Holland | Angol |
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-en | -s(regular plurals of nouns) |
-end | -ing(to form present participles) |
-nis | -ness(appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...") -y(forming abstract nouns) |
..tot en met .. bijvoeglijk naamwoord | inclusive(including the extremes as well as the area between) |
aan- en uit-/afzetten werkwoord | cycle [cycled, cycling, cycles](to turn power off and back on) |
ach en wee interjection | alas(exclamation of sorrow, etc.) |
Adam en Eva eigennam | Adam and Eve(the first man and woman (according to Genesis)) |
af en toe bijvoeglijk naamwoord | occasional(limited to certain occasions; not very often) |
af en toe bijwoord | ever and anon(now and then) every so often(occasionally) now and then((idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently) occasionally(from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals) |
als en slechts als voegwoord | if and only if(implies and is implied by) |
als Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen bijwoord | when Hell freezes over(never) |
amen en uit interjection | amen(expression of strong agreement) |
Amerikaans-Engels eigennam | American English(English of the United States) |
anderhalve man en een paardenkop substantief | one man and his dog(almost nobody; very few people) |
Antigua en Barbuda eigennam | Antigua and Barbuda(country) |
armen en benen uitspreiden werkwoord | sprawl [sprawled, sprawling, sprawls](to sit with limbs spread out) |
bij leven en welzijn phrase | Lord willing and the creek don't rise(phrase) |
bio-energie substantief {f} | bioenergy(energy produced from a biological resource) |
bloed- en zielverwanten substantief {Pl} | kith and kin(both friends and family) |
bont en blauw bijvoeglijk naamwoord | black and blue(covered in bruises) |
Bosnië en Herzegovina eigennam | Bosnia and Herzegovina(country on the Balkan peninsula) |
boviene spongiforme encefalopathie substantief {f} | |
Brits-Engels substantief | British English(English language as in Britain, especially in England) |
Brits-Engels eigennam {n} | British(the British English language) |
bron- en contactonderzoek substantief {n} | contact tracing(the process of identification of persons who may have come into contact with an infected person) |
brood en spelen substantief | bread and circuses(food and entertainment provided by the state) |
Canadees-Engels eigennam {n} | Canadian(Canadian English) |
Castilië en León eigennam | Castile and León(autonomous community of Spain) |
centrale enkelvoudige algebra substantief {f} | central simple algebra(type of associative algebra over a field) |
Chinees Engels bijvoeglijk naamwoord | Chinglish(resembling English influenced by Chinese) |
co-enzym substantief | coenzyme [coenzymes](small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme) |
dag en nacht bijwoord | day and night(all the time) |
dag-en-nachtevening substantief {m} | equinox [equinoxes](one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth) |
dames en heren substantief | ladies and gentlemen(phrase used to address an audience of men and women) |
dan en slechts dan als voegwoord | if and only if(implies and is implied by) |
dat is voor jou een vraag en voor mij een weet phrase | that's for me to know and you to find out(a phrase used to reply to a question whose answer the speaker doesn't want to reveal) |