The Dutch word for foot is
voet
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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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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