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The Dutch word for foot is
voet





foot

Dutch Definition


foot
     1. voet

Translations for foot and their definitions

voet ©
     1. n-m. foot (lowest part of the legs)
           Hij heeft zijn voet verstuikt tijdens het voetballen. - He sprained his foot while playing football.
           Ze wast haar voeten elke avond voor het slapengaan. - She washes her feet every night before going to bed.
     2. n-m. foot, base (lowest part of any standard, support, stand or pillar)
           De voet van de lamp was gemaakt van marmer. - The base of the lamp was made of marble.
           Het standbeeld staat op een grote betonnen voet. - The statue stands on a large concrete base.
     3. n-m. imperial foot (unit of measure)
           De breedte van de kamer is tien voet. - The width of the room is ten feet.
           Hij kocht een touw van vijftien voet lang. - He bought a fifteen-foot long rope.
     4. n-m. (historical) Dutch foot (unit of measure)
           In de 18e eeuw mat men de lengte in voet. - In the 18th century, length was measured in feet.
           Een voet was vroeger een belangrijke maateenheid in Nederland. - A foot used to be an important unit of measurement in the Netherlands.
     5. n-m. (poetry) foot (most basic element of a metre)
           Dit gedicht heeft een ritme van vier voeten per vers. - This poem has a rhythm of four feet per line.
           Een jambische pentameter heeft vijf voeten per vers. - An iambic pentameter has five feet per line.


poot
     1. n-m. (topics, Body parts) limb (arm or leg) of an animal (sometimes human)
           Spinnen hebben acht poten. - Spiders have eight legs.
     2. n-m. (topics, Body parts) informal leg or foot
           Geen poot hebben om op te staan. - Not having a leg to stand on.
     3. n-m. (topics, Body parts) informal hand
           Blijf met je poten van me af! - Keep your hands off me!
     4. n-m. leg of an object, e.g. furniture
           Een kruk met drie poten. - A stool with three legs.
     5. n-m. (derogatory) homosexual man, fag, poof (shortened form of ruigpoot)
     6. n-m. (vulgar, derogatory) homosexual man
     7. v. first-person singular present indicative of poten
     8. v. second-person singular present indicative of poten
     9. v. third-person singular present indicative of poten
     10. v. imperative of poten


pootje
     1. n. diminutive of po
     2. n. diminutive of poot


stampen
     1. v. to stamp, to press
     2. v. to stomp with the feet
     3. v. (nautical) to pitch


betalen ©
     1. v. to pay
           De Javasche Bank betaalt aan toonder vijf gulden. - The Bank of Java pays to the bearer five gulden.
     2. v. to pay for, suffer the consequences of


voldoen
     1. v. to satisfy, to meet (+preo, aan)
     2. v. to suffice
     3. v. to pay in full (a sum of money owed)
     4. v. to fulfil, to complete
     5. v. to redeem, to atone
     6. v. to fill up, to make full


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