The Dutch word for left is
linkerkant
Dutch Definition
left | |
1. links, linker | |
2. linkerkant |
Translations for left and their definitions
links | |
1. adv. on the left | |
Zie je die auto links? - Do you see the car on the left? | |
2. adv. to the left | |
Bij het volgende verkeerslicht links afslaan. - Turn left at the next traffic light. | |
We gaan naar links. - We're going to the left. | |
3. adj. (not comparable) left | |
Er zit een vlek op je linkse schoen. - There’s a spot on your left shoe. | |
4. adj. left-wing, leftist, belonging to the ideological left | |
Dat zijn linkse ideeën. - Those are left-wing ideas. | |
5. adj. (predicatively) left-handed | |
Ik ben links, je kan niet met mijn pen schrijven. - I’m left-handed, you cannot write with my pen. | |
6. n-n. The left, the left side or tendency, especially in politics and any ideology. | |
Dat is een opinie die je van links zou kunnen horen. - That’s an opinion that could have come from the left. | |
7. n. plural of link |
linkerkant | © | |
1. n-m. left-hand side |
linker | |
1. adj. left | |
Er zit een vlek op je linker broekspijp. | |
There’s a spot on your left trouserleg. | |
2. adj. comparative of link |
over | © | |
1. adv. over, above | ||
2. adv. (postpositional) over (implying motion) | ||
Kijk uit, er steekt een hond de straat over. - Look out, a dog is crossing over the street. | ||
3. adv. remaining, left over | ||
Na het feest was er bijna geen eten meer over. - After the party there was barely any food remaining. | ||
4. adv. passing by, going away | ||
De pijn gaat weer over. - The pain is going away again. | ||
5. adv. Denotes an imitative action, again, once again | ||
Ik schrijf je brief over. | ||
I will transcribe your letter. | ||
6. prep. over | ||
7. prep. about, concerning |
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