Nederlands | Engels |
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-ke | -y(forming diminutive nouns) |
-ken | -y(forming diminutive nouns) |
-ees | -ese(forming adjectives and nouns describing things characteristic of a particular place) |
-en | -s(regular plurals of nouns) |
-end | -ing(to form present participles) |
-er {m} | -er((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...) |
-erwijs | -ly(used to form adverbs from adjectives) |
-esk | -esque(resembling) |
-esse {f} | -ess(female suffix) |
-etje | -y(forming diminutive nouns) |
't is een slecht dorp waar het nooit kermis is phrase | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy(too much hard work) |
; The waiter said that he would be right back. - De ober zei dat hij meteen terug zou keren. werkwoord | would(indicating an action in the past that was planned or intended) |
; We sat on the bench asking ourselves if the bus would be too late this time. - We zaten op de bank ons afvragend of de bus deze keer te laat zou zijn. werkwoord | would(indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state) |
aangenaam met u kennis te maken phrase | pleased to meet you(polite formula used when being introduced to somebody) |
aangenaam om met u kennis te maken phrase | pleased to meet you(polite formula used when being introduced to somebody) |
aangename kennismaking phrase | pleased to meet you(polite formula used when being introduced to somebody) |
algemene kennis substantief {f} | general knowledge(wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life) |
Als ik een stuiver kreeg voor iedere keer phrase | |
Anglicaanse kerk eigennam {f} | Church of England(established Christian church in England) |
Byzantijnse Keizerrijk eigennam {n} | Byzantine Empire(Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) |
Chaldeeuws-Katholieke Kerk eigennam {f} | Chaldean Catholic Church(an Eastern Catholic particular church) |
de kansen keren werkwoord | turn the tables(To reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted) |
de keten is zo sterk als haar zwakste schakel phrase | a chain is only as strong as its weakest link(aphorism) |
de pot verwijt de ketel dat hij zwart ziet substantief | pot calling the kettle black(situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault shared by the accuser) |
derde keer goede keer phrase | third time's a charmphrase |
Duitse Keizerrijk eigennam {n} | German Empire(Germany between 1871 and 1918) |
een keer bijwoord | once(one and only one time) |
een kikker in de keel hebben substantief | frog in one's throat(hoarseness (idiomatic)) |
gedane zaken maken geen keer substantief | water under the bridge(something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted) |
gedane zaken nemen geen keer phrase | what's done is donephrase |
Geest van Huidig Kerstmis eigennam | Ghost of Christmas Present(the fictional ghost) |
Geest van Voorbije Kerstmis eigennam | Ghost of Christmas Past(the fictional ghost) |
gemeenschappelijke kennis substantief {f} | common knowledge(special kind of knowledge for a group of agents) |
goed keuren werkwoord | adopt [adopted, adopting, adopts](to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally) |
Grieks-orthodoxe Kerk eigennam {f} | Greek Orthodox Church(group of Eastern Orthodox churches) |
het einde van de wereld zoals we haar kennen substantief | TEOTWAWKI((acronym) The end of the world as we know it) |
het is kermis in de hel interjection | devil's beating his wife(interjection uttered when it rains while the sun is shining, see also: sunshower) |
het tij keren werkwoord | turn the tide(to make a change) |
iedere grap heeft een kern van waarheid phrase | there's a grain of truth in every joke(people convey truth in jokes) |
in nood leert men zijn vrienden kennen phrase | a friend in need is a friend indeed(if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend) |