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 >> 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 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 (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 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')

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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