vangen meaning in English
| Dutch | English |
|---|---|
| vangen werkwoord | catch [caught, caught, catching, catches](to capture or snare) enmesh [enmeshed, enmeshing, enmeshes](To mesh; to tangle or interweave) ensnare [ensnared, ensnaring, ensnares](To snare, to catch through a snare or trap) seize [seized, seizing, seizes](to deliberately take hold of, grab) trap [trapped, trapping, traps](to catch in a trap or traps) |
| vangen substantief | catch [catches](the act of catching a ball) |
| aanvangen werkwoord | begin [began, begun, beginning, begins](to start, to initiate or take the first step into something) commence [commenced, commencing, commences](begin, start) initiate [initiated, initiating, initiates](to begin; to start) start [started, starting, starts](to begin) |
| blok van een gevangenis substantief | ward [wards](section of a prison) |
| een glimp opvangen werkwoord | glimpse [glimpsed, glimpsing, glimpses](see briefly) |
| gevangen bijvoeglijk naamwoord | captive(held prisoner) |
| gevangenbewaarder substantief {m} {f} | warden [wardens](a chief administrative officer of a prison) |
| gevangenbewaarder substantief {m} | prison guard(person working to provide order to in a jail) |
| gevangene substantief | inmate [inmates](one confined to institution, such as a prison) |
| gevangene substantief {m} {f} | captive [captives](a person who has been captured) prisoner [prisoners](person incarcerated in a prison) |
| gevangenenkamp substantief {n} | prison camp(camp for prisoners) |
| gevangenis substantief {f} | prison [prisons](place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) |
| gevangenisbewaarder substantief {m} | prison guard(person working to provide order to in a jail) |
| gevangenschap substantief {n} | imprisonment [imprisonments](confinement) |
| gevangenzetten werkwoord | incarcerate [incarcerated, incarcerating, incarcerates](to lock away in prison) |
| gewetensgevangene substantief {m} | prisoner of conscience(person) |
| graag ontvangen werkwoord | welcome [welcomed, welcoming, welcomes](to accept willingly) |
| hoge bomen vangen veel wind phrase | the bigger they are, the harder they fall(proverb) |
| krijgsgevangene substantief {m} {f} | prisoner of war(combatant or soldier captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict) |
| legergevangenis substantief {n} | brig(naval military jail or guardhouse) |
| levenslange gevangenisstraf substantief {c} | life sentence(sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life) |
| met onwillige honden is het slecht hazen vangen phrase | you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink(you can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it) |
| militaire gevangenis substantief {n} | brig(naval military jail or guardhouse) |
| muizen vangen werkwoord | mouse(to catch mice) |
| onbevangenheid substantief | candor(sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) |
| Onbevlekte Ontvangenis eigennam {f} | Immaculate Conception(feast) |
| ontvangen werkwoord | accept [accepted, accepting, accepts](to receive officially) copy [copied, copying, copies](radio term) entertain [entertained, entertaining, entertains](to have over at one's home) greet [greeted, greeting, greets](to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes) host(perform the role of a host) receive [received, receiving, receives](to take what is offered, accept from another) |
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