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| k {letter} | :: letter |
| K {letter} | :: The eleventh letter of the Dutch alphabet |
| ka {f} | :: alternative form of kade |
| ka {f} [pejorative] | :: dominant woman |
| ka {f} | :: alternative form of kauw |
| ka {c} | :: ka (ancient Egyptian notion of the soul, shown as a bird) |
| kaag {f} {m} | :: A tract of land unprotected by any dykes |
| kaag {f} [historical] | :: A small single-masted flat-bottomed merchant sailing boat with leeboards, intended for coastal and inland shipping |
| kaagschip {n} [historical] | :: A small single-masted flat-bottomed merchant sailing boat with leeboards, intended for coastal and inland shipping |
| kaagschuit {f} [historical] | :: A small single-masted flat-bottomed merchant sailing boat with leeboards, intended for coastal and inland shipping |
| kaai {f} | :: alternative form of kade |
| kaaiman {m} | :: caiman |
| kaak {mf} | :: jaw |
| kaak {mf} | :: cheek, cone |
| kaak {mf} | :: gill |
| kaak {mf} | :: pillory |
| kaak {mf} | :: ship biscuit |
| kaakbeen {n} | :: jaw bone |
| kaakbreuk {mf} | :: jaw fracture |
| kaakchirurg {m} | :: dental surgeon |
| kaakchirurgie {f} | :: oral medicine |
| kaakfractuur {f} | :: jaw fracture |
| kaakje {noun} | :: some sort of biscuit |
| kaakslag {m} [literally] | :: A smack on the jaw, blow in the face |
| kaakslag {m} [figuratively] | :: A hurtful, gross insult, symbolic abuse in word or deed |
| kaal {adj} | :: without defining features, smooth, bland, plain |
| kaal {adj} | :: bald, bare, without fur, plumage, foliage etc |
| kaal {adj} [of a person, figuratively] | :: skinned, without means, in a poor state |
| kaalaars {m} | :: A short cape, reaching barely to the belt |
| kaalgat {m} [obsolete, figuratively] | :: An extremely poor person, a poor sod |
| kaalheid {f} | :: baldness |
| kaalslag {m} [forestry] | :: clearcutting |
| kaalslag {m} [construction] | :: demolition, site clearance |
| kaalslag {m} [figurative] | :: destruction, onslaught |
| kaap {f} {m} | :: cape, headland |
| Kaap de Goede Hoop {prop} {n} [geography] | :: Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost cape in (southwestern) South Africa |
| Kaapprovincie {prop} {f} | :: Kaapprovincie (province) |
| Kaapprovincie {prop} {f} | :: One of four constitutive provinces in the colonial and Apartheid era |
| Kaapprovincie {prop} {f} | :: One of more after the dismantling of Apartheid |
| Kaaps {adj} | :: Of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope |
| Kaapse vos {m} | :: Cape fox (Vulpes chama) |
| Kaapstad {prop} {f} | :: Kaapstad (city) |
| kaapvaart {f} | :: privateering, freebooting under a letter of marque |
| Kaapverdiaan {m} | :: Cape Verdean |
| Kaapverdië {prop} {n} | :: Kaapverdië (archipelago/and/country) |
| Kaapverdiër {m} | :: Cape Verdean |
| Kaapverdisch {adj} | :: Cape Verdean |
| kaarden {v} | :: to card (to use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning) |
| kaars {f} {m} | :: candle |
| kaarsenfabriek {f} | :: candle factory |
| kaarsenmaker {m} | :: candler |
| kaarsenstandaard {f} | :: candelabrum |
| kaarslicht {n} | :: candlelight |
| kaarsrecht {adj} | :: dead straight, perfectly straight |
| kaarsvet {n} | :: candle wax |
| kaarsvlam {f} | :: candleflame |
| kaart {f} | :: card (rectangular hard flat object) |
| kaart {f} | :: postcard |
| kaart {f} | :: playing card |
| kaart {f} | :: map (of an area) |
| kaart {f} | :: menu (of a restaurant) |
| kaarten {v} | :: to play card games |
| kaartenbak {m} | :: filing cabinet |
| kaartenboek {n} [uncommon] | :: atlas |
| kaartenhuis {n} | :: house of cards |
| kaartenhuis {n} | :: structure made up of playing cards |
| kaartenhuis {n} [literal and figurative] | :: anything with a shaky foundation |
| kaartje {noun} | :: ticket, especially a train ticket |
| kaartspel {n} | :: card game |
| kaas {m} | :: cheese |
| kaaskop {m} | :: a mold in which Edam cheese is pressed |
| kaaskop {m} [derogatory] | :: idiot, stupid person |
| kaaskop {m} [derogatory] | :: Dutch person (in general) |
| kaaskop {m} [derogatory, Southern Netherlands] | :: Hollander |
| kaasmaker {m} | :: cheesemaker |
| kaasmijt {f} | :: cheese mite |
| kaaspiet {m} | :: A servant of Sinterklaas with facepaint in the colour scheme of Gouda cheese, a typically Dutch food, in order to avoid the blackface on Zwarte Piet |
| kaasschaaf {f} {m} | :: cheese slicer (instrument for slicing cheese) |
| kaassoufflé {m} | :: A deep-fried snack made of cheese wrapped in a flat, rectangular or hemicircular envelope of puff pastry covered with breadcrumbs |
| kaasstengel {m} | :: cheese straw |
| kaasstolp {f} | :: glass bell jar for storing cheese, akin to a cheese dish |
| kaasstolp {f} [Netherlands, politics, metaphor] | :: an institution or situation that is considered to be nasty or corrupt [nearly always in reference to The Hague, so often modified by "Haagse"] |
| kaasvervanger {m} | :: A vegan substitute for cheese |
| Kaat {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| kaatsen {v} | :: to bounce |
| kaatsen {v} | :: to play a ball sport |
| kaatsen {n} | :: Handball; Frisian handball |
| kaatser {m} | :: Frisian handball player |
| kaatsspel {n} | :: Used for several ball games |
| kaatsspel {n} | :: pelote |
| kaatsspel {n} | :: Frisian handball |
| kabaal {n} | :: din, loud noise made by people |
| kabaal {n} | :: commotion, uproar; e.g. much ado about nothing, fuss over nothing |
| kabaal {f} [dated, rare] | :: cabal, conspiracy |
| kabaal {f} [rare] | :: coterie |
| kabaleren {vi} [archaic] | :: to conspire, to cabal |
| kabas {noun} [Belgium] | :: bag |
| Kabbala {prop} {f} | :: Kabballah |
| Kabbalistisch {adj} | :: Pertaining to the Kaballah |
| kabbelen {v} | :: to babble, to murmur |
| kabel {m} | :: cable |
| kabel {m} [television, uncountable] | :: cable television |
| kabel {m} [Internet, uncountable] | :: cable internet |
| kabelbaan {f} | :: cable car (hanging) |
| kabelbaan {f} | :: cable ride, flying fox, zipline [also as a playground device] |
| kabelbaantje {noun} | :: diminutive of kabelbaan |
| kabelinternet {n} | :: cable internet |
| kabeljauw {m} | :: A cod, fish of the family Gadidae |
| kabeljauw {m} | :: Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua |
| kabelknippen {v} | :: to cancel traditional subscription television services such as cable or satellite in favour of online services; to do cord-cutting |
| kabelknippen {n} | :: the act of cancelling traditional subscription television services such as cable or satellite in favour of online services; cord-cutting |
| kabelknipper {m} | :: a tool used to cut cables; a cable-cutter |
| kabelknipper {m} | :: a (male) person who cancels subscription television services such as cable or satellite in favour of online services; a cord-cutter |
| kabelspoorweg {m} | :: cableway, funicular track |
| kabeltelevisie {f} | :: cable television |
| kabinet {n} | :: cabinet (piece of furniture) |
| kabinet {n} | :: cabinet (national administration) |
| kabinetsraad {m} | :: government council |
| Kaboel {prop} {n} | :: Kabul, the capital city of modern Afghanistan |
| kabouter {m} [fiction, folklore] | :: A (now usually benevolent) tiny folkloric bearded man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms or trees, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or brownie |
| Kabouter Buttplug {prop} {m} | :: Nickname for Santa Claus (sculpture), a sculpture by Paul McCartney |
| kaboutermuts {f} | :: hat of a kabouter, a (usually red) conical hat (resembling a Phrygian cap or a wizard's hat) |
| kachel {f} | :: stove (closed heating device) |
| kachel {adj} [Bargoens] | :: drunk |
| kacheloven {m} | :: tiled stove |
| kachtel {n} [dialectal] | :: foal |
| kadaster {n} | :: cadastre |
| kadastraal {adj} | :: cadastral, pertaining to a cadastre |
| kadaver {n} | :: animal corpse |
| kadaver {n} [in general] | :: corpse, cadaver |
| kadaverdiscipline {f} | :: An extremely strict, unquestioning discipline |
| kadavereus {adj} | :: cadaverous, resembling a cadaver |
| kade {f} | :: quay, wharf |
| kadee {noun} [Belgium] | :: (naughty) kid, peculiar person |
| kadee {noun} [plural] | :: offspring |
| kadee {adj} [Brabantian] | :: great, awesome |
| kader {n} | :: frame |
| kader {n} [by extension] | :: cadre, framework |
| kadet {m} | :: cadet |
| kadet {m} | :: small round bun, usually used in the diminutive form |
| kado {n} [colloquial] | :: superseded spelling of cadeau |
| kadreren {vt} | :: put in a frame [as of picture etc.] |
| kadreren {vt} [soccer] | :: get (a shot, the ball) between the goalposts and crossbar| |
| kaduuk {adj} [Holland] | :: broken |
| kaf {n} | :: chaff |
| kaffer {m} [originally, derogatory] | :: A non-believer or an infidel from the Muslim viewpoint |
| kaffer {m} [offensive] | :: A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu |
| kaffer {m} [offensive] | :: A stupid person, a numskull |
| kafferkoren {n} | :: Sorghum bicolor, sorghum |
| kafferlelie {f} [botany] | :: the Southern African bulb schizostylis |
| kafkaësk {adj} | :: Kafkaesque |
| kafkaiaans {adj} | :: Kafkaesque |
| Kaïn {prop} {m} | :: Cain (mythological character) |
| kajak {m} | :: kayak |
| kajakken {v} | :: to kayak |
| kajieten {v} [Belgium] | :: to whine like a dog or other canine species |
| kajuit {f} | :: cabin on a ship |
| kak {m} [vulgar] | :: shit |
| kak {m} [vulgar, colloquial] | :: arrogance |
| kaken {vt} | :: to gib: the method of removing the gills and other internal organs of a herring for better conservation |
| kaketoe {m} | :: cockatoo, parrot of the family Cacatuidae |
| kakhuis {n} | :: craphouse, privy, outhouse (toilet in a separate outbuilding) |
| kakhuis {n} [archaic] | :: loo, shitter (coarse term for any toilet) |
| kakhuis {n} [obsolete] | :: whore, hooker |
| kakhuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of kakhuis |
| kakken {vi} | :: to defecate |
| kakken {vt} | :: to (secrete) shit (notably solids) |
| kakken {vi} | :: to trot slowly, lustlessly |
| kakken zonder douwen {adj} [idiomatic, Rotterdam, vulgar] | :: easy |
| kakker {m} | :: A stereotypical designation of someone, usually a Dutch adolescent, who is elite, posh, preppy, conceited. Commonly associated attributes include polo shirts, field hockey, and the accent (bekakt praten) |
| kakkerlak {m} | :: cockroach (certain non-termite insect of the order Blattodea) |
| kakkerlak {m} [pejorative] | :: contemptible person |
| kakkerlak {m} [football, colloquial, often, derogatory] | :: supporter of Feyenoord |
| kakkie {noun} [Netherlands] | :: alternative form of kakje |
| kakkie {c} [Netherlands, colloquial, chiefly in the plural] | :: foot |
| kakkineus {adj} [colloquial, Netherlands] | :: posh, pretentious, foppish |
| kakmadam {f} [pejorative] | :: A posh lady |
| kakofonie {f} | :: A cacophony, mix of discordant sounds; dissonance |
| kakwangen {p} | :: The butt cheeks, buttocks |
| kalander {f} | :: weevil; calander |
| kalbas {f} [uncommon] | :: alternative form of kalebas |
| kalebas {f} | :: calabash, gourd, squash |
| kalefateren {v} [nautical] | :: to caulk (to fill seems with oakum) |
| kalefateren {v} | :: to patch up, to fix |
| kalender {m} | :: calendar |
| kaleren {v} [Brabantian] | :: eat completely |
| Kales {prop} {n} [obsolete] | :: Calais, a city in the North of France |
| kalf {n} | :: calf (young cow or bull; young bovine) |
| kalf {n} | :: calf (young elefant; young deer; young of certain marine mammals) |
| kalf {n} [obsolete, pejorative] | :: Calvinist |
| kalfsvlees {n} | :: veal |
| kaliber {n} | :: calibre |
| kalibreren {vt} | :: to calibrate |
| kalief {m} [Islam] | :: caliph |
| kalifaal {adj} [Islam] | :: caliphal |
| kalifaat {n} [Islam] | :: caliphate |
| Kalimantan {prop} {n} | :: Kalimantan (Indonesian part of Borneo) |
| Kalimantan {prop} {n} [obsolete] | :: Borneo |
| kalium {n} | :: potassium |
| kaliumbromide {f} | :: potassium bromide |
| kalk {m} | :: lime (mineral) |
| kalkaanslag {m} [chiefly uncountable] | :: limescale |
| kalken {v} | :: to apply chalk |
| kalken {v} [colloquial] | :: to write |
| kalkoen {f} | :: turkey, Meleagris gallopavo |
| kalkoenenei {n} | :: A turkey egg |
| kalkoven {m} | :: lime kiln |
| kalksteen {m} {n} | :: limestone |
| kalksteen {m} | :: limestone (piece) |
| kalkstenen {adj} | :: limestonen |
| kalktuf {n} {m} | :: tufa (type of limestone) |
| kalle {f} [dated slang] | :: girl; lover; whore |
| kallen {v} | :: to chat, to talk |
| kalligraaf {mf} | :: calligrapher |
| kalligraferen {vti} | :: to calligraph |
| kalligrafie {f} | :: calligraphy |
| kalm {adj} | :: calm, tranquil, without of noise and disturbance |
| kalm {adj} | :: calm, composed, cool-headed |
| kalmeren {vi} | :: to become calm, to calm down |
| kalmeren {vt} | :: to cause to become calm, to calm down |
| kalmte {f} | :: calmness |
| kalven {v} | :: to calve |
| kalven {v} | :: to give birth to a calf |
| kalverkop {m} [literally] | :: A calf's head |
| kalverkop {m} [gastronomy] | :: The dish veal head |
| kalverkop {m} [figuratively] | :: A meathead, moron, stupid person |
| kalverliefde {f} | :: puppy love; a youthful, immature form of love often associated with young people |
| kam {m} | :: A comb, utensil to groom hair, fur etc |
| kam {m} | :: (anatomy etc.; by analogy) A ridge, erect shape |
| kam {m} [technical] | :: A cam |
| kam {m} | :: bridge (e.g. of a violin) |
| kamavos {m} | :: Cape fox, cama fox (Vulpes chama) |
| kameel {m} | :: A Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus |
| kameel {m} | :: A camel, animal of the genus Camelus |
| kameelgeit {f} [dated] | :: llama |
| kamelenteelt {f} | :: camel husbandry |
| kameleon {m} [zoology] | :: A chameleon, lizard |
| kameleon {m} [figuratively] | :: A turncoat, someone who changes opinions etc. like a chameleon changes color |
| Kameleon {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Chamaeleon |
| kamer {f} | :: A room, a chamber |
| kamer {f} | :: [with the user or owner specified] A bedroom |
| kamer {f} [Netherlands, with the definite article, often not specified] | :: A living room |
| kamer {f} [Netherlands, historical, dated, with the definite article] | :: A special, more luxurious living room (formerly) reserved for use on Sundays and holidays, found in old houses that were inhabited by relatively affluent people |
| kamer {f} | :: A chamber of a gun |
| kamer {f} | :: A chamber of parliament (legislative body) |
| kamer {f} [chiefly Netherlands] | :: A non-campus residence for students |
| kameraad {m} | :: comrade |
| kameraad {m} | :: friend |
| kamerarrest {n} | :: A confinement to quarters, imposed as a punishment and/or preventive measure |
| kamerarrest {n} [education] | :: grounding (punishment) |
| Kamerik {prop} {n} | :: Kamerik (village) |
| kamerjas {m} | :: dressing gown, bathrobe |
| kamerjasje {noun} | :: diminutive of kamerjas |
| kamerlid {n} [politics] | :: A member of the Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer) or House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) |
| kamermeisje {n} | :: chambermaid |
| kamermuziek {f} | :: chamber music |
| Kameroen {prop} {n} | :: Cameroon |
| kamerolifant {m} [pejorative] | :: land whale (insult for an overweight person) |
| kamerplant {f} | :: An indoor plant, a houseplant |
| kamerplantje {noun} | :: diminutive of kamerplant |
| kamerstuk {n} [politics] | :: A document treated in (any of the houses of) parliament |
| kamerstuk {n} [theatre, often diminutive] | :: A short play suitable for being performed in a room or other small venue with a small cast |
| kamerstuk {n} [military, jargon, dated] | :: A piece of artillery |
| kamertemperatuur {f} | :: room temperature |
| kamfer {m} [chemistry, pharmacology] | :: camphor |
| kamille {mf} | :: camomile |
| kammen {v} | :: to comb (use a comb to groom hair, fur etc.) |
| kammen {v} | :: to use any other comb, even mechanically |
| Kamminga {prop} | :: surname |
| kamp {n} | :: camp |
| kamp {m} | :: field |
| kamp {m} | :: battle |
| kamp {m} | :: tournament |
| Kamp {prop} | :: surname |
| kampanje {f} {m} [nautical] | :: poop deck (e.g. of galleys) |
| kampeerterrein {n} | :: campsite |
| kampen {vi} | :: to struggle, to contend |
| kampen {vi} | :: to deal with, to suffer (from a problem), to cope [+ met (object) = with] |
| Kampen {prop} {n} | :: Kampen (town/and/municipality) |
| kamperen {vi} | :: to camp, to go camping |
| kamphuis {n} | :: A camp building, a building rented as holiday accommodation to groups |
| kamphuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of kamphuis |
| kampioen {m} | :: champion |
| kampioene {f} | :: female champion |
| kampioenschap {n} | :: championship (competition to determine the champion) |
| kampioenschap {n} | :: championship (status or position as champion) |
| kampong {m} | :: village (a Southeast Asian rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town); kampong |
| kampong {m} | :: a quarter in a Southeast Asian city; an Indonesian quarter |
| kampvuur {n} | :: campfire |
| kamsalamander {m} | :: great crested newt, northern crested newt, Triturus cristatus |
| kamster {m} | :: An astropecten, a sea star of the genus Astropecten |
| kamster {f} [historical] | :: A female wool comber |
| kan {f} | :: jug |
| kan {f} | :: pot (for tea, coffee, etc.) |
| kan {f} | :: can (cylindrical vessel) |
| kanaal {n} | :: canal (artificial waterway) |
| kanaal {n} | :: television or internet channel |
| kanaal {n} | :: channel (narrow natural body of water) |
| kanaal {n} | :: duct, pipe |
| kanaal {n} | :: duct-shaped tissue |
| kanaal {n} | :: frequency band |
| Kanaal {prop} {n} | :: The English Channel or Strait of Dover, the North Sea strait between England and France |
| Kanaalbuurt {prop} {f} | :: An area in Brussels |
| kanaalpand {n} | :: A section of a canal that is located between two locks |
| Kanaaltunnel {prop} {m} | :: Channel Tunnel |
| Kanaän {prop} {n} | :: Canaan |
| Kanaänitisch {adj} | :: Canaanite, Canaanitic |
| kanaliseren {v} | :: to channel |
| kanarie {m} | :: A canary, bird of the Serinus or specifically Serinus canaria |
| kanariegeel {n} | :: canary (colour) |
| kanariepiet {m} | :: A canary, bird of the Serinus or specifically Serinus canaria |
| kanarietje {noun} | :: diminutive of kanarie |
| kanarievogel {m} | :: A canary, bird of the genus Serinus or specifically Serinus canaria |
| kandeel {m} | :: a type of mulled wine with cinnamon [historically used to celebrate the birth of a child] |
| kandelaar {m} | :: candelabrum |
| kandelaar {m} | :: sconce |
| kandelaartje {noun} | :: diminutive of kandelaar |
| kandidaat {m} | :: candidate |
| kandidate {f} | :: A female candidate |
| kandidatuur {f} | :: candidacy |
| kandij {f} | :: rock sugar or rock candy (crystalline sugar confectionery) |
| kandijklontje {noun} | :: a crystal of white rock sugar or rock candy |
| kandijsuiker {m} | :: sugar candy, rock candy, rock sugar |
| kaneel {n} {m} | :: cinnamon (spice) |
| kaneelstok {m} | :: A cinnamon stick, apiece of candy shaped like a stick tasting like cinnamon (usually sold at carnivals) |
| kaneelstokje {noun} [colloquial] | :: penis |
| kaneelsuiker {m} | :: cinnamon sugar (mixture of granulated sugar and ground cinnamon) |
| kanen {v} [colloquial] | :: to eat, munch |
| kangoeroe {m} | :: A kangaroo, marsupial of the family Macropodidae |
| kanjer {m} | :: Something or someone who is big or the biggest of their kind; a whopper |
| kanjer {m} | :: One who is admirable; a hero, a star |
| kanjer {m} [archaic] | :: A lazy and/or boastful person |
| kanjer {m} [obsolete] | :: A quack, a charlatan |
| kanker- {prefix} [intensifier, extremely, vulgar, Netherlands] | :: fucking, motherfucking |
| kanker- {prefix} [denominal] | :: of or related to cancer |
| kanker {m} [medicine, oncology] | :: cancer |
| kanker {m} [offensive intensifier] | :: Something incredibly bad, poor or annoying |
| kanker {interj} [potentially offensive, vulgar] | :: An expression of anger, annoyance, etc. damn, fuck |
| kankeren {v} [mildly, offensive] | :: to grouse, to complain |
| kankerhoer {f} [Netherlands, pejorative, vulgar] | :: fucking whore, fucking slut (insult for a woman) |
| kankerkind {n} [potentially, offensive, pejorative] | :: A pejorative for a child |
| kankerkind {n} [uncommon] | :: A child with cancer |
| kankerlijder {m} [possibly, vulgar] | :: cancer patient |
| kankerlijer {m} [extremely, vulgar, offensive] | :: motherfucker. Literally a person who suffers from cancer |
| kankerstaaf {m} [humorous] | :: cigarette, cancer stick |
| kankerstaafje {noun} | :: diminutive of kankerstaaf |
| kankerwijf {n} [offensive, pejorative, Netherlands] | :: An obscene pejorative for a woman: fucking bitch, etc |
| kannibaal {m} | :: cannibal (human or other organism which eats (parts of) other members of its own species) |
| kano {m} | :: canoe (a small long and narrow boat) |
| kanoën {vi} | :: to sail in a canoe |
| kanoër {m} | :: A person who sails in a canoe |
| kanoet {m} | :: knot, red knot, Calidris canutus |
| kanon {n} | :: cannon [weapon] |
| kanonneerboot {f} | :: A gunboat |
| kanonnenvlees {n} | :: cannonfodder |
| kanonnenvoeder {n} [uncommon, archaic] | :: alternative form of kanonnenvoer |
| kanonnenvoer {n} | :: cannonfodder |
| kanonneren {vit} | :: to attack with cannons, to fire cannons (at) |
| kanonnevoer {n} | :: superseded spelling of kanonnenvoer |
| kanonnier {m} | :: a cannoneer (one who operates a cannon or other artillery piece) |
| kanonnier {m} | :: an artilleryman (one who serves in an artillery unit) |
| kanonskogel {m} | :: cannon ball, heavy spheric projectile to be launched by artillery |
| kanonsloop {m} | :: cannon barrel |
| kans {f} | :: chance |
| kans {f} | :: opportunity |
| kans {f} [mathematics] | :: probability |
| kansel {m} | :: pulpit (raised platform in church) |
| kanselier {m} | :: chancellor |
| kansloos {adj} | :: hopeless, (being) against the odds |
| kansloos {adj} | :: pathetic, contemptible |
| kansrekening {f} [mathematics] | :: probability theory |
| kansrijk {adj} | :: Having high odds of success, having good prospects, promising |
| kansspel {n} | :: A game of chance, entirely depending on luck |
| kansspel {n} | :: A gamble, a risky business |
| kant {m} | :: side, face (of an object) |
| kant {m} | :: side (as opposed to top or bottom) |
| kant {m} | :: way, direction |
| kant {m} | :: lace (textile pattern) |
| kantaloep {f} | :: alternative form of kanteloep |
| kanteel {m} | :: merlon |
| kantelen {vi} | :: to tip over |
| kantelen {vt} | :: to tip over |
| kanteloep {f} | :: cantaloupe (melon) |
| kanten {adj} | :: Made or consisting of lace |
| kanten {vt} | :: To make/ give (a) side(s), edge etc |
| kanten {vt} | :: To (give a) shape |
| kanten {vt} | :: To let graze along the side of a pasture |
| kanten {vt} | :: To tilt, notably on a side |
| kanten {vi} | :: To (be) tilt(ed) |
| kanten {vt} | :: To touch at a side; to oppose in contact |
| kanten {vt} | :: To put aside, save (up) |
| kanten {vi} | :: To (put up a) fight, pose opposition |
| kant-en-klaar {adj} | :: ready-made |
| kantine {f} | :: mess hall |
| kantjil {m} | :: A mouse deer, a chevrotain, deer of the genus Tragulus, especially Tragulus kanchil (lesser mouse-deer) |
| kantlijn {f} {m} [typography] | :: margin |
| Kantonees {prop} {n} | :: Cantonese (language) |
| kantoor {n} | :: office |
| kantoorbediende {mf} | :: An office clerk |
| kantoortaal {f} | :: corporatespeak |
| kantoortuin {m} | :: office landscape |
| kanttekening {f} [literally] | :: side note, marginal comment, gloss |
| kanttekening {f} [figuratively] | :: side note, aside |
| kanunnik {m} | :: canon (ecclesiastical title) |
| kaolo {adj} [slang] | :: An expletive generally used in attributive position; fucking, shit, damn |
| kaon {n} [physics] | :: kaon |
| kap {f} | :: cap |
| kap {f} | :: cover |
| kap {m} | :: stroke; chopping |
| kapater {m} [obsolete] | :: A eunuch |
| kapel {f} | :: chapel, small Christian place of worship |
| kapel {f} [uncommon] | :: shrine, small non-Christian temple or sanctuary |
| kapel {f} | :: orchestra |
| kapel {f} [dialectal] | :: butterfly |
| kapelaan {m} | :: chaplain, curate, a Catholic priest working in a parish church |
| kapelaan {m} [historical] | :: clergyman, cleric |
| kapen {v} | :: to hijack, to (illegally) seize control of something - especially vehicles - by force |
| kaper {m} | :: privateer, pirate |
| kaper {m} | :: hijacker |
| kaperbrief {m} | :: letter of marque |
| kapersbrief {m} | :: alternative form of kaperbrief |
| kaperschip {n} | :: Privateer ship, a ship authorised by a letter of marque to attack certain foreign ships |
| kaping {f} | :: hijacking |
| kapitaal {n} {c} | :: fortune |
| kapitaal {n} {c} | :: capital (money) |
| kapitaal {n} {c} | :: capital (letter) |
| kapitaaleis {m} | :: capital requirement |
| kapitaalinjectie {f} | :: capital injection |
| kapitaalmarkt {f} {m} | :: capital market |
| kapitalisme {n} | :: capitalism |
| kapitalist {m} | :: capitalist |
| kapitalistisch {adj} | :: capitalist, capitalistic |
| kapiteel {n} [architecture] | :: capital (uppermost part of a column) |
| kapitein {m} | :: captain (person in command of a ship) |
| kapitein {m} | :: captain (military officer) |
| kapittel {n} | :: chapter |
| kaplaars {f} | :: A knee-length boot, usually made of rubber |
| kaplaarsje {noun} | :: diminutive of kaplaars |
| kapmes {n} | :: machete |
| kapoen {m} | :: capon (a cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table) |
| kapoen {m} [Belgium] | :: A term of endearment for a little child |
| kapoeneren {v} | :: to caponize |
| kapoeres {adj} [Bargoens] | :: broken, damaged, destroyed |
| kapoeres {adj} [Bargoens] | :: dead, gone |
| kapot {adj} | :: broken |
| kapotgaan {vi} | :: to break down |
| kapotmaken {v} | :: to break |
| kapotneuken {v} | :: ruin |
| kappen {vt} | :: to cut hair and model it |
| kappen {vt} | :: to chop, as with an axe |
| kappen {vt} | :: to cut down, fell (e.g. a tree) |
| kappen {vi} [figuratively] | :: (in kappen op ...) to criticize |
| kappen {vi} [colloquial] | :: to cease, give up, stop |
| kappen {v} [slang] | :: to talk; notably |
| kappen {vi} | :: to plead |
| kappen {vt} | :: to speak (a) slang |
| kappen {vt} | :: To fit (someone) with a (fabric) hood, cap etc |
| kappen {vt} [figuratively] | :: To trick (someone), play a prank on .. |
| kappen {vt} | :: To dress, fit with a hairstyle or headdress |
| kappen {vt} | :: To cover (something) with a (heavy) hood, casing etc |
| kappen {vt} | :: to young, notably have piglets |
| kapper {m} | :: barber, hairdresser |
| kapper {m} | :: caper bush, Capparis spinosa |
| kapper {m} | :: [chiefly diminutive] caper |
| kapperspaal {m} | :: a typical shop sign used to signify a barber's shop; a barber's pole |
| kappertje {noun} | :: diminutive of kapper |
| kapsalon {m} | :: barber shop, hair salon |
| kapsalon {m} | :: a type of fast food, consisting of fries topped with döner or shawarma meat, grilled with cheese and covered with salad; similar to a halal snack pack |
| kapseizen {vi} | :: To capsize; to keel over |
| kapsel {n} | :: haircut, hairstyle, hairdo |
| kapsel {n} [physiology] | :: capsule (enveloping membrane) |
| kapsel {n} [archaic] | :: headdress, headwear [in particular for women] |
| kapsones {p} [colloquial] | :: hubris |
| kapster {f} | :: A female hairdresser (female professional for haircut and hairstyling) |
| kapstok {m} | :: hat- and coatstand, hatrack |
| kapucijner {adj} | :: Capuchin |
| kapucijner {m} | :: A field pea, variety of Pisum sativum |
| kar {f} | :: A cart |
| kar {f} | :: Any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck |
| karaat {n} | :: carat (unit of weight) |
| karaat {n} | :: carat (measure of purity of gold) |
| Karabach {prop} {n} | :: Karabakh [Armenian speaking region in the Caucasus] |
| karabijn {mf} | :: carbine (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) |
| karaf {f} | :: carafe |
| karakter {n} | :: A character, standardized graphic symbol, such as a letter of an alphabet or a numeric digit |
| karakter {n} | :: A character; a role, often conventionalised, in theatre |
| karakter {n} | :: A nature, a character |
| karakter {n} | :: A character, a person's psychological characteristics; especially guts, backbone |
| karakter {n} [obsolete] | :: A magical mark, a witch's mark |
| karakterfout {f} | :: A character flaw |
| karakteristiek {f} | :: characteristic |
| karakteristiek {adj} | :: characteristic |
| karaktermoord {m} | :: character assassination |
| karakterschets {f} | :: A character sketch, a character profile |
| karaktertrek {m} | :: A character trait |
| karaktertrekje {noun} | :: diminutive of karaktertrek |
| karamel {m} | :: the sweet mixture caramel, used for confection |
| karamel {m} | :: (plural also karamellen) a piece (usually block-shaped) of candy made with it |
| karate {n} {m} | :: karate (Japanese martial art) |
| karateka {m} | :: karateka |
| karavaan {f} | :: caravan (a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert) |
| karbonade {f} | :: meat chop, cutlet [usually containing a piece of bone] |
| karbonkel {n} | :: ruby, garnet |
| karbonkel {m} | :: carbuncle |
| karbonkel {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: carbuncle |
| karbouw {m} | :: water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis |
| kardemom {m} | :: cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), an Indian herb |
| kardemom {m} | :: The cardamom seed, used as a spice |
| kardinaal {m} | :: cardinal (high-ranking official in the Catholic Church, Prince of the Church) |
| kardinaal {adj} | :: cardinal |
| kardinaalrood {adj} | :: cardinal (color) |
| kardinaalschap {n} | :: A cardinalate, dignity and office of cardinal |
| kardinaalschap {n} | :: [absolute use, with definite article, het kardinalschap] The cardinalate, the collective of Roman Catholic cardinals comprising the consistory |
| kardinalaat {n} [Roman Catholicism] | :: cardinalate |
| kardinaliteit {f} | :: cardinality |
| kardoen {m} | :: cardoon, artichoke thistle, Cynara cardunculus |
| kardoes {f} [historical] | :: A package or cartridge containing one charge of black powder for a cannon |
| kardoes {f} [dated] | :: A pack of tobacco, in particular snuff |
| kardoes {n} [archaic] | :: A thick type of paper |
| kardoes {m} [dated] | :: A kind of medium-sized dog with curly hair, comparable to a poodle or terrier |
| Karel {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Karelië {prop} {n} | :: Karelia (region in Russia and Finland) |
| Karelisch {adj} | :: Karelian, in, from or otherwise relating to Karelia, its (Finnish) people and culture |
| Karelisch {adj} | :: in or relating to the Karelian language |
| Karelisch {prop} {n} | :: The Karelian language |
| Karelroman {m} | :: Carolingian romance |
| kariatide {f} | :: caryatid |
| kariboe {m} | :: caribou (reindeer) |
| karig {adj} | :: scanty |
| karig {adj} | :: austere |
| karigheid {f} | :: meagreness, scantiness |
| karikatuur {f} | :: caricature (satire, parody) |
| karkas {n} | :: A carcass, the bodily remains of an animal (sometimes including humans) |
| karkas {n} [now, rare] | :: A wire frame made of metal wire covered in cloth |
| karma {n} | :: karma |
| karmijn {n} | :: carmine (purplish-red pigment) |
| karmijnrood {n} | :: carmine, a crimson-purple colour |
| karmisch {adj} | :: karmic |
| karnemelk {f} | :: traditional buttermilk |
| karnen {v} | :: To churn (agitate milk rapidly to obtain butter) |
| karnton {f} | :: churn (vessel used for churning) |
| karoot {f} [Belgium, dialectal] | :: carrot |
| karoot {f} [Netherlands] | :: obsolete spelling of kroot |
| karos {f} | :: An official carriage (type of horse-drawn vehicle) |
| Karpaten {prop} {p} | :: Carpathians |
| karper {m} [zoology] | :: A carp, the often fished species Cyprinus carpio |
| karper {m} | :: By extension, any of various, related freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae |
| karperluis {f} | :: common fish louse, Argulus foliaceus |
| karrenspoor {n} | :: cart track (basic type of dirt road) |
| karrenvracht {f} | :: cartload |
| karrespoor {n} | :: superseded spelling of karrenspoor |
| karst {m} [geology] | :: karst (terrain with caves formed by limestone dissolution by underground drainage) |
| karstbron {f} | :: karst spring |
| kartel {n} | :: cartel |
| kartel {n} [Belgium] | :: political cartel |
| karteldarm {m} | :: colon (digestive system) |
| kartets {f} [historical] | :: A shrapnel cartridge or shell |
| karton {n} [uncountable] | :: cardboard, paperboard |
| karton {n} | :: cardboard package |
| kartonfabriek {f} | :: cardboard factory |
| kartonnen {adj} | :: cardboard |
| kartonneren {vt} [of books] | :: to bind in cardboard |
| Kartveels {adj} | :: Kartvelian |
| Kartveli {m} | :: Georgian |
| karveel {f} {n} [historical, nautical] | :: A caravel |
| karwei {n} | :: job, task |
| karwei {n} | :: work |
| karwij {f} | :: caraway, Carum carvi |
| kas {f} {m} | :: greenhouse |
| kas {f} {m} | :: cash |
| Kasjoebisch {prop} {n} | :: Kashubian (Slavic language spoken in the Pomeranian region of Poland) |
| Kasjoebisch {adj} | :: Kashubian related to the Kashubian language |
| kasjroet {f} | :: kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) |
| kaskraker {m} | :: blockbuster |
| Kaspische Zee {prop} {f} | :: The Caspian Sea, a landlocked sea (in fact a giant lake) in Central Asia |
| kasplant {f} | :: A plant grown in a greenhouse |
| kasplant {f} [chiefly diminutive, colloquial, potentially offensive] | :: A person in a vegetative state or a brain-dead person, a vegetable, a cabbage |
| kasplantje {noun} | :: diminutive of kasplant |
| kassa {f} {m} | :: cash desk, checkout |
| kassa {f} {m} | :: box office, booking office |
| kassa {f} {m} | :: cash register, till |
| kassaticket {n} [Belgium] | :: Regional misspelling of kasticket |
| kassei {f} | :: cobblestone |
| kassiewijle {adj} [Netherlands, originally, Bargoens, uninflectable] | :: dead |
| kassucces {n} | :: blockbuster, sales hit |
| kast {f} | :: cupboard, closet |
| kastanje {m} | :: chestnut (nut of the chestnut tree) |
| kastanje {m} | :: chestnut tree |
| kastanjebruin {adj} | :: auburn |
| kaste {f} | :: a caste, hereditary Indian socio-religious class (except the 'unclean' lowest) [depreciated in specialist usage] |
| kaste {f} | :: a similarly closed social class, especially if rather impenetrable -notably (de facto) hereditary-, as in Ancient Egypt or various tribal and feudal societies |
| kaste {f} | :: any closed, social and/or hierarchic group, such as a priesthood or a military corps |
| kaste {f} [obsolete] | :: national/ethnic group or character |
| kasteel {n} | :: castle |
| kasteel {n} [by extension] | :: Any large, opulent building, in particular a residence |
| kasteel {n} [chess, dated] | :: rook |
| kasteel {n} [nautical, historical] | :: A raised fortification on late mediaeval ships |
| kasteelboerderij {f} | :: castle farm (farm leased or operated by a liege) |
| Kasteelbrakel {prop} {n} | :: Braine-le-Château, a town in Belgium |
| kasteeltoren {m} | :: castle tower (e.g. a keep, turret or any other tower belonging to a castle) |
| kastelein {m} | :: A barman, a bartender, a barkeeper |
| kastelein {m} [historical] | :: A castellan, a chatelain |
| kastelein {m} [historical] | :: An inn keeper |
| kasteleines {f} | :: A barwoman, a female bartender, a female barkeeper |
| kasteleines {f} [historical] | :: A female inn keeper |
| kasteleines {f} [historical, uncommon] | :: A chatelaine, a female castelan or the wife of a castellan |
| kasticket {n} | :: A paper proof of payment printed by a till (cash register) |
| kastijden {v} | :: to castigate, chastise, punish |
| kastijding {f} | :: chastisement, punishment |
| kastwoord {n} [grammar] | :: preposition |
| kasuaris {m} | :: cassowary |
| kat {f} | :: cat, pussy, Felis silvestris catus |
| kat {f} | :: female cat |
| kat {f} | :: [by extension] feline |
| kat {f} [historical] | :: cat, tortoise (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; medieval siege weapon) |
| kat {m} | :: alternative spelling of qat |
| katachtig {adj} | :: feline |
| katachtig {adj} | :: cat-like, belonging to the Felidae family |
| katachtige {noun} | :: felid, feline; any member of the family Felidae |
| katafrakt {m} | :: cataphract |
| katalysator {m} [chemistry] | :: catalyst |
| katana {c} | :: A katana |
| Katanga {prop} | :: Katanga (region), originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession |
| Katanga {prop} | :: Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo |
| Katanga {prop} | :: Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French |
| Katanga {prop} | :: In 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state; in 1961-63 reconquered by Congo and reorganized in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of president Mobutu's Zairization |
| Katangees {adj} | :: Katangese, from Katanga (any sense) |
| Katangees {m} | :: A Katangese, inhabitant or descendant of the population of Katanga |
| katapult {m} | :: catapult |
| katenspek {n} {m} | :: Katenspeck, a hot-steamed type of bacon |
| kater {m} | :: A tomcat, tom, male cat |
| kater {m} | :: A hangover |
| kathaai {m} | :: nursehound, Scyliorhinus stellaris |
| kathedraal {f} | :: cathedral |
| kathedraal {adj} | :: cathedral |
| kathedraalschool {f} | :: cathedral school |
| katheter {n} {m} | :: catheter |
| kathode {f} [electricity] | :: cathode |
| kathodestraal {f} [electricity] | :: cathode ray |
| kathodestraalbuis {f} [electronics] | :: cathode ray tube |
| katholicisme {n} [Christianity] | :: Catholicism |
| katholiek {m} | :: Catholic |
| katholiek {adj} | :: Catholic |
| kati {m} | :: A weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol, about 625 (other source: 616.7) grams, used in China, Indonesia and Japan |
| kati {m} | :: A leaden box fitting such weight, notably to ship tea |
| kat in 't bakkie {m} [Netherlands, colloquial] | :: something easy, a cakewalk; in particular an easy chore or easy money |
| kat in 't bakkie {interj} [Netherlands, colloquial] | :: Bob's your uncle, easy-peasy |
| katje {noun} | :: catkin |
| katoen {m} | :: cotton, plant of the genus Gossypium |
| katoen {n} | :: cotton (fabric) |
| katoenen {adj} | :: (made of) cotton |
| katoentje {noun} | :: diminutive of katoen |
| katrol {f} {m} | :: a pulley |
| katrolschijf {c} | :: a pulley wheel, sheave |
| kattebel {c} [chiefly diminutive] | :: A short, hastily written letter |
| kattebelletje {noun} | :: diminutive of kattebel |
| katten {v} | :: to slate, to criticise heavily, in a snide manner |
| kattenbak {m} | :: a litter box, a cat box |
| kattengat {n} | :: cat flap |
| kattenjong {n} | :: a young cat; kitten |
| kattenkop {m} | :: a cat's head |
| kattenkop {m} | :: a bitchy woman |
| kattenkruid {n} [chiefly uncountable, countable] | :: catnip, catwort, any plant of the genus Nepeta |
| kattenkwaad {n} | :: vexatious conduct, mischief |
| kattenluik {n} | :: cat flap |
| kattenmoeder {f} [Belgium] | :: a mother who neglects or mistreats her children; a bad mother |
| kattenmoeder {f} | :: mother cat |
| kattenvoer {n} | :: cat food |
| kattin {f} [Belgium] | :: female cat |
| katvanger {m} | :: nominal owner of a vehicle, organisation or bank account, who was put there in order to hide the identity of the real owner from criminal prosecution; dummy, man of straw, front |
| katvogel {m} | :: (gray) catbird |
| Katwijk {prop} {n} | :: A town and former fishing village in South Holland, at the mouth of the Oude Rijn, a branch of the Rhine |
| ka-tzetnik {m} | :: An inmate of a Nazi concentration camp |
| Kaukasus {prop} {m} | :: Caucasus (mountain range, geographic region) |
| kauw {m} | :: A jackdaw, the bird species Coloeus monedula, closely related to the crow, magpie and raven |
| kauw {m} | :: Its cry |
| kauwen {v} | :: to chew |
| kauwgom {n} {m} | :: chewing gum |
| kauwgombal {m} | :: A gumball (ball of chewing gum with a sugar coating) |
| kavel {m} {n} | :: A plot, a lot, a tract of land |
| kavel {m} {n} | :: A lot in an auction sale |
| kavel {m} {n} | :: A lot, something apportioned by lottery |
| kaveling {f} | :: A plot, a lot, a tract of land, especially in contexts of allotment or sale after draining a piece of land |
| kaveling {f} | :: Allotment by lottery |
| kaveling {f} | :: A lot in an auction sale |
| Kazach {m} | :: Kazakh person |
| Kazachs {adj} | :: Relating, belonging to the Kazakh people, culture |
| Kazachs {adj} | :: In -, relating or belonging to the Kazakh language |
| Kazachs {n} | :: The Kazakh language |
| Kazachstan {prop} {n} | :: Kazakhstan |
| Kazak {m} | :: alternative spelling of Kazach |
| kazemat {f} | :: casemate (bombproof room or shelter as part of a larger fortification) |
| kazemat {f} | :: casemate, bunker |
| kazerne {f} | :: barracks |
| kazerne {f} | :: base (e.g. a fire station, or an army base, etc.) |
| kazerneren {vt} [military, of troops] | :: to station in barracks |
| kazuifel {m} {n} | :: chasuble |
| -ke {suffix} | :: Appended to a noun, making it diminutive |
| kebab {m} | :: kebab (seasoned meat grilled on a spit), esp. doner kebab |
| kech {f} [slang, derogatory, offensive] | :: whore (usually as a term of abuse for a woman) |
| kedive {m} | :: khedive (Egyptian ruler) |
| keel {f} | :: throat |
| keel {n} [heraldry] | :: gules, the blazoning term for the color red |
| keelband {m} | :: chinstrap, collar, throat strap |
| keelbandpinguïn {m} | :: chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarcticus |
| keelgat {n} | :: gullet |
| keelkanker {m} | :: throat cancer |
| keelklank {m} | :: a guttural sound |
| keelpijn {f} | :: A sore throat |
| keelzang {m} | :: throat singing |
| keelzang {m} | :: |
| keelzanger {m} | :: throat singer |
| keeper {m} [sports] | :: keeper, goalie |
| keer {m} {n} | :: time (occasion, instance) |
| keer {m} {n} | :: reversion, reversal |
| keerkring {m} [geography] | :: tropic |
| keer op keer {adv} | :: time after time |
| keerpunt {n} | :: turning point |
| keerzang {m} | :: An antode or antistrophe |
| Kees {prop} | :: given name |
| keeshond {m} | :: Keeshond (breed of spitz) |
| keeshondje {noun} | :: diminutive of keeshond |
| keet {mf} | :: a shack or stand |
| keet {mf} | :: a barrack, shed, shanty |
| keet {mf} | :: a row, unruliness, especially in keet schoppen; rumble, frolicking |
| keet {mf} | :: a salt container; a salt boiling installation |
| keet schoppen {v} | :: create a ruckus |
| keffen {v} | :: To yap |
| kegel {m} | :: cone |
| kegel {m} | :: bowling pin |
| kegel {m} | :: [usually, in the diminutive] cone cell (in the retina) |
| kegelbaan {f} | :: bowling court, bowling alley [not for ten-pin bowling] |
| kegelen {vt} | :: to play nine-pin bowling |
| kegelrob {m} | :: grey seal, Halichoerus grypus |
| kegelsnede {f} | :: conic section |
| kehilla {f} [Judaism] | :: kehillah, organized Jewish community |
| kehille {f} | :: alternative form of kille |
| kei- {prefix} [dialectal, colloquial] | :: extremely, damn |
| kei {m} | :: cobble, cobblestone |
| kei {m} | :: pebble |
| kei {m} | :: boulder |
| keiaarde {f} [obsolete] | :: silicon |
| keigoed {adj} [colloquial] | :: damn good |
| keihard {adj} | :: hard as a rock, extremely powerful |
| keihard {adj} | :: very loud (sound) |
| Keijzer {prop} | :: surname |
| keisteen {m} | :: cobblestone |
| keisteen {m} | :: flint |
| keizer {m} | :: emperor |
| Keizer {prop} | :: surname |
| keizerdynastie {f} | :: imperial dynasty |
| keizerin {f} | :: Empress |
| keizerlijk {adj} | :: imperial |
| keizerpinguïn {m} | :: alternative form of keizerspinguïn |
| keizerrijk {n} | :: empire |
| keizersdynastie {f} | :: alternative form of keizerdynastie |
| keizerskroon {f} | :: An imperial crown |
| keizersnede {c} [medicine] | :: Caesarean section |
| keizerspinguïn {m} | :: emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri |
| kek {adj} [Netherlands] | :: eye-catching (visually pleasing in a hip or bold manner) |
| kek {adj} [Netherlands, by extension] | :: fashionable |
| kek {adj} [Netherlands] | :: sassy (bold and spirited; cheeky) |
| kelder {m} | :: cellar, basement |
| kelderdeur {f} | :: cellar door |
| kelderen {vt} | :: to cause to sink |
| kelderen {vi} | :: to plummet |
| keldermot {f} [Netherlands, mainly used in Overijssel and Gelderland] | :: pill bug, woodlouse: any member of the Isopoda, isopod |
| kelderzeug {f} [Netherlands, mainly used in Gelderland, also, Brabant] | :: woodlouse, pillbug |
| kelen {vt} | :: to cut the throat of |
| kelk {m} | :: A chalice, a goblet |
| kelk {m} [botany] | :: A calyx (outermost whorl of flower parts) |
| kelkblaadje {noun} | :: diminutive of kelkblad |
| kelkblad {n} | :: sepal |
| kelkje {noun} | :: diminutive of kelk |
| kelle {f} | :: a lake or pool that remains on shore at low-tide |
| Kelly {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| kelner {m} | :: waiter (a server in a restaurant or similar) |
| kelnerin {f} | :: waitress |
| kelnerinnetje {noun} | :: diminutive of kelnerin |
| Kelt {m} [historical] | :: Celt, person of Celtic origin, member of a Celtic tribe |
| Keltisch {adj} | :: Celtic |
| Keltisch {prop} {n} | :: Celtic languages |
| kemel {m} [formal, archaic] | :: camel |
| kemel {m} [Belgium] | :: mistake, error |
| kemmen {v} [obsolete] | :: to comb |
| kempen {vi} | :: alternative form of kampen |
| Kempen {prop} {p} | :: The Campine |
| kemphaan {m} | :: ruff, Calidris pugnax |
| kemphaan {m} | :: brawler, streetfighter |
| kemphaan {m} | :: gamecock |
| -ken {suffix} | :: alternative form of -ke |
| kenau {f} [pejorative, offensive] | :: domineering woman, shrew |
| kenbaar {adj} | :: known |
| kenbaar {adj} | :: cognizable |
| Kenia {prop} {n} | :: Kenya |
| kenmerk {n} | :: characteristic |
| kenmerk {n} | :: reference number (business correspondence) |
| kenmerken {v} | :: to characterize |
| kenmerkend {adj} | :: Characteristic |
| kennel {m} | :: kennel |
| kennelijk {adj} | :: apparent |
| kennelijk {adv} | :: apparently |
| Kennemerland {prop} {n} | :: Kennemerland |
| kennen {vt} | :: to know (a person, a thing), be acquainted with |
| kennen {v} [auxiliary, colloquial, dialectal] | :: synonym of kunnen |
| kenner {mf} | :: connoisseur, expert |
| kennis {f} | :: knowledge |
| kennis {mf} | :: acquaintance, friend |
| kennisgeving {f} | :: The act of informing, notifying; notification |
| kennisgeving {f} | :: A notice, a message, a notification |
| kennis is macht {proverb} | :: knowledge is power |
| kennisleer {f} | :: epistemology |
| kennismaken {v} | :: to acquaint, to make someone's acquaintance |
| kennismaking {f} | :: acquaintance, meeting of someone for the first time |
| kennissenkring {m} | :: circle of acquaintances |
| kennistheorie {f} | :: epistemology |
| kentaur {m} | :: alternative spelling of centaur |
| kenteken {n} | :: license plate number |
| kentekenplaat {f} | :: number plate, license plate |
| kenteren {vi} | :: to capsize |
| kenteren {vt} | :: to turn over, to overturn |
| kenteren {vi} | :: to change, to reverse |
| kentering {f} | :: change, alteration, transformation |
| kentering {f} | :: reversal |
| kentering {f} [obsolete] | :: the act of turning a landed whale on its side to butcher it |
| Kenzo {prop} | :: given name |
| keper {m} | :: A chevron, construction comprising crossing beams in roof-building etc |
| keper {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: A chevron, comprising crossing bands |
| keper {m} | :: A twill, crossed weaving pattern |
| keper {m} | :: A fir (the tree whose wood is mainly used for the building beams etc.) |
| keper {m} | :: Some similar or associated ornaments, construction elements, capententry instruments etc |
| kepie {m} | :: kepi (cap with a flat circular top) |
| keppel {m} | :: kippah, yarmulke |
| keramiek {f} | :: ceramic |
| keratine {f} | :: keratin |
| kerel {m} | :: lad, fellow, bloke |
| kerel {m} [historical or archaic] | :: A long overgarment |
| keren {v} [ergative] | :: to turn around, to turn around an axis |
| kerf {m} | :: a carve or groove |
| kerf {m} [rare, obsolete] | :: insect |
| kerfdier {n} [dated, chiefly Belgium] | :: insect |
| kerfstok {m} | :: A tally stick |
| kering {f} | :: barrier, retaining wall (structure designed to keep water or earth in or out) |
| kerinkje {noun} | :: diminutive of kering |
| kerk {mf} | :: church, house of Christian worship |
| kerk {mf} | :: [occasionally capitalized] church, confessional religious organization |
| kerk {mf} | :: church, temple, non-Christian house of worship |
| kerkasiel {n} | :: right of sanctuary bestowed on a refugee by residing in a church (or rarely another house of worship) |
| kerkbank {f} {m} | :: a pew (church bench) |
| kerkbestuur {m} | :: church administration |
| kerkburcht {f} | :: A fortress church (church surrounded by a fortified perimeter wall) |
| kerkdeur {f} | :: church door |
| kerkdienst {m} [chiefly Protestantism] | :: church service (Christian religious meeting taking place in accordance with liturgy) |
| kerkdienst {m} [rare] | :: service to a church [e.g. in practicing an office] |
| kerkdorp {n} | :: A village that has a church (as opposed to having no church or merely a chapel) |
| kerkelijk {adj} | :: ecclesiastic; [used attributely] church |
| kerkelijk {adj} | :: believing, adhering to (a specific) church |
| kerkelijkheid {f} | :: The proportion of a population that maintains a confessional affiliation with a denomination |
| kerkendom {n} | :: Churchianity |
| kerker {m} | :: dungeon |
| kerkfabriek {f} {n} [Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism] | :: body responsible for the governance of church assets and property |
| kerkganger {m} | :: churchgoer |
| kerkgebruik {n} | :: rite |
| kerkgenootschap {n} | :: religious denomination |
| kerkhistoricus {m} | :: church historian |
| kerkhof {n} | :: churchyard, a Christian cemetery |
| kerkhof {n} [by extension] | :: cemetery |
| Kerkhof {prop} | :: surname |
| kerkklok {f} | :: church bell |
| kerkklok {f} | :: church clock |
| kerkkoor {n} | :: church choir (choir of singers affiliated to a church) |
| kerkkoor {n} [uncommon, architecture] | :: choir of a church |
| kerkorde {f} | :: A church constitution, a church order |
| kerkorgel {n} | :: church organ |
| Kerkrade {prop} {n} | :: Kerkrade (city/and/municipality) |
| kerks {adj} [Christianity] | :: churched, church-going |
| kerkschuur {f} | :: synonym of schuurkerk |
| kerkstuk {n} | :: church play/skit |
| kerktoren {m} | :: steeple, church tower |
| kerktuin {m} | :: churchyard |
| kerkuil {mf} | :: barn owl, any species or individual of the genus Tyto |
| kerkvader {m} | :: Church Father (early male Christian author regarded authoritative) |
| kerkvergadering {f} | :: church council |
| kerkvoogd {m} | :: prelate |
| kerkvoogd {m} | :: churchwarden |
| kerkvorst {m} | :: prelate |
| kerkzaal {f} | :: A church hall |
| kerkzaaltje {noun} | :: diminutive of kerkzaal |
| kermen {vit} | :: to moan, to groan |
| kermis {f} | :: funfair |
| kermis {f} | :: fair (e.g. outdoor fair, village fair, county fair) |
| kermisklant {m} | :: funfair worker, carnival worker, carny |
| kermisklant {m} | :: funfair customer |
| kermistent {f} {m} | :: an attraction at a carnival or a fair |
| kermodebeer {m} | :: Kermode bear, Ursus americanus kermodei; a subspecies of the American black bear, of whom a minority display leucism |
| kern {f} | :: nucleus, core |
| kern {f} [physics] | :: nucleus (of an atom) |
| kern {f} [physics, in compounds] | :: nuclear |
| kern {f} [geology, astronomy] | :: core (of the Earth, or any other celestial body) |
| kern {f} [mathematics] | :: kernel (of a function) |
| kern {f} | :: settlement, built-up area |
| kernachtig {adj} | :: concise, pithy |
| kernafval {n} | :: Nuclear waste |
| kernbom {f} | :: nuclear bomb |
| kerncentrale {f} | :: nuclear power plant |
| kernenergie {f} | :: nuclear energy |
| kernfusie {f} [uncountable, countable] | :: nuclear fusion |
| kernfysica {f} | :: nuclear physics |
| kerngeheugen {n} | :: core memory |
| kerngezin {n} | :: nuclear family |
| kernkabinet {n} [Belgium] | :: The inner cabinet, the exclusive gremium of major ministers within a cabinet, as institutionalized in Belgian politics |
| kernkabinet {n} [Belgium] | :: A similar cabinet committee for a specified sphere of government policy interest, e.g. socio-economic |
| kernlis {f} [dated] | :: chromosome |
| kernmacht {f} | :: A nuclear power (political or military entity with nuclear weaponry) |
| kernonderzeeboot {m} | :: nuclear submarine |
| kernonderzeeër {m} | :: nuclear submarine |
| kernproef {f} | :: nuclear test (nuclear weapons' test) |
| kernraket {mf} | :: nuclear missile |
| kernramp {f} {m} | :: nuclear disaster |
| kernreactor {m} | :: nuclear reactor |
| kernschaduw {f} | :: shadow, umbra (dark regions of a shadow) |
| kernsplijting {f} | :: nuclear fission |
| kernwapen {n} | :: nuclear weapon |
| kerosine {f} | :: kerosene |
| kerrie {m} | :: curry powder |
| kerrie {m} | :: curry (dish) |
| kerrie {m} | :: curry sauce |
| kerriepoeder {n} | :: curry powder |
| kers {f} | :: A cherry tree, one of certain trees of the genus Prunus, especially the subgenus Cerasus |
| kers {f} | :: A cherry, a stone fruit of a cherry tree |
| kers {f} | :: cress (watercress, garden cress), used of certain plants of the family Brassicaceae, esp. for plants of the genus Rorippa and Lepidium sativum |
| kers {f} | :: nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus |
| kerselaar {m} | :: cherry (tree) |
| kersenrood {adj} | :: cherry red |
| kersrood {adj} | :: cherry red |
| kerst {m} | :: Christmas |
| Kerst {prop} {m} [obsolete] | :: Christ |
| Kerst {prop} {m} | :: superseded spelling of kerst |
| kerstavond {m} | :: Christmas Eve |
| kerstbal {m} | :: A bauble (spherical decoration) used as Christmas decoration, especially in Christmas trees |
| kerstbal {n} | :: A Christmas-themed ball (celebration) |
| kerstbok {m} | :: Yule buck, Yule goat (straw Christmas decoration common in Scandinavian cultures) |
| kerstboodschap {f} | :: Christmas message |
| kerstboom {m} | :: A Christmas tree, decorated tree placed during the Christmas holiday season |
| kerstboom {m} | :: A conifer used to be thus ornamented |
| kerstcadeau {n} | :: Christmas present |
| kerstdag {m} | :: Christmas Day |
| kerstdiner {n} | :: Christmas dinner |
| Kersteiland {prop} {n} | :: Kersteiland (territory) |
| kerstekind {n} [Belgium, literally] | :: baby Jezus |
| kerstekind {n} [Belgium] | :: a child born on Christmas (Eve or Day) |
| kerstekind {n} [Belgium, colloquial] | :: a dupe, as easy to trick as a young child |
| kerstenen {v} | :: To christianize |
| kerstenen {v} [dialectal] | :: To baptize |
| kerstengel {m} | :: Christmas angel; figurine of an angel used as Christmas decoration [often hung in Christmas trees] |
| kerstengel {m} | :: any other angel in relation to Christmas |
| kerstfeest {n} | :: (the celebration of) Christmas |
| kerstfuif {f} | :: Christmas party |
| kerstgans {f} | :: Christmas goose (a goose eaten at Christmas) [now no longer customary in the Low Countries] |
| kerstgeschenk {n} | :: Christmas gift |
| kerstgroep {f} {m} [by extension] | :: A set of figurines for a Nativity scene; a Nativity scene |
| kerstkaart {f} | :: Christmas card |
| kerstkado {n} | :: alternative spelling of kerstcadeau |
| kerstkind {n} [Netherlands, literally] | :: baby Jezus |
| kerstkind {n} [Netherlands] | :: a child born on Christmas (Eve or Day) |
| kerstkrans {m} | :: A Christmas wreath (ring-shaped ornament fashioned from plant materials, decorated in Christmas style) |
| kerstkrans {m} [often diminutive] | :: A sweet/piece of candy in the shape of a Christmas wreath; often a biscuit, piece of chocolate or schuim |
| kerstlied {n} | :: A Christmas song, such as a Christmas carol, Christmas hymn or pop song |
| kerstliedje {noun} | :: diminutive of kerstlied |
| kerstman {m} | :: Father Christmas, Santa Claus |
| Kerstman {prop} {m} | :: alternative case form of kerstman |
| kerstmarkt {f} | :: Christmas market, Christkindl |
| kerstmis {f} [Catholicism] | :: Christmas mass |
| Kerstmis {prop} {m} | :: Christmas |
| kerstmuziek {f} | :: Christmas music |
| kerstnacht {m} | :: Christmas night (night from 24 December to 25 December) |
| kerstpakket {n} | :: A gift box containing various presents, often luxury foods and gadgets, given around Christmas, usually by employers to their employees or by charitable organisations to their volunteers |
| kerstroos {f} [plant] | :: Christmas rose or black hellebore, Helleborus niger |
| kerstspel {n} | :: Nativity play (drama depicting the Nativity story) |
| kerststal {m} [by extension] | :: stable of a Nativity display; a Nativity scene |
| kerstster {f} {m} [plant] | :: poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Christmas star |
| kerstster {f} {m} [Christianity] | :: star of Bethlehem, Christmas star |
| kerstster {f} {m} | :: any star related to Christmas |
| kerststol {m} | :: stollen sold and eaten around Christmas time |
| kerststuk {n} [chiefly diminutive] | :: Christmas arrangement (ornamental plant arrangement with Christmas decorations, sometimes with a candle) |
| kersttijd {m} | :: Christmastide |
| kerstvakantie {f} | :: A school holiday covering Christmas and New Year's Day, typically lasting two weeks |
| kerstverlichting {f} | :: Christmas lights |
| kersvers {adj} | :: brand new, new to a job |
| kervel {m} | :: chervil |
| kerven {vi} | :: To cut, gouge out |
| kerven {vt} | :: To carve (out); (cut a) notch |
| Kessel {prop} {n} | :: Kessel (town) |
| ket {m} [Belgium, dialect] | :: a kid |
| ket {m} [Belgium, dialect] | :: a young guy |
| keta {c} [slang] | :: ketamine |
| ketamine {f} | :: ketamine |
| ketchup {m} | :: ketchup |
| ketel {m} | :: kettle, cauldron (a pot used to boil water) |
| ketel {m} | :: boiler (device for heating a building) |
| ketelmuziek {f} | :: A charivari, cacophonous noise, mock serenade |
| ketelmuziek {f} [figuratively] | :: Any loud, annoying noise |
| keten {f} | :: chain, fetter, shackle |
| keten {f} [figuratively] | :: chain (of events or businesses) |
| keten {vi} | :: to fool around noisily and hyperactively |
| ketenen {v} | :: to chain, shackle |
| ketjap {m} | :: kecap, Indonesian soy sauce |
| ketjapje {noun} | :: diminutive of ketjap |
| keton {n} [organic chemistry] | :: ketone |
| ketter {m} | :: heretic |
| ketterij {f} | :: heresy; dissension from religious dogma, or by extension from another (e.g. ideological or scientific) doctrine |
| ketters {adj} | :: heretic, heretical |
| kettervreter {m} | :: A heretic hunter; one who opposes or persecutes heretics zealously |
| ketting {f} | :: chain (a series of interconnected rings or links) |
| ketting {f} | :: necklace |
| kettingbotsing {f} | :: chain collision, concertina crash |
| kettingbrief {m} | :: chain letter |
| kettingganger {m} | :: chainganger, somebody put to work in a chain gang [a common punishment in colonies] |
| kettinghond {m} | :: A chained dog |
| kettingkast {f} | :: chainguard, gear case |
| kettingkogel {m} [historical] | :: chain shot |
| kettinglijn {f} [geometry] | :: catenary |
| kettingreactie {f} [physics, chemistry] | :: A chain reaction, a nuclear or chemical reaction |
| kettingreactie {f} [figurative] | :: A chain reaction, a series of causally interconnected events |
| kettingregel {m} [mathematics] | :: chain rule (formula to calculate the derivative of a composite function) |
| kettingroker {m} | :: chain smoker |
| kettingzaag {f} | :: chainsaw |
| keu {f} {m} | :: cue (for playing billiards) |
| keu {f} [dialectal] | :: sow |
| keu {f} [dialectal] | :: piglet |
| keuken {f} | :: kitchen |
| keuken {f} | :: cuisine |
| keukenprins {m} | :: A man who is good at and enjoys cooking non-professionally |
| keukenprinses {f} | :: A woman who is good at and enjoys cooking non-professionally |
| keukenrol {f} | :: kitchen paper |
| keukentrap {mf} | :: A small stepladder |
| Keulen {prop} {n} | :: Keulen (largest city) |
| keur {f} | :: choice |
| keur {f} | :: selection |
| keur {f} | :: elite |
| keur {f} | :: seal |
| keur {f} | :: a local ordinance |
| keure {f} | :: obsolete spelling of keur |
| keuren {vt} | :: to inspect, assess |
| keuren {vt} | :: to test, sample |
| keurig {adj} | :: proper, decorous |
| keuring {f} | :: check, certification |
| keurkorps {n} | :: elite (division of an) army or militia |
| keurleger {n} | :: elite army |
| keurmerk {n} | :: seal of approval |
| keurslijf {n} | :: Stays, a corset, a waist (foundation garment for women, reinforced with stays) |
| keurslijf {n} [figurative] | :: A straitjacket; something very tightly arranged or regulated, thereby allowing little freedom; something oppressive |
| keurslijf {n} [historical] | :: A tight bodice |
| keurslijfje {noun} | :: diminutive of keurslijf |
| keurtroep {m} | :: elite troop, elite battalion |
| keurvorst {m} | :: Elector, Prince-Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) |
| keurvorstendom {n} | :: An electorate, a principality with electoral rights in the Holy Roman Empire, the domain of a prince-elector |
| keus {f} | :: alternative form of keuze |
| keutel {c} | :: a small piece of hard (chiefly animal) feces |
| keuterboer {m} [dated] | :: one who earns the right to live in a cottage by working for a farmer or a landlord; a cotter |
| keuterij {f} | :: a collective term referring to the cottages inhabited by cotters (keuterboeren) |
| keuvelen {v} | :: to chat |
| keuze {f} | :: choice, whether already made or not |
| keuzerondje {n} [graphical user interface] | :: radio button |
| kever {m} | :: beetle, insect of the order Coleoptera |
| keverslak {f} | :: chiton, mollusc of the class Polyplacophora |
| keyboard {n} [music] | :: keyboard (electrical keyboard instrument) |
| keyboard {n} [computing] | :: keyboard (input device for a computer) |
| keyboardspeelster {m} | :: female keyboardist |
| keyboardspeler {m} | :: keyboardist |
| kg. {noun} | :: abbreviation of koning |
| Khoisan {prop} {m} | :: Khoisan, people |
| Khoisan {prop} {n} | :: Khoisan, group of languages |
| KI {noun} | :: initialism of kunstmatige intelligentie |
| kibbelen {v} | :: to quibble |
| kibbeling {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: deep-fried battered chunks of fish [usually cod or certain fish of the family Gadidae], commonly served with a mayonnaise-based dipping sauce |
| kibbeling {f} | :: act or instance of bickering, arguing; an argument |
| kibbelkabinet {n} [Belgium] | :: a government that is in-fighting on a regular basis |
| kibbelziek {adj} | :: belligerent, quarrelsome |
| kibboets {m} | :: kibbutz |
| kick {m} | :: kick, thrill (something that excites or gives pleasure) |
| kickboksen {v} | :: to kickbox, to play kickboxing |
| kickbokser {m} | :: A kickboxer, a practitioner of kickboxing |
| kicken {v} | :: to get a kick out of |
| kicken {v} | :: kick (remove someone from an online activity) |
| kidnappen {v} | :: to kidnap |
| kidnapper {m} | :: A person who kidnaps someone |
| kids {p} [colloqually] | :: children |
| Kiefte {prop} | :: surname |
| kiek {m} | :: A snapshot, photograph; orinally specifically used for a group scene and/or shot by an amateur photographer |
| kiek {f} | :: A chick, young of a domestic fowl or other bird |
| kiek {f} | :: A domestic chicken or other fowl |
| kiek {f} [figuratively] | :: A dumb 'bird', (notably) female airhead |
| kiek {c} | :: The vernacular name for several plants: |
| kiek {c} | :: Brassica nigra (black mustard) |
| kiek {c} | :: Sinapis arvensis |
| kiek {c} | :: Raphanus raphanistrum |
| kiek {c} | :: Thlaspi arvense |
| kiek {c} | :: Alliaria petiolata (syn. Alliaria officinalis) |
| kiekeboe {interj} | :: peekaboo! |
| kiekeboe {noun} | :: A peekaboo game |
| kieken {n} | :: chick, young domestic fowl |
| kieken {n} [by extension] | :: Any chicken |
| kieken {n} [figuratively] | :: A dumb bird, derogatory term for a (usually female) airhead |
| kieken {v} | :: To photograph, take/shoot (a) picture(s) |
| kiekendief {m} [zoology] | :: A harrier, predatory bird of the subfamily Circinae |
| kiekendief {m} [rare, literally] | :: A chicken thief, who steals fowl |
| kiekje {noun} | :: snapshot |
| kiel {m} | :: bottom side of a ship: the keel |
| Kiel {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Carina |
| kiele {interj} [chiefly childish] | :: An expression said when one is tickling someone |
| kielekiele {adj} | :: very close, almost, very nearly |
| kielhalen {vt} | :: to keelhaul |
| kielhalen {vt} [nautical, of ships] | :: to haul above water [so that the keel is above the waterline] |
| kielhalen {vt} [figurative] | :: to torment, to torture |
| kielhaling {f} | :: the act of keelhauling |
| kiellinie {f} [nautical, historical, chiefly singular] | :: line of battle |
| kielzog {n} | :: wake (path left behind by boats) |
| kiem {f} {m} [biology] | :: seed, sprout, germ |
| kiem {f} {m} [figuratively] | :: beginning, birth |
| kiem {f} {m} [pathology] | :: germ (pathogen) |
| kiem {f} {m} [mathematics] | :: germ |
| kiemen {v} | :: to germinate, to sprout |
| kiemgroente {f} | :: sprout (an edible vegetable that comes from germinated seeds) |
| kieming {f} [botany] | :: germination |
| kiemplant {f} [botany] | :: embryo (rudimentary plant contained in the seed) |
| kiemvlek {f} {m} [biology] | :: germinal disk |
| kier {mf} | :: fissure, narrow opening |
| kies {m} | :: A molar |
| kies {m} [figuratively] | :: Certain resembling objects |
| kies {adj} | :: delicate, choice |
| kies {adj} | :: showing good taste, well-chosen |
| kiesdistrict {n} | :: A constituency, a district for the purpose of electoral representation |
| kiesdrempel {m} | :: electoral threshold |
| kiesheid {f} | :: discretion |
| kieskring {m} | :: administrative regional electoral district [often of considerable size] |
| kiesman {m} | :: elector, member of an electoral college, e.g. in US presidential elections (elected by the voters) |
| kiespijn {f} | :: toothache in a molar |
| kiesrecht {n} | :: The legislation governing the electoral process |
| kiesrecht {n} | :: The right to vote, suffrage |
| kiesstelsel {n} | :: electoral system |
| kiessysteem {n} | :: voting system, electoral system |
| kiestoon {m} | :: dialling tone, dial tone |
| kieswijzer {m} | :: voting application |
| kietelaar {m} | :: tickler, one who tickles |
| kietelaar {m} | :: alternative form of kittelaar |
| kietelbeurt {f} {m} | :: "turn to be tickled", i.e. round of tickling |
| kietelen {v} | :: to tickle |
| kieuw {f} | :: gill |
| Kiev {prop} {n} | :: Kiev (capital city) |
| Kiev {prop} {n} | :: Kiev (oblast) |
| kieviet {m} | :: alternative spelling of kievit |
| kievietsei {n} | :: alternative spelling of kievitsei |
| kievit {m} | :: northern lapwing, (Vanellus vanellus) |
| kievitsei {n} | :: An egg of the northern lapwing |
| kiezel {m} | :: pebble, pebblestone |
| kiezel {n} | :: flint, gravel |
| kiezel {n} | :: silicon |
| kiezelstrand {n} | :: A pebble beach, a shingle beach |
| kiezelstrandje {noun} | :: diminutive of kiezelstrand |
| kiezeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of kiezel |
| kiezen {vit} | :: to choose |
| kiezer {m} | :: voter |
| kiezersbedrog {n} | :: electoral deceit |
| kijkdoos {f} | :: A box containing a peepshow, such as a diorama |
| kijkdoosje {noun} | :: diminutive of kijkdoos |
| kijken {vi} | :: to look [+ naar (object) = at] |
| kijken {vt} | :: to watch (e.g. a film), to observe |
| kijker {m} | :: telescope |
| kijker {m} | :: pair of binoculars |
| kijker {m} | :: viewer (person who looks at something) |
| kijker {m} | :: TV watcher |
| kijker {m} | :: eye |
| kijkoperatie {f} | :: A keyhole surgery |
| kijkspel {n} [historical] | :: A fairground attraction where people could watch exhibited object, often panoramas, viewing devices or curiosities |
| kijkspel {n} [historical] | :: A type of popular theatrical play, usually focused on providing alluring visual spectacles |
| kijven {vi} | :: to altercate, to dispute, to wrangle |
| kijven {vi} | :: to scold, to chide |
| kikker {m} | :: frog, relatively smooth amphibian of the order Anura |
| kikker {m} | :: cleat (device used for fastening), especially a nautical cleat |
| Kikker {m} [historical] | :: A beatnik from The Hague |
| kikkerbad {n} | :: shallow children's pool (at a swimming pool) |
| kikkerbil {f} | :: frog leg; usually in the plural, as a dish or ingredient |
| kikkerdril {n} {f} {m} | :: frogspawn |
| kikkeren {v} | :: to jump around crouching [imitating a frog] |
| kikkererwt {f} | :: chickpea, a seed of Cicer arietinum |
| kikkererwt {f} | :: chickpea plant, a plant of Cicer arietinum |
| kikkergezwel {n} | :: ranula |
| kikkerland {n} [humorous] | :: a small, unimportant and rather wet country, virtually exclusively said of the Netherlands |
| kikkerlandje {noun} | :: diminutive of kikkerland |
| kikkerperspectief {n} | :: frog's-eye view |
| kikkerschot {n} [obsolete] | :: frogspawn |
| kikkervisje {noun} | :: tadpole, the young stage of a frog after hatching, before it reaches its adult form |
| kikvors {m} [formal] | :: A frog |
| kikvorsman {m} | :: A frogman |
| kil {adj} | :: cold-hearted, cold-blooded |
| kil {adj} | :: [of temperatures, weather, etc.] cold, chilly |
| kil {f} | :: kill, waterway on sand flats or mud flats |
| kil {f} | :: creek, rivulet |
| kille {f} [Judaism] | :: organized Jewish community |
| kille {f} | :: alternative form of kil |
| kilo- {prefix} | :: kilo- |
| kilo {c} | :: abbreviation of kilogram |
| kilocandela {mf} | :: kilocandela: 1000 candelas |
| kilogram {m} | :: kilogram |
| kiloknaller {m} | :: A discount offer for a meat product per kilogramme; a cut-price meat product |
| kilometer {m} | :: kilometer |
| kilo-ohm {m} {n} | :: kiloohm: one thousand ohm |
| kiloseconde {f} | :: kilosecond: 1000 seconds |
| kim {f} | :: horizon |
| Kim {prop} {f} {m} | :: given name |
| kimono {m} | :: kimono |
| kin {f} | :: chin |
| kinband {m} | :: chinstrap |
| kinbandpinguïn {m} | :: chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarcticus |
| kind {n} | :: child, kid, non-adult human |
| kind {n} | :: descendant, still a minor or irrespective of age |
| kind {n} [figuratively] | :: product of influence, breeding etc |
| kinddoding {f} | :: infanticide |
| kinderachtig {adj} | :: childish, infantile |
| kinderarts {m} | :: paediatrician |
| kinderbescherming {f} | :: Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service: Dutch national board for control on child wellfare |
| kinderbijslag {m} | :: child benefit, child allowance |
| kinderboek {n} | :: children's book |
| kinderboekenschrijfster {f} | :: a female writer of children's books |
| kinderboekenschrijver {m} | :: a writer of children's books |
| kinderboerderij {f} | :: petting zoo (educational and recreational facility for familiarising children with (chiefly) farm animals) |
| kinderdagverblijf {n} | :: child nursery, daycare center |
| kinderdoding {f} | :: infanticide |
| kinderfeest {n} | :: any party or holiday celebrated primarily by children |
| kinderfeest {n} [specifically, usually in the diminutive] | :: a child's birthday party |
| kinderfiets {f} | :: A children's bicycle |
| kinderfietsje {noun} | :: diminutive of kinderfiets |
| kinderhandel {m} | :: child trafficking |
| kinderkamer {f} | :: nursery, baby room |
| kinderkanker {m} | :: childhood cancer, child cancer |
| kinderkerk {f} | :: Christian religious instruction for children, similar to Sunday school [but not necessarily held on Sunday] |
| kinderkerk {f} [rare] | :: A daughter church |
| kinderkopje {n} [chiefly in the plural] | :: A square cobblestone as used for paving streets; a sampietrino |
| kinderkopje {n} [uncommon, literal] | :: A child's head or representation thereof (as a pendant for example) |
| kinderkopjes {n} | :: square cobbles used for paving streets; sampietrini |
| kinderleven {n} | :: The life of a child |
| kinderlied {n} | :: A children's song, often but not exclusively a nursery rhyme |
| kinderliedje {noun} | :: diminutive of kinderlied |
| kinderlijk {adj} | :: childlike |
| kinderlijk {n} | :: dead body of a child |
| kinderloos {adj} | :: childless, without offspring |
| kinderloosheid {f} | :: childlessness |
| kindermeisje {noun} | :: nanny |
| kindermisbruik {n} | :: child abuse |
| kindermishandeling {f} | :: child abuse |
| kindermoord {f} | :: infanticide |
| kinderoffer {n} | :: A child sacrifice |
| kinderoppas {m} | :: babysitter |
| kinderoppas {m} | :: babysitting, childcare |
| kinderopvang {m} [uncountable, countable, chiefly singular] | :: childcare, nursery |
| kinderporno {f} | :: child pornography |
| kinderpornografie {f} | :: child pornography |
| kinderschrik {m} | :: Any kind of bogeyman used to intimidate children (typological category used by scholars of folklore) |
| kinderspel {n} | :: child's play (a children's game) |
| kinderspel {n} | :: child's play (something easy to do) |
| kindersterfte {f} | :: child mortality |
| kinderstoel {m} | :: A highchair (raised chair for small children) |
| kinderstoel {m} | :: A children's chair (small chair for children) |
| kinderstoeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of kinderstoel |
| kindertaal {mf} | :: child language |
| kindertehuis {n} | :: children's home, orphanage (institution where children, e.g. orphans or abandoned children, are raised) |
| kindertijd {m} | :: childhood |
| kinderverhaal {n} | :: children's story |
| kinderwagen {m} | :: baby carriage [US], pram [UK] |
| kinderwens {m} | :: the wish or desire to have one or more children |
| kinderziekte {f} | :: childhood disease |
| kinderziekte {f} [figuratively] | :: teething troubles; a problem that arises with something new and relatively unfamiliar or untested, which is expected to be fixed once the thing in question becomes more mature, stable and better understood |
| kinderzorg {mf} | :: child welfare |
| kindmoord {f} | :: infanticide |
| kindoffer {n} [uncommon] | :: alternative form of kinderoffer |
| kinds {adj} | :: demented: literally like a child |
| kindschap {n} | :: The state of being someone's child [mostly used in religious, especially Christian, contexts] |
| kindsheid {f} | :: second childhood, dotage |
| kindskorf {m} | :: basket for the clothes of a baby |
| kindsoldaat {m} | :: child soldier |
| kindvriendelijk {adj} | :: kid friendly |
| kinesi- {prefix} | :: kinesi- |
| kinesie {f} | :: kinesis |
| kinesie {f} [regional, Southern Dutch] | :: physiotherapy |
| kinesist {m} [regional, Southern Dutch] | :: physiotherapist |
| kinesiste {f} [regional, Southern Dutch] | :: female physiotherapist |
| kinesitherapeut {m} | :: physiotherapist (usual term in Belgium) |
| kinesitherapie {f} | :: physiotherapy (usual term in Belgium) |
| kinetisch {adj} | :: kinetic, relating to (the study of) motion |
| kinine {f} | :: quinine |
| kinkel {m} | :: A rube, a yokel, an unsophisticated person |
| Kinkel {prop} | :: surname |
| kinkhoest {m} | :: whooping cough, pertussis (a contagious disease cause by Bordetella pertussis) |
| kinnebak {f} | :: lower jaw, jawbone, chin [now particularly of large or pronounced ones] |
| kinnebakje {noun} | :: diminutive of kinnebak |
| kinnesinne {f} {m} {n} | :: hatred, envy, intense jealousy |
| Kinshasa {prop} {n} | :: Kinshasa (capital city) |
| kinstuk {n} | :: chinrest |
| Kint {prop} | :: surname |
| kiosk {f} | :: A kiosk |
| kiosk {f} [Belgium] | :: A bandstand, a band rotunda |
| kiosk {f} [Belgium] | :: A Morris column |
| kioskje {noun} | :: diminutive of kiosk |
| kip {f} [chiefly Netherlands] | :: A chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus |
| kip {f} | :: A female chicken, a hen |
| kip {f} [dated, slang, Netherlands] | :: A cop |
| kip {m} | :: Kip, currency in Laos |
| kipfilet {m} {n} | :: chicken fillet |
| kiplekker {adj} | :: Very healthy, very well, in excellent health |
| kippenboer {m} | :: A chicken farmer |
| kippenborst {f} | :: chicken breast |
| kippenborst {f} | :: pigeon chest (protruding chest) |
| kippenbout {m} | :: A thigh and lower leg of a chicken, a half chicken haunch |
| kippenboutje {noun} | :: diminutive of kippenbout |
| kippenei {n} | :: A chicken egg |
| kippengaas {n} | :: chicken wire (relatively fine and flexible gauze with hexagonal holes) |
| kippenhok {n} | :: chicken coop |
| kippenkracht {f} [uncountable, colloquial] | :: weakness, low strength |
| kippenkracht {f} [countable, colloquial, slightly, derogatory] | :: weakling |
| kippenpoot {m} | :: A chicken leg, the lower leg of a chicken |
| kippenpootje {noun} | :: diminutive of kippenpoot |
| kippenren {f} | :: A chicken run |
| kippensoep {f} | :: chicken soup |
| kippenvel {n} | :: a chicken's skin |
| kippenvel {n} | :: goose bumps |
| kippenvlees {n} | :: chicken (meat) |
| kippenvoeder {n} | :: dated form of kippenvoer |
| kippenvoer {n} | :: chicken feed (food for chickens and similar poultry) |
| kippevel {n} | :: superseded spelling of kippenvel |
| kippig {adj} [Netherlands] | :: myopic, nearsighted [also figuratively, including as an insult] |
| kipsaté {m} | :: chicken satay |
| Kirgizië {prop} {n} | :: Kyrgyzstan |
| Kirgizisch {adj} | :: Kyrgyz (of, from, or pertaining to Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz people or the Kyrgyz language) |
| Kirgizisch {prop} | :: Kyrgyz (language) |
| kirren {v} | :: to coo like a pigeon, speak in a soft and low voice |
| kissebissen {vi} | :: to bicker, to quarrel, to squabble (to engage in petty argument) |
| kist {f} {m} | :: box, chest |
| kist {f} {m} [colloquial] | :: a boot or large shoe, especially an army boot |
| kist {f} {m} | :: coffin |
| kist {f} {m} [aviation] | :: aeroplane |
| kisten {v} | :: to lay in a coffin or casket |
| kistrijder {m} | :: A motorcycle or quad participant in the Dakar Rally who participates in the "Original" class, without a support crew and doing all maintenance alone with a limited toolset |
| kit {f} | :: metal can, used mainly for coal |
| kit {f} {n} | :: sealant |
| kit {m} | :: set of tools |
| kits {f} | :: ketch (small two-masted vessel) |
| kits {adj} [colloquial] | :: in order, okay |
| kittelaar {m} | :: clitoris |
| kitten {m} | :: a young cat; kitten |
| kitten {vt} | :: to apply sealant to |
| kitvos {m} | :: swift fox (Vulpes velox) |
| kiwi {m} | :: kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx) |
| kiwi {m} | :: kiwi fruit, kiwi |
| -kje {suffix} | :: Variant of -tje |
| kjoet {adj} [slang] | :: cute |
| kk {interj} | :: abbreviation of kanker |
| kkr. {noun} | :: abbreviation of koninkrijk |
| klaaglied {n} | :: elegy |
| klaar {adj} | :: ready |
| klaar {adj} | :: finished |
| klaar {adj} | :: clear |
| klaarblijkelijk {adj} | :: obvious, evident |
| klaarkomen {v} [rare] | :: to get ready; to finish a task, to be finished |
| klaarkomen {v} [colloquial] | :: to come, to reach orgasm |
| klaarmaken {vt} | :: to prepare, to make ready |
| klaarmaken {vr} | :: to get prepared |
| klaar-over {m} | :: alternative spelling of klaarover |
| klaarover {m} | :: crossing guard |
| klaarspelen {vt} | :: to manage to get done |
| klaarstomen {vt} | :: to rapidly prepare, to quickly make ready |
| klaarzetten {v} | :: to set up, put in place (by way of preparation), make ready for use |
| Klaas {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Klaas Vaak {prop} {m} | :: The Sandman |
| klabak {m} [Netherlands, slang, pejorative] | :: cop, police officer, pig |
| klacht {f} | :: complaint (general, also physical) |
| klad {n} [uncountable, also in fixed phrases with definite article or without article] | :: draft |
| klad {n} | :: stain, spot |
| kladden {v} | :: to stain, to make stains |
| kladpapier {n} | :: scrap paper |
| kladschilder {m} [pejorative] | :: A bad painter |
| kladschilder {m} [historical, otherwise archaic] | :: A painter specialised in painting houses and objects [including decorative painting] |
| klafter {f} | :: a measure of length corresponding to the outstretched arms; fathom |
| klagen {vi} | :: to complain |
| klagen {vt} | :: to sue |
| klager {m} | :: complainant, one making a complaint |
| klager {m} [law, dated] | :: plaintiff, accuser |
| klak {f} | :: baseball cap or such kind of headdress |
| klakkeloos {adv} | :: unthinkingly |
| klam {adj} | :: damp, dank, moist and cool |
| klamboe {m} [chiefly Netherlands] | :: mosquito net |
| klampen {vi} | :: to cling, to hold |
| klander {f} | :: weevil; calander |
| klandizie {f} | :: business, clientele |
| klank {m} | :: A sound |
| klankbeeld {n} | :: sound image (total spectrum of a sound or totality of the experience of a sound) |
| klankbeeld {n} | :: image used as a visual support in training or educating about speech sounds, e.g. in logopaedics |
| klankbekken {n} | :: cymbal, gong (percussion instrument) |
| klankbord {n} | :: sounding board |
| klankgat {n} [music, lutherie] | :: f-hole (e.g. of a violin) |
| klankkast {f} [music] | :: sound box |
| klankkleur {f} [music] | :: timbre |
| klankleer {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: phonology |
| klankleer {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: phonetics |
| klanknabootsing {f} | :: A sound-imitation |
| klanknabootsing {f} [linguistics] | :: An onomatopoeia; a word which developed out of sound-imitation |
| klankverschuiving {f} [linguistics] | :: sound change, sound shift |
| klankwereld {f} | :: soundscape, sound palette |
| klankwet {f} [linguistics] | :: sound law |
| klankwettig {adj} [linguistics] | :: In accordance with a sound law |
| klant {m} | :: client, customer |
| klant {m} | :: chap, bloke |
| klantenkaart {f} | :: A loyalty card (card given to customers to offer them discounts or rewards and collect more data on them) |
| klantenservice {m} | :: customer service |
| klap {m} | :: bang (a sudden percussive noise) |
| klap {m} | :: blow, hit, strike |
| klaploper {m} | :: sponger, freeloader |
| klapmuts {f} | :: hooded seal, clapmatch, Cystophora cristata |
| klapmuts {f} [historical] | :: A type of three-piece bonnet or cap worn by women that reached the chin; a clockmutch |
| klapmuts {f} [historical] | :: A type of cap or hat with ear flaps worn by men |
| klapmutsje {noun} | :: diminutive of klapmuts |
| klapmutsrob {m} [rare] | :: hooded seal, clapmatch, Cystophora cristata |
| klappen {v} | :: to clap (make sound or music with the hands) |
| klappen {v} | :: to applaud (clap hands in order to praise) |
| klappen {v} | :: to smack, strike rather hard and/or loud |
| klappen {v} | :: to crack with a loud sound, like a whip |
| klappen {v} | :: to burst |
| klappen {v} | :: to fold, to hinge |
| klappen {v} | :: to wag one's lips, talk, converse |
| klapper {m} | :: clapper (one who claps/applauds) |
| klapper {m} | :: ring binder |
| klapper {m} [archaic] | :: gossip, chatterbox |
| klapper {m} | :: Something that has a big impact or is successful; a big hit |
| klapper {m} [Netherlands] | :: coconut |
| klapperdief {m} | :: coconut crab, Birgus latro |
| klappernoot {f} [Netherlands] | :: coconut |
| klapperroos {f} [archaic] | :: synonym of klaproos |
| klappersteen {m} | :: A usually hollow loam stone containing an iron core |
| klappertaart {f} | :: An Indonesian custard-like cake made of coconut and dairy originating from the colonial period, with European and Indonesian influences |
| klaproos {f} | :: The common poppy, Papaver rhoeas |
| klaproos {f} [botany] | :: A poppy, any of several plants of genus Papaver |
| klaproos {f} | :: The frail flower of the poppy |
| klapschaats {f} | :: clap skate (ice skate whose blade has been attached to the front with a hinge) |
| klapsigaar {f} | :: exploding cigar [mainly as a stereotypical practical joke] |
| klapspaan {mf} [childish] | :: snitch, telltale |
| klapstoel {m} | :: folding chair, fold-up chair |
| klapstoeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of klapstoel |
| klapstuk {n} | :: brisket |
| klapstuk {n} | :: A highlight, a masterpiece |
| klapvee {n} [collective, pejorative] | :: audience whose only purpose is to applaud |
| klapwieken {vti} | :: to flap one's wings |
| klapwieken {vi} [figurative] | :: to alternate, to undulate, usually shifting rapidly between extremes |
| klaren {vt} | :: to finish, to complete, to get (something) done |
| klarinet {f} [musical instruments] | :: The clarinet, a woodwind musical reed instrument |
| klarinettist {m} | :: clarinetist |
| klaroen {n} {f} | :: clarion (trumpet-like instrument) |
| klaroen {f} [Surinam] | :: Chinese spinach, red spinach, Amaranthus dubius |
| klas {f} | :: a school class |
| klas {f} | :: a classroom |
| klas {f} | :: travel class (such as first class or economy class) |
| klasgenoot {m} | :: classmate, fellow pupil/student in the same class |
| klaslokaal {n} | :: classroom |
| klaslokaaltje {noun} | :: diminutive of klaslokaal |
| klasse {f} | :: social class |
| klasse {f} [biology] | :: classification |
| klasse {f} | :: quality, class |
| klassenbewustzijn {n} [Marxism, politics] | :: class consciousness |
| klassenjustitie {f} | :: class justice |
| klassenstrijd {m} | :: class struggle |
| klassiek {adj} | :: classical |
| klassieke gitaar {f} [musical instruments] | :: classical guitar |
| klassieke muziek {f} | :: classical music |
| klassieker {m} | :: a classic (person or thing) |
| klassieker {m} [sports, originally cycling] | :: a sports classic, a traditional match |
| klassieker {m} [Netherlands, football, often preceded by the definite article] | :: a match between the football clubs Ajax and Feyenoord |
| Klassieker {m} | :: alternative case form of klassieker |
| klassisme {n} | :: classism |
| klastisch {adj} [geology] | :: clastic |
| klateren {v} [of a flowing liquid] | :: to gurgle, to splash |
| klatergoud {n} | :: an alloy consisting of copper and a low proportion of zinc, whose colour resembles that of gold, produced in sheets; Dutch gold, Dutch metal |
| klatergoud {n} [figurative] | :: something worthless |
| klaterlach {m} | :: hearty laughter |
| klauteren {vi} | :: To climb |
| klauw {f} | :: claw |
| klauw {f} [colloquial] | :: hand |
| klauwen {v} | :: to claw |
| klauwhamer {m} | :: claw hammer (hammer with 2 prongs) |
| klauwier {m} | :: shrike, butcherbird, bird of the family Laniidae |
| klauwkikker {m} | :: clawed frog, frog of the genus Xenopus |
| klavecimbel {m} [musical instruments] | :: harpsichord |
| klaver {f} {m} [botany] | :: clover, plant of the tribe Trifolieae |
| klaver {f} {m} [card games] | :: clubs |
| klaverblad {n} | :: shamrock |
| klaverblad {n} | :: cloverleaf interchange |
| klaveren {mf} [uncountable, cards] | :: clubs |
| klaveren {mf} | :: a playing card of the clubs suit |
| klaverjas {n} | :: alternative form of klaverjassen |
| klaverjassen {n} | :: a type of trick-taking card game popular in the Netherlands, akin to belote and tarabish |
| klaverjassen {vi} | :: to play the above card game |
| klavertjevier {n} | :: four-leaf clover |
| klavier {n} [musical instrument] | :: piano (string instrument) |
| klavier {n} [musical instruments] | :: keyboard (set of keys to operate a musical instrument) |
| klavier {n} [computing, Belgium] | :: keyboard (input device for computers, etc.) |
| klavier {n} [colloquial, dated, in the plural] | :: hand, mitt |
| Klazienaveen {prop} {n} | :: Klazienaveen (village) |
| kleden {vt} | :: to dress |
| kleden {vt} | :: to fit someone, to suit someone (of a piece of clothing) |
| kledij {f} | :: costume, clothing |
| kleding {f} | :: clothing |
| kledingeis {c} | :: a requirement or demand with respect to the clothes one wears |
| kledingkast {f} {m} | :: wardrobe |
| kledingrek {n} | :: A clothes rack |
| kledingstuk {n} | :: A garment, a single item/article of clothing |
| kledingzaak {f} | :: clothes shop |
| kleed {n} | :: cloth |
| kleed {n} [now, chiefly Belgium] | :: long cloth garment, notably: |
| kleed {n} | :: formal robe |
| kleed {n} | :: female dress |
| kleed {n} | :: rug, mat |
| kleedje {noun} [Belgium] | :: dress |
| kleedje {noun} [Netherlands] | :: carpet |
| kleedkamer {f} [literally] | :: A dressing room |
| kleedkamer {f} | :: A lockerroom, changeroom, changing room |
| kleedkamer {f} | :: A robing room |
| Kleef {prop} | :: Cleves, a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, near the Dutch border and the River Rhine |
| kleefrijst {m} | :: glutinous rice, sticky rice; Oryza sativa var. glutinosa |
| kleerhanger {m} | :: a coat hanger |
| kleerkast {f} | :: wardrobe |
| kleerkast {f} [colloquial] | :: a well-built and strong man |
| kleermaakster {f} | :: female tailor (woman who makes, repairs, or refashions clothing, often professionally) |
| kleermaker {m} | :: tailor (person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing as profession) |
| kleermakerij {f} | :: the tailor's profession, the tailoring sector |
| kleermakerij {f} | :: a business where clothing is produced, repaired and sold, a tailor's shop |
| kleermakerszit {m} | :: sitting position in which the legs are crossed, with the feet placed under the thighs of the opposite legs; somewhat similar to the lotus position |
| klef {adj} | :: soggy, sodden, soaked with liquid |
| klef {adj} | :: sticky |
| klef {adj} | :: overattached, clingy |
| klef {adj} | :: clammy |
| klef {adj} | :: sad |
| klef {adj} [of food] | :: half-baked, slack-baked |
| klei {f} | :: clay |
| kleileem {n} | :: clay loam |
| klein {adj} | :: small, little |
| klein {adj} | :: almost |
| Klein-Azië {prop} [historic name] | :: Asia Minor (Anatolian peninsula) |
| kleinburgerij {f} [pejorative] | :: petty bourgeoisie |
| kleinburgerlijk {adj} | :: petty bourgeois; related to the petty bourgeoisie |
| kleinburgerlijk {adj} | :: narrow-minded, small-minded |
| kleindochter {f} | :: granddaughter (daughter of someone’s child) |
| kleine beer {m} | :: procyonid, any member of the family Procyonidae |
| Kleine Beer {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Ursa Minor |
| kleine blauwe pinguïn {m} | :: little penguin, little blue penguin, Eudyptula minor |
| kleine boodschap {f} | :: number one (urination) |
| kleine boodschap {f} | :: See: nl kleine boodschap |
| kleine hersenen {p} | :: [plurale tantum] cerebellum |
| Kleine Hond {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Canis Minor |
| kleine klaproos {f} | :: blind eyes, long-headed poppy Papaver dubium |
| Kleine Leeuw {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Leo Minor |
| kleine lettertjes {noun} | :: fine print |
| kleine panda {m} | :: red panda, Ailurus fulgens |
| kleine panda {m} | :: ailurid, any member of the family Ailuridae |
| kleine potjes hebben grote oren {proverb} | :: small children hear everything (literally: small pots have big ears/handles) |
| kleineren {v} | :: belittle, disparage |
| kleine scherm {n} | :: television, small screen |
| kleine visserij {f} | :: Marine fishing for fish and other sea animals other than herring; in particular whaling, coastal fishing and fishing for cod |
| Kleine Waterslang {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Hydrus |
| kleine zeehond {m} | :: ringed seal, Pusa hispida |
| kleingeestig {adj} | :: narrow-minded, prejudiced |
| kleingeld {n} | :: small change |
| kleingoed {n} [collective noun] | :: small representatives of whatever sort, fe. furniture, pottery, fish etc |
| kleingoed {n} [figuratively] | :: children, kids |
| kleinhandel {m} [uncountable] | :: Retail trade, the retail sector |
| kleinhandel {m} [countable] | :: A retail shop, a retail store |
| kleinigheid {f} | :: bagatelle, trifle (small thing or matter) |
| kleinkind {n} | :: grandchild |
| kleinkinderwens {m} | :: the wish or desire to have one or more grandchildren |
| kleinkunst {f} | :: a musical and/or comedic kind of theatre such as cabaret |
| kleinood {n} | :: A small but valuable object or trinket |
| kleinoodje {noun} | :: diminutive of kleinood |
| kleinoogrog {m} | :: smalleyed ray, Raja microoccellata |
| kleinscheeps {adj} | :: small-scale, at a small scale |
| kleinscheeps {adv} | :: at a small scale |
| Klein-Ternaaien {prop} {n} | :: Petit-Lanaye, a village in Belgium |
| kleintje {n} | :: little one |
| kleintje {n} | :: child |
| kleinvee {n} [collective] | :: sheep and goats (sometimes also including pigs, fowl or even bees); defined as smaller-sized livestock |
| kleinveehouderij {f} [uncountable] | :: husbandry of smaller livestock such as sheep and goats |
| kleinveehouderij {f} | :: farm where smaller livestock (like sheep, goats and sometimes pigs) are raised |
| kleinzerig {adj} | :: petty in relation to pain or hardship, with a low pain threshold, with little endurance |
| kleinzielig {adj} | :: petty, grudgeful |
| kleinzoon {m} | :: grandson (son of someone's child) |
| kleitablet {n} {f} | :: clay tablet (writing medium made of clay used in Mesopotamia and nearby regions) |
| klem {m} | :: clamp |
| klem {adj} [predicative] | :: stuck |
| klembord {n} | :: clipboard (board to hold papers) |
| klembord {n} [computing] | :: clipboard (buffer in memory that holds data to be pasted later) |
| klemmen {vt} | :: to clamp, to squeeze |
| klemmen {vi} | :: to jam, to not move smoothly |
| klemtoon {m} [linguistics] | :: stress |
| klep {f} | :: hatch |
| klep {f} | :: visor |
| klep {f} | :: valve |
| klep {f} [slang] | :: mouth |
| klep {f} [obsolete] | :: a rattle used by lepers to alert others of their presence |
| klepel {m} | :: clapper (of a bell) |
| kleppen {v} [colloquial] | :: to chatter |
| kleptomanie {f} | :: The condition kleptomania (proclivity to steal) |
| klere {f} [obsolete or offensive] | :: cholera |
| klerelijer {m} [vulgar, offensive] | :: motherfucker (objectionable or despicable person), literally "cholera sufferer" |
| kleren {p} | :: clothes |
| klerenkast {f} {m} | :: alternative spelling of kleerkast |
| kleren maken de man {proverb} | :: fine feathers make fine birds |
| klerewijf {n} [vulgar] | :: woman with cholera |
| klerk {m} | :: clerk |
| kletsen {v} | :: to chat |
| kletsen {v} | :: to smack, to slap |
| kletskop {m} [colloquial, Belgium] | :: A bald head |
| kletskop {m} [metonymy, Belgium] | :: A bald person (usually said of a man), a baldie |
| kletskop {m} | :: A hard and brittle type of cookie, with sugar, butter and peanuts or almonds as main ingredients |
| kletskop {m} | :: A blab, blabbermouth |
| kletskous {mf} | :: chatterbox |
| kletsmajoor {m} | :: babbler, chatterbox, all too talkative person |
| kletsnat {adj} | :: Very wet; soaked |
| kletsregenen {v} | :: To rain noisily, i.e. heavily |
| kleur {f} | :: color, colour |
| kleur {f} | :: suit (of cards) |
| kleuren {v} | :: to color, paint |
| kleuren {v} | :: to blush, turn red |
| kleurenblindheid {f} | :: colour blindness |
| kleurendia {m} [photography] | :: colour slide |
| kleurendiapositief {n} [photography, dated] | :: colour slide, colour diapositive |
| kleurenfoto {f} | :: A colour photo |
| kleurenfotootje {noun} | :: diminutive of kleurenfoto |
| kleurenschema {n} | :: A colour scheme |
| kleurentelevisie {f} [countable] | :: A colour television (television set with colour images) |
| kleurentelevisie {f} [uncountable] | :: Colour television (system of television transmission in colour) |
| kleuren-tv {f} [countable] | :: A colour television (television set with colour images) |
| kleurloos {adj} [literally] | :: colourless, having no (or little) colour |
| kleurloos {adj} [figuratively] | :: pale, dull |
| kleurpotlood {n} | :: coloured pencil/colored pencil |
| kleurrijk {adj} | :: colorful |
| kleurstof {f} {m} | :: dye, colorant |
| kleurtje {noun} | :: diminutive of kleur |
| kleuter {m} | :: a child between the ages of four and six/seven years (before the onset of concrete operational thought) |
| kleuter {m} [dated] | :: kindergartner |
| kleuterleidster {f} | :: A female kindergarten teacher |
| kleuterschool {f} | :: kindergarten, school type for children aged 4 or 5 |
| kleuterschooltje {noun} | :: diminutive of kleuterschool |
| kleutertje {noun} | :: diminutive of kleuter |
| kleven {vi} | :: to stick, to be attached glue-like |
| kleven {vt} | :: to glue, to adhere something on/to something else, to stick to/on |
| kleven {vi} | :: to be sticky |
| kleven {vi} [road transport] | :: to tailgate (drive dangerously close) |
| klever {m} | :: someone or something that sticks, adheres |
| klever {m} | :: tailgater (person who drives dangerously close) |
| kleverig {adj} | :: sticky |
| klewang {m} | :: A short, machete-like Indonesian cutlass |
| kliek {f} {m} | :: clique, exclusive group |
| kliek {f} {m} | :: leftover from a meal |
| klier {f} | :: gland |
| klier {f} [botany] | :: gland (secretory structure) |
| klier {f} [obsolete] | :: someone suffering from a skin disease or glandular swelling |
| klier {f} {m} | :: an obnoxious person |
| klieren {v} | :: to annoy, to be a nuisance |
| klierkoorts {f} [now, chiefly Belgium] | :: glandular fever, mononucleosis infectiosa |
| klieven {v} | :: to cleave, to cut |
| klieven {v} | :: to cut through (waves) |
| klif {n} | :: cliff |
| klik {m} | :: click, sharp sound |
| klik {m} [computing] | :: a press of a mouse button |
| klik {m} [phonetics] | :: click consonant |
| klikbaar {adj} | :: clickable |
| klikken {vit} | :: to click |
| klikken {v} [impersonal] | :: to go well relationwise, to have a click |
| klikken {vi} | :: to squeal on someone, to snitch |
| klikken {vi} | :: to fall into place mentally (as in the penny drops) |
| klikken {vi} [obsolete] | :: to suffice |
| klikken {vti} [obsoletel] | :: to knock, to make a knocking sound |
| kliko {f} [Netherlands] | :: wheelie bin (outdoor tall plastic garbage container with two wheels to one side) |
| klikspaan {mf} [childish] | :: snitch, telltale |
| klikspaan {mf} [obsolete] | :: gossip, blab, gossiper |
| klikspanen {vi} | :: to snitch |
| klim {m} | :: climb, act of climbing |
| klim {m} | :: climb, an object or stretch that is climbed |
| klimaat {n} | :: climate |
| klimaatbeleid {n} [chiefly uncountable] | :: climate policy |
| klimaatbos {n} | :: forest planted for the sequestration of carbon dioxide, in order to prevent or mitigate climate change |
| klimaatcrimineel {m} [politics, pejorative] | :: climate criminal, someone whose actions with respect to the climate, in particular climate change, are believed to be criminal or, when used as hyperbole, outrageous |
| klimaatgevoeligheid {f} | :: climate sensitivity |
| klimaatkanarie {m} | :: climate canary |
| klimaatontkenner {m} [derogatory] | :: climate denier, climate denialist (one who rejects the occurrence of anthropogenic climate change) |
| klimaatregeling {f} | :: air conditioning, climate control |
| klimaatregeling {f} | :: A measure aimed at targeting climate change |
| klimaatschieten {v} | :: to enjoy the evening, to idle, to relax [during the evening] |
| klimaatspijbelaar {m} | :: A climate striker who skips school in order to protest |
| klimaatstaking {f} | :: climate strike (strike by mostly young people to protest again inaction on climate change policy) |
| klimaatsverandering {f} | :: alternative form of klimaatverandering |
| klimaatverandering {f} | :: climate change |
| klimaatwet {f} | :: law regulating aspects of climate policy, often a comprehensive law that f.e. stipulates a carbon or climate budget |
| klimatologie {f} | :: climatology |
| klimatologisch {adj} | :: climatological |
| klimatoloog {m} | :: climatologist |
| klimmen {vi} | :: to climb |
| klimop {m} | :: ivy (plant), Hedera helix |
| klimplant {f} | :: creeper, climbing plant, climber |
| klimsport {f} [sports] | :: climbing: e.g. rock climbing, mountaineering |
| klimvis {m} [uncommon] | :: climbing perch, Anabas testudineus |
| klimvoet {m} | :: A type of bird foot adapted to climbing, with two toes oriented backwards and two oriented forwards |
| kling {f} {m} | :: blade (sharp edge of a knife or sword) |
| kliniek {f} | :: A clinic, type of hospital |
| klink {f} | :: latch |
| klink {f} | :: handle (on a door) |
| klinkdicht {n} | :: sonnet (poem consisting of an octave and a sextet) |
| klinken {v} | :: to sound |
| klinken {v} | :: to clink glasses |
| klinken {v} | :: to nail, to rivet, to clinch |
| klinker {m} [by extension] | :: clinker brick; any kind of brick used for pavement |
| klinker {m} [phonetics] | :: vowel |
| klinker {m} [uncommon, orthography] | :: vowel letter (character that designates a vowel) |
| klinkerharmonie {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: vowel harmony |
| klinkletter {f} [archaic, phonetics] | :: vowel |
| klinkletter {f} [archaic, orthography] | :: vowel letter (character that designates a vowel) |
| klinknagel {m} | :: A rivet |
| klinknageltje {noun} | :: diminutive of klinknagel |
| klip {f} | :: rock or cliff in or around sea water |
| klip {f} [dialectal] | :: dune, sandy hill |
| klip {f} [archaic] | :: rock on land, e.g. used as a habitat by animals |
| klip {f} [obsolete] | :: boulder, piece of rock |
| klipdas {m} | :: klipdas, hyrax |
| klipspringer {m} | :: klipspringer |
| klipvis {m} | :: salt cod |
| klipvis {m} | :: butterflyfish, fish of the family Chaetodontidae |
| klissen {vt} [Belgium, law enforcement] | :: to arrest, to catch |
| klisteer {f} {n} | :: enema, clyster |
| klisteerspuit {f} | :: enema syringe |
| klittenband {m} {n} | :: Velcro |
| KLM {prop} | :: KLM |
| klodde {f} | :: rag |
| klodde {f} | :: (by extension) a worthless object |
| kloddenpop {f} {m} | :: rag doll |
| kloek {adj} | :: large, stout |
| kloek {adj} | :: healthy, being in good health |
| kloek {adj} [dialectal] | :: clever, wise |
| kloek {f} | :: a brooding hen (female chicken) or mother hen |
| kloekmoedig {adj} | :: brave, courageous, bold |
| kloet {m} | :: barge pole, punting pole |
| klojo {m} | :: jerk (person) |
| klok {f} | :: clock |
| klok {f} [colloquial] | :: (wrist-)watch |
| klok {f} | :: bell |
| klok {f} | :: protective cloche |
| klok {f} [often, diminutive] | :: something bell-shaped, as some flowers |
| klokgevel {m} [architecture] | :: clock gable |
| klokhen {f} | :: a brooding hen (female chicken) or mother hen |
| klokhuis {n} | :: The core (central part) of some fruit, containing the kernels or seeds |
| klokhuis {n} [originally] | :: A construction (building or part) which houses (a) bell(s) and/or where they are rung or cast (made) |
| klokhuis {n} | :: Other things resembling the above by shape |
| klokjesgentiaan {f} | :: marsh gentian, Gentiana pneumonanthe |
| klokke {f} [obsolete] | :: bell |
| klokken {v} | :: to time, clock |
| klokken {v} [of water] | :: to gurgle |
| klokken {v} [of chickens and other fowl] | :: to cluck |
| klokken {v} | :: to clock, to measure duration (of) |
| klokkengevel {m} [architecture] | :: bell-gable |
| klokkenluider {m} | :: A bell ringer, who sounds (a) bell(s), as in a church's bell tower |
| klokkenluider {m} [figuratively] | :: A whistle-blower; an insider who comes forward to make a scandal, etc. public |
| klokkenstoel {m} | :: bell frame (frame for suspending bells, as part of a building or as a separate structure) |
| klokkentoren {m} | :: A bell tower, tower where (a) bell(s) hang(s) to be played |
| klokkijken {vi} | :: to tell time |
| klomp {m} | :: A wooden shoe, clog |
| klomp {m} | :: A mass, a nugget, a lump, a chunk |
| klompendans {m} | :: clog dance (traditional dance performed wearing clogs) |
| klompendansen {vi} | :: to perform a clog dance |
| klompje {noun} | :: A nugget |
| klompvoet {m} | :: clubfoot |
| klonen {v} | :: to clone |
| klont {m} | :: a (small) lump of matter, e.g. of food |
| klonter {m} | :: lump |
| klontje {n} | :: a sugar cube (properly suikerklontje) |
| klontje {n} | :: [by extension] similar confectionary |
| kloof {f} | :: gap, gorge, ravine |
| kloofdal {n} [geology] | :: valley gorge, ravine |
| klooi {m} | :: A dork, jerk, nobody |
| klooi {m} | :: A bumbler, loser |
| klooien {v} | :: To (give a) beat(ing) |
| klooien {v} | :: To mess around |
| klooien {v} [vulgar] | :: To sleep with, i.e. share the bed, with; to fuck |
| kloon {m} | :: clone (organism produced through cloning) |
| kloon {m} | :: clone, duplicate (imitation bearing close resemblance to the original) |
| kloon {m} [Southern Dutch] | :: clog, klomp, wooden shoe |
| klooster {n} | :: cloister, monastery |
| kloosterboerderij {f} | :: monastery farm, monastic farm |
| kloostergewelf {n} [architecture] | :: a cloister vault |
| kloosterkaas {f} | :: cheese made in a monastery |
| kloosterling {m} | :: Any member of a monastic community, whether priest, lay brother or nun |
| kloostermop {m} | :: large mediaeval brick |
| kloosterorde {mf} | :: A monastic order |
| kloosterschool {f} | :: convent school, monastic school |
| kloosterschooltje {noun} | :: diminutive of kloosterschool |
| kloostertuin {m} | :: A convent garden, a monastery garden |
| kloostertuintje {noun} | :: diminutive of kloostertuin |
| kloosterzuster {f} | :: sister (a nun; a female member of a religious community) |
| kloot {m} [dated] | :: sphere, ball |
| kloot {m} [colloquial, vulgar] | :: testicle |
| klootdolk {m} | :: dagger with a phallic shape |
| kloothommel {f} {m} [slang] | :: asshole, from kloot meaning "testicle" and hommel meaning "bumblebee" |
| klootviool {m} [slang, derogatory, somewhat humorous] | :: bastard, asshole, arse |
| klootzak {m} [dated, literally] | :: A ball sack |
| klootzak {m} [vulgar] | :: A common term of abuse for a man, similar to bastard, asshole |
| klootzakje {noun} | :: diminutive of klootzak |
| klop {m} | :: a blow |
| klopgeest {m} | :: poltergeist |
| klopgeest {m} | :: (humorous) someone who knocks or drops by a lot |
| klopjacht {f} [originally] | :: battue, hunt where game is driven into the open by loud beating sounds |
| klopjacht {f} [by extension] | :: manhunt or [less common] raid, an organised pursuit of a targeted person |
| klopje {f} [obsolete] | :: An unmarried woman who has dedicated her life to service to the Church |
| kloppen {vi} | :: to beat, hit |
| kloppen {vi} | :: to knock |
| kloppen {vi} | :: to defeat |
| kloppen {vi} | :: to pulsate, like a heart |
| kloppen {vi} | :: to be correct, to be true |
| kloppen {vi} | :: to fit, work out, like a calculation; to make sense, to be true |
| kloppen {vi} | :: to lead the devoutly professed, unmarried but non-congregational life of a Catholic klop |
| Kloppenburg {prop} | :: surname |
| klos {m} | :: spool, bobbin |
| klos {m} | :: wooden or metal reel or similar object |
| klos {m} | :: hardwood beam for sewing into planks, notably oak |
| klos {m} [slang] | :: testicle |
| klos {m} | :: klutz, clumsy person |
| klos {m} | :: target, victim (of a problem or joke) |
| klos {m} | :: lump, clod |
| klos {m} | :: cocoon,chrysalis |
| klos {m} | :: corn cob |
| klos {m} | :: fir-cone |
| klos {m} | :: horse's (lower) legs; protuberance thereupon |
| klos {interj} | :: The sound of clumsily placed, heavy footwear |
| klos {?} | :: A certain spirit (drink) |
| klote- {prefix} [vulgar] | :: shit, fucking, damned |
| klote {interj} | :: balls, dammit, fuck |
| klote {adj} | :: bad, stupid |
| kloten {vi} | :: to mess, to screw around (to waste time) |
| klotsen {v} | :: to slosh, to splash noisily |
| kloven {v} | :: to cleave, to cut |
| KLPD {prop} | :: Initialism of Korps landelijke politiediensten, the name of the Dutch police from 1993 to 2013 |
| klucht {f} {m} [dated] | :: kind of theater play, farce |
| klucht {f} {m} [esp. Brabantian, figuratively] | :: chaotic, loud and/or ridiculous situation |
| kluif {f} {m} | :: a chunk (of meat with bone) |
| kluif {f} {m} | :: a difficult task |
| kluis {f} | :: A safe |
| kluis {f} [in the diminutive] | :: A cashbox |
| kluis {f} [often diminutive] | :: A locker |
| kluis {f} | :: A hermit's cell |
| kluis {f} | :: A hermitage |
| kluisteren {vt} | :: To fetter, hog-tie or (rather) restrain in remaining movement |
| kluisteren {vt} [figuratively] | :: To bind, restrict, as by a spell, fascination etc |
| kluit {f} | :: lump, clod (mostly in connection to earth or soil) |
| kluiven {v} | :: to gnaw, to nibble |
| kluiven {v} | :: to bite (a piece of meat) into smaller chunks |
| kluizenaar {m} | :: A hermit |
| klunen {vi} | :: to walk over land while wearing ice skates |
| klungelen {v} | :: to bungle |
| kluns {m} | :: clumsy person, klutz |
| klunzen {vi} | :: to act clumsily, to do one's work in a clumsy way |
| kluppelen {v} | :: to bludgeon, to sap, to club |
| klus {m} | :: task |
| klussen {v} | :: to do odd jobs |
| kluts {f} {m} [rare, dated] | :: clutch |
| klutsen {v} | :: To scramble |
| klutsen {v} | :: To clutch |
| kluut {m} | :: avocet |
| kluwe {m} | :: alternative form of kluwen |
| kluwen {m} {n} | :: a ball of thread or yarn, a clew |
| klysma {f} | :: enema, clyster |
| kmo {f} [business, Belgium] | :: initialism of kleine of middelgrote onderneming (SME or small to medium-sized enterprise) |
| km/u {noun} | :: abbreviation of kilometer per uur |
| knaagdier {n} | :: rodent, any member of the order Rodentia |
| knaagtand {m} | :: A relatively large incisor, such as a rodent's or a lagomorph's |
| knaak {m} [colloquial, Netherlands] | :: A 2½ guilders coin |
| knaak {m} [archaic] | :: A large, valuable coin |
| knaap {m} | :: boy, usually adolescent |
| knaap {m} [by extension] | :: Any human male, regardless of age |
| knaap {m} [chiefly in compounds] | :: A servant, helper |
| knaap {m} | :: A big one, whopper, said of a creature or an object |
| knaapje {noun} | :: a coat hanger |
| knabbelen {vi} | :: to nibble |
| knäckebröd {n} | :: crisp bread, knäckebröd |
| knagen {v} | :: to gnaw |
| knaging {f} | :: gnawing with, for instance, a pang or qualm of conscience |
| knakken {v} [ergative] | :: to break |
| knakken {v} [ergative] | :: to partially break without fully breaking |
| knakworst {f} | :: knackwurst |
| knal {m} | :: bang, short loud sound, crash |
| knallen {v} | :: to bang, pop |
| knallen {v} [colloquial] | :: to fire, shoot |
| knallen {v} [colloquial] | :: to do something intensely, fire up |
| knallen {v} [vulgar] | :: To fuck |
| knaller {m} [colloquial] | :: something excellent, belter, ripper |
| knaller {m} | :: something that produes explosions or booms |
| knalpot {m} | :: muffler, silencer [of an exhaust pipe] |
| knalvuurwerk {n} | :: fireworks that primarily create bangs (as opposed to creating a visual display) |
| knap {adj} | :: smart, intelligent, gifted, talented, clever |
| knap {adj} | :: impressive |
| knap {adj} | :: attractive, beautiful, handsome |
| knap {adv} | :: quite, rather, pretty (reinforces what follows) |
| knapenliefde {f} [literally] | :: A love for boys ("knaves"), i.e. pedophilia directed to boys as sexually attractive |
| knapenliefde {f} [dysphemistic] | :: homosexuality |
| knapenschenner {m} | :: A paederast, a pedophile who sexually abuses boys |
| knapenschennis {f} | :: A pederasty, sexual abuse of (a) male minor(s) |
| knappen {v} | :: to crack |
| knapperd {m} | :: a handsome person; hunk |
| knapperig {adj} | :: crispy |
| knapzak {m} | :: bindle or other food bag (traveler's food bag, often a piece cloth tied to a stick) |
| knar {m} [colloquial, often with pleonastic attribute "oude"] | :: old geezer, oldtimer |
| knar {m} [colloquial] | :: bonce, head |
| knarsen {v} | :: to creak; to make a high-pitched, grating noise |
| knarsen {v} | :: to grind (one's teeth together) |
| knauwen {vit} | :: to gnaw |
| knecht {m} | :: servant |
| knecht {m} [by extension] | :: assistant, hand, employee |
| knecht {m} [pejorative] | :: flunky |
| knechten {v} | :: to enslave (to make a person an indentured knecht) |
| knechtschap {n} | :: servitude |
| knechtschap {n} | :: oppression |
| kneden {v} | :: to knead |
| kneedbaarheid {f} | :: plasticity |
| kneedbom {f} | :: plastic bomb, plastic explosive |
| kneiter {m} | :: [colloquial] head, noggin |
| kneiter {m} | :: [colloquial] biggy, jumbo |
| knekel {m} | :: bone |
| knekelhuis {n} | :: building where disinterred (human) bones are stored, usually at a cemetery; bonehouse, charnel house |
| knekelstad {f} [rare] | :: necropolis |
| knekelveld {n} [somewhat, poetic] | :: boneyard, graveyard |
| knellen {v} | :: to pinch, squeeze |
| knellen {v} [figuratively] | :: to oppress, to stifle |
| knetter {adj} [colloquial] | :: crazy, mad |
| knetteren {v} | :: to crackle |
| knettergek {adj} [colloquial] | :: completely insane, stark raving mad |
| knetterstoned {adj} | :: very stoned (highly intoxicated by drugs other than alcohol) |
| kneu {f} {m} | :: common linnet, Linaria cannabina |
| kneus {m} | :: A bruise, hurt body part (notably skin) without an open wound |
| kneus {m} | :: A bruised egg |
| kneus {m} [figuratively] | :: A violation, infraction |
| kneus {m} [figuratively] | :: An inferior worker, unproductive winer |
| kneus {m} [figuratively] | :: Any weakling, softie |
| kneuzen {vt} | :: to bruise, inflict a physically hurtful marking(s) without an open wound |
| kneuzing {f} | :: A bruise, a physically hurt part of the body (notably skin) which has no open wound |
| knevel {m} | :: moustache |
| knevel {m} [obsolete] | :: half of a moustache |
| knevelen {v} | :: to gag, to stifle (physically restrict speech with an object) |
| knevelen {v} [figurative] | :: to muzzle, to gag, to restrict freedom of speech |
| knibbelen {vi} | :: to haggle |
| knie {f} | :: A knee |
| knie {f} [chiefly diminutive] | :: A kneeing, a prod or blow with the knee |
| kniebroek {f} | :: breeches |
| kniekous {f} | :: A knee sock, a knee high |
| knielaars {f} | :: knee-high boot |
| knielen {v} | :: to kneel (stoop down and rest on the knee) |
| kniepertje {n} [Netherlands, especially Northeastern Netherlands] | :: A sweet, thin, brittle waffle eaten around and in particular before New Year |
| knieviool {f} | :: viola da gamba |
| kniftig {adj} [Hague] | :: weird, crazy |
| knijf {n} [archaic] | :: long pointy knife, poniard |
| knijf {n} [regional] | :: switchblade |
| knijf {n} [dialectal] | :: pocketknife |
| knijp {c} | :: saloon, bar, pub |
| knijpbril {m} | :: pince-nez |
| knijpen {vit} | :: to pinch, to squeeze |
| knijper {m} | :: A clothespin |
| knijper {m} | :: The scissors of a crustacean or other arthropod |
| knijpertje {noun} | :: diminutive of knijper |
| knijpertje {noun} [dated] | :: alternative form of kniepertje |
| knijpkat {f} | :: dyno torch, dynamo torch |
| knikken {v} | :: to nod as in to express agreement |
| knikker {m} | :: a marble (toy) |
| knikker {m} | :: various similarly shaped objects, including: |
| knikker {m} | :: a billiards ball |
| knikker {m} | :: certain seeds |
| knikker {m} [humorous] | :: a head, especially a bald skull (typically in kale knikker) |
| knikker {m} [by extension] | :: a lump or stone |
| knikker {m} [metonymy] | :: (in the plural, absolutely used with definite article: de knikkers) The stakes of a game, deal etc |
| knikker {m} | :: A nodder |
| KNIL {prop} {n} | :: abbreviation of Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger |
| knipkunst {f} | :: cut-out art, art made by cutting paper and other materials, usually household materials |
| knipogen {v} | :: to wink |
| knipoog {m} | :: wink |
| knippen {vt} | :: to cut with scissors |
| knippen {vt} [computing] | :: to cut (remove an item and place it in memory for later use) |
| knippen {vt} [archaic] | :: to make a pinching movement, especially with one's eyelids; thus, to blink |
| knippen {vit} | :: to snap one's fingers |
| knipperen {v} | :: to blink |
| knipperlicht {n} | :: flashing light, blinker (light that intermittently flashes or a light source that produces such a light) |
| knipperlichtrelatie {f} | :: A relationship with repeated interruptions because of falling outs and/or breaks; an on-and-off relationship |
| knipsel {n} | :: A cut-out piece of paper or other material; a cutting, a clipping |
| knisperen {vi} | :: to make a crackling or popping noise |
| knisteren {vi} | :: alternative form of knisperen |
| knobbel {m} | :: knob, knot, lump |
| knobbel {m} [figuratively] | :: an aptitude for something |
| knobbelzwaan {m} | :: mute swan |
| knobbelzwijn {n} | :: warthog, pig of the genus Phacochoerus |
| knoedel {m} | :: dumpling |
| knoedel {m} | :: noodle or piece of pasta |
| knoeften {v} [Belgium, specifically Antwerp] | :: to work laboriously or hard |
| knoeien {v} | :: to create a mess |
| knoeien {v} | :: to mess around |
| knoeien {v} | :: to defraud |
| knoeperd {m} [Netherlands] | :: A whopper, something particularly large |
| knoepsen {v} [Brabantian, West-Veluws] | :: audibly chew |
| knoert {m} | :: whopper (something remarkably large) |
| knoet {m} | :: knout, a multi-thong scourge as used in tsarist Russia |
| knoet {m} | :: term of abuse for persons from Westphalia and Northern Germany |
| knoet {m} | :: boor, churl |
| knoet {f} | :: alternative form of knot |
| knoflook {m} {n} | :: garlic, Allium sativum (bulb, used as a culinary herb, or plant) |
| knoflookboter {f} | :: garlic butter |
| knoflookpad {f} | :: common spadefoot, garlic toad, Pelobates fuscus |
| knoflooksaus {f} | :: garlic sauce |
| knokfilm {m} [colloquial] | :: action movie, action film |
| knokkel {m} | :: finger-joint; knuckle |
| knokkelkoorts {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: dengue |
| knokken {vi} [colloquial] | :: to fight, to dust up |
| knokken {vt} [colloquial] | :: to hit, to beat |
| knokker {m} | :: A fighter, brawler, person tending to start or pick a fight |
| knokpartij {f} | :: brawl, fight |
| knokploeg {mf} | :: A hit squad, a fighting squad |
| knol {m} | :: turnip |
| knol {m} | :: bulge, protrusion |
| knol {m} | :: nag, inferior horse |
| knol {m} | :: workhorse, draft horse |
| knolraap {m} | :: turnip, cultivated plant with edible white root, Brassica rapa |
| knook {m} | :: bone |
| knoop {m} | :: button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener) |
| knoop {m} | :: knot (i.e. a loop of string or any other long flexible material which cannot be untied without pulling part of the string through the loops) |
| knoop {m} [mathematics] | :: knot |
| knoop {m} [nautical] | :: knot (i.e. a unit of velocity, corresponding to traveling a distance of 1 nautical mile per hour) |
| knoop {m} [botany] | :: node, joint |
| knooppunt {n} | :: interchange (grade-separated infrastructure junction) |
| knooppunt {n} [archaic] | :: any infrastructure junction |
| knoopsgat {n} | :: buttonhole |
| knop {m} | :: a knob, roundish handle, ornament etc |
| knop {m} | :: a button, control device to push etc.; metonymy: control, power to stop |
| knop {m} | :: a bud on a (growing) plant |
| knopen {vt} | :: to tie with a knot |
| knor {m} | :: A grunt by a pig |
| knor {m} | :: A grumble by a stomach |
| knor {m} [derogatory, student slang] | :: A university student who doesn't belong to a student society [rarely used except by members of student societies] |
| knorren {v} | :: to grunt, to oink |
| knorrepot {c} [derogatory] | :: grouch, grumbler |
| knorrepotten {v} | :: to grumble, to grouch |
| knorrig {adj} | :: grumpy, surly |
| knorrig {adj} | :: knotty, gnarled |
| knot {f} {m} | :: A knot, bun (of hair), skein |
| knot {f} {m} | :: The top or crest (with messy branches) of certain woody plants, notably willows |
| knot {f} {m} | :: A flax seed box |
| knot {f} {m} | :: (dialect) A marble to play with |
| knot {f} {m} | :: A prank, joke |
| knot {f} {m} | :: The bird species Calidris canutus (syn. Tringa canutis) |
| knots {f} | :: bludgeon, club |
| knots {adj} [colloquial] | :: bizarre, extremely odd |
| knotsen {v} [Brabantian] | :: collide |
| knotsgek {adj} [colloquial] | :: batshit, fucking crazy |
| knotten {v} | :: to truncate |
| knotten {v} | :: to cut down |
| knotwilg {m} | :: A pollarded willow, knotted willow |
| knudde {adj} [colloquial] | :: bad, clumsy, worthless, oafish |
| knuffel {m} | :: hug, cuddle |
| knuffel {m} | :: stuffed toy, plushie, soft toy (stuffed doll) |
| knuffelbeer {m} | :: teddy bear |
| knuffelbeertje {noun} | :: diminutive of knuffelbeer |
| knuffelbeest {n} | :: animal doll, stuffed toy animal |
| knuffelcrimineel {m} | :: celebrity criminal, a criminal with persistently favourable media coverage |
| knuffeldier {n} | :: animal doll, stuffed toy animal |
| knuffelen {vti} | :: to cuddle, hug |
| knul {m} | :: A crude boor, lout, sull; the diminutive often lacks the derogatory connotation |
| knul {m} | :: A dude, young guy |
| knuppel {m} | :: a blunt instrument used to bludgeon someone with, such as a club or a cudgel |
| knuppel {mf} [pejorative] | :: a clown, a lout, an awkward individual |
| knuppelen {v} | :: to bludgeon, to sap, to club |
| knurft {m} [colloquial, Netherlands] | :: A stupid, silly person; a buffoon |
| knus {adj} | :: [US] cozy, [UK] cosy |
| knut {f} {m} | :: gnat |
| knutselen {v} | :: to DIY; to put something together out of whatever is available at the time, often for fun |
| koala {m} | :: koala |
| kobalt {n} | :: The metallic element and material cobalt |
| kobalt {n} | :: The die made from its oxyde |
| kobalt {n} | :: Its bluish metallic color shade |
| kobold {m} | :: kobold |
| Kockengen {prop} {n} | :: Kockengen (village) |
| Kodakmoment {n} | :: Kodak moment (photogenic or sentimental moment) |
| kodde {f} | :: club (weapon) |
| kodde {f} | :: (by extension) penis |
| kodde {f} | :: tail, esp. of a dog, cat or pig |
| kodde {f} | :: (by extension) tail of a kite |
| kodde {f} | :: (by extension) arse |
| kodde {f} | :: (by extension) cattail, bulrush |
| kodde {f} | :: (obsolete) joke |
| koddig {adj} | :: droll |
| koddigheid {f} | :: drollness |
| koe {f} | :: cow; a female of certain mammals, in particular bovines |
| koebeest {n} [now, chiefly Belgium] | :: cow, female bovine |
| koebeest {n} [obsolete] | :: bovine of any gender |
| koebeest {n} [Netherlands, humorous or childish] | :: moo-moo (humorous term for cow/bovine) |
| Koedijk {prop} {n} | :: Koedijk (A <<village>> in < >, <<c/Netherlands>>, located along the Noordhollandsch Kanaal.) |
| koedoe {m} | :: kudu, used of two species of antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus, Tragelaphus strepsiceros and Tragelaphus imberbis |
| koehandel {m} | :: alternative form of koeienhandel |
| koehandel {m} [pejorative] | :: any opaque form of negotiation or trade |
| koehandel {m} [politics, pejorative] | :: any disliked political compromise or the act of negotiating those |
| koeienhandel {m} | :: cow trade (trade in cows) |
| koeienletter {f} [chiefly plural] | :: A huge letter (character of the alphabet) |
| koeienmelk {f} | :: uncommon form of koemelk |
| koeiensap {n} [humorous] | :: milk, cow juice |
| koeienvlaai {f} | :: a cowpie |
| koeioneren {v} [Netherlands] | :: to belittle, to patronise |
| koeioneren {v} [Brabantian] | :: to bully, to pester, to victimize |
| koejon {noun} | :: bully |
| koek {m} | :: cookie, cake, biscuit, wafer |
| koek {m} [uncountable] | :: Any type of cake or biscuit |
| koek {m} [by extension] | :: something doughy or sticky |
| koek {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: roundel |
| koekblik {n} | :: biscuit tin (metal container for biscuits, cake, cookies, etc.) |
| koekblik {n} [Netherlands, colloquial] | :: small car of poor quality |
| koekeloeren {v} [colloquial] | :: To look, to stare |
| koekeloeren {v} | :: to idle, to be somewhere without doing much |
| koekeloeren {v} | :: to crow like a rooster, to produce the sound of a cock |
| koeken {mf} [uncountable, cards, Belgium] | :: diamonds |
| koeken {mf} [Belgium] | :: a playing card of the diamonds suit |
| koekenbakker {m} [literally] | :: cake baker |
| koekenbakker {m} | :: bungler |
| koekendoos {f} [Belgium] | :: biscuit tin |
| koek en ei {phrase} [idiom, especially of relations] | :: completely fine, in a state of friendly relations, amicable |
| koekenpan {f} [Netherlands] | :: frying pan |
| koekhappen {n} | :: bite-the-cake; a game, especially for children, in which piece(s) of cake are hung from a rope, and the children, being blindfolded, attempt to bite the piece(s) of cake |
| koekje {noun} | :: cookie |
| koekjessnijder {m} | :: biscuit cutter, cookie cutter |
| koekjessnijder {m} | :: cookiecutter shark, Isistius brasiliensis |
| koekoek {m} | :: a cuckoo |
| koekoek {m} | :: a dormer |
| koekoeksklok {f} | :: cuckoo clock (any musical clock with a cuckoo figurine that imitates a cuckoo's call) |
| koektrommel {f} {m} | :: biscuit tin |
| koel {adj} [literally] | :: cold, chilly (having a low temperature) |
| koel {adj} [figuratively] | :: without warm feelings |
| koel {adj} [figuratively] | :: cool, with an in-control image |
| koelcel {f} | :: A refrigerated room, a cold room |
| koele {noun} | :: a cold, cool one (e.g. a chilled drink) |
| koele kikker {m} | :: an unemotional or empathyless person; a cold fish |
| koelen {v} [ergative] | :: to cool |
| koeler {m} | :: cooler |
| koelie {m} [historical] | :: coolie (Asian manual worker) |
| koelie {m} [pejorative, offensive] | :: coolie (person of Indian or Indonesian background) |
| koeling {f} [uncountable] | :: The action or process of refrigerating |
| koeling {f} [countable] | :: A refrigerated room or section |
| koeling {f} | :: A cold room |
| koeling {f} | :: A refrigerated section or shelve in a grocery store or supermarket |
| koelkast {f} | :: A refrigerator, a fridge |
| koelkast {f} [colloquial] | :: An unfashionable, large, bulky cell phone |
| koelkastmagneet {m} | :: A refrigerator magnet |
| koelkastmagneetje {noun} | :: diminutive of koelkastmagneet |
| koelte {f} [uncountable, literally] | :: coolness, a cold, but not freezing temperature, possibly pleasant |
| koelte {f} [countable, nautical] | :: A breeze; any kind of wind |
| koelte {f} [uncountable, rare] | :: cool, unshakable attitude |
| koeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of koelte |
| koeltoren {m} | :: A cooling tower |
| koelwagen {m} | :: A refrigerated truck, van or wagon, a refrigerated road vehicle or rail car |
| koemelk {f} | :: cowmilk |
| koen {adj} [formal] | :: courageous |
| Koen {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| koenheid {f} | :: bravery, boldness |
| Koenraad {prop} {n} | :: given name |
| koepel {m} | :: cupola, dome |
| koepeldak {n} | :: domed roof |
| koepelorganisatie {f} | :: umbrella organisation |
| koer {f} {m} [Belgium] | :: garden, yard [usually fenced] |
| koer {f} {m} [Belgium] | :: courtyard, yard |
| koer {f} {m} [Belgium] | :: schoolyard |
| koer {f} {m} [Belgium] | :: toilet, restroom (area) |
| koer {m} [Netherlands, obsolete] | :: someone who guards a watchtower |
| Koerd {prop} {m} | :: Kurd |
| Koerdisch {adj} | :: Kurdish, relating to the people, language and/or Middle Eastern homeland of the Kurds |
| Koerdisch {prop} {n} | :: Kurdish, the language of the Kurds |
| Koerdistan {prop} | :: Kurdistan, the Middle East homeland of the Kurdish people |
| koeren {v} | :: to coo (pigeons, doves and etc) |
| koerier {m} | :: courier |
| koerierster {f} | :: female courier |
| koers {m} | :: course of action, approach |
| koers {m} | :: course of a plane or ship |
| koers {m} | :: stock price, rate |
| koers {m} | :: circulation of money |
| koers {f} [Belgium] | :: A race (contest of speed) |
| koersverandering {f} | :: change in course [directional] |
| koersverandering {f} | :: about turn |
| koerswijziging {f} | :: course correction, change in course [directional] |
| koesteren {vt} | :: to cherish |
| koesteren {vt} [dated] | :: to pamper, to spoil |
| koesteren {vt} [dated] | :: to warm |
| koet {m} | :: coot |
| koeterwaals {n} | :: incomprehensible language; gibberish, gobbledygook |
| koets {f} | :: coach (four-wheeled carriage) |
| koetshuis {n} | :: coach house |
| koetshuisje {noun} | :: diminutive of koetshuis |
| koetsier {m} | :: coach driver, coacher (someone who drives a coach) |
| koetsiersglas {n} | :: beer glass resembling a volumetric flask with a round bottom and a separate wooden holder; similar to a short ell glass or yard of ale |
| koetswerk {n} | :: body, bodywork of a vehicle |
| koevanger {m} [rail transportation] | :: A pilot, a cow catcher |
| koevanger {m} [automotive] | :: A bullbar, a large metal bumper |
| koevoet {m} [obsolete, literally] | :: A cow or other bovine's foot or leg; also as a dish or meat type |
| koevoet {m} | :: A wedge-shaped crowbar |
| koevoet {m} [Belgium] | :: vernacular term for two yellow-coloured wagtail species: |
| koevoet {m} | :: The western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava [compare koevinkje] |
| koevoet {m} | :: The grey wagtail, Motacilla cinerea |
| koewachter {m} [Southern Dutch] | :: cowherd |
| Koeweit {prop} {n} | :: Kuwait |
| kof {f} | :: koff |
| koffer {m} | :: A suitcase |
| koffer {m} | :: A luggage compartment in a small vehicle; a trunk, a boot |
| koffer {m} [now, Suriname] | :: A trunk, a large chest used to move luggage |
| kofferbak {m} | :: A luggage compartment in a car; trunk, boot |
| kofferschrijfmachine {f} | :: A typewriter which has its own solid, roughly suitcase-shaped casing |
| koffie {f} {m} | :: coffee |
| koffieautomaat {m} | :: A coffee machine, a coffee dispenser (coffee vending machine or large non-domestic coffee dispenser) |
| koffiebar {mf} | :: coffee bar |
| koffieboon {mf} | :: A coffee bean, a seed of a plant of the genus Coffea |
| koffiecultuur {f} | :: coffee culture, coffee cultivation |
| koffiedik {n} | :: coffee grounds (sediment in coffee) |
| koffiedik kijken {vi} | :: to speculate, to read tea leaves |
| koffiehuis {n} | :: coffeehouse |
| koffiehuis {n} | :: café |
| koffiekan {f} | :: A coffeepot |
| koffieleut {m} | :: Someone who frequently drinks coffee |
| koffiemelk {f} | :: milk or creamer intended for use in coffee |
| koffiemolen {m} | :: A coffee grinder |
| koffiepauze {mf} | :: coffee break |
| koffieplantage {f} | :: coffee plantation |
| koffieplanter {m} [chiefly historical] | :: coffee planter, the owner or operator of a coffee plantation |
| koffiepoeder {m} | :: instant coffee |
| koffiepot {m} | :: a coffeepot |
| koffieprut {f} | :: coffee grounds |
| koffieroom {m} | :: cream intended to be used in coffee |
| koffieshop {m} | :: coffee shop |
| koffietijd {m} | :: coffee time: time for a coffee break |
| koffietje {noun} | :: a cup of coffee |
| koffie verkeerd {m} | :: café au lait, coffee made with a large proportion of warm milk |
| koffiezetapparaat {n} | :: coffee maker |
| kofschip {n} [historical] | :: A koff, a type of small one-and-a-half masted sailing ship used mostly for inland and coastal navigation |
| kogel {m} | :: projectile: bullet, shot (heavy iron ball used for the shot put) |
| kogel {m} | :: sphere, ball-shaped object |
| kogelbestendig {adj} | :: bulletproof |
| kogelbrief {m} | :: a threatening letter containing a bullet |
| kogelen {vt} | :: to throw hard |
| kogelhuls {f} | :: bullet casing, bullet shell |
| kogellager {m} {n} | :: ball bearing |
| kogelregen {m} | :: hail of bullets (large amount of bullets shot at short time intervals) |
| kogelstoten {n} | :: shot put |
| kogeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of kogel |
| kogelvis {m} | :: blowfish, puffer, any fish of the Tetraodontidae |
| kogelvrij {adj} | :: bulletproof |
| kogelwerend {adj} | :: bulletproof |
| kogge {f} | :: cog (a sailing cargo ship of the Hanse) |
| koikarper {m} | :: koi, Cyprinus carpio carpio |
| kok {m} | :: cook, chef |
| Kok {prop} | :: surname, meaning cook |
| kokarde {f} | :: cockade (mark worn on a hat or other piece of clothing) |
| koken {vit} | :: to cook, boil |
| koken {vi} [figuratively] | :: to seethe, boil with anger |
| koker {m} | :: tube, cylinder, cylindrical case, quiver |
| koker {m} [uncommon] | :: Someone who cooks or boils |
| koker {m} | :: A device used for boiling |
| kokerjuffer {f} | :: caddis fly larva |
| kokerrok {m} | :: pencil skirt |
| kokerworm {m} | :: tubeworm (marine polychaete worm constructing tubes) |
| koket {adj} | :: coquettish |
| kokette {f} | :: a coquettish woman |
| kokhalzen {v} | :: to gag, to retch |
| kokkel {m} [animals] | :: edible cockle |
| kokkin {f} | :: A female cook, a cookess |
| kokmeeuw {f} | :: Several seagull species, notably : |
| kokmeeuw {f} | :: Chroicocephalus ridibundus, the black-headed gull |
| kokmeeuw {f} [archaic, dialectal] | :: great black-backed gull, Larus marinus |
| kokos {n} {c} | :: the white flesh of the coconut, often in a desiccated form |
| kokos {c} | :: coconut |
| kokosbrood {n} | :: A type of bread topping made of coconut meat, pressed into a loaf and often cut into slices |
| kokoskrab {f} | :: coconut crab, Birgus latro |
| kokosnoot {f} {m} | :: coconut (fruit of coco palm) |
| kokosolie {f} | :: coconut oil |
| kokospalm {m} | :: coconut palm, Cocos nucifera |
| koksmaat {m} | :: (mainly nautical) A cook's mate, a kitchenhand aboard |
| kokstoven {vt} | :: to do, to arrange, surrepticiously |
| kol {f} | :: witch |
| kol {f} [Belgium] | :: wizard, magician, sorcerer, conjuror, warlock |
| kol {adj} [Belgium] | :: difficult, troublesome |
| kol {adj} [Belgium] | :: magical |
| kol {m} | :: White spot on the forehead of a horse or a cow |
| kolchoz {m} | :: kolkhoz |
| kolder {m} [obsolete] | :: a brain disease (or perhaps multiple conflated brain diseases) in livestock |
| kolder {m} | :: madness, insanity, craziness |
| kolder {m} | :: nonsense |
| kolder {m} [dated] | :: small, simple paper kite |
| kolderschijf {f} | :: excentric, disc converting circular motion to reciprocating motion |
| kolderstok {m} [nautical] | :: whipstaff |
| kolenbekken {n} | :: coalfield (area with coal deposits) |
| kolenbekken {n} | :: brazier (metal receptable for burning coal) |
| kolenboer {m} | :: coalman (salesman or delivery man in coal) |
| kolengas {n} | :: coal gas |
| kolengruis {n} | :: slack, small coal particles |
| kolenkit {f} | :: coal scuttle |
| kolenlijn {f} | :: railway line used for transporting coal |
| kolenmijn {f} | :: colliery, coal mine |
| kolenschop {m} | :: A coal shovel |
| kolenschop {m} [figurative, chiefly plural] | :: A large hand |
| kolenveld {n} | :: coalfield (area with coal deposits) |
| kolere {f} [dated, now somewhat vulgar] | :: cholera |
| kolere {interj} [vulgar] | :: damn! "What the fuck?" |
| kolf {f} {m} | :: the blunt end of something |
| kolf {f} {m} | :: rifle butt, stock |
| kolf {f} {m} | :: flask with a narrow neck and a wide base |
| kolf {f} {m} | :: ear of maize/corn |
| kolibrie {m} | :: hummingbird |
| kolk {f} {m} | :: vortex, maelstrom |
| kolk {f} {m} | :: A drain that is part a sewer system |
| kolk {f} {m} | :: A small waterway connected to one or several windmills that control the water level in a polder, serving as a conduit to remove surplus water |
| kolk {f} {m} | :: A dyke beside such a waterway |
| kolk {f} {m} | :: A stagnant pool or lake resulting from the vortex of e.g. a breached dyke |
| kolk {f} {m} | :: The body of water between sluice gates |
| kolk {f} {m} | :: A dug watering hole |
| kolken {v} | :: to whirl, to churn |
| kolken {v} | :: to rise or descend in a whirl |
| kolken {v} | :: to experience strong emotions, to seethe |
| kollet {n} | :: culet (of a brilliant-cut gemstone) |
| Kollewijns {adj} | :: Pertaining to the spelling reform proposed (but never fully implemented) by Roeland Anthonie Kollewijn, to inter alia completely remove sch from codas, to remove the representation of sharp-long vowels and to replace c, th, ph and rh |
| Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland {prop} | :: Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland (municipality) |
| kolom {m} [architecture] | :: column |
| kolonel {m} | :: colonel, the military rank |
| kolonel {m} [printing, dated] | :: A size of type between insertio and petit, standardized as 7 point |
| koloniaal {adj} | :: colonial |
| koloniaal {m} [historical] | :: A colonial soldier, a colonial trooper |
| koloniaal {m} [historical, uncommon] | :: A colonial settler, a colonist |
| kolonialisme {n} | :: colonialism |
| kolonie {f} | :: colony, dependent human settlement, state or territory |
| kolonie {f} | :: colony, a camp etc. where people are living together for certain purposes, usually specified, such as strafkolonie, vakantiekolonie (a charitable summer camp) |
| kolonie {f} | :: colony, collective noun for various insects which nest and live together, such as ants |
| kolonie {f} | :: colony, collective noun for various birds which nest close together, such as seagulls, penguins; siege of herons |
| kolonie {f} | :: colony, collective noun for collective noun for various mammal species which nest and/or live close together, such as hedge for certain monkeys |
| kolonisatie {f} | :: colonisation (UK), colonization (US) |
| kolonisator {m} | :: coloniser |
| koloniseren {v} | :: to colonise |
| kolonist {m} | :: A colonist, a settler (one who founds, inhabits or belongs to a colony) |
| kolonist {m} [historical] | :: A child who camped at a type of summer camp |
| kolonist {m} [historical] | :: A member of a labour colony, commune or utopian community |
| kolos {m} | :: colossus |
| kom {f} | :: bowl |
| kom {f} | :: basin |
| kom {f} | :: socket (hollow part in a bone) |
| kom {f} [geography] | :: (village) center, in particular one with buildings around a central square |
| kom {f} [dated] | :: built-up area |
| kom {f} | :: inner harbour |
| komaf {m} | :: descent, origin |
| komaf maken {v} [idiom, Belgium] | :: to put an end [+ met (object) = to] |
| kombuis {f} | :: A galley, a caboose (kitchen on a vessel) |
| kombuis {f} [archaic] | :: A kitchen |
| kombuis {f} [obsolete] | :: A storage room for food |
| kombuis {f} [obsolete] | :: A stove or furnace on a ship |
| komedie {f} [drama] | :: comedy |
| komeet {m} | :: comet |
| komeet {m} [figuratively] | :: A rising star, an up-and-coming thing or person, a raging fashion etc |
| komen {vi} | :: to come |
| komen {vi} | :: to happen, to arise, to come to be, to be caused |
| Komen {prop} {n} | :: Komen (city) |
| komenij {f} [archaic or historical] | :: A grocery store |
| komenij {f} [obsolete] | :: Groceries, in particular sweets |
| komenijswinkel {m} [dated] | :: A grocery store |
| komiek {adj} | :: comical, funny |
| komiek {m} | :: A comedian |
| komiek {m} | :: A jokester, a funny person |
| komiekeling {m} | :: A funny person, a joker, a japester |
| komijn {m} {n} | :: cumin, Cuminum cyminum |
| komijn {m} {n} | :: cumin seed |
| komijnekaas {m} | :: cumin cheese |
| komisch {adj} | :: comic, comical |
| komkommer {f} | :: cucumber |
| komkommertijd {m} | :: silly season |
| komma {f} | :: comma |
| kommagetal {n} | :: a number which contains a decimal comma |
| kommaneuker {m} [vulgar, colloquial] | :: Someone who is very precise with rules, either the official rules or their interpretation thereof, in particular in matters of (spoken, written) language; a nitpicker, a stickler |
| kommavlinder {m} | :: common branded skipper, Hesperia comma |
| kommen {v} [Brabant, Limburg, colloquial] | :: alternative form of komen |
| kommer {m} | :: problems, worries, concern |
| kommer {m} | :: sadness, sorrow |
| kommunisties {adj} [obsolete] | :: nonstandard spelling of communistisch |
| komodovaraan {c} | :: Komodo dragon |
| kom op {interj} | :: come on! |
| kompaan {mf} | :: companion, friend |
| kompas {n} | :: compass (navigational compass) |
| Kompas {prop} {n} [constellation] | :: Pyxis |
| kompashuisje {n} [nautical] | :: binnacle |
| kompasje {noun} | :: diminutive of kompas |
| kompel {m} | :: a miner |
| kompjoeter {m} | :: eye dialect of computer |
| komplot {n} | :: superseded spelling of complot |
| kompres {n} | :: compress, multiply folded cloth to apply to a patient's skin |
| kompres {adj} | :: compressed, condensed |
| kompromat {c} {n} | :: kompromat, blackmail material, dirt [chiefly in Russian contexts] |
| komst {f} | :: arrival |
| kond {adj} [obsolete] | :: known |
| kondigen {vt} | :: to announce, to make known |
| konfijt {n} {f} | :: confit preserved with sugar, usually fruits |
| Kongo {prop} {f} | :: Congo river |
| Kongo-Brazzaville {prop} {n} | :: Congo (country with Brazzaville as capital) |
| kongsi {f} [Netherlands] | :: kongsi |
| kongsi {f} [derogatory, Netherlands] | :: clique, coterie |
| konijn {n} | :: A rabbit, a bunny; any non-hare lagomorph of the family Leporidae |
| Konijnenberg {prop} | :: surname |
| konijnenhok {n} | :: rabbit hutch |
| konijnenhol {n} | :: rabbit hole |
| konijnenvoer {n} | :: rabbit fodder |
| konijnenvoer {n} [humorous] | :: salads or other (typically raw) vegetable foods |
| koning {m} | :: king |
| koning {m} [chess] | :: king |
| Koning {prop} | :: surname |
| koningdom {n} [obsolete] | :: kingship |
| koningdom {n} [archaic] | :: kingdom |
| koningin {f} | :: queen |
| koningin {f} | :: female monarchic ruler of a kingdom |
| koningin {f} | :: consort of a king |
| koningin {f} [chess, card games] | :: queen |
| koningin-moeder {f} | :: queen mother |
| koninginnebrij {mf} | :: royal jelly |
| Koninginnedag {m} | :: A former holiday in the Netherlands, occurring on April 30th (or April 29th, if it would otherwise fall on a Sunday) |
| koninginnenpage {m} | :: A swallowtail, Papilio machaon |
| koningmaker {m} | :: kingmaker |
| konings {adj} | :: royal |
| konings {adj} | :: excellent |
| koningschap {n} | :: kingship |
| koningscobra {f} {m} | :: king cobra |
| Koningsdag {m} | :: a national holiday in the Netherlands celebrated on April 27th, celebrating the birthday of its current king |
| koningshuis {n} | :: royal house (part of a royal family considered eligible for rule) |
| koningskind {n} | :: royal child |
| koningsmoord {m} | :: regicide, the killing of a king or other ruler |
| koningspinguïn {m} | :: king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus |
| koningswater {n} | :: aqua regia |
| koninklijk {adj} | :: royal |
| koninklijk {adv} | :: royally (in the manner of royalty) |
| koninkrijk {n} | :: kingdom |
| konkelen {vi} | :: to engage in intrige, to deceive, to act dishonestly |
| konkelen {vi} | :: to screw around, to bungle, to fiddle around |
| konkelen {vi} | :: to gossip, to tattle |
| konkelfoezen {v} [pejorative, mainly used in Belgium] | :: talk in a low whisper, esp. to gossip or scheme |
| konkreet {adj} | :: superseded spelling of concreet |
| konst {f} | :: obsolete spelling of kunst |
| kont {m} [colloquial] | :: butt, bum, arse |
| kont {m} [vulgar] | :: a cunt (an extremely unpleasant or objectionable person) |
| kont {m} [obsolete] | :: cunt, female genitalia |
| kontakt {n} | :: superseded spelling of contact |
| kontekletser {m} [literally] | :: A spanker, who smacks the butt |
| kontekletser {m} [figuratively] | :: A fairly long, usually split coattail which tends to tap the wearer's bottom; hence, tails, a tuxedo |
| konterfeitsel {n} | :: portrait, image |
| konterfeitsel {n} | :: face |
| kontlikker {m} [vulgar] | :: sycophant, arse-kisser, shameless or even slavish flatterer |
| kontneuken {v} [vulgar] | :: To fuck in the arse; especially said of homosexual men |
| kontroffel {m} [literally] | :: A spanking, series of smacks on the bottom |
| kontroffel {m} [figuratively] | :: A beating; scolding, tongue-lashing; lecture |
| kontzak {m} | :: back pocket |
| konvooi {n} | :: convoy |
| konvooieren {v} | :: to escort, to convoy |
| koog {f} [dated, Hollandic] | :: alternative form of kaag |
| kooi {f} | :: cage |
| kooi {f} [nautical] | :: bunk |
| kooivechter {m} | :: cage fighter |
| kookappel {m} | :: An apple (of a) variety best fit to be used in the kitchen for relatively elaborate recipes (cooked, fried etc.), rather then wholly eaten in its natural state (raw, but possibly peeled) |
| kookboek {n} | :: A cookbook, a recipe book (book of culinary recipes) |
| kookhok {n} | :: simple space for cooking purposes; cooking shed |
| kookkunst {f} [uncountable] | :: culinary art |
| kookkunst {f} [countable] | :: culinary skill |
| kookkunst {f} [uncountable] | :: cuisine |
| kookplaat {f} | :: cooktop, hob, hotplate |
| kookplaatje {noun} | :: diminutive of kookplaat |
| kookpot {m} | :: A cooking pot |
| kookpunt {n} | :: boiling point |
| kookvis {m} | :: A culinary dish based on boiled fish |
| kookvis {m} | :: A fish species commonly used for the above |
| kool {f} | :: cabbage |
| kool {f} | :: coal |
| kool {f} | :: carbon |
| kooldioxide {n} {c} | :: carbon dioxide |
| koolhydraat {n} | :: carbohydrate (organic compounds group including sugar, starch or cellulose) |
| koolhydraatrijk {adj} | :: carbohydrate-rich |
| koolmees {f} | :: great tit, Parus major |
| koolmonoxide {n} {c} | :: carbon monoxide |
| koolraap {f} | :: A rutabaga, Brassica napus (notably variety Brassica napus var. napobrassica) |
| koolraap {f} | :: A swede, the edible part (yellow root) of the above |
| koolraap {f} | :: The related Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes or Brassica oleracea var. caulorapa, and their corresponding part |
| koolrabi {f} [botany] | :: kohlrabi |
| koolsla {f} | :: cabbage salad, coleslaw |
| koolstof {f} [chemistry] | :: carbon |
| koolstofassimilatie {f} [biology, chemistry] | :: assimilation of carbon dioxide [by plants and algae], photosynthesis |
| koolstofdioxide {n} {c} | :: carbon dioxide |
| koolstofmonoxide {n} {c} | :: carbon monoxide |
| koolwaterstof {f} {m} [chemistry] | :: hydrocarbon |
| koolwitje {n} | :: A cabbage white, one of two butterflies of the genus Pieris; either the small white (Pieris rapae) or the large white (Pieris brassicae) |
| koolzaad {m} | :: colza |
| koolzaadolie {f} | :: rapeseed oil |
| koolzuur {n} [chemistry] | :: carbonic acid - H2CO3 |
| koolzuurhoudend {adj} | :: carbonated, fizzy |
| koolzuurvrij {adj} | :: uncarbonated, not fizzy |
| koop {m} | :: a purchase |
| koop {m} | :: (in its diminutive form) a bargain (see koopje) |
| koop {m} | :: used in idioms (see below) |
| koophandel {m} [dated] | :: trade, commerce |
| koophuis {n} | :: self-owned house |
| koopje {noun} | :: bargain, deal |
| koopje {noun} [Belgium, in the plural] | :: sale (a period of reduced prices) |
| koopjesjager {m} | :: A bargain hunter |
| koopkracht {m} | :: Purchasing power |
| koopman {m} | :: male merchant, merchantman |
| koopmanskapitalisme {n} | :: merchant capitalism |
| koopmanspaleis {n} | :: Big house, (used to be) inhabited by big traders (in coffee for example) |
| koopstad {f} [dated, formal] | :: trading city, trading town; town or city that plays an important role in trade |
| koopvaarder {m} | :: merchant, trader |
| koopvaarder {m} | :: merchant vessel |
| koopvaardij {f} | :: commercial shipping |
| koopvaardijschip {n} | :: merchant ship |
| koopwaar {f} | :: merchandise |
| koopwoning {f} | :: self-owned house |
| koor {n} [music] | :: choir, vocal ensemble |
| koor {n} [architecture] | :: choir, part of a church building |
| koor {n} | :: chorus |
| koorbisschop {m} [historical] | :: An auxiliary bishop active in or near the Frankish kingdom |
| koord {n} {f} | :: rope, cord (length of twisted strands) |
| koorddanser {m} | :: tightrope walker [male or of unspecified gender] |
| koorddanseres {f} | :: female tightrope walker |
| koorde {f} | :: straight line connecting two dots of a curve |
| koorhek {n} [architecture, Christianity] | :: A choir screen in a church |
| koorknaap {m} [music] | :: a boy chorister, especially a treble whose voice hasn't broken yet |
| koorknaap {m} | :: an innocent, trustworthy male person, regardless of age |
| koorts {f} | :: fever |
| koortsachtig {adj} [literally] | :: feverous, suffering from fever |
| koortsachtig {adj} [figuratively] | :: (by far the most common use) frenetic, feverish, nervous, haste-stressed |
| koortsachtig {adj} | :: resembling fever |
| koortsachtig {adj} | :: causing fever |
| koortsdroom {m} | :: fever dream |
| koortsig {adj} [pathology] | :: feverish, medically affected by fever |
| koortslijder {m} [literally] | :: A fever-strikken patient |
| koortslijder {m} [figuratively] | :: Someone in a feverish hurry |
| koortslip {f} | :: herpes labialis, cold sores developed around the lips or nose |
| koortsuitslag {f} {m} | :: cold sore |
| koosjer {adj} [of food] | :: kosher |
| koosjer {adj} [figuratively, by extension] | :: proper, in order, meet |
| koosnaam {m} | :: pet name, name of endearment |
| koosvorm {m} | :: hypocoristic form (see koosnaam and vorm) |
| koot {f} | :: [chiefly diminutive] Any one of the small bones that make up the toes or fingers, or an analogous bone in ungulates; a phalanx |
| koot {f} | :: [dialectal] A joint |
| Kootwijk {prop} {n} | :: Kootwijk (village) |
| kop {m} | :: cup (for drinking) |
| kop {m} [for animals, colloquial and derogatory for humans] | :: head |
| kop {m} [colloquial, by extension] | :: A (male) human |
| kop {m} | :: head of a nail, pin etc |
| kop {m} | :: front, lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control |
| kop {m} | :: heading (of a text), headline |
| kop {m} | :: heads (side of a coin) |
| kop {m} | :: pegbox (part of a stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs) |
| kopen {vt} | :: to buy |
| Kopenhagen {prop} {n} | :: Kopenhagen (capital city) |
| koper {n} | :: copper (metal, element) |
| koper {m} | :: buyer |
| koperen {adj} | :: (consisting of) copper, coppern |
| koperen {adj} | :: (made of) brass, brazen |
| koperen {vt} | :: To copper, mount, cover, coat or otherwise fit with copper or brassware |
| koperen {vt} | :: To copper, colour (e.g. paint) like brass |
| koperen {vi} | :: To have the colour of brass |
| koperen bout {m} [slang, derogatory, dated] | :: pig, cop, bobby |
| koperen bout {m} | :: See: nl koperen bout |
| kopermijn {f} | :: copper mine |
| koperstuk {n} | :: copper coin |
| koperstuk {n} [obsolete] | :: engraved copper plate |
| koperwerk {n} | :: copperware |
| kopie {f} | :: copy |
| kopiëren {vt} | :: to copy |
| kopiist {m} | :: A copyist [chiefly in relation to writing] |
| kopiiste {f} | :: A female copyist [chiefly in relation to writing] |
| kopij {f} | :: a text ready to be typeset |
| kopij {f} | :: a manuscript |
| kopje {noun} | :: cup |
| kopje thee {n} | :: cup of tea |
| kopkaas {m} [Netherlands] | :: head cheese, brawn |
| kopkaas {m} [Netherlands, vulgar, slang, Randstad, chiefly Amsterdam] | :: penile smegma accumulated between the glans and the foreskin; cock cheese |
| koplamp {f} | :: headlamp |
| koploper {m} | :: A front runner |
| koploper {m} | :: A leader, one who is groundbreaking |
| kop of munt {f} {m} | :: heads or tails |
| koppel {n} | :: couple (pair, duo) |
| koppel {n} | :: torque |
| koppelbaas {m} | :: contractor who acts as a middle man between prospective employer and prospective employee. Generally for short term employment like day labour. (Archaic) |
| koppelbaas {m} | :: contractor who deliberately employs staff illegally, so both parties can dodge taxes and cheat social security |
| koppelen {v} | :: to couple |
| koppelen {v} [engine] | :: to clutch, to apply the clutch |
| koppelen {v} [computing] | :: to mount (e.g. a drive) |
| koppeling {f} [automobiles] | :: clutch |
| koppeling {f} [automobiles, by extension] | :: clutch pedal |
| koppeling {f} [computing] | :: link, hyperlink |
| koppeling {f} [engineering] | :: link |
| koppelingspedaal {n} [automotive] | :: clutch pedal |
| koppelteken {n} | :: hyphen |
| koppelwerkwoord {n} | :: copula (grammar: linking kind of word) |
| koppen {v} | :: To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head (the ball) |
| koppen {v} | :: (newspaper) To run a headline |
| koppie koppie {adj} [colloquial] | :: smart |
| koppig {adj} | :: stubborn, obstinate |
| koppigaard {m} | :: stubborn person, mule |
| koppijn {f} [colloquial] | :: headache |
| koprol {m} [gymnastics] | :: roll, tumble (gymnastics move where the body rotates by rolling longitudinally over one's back) |
| koprollen {v} [gymnastics] | :: to roll, to tumble |
| kopschuw {adj} | :: fearful, skittish |
| kop-staartbotsing {noun} | :: rear-end collision |
| kopstem {f} [uncountable, music] | :: falsetto register |
| kopstem {f} [countable] | :: a voice in falsetto register |
| kopstoot {m} | :: headbutt |
| kopstoot {m} | :: boilermaker with jenever instead of whiskey |
| kopstuk {n} | :: chief, leader |
| kopstuk {n} | :: protagonist |
| koptelefoon {m} | :: headphone |
| Koptisch {prop} {n} | :: Coptic (Egyptian language, of a stage later than Demotic) |
| Koptisch {adj} | :: Coptic |
| kopvalling {f} [Belgium] | :: sinusitis |
| Kop van de Slang {prop} {f} [constellation] | :: Serpens Caput |
| kopvod {n} [pejorative, offensive] | :: hijab, Islamic headscarf |
| kopvoddentaks {m} [offensive] | :: tax on headscarves |
| kopvoorn {m} | :: European chub, Squalius cephalus |
| kor {f} | :: A trawl, a dragnet used for trawling over or close to the seabed |
| koraal {n} | :: A coral; any of various coralline tiny organisms of the class Anthozoa, notably of genus Corallium, who live in marine colonies |
| koraal {n} | :: The coral (calceous substance) they produce while building their colonies |
| koraal {f} | :: A bead made from or resembling natural coral |
| koraal {m} | :: A male chorister, choir singer, choir boy (especially a treble) |
| koraal {n} | :: A chorale, religious musical genre |
| koraaldier {n} [chiefly plural] | :: A coral, micro-organism of the class Anthozoa |
| koraaldiertje {noun} | :: diminutive of koraaldier |
| koraaleiland {n} | :: atoll, coral island |
| koraalrif {n} | :: coral reef |
| koraalrood {adj} [color] | :: coral |
| koralen {adj} | :: coralline, of or relating to coral |
| koralen {adj} | :: of the red color associated with red coral |
| Koran {prop} {m} | :: the Qur'an |
| kordaat {adj} | :: firm, resolute |
| kordaatheid {f} [attitude, personality] | :: firmness, resoluteness |
| Korea {prop} {n} | :: Korea |
| Koreaan {m} | :: Korean (person from Korea, person of Korean descent) |
| Koreaans {adj} | :: Korean |
| Koreaans {adj} | :: Koreanic |
| Koreaans {prop} {n} | :: Korean language |
| Koreaoorlog {prop} {m} | :: Korean War |
| koren {n} | :: grain; corn (any cereal) |
| korenhalm {m} | :: stalk of corn (cereal stalk) |
| korenslang {c} | :: corn snake |
| korf {m} | :: basket |
| korfbal {n} | :: Korfball (team ballgame in which one scores by throwing the ball into a basket) |
| korfbal {m} | :: A ball used in korfball |
| korfballen {vi} | :: to play korfball |
| korhaan {m} | :: black cock, male black grouse |
| korhen {f} | :: female black grouse |
| korhoen {n} | :: black grouse, blackgame, Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix) |
| korjaal {f} | :: dugout, hollowed-out canoe |
| kornet {f} | :: cornet (brass instrument) |
| kornet {m} [historical] | :: cornet (standard-bearing officer in a cavalry unit) |
| kornoelje {f} | :: dogwood, Cornus mas |
| kornoelje {f} | :: any plant of the genus Cornus; dogwood, cornel |
| kornoelje {f} | :: dogberry |
| kornuit {m} | :: chum, companion, mate [usually a man] |
| kornuit {m} [obsolete] | :: cuckold |
| korporaal {m} | :: corporal |
| korps {n} | :: A military corps |
| korps {n} | :: type of unit characterized by equipment, employment, traditions etc |
| korps {n} | :: name of a (high) echelon |
| korps {n} | :: An organized body of persons, notably hierarchical |
| korps {n} [printing] | :: The thickness of a letter type |
| korrel {m} | :: a grain, a pellet (particle of a granular substance) |
| korrelig {adj} | :: granular, grainy |
| korren {vi} | :: to fish by pulling a small funnel-shaped dragnet by a long rope over the sea floor close to the shoreline or near shallows |
| korrespondent {m} | :: superseded spelling of correspondent |
| korsaar {m} [historical, usually referring to Barbary pirates] | :: corsair |
| korset {n} {m} | :: A corset, tight undergarment |
| korset {n} {m} | :: A medieval precursor |
| korset {n} {m} [figuratively] | :: A bothersome constraint, limitations |
| korst {f} | :: A crust, a scab (hard, often flaky outer layer) |
| korst {f} | :: The Earth's crust |
| korstmos {n} {m} | :: lichen, symbiotic organism |
| korstvormig {adj} | :: crustlike |
| Korsworm {prop} {n} | :: Corswarem, a village in Belgium |
| kort {adj} | :: short |
| kortademig {adj} | :: dyspneic, being short of breath |
| kortaf {adj} | :: abrupt, brusque |
| kortbij {prep} [Belgium] | :: near, in the neighbourhood of |
| kort door de bocht {adj} | :: prematurely, with little thought, with no regard to details or nuances, in a jump-to-conclusions way |
| kortdurend {adj} | :: short-lived, short-lasting |
| kortdurend {adj} | :: short-term |
| korte broek {f} | :: A pair of shorts (not undershorts) |
| korte golf {c} | :: shortwave |
| kortegolf {c} | :: shortwave |
| kortelings {adj} | :: recent |
| kortelings {adj} [now, Belgium] | :: forthcoming, shortly |
| kortelings {adv} | :: recently |
| kortelings {adv} [now, Belgium] | :: soon, shortly |
| korten {vt} | :: to shorten |
| korten {vt} | :: to reduce in money (especially income) |
| kortgerokt {adj} | :: short-skirted or wearing a short skirt |
| kortharig {adj} | :: shorthaired |
| kortheid {f} | :: shortness |
| kortheidshalve {adv} | :: for brevity's sake |
| korting {f} | :: discount |
| kortingsbon {m} | :: A discount voucher |
| kortom {adv} | :: in short, summarised, shortly said |
| kortschrift {n} | :: shorthand, stenography |
| kortsluiten {v} | :: to communicate directly, to make arrangements |
| kortsluiten {v} | :: to short circuit |
| kortsluiting {f} | :: short circuit |
| kortsluiting {f} | :: the act of communicating directly |
| kortstondig {adj} | :: brief, short-lived |
| kort van stof {adj} | :: curt |
| kortweg {adv} | :: briefly |
| kortzichtig {adj} | :: shortsighted, blinkered |
| korvet {f} | :: corvette |
| kosmisch {adj} | :: cosmic |
| kosmische straling {f} | :: cosmic radiation (cosmic rays) |
| kosmogonie {f} | :: cosmogony |
| kosmologie {f} | :: cosmology |
| kosmologisch {adj} | :: cosmological |
| kosmonaut {m} | :: A cosmonaut (astronaut, usually a Russian or Soviet one) |
| kosmopoliet {m} | :: cosmopolite |
| kosmopolis {m} | :: cosmopolis |
| kosmopolitisch {adj} | :: cosmopolitan |
| kosmopolitisme {n} | :: cosmopolitanism |
| kosmopolitismus {n} | :: obsolete form of kosmopolitisme |
| Kosovaar {m} | :: A Kosovar, a Kosovan |
| Kosovo {prop} | :: Kosovo (partly-recognized <<country>> in <<r/Southeast Europe>>) |
| kost {m} | :: cost, price |
| kost {m} [in the plural] | :: expenses |
| kost {m} [used absolutely, with definite article] | :: board, livelihood, meals and lodgings |
| kost {m} | :: food, nourishment |
| kostbaar {adj} | :: valuable, precious |
| kostbaarheid {f} | :: preciousness |
| kostbaarheid {f} | :: valuable (item of great value) |
| kostelijk {adj} | :: fantastic, enjoyable |
| kostelijk {adj} [dated, dialectal] | :: expensive |
| kostelijk {adj} [dated, dialectal] | :: valuable |
| kostelijk {adv} | :: fantastically, enjoyably |
| kosteloos {adj} | :: free, without charge |
| kosten {v} | :: to cost |
| kosten {v} | :: take, require (time, effort, etc.) |
| kosten-batenanalyse {f} | :: cost-benefit analysis |
| kostenloos {adj} | :: alternative spelling of kosteloos |
| koster {m} [Christianity] | :: a churchwarden, a caretaker at a church |
| Koster {prop} | :: surname |
| koste wat kost {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: at all costs |
| kostganger {m} | :: lodger |
| kosthuis {n} | :: boarding house |
| kostleerling {m} | :: boarding school pupil, boarder |
| kostschool {f} | :: boarding school, where pupils get lessons, lodgings and meals |
| kostuum {n} | :: costume, suit |
| kostwinner {m} | :: breadwinner |
| kot {n} | :: bad, ramshackle housing |
| kot {n} | :: rudimentary building to store (garden) material |
| kot {n} [Belgium] | :: student room |
| koter {c} | :: kid, child |
| koto {m} | :: A traditional Surinamese dress, traditionally worn by women of African descent |
| koto {m} | :: A koto; a Japanese stringed instrument |
| kots {m} | :: vomit |
| kotsen {vi} [colloquial] | :: to vomit |
| kotsmisselijk {adj} [colloquial] | :: very nauseous, very sick |
| kou {f} | :: cold (low temperature) |
| kou {f} | :: cold (illness) |
| koud {adj} | :: cold (temperature) |
| koud {adj} | :: cold (unfriendly) |
| koudbloedig {adj} [uncomparable] | :: cold-blooded, ectothermic |
| koudbloedig {adj} | :: cold-blooded, unemotioned |
| koudbloedige {m} | :: ectothermic animal |
| koude {f} | :: alternative form of kou |
| koude kak {m} | :: synonym of kouwe kak |
| koude kikker {m} | :: synonym of koele kikker |
| koudwaterkraan {f} | :: cold-water tap |
| koudwatervrees {f} | :: excessive fear or trepidation about beginning something, fear of getting one's feet wet |
| koukleum {mf} | :: person who is often/easily cold, person bothered by the cold a lot |
| kous {f} | :: stocking, long sock |
| kous {f} [Belgium, Suriname] | :: sock |
| kous {f} | :: mantle (incandescent covering of a heat source) |
| kous {f} [Suriname] | :: condom |
| kous {f} [obsolete, plural] | :: trousers, pants |
| kousenband {m} | :: garter |
| kousenband {m} | :: yardlong bean, asparagus bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) |
| kousenbandslang {f} | :: garter snake, snake of the genus Thamnophis |
| kousenbandslang {f} | :: common gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalis |
| kousje {noun} | :: a gas mantle, short for gloeikous |
| kout {m} [archaic] | :: talk, conversation |
| kout {m} | :: banter, chit-chat, pleasant but idle talk |
| kouten {vi} [now, Belgium, dialectal] | :: to talk, to speak |
| kouten {vi} | :: to banter, to chit-chat, to babble |
| kouter {m} {n} [agriculture] | :: colter/coulter |
| kouter {f} [rare] | :: agricultural land, field |
| kou vatten {v} | :: to catch a cold |
| kouw {f} [dialectal] | :: alternative form of kooi |
| kouwe {adj} [colloquial] | :: alternative form of koude |
| kouwe kak {m} [colloquial] | :: pretentiousness, exaggerated (affected) behavior |
| kouwe kak {m} | :: See: nl kouwe kak |
| kozak {m} | :: Cossack |
| kozijn {n} | :: window frame |
| kozijn {m} [now, chiefly Southern Dutch] | :: A male cousin |
| kozijn {m} [now, chiefly Southern Dutch] | :: A nephew |
| kraag {m} [of clothing] | :: collar |
| kraag {m} | :: A frill of feathers or skin of a bird or reptile |
| kraag {m} [obsolete] | :: neck |
| kraaghagedis {m} | :: frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii |
| kraai {f} [zoology] | :: A crow, Corvus corone |
| kraai {f} [zoology] | :: One of certain related birds of the genus Corvus or of the family Corvidae |
| kraai {f} [figuratively] | :: A person dressed in black |
| kraai {f} [figuratively] | :: An undertaker or undertaker's employee |
| kraai {f} [figuratively] | :: A blue pennant indicating the presence of a navigation pilot |
| kraai {f} | :: A craye, Scandinavian vessel type |
| kraai {m} | :: A crow's creaky sound |
| kraaien {v} | :: To crow, make to sound of roosters and certain other birds |
| kraaien {v} [figuratively] | :: To talk or cry affirmatively, in triumph, frolicking etc |
| kraaiennest {n} | :: crow's nest (a small open-top shelter atop the foremast for a lookout) |
| kraaienpoot {m} | :: leg or foot of a crow |
| kraaienpoot {m} | :: caltrop, crow's foot |
| kraaienpootje {noun} | :: wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye and at the temple |
| kraak {m} | :: An instance or action of cracking, breaking |
| kraak {m} | :: A robbery by breaking and entering |
| kraak {f} [navigation] | :: A large, 16th/17th century, Iberian type of war - or commercial naval ship |
| kraak {f} | :: (later) A smaller Dutch ship type |
| kraak {m} [zoology] | :: kraken, giant octopus |
| kraak {m} | :: sea monster |
| kraak {m} | :: alternative form of kraken |
| kraak {m} | :: A gallery in a barn or church |
| kraakbeen {n} [uncountable] | :: cartilage |
| kraakbeen {n} [countable] | :: a piece of gristle |
| kraakbeenvis {m} | :: cartilaginous fish, any member of the class Chondrichthyes |
| kraakhelder {adj} | :: limpid, transparent, clear |
| kraakpand {n} | :: squat (Building occupied by squatters) |
| kraakstem {f} | :: A crackly voice |
| kraakverbod {n} | :: prohibition against squatting (government decree) |
| kraal {f} | :: bead (of a necklace or abacus) |
| kraal {n} | :: obsolete form of koraal |
| kraal {f} | :: kraal, corral (enclosure for livestock) |
| kraaloog {n} | :: beady eye |
| kraaloog {n} | :: bead used as an eye [in dolls] |
| kraam {f} {n} | :: stall |
| kraam {f} {n} | :: childbirth |
| kraam {f} {n} [obsolete] | :: childbed |
| kraambed {n} | :: childbed |
| kraamkamer {f} [figurative] | :: breeding ground, cradle |
| kraamkamer {f} [dated] | :: room where someone is born |
| kraamkoorts {f} | :: puerperal fever, postpartum endometritis |
| kraamnest {n} [rare] | :: A nest where an animal gives birth |
| kraamsterfte {f} | :: maternal mortality, mortality in childbirth |
| kraamvrouw {f} | :: woman in childbirth, delivering mother |
| kraamvrouwenkoorts {f} | :: puerperal fever, postpartum endometritis |
| kraamvrouwensterfte {f} | :: mortality (rate) of women in childbirth, maternal mortality |
| kraamwijn {m} | :: a type of mulled wine with cinnamon [historically used to celebrate the birth of a child] |
| kraamzorg {f} | :: maternity care |
| kraan {f} | :: crane (machine for lifting) |
| kraan {f} | :: tap, faucet |
| kraan {m} [obsolete] | :: crane (bird) |
| kraanmachinist {m} | :: crane operator |
| kraanman {m} | :: A crane operator, as on a building site |
| kraanvogel {m} [zoology] | :: A crane, bird of the Gruidae family |
| Kraanvogel {prop} {m} [constellation] | :: Grus |
| kraanwater {n} | :: tap water, running water |
| krab {f} {m} [zoology] | :: crab, crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura |
| krabbekoker {m} | :: strange, awkward, incompetent person |
| krabbel {f} {m} | :: a scribble, a short piece of writing |
| krabbelen {v} | :: to scrawl, scribble |
| krabbelen {v} | :: to scratch continuously |
| krabben {v} | :: to scratch |
| krabbenscheer {f} [chiefly uncountable] | :: water soldier, Stratiotes aloides |
| krabbezakje {n} | :: crab hacker barnacle, Sacculina carcini |
| krabpaal {m} | :: scratching post |
| krabvisser {m} | :: crab fisher |
| krach {m} | :: stock exchange crash |
| kracht {f} | :: power, force, strength |
| kracht {f} [physics] | :: force |
| krachtbron {f} | :: power source |
| krachtcentrale {c} | :: power station |
| krachtdaad {f} | :: tour de force |
| krachtdadig {adj} | :: resolute, firm |
| krachteloos {adj} | :: powerless |
| krachtens {prep} | :: under, according to |
| krachthonk {n} | :: a strength training gym |
| krachthonk {n} | :: a part in a gym that is focused on strength training; a weight room |
| krachtig {adj} | :: powerful, strong |
| krachtig {adv} | :: powerfully, forcefully, strongly |
| krachtmeting {f} | :: contest of strength, showdown |
| krachtmoment {n} [physics] | :: moment of force, moment |
| krachtpatser {m} | :: bruiser |
| krachtproef {f} | :: An individual trial as test of strength |
| krachtproef {f} | :: A showdown, competetive test of strength between two or more parties |
| krachtstroom {m} | :: three-phase electric power |
| krachtterm {m} | :: An expletive; a profane or abusive term, notably a curse, blasphemous or obscene oath |
| krachttoer {m} | :: impressive feat, tour de force |
| krachtveld {n} | :: A force field |
| kraft {f} [chiefly Hollandic] | :: obsolete form of kracht |
| krak {interj} | :: crack |
| krak {f} | :: A gadwall, Mareca strepera |
| krakeend {f} | :: A gadwall, Mareca strepera |
| krakeling {m} [Netherlands] | :: A brittle, usually sweet pretzel-shaped pastry, often a puff pastry |
| krakeling {m} [Belgium] | :: A brittle donut-shaped pastry |
| kraken {vt} | :: to crack, break open (a shell) |
| kraken {vi} | :: to make a creaky sound, like something being cracked |
| kraken {vt} | :: to break up into (chemical) components |
| kraken {vt} [metaphor] | :: to break someone mentally |
| kraken {vt} [metaphor] | :: to solve a code |
| kraken {vti} [metaphor] | :: to practise chiropractic (on a patient) |
| kraken {vt} [metaphor] | :: to squat (a building) |
| kraken {vi} | :: to start (said of the day) |
| kraker {m} [literally] | :: One who cracks or an instrument used to crack |
| kraker {m} | :: A chiropractor |
| kraker {m} | :: A squatter |
| kraker {m} [colloquial] | :: a thing of good quality, a cracker |
| krakkemikkig {adj} | :: rickety, fragile |
| kram {f} | :: cramp, cramp iron |
| kram {f} | :: clamp, clasp |
| kram {f} | :: staple [capable of penetrating durable solids] |
| kram {f} | :: hook |
| kram {f} | :: clevis |
| kram {f} | :: clinch |
| Kramer {prop} | :: surname |
| kramp {f} | :: cramp |
| Kranenburg {prop} | :: surname |
| Kranendonk {prop} | :: surname |
| kranig {adj} | :: brave, dashing |
| krank {adj} [archaic] | :: sick, ill |
| krankjorum {adj} [colloquial] | :: (very) insane, batshit crazy, bonkers |
| krankzinnig {adj} | :: insane |
| krankzinnigheid {f} | :: insanity, madness, serious psychiatric condition |
| krankzinnigheid {f} [figuratively] | :: grave foolishness, idiocy, a mad stunt |
| krans {m} | :: wreath |
| kranslegging {f} | :: laying of wreaths |
| kranssalie {f} | :: lilac sage, Salvia verticillata |
| kransslagader {f} | :: coronary artery |
| krant {f} | :: newspaper |
| krantenjongen {m} | :: A paperboy, a newsboy |
| krantenkiosk {f} | :: newspaper stall |
| krantenknipsel {n} | :: A newspaper cutting, a newspaper clipping |
| krantenkop {m} | :: A newspaper headline |
| krantenpapier {n} | :: newsprint, inexpensive paper used for mass printing, such as newspapers |
| krap {adj} | :: without much room, narrow, close |
| krap bij kas {adj} | :: short of money |
| krapte {f} | :: shortage |
| kras {adj} | :: Young for his age; spry |
| kras {mf} | :: A scratch on a hard, even surface |
| kras {mf} | :: (figuratively) a blemish (on someone's reputation) |
| kraslot {n} | :: scratch card |
| krassen {v} | :: to scratch on a hard, even surface |
| krassen {v} | :: to make a similar sound, like certain voices grate and birds caw, croak, hoot or screech |
| krat {n} {m} | :: crate |
| krater {m} [astronomy] | :: meteoric crater |
| krater {m} [geology] | :: volcanic crater |
| krater {m} | :: crater caused by an explosion |
| krater {m} [archaeology] | :: krater (Ancient Greek vessel) |
| kratermeer {n} | :: crater lake |
| kratermeertje {noun} | :: diminutive of kratermeer |
| kratje {noun} | :: diminutive of krat |
| krats {f} {m} | :: a very small sum of money; a pittance |
| krediet {n} | :: credit |
| kredietkaart {f} | :: credit card |
| kreeft {f} | :: lobster, crayfish, used of certain members of the Pleocyemata |
| Kreeft {prop} {m} [zodiac constellations, astrology] | :: Cancer |
| kreeftachtig {adj} | :: crustacean |
| Kreeftskeerkring {prop} {m} [geography] | :: Tropic of Cancer |
| kreeftslak {f} [obsolete] | :: hermit crab |
| kreet {m} | :: a cry (shout) |
| kregelig {adj} | :: irritable |
| kregelig {adj} | :: ill-tempered |
| krekel {m} | :: cricket, insect of the family Gryllidae |
| krekelhuis {n} [Netherlands, Brabant, dialectal] | :: alternative form of knekelhuis |
| kreng {n} [literally] | :: A cadaver, carcass, corpse, especially when in a state of decay; in particular an animal corpse |
| kreng {n} [figuratively] | :: A bitch, shrew, hateful female |
| kreng {n} [figuratively] | :: A malicious and contemptible person |
| krenken {vt} | :: to damage, to hurt |
| krenken {vt} | :: to miff, to insult |
| krent {f} [Netherlands] | :: A currant, a small dried grape |
| krent {f} [Netherlands] | :: A miser, a scrooge, a niggard |
| krent {f} [Netherlands, originally, nautical] | :: Buttock, butt, hindquarters |
| krentenbol {m} | :: currant bun |
| krentenbolletje {noun} | :: diminutive of krentenbol |
| krentenbrood {n} | :: A (loaf of) currant bread, a raisin bread [usually without cinnamon swirls] |
| krentenbroodje {noun} | :: diminutive of krentenbrood |
| krenterig {adj} | :: stingy, mean, miserly, niggardly |
| Krenwik {prop} {n} | :: Crenwick, a town in Belgium |
| Kreta {prop} {n} | :: Crete (Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea) |
| kretek {m} | :: A kretek |
| Kretenzer {m} | :: Cretan |
| kreuk {f} {m} | :: an unintended crease, wrinkle |
| kreukel {f} | :: wrinkle, crease [generally in textiles, paper or other thin materials] |
| kreukelen {vi} | :: to crease, rumple |
| kreukelen {vt} | :: to cause to crease, rumple |
| kreukeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of kreukel |
| kreukelzone {f} | :: crumple zone |
| kreuken {vi} | :: to crease, rumple |
| kreuken {vt} | :: to cause to crease, rumple |
| kreunen {v} | :: to moan |
| kreupel {adj} | :: crippled; lame |
| kreupelhout {n} | :: undergrowth, brushwood |
| krib {f} | :: A dam or breakwater constructed perpendicular to the bank, strand and/or water current, to prevent erosion |
| krib {f} | :: alternative form of kribbe |
| kribbe {f} | :: A manger, crib |
| kribbe {f} [dated] | :: A simple, unadorned bed |
| kribbe {f} [Belgium] | :: A nursery, crèche |
| kribbe {f} [Netherlands] | :: A breakwater, usually in a river or other stream |
| kribbe {f} [very often as krib] | :: A stall, a compartment in a stable |
| kriebel {f} {m} | :: an itch |
| kriebelen {v} | :: to tickle |
| kriebelen {v} | :: to itch |
| kriek {f} | :: morello cherry Prunus cerasus |
| kriek {m} | :: kriek (cherry beer) |
| kriek {f} [Netherlands, dialectal, Gelderland, formerly also in Holland] | :: A cricket, insect of the family Gryllidae |
| krieken {vi} [of the dawn] | :: to break, to dawn |
| kriel {mf} | :: something or someone undersized or puny |
| kriel {mf} | :: a bantam |
| kriel {mf} [especially as diminutive] | :: a small potato |
| krielkip {f} | :: bantam (small chicken) |
| krieltje {noun} | :: diminutive of kriel |
| krijg {m} [archaic] | :: war |
| krijgen {vt} | :: to get, to receive, to come into possession of (anything ranging from concrete to abstract inputs such as news, gift, punishment, et cetera) |
| krijgen {vt} | :: to get, to be presented with |
| krijgen {v} [copulative] | :: to get, to (manage to) cause to become |
| krijgen {v} [auxiliary] | :: Used to form a passive sentence with a ditransitive verb, with the original indirect object becoming the subject of krijgen |
| krijgen {vt} | :: to catch (a disease), to become ill with |
| krijgen {vi} [obsolete] | :: to wage war, to battle |
| krijger {m} | :: warrior |
| Krijger {prop} | :: surname |
| krijg nou tieten {interj} [Netherlands, colloquial, vulgar] | :: An expression of surprise |
| krijgsbuit {m} | :: spoils of war |
| krijgsgerecht {m} | :: court martial; a court where cases of military law are heard |
| krijgsgevangen {adj} | :: captive, taken as a prisoner of war |
| krijgsgevangen {m} | :: obsolete form of krijgsgevangene |
| krijgsgevangene {mf} | :: prisoner of war |
| krijgsgevangenschap {f} | :: captivity as a prisoner of war |
| krijgsgod {m} | :: god of war |
| krijgsgodin {f} | :: goddess of war |
| krijgshaftig {adj} | :: warlike, martial, combative |
| krijgshamer {m} | :: war hammer |
| krijgskunst {f} | :: martial art |
| krijgsmacht {f} | :: armed forces |
| krijgsman {m} | :: A male warrior |
| Krijgsman {prop} | :: surname |
| krijgsraad {m} | :: court martial; a court where cases of military law are heard |
| krijgstocht {m} | :: military expedition |
| krijgsverrichting {f} | :: war action, action taken during a war as part of the war effort |
| krijsen {v} | :: to scream, shriek |
| krijt {n} | :: chalk |
| krijt {n} | :: a piece of chalk (in the diminutive form) |
| krijt {n} [dated, dialectal] | :: battlefield, arena |
| krijt {n} [dated, dialectal] | :: region, area |
| krijt {n} [dated, dialectal] | :: enclosure, enclosed area |
| Krijt {n} [geology] | :: the Cretaceous |
| krijten {v} [archaic] | :: to cry aloud, shriek |
| krijten {v} | :: to cry, weep |
| krijten {vi} | :: to draw or write with chalk |
| krijtgesteente {n} [geology] | :: chalk |
| krik {f} {m} | :: jack (mechanical device for lifting heavy machinery) |
| krikken {v} [slang, vulgar] | :: to fuck, to bang |
| Krim {prop} {c} | :: Crimea |
| Krim-Gotisch {prop} {n} | :: the Crimean Gothic language |
| krimi {m} [film, television, literature] | :: A crime fiction or a crime series |
| krimi {m} | :: Specifically a German-language one |
| krimpen {v} | :: to shrink, crimp |
| kring {m} | :: circle; round figure |
| kring {m} | :: circle, clique (a community of people with a shared common interest) |
| kring {m} | :: a circular stain left on a table by a wet glass |
| kring {m} [chiefly Belgium] | :: the student organization of a university faculty |
| kringloop {m} | :: cycle |
| kringloop {m} | :: short for kringloopwinkel |
| kringloopeconomie {f} | :: circular economy |
| kringloopwinkel {m} | :: thrift shop |
| krioelen {v} | :: to swarm, pullulate, teem |
| kristal {n} | :: crystal (array of atoms) |
| kristallen {adj} | :: crystal |
| kristallijn {adj} | :: crystalline |
| kristallijn {n} [rare] | :: crystal, something crystalline |
| kristallijn vocht {n} [obsolete] | :: the lens of the eye, the fluid in the eye's lens |
| kristalsuiker {m} [chiefly uncountable] | :: granulated sugar, table sugar |
| kritiek {adj} | :: critical (pertaining to a crisis or pivotal moment) |
| kritiek {f} | :: criticism |
| kritiek {f} | :: critique |
| kritisch {adj} | :: critical (expressing criticism, pertaining to criticism or critique) |
| kritiseren {vt} | :: to criticise |
| kritiseren {vt} | :: to critique |
| Kroaat {prop} | :: Croat (person) |
| Kroatië {prop} {n} | :: Croatia |
| Kroatisch {adj} | :: Croatian |
| Kroatisch {prop} {n} | :: Croatian (language) |
| Kroatische {f} | :: a Croatian woman |
| krocht {f} | :: underground cavity, vile and dark subterranean location |
| krocht {f} [Belgium] | :: bad, substandard housing; a shanty |
| krocht {f} [architecture] | :: underground vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or a crypt |
| krodde {f} [archaic] | :: a toad |
| krodde {f} | :: an ugly woman |
| kroeg {f} [colloquial] | :: a pub |
| kroegentocht {m} | :: pub crawl |
| kroegtijger {m} [student slang] | :: A frequent pub goer, a pub patron; a student who spends a lot of time drinking at a student society |
| kroelen {v} [dialectal] | :: To cuddle |
| kroep {m} | :: croup (viral or diphtherial infection of the larynx) |
| kroep {f} | :: croup, croupe (hindpart of the rump of a horse) |
| kroepoek {m} | :: prawn crackers, or any other deep-fried crackers from Indonesian cuisine |
| kroes {m} | :: chalice, cup, drinking vessel |
| kroes {m} | :: vessel used for heating or smelting resources and raw materials |
| kroft {f} | :: obsolete form of krocht |
| krokant {adj} | :: crispy, crunchy |
| kroket {f} | :: a croquette filled with ragout, commonly sold in a Dutch snackbar and generally of an elongated shape |
| krokodil {mf} | :: crocodile |
| krokodillenbek {m} | :: a crocodile's mouth |
| krokodillenbek {m} [electronics] | :: an alligator clip |
| krokodillenklem {c} [electronics] | :: an alligator clip |
| krokodillentranen {p} [plurale tantum] | :: crocodile tears (insincere display of sadness) |
| krokus {f} [botany] | :: crocus, bulb plant of genus Crocus |
| krokusvakantie {f} | :: A week-long school holiday held in February or March; spring break [mostly for children at primary and secondary schools, so the term is not associated with extensive gatherings, riotous partying and/or casual sex in warm climate locations] |
| krols {adj} [of cats] | :: on heat |
| krom {adj} | :: bent, not straight |
| krom {adj} | :: off, weird |
| kromme {f} {m} [geometry] | :: a curve |
| krommen {v} | :: to bend, to curve |
| kromming {f} | :: curvature |
| kromming {f} | :: curve |
| kromzwaard {n} | :: scimitar |
| kronen {vt} | :: to coronate |
| kronen {vt} [by extension] | :: to crown, adorn with a coronet, wreath etc |
| kronen {vt} [figuratively] | :: to acclaim, hail, acknowledge ... a winner, champion etc |
| kroniek {f} [often, plural] | :: chronicle, annals |
| kroniekschrijver {m} | :: chronicler |
| kroning {f} | :: coronation (the act or solemnity of crowning) |
| kroning {f} [figuratively] | :: Someone's solemn, festive ... installation, acknowledgment etc |
| kronkel {noun} | :: twisted line or shape |
| kronkel {noun} | :: twisted thought |
| kronkel {noun} | :: twisted mannerism |
| kronkelen {vi} | :: to twist, to squirm |
| kronkelend {adj} | :: twisting |
| kroon {f} | :: crown |
| kroon {f} | :: regal headgear |
| kroon {f} [metonymically] | :: royal power |
| kroon {f} | :: part of a tooth not covered by gum |
| kroon {f} [dentistry] | :: tooth prosthesis |
| kroon {f} [botany] | :: top of a growth |
| kroon {f} | :: any of various currencies, including the Danish krone, Estonian kroon, Swedish krona |
| kroon {f} [botany] | :: calyx (group of sepals) |
| kroon {f} [dated] | :: chandelier with more than two arms |
| kroonblaadje {noun} | :: diminutive of kroonblad |
| kroonblad {n} | :: petal |
| kroondomein {n} | :: crown domain |
| kroongetuige {m} | :: A principal witness, a key witness |
| kroonjuweel {n} | :: crown jewel, one of a set of regalia |
| kroonjuweel {n} [chiefly politics] | :: core ideal, the part(s) of a political platform that are considered essential |
| kroonjuweel {n} [chiefly in the plural] | :: See kroonjuwelen |
| kroonkraan {m} | :: A crowned crane, any bird of the genus Balearica |
| kroonlijst {f} | :: cornice |
| kroonluchter {m} | :: chandelier |
| kroonprins {m} [literally] | :: A crown prince, the prince of the blood expected to succeed to a monarch's crown |
| kroonprins {m} [figuratively] | :: Any heir apparent, the likely successor to a commoner's position, an estate etc |
| kroonprinses {f} | :: crown princess (female heir apparent of an empire, kingdom or princely state) |
| kroonprinsesje {noun} | :: diminutive of kroonprinses |
| kroontjeskruid {n} | :: sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia) |
| kroontjespen {f} | :: dip pen, nib pen |
| kroonveldheer {m} [historical] | :: supreme commander in certain historical armies (French, Japanese, Polish) |
| kroos {n} | :: duckweed |
| kroost {n} | :: offspring, brood |
| kroot {f} | :: beet |
| kroot {f} [Netherlands] | :: beetroot, red beet |
| krop {m} | :: An unhealthy enlargement of a bird's gullet |
| krop {m} | :: The head (capitulum) of certain plants, especially lettuce |
| krop {m} | :: A tissue growth, a goitre, notably struma |
| krop {m} [obsolete, by extension] | :: The throat or rather the whole neck of certain animals, especially birds, rarely of humans |
| krop {m} [metonymy] | :: Any emotion felt as a lump in throat, e.g. caused by fear, anxiety or grief |
| krot {n} | :: derelict or rudimentary house, shanty |
| krottenwijk {f} | :: slum |
| kruid {n} | :: herb; a plant without a wooden stem |
| kruid {n} | :: spice |
| kruidachtig {adj} | :: herbaceous |
| kruiden {n} | :: the act of spicing up |
| kruiden {vt} | :: to season, to spice |
| kruidenboter {f} | :: herb butter |
| kruidenier {m} | :: grocer |
| kruidenierswinkel {m} | :: A grocery store |
| kruidenthee {m} | :: herbal tea |
| kruidentuin {m} | :: herb garden |
| kruidig {adj} | :: spicy, with pronounced vegetal aroma |
| kruidnagel {m} | :: clove, the dried, often ground flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum |
| kruidnagelsigaret {m} | :: A kretek |
| kruidnoot {f} | :: kruidnoot, a kind of spiced dough-based confectionery eaten during Sinterklaas celebrations. Typically harder and smaller than a pepernoot |
| kruien {vt} | :: to push or carry forward |
| kruien {vt} | :: to transport in a wheelbarrow |
| kruier {m} | :: porter (person who carries luggage) |
| kruik {f} | :: jug, crock |
| kruik {f} | :: hot water bottle |
| kruikenmoeder {f} | :: A machine and storage cabinet designed for heating multiple standardised hot water bottles simultaneously |
| kruimel {m} | :: crumb |
| kruimeldief {m} | :: pilferer |
| kruimeldief {m} | :: petty thief |
| kruimeldief {m} | :: cordless portable vacuum cleaner |
| kruimeldiefje {noun} | :: diminutive of kruimeldief |
| kruimeldievegge {f} | :: female petty thief |
| kruimeldieveggetje {noun} | :: diminutive of kruimeldievegge |
| kruimelvlaai {f} | :: crumble pie |
| kruin {f} | :: scalp, crest, crown |
| kruintje {noun} | :: diminutive of kruin |
| kruipbrem {f} | :: creeping broom, hairy greenweed, Genista pilosa |
| kruipdier {n} | :: A creepy-crawly, a bug |
| kruipdier {n} | :: Any crawling animal |
| kruipdier {n} [dated or archaic] | :: A reptile, any member of the class Reptilia |
| kruipen {vi} | :: to crawl |
| kruipen {vi} | :: to creep |
| kruiper {m} [literally] | :: creeper, crawler |
| kruiper {m} [figuratively] | :: adulator, flunky, toady |
| kruipkot {n} | :: bad, small, unsanitary housing |
| kruippak {n} | :: romper, onesie |
| kruis {n} | :: cross |
| kruis {n} | :: X-shape |
| kruis {n} [heraldiccharge] | :: such shape as used in heraldry |
| kruis {n} | :: execution device with such shape |
| kruis {n} [figuratively] | :: difficult or tortuous situation |
| kruis {n} | :: crotch |
| kruis {n} [music] | :: sharp |
| kruis {n} | :: heads (side of a coin) |
| kruisbeeld {n} | :: crucifix |
| kruisbes {f} | :: A gooseberry or the gooseberry plant, Ribes uva-crispa |
| kruisboog {m} | :: crossbow |
| kruisboog {m} | :: ogival arch |
| kruisboogbout {m} | :: crossbow bolt |
| kruisboogschutter {m} | :: crossbower, a crossbowman or crossbow woman |
| kruisdood {m} | :: crucifixion |
| kruiselings {adj} | :: crosswise |
| kruisen {vt} | :: to cross, intersect |
| kruisen {vt} | :: to breed (to arrange the mating of specific animals or plants) |
| kruiser {m} | :: A cruiser (warship) |
| kruisgewelf {n} [architecture] | :: a cross vault |
| kruisigen {v} | :: to crucify |
| kruisiging {f} | :: crucifixion |
| kruising {f} | :: act or instance of crossing |
| kruising {f} | :: crossing, crossroads, intersection |
| kruising {f} [biology] | :: hybrid, cross |
| kruiskerk {f} | :: A church with a cross-shaped (either a Latin or Greek cross) plan, a cruciform church |
| kruislings {adj} | :: crosswise |
| kruismast {m} [nautical] | :: The third mast on a ship |
| kruis of munt {n} | :: heads or tails |
| kruisproduct {n} [linear algebra] | :: cross product, vector product |
| kruispunt {n} [geometry] | :: intersection of lines |
| kruispunt {n} [construction] | :: crossroads |
| kruispuntdenken {n} | :: intersectionality |
| kruisraket {f} {m} | :: cruise missile |
| kruisribgewelf {n} [architecture] | :: a ribbed vault |
| kruisridder {m} | :: A crusader, a knight who participated in the crusades |
| kruisspin {f} [zoology] | :: Araneus diadematus, a garden spider |
| kruistocht {m} [history] | :: crusade, a Christian holy war |
| kruistocht {m} [metaphor] | :: quest, 'sacred' cause, notably against some evil |
| kruistocht {m} [nautical] | :: naval crossing, act of crossing a body of water |
| kruisvaarder {m} [history] | :: A crusader, a fighter in the mediaeval crusades |
| kruisvaart {f} {m} [originally] | :: a crusade, a Christian holy war |
| kruisvaart {f} {m} [metaphor] | :: a quest, a 'sacred' cause |
| kruisverwijzing {f} | :: cross-reference |
| kruisvormig {adj} | :: cross-shaped, cruciform |
| kruiswoordpuzzel {n} [games] | :: crossword, a word puzzle arranged in rows and columns |
| kruiswoordraadsel {n} [games] | :: crossword, a word puzzle arranged in rows and columns |
| kruit {n} | :: gunpowder |
| kruitschip {n} | :: A powder ship (cargo ship transporting gunpowder) |
| kruitslijm {n} | :: A fatty residue produced by gunshots |
| kruiwagen {m} | :: wheelbarrow (a small cart) |
| kruk {f} | :: stool (piece of furniture without back or armrests) |
| kruk {f} | :: crutch (device to assist in motion) |
| kruk {f} | :: handle |
| krukken {v} | :: to work one's crutches, e.g. in order to pull oneself up from the ground |
| krul {f} {m} | :: A curl (in hair or writing) |
| krul {f} {m} | :: A curly loop as a symbol, used by teachers to mark answers as correct |
| krul {f} {m} [music, lutherie] | :: A scroll (e.g. of a violin) |
| krullen {v} | :: to curl |
| krullenbol {m} | :: a head with lots of curls |
| krullenbol {m} | :: a curly-headed person, a curly |
| krullenkop {m} | :: a head with lots of curls |
| krullenkop {m} | :: a curly-headed person, a curly |
| krullerig {adj} | :: curly |
| krullig {adj} | :: curly |
| krulsla {f} | :: leaf lettuce, Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa |
| krulspeld {f} | :: A curler, a roller (tube used to curl hair) |
| krulspeldje {noun} | :: diminutive of krulspeld |
| krygsgevangene {m} | :: obsolete spelling of krijgsgevangene |
| krypton {n} | :: krypton |
| kubiek {adj} | :: cubic |
| kubieke centimeter {m} | :: cubic centimeter |
| kubieke meter {m} | :: cubic metre/cubic meter |
| kubistisch {adj} [arts] | :: cubist |
| kubus {m} [geometry] | :: cube |
| kuch {m} | :: cough |
| kuchen {v} | :: to give out a dry and brief cough |
| kudde {f} | :: herd; collective noun for cows, (koeien), horses (paarden), elephants (olifanten) or camels (kamelen) |
| kuddedier {n} | :: gregarious animal |
| kuddedier {n} [derogatory, of persons] | :: someone who follows the pack, sheep |
| kudde-instinct {n} | :: herd instinct |
| kuieren {vi} | :: to walk leisurely, to gad, to gallivant |
| kuif {f} | :: crest (of an animal), or any hairstyle that resembles a crest (including a quiff) |
| kuifeend {f} | :: The tufted duck (individual or species), Aythya fuligula |
| kuifleeuwerik {m} | :: crested lark, Galerida cristata |
| kuifmakaak {m} | :: crested macaque, Macaca nigra |
| kuifpinguïn {m} | :: penguin of the genus Eudyptes |
| Kuijpers {prop} | :: surname |
| kuiken {n} [zoology] | :: chick, the hatched young of a bird, especially fowl |
| kuil {m} | :: pothole |
| kuil {m} | :: pit |
| Kuil {prop} | :: surname |
| kuim {adj} | :: weak |
| kuim {adv} | :: barely, hardly |
| kuip {f} | :: tub, basin (medium to large container, e.g. used for washing) |
| kuip {f} [chiefly diminutive] | :: tub, container (small container, e.g. used for containing butter or spreads) |
| kuipen {v} | :: to make barrels (as a profession) |
| kuipen {v} [figuratively] | :: to contrive, to intrigue |
| kuiper {m} | :: cooper |
| kuiper {m} | :: intriguer |
| Kuiper {prop} | :: Kuiper; surname derived from kuiper (cooper) |
| Kuipergordel {prop} {m} [astronomy] | :: Kuiper belt |
| kuiperin {f} [archaic, uncommon] | :: female cooper |
| Kuipers {prop} | :: surname |
| kuipstoel {m} | :: chair with a seat and back of one piece that (loosely) follows the contours of a seated body |
| kuipstoel {m} | :: bucket seat [in a car or other means of transport] |
| kuis {adj} | :: chaste, morally pure, clean, virgin |
| kuis {m} [Belgium] | :: A cleansing, cleaning(-up) |
| kuis {f} [regional] | :: A (bovine) calf, notably under 9 months old |
| kuis {f} [regional] | :: A pig |
| kuis {m} | :: A (playing) marble |
| kuise {mf} | :: A chast, prudish or prudent one |
| kuisen {vt} [literally] | :: to clean, cleanse |
| kuisen {vt} [figuratively] | :: to clean up, render (more) presentable, possibly (auto-)censure |
| kuisen {vi} | :: to become clean |
| kuisheid {f} | :: Chastity |
| kuisheidsgordel {m} | :: chastity belt |
| kuisploeg {mf} | :: A team of cleaners |
| kuisvrouw {f} [Belgian] | :: A female cleaner |
| kuit {f} | :: calf, fleshy part of the lower leg |
| kuit {f} | :: the corresponding part of a sock or stocking |
| kuit {m} | :: spawn, roe (fish eggs) |
| kuitbeen {n} | :: A fibula, calf bone in a leg |
| kuitenparade {f} [historical or humorous] | :: An occasion, often a gathering, where people show their "bare" calves [that is uncovered by a skirt, trousers or another top layer of clothing but in older texts possibly covered by hosiery], as a violation of nineteenth and early twentieth century clothing norms |
| kukeleku {interj} | :: cock-a-doodle-doo, onomatopoeia for the cry of the rooster |
| kul {f} [obsolete] | :: testicle |
| kul {f} [dialectal] | :: marble (small ball used in various games) |
| kul {f} [obsolete] | :: loser, wuss, wimp |
| kul {m} | :: nonsense, rubbish |
| KUL {prop} {f} | :: initialism of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, a Flemish university in Belgium |
| kummel {m} | :: caraway, Carum carvi |
| kummel {m} | :: kummel (caraway-based spirits) |
| -kunde {suffix} | :: Forms nouns indicating a science, study or branch of knowledge |
| kunde {f} | :: skill, competency |
| kundig {adj} | :: able, capable, adept |
| kunne {f} | :: gender, sex |
| kunnen {vi} | :: to be possible |
| kunnen {v} [auxiliary] | :: can, to be able to |
| kunnen {v} [auxiliary] | :: may, can, to be allowed to |
| kunnen {vi} | :: can go, to be able to go, can get |
| kunnen {vt} | :: to be able to do, to be capable of |
| kunnen {vi} | :: to be available (for any type of meeting or appointment) |
| kunst- {prefix} | :: artificial |
| kunst {f} | :: art |
| kunst {f} | :: prowess, ability |
| kunst {f} [in the diminutive] | :: trick (entertaining action) |
| kunstbeen {n} | :: artificial leg |
| kunstboter {f} | :: A spread used as a butter substitute, especially margarine |
| kunstenaar {m} | :: artist |
| kunstenares {f} | :: artist (female person who creates art) |
| kunstgebit {n} | :: false teeth, a set of dentures |
| kunstgras {n} | :: artificial turf |
| kunstgreep {m} | :: artificial device, ploy, trick |
| kunsthal {f} {m} | :: arts venue |
| kunsthandel {m} | :: art dealership |
| kunsthandelaar {m} | :: art dealer |
| kunsthars {m} {o} | :: synthetic resin |
| kunsthaven {f} | :: artificial harbour |
| kunsthistorie {f} | :: art history |
| kunstig {adj} | :: artistic |
| kunstijs {n} | :: artificial ice |
| kunstlicht {n} | :: artificial light, artificial lighting |
| kunstmaan {f} {m} | :: artificial satellite |
| kunstmatig {adj} | :: artificial |
| kunstmatige intelligentie {f} | :: artificial intelligence |
| kunstmens {m} | :: artificial human (eg. a robot, golem or like Frankenstein's monster) |
| kunstmens {m} | :: artistic person, art lover |
| kunstmest {m} | :: artificial fertilizer |
| kunstmestzak {m} | :: Bag to keep artificial fertilizer in |
| kunstmoeder {f} [agriculture, animal husbandry] | :: An artificial mother for infant animals, in particular livestock, to allow attachment |
| kunstmuseum {n} | :: art museum |
| kunstnier {f} | :: An artificial kidney |
| kunstpaus {m} | :: an art expert with significant influence on what is generally considered (high) art |
| kunstpenis {m} | :: dildo |
| kunstrechter {m} | :: art critic |
| kunstrechterlijk {adj} [dated] | :: pertaining to art criticism, involving aesthetic judgement |
| kunstschaats {f} {m} | :: A figure-skate |
| kunstschaatsen {v} | :: To figure skate |
| kunstschat {m} | :: artefact, art treasure (object of high artistic merit and/or high value) |
| kunstschilder {m} | :: painter (of pictures), artist |
| kunstschilderes {f} | :: female painter (of pictures), female artist |
| kunststof {f} | :: synthetic material; any material made artificially, through chemical means |
| kunststof {f} [chemistry] | :: plastic |
| kunststoffen {adj} | :: Made of plastics, made of synthetic material |
| kunststroming {f} | :: artistic movement |
| kunsttaal {f} | :: constructed language, which is artificially created, not organically evolved |
| kunsttaal {f} | :: artistic language or jargon, as used by artists and critics |
| kunstvezel {f} | :: synthetic fiber (US); synthetic fibre (UK) |
| kunstvlieg {f} [fishing] | :: fly (fishing lure resembling a bug) |
| kunstvliegen {n} | :: aircraft acrobatics |
| kunstvliegen {vi} | :: to perform aircraft acrobatics |
| kunstvorm {mf} | :: form of art, art form |
| kunstvorm {mf} [language] | :: artificial form |
| kunstwerk {n} | :: work of art |
| kunstwerk {n} | :: special construction, such as a bridge, tunnel, viaduct in road construction |
| kunstzijde {f} | :: Artificial silk |
| kunstzinnig {adj} | :: artistic |
| kuren vertonen {v} | :: to be quirky, to be unreliable |
| kurk {n} | :: cork (material) |
| kurk {m} | :: cork (stop of a bottle) |
| kurkdroog {adj} | :: bone-dry (very dry) |
| kurken {adj} | :: made or consisting of cork |
| kurkentrekker {m} | :: corkscrew, implement for removing a sealing cork |
| kurkentrekker {m} | :: corkscrew (inversion used in rollercoasters) |
| kurkuma {m} | :: turmeric (spice) |
| kus {m} | :: kiss |
| kushand {f} [chiefly diminutive] | :: A flying kiss, a gesture of blowing a kiss |
| kushandje {noun} | :: diminutive of kushand |
| kussen {vt} | :: to kiss, to give a kiss to |
| kussen {vi} | :: to practice kissing |
| kussen {n} | :: pillow, cushion |
| kussengevecht {n} | :: A pillow fight |
| kussensloop {c} {n} | :: pillow case |
| kusser {m} | :: A kisser, one who is kissing and/or versed in it |
| kust {f} | :: The shoreline |
| kust {f} | :: The coast, seaside |
| kust {f} | :: A coastal region |
| kust {f} [obsolete, figuratively] | :: A border, seem, edge, fringe etc |
| kust {m} [obsolete] | :: a choice, chosing |
| kust {m} [obsolete] | :: something chosen |
| kustgebergte {n} | :: coastal mountain range |
| kustgebied {n} | :: Coastal area |
| kustlijn {f} {m} | :: coastline |
| kustlinie {f} | :: coastline |
| kustplaats {f} | :: A coastal settlement |
| kustplaatsje {noun} | :: diminutive of kustplaats |
| kustverdediging {f} [uncountable, military] | :: coastal defence |
| kustverdediging {f} [uncountable, water management] | :: coastal flood defence |
| kustverdediging {f} [countable] | :: work of coastal defence |
| kustwacht {f} {m} | :: coast guard |
| kustwater {n} [chiefly countable] | :: coastal water |
| kut- {prefix} [vulgar] | :: fucking, damned, stupid, shitty |
| kut {f} [vulgar] | :: vulva, especially the vagina; cunt, pussy |
| kut {f} [vulgar, chiefly Brabantian, derogatory] | :: a strongly disliked person; cunt, bastard |
| kut {interj} [vulgar, Netherlands] | :: fuck! |
| kut {adj} [vulgar, Netherlands] | :: crap, not entertaining |
| kutjebef {interj} [slang, Netherlands] | :: An expression of annoyance or surprise; fuck, shit, holy shit |
| kutjebef {adj} [slang, Netherlands] | :: sucky, of low quality |
| kutkind {n} [derogatory, vulgar] | :: A nasty child, a shitty child |
| kutlul {m} [derogatory] | :: An objectionable person, a prick, a cunt |
| kut met peren {adj} [vulgar, humorous, Netherlands] | :: crap |
| kut met peren {interj} [vulgar, humorous, Netherlands] | :: fuck! |
| kutscheet {m} [vulgar] | :: vaginal fart |
| kutten {v} [Brabant, invective] | :: to show deliberately annoying behavior to someone or to mock someone or to disadvantage someone |
| kuub {m} | :: abbreviation of kubieke meter |
| kuur {f} | :: treatment, cure |
| kuur {f} | :: mood, quirk |
| Kuyper {prop} | :: Dutch surname, variant of Kuiper |
| kvdm. {noun} | :: abbreviation of keurvorstendom |
| K.v.K. {prop} [initialism] | :: Kamer van Koophandel (Chamber of Commerce) |
| K.v.K. {prop} [initialism] | :: Kinderen voor Kinderen |
| KvK {prop} | :: Kamer van Koophandel (Chamber of Commerce) |
| KvK {prop} | :: Kinderen voor Kinderen |
| kwaad {adj} | :: angry, furious |
| kwaad {adj} | :: bad, evil, crooked |
| kwaad {n} | :: evil |
| kwaadaardig {adj} [of a tumour] | :: malignant |
| kwaadaardig {adj} | :: malicious |
| kwaadaardigheid {f} | :: malice, maliciousness |
| kwaadheid {f} | :: anger, fury |
| kwaad met kwaad vergelden {vi} [idiomatic] | :: to get back at someone, to give someone tit for tat |
| kwaadschiks {adj} | :: with bad grace |
| kwaadspreekster {f} | :: a (female) defamer, slanderer |
| kwaadspreken {v} | :: to defame, slander, traduce |
| kwaadspreker {m} | :: defamer, slanderer |
| kwaadwil {m} | :: malevolence |
| kwaadwillend {adj} | :: malevolent, evil |
| kwaaie {noun} | :: An evil person |
| kwaaie {noun} [colloquial] | :: Someone who can get really angry |
| kwaakschool {f} [historical] | :: gambling establishment where a game similar to backgammon was played |
| kwaal {f} {m} | :: ailment, illness |
| kwab {f} | :: A weak, blubbery mass, notably: |
| kwab {f} | :: of human or animal tissue, such as quivering flesh, or a brain lobe |
| kwab {f} | :: of aquatic plants |
| kwab {f} [zoology] | :: Any of several eel fishes: |
| kwab {f} | :: Lota vulgaris (burbot) |
| kwab {f} | :: Zoarces viviparus (viviparous blenny) |
| kwab {f} | :: Gaidropsarus vulgaris (three-bearded rockling, syn. Motella tricirrata) |
| kwadraat {adj} [mathematics] | :: squared |
| kwadraat {n} [arithmetic] | :: square - of a number |
| kwadraatschrift {n} | :: square script (script used for Aramaic and Hebrew) |
| kwajongen {m} | :: rascal boy, an imp particularly inclined to mischief |
| kwak {interj} | :: quack (sound of quacking by ducks or croaking by frogs and toads) |
| kwak {m} | :: quack (the sound made by ducks, frogs and toads) |
| kwak {m} | :: A small pile or heap |
| kwak {m} [slang] | :: cum, sperm; a pile of sperm |
| kwak {m} | :: A night heron, any bird of Nycticorax |
| kwak {m} | :: Specifically, the black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax |
| kwakdenken {n} [derogatory] | :: type of pseudomedicine that uncritically alleges psychosomatic causes and blames the patient for diseases |
| kwaken {v} | :: to quack |
| kwakkel {f} {m} | :: quail, bird of the genus Coturnix |
| kwakkel {f} {m} | :: common quail, Coturnix coturnix |
| kwakkel {f} {m} [Belgium] | :: (false) rumour |
| kwakkelen {vi} | :: to be in a poor condition, to be in poor health, to be in a bad state |
| kwakkelen {vi} [of cold or wet weather] | :: to be mild, to be temperate |
| kwakkelweer {n} | :: unsteady, rainy weather |
| kwakzalver {m} | :: A quacksalver, fake healer |
| kwakzalver {m} [generalised] | :: A swindler, cheater, fraud, hustler |
| kwakzalverij {f} [pejorative] | :: quackery, pseudomedicine |
| kwal {f} {m} | :: jellyfish |
| kwal {f} {m} [by extension] | :: an annoying person |
| kwalificeren {v} | :: to qualify |
| kwalijk {adj} | :: bad, undesirable |
| kwalijk {adj} | :: difficult |
| kwalijk nemen {v} [idiomatic, with direct and indirect object] | :: to blame for, to hold responsible for, to be upset with (someone) for |
| kwaliteit {f} | :: quality |
| kwalm {m} | :: steam, vapor, mist |
| kwalm {m} | :: thick smoke, billow |
| kwantiteit {f} | :: quantity, amount |
| kwantor {m} [logic] | :: quantifier |
| kwantum {n} | :: quantum |
| kwantummechanica {f} [physics] | :: quantum mechanics |
| kwantumverstrengeling {f} | :: quantum entanglement |
| kwark {m} [Netherlands] | :: the soft creamy cheese type quark, made from unripe milk |
| kwark {m} [Netherlands] | :: a bowl of quark (usually in the diminutive form) |
| kwarktaart {f} | :: A cheesecake with a large layer of (often sweet) cottage cheese |
| kwarktaartje {noun} | :: diminutive of kwarktaart |
| kwarrelig {adj} | :: undersized while having a grown together or shrivelled appearance [often of plants and fruits] |
| kwart {n} | :: quarter, one of four (equal) parts |
| kwartaal {n} | :: quarter (period of three months) |
| kwartel {m} | :: quail, bird of the genus Coturnix |
| kwartel {m} | :: common quail, Coturnix coturnix |
| kwartelkoning {m} | :: corncrake |
| kwartet {n} | :: A quartet, group of four |
| kwartet {n} | :: Especially a chamber music ensemble of four players |
| kwartet {n} | :: A quartette, piece of chamber music written in four parts, as for the above type of ensemble |
| kwartet {n} | :: A card game |
| kwartetten {v} | :: To play the card game kwartet |
| kwartier {n} | :: A quarter of an hour, i.e. 15 minutes |
| kwartier {n} | :: The quarter(s) at (a) person(s)'s disposal to live in; one's living quarters |
| kwartier {n} [now, uncommon outside names] | :: A neighborhood, defined part of a town or city |
| kwartier {n} [heraldry] | :: A quarter of an heraldic field |
| kwartier {n} [genealogy, heraldry, chiefly plural] | :: All of one's ancestors up to a specified degree, indicated by the maximum number of possible ancestors at a given level (2, 4, 8, 16, etc.), generally listed on a document; originally used for nobles whose coats of arms would be displayed on such a document |
| kwartier {n} [dated outside names] | :: A region |
| kwartierdrager {m} | :: A proband (subject of genealogical study) |
| kwartierstaat {m} | :: An Ahnentafel (genealogical chart) |
| kwartje {noun} [Netherlands] | :: A coin of 25 cents (0.25 guilder), quarter |
| kwarts {n} | :: quartz |
| kwartslaag {f} [geology] | :: quartz stratum |
| kwartslag {m} | :: quarter turn (90 degrees) |
| kwasi- {prefix} | :: superseded spelling of quasi- |
| kwasi {adv} | :: superseded spelling of quasi |
| kwast {m} | :: tassel |
| kwast {m} | :: fine-haired brush |
| kwast {m} | :: knot (in wood) |
| kwast {m} | :: weird and/or stuck-up person |
| kwast {f} [Netherlands] | :: lemonade or another citrus-based beverage; a drink made of lemon juice, water and optionally sugar [can denote both cold and hot drinks] |
| kwastvinnig {adj} | :: lobe-finned |
| kwastvinnige {noun} | :: lobe-finned fish, any member of the class Sarcopterygii |
| kwebbelen {vi} | :: to chatter |
| kweeappel {m} | :: the edible fruit of the quince, notably when apple-shaped |
| kweek {f} {m} | :: quitch (Elymus repens) |
| kweek {m} | :: cultivation of crops |
| kweekbak {m} | :: A rectangular container with one or more lids on the top containing windows, used in growing plants |
| kweekbak {m} [by extension] | :: Any container with translucent elements used in the cultivation of plants |
| kweekbak {m} [by extension] | :: Any container used in the cultivation of microorganisms in a laboratory |
| kweekhuis {n} [dated, chiefly Dutch East Indies] | :: greenhouse |
| kweekschool {f} [historical, Netherlands] | :: A school where enrollees, as teenagers or adolescents, were educated in a profession |
| kweekskool {noun} | :: A seminary |
| kweekskool {noun} | :: A vocational school |
| kweekvijver {m} | :: fish nursery, breeding pond |
| kweekvijver {m} [figurative] | :: breeding-ground, nursery (place where a certain kind of person or thing is raised or formed) |
| kween {f} | :: woman past child-bearing age; old woman, crone |
| kween {f} [by extension] | :: barren hermaphrodite cow, mostly female with male traits; any infertile hermaphrodite female animal held as livestock |
| kweenie {contraction} [colloquial] | :: contraction of ik weet (het) niet |
| kweepeer {f} | :: the edible fruit of the quince, notably when pear-shaped |
| kweern {f} | :: quern |
| kweker {m} | :: nurseryman, cultivator |
| kweker {m} | :: breeder (e.g. of fish) |
| kwekerij {f} | :: A farm where plants are grown, in particular for saplings, flowers and fruits (including culinary vegetables), often without harvesting the entire plant unless it is used as a sapling |
| kwekerij {f} [Belgium, Suriname] | :: A nursery where: any animals are raised or [Netherlands] fish, molluscs, arthropods or algae are raised or grown |
| kwekerij {f} | :: The activity of farming at a farm of one of the above types |
| kwelder {f} {m} | :: tidal marsh |
| kwellen {v} | :: to torment, trouble |
| kwellen {v} | :: to hurt |
| kwellen {v} [archaic] | :: to well up |
| kwellen {v} [archaic] | :: to swell up |
| kwelling {f} | :: torment (extreme pain or displeasure) |
| kwelspel {n} | :: blood sport |
| kwestie {f} | :: question, matter (a topic under discussion) |
| kwetsbaar {adj} | :: vulnerable |
| kwetsen {v} [archaic] | :: to hurt |
| kwetsen {v} [dated, dialectal] | :: to wound, to injure |
| kwetsen {v} | :: to offend, to insult |
| kwetsuur {f} | :: A physical wound, lesion |
| kwibus {m} | :: A fool, an oddball, a weirdo |
| kwiek {adj} | :: lively, quick |
| kwijl {m} {n} | :: drool, saliva |
| kwijlen {vi} | :: to drool |
| kwijnen {v} | :: to wither |
| kwijt {adj} | :: lost, missing |
| kwijten {vt} | :: to lose |
| kwijten {vt} | :: to quit |
| kwijten {vr} | :: to acquit oneself (of some job or task) |
| kwijtraken {v} | :: To lose, to cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability |
| kwijtschelden {vt} | :: to write off (a debt, punishment or duty) |
| kwijtschelding {f} | :: A waiver, a pardon, a write off [of debt, duty or punishment] |
| kwik {n} | :: the element mercury |
| kwik {n} [metonymous] | :: thermometer |
| kwik {adj} | :: alternative form of kwiek |
| kwikzand {n} [archaic] | :: quicksand |
| kwikzilver {n} [literary] | :: mercury |
| kwint {f} [music] | :: quint, fifth (musical interval of one fifth) |
| kwispedoor {m} | :: spittoon (receptacle for spit) |
| kwispel {m} | :: A bundle, especially of hair, often used as a crude brush |
| kwispel {m} | :: A tassel |
| kwispel {m} | :: A wag, the act of wagging |
| kwispelen {vi} | :: to wag (one's tail) |
| kwispelstaart {m} [rare] | :: A wagging tail, a tail prone to wagging |
| kwispelstaarten {vi} | :: to wag one's tail |
| kwispelstaartje {noun} | :: diminutive of kwispelstaart |
| kwispeltje {noun} | :: diminutive of kwispel |
| kwistenbiebel {noun} [Belgium] | :: bumbling idiot |
| kwitantie {f} | :: receipt |
| kwitantietje {noun} | :: diminutive of kwitantie |
| kymr. {prop} | :: abbreviation of Kymrisch |
| Kymrisch {prop} {n} | :: Cymric, Welsh (language) |
| kzr. {noun} | :: abbreviation of keizerrijk |