The Dutch word for sharp is
scherp
Dutch Definition
| sharp | |
| 1. scherp |
Translations for sharp and their definitions
| scherp |  © | |
| 1. adj. sharp, able to cut easily | ||
| 2. adj. alert, on the ball | ||
| 3. adj. clever, intelligent, witty | ||
| 4. adj. acute, having a small angle | ||
| 5. adj. in focus, clearly visible, not blurry | ||
| 6. adj. (of food) hot, spicy | ||
| 7. v. first-person singular present indicative of scherpen | ||
| 8. v. imperative of scherpen | ||
| straf | |
| 1. n-f. A punishment, penalty, sanction. | |
| 2. n-f. A discomfort, misfortune. | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present indicative of straffen | |
| 4. v. imperative of straffen | |
| 5. adj. heavy, hefty | |
| 6. adj. spicy | |
| 7. adj. implausible, improbable |
| stekend | |
| 1. Participle. present participle of steken |
| hoog | © | |
| 1. adj. high | ||
| De 887 meter hoge Mount Scenery is het hoogste punt in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. - The 887-metres-high Mount Scenery is the highest place in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. | ||
| Het zou te hoog gegrepen zijn om drie talen tegelijkertijd te leren. - Learning three languages simultaneously would be aiming too high. | ||
| Kruis | |
| 1. Proper noun. . | |
| 2. n-n. cross (X-shape) | |
| Hij droeg een houten kruis om zijn nek. - He wore a wooden cross around his neck. | |
| Teken een kruis in het vakje. - Draw an X in the box. | |
| Het kruis is een symbool in veel religies. - The cross is a symbol in many religions. | |
| 3. n-n. (heraldry) cross (such shape as used in heraldry) | |
| Het familiewapen had een gouden kruis op een blauw veld. - The family crest had a gold cross on a blue field. | |
| 4. n-n. cross (execution device with such shape) | |
| Jezus werd gekruisigd op een kruis. - Jesus was crucified on a cross. | |
| 5. n-n. (figuratively) cross (difficult or tortuous situation) | |
| Iedereen heeft zijn eigen kruis te dragen. - Everyone has their own cross to bear. | |
| 6. n-n. crotch | |
| De broek scheurde bij zijn kruis. - The pants tore at his crotch. | |
| 7. n-n. (music) sharp | |
| De noot had een kruis, wat betekent dat hij een halve toon hoger moet worden gespeeld. - The note had a sharp, meaning it should be played a half tone higher. | |
| 8. n-n. heads (side of a coin) | |
| Kies je kruis of munt? - Do you choose heads or tails? | |
| 9. v. first-person singular present indicative of kruisen | |
| 10. v. imperative of kruisen |
| scherpzinnig | |
| 1. adj. perspicacious |
| puntig | |
| 1. adj. Pointed, pointy, spiky |
| sterk | © | |
| 1. adj. strong, having physical strength | ||
| 2. adj. concentrated, strong, powerful in taste | ||
| 3. adj. implausible, improbable | ||
| 4. adj. (Germanic grammar) strong, pertaining to strong verbs | ||
| 5. adj. (Germanic grammar) strong, pertaining to strong nouns, strong declension | ||
| 6. n-m. ellipsis of sterkedrank | ||
| 7. v. first-person singular present indicative of sterken | ||
| 8. v. imperative of sterken | ||
| acuut | |
| 1. adj. acute, sharp | |
| 2. adj. acute, sudden, immediate | |
| 3. adv. acutely, very quickly, immediately | |
| 4. adv. urgent |
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