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| -n- {interfix} | :: Interfix used to link elements in some compounds, sometimes short for -en- |
| 'n {art} | :: contraction of een |
| n- {prefix} | :: Used to negate the pronoun or adverb which follows it, yielding the same part of speech |
| n {letter} | :: letter |
| N {letter} | :: The fourteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet |
| N {noun} | :: abbreviation of noord; north |
| na- {prefix} | :: after |
| na {prep} | :: after |
| na {prep} [op ... na, with a cardinal number] | :: bar, except Used to form ordinal numbers in relation to a superlative quality. The number that is used is 1 lower than in the English translation |
| na {adj} | :: close |
| naad {m} | :: A seam, as where pieces of textile are sewn together |
| naad {m} [figuratively] | :: Another joint or juncture, notably in construction, mechanics, etc |
| naad {m} [figuratively, vulgar, often diminutive] | :: The gluteal cleft or the vulva |
| naadloos {adj} | :: seamless |
| naadloos {adv} | :: seamlessly |
| naaf {f} {m} | :: hub, nave |
| naafversnelling {f} | :: hub gear (for changing speeds on a bike) |
| naaiboek {n} | :: sewing book, sewing pattern book |
| naaien {vti} | :: to sew |
| naaien {vti} [vulgar] | :: to screw, to fuck, to have sex |
| naaien {vt} [vulgar] | :: to screw, to screw over (someone) |
| naaimachine {f} | :: Sewing machine |
| naakt {adj} | :: nude, not wearing any clothing; can also apply to part of the body with exposed hide |
| naakt {adj} | :: naked, bald, without protective fur, feathers etc. on the skin |
| naakt {adj} | :: bare, stripped, reduced to its essence |
| naakt {n} | :: A nude, an artwork representing a naked subject |
| naakt {n} | :: nakie is informally used in the expression In m'n nakie — In the nude |
| naakte {noun} | :: naked person |
| Naaktgeboren {prop} | :: surname |
| naaktheid {f} | :: The naked state or nude condition, nudity |
| naaktloper {m} | :: A nudist |
| naaktloper {m} [historical] | :: A 16th-century Anabaptist practicing nudism |
| naaktloperij {f} | :: The activity of nudism |
| naaktloperij {f} [historical] | :: A movement of XVIth century Anabaptists practicing nudism, mostly based in Amsterdam |
| naaktslak {f} | :: slug (mollusc) |
| naaktstrand {n} | :: A nudist beach, a nude beach; a beach where one is allowed or required to practice nudism |
| naald {f} | :: A needle, a pin (for sewing, injections, tattooing etc.) |
| naald {f} | :: A needle (leaf of coniferous trees) |
| naald {f} | :: The needle of a record player |
| naald {f} [architecture] | :: A obelisk or column (monument, memorial) |
| naaldaar {noun} | :: Setaria, a genus of grasses |
| naaldboom {m} | :: A conifer, tree of the order Coniferales |
| naaldbos {n} | :: coniferous forest |
| naaldgeweer {n} [historical] | :: needle gun |
| naaldhak {m} | :: stiletto heel |
| naaldhakje {noun} | :: diminutive of naaldhak |
| naaldwoud {n} | :: conifer forest |
| naam {m} | :: name |
| naambord {n} | :: nameplate |
| naamchristen {m} [Protestantism, pejorative] | :: false Christian, a Christian (practising or nominal) who doesn't adhere to orthodox Pietist standards |
| naamdag {m} | :: name day |
| naamdrager {m} | :: A name-bearer |
| naamgenoot {mf} | :: A person's homonym, who shares the same name; namesake |
| naamgever {m} | :: eponym |
| naamkunde | :: onomastics |
| naamloos {adj} | :: nameless, anonymous |
| naamloze vennootschap {f} | :: public limited company, corporation |
| naampje {noun} | :: diminutive of naam |
| naamval {m} [grammar] | :: case |
| naamvers {n} | :: acrostic, often one spelling out a name |
| naam voluit {m} | :: The full name identifying an individual person: first name and last name of a person |
| naamwaarde {f} | :: face value |
| naamwaarde {f} | :: worth of one's name |
| naamwoord {n} [part of speech] | :: noun (in the general sense, adjectives included) |
| naamwoordelijk {adj} [grammar] | :: nominal |
| naamwoordstijl {m} | :: writing style which relies heavily on the use of nouns |
| na-apen {v} | :: to imitate |
| naar {prep} | :: to, towards in time, space, consequence, purpose etc |
| naar {prep} [dated] | :: according to, in accordance with |
| naar {adj} | :: nasty, scary |
| naar {adj} | :: unpleasant, sickening |
| naar aanleiding van {prep} | :: because of, on account of |
| naar beneden {adv} | :: downwards |
| naar beneden {adv} | :: down the stairs |
| naar boven {adv} | :: upwards |
| naar boven {adv} | :: up the stairs |
| naar buiten brengen {vt} | :: to make public, to publicise, to announce |
| naar buiten brengen {v} | :: See: nl naar buiten brengen |
| naar buiten komen {vi} | :: to make public, to publicise, to announce [+ met (object)] |
| naar buiten komen {v} | :: See: nl naar buiten komen |
| naar de filistijnen {prep} [colloquial] | :: down the khazi, destroyed, wasted |
| naar de gallemieze {adj} | :: alternative form of naar de gallemiezen |
| naar de gallemiezen {adj} | :: ruined, destroyed, done for, to the dogs |
| naar de mosterd ruiken {v} | :: alternative form of naar de mutsaard rieken |
| naar de mosterd ruiken {v} | :: to be expensive |
| naar de mutsaard rieken {v} | :: to be suspicious [originally involving suspicion of having heretical opinions] |
| naar de ratsmodee {prep} [Netherlands, colloquial] | :: broken, ruined, down the khazi |
| naargeestig {adj} | :: melancholy, despondent |
| naargeestig {adj} | :: depressing, sombre, gloomy |
| naargelang {prep} | :: according to, depending on |
| naargelang {prep} | :: as, to the extent that, along |
| naar het schijnt {adv} [idiomatic] | :: apparently |
| naarling {m} | :: annoying or unpleasant person |
| naarling {m} | :: scoundrel, rapscallion, pain in the neck |
| naarmate {conj} | :: as, to the extent that |
| naarst {m} [obsolete] | :: diligence, industry, keenness |
| naarstig {adj} | :: assiduous, diligent, industrious |
| naartoe {circump} | :: to, towards (an end point or destination) |
| naar verluidt {adv} | :: allegedly, supposedly (according to general belief, true or otherwise) |
| naast {prep} | :: beside, next to |
| naast {prep} | :: in addition to |
| naast de pot pissen {vi} [idiom] | :: to cheat, to commit adultery (to have sex with someone other than one's partner, esp. when misleading one's partner about it) |
| naaste {m} | :: fellow human, someone close to oneself (such as a neighbour, relative etc.) |
| naasten {v} | :: to take as one's property |
| naastenliefde {f} | :: altruism, charity, philanthropy |
| naaststaand {adj} | :: adjacent |
| naaststaande {m} [dated] | :: relative, agnate |
| naast zijn schoenen lopen {v} [intransive, figurative] | :: to be arrogant, to be conceited |
| naatje {n} [Netherlands, slang, only used as part of a predicate] | :: Something that is of poor quality or that is unpleasant; something that sucks |
| naauw {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of nauw |
| naauw {n} | :: obsolete spelling of nauw |
| nabestaande {mf} | :: surviving dependant |
| nabeurs {adj} | :: after the closing of the stock exchange |
| nabewerken {v} | :: to put a finishing touch on |
| nabij {prep} | :: near |
| nabij {adv} | :: near |
| nabij {adj} | :: near, proximal |
| Nabije Oosten {prop} {n} | :: Near East |
| nabijgelegen {adj} | :: nearby |
| nabijheid {f} | :: proximity |
| nabla {c} [analysis] | :: nabla, ∇ |
| nablijven {v} | :: to stay behind (remain after class, as punishment) |
| nablijven {n} [education] | :: detention |
| nabootsen {v} | :: to imitate, to mimic |
| nabootsen {v} | :: to copy |
| nabootsen {v} | :: to replicate |
| naburig {adj} | :: neighboring |
| nabuur {m} [archaic] | :: neighbour |
| nabuur {m} | :: neighbouring country, state |
| nabuur {m} | :: The ruler of the above |
| nabuurlijk {adj} | :: neighbourly |
| nabuurschap {n} | :: the quality neighborhood |
| nabuurschap {n} | :: a neighborly disposition |
| nabuurschap {n} | :: the proximity (of) |
| nacht {m} | :: night |
| nachtactief {adj} [zoology] | :: nocturnal, active at night |
| nachtapotheker {m} [slang, Netherlands, uncommon] | :: A clandestine drug dealer |
| nachtapotheker {m} [uncommon] | :: A pharmacy that (also) serves customers at night |
| nachtblind {adj} | :: night-blind |
| nachtblindheid {f} | :: night blindness |
| nachtbraken {v} [Brabant] | :: to stay up late at night |
| nachtbus {m} | :: night bus (bus that operates at night) |
| nachtclub {f} {m} | :: nightclub |
| nachtdienst {m} | :: night shift |
| nachtdienstje {noun} | :: diminutive of nachtdienst |
| nachtdier {n} | :: A nocturnal animal |
| nachtegaal {m} [zoology] | :: nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos (songbird) |
| nachtegaal {m} [figuratively] | :: vocal talent, born singer |
| nachtelijk {adj} | :: nocturnal |
| nachtevening {f} | :: equinox |
| nachtgoed {n} | :: nightwear, nightclothes |
| nachthemd {n} | :: nightgown |
| nachtjapon {m} | :: nightgown, nightshirt, nightdress |
| nachtje {noun} | :: diminutive of nacht |
| nachtkast {f} | :: [chiefly diminutive] nightstand |
| nachtmerrie {f} [also, figurative] | :: nightmare (bad dream) |
| nachtmerrie {f} [obsolete, pejorative] | :: ugly woman, witch |
| nachtmerrie-achtig {adj} | :: alternative form of nachtmerrieachtig |
| nachtmerrieachtig {adj} | :: nightmarish, resembling a nightmare |
| nachtpermissie {f} [military] | :: permission for members of the armed forces to spend the night outside the barracks |
| nachtpermissie {f} | :: permit for a drinking establishment to be open after closing time |
| nachtpo {m} | :: chamberpot for nocturnal use |
| nachtpon {m} | :: nightshirt, nightgown |
| nachtpot {m} | :: chamberpot for nocturnal use |
| nachtroofdier {n} | :: nocturnal predator |
| nachtroofvogel {m} | :: nocturnal bird of prey |
| nachtrust {f} | :: night's rest, nightly rest; sleep |
| nachtschade {f} {m} | :: nightshade, any plant of the genus Solanum |
| nachtschaduw {f} [less common] | :: alternative form of nachtschade |
| nachtschaduw {f} [rare, literal] | :: nightly shadow |
| nachttemperatuur {f} | :: night temperature, nocturnal temperature |
| nachttrein {mf} | :: night train (train with facilities for spending the night) |
| nachtval {m} | :: nightfall, sundown |
| nachtvlinder {m} | :: nocturnal moth (nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera) |
| nachtvorst {m} | :: overnight frost, ground frost |
| nachtvrijen {n} [historical] | :: Bundling; a mostly rural tradition where a suitor would visit a woman in her bedroom at night, usually entering through the window, to sleep and canoodle together |
| nachtwacht {f} | :: night guard, night watchman or night watchwoman (person belonging to a night watch, standing guard at night) |
| nachtwacht {f} | :: night watch, night guard (group of people who stand guard at night) |
| nachtwacht {f} | :: guard duty for the night watch (look-out duty at night) |
| nachtwaker {m} | :: A nightguard (person), a night watchman [usually male] |
| nachtwakersstaat {m} | :: night watchman state |
| nachtzoen {m} | :: A good-night kiss |
| nachtzwaluw {f} | :: European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus |
| nachtzwaluw {f} | :: nightjar, any bird of the family Caprimulgidae |
| nada {pron} | :: nothing |
| nadar {m} [Belgium] | :: crush barrier |
| nadat {conj} | :: after, after which |
| nadeel {n} | :: disadvantage |
| nadelig {adj} | :: disadvantageous, adverse |
| nadelig {adv} | :: disadvantageously |
| nadenken {v} | :: to muse, to get lost in thought |
| nader {adj} | :: closer, more nearby |
| nader {adj} | :: more precise |
| nader {adv} | :: closer, near |
| naderen {vti} | :: to approach |
| naderhand {adv} | :: afterwards |
| nadien {adv} | :: afterwards, since then |
| nadoen {v} | :: to imitate |
| nadorst {m} | :: thirst caused by (excessive) alcohol consumption, especially in combination with a hangover |
| nadruk {m} | :: emphasis |
| nadrukkelijk {adj} | :: emphatic |
| nadrukkelijk {adv} | :: emphatically |
| Naftali {prop} {m} | :: Naphtali (mythological son of Jacob) |
| Naftali {prop} {m} | :: Naphtali (tribe of Israel) |
| naftbak {m} | :: fuel tank |
| nagaan {v} | :: to check, to verify |
| nagalm {m} | :: echo |
| nageboorte {f} | :: afterbirth, placenta |
| nagedachtenis {f} | :: remembrance |
| nagel {m} | :: nail (on the fingers or toes) |
| nagel {m} | :: nail (metal pin) |
| Nagel {prop} | :: surname |
| nagelborstel {m} | :: nailbrush |
| nagelborsteltje {noun} | :: diminutive of nagelborstel |
| nagellak {m} | :: nail polish |
| nagelriem {m} | :: the strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail; a cuticle |
| nagenoeg {adv} | :: almost, virtually, practically |
| nagerecht {n} | :: dessert |
| nageslacht {n} | :: offspring |
| nageslacht {n} | :: posterity |
| nagras {n} | :: The lattermath, grass grown after the first crop has been harvested for hay |
| nagras {n} [figuratively] | :: The leftovers |
| nahouden {v} | :: (erop ~) to have, possess |
| naïef {adj} | :: naive |
| najaar {n} | :: fall, autumn (season after summer) |
| najagen {v} | :: to pursue |
| nak {c} [slang] | :: a bump or small line of an insufflated drug |
| naken {vi} | :: to draw near, to approach, to be imminent |
| nakend {adj} [dialectal] | :: naked |
| nakie {n} [slang] | :: The nude; a naked state |
| nakijken {vt} | :: to check, to review |
| nakijken {vt} | :: to grade, to mark (to review tests or assignments to determine marks) |
| nakijken {vt} | :: to look back at |
| nakkie {n} [Netherlands, slang] | :: An insufflated dose of a powdered drug, especially cocaine; a bump |
| nakomeling {m} | :: descendant, offspring |
| nakomen {v} | :: to fulfill (one's promise), to carry out (an obligation) |
| nakroost {n} [formal, somewhat dated] | :: progeny, descendants |
| nalaten {v} | :: to leave behind, bequeath |
| nalaten {v} | :: to neglect |
| nalatenschap {f} | :: heritage |
| nalatenschap {f} | :: legacy |
| nalatig {adj} | :: negligent |
| nalatigheid {f} | :: negligence (failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) |
| naleven {vt} | :: To observe, live by, respect a rule etc |
| naleven {vi} | :: To live on, have an afterlife, be continued after one's own time |
| naleven {n} | :: A continued existence in a reduced form, a state of living on in a lesser form |
| nalever {m} | :: An abider, one who observes rules etc |
| naleving {f} | :: living up to, observance |
| namaak {m} | :: imitation, counterfeit, knockoff |
| namaken {v} | :: to create copies or additional specimens of (e.g. a spare) |
| namaken {v} | :: to create in imitation, to counterfeit |
| namelijk {adv} | :: namely |
| namelijk {adv} | :: Used to indicate that a statement explains an earlier one |
| Namen {prop} {n} | :: Namur, a province of Belgium |
| Namen {prop} {n} | :: Namur, the capital city of that province |
| namens {prep} | :: on behalf of |
| Namibië {prop} {n} | :: Namibia |
| Namibisch {adj} | :: Namibian |
| namiddag {m} [Belgium] | :: afternoon, between 12 and 6 o'clock |
| namiddag {m} [Netherlands] | :: late afternoon, between 4 and 6 o'clock |
| na mij de zondvloed {prep} | :: Used to express indifference about events after one's death or more generally indifference about the future |
| nanacht {m} | :: late night, hours just before dawn |
| nano- {prefix} | :: nano- |
| nanoampère {m} | :: nano-ampere: 10-9 of an ampere |
| nano-ohm {m} {n} | :: nano-ohm: 10-9 ohm |
| nanosteradiaal {m} | :: nanosteradian: 10-9 of a steradian |
| Naomi {prop} {f} | :: Naomi (Biblical figure) |
| Naomi {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| naoorlogs {adj} | :: post-war (allmost always: after World War II) |
| nap {m} | :: drinking cup |
| napalm {m} {n} | :: napalm |
| napalmbom {f} | :: napalm bomb |
| napoleon {m} [historical, numismatics] | :: The 20-franc gold coin, the franc germinal, originally issued under Napoleon, but also used of subsequent gold coins of the same denomination |
| Napoleon {prop} {m} | :: Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Napoleon {prop} {m} | :: Louis Bonaparte [generally called "Lodewijk Napoleon"] |
| napoleontisch {adj} | :: Napoleonic |
| napraten {v} | :: to say the same as, to copy |
| napraten {v} | :: to talk lightly in private after a social event |
| nar {m} {c} [masculine, history] | :: court jester |
| nar {m} {c} [common] | :: fool |
| narcis {f} [botany] | :: daffodil |
| narcis {f} | :: any related flower of the genus Narcissus |
| Narcis {prop} {m} | :: obsolete form of Narcissus |
| narcisme {n} | :: narcissism |
| Narcissus {prop} {m} [Greek mythology] | :: Narcissus |
| narcist {m} | :: narcissist |
| narcostaat {m} | :: narcostate |
| narcoterrorisme {n} | :: narcoterrorism |
| nardus {c} | :: nard (plant) |
| nardus {c} | :: nard (oil, fragrance) |
| na regen komt zonneschijn {proverb} | :: after a storm comes a calm |
| nareis {f} [asylum, collective] | :: close family members of successful asylum seekers who may rejoin them without needing to seek asylum themselves |
| nareizen {v} | :: to travel later, after somebody else |
| narekenen {v} | :: to recalculate, to check one's calculations |
| naricht {n} | :: message |
| naricht {n} | :: warning |
| naricht {n} | :: announcement, notification |
| narigheid {f} | :: unpleasantness |
| narratief {adj} | :: narrative |
| narratief {n} | :: The systematic recitation of an event or series of events; a narrative |
| narratief {n} | :: That which is narrated; a narrative |
| narratief {n} | :: A representation of an event or story; a narrative |
| narrenschip {n} | :: ship of fools |
| narrig {adj} | :: peevish, grumpy, irritable |
| narwal {m} | :: narwhal, Monodon monoceros |
| nasaal {adj} | :: nasal, relating to the nose and/or a quality imparted by means of it |
| nasaal {f} | :: A nasal |
| nasaleren {vti} | :: to nasalise |
| naschok {m} | :: aftershock |
| nasi {m} | :: Indonesian-style fried rice; nasi goreng |
| nasi {m} | :: fried rice in general |
| nasibal {m} [chiefly Netherlands] | :: A deep-fried spherical snack made from nasi goreng with a breadcrumb crust |
| nasi goreng {m} | :: nasi goreng |
| naslaan {v} | :: to look up, to check (for reference) |
| naslaan {v} [numismatics] | :: to restrike |
| naslag {m} | :: strike that occurs afterwards |
| naslag {m} | :: (act of) looking up for reference |
| naslag {m} [numismatics] | :: restrike |
| naslagwerk {n} | :: reference work |
| nasleep {m} | :: aftermath |
| nasmaak {m} | :: aftertaste |
| nasmaken {vi} | :: to leave an aftertaste, to have an aftertaste |
| naspel {n} | :: afterplay |
| naspelen {v} | :: to imitate |
| naspelen {v} | :: to reenact |
| nasporen {v} | :: to trace, to search, to investigate |
| nasporing {f} | :: investigation |
| nastreven {v} | :: to pursue |
| nasynchroniseren {v} | :: to dub (as in a movie) |
| nat {adj} | :: wet |
| nat {n} | :: moisture |
| natafelen {v} | :: to stay at the table after eating in order to continue talking |
| Natalie {prop} {f} | :: alternative form of Nathalie |
| Natasja {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Nathalie {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| natie {f} | :: nation |
| natie {f} [by extension, historical] | :: early modern student society, organised by region or nation of origin |
| natiestaat {m} | :: A nation-state |
| nationaal {adj} | :: national |
| nationalisme {n} | :: nationalism (separatist ideology) |
| nationalisme {n} | :: nationalism (ideology favouring the own nation to an extreme degree) |
| nationalisme {n} [obsolete] | :: patriotism |
| nationalist {mf} | :: nationalist |
| nationalistisch {adj} | :: nationalistic |
| nationaliteit {f} | :: nationality |
| natrium {n} | :: sodium (a reactive metal) |
| natronloog {f} | :: soda lye, caustic soda |
| natte droom {m} [literally] | :: A wet dream, sexual eruption while asleep |
| natte droom {m} [figuratively] | :: A wet dream, wildly exciting aspiration |
| natto {m} | :: natto (Japanese fermented soybean dish) |
| naturisme {n} | :: Naturism |
| naturist {m} | :: A naturist |
| naturistisch {adj} | :: naturist |
| natuur {f} [uncountable] | :: nature |
| natuur {f} | :: character |
| natuurbrand {m} | :: wildland fire, wildfire (fire in a natural area) |
| natuurgebied {n} | :: nature reserve |
| natuurgeweld {f} {m} [countable, uncountable] | :: natural disaster; strong or violent force of nature |
| natuurgids {m} | :: wildlife guide (person) |
| natuurgids {m} | :: wildlife guide (text) |
| natuurijs {n} | :: natural ice |
| natuurkracht {mf} | :: A force of nature, such as the elements and geological forces |
| natuurkracht {mf} [figuratively] | :: An impressively forceful 'wild' person or creature |
| natuurkunde {f} | :: physics |
| natuurkundig {adj} | :: physical, having to do with matter, nature, the material world |
| natuurkundig {adj} | :: having to do with physics, the natural science |
| natuurkundige {noun} | :: physicist |
| natuurlijk {adv} | :: naturally |
| natuurlijk {adv} | :: of course |
| natuurlijk {adj} | :: natural |
| natuurlijk getal {n} | :: natural number |
| natuurmagneet {m} [chiefly plural] | :: A natural magnet, a lodestone |
| natuurmens {m} [philosophy] | :: natural man, the archetypical human in a state of nature held to be a representative agent for all humanity in some philosophical systems |
| natuurmens {m} | :: nature lover (person who loves to be in the wild) |
| natuurparel {f} | :: pearl of natural beauty, beautiful natural location |
| natuurramp {m} | :: natural disaster |
| natuurrecht {n} [philosophy] | :: natural law |
| natuurreservaat {n} | :: A nature reserve |
| natuurscheikunde {f} | :: science class (junior highschool subject teaching basic physics and chemistry) |
| natuurschoon {n} | :: Natural beauty |
| natuurtalent {n} | :: A natural (one with innate talent) |
| natuurtalent {n} | :: A natural talent, an innate talent |
| natuurvorser {m} [dated] | :: naturalist, natural scientist (person who studies nature or natural history) |
| natuurvreemd {adj} | :: foreign to nature, unnatural |
| natuurwet {n} [philosophy] | :: natural law (moral law set by nature) |
| natuurwet {n} [science] | :: law of nature, physical law |
| natuurwet {n} [politics] | :: environmental law (legislation regarding the environment) |
| natuurwetenschap {f} | :: natural science |
| nautische schemering {f} | :: nautical twilight |
| nauw {adj} | :: narrow |
| nauw {adj} [figuratively] | :: close |
| nauw {n} | :: strait |
| nauwelijks {adv} | :: hardly, barely |
| nauwen {v} [ergative, archaic] | :: to narrow, to become/make narrower |
| nauwkeurig {adj} | :: precise, accurate |
| nauwkeurigheid {f} | :: accuracy, precision |
| Nauw van Kales {prop} {n} [chiefly Belgium] | :: The English Channel or Strait of Dover, the North Sea strait between Dover (England) and Calais (France) |
| navalisme {n} | :: navalism |
| navel {m} | :: navel |
| navelpiercing {m} | :: navel piercing |
| navelsnoer {f} | :: umbilical cord |
| navelstreng {f} {m} | :: umbilical cord |
| naveltrui {f} [chiefly diminutive] | :: crop top |
| navenant {adv} | :: in keeping |
| navigatie {f} | :: navigation |
| navigatie {f} [colloquial] | :: a satnav |
| navigeren {v} | :: to navigate |
| NAVO {prop} | :: Noord-Atlantische Verdragsorganisatie (NATO) |
| navolgen {v} | :: to succeed, to come after, to follow (an example) |
| navolging {f} | :: imitation |
| navorser {m} [chiefly Belgian] | :: researcher |
| navragen {vti} | :: to enquire about, to ask about |
| nawee {f} [chiefly plural] | :: afterpain (pain after childbirth caused by contractions) |
| nawee {f} [figurative, chiefly plural] | :: lingering negative result |
| nawee {f} [chiefly plural] | :: lingering pain |
| nawoord {n} | :: afterword, epilogue |
| nawoordje {noun} | :: diminutive of nawoord |
| nazaat {m} | :: descendant |
| nazaat {m} | :: child, scion, spawn |
| nazaat {m} [obsolete] | :: successor |
| nazeggen {v} | :: to repeat after, to say the same as |
| nazi {m} | :: Nazi, member of the NSDAP |
| nazi {m} | :: a member of similar movements, whether Nazi, fascist, neo-Nazi or in any other way ultranationalist |
| nazi {m} [slang, pejorative, offensive] | :: an authoritarian, strict or nitpicky person |
| nazinderen {vi} [of emotions] | :: to linger, to last, to resonate |
| nazi van dienst {noun} | :: overly strict person in a certain situation |
| nazomer {m} | :: Indian summer |
| nazorg {f} | :: aftercare |
| NBV {prop} | :: initialism of Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling |
| n. Chr. {phrase} | :: abbreviation of na Christus |
| n.Chr. {adv} | :: abbreviation of na Christus; AD |
| ne {art} [Brabantian] | :: a, an |
| neanderthaler {m} | :: A Neanderthal, Homo neanderthalensis |
| Neanderthaler {m} | :: superseded spelling of neanderthaler |
| necropolis {f} | :: necropolis (burial site, esp. an old one) |
| necrose {f} | :: necrosis, localized death of cells or living tissue |
| nectar {m} [Greek mythology, Roman mythology] | :: nectar, beverage drunk by the Olympians |
| nectar {m} [botany, insects] | :: nectar, liquid produced by flowers |
| neder {adv} | :: down |
| neder {adv} | :: low- |
| Neder-Betuwe {prop} | :: Neder-Betuwe (municipality) |
| nederdalen {v} [dated] | :: alternative form of neerdalen |
| Nederduits {prop} {n} | :: The Low German or Low Saxon language, now in general usage often restricted to German Low German |
| Nederduits {prop} {n} [obsolete] | :: Any continental West Germanic language that is neither High German nor Frisian, thus including Dutch as well as Low German |
| Nederduits {prop} {n} [obsolete] | :: Dutch |
| Nederduits {adj} | :: Low German [see above] |
| Nederduits {adj} [obsolete] | :: Dutch |
| Nederduitsch {prop} {n} | :: obsolete spelling of Nederduits |
| Nederduitsch {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of Nederduits |
| Neder-duytsch {prop} {n} | :: obsolete spelling of Nederduits |
| Neder-duytsch {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of Nederduits |
| Nederduytsch {prop} {n} | :: obsolete spelling of Nederduits |
| Nederduytsch {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of Nederduits |
| Nederduytsche {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of Nederduitse |
| Nederfrankisch {adj} | :: Low Franconian, Low Frankish |
| Nederfrankisch {prop} {n} | :: The Low Franconian languages |
| nederig {adj} | :: humble, with humility |
| nederigheid {f} | :: humility, characteristic of being humble |
| nederjazz {m} | :: a style of improvisational jazz music originating from the Netherlands |
| nederlaag {f} | :: defeat |
| Nederland {prop} {n} | :: The Netherlands |
| Nederlanden {prop} {p} | :: Low Countries, Benelux |
| Nederlander {m} | :: A Dutchman, citizen of - or person originating from the kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Nederlander {m} [history] | :: Inhabitant of the Low Countries, roughly including present Dutchmen, Belgians and Luxemburgers |
| Nederlands {adj} | :: of or relating to the Netherlands; Dutch, Netherlandish |
| Nederlands {prop} {n} | :: Dutch, the language spoken in the Netherlands and in Flanders (i.e. the north of Belgium), Netherlandish |
| Nederlandsch {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of Nederlands |
| Nederlandse {f} | :: Dutch female (from the Netherlands) |
| Nederlandse Antillen {prop} {p} | :: Netherlands Antilles |
| Nederlands Onderduikers Paradijs {prop} {n} | :: Nickname for the Noordoostpolder |
| Nederlandstalig {adj} | :: Having knowledge of the Dutch language, said especially of native speakers |
| Nederlandstalig {adj} | :: In the Dutch language |
| Nederlansch {adj} | :: obsolete spelling of Nederlands |
| nederpop {f} | :: pop music from the Netherlands |
| nederpop {f} [by extension] | :: also used for pop music sung in Dutch (or other languages natively spoken in the Netherlands) |
| Nedersaksen {prop} {n} | :: Lower Saxony |
| Nedersaksisch {adj} | :: Low Saxon |
| Nedersaksisch {prop} {n} | :: The Low Saxon language |
| Nedersassisch {adj} | :: dated form of Nedersaksisch |
| Nedersassisch {prop} {n} | :: dated form of Nedersaksisch |
| Nedersticht {prop} {n} [historical] | :: The territory of Sticht that lay to the southwest of Gelre, largely corresponding to modern-day Utrecht |
| Nederturk {m} | :: Dutch Turk |
| Nederweert {prop} {n} | :: Nederweert (village/and/municipality) |
| nederwiet {m} | :: weed, marijuana grown in the Netherlands |
| nederzetting {f} | :: settlement (a territory where a population have established residence) |
| nee {adv} | :: no |
| neef {m} | :: male cousin |
| neef {m} | :: nephew |
| Neeltje {prop} | :: given name, a nickname for Cornelia |
| Neeltje Jans {prop} {n} | :: An artificial island in the Eastern Scheldt, Zeeland, the Netherlands, constructed from a sand bar to be used for building the Oosterscheldekering |
| neer {adv} | :: down, downwards |
| Neerbeek {prop} {n} | :: Neerbeek, a village in the Netherlands |
| Neerbeek {prop} {n} | :: Piétrebais, a village in Belgium |
| neerbuigen {v} | :: bow down |
| neerbuigend {adj} | :: condescending |
| neerdalen {vi} | :: to descend, to go down |
| neergang {m} | :: downfall |
| neergooien {vt} | :: to cast, throw down, floor |
| neerhalen {vt} | :: to shoot down |
| Neerijnen {prop} | :: Neerijnen (village/and/municipality) |
| neerkijken {v} | :: to look down |
| neerkijken op {v} | :: to look down on, to think less of |
| Neerland {prop} {n} [colloquial, somewhat, dated] | :: alternative form of Nederland |
| neerlandica {f} [chiefly singular] | :: A female expert in, or student of, Dutch studies (neerlandistiek) |
| neerlandicus {m} | :: an expert in, or student of, Dutch studies (neerlandistiek) |
| neerlandistiek {f} | :: study of the language and literature of the Netherlands/Low Countries |
| Neerlands {adj} | :: Dutch |
| neerleggen {v} | :: to lay down |
| neerleggen {vr} [+ bij] | :: to resign oneself (to) |
| neerploffen {v} | :: to let oneself fall or drop suddenly into a resting position |
| neerschrijven {v} | :: to write down |
| neerslaan {v} | :: to fall down |
| neerslaan {v} | :: to knock down |
| neerslaan {v} [chemistry] | :: to precipitate |
| neerslaan {v} [chemistry] | :: to condense |
| neerslaan {v} | :: to choke, suppress |
| neerslachtig {adj} | :: dejected, downcast, despondent |
| neerslag {m} | :: rainfall, precipitation |
| neerslag {m} | :: fallout |
| neerslagradar {m} | :: weather radar |
| neersteken {v} | :: to stab (in order to injure or kill) |
| neerstorten {v} | :: to crash down |
| neervallen {v} | :: to fall down, to collapse, to flop |
| neerwaarts {adj} | :: downward |
| neerwaarts {adv} | :: downwards |
| neerzetten {v} | :: to set down, deposit, put down |
| neerzien {v} | :: to look down (on) |
| neerzijgen {vi} | :: to slowly descend to a resting position, lie or sit down, settle down |
| nee-stem {f} {m} | :: nay vote |
| nee-stemmer {m} | :: nay voter |
| neet {f} | :: nit; egg of a louse |
| nefast {adj} [chiefly Belgium] | :: adverse, damaging |
| neffens {prep} | :: obsolete form of nevens |
| nefrologie {f} | :: nephrology |
| negatief {adj} | :: negative |
| negen {num} | :: nine |
| negen {c} | :: A nine, an instance or representation of the digit nine |
| negen {c} | :: A nine, an instance or use (e.g. score or amount) of the number nine |
| negende {adj} | :: ninth |
| negenduizend {num} | :: nine thousand |
| negenendertig {num} | :: thirty-nine |
| negenennegentig {num} | :: ninety-nine |
| negenentachtig {num} | :: eighty-nine |
| negenentwintig {num} | :: twenty-nine |
| negenenveertig {num} | :: forty-nine |
| negenenvijftig {num} | :: fifty-nine |
| negenenzestig {num} | :: sixty-nine |
| negenenzeventig {num} | :: seventy-nine |
| negenhonderd {num} | :: nine hundred |
| negenjarig {adj} | :: nine-year old |
| negenoog {m} | :: lamprey, fish of the order Petromyzontiformes |
| negenoog {m} | :: carbuncle (purulent abscess) |
| negentien {num} | :: nineteen |
| negentiende {adj} | :: nineteenth |
| negentig {num} | :: ninety |
| negenvoud {n} | :: A ninefold |
| negenvoudig {adj} | :: ninefold |
| neger {m} [colloquial, possibly offensive] | :: a black person, a Negro [male or of unspecified gender] |
| negeren {vt} | :: to ignore |
| negeren {vt} [now, potentially offensive] | :: to belittle, to torment, to treat like a flunky |
| Negerhollands {prop} {n} | :: Negerhollands (extinct creole language) |
| Negerhollands {adj} | :: Pertaining to Negerhollands |
| negerij {f} | :: alternative form of negorij |
| negerin {f} [potentially offensive] | :: black woman, negress |
| negerinnentet {f} [Belgium, offensive] | :: chocolate-coated cream or marshmallow treat |
| negerzoen {m} [potentially offensive] | :: chocolate-coated cream or marshmallow treat |
| negligé {n} | :: négligée, women's nightgown |
| negligé {n} | :: bathrobe, of a type mainly worn by women |
| negorij {f} [historical] | :: A district or community in pre-colonial Indonesia and Malaysia and in the Dutch East Indies |
| negorij {f} [pejorative] | :: A hamlet (small village somewhere in the sticks) |
| neigen {v} | :: to bend over, lean (towards) |
| neigen {v} | :: to tend, incline |
| neiging {f} | :: tendency, inclination |
| nek {m} | :: [narrow sense] Nape of the neck |
| nek {m} | :: [broad sense] Neck |
| nekken {vt} | :: to neck, to kill by hitting the neck or strangulation |
| nekken {vt} | :: to eliminate (e.g. a rival), to hurt very badly |
| nekker {m} | :: alternative spelling of nikker: nix |
| nekslag {m} [literally] | :: A hit in the neck |
| nekslag {m} [figuratively] | :: A deathblow |
| nekvel {n} | :: The scruff of the neck |
| nekvelletje {noun} | :: diminutive of nekvel |
| nekwervel {m} | :: cervical vertebra |
| Nel {prop} | :: given name, diminutive of Petronella |
| nemen {vt} | :: to take, to take hold of, to grasp or grab |
| nemen {vt} | :: to take, to choose out of some options, to pick |
| nemen {vt} | :: to take, to use a particular route or type of transport |
| nemen {vt} | :: to take, to consume, to eat or drink |
| nemen {vt} | :: to have sex with, to take, to fuck |
| nemer {m} | :: one who takes |
| nemer {m} [obsolete, grammar] | :: a word in the ablative case |
| nen {art} [Brabantian] | :: alternative form of ne |
| neodymium {n} | :: neodymium |
| neofascisme {n} | :: neofascism |
| neofiet {m} | :: neophyte (new convert, new monk) |
| neofiet {m} [Belgium] | :: novice |
| neofiet {m} [botany] | :: neophyte (recently introduced species of plant) |
| Neolatijn {prop} {n} | :: New Latin |
| neoliberaal {adj} | :: neoliberal |
| neoliberaal {m} | :: neoliberal |
| neoliberalisme {n} | :: neoliberalism |
| neolithicum {prop} {n} | :: Neolithic |
| neolithisch {adj} | :: Neolithic |
| neon {n} | :: neon |
| neonaat {m} | :: newborn |
| neonataal {adj} | :: neonatal |
| neonatus {m} | :: newborn |
| neonlamp {f} | :: neon lamp |
| neonlampje {noun} | :: diminutive of neonlamp |
| neopaganisme {n} | :: neopaganism |
| neo-tofelemoon {m} [pejorative, uncommon] | :: socialist with a Roman Catholic background |
| nep {m} | :: imitation, fake |
| nep {adj} | :: fake, not real |
| nep {adj} | :: artificial, not natural |
| Nepalees {adj} | :: Nepali |
| Nepalees {m} | :: Nepali (person) |
| Nepalees {prop} {n} | :: Nepali (language) |
| Nepalese {f} | :: Nepali (female person) |
| nepneutraliteit {f} [derogatory] | :: A form of regulated protection of internet access, etc. that doesn't amount to net neutrality |
| nepnieuws {n} [neologism] | :: Fake news, especially misleading items posted and spread on social media to manipulate others towards a particular political point of view or for financial benefit |
| ne post pakken {v} [Belgium] | :: receive a poor response or reception; get told off; get a beating |
| ne post pakken {v} | :: fall |
| nepotisme {n} | :: nepotism (favoring, regardless of merit, of relatives, or by extension personal friends) |
| nepperd {m} [colloquial] | :: Someone or something fake |
| neptunium {n} | :: neptunium |
| Neptunus {prop} {n} | :: Neptune, the eighth planet of our solar system |
| Neptunus {prop} {n} | :: Neptune, the Roman sea god |
| nerd {m} | :: nerd |
| nerdo {m} [slang, pejorative] | :: nerdo, nerd |
| nerf {f} | :: grain of wood |
| nerf {f} [dated] | :: a similar line in leather, paper, etc |
| nerf {f} [obsolete] | :: nerve |
| nerf {f} [botany] | :: vein of a leaf |
| nergens {adv} | :: nowhere |
| nergens {adv} | :: As part of a pronominal adverb, nothing (niets) |
| nergens anders {adv} | :: nowhere else |
| Nergenshuizen {prop} {n} | :: A hypothetical average village in the middle of nowhere. Roughly translates to 'Nowhereville' |
| nering {f} | :: income |
| nerts {m} | :: European mink, Mustela lutreola |
| nerts {n} | :: the pelt of a mink |
| nertsenfokker {m} | :: A mink farmer, a mink breeder |
| nertsenfokkerij {f} | :: A mink farm |
| nerve {f} | :: obsolete form of nerf |
| nerveus {adj} | :: nervous, anxious, jumpy |
| nes {f} | :: headland, spit |
| Nes {prop} {n} | :: Nes (A <<village>> on <<isl/Ameland>>, < >, <<c/Netherlands>>.) |
| Nes {prop} {n} | :: Nes (A <<village>> in <<municipality/Noardeast-Fryslân>>, < >, <<c/Netherlands>>.) |
| nest {n} | :: A nest [place to hatch young, especially bird structure; snug residence; retreat; hideout; home] |
| nest {n} [colloquial] | :: One's bed |
| nest {n} | :: A nasty, ill-behaving or pretentious child; a brat |
| nestblijver {m} | :: altricial animal, altricial young |
| nestelen {v} | :: to nest |
| nestelen {v} | :: to nestle |
| nesteling {m} | :: nestling |
| nesteling {m} | :: nesting, the making of a nest |
| nestkast {f} | :: A nest box, a nesting box |
| nestkastje {noun} | :: diminutive of nestkast |
| nestvlieder {m} | :: precocial animal, precocial young |
| nestwarmte {f} | :: the love and warmth of home and family |
| net {n} | :: net (mesh) |
| net {n} | :: net (device for catching and trapping) |
| net {n} | :: television channel |
| net {n} | :: omentum, caul |
| net {adj} | :: clean, tidy |
| net {adj} | :: decent, proper |
| net {adv} | :: tidily, neatly |
| net {adv} | :: decently, properly |
| net {adv} | :: just, nearly, barely |
| net {adv} | :: just recently |
| Net {prop} {n} [constellation] | :: Reticulum |
| net als {conj} | :: just like |
| Nete {prop} {f} | :: A river in Flanders, Belgium, flowing through Lier |
| netel {f} | :: nettle |
| netel {f} [now, chiefly Belgium] | :: stinging nettle, nettle of the genus Urtica |
| netel {f} [Netherlands] | :: nettle, plant of the unrelated genera Urtica or Lamium |
| netelboom {m} | :: Celtis; hackberry |
| neteldier {n} | :: cnidarian, any member of the phylum Cnidaria |
| netelig {adj} | :: tricky |
| netheid {f} | :: tidiness |
| netjes {adv} | :: diminutive of net (only neatly, properly) |
| netjes {adj} | :: tidy, neat |
| netjes {adj} | :: decent, proper |
| netjes {interj} | :: Nice! |
| netkous {f} | :: A fishnet stocking |
| netneutraliteit {f} | :: net neutrality |
| netnummer {n} [telephony] | :: area code |
| netto {adv} | :: net (weight, income etc) |
| netvlies {n} | :: retina (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball) |
| netvlies {n} [obsolete] | :: omentum, caul |
| netwerk {n} | :: network (system of interconnected narrow elements) |
| netwerk {n} | :: network (set of interacting devices) |
| netwerk {n} | :: network, netting |
| netwerk {n} | :: social network |
| net zoals {prep} | :: like, just like |
| neukbaar {adj} [vulgar] | :: fuckable |
| neuken {vti} [vulgar] | :: to fuck, to screw |
| neuken {vt} [vulgar] | :: to fuck, to disrespect; used to express one's displeasure or disrespect for something or someone |
| neuken {v} [Southern Dutch, uncommon] | :: to bother, to be annoying to |
| neuken {v} [Southern Dutch, uncommon] | :: to hit, to ram, to push |
| neuken {v} [Southern Dutch, uncommon] | :: to toss, to throw away |
| neuker {m} [vulgar] | :: fucker, someone who fucks |
| neukfeest {n} [vulgar] | :: fuckfest |
| neukseks {m} [humorous] | :: sexual intercourse |
| neuriën {vit} | :: to hum (a melody) |
| neuro {c} [politics] | :: a (putative) common currency for northern Europe |
| neurochirurg {m} | :: neurosurgeon |
| neurochirurgie {f} | :: neurosurgery |
| neurologie {f} | :: neurology |
| neuron {n} | :: neuron |
| neurotisch {adj} | :: neurotic (overanxious) |
| neus {mf} | :: nose |
| neus {mf} [ethnic slur, highly offensive] | :: Jew, kike |
| neusaap {m} | :: proboscis monkey, Nasalis larvatus |
| neusbeen {n} | :: The nasal bone |
| neusbeer {m} | :: coati |
| neusgang {m} | :: nasal passage |
| neusgat {n} | :: nostril |
| neushoorn {m} | :: rhinoceros, mammal of the family Rhinocerotidae |
| neushoornvogel {m} | :: hornbill, bird of the family Bucerotidae |
| neusje {noun} | :: diminutive of neus |
| neusklank {m} | :: A nasal |
| neuspeuteren {v} | :: to nose-pick |
| neut {f} | :: dram, snifter, peg, nip |
| neutje {noun} | :: diminutive of neut |
| neutraal {adj} | :: neutral, not taking sides in a conflict between opposite parties |
| neutraal {adj} [chemistry] | :: neutral, neither acid nor alkali |
| neutraal {adj} [physics] | :: having neither of two opposite qualities |
| neutraal {adj} [obsolete, grammar] | :: neuter, neither masculin nor feminine |
| Neutraal Moresnet {prop} {n} | :: Neutral Moresnet |
| neutraliseren {vt} | :: to neutralise |
| neutraliteit {f} | :: neutrality (status of being neutral) |
| neutrino {n} [physics] | :: neutrino |
| neutron {n} [physics] | :: neutron |
| neutronenbom {f} | :: neutron bomb |
| neutronenster {mf} [astronomy] | :: neutron star |
| neutrum {n} | :: neuter gender |
| neutrum {n} | :: a word (esp. a noun) in the neuter gender |
| neuzen {vi} | :: to browse, to peruse [+ in (object) = inside] |
| neuzen {vi} | :: to snoop, to peek, to peep |
| neuze neuze {v} [dialectal] | :: alternative form of neuzeneuzen |
| neuzeneuzen {v} | :: Rub noses as sign of affection (with kids) or as a greeting; Eskimo kissing |
| neuzen-neuzen {v} | :: alternative form of neuzeneuzen |
| nevel {m} | :: fog |
| nevelig {adj} | :: foggy, nebulous |
| nevelvlek {f} | :: nebula |
| neven- {prefix} | :: secondary, side |
| neveneffect {n} | :: side effect, by-product |
| nevenfunctie {f} | :: side function |
| nevens {prep} | :: beside, next to |
| nevens {prep} | :: in addition to |
| nevenstelling {f} [grammar, chiefly Austronesian languages] | :: An open compound, a compound word that is orthographically represented as multiple words separated by spaces |
| nevenstelling {f} [grammar, obsolete] | :: An apposition |
| nevenverschijnsel {n} | :: side effect |
| newtonmeter {m} | :: newton metre |
| New York {prop} {n} | :: New York (largest city) |
| New York {prop} {n} | :: New York (state) |
| NGT {noun} | :: initialism of Nederlandse Gebarentaal |
| nhd. {prop} | :: abbreviation of Nieuwhoogduits |
| NHG {prop} | :: initialism of Nationale Hypotheek Garantie a Dutch government programme to provide homebuyers with cheaper loans |
| Nicaragua {prop} | :: Nicaragua (country) |
| nice {adj} [slang] | :: nice |
| niche {f} [especially, in ecology and business] | :: a niche |
| nicht {f} | :: female cousin; daughter of someone's uncle or aunt |
| nicht {f} | :: niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister |
| nicht {f} | :: niece; daughter of someone's brother- or sister-in-law |
| nicht {m} | :: [sometimes derogatory] male homosexual, a gay man; in particular one who is camp or effeminate |
| nicht im Frage {adj} | :: out of the question |
| nichtje {noun} | :: diminutive of nicht, meaning 'niece' or 'queer' |
| Nico {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Nicolaas {prop} | :: given name |
| nicotine {f} | :: nicotine (C10H14N2, alkaloid) |
| nicotinekauwgom {m} | :: nicotine gum |
| nicotinepleister {f} | :: nicotine patch |
| nie {adv} [dialectal] | :: alternative form of niet |
| Niel {prop} | :: town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp |
| Niels {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| -niem {suffix} | :: -nym |
| Nieman {prop} | :: surname |
| niemand {pron} | :: nobody, no one |
| niemandsland {n} | :: no man's land |
| niemendal {pron} | :: completely nothing |
| Nienke {prop} {f} | :: given name, diminutive of Catharina |
| nier {f} | :: A kidney |
| nier {f} [especially in the diminutive] | :: An animal kidney eaten as a food |
| niercrisis {f} | :: renal crisis |
| nierfalen {n} | :: kidney failure |
| niersteen {m} | :: A kidney stone (calculus in a kidney) |
| niesbui {f} | :: A sneezing fit |
| niesen {vi} [obsolete] | :: alternative form of niezen |
| niet- {prefix} | :: non- |
| niet {adv} | :: Not, no: used to express negation |
| niet {f} | :: staple |
| niet-aanvalsverdrag {n} | :: nonaggression pact |
| nietapparaat {n} | :: stapler, mechanical device to attach together papers etc |
| niet eens {adv} | :: not even |
| nieten {vt} | :: to staple |
| nieten {v} [obsolete] | :: synonym of genieten |
| nietes {interj} [negation, colloquial, childish] | :: Used to contradict a positive assertion |
| niet geschoten is altijd mis {proverb} | :: nothing ventured, nothing gained |
| niet-gewelddadig {adj} | :: non-violent |
| nietig {adj} | :: minute, puny (very small) |
| nietig {adj} | :: insignificant, powerless |
| nietig {adj} | :: annulled, void |
| nietjesmachine {f} | :: stapler, mechanical device to attach together papers etc |
| niet lullen maar poetsen {phrase} [idiomatic, Holland, colloquial] | :: actions speak louder than words |
| nietmachine {f} | :: stapler (device to attach bundles by staples) |
| niet meer {adv} | :: Not anymore; no longer |
| niet-moedertaalspreekster {f} | :: feminine noun of niet-moedertaalspreker |
| niet-moedertaalspreker {m} | :: non-native speaker |
| niets {pron} | :: nothing |
| niets nieuws onder de zon {phrase} | :: nothing new |
| nietsnut {m} | :: good-for-nothing |
| nietszeggend {adj} | :: saying nothing, meaningless |
| niettegenstaande {prep} | :: notwithstanding |
| niettemin {adv} | :: nevertheless, nonetheless |
| niet verwijtbaar werkloos {adj} [legal] | :: unemployed due to events not under one's control, such as downsizing, restructuring or employer going bankrupt |
| nieuw {adj} | :: new |
| Nieuw-Amsterdam {prop} | :: New Amsterdam, the Dutch colony on the North American East Coast which later became British as New York (renamed after an English city) |
| Nieuw Arch. Wisk. {prop} [mathematics] | :: abbreviation of Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde[1] ≡ New Archive for Mathematics |
| nieuwbouw {m} | :: new development, newly built buildings particularly in reference to housing |
| nieuwbouwhuis {n} | :: A newly developed house, a recently built house |
| nieuwbouwhuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of nieuwbouwhuis |
| Nieuw-Caledonië {prop} {n} | :: New Caledonia |
| Nieuwegein {prop} {n} | :: Nieuwegein (town) |
| nieuweling {m} | :: A newcomer, newbie, new (often inexperienced) user, member etc |
| nieuweling {m} | :: A novice, beginner, greenhorn, inexperienced player, participant etc |
| Nieuwengels {prop} {n} | :: Modern English |
| Nieuwengels {adj} | :: Modern English |
| Nieuwenhuis {prop} | :: surname |
| Nieuwe Testament {prop} {n} [Christianity, Bible] | :: the New Testament, in any Christian canon |
| nieuwe zakelijkheid {prop} {f} | :: alternative case form of Nieuwe Zakelijkheid |
| Nieuwe Zakelijkheid {prop} {f} | :: New Objectivity |
| nieuwgeborene {mf} | :: newborn |
| nieuwgekozen {adj} | :: newly chosen |
| nieuwgepensioneerde {noun} | :: newly-retired person |
| Nieuw-Guinea {prop} {n} | :: New Guinea, an island |
| Nieuw Holland {prop} {n} [historical] | :: alternative spelling of Nieuw-Holland |
| Nieuw-Holland {prop} {n} [historical] | :: Australia |
| Nieuw-Holland {prop} {n} [historical] | :: the Dutch colonial territories in Brazil |
| Nieuwhoogduits {prop} {n} | :: New High German |
| Nieuwhoogduits {adj} | :: New High German |
| Nieuwjaar {prop} {n} | :: New Year (celebration at 1 January) |
| nieuwjaarsnacht {m} | :: New Year's Eve (night from 31 December to 1 January) |
| nieuwkomer {m} | :: newcomer |
| Nieuwleusen {prop} {n} | :: Nieuwleusen (village) |
| nieuwlichter {m} [derogatory] | :: One who introduces or adheres to new (newfangled) notions, practices or commodities |
| Nieuwnederlands {prop} {n} | :: Modern Dutch (stage of the Dutch language spoken in modern times, 1500 is a common threshold) |
| Nieuwnederlands {adj} | :: Modern Dutch |
| nieuws {n} | :: news |
| nieuwsanker {n} [chiefly Belgium] | :: news anchor |
| nieuwsbrief {m} | :: newsletter |
| nieuwsgaring {f} | :: newsgathering |
| nieuwsgier {adj} [archaic] | :: curious, inquisitive |
| nieuwsgierig {adj} | :: curious, inquisitive |
| nieuwsgierigheid {f} | :: curiosity |
| nieuwslezer {m} [chiefly Netherlands] | :: A newsreader, a news anchor, a newscaster |
| nieuwslezeres {f} | :: A female news anchor, a female newscaster |
| nieuwsoverzicht {n} | :: news overview (summary of the news) |
| Nieuwstadt {prop} {n} | :: Nieuwstadt (town) |
| nieuwtestamenticus {m} | :: New Testament scholar |
| Nieuw-Zeeland {prop} {n} | :: New Zealand |
| Nieuw-Zeelander {m} | :: New Zealander |
| Nieuw-Zuid-Wales {prop} {n} | :: Nieuw-Zuid-Wales (state) |
| niezen {vi} | :: To sneeze, exhale explosively |
| nift {f} [Holland] | :: obsolete form of nicht |
| Nigeriaan {prop} {m} | :: Nigerian (person from Nigeria) |
| Nigeriaans {adj} | :: Nigerian |
| Nigeriaanse {prop} {f} | :: a female person from Nigeria; feminine form of Nigeriaan |
| nihilisme {n} | :: nihilism |
| nihilisme {n} | :: (also capitalized: Nihilisme) Nihilism |
| nijd {m} | :: envy, jealousy |
| nijd {m} | :: envious or general anger |
| Nijdam {prop} | :: surname |
| nijdas {m} [colloquial, Northern Dutch] | :: A grouch, cross-patch, nastily grumpy man |
| nijden {vt} [obsolete] | :: to envy, to be jealous of |
| nijden {vt} [obsolete] | :: to be hostile towards |
| nijder {m} [obsolete, now only as a historical term in literary studies] | :: An envious hater |
| nijdig {adj} | :: angry, livid, furious |
| nijg {adj} | :: impressive, fabulous |
| nijg {adv} | :: very |
| nijg {adv} | :: very well |
| nijg {adv} | :: hard |
| nijg {interj} | :: cool! |
| nijgen {v} | :: to bow down (out of politeness) |
| nijgen {v} | :: to curtsey |
| Nijkerk {prop} | :: Nijkerk (city/and/municipality) |
| Nijl {prop} {m} | :: the river Nile |
| nijlgans {f} | :: Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| nijlpaard {n} | :: hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius |
| nijlpaard {n} | :: hippopotamus, any of the Hippopotamidae |
| Nijman {prop} | :: surname |
| Nijmegen {prop} {n} | :: Nijmegen (city/and/municipality) |
| nijpen {v} | :: to pinch, squeeze |
| Nijs {prop} | :: surname |
| Nijssen {prop} | :: surname |
| Nijvel {prop} {n} | :: Nivelles, a town in Belgium |
| nijver {adj} | :: industrious, hardworking |
| Nijverdal {prop} {n} | :: Nijverdal (village) |
| nijverheid {f} | :: industry |
| nikkel {n} | :: nickel |
| nikkel {m} | :: nickel (the coin) |
| nikkelallergie {f} | :: nickel allergy |
| nikkelen {adj} | :: made of nickel |
| nikkelien {n} [chemistry] | :: niccolite, nickeline; NiAs |
| nikkelijzer {n} | :: kamacite: an alloy of nickel and iron, though mostly iron |
| nikkelstaal {n} | :: nickel steel |
| nikkelstuk {n} | :: a nickel or any coin made from the element nickel |
| nikkelvrij {adj} | :: nickel-free (not containing nickel) |
| nikker {m} [pejorative, ethnic slur, offensive] | :: A nigger (offensive slur for a black person) |
| nikker {m} [mythology, dated, now likely to be confused with the ethnic slur] | :: A water spirit, especially one who lures (young) people to drown; a neck, nix, nixie |
| nikker {m} [obsolete] | :: A demon, a devil |
| niks {pron} | :: nothing |
| niks {adj} | :: disagreeable, distasteful, not liking |
| niks {adj} | :: uninteresting |
| niksen {vi} [colloquial] | :: to do nothing, to loaf, to idle |
| niksnut {m} | :: good-for-nothing |
| Nilo-Saharaans {adj} | :: Nilo-Saharan |
| nimf {f} [Greek mythology, Roman mythology] | :: nymph, female lesser divinity of nature |
| nimf {f} [entomology] | :: nymph, juvenile form of a hemimetabolous insect |
| Nimma {prop} {n} [slang] | :: Nijmegen |
| nimmer {adv} | :: never |
| nimmermeer {adv} | :: never again, not anymore |
| Nintendo-duim {m} | :: Nintendo thumb, a gaming-related form of repetitive strain injury affecting the thumb |
| Nintendoën {vi} | :: to play games on a Nintendo console or hand-held |
| niobium {n} | :: niobium (chemical element) |
| nippen {v} | :: to sip, take a nip |
| nippertje {noun} | :: the very last moment |
| nipt {adj} | :: narrow |
| nipt {adv} | :: narrowly |
| nirwana {n} [Buddhism] | :: nirvana |
| -nis {suffix} | :: -ness |
| nis {f} [architecture] | :: niche |
| nitride {n} | :: nitride |
| -nitril {suffix} [functional group suffix] | :: nitrile |
| nitrisch {adj} | :: nitric (pertaining to nitrogen) |
| Nitrisch {adj} | :: Nitrian (pertaining to the Wadi El-Natrun or the Nitrian Desert) |
| niveau {n} | :: level |
| nivelleren {vt} | :: to level economically |
| nivelleren {vt} [now less common] | :: to level, to equalise, to flatten [physically or figuratively in senses not relating to economic distribution] |
| nix {m} | :: nix, nixie (water spirit) |
| nix {pron} [slang] | :: deliberate misspelling of niks |
| njet {noun} | :: no |
| nl. {adv} | :: viz. (abbreviation of namelijk) |
| n.n.b. {phrase} | :: initialism of nog niet bekend |
| nnd. {prop} | :: abbreviation of Nieuwnederduits |
| Noach {prop} {m} [chiefly Protestantism] | :: Noah (mythological Biblical figure) |
| nobel {adj} | :: noble, honourable |
| nobelium {n} | :: nobelium |
| Nobelprijs {m} | :: Nobel prize |
| noch {conj} | :: neither...nor |
| noch {conj} | :: nor |
| nochtans {adv} | :: nevertheless |
| Nodebeek {prop} {n} | :: Nodebais, a village in Belgium |
| nodeloos {adj} | :: needless, unnecessary |
| Nodevoorde {prop} {n} | :: Noduwez, a village in Belgium |
| nodig {adj} | :: necessary, needed |
| nodig {adj} | :: [only in attribute position] some amount or degree of, a certain level of, some |
| nodig {adv} | :: necessarily, badly, urgently |
| nodigen {v} [rare] | :: to invite |
| nodig hebben {v} | :: to need |
| Noë {prop} {m} [chiefly Roman Catholicism] | :: Noah (mythological Biblical figure) |
| noedel {m} | :: noodle, especially a type from (East) Asian cuisine but sometimes also referring to those of different origin such as pasta |
| noemen {vt} | :: to call, to name |
| noemen {vt} | :: to mention |
| noemen {vi} [proscribed, dialectal] | :: to have as one's name |
| noemenswaardig {adj} | :: worth mentioning, significant |
| noemer {m} | :: denominator (the number or expression written below the line in a fraction) |
| noemer {m} [obsolete, grammar] | :: a word in the nominative case |
| noemereffect {n} | :: effect from a change in the denominator |
| noem maar op {pron} | :: you name it |
| noen {m} | :: noon |
| Noen {prop} {m} | :: Nu (deification of the primordial watery abyss in Egyptian mythology) |
| noenestond {f} [archaic or poetic] | :: noon, midday |
| noest {adj} [dated] | :: industrious |
| nog {adv} | :: still, as before |
| nog {adv} [in negative phrases] | :: yet |
| nog {adv} [with an amount] | :: more, in addition |
| nogal {adv} | :: rather, quite |
| nog eens {adv} | :: once again |
| nog eens {adv} | :: yet again |
| nog lang {adv} | :: so far |
| nogmaals {adv} | :: once again |
| nog maar {adv} | :: only, just, merely, no more than (of a remainder) |
| nog niet {adv} | :: not yet |
| nog nooit {adv} | :: never before |
| nog steeds {adv} | :: still (as before) |
| nog wat {phrase} | :: then some |
| nog wel {adv} | :: sometime |
| nog wel eens {adv} | :: ever (at least once) |
| nog wel eens {adv} | :: (especially when used with kunnen) easily |
| nok {f} | :: ridge of a roof |
| nok {f} | :: cam |
| nol {f} [now, chiefly Hollandic, dialectal] | :: dune, usually a sandy hill |
| nomade {mf} | :: nomad |
| nomenclatuur {f} | :: nomenclature |
| nomen sacrum {n} [chiefly plural] | :: A nomen sacrum |
| -nomie {suffix} | :: -nomy |
| nominaal {adj} | :: nominal, in name but not in reality |
| nominaal {adj} [grammar] | :: nominal, pertaining to nouns and/or nominals |
| nominaal {adj} [economics] | :: nominal, unadjusted for inflation |
| nominaal {m} | :: nominal value, value of securities or money, rate of exchange |
| nominale klasse {f} [linguistics] | :: noun class |
| nominatie {f} | :: nomination |
| nominatief {adj} | :: nominative (giving a name, naming; designating) |
| nominatief {m} [grammar] | :: nominative case |
| nominativus {m} [grammar] | :: the nominative case or a word therein |
| nomineren {vi} | :: To nominate |
| non- {prefix} [hydrocarbon chain prefix] | :: non- |
| non {f} | :: nun |
| nonaan {n} [organic compound] | :: nonane |
| non-binair {adj} | :: non-binary |
| nonchalant {adj} | :: careless, showing no interest or effort |
| nondedju {interj} [Southern Dutch] | :: damn |
| none {m} [music] | :: An interval of 13 [kleine none] of 14 [grote none] halftones |
| noneen {n} [organic compound] | :: nonene |
| non-fictie {f} | :: nonfiction |
| nonkel {m} | :: [Belgium] uncle (brother of someone’s father or mother) |
| nonna {f} [historical] | :: A (young) woman of mixed Indonesian/Malay and European descent |
| nonna {f} [historical] | :: A young lady, a miss |
| nonnenklooster {n} | :: A nuns' monastery, a nunnery |
| nonnetje {noun} [zoology] | :: The duck-related aquatic bird species Mergus albellus (smew) (so-called presumably on account of its plumage) |
| nonnetje {noun} [zoology] | :: The mollusk Macoma balthica |
| non plus ultra {noun} [printing, dated] | :: A small size of type, equivalent to 2 point |
| nonsens {m} | :: nonsense (meaningless words) |
| nonyl {n} [organic chemistry] | :: nonyl |
| nonyn {n} [organic compound] | :: nonyne |
| nood {mf} | :: emergency, distress (often used in compounds) |
| nood {mf} | :: need |
| nooddruft {f} [dated] | :: poverty |
| nooddruftig {adj} [dated] | :: needy |
| noodfonds {n} | :: emergency fund |
| noodgeval {n} [chiefly countable] | :: emergency, emergency case |
| noodhospitaal {n} | :: emergency hospital |
| noodhulp {f} | :: emergency aid |
| noodklok {c} | :: alarm bell |
| noodlanding {f} | :: An emergency landing |
| noodlot {n} | :: fate, destiny |
| noodlot {n} | :: disastrous fate |
| noodlot {n} | :: bad luck, misfortune |
| noodlottig {adj} | :: catastrophic, disastrous |
| noodlottig {adj} | :: fatal, lethal |
| noodmunt {f} | :: obsidional coin |
| noodsein {n} | :: A distress signal |
| noodtoestand {m} | :: state of emergency |
| nooduitgang {m} | :: emergency exit |
| noodverband {n} | :: An emergency bandage |
| noodweer {n} | :: extremely bad weather (e.g torrential rainfall) |
| noodweer {f} | :: self-defence in case of emergency |
| noodweer {f} [law] | :: the right to self-defense |
| noodwendig {adj} | :: inevitable, inescapable |
| noodwendig {adj} [archaic] | :: necessary |
| noodzaak {f} | :: necessity, need |
| noodzakelijk {adj} | :: necessary |
| noodzakelijk {adv} | :: necessarily |
| noodzakelijkerwijs {adv} | :: necessarily |
| noodzaken {v} | :: to force, to compel |
| nooit {adv} | :: never |
| nooit ofte nimmer {adv} | :: never ever |
| -noom {suffix} | :: -nomist |
| Noor {m} | :: A Norwegian, member or descendant of the (Germanic) people of Norway |
| Noor {m} [metonymy] | :: Something (originally or typically) Norwegian |
| Noor {m} | :: notably a type of skates - usually in the plural: Noren |
| Noor {m} [obsolete] | :: A Norseman, Nordic man, Scandinavian |
| Noor {prop} {f} | :: A female given name, equivalent to English Nora (from Eleonora) |
| noord {adv} [only in compounds] | :: north |
| noord {adv} | :: northwards |
| Noord-Amerika {prop} {n} | :: North America |
| Noord-Beveland {prop} {n} | :: An island in Zeeland to the north of Zuid-Beveland and Walcheren and to the south of Schouwen-Duiveland |
| Noord-Brabant {prop} {n} | :: North Brabant, a province of the Netherlands |
| noordelijk {adj} | :: northern |
| Noordelijke IJszee {prop} {f} | :: The Arctic Ocean |
| Noordelijk Territorium {prop} {n} | :: The Northern Territory, a constitutive territory (not a full state) in the north of federal Australia |
| noordeling {m} | :: northerner |
| noordeling {m} | :: especially someone from the North of the Netherlands |
| noordeling {m} | :: name of a potato variety |
| noorden {n} | :: north |
| Noordenveld {prop} | :: Noordenveld (municipality) |
| noorder- {prefix} | :: northern |
| noorderbreedte {f} | :: northern latitude - The angular distance north from the equator, measured along the meridian at a particular point |
| noorderbuur {m} | :: A neighbouring country to the north |
| noorderbuur {m} | :: An inhabitant or national of a northern neighbouring country |
| Noorderkroon {prop} {f} [constellation] | :: Corona Borealis |
| noorderlicht {n} | :: northern lights, aurora borealis |
| noorderling {m} | :: northerner, someone living in, coming from or associated with the north of the world, a country etc |
| Noordfries {prop} {n} | :: The North Frisian language |
| Noordfries {m} | :: A North Frisian person |
| Noordfries {adj} | :: North Frisian |
| Noord-Germaans {adj} | :: North Germanic |
| Noord-Holland {prop} {n} | :: North Holland, a province of the Netherlands |
| Noord-Hollands {adj} | :: of or relating to North Holland |
| Noord-Ierland {prop} {n} | :: Northern Ireland |
| Noord-Korea {prop} {n} | :: North Korea |
| noordoost {adv} [only in compounds] | :: northeast |
| noordoost {adv} | :: towards the northeast |
| noordoostelijk {adj} | :: northeastern, northeasterly |
| noordoosten {n} | :: northeast (compass point) |
| Noordoostpolder {prop} {m} | :: Noordoostpolder (polder) |
| Noordoostpolder {prop} {m} | :: Noordoostpolder (municipality) |
| noordpool {m} | :: north pole |
| Noordpool {prop} {m} | :: North Pole |
| Noord-Rijnland-Westfalen {prop} {n} | :: North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Noordrijn-Westfalen {prop} {n} | :: North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Noords {adj} | :: Nordic |
| Noordsvaarder {prop} {m} | :: A sand plain forming the western end of Terschelling, formerly a sandbar |
| noordvaarder {m} [historical] | :: A Dutch merchant ship that traded in wood, usually in Norway |
| noordwaarts {adv} | :: northwards |
| noordwaarts {adj} | :: northward, northerly |
| noordwest {adv} [only in compounds] | :: northwest |
| noordwest {adv} | :: towards the northwest |
| Noordwestblok {prop} {n} | :: North-West Block (hypothetical prehistoric cultural region in present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, northern France and north-west Germany) |
| noordwestelijk {adj} | :: northwestern, northwesterly |
| noordwesten {n} | :: northwest (compass point) |
| Noordwest-Germaans {adj} | :: Northwest Germanic |
| Noordzee {prop} {f} | :: The North Sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia and France |
| noordzeekrab {f} | :: brown crab, edible crab, Cancer pagurus |
| Noors {adj} | :: Norwegian |
| Noors {n} | :: The Norwegian language |
| Noorwegen {prop} {n} | :: Norway |
| noot {f} | :: nut |
| noot {f} [vulgar, chiefly plural] | :: testicle, nut |
| noot {f} | :: note (musical note) |
| noot {f} | :: note (brief remark) |
| noot {f} | :: note (a commentary or reference appended to a text) |
| noot {n} [archaic] | :: cattle, livestock |
| noot {n} [archaic] | :: cow, neat |
| nootmuskaat {f} | :: A nutmeg (the hard aromatic seed of the Moluccan tree Myristica fragrans) |
| nope {interj} [colloquial] | :: nope |
| nopen {vt} [now, chiefly figurative] | :: to force, to compel |
| nopen {vt} | :: to excite, to rouse, to stimulate |
| nopen {vt} [obsolete] | :: to goad, to jab [with a goad] |
| nopens {prep} | :: concerning, with respect to, regarding |
| noppes {pron} [colloquial] | :: nothing |
| nor {noun} [colloquial] | :: Jail, prison; imprisonment |
| Nora {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| norit {mf} {n} [pharmaceutical drug] | :: a brand of activated carbon |
| norm {f} | :: norm, standard |
| normaal {adj} | :: normal, usual, in accordance with what is common |
| normaal {adj} [mathematics] | :: normal, perpendicular |
| normaal {adv} | :: normally, usually |
| normaal {f} [mathematics] | :: normal (line or vector perpendicular to another element) |
| normaalkracht {f} [physics] | :: normal force |
| normaalvector {m} | :: A vector that is perpendicular to another element (e.g. a plane or line) |
| normaalverdeling {f} | :: normal distribution (Gaussian distribution) |
| normaliseren {vt} | :: to normalize, to make normal |
| normaliseren {vt} [statistics, mathematics] | :: to normalize, to correct for variables or to adjust values to a given norm |
| normaliseren {vt} | :: to normalize, to standardize |
| normaliter {adv} [formal] | :: normally |
| normtaal {f} | :: normative language, a language standard that is considered normative |
| norovirus {n} | :: norovirus, virus of the genus Norovirus |
| nors {adj} | :: surly, sulky |
| nosologie {f} | :: nosology |
| nostalgisch {adj} | :: nostalgic |
| Nostratisch {adj} | :: Nostratic |
| nota {f} | :: notice, official message or document |
| nota {f} [Belgium] | :: note, memorandum |
| nota bene {phrase} | :: nota bene (used to add an aside or warning to a text) |
| notarieel {adj} | :: notarial |
| notaris {m} [legal] | :: notary |
| notatie {f} | :: notation |
| notenboom {m} | :: nut tree, especially walnut tree |
| notenolie {f} | :: nut oil |
| notenschrift {n} | :: musical notation |
| noteren {v} | :: to write down, note |
| notie {f} | :: notion |
| notitie {m} | :: note (writing) |
| notitieboek {n} | :: notebook (book in which notes are written) |
| notities {noun} | :: plural of notitie |
| notuleren {v} [rare] | :: to minute, to write down the minutes of a meeting |
| nou {adv} | :: now; alternative form of nu |
| nou {adv} | :: come on; modal particle indicating a certain degree of urgency or impatience on behalf of the speaker |
| nou {interj} | :: so, well; when pressing someone |
| nou {interj} | :: well; indicates a certain degree of doubt |
| nou {interj} | :: wow; indicates amazement or surprise |
| nou breekt mijn klomp {phrase} | :: An expression of surprise |
| nou eenmaal {adv} | :: alternative form of nu eenmaal |
| nou en {interj} | :: so what (reply of indifference) |
| nou en of {interj} [colloquial] | :: you bet, certainly, hell yes [enthusiastic affirmative] |
| nou ja {interj} | :: would you look at that!, well well well.. |
| Nouméa {prop} | :: Nouméa, the capital of the French overseas possession New Caledonia |
| nova {f} [astronomy] | :: nova, nova star |
| Nova Zembla {prop} {f} | :: Novaya Zemlya |
| noveen {f} | :: alternative form of novene |
| novelle {f} | :: a literary essay on closely related events |
| novelle {f} | :: a short novel, short story |
| november {m} | :: November |
| novene {f} | :: A novena |
| novum {n} | :: A novelty, a novum |
| nozem {m} | :: someone who belonged to a 1950s Dutch youth culture revolving around (light) motorcycles, similar to a greaser, raggare or Teddy boy |
| nozem {m} | :: rowdy, especially one with long hair, beard and tattoos like an archetypical Hells Angel |
| nr. {noun} | :: No., no. abbreviation of nummer |
| nr {n} | :: No.; no.; abbreviation of nummer |
| NRW {prop} {n} | :: abbreviation of Noordrijn-Westfalen |
| NS {prop} [rail transport] | :: initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen |
| NSB'er {m} | :: adherent of the NSB or Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging |
| NSB'er {m} [pejorative] | :: quisling |
| NSB'er {m} [colloquial] | :: traitor, backstabber |
| NSDAP {prop} {f} [history] | :: NSDAP, abbreviation of Nationaalsocialistische Duitse Arbeiderspartij (National Socialist German Workers Party) |
| NS-station {n} [Netherlands] | :: train station |
| nu {adv} | :: now, at the present moment |
| nu {adv} | :: now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience) |
| nu {conj} | :: now (that) |
| nuance {f} | :: nuance, subtle distinction |
| nuanceren {vt} | :: to nuance, to detail |
| nuancering {f} | :: A nuance or the act of nuancing |
| nu breekt mijn klomp {phrase} | :: alternative form of nou breekt mijn klomp |
| nuchter {adj} | :: prosaic, matter of fact |
| nuchter {adj} | :: sober, not drunk |
| nuchter {adj} [of a person] | :: having neither eaten nor drunk anything |
| nuchter {adj} [of a body] | :: empty as a result of fasting |
| nuchter {adj} [of an animal] | :: newborn |
| nuchter {adv} | :: matter-of-factly |
| nuchterheid {f} | :: soberness |
| nuchterheid {f} | :: level-headedness, prosaicness |
| nucleon {n} | :: nucleon |
| nucleus {m} | :: nucleus, core |
| nudisme {n} | :: Nudism |
| nudist {m} | :: A nudist |
| nudistisch {adj} | :: nudist, pertaining to nudism or nudists |
| Nudorp {prop} {n} | :: Wihogne, a village in Belgium |
| nu eenmaal {adv} | :: just, as a matter of fact; (a modal particle indicating a certain fact that the speaker accepts is unlikely to change.) |
| Nuenen {prop} {n} | :: Nuenen (village) |
| Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten {prop} {n} | :: Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten (municipality) |
| nuf {f} [derogatory] | :: a woman, in particular a girl, who is considered arrogant or posh |
| nuffig {adj} | :: arrogant, supercilious, snobbish; particularly in a way associated with diva-like young women |
| nufje dundoek {n} [dated, pejorative] | :: A girl who is tidy, wears elegant clothing and is considered snobbish and prudish |
| nuk {f} | :: whim, impulse |
| nukkig {adj} [describing moods or personalities] | :: moody, inconstant, temperamental |
| nul {num} | :: zero, nought |
| nul {m} [mathematics] | :: A zero, naught, the numerical expression of none, nothing |
| nul {m} [figuratively] | :: A score of zero, the worst possible result |
| nul {m} [figuratively] | :: A good-for-nothing, worth-/use-less person |
| nul {adj} [archaic] | :: nul, void |
| nul {adj} | :: worthless |
| nulde {adj} | :: zeroth |
| nulles {adv} | :: a colloquial term for nothing |
| nulletje {noun} | :: diminutive of nul |
| nulliteit {f} | :: insignificance, negligible value |
| nulliteit {f} | :: human zero, cipher, insignificant person |
| nulmeridiaan {m} | :: prime meridian |
| nulsomspel {n} | :: zero-sum game |
| nulurencontract {n} | :: zero-hour contract |
| nuluurcontract {n} | :: zero-hour contract |
| nul-zes-nummer {n} [Netherlands] | :: alternative form of 06-nummer |
| Numeri {prop} | :: Numbers (book of the Bible) |
| numeriek {adj} | :: numerical |
| Numidië {prop} {n} | :: Numidia |
| Numidiër {m} | :: a Numidian |
| Numidisch {adj} | :: Numidian |
| Numidisch {prop} {n} | :: Numidian (language spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom in modern day Algeria) |
| nummer {n} | :: number used as a means of identification |
| nummer {n} | :: number (used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence) |
| nummer {n} | :: a song or musical performance; a track |
| nummer {n} | :: issue of a publication (e.g. a magazine) |
| nummer {n} [by extension] | :: number of an item on a menu; a dish identified by such a number |
| nummerbord {n} | :: A number plate, a license plate (plate containing an (alpha)numeric identifier for a road vehicle) |
| nummerbordje {noun} | :: diminutive of nummerbord |
| nummer honderd {n} [colloquial, idiom] | :: A toilet, in particular in a hotel; a loo |
| nummerplaat {f} | :: license plate, number plate |
| Nunspeet {prop} | :: Nunspeet (village/and/municipality) |
| nuntius {m} [Roman Catholicism] | :: A nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Holy See) |
| nurks {adj} | :: grumpy |
| nurks {adj} [uncommon] | :: callous |
| nurks {m} | :: grouch, curmudgeon |
| nut {n} | :: use, point, utility, sense |
| nut {n} | :: benefit |
| nut {adj} [obsolete] | :: useful |
| Nuth {prop} {n} | :: Nuth (village) |
| nutsbank {f} | :: utility bank |
| nutsbedrijf {n} | :: utility company |
| nutsdier {n} | :: livestock, productive domestic animal |
| Nutsman {m} | :: A male member of the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen |
| nutteloos {adj} | :: useless, pointless |
| nutteloos {adj} | :: meaningless, purposeless |
| nutteloosheid {f} | :: uselessness |
| nutten {vt} [obsolete] | :: to use, to enjoy use of |
| nutten {vt} [obsolete] | :: to consume, to eat |
| nuttig {adj} | :: useful, handy |
| nuttigen {v} | :: to consume (food), imbibe (drinks) |
| N.V. {f} | :: initialism of naamloze vennootschap |
| n.v.d.r. {phrase} [initialism] | :: editor's note, note from the editors |
| nylon {n} | :: Nylon |
| nylon {m} | :: A nylon stocking |
| nylonkous {f} | :: A nylon stocking |