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duivel substantief {m} | demon [demons](false god, Satanic divinity) devil [devils](evil creature) |
duivel-doet-al substantief {m} | jack of all trades(one competent in many endeavors) |
duivelbanner substantief {m} | exorcist [exorcists](a person who practices exorcism) |
duivelbanners substantief {m-Pl} | cunning folk(professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic) |
duiveldoetal substantief {m} | factotum(jack of all trades) |
duivels bijvoeglijk naamwoord | devilish(resembling or characteristic of a devil) fiendish(sinister, evil) infernal(diabolical or fiendish) |
duivels bijwoord | fiendishly(in a fiendish manner) |
duivelsdozijn substantief {n} | baker's dozen(group of thirteen) |
duivelsdrek substantief {?} | asafoetida [asafoetidas](resinous gum from wild fennel) |
duivelse streek substantief | devilment(devilish action or conduct; an instance of this, see also: wickedness) |
duivelspact substantief {n} | Faustian bargain(agreement in which a person abandons spiritual values or moral principles in order to obtain benefits) |
duiveltje substantief | flibbertigibbet(offbeat, skittish person) |
duiveltjeskermis substantief {f} | sun shower(rain shower while the sun is shining, see also: devil's beating his wife) |
advocaat van de duivel substantief | devil's advocate(debater) |
als je het over de duivel hebt phrase | speak of the devil(expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive) |
buidelduivel substantief {m} | Tasmanian devil [Tasmanian devils](Sarcophilus harrisii) |
de duivel eigennam {m} | devil(the devil: the chief devil) |
de duivel zit in de details phrase | devil is in the details(specific provisions of something may be complicated) |
gestreepte dwergkoraalduivel substantief | zebra turkeyfish(venomous fish) |
hooiduivel substantief {m} | hay devil(small whirlwind) |
met duivels vermaak bekijken werkwoord | gloat [gloated, gloating, gloats](to exhibit a conspicuous sense of self-satisfaction) |
stofduivel substantief {m} | dust devil(a swirling dust in the air) |
Tasmaanse duivel substantief {m} | Tasmanian devil [Tasmanian devils](Sarcophilus harrisii) |
verduiveld substantief | devil [devils](euphemistically, with an article: Hell (as an intensifier)) |
verduiveld bijvoeglijk naamwoord | devilish(extreme, excessive) |
zeeduivel substantief {m} | anglerfish(fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes) |