The Dutch word for bear is
beer
Translations for bear and their definitions
verdragen | |
1. v. to tolerate | |
2. v. to endure, bear | |
3. n. Plural form of verdrag |
dragen | |
1. v. To carry. | |
2. v. To wear. | |
3. v. To transfer. |
beer | |
1. n. bear (large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae) | |
2. n. (metaphor) person who is physically impressive and/or crude | |
Wat een beer van een vent daar voorin, he? | |
What a bear of a guy there in front, huh? | |
3. n. (student slang) debt, credit | |
4. n. boar (male porcine) | |
5. n. protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main | |
6. n. Dutch: a 'beer' or 'steunbeer' | |
7. n. manure (excrement gathered in a pit to fertilize) |
ondergaan | |
1. v. to undergo, endure | |
Hij onderging zijn straf. — He underwent his punishment. | |
2. v. To go down; to set. | |
De zon ging onder. — The sun went down. | |
De ondergaande zon. — The setting sun. |
berin | |
1. n. a she-bear / female bear (large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae) |
afleggen | |
1. v. to cover (e.g. a distance) | |
Zonnevliegtuig legt recordafstand af. — Solar-powered aircraft covers a record distance. | |
2. v. (with het) as the object to perish, to die | |
3. v. (figuratively) to be defeated | |
4. v. to prepare a deceased person for the funeral |
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