Dutch | English |
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om- bijwoord | about(to a reversed order, or opposite direction) |
om de hete brei dansen werkwoord | beat around the bush(to treat a topic but omit its main points) |
om de tuin leiden werkwoord | hoodwink [hoodwinked, hoodwinking, hoodwinks](to deceive using a disguise, see also: mislead) |
om de week bijvoeglijk naamwoord | biweekly(occurring every two weeks) |
om Gods wil interjection | for God's sake(exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience) |
om het even wat phrase | no matter what(whatever) |
om het even wat bijwoord | haphazardly(in a haphazard manner) |
om iemands hand vragen werkwoord | pop the questionverb |
om maar te zwijgen van voegwoord | let alone(to say nothing of) |
om niet te zeggen voegwoord | not to say(even; perhaps; almost) |
om nog maar te zwijgen van voegwoord | not to mention(much less) |
om te beginnen preposition | for one thing((to introduce the first item)) |
om te beginnen bijwoord | first of all(before anything else) for starters(as an initial point) |
om zijn/haar vinger winden werkwoord | wrap around one's little finger(to successfully control or influence) |
om één uur bijwoord | o'clock(the translations below are of "at one o’clock") |
om preposition | about(on every side of) around(forming a circle or closed curve containing) |
om phrase | in order to(as a means of achieving the specified aim) |
om bijwoord | over(from upright to horizontal position) |
oma substantief | grandma [grandmas](grandmother (informal)) |
oma substantief {f} | grandmother [grandmothers](mother of someone's parent) granny [grannies](colloquial: grandmother) |
omafiets substantief | high nelly(old fashioned bicycle) |
Oman eigennam | Oman(country in the Middle East) |
omarmen werkwoord | embrace [embraced, embracing, embraces](to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection, see also: hug) hug [hugged, hugging, hugs](to embrace) |
omarming substantief {f} | embrace [embraces](act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest, see also: hug) |
ombervis substantief | meagre(Argyrosomus regius) |
ombouw substantief {m} | changeover [changeovers](conversion or transition) |
ombudsman substantief | ombudsman [ombudsmen](official who investigates complaints) |
omcirkelen werkwoord | circle [circled, circling, circles](travel around along a curved path) circumscribe [circumscribed, circumscribing, circumscribes](to draw a line around; encircle) orbit [orbited, orbiting, orbits](circle another object) skirt [skirted, skirting, skirts]verb surround [surrounded, surrounding, surrounds](to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions) |
omdat bijwoord | because(on account) |
omdat voegwoord | as(considering that, because) because(by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) for(because) |