Medical (Dutch Words for Illness etc.)

degrees graden

degrees Celsius graden Celsius

36.9 zesendertig negen

(de) koorts 2 ('fever') (de) verhoging ('a slight fever, a temperature')

35 vijfendertig

36 zesendertig

37 zevenendertig

38 achtendertig

39 negenendertig

40 veertig

41 eenenveertig

42 tweeënveertig

0 nul

1 één

2 twee

3 drie

4 vier

5 vijf

6 zes

7 zeven

8 acht

9 negen

health - (de) gezondheid

healthy - gezond

sick, ill - ziek

disease, illness - (de) ziekte

Get well! - beterschap!

(wishing you) strength - sterkte

Doctors, Clinic

family doctor, primary care physician, general practitioner  huisarts 2
dentist tandarts 2 specialist specialist surgeon chirurg (French CH) oral surgeon kaakchirurg 2 [jaw surgeon] anaesthesia (de) verdoving 2 surgery (de) operatie dermatologist huidarts ophthalmologist oogarts veterinarian dierenarts		pediatrician kinderarts gynaecologist vrouwenarts midwife vroedvrouw 2 3 new mother kraamvrouw psychologist psycholoog 2 (P is pronounced) psychiatrist psychiater (P is pronounced) pharmacist apotheker 2 pharmacy (de) apotheek 2 prescription (het) recept (also: recipe)		referral (de) verwijzing 2 hospital (het) ziekenhuis 2 ambulance (de) ambulance (Fr.) urgent case, emergency (het) spoedgeval 2 emergencies noodgevallen 2 >> medical center, clinic medisch centrum 2 3 appointment (de) afspraak walk-in office hours (het) spreekuur 2 3 waiting room (de) wachtkamer 2 patient patiënt 2

polikliniek 2 3 4

Nurses

nurse verpleegkundige (formal) nurse (female) verpleegster 2 nurse (male) verpleger

addressing a female nurse mevrouw - zuster addressing a male nurse meneer - (broeder ) nurse (male) ziekenbroeder (old-fashioned)

Diseases, Illness, Symptoms, Treatment

inflammation (de) ontsteking infection (de) infectie virus (het) virus bacterium (de) bacterie contagious besmettelijk hereditary, congenital erfelijk 2 3 complications complicaties 2 3 gradually geleidelijk 2 3 chronic chronisch acute acuut pneumonia (de) longontsteking ['lung infection'] appendicitis (de) blindedarmontsteking ['blind-gut infection'] ulcer (de) maagzweer 2 ['stomach sore'] heart attack (de) hartaanval 2 cardiac arrest (de) hartstilstand 2 3 4 stroke (de) hersenbloeding 2 ['brain-haemorrhage'] anaemia (de) bloedarmoede ['blood poverty'] concussion (de) hersenschudding 2 ['brain-shaking'] diabetes (de) suikerziekte [sugar-illness] cancer (de) kanker 2 edema, oedema, water retention (het) oedeem

examination (het) onderzoek 2 test, examination, 'physical' (de) keuring 2 allergy (de) allergie I'm allergic to cats Ik ben allergisch voor katten 2 hay fever (de) hooikoorts 2 (pollen allergy) the flu (de) griep 2 flu shot (de) griepprik hypodermic needle, syringe (de) injectienaald 2 IV (intravenous drip) (het) infuus nosebleed (de) bloedneus 2 blister (de) blaar 2 to disinfect ontsmetten band-aid (de) pleister wound dressing, bandaging (het) verband small bandage (het) verbandje suture, medical stitch (de) hechting plural: hechtingen 2 3 without anaesthesia zonder verdoving local anaesthesia plaatselijke verdoving X-ray (picture) (de) Röntgenfoto symptom (het) symptoom syndrome (het) syndroom 2 remedy (de) remedie 2 therapy (de) therapie 2 3 therapist (de) therapeut 2 3 See also below

Body Parts

the: de / het = 't >> a: een, 'n - one: één heart (het) hart pulse, heart rate (de) hartslag 2 blood (het) bloed vein (de) ader 2 artery (de) slagader 2 lungs longen

mouth (de) mond saliva (het) speeksel 2 throat (de) keel esophagus (de) slokdarm 2 stomach (de) maag intestines, bowels darmen digestion (de) spijsvertering nutritional values (de) voedingswaarde >> liver (de) lever kidneys nieren spleen (de) milt 2 3 bosom (de) boezem 2 (de) buste 2

belly (de) buik belllybutton, navel (de) navel 2 umbilical cord (de) navelstreng 2 uterus (de) baarmoeder skin (de) huid muscle (de) spier 2 tendon (de) pees 2 tendons pezen bone (het) bot joint (het) gewricht 2 gland (de) klier 2 3 tonsils // almondsy amandelen

head (het) hoofd face (het) gezicht 2 jaw (de) kaak 2 3 breast (de) borst breasts borsten 2 3 arm (de) arm 2 armpit (de) oksel 2 3 hand (de) hand finger (de) vinger leg (het) been 2 knee (de) knie kneecap (de) knieschijf 2 3 foot (de) voet toe (de) teen instep, arch (foot) (de) wreef 2 3

nerve (de) zenuw (the) nervous system (het) zenuwstelsel 2 (the) brain hersenen 'brains' hersens unconscious (knocked out) bewusteloos unconscious (asleep or in coma) buiten bewustzijn unconscious (without thinking) onbewust aware, conscious // (specific) bewust the subconscious het onderbewuste 2

(het) gezicht 2 face het) voorhoofd 2 brow wenkbrauwen eyebrows ogen eyes (het) ooglid 2 3 eyelid oren ears (de) neus nose (de) mond mouth lippen lips tanden (front) teeth wangen cheeks (de) kin 2 chin

Pregnant, Baby

pregnant zwanger 2 'expecting' in verwachting 2 'fetus,' unborn baby (de) foetus 2 3 (baby) delivery bevalling a difficult delivery een zware bevalling 2 new mother kraamvrouw

wee weeën * contraction contractions birth geboorte baby baby (English) mother moeder ‑>> See also: Words of Life

(de) heimwee 2

Pain, Sick, Tired

ziek sick, ill misselijk 2 3 4 nauseated

(de) pijn pain, ache moe 2 3 4 tired duizelig 2 3 dizzy

I don't feel well	Ik voel me niet lekker
I'm sick	Ik ben ziek
I have a cold	Ik ben verkouden
I am cold	Ik heb 't koud
Did you take the temperature? ??	Heeft U (de) temperatuur opgenomen? 2
Do you have a fever?	Heeft U koorts? 2
Are you feeling better?	Voel je je beter? 2 (informal)
I have a fever	Ik heb koorts
I have a high fever	Ik heb hoge koorts
I have a temperature	Ik heb verhoging
I have the flu	Ik heb griep
I feel like I have the flu	Ik voel me grieperig Ik ben grieperig 2

I'm in pain Ik heb pijn 2 I'm in bad, serious pain Ik heb erge pijn 2 3 I have a headache Ik heb hoofdpijn 2 I have a sore throat Ik heb keelpijn 2 I have an earache Ik heb oorpijn I have a toothache Ik heb kiespijn 2 I have a stomachache Ik heb buikpijn - 2 (I have a stomachache Ik heb maagpijn 2) I have muscle aches Ik heb spierpijn I have a backache Ik heb rugpijn 2 3 4 [I have pain in my back] My back hurts Ik heb pijn in m'n rug 2 3 swallowing hurts slikken doet pijn 2 I am nauseated Ik ben misselijk 2 I feel dizzy Ik ben duizelig 2 I have diarrhea Ik heb diarree It gives me headaches Ik krijg er hoofdpijn van 2 It makes me sick, it gives me nausea Ik word er misselijk van 2 3 I have thrown up (vomited) Ik heb overgegeven - 2 I had to throw up (vomit) Ik moest overgeven My stomach is bothering me Ik heb last van m'n maag My stomach is bothering me a lot Ik heb veel last van m'n maag I often have headaches Ik heb vaak hoofdpijn I am tired Ik ben moe 2 I'm so tired Ben zo moe I am very tired Ik ben erg moe 2 He was very tired Hij was erg moe I am extremely tired Ik ben heel erg moe 2 He is extremely tired Hij is heel erg moe I am terribly tired Ik ben verschrikkelijk moe 2 I'm still tired Ik ben nog steeds moe 2 3 4 I'm still tired, fatigued from it Ik ben er nog moe van 2 3 4 Were you tired? Was je moe? He looks tired Hij ziet er moe uit a tired child een moe kind 2 ‑>> fatigue (de) vermoeidheid 2 tiring vermoeiend 2 exhausted uitgeput 2 well-rested goed uitgerust 2 'potato fatigue' - a plant disease, nutrition deficiency actually (de) aardappelmoeheid 2 [It makes me dead-tired] - it's exhausting // (usually) very annoying Ik word er doodmoe van [Rather lazy than tired] - preferring not making an effort Liever lui dan moe 2 (saying)

vermoeid

/ vermoeide

More medical conversations below

Metric and Imperial Weights and Lengths

Numbers - More Dimensions

thermometers 2 singular: (de) thermometer

pillen 2 singular: (de) pil 2 3

zetpil 2

kruik

A Few Body Parts

(de) pols

(de) hand

(de) duim

(de) nagel

(de) wijsvinger

(de) middelvinger

(de) ringvinger

(de) pink

(de) linkerhand 2

(de) rechterhand 2

(het) oog 2

(de) wenkbrauw

(het) oor

(de) neus

(de) neus

(de) wang

(de) mond

tanden - more

lippen

Ik zit in 't gips 2 [I'm in plaster] - I have a cast

(de) blaar 2

(de) bloedblaar 2 3

Ik heb m'n vinger gekneusd 2 3 I've bruised (injured) my finger

Miscellaneous Listing

Lichaamsdelen ('body parts') - (het) orgaan 2 ('organ' - plural: organen ) - but the music 'organ' is (het) orgel

The human (and horse) 'head' is (het) hoofd , while animals have a (de) kop .
Likewise, humans (and horses) have benen 2 'legs' - singular: (het) been 2 3 4 ('leg')
'bones' are botten singular: (het) bot
Animals (and tables and chairs) have poten for legs - singular: (de) poot
Humans' mouth is (de) mond - while animals, including horses have bekken - singular (de) bek (think of: 'beak')

(de) arm ('arm') - the Dutch word also means 'poor' (also both not rich and pitiable) - plural: armen 2
(de) elleboog ('elbow') - plural: ellebogen 2 -
(de) schouder ('shoulder') - plural: schouders
bovenbenen ('upper legs') - (de) onderarm ('lower arm')

(de) knie ('knee' - do notice that K is pronounced) - plural: knieën 2
(de) kuit 2 ('calf, lower leg') - (de) enkel ('ankle') - plural: enkels 2
(de) voet ('foot') - plural: voeten 2 ('feet')
(de) teen ('toe') - plural: tenen ('toes') - (de) grote teen ('big toe')

(de) ruggengraat ('backbone, spine') - (de) rug - ('back') and (de) graat 2 is usually 'fish bone'
- wervels ('vertebrae') - (het) sleutelbeen 2 ('collarbone')
(de) rib 2 ('rib') - ribben 2 ('ribs') - rib / ribben 2
(de) ribbenkast 2 ('ribcage')

(het) bekken ('pelvis') - (de) heup ('hip') - (de) lies 2 ('crotch,' where the leg joins the body)
(de) dij / dijen ('thigh, thighs') - (de) bil / billen ('buttock, buttocks') - (de) rondingen 2 3 ('curves')

(het) netvlies 2 ('retina') - (het) hoornvlies ('cornea')
(de) wenkbrauw 2 ('eyebrow') - plural: (de) wenkbrauwen - (de) wimpers 2 ('eyelashes')
(de) blinde vlek 2 3 ('blind spot')

Tanden (singular: (de) tand ) are only the 'front teeth'
the back teeth ('molars'?) are kiezen - the singular is (de) kies
verstandskiezen 2 3 'wisdom teeth' - (de) hoektand 2 3 ['corner tooth'] incisor
'kiezen' is also a verb meaning 'to choose.'
kauwen 2 ('to chew') - (de/het) kauwgom ('chewing gum') -
tandarts 2 ('dentist') - tandartsassistente 2 3 ('dentist's assistant' - female)
(de) kaak 2 3 ('jaw') - (de) kaakchirurg 2 ('oral surgeon')
(De) kiespijn ('toothache') - (de) zenuwbehandeling (['nerve treatment'] - 'root canal (treatment)')
(de) bovenkaak 2 3 ('upper jaw') - (de) onderkaak 2 3 ('lower jaw')

(het) voorhoofd 2 (['head front'] - 'brow') - (de) voorhoofdsholte (['brow cavity'] - 'sinus')
(de) voorhoofdsholteontsteking 2 3 ('sinus infection')

(de) blaas 2 ('bladder') - (de) gal ('gall') - (de) galblaas 2 ('gall bladder')

(het) lichaam ('human body' - or use English 'body') - (het) lijk ('corpse, dead human body')
(het) kadaver 2 3 / (het) karkas 2 3 ('cadaver, usually: dead animal body')
(de) lijkschouwing 2 3 (['corpse deep-viewing'] - 'autopsy')

(de) bloeddruk 2 3 blood pressure
(de) bloedgroep 2 3 ('blood group, blood type')   O 2 ('letter O')   A   B   AB 2 3
negatief 2 3 - positief 2 3
(de) trombose 2 3 (thrombosis, blood clotting)

(de) spier 2 ('muscle') - plural: spieren 2 3 ('muscles')
verrekken 2 3 ('to overstretch, strain')
Ik heb een spiertje verrekt 2 3 ('I have overstretched, strained a muscle')

(de) migraine (French) 2 ('migraine')
(de) kater 2 ('hangover' - also: 'male cat') -
ik voelde me katterig ('I had a hangover') - also said of having the flu. Doesn't it feel about the same?

(de) hondsdolheid ([dogs' craziness] 'rabies') - een dolle hond 2 ('a rabid dog')
tetanus 2 ('tetanus')

(de) adem breath
ademhalen 2 3 4 5 to breathe
(de) ademhaling 2 breath, breathing
adembenemend breathtaking, astonishing, awe-inspiring

niezen 2 3 ('to sneeze') - "Gezondheid!" ("Bless you!")
In het Nederlands zeggen we 'gezondheid!' als iemand niest
In Dutch we say 'gezondheid!'  when somebody sneezes

hoesten 2 ('to cough')
(de) hoestbui 2 ('coughing fit') - (de) hoest ('cough')
kuchen 2 ('to cough softly' - clearing your throat) - 2 3 (de) kuch ('a soft cough' - also: "soldiers' bread")
(de) boer ('burp' x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x - also: 'farmer,' and 'jack' in cards)
(de) wind 2 ('fart' - also: 'wind') - een wind laten 2 ('to fart')

puistjes 2 ('acne') - meeëter ('acne pimple')
(de) jeuk ('itch') - krabben ('to scratch')
(de) wrat 2 ('wart') - in Dutch, W before R is pronounced as V
(de) rimpel 2 ('wrinkle') - (het) eelt 2 3 4 ('calluses, hardened skin')

hygiëne 2 3 ('hygiene') - hygiënisch 2 ('hygienic') - steriel 2 ('sterile')

snoezelen a sensory stimulation therapy - a made-up word combination of snuffelen ('to playfully explore') and doezelen 2 ('to doze, to be half-awake, half-asleep,') probably reinforced by English 'to snooze' - (de) snoezelkamer 2 ('snoezelen room')

blind 2 ('blind') - doof 2 ('deaf') - doofstom ('deaf-mute') is an especially unpleasant word, because stom 2 also means 'stupid'

(de) verlamming ('paralysis' - think of: 'lame')
verlamd 2 - (lam lame, paralyzed)
bedlegerig bedridden
(de) handicap (English) 2 3 - disability
Ik heb een handicap 2 ('I have a disability')

(de) wond ('wound, injury') / (de) verwonding ('wound, injury')
(het) lichamelijk letsel 2 ('bodily harm') - ernstig 2 ('serious')
(het) litteken 2 3 ('scar, mark')
(de) blessure 2 ('sports injury') - hij is geblesseerd 2 ("he has sustained a sports injury")
gekneusd 2 3 'bruised'
bont en blauw 2 ([multicolored and blue] - 'black and blue') - blauw oog 2 ('black eye' - injured)
(de) zonnesteek 2 3 ('sunstroke, heatstroke')

Kanker 2 ('cancer') - (het) tumor ('tumor, growth') - (het) gezwel 2 3 ('swelling, lump, growth')
goedaardig 2 3 ('benign') - kwaadaardig 2 3 4 ('malignant')
(de) leukemie 2 3 ('leukemia')

(het) reuma 3 4 ((de) artritis 2 3) arthritis - (de) jicht 2 3 gout

(het) vergif 2 ('poison') - (de) vergiftiging 2 3 ('poisoning')
(de) voedselvergiftiging 2 ('food poisoning,' "stomach flu" - buikgriep 2 'stomach flu')
- (de) bloedvergiftiging ('blood poisoning, septicaemia') - (de) blikvergiftiging 2 3 (['tin can poisoning'] - when you leave food in an opened can metals dissolve into the food)
overgeven 2 and braken 2 3 are 'to vomit, to throw up.' My mother used to say spugen 2 but that's more commonly 'to spit'
(het) braaksel 2 ('vomit' - the product)

behandelen 2 ('to treat') - (de) behandeling ('treatment')
genezen 2 3 ('to cure,' "heal") - (de) genezing 2 3 ('recovery,' "healing")
(de) therapie 2 3 ('therapy') (de) therapeut 2 3 ('therapist')
beterschap! ('get well!')

(de) incubatietijd 2 ('incubation period') - the time span between (de) besmetting 2 ('infection, contagion')
and the first symptomen 2 ('symptoms') - singular: (het) symptoom 2
(de) infectie ('infection, contamination') - (het) vaccin 2 (French) - 'vaccine'
(de) quarantaine 2 (quarantine)
(het) mondkapje 2 3 [mouth cap] - 'face mask'

(de) injectie 2 3 injection, 'shot' - (de) injectienaald 2 hypodermic needle, syringe
the 'common' word for 'injection' is (de) prik 2 - (de) griepprik 'flu shot'
(de) immunisering 2 ((de) immunisatie 2 3) immunization - immuun 2 3 4 immune
inenten 2 3 to inoculate, vaccinate, inject with vaccine or other preventative medicine
Ik ben ingeënt 2 3 slow I've been vaccinated ‑>> (de) prikspijt 2 3 remorse at immunization (either at getting or not having gotten it)

Kinderziektes 2 ('childhood diseases' - also: 'problems with a new product')
mazelen 2 ('measles') - de bof 2 ('mumps')
kinkhoest 2 ('whooping cough, pertussis') - difterie 2 ('diphteria')
roodvonk 2 3 ['red spark'] ('scarlet fever') - rode hond 2 ['red dog'] ('German measles, rubella')
kinderverlamming 2 3 ('childhood paralysis - polio')

(de) koorts 2 ('fever')
(de) verhoging ('a slight fever, a temperature')
koortsig 2 3 ('feverish, having a fever' - literally)
koortsachtig 2 3 ('feverish, frantic')
ijlen 2 3 (feverish nonsense-talking // 'to hurry')

astma-aanval 2 (3) ('asthma attack')
brandend maagzuur 2 ['burning stomach-acid'] - 'heartburn'

verslaafd 2 ('addicted' - literally: 'enslaved') - verslavend 2 3 4 5 ('addictive') - (de) verslaving ('addiction')
onthoudingsverschijnselen 2 /or/ ontwenningsverschijnselen 2 withdrawal symptoms

In Dutch, the English word 'drugs' is used for mind-altering illegal substances, and you may find some reluctance with Dutchmen speaking English to use the word 'drugs' for legal medication. The Dutch word for 'medicines, medication, drugs' is geneesmiddelen 2 or more colloquially medicijnen 2
bijwerkingen 2 ('side effects') - (de) bijsluiter 2 (['included item'] - information sheet that comes with medication)
(de) pijnstiller 2 ('painkiller')
(de) penicilline 2 3 ('penicillin') - antibiotica 2 3 ('antibiotics')
(de) genezing 2 3 recovery,' "healing"
'Genezen' 2 3 'to heal' - like in English, both 'to cure' like a healer, usually a doctor, and 'to improve, get better.' There's a difference with the use of hebben  and zijn  in the perfect tenses:
Ik heb genezen 2 3 I have healed, I have cured, I have provided a successfull treatment Ik ben genezen 2 3 I am healed, I am cured, I am much better (The infinitive and the past participle of 'genezen'  are identical because verbs with an 'inseparable prefix' like GE‑  do not add GE‑  to the past participe, and it has the for strong verbs usual ‑EN ending to the past participle.

genezen to heal, cure		genas healed, cured		genezen healed, cured	2 3
		wij genazen 2 3 we healed, cured

hormonen 2 ('hormones') - enzymen 2 ('enzymes') - (de) bijnier 2 ['kidney annex'] ('adrenal gland')

erfelijk 2 3 ('hereditary, congenital') - (het) chromosoom ('chromosome') - DNA 2 3 ('DNA') - dominant ('dominant') - recessief 2 3 ('recessive')

psychosomatisch 2 ('psychosomatic')
krankzinnig 2 is an old-fashioned word for 'crazy,' having a mental illness, but it's nowadays more commonly used for 'crazy' as hare-brained, a bad idea
(de) fobie 2 ('phobia') - (de) xenofobie ('xenophobia')
(de) hoogtevrees 2 ('fear of heights') ‑>>

(de) abortus 2 ('abortion') - (de) euthanasie 2 3 ('euthanasia')

om gezondheidsredenen 2 ('for reasons of health')
in een ziekenhuis opgenomen 2 ('admitted to a hospital')
opereren ('to operate, perform surgery') - onder 't mes 2 ('under the knife')
complicaties 2 ('complications')

(de) verzekering ('insurance') - (de) ziektekostenverzekering 2 3 (['sickness' costs insurance'] 'health insurance') - often shortened to - (de) ziekteverzekering 2 3 (['sickness insurance']) - (het) eigen risico 2 ('own risk,' deductible)

een bittere pil 2 'a bitter-tasting pill' - also said of something unpleasant you have to get through or live with
"Bitter in de mond maakt het hart gezond" 2 - nonsense remark about the supposed health benefits (to the heart) of food or medicine of unpleasant taste.

homeopathisch 'homeopathic' - handoplegging (['laying hands upon'] 'touch therapy')
gebedsgenezer ('[prayer] faith healer') - kwakzalver 2 'quack,' an unlicensed (and bad) medical doctor

De Pest 2 - the (bubonic) Plague epidemic that killed 30% of the European population ca 1350
De Hongerwinter 2 'The Hunger Winter' - The Winter of 1944/45 in the West of The Netherlands, when many people died of hunger

Note that a few words have an unusual pronunciation, like (de) therapeut (therapist) and (de) leukemie 2 3 ('leukemia') - Greek EU pronounced as Dutch UI
and (de) laesie (lesion, cut) - Latin AE pronounced as 'long E'

Vitamins

(De) scheurbuik 2 ('scurvy' - vitamin C deficiency) Engelse Ziekte 2 (['the English disease'] = 'rickets' - vitamin D deficiency) (de) vitamine ('vitamin') - vitaminen /or/ vitamines 'vitamins'

A

B

1 één

2 twee

3 drie

5 vijf

6 zes

10 tien

11 elf

12 twaalf

15 vijftien

C

D

E

K 2

Nutrition

(Het) tekort 2 ('shortage, deficiency') - een tekort aan vitamine D 2 3 /or/ een vitamine D-gebrek ('a vitamin D deficiency')

voor 't eten 2	['before eating'] - 'before lunch/dinner'		onder 't eten 2	'while we were eating' - 'during lunch/dinner'		na 't eten 2	'after we had eaten' - 'after lunch/dinner'
These phrases can also be found in instructions for when to take medication: before a meal / with food / after a meal Op de nuchtere maag 2 ('on an empty stomach')

Medical Conversations Template

Hoe is het met je moeder? alternatives:	How is your mother? vader ('father') - baby ('baby') - kindje 2 ('little one') man ('husband') - vrouw ('wife') - see also: Family vriendin ('girlfriend') - vriend ('boyfriend')
Ik kon gisteren niet inslapen	Yesterday I had trouble falling asleep *
Ik krijg niet genoeg slaap	I don't get enough sleep >>
Ik voel me niet lekker	I'm not feeling well, I'm sick
Ik ben een beetje ziek 2 3	I'm a little sick, 'under the weather'
Ik voelde me de laatste dagen wat grieperig 2	In recent days I felt like I had the flu.
Ik was zó ziek 2 3	I was (so) very sick, I felt miserable
Ik was drie dagen ziek 2	I was sick for 3 days
Ik ben ziek geweest 2 3	I've been sick
Ik heb vandaag geen hoofdpijn 2 3 4	I don't have a headache today
Ik ben aan de beterende hand 2	I'm getting better, I'm on the mend
Ik had een kater 2 3	I had a hangover
Ik voelde me katterig	I had a hangover (Also said of having the flu. Doesn't it feel about the same?)
zwakke enkels 2	weak ankles
Ik heb m'n enkel verzwikt 2 3 4	I've sprained (hurt) my ankle
Ik heb kramp in m'n kaak	I have cramps in my jaw
Neem je d'r iets voor? 2	'Do you take something (medication) for (against) it?'
Misschien is 't iets onschuldigs	Maybe it's [something innocent] harmless
Misschien is 't wat anders 2 3	Maybe it's something else
't Is chronisch 2	It's chronical
Is het erger geworden? 2	Did it get worse?
't Is al minder erg 2 3	[It's already less bad] - It's not as bad as it was (pain etc.)
Ik ben niet helemaal goed 2 3	[I'm not entirely well] I'm a little under the weather
Ik voel me beroerd 2	I feel miserable, pretty sick
Ik had me nog nooit zo ziek gevoeld 2 3	I had never felt that sick before
Ik had me nog nooit zo beroerd gevoeld 2 3	I had never felt that miserable (sick) before
Ik bleek longontsteking te hebben 2 3	[I turned out to have] It turned out that I had pneumonia ‑>>
Hij is ziek geworden 2 3	He's [become sick] fallen ill
Hij heeft griep 2	He has the flu
Er zijn veel mensen ziek 2	A lot of people are sick
Hij gaat vooruit 2	He's improving, his medical condition is improving
Hij gaat erg achteruit 2 3	['He goes backward badly..'] He's quickly getting worse (health, mental state)
Wanneer de pillen niet meer helpen 2 3	When the pills don't [help] work anymore
Hij is ernstig ziek 2 3	He is seriously, gravely ill
Hij kan nauwelijks nog lopen 2	He can barely walk anymore
Hij kon nauwelijks nog lopen 2	He could barely walk anymore
Hij lijdt in stilte 2	[He is suffering in silence] - He is quiet about his suffering - 'lijden'
Hij heeft kanker 2 3	He has cancer
Hij is een zachte dood gestorven 2 3	[He died a soft death] He passed away peacefully, without pain, without anguish
Hij is aan kanker gestorven 2 3	He died of cancer
Ben je ziek? 2 3	Are you sick?
Hoe voel je je? 2 3	'How do you feel?'
Voel je je beter? 2	Are you (feeling) better?
Ben je opgeknapt? 2 3	[Did you recover?] Are you feeling better?
Heb je pijn? 2 Doet 't pijn? 2 Waar doet 't pijn?	'Are you in pain?' 'Does it hurt?' 'Where does it hurt?'
Heb je d'r last van? 2 3 Daar krijg je last van 2 3	'Does it bother you? Is it a nuisance?' It's going to bother you, it will become a problem
Ik had er eerder nooit last van 2	It never bothered me before, I never noticed a problem with it before
kiplekker 2	['feeling fine "like a chicken"']
Ik voel me kiplekker 2	'I feel great, like a million bucks, couldn't be better'
Zo fris als een hoentje	['as fresh (new?) as a young chicken'] in very good shape, wide awake, well rested and healthy - 'as fit as a fiddle'
Haal diep adem 2 diep ademhalen	Take a deep breath breathe deep
Probeer niet te hoesten 2	Try not to cough
Is het warm of heb ik koorts? 2 Heb ik koorts of is het warm? 2	Is it hot or do I have a fever? Do I have a fever or is it hot?
Ik heb een afspraak om acht uur 2 3 Kan ik de afspraak verzetten? 2 't Komt niet goed uit 2 Er is iets tussen gekomen 2 3	I have an 8 o'clock appointment Could I [move] reschedule the appointment It doesn't suit me, there's a problem with it, it's inconvenient Something came up
Ik zat een uur bij de tandarts 2 3	I was at the dentist for an hour
'Ik ben weer de oude' 2	['I'm the old one again'] - 'I'm back to normal'

migraines 2 3 4

More colloquial is: Als ik ergens vanaf zou willen zijn het die migraines 2 3 If there is [something] one thing I'd like to be rid of it's those migraines Als gehandicapte heb ik soms hulp nodig 2 3 As a person with a disability I sometimes need help Als ongewenst kind vind ik dat abortus mogelijk moet zijn 2 3 [Being an ...] As an unwanted child I think abortion should be [possible] available See also: Words of Life

Meals

food

basic food pages:

vegetables

fruits

dinners

other food

gezonde voeding 2 healthy food, wholesome nutrition
Food Words		Everyday Food Words		Recipes

[Previous editions of the page had a wrong Dutch word for 'midwife']

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