The Dutch word for left is
linkerkant
Translations for left and their definitions
linkerkant | |
1. n. 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. leftist, belonging to the ideological left | |
Dat zijn linkse ideeën. | |
Those are leftist 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. 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 which could have come from the left. | |
7. n. Plural form 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 form 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. (in compounds) excessively, more than | |
5. adv. passing by, going away | |
De pijn gaat weer over. | |
The pain is going away again. | |
6. prep. over | |
7. prep. about, concerning |
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