Disambiguation: Many common words can have more than one meaning, with different translations

List of Prepositions and Other 'Little Words' — Pages: - Aan - Achter - Af - Al - Als - Binnen/Buiten - Daar - Dan - Dat - Door - Eens - Er - Erg - Even - Haast - Het - In - Laat - Maar - Na - Naar - Net - Nog - Of - Om - Onder/Boven - Op - Over - Toen - Uit - Van - Voor - Vroeg - Waar - Wat - Weg - Zo - more

Dutch 'Na' = After

	'De Oorlog' 'The War'
... 1939	1940-45	1946 ...
voor de oorlog before the war	tijdens de oorlog   ‑>> during the war	na de oorlog after the war

Na = After

na 't eten 2 after [the] a meal Als mosterd na de maaltijd 2 (saying) 'Like mustard after a meal' - something that comes in too late and is now useless na de lunch after lunch na de oorlog after the war 't Nederland van na de oorlog [The Netherlands (of) after the war] - postwar Holland lang na de oorlog 2 3 long after the war lang nadat de oorlog was afgelopen 2 3 long after the war had ended 'Na' is used with just a noun or a short phrase - when there is a subsentence with a subject and a noun, Dutchmen usually say nadat 2 3
Lang nadat we verhuisd waren 2 Long after we had moved See also: >voordat 2 3 'before' ‑>>

na vijf uur 2 after 5 o'clock // after 5 hours, 5 hours later na vijven 2 after 5 o'clock na vijf uur / na vijven
na acht uur after 8 o'clock // after 8 hours, 8 hours later na acht uur / na achten
after 8 o'clock In stating a full hour with a preposition, Dutchmen sometimes leave out the hour ('uur' ) and give the number an -EN ending (the old, inflected form)
na achten 2 after 8 o'clock
na tienen after 10 o'clock
na twaalven 2 after 12 o'clock

na twee dagen 2 3 after 2 days, 2 days later na een tijdje 2 3 [after a little time] - after a while op de dag na Kerstmis 2 On the day after Christmas ‑>>

't leven na de dood 2 3 the life after death 't hiernamaals 2 3 the hereafter ‑>>

Als de zon doorkomt na een regenbui ... 2 3 When the sun comes [through] out after a shower ... Na regen komt zonneschijn 2 3 4 [After rain the sun will come out] Bad things don't last - more Weather

"na U" 2 "after you" (suggesting that someone goes in front of or takes a turn before you) Na mij de zondvloed 2 3 After me the deluge (when I'm gone things will go badly) - Louis XIV

meteen na de douche 2	immediately, right after the shower
direct na de douche 2 3	immediately, right after the shower
onmiddelijk na de douche 2	immediately, right after the shower
vlak na de douche 2 3	just, shortly after the shower
more 'immediately'

Iets waar ik pas later aan dacht 2 Something I only thought of later, an afterthought

Na in Combinations

Het boek erna 2 The book after it Daarna ben jij aan de beurt 2 3 4 5 After that it's your turn

Op ... na means 'except, except for'
op sterven na dood 2 3 4 5 'dead except for the dying' - feeling very tired or very sick op één na de beste 2 3 4 [the best, the winner except for one] number 2 (after #1) See also: 'behalve' 'except (for), but for' ‑>>
and (de) uitzondering 2 'exception' ‑>>

(de) nadruk 2 emphasis, stress // reprinting de nadruk leggen op 2 3 4 to emphasize, prioritize, give special importance to Hij legde de nadruk op gelijkheid 2 3 4 He emphasized equality de nadruk ligt op ... 2 3 the emphasis is on ... See also: liggen/leggen

(de) zorg 2 'care, support' ‑>>
(de) nazorg 2 3 [after-care] follow-up

nabestaanden 2 3 surviving next-of-kin
(het) bestaan 2 3 'existence' - the verb bestaan 2 3 means 'to exist,' sometimes translated as 'to be' ‑>>

(de) smaak 2 taste ‑>> - 2
(de) nasmaak aftertaste

(het) gerecht is an old-fashioned word for 'dish, food item' ‑>> but it can also mean the courts, the justice system ‑>>
(het) nagerecht is an old-fashioned word for 'dessert.' More common words: (het) dessert (French) 2 and (het) toetje

maken 'to make' (create, manufacture) ‑>>
namaak 2 fake, counterfeit, imitation

(de) wee contraction (baby delivery
plural: weeën ‑>>
naweeën 2 3 'contractions after a birth' - but usually figuratively: 'later effects of an event, aftermath'

(het) woord word ‑>>
(het) nawoord 2 afterword

(het) nadeel disadvantage
(het) voordeel advantage

nabootsen 2 3 to imitate (seriously) ik boots na 2 I'm imitating doen 2 3 'to do' ‑>>
nadoen 2 3 to imitate (humorously) Hij doet de president na 2 He's imitating the president Hij deed de president na 2 He imitated the president (de) aap 2 monkey
naäpen 2 3 to ape, mimic, imitate

denken 2 'to think' ‑>>
nadenken 2 3 (4) to think over, considering something carefully - this is the real 'denken' to think - use the brain denk na! 2 3 think!
zonder nadenken 2 unthinkingly, without carefully thinking it over automatisch, zonder erover na te denken 2 3 4 automatically, without thinking Daar heb ik niet over nagedacht 2 I have not thought it over 't Heeft me doen nadenken 2 3 It made me think things over Ik wil er nog even over nadenken 2 3 I'd like some more time, I need more time to think it over Ik heb er niet goed over nagedacht 2 3 4 I have not thought it out well Hij heeft er een uur over zitten na te denken 2
Hij heeft er een uur over zitten nadenken 2 3 He's been thinking about it for an hour Hij dacht er niet lang over na 2 3 4 He didn't think for long about it Hij heeft er niet lang over nagedacht 2 He didn't think for long about it (de) gedachte thought
(de) nagedachtenis 2 3 memory, honoring the deceased

kijken 'to look' ‑>>
nakijken 2 3 1. teacher checking and grading homework or tests
2. to look up, check Ik kijk 't na 2 3 1. I'm grading it (students' homework)
2. I'm looking it up, checking it There's also a saying:
Wij hebben 't nakijken 2 3 [All we had was looking at it disappearing] - we are the losers

lezen 'to read' ‑>>
nalezen 2 to read up, go through, read again

laten 'to let, allow' ‑>>
'Nalaten' 2 meaning 'failing to do, refraining from' is a bit old-fashioned - but it can also mean 'to leave behind, to bequeath' (when you die.)
(de) nalatenschap 2 what a person leaves behind: legacy, inheritance The more common word for a deceased person's worldly goods left behind is (de) erfenis 2 and the 'will' instructions on what to do with the inheritance is (het) testament 2

komen 'to come' ‑>>
(het) nakomertje late child
nakomelingen descendants ‑>>
voor het nageslacht 2 [for the descendants] - for the next generations

(de) zomer Summer ‑>>
(de) nazomer 2 the last weeks of Summer

(het) jaar year ‑>>
(het) najaar 2 Autumn, Fall

tijdens 2 during, in
tijdens de oorlog during the war We hadden goed opgelet tijdens de les 2 We had paid close attention during the lesson tijdens zijn leven 2
tijdens z'n leven 2 during his life, in his lifetime

Similar and Lookalike But Unrelated Words

nabij 2 (nabij/nabije 2) 'near, close by' (in time) and
dichtbij (dicht bij) 'close by, close to' (location) ‑>>
are probably not related to 'na'
't Einde is nabij 2 3 The end is near ('nigh') de verre toekomst en de nabije toekomst the far future and the near future We zijn dicht bij de grens We're close to the border

Bijna 2 'almost, nearly, barely' ->>
Ik viel bijna 2 I almost fell, I came close to falling We zijn er bijna We're almost there Het is bijna klaar It's almost ready De minuutwijzer beweegt bijna niet meer slow The minutes hand hardly moves anymore ‑>> Also: haast 'almost, nearly' ‑>>
and nauwelijks 2 'barely,' 'almost no,' "narrowly" ‑>>
and ternauwernood
Er is nauwelijks verschil 2 3 4 There is hardly any difference

nader 2 nearer, closer to
bij nader inzien upon [nearer] closer inspection, now that I've thought about it 't Huilen stond 'm nader dan 't lachen 2 He [stood] was closer to [crying] tears than [laughing] laughter nader tot U 2 3 nearer to Thee (my God)

naderen 2 3 to approach, come nearer het naderend onheil 2 the approaching disaster, the impending doom

naast 2 'next to' ‑>>
De mensen die naast ons wonen [The people who live next to us] the people next door de auto ernaast 2 the car next to it naaste familie 2 3 near relatives, next-of-kin ‑>>

de naaste 2 3 is the 'neighbor, fellow man' of the bible - other neighbors
"Heb Uw naaste lief als uzelf" 2 'Love your neighbor like yourself' ‑>> (de) naastenliefde ['love of the neighbor'] - charity

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