| wad {n} (compact mass)
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:: prop
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| wad {n} (soft plug)
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:: prop
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| Wadden Sea {prop} (Wadden Sea)
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:: Waddenzee {f}
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| waddle {v} (To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side)
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:: waggelen
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| wade {v} (to walk through water or something that impedes progress)
|
:: waden
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| wadi {n} (a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season)
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:: wadi {m}
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| wading bird {n} (long-legged bird)
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:: waadvogel {m}
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| wafer {n} (biscuit)
|
:: wafel {f}
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| wafer {n} (religious token)
|
:: hostie {f}
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| waffle {n} (flat pastry)
|
:: wafel {f}
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| waffle {n} (speech or writing that is vague)
|
:: gezwam {n}
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| waffle {v} (to speak or write at length without any clear point or aim)
|
:: zwammen
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| waffle {v} (vacillate) SEE: vacillate
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::
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| waffle iron {n} (a cooking appliance used to make waffles)
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:: wafelijzer {n}
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| waft {v} (to float easily and gently on the air)
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:: zweven, fladderen
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| wag {v} (to swing from side to side)
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:: kwispelen
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| wag {v} (to not go to school)
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:: spijbelen
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| wage {n} (money paid to a worker)
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:: loon {n}, salaris {n}, arbeidsloon {n}
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| wage {v} (to conduct or carry out)
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:: voeren, leiden, voeren
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| wage earner {n} (someone who works for wages)
|
:: kostwinner {m} {f}
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| wager {n} (an agreement)
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:: weddenschap {f}
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| wager {n} (the subject of a bet)
|
:: inzet {m}
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| wager {v} (put up as collateral)
|
:: wedden, weddenschap afsluiten, verwedden
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| wage slave {n} (one who works for wages)
|
:: loonslaaf {m}
|
| waggon {n} (wagon) SEE: wagon
|
::
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| wagon {n} (four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, see also: cart)
|
:: wagen, kar {f}
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| wagon {n} (child's riding toy)
|
:: bolderkar
|
| wagon {n} (enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people)
|
:: wagon {m}, treinwagon {m}
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| wagon {n} (enclosed vehicle used as a movable dwelling, see also: caravan)
|
:: caravan {m}, sleurhut {f} [colloquial]
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| Wahhabite {n} (follower of Wahhabism)
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:: wahabiet {m}
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| waif {n} (wanderer)
|
:: zwerver
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| wail {v}
|
:: huilen
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| wail {n} (loud cry or shriek)
|
:: schreeuw {m}, kreet {m}
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| wainscot {n} (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
|
:: lambrisering {f}
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| wainscot {v} (to decorate a wall with a wainscot)
|
:: lambriseren
|
| wainscotting {n} (Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls)
|
:: lambrisering {f}
|
| waist {n} (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)
|
:: middel {n}
|
| waist {n}
|
:: middendek {n}
|
| waistcoat {n} (a sleeveless, collarless garment)
|
:: vest {n}
|
| waistline {n} (line around the body at the waist; its measurement)
|
:: taillelijn {f}, taille {f}
|
| wait {v} (delay until some event)
|
:: wachten, afwachten
|
| wait {v} (to serve customers)
|
:: bedienen
|
| wait {v} (transitive: delay until) SEE: await
|
::
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| waiter {n} (a server in a restaurant or similar)
|
:: ober {m}, kelner {m}
|
| wait for {v} (await) SEE: await
|
::
|
| waiting {n} (the act of staying or remaining in expectation)
|
:: wachten, afwachten
|
| waiting {n} (attendance, service)
|
:: bedienen
|
| waiting list {n} (ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service)
|
:: wachtlijst {f}
|
| waiting room {n} (room)
|
:: wachtkamer {f}
|
| waitlist {n} (waiting list) SEE: waiting list
|
::
|
| waitress {n} (female waiter)
|
:: serveerster
|
| waive {v} (to relinquish; to give up claim to)
|
:: afzien van, laten varen, opgeven, verzaken
|
| waive {v} (to put aside, avoid)
|
:: afzien van, laten varen, opgeven, verzaken
|
| waive {v} (to abandon, give up)
|
:: verlaten, opgeven
|
| waive {v} (to sway)
|
:: zwenken
|
| waiver {n} (the act of waiving)
|
:: verklaring van afstand, vrijstelling
|
| wake {v} (to stop sleeping)
|
:: ontwaken, wakker worden
|
| wake {v} (to make somebody stop sleeping)
|
:: wekken, wakker maken
|
| wake {n} (period after death)
|
:: wake, dodenwake
|
| wake {n} (path left behind a ship on the surface of the water)
|
:: kielzog {n}
|
| wake up {v} (to (become) awake)
|
:: wakker worden, ontwaken
|
| wake up {v} (to awaken (someone else))
|
:: wakker maken, wekken
|
| wake up {v} (to become more aware of a real-life situation.)
|
:: wakker worden, ontwaken
|
| wake up and smell the coffee {v} (stop deluding oneself)
|
:: de realiteit onder ogen zien
|
| wake-up call {n} (figuratively: alert, reminder, call to action)
|
:: wake-up call
|
| wake up on the wrong side of bed {v} (to be irritable) SEE: get up on the wrong side of the bed
|
::
|
| waldmeister {n} (herb) SEE: sweet woodruff
|
::
|
| waldo {n}
|
:: robotarm {m}
|
| Wales {prop} (a constituent nation of the UK)
|
:: Wales {n}
|
| walk {v} (to move on the feet)
|
:: lopen [main translation, but can mean ‘to run’ in Flanders], wandelen [‘to stroll / be on a walk’], stappen [usually means ‘to go out on the town’ or ‘to step’]
|
| walk {v} (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case)
|
:: vrijuit gaan
|
| walk {v} (to travel a distance by walking)
|
:: lopen, wandelen
|
| walk {v} (to take for a walk)
|
:: uitlaten
|
| walk {n} (trip made by walking)
|
:: wandeling {f}
|
| walk {n} (distance walked)
|
:: wandeling {f}
|
| walk {n} (manner of walking)
|
:: loopje {n}
|
| walk {n} (maintained place on which to walk)
|
:: pad {n}
|
| walkabout {n} (public stroll)
|
:: rondgang {m},
|
| walker {n} (person who walks)
|
:: wandelaar
|
| walkie-talkie {n} (portable radio)
|
:: walkie-talkie
|
| walking boot {n} (hiking boot) SEE: hiking boot
|
::
|
| walking cane {n} (walking stick) SEE: walking stick
|
::
|
| walking frame {n} (framework device, see also: baby walker)
|
:: looprek {n}
|
| walking stick {n} (cane)
|
:: wandelstok, stok {m}
|
| walking stick {n} (insect) SEE: stick insect
|
::
|
| walkman {n} (any personal cassette player)
|
:: walkman {m}
|
| walk-on {n} (actor with a small part)
|
:: figurant {m}, nevenfiguur {m} {f}
|
| walk-on {n} (small part in a play or film)
|
:: nevenrol {f}
|
| walk on eggshells {v} (to act carefully to avoid upsetting someone)
|
:: op eieren lopen
|
| walk on eggshells {v} (to handle sensitive matters delicately)
|
:: op eieren lopen
|
| walkout {n} (stoppage of work) SEE: strike
|
::
|
| walk the dog {v} (take a dog for a walk)
|
:: de hond uitlaten
|
| walk the talk {v} (to act in accordance with one's words)
|
:: de daad bij het woord voegen
|
| walkway {n} (clearly defined path)
|
:: voetpad
|
| wall {n} (defensive rampart)
|
:: muur
|
| wall {n} (structure built for defense surrounding an area)
|
:: muur
|
| wall {n} (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building)
|
:: muur {m}, wand {m}
|
| wall {n}
|
:: muur
|
| wallaby {n} (Any of several species of Marsupial)
|
:: wallaby {m} {f}
|
| Wallachia {prop} (region in Romania)
|
:: Walachije
|
| wall chaser {n} (power tool)
|
:: muurfrees {f}, sleufmachine {f}
|
| walled garden {n} (garden enclosed by walls)
|
:: omheinde tuin {m}
|
| wallet {n} (case for keeping money)
|
:: portemonnee {m}, portefeuille {m}, beurs {m} {f}
|
| walleye {n} (Sander vitreus)
|
:: glasaugenbarsch
|
| walleyed {adj} (having eyes with a pale coloured iris)
|
:: met glasogen
|
| walleyed {adj} (having eyes of different colour)
|
:: ogen met verschillende kleuren
|
| walleyed {adj} (suffering from exotropia)
|
:: ogen met divergent strabisme
|
| walleyed {adj} (having bulging eyes)
|
:: uitpuilende ogen
|
| wallflower {n} (any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum)
|
:: steenraket {f}, muurbloem {m} {f}
|
| wall in {v} (enclose by surrounding with walls)
|
:: ommuren
|
| Wallis and Futuna {prop} (an overseas territory of France in Oceania)
|
:: Wallis en Futuna
|
| Wallonia {prop} (a region)
|
:: Wallonië {n}
|
| Walloon {prop} (Romance language)
|
:: Waals {n}
|
| Walloon {n} (an inhabitant of Wallonia)
|
:: Waal {m}, Waalse {f}
|
| Walloon {adj} (referring to the French-speaking people of southern Belgium)
|
:: Waals
|
| Walloon {adj} (referring to the Romance language)
|
:: Waals
|
| Walloon Brabant {prop} (province)
|
:: Waals-Brabant {n}
|
| wallop {n} (a heavy blow, punch)
|
:: knal {m}
|
| wallow {v} (to roll oneself about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire)
|
:: wentelen
|
| wallow {v}
|
:: zwelgen
|
| wallpaper {n} (decorative paper for walls)
|
:: behang {n}, behangpapier {n}, behangselpapier {n}
|
| wallpaper {v} (to cover with wallpaper)
|
:: behangen
|
| walls have ears {proverb} (be careful about what you say)
|
:: de muren hebben oren
|
| wall socket {n} (electricity power point)
|
:: stopcontact {n}
|
| wall-to-wall {adj} (that covers all of the floor)
|
:: kamerbreed
|
| walnut {n} (tree)
|
:: walnotenboom {m}
|
| walnut {n} (nut)
|
:: walnoot {m}
|
| walnut {n} (wood)
|
:: walnotenhout {n}
|
| walrus {n} (large Arctic marine mammal)
|
:: walrus {m}
|
| Walter {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Wouter {m}
|
| wand {n} (hand-held narrow rod)
|
:: staf {m}, roede {m}
|
| wander {v} (to move without purpose or destination)
|
:: zwerven, rondtrekken
|
| wander {v} (to commit adultery)
|
:: vreemdgaan
|
| wander {v} (to go somewhere indirectly)
|
:: dolen
|
| wander {v} (of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention)
|
:: afdwalen
|
| wanderer {n} (one who wanders)
|
:: wandelaar {m}, dwaler, zwermer {m}
|
| wandering albatross {n} (Diomedea exulans)
|
:: grote albatros
|
| wandering spider {n} (spider of the family Ctenidae)
|
:: kamspin
|
| Wanderwort {n} (Translations)
|
:: zwerfwoord {n}
|
| wane {v} (to progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity, etc.)
|
:: tanen
|
| wangle {v} (falsify) SEE: falsify
|
::
|
| waning moon {n} (moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon)
|
:: afnemende maan {f}, wanende maan {f}
|
| wank {v} (intransitive: to masturbate)
|
:: rukken [vulgar], zich aftrekken, masturberen [not vulgar]
|
| wank {v} (transitive: to masturbate)
|
:: aftrekken
|
| wanker {n} (person who wanks)
|
:: rukker
|
| wanker {n} (idiot)
|
:: nietsnut
|
| wannabe {n} (someone who wishes something but lacks the qualifications)
|
:: Wilt zijn, wannabe
|
| want {v} (desire)
|
:: willen
|
| want {n} (lack (of))
|
:: tekort {n}
|
| want {v} (lack) SEE: lack
|
::
|
| wanton {adj} (undisciplined)
|
:: onbeheerst onkuis
|
| wanton {adj} (lewd, immoral; sexually open/free)
|
:: wellustig, losbandig
|
| wapiti {n} (the American elk)
|
:: wapiti {m}, wapitihert {n}
|
| war {n} (conflict involving organized use of arms)
|
:: oorlog {m}, krijg {m}
|
| war bride {n} (woman)
|
:: oorlogsbruid
|
| war cemetery {n} (cemetery reserved for the graves of victims of warfare)
|
:: oorlogskerkhof {n}
|
| war crime {n} (offense for violations of the law of war)
|
:: oorlogsmisdrijf {n}, oorlogsmisdaad {f} {m}
|
| war criminal {n} (person guilty of a war crime)
|
:: oorlogsmisdadiger {m}
|
| ward {n} (action of a watchman)
|
:: bewaking
|
| ward {n} (person under guardianship)
|
:: curandus {m}
|
| ward {n} (fencing term)
|
:: pareren
|
| ward {n} (area of a castle)
|
:: binnenplein, binnenhof, binnenplaats
|
| ward {n} (section of a prison)
|
:: blok van een gevangenis, celblok
|
| ward {n} (administrative subdivision of cities)
|
:: district
|
| ward {n} (Mormonism: subdivision of church)
|
:: gebied, wijk
|
| ward {n} (part of a hospital where patients reside)
|
:: paviljoen, afdeling
|
| ward {n} (minor looked after by a guardian)
|
:: pupil
|
| ward {n} (on a lock or key)
|
:: inkeping in sleutelbaard
|
| ward {v} (To keep in safety; to watch; to guard)
|
:: bewaken
|
| ward {v} (To defend; to protect)
|
:: verdedigen
|
| ward {v} (To fend off; to repel; to turn aside)
|
:: afweren
|
| ward {v} (To act on the defensive with a weapon)
|
:: verdedigen
|
| -ward {suffix} (forming adverbs)
|
:: -waarts
|
| -ward {suffix} (forming adjectives)
|
:: -waarts
|
| warden {n} (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
|
:: gevangenbewaarder {m} {f}
|
| warden {n} (an official charged with supervisory duties)
|
:: opzichter {m}
|
| ward off {v} (to parry, or turn aside)
|
:: afweren
|
| ward off {v} (to avert or prevent)
|
:: ontwijken, voorkomen
|
| wardrobe {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| wardrobe {n} (movable furniture for storing clothes)
|
:: kledingkast {c}
|
| wardrobe {n}
|
:: garderobe, kledingkast
|
| wardrobe malfunction {n} ((euphemism) an accidental instance of indecent exposure)
|
:: garderobedefect
|
| -wards {suffix} (forming adverbs)
|
:: -waarts
|
| -wards {suffix} (forming adjectives)
|
:: -waarts
|
| warehouse {n} (A place for storing large amounts of products)
|
:: pakhuis {n}, opslagplaats {m} {f}
|
| warehouse {v} (store)
|
:: opslaan
|
| warfare {n} (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy)
|
:: krijgsvoering {f}, oorlogvoering {f}, strijd {m}
|
| warfare {n} (military operations of some particular kind)
|
:: krijgsvoering {f}, oorlogvoering {f}, strijd {m}
|
| war grave {n} (burial place)
|
:: oorlogskerkhof {n}
|
| war hammer {n} (weapon)
|
:: krijgshamer {m}, strijdhamer {m}
|
| warhead {n} (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition)
|
:: springkop
|
| warlike {adj} (belligerent)
|
:: strijdlustig, oorlogszuchtig
|
| warlike {adj} (bellicose)
|
:: krijgshaftig, strijdlustig
|
| warlock {n} (male magic-user)
|
:: heksenmeester
|
| warlord {n} (high military officer in a warlike nation)
|
:: krijgsheer
|
| warm {adj} (having a temperature slightly higher than usual)
|
:: warm
|
| warm {adj} (being something that causes warmth)
|
:: warm
|
| warm {adj} (caring, of relation to another person)
|
:: warm
|
| warm {v} (to make or keep warm)
|
:: opwarmen, verwarmen, warm houden
|
| warm {v} (to increasingly favour)
|
:: warmlopen
|
| war memorial {n} (commemorial monument)
|
:: oorlogsmonument {n}
|
| warm front {n} (the trailing edge of a mass of cold air)
|
:: warmtefront {n}
|
| warmonger {n} (one who advocates war)
|
:: oorlogsstoker {m}, oorlogsstookster {f}
|
| warn {v} (to make someone aware of impending danger)
|
:: waarschuwen, verwittigen, waarnen [obsolete]
|
| warn {v} (to notify someone of something)
|
:: waarschuwen, verwittigen, waarnen [obsolete]
|
| warn {v}
|
:: waarschuwen
|
| warning {n} (instance of warning someone)
|
:: waarschuwing {f}, waarning {f}, verwittiging {f}
|
| warning {n} (something spoken or written that is intended to warn)
|
:: waarschuwing {f}, waarning {f}
|
| warning {interj} (warning of danger in signs)
|
:: opgelet!, waarschuwing
|
| warning triangle {n} (a triangle used to warn other road users)
|
:: gevarendriehoek {m}, gevaarsdriehoek {m}
|
| war of attrition {n} (prolonged exhausting war)
|
:: uitputtingsoorlog {m}
|
| war of nerves {n} (conflict in which demoralizing and frightening tactics are used)
|
:: zenuwoorlog {m}, zenuwenoorlog {m}
|
| war of nerves {n} (situation in which opposed parties maintain a tense, contentious relationship)
|
:: zenuwoorlog {m}
|
| warp {n} (state of being bent out of shape)
|
:: vervorming
|
| warp {n} (distortion or twist)
|
:: scheeftrekking
|
| warp {n} (threads running lengthwise)
|
:: schering {f}
|
| war paint {n} (pigment)
|
:: oorlogsverf {f}
|
| warp and woof {n} (threads in a woven fabric)
|
:: schering en inslag
|
| warp beam {n} (warp roll)
|
:: kettingboom {m}
|
| warrant {v} (to guarantee)
|
:: garanderen
|
| warrant {v} (to justify) SEE: justify
|
::
|
| warrant {v} (to authorize) SEE: authorize
|
::
|
| warranted {adj} (deserved, necessary)
|
:: verantwoord
|
| warranty {n} (legal: an agreement which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised)
|
:: garantie
|
| warrior {n} (person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare)
|
:: krijger {m}
|
| warrior {n}
|
:: strijder {m}, strijdster {f}
|
| Warsaw {prop} (capital city of Poland)
|
:: Warschau
|
| Warsaw Convention {prop} (international treaty)
|
:: Conventie van Warschau
|
| Warsaw Pact {prop} (military alliance)
|
:: Warschaupact {n}
|
| Warsaw Uprising {prop} (millitary operation)
|
:: Opstand van Warschau {n}
|
| warship {n} (ship built or armed for naval combat)
|
:: oorlogsschip {n}, oorlogsbodem {m}
|
| Warsovian {adj} (Varsovian) SEE: Varsovian
|
::
|
| Warsovian {n} (Varsovian) SEE: Varsovian
|
::
|
| wart {n} (type of growth occurring on the skin)
|
:: wrat {f}
|
| warthog {n} (a species of wild pig)
|
:: knobbelzwijn {n}, wrattenzwijn {n}
|
| wartime {n} (period of a war)
|
:: oorlogstijd {m}
|
| warts and all {adj} (of a description which does not conceal shortcomings or imperfections)
|
:: wratten en al inbegrepen, in de staat waarin het zich bevindt
|
| war-weary {adj} (weary or tired of war)
|
:: oorlogsmoe
|
| war-weary {adj} (tired from fighting in a war)
|
:: oorlogsmoe
|
| war widow {n} (woman whose spouse has been killed in conflict)
|
:: oorlogsweduwe {f}
|
| wary {adj} (cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous)
|
:: behoedzaam
|
| war zone {n} (region of ongoing war)
|
:: oorlogsgebied {n}
|
| wash {v} (to clean with water)
|
:: wassen, spoelen, afspoelen
|
| wash {v} (to move or erode by the force of water in motion)
|
:: wegspoelen
|
| wash {n} (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
|
:: was
|
| washbasin {n} (basin used for washing, sink)
|
:: wastafel {f}, wasbak {m}, waskom
|
| washcloth {n} (cloth used to wash)
|
:: waslap {m}, washand {f}, washandje {n}
|
| washer {n} (something that washes)
|
:: wasmachine {m}, vaatwasser {m}
|
| washer {n} (person who washes for a living)
|
:: wasserettejuffrouw {f} (launderette woman)
|
| washer {n} (flat disk)
|
:: leertje, ring, schijf {f}
|
| washing ball {n} (laundry ball) SEE: laundry ball
|
::
|
| washing machine {n} (machine that washes clothes)
|
:: wasmachine {f}
|
| washing mitt {n}
|
:: washand {m}, washandje {n}
|
| Washington {prop} (name)
|
:: Washington {n}
|
| Washington, D.C. {prop} (federal capital of the United States of America)
|
:: Washington D.C.
|
| washing-up {n} (washing of dishes etc.)
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:: afwas {m}
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| washrag {n} (square piece of cloth for washing the face and body)
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:: washandje
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| washroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
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::
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| washstand {n} (table for washing)
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:: wastafel {f}
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| wash up {v} (wash one's hands and/or face (US))
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:: zich opfrissen, zich wassen
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| wash up {v} (clean utensils, dishes, etc.) SEE: do the dishes
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::
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| wasp {n} (insect)
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:: wesp {f}
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| wasp waist {n} (waist like that of a wasp)
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:: wespentaille {f} {m}
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| waste {n} (useless by-products, garbage)
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:: afval, rommel, vuil
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| waste {n} (waste land, desolate region)
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:: woestenij
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| waste {n} (action of wasting, ineffective use)
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:: verkwisting, verspilling
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| waste {n} (gradual loss or decay)
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:: wegkwijning, verval
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| waste {adj} (barren)
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:: woest, braakliggend
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| waste {adj} (excess)
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:: overtollig
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| waste {v} (to destroy)
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:: verwoesten
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| waste {v} (to decay)
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:: doen wegkwijnen
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| waste {v} (to squander)
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:: verspillen, verkwisten, vermorsen, verdoen, verklungelen
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| waste {v} (slang: to kill)
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:: koud maken
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| waste {v} (to weaken)
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:: wegkwijnen, verzwakken
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| waste away {v} (lose energy)
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:: wegkwijnen
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| wastebasket {n} (garbage can) SEE: garbage can
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::
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| wasteful {adj} (inclined to waste)
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:: verspillend, verkwistend
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| wasteland {n} (region with no remaining resources; desert)
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:: woestenij {f}
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| waste of time {n} (meaningless or fruitless activity)
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:: tijdverspilling {f}
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| wastepaper {n} (unwanted paper that has been discarded)
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:: oudpapier {n}
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| waste product {n}
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:: afvalstof {c}
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| waste sorting {n} (separation of waste)
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:: afvalscheiding
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| waste time {v} (allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner)
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:: tijd verspillen
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| watch {n} (portable or wearable timepiece)
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:: horloge {n}
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| watch {n} (particular time period)
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:: wacht
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| watch {n} (person or group of people who guard)
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:: wacht
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| watch {v} (to look at for a period of time)
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:: kijken
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| watch {v} (to observe)
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:: bekijken, kijken naar, opletten
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| watch {v} (to attend or guard)
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:: zorgen voor, opletten
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| watch {v} (to be wary)
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:: opletten, uitkijken
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| watch cap {n} (knitted cap) SEE: beanie
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::
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| watchdog {n} (dog) SEE: guard dog
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::
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| watcher {n} (guard) SEE: guard
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::
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| watchlist {n} (list for special attention)
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:: observatielijst {f}
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| watch out {v} (to use caution)
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:: oppassen
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| watch over {v} (to guard and protect)
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:: bewaren, bewaken, behoeden
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| water {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water
|
::
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| water {v} (to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants))
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:: water geven, sproeien, begieten
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| water {v} (to provide (animals) with water)
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:: water geven
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| water {v} (colloquial: to urinate)
|
:: wateren, plassen
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| water {v} (to fill with or secrete water)
|
:: wateren
|
| water {n} (clear liquid H₂O)
|
:: water {n}
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| water {n} (spa water)
|
:: bronwater {n}, spawater {n}, plat water {n} [colloquial]
|
| water {n} (one of the basic elements)
|
:: water {n}
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| water {n} (body of water, or specific part of it)
|
:: wateren {p}
|
| water {n} (urine)
|
:: water {n} [colloquial]
|
| water {n} (serving of water)
|
:: watertje
|
| water bear {n} (A member of the phylum Tardigrada)
|
:: beerdiertje {n}
|
| waterbed {n} (bed with a mattress filled with water)
|
:: waterbed {n}
|
| water buffalo {n} (large ungulate)
|
:: waterbuffel {m}, karbouw {m}
|
| water butt {n} (barrel for holding rainwater)
|
:: regenton {m} {f}
|
| water cannon {n} (device shooting water)
|
:: waterwerper, waterkanon, brandspuit {m} {f}
|
| water carrier {n} (Aquarius) SEE: Aquarius
|
::
|
| water carrier {n} (domestique) SEE: domestique
|
::
|
| water clock {n} (device for measuring time)
|
:: wateruuwerk
|
| water closet {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| water closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| watercolor {n} (a painting technique) SEE: watercolour
|
::
|
| watercolor {n} (an artwork) SEE: watercolour
|
::
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| watercolor {n} (any paint used in this method) SEE: watercolour
|
::
|
| watercolor {adj} (pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor) SEE: watercolour
|
::
|
| watercolour {n} (pigment)
|
:: waterverf {f}, aquarel
|
| watercolour {n} (painting)
|
:: aquarel
|
| watercolour {n} (genre)
|
:: aquarel
|
| watercourse {n} (channel through which water flows)
|
:: waterloop {m}, loop {m}
|
| watercress {n} (Nasturtium officinale)
|
:: witte waterkers {f}
|
| watercress {n} (Nasturtium microphyllum)
|
:: slanke waterkers {f}
|
| water cycle {n} (the natural cycle of water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation)
|
:: waterkringloop {m}
|
| water dog {n} (water dog)
|
:: waterhond {m}
|
| waterdog {n} (axolotl) SEE: axolotl
|
::
|
| water down {v} (to dilute)
|
:: aanlengen
|
| water down {v} (to make weaker)
|
:: verwateren
|
| water dropwort {n} (plant of the genus Oenanthe)
|
:: torkruid {n}
|
| waterfall {n} (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)
|
:: waterval {f}
|
| waterfall {n} (waterfall-like outpouring)
|
:: waterval {f}
|
| water fountain {n} (device designed to dispense drinking water)
|
:: drinkfontein
|
| waterfowl {n} (birds that spend most of their non-flying time on water)
|
:: watervogels
|
| water gun {n} (toy gun used to shoot water) SEE: squirt gun
|
::
|
| water hemlock {n} (plant in the genus Cicuta) SEE: cowbane
|
::
|
| watering can {n} (utensil for watering plants)
|
:: gieter
|
| watering pot {n} (watering can) SEE: watering can
|
::
|
| waterish {adj} (watery) SEE: watery
|
::
|
| water lily {n} (Any members of Nymphaeaceae)
|
:: waterlelie {f}
|
| waterline {n} (line on the hull of a ship)
|
:: waterlijn {f}
|
| watermark {n} (translucent design impressed on paper)
|
:: watermerk
|
| watermelon {n} (plant)
|
:: watermeloen {f}
|
| watermelon {n} (fruit)
|
:: watermeloen {f}
|
| watermill {n} (mill powered by water)
|
:: watermolen {m}
|
| water parsnip {n} (Sium gen. et spp.)
|
:: merk
|
| water pipit {n} (bird)
|
:: waterpieper {m}
|
| water pistol {n} (toy gun used to shoot water) SEE: squirt gun
|
::
|
| water pollution {n} (water pollution)
|
:: watervervuiling {f}
|
| water polo {n} (a water sport)
|
:: waterpolo {n}
|
| water pox {n} (A common childhood disease caused by virus)
|
:: waterpokken
|
| water rail {n} (Rallus aquaticus)
|
:: waterral {f}
|
| waterscape {n} (aquatic landscape)
|
:: waterzicht {n}
|
| watershed {n} (boundary between adjacent catchment basins)
|
:: waterscheiding {f}
|
| watershed {n} (critical point marking a change in course or development)
|
:: keerpunt {m}
|
| watershed {n} (drainage basin) SEE: drainage basin
|
::
|
| waterskin {n} (container)
|
:: lapzak {m}
|
| water softener {n} (device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water)
|
:: waterverzachter {m}
|
| water-soluble {adj} (dissolving easily in water)
|
:: wateroplosbaar
|
| watersport {n} (sport)
|
:: watersport {f}
|
| waterspout {n} (tornado that occurs over a body of water)
|
:: waterhoos {f}
|
| waterspout {n} (channel through which water is discharged)
|
:: waterspuwer {m}
|
| water table {n} (level underground)
|
:: grondwaterstand {m}, freatisch vlak
|
| water tap {n} (a spout connected to a socket to provide water from the main water supply)
|
:: kraan
|
| watertight {adj} (tightly made)
|
:: waterdicht
|
| water tower {n} (tank of water)
|
:: watertoren {m}
|
| water under the bridge {n} (something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted)
|
:: gedane zaken maken geen keer
|
| water vapor {n} (water in a gaseous state)
|
:: waterdamp {m}
|
| water vapor {n}
|
:: waterdamp {m}
|
| waterway {n} (navigable body of water)
|
:: vaarweg {m}, waterweg {m}, vaarwater {n}
|
| watery {adj} (wet, soggy or soaked with water)
|
:: waterig
|
| waterzooi {n} (Flemish stew)
|
:: waterzooi {f}
|
| watt {n} (derived unit of power)
|
:: watt
|
| waulk {v} (full) SEE: full
|
::
|
| wave {v} (to move back and forth repeatedly)
|
:: zwaaien, zwenken, wapperen
|
| wave {v} (to wave one’s hand)
|
:: zwaaien, wuiven
|
| wave {n} (moving disturbance, undulation)
|
:: golf {m}, baar {f} [archaic]
|
| wave {n} (moving disturbance in a field)
|
:: golf {m}
|
| wave {n} (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
|
:: golf {m}
|
| wave {n} (sudden unusually large amount of something)
|
:: golf {m}
|
| wave {n} (A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water)
|
:: wave {m}
|
| wavefunction {n} (notion in quantum mechanics)
|
:: golffunctie {f}
|
| waveguide {n} (a structure which guides waves)
|
:: golfgeleider, golfpijp
|
| wavelength {n} (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
|
:: golflengte
|
| wave pool {n} (swimming pool with waves)
|
:: golfslagbad {n}
|
| waver {v} (to sway back and forth)
|
:: zwaaien, wuiven, wiegen
|
| waver {v} (to flicker, glimmer, quiver)
|
:: flikkeren, flitsen
|
| waver {v} (to fluctuate or vary)
|
:: schommelen, variëren
|
| waver {v} (to shake or tremble)
|
:: schudden, beven
|
| waver {v} (to falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way)
|
:: wankelen
|
| waver {v} (to be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate)
|
:: twijfelen, weifelen
|
| waver {n} (act of wavering, vacillating)
|
:: translated by nominalizing the verb
|
| waver {n} (someone who waves)
|
:: wuiver {m}, zwaaier
|
| wax {n} (oily, water-resistant substance)
|
:: was {m}
|
| wax {n} (preparation containing wax, used as a polish)
|
:: was
|
| wax {adj} (made of wax)
|
:: wassen
|
| wax {v} (apply wax to)
|
:: wassen, was aanbrengen, met was insmeren
|
| wax {v} (to assume specified characteristic)
|
:: worden
|
| wax {v} (literary: grow)
|
:: groeien, toenemen, wassen [archaic]
|
| wax {v} (of the moon: appear larger each night)
|
:: wassen
|
| wax {n} (process of growing)
|
:: wassen, aanwassen
|
| wax {n} (beeswax) SEE: beeswax
|
::
|
| wax {n} (earwax) SEE: earwax
|
::
|
| waxing moon {n} (The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon)
|
:: wassende maan {f}
|
| way {adv} (very) SEE: very
|
::
|
| way {adv} (far) SEE: far
|
::
|
| way {n} (road, direction, path)
|
:: weg
|
| way {n} (method or manner)
|
:: manier
|
| way {adv} (much) SEE: much
|
::
|
| waybill {n} (document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo)
|
:: vrachtbrief {m}
|
| wayfarer {n} (traveller)
|
:: reiziger {m}
|
| waylay {v} (to lie in wait for and attack from ambush)
|
:: belagen, opwachten
|
| waylay {v} (to accost or intercept unexpectedly)
|
:: onderscheppen
|
| way off {adj} (very wrong)
|
:: helemaal ernaast zitten
|
| way of life {n} (style of living)
|
:: leefwijze {c}
|
| Way of the Cross {n} (series of images)
|
:: kruisweg
|
| way out {n} (exit) SEE: exit
|
::
|
| way too {adv} (all too, much too, to a degree that is very excessive)
|
:: veel te
|
| wayward {adj} (given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray)
|
:: eigenzinnig
|
| WC {n} (abbreviation for water closet)
|
:: wc {m}
|
| we {pron} (the speakers, or the speaker(s) and other person(s) not being addressed (exclusive we: he or she or they and I))
|
:: wij, we
|
| we {pron} (the speaker(s) and the listener(s) (inclusive we: you and I))
|
:: wij, we
|
| weak {adj} (lacking in force or ability)
|
:: zwak, slap
|
| weak {adj} (dilute, lacking in taste or potency)
|
:: flauw
|
| weak {adj} (grammar: regular in inflection)
|
:: zwak
|
| weaken {v} (to make weaker)
|
:: verzwakken
|
| weaken {v} (to become weaker)
|
:: verzwakken
|
| weaker sex {n} (women regarded collectively)
|
:: zwakke geslacht {n}
|
| weakest link {n} (the part of a system that is most likely to fail or cause problems)
|
:: zwakste schakel {m} {f}
|
| weakling {n} (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
|
:: zwakkeling {m}
|
| weakling {n}
|
:: zwakkeling {m}
|
| weakness {n} (condition of being weak)
|
:: zwakte
|
| weakness {n} (special fondness)
|
:: zwak {n}
|
| weak verb {n} (Translations)
|
:: zwak werkwoord {n}
|
| weal {n} (a raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by stroke of rod or whip)
|
:: striem {f}
|
| wealth {n} (riches; valuable material possessions)
|
:: rijkdom {m}
|
| wealth {n} (great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money)
|
:: rijkdom {m}, weelde {f}
|
| wealth {n} (power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money)
|
:: vermogen {n}
|
| wealth {n}
|
:: weelde {f}
|
| wean {v} (to cease giving milk)
|
:: afnemen
|
| wean {v} (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
|
:: spenen
|
| wean {v} (to cease to depend)
|
:: ontwennen
|
| weapon {n} (instrument of attack or defense in combat)
|
:: wapen {n}
|
| weapon {n} (means of harming or exerting control)
|
:: wapen {n}
|
| weapon of mass destruction {n} (weapon causing large-scale death or destruction)
|
:: massavernietigingswapen {n}
|
| wear {v} (to have on (clothes))
|
:: dragen, aanhebben
|
| wear {v} (to exhaust physically)
|
:: vermoeien, uitputten
|
| wear {n} (clothing)
|
:: kledij {f}, kleding {f}
|
| wear {n} (damage)
|
:: sleet {m}, slijtage {f}
|
| wear down {v} (to cause physical or mental fatigue)
|
:: verslijten
|
| wearer {n} (one who wears)
|
:: drager {m}, draagster {f}
|
| wear one's heart on one's sleeve {v} (to be transparent or forthright about one's emotions)
|
:: het hart op de tong hebben
|
| wear rose-colored glasses {v} (to be excessively optimistic)
|
:: kijken met een rose bril
|
| wear the pants {v} (wear the trousers) SEE: wear the trousers
|
::
|
| wear the trousers {v} (to be the dominant partner)
|
:: de broek aanhebben
|
| weary {adj} (tired, fatigued)
|
:: uitgeput, vermoeid
|
| weary {adj}
|
:: vermoeid
|
| weary {v} (to make weary)
|
:: uitputten, vermoeien
|
| weasel {n} (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
|
:: wezel {f} {m}
|
| weasel word {n} (word used to qualify or hedge a statement)
|
:: vaagtaal {f}, wezelwoord {n}
|
| weather {n} (state of the atmosphere)
|
:: weer {n}
|
| weather {n}
|
:: weer {n}
|
| weather {v} (to endure an event)
|
:: doorstaan
|
| weather {n} (situation) SEE: situation
|
::
|
| weather balloon {n} (meteorological balloon)
|
:: weerballon {m}
|
| weathercock {n} (weather vane)
|
:: windhaan {m}, weerhaan {m}
|
| weather forecast {n} (prediction of future weather)
|
:: weersverwachting {f}, weersvoorspelling {f}
|
| weathering {n} (breaking down of rocks)
|
:: verwering {f}
|
| weatherman {n} (weather forecaster)
|
:: weerman {m}
|
| weather map {n} (map showing the analysis of meteorological quantities)
|
:: weerkaart {c}
|
| weatherperson {n} (weatherman) SEE: weatherman
|
::
|
| weather report {n} (translations)
|
:: weerbericht {n}
|
| weather satellite {n} (weather satellite)
|
:: Weersatelliet {m}
|
| weather vane {n} (a device showing the direction of the wind)
|
:: windwijzer
|
| weatherwoman {n} (female weather forecaster)
|
:: weervrouw {f}
|
| weave {v} (to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another)
|
:: weven
|
| weave {v}
|
:: weven
|
| weave {n} (a type or way of weaving)
|
:: weefsel {n}
|
| weaver {n} (one who weaves)
|
:: wever {m}, weefster {f}
|
| weaving {n} (process of making woven material)
|
:: weven {n}
|
| web {n} (the World Wide Web (also spelled Web))
|
:: net {n}, web {n}
|
| web {n} (spiderweb) SEE: spiderweb
|
::
|
| web browser {n} (a computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web)
|
:: webbrowser {m}, bladerprogramma {n} [dated], bladeraar
|
| webcam {n} (video camera viewed over a network)
|
:: webcam, [very informal] cam
|
| web design {n} (creation of web pages)
|
:: webdesign {n}
|
| weblog {n} (blog) SEE: blog
|
::
|
| webmaster {n} (the person responsible for maintaining a website)
|
:: webmaster {m}
|
| web page {n} (a single page in a website)
|
:: webpagina
|
| web server {n} (software)
|
:: webserver
|
| web server {n} (computer)
|
:: webserver
|
| website {n} (a collection of pages on the World Wide Web)
|
:: website {f} {m}, webstek {m}
|
| wed {v}
|
:: trouwen
|
| wedding {n} (marriage ceremony)
|
:: bruiloft {f}, trouw {m}, huwelijk {n}, hoogtijd {m}
|
| wedding cake {n} (cake used as part of a wedding ceremony)
|
:: bruiloftstaart {m}, bruidstaart {m}
|
| wedding day {n}
|
:: trouwdag {m}, huwelijksdag, bruiloftsdag {m}
|
| wedding dress {n} (the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony)
|
:: trouwjurk {m} {f}
|
| wedding gown {n} (wedding dress) SEE: wedding dress
|
::
|
| wedding ring {n} (a ring symbolizing marriage)
|
:: trouwring {m}
|
| wedge {n} (simple machine)
|
:: wig {m}, spie {f}
|
| wedge {n} (group of birds flying in V formation)
|
:: vendel {n}
|
| wedge {n} (typography: háček) SEE: háček
|
::
|
| wedge product {n} (in algebra)
|
:: uitproduct {n}
|
| Wednesday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: woensdag {m}
|
| wee {adj} (small, little)
|
:: klein, petieterig, pietepeuterig
|
| wee {n}
|
:: pis {m}, urine {f}; plas {m}
|
| wee {v}
|
:: plassen, pipi doen, wateren, pissen, urineren
|
| weed {n} (cigar) SEE: cigar
|
::
|
| weed {n} (the weed) SEE: tobacco
|
::
|
| weed {n} (unwanted plant)
|
:: onkruid
|
| weed {n} (slang: marijuana)
|
:: wiet {n}
|
| weed {n} (informal: puny person)
|
:: zwakkeling {m}
|
| weed {n} ((archaic) apparel)
|
:: lijngewaad
|
| weed {n} (duckweed) SEE: duckweed
|
::
|
| week {n} (period of seven days)
|
:: week {f}
|
| weekday {n} (weekday)
|
:: werkdag {m}, weekdag {m}
|
| weekend {n} (break in the working week)
|
:: weekend {n}, weekeinde {n}
|
| weekly {adv} (once every week)
|
:: wekelijks, eenmaal per week
|
| weekly {adv} (every week)
|
:: wekelijks, elke week
|
| weekly {adj} (of or relating to a week)
|
:: wekelijks, wekelijkse
|
| weekly {adj} (happening once a week or every week)
|
:: wekelijks, wekelijkse
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| weekly {n} (publication that is published once a week)
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:: weekblad {n}
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| weep {v} (to cry, shed tears)
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:: huilen, wenen, schreien
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| weeping willow {n} (Salix babylonica)
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:: treurwilg {m}
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| weepy {adj} (inclined to weep)
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:: huilerig, tranerig
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| wee small hours {n} (very early morning)
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:: de vroege uurtjes
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| weevil {n} (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
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:: snuitkever {m}
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| weevil {n} (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
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:: snuitkever {m}
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| wee-wee {n}
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:: piemel {m}, plasser {m} [male], poenie {f} [female]
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| weft {n} (horizontal threads)
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:: inslag {m}
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| weigh {v} (to determine the weight of an object)
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:: wegen
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| weigh {v}
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:: wegen
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| weighing {adj} (weighing)
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:: weging
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| weight {n} (physics: mass) SEE: mass
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::
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| weight {n} (force due to gravity)
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:: gewicht
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| weight {n} (object to make something heavier)
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:: gewicht
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| weight {v} (in mathematics)
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:: wegen
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| weightlessness {n} (having zero weight)
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:: gewichtloosheid {f}
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| weightlifter {n} (person who competes for maximum weight lifted)
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:: gewichtheffer {m}
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| weight loss {n} (reduction of body mass)
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:: gewichtsverlies {n}
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| weight stack {n} (a block of calibrated weight, often used in an exercising machine)
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:: gewichtsblok {n}
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| weighty {adj} (heavy)
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:: zwaarwegend, gewichtig, wichtig
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| weigh up {v} (assess a situation)
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:: inschatten, peilen
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| Weimar Republic {prop} (Germany between 1919 and 1933)
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:: Weimarrepubliek {f}, Republiek van Weimar {f}
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| weir {n} (adjustable dam)
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:: weer {n}, stuw {m}, overlaat {m}
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| weir {n} (fence to catch fish)
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:: visweer {f}
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| weird {adj} (having supernatural or preternatural power)
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:: bovennatuurlijk
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| weird {adj} (having an unusually strange character or behaviour)
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:: vreemd, raar, bizar, eigenaardig
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| weird {adj} (deviating from the normal; bizarre)
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:: vreemd, raar, ongewoon, bizar, eigenaardig, merkwaardig
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| weird out {v} (make feel strange)
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:: de kriebels bezorgen
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| welcome {adj} (whose arrival is a cause of joy)
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:: welkom, welkome, graag gezien
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| welcome {interj} (greeting given upon someone's arrival)
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:: welkom!
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| welcome {n} (act of greeting someone's arrival)
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:: verwelkoming {f}, begroeting {f}, ontvangst {f}
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| welcome {n} (utterance of such a greeting)
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:: welkom {n}
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| welcome {v} (affirm or greet the arrival of someone)
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:: verwelkomen, welkom heten
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| welcome {v} (to accept willingly)
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:: verwelkomen, graag ontvangen
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| welcome back {phrase} (welcome back)
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:: welkom terug
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| welcomingly {adv} (in a welcoming manner)
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:: gastvrij
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| weld {n} (herb)
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:: wouw {f}
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| weld {v} (to join materials (especially metals) by applying heat)
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:: lassen, wellen
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| weld {v} (to bind, unite)
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:: verbinden, samenvoegen
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| welder {n} (one who welds)
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:: lasser
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| welder {n} (item of equipment)
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:: lasapparaat {n}
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| welfare state {n} (social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens)
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:: verzorgingsstaat {m}, welvaartsstaat {m} [chiefly Belgium]
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| welfare state {n} (country in which such a system operates)
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:: verzorgingsstaat {m}, welvaartsstaat {m} [chiefly Belgium]
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| welfare trap {n} (situation)
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:: werkloosheidsval {m}
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| welkin {n} ((archaic) the sky, the region of clouds, the upper air, the heavens)
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:: uitspansel {n}, hemelgewelf {n}
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| welkin {n} (sky) SEE: sky
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::
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| well {adv}
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:: goed, wel
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| well {adj} (in good health)
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:: gezond
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| well {interj} (used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations)
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:: nou, nou ja
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| well {interj}
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:: nou
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| well {n} (hole sunk into the ground)
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:: bron {f}, put {m}
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| well {n} (spring)
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:: bron {f}, wel {f}
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| well {v} (to issue forth)
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:: vloeien, opwellen
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| well {n} (cockpit of a sailing boat) SEE: cockpit
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::
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| well-balanced {adj} (properly balanced; in equilibrium)
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:: evenwichtig, uitgebalanceerd
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| well begun is half done {proverb} (much depends on the beginning of an endeavour)
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:: een goed begin is het halve werk
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| well-behaved {adj} (having good manners and acting properly)
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:: braaf, goedgemanierd, gemanierd, welgemanierd
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| well-behaved {adj} (having a finite derivative)
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:: braaf
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| well-being {n} (state of health, happiness and/or prosperity)
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:: welzijn {n}
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| well-brought-up {adj} (having good manners)
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:: welopgevoed
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| well-deserved {adj} (richly deserved)
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:: welverdiend
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| well-disposed {adj} (friendly and sympathetic)
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:: geporteerd
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| well done {adj} (well cooked)
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:: goed doorbakken
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| well done {interj} (exclamation of praise)
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:: goed zo, goed gedaan
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| well-endowed {adj} (wealthy)
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:: goed voorzien
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| well-formed {adj} (syntactically correct)
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:: welgevormd, goed gevormd
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| well-heeled {adj} (rich; affluent)
|
:: rijk, welvarend,
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| Wellington {prop} (capital of New Zealand)
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:: Wellington
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| Wellington boot {n} (Wellington boot) SEE: Wellington boots
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::
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| Wellington boots {n} (waterproof rubber boot)
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:: laarzen, rubberlaarzen, [Flemish] botten
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| well-meant {adj} (Having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences)
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:: goedbedoeld, welgemeend
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| well-ordering {n} (a type of total order)
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:: welordening {f}
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| well-read {adj} (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)
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:: belezen
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| well-to-do {adj} (rich)
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:: welgesteld
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| Welsh {adj} (of or pertaining to Wales)
|
:: Welsh, Wels
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| Welsh {adj} (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
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:: Welsh, Wels
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| Welsh {n} (language)
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:: Welsh {n}, Wels {n}, Kymrisch {n}
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| Welsh {n} (collectively, people of Wales)
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:: Welshmen {p} [there is not really a word for this]
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| Welsh onion {n} (Allium fistulosum) SEE: spring onion
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::
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| weltanschauung {n} (worldview) SEE: worldview
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::
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| weltschmerz {n} (world-weariness)
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:: weltschmerz {m} {f}
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| wench {n} ((archaic) girl or young woman)
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:: meid {f}
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| Wend {n} (Slav) SEE: Slav
|
::
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| Wendish {adj} (Sorbian) SEE: Sorbian
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::
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| Wendish {prop} (Sorbian) SEE: Sorbian
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::
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| Wendy {prop} (female given name)
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:: Wendi
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| wentletrap {n} (any of numerous species of elegant marine shells of the genus Epitonium)
|
:: wenteltrap {m}
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| were- {prefix} (man)
|
:: weer {m}
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| werebear {n} (shapeshifter)
|
:: weerbeer {m}, manbeer {m}
|
| werefox {n} (shapeshifter assuming the shape of a fox)
|
:: weervos
|
| werejaguar {n} (shapeshifter)
|
:: weerjaguar {m}
|
| wererat {n} (shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat)
|
:: weerrat {m}
|
| weretiger {n} (shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a tiger)
|
:: weertijger {m}
|
| werewolf {n} (wolflike human)
|
:: weerwolf {m}
|
| wergeld {n} (reparative payment)
|
:: weergeld {n}, bloedprijs {m}, bloedgeld {n}
|
| Wernicke's area {n} (posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus)
|
:: gebied van Wernicke
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| west {n} (compass point)
|
:: westen {n}
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| west {adj} (towards the west)
|
:: west, westelijk, westelijke
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| west {adv} (towards the west)
|
:: westwaarts
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| West {prop} (Western world)
|
:: Westen {n}
|
| West Africa {prop} (An area of west Africa, spanning 16 African countries)
|
:: West-Afrika {n}
|
| West Bank {prop} (territory)
|
:: Westelijke Jordaanoever {m}
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| West Coast {prop} (the western seaboard of the United States)
|
:: westkust {f} {m}
|
| western {adj} (pertaining to the west)
|
:: westelijk, westers
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| western {adj} (blowing from the west)
|
:: westelijk
|
| Western {adj} (of, situated in, or related to the West) SEE: western
|
::
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| Western Africa {prop} (West Africa) SEE: West Africa
|
::
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| Western Asia {prop} (the westernmost subregion of Asia)
|
:: West-Azië
|
| Western Australia {prop} (state of Australia)
|
:: West-Australië
|
| western barn owl {n} (Tyto alba furcata)
|
:: kerkuil
|
| western capercaillie {n} (Tetrao urogallus)
|
:: auerhoen {n}, berghoen
|
| western cattle egret {n} (Bubulcus ibis)
|
:: koereiger
|
| western diamondback rattlesnake {n} (Crotalus atrox)
|
:: Texaanse ratelslang
|
| westerner {n} (inhabitant of Europe and the Americas)
|
:: westerling {m}
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| Western Europe {prop} (Western Europe)
|
:: West-Europa {n}
|
| westernization {n} (assimilation of the western culture)
|
:: verwestersing, verwesterlijking
|
| westernmost {adj} (farthest west)
|
:: westelijkst
|
| western osprey {n} (Pandion haliaetus) SEE: osprey
|
::
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| Western Sahara {prop} (a territory in northern Africa)
|
:: Westelijke Sahara
|
| western sandpiper {n} (Calidris mauri)
|
:: Alaskastrandloper {m}
|
| Western Wall {prop} (ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple)
|
:: Westmuur {m}, Westelijke muur {m}, Klaagmuur {m}
|
| West Flanders {prop} (Belgian province in Flanders)
|
:: West-Vlaanderen {n}
|
| West Flemish {adj} (from or relating to West Flanders)
|
:: West-Vlaams
|
| West Flemish {adj} (in or relating to the West Flemish dialects)
|
:: West-Vlaams
|
| West Flemish {prop} (group of Flemish dialects)
|
:: West-Vlaams {n}
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| West Frisian {prop} (language spoken in Friesland)
|
:: Fries {n}, Westerlauwers Fries {n}
|
| West Frisian {prop} (the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch)
|
:: West-Fries
|
| West Frisian Islands {prop} (chain of islands)
|
:: Waddeneilanden
|
| West Germanic {adj}
|
:: West-Germaans
|
| West Germany {prop} (former European country)
|
:: West-Duitsland {n}
|
| West Indian {adj} (of or from the West Indies)
|
:: West-Indisch, Antilliaans
|
| West Indian {n} (of or from the West Indies)
|
:: West-Indiër {m}, Antilliaan {m}
|
| West Indies {prop} (islands of the Caribbean sea)
|
:: West-Indië
|
| Westman Islands {prop} (archipelago off the south coast of Iceland)
|
:: Westmaneilanden {p}
|
| Westminster Abbey {prop} (large Gothic church)
|
:: Westminster Abbey
|
| Westminster Cathedral {prop} (chuerch)
|
:: Kathedraal van Westminster {f}
|
| westside {n} (western side)
|
:: westkant, westzijde, westerzijde
|
| West Slavic {prop} (of or relating to the West Slavs)
|
:: West-Slavisch
|
| westward {adv} (towards the west)
|
:: westwaarts
|
| westwards {adv} (towards the west)
|
:: westwaarts
|
| wet {adj} (made of liquid or moisture)
|
:: nat
|
| wet {adj} (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
|
:: nat, vochtig
|
| wet {adj} (of weather or a time period: rainy, see also: rainy)
|
:: nat, vochtig
|
| wet {adj} ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva)
|
:: nat
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| wet {v} (cover or impregnate with liquid)
|
:: natmaken
|
| wet {v} (urinate accidentally in or on)
|
:: plassen
|
| wet behind the ears {adj} (inexperienced, not seasoned)
|
:: nat achter de oren
|
| wet blanket {n} (someone who takes the fun out of a situation or activity)
|
:: spelbreker, spelbreekster
|
| wet dream {n} (literally)
|
:: natte droom, nachtejeculatie
|
| wet dream {n} (figuratively)
|
:: natte droom
|
| wether {n} (castrated buck goat)
|
:: weer {m}
|
| wether {n} (castrated ram)
|
:: hamel {m}
|
| wetland {n} (land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas)
|
:: drasland {n}, moer {m}, vochtgebied {n}
|
| wet nurse {n} (woman hired to suckle another woman's child)
|
:: zoogmoeder {f}, min {f}
|
| wet oneself {v} (lose control of one's bladder)
|
:: broekplassen
|
| wet one's pants {v} (wet oneself) SEE: wet oneself
|
::
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| wet season {n} (rainy season) SEE: rainy season
|
::
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| whack {n} (A blow, impact or slap)
|
:: klop {m}
|
| whack {v} (to hit, slap or strike)
|
:: slaan
|
| whack {v} (to kill)
|
:: afmaken
|
| whale {n} (large sea mammal)
|
:: walvis {m}
|
| whalebone {n} (horny material from fringed plates of upper jaw of baleen whale)
|
:: balein {n}
|
| whale oil {n} (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber)
|
:: walvistraan {m} {f}
|
| whale shark {n} (Rhincodon typus)
|
:: walvishaai
|
| whaling {n} (practice of hunting whales)
|
:: walvisvaart, walvisjacht {f} {m}
|
| wharf {n} (man-made landing place)
|
:: kaai {f}, werf {m}
|
| wharf {n}
|
:: werf {m}, kade {f}
|
| what {pron} (what? (interrogative pronoun))
|
:: wat
|
| what {pron} (relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing that)
|
:: wat, hetgeen
|
| what {pron} (nonstandard relative pronoun)
|
:: dat, wat
|
| what {adv} (such)
|
:: wat, welk [archaic]
|
| what {interj} (expression of surprise)
|
:: wat!
|
| what {determiner} (which)
|
:: welk, wat voor
|
| what about {adv} (used to make a suggestion)
|
:: wat zeg je van
|
| what about {adv} (used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered)
|
:: en, hoe zit het met
|
| whataboutery {n} (whataboutism) SEE: whataboutism
|
::
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| whataboutism {n} (propaganda technique)
|
:: jij-bak, whataboutism, whataboutisme
|
| what a lovely day {phrase} (what a lovely day)
|
:: wat een mooie dag
|
| what a pity {phrase} (used to express regret)
|
:: wat jammer
|
| what are you doing {phrase} (what are you doing)
|
:: wat ben je aan het doen?, waar ben je mee bezig?
|
| what a shame {phrase} (used to express regret) SEE: what a pity
|
::
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| whatchamacallit {n} (any object the actual name of which the speaker does not know or cannot remember)
|
:: dinges {m} {n}
|
| what date is it today {phrase} (what date is it today?)
|
:: de hoeveelste is het vandaag?
|
| whatev {interj} (whatever)
|
:: boeie
|
| whatever {determiner} (no matter which; for any)
|
:: welke ... ook, hoegenaamd
|
| whatever {determiner} (anything)
|
:: maakt niet uit, het zal wel
|
| what goes around comes around {proverb} (actions have consequences)
|
:: wie wind zaait, zal storm oogsten; dat komt ervan
|
| whath {determiner} (which ordinal number) SEE: whatth
|
::
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| what is that {phrase} (what is that?)
|
:: wat is dat?
|
| what is your name {phrase} (what is your name?)
|
:: hoe heet u? [formal], hoe heet jij? [informal], wat is uw naam? [formal], wat is je naam? [informal], wat is jouw naam? [informal]
|
| what languages do you speak {phrase} (what languages do you speak?)
|
:: [formal] welke talen spreekt u?, [informal] welke talen spreek je?
|
| what number {adv} (what number, which (in a numbered series))
|
:: hoeveelste
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| what of it {interj} (so what)
|
:: wat dan nog, nou en
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| what's done is done {proverb}
|
:: gedane zaken nemen geen keer
|
| what's good {phrase} (what's up) SEE: what's up
|
::
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| what's-his-name {pron} (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
|
:: jeweetwel, dinges
|
| what's on your mind {phrase} (what is bothering you?)
|
:: wat scheelt er?
|
| what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander {proverb} (if something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another)
|
:: gelijke monniken, gelijke kappen
|
| what's the matter {phrase} (what's wrong?)
|
:: Wat is er aan de hand?
|
| what's up {phrase} (How are you?)
|
:: wat is er?, hoe gaat het?
|
| what's your job {phrase} (what's your job?)
|
:: wat is uw baan? [formal], wat is je baan? [informal], wat is jouw baan? [informal]
|
| what's your phone number {phrase} (what's your phone number?)
|
:: Wat is je telefoonnummer? [informal], Wat is uw telefoonnummer? [formal]
|
| whatth {n} (which ordinal number)
|
:: hoeveelste
|
| what the fuck {phrase} (An intensive form of what)
|
:: wat de fok
|
| what the fuck {interj} (expressing astonishment)
|
:: wat de fok
|
| what the hell {phrase} (an intensive form of what)
|
:: wat voor de donder?, wat donder?
|
| what the hell {phrase} (why not?)
|
:: lekker boeiend, ach schijt
|
| what time is it {phrase} (what is the time of day?)
|
:: hoe laat is het?
|
| wheal {n} (small raised swelling on the skin) SEE: weal
|
::
|
| wheat {n} (grain)
|
:: weit {f}, tarwe {m}
|
| wheat flour {n} (flour from wheat)
|
:: tarwebloem {m} {f}, tarwemeel {n}
|
| wheat weevil {n} (species of weevils)
|
:: graanklander, graankalander
|
| wheel {n} (a circular device facilitating movement or transportation)
|
:: wiel {n}, rad {n}
|
| wheel {n} (steering device in a vessel)
|
:: stuurwiel {n}
|
| wheel {n} (steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle) SEE: steering wheel
|
::
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| wheelbarrow {n} (small cart)
|
:: kruiwagen {m} {f}
|
| wheelchair {n} (chair)
|
:: rolstoel {m}
|
| wheel clamp {n} (a device locked to the wheel of a motor car to prevent it from being driven)
|
:: wielklem {f}
|
| wheelhouse {n} (enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel from which it may be navigated)
|
:: stuurhuis {n}, stuurhut {n}
|
| wheel of Fortune {prop} (Tarot card)
|
:: rad van fortuin {n}
|
| Wheel of Fortune {prop} (television game show)
|
:: Rad van Fortuin {n}
|
| wheelwright {n} (person who builds and repairs wheels)
|
:: wagenmaker {m}, wielmaker {m}
|
| whelk {n} (edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae)
|
:: wulk
|
| when {adv} (at what time, as a direct question)
|
:: wanneer
|
| when {adv} (at what time, as an indirect question)
|
:: wanneer
|
| when {conj} (as soon as, at the time that)
|
:: als, wanneer, zodra
|
| when {conj} (during the time that)
|
:: als, wanneer
|
| when {conj} (at what time; at which time)
|
:: wanneer
|
| when {conj}
|
:: toen
|
| when {pron} (what time; which time)
|
:: wanneer
|
| whence {adv} (from where; from which place or source)
|
:: waarvandaan
|
| whence {conj}
|
:: waarvandaan, waar … vandaan…
|
| whenever {conj} (when) SEE: when
|
::
|
| whenever {conj}
|
:: wanneer ook
|
| when Hell freezes over {adv} (never)
|
:: wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen
|
| when in Rome {proverb} (adjust to local customs) SEE: when in Rome, do as the Romans do
|
::
|
| when in Rome, do as the Romans do {proverb} (behave as those around do)
|
:: 's lands wijs, 's lands eer
|
| when pigs fly {adv} (never, expressed by an idiom)
|
:: wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen (when Easter and Pentecost fall on the same day), met sint-juttemis (on Saint Judith[’s day])
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| when push comes to shove {phrase} (when the pressure is on)
|
:: als puntje bij paaltje komt
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| when the cat's away {proverb} (People take advantage of the absence of authority)
|
:: als de kat van huis is
|
| when the cat's away the mice will play {proverb} (in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances)
|
:: als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel
|
| where {conj} (at or in which place)
|
:: waar, waarvan, waarvandaan
|
| where {conj} (to which place or situation)
|
:: waartoe, waarheen
|
| where {adv} (at or in what place)
|
:: waar
|
| where {adv} (to what place)
|
:: waarheen, waarnaartoe
|
| where {adv} (from what place)
|
:: waarvan, waarvandaan
|
| where {pron} (the place in which)
|
:: waar, waarheen, waarvan, waarvandaan
|
| where {n} (the place in which something happens)
|
:: waar {n}, waarheen {n}, waarvan {n}, waarvandaan {n}
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| whereabouts {adv} (near what location)
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:: waaromtrent,
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| whereabouts {n} (location)
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:: verblijfplaats
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| whereafter {adv} (translation)
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:: waarna
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| where are we {phrase} (where are we)
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:: waar zijn we?
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| where are we going {phrase} (where are we going?)
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:: waar gaan we?
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| where are you {phrase} (where are you?)
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:: waar ben je? [informal], waar ben U? [formal]
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| where are you from {phrase} (in which country or region were you born or raised)
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:: [informal] waar kom je vandaan?, [formal] waar komt u vandaan?
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| whereas {conj} (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
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:: hoewel, terwijl, ofschoon
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| whereas {conj} (it being the case that…)
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:: aangezien, terwijl, waarbij, vermits
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| whereat {conj} (translation)
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:: waaraan
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| whereby {adv} (by which)
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:: waarbij
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| where can I find a hotel {phrase} (where can I find a hotel)
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:: waar kan ik een hotel vinden
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| where does this bus go {phrase} (where does this bus go)
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:: waar gaat deze bus naartoe?
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| where does this train go {phrase} (where does this train go)
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:: waar gaat deze trein naartoe?
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| where do you live {phrase} (where do you live?)
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:: waar woon je?
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| wherefore {conj} (because of which)
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:: waarom, waarvoor
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| wherefrom {adv} (from which)
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:: waarvandaan
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| whereinto {adv} (translation)
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:: waarheen
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| where is the toilet {phrase} (where is the toilet?)
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:: waar is het toilet?, waar is de wc?
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| wherenot {n} (wherever) SEE: wherever
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::
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| whereof {conj} (of what; of which; of whom)
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:: waarvan
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| whereon {adv} (translation)
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:: waarop
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| where there is a will there is a way {proverb} (if someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found)
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:: waar een wil is, is een weg, willen is kunnen
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| where there's smoke, there's fire {proverb} (if there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring)
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:: waar rook is is vuur
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| whereto {adv}
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:: waartoe
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| whereunder {adv} (translation)
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:: waaronder
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| whereupon {conj} (after which)
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:: waarop
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| whereupon {conj} (in consequence of which)
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:: waardoor, waarna
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| wherever {adv} (emphatic form of "where")
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:: waar toch
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| wherever {conj} (in any place, anywhere)
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:: waar, waar ook
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| wherever {conj} (in all places, everywhere)
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:: waar ook
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| wherewith {adv} (with which)
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:: waarmee
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| wherewithal {n} (the ability and means to accomplish some task)
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:: middelen, waarmede
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| wherewithal {adv} (in what way; how)
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:: waarmede
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| where you at {phrase} (where are you) SEE: where are you
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::
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| wherry {n} (a kind of boat)
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:: veerboot {m} {f}
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| whet {v} (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
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:: wetten, slijpen, scherpen
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| whet {v} (stimulate or make more keen)
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:: wetten, scherpen
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| whether {conj} (introducing indirect questions)
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:: of
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| whether {conj} (if, whether or not)
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:: of
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| whether {conj} (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
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:: of
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| whetstone {n} (stone used to hone tools)
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:: slijpsteen
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| whew {interj}
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:: oef
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| whey {n} (liquid remaining after milk has been curdled)
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:: wei {m} {f}
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| which {determiner} ((interrogative) what, of those mentioned or implied)
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:: welk
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| which {determiner} ((relative) the one(s) that)
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:: welk, dewelke, hetwelk
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| which {pron} ((interrogative) what one or ones)
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:: welk, hetwelk, dewelke
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| which {pron} ((relative) who, whom, what)
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:: die, dat
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| whiff {n} (waft; brief, gentle breeze; light gust of air)
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:: zuchtje, vlaag, vleug, adem
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| whiff {n} (odour carried briefly through the air)
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:: vleug {c}
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| whiff {n} (short inhalation of breath)
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:: teug {c}, trek {m}
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| whiff {v} (waft)
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:: geuren
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| whiff {v} (sniff)
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:: snuiven, ruiken
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| whiff {adj} (having a strong or unpleasant odor)
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:: geurig, sterk van geur
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| while {n} (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
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:: tijdje {n}, momentje {n}, een hele tijd {m}, poosje {n}
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| while {conj} (during the same time that)
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:: terwijl
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| while {conj} (although)
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:: hoewel, terwijl
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| while {conj} (as long as)
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:: zolang
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| while {conj} (until) SEE: until
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::
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| while away {v} (spend time idly)
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:: tijd verdrijven
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| whilst {conj}
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:: terwijl
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| whim {n} (fanciful impulse)
|
:: gril
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| whimbrel {n} (a large wading bird, Numenius phaeopus)
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:: regenwulp
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| whimper {n} (a low intermittent sob)
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:: snik {m}
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| whimper {v} (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
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:: zuchtenkreunen, dreinen
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| whimsical {adj} (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
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:: vreemd, willekeurig, curieus, speels, luchtig
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| whimsicality {n} (caprice) SEE: caprice
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::
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| whinchat {n} (Saxicola ruberta)
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:: paapje {n}
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| whine {n} (a long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound)
|
:: zeuren, huilen, jammeren
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| whine {v} (to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine)
|
:: zeuren
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| whinge {n} (to complain or protest)
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:: mopperen, zeuren, zagen
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| whip {n} (rod or rope)
|
:: zweep
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| whip {v} (to hit with a whip)
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:: geselen
|
| whip {n} (whipped cream) SEE: whipped cream
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::
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| whiplash {n} (lash of a whip)
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:: zweepslag
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| whiplash {n} (whiplash injury)
|
:: whiplash {c}
|
| whipped cream {n} (thick cream that has had air incorporated into it by rapid beating)
|
:: slagroom {m}
|
| whippersnapper {n} (young, cheeky person)
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:: snotneus, branie, broekie
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| whipping {n} (punishment)
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:: geseling, zweepslagen
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| whipping {n} (defeat)
|
:: pak slaag
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| whipping {n} (cooking technique)
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:: opkloppen
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| whipping {n} (nautical term)
|
:: betakeling
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| whipping boy {n} (someone punished for the errors of others)
|
:: zondebok {m}
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| whipstaff {n} (bar to steer a vessel)
|
:: kolderstok {m}
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| whirlpool {n} (swirling body of water)
|
:: draaikolk
|
| whirlwind {n} (a violent windstorm of limited extent characterised by an inward spiral motion of the air)
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:: windhoos {m} {f}, wervelwind {m}
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| whirr {v} (To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound)
|
:: snorren, gonzen, zoemen, brommen
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| whisk {n} (kitchen utensil)
|
:: garde {m}
|
| whisker {n} (part of the beard)
|
:: bakkebaarden
|
| whisker {n} (hair of the beard)
|
:: baardhaar
|
| whisker {n} (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
|
:: snor
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| whisker {n} ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
|
:: op een haar na, ei zo na
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| whiskered tern {n} (Chlidonias hybrida)
|
:: witwangstern
|
| whiskey {n} (alcoholic drink)
|
:: whiskey {m}
|
| whisky {n} (whiskey) SEE: whiskey
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::
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| whisper {n} (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
|
:: gefluister {n}
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| whisper {v} (to talk in a quiet voice)
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:: fluisteren, fezelen, wisperen, vezelen, ruinen
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| whist {n} (card game)
|
:: wiezen {n}
|
| whistle {n} (device used to make a whistling sound)
|
:: fluitje {n}
|
| whistle {n} (sound made by whistling)
|
:: fluittoon {m}
|
| whistle {n} (sound similar to the sound made by whistling)
|
:: fluittoon {m}
|
| whistle {v} (to produce a whistling sound)
|
:: fluiten
|
| whistle {v} (to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound)
|
:: fluiten
|
| whistle {n} (slang: a suit) SEE: suit
|
::
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| whistle-blower {n} (one who reports a problem or violation to the authorities)
|
:: klokkenluider {m}
|
| white {n} (color/colour)
|
:: wit {n}
|
| white {n} (Caucasian person)
|
:: blanke {m} {f}
|
| white {n} (white wine) SEE: white wine
|
::
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| white {adj} (Cistercian) SEE: Cistercian
|
::
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| white {adj} (bright and colourless)
|
:: wit
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| white {adj} (of or relating to Caucasians)
|
:: blank
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| white {adj} (designated for use by Caucasians)
|
:: blank
|
| white {adj} (relatively light or pale in colour)
|
:: licht
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| white {adj} (pale or pallid)
|
:: bleek, wit
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| white {adj} (lacking tan)
|
:: bleek
|
| white {adj} (board games: deemed to belong to the white set)
|
:: wit
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| white {adj} (politics: anti-revolutionary)
|
:: wit
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| white {adj} (typography: not containing characters)
|
:: blank, wit
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| white ant {n} (white ant) SEE: termite
|
::
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| white as a sheet {adj} (pale as if suffering from shock)
|
:: spierwit, lijkbleek
|
| whitebeam {n} (any of various Eurasian deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria)
|
:: meelbes {f}
|
| white bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear
|
::
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| white-bearded antshrike {n} (passerine bird)
|
:: witbaard-mierklauwier
|
| white-billed diver {n} (Gavia adamsii)
|
:: geelsnavelduiker {m}
|
| white blood cell {n} (cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response)
|
:: witte bloedcel
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| white bread {n} (bread made from white flour)
|
:: wittebrood {n}
|
| white bream {n} (European fish)
|
:: blei
|
| white-browed tit {n} (Poecile superciliosus)
|
:: witbrauwmees
|
| white cabbage {n} (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba)
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:: wittekool {f}
|
| white coffee {n} (coffee with milk added)
|
:: koffie met melk {m}
|
| white-collar {adj} (of or pertaining to office work and workers)
|
:: witteboorden-
|
| white-collar crime {n} (non-violent crime)
|
:: witteboordencriminaliteit {f}
|
| white dwarf {n} (white dwarf star)
|
:: witte dwerg
|
| white-eyed gull {n} (Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus)
|
:: witoogmeeuw {f}
|
| whitefin dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji
|
::
|
| whitefish {n} (beluga) SEE: beluga
|
::
|
| white flag {n} (a flag used as a symbol of surrender)
|
:: witte vlag {f}
|
| white-flippered penguin {n} (Eudyptula albosignata albosignata)
|
:: witvleugelpinguïn {m}
|
| white-fronted tit {n} (Sittiparus semilarvatus)
|
:: witvoorhoofdmees
|
| white gold {n} (A precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal)
|
:: witgoud {n}
|
| white hole {n} (singularity)
|
:: wit gat {n}
|
| White House {prop} (the official residence of the President of the United States of America)
|
:: Witte Huis {n}
|
| white lie {n} (deliberate untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result)
|
:: leugen om bestwil {f}
|
| white market {n} (legal market)
|
:: witte markt {m}
|
| white night {n} (night with only civil twilight)
|
:: witte nacht {f}
|
| white noise {n} (random signal with flat power spectral density)
|
:: witte ruis {m}
|
| white-nosed coati {n} (Nasua narica)
|
:: witsnuitneusbeer {m}
|
| whiteout {n} (correction fluid) SEE: correction fluid
|
::
|
| white owl {n} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl
|
::
|
| white paper {n} (EU document)
|
:: witboek {n}
|
| white pepper {n} (Light-colored seed of pepper)
|
:: witte peper {m}
|
| white pointer {n} (great white shark) SEE: great white shark
|
::
|
| white poplar {n} (Populus alba)
|
:: abeel {m}
|
| white rice {n} (rice with the hull polished off)
|
:: witte rijst {m}
|
| white roe {n} (milt) SEE: milt
|
::
|
| white-rumped sandpiper {n} (Calidris fuscicollis)
|
:: Bonapartes strandloper {m}
|
| White Russian {n} (Belarusian language) SEE: Belarusian
|
::
|
| white sauce {n} (mayonnaise) SEE: mayonnaise
|
::
|
| white sauce {n} (béchamel sauce) SEE: béchamel sauce
|
::
|
| White Sea {prop} (a sea to the northwest of Russia)
|
:: Witte Zee {f}
|
| white-shouldered antshrike {n} (passerine bird)
|
:: witschouder-mierklauwier
|
| whitesmith {n} (tinsmith) SEE: tinsmith
|
::
|
| white stork {n} (large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia)
|
:: ooievaar {m}
|
| white-tailed eagle {n} (Haliaeetus albicilla)
|
:: zeearend, Europese zeearend
|
| white-tailed hawk {n} (Buteo albicaudatus)
|
:: witstaartbuizerd
|
| white-tailed lapwing {n} (Vanellus leucurus)
|
:: witstaartkievit
|
| white-tailed plover {n} (Vanellus leucurus) SEE: white-tailed lapwing
|
::
|
| white-throated dipper {n} (Cinclus cinclus)
|
:: waterspreeuw
|
| white wagtail {n} (bird in the wagtail family)
|
:: witte kvikstaart
|
| whitewash {n} (lime and water mixture)
|
:: witkalk
|
| whitewash {v}
|
:: witten
|
| white whale {n} (a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas) SEE: beluga
|
::
|
| white wine {n} (light coloured wine)
|
:: witte wijn
|
| white-winged tern {n} (Chlidonias leucopterus)
|
:: witvleugelstern
|
| whither {adv} (to which place)
|
:: waarheen, werwaarts
|
| Whitsun {n} (Whitsunday)
|
:: Pinksteren
|
| Whitsunday {n} (the Sunday of the feast of Pentecost)
|
:: Pinksteren {m}
|
| whittle {n} (large knife)
|
:: (groot) mes {n}
|
| whittle {v} (cut or shape wood with a knife)
|
:: kerven, snijden, aanspitsen
|
| whittle {v} (reduce or gradually eliminate something)
|
:: afknagen, verminderen
|
| whiz {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate
|
::
|
| who {pron} (who? (interrogative pronoun))
|
:: wie
|
| who {pron} (who (relative pronoun))
|
:: die, wie, dat, wat
|
| who are you {phrase} (who are you?)
|
:: wie bent u?, wie ben jij?, wie ben je?
|
| who cares {phrase} (reply to an unimportant statement) SEE: so what
|
::
|
| whodunit {n} (a crime novel or drama)
|
:: detectiveverhaal {n}
|
| whoever {pron} (whatever person or persons)
|
:: wie (dan) ook
|
| who knows {phrase}
|
:: wie zal het zeggen?, wie weet het?
|
| whole {adj} (entire)
|
:: heel
|
| wholegrain {n} (cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran)
|
:: volkoren [adjective]
|
| wholeheartedly {adv} (in a wholehearted manner; with one's whole heart; enthusiastically)
|
:: van ganser harte
|
| wholemeal {adj} (containing or made from the whole grain) SEE: wholegrain
|
::
|
| wholemeal bread {n} (bread)
|
:: volkorenbrood {n}
|
| whole number {n} (integer) SEE: integer
|
::
|
| whole number {n} (natural number) SEE: natural number
|
::
|
| wholesale {n} (sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants)
|
:: groothandel {m}
|
| wholesale {adj} (of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity)
|
:: grootschalig
|
| wholesaler {n} (person or company that sells goods wholesale to retailers)
|
:: grossier, groothandelaar
|
| whole shebang {n} (the entire thing)
|
:: de hele rataplan, de hele mikmak, de hele reutemeteut
|
| wholesome {adj} (promoting virtue or being virtuous)
|
:: deugdelijk
|
| wholly {adv} (to the fullest extent) SEE: completely
|
::
|
| whom {pron} (relative pronoun)
|
:: die; [1] wie, [2] waarmee, [2] waarvan, [2] waaronder
|
| whoopee {interj} (expression of delight)
|
:: joepie
|
| whoopee {v} (spontaneous expression of delight or joy)
|
:: joepie
|
| whooper {n} (whooping crane) SEE: whooping crane
|
::
|
| whooper {n} (whooper swan) SEE: whooper swan
|
::
|
| whooper swan {n} (the species of swan Cygnus cygnus)
|
:: wilde zwaan
|
| whoopie cushion {n}
|
:: scheetkussen {n}
|
| whooping cough {n} (a contagious disease)
|
:: kinkhoest {m}
|
| whooping crane {n} (Grus americana)
|
:: kraanvogel {m}
|
| whoosh {n} (breathy sound)
|
:: gesuis, geruis, gesis
|
| whopper {n} (something remarkably large)
|
:: knoert {m}, joekel {m}, kanjer {m}
|
| whopper {n} (outrageous lie)
|
:: grote leugen {m}
|
| whore {n}
|
:: hoer {f}; slet {f}, hoer {f}, hoertje
|
| whore {v} (to pimp) SEE: pimp
|
::
|
| whoremaster {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp
|
::
|
| whoremaster {n} (man who uses the services of prostitutes)
|
:: hoerenloper
|
| whoremaster {n} (exploiter of people)
|
:: uitzuiger
|
| whorl {n} (pattern of concentric circles.)
|
:: kringel {m}, wervel {m}, winding {f}, wartel {m}, werdel {m}
|
| whorl {n} (circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs.)
|
:: bladerkrans {f}
|
| whorl {n} (spindle whorl.)
|
:: spinsteen {m}, spinsteentje {n}, spinschijf {f}
|
| whose {determiner} (of whom (interrogative))
|
:: van wie, wiens {m} {n}, wier {f-p}
|
| whose {determiner} (of whom (relative))
|
:: van wie, wiens {m} {n}, wier {f-p}
|
| whose {determiner} (of which (relative))
|
:: waarvan
|
| who would have thunk it {phrase} (who would have guessed it?)
|
:: wie had dat gedacht?
|
| why {adv} (for what reason)
|
:: waarom
|
| why {adv}
|
:: waarom, waarvoor [slang, proscribed]
|
| why {n} (the reason)
|
:: waarom {n}
|
| why {interj} (exclamation of surprise)
|
:: wel, nou
|
| wick {n} (the porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)
|
:: lont {f}
|
| wicked {adj} (evil or mischevous)
|
:: kwaadaardig, slecht
|
| wickedness {n} (wicked thing)
|
:: boosheid {f}
|
| widdershins {adv} (anticlockwise, counter-clockwise)
|
:: tegenwijzerzin {m}
|
| widdle {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate
|
::
|
| wide {adj} (having a large physical extent from side to side)
|
:: wijd, breed
|
| wide-angle lens {n} (short focal length lens)
|
:: groothoeklens {f}
|
| widescreen {n} (screen with a wider than normal aspect ratio)
|
:: breedbeeld {n}
|
| widescreen {adj} (filmed in a greater aspect ratio)
|
:: breedbeeld
|
| widespread {adj} (affecting a large area)
|
:: wijdverspreid
|
| widget {n} (unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product)
|
:: dingetje, prul
|
| widow {n} (woman whose spouse has died)
|
:: weduwe {f}
|
| widow {n} (person whose spouse has died)
|
:: weduw {m} {f}
|
| widow {n} (single line of type carried over to the next page)
|
:: weduwe {f}
|
| widower {n} (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried)
|
:: weduwnaar {m}
|
| widow-maker {n} (something which or someone who takes the lives of men)
|
:: weduwenmaker {m}
|
| widow's mite {n} ((numismatics) lepton) SEE: lepton
|
::
|
| width {n} (measurement of something from side to side)
|
:: breedte {f}
|
| Wie {prop} (Dutch surname)
|
:: Wie, Van Wie
|
| Wie {prop} (Wie, Friesia)
|
:: Wie
|
| wield {v} (to handle with skill and ease)
|
:: beheersen
|
| wield {v} (to exercise authority or influence)
|
:: uitoefenen
|
| Wiener schnitzel {n} (veal cutlet)
|
:: wienerschnitzel
|
| wife {n} (married woman)
|
:: vrouw {f}, echtgenote {f}
|
| wifebeater {n} (singlet) SEE: singlet
|
::
|
| wife carrying {n} (Scandinavian sport)
|
:: vrouwdragen {n}
|
| Wi-Fi {n} (computing: wireless data communication standard)
|
:: Wi-Fi, draadloos internet
|
| wig {n} (head of artificial hair)
|
:: pruik {m}
|
| wigeon {n} (a kind of duck)
|
:: smient
|
| wiggle {v} (to move with irregular motions)
|
:: wiebelen
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| Wijchen {prop} (village in the Netherlands)
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:: Wijchen
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| wiki {n} (collaborative website)
|
:: wiki {m}
|
| wiki {v} (research on a wiki)
|
:: wikiën
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| wiki {v} (contribute to a wiki)
|
:: wikiën
|
| wikify {v} (to adapt (text) to a wiki, see also: wiki; -ify)
|
:: wikificeren
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| Wikipedia {prop} (online encyclopedia)
|
:: Wikipedia
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| Wikipedian {n} (a person who uses, edits, or contributes to Wikipedia)
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:: Wikipediaan {m} {f}
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| Wiktionarian {n} (A person who contributes to Wiktionary)
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:: Wikiwoordenboekmedewerker {m}, Wikiwoordenboekmedewerkster {f}
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| Wiktionary {prop} (the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language)
|
:: WikiWoordenboek {n}
|
| wild {adj} (not domesticated or tamed)
|
:: wild
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| wild {adj} (raucous, unruly, and savage)
|
:: wild
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| wild animal {n} (animal living in a natural, undomesticated state)
|
:: wild dier
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| wild animal {n} (an animal, usually a mammalian predator, that is not the product of selective breeding)
|
:: wild dier
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| wild boar {n} (Sus scrofa)
|
:: everzwijn {n}, wild zwijn {n}, ever {m}
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| wild cat {n} (Felis silvestris) SEE: wildcat
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::
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| wild cat {n} (Lynx rufus) SEE: bobcat
|
::
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| wildcat {n}
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:: wilde kat {f}, wilde staking
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| wildcat {n} (Felix rufus) SEE: bobcat
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::
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| wildcat {n} (wildcat strike) SEE: wildcat strike
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::
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| wildcat strike {n} (labour strike not authorized by the leaders of a trade union)
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:: wilde staking {f}
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| wildebeest {n} (gnu) SEE: gnu
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::
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| wilderness {n} (uncultivated tract of land)
|
:: wildernis {f}
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| wildfire {n} (Greek fire) SEE: Greek fire
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::
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| wildfowl {n} (wild bird)
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:: wild gevogelte
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| Wild Hunt {n} (folk myth)
|
:: Wilde Jacht
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| wildland {n} (natural area)
|
:: onbebouwd(e) land/grond, wildernis, woestenij
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| wildlife {n} (animals and plants in their natural environment)
|
:: wildleven {n}, wildlife, wilde planten en dieren, levende natuur
|
| wildlife {n} (animals (without plants))
|
:: wilde dieren
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| wildlife reserve {n} (nature reserve) SEE: nature reserve
|
::
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| wildlife sanctuary {n} (nature reserve) SEE: nature reserve
|
::
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| wildling {n} (wild plant)
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:: wilde plant
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| wildling {n} (wild animal)
|
:: wild dier/ beest
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| wild rice {n} (any species of Zizania)
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:: wilde rijst {m}
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| wild service tree {n} (Sorbus torminalis)
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:: elsbes
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| wild turkey {n} (Meleagris gallopavo)
|
:: kalkoen
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| Wild West {prop} (western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement)
|
:: Wilde Westen {n}
|
| Wild West {prop} (place or situation in which disorderly behaviour prevails)
|
:: Wilde Westen {n}
|
| wile {n} (trick or stratagem)
|
:: list {f}, fint {f}, sluwigheid {f}
|
| Wilhelmina {prop} (female form of William)
|
:: Wilhelmina
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| will {v} (indicating future action)
|
:: zullen
|
| will {n} (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
|
:: wil {m}, wens {m}
|
| will {n} (legal document)
|
:: testament {n}, laatste wilsbeschikking {f}
|
| Will {prop} (diminutive of William)
|
:: Jelle, Wil, Wim, Pim
|
| William {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Willem, Wim
|
| Williams {prop} (surname meaning "son of William")
|
:: Willems, Willemse, Willemsen
|
| willing {adj} (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
|
:: bereid
|
| willingly {adv} (of one’s own free will)
|
:: graag, willens
|
| will o' the wisp {n} (strange light)
|
:: dwaallicht
|
| willow {n} (tree)
|
:: wilg {m}
|
| willow warbler {n} (Phylloscopus trochilus)
|
:: fitis
|
| willpower {n} (strength of will)
|
:: wilskracht {m} {f}
|
| willy {n} (The penis)
|
:: piemel {m}
|
| willy-nilly {adv} (whether desired or not)
|
:: willens nillens
|
| will you marry me {phrase} (marriage proposal)
|
:: wil je met me trouwen
|
| Wilson's storm petrel {n} (small seabird)
|
:: Wilsons stormvogeltje {n}
|
| wilt {v} (to droop)
|
:: verwelken
|
| wilt {v} (to fatigue)
|
:: verslappen, moe worden
|
| wilt {n} (drooping)
|
:: verwelking
|
| wilt {n} (disease)
|
:: verwelkingsziekte
|
| wily {adj} (sly, cunning)
|
:: gewiekst, snood
|
| wimp {n} (someone who lacks confidence)
|
:: sul {m}, sukkel {m} [all mildly offensive]
|
| wimple {n} (Cloth used to cover a nun's head)
|
:: nonnenkap
|
| wimple {n} (Fold or pleat)
|
:: plooi
|
| wimple {n} (Ripple)
|
:: rimpel
|
| wimple {n} (Curve or bend)
|
:: kromming, bocht
|
| win {v} (transitive: achieve victory in)
|
:: winnen, overwinnen
|
| win {v} (intransitive: achieve by winning)
|
:: winnen, overwinnen
|
| win {n} (individual victory)
|
:: overwinning {f}
|
| wince {n} (gesture of shrinking away)
|
:: samentrekking {f}, stuip {m}
|
| wince {v} (to flinch as if in pain)
|
:: samenkrimpen, samentrekken, stuipen, huiveren
|
| winch {n} (machine)
|
:: windas
|
| wind {v} (to introduce by insinuation) SEE: insinuate
|
::
|
| wind {n} (movement of air)
|
:: wind {m}
|
| wind {n} (flatus)
|
:: wind {m}
|
| wind {v} (blow air through (a wind instrument))
|
:: blazen
|
| wind {v} (to turn coils of something around)
|
:: winden, wikkelen
|
| wind {v} (to tighten a clockwork mechanism)
|
:: opwinden
|
| wind back {v} (to wind towards the beginning)
|
:: terugspoelen
|
| winded {adj} (short of breath)
|
:: buiten adem
|
| wind farm {n} (collection of wind turbines)
|
:: windmolenpark {n}
|
| windflower {n} (Anemone nemorosa) SEE: wood anemone
|
::
|
| Windhoek {prop} (capital of Namibia)
|
:: Windhoek {n}
|
| windhover {n} (common kestrel) SEE: common kestrel
|
::
|
| wind instrument {n} (type of musical instrument)
|
:: blaasinstrument {n}
|
| windle {n} (redwing) SEE: redwing
|
::
|
| windless {adj} (devoid of wind)
|
:: windstil
|
| windmill {n} (machine)
|
:: windmolen {m}
|
| windmill {n} (structure)
|
:: windmolen {m}
|
| windmill {n} (child's toy)
|
:: windmolentje {n}
|
| windmill {v} (to rotate with a sweeping motion)
|
:: molenwieken
|
| window {n} (opening for light and air)
|
:: raam {n}, venster {n}, ruit {f}
|
| window {n} (period of time)
|
:: interval {n}
|
| window {n} (area on a computer screen)
|
:: venster {n}
|
| window {n} (shop window) SEE: shop window
|
::
|
| window box {n} (flower box)
|
:: vensterdoos {f}
|
| window frame {n} (framework around a window)
|
:: raamkozijn {n}
|
| windowpane {n} (piece of glass filling a window)
|
:: vensterruit {f}, vensterglas {n}, ruit {f}
|
| windowsill {n} (the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame)
|
:: vensterbank
|
| windpipe {n} (anus) SEE: anus
|
::
|
| windpipe {n} (trachea)
|
:: luchtpijp {f}
|
| wind power {n} (power harnessed from the wind)
|
:: windenergie {f}
|
| windrow {n} (row of cut grain or hay)
|
:: zwad, zwade
|
| windrow {n} (line heaped up by the wind)
|
:: wal (also specified by substance, e.g. turfwal)
|
| windscreen {n} (windshield) SEE: windshield
|
::
|
| windscreen wiper {n} (a device to clear a windscreen) SEE: windshield wiper
|
::
|
| windshield {n} (screen located in front of a vehicle to protect from wind and weather)
|
:: voorruit
|
| windshield wiper {n} (device to clear a windshield)
|
:: ruitenwisser {m}
|
| Windsor bean {n} (fava bean) SEE: broad bean
|
::
|
| wind up {v} (to excite)
|
:: opwinden
|
| windward {adj} (towards the wind)
|
:: windwaarts, bovenwinds, loefwaarts, loefzijdig
|
| windy {n} (fart) SEE: fart
|
::
|
| windy {adj} (orally verbose) SEE: long-winded
|
::
|
| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from grapes)
|
:: wijn {m}
|
| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from other fruit or vegetables)
|
:: wijn
|
| wine {n} (wine colour)
|
:: bordeauxrood {n}
|
| wine {v} (entertain with wine)
|
:: wijn serveren
|
| wine {v} (drink wine)
|
:: wijn drinken
|
| wineberry {n} (Japanese wineberry)
|
:: Japanse wijnbes {f}
|
| wine bottle {n} (bottle for holding wine)
|
:: wijnfles {m} {f}
|
| wine cellar {n} (underground place for storing wine)
|
:: wijnkelder {m}
|
| wine glass {n} (glass vessel for drinking wine from)
|
:: wijnglas {n}
|
| winemaker {n} (a person or company that makes wine) SEE: vintner
|
::
|
| winemaking {n} (the act of making wine)
|
:: vinificatie {f}, wijnbereiding {f}
|
| wine vinegar {n} (vinegar made from wine)
|
:: wijnazijn {m}
|
| wing {n} (part of an animal)
|
:: vleugel {m}, vlerk {f}, vleder {m}, wiek {f}
|
| wing {n} (part of an aircraft)
|
:: vleugel {m}
|
| wing {n}
|
:: [1,2,3,5] vleugel {m}
|
| wing {v} (to fly) SEE: fly
|
::
|
| wing {v} (to throw) SEE: throw
|
::
|
| winged {adj} (having wings)
|
:: gevleugeld
|
| winged word {n} (well-known and attributable quotation)
|
:: gevleugeld woord {n}
|
| winger {n} (offensive player)
|
:: vleugelspeler {c}
|
| wingspan {n} (the distance from left wingtip to right)
|
:: spanwijdte
|
| wink {v} (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)
|
:: knipogen
|
| wink {v} (to twinkle)
|
:: flonkeren, twinkelen
|
| wink {n} (a blink)
|
:: knipoog {m}
|
| wink {n} (an instant)
|
:: ogenblik {n}
|
| winkle {n} (gastropod) SEE: periwinkle
|
::
|
| winner {n} (one who has won or often wins)
|
:: winnaar {m}, winnares {f}
|
| Winnie the Pooh {prop} (the fictional bear)
|
:: Winnie de Poeh
|
| winnow {v} (to separate the heavier and lighter with a current of air)
|
:: wannen
|
| winnow {n} (something that winnows)
|
:: wan {m} {f}
|
| winnowing basket {n} (basket used to winnow)
|
:: wan {m} {f}
|
| win out {v} (be victorious)
|
:: zegevieren
|
| win over {v} (to persuade) SEE: persuade
|
::
|
| winsome {adj} (charming, engaging, winning)
|
:: innemend
|
| winter {n} (fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures)
|
:: winter {m}
|
| winter {v} (spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday)
|
:: winteren
|
| winter {v} (store over winter)
|
:: winteren
|
| winter coat {n} (warm coat)
|
:: winterjas {m}, wintermantel {m}
|
| winter coat {n} (seasonal appearance)
|
:: winterkleed {n}, wintervacht {f}
|
| winter depression {n} (disorder)
|
:: winterdepressie {f}
|
| wintergreen {n} (evergreen) SEE: evergreen
|
::
|
| winterkill {n} (mortality resulting from lethal wintery conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population)
|
:: wintersterfte
|
| winter storm {n} (A winter storm)
|
:: winterstorm {m}, sneeuwstorm {m}
|
| wintertide {n} (wintertime) SEE: wintertime
|
::
|
| wintertime {n} (the season of winter)
|
:: wintertijd {m}
|
| winter tire {n}
|
:: winterband {m}
|
| win-win {adj} (of a situation that benefits two parties)
|
:: win-win
|
| wipe {v} (remove surface substance)
|
:: vegen
|
| wipe {v} (erase a computer disk)
|
:: wissen
|
| wipeout {n} (The action of the verb "wipe out")
|
:: botsing {f}
|
| wipe the slate clean {v} (to make a fresh start, forgetting differences)
|
:: met een schone lei beginnen
|
| wire {n} (thin thread of metal)
|
:: draad {m}
|
| wire {n} (metal conductor that carries electricity)
|
:: elektriciteitsdraad, snoer, ader
|
| wire {v} (to fasten with wire)
|
:: vastbinden
|
| wire {v} (to equip with wires for use with electricity)
|
:: electrificeren
|
| wire {v} (to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring)
|
:: aansluiten
|
| wire {n} (informal: telegraph) SEE: telegraph
|
::
|
| wire {n} (informal: message transmitted by telegraph) SEE: telegram
|
::
|
| wire cutters {n} (hand tool)
|
:: draadschaar {f}
|
| wireless {adj} (not having any wires)
|
:: draadloos
|
| wireless {adj}
|
:: draadloos
|
| wiretap {v} (to install or to use such a device)
|
:: aftappen
|
| wiry {adj} (thin, muscular and flexible)
|
:: pezig
|
| wisdom {n} (element of personal character)
|
:: wijsheid {f}
|
| wisdom {n} (piece of wise advice)
|
:: wijsheid {f}
|
| wisdom {n} (discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good)
|
:: wijsheid {f}
|
| wisdom {n} (ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way)
|
:: wijsheid {f}
|
| wisdom {n} (ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding)
|
:: wijsheid {f}
|
| wisdom {n} (ability to know and apply spiritual truths)
|
:: wijsheid {f}
|
| wisdom {n}
|
:: wijsheid
|
| wisdom tooth {n} (rearmost molar in humans)
|
:: verstandskies {m}, [Belgium] wijsheidstand {m}
|
| wise {adj} (showing good judgement)
|
:: wijs
|
| wisely {adv} (in a wise manner)
|
:: wijselijk
|
| wisent {n} (European bison, Bison bonasus)
|
:: wisent {m}
|
| wish {n} (desire)
|
:: wens
|
| wish {v} (to hope for an outcome)
|
:: wensen, willen
|
| wish {v} (to bestow a thought)
|
:: wensen
|
| wishable {adj} (desirable) SEE: desirable
|
::
|
| wishbone {n} (bird's bone)
|
:: vorkbeen {n}
|
| wishful thinking {n} (illusion that what one would like is true)
|
:: wensdenken {n}
|
| wisp {n} (a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance)
|
:: sliert
|
| wisteria {n} (a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines)
|
:: blauweregen {m}
|
| wistful {adj} (full of longing)
|
:: droefgeestig, weemoedig, melancholisch
|
| wit {v} (Know, be aware of)
|
:: weten
|
| wit {n} (intelligence) SEE: intelligence
|
::
|
| witch {n} (person who uses magic)
|
:: heks {f}, kol {f}, tovenares {f}, mare {f}
|
| witch {n} (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus) SEE: Torbay sole
|
::
|
| witchcraft {n} (the practice of witches)
|
:: hekserij {f}
|
| witch doctor {n} (person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic)
|
:: sjamaan {m}
|
| witches' Sabbath {n} (supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy)
|
:: heksensabbat
|
| witchgrass {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass
|
::
|
| witch hazel {n} (tree of the genus Hamamelis)
|
:: toverhazelaar {c}
|
| witch-hunt {n} (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
|
:: heksenjacht {m} {f}
|
| witch-hunt {n} (campaign to punish dissident persons)
|
:: heksenjacht {m} {f}
|
| witch's milk {n} (milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies)
|
:: heksenmelk {m}
|
| with {prep} (against)
|
:: met, tegen
|
| with {prep} (in the company of)
|
:: met, bij
|
| with {prep} (in addition to)
|
:: met
|
| with {prep} (in support of)
|
:: voor, bij
|
| with {prep} (expressing manner)
|
:: door
|
| with {prep} (by means of)
|
:: met
|
| with {prep} (as nourishment)
|
:: met
|
| with a grain of salt {adv} (with common sense and skepticism)
|
:: met een korreltje zout
|
| with bad grace {prep}
|
:: kwaadschiks
|
| with bated breath {prep} (eagerly)
|
:: met ingehouden adem
|
| withdraw {v} (pull back)
|
:: terugtrekken
|
| withdraw {v} (take back)
|
:: terugnemen
|
| withdraw {v} (remove, stop providing)
|
:: intrekken
|
| withdraw {v} (extract (money from an account))
|
:: afhalen [Flanders], pinnen [the Netherlands], opnemen
|
| withdraw {v} (retreat)
|
:: terugtrekken
|
| withdraw {v}
|
:: terugtreden
|
| withe {n} (twig or shoot)
|
:: wilgenteen
|
| wither {v} ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
|
:: verschrompelen
|
| withering {adj} (tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction)
|
:: vernietigen, verwelken ,verdorren
|
| withering {adj} (diminishing rapidly)
|
:: verleppen, verbleken
|
| withering {adj} (tending to make someone feel small)
|
:: iemand het zwijgen opleggen
|
| witherite {n} (mineral)
|
:: witheriet
|
| withers {n} (part of the back of a draft animal)
|
:: schoft
|
| with flying colors {prep} ((idiom) extremely well)
|
:: met vlag en wimpel, glansrijk
|
| withhold {v} (to retain)
|
:: onthouden, onttrekken (aan)
|
| within {prep} (spatial enclosure)
|
:: binnenin
|
| with one hand tied behind one's back {adv} (hands down) SEE: hands down
|
::
|
| without {prep} (not having)
|
:: zonder
|
| without a doubt {prep} (certainly) SEE: certainly
|
::
|
| without a doubt {prep} (probably) SEE: probably
|
::
|
| without a doubt {prep}
|
:: ongetwijfeld, zonder twijfel
|
| without doubt {prep} (without a doubt) SEE: without a doubt
|
::
|
| without loss of generality {prep} (without loss of generality)
|
:: zonder verlies van algemeenheid (z.v.v.a.)
|
| with pleasure {prep} (willingly, without argument)
|
:: met genoegen, gaarne, graag
|
| with respect to {prep} (pertaining to)
|
:: ten opzichte van, met betrekking tot
|
| withspeak {v} (speak against) SEE: oppose
|
::
|
| withspeak {v} (contradict) SEE: contradict
|
::
|
| withstand {v} (to resist)
|
:: weerstaan
|
| withy {n} (osier) SEE: osier
|
::
|
| withy {n} (long, flexible twig of the osier) SEE: osier
|
::
|
| witness {n} (attestation of a fact or event)
|
:: getuigenis
|
| witness {n} (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
|
:: getuige {m}
|
| witness {n} (someone called to give evidence in a court)
|
:: getuige
|
| wits' end {n} (at (one's) wits' end) SEE: perplexed
|
::
|
| witticism {n} (witty remark)
|
:: Woordspeling {f}
|
| witty {adj} (possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity)
|
:: wijs
|
| witty {adj} (clever; amusingly ingenious)
|
:: geestig
|
| wizard {n} (person skilled with magic)
|
:: tovenaar {m}, magiër {m}
|
| wizard {n} (computing: program or script used to simplify complex operations)
|
:: assistent {m}
|
| wizardess {n} (sorceress) SEE: sorceress
|
::
|
| wizened {adj} (withered)
|
:: verschrompeld, gekrompen, ineengekrompen
|
| woad {n} (Isatis tinctoria)
|
:: wede {f}
|
| woad {n} (blue dye made from the plant)
|
:: wede {f}
|
| wobble {v} (move with an uneven or rocking motion)
|
:: wiebelen, wankelen
|
| wobble {v} (cause to wobble)
|
:: wiebelen
|
| wobbler {n} (tantrum) SEE: tantrum
|
::
|
| wobbly {adj} (unsteady and tending to wobble)
|
:: wankel,mank,kreupel,
|
| Woden {prop} (the Germanic chief god)
|
:: Woen {m}, Wodan {m}, Odin {m}
|
| woe {n} (grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity)
|
:: droefheid, lijden, ellende, ongeluk
|
| wog {n} (person of Italian descent) SEE: wop
|
::
|
| wok {n} (large round pan)
|
:: wok {m}
|
| wok {v} (to use a wok)
|
:: wokken
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| wolf {n} (animal)
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:: wolf {m}
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| wolfberry {n} (Lycium)
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:: boksdoorn {m}
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| wolfberry {n} (Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense)
|
:: Chinese boksdoorn
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| wolf cub {n} (young wolf)
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:: welp {m}, wolvenwelp {m}
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| wolf down {v} (consume quickly)
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:: opschrokken
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| wolffish {n} (fish)
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:: zeewolf {m}
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| wolf in sheep's clothing {n} (someone or something harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant)
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:: wolf in schaapskleren {m}
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| wolfkin {n} (young or small wolf) SEE: wolf cub
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::
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| wolfling {n} (wolf cub) SEE: wolf cub
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::
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| wolfram {n} (tungsten) SEE: tungsten
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::
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| wolfsbane {n} (herbs of the genus Aconitum) SEE: aconite
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::
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| wolf spider {n} (any of several spiders of the family Lycosidae)
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:: wolfsspin {f}
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| wolf whelp {n} (young, esp. infant, wolf) SEE: wolf cub
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::
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| wollastonite {n} (grey inosilicate mineral)
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:: wollastoniet
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| wolverine {n} (Gulo gulo)
|
:: veelvraat
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| woman {n} (wife) SEE: wife
|
::
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| woman {n} (adult female person)
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:: vrouw {f}
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| womanhater {n} (hater of women) SEE: misogynist
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::
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| womanizer {n} (habitual seducer of women)
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:: vrouwenloper {m}, wijvenloper {m}
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| womanliness {n} (femininity) SEE: femininity
|
::
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| womb {n} (uterus)
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:: baarmoeder
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| womb {n} (belly) SEE: belly
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::
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| wombat {n} (marsupial)
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:: wombat {m}
|
| wombly {adj} (of or pertaining to the womb)
|
:: baarmoeder-
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| women's refuge {n} (women's shelter) SEE: women's shelter
|
::
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| women's shelter {n} (temporary refuge for women)
|
:: blijf-van-mijn-lijfhuis {n}
|
| women's studies {n} (academic field)
|
:: vrouwenstudies {p} {f}
|
| wonder {n} (something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel)
|
:: wonder {n}
|
| wonder {v} (to be affected with surprise)
|
:: zich verwonderen
|
| wonder {v} (to ponder about something)
|
:: zich afvragen
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| wonderful {adj} (excellent, extremely impressive)
|
:: fantastisch, heerlijk
|
| wonderfully {adv} (in a wonderful manner)
|
:: wonderlijk, fantastisch
|
| wonderfully {adv} (to an extent inspiring wonder)
|
:: wonderlijk
|
| wonderment {n} (state of wonder)
|
:: verwondering {f}
|
| wonder of the world {n} (something remarkable in the world)
|
:: wereldwonder {n}
|
| wont {n} (habitual way of doing things)
|
:: gewoonte {f}
|
| wont {adj} (accustomed or apt)
|
:: gewend, gewoon
|
| wont {v} (To make (someone) used to; to accustom)
|
:: wennen
|
| wont {v} (To be accustomed)
|
:: gewend
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| wonton {n} (Chinese dumpling)
|
:: wantan
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| woo {v} (to endeavor to gain someone's affection)
|
:: het hof maken
|
| wood {n} (substance)
|
:: hout {n}
|
| wood {n} (wood from a particular species)
|
:: houtsoort
|
| wood {n} (woodland)
|
:: woud, woudland {n}
|
| wood {n} (firewood)
|
:: brandhout
|
| wood {v} (to cover or plant with trees)
|
:: bebossen
|
| wood anemone {n} (Anemone nemorosa)
|
:: bosanemoon
|
| wood apple {n} (Limonia acidissima)
|
:: olifantsappel
|
| woodblock {n} (printing form)
|
:: houtsnede {m} {f}
|
| woodblock printing {n} (technique for printing text, images or patterns)
|
:: blokdruk
|
| woodchuck {n} (rodent of the family Sciuridae)
|
:: bosmarmot
|
| woodcock {n} (wading bird in the genus Scolopax)
|
:: houtsnip {f}, snip {f}
|
| wood cudweed {n} (Gnaphalium sylvaticum)
|
:: bosdroogbloem
|
| woodcut {n} (method of printmaking)
|
:: xylografie {f}
|
| woodcutter {n} (lumberjack) SEE: lumberjack
|
::
|
| wood ear {n} (black fungus)
|
:: judasoor {n}
|
| wooden {adj} (made of wood)
|
:: houten
|
| wooden {adj} (figuratively)
|
:: houterig
|
| wooden spoon {n} (spoon made from wood)
|
:: houten lepel {m}, pollepel
|
| wooden spoon {n} (prize for coming last in a competition)
|
:: rode lantaarn
|
| Wood Frisian {n} (Dialect of West Frisian)
|
:: Woudfries {n}
|
| wood grouse {n} (Tetrao urogallus) SEE: western capercaillie
|
::
|
| woodie {n} (erection) SEE: erection
|
::
|
| woodie {n}
|
:: houtig (houtige) , verhout
|
| woodlouse {n} (any species of suborder Oniscidea)
|
:: pissebed {m}, varkensbeest {n} [maybe only in Flanders]
|
| wood mouse {n} (European rodent)
|
:: bosmuis {f}
|
| wood nuthatch {n} (Sitta europaea) SEE: Eurasian nuthatch
|
::
|
| woodpecker {n} (bird in Picinae)
|
:: specht {m}
|
| wood pigeon {n} (Columba palumbus)
|
:: houtduif {m} {f}
|
| woods {n} (forest) SEE: forest
|
::
|
| wood sandpiper {n} (Tringa stagnatilis)
|
:: bosruiter
|
| wood spirit {n} (spiritual being)
|
:: bosgeest {m}
|
| wood warbler {n} (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
|
:: fluiter {m}
|
| woodwind instrument {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: houtblazer
|
| woodworm {n} (larvae that bore into wood)
|
:: houtworm
|
| wooer {n} (someone who woos or courts)
|
:: huwelijkskandidaat {n}
|
| woof {n} (set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)
|
:: inslag {m}
|
| woof {n} (sound of a dog)
|
:: waf, woef
|
| wool {n} (hair of sheep, etc.)
|
:: wol {m}
|
| wool {n} (cloth or yarn)
|
:: wol
|
| woolen {adj} (made of wool)
|
:: wollen
|
| woolly {adj} (made of wool)
|
:: wollig
|
| woolly bear {n} (hairy caterpillar)
|
:: behaarde rups {c}
|
| woolly hat {n} (beanie) SEE: beanie
|
::
|
| woozy {adj} (queasy, dizzy, or disoriented)
|
:: wazig
|
| wop {n} (person of Italian descent)
|
:: spaghettivreter {m}, spaghettivreetster {f}, macaronivreter {m}, pizzavreter {m}
|
| Worcestershire sauce {n} (English condiment)
|
:: Worcestersaus
|
| word {n} (unit of language)
|
:: woord
|
| word {n} (promise)
|
:: erewoord, woord
|
| word {n} (angry debate; argument)
|
:: woordenwisseling
|
| word {v} (to say or write using particular words)
|
:: verwoorden, onder woorden brengen, formuleren
|
| word {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb
|
::
|
| Word {n} (Creative word of God)
|
:: Woord {n}
|
| wordbook {n} (dictionary) SEE: dictionary
|
::
|
| word break {n} (a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen)
|
:: woordafbreking {f}
|
| word for word {adv} (in exactly the same words) SEE: verbatim
|
::
|
| word-hoard {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary
|
::
|
| Wordian {prop} (A subdivision of the Permian period.)
|
:: Wordien
|
| wording {n} (choice of words)
|
:: woordkeuze, verwoording {f}, formulering {f}
|
| wordlist {n} (collection of all words from a particular source)
|
:: woordenlijst
|
| word of honor {n} (a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith)
|
:: woord van eer {n}
|
| word of honour {n} (word of honor) SEE: word of honor
|
::
|
| word of mouth {n} (verbal means of passing of information)
|
:: mond-tot-mond {n}, mond-tot-mond communicatie {f}
|
| word processor {n} (software)
|
:: tekstverwerker {m}
|
| words {n} (lyrics) SEE: lyrics
|
::
|
| wordster {n} (one who uses words instead of actions) SEE: hypocrite
|
::
|
| word-stock {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary
|
::
|
| work {n} (labour, employment, occupation, job)
|
:: werk {n}, job {f}, arbeid {m}
|
| work {n} (place where one is employed)
|
:: werk {n}, arbeidsplaats {f}
|
| work {n} (effort expended on a particular task)
|
:: werk {n}, arbeid {m}
|
| work {n} (result of a particular manner of production)
|
:: werk {n}
|
| work {n} (literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
|
:: werk {n}, werkstuk {n}
|
| work {n} (measure of energy expended in moving an object)
|
:: arbeid {m}
|
| work {v} (to do a specific task)
|
:: werken
|
| work {v} (shape, form, or improve a material)
|
:: bewerken
|
| work {v} (provoke or excite)
|
:: bespelen
|
| work {v} (cause to happen)
|
:: bewerkstelligen
|
| work {v} (function correctly)
|
:: werken
|
| workbench {n} (sturdy table)
|
:: werkbank {f}
|
| workday {n} (day on which work is done)
|
:: werkdag {m}
|
| worker {n} (person who performs labor)
|
:: [♂♀] arbeider {m}, [♀] arbeidster {f}, [♂♀] arbeidskracht {m} {f}
|
| worker bee {n} (sterile bee)
|
:: werkster {f}, werkbij {f}
|
| workers of the world, unite {phrase} (workers of the world, unite)
|
:: proletariërs aller landen, verenigt U!
|
| working day {n} (day of a week in which work is done)
|
:: werkdag
|
| working dog {n} (type of dog breed)
|
:: werkhond {m}
|
| working title {n} (a temporary name)
|
:: werktitel {m}
|
| working week {n} (range of days of the week) SEE: workweek
|
::
|
| work in progress {n} (work)
|
:: werk in uitvoering
|
| workmate {n} (coworker) SEE: coworker
|
::
|
| work of art {n} (product of the fine arts)
|
:: kunstwerk {n}
|
| work one's butt off {v} (to work excessively)
|
:: zich uit de naad werken
|
| work out {v} (to calculate)
|
:: uitrekenen
|
| work permit {n} (authorization to work in a foreign country)
|
:: arbeidsvergunning {f}, werkvergunning {f}
|
| workplace {n} (place where someone works)
|
:: arbeidsplaats {m}
|
| work placement {n} (practicum) SEE: practicum
|
::
|
| workroom {n} (A room where work is done)
|
:: werkkamer
|
| works {n} (plural form of work (in its countable senses))
|
:: werken
|
| works {n} (an act associated with moral or religious standing)
|
:: daden
|
| workshop {n} (small manufacturing room)
|
:: atelier {n}, werkplaats {m} {f}
|
| workshop {n} (intensive course of education)
|
:: workshop
|
| workshop {n}
|
:: werkplaats {f} {m}
|
| workshy {adj} (disinclined to work)
|
:: werkschuw, arbeidsschuw
|
| worksome {adj} (industrious) SEE: industrious
|
::
|
| worksome {adj} (laborious) SEE: laborious
|
::
|
| workstead {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory
|
::
|
| work-to-rule {n} (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out)
|
:: stiptheidsactie {f} (accuracy action), modelactie {f} (model action), langzaamaanactie {f} (slow-down action)
|
| work up {v} (To develop) SEE: develop
|
::
|
| workweek {n} (range of days of the week)
|
:: werkweek {m} {f}
|
| work wonders {v}
|
:: wonderen doen
|
| world {n} (human collective existence)
|
:: wereld {f} {m}
|
| world {n} (the universe)
|
:: wereld {m} {f}
|
| world {n} (the Earth)
|
:: aarde {f} {m}, wereld {m} {f}
|
| world {n} (inhabited planet)
|
:: wereld {f} {m}
|
| World Bank {prop} (group of five financial organizations)
|
:: Wereldbank {f} {m}
|
| world champion {n} (winner of world cup or world championship)
|
:: wereldkampioen {m}
|
| World Exposition {n} (a regular international exposition)
|
:: wereldtentoonstelling
|
| world-famous {adj} (renowned in many parts of the world)
|
:: wereldberoemd
|
| world language {n} (language spoken internationally)
|
:: wereldtaal {f}
|
| worldly {adj} (concerned with the human, earthly or physical rather than spiritual)
|
:: materieel
|
| worldly {adj} (concerned with the secular rather than sacred)
|
:: wereldlijk, seculier
|
| worldly {adj} (versed in the ways of the world)
|
:: wereldwijs
|
| world music {n} (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music)
|
:: volksmuziek {f}, traditionele muziek {f}
|
| world music {n} (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements)
|
:: wereldmuziek {f}
|
| world peace {n} (ideology of universal global understanding and nonviolence)
|
:: wereldvrede
|
| world power {n} (nation which influences world affairs)
|
:: wereldmacht {f}
|
| world's oldest profession {n} (euphemism for prostitution)
|
:: het oudste beroep ter wereld {n}
|
| World Trade Organization {prop} (World Trade Organization)
|
:: Wereldhandelsorganisatie
|
| worldview {n} (personal view of the world)
|
:: wereldbeeld {n}, wereldbeschouwing {f}
|
| worldview {n} (totality of one's beliefs about reality)
|
:: wereldbeeld {n}
|
| worldview {n} (general philosophy or view of life)
|
:: wereldbeeld {n}
|
| world war {n} (a war involving the major nations of the world)
|
:: wereldoorlog {m}, wereldbrand {m}, wereldkrijg {m}
|
| World War I {prop} (war)
|
:: Eerste Wereldoorlog {f}, Grote Oorlog {m}, Eerste Wereldkrijg {m}
|
| World War II {prop} (war from 1939 to 1945)
|
:: Tweede Wereldoorlog {m}
|
| World War III {prop} (hypothetical world war (World War III))
|
:: Derde Wereldoorlog {m}
|
| World War One {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I
|
::
|
| World War Two {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II
|
::
|
| world-weary {adj} (tired of the ways of the world)
|
:: levensmoe
|
| worldwide {adj} (affecting every place in the world)
|
:: wereldwijd, wereldwijde
|
| worldwide {adv} (throughout the world)
|
:: wereldwijd, over de hele wereld
|
| worm {n} (animal)
|
:: worm {m}, pier {m}, wurm {m}
|
| worm {n} (contemptible being)
|
:: worm {m}, mormel {n}
|
| worm {n} (self-replicating program)
|
:: worm {m}
|
| worm {n} (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
|
:: draad {m}, schroef {f}
|
| worm {v} (to move with one's body dragging the ground)
|
:: zich wurmen
|
| worm {v} (to get (into) gradually or slowly)
|
:: zich wurmen
|
| worm {v} (to work one's way by artful or devious means)
|
:: zich wurmen
|
| worm-eaten {adj} (eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside)
|
:: wormstekig
|
| wormwood {n} (Artemisia absinthium)
|
:: alsem {m}
|
| worried {adj} (thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen)
|
:: ongerust, bezorgd
|
| worrisome {adj} (causing worry; perturbing or vexing)
|
:: verontrustend, verontrustende
|
| worrisome {adj} (of a person: inclined to worry)
|
:: ongerust, ongeruste
|
| worry {v} (be troubled)
|
:: bezorgd zijn, zich zorgen maken
|
| worry {n} (strong feeling of anxiety)
|
:: zorg {m} {f}
|
| worry {v} (strangle) SEE: strangle
|
::
|
| worrying {adj} (inducing worry)
|
:: verontrustend
|
| worse {adj} (comparative form of bad)
|
:: slechter, erger
|
| worse for wear {adj} (Drunk)
|
:: dronken
|
| worsen {v} (transitive: make worse)
|
:: verergeren
|
| worsen {v} (intransitive: get worse)
|
:: verergeren
|
| worsen {v}
|
:: verslechteren
|
| worship {n} (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object)
|
:: verering {f}, aanbidding {f}
|
| worship {v} (to honor and adore, especially as a deity)
|
:: vereren, aanbidden
|
| worship {v}
|
:: aanbidden
|
| worst {adj} (most inferior)
|
:: slechtst, ergst
|
| worst comes to worst {adv} (if a bad situation develops)
|
:: in het ergste geval
|
| worsted {n} (yarn made from wool)
|
:: kamgaren {n}
|
| wort {n} (any of various plants or herbs)
|
:: kruid {n}
|
| wort {n} (liquid extract)
|
:: wort
|
| worth {adj} (obsolete: valuable, worthwhile) SEE: worthwhile
|
::
|
| worth {adj} (equal in value to)
|
:: gelijkwaardig aan, waard
|
| worth {adj} (deserving of)
|
:: gewaardeerd
|
| worth {adj} (making a fair equivalent of)
|
:: vermogen
|
| worth {n} (value)
|
:: waarde {f}
|
| worthless {adj} (not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential)
|
:: waardeloos
|
| worth one's while {adj} (important enough to spend time, effort or money on)
|
:: de moeite waard
|
| worthwhile {adj} (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on)
|
:: de moeite lonend, de moeite waard, waardevol
|
| worthy {adj} (having worth, merit or value)
|
:: waardig
|
| would {v} (indicating an action or state that is conditional on another)
|
:: zou/zouden (past tense of zullen); It would be warmer here, if you had not opened the window. - Het zou hier warmer zijn, als je het venster niet had geopend/niet zou hebben geopend
|
| would {v} (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
|
:: zou/zouden (past tense of zullen); We sat on the bench asking ourselves if the bus would be too late this time. - We zaten op de bank ons afvragend of de bus deze keer te laat zou zijn.
|
| would {v} (indicating an action in the past that was planned or intended)
|
:: zou/zouden (past tense of zullen); The waiter said that he would be right back. - De ober zei dat hij meteen terug zou keren.
|
| would {v} (indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly)
|
:: Use the past tense; In the winters, we would sit by the hole on the frozen lake and fish for hours. - 's winters zaten we bij het gat in het bevroren meer en visten we urenlang.
|
| would {v} (used to express a polite request)
|
:: zou/zouden (past tense of zullen), gelieve; Would you please turn off the TV? - Zou u a.u.b. de TV kunnen uitzetten, Gelieve de TV uit te schakelen, a.u.b.
|
| would like {v} (transitive)
|
:: willen
|
| would like {v} (intransitive)
|
:: zouden graag willen
|
| wound {n} (injury)
|
:: wonde {f}, verwonding {f}, kwetsuur {f}
|
| wound {n} (something that offends a person’s feelings)
|
:: wonde {f}
|
| wound {n} (an injury to a person by which the skin is divided)
|
:: verwonding {f}
|
| wound {v} (hurt or injure)
|
:: verwonden, kwetsen
|
| wound {v} (hurt (someone's feelings))
|
:: kwetsen
|
| woven {adj} (fabricated by weaving)
|
:: geweven
|
| wow {interj} (amazement)
|
:: wauw
|
| wow {interj}
|
:: wauw
|
| wrack {v} (rack) SEE: rack
|
::
|
| wrack {n} (archaic or literary: revenge, persecution)
|
:: wraak
|
| wraith {n} (A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death)
|
:: spook {n}
|
| wramp {v} (to sprain part of the body) SEE: sprain
|
::
|
| wrap {v} (to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc)
|
:: inpakken, omhullen
|
| wrap {n} (garment)
|
:: omslag
|
| wrap around one's little finger {v} (to successfully control or influence)
|
:: om zijn/haar vinger winden
|
| wrapper {n} (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection)
|
:: omslag, verpakking
|
| wrapping paper {n} (paper used for wrapping parcels or presents)
|
:: pakpapier {n}
|
| wrap up {v} (To fold and secure something to be the cover or protection)
|
:: inpakken, omhullen, verpakken
|
| wrap up {v} (To finish off a task completely)
|
:: afronden
|
| wrap up {v} (To wear abundant clothing as protection from the weather)
|
:: inpakken
|
| wrap up {v} (To summarize or recapitulate)
|
:: samenvatten
|
| wrath {n} (great anger)
|
:: gramschap {f}, woede {f}, toorn {m}
|
| wreath {n} (ornamental circular band)
|
:: krans
|
| wreath {n} (heraldry: support of a crest)
|
:: wrong {m}
|
| wreck {n} (ruined object or person)
|
:: wrak
|
| wreck {n} (collision)
|
:: botsing {f}
|
| wreck {v} (to cause severe damage)
|
:: beschadigen, slopen
|
| wreck {v} (to ruin)
|
:: ruïneren,verwoesten
|
| wreck {v} (to dismantle wrecked objects)
|
:: ontmantelen
|
| wrecker {n} (tow truck) SEE: tow truck
|
::
|
| wrecking ball {n} (heavy steel ball used for demolition)
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:: sloopkogel {m}
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| wren {n} (bird of family Troglodytidae)
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:: winterkoninkje {n}
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| wrench {n} (screw) SEE: screw
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::
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| wrench {n} (violent twisting movement)
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:: ruk
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| wrench {n} (hand tool)
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:: moersleutel, schroefsleutel, sleutel, Engelse sleutel
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| wrench {n} (violent emotional change caused by separation)
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:: moeilijk afscheid {n}, verdriet {n}
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| wrench {v} (to pull or twist)
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:: afbreken, loswringen
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| wrench {v} (to sprain a joint)
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:: verstuiken, omslaan, verzwikken
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| wrench {v} (to use a wrench)
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:: los/vastdraaien
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| wrest {v} (to seize) SEE: seize
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::
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| wrest {v} (to pull or twist violently)
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:: wringen, wringen
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| wrest {v} (to obtain by pulling or violent force)
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:: wegrukken, losrukken
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| wrest {v} (to distort, pervert, twist) SEE: distort
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::
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| wrestle {v} (to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw)
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:: worstelen
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| wrestler {n} (person who wrestles)
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:: worstelaar {m}
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| wrestling {n} (sport)
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:: worstelen {n}
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| wretch {n} (exile) SEE: exile
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::
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| wretch {n} (unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person)
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:: wrak {n}, ellendeling {m} {f}
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| wretched {adj} (very miserable)
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:: ellendig
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| wriggle {v} (to twist one's body and move the limbs)
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:: wiebelen
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| wriggle {v} (to make or cause to wriggle)
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:: wiebelen
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| wright {n} ((obsolete) a builder or maker of something)
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:: wrecht {m}, maker {m}, schepper {m}
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| wring {v} (to squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out)
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:: uitwringen
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| wring {v} (to obtain by force)
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:: afpersen
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| wring {v} (to hold tightly and press or twist)
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:: wringen
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| wring {v}
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:: wringen, uitwringen
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| wrinkle {n} (line or crease in the skin)
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:: rimpel {m}
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| wrinkle {v} (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
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:: kreuken
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| wrinkle-free {adj} (without wrinkles)
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:: kreukherstellend
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| wrinkleless {adj} (wrinkle-free) SEE: wrinkle-free
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::
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| wrist {n} (wrist)
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:: pols {m}
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| wristband {n}
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:: polsband
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| wristlet {n} (handcuff) SEE: handcuff
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::
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| wristwatch {n} (watch worn on the wrist)
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:: polshorloge {n}, horloge {n}, uurwerk {n}
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| writ {n} (a written order)
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:: bevelschrift, gerechterlijke opdracht, dwangbevel
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| write {v} (to form letters, etc.)
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:: schrijven
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| write {v} (to send a letter to)
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:: schrijven (naar)
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| write {v} (to be the author of)
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:: schrijven
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| write {v} (to be an author)
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:: schrijven
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| write {v} (record (data))
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:: schrijven
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| write down {v} (to set something down in writing)
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:: opschrijven, neerschrijven, noteren
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| write off {v} (to reduce an asset's book value to zero)
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:: afschrijven
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| write off {v} (to record an expenditure as an expense)
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:: declareren
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| writer {n} (person who writes; an author)
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:: schrijver {m}, schrijfster {f}, auteur {m} {f}
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| writhe {v} (to twist or contort the body)
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:: kronkelen, draaien, vervormen
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| writing {n} (written letters or symbols)
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:: schrift {n}, schrijfsel {n}, geschrift {n}
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| writing {n} (something written)
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:: schrijfsel {n}, geschrift {n}
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| writing {n} (process of representing a language)
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:: geschrijf {n}, schrijven {n}
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| writing {n} (work of an author)
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:: schrijfsel {n}, werk {n}, oeuvre {n}
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| writing {n} (made for or used in writing)
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:: schrijf-
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| writing desk {n} (desk)
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:: bureau {n}, schrijftafel {f}
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| written {adj}
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:: geschreven
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| Wroclaw {prop} (a city in southwestern Poland)
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:: Wrocław, Wroclaw, Breslau [historical]
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| wrong {adj} (incorrect)
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:: fout, verkeerd, onjuist, mis
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| wrong {adj} (immoral)
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:: slecht, fout, verkeerd
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| wrong {adj} (improper)
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:: slecht, fout, verkeerd
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| wrong {adj} (not working)
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:: fout, verkeerd, mis
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| wrong {adv}
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:: fout, foutief, verkeerd, onjuist
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| wrong {n} (something immoral)
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:: misstand {m}, wantoestand {m}, onrechtmatige daad {f}
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| wrong {n} (opposite of right)
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:: verkeerde {n}, kwaad {n}, onrecht {n}
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| wrong {v} (to treat unjustly)
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:: benadelen, onrecht doen, aandoen
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| wrong {v} (to slander or impute evil)
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:: onbillijk beoordelen
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| wrong-way driver {n}
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:: spookrijder {m}
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| wrought iron {n} (form of iron that is not cast)
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:: smeedijzer {n}
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| WRT {prep} (abbreviated forms of prepositions denoting with respect to)
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:: m.b.t.
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| wrung {v} (past tense of wring)
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:: wrong, wrongen
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| wrung {v} (past participle of wring)
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:: gewrongen
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| wry {adj} (contorted)
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:: verdraaid, verwrongen
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| wry {adj} (dryly humorous)
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:: droog, ironisch
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| wry {adj} (twisted)
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:: verdraaid, verwrongen
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| wry {v} (to turn away)
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:: wegdraaien, zich afkeren
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| wry {v} (to divert)
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:: wegdraaien
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| wry {v} (to twist)
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:: wringen, verwringen, verdraaien
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| WSC {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin
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::
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| Wuchiapingian {prop} (A subdivision of the Permian period.)
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:: Wuchiapingien
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| wuderove {n} (herb) SEE: sweet woodruff
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::
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| wudu {n} (ritual washing after minor impurity)
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:: woedoe
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| wunderkind {n} (child prodigy) SEE: child prodigy
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::
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| WW1 {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I
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::
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| wy {n} (name of the letter Y, y) SEE: wye
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::
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| wye {n} (name of the letter Y, y)
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:: Griekse ij, i-grec
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| wynkernel {n} (common moorhen) SEE: common moorhen
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::
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| wyvern {n} (mythical dragon-like creature)
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:: wyvern
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