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good meaning in Dutch

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goodbye (farewell, see also: bye)
interjection
[UK: ˌɡʊd.ˈbaɪ]
[US: ˌɡʊd.ˈbaɪ]

daginterjection

doeginterjection

doeiinterjection

hoiinterjection

houdoeinterjection

tot ziensinterjection

goodbye, cruel world (exclamation prior to suicide)
phrase

vaarwelphrase

wrede wereld!phrase

goodness (state or characteristic of being good)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʊd.nəs]
[US: ˈɡʊd.nəs]

goedheidsubstantief
{f}

goods [goods] (that which is produced, traded, bought or sold)
noun
[UK: ɡʊdz]
[US: ˈɡʊdz]

goederensubstantief
{Pl}

waarsubstantief
{f}

goods train (train used for transportation of goods)
noun
[UK: ɡʊdz treɪn]
[US: ˈɡʊdz ˈtreɪn]

goederentreinsubstantief

goods wagon (railway wagon)
noun
[UK: ɡʊdz ˈwæ.ɡən]
[US: ˈɡʊdz ˈwæ.ɡən]

goederenwagonsubstantief
{m}

goodwill (favorably disposed attitude)
noun
[UK: ˌɡʊd.ˈwɪl]
[US: ɡʊ.ˈdwɪl]

goodwillsubstantief
{m}

goodwill (value)
noun
[UK: ˌɡʊd.ˈwɪl]
[US: ɡʊ.ˈdwɪl]

goedwilsubstantief
{m}

as good as (almost completely)
adverb
[UK: əz ɡʊd əz]
[US: ˈæz ˈɡʊd ˈæz]

zo goed alsbijwoord

Cape of Good Hope (a cape in southwestern South Africa)
proper noun
[UK: keɪp əv ɡʊd həʊp]
[US: ˈkeɪp əv ˈɡʊd hoʊp]

Kaap de Goede Hoopeigennam

for good (forever; permanently)
preposition
[UK: fɔː(r) ɡʊd]
[US: ˈfɔːr ˈɡʊd]

voorgoedpreposition

for good measure (in excess of the required minimum)
preposition
[UK: fɔː(r) ɡʊd ˈme.ʒə(r)]
[US: ˈfɔːr ˈɡʊd ˈme.ʒər]

bovenoppreposition

op de koop toepreposition

hunger is a good sauce (being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food)
phrase

honger is de beste sausphrase

no good deed goes unpunished (beneficial actions often go unappreciated etc.)
phrase

stank voor dankphrase

no news is good news (lack of information suggests nothing bad)
phrase

geen berichtphrase

goed berichtphrase

public good (good that is non-rivalrous and non-excludable)
noun

publiek goedsubstantief
{n}

public good (welfare of the people)
noun

publiek belangsubstantief
{n}

say goodbye (wish someone farewell upon their leaving)
verb
[UK: ˈseɪ ˌɡʊd.ˈbaɪ]
[US: ˈseɪ ˌɡʊd.ˈbaɪ]

afscheid nemenwerkwoord

gedag zeggenwerkwoord

vaarwel zeggenwerkwoord

the road to hell is paved with good intentions (well-intended acts can lead to disasters)
phrase
[UK: ðə rəʊd tuː hel ɪz peɪvd wɪð ɡʊd ɪn.ˈten.ʃn̩z]
[US: ðə roʊd ˈtuː ˈhel ˈɪz ˈpeɪvd wɪθ ˈɡʊd ˌɪn.ˈten.tʃn̩z]

de weg naar de hel is geplaveid met goede voornemensphrase

too good to be true (appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy)
phrase
[UK: tuː ɡʊd tuː bi truː]
[US: ˈtuː ˈɡʊd ˈtuː bi ˈtruː]

te mooi om waar te zijnphrase

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