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dek substantief {n} | deck [decks](floorlike covering on a ship) |
dekbed substantief {n} | duvet(quilt) |
dekbedovertrek substantief {n} | duvet(duvet cover) |
deken substantief {m} {f} | blanket [blankets](fabric) |
deken substantief {m} | dean [deans](senior official in college or university) |
dekhengst substantief | sire [sires](male animal) |
Dekhengst substantief {?} | stud(sexually attractive male) |
dekhengst substantief {m} | stallion [stallions](male horse kept primarily as a stud) stud(male animal kept for breeding) |
dekken werkwoord | cover [covered, covering, covers](to conceal or protect) defray [defrayed, defraying, defrays](to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)) line [lined, lining, lines](of a dog: impregnate) |
dekking substantief | cover [covers](hiding) |
dekking substantief {f} | coverage [coverages](amount by which something or someone is covered) |
dekkleed substantief {n} | mantling(heraldry: drapery behind and around a coat of arms) |
dekknecht substantief {m} | deckhand [deckhands](a member of the crew) |
deklijst substantief {f} | cornice [cornices](horizontal architectural element) |
dekmantel substantief {m} | cloak [cloaks](blanket-like covering, often metaphorical) pretext [pretexts](false, contrived or assumed purpose) |
deknaam substantief {m} | pseudonym [pseudonyms](fictitious name) |
dekolonisatie substantief {f} | decolonization(freeing of a colony from dependent status) |
deksel substantief {n} | cover [covers](lid) lid [lids](top or cover) top [tops](lid, cap, cover) |
deksels bijvoeglijk naamwoord | devilish(extreme, excessive) |
dekstier substantief {m} | stud(male animal kept for breeding) |
dekzwabber substantief {m} | mop [mops](implement for washing floors) |
de Kanaaleilanden eigennam | Channel Islands(group of islands in the English Channel) |
de kans afwachten werkwoord | bide one's time(to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity) |
de kansen substantief | odds [odds](the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening) |
de kansen keren werkwoord | turn the tables(To reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted) |
de kastanjes uit het vuur halen werkwoord | pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire(do someone's difficult work) |
de kat de bel aanbinden werkwoord | bell the cat(to undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group) |
de kat sturen werkwoord | stand up(to avoid a prearranged meeting) |
de keten is zo sterk als haar zwakste schakel phrase | a chain is only as strong as its weakest link(aphorism) |
de Klerk eigennam | de Klerkproper noun |
de kluts kwijt bijwoord | abroad(astray) |
de knoop substantief {m} | knot [knots](difficult situation) |
de knuppel in het hoenderhok gooien werkwoord | put the cat among the pigeonsverb |
de koe bij de hoorns vatten werkwoord | take the bull by the horns(to deal directly with a matter; to confront a difficulty) |