloemist {m} | :: speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania |
| bloemisterij {f} | :: flower shop, florist's shop |
| bloemisterij {f} | :: flower farm |
| bloemkelk {m} | :: A calyx (outermost whorl of flower parts) |
| bloemkelkje {noun} | :: diminutive of bloemkelk |
| bloemkool {mf} | :: cauliflower |
| bloemkool {mf} | :: large breast, melon, bazonga |
| bloemkooloor {n} | :: cauliflower ear |
| bloemkoolwijk {f} {m} | :: a neighbourhood built around roads that branch like a tree diagram |
| bloemlezing {f} | :: anthology |
| bloempap {f} | :: A porridge made of flour and milk |
| bloemperk {n} | :: flower bed |
| bloempot {m} | :: A flowerpot, (solid) container in which (flowering) plants are grown |
| bloempotkapsel {n} | :: A bowl cut |
| bloemrijk {adj} | :: having many flowers, flowery |
| bloemrijk {adj} | :: flowery, ornate, florid (lavishly decorated or elaborate) |
| bloemstuk {n} | :: flower arrangement (work consisting of arranged flowers and plants) |
| bloemtuin {m} | :: alternative form of bloementuin |
| bloemtuintje {noun} | :: diminutive of bloemtuin |
| bloemvaas {f} | :: alternative form of bloemenvaas |
| bloes {f} | :: A blouse (an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt) |
| bloes {f} | :: A women's blouse |
| bloesem {m} | :: blossom, bloom |
| blog {m} {n} | :: A blog |
| bloggen {vi} | :: to blog (to keep a weblog) |
| blogger {m} | :: A blogger |
| blogje {noun} | :: diminutive of blog |
| blok {n} | :: a block (e.g wood) |
| blok {n} | :: a street block |
| blok {n} | :: a political bloc |
| blokgolf {f} | :: square wave |
| blokhuis {n} | :: A blockhouse (wooden stand-alone fortification) |
| blokhuis {n} | :: A log cabin |
| blokhuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of blokhuis |
| blokhut {f} | :: log cabin |
| blokkade {f} | :: blockade |
| blokken {vi} | :: to cram, to study hard, to swot |
| blokkeren {vt} | :: to block |
| blokkeren {vt} | :: to close off (a road) |
| blokkeren {vt} | :: to blockade |
| blokkeringsminderheid {f} | :: a minority with the power to delay or stop a decision made by the majority; a blocking minority |
| blom {f} | :: alternative form of bloem |
| Blom {prop} | :: surname |
| blond {adj} | :: blond, fair; of light color |
| blondine {f} | :: A blonde (fair-haired) female |
| blood {adj} | :: not courageous |
| blood {adj} | :: timid |
| bloodaard {m} | :: coward |
| bloodaard {m} | :: timid person |
| bloot {adj} | :: bare, naked, nude |
| bloot {adj} | :: unprotected, uncovered |
| bloot {adj} | :: unaided |
| bloot {adj} | :: simple, uncomplicated |
| bloot {n} | :: nakedness, especially as art subject or in porn |
| bloot {f} | :: alternative form of ploot |
| blootje {n} | :: The bare, a state of total nudity |
| blootje {n} | :: An embarrassing state of exposure, as to ridicule or criticism |
| blootleggen {vt} | :: to lay bare, to expose, to uncover |
| blootstellen {vt} | :: to expose |
| blootstelling {f} | :: (usually used with aan) exposure (to) |
| blootsvoets {adj} | :: barefoot, without wearing any footwear |
| blootvoets {adj} | :: alternative form of blootsvoets |
| blos {m} | :: blush, reddening of the cheeks |
| blosje {noun} | :: diminutive of blos |
| bloterik {m} | :: someone who is (nearly) naked, often boldly or in an unconventional place |
| bloterik {m} | :: the nude, naked state |
| blouse {f} | :: alternative spelling of bloes |
| blozen {vi} | :: to blush, to flush |
| bluffen {vi} | :: to bluff |
| bluf-SUV {m} | :: An SUV that doesn't function well as an off-road vehicle |
| blunder {m} | :: blunder |
| blunderen {vi} | :: to blunder, to make a mistake |
| blussen {vt} | :: to extinguish, to put out |
| blusser {m} | :: One who extinguished fires, an extinguisher |
| blut {adj} | :: without money, broke, bankrupt |
| bm. {noun} | :: abbreviation of bisdom |
| bn. {noun} | :: abbreviation of bijvoeglijk naamwoord |
| BN'er {m} | :: a Dutch celebrity |
| BNN'er {m} | :: someone who works for Dutch broadcaster BNN |
| BNP {noun} | :: initialism of bruto nationaal product |
| bnw. {n} | :: initialism of bijvoeglijk naamwoord |
| bo {m} | :: sandwich |
| Bo {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| boa {m} | :: boa, snake of the genus Boa |
| boa {m} | :: fur or plumed scarf, boa |
| bob {m} | :: designated driver |
| bob {f} {m} | :: bob, bobsleigh |
| Bob {prop} {m} | :: given name, Bob |
| bobslee {f} | :: bobsleigh, bobsled, a sled used for the homonymous sport |
| Bocholtz {prop} {n} | :: Bocholtz (village) |
| bocht {f} {m} | :: bend, curve, inflection |
| bocht {f} {m} | :: bight, broad curvature of a coastline, bay |
| bocht {m} {n} | :: junk, rubbish |
| bocht {m} {n} | :: junk, booze, moonshine |
| bocht {m} {n} | :: disgusting drink, trash, rubbish |
| bochtig {adj} | :: winding |
| bockbier {n} | :: bock beer |
| bockbier {n} | :: a glass of bock beer |
| bod {n} | :: order |
| bod {n} | :: offer |
| bode {mf} | :: messenger |
| bode {mf} | :: servant |
| bodega {f} | :: bodega, winery, wine bar |
| bodega {f} | :: bodega, storeroom, cellar |
| Bodegraven {prop} {n} | :: Bodegraven (village) |
| bodem {m} | :: bottom (e.g. of a box or of the sea) |
| bodem {m} | :: soil, ground |
| bodem {m} | :: earth surface |
| bodem {m} | :: territory |
| bodem {m} | :: ship, vessel |
| bodembewoner {m} | :: ground dweller, bottom dweller |
| bodemerij {f} | :: bottomry (loan with a ship or goods as collateral) |
| bodemkunde {f} | :: soil science |
| bodemloos {adj} | :: bottomless |
| bodemonderzoek {n} | :: A soil survey, soil research |
| bodemonderzoek {n} | :: A thorough investigation, to get to the bottom of something |
| bodemprijs {m} | :: price floor |
| bodemprijs {m} | :: a very low price |
| bodemschat {m} | :: mineral resource |
| bodemsoort {f} | :: soil type |
| bodemtype {n} | :: soil type |
| bodemziekte {f} | :: soil-borne disease, soil disease |
| bodenbrood {n} | :: reward for a messenger, specifically the first one to pass a message |
| bodes {f} | :: A female messenger |
| body {m} | :: A leotard |
| body {m} | :: Body, substance |
| bodybuilder {m} | :: bodybuilder |
| bodybuilding {n} | :: bodybuilding |
| bodybuildster {f} | :: A female bodybuilder |
| boe {interj} | :: boo, exclamation to scare someone |
| boe {interj} | :: boo, exclamation expressing strong disapproval |
| boe {interj} | :: moo, the sound of lowing cattle |
| boechelen {vi} | :: play poorly, work badly |
| boechelploeg {noun} | :: (Brabantian) team that plays poorly |
| boecht {noun} | :: (Brabantian) junk |
| boecht {noun} | :: bad, disgusting, annoying people; scum |
| Boedapest {prop} {n} | :: Boedapest (capital city) |
| Boeddha {prop} {m} | :: Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) |
| boeddhisme {n} | :: Buddhism |
| boeddhist {m} | :: Buddhist |
| boeddhistisch {adj} | :: Buddhist |
| boedel {m} | :: estate (movable estate, not real estate) |
| boedelhuis {n} | :: dated form of boelhuis |
| boedelscheiding {f} | :: division of an estate |
| boef {m} | :: crook, thief, thug |
| boef {m} | :: rascal, scamp |
| boeg {m} | :: bow (front of a boat or ship) |
| boegbeeld {n} | :: figurehead (figure at the bow of a vessel) |
| boegbuiskamer {f} | :: The torpedo room at the bow of a submarine |
| Boeginees {adj} | :: Buginese |
| Boeginees {prop} {n} | :: Buginese, the Buginese language |
| boegseren {vt} | :: to tug, to tow by rowing |
| boegspriet {f} | :: bowsprit (ship) |
| boei {f} | :: buoy |
| boei {f} | :: shackle |
| boeien {vt} | :: to tie down, tie up, bind, shackle |
| boeien {vt} | :: to captivate, fascinate, interest |
| boeien {interj} | :: alternative form of boeiend; don't care, whatev |
| boeien {vt} | :: to raise the ship's side with side-boards |
| boeien {vt} | :: to raise a similar extra on construction |
| boeiend {adj} | :: captivating, interesting |
| boeiend {interj} | :: So what! Who cares! |
| boejemer {m} | :: gypsy |
| boejemer {m} | :: peculiar, untrustworthy or troublesome person |
| boek {n} | :: book |
| boek {n} | :: omasum |
| boekanier {m} | :: buccaneer, pirate; originally especially in reference to French pirates and privateers operating in the Caribbean |
| Boekarest {prop} {n} | :: Boekarest (capital city) |
| boekbeschouwer {m} | :: A book reviewer |
| boekdeel {n} | :: volume, book (single book of a multi-book publication) |
| boekdelen spreken {vi} | :: to speak volumes |
| boekdrukkunst {f} | :: (the art of) printing using a printing press |
| boeken {vt} | :: to book, to reserve |
| boeken {vt} | :: to book, to register, to record |
| boeken {vt} | :: to achieve |
| boekenkast {f} | :: bookcase |
| boekenkennis {f} | :: knowledge primarily based on reading about a subject rather than personal experience, book knowledge |
| boekenkennis {f} | :: knowledge about books, such as bibliography or bibliology |
| boekenliefde {f} | :: bibliophilia |
| boekenliefhebber {m} | :: bibliophile |
| boekenliefhebberij {f} | :: bibliophilia |
| boekennaam {m} | :: A name, often a common name, whose use is limited to written language |
| boekenplank {f} | :: A bookshelf |
| boekenplankje {noun} | :: diminutive of boekenplank |
| boekenschouw {f} | :: book review |
| boekensteun {m} | :: A bookend |
| boekenvriend {m} | :: (male) bibliophile |
| boekenvriendin {f} | :: female bibliophile |
| boekenvriendschap {f} | :: bibliophilia |
| boekenwijsheid {f} | :: book knowledge |
| boekenwijsheid {f} | :: a wisdom derived from books |
| boekenwurm {m} | :: bookworm |
| boekenzucht {f} | :: bibliomania |
| boekerij {f} | :: library |
| boekerij {f} | :: collection of books |
| Boekestijntje {noun} | :: verbal gaffe, faux pas |
| boeket {n} {m} | :: bouquet (of flowers) |
| boeket {n} {m} | :: aroma (e.g. of wine or cigar) |
| boekhandel {m} | :: bookshop, bookstore |
| boekhandeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of boekhandel |
| boekhouden {vi} | :: to keep financial accounts |
| boekhouder {m} | :: bookkeeper, accountant |
| boekhouding {f} | :: bookkeeping, accounting |
| boekjaar {n} | :: financial year, fiscal year |
| boekjesgoud {n} | :: gold leaf |
| boeklong {f} {m} | :: book lung |
| boekmaag {f} | :: omasum |
| boekpens {f} | :: omasum |
| boekrecensie {f} | :: book review |
| boekstaaf {m} | :: letter |
| boekstaven {vt} | :: to write down, to commit to paper |
| boekstaven {v} | :: to spell |
| boekverluchting {f} | :: illumination (colored adornment in a manuscript) |
| boekverluchting {f} | :: illumination (the activity of producing such adornments) |
| boekweit {f} | :: buckwheat |
| boekwinkel {m} | :: bookshop, bookstore |
| boel {m} | :: a lot, bunch |
| boel {m} | :: mess, disorderly heap |
| boel {m} | :: quarrel |
| boel {m} | :: lover |
| boel {m} | :: adulterer, someone who commits adultery |
| boeleke {n} | :: baby |
| boelen {v} | :: to have anal sex |
| boelen {v} | :: to adulterate, to have extramarital sex |
| boeler {m} | :: male homosexual |
| boeleren {v} | :: to commit adultery, to fornicate (to have sex out of wedlock) |
| boelhuis {n} | :: The auction of a household's movable property, especially the house's inventory |
| boelhuis {n} | :: The auction of a farm's livestock |
| boel maken {v} | :: create a ruckus |
| boem {interj} | :: boom |
| boeman {m} | :: bogeyman |
| boeman {m} | :: bugbear, bête noire |
| boemel {m} | :: short for boemeltrein |
| boemel {m} | :: another mode of transportation (notably a bus) with many stops |
| boemel {m} | :: (used absolutely, with definite article: de boemel) loitering; partying |
| boemelen {vi} | :: to go out at bars and cafés |
| boemelen {vi} | :: to get drunk, typically in a boisterous or lavish fashion |
| boemelen {vi} | :: to scrounge, to leech |
| boemelen {vi} | :: to commute by train, especially when drunk |
| boemelen {vi} | :: to travel slowly and stop frequently, of trains and less often of buses |
| boemeltrein {m} | :: local train, commuter train, train that calls at every stop |
| boemerang {m} | :: boomerang |
| boemlauw {adj} | :: really cool, wicked |
| boender {m} | :: a brush, a scrub |
| boenen {vt} | :: to scrub, polish |
| boer {m} | :: (male) farmer, peasant |
| boer {m} | :: merchant (and sometimes producer) of a certain product group, mainly foods, often named after it, e.g. melkboer 'milkman', groenteboer '(male) greengrocer' |
| boer {m} | :: boor, yokel, ruffian |
| boer {m} | :: jack (playing card) |
| boer {m} | :: A belch, a burp |
| boerderij {f} | :: A farm |
| boerderijdier {n} | :: farm animal |
| boeren {vi} | :: to farm, practice agriculture |
| boeren {vi} | :: to do (well, badly...) in some business |
| boeren {vi} | :: to burp, to belch |
| boerenbedrieger {m} | :: charlatan, swindler, fraud |
| boerenbedriegerij {f} | :: crude scam, fraud |
| boerenbedrog {n} | :: crude deceit, sham, fraud |
| boerendeur {f} | :: A Dutch door |
| boerenjongen {m} | :: farmboy, country-boy |
| boerenjongen {m} | :: a farmer's boy, i.e. son |
| boerenjongen {m} | :: an alcoholic beverage with brandy and raisins |
| boerenjongen {m} | :: raisin drenched in brandy |
| boerenkaas {m} | :: farmhouse cheese, made from a farmer’s own herd and generally unpasteurized |
| boerenknecht {m} | :: A farmhand or ranchhand, an agricultural employee under supervision |
| boerenkool {f} | :: Kale, curly kale, one of several cultivars of Brassica oleracea |
| boerenland {n} | :: farmland, agricultural land |
| boerenleven {n} | :: The country life, notably the way of life as/with a farmer or agricultural employee |
| boerenlul {m} | :: A yokel, a rube |
| boerenmeid {f} | :: A farmgirl |
| boerenmeisje {noun} | :: diminutive of boerenmeid |
| boerenomelet {f} | :: An omelette containing sliced bell peppers, various vegetables and often bacon bits |
| boerenplaats {f} | :: farm |
| boerenpummel {m} | :: A (usually male) rube, a bumpkin (unsophisticated rural man) |
| boerenpummeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of boerenpummel |
| boerenslimheid {f} | :: A type of down-to-earth cleverness based on levelheadedness, suspicion and logical thinking rather than education |
| boerenstand {m} | :: The peasantry, the rural component of the third estate |
| boerenstiel {m} | :: agriculture |
| boerenstiel {m} | :: farmer's profession |
| boerenzoon {m} | :: a farmer's son |
| boerenzoon {m} | :: farmboy, country-boy |
| boerenzwaluw {f} | :: barn swallow, Hirundo rustica |
| boerin {f} | :: female farmer |
| boerin {f} | :: farmer's wife |
| boerka {f} {m} | :: burka |
| boerkaverbod {n} | :: burqa ban, ban on wearing a burqa |
| boert {f} | :: farce |
| boert {f} | :: joke, prank |
| boert {f} | :: jest, mockery |
| boertelijk {adj} | :: farcical, burlesque |
| boertelijk {adj} | :: humorous, comical |
| boerterij {f} | :: prank, joke |
| boerterij {f} | :: jest, mockery |
| boerternij {f} | :: synonym of boerterij |
| boerterny {f} | :: obsolete spelling of boerternij |
| boertery {f} | :: obsolete spelling of boerterij |
| boertig {adj} | :: farcical |
| boertig {adj} | :: comical, humorous |
| boertig {adj} | :: coarse, crude |
| boertiglijk {adv} | :: farcically, burlesquely |
| boes {f} {m} | :: The part of a cow stable's floor on which the cows' hindlegs stand |
| boete {f} | :: fine, financial penalty |
| boete {f} | :: penance, paining atonement |
| boetedoening {f} | :: act of making amends |
| boetedoening {f} | :: atonement |
| boetedoening {f} | :: act of serving a sentence |
| boeteling {m} | :: penitant (someone who receives punishment or does penance) |
| boeten {vi} | :: to pay for something as punishment |
| boeten {vi} | :: to expiate |
| boeteprediker {m} | :: A preacher of repentance, one who preaches that people should repent |
| boetiek {f} | :: boutique, shop, in particular a trendy upmarket one or one selling clothes or fashion items |
| boetseren {vt} | :: to model (usually with clay) |
| boevengilde {n} | :: organised crime, the underworld |
| boevenklok {f} | :: curfew bell |
| boeventaal {f} | :: criminal cant, thieves' cant (secret argot used by criminals) |
| boevenwereld {f} | :: that part of society that is engaged in crime or vice; underworld |
| boeverij {f} | :: criminal acts, criminal activity |
| boeverij {f} | :: criminal action, criminal deed |
| boezem {m} | :: bosom |
| boezem {m} | :: human chest (regardless of gender) |
| boezem {m} | :: female breasts |
| boezem {m} | :: as the seat of emotion |
| boezem {m} | :: body of water without a fully controlled water level, used for collecting water pumped out of polders before it is discharged into a major river or sea |
| boezem {m} | :: atrium, sinus (body cavity) |
| boezemdijk {m} | :: dyke around a body of water used as a temporary reservoir for polder water that lacks a controlled water level |
| boezemvriend {m} | :: bosom friend |
| boezemvriendin {f} | :: female bosom friend |
| boezemvriendinnetje {noun} | :: diminutive of boezemvriendin |
| boezemvriendje {noun} | :: diminutive of boezemvriend |
| boezeroen {n} | :: A smock frock, a workman's undershirt |
| bof {m} | :: mumps (contagious disease) |
| bof {m} | :: luck, fortune |
| boffen {vi} | :: to get lucky |
| boffer {m} | :: lucky person |
| bofje {noun} | :: diminutive of bof |
| bogen {vi} | :: to claim recognition |
| bogen {vt} | :: to (cause to) bend |
| bohrium {n} | :: bohrium |
| boiler {m} | :: water heater |
| bok {m} | :: male goat, buck, billy |
| bok {m} | :: vaulting horse |
| bok {m} | :: a crane on legs |
| bok {m} | :: box, perch (driver's seat on a carriage) |
| bok {m} | :: job case, type case |
| bok {m} | :: sawbuck, buck |
| bok {m} | :: churl, grouch |
| bok {m} | :: oaf, bumpkin |
| bokaal {m} | :: a goblet |
| bokaal {m} | :: a cup (trophy) |
| bokbier {n} | :: alternative spelling of bockbier |
| bokkebaard {f} | :: superseded spelling of bokkenbaard |
| bokken {vi} | :: to buck, said of a quadruped, e.g. a horse: to leap upward while arching its back |
| bokken {vi} | :: to react to opposition or adversity grumpily and capriciously, like a crossed spoiled child |
| bokken {v} | :: alternative form of bukken |
| bokkenbaard {f} | :: goatee (type of beard limited to the chin) |
| bokkensprong {m} | :: caper, capriole |
| bokkensprong {m} | :: odd manoeuvre, eccentric or strange action |
| bokkesprong {m} | :: superseded spelling of bokkensprong |
| bokking {m} | :: buckling, smoked herring |
| bokking {m} | :: rebuke, excoriation |
| boks {m} | :: A box, a punching move |
| boksbaard {f} | :: goatsbeard (Tragopogon porrifolius) or meadow goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis) |
| boksbal {m} | :: punching ball (implement with a punchable ball used in martial arts training) |
| boksbeugel {m} | :: A knuckle duster, brass knuckles |
| boksbeugeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of boksbeugel |
| bokse {f} | :: A pair of wide trousers |
| boksen {vi} | :: to box, to play boxing |
| bokser {m} | :: boxer |
| bokshandschoen {m} | :: boxing glove |
| boktor {f} | :: A longhorn beetle, a beetle of the family Cerambycidae |
| boktorretje {noun} | :: diminutive of boktor |
| bol {m} | :: ball, sphere, globe, bulb |
| bol {m} | :: A head; brain |
| bol {m} | :: A scoop (of ice etc.) |
| bol {m} | :: A large, round spot, dot |
| bol {m} | :: roundel |
| bol {m} | :: A bun, a roll, a round piece of bread or pastry |
| bol {adj} | :: convex; bulging |
| bol {adj} | :: chubby |
| bolbliksem {m} | :: ball lightning |
| bolcoördinaten {p} | :: spherical coordinates |
| bolder {m} | :: a maritime bollard |
| bolderkar {f} | :: Fairly small hand-pulled usually suspensionless two-axled wagon generally without a roof or cover, used as a children's toy or for utility purposes; post-WWII primarily associated with its use as a beach utility and toy vehicle |
| bolderkar {f} | :: Suspensionless two-axled rustic wagon used in agriculture and the like, often roofed |
| bolderwagen {m} | :: A toy handcart pulled by means of a T-frame |
| bolderwagen {m} | :: A roofed or covered wagon or coach without suspension |
| boleet {m} | :: bolete, mushroom of the order Boletales |
| bolhoed {m} | :: bowler hat |
| bolhoop {m} | :: globular cluster |
| Bolivia {prop} {n} | :: Bolivia (country) |
| Boliviaan {m} | :: Bolivian person |
| Boliviaans {adj} | :: Bolivian |
| Bolivië {prop} {n} | :: Bolivië (country) |
| bolk {m} | :: pouting, bib, Trisopterus luscus |
| bolk {m} | :: whiting or cod |
| bolleboos {m} | :: smart or clever person |
| bolleke {noun} | :: diminutive of bol |
| bolleke {noun} | :: A kind of rounded glass in which regular De Koninck beer is served |
| bolleke {noun} | :: A bolleke full of De Koninck |
| bollekestrui {f} | :: alternative form of bolletjestrui |
| bollen {vi} | :: to swell, to billow |
| bollen {vt} | :: to inflate |
| bollen {vr} | :: to puff out |
| bollenveld {n} | :: A field used for the cultivation of bulb plants; a bulb field |
| bollenveldje {noun} | :: diminutive of bollenveld |
| bolletje {noun} | :: A small ingestible package for trafficking recreational drugs |
| bolletjesslikker {m} | :: drug mule, someone who transports containers with recreational drugs in body cavities |
| bolletjestrui {f} | :: An official shirt worn and accorded daily to the leader in the mountains classification in the Tour de France; a polka dot jersey |
| bolpapaver {f} | :: opium poppy, Papaver somniferum |
| bolrond {adj} | :: convex |
| bolsjewiek {m} | :: Bolshevik |
| bolsjewisme {n} | :: Bolshevism |
| bolster {m} | :: a bur, a spiny cupule, often of a chestnut |
| Bolsward {prop} {n} | :: Bolsward (town) |
| bolus {m} | :: A sweet, soft pastry containing cinnamon from Zeeland, originating from European Jewish cuisine |
| bolus {m} | :: A turd, a pat |
| bolus {mf} | :: A type of fat clay |
| bolvormig {adj} | :: spherical, globular |
| bolwassing {f} | :: (physical, now rare) a rough rub trough the hair, as a mild warning (usually to a junior) or just in jest |
| bolwassing {f} | :: a verbal dressing-down |
| bolwerk {n} | :: bastion, bulwark (fortification, small fort) |
| bolworm {m} | :: The larva of tapeworms of the genus Taenia, that cause coenurosis in sheep and some other herbivores |
| bom {f} | :: bomb (explosive) |
| bom {f} | :: gas cylinder (cylindrical vessel for compressed gas) |
| bom {f} | :: flat-bottomed marine fishing vessel |
| bom {f} | :: bung, stopper |
| bomaanslag {m} | :: bomb attack |
| bombardeergaljoot {f} | :: bomb-galliot (galliot armed with (usually 2) mortars) |
| bombardeerkever {m} | :: Brachinus crepitans |
| bombardeerkever {m} | :: Any bombardier beetle of the genus Brachinus |
| bombardement {n} | :: bombing (bombing from aircraft) |
| bombardement {n} | :: bombardment (artillery fire or bombing from the surface) |
| bombardementsvliegtuig {n} | :: bomber aeroplane |
| bombarderen {vt} | :: to bomb, to bombard (to attack with bombs) |
| bombarderen {vt} | :: to bombard figuratively, to overload |
| bombardon {m} | :: bombardon, bass tuba |
| bombazijn {n} | :: bombazine (durable twilled or corded fabric, made of cotton, silk, wool or linen) |
| bombeen {m} | :: A seriously swollen leg |
| bombrief {m} | :: bomb letter (letter containing an explosive) |
| bomen {vt} | :: to close/shut with a beam |
| bomen {vt} | :: to pole (push a craft forward with a pole) |
| bomen {vi} | :: to land on a tree (of a pheasant) |
| bomen {vi} | :: to chat |
| Bomenaar {m} | :: A native or inhabitant of Boom |
| bomijs {n} | :: White, porous ice, caused by a layer of air under the ice |
| bomma {f} | :: grandmother |
| bommelding {f} | :: bomb report, bomb threat |
| bommenwerper {m} | :: bomber aircraft |
| bommetje {noun} | :: cannonball (jump into water in a flexed position) |
| bompa {m} | :: grandfather |
| bomschuit {f} | :: flat-bottomed marine fishing boat |
| bomvliegtuig {n} | :: bomber plane |
| bomvol {adj} | :: completely full, abrim |
| bomvrij {adj} | :: bombproof |
| bon {m} | :: receipt |
| bon {m} | :: ticket, fine (e.g. for speeding) |
| bon {m} | :: voucher |
| bonbon {m} | :: A praline, a small chocolate-covered candy/sweet |
| bond {m} | :: society, fellowship |
| bond {m} | :: union, association, guild |
| bond {m} | :: coalition, alliance, league |
| bond {m} | :: covenant, agreement |
| bond {m} | :: bundle (set of objects packed or tied together) |
| bondgenoot {m} | :: ally (member of the same alliance; one who offers support when needed) |
| bondgenoot {m} | :: fellow member of a federation, confederacy, association, etc |
| bondgenootschap {n} | :: alliance |
| bondgenootskap {noun} | :: alliance |
| bondig {adj} | :: succinct, concise, terse |
| bondig {adj} | :: solid, strong or dense |
| bondig {adj} | :: binding, lasting, permanent |
| Bondsdag {prop} {m} | :: Bundestag (the federal/state parliament of Germany) |
| bondskanselier {m} | :: federal chancellor |
| bondskist {f} | :: a toolkit given by the Royal Dutch Tourist Association to its members |
| bondskist {f} | :: the Ark of the Covenant (short for verbondskist) |
| bondsrepubliek {f} | :: federal republic |
| Bondsrepubliek Duitsland {prop} {f} | :: Federal Republic of Germany |
| bondsstaat {m} | :: A federation; a country made up of substate regions with a degree of autonomy |
| bondstaat {m} | :: superseded spelling of bondsstaat |
| bonenkruid {n} | :: savory, plant of the genus Satureja, used in particular of those species and varieties used as culinary herbs |
| bonenstaak {m} | :: beanpole |
| bongo {m} | :: A bongo (small Cuban drum used in pairs) |
| bonje {f} | :: bickering, quarrel |
| bonk {m} | :: lump, clod |
| bonk {m} | :: large, coarse man; gorilla, hulk |
| bonk {m} | :: large marble (large bead used in games) |
| bonken {v} | :: to bang, to smash |
| bonken {vi} | :: to fuck, to bang |
| bon mot {n} | :: bon mot, witticism |
| bons {m} | :: thump, knock, bang |
| bons {m} | :: alternative form of bonze |
| bont {n} | :: fur |
| bont {adj} | :: multi-coloured, party-coloured, motley, mixed |
| bonten {adj} | :: fur (consisting or made of fur) |
| bont en blauw {phrase} | :: black and blue (so badly bruised that the skin is discolored) |
| bontheid {f} | :: quality of being multi-coloured |
| bontjas {m} | :: fur coat |
| bontkraag {m} | :: fur collar |
| bontkraagje {noun} | :: a (male) youngster of (supposed) Moroccan background |
| bontwerk {n} | :: processed fur or pelts |
| bonus- {prefix} | :: step- |
| bonus {m} | :: A bonus, an extra or premium |
| bonus {m} | :: (by extension) Any one-off gain |
| bonus {m} | :: Good marks in a rating scale, notably to calculate an insurance premium dependent on the number of accidents |
| bonuscultuur {f} | :: a culture of providing monetary bonuses to the people involved in an organisation, especially to the higher-ups in a business |
| bonus-malus {m} | :: merit-rating used to compute no-claim discounts for car insurance |
| bonusmoeder {f} | :: stepmother |
| bonusvader {m} | :: stepfather |
| bonze {m} | :: bonze (Buddhist priest) |
| bonze {m} | :: boss, bigwig |
| bonzen {vi} | :: to thump, knock |
| bonzen {vi} | :: to throb, bounce, pulsate |
| boobytrap {m} | :: booby trap |
| boodschap {f} | :: message |
| boodschap {f} | :: errand |
| boodschappen {p} | :: shopping, groceries |
| boodschappen doen {vi} | :: to shop, to do the shopping (at a grocery store or supermarket, not for luxury items) |
| boodschappentas {f} | :: shopping bag |
| boodschappentasje {noun} | :: diminutive of boodschappentas |
| boodschapper {m} | :: messenger |
| boog {m} | :: A bow (ranged weapon) |
| boog {m} | :: An arc |
| boog {m} | :: An arch |
| boog {m} | :: The arch of a foot |
| boogbal {n} | :: lob (arching shot or pass) |
| boogbrug {f} | :: arch bridge |
| boogbruggetje {noun} | :: diminutive of boogbrug |
| boogbrugje {noun} | :: diminutive of boogbrug |
| booglamp {f} | :: arc lamp |
| boogschieten {n} | :: (the practice of) archery |
| boogschieter {m} | :: rare form of boogschutter |
| boogschutster {f} | :: archeress |
| boogschutter {m} | :: An archer (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow), especially a bowman or bowwoman |
| Boogschutter {prop} {m} | :: Sagittarius |
| bool {m} | :: A type of fat clay |
| boom {m} | :: tree |
| boom {m} | :: any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object |
| boom {m} | :: beam |
| boom {m} | :: mast |
| boom {m} | :: boom |
| boom {m} | :: boom, as in a market explosion |
| Boom {prop} {n} | :: A Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp |
| Boom {prop} {n} | :: surname |
| boomaarde {f} | :: Fertile soil primarily consisting of humus |
| boombast {m} | :: tree bast |
| boombast {m} | :: tree bark |
| boomblad {n} | :: A leaf from a tree |
| boomer {m} | :: A baby boomer, stereotypically associated with selfish or old-fashioned ideas |
| boomgaard {m} | :: orchard |
| boomgaardenier {m} | :: orchard farmer |
| boomgeld {n} | :: A toll or tariff |
| boomgod {m} | :: tree god |
| boomgodin {f} | :: tree nymph |
| boomgodin {f} | :: tree goddess |
| boomgrens {f} | :: tree line, timber line (boundary up to which trees grow, usually pertaining to altitude) |
| boomheiligdom {n} | :: A tree sanctuary, a sacred grove or a sacred tree |
| boomhoen {n} | :: Certain tree-dwelling birds of the family Cracidae |
| boomholte {f} | :: tree cavity, hollow space in a tree |
| boomhut {f} | :: a treehouse |
| boomkever {m} | :: European cockchafer, May bug (Melolontha melolontha) |
| boomkever {m} | :: one of various beetles inhabiting trees |
| boomkikker {m} | :: tree frog, any frog of the family Hylidae |
| boomkikker {m} | :: European tree frog, Hyla arborea, as an individual or as a species |
| boomkikvors {m} | :: tree frog, frog of the family Hylidae |
| boomklever {m} | :: Eurasian nuthatch, wood nuthatch, Sitta europaea |
| boomklever {m} | :: nuthatch, any passerine bird of the family Sittidae |
| boomklok {f} | :: A bell tolled during the opening (in the morning) or closing (in the evening) of a port |
| boomkor {f} | :: A beam trawl |
| boomkorvisserij {f} | :: fishing by means of beam trawls |
| boomkreeft {f} | :: Lord Howe Island stick insect, tree lobster, Dryococelus australis |
| boomkruiper {m} | :: short-toed treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla |
| boomkruiper {m} | :: treecreeper, bird of the family Certhiidae |
| boomkweker {m} | :: tree farmer, one who grows and cultivates trees, usually professionally |
| boomlang {adj} | :: Having the length of a tree, long as a tree |
| boomleeuwerik {m} | :: woodlark, Lullula arborea |
| boommarter {m} | :: pine marten, Martes martes |
| boomnimf {f} | :: tree nymph |
| boomrijk {adj} | :: wooded, having many trees |
| Booms {prop} {n} | :: local variant of Brabantian spoken in and near the Flemish town of Boom |
| boomschors {f} | :: tree bark |
| boomslang {f} {m} | :: A boomslang |
| boomstam {m} | :: A tree trunk, main structural member of a tree |
| boomstammetje {noun} | :: diminutive of boomstam |
| boomstammetje {noun} | :: A spiced mince roll containing ham and cheese, covered in bread crumb with parsley covering the ends |
| boomstronk {m} | :: tree stump |
| boomvaren {f} | :: tree fern, treelike fern from the family Cyatheales |
| boomvors {m} | :: tree frog, frog of the family Hylidae |
| boomwond {f} {m} | :: tree wound |
| boomzaken {p} | :: harbour customs, harbour affairs |
| boon {f} {m} | :: bean |
| Boon {prop} | :: surname |
| boonstaak {m} | :: alternative form of bonenstaak |
| boontje komt om zijn loontje {proverb} | :: he that mischief hatches, mischief catches |
| boor {f} | :: drill |
| boor {n} | :: boron |
| boord {m} | :: border, boundary |
| boord {m} | :: shore, bank |
| boord {m} | :: collar (of a shirt) |
| boord {m} {n} | :: a collective term used for both sides of a ship (the starboard and the port) |
| boord {m} {n} | :: the entire ship |
| boordevol {adj} | :: filled to the brim |
| booreiland {n} | :: drilling rig (platform used in drilling for mineral resources) |
| boorkop {m} | :: drill bit |
| boorling {m} | :: alternative form of boreling |
| boormachine {f} | :: drill (electrical or fuel-powered appliance for drilling holes) |
| boormossel {f} | :: piddock, angelwing, bivalve of the family Pholadidae; also used for certain bivalves of the family Veneridae (venus clam) that resemble the piddocks |
| boorplatform {n} | :: offshore drilling rig |
| boorschip {n} | :: drillship |
| boortoren {m} | :: drilling tower |
| boorwater {n} | :: boric acid solution |
| boorzuur {n} | :: The compound boric acid |
| boos {adj} | :: mad, angry |
| boos {adj} | :: upset, frustrated |
| boos {adj} | :: evil |
| boosaardig {adj} | :: malevolent, malicious, evil |
| boosaardigheid {f} | :: malevolence, maliciousness, evil |
| boosdoener {m} | :: evildoer, perpetrator |
| boosheid {f} | :: anger |
| boos oog {n} | :: See: nl boos oog |
| boos oog {n} | :: evil eye (curse or look causing misfortune according to superstition) |
| booswicht {m} | :: wicked person, felon |
| boot {m} | :: boat |
| Boot {prop} | :: surname |
| Boötes {prop} {m} | :: Boötes |
| bootgraf {n} | :: A boat grave (burial in a boat) |
| boothuis {n} | :: boathouse (building where boats are stored) |
| boothuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of boothuis |
| bootreis {f} {m} | :: boat trip |
| bootsman {m} | :: bosun, boatswain |
| bootsmannetje {noun} | :: backswimmer (aquatic insect) |
| boottocht {f} | :: boat trip |
| bootvluchteling {m} | :: boat refugee (refugee who travels by boat) |
| boraat {n} | :: borate (oxyanion BO33-) |
| borat {n} | :: a type of woven woollen cloth, often made from yarn of combed wool and sometimes including silk; borato |
| bord {n} | :: plate, dish (cutlery) |
| bord {n} | :: sign |
| bord {n} | :: board |
| bordeauxrood {adj} | :: maroon, burgundy |
| bordeel {n} | :: brothel, bordello |
| bordeelbrok {m} | :: punter, john (male client of a prostitute) |
| bordeelsluiper {m} | :: suede shoe for men with a thick, soft sole |
| bordeeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of bordeel |
| bordenwisser {m} | :: blackboard eraser |
| bordes {n} | :: A raised platform, often with a flight of steps, that lead into a building |
| bordes {n} | :: An intermediate platform between flights of stairs, which normally involves a change in direction; a landing |
| bordes {n} | :: A balcony (open or roofed), porch or lean-to |
| bordspel {n} | :: board game |
| borduren {vt} | :: to embroider |
| borduren {vt} | :: to elaborate, to detail further |
| borduur {n} | :: embroidery |
| Boreaal {prop} {n} | :: Boreal (first Blytt-Sernander stage of the Holocene) |
| boreling {m} | :: A newborn child, a newborn |
| boren {vt} | :: to drill |
| borg {m} | :: surety, bail |
| borg {m} | :: guarantor |
| borg {m} | :: deposit |
| borgen {vt} | :: to secure, to keep safe |
| borgen {vt} | :: to guarantee |
| borgen {vt} | :: to lend |
| borgen {vt} | :: to borrow |
| Borger-Odoorn {prop} | :: Borger-Odoorn (municipality) |
| borgtocht {mf} | :: suretyship |
| borgtocht {mf} | :: bail |
| borgtogt {m} | :: obsolete spelling of borgtocht |
| Borgworm {prop} {n} | :: Waremme, a town in Belgium |
| boring {f} | :: drilling |
| boring {f} | :: bore of a car's cylinder or canon |
| borium {n} | :: The metalloid element boron |
| born {f} | :: obsolete form of bron |
| Born {prop} {n} | :: Born (village) |
| Borne {prop} {n} | :: Borne (village/and/municipality) |
| Borneo {prop} {n} | :: Borneo, a Pacific island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei |
| borrel {m} | :: a shot of an alcoholic drink such as rum or gin; a tot |
| borrel {m} | :: an informal, often impromptu reception or meetup, typically involving alcoholic drinks |
| borrelen {vi} | :: to drink spirits |
| borrelen {vi} | :: to have a drink, to hobnob |
| borrelen {vi} | :: to bubble |
| borrelglas {n} | :: shot glass (small glass from which liquor is drunk) |
| borreltafel {f} | :: salon table, table used for having drinks |
| borreltafel {f} | :: a place or situation where lowbrow conversation takes place, often under influence |
| Borromeïsche eilanden {prop} {p} | :: Borromean Islands |
| borst {f} | :: chest, thorax |
| borst {f} | :: breast |
| Borst {prop} | :: surname |
| borstbeeld {n} | :: bust (a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) |
| borstbeen {n} | :: breastbone, sternum |
| borstbol {m} | :: hard candy cough drop |
| borstel {m} | :: brush |
| borstel {m} | :: bristle |
| borstelen {vt} | :: to brush |
| borstelig {adj} | :: prickly (of hair) |
| borsten {v} | :: obsolete form of barsten |
| borstgesteente {n} | :: A jewel or gem worn on the chest, jewelry or gems worn on the chest |
| borstkanker {m} | :: breast cancer |
| borstkas {f} | :: chest, thorax, ribcage |
| borstmelk {f} | :: breast milk |
| borstrok {m} | :: a type of long shirt covering the entire torso down to the thighs |
| borststrijken {n} | :: breast ironing |
| borststuk {n} | :: breastplate (piece of armour protecting the chest) |
| borststuk {n} | :: breast (piece of meat from the chest) |
| borstsuiker {m} | :: sugar candy (sucrose crystals) |
| borstvalling {f} | :: bronchitis |
| borstvin {f} | :: pectoral fin |
| borstvinnig {adj} | :: having pectoral fins |
| borstvoeding {f} | :: breast feeding |
| borstvoeding {f} | :: breast milk |
| borstwapen {n} | :: chest armour |
| borstweer {m} | :: synonym of borstwering |
| borstwering {f} | :: breastwork, fortification |
| borstwering {f} | :: parapet, balustrade (especially of a bridge) |
| bos {n} | :: wood, forest |
| bos {m} | :: bouquet, cluster, bunch |
| Bos {prop} | :: surname |
| bosanemoon {f} | :: A wood anemone, a windflower, Anemone nemorosa |
| bosbedrijf {n} | :: forestry |
| bosbes {f} | :: bilberry |
| bosbes {f} | :: bilberry plant, member of the genus Vaccinium |
| bosbewoner {m} | :: forest dweller |
| bosbouw {m} | :: forestry, silviculture |
| bosbrand {m} | :: forest fire |
| bosch {noun} | :: obsolete spelling of bos |
| Bosch {prop} {n} | :: Bosch (former island) |
| Bosch {prop} {n} | :: surname |
| boschjesman {m} | :: obsolete spelling of Bosjesman |
| Boschman {prop} | :: surname |
| boself {m} | :: wood elf |
| boshoen {n} | :: Any of several fowl of the genus Megapodius; scrubfowl |
| bos hout voor de deur {m} | :: (large) breasts |
| Bosjesman {m} | :: A Bushman |
| boskoe {f} | :: forest cow (bovine that lives or grazes in forests) |
| boskoe {f} | :: tapir |
| boskruid {n} | :: obsolete form of buskruit |
| boskruit {n} | :: obsolete form of buskruit |
| bosloos {adj} | :: forestless |
| Bosman {prop} | :: surname |
| bosmarmot {f} | :: A groundhog, Marmota monax |
| bosmeester {m} | :: A bushmaster, an Atlantic bushmaster, Lachesis muta |
| bosmeester {m} | :: A forester in charge of supervising wood cutting |
| bosneger {m} | :: Maroon |
| Bosnië {prop} {n} | :: Bosnia |
| Bosnië en Herzegovina {prop} {n} | :: Bosnië en Herzegovina (country) |
| bosnimf {f} | :: A wood nymph, a dryad |
| Bosnisch {adj} | :: Bosnian |
| Bosnisch {prop} {n} | :: Bosnian (the language) |
| boson {n} | :: boson |
| bospaadje {noun} | :: diminutive of bospad |
| bospad {n} | :: forest path |
| bosrand {m} | :: The edge of a forest |
| bosrijk {adj} | :: heavily wooded |
| bosui {m} | :: spring onion, scallion (Allium fistulosum); particularly when cultivated for its bulb |
| bosuil {mf} | :: tawny owl, Strix aluco |
| boswachter {m} | :: ranger, forest warden |
| boswachter {m} | :: forester |
| boswerker {m} | :: lumberjack, woodcutter |
| boswerker {m} | :: forest worker |
| bot {adj} | :: not sharp, blunt, dull |
| bot {adj} | :: impolite, badly behaving: curt, blunt, rude |
| bot {n} | :: bone |
| bot {m} | :: flounder (a type of fish) |
| bot {m} | :: boot |
| bot {m} | :: A bot (software for repetitive minor tasks; computer-controlled character in video games) |
| Bot {prop} | :: surname |
| botanica {f} | :: botany |
| botanica {f} | :: female equivalent of botanicus |
| botanicus {m} | :: botanist |
| botanie {f} | :: botany |
| botanisch {adj} | :: botanical, botanic |
| botanische tuin {m} | :: botanic garden |
| botanist {m} | :: botanist |
| botbreuk {f} | :: fracture of a bone |
| boten {vt} | :: to hit |
| boten {vt} | :: to knock the seeds out of a flax plant |
| boter {f} | :: Butter, a spread made from churned milk |
| boter {f} | :: A butter substitute, typically made of vegetable oils |
| boterberg {m} | :: butter mountain (surplus of butter) |
| boter bij de vis {f} | :: immediate payment at the moment of sale or delivery |
| boter bij de vis {interj} | :: indication that one wants to be paid immediately |
| boterbloem {f} | :: The wild herb buttercup, a yellow crowfoot species of genus Ranunculus |
| botergeel {adj} | :: butter-colored |
| botergeil {adj} | :: horny as hell, pointedly sexually aroused |
| boterham {m} | :: a slice of bread |
| boterham {m} | :: sandwich |
| boterhamworst {f} | :: Bologna sausage, baloney |
| boter, kaas en eieren {n} | :: tic-tac-toe |
| boterkoek {m} | :: A type of small cake made of puff pastry |
| boterkoek {m} | :: A type of (usually) large, rather flat cake containing large amounts of butter |
| botermarkt {m} | :: butter market |
| boterschijte {f} | :: butterfly |
| botervlieg {m} | :: butterfly |
| botervlieghe {m} | :: obsolete form of botervlieg |
| botervlinder {m} | :: A sweet bun or biscuit made of puff pastry, usually in a tightly knotted or volute-like form vaguely resembling a butterfly |
| botervrouw {f} | :: A butter saleswoman, a butter-woman |
| boterwaag {f} | :: A pair of scales on which butter was weighed, or a building housing such scales |
| botontkalking {f} | :: osteoporosis |
| botsauto {m} | :: bumper car |
| botsballon {m} | :: airbag |
| botsen {vi} | :: to collide |
| botsing {f} | :: collision |
| botsing {f} | :: wreck |
| botsing {f} | :: argument |
| Botswaan {m} | :: A person from Botswana |
| Botswaans {adj} | :: Of, from or pertaining to Botswana |
| Botswana {prop} {n} | :: Botswana (country) |
| bottel {f} | :: hip, rosehip |
| bottel {f} | :: dogwood |
| bottel {f} | :: bottle |
| bottelarij {f} | :: A provision room on a ship |
| bottelarij {f} | :: A wine cellar |
| bottelen {vt} | :: to bottle, to put (a liquid) inside a bottle |
| botten {vi} | :: to bump, to collide |
| botten {vt} | :: to push |
| botten {vt} | :: to strike |
| Botterman {prop} | :: surname |
| botvieren {vt} | :: to give a free rein to |
| botvieren {vt} | :: to take it out on |
| botweg {adv} | :: bluntly |
| boud {adj} | :: bold, brave |
| boudeling {m} | :: A bold person, a daredevil |
| Boudewijn {prop} {m} | :: given name, akin to Baldwin |
| bougeren {vi} | :: to move, to budge |
| bouillon {m} | :: stock, broth (water in which meat (or other food) has been boiled) |
| bouillon {m} | :: bullion, fringe of gold or silver wire |
| boulevard {m} | :: boulevard |
| boulevardblad {n} | :: tabloid |
| boulevardkrant {f} | :: tabloid (low-quality, sensationalist newspaper) |
| boulevardpers {f} | :: yellow press |
| bourgeois {m} | :: bourgeois |
| bourgeoisie {f} | :: bourgeoisie |
| bout {m} | :: bolt (threaded metal cylinder) |
| bout {m} | :: haunch, leg of an animal as food |
| bout {m} | :: fart |
| bout {m} | :: bolt (crossbow arrow) |
| bout {m} | :: thigh |
| bout {m} | :: bar, rod |
| bout {m} | :: darling, sweetheart, dear |
| bout {m} | :: iron (apparatus for ironing clothing) |
| boutade {f} | :: witticism |
| bouteille {f} | :: bottle |
| bouten {v} | :: to fart |
| boutkogel {m} | :: bar shot |
| bouw {m} | :: construction |
| bouw {m} | :: cultivation, tillage |
| bouw {f} | :: A unit of measure for area on Java, equivalent to about 0.7 hectare; a portion of agricultural land of this size |
| bouwdoos {f} | :: a toy which consists of a collection of parts needed for building a model or a finished toy |
| bouwen {vt} | :: to build, to construct |
| bouwen {vt} | :: to cultivate, to till |
| bouwer {m} | :: builder |
| bouwer {m} | :: alternative form of boer |
| bouwerij {f} | :: farm |
| bouwerij {f} | :: agriculture |
| bouwerij {f} | :: construction |
| bouwgedrocht {n} | :: hideous building, architectural monstrosity |
| bouwgewrocht {n} | :: building, edifice |
| bouwheer {m} | :: A master mason |
| bouwheer {m} | :: A man who commissions an architect for an architectural design |
| bouwkunde {f} | :: architectural engineering |
| bouwkundig {adj} | :: architectural |
| bouwlamp {f} | :: construction light |
| bouwland {n} | :: farmland, agricultural land where crops are cultivated |
| bouwlust {m} | :: avidity for building |
| bouwlustig {adj} | :: eager to build, having an avidity for building |
| bouwman {m} | :: farmer |
| bouwman {m} | :: construction worker, builder, workman |
| bouwmarkt {m} | :: construction market, hardware store |
| bouwmeester {m} | :: architect |
| bouwnijverheid {f} | :: the building industry |
| bouwpaus {m} | :: A pope known for being (having been) an avid builder, a builder pope |
| bouwpaus {m} | :: A construction magnate |
| bouwplaats {f} | :: a building site |
| bouwput {m} | :: excavation |
| bouwsel {n} | :: construction, building, something built |
| bouwterrein {n} | :: a building site |
| bouwvak {n} | :: The construction business, trade |
| bouwvak {n} | :: The builder's profession, métier |
| bouwvak {m} | :: The construction workers' summer holidays |
| bouwvakarbeider {m} | :: A construction laborer, a professional builder |
| bouwvakker {m} | :: A builder, (notably professional) construction worker |
| bouwvakkersdecolleté {n} | :: A plumber's crack, a builder's bum: cleavage visible between the buttocks, especially when squatting |
| bouwval {m} | :: A ruin, a ramshackle building |
| bouwvallig {adj} | :: dilapidated, ramshackle |
| bouwwerf {f} | :: a building site |
| bouwwerk {n} | :: a building, construction (i.e. something which has been built/constructed) |
| bouwwoede {f} | :: building boom |
| boven- {prefix} | :: upper, above |
| boven {adv} | :: above |
| boven {adv} | :: upstairs |
| boven {prep} | :: above |
| bovenaan {prep} | :: at the top of |
| bovenaan {adv} | :: at the top |
| bovenal {adv} | :: above all |
| bovenarm {m} | :: upper arm |
| bovenbaas {m} | :: boss, person who is (de facto) in charge |
| bovenbouw {m} | :: the upper part, or superstructure, of a building |
| bovenbouw {m} | :: the upper-level classes of a school, e.g. the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades of grammar school, or the last two school years of high school, in the Netherlands |
| bovenbuik {m} | :: the upper part of the abdominal cavity, epigastrium |
| bovenbuur {m} | :: upstairs neighbour |
| boven de Moerdijk {prep} | :: in the Northern Netherlands |
| boven de Moerdijk {prep} | :: in the Netherlands |
| bovendien {adv} | :: besides; by the way |
| bovendien {adv} | :: moreover, furthermore |
| bovengemiddeld {adj} | :: above average |
| bovengistend {adj} | :: overfermented |
| bovengoed {n} | :: topmost tobacco leaves of the tobacco plant or tobacco made of those leaves |
| bovengoed {n} | :: outer clothing, upper dres, clothes worn over one's underwear |
| bovengrens {f} | :: upper limit, upper border |
| bovenhalen {vt} | :: to unearth, to haul up |
| bovenin {prep} | :: at/in the top of |
| bovenin {adv} | :: at/in the top |
| boven Jan zijn {vi} | :: to have overcome hardship |
| boven Jan zijn {vi} | :: to have recovered, to have (been) healed |
| bovenkaak {f} | :: An upper jaw |
| bovenkant {m} | :: top (upper side) |
| bovenklasse {f} | :: upper class |
| bovenkleed {n} | :: A cloth upper garment |
| bovenkleed {n} | :: A robe |
| bovenkruier {m} | :: smock mill |
| bovenlangs {adv} | :: passing above, along the top |
| bovenleiding {f} | :: overhead line |
| bovenlijf {n} | :: upper body; torso |
| bovenlimiet {f} | :: upper limit, upper border |
| bovenlip {m} | :: upper lip |
| bovennatuur {f} | :: the metaphysical |
| bovennatuur {f} | :: the supernatural |
| bovennatuurkunde {f} | :: metaphysics (philosophical area of study) |
| bovennatuurlijk {adj} | :: supernatural |
| bovennatuurlijk {adj} | :: metaphysical |
| bovenop {adv} | :: on top, above |
| bovenop {adv} | :: in addition, over and above |
| bovenst {adj} | :: uppermost |
| bovenstaand {adj} | :: written/shown/mentioned above |
| bovenstad {f} | :: upper city |
| bovenstem {f} | :: the highest part or register of a multivocal work |
| boventoon {m} | :: overtone |
| bovenvermeld {adj} | :: the above mentioned |
| bovenwaarts {adv} | :: upwards |
| bovenwereld {f} | :: The community of law-abiding people, the overworld |
| bovenwereld {f} | :: Heaven, an afterlife or domain above the everyday world |
| bovenwerkelijk {adj} | :: surreal |
| bovenwerkelijkheid {f} | :: surrealness |
| bovenwerkelijkheid {f} | :: surreality |
| bovenwinds {adj} | :: windward |
| bovenzang {m} | :: the highest part or register of a multivocal work |
| bovenzang {m} | :: soprano register |
| bovenzijde {f} | :: upper side, top |
| bowlen {vi} | :: to bowl, to play bowling |
| box {m} | :: speaker, loudspeaker |
| box {m} | :: playpen |
| box {m} | :: compartment for livestock |
| boxershort {m} | :: A pair of boxer shorts |
| boy {m} | :: a male domestic servant, especially one with a darker skin in a colony |
| boycot {m} | :: boycott |
| boycotten {vt} | :: to boycott |
| bozig {adj} | :: angry |
| b-pion {m} | :: b-pawn: pawn placed on the b-file at the beginning of the game |
| braadpan {f} | :: Dutch oven, casserole |
| braadspit {n} | :: skewer, roasting spit |
| braadworst {f} | :: bratwurst |
| braaf {adj} | :: well-behaved, obedient |
| braaf {adj} | :: honorable, virtuous |
| braai {m} | :: A barbecue |
| braai {m} | :: An open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing |
| braai {m} | :: A social meeting, including the braaing of meat |
| braaien {vt} | :: to barbecue |
| braak {adj} | :: fallow |
| braak {f} | :: The act of breaking or breaking in |
| braakakker {m} | :: fallow field (piece of unused farmland) |
| braakbal {m} | :: pellet vomited by a predator, including hairballs |
| braakdrank {m} | :: vomitive, emetic |
| braakland {n} | :: fallow, fallow land |
| braakloop {m} | :: disease involving emesis as a symptom, used of cholera |
| braaksel {n} | :: vomit (that which one has vomited out) |
| braakwijn {m} | :: An emetic mixed with wine |
| braam {f} | :: A bramble, a common blackberry shrub, Rubus fruticosus |
| braam {f} | :: A common blackberry, a bramble (fruit) |
| braam {f} | :: One of certain other shrubs of the genus Rubus or their fruits |
| braamstruik {m} | :: A blackberry bush, a blackberry shrub |
| Braband {prop} {n} | :: obsolete spelling of Brabant |
| Brabander {m} | :: A Brabantian, a person from Brabant |
| Brabant {prop} {n} | :: Brabant (former province) |
| Brabant {prop} {n} | :: North Brabant |
| Brabant {prop} {n} | :: Duchy of Brabant |
| Brabants {adj} | :: Brabantian |
| Brabants {prop} {n} | :: Brabantian (language) |
| brabbelen {vi} | :: to babble unclearly, talk nonsense |
| Brabo {m} | :: Brabantian, someone from the region of Brabant |
| brada {m} | :: brother, friend |
| braden {vt} | :: to roast; to grill |
| braden {vt} | :: to pan-fry |
| brader {m} | :: One who roasts or fries meat; in particular one who is also a meat vendor |
| braderie {f} | :: open-air fair (market) |
| braderij {f} | :: A business where roast meat is sold |
| braderij {f} | :: alternative form of braderie |
| braille {n} | :: braille |
| Braille {n} | :: alternative case form of braille |
| brak {adj} | :: brackish |
| brak {adj} | :: bad |
| brak {adj} | :: hung over |
| brak {mf} | :: hound, brach |
| braken {vi} | :: to vomit |
| brallen {vi} | :: to boast, to brag |
| brallen {vi} | :: to be resplendent, to shine |
| brallerig {adj} | :: boastful, bloviating |
| Bram {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| brancard {m} | :: gurney, stretcher |
| brand {m} | :: destructive, catastrophic fire |
| brandbaar {adj} | :: flammable |
| brandbaarheid {f} | :: flammability |
| brandblusser {m} | :: fire extinguisher |
| brandbom {f} | :: firebomb, incendiary bomb |
| brandbrief {m} | :: urgent letter to an organisation or (figure of) authority asserting an emergency situation |
| branden {vit} | :: to burn, to set aflame, to be alight |
| branden {vi} | :: to be lit |
| branden {vt} | :: to burn, to write to a storage medium |
| brander {m} | :: A receptacle in which a fuel or candle is placed to be burnt |
| brander {m} | :: blowtorch |
| brander {m} | :: fireship |
| brander {m} | :: A breaker (wave) |
| brandewijn {m} | :: a brandy, type of strong liquor distilled from wine or another alcoholic beverage |
| brandewijndrinker {m} | :: A habitual drinker of brandy |
| brandewijnkroeg {f} | :: alternative form of brandewijnskroeg |
| brandewijnskroeg {f} | :: A pub that primarily serves brandy and other spirits |
| brandewyn {m} | :: obsolete spelling of brandewijn |
| brandhout {n} | :: firewood |
| brandhout {n} | :: something of very low quality |
| branding {f} | :: breakers (foaming waves), surf |
| brandkast {f} | :: A safe, a strongbox |
| brandkastje {noun} | :: diminutive of brandkast |
| brandkogel {m} | :: An incendiary or explosive artillery missile |
| brandkraan {f} | :: fire hydrant |
| brandmeester {m} | :: fire captain |
| brandmeester {m} | :: fire chief, fire commissioner |
| brandmeester {m} | :: official who supervises the use of burned plots of forest |
| brandmerk {n} | :: brand, mark made by branding |
| brandmerken {v} | :: to brand with a branding iron |
| brandmiddel {n} | :: An instrument or substance used for cauterising |
| brandmuur {m} | :: A fire-resistant wall containing a fireplace and chimney; often dividing a residence in a front and a back section |
| brandnetel {f} | :: nettle, stinging nettle (herb of the genus Urtica) |
| brandnetelsoep {f} | :: nettle soup (soup made from stinging nettles) |
| brandoffer {n} | :: burnt offering, holocaust |
| brandofferen {vt} | :: to offer as a burnt offering |
| brandpunt {n} | :: focus - of a lens |
| brandpunt {n} | :: focus - of an ellipse |
| brandpuntsafstand {m} | :: focal length |
| brandschade {f} | :: Damage caused by fire, fire damage |
| brandschatten {vti} | :: to extort in order to exact loot or tribute under threat of plunder, arson and razing |
| brandschatting {v} | :: the extortionate exaction of loot or tribute under threat of plunder, arson and razing |
| brandschilderen {vt} | :: to stain glass |
| brandschip {n} | :: fireship |
| brandschoon {adj} | :: immaculate, spotless, squeaky clean |
| brandslang {f} | :: fire hose |
| brandspiegel {m} | :: concave mirror |
| brandspuit {f} | :: fire hose |
| brandstapel {m} | :: pile used for burning at the stake |
| brandstapel {m} | :: burning at the stake as a method of execution |
| brandstichten {vi} | :: to start a fire, to set fire to something, to practise arson |
| brandstichter {m} | :: arsonist |
| brandstichting {f} | :: arson (crime of setting a fire) |
| brandstichtster {f} | :: female arsonist |
| brandstof {f} | :: fuel |
| brandstofcel {f} | :: fuel cell |
| brandweer {f} | :: firefighting, fire department, fire brigade |
| brandweerauto {m} | :: fire engine, fire truck |
| brandweerkazerne {mf} | :: A fire station, housing a fire brigade |
| brandweerkorps {n} | :: A fire brigade, a fire department (chiefly local organisation of fire fighters) |
| brandweerman {m} | :: A fireman, male member of a fire department |
| brandweermens {m} | :: A firefighter, member of a fire department |
| brandweervrouw {f} | :: firewoman, female firefighter |
| brandweerwagen {m} | :: fire engine, fire truck |
| brandwond {f} | :: burn |
| brandwonde {f} | :: alternative form of brandwond |
| brandzalf {f} | :: A balm used to treat burns |
| brasem {m} | :: the edible cyprinid fish species Abramis brama; bream |
| Brasilia {prop} {n} | :: Brasilia (municipality/capital city) |
| brat {n} | :: alternative form of brat |
| Bratislava {prop} {n} | :: Bratislava (capital city) |
| brauw {f} | :: brow |
| braveren {vt} | :: to taunt, to mock |
| braveren {vi} | :: to flaunt, to show off |
| braveren {vi} | :: to be brave |
| bravoure {f} | :: bravura, bluster |
| bravoure {f} | :: self-confident display of skill |
| bravoure {f} | :: bravery, courage |
| Braziliaan {m} | :: someone from Brazil; Brazilian |
| Braziliaans {adj} | :: Brazilian |
| Brazilië {prop} {n} | :: Brazilië (country) |
| Breda {prop} {n} | :: Breda (city/and/municipality) |
| breed {adj} | :: broad, wide |
| breedband {m} | :: broadband, a wide band of frequencies |
| breedband {m} | :: broadband, a high-capacity connection |
| breedbandverbinding {f} | :: broadband connection |
| breedbeeld {adj} | :: widescreen |
| breedbekkikker {m} | :: A fictional type of frog with an unusually wide mouth |
| breedbekkikker {m} | :: A person with a wide mouth |
| breedneusaap {m} | :: New World monkey, any member of the parvorder Platyrrhini |
| breedscheenjuffer {f} | :: A white-legged damselfly, a damselfly of the family Platycnemididae |
| breedspraak {f} | :: extensiveness in language |
| breedspraakig {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of breedsprakig |
| breedsprakig {adj} | :: elaborate and extensive in language, verbose |
| breedte {f} | :: width |
| breedte {f} | :: latitude |
| breedtegraad {m} | :: latitude (degree of latitude) |
| breedtesporter {m} | :: non-professional athlete |
| breekal {m} | :: butterfingers, someone who is prone to breaking things |
| breekbaar {adj} | :: breakable, fragile |
| breekbaarheid {f} | :: fragility, breakability |
| breekijzer {n} | :: A crowbar, metal bar used as a lever to manually force things apart, fit or extering force to breaking point |
| breekpunt {n} | :: breaking point |
| breekpunt {n} | :: political red line, cause for ending coalition talks |
| breekvasten {n} | :: breakfast |
| breekwater {m} {n} | :: breakwater |
| breem {noun} | :: dialectal form of braam |
| breeuwen {vt} | :: to caulk, to fix a ship's seams with oakum |
| breeuwen {v} | :: to sew the eyelids of a young falcon shut, in order to prevent it from seeing |
| breidelen {vt} | :: to bridle, to restrain, to curb |
| breiden {v} | :: dated form of breien |
| breien {vt} | :: to knit |
| breijen {v} | :: obsolete spelling of breien |
| breikatoen {n} | :: knitting cotton |
| breiklos {m} | :: knitting bobbin |
| breikoker {m} | :: A tubular case for storing knitting needles |
| breiloon {n} | :: wages for knitting work |
| brein {n} | :: brain |
| brein {n} | :: mastermind |
| breinaald {f} | :: knitting needle |
| breinbaas {m} | :: cunning mastermind, sly weasel |
| breinloos {adj} | :: brainless |
| breinvlies {n} | :: meninges |
| breisel {n} | :: knitting (something that has been knitted) |
| breiwerk {n} | :: knitting (material that has been or is being knitted) |
| brekebeen {m} | :: A clumsy or incompetent person |
| brekebeen {m} | :: A person who broke one of his or her limbs or other bones; often one who habitually breaks one's bones |
| breken {v} | :: to break |
| breker {m} | :: breaker, one who or something that breaks |
| breker {m} | :: breaker, a turbulent wave producing foam near the shore or shallows |
| breking {f} | :: The act or process of breaking |
| breking {f} | :: refraction |
| breking {f} | :: breaking (change of a vowel to a diphthong) |
| brekingsindex {m} | :: refractive index |
| brem {f} | :: broom, several plants of the subfamily Faboideae, particularly those (formerly) belonging to the genus Genista |
| brem {f} | :: common broom, Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius |
| brengen {vt} | :: to bring, to carry |
| brengen {vt} | :: to deliver, to supply |
| brenger {m} | :: bringer, carrier, deliverer |
| bres {f} | :: breach, gap, opening |
| Bretagne {prop} {n} | :: Brittany |
| bretel {f} | :: suspender (US), brace (UK) |
| Bretons {adj} | :: Breton |
| breuk {f} | :: fracture, break |
| breuk {f} | :: fraction |
| breuk {f} | :: fault |
| Breukelen {prop} {n} | :: A village and former municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands |
| breukstreep {f} | :: fraction slash, fraction bar |
| breve {f} | :: breve |
| brevet {n} | :: A formal document, such as a certificate or licence |
| brevet {n} | :: A permit or licence allowing one to use certain vehicles or engage in certain activities, now especially in relation to aicraft, diving, swimming and sometimes mopeds |
| brevet {n} | :: A papal brief |
| brevier {n} | :: breviary (liturgical book for use at canonical hours) |
| brevier {f} | :: brevier |
| bridge {n} | :: bridge (card game) |
| brie {m} | :: brie (variety of French cheese) |
| brief {m} | :: letter (written message) |
| briefje {noun} | :: note, bill (of money) |
| briefkaart {f} | :: A postcard, a postal card |
| briefloon {n} | :: postage for a letter, the charge for the delivery of a letter |
| briefomslag {m} {n} | :: An envelope, fit to post a letter in |
| briefopener {m} | :: letter opener (knifelike device) |
| briefroman {m} | :: An epistolary novel |
| Brielle {prop} {n} | :: A city in the south of Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands, located on the former island Voorne to the south of Rotterdam |
| bries {m} | :: breeze (gentle wind) |
| briesen {vi} | :: to snort (such as a horse or a pig) |
| briet {f} | :: bris, Jewish circumcision ceremony |
| brievenbus {f} | :: letterbox, mailbox, post box |
| brievenbus {f} | :: mail slot, letterbox |
| brievenbusfirma {f} | :: shell company |
| brievenbusmaatschappij {f} | :: shell company |
| brigade {f} | :: brigade, a military unit consisting of two or more regiments, often using combined arms or of diverse disciplines |
| brigade {f} | :: a police unit of varying size or purpose, but often serving a specialised purpose |
| brigadier {m} | :: constable (police officer of some seniority) |
| brigadier {m} | :: brigadier, corporal, or a colonel in charge of a brigade |
| brigadist {m} | :: A member of the International Brigades |
| brij {m} | :: porridge |
| brij {m} | :: goop, muck |
| brijn {n} | :: brine; solution for pickling |
| bril {m} | :: pair of glasses |
| bril {m} | :: toilet seat |
| bril {m} | :: telescope |
| briljant {adj} | :: brilliant (genius, excellent) |
| briljant {adj} | :: brilliant (luminous, shining) |
| briljant {m} | :: brilliant (finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond) |
| brilledoos {f} | :: superseded spelling of brillendoos |
| brillendoos {f} | :: spectacle case |
| brillenglas {n} | :: An eyeglass, a lense |
| brillenhuis {n} | :: shop where spectacles are sold |
| brillenhuis {n} | :: spectacle case |
| brillenkoker {m} | :: spectacle case |
| brillenpoot {m} | :: A temple, an earpiece of a pair of glasses |
| brillenpootje {noun} | :: diminutive of brillenpoot |
| briller {m} | :: person wearing glasses |
| brilmontuur {n} | :: A spectacle frame (frame of a pair of glasses) |
| brilmontuurtje {noun} | :: diminutive of brilmontuur |
| brilslang {f} | :: Indian cobra, Naja naja |
| brilsmurf {m} | :: A four-eyes, someone who wears glasses |
| brink {m} | :: village green, functioning as a central square |
| brink {m} | :: edge or margin of a field |
| brink {m} | :: edge or margin of a hill |
| brink {m} | :: grassy edge or margin of a strip of land |
| brink {m} | :: grassland |
| brinkdorp {n} | :: A village with a village green as the central location for business and social life |
| brisant {adj} | :: fast, snappy, explosive |
| brisantgranaat {f} {m} | :: A high-explosive shell |
| Brit {m} | :: Brit, Briton |
| britpop {m} | :: Britpop (British genre of alternative rock) |
| brits {f} | :: A berth, a bunk |
| Brits {adj} | :: British |
| Britse Eilanden {prop} {p} | :: British Isles |
| Brittannië {prop} {n} | :: Britain |
| Brittenburg {prop} {f} | :: An unidentified ruined fortification near Katwijk mentioned in early modern sources, thought to be the remnants of a Roman castellum |
| broche {f} {n} | :: A brooch |
| brochure {f} | :: A brochure, a booklet |
| broddelaar {m} | :: bumbler, bungler |
| broddelen {vit} | :: to bumble, to mess up (one's handcrafted work) |
| broddelen {vi} | :: to speak incomprehensibly with incorrect grammar |
| broddelwerk {n} | :: Very poorly performed work, or a product of such work |
| brodden {vt} | :: to repair with patches, to patch |
| brodden {vit} | :: to bumble, to mess up (one's handcrafted work) |
| broeden {vt} | :: to breed (especially by birds or oviparous animals) |
| broeden {vi} | :: to brood (keep an egg warm) |
| broeder {m} | :: brother, male sibling |
| broeder {m} | :: friar, member -especially non-priest- of certain ecclesiastical (notably Catholic clerical) groups |
| broeder {m} | :: member of a brotherhood, fraternity, order etc |
| broeder {m} | :: colleague, especially if member of a corporation or other profession-related organisation |
| broeder {m} | :: fellow faithful, especially in certain sects, such as the Hussite Moravian Brothers |
| broeder {m} | :: a certain bread-like dish |
| broeder {m} | :: brooder |
| broederliefde {f} | :: brotherly love, fraternal love |
| broederloos {adj} | :: brotherless |
| broedermoord {m} | :: fratricide |
| broederschap {f} | :: brotherhood, a fraternal quality or relationship |
| broederschap {f} | :: fraternity, or any society of 'brothers' in the figurative sense, especially bound by some specific religious (notably Catholic) devotion, such as the veneration of a patron saint and/or celebration of (a) liturgical feast(s) |
| broedmachine {f} | :: An incubator, especially for eggs |
| broedpaar {n} | :: A breeding pair of egg-laying animals |
| broedpaartje {noun} | :: diminutive of broedpaar |
| broedplaats {f} | :: A nesting site, a breeding ground of egg-laying animals |
| broedseizoen {n} | :: breeding season |
| broedsel {n} | :: brood, spawn |
| broedzorg {f} | :: parental care for offspring or eggs by animals |
| broeibak {m} | :: A rectangular container with one or more lids on the top containing windows, used in growing plants |
| broeien {vi} | :: to be hot |
| broeien {vt} | :: to heat (up) |
| broeihoop {m} | :: A heap of organic waste, in which snakes such as grass snakes lay their eggs |
| broeikas {f} | :: greenhouse |
| broeikaseffect {n} | :: greenhouse effect |
| broeikasgas {n} | :: greenhouse gas |
| broeikasgasuitstoot {m} | :: greenhouse gas emissions |
| broeinest {n} | :: hotbed |
| broeinest {n} | :: place where a contaminative disease can fester |
| broeinest {n} | :: bird's nest, where birds are hatching eggs |
| broek {f} | :: pair of trousers, pair of pants |
| broek {f} | :: pair of underpants or pants (underwear), bottom part of underwear or swimwear |
| broek {n} | :: marsh |
| Broek {prop} | :: surname |
| broekdraagband {m} | :: suspender (US), brace (UK) |
| broekhoest {m} | :: flatulence |
| broekie {n} | :: alternative form of broekje |
| broekie {n} | :: a rookie, a whippersnapper, a beginner or a relatively young person |
| Broekman {prop} | :: surname |
| broekschijter {m} | :: One, usually a child, who shits in one's pants or trousers |
| broekschijter {m} | :: a coward |
| broekspijp {f} | :: trouser leg, pant leg |
| broekvent {m} | :: an immature man (a metaphor that alludes to men that still wear boyish shorts) |
| broekvent {m} | :: coward |
| broem {m} | :: dirty, thick foam on tea, coffee, brewing beer, vinaigre, soup, broth etc |
| broem {interj} | :: sound made by a motorised vehicle |
| broer {m} | :: brother (male sibling) |
| broge {f} | :: alternative spelling of brooche |
| broger {m} | :: guy, chap, dude, bloke |
| brok {m} {n} | :: scrap |
| brok {m} {n} | :: chunk, piece |
| brok {m} {n} | :: damage, harm, wreckage, pieces (as a consequence of an accident) |
| brokkelen {vi} | :: to crumble |
| brokken {vt} | :: to break into pieces |
| brokstuk {n} | :: A fragment, in particular a piece of wreckage or a fragment of a broken object |
| brokstukje {noun} | :: diminutive of brokstuk |
| brol {adj} | :: rubbish, crap |
| brol {m} | :: things of inferior quality or little value |
| brombeer {m} | :: grouch, grump (usually male) |
| bromfiets {f} | :: moped, limited to 50 cc engine and 45 km/h speed |
| bromfiets {f} | :: snorfiets moped, limited to 25 km/h speed |
| bromide {f} | :: bromide |
| bromide {f} | :: bromide (sedative) |
| bromium {n} | :: bromine |
| brommen {vi} | :: to mutter, to mumble |
| brommen {vi} | :: to hum, to buzz |
| brommen {vi} | :: to brag, to boast |
| brommen {vi} | :: to drive a moped |
| brommen {vi} | :: to be imprisoned, to spend time in prison |
| brommer {m} | :: moped (low-powered motorcycle) |
| brommer {m} | :: one who hums, buzzes, drones |
| brommer {m} | :: infertile cow |
| brommer {m} | :: coach taxi drawn by one horse |
| brompot {m} | :: A grump (usually male) |
| bromtol {m} | :: A humming top, a top that produces a humming sound when spinning |
| bromtolletje {noun} | :: diminutive of bromtol |
| bromvlieg {f} | :: A blowfly, a bluebottle, fly of the family Calliphoridae |
| bron {f} | :: source |
| bron {f} | :: spring, well |
| bronbescherming {f} | :: source protection, source confidentiality |
| bronchit {m} | :: bronchitis |
| Bronckhorst {prop} {n} | :: Bronckhorst (municipality) |
| broncode {m} | :: source code |
| bronnentaal {f} | :: language that written documents are in, as opposed to the spoken language |
| bronrivier {f} | :: A river that originates from a spring |
| bronriviertje {noun} | :: diminutive of bronrivier |
| brons {n} | :: bronze |
| bronst {f} | :: heat, rut (sexual excitement of animals) |
| bronst {f} | :: a strong sexual urge to mate (for humans) |
| bronstijd {m} | :: Bronze Age |
| bronsttijd {m} | :: mating season |
| bronwater {n} | :: mineral water, such as spa water |
| bronwater {n} | :: a glass or drink of it |
| bronzen {adj} | :: bronze, bronzen |
| bronzen {vt} | :: to bronze |
| brooche {f} | :: blessing, bracha |
| brood {n} | :: bread |
| brood {n} | :: Similar bakery product or other baked dish |
| brood {n} | :: livelihood, especially in expressions like dagelijks brood |
| broodbeleg {n} | :: bread topping (such as cheese, meat or jam) |
| broodbelegsel {n} | :: bread topping |
| broodbus {f} | :: bread box, bread bin |
| brooddeeg {n} | :: bread dough (dough intended for baking bread) |
| broodhaan {m} | :: A bread in the shape of a rooster, used in processions on Palm Sunday |
| broodje {noun} | :: roll (shortened raised biscuit or bread) |
| broodje aap {n} | :: An urban legend (false anecdotal story presented as true spread through informal communication) |
| broodjeaapverhaal {n} | :: An urban legend (false anecdotal story presented as true) |
| broodmager {adj} | :: very skinny |
| broodmes {n} | :: bread knife (serrated knife wrought for slicing bread) |
| broodnodig {adj} | :: essential, badly needed |
| broodplank {f} | :: breadboard; a cutting board, especially used for cutting or carrying bread |
| broodroof {m} | :: denial of making a livelihood (e.g. by unfair competition or forced unemployment) |
| broodrooster {m} {n} | :: toaster (appliance for toasting bread) |
| broodroven {vt} | :: to deny a livelihood, to make it impossible to make ends meet |
| broodschrijfster {f} | :: female author who writes for a living, often implied to have little regard for quality or principle |
| broodschrijver {m} | :: author who writes for a living, often implied to have little regard for quality or principle; hack writer |
| broodsuiker {m} | :: white sugar (white refined sugar) |
| broodtrommel {m} | :: lunchbox |
| broodtrommel {m} | :: bread bin, breadbox (container for preserving bread) |
| broodwinner {m} | :: financial provider for the entire family, the person who brings home the bacon; breadwinner |
| broodwinning {f} | :: livelihood |
| broodwortel {m} | :: cassava root |
| broom- {prefix} | :: bromo- |
| broom {n} | :: bromine |
| broomkali {n} | :: potassium bromide, in particular in reference to its use as a sedative and antiepileptic around the fin de siècle |
| broomkalium {n} | :: potassium bromide, in particular in reference to its use as a sedative and antiepileptic around the fin de siècle |
| broos {adj} | :: brittle, crisp, physically fragile with a tendency to break into small pieces |
| broos {adj} | :: fragile, perishable, vulnerable, weak, e.g. said of short-lived beauty |
| broos {f} | :: cothurnus |
| broosheid {f} | :: fragility |
| bros {adj} | :: brittle |
| brouillage {m} | :: relational conflict |
| brouwen {vt} | :: to brew |
| brouwen {vi} | :: to pronounce the sound "r" as a uvular consonant |
| brouwer {m} | :: brewer |
| Brouwer {prop} | :: surname |
| brouwerij {f} | :: brewery |
| brouwerij {f} | :: the act of brewing |
| brouwhuis {n} | :: brewery |
| brouwsel {n} | :: concoction, brewage |
| browsen {vi} | :: to browse |
| browser {m} | :: A browser |
| brr {interj} | :: brr (exclamation of cold) |
| brr {interj} | :: an exclamation of disgust or aversion |
| brug {mf} | :: bridge (construction) |
| brug {mf} | :: bridge (dental prosthesis) |
| brug {mf} | :: A substantive connection in a discourse allowing one to move from one subject to another |
| Brugge {prop} {n} | :: Brugge (capital city) |
| brugger {m} | :: a pupil in the first form or grade of secondary education, usually at the age of eleven or twelve |
| Brugger {prop} | :: surname |
| Brugger {adj} | :: Of or relating to Brugge |
| brugklas {f} | :: the first form or grade of secondary education |
| brugklas {f} | :: a school class of pupils at this level |
| brugklasser {m} | :: a pupil in the first form or grade of secondary education, usually at the age of eleven or twelve |
| brugpieper {m} | :: a pupil in the first form or grade of secondary education, usually at the age of eleven or twelve |
| brugwachter {m} | :: bridge keeper, bridgetender, bridge operator |
| bruid {f} | :: bride |
| bruidegom {m} | :: bridegroom |
| bruidsbed {n} | :: marriage bed, nuptial bed |
| bruidschat {m} | :: obsolete spelling of bruidsschat |
| bruidsgoed {n} | :: dowry, wedding gift |
| bruidsgoed {n} | :: wedding clothes |
| bruidsjurk {f} | :: wedding dress |
| bruidskoe {f} | :: bridal cow (cow given by the bride's parents as dowry or as a wedding gift) |
| bruidsschat {m} | :: dowry (money or goods given to the bridegroom by the bride's parents) |
| bruidsschat {m} | :: bride price, reverse dowry (money or goods given to the bride or her parents by the bridegroom or his parents) |
| bruidssluier {m} | :: A bride's veil |
| bruigom {m} | :: rare form of bruidegom |
| bruikbaar {adj} | :: usable, functional, operable |
| bruikbaar {adj} | :: useful, handy |
| bruikbaarheid {f} | :: usefulness |
| bruiken {vt} | :: to make use of, to use, to have use for |
| bruiker {m} | :: tenant farmer |
| bruiloft {f} | :: wedding |
| bruiloftsbed {n} | :: marriage bed, nuptial bed |
| bruin {adj} | :: brown |
| bruin {n} | :: the color brown |
| bruin {c} | :: heroin |
| bruinachtig {adj} | :: brownish |
| bruin blauwtje {n} | :: brown argus, Aricia agestis |
| bruine beer {m} | :: brown bear, Ursus arctos |
| bruine beer {m} | :: dump, defecation, donation |
| bruine hyena {f} | :: brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) |
| bruine rat {f} | :: brown rat, Rattus norvegicus |
| bruinhemd {m} | :: A member of the SA (Sturmabteilung) |
| bruinhemd {m} | :: A Nazi, a member of the NSDAP |
| bruinig {adj} | :: brownish, of a colour or shade which resembles or hinges on brown and/or contains some brown |
| bruinkool {f} | :: lignite, brown coal |
| bruinogig {adj} | :: brown-eyed |
| bruinvis {m} | :: Any porpoise, marine mammal of the family Phocoenidae (certain small cetacean) |
| bruinvis {m} | :: The harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena |
| bruinvisch {m} | :: obsolete spelling of bruinvis |
| bruisen {vi} | :: to form bubbles, to froth, to fizz |
| bruistablet {n} | :: effervescent tablet |
| bruistabletje {noun} | :: diminutive of bruistablet |
| brulaap {m} | :: A howler monkey, a monkey of the genus Alouatta |
| brulaapje {noun} | :: diminutive of brulaap |
| brullen {vi} | :: to roar |
| brullen {vi} | :: to cry (of a baby) |
| Brummen {prop} {n} | :: Brummen (village/and/municipality) |
| brunch {m} | :: A brunch |
| brunchen {vi} | :: to (have) brunch, take a single meal serving as both (late) breakfast and (early) lunch |
| Brunei {prop} {n} | :: Brunei |
| brunet {adj} | :: brunette, having brown hair |
| brunet {f} | :: alternative form of brunette |
| brunette {f} | :: brunette (brown-haired or dark-haired female) |
| brunette {adj} | :: dated form of brunet |
| Bruno {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Brunssum {prop} {n} | :: Brunssum (city/and/municipality) |
| brus {mf} | :: sibling |
| Brussel {prop} {n} | :: Brussel (capital city) |
| Brussel {prop} {n} | :: any of the above legal entities decreeing from Brussels |
| Brussel {prop} {n} | :: short for Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: Brussel (the smallest of <<c/Belgium>>'s three federative <<regions>>) |
| Brusselaar {m} | :: An inhabitant of Brussels, the capital city of the EU, Brabant (duchy and former province), Flanders (modern region) and Belgium |
| Brusselaar {m} | :: An inhabitant of the Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, the smallest of Belgium's three federative regions |
| Brussels {adj} | :: Of, from or pertaining to Brussels |
| Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest {prop} {n} | :: The bilingual central, bilingual region (i.e. constitutive member territory) of federal Belgium, comprising only the 19 municipalities of the capital metropolis Brussels; its constitutional status differs in several points from that of the far larger and more populous regions Flanders (northern, Dutch-speaking; Brussels is an enclave in it) and Wallonia (southern; Francophone, with a small German-speaking minority component) |
| brutaal {adj} | :: impudent |
| brutaal {adj} | :: outspoken |
| brutaliteit {f} | :: impudence, audacity |
| bruto {adj} | :: gross (excluding deductions) |
| bruto {adv} | :: gross (excluding deductions) |
| bruto nationaal product {n} | :: gross national product |
| bruusk {adj} | :: brusque, unfriendly |
| bruusk {adj} | :: abrupt, sudden |
| bruut {adj} | :: brutish, rough |
| bruut {adj} | :: brutal, fierce |
| bruut {m} | :: brute, ruffian |
| Brythonisch {adj} | :: Brythonic, Brittonic |
| bs. {noun} | :: abbreviation of bisschop |
| btw {f} | :: initialism of belasting op de toegevoegde waarde; VAT, value-added tax |
| BTW {f} | :: alternative case form of btw |
| bubbel {m} | :: bubble (sphere containing air) |
| bubbel {m} | :: bubble ((period of) economic activity depending on speculation or embezzlement) |
| bubbel {m} | :: bubble (unknowingly socially divergent and isolated clique) |
| bubbeltje {noun} | :: Diminutive of bubbel |
| bubbelwijn {m} | :: sparkling wine |
| bubbelwolk {f} | :: asperitas |
| bucentaur {m} | :: A bucentaur (Venetian galley) |
| bucentaur {m} | :: A bucentaur (human-bovine hybrid) |
| bucht {m} | :: junk |
| bucht {m} | :: disgusting drink, trash, rubbish |
| bucht {m} | :: pests, weed |
| bucketlist {m} | :: bucket list |
| bucolisch {adj} | :: bucolic |
| budget {n} | :: a budget |
| budgettair {adj} | :: budgetary |
| budgetteren {vti} | :: to budget, to plan (into) a budget |
| Buenos Aires {prop} {n} | :: Buenos Aires (capital city) |
| Buenos Aires {prop} {n} | :: Buenos Aires (province) |
| buffel {m} | :: A buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or Syncerus caffer |
| buffelkoe {f} | :: A buffalo cow, a female buffalo |
| buffelos {m} | :: buffalo ox, castrated male buffalo |
| buffelos {m} | :: buffalo bull |
| buffelstier {m} | :: A buffalo bull, a male buffalo |
| buffeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of buffel |
| bufotoxine {n} {f} | :: bufotoxin |
| bug {m} | :: A bug (a software problem) |
| bugel {m} | :: bugle, flugelhorn, a brass instrument |
| buggy {m} | :: A baby buggy, a pushchair, a stroller |
| buggy {m} | :: A buggy (small motor vehicle) |
| buggy {adj} | :: Buggy, containing programming errors |
| bühne {f} | :: stage (where performances are held) |
| bui {f} | :: shower (rain), or generally a bout (of bad weather such as snow) |
| bui {f} | :: mood |
| bui {f} | :: gust, current of wind |
| buidel {m} | :: pouch |
| buideldas {m} | :: bandicoot, marsupial of the order Peramelemorphia |
| buideldier {n} | :: marsupial, any member of the infraclass Marsupialia |
| buidelhaas {m} | :: long-nosed bandicoot, any marsupial of the genus Perameles |
| buidelhaas {m} | :: hare-wallaby, any marsupial of the genus Lagorchestes |
| buidelmarter {m} | :: quoll, native cat, any marsupial of the genus Dasyurus |
| buidelmiereneter {m} | :: numbat, marsupial anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus |
| buidelmol {m} | :: marsupial mole, any animal of the two species from the genus Notoryctes and the family Notoryctidae |
| buidelrat {f} | :: opossum, marsupial of the family Didelphidae |
| buienradar {m} | :: weather radar |
| buienradartje {noun} | :: diminutive of buienradar |
| buigen {v} | :: to bend |
| buigen {v} | :: to bow |
| buiging {f} | :: bow, kowtow |
| buiging {f} | :: declension |
| buigspier {f} | :: flexor |
| buigzaam {adj} | :: bendable, flexible |
| buigzaam {adj} | :: compliant |
| buigzaamheid {f} | :: flexibility, the quality to bend easily |
| buiig {adj} | :: rainy, showery |
| Buijs {prop} | :: surname |
| buik {m} | :: belly |
| buik {m} | :: paunch (referring euphemistically to a protrusive belly) |
| buik {m} | :: The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates |
| buikdans {m} | :: belly dance |
| buikdansen {vi} | :: to do a belly dance |
| buikdanser {m} | :: belly dancer |
| buikdanseres {f} | :: female belly dancer |
| buikdienaar {m} | :: glutton, gastrolater |
| buikdienst {f} | :: gastrolatry |
| buikdrager {m} | :: baby sling that has the baby in front of the carrier |
| buikgriep {f} | :: tummy bug, gastroenteritis |
| buikholte {f} | :: abdominal cavity |
| buikje {n} | :: a belly with a slight or moderate excess of fat; a potbelly |
| buikloop {m} | :: (medically serious) diarrhoea |
| buikpijn {f} | :: bellyache, stomachache |
| buikschuiver {m} | :: moped with low handlebars |
| buikschuiver {m} | :: belly slide |
| Buiksloot {prop} {n} | :: Buiksloot (former village), now a quarter of Amsterdam |
| buikspraak {f} | :: ventriloquism |
| buikspreekpop {f} {m} | :: A ventriloquist's dummy |
| buikspreekster {f} | :: A female ventriloquist |
| buikspreken {n} | :: ventriloquism |
| buikspreken {vit} | :: to ventriloquise |
| buikspreker {m} | :: A ventriloquist |
| buiktyfus {m} | :: typhoid fever |
| buikvet {n} | :: belly fat, abdominal fat |
| buikvin {f} | :: abdominal fin |
| buikvinnig {adj} | :: having abdominal fins |
| buikvlies {n} | :: peritoneum |
| buikvliesontsteking {f} | :: peritonitis |
| buikvloed {m} | :: (serious) diarrhoea |
| buikwand {m} | :: abdominal wall |
| buikwind {m} | :: fart |
| buikworm {m} | :: An intestinal parasitic worm |
| buil {m} | :: A bruise, a bump |
| buil {m} | :: A boil, a swelling |
| builenpest {f} | :: bubonic plague |
| buis {f} | :: pipe, duct |
| buis {f} | :: television, compare tube |
| buis {n} | :: gambeson |
| buis {n} | :: A type of coat or jacket |
| buis {n} | :: A type of blouse |
| buislamp {f} | :: tubular fluorescent lamp |
| buiszwam {f} {m} | :: polyspore, bracket fungus |
| buit {m} | :: spoil, booty |
| buitelen {vi} | :: to tumble, to roll, to somersault |
| buiteling {f} | :: A forward roll, especially when stumbling |
| buiten- {prefix} | :: outside, outer; outdoor |
| buiten {adv} | :: outside |
| buiten {prep} | :: outside, out of |
| buiten {n} | :: A mansion and its surrounding estate in the countryside |
| buitenaards {adj} | :: extraterrestrial, alien |
| buiten adem {adv} | :: out of breath, winded |
| buitenaf {adv} | :: from outside |
| buitenband {m} | :: outer tyre |
| buitenbeentje {n} | :: outsider, misfit |
| buitenbeentje {n} | :: bastard (person born out of wedlock) |
| buitenbeugel {m} | :: orthodontic headgear |
| buitenbeugel {m} | :: external or outer brace or stay |
| buiten bewustzijn {adj} | :: unconscious |
| buitenboord {adv} | :: outboard |
| buitenboord {m} | :: An outboard motor |
| buitenboord {m} | :: A boat with an outboard motor |
| buitenboord {m} | :: An outer border, an outer rim |
| buitenboordbeugel {m} | :: orthodontic headgear |
| buitenboordmotor {m} | :: outboard motor, outboard engine |
| buiten de boot vallen {v} | :: to fall by the wayside (to be left out) |
| buitendeur {f} | :: exterior door |
| buitenechtelijk {adj} | :: extramarital |
| buitengaats {adj} | :: offshore, off the harbour |
| buitengemeen {adj} | :: exceptional, uncommon |
| buitengewoon {adj} | :: extraordinary |
| buitengewoon {adv} | :: extraordinarily, extremely, very |
| buitenhuis {n} | :: A country house |
| buitenhuis {n} | :: A house or other building located outside the city walls |
| buitenhuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of buitenhuis |
| buitenissig {adj} | :: extravagant, weird, eccentric |
| buitenissig {adj} | :: tawdry, obtrusive, cloying |
| buitenissigheid {f} | :: Weirdness, oddity, excentricity |
| buitenissigheid {f} | :: Something odd; an excentricity, an oddity |
| buitenkans {f} | :: golden opportunity |
| buitenkant {m} | :: the outer side: outside |
| buiten kennis {phrase} | :: unconscious |
| buitenkern {f} | :: outer core |
| buitenkern {f} | :: A settlement or suburb that does not form one built-up area with a larger town or city and is regarded as independent to some extent |
| buitenland {n} | :: all foreign countries, collectively; anything abroad |
| buitenlander {m} | :: foreigner, alien (person from outside one's country) |
| buitenlands {adj} | :: foreign, exterior |
| buitenleven {n} | :: The life, living, residence in the countryside |
| buitenlucht {f} | :: The air outside, the outdoors |
| buitenlui {p} | :: rural people, rustics (people not living in towns or cities) |
| buitenlui {p} | :: outdoors people |
| buitenlui {p} | :: any outsiders, strangers |
| buitenlui {p} | :: plural of buitenman |
| buitenmaatschappelijk {adj} | :: extrasocietal |
| buitenman {m} | :: A male rustic, a rural man, e.g. a male villager |
| buitenman {m} | :: A male outsider |
| buitenmoeder {f} | :: A regentess belonging to the governing board of an orphanage |
| buitenplaneet {f} | :: outer planet |
| buitenpolitiek {adj} | :: extrapolitical |
| Buitenpost {prop} | :: Buitenpost (village) |
| buitenshuis {adv} | :: outside the home, outside |
| buiten 's lands {prep} | :: abroad |
| buitensluiten {vt} | :: to shut out, to lock out |
| buitensluiten {vt} | :: to exclude, to shun |
| buitenspel {n} | :: An outdoor game, a game that is played outside |
| buitenspel {n} | :: Play outside |
| buitenspel {n} | :: offside |
| buitenspel {adv} | :: offside |
| buitenspelval {f} | :: offside trap |
| buitensporig {adj} | :: extravagant, lavish, excessive |
| buitenst {adj} | :: outermost |
| buitenstaander {m} | :: An outsider |
| buitentijds {adv} | :: Outside regular or stipulated hours |
| buitentijds {adj} | :: timeless, ageless, eternal |
| buitentrouw {f} | :: marriage outside one's religious group, as a practice condemned by early Anabaptists |
| buitenverblijf {n} | :: A country house |
| buitenverblijf {n} | :: An animal enclosure that either is completely outdoors or has an outdoor section |
| buitenvrouw {f} | :: A mistress |
| buitenvrouw {f} | :: A woman from the countryside |
| buitenwaarts {adv} | :: outwards |
| buitenwacht {f} | :: outsiders |
| buitenwacht {f} | :: safety supervisor for confined spaces |
| buitenwacht {f} | :: outside guard |
| buitenwacht {f} | :: guard duty outside |
| buitenwacht {f} | :: having to stay outside (usually with hebben or krijgen) |
| buitenwereld {f} | :: outside world |
| buitenwerk {n} | :: An outwork, a separate smaller fortification serving to enhance the defence of another fortification |
| buitenwerk {n} | :: Work outside, outdoor work |
| buiten westen {prep} | :: unconscious |
| buiten westen {prep} | :: upset, beside oneself |
| buitenwettelijk {adj} | :: extralegal |
| buitenwijk {f} | :: an outlying suburb |
| buitenwipper {m} | :: bouncer |
| buitje {noun} | :: Hypocoristic form of buitenvrouw (mistress) |
| buitmaken {vt} | :: to acquire through force, to capture, to loot |
| buizen {vi} | :: to booze, to drink heavily |
| buizen {vt} | :: to give a failing grade |
| buizen {vi} | :: to get a buis, i.e. a failing grade |
| buizerd {m} | :: buzzard, bird of prey of the genus Buteo |
| buizerd {m} | :: common buzzard, Buteo buteo |
| bukken {vir} | :: to duck, to bend down |
| buks {f} {m} | :: shotgun |
| buks {m} | :: box (tree) |
| buksboom {m} | :: box, box tree (any tree of the genus Buxus) |
| bul {m} | :: bull (male bovine, or one of certain other male mammals) |
| bul {m} | :: surly person |
| bul {f} | :: great seal affixed to certain documents, notably charters from reigning princes and certain dignitaries |
| bul {f} | :: such charter |
| bul {f} | :: specifically, a papal bull |
| bul {f} | :: trinket, object of little value |
| bulderen {vi} | :: to thunder, to make a thunderous sound |
| bulderen {vi} | :: to shout, to roar |
| buldog {m} | :: a bulldog |
| Bulgaar {m} | :: Bulgar, Bulgarian (person) |
| Bulgaars {adj} | :: Bulgarian |
| Bulgaars {prop} {n} | :: Bulgarian (language) |
| Bulgarije {prop} {n} | :: Bulgarije (country) |
| bulhond {m} | :: bulldog |
| bulldog {m} | :: alternative form of buldog |
| bullebak {m} | :: bully, jerk, churl (rude and nasty man) |
| bullebak {m} | :: bogeyman, bugbear |
| bullebak {m} | :: evil spirit, imp, demon |
| bulleboer {m} | :: bull keeper |
| bullenpees {f} | :: a bull's dried sinew |
| bullenpees {f} | :: bullwhip, made from the above, a severe punitive implement |
| bullepees {f} | :: superseded spelling of bullenpees |
| bulletje {noun} | :: diminutive of bul |
| bully {m} | :: bully (way of resuming the game with a standoff between two opposing players who repeatedly hit each other's sticks, then try to gain possession of the ball) |
| bulos {m} | :: An ox that was formerly used as a stud bull |
| bult {m} | :: bump (on an otherwise flat or even surface) |
| bult {m} | :: hump |
| bultig {adj} | :: lumpy, humped |
| bultig {adj} | :: rugged, knobbly |
| bultje {noun} | :: diminutive of bult |
| bultrug {m} | :: A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) |
| bultrug {m} | :: A humpback or arched back |
| bultrugwalvis {m} | :: A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) |
| bultzak {m} | :: A bag functioning as a pillow or mattress, often filled with straw but sometimes doubling as a clothes bag |
| bultzakje {noun} | :: diminutive of bultzak |
| bumor {m} | :: the dry wit of Sybrand van Haersma Buma |
| bumper {m} | :: bumper of a car, fender |
| bumperkleven {v} | :: to tailgate (drive dangerously close) |
| bumperklever {m} | :: tailgater (person who drives dangerously close) |
| bumpersticker {m} | :: bumper sticker |
| bundel {m} | :: bundle |
| bundel {m} | :: edition of collected literary works, often poetry |
| bundel {m} | :: any collection of products or services offered together |
| bundelen {vt} | :: to bundle, to put together |
| bundelen {vt} | :: to unite, to gather together |
| bundelpijler {m} | :: bundle pillar, clustered column (column with several narrower half columns attached to it) |
| bunder {n} | :: A unit of measurement for area, a hectare |
| bunder {n} | :: An obsolete unit of measurement for land area |
| bundisme {n} | :: Bundism |
| bundist {m} | :: Bundist, adherent of Bundism |
| bungalow {m} | :: A bungalow (small holiday home, usually single-storey) |
| bungalowpark {n} | :: holiday village, bungalow resort |
| bungalowparkje {noun} | :: diminutive of bungalowpark |
| bungelen {v} | :: alternative form of bengelen |
| bunker {m} | :: bunker (low-lying fortification built into the landscape) |
| bunker {m} | :: bunker (hole with a surface of sand or dirt, placed on a golf course as a barrier) |
| bunker {m} | :: bunker, cargo hold, storage room |
| bunkeren {vt} | :: to create a stock of |
| bunkeren {vti} | :: to devour, to feast, to eat voraciously in large quantities |
| Bunnik {prop} {n} | :: Bunnik (village) |
| bunzing {m} | :: European polecat, Mustela putorius |
| bunzing {m} | :: any polecat in general |
| burcht {mf} | :: citadel, castle, borough |
| burcht {mf} | :: burrow of a badger, fox or beaver |
| burchtheer {m} | :: A castellan, a chatelain |
| burchtvrouw {f} | :: A chatelaine |
| bureau {n} | :: desk |
| bureau {n} | :: office |
| bureaublad {n} | :: desktop |
| bureaubladachtergrond {m} | :: wallpaper (on a computer's desktop) |
| bureaucratie {f} | :: bureaucracy (system of organising the civil service; civil service corps; red tape) |
| bureaula {f} | :: desk drawer |
| bureaulamp {f} | :: A desk lamp |
| bureaulampje {noun} | :: diminutive of bureaulamp |
| bureaustoel {m} | :: office chair (desk chair used in an office) |
| bureaustoeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of bureaustoel |
| bureautje {noun} | :: diminutive of bureau |
| bureel {n} | :: office |
| Buren {prop} {n} | :: Buren (city/and/municipality) |
| burenhulp {f} | :: neighbourly help, assistance provided to a neighbour |
| burenruzie {f} | :: A neighbourly dispute, a quarrel or conflict between neighbours |
| burg {f} | :: alternative form of burcht, now rarely used outside names |
| burgemeester {m} | :: mayor, burgomaster (head of a city or municipality) |
| burgemeester {m} | :: Roman consul |
| -burger {suffix} | :: -burger |
| burger {m} | :: citizen |
| burger {m} | :: middle-class or bourgeois person, burgher |
| burger {m} | :: burger |
| burgerbevolking {f} | :: civilian population |
| burgerdeugd {f} | :: civic virtue |
| burgerdode {mf} | :: civilian death, civilian fatality |
| burgerij {f} | :: citizenry |
| burgerij {f} | :: bourgeoisie |
| burgerin {f} | :: female citizen |
| burgerin {f} | :: female bourgeois |
| burgerklasse {f} | :: bourgeoisie |
| burgerkrijg {m} | :: civil war |
| burgerlijk {adj} | :: civil |
| burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid {f} | :: civil disobedience |
| burgerlijke schemering {f} | :: civil twilight |
| burgerlijke stand {m} | :: civil registry |
| burgerluchtvaart {f} | :: civilian aviation, civilian air travel |
| burgermaatschappij {f} | :: civilian society |
| burgermoed {m} | :: the courage of citizens when intervening at personal risk at the sight of someone in danger; civil courage |
| burgeroorlog {m} | :: civil war |
| burgerpartij {f} | :: middle-class and/or upper-class ("burgeois") political party |
| burgerplicht {f} | :: civic duty |
| burgerrecht {n} | :: civil right |
| burgerrechtenbeweging {f} | :: civil rights movement |
| burgerregering {f} | :: civilian government (government without formal ties to the military and not experiencing undue influence by the military) |
| burgerschap {n} | :: citizenship |
| burgerschapsonderwijs {n} | :: citizenship education |
| burgerscheepvaart {f} | :: civilian navigation, civilian shipping |
| burgerstand {m} | :: middle class, sometimes including the bourgeoisie |
| burgerstand {m} | :: third estate, the commoners collectively |
| burgervoogd {m} | :: mayor |
| burgerwagen {m} | :: A police car that is not discernible from a regular civilian car |
| burgerwagen {m} | :: A civilian car |
| burgerwagen {m} | :: a van-type car used to sell burgers |
| burgerzede {f} | :: bourgeois ethic, bourgeois mores |
| burgerzin {m} | :: civil responsibility, sense of civic duty |
| burggraaf {m} | :: keeper of certain castles (and surrounding jurisdictions) |
| burggraaf {m} | :: viscount, a peerage rank, below graaf (count) |
| burggravin {f} | :: viscountess, a peerage rank, below gravin (countess) |
| burgwal {m} | :: defensive wall in a city; a city wall or citadel wall |
| Burkina Faso {prop} {n} | :: Burkina Faso (country) |
| buro {n} | :: superseded spelling of bureau |
| burotica {f} | :: office automation, bureautic |
| Burundi {prop} {n} | :: Burundi |
| bus {m} | :: bus, omnibus (vehicle) |
| bus {m} | :: minibus, minivan |
| bus {m} | :: bus (electrical conductor) |
| bus {f} | :: container, box, tin |
| bus {f} | :: bushing |
| bus {f} | :: one of a variety of early modern firearms, such as flintlock and matchlock guns |
| busbaan {f} | :: bus lane |
| busbestuurder {m} | :: A bus driver |
| buschauffeur {m} | :: bus driver |
| buschauffeuse {f} | :: female bus driver |
| busdrager {m} | :: rifleman (someone armed with a rifle or other firearm) |
| bushalte {f} | :: bus stop |
| bush bush {m} | :: alternative form of bushbush |
| bushbush {m} | :: wilderness |
| bushok {n} | :: bus shelter |
| bushokje {noun} | :: bus shelter |
| bushuis {n} | :: arms depot, arsenal (depot for firearms) |
| buskruid {n} | :: obsolete spelling of buskruit |
| buskruit {n} | :: gunpowder |
| buslijn {f} | :: bus route, bus line |
| busmeester {m} | :: official who supervises firearms and artillery |
| busmeester {m} | :: treasurer |
| busschieter {m} | :: A cannoneer |
| bussel {m} | :: sheaf, bundle, package |
| busselen {vt} | :: to wrap into a bundle |
| bussen {vt} | :: to put into a mailbox |
| bussen {vi} | :: to travel by bus |
| busstation {n} | :: bus station |
| buste {f} | :: bust (a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) |
| buste {f} | :: breast, of a woman |
| bustehouder {m} | :: a bra |
| but- {prefix} | :: but- |
| butaan {n} | :: butane |
| buteen {n} | :: butene |
| butler {m} | :: A butler (chief male servant of a household; valet; booze manservant) |
| Butler {prop} | :: surname |
| butten {v} | :: alternative form of botten |
| butyl {n} | :: butyl |
| butyn {n} | :: butyne |
| buuf {f} | :: female neighbour |
| buur {m} | :: neighbour |
| buurjongen {m} | :: a boy who lives in the neighbourhood |
| buurkind {n} | :: neighbour child, neighbouring child (child who is a neighbour) |
| buurland {n} | :: neighboring country |
| buurlandje {noun} | :: diminutive of buurland |
| buurman {m} | :: neighbour |
| buurmeisje {n} | :: A girl living in the same neighbourhood, a girl next-door |
| buurschap {f} | :: The condition of being neighbours |
| buurschap {f} {n} | :: alternative form of buurtschap |
| buurt {f} | :: neighborhood, part of town |
| buurt {f} | :: vicinity, proximity |
| buurten {vi} | :: to visit a neighbour |
| buurthuis {n} | :: community centre |
| buurtkind {n} | :: neighbourhood kid, local kid |
| buurtschap {f} {n} | :: A small hamlet, a group of houses; generally without any central feature and with few businesses |
| buurtsuper {m} | :: small neighbourhood supermarket, local grocery store, convenience store |
| buurtsupermarkt {m} | :: small local supermarket, neighbourhood grocery store, convenience store |
| buurtwinkel {m} | :: a convenience store situated in a residential area |
| buurvrijer {m} | :: male neighbour who is a bachelor |
| buurvrouw {f} | :: neighbour |
| buxus {m} | :: European boxwood, Buxus sempervirens |
| b. v. {adv} | :: abbreviation of bij voorbeeld |
| b.v. {adv} | :: alternative form of b. v. |
| bv. {adv} | :: abbreviation of bijvoorbeeld |
| bv {f} | :: Ltd., inc. |
| BV {f} {m} | :: a Flemish celebrity |
| bw. {n} | :: abbreviation of bijwoord |
| Byz. {noun} | :: abbreviation of Byzantijns |
| Byzantijn {m} | :: A Byzantine person |
| Byzantijns {adj} | :: A Byzantine person |
| Byzantium {prop} {n} | :: Byzantium (<<ancient>> Greek <<city>> situated on the Bosporus in modern <<c/Turkey>>, later called Constantinople) |