Vocabulary list 1 (Oxford 3,000 A-M)

English word Dutch translation Example sentence

1. ability (n.) Vermogen You got the ability to finish fast.
2. about (adv.,prep.) Wat betreft What about you, how do you feel about it
3. absence (n.) Afwezigheid You have been absence for a while.
4. academic (adj.) Academisch You have an academic diploma.
5. acceptable (adj.) Aanvaardbaar That offer is acceptable.
6. accidental (adj.) Per ongeluk He accidental broke his bike.
7. according to (prep.) Volgens According to the newspaper he robbed the store.
8. achieve (v.) Bereiken He has a big achieve to get to.
9. actually (adv.) Eigenlijk I actually need to finish it still.
10. adapt (v.) Aanpassen You should adapt your style.
11. admire (v.) Bewonderen I really admire the work you did.
12. advance (n.,v.) Bevordering He made a lot of advance. The advance he has is big.
13. affect (v.) Beïnvloeden It has a big effect to him.
14. agency (n.) Bureau He works at his agency on the office.
15. allow (v.) Toestaan It is not allowed to do that.
16. amaze (v.) Verbazen I am amazed by your hard work.
17. anniversary (n.) Verjaardag, jubileum He celebrates his 24th anniversary.
18. annoy (v.) Ergeren I am annoyed by the fly here.
19. annual (adj.) Jaartal It is predicted to be in that annual.
20. appear (v.) Verschijnen The picture appeared on his screen.
21. approach (v.,n.) Benaderen The animal approached the pray from behind. The
approach was very straight.
22. attitude (n.) Houding His attitude is very confident.
23. authority (n.) Overheid The authority is very powerful.
24. available (adj.) Beschikbaar I am available from 12:00.
25. awkward (adj.) Ongemakkelijk This conversation is starting to get awkward.
26. bake (v.) Bakken We are going to bake a cake for his birthday.
27. balance (n.,v.) Balans He has really good balance. He balanced it perfectly.
28. barely (adv.) Nauwlijks He barely made it to the finish.
29. barrier (n.) Barriere The barrier is blocking his path.
30. basically (adv.) In principe He basically does it on his own.
31. behalf (n.) Namens He goes to him on behalf of his people.
32. behavior (n.) Gedrag You really have to work on your behavior.
33. benefit (n.,v.) voordeel The mark can only work in your benefit.
34. blame( v.,n.) schuld He gets the blame for the mistake.
35. briefly (adv.) kort The time we can spend together is very briefly.
36. bright (adj.) fel The light coming from the sun is very bright.
37. calculate (v.) bereken He needs to calculate for the exircise.
38. calm (adj.,v.,n.) kalm He stays very calm in this situation.
39. cancel v. Annuleren The project is canceled.
40. capable (of) adj. In staat om He is capable to achieve a lot of things in life.
41. capacity n. opslag The capacity of his computer is almost full.
42. capture v.,n. grijpen We can capture this opportunity.
43. care (n.,v.) zorgen He cares a lot about his family.
44. careless (adj.) onzorgvuldig He is very careless with his possessions.
45. certainly (adv.) zeker We can certainly get to the end.
46. challenge (n.,v.) uitdaging We are up for a challenge.
47. characteristic karakteristiek She is very characteristic in her role.
(adj.,n.)
48. charity (n.) Goed doel We will donate to which charity you want.
49. collapse (v.,n.) instorten The rocks are about to collapse.
50. collect (v.) verzamel Together we will collect every coin.
51. combination (n.) combinatie The recipe is a combination of healthy and sweet food.
52. complaint (n.) klacht I will hand in a complaint about the place.
53. confirm (v.) bevestig It is confirmed that it is real.
54. consider (v.) overwegen We can consider to let him in.
55. contrast (n.,v.) contrast The contrast of the colors is very nice.
56. create (v.) maken He is creating his own Lego world.
57. criterion (n.) criterium The criterion of the exercise is very loose.
58. criticize (v.) bekritiseren He criticizes me a lot.
59. crucial (adj.) cruciaal It is a crucial part of our research.
60. demand (n.,v.) eis I’ll demand that you come here right now.
61. deserve (v.) verdien He deserves to win the first place.
62. device (n.) Apparaat She can use her device to check the location.
63. dictionary (n.) woordenboek We will need a dictionary to translate it.
64. difference (n.) verschil The difference between me and you is that you’re
taller.
65. disapproval (n.) afkeuring I hope we won’t get his disapproval.
66. disaster (n.) ramp The fires are really a disaster.
67. divide (v.) verdeel We will divide the tasks fairly.
68. draft (n.,adj.,v.) Voorlopige versie, We will draft the players in the competition, this is the
verdelen over competitie earliest draft of the program.
69. due (adj.) vanwege Due to him we’re stuck here.
70. easily (adv.) gemakkelijk He can easily make that jump.
71. effect (n.) effect It has a big effect on him.
72. effort (n.) moeite The effort he put in it was a lot.
73. enjoyable (adj.) vermakelijk The movie was very enjoyable.
74. entrance (n.) ingang The entrance is at the back.
75. excellent (adj.) excellent That was an excellent strike.
76. exist (v.) ontstaan Dinosaurs existed a long time ago.
77. experience (n.,v.) ervaring He has a lot of experience in gymnastics.
78. express (v.,adj.) uiten He expresses he’s feeling to her.
79. familiar (adj.) bekend He is familiar with that method.
80. frequent (adj.) regelmatig The event happens very frequent.
81. gain (v.,n.) Verkrijgen She has gained a lot of respect, the gained object is his.
82. general (adj.) algemeen In general there is a lot to do.
83. global (adj.) globaal The global warming is a serious problem.
84. government (n.) regering The government needs to act against the global
warming
85. habit (n.) gewoonte It is a habit that I do that every time.
86. however (adv.) hoewel However, we can still make something of it.
87. ignore (v.) negeren Why does he keep ignoring you.
88. innocent (adj.) onschuldig The people that you blame are innocent.
89. intelligence (n.) Intelligentie He is very intelligent when it comes to research.
90. interrupt (v.) onderbreek Why does she keep interrupting you?
91. join (v.) deelnemen Are you joining the party?
92. justice (n.) gerechtigheid They will get justice in court.
93. kind (n.,adj.) lief, zacht aardig, soort What kind of chocolate do you have, she is very kind
and helpful.
94. knowledge (n.) kennis Together we have gathered a lot of knowledge.
95. language (n.) taal Frans is a very hard language to learn.
96. liquid (n.,adj.) vloeistof The chemical liquid is very dangerous.
97. maintain (v.) behouden He maintained the hold of the weapon.
98. majority (n.) meerderheid The majority of people is scared of spiders.
99. minority (n.) minderdheid The minority of people likes spiders.
100.mysterious (adj.) Mysterieus. Why does he act so mysterious.