broer
brother (male sibling)
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Dutch nouns beginning with B
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bed
bed (furniture for sleeping)
Open bed →baas
boss, chief, superior
Open baas →buurt
neighborhood, part of town
Open buurt →baan
a road, way, path
Open baan →bank
bench
Open bank →bedrijf
business, economic activity
Open bedrijf →boot
boat
Open boot →band
bond, connection, relationship, liaison, tie (attachment, as in a relation)
Open band →brand
destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)
Open brand →bal
a ball or any object with such a shape
Open bal →bezoek
visit
Open bezoek →broek
a pair of trousers, pair of pants
Open broek →been
leg, limb of a person, horse (other animals would have poten) and certain objects (again many have poten)
Open been →beurt
turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)
Open beurt →bos
wood, forest
Open bos →beeld
image
Open beeld →bier
beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material)
Open bier →bruiloft
wedding reception, wedding feast
Open bruiloft →beweging
movement, motion (act of physically moving)
Open beweging →bedoeling
intention (goal, purpose)
Open bedoeling →beest
an animal, a beast
Open beest →boel
a lot, bunch
Open boel →blik
a can, a tin (container)
Open blik →belang
interest, concern
Open belang →broeder
brooder
Open broeder →bek
a bird's beak
Open bek →besluit
decision (e.g. after consideration of alternatives)
Open besluit →bak
container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub
Open bak →buik
belly
Open buik →beer
a bear, any member of the family Ursidae
Open beer →beroep
profession, vocation
Open beroep →bekende
an acquaintance, someone known/trusted to the person of reference, yet often less than a friend
Open bekende →briefje
note, bill (of money)
Open briefje →burger
citizen, civilian
Open burger →bodem
bottom (e.g. of a box or of the sea)
Open bodem →behoefte
a need
Open behoefte →bot
bone
Open bot →boy
boy, young man
Open boy →betekenis
meaning
Open betekenis →bestuur
management
Open bestuur →bedrag
amount of money
Open bedrag →blaas
bladder
Open blaas →begrip
understanding, comprehension
Open begrip →bond
society, fellowship
Open bond →bruin
the color brown
Open bruin →bestand
archive, file
Open bestand →belasting
strain, burden, load
Open belasting →beschaving
civilization (organised culture encompassing many communities)
Open beschaving →blad
a sheet of paper, leaf (in a book)
Open blad →breuk
fracture, break
Open breuk →bestelling
order (request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods)
Open bestelling →betaling
payment
Open betaling →bioscoop
cinema; movie theater
Open bioscoop →bezorgdheid
anxiety, concern
Open bezorgdheid →beroerte
fit, stroke or seizure
Open beroerte →buitenkant
the outer side: outside
Open buitenkant →binnenkant
interior, inside
Open binnenkant →biefstuk
beefsteak, steak
Open biefstuk →box
speaker, loudspeaker
Open box →ballon
balloon
Open ballon →beschikking
power of control, direction or disposal; decision, ruling (by an authorized official or official body such as a court); mastery, command
Open beschikking →bondgenoot
ally (member of the same alliance; one who offers support when needed)
Open bondgenoot →bedtijd
bedtime
Open bedtijd →buitenwereld
outside world
Open buitenwereld →beller
caller, someone who calls in
Open beller →bewerking
edit
Open bewerking →bitter
bitters, a type of strong spirits made by steeping (often bitter) herbs in brandy or jenever, traditionally considered a digestive drink
Open bitter →beroemdheid
fame
Open beroemdheid →betovering
enchantment, charm, allure, beguilement
Open betovering →buikpijn
bellyache, stomachache
Open buikpijn →bewaring
storage
Open bewaring →buitenstaander
an outsider
Open buitenstaander →bruut
brute, ruffian
Open bruut →ban
a revocation of permission to access or participate
Open ban →besmetting
contagion, contamination, infection
Open besmetting →baat
profit, advantage, boon
Open baat →bobo
football bigwig
Open bobo →banger
banger (energetic, high-quality song)
Open banger →bink
a muscular, stout, or tough man
Open bink →baasje
a boy, young male person
Open baasje →bijles
a tutoring (session) (additional instruction outside of the regular curriculum)
Open bijles →beauty
a beauty, looker, beautiful person
Open beauty →bekendheid
familiarity, acquaintance, knowledge
Open bekendheid →blindedarm
cecum (pouch near the transition from the small to the large intestine)
Open blindedarm →bescheidenheid
modesty, humility
Open bescheidenheid →bewonderaar
an admirer, notably aesthetical
Open bewonderaar →belastinggeld
tax money
Open belastinggeld →bloes
a blouse (an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt)
Open bloes →beuk
a ram or heavy knock
Open beuk →buschauffeur
bus driver
Open buschauffeur →bontjas
fur coat
Open bontjas →binnenland
everything within the boundaries of a nation (as opposed to buitenland)
Open binnenland →bundel
bundle
Open bundel →begeerte
desire, craving
Open begeerte →belastingbetaler
taxpayer
Open belastingbetaler →brons
bronze
Open brons →bondgenootschap
alliance
Open bondgenootschap →beperking
restriction, limitation, constraint
Open beperking →bout
bolt (threaded metal cylinder)
Open bout →beginner
beginner (someone who is just starting something, or has only recently started)
Open beginner →berisping
admonition, reprimand, scolding
Open berisping →biljart
billiards
Open biljart →biceps
biceps; any two-headed muscle
Open biceps →besturingssysteem
operating system
Open besturingssysteem →blauwtje
a rejection, in particular a romantic rejection
Open blauwtje →bijzaak
a matter of secondary or minor importance
Open bijzaak →buitenhuis
a country house
Open buitenhuis →bloemkool
cauliflower
Open bloemkool →bouwterrein
a building site
Open bouwterrein →bes
an old woman
Open bes →belager
a harasser, crafty and/or persistent assailant, even a stalker
Open belager →bergketen
mountain chain; mountain range
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