The Dutch word for friend is
vriend
Dutch Definition
| friend | |
| 1. vriend, vriendje |
Translations for friend and their definitions
| vriend |  © | |
| 1. n-m. (male) friend | ||
| Luuk en Emma hadden allebei hun vrienden meegenomen naar het feest. - Luuk and Emma had both brought their friends to the party. | ||
| Die Merlijn, is dat een vriend van je? — Nou, eigenlijk een vriendin. - This Merlijn person, is he a friend of yours? — Well, we're friends, but actually, Merlijn's a she. | ||
| 2. n-m. boyfriend (romantic partner) | ||
| Luuk en Emma hadden allebei hun vriend meegenomen naar het feest. - Luuk and Emma had both brought their boyfriends to the party. | ||
| Is Merlijn je vriend? — Nee hoor, gewoon een vriend. - Is Merlijn your boyfriend? — No, he's just a friend. | ||
| 3. n-m. (Suriname, always in the diminutive, colloquial, derogatory) idiot, asshole, loser | ||
| vriendje | |
| 1. n. diminutive of vriend |
| vriendin | |
| 1. n-f. female friend | |
| De vriendinnen probeerden van een afstand steentjes in de vijver te gooien. - The female friends tried to throw pebbles into the pond at a distance. | |
| Ik ben gisteren naar de bioscoop geweest met een vriendin van me. - Yesterday I went to the cinema with my friend. | |
| 2. n-f. girlfriend (unmarried female romantic partner) | |
| Zij heeft een vriendin en maakt goed gebruik van haar door haar te werk te stellen aan het WikiWoordenboek. - She has a girlfriend and makes good use of her by putting her to work on Wiktionary | |
| Ik ben gisteren naar de bioscoop geweest met mijn vriendin. - Yesterday I went to the cinema with my girlfriend. |
| vriendinnetje | |
| 1. n. diminutive of vriendin |
| maatje | |
| 1. n. maatjesharing, a young herring | |
| 2. n. (literally) a small maat: | |
| 3. n. a small size, measure etc. | |
| 4. n. a young or tiny mate | |
| 5. n. also used as an informal address for a male | |
| 6. n. diminutive of ma |
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