The Dutch word for left is
linkerkant
Dutch Definition
| left | |
| 1. verlaten | |
| 2. links, linker | |
| 3. linkerkant |
Translations for left and their definitions
| linkerkant |  © | |
| 1. n-m. left-hand side | ||
| 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 |
| 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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