The Dutch word for bear is
beer
Dutch Definition
| bear | |
| 1. dragen, torsen | |
| 2. beer, berin | |
| 3. verdragen, ondergaan |
Translations for bear and their definitions
| verdragen | |
| 1. v. to tolerate | |
| 2. v. to endure, bear | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of verdragen | |
| 4. n. plural of verdrag |
| dragen | |
| 1. v. to carry | |
| 2. v. to wear (clothes) | |
| 3. v. to transfer |
| beer |  © | |
| 1. n-m. (topics, Ursids) A bear, any member of the family Ursidae | ||
| De beer drinkt bier. - The bear drinks beer. | ||
| 2. n-m. (metaphor) A person who is physically impressive and/or crude | ||
| Wat een beer van een vent daar voorin, he? - What a bear of a guy there in front, huh? | ||
| 3. n-m. (topics, Male animals) boar (male swine) | ||
| De kinderboerderij heeft een aantal zeugen en maar één beer. - The petting zoo has a number of sows and only one boar. | ||
| 4. n-m. buttress; protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main building | ||
| 5. n-m. A boar-shaped type of battering ram | ||
| 6. n-m. A male badger | ||
| 7. n-m. (now dialectal) liquid, notably human manure (excrement gathered in a pit to fertilize) | ||
| Wie doet er nu beer in zijn bier? Ik haat beer! - Who in the world would put liquid manure in his beer? I hate manure! | ||
| 8. n-m. (student slang) debt | ||
| Door haar gokverslaving zat ze met een enorme beer opgescheept. - Due to her gambling addiction she was saddled with an enormous debt. | ||
| 9. n-m. (student slang) creditor (one to whom one owes debt) | ||
| Henry zag niet zijn beren op de weg, maar wel bij hem op de stoep. - Henry didn't see his creditors on the road, but he did see them on his doorstep. | ||
| berin | |
| 1. n-f. a she-bear / female bear (female large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae) |
| ondergaan | |
| 1. v. to undergo, endure | |
| Hij onderging zijn straf. - He underwent his punishment. | |
| 2. v. to put up with | |
| Ik wil die herrie niet meer ondergaan. - I don't want to put up with that noise. | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of ondergaan | |
| 4. v. To go down; to set. | |
| De zon ging onder. — The sun went down. | |
| De ondergaande zon. — The setting sun. |
| afleggen | |
| 1. v. to cover (e.g. a distance) | |
| Zonnevliegtuig legt recordafstand af. - Solar-powered aircraft covers a record distance. | |
| 2. v. to perish, to die | |
| 3. v. to be defeated | |
| 4. v. to prepare a deceased person for the funeral |
| gelegen zijn | |
| 1. to bear, to head in a specific direction |
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