kracht

Definitions of kracht
  1. noun
    a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
    synonyms: effect, gevolg, naspel, nawerking, uitkomst, uitvloeisel, uitwerking, voortvloeisel, werking, werkzaamheid
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    napijn, nasleep, nawee, naweeën, staart
    the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
    afvalproduct, afvalprodukt, bijproduct, bijprodukt, nevenproduct, nevenprodukt
    a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
    bluts, buts, deuk
    an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
    invloed
    the effect of one thing (or person) on another
    offset, offsetdruk
    a natural consequence of development
    antwoord, beantwoording
    a result
    bijeffect, neveneffect, spin-off
    any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
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    fenomeen, manifestatie, verschijnsel
    any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
  2. noun
    the property of being physically or mentally strong
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    zwakheid
    the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
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    spierpees
    possessing muscular strength
    graad, macht
    physical strength
    onoverwinnelijkheid
    the property being difficult or impossible to defeat
    uithoudingsvermogen
    the power to withstand hardship or stress
    uithoudingsvermogen
    enduring strength and energy
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    eigenschap, hoedanigheid, propriëteit
    a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
  3. noun
    possession of controlling influence
    synonyms: macht
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    machteloosheid, onmacht
    the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
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    valentie, valentiegetal, waardigheid
    (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
    valentie, valentiegetal, waardigheid
    (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
    overredingskracht
    the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
    rectie, regering
    controlling influence
    competentie, jurisdictie, rechtsbevoegdheid, rechtsmacht, ressort
    (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
    veto, vetorecht
    the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)
    charisma
    a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others
    greep
    an intellectual hold or understanding
    autoriteit, bevoegdheid, dominantie, gezag, overheersing, overmacht, zeggenschap
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
    leiband
    any means of control
    zelfbeschikking
    determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion
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    eigenschap, feature, hoedanigheid, kenmerk, kenteken, propriëteit
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
  4. noun
    (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
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    bedoening, situatie, toestand
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  5. noun
    a person who works at a specific occupation
    synonyms: arbeider, arbeidskracht, loontrekker, tewerkgestelde, werkkracht, werkmier, werknemer
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    caesar
    conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
    tompoes
    French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
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    assistent, assistente, dienstknecht, helper, hulpje, hulpkracht, knecht, waterdrager
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
    transportarbeider
    someone whose work is driving carts
    kolenbrander
    a worker whose job is to make charcoal
    accumulator, collectioneur, verzamelaar
    a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
    arbeider, arbeidskracht, loontrekker, tewerkgestelde, werkkracht, werknemer
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
    free-lancer, freelancer
    a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
    deeltijder, deeltijdwerker, half-timer, halftimer, part-timer, parttimer
    someone who works less than the customary or standard time
    schilmes
    a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
    bewerker
    someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
    steengraver, steenhouwer
    a man who works in a quarry
    onderkruiper, rat, roof, schurft, stakingbreker, werkwillige, zwartwerker
    someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
    bediende, dienaar, knecht, waterdrager
    a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
    vakman, vakvrouw
    a worker who has acquired special skills
    hulpkracht, noodhulp, uitzendkracht
    a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
    vakbondslid
    a worker who belongs to a trade union
    volontair, vrijwilliger
    a person who performs voluntary work
    collega
    a fellow worker
    hulpwerkwoord
    someone who acts as assistant
    begeleider, geleider, geleidster, verzorger
    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
    aviateur, aëronaut, ballonvaarder, luchtvaarder, piloot, vliegenier, vlieger
    someone who operates an aircraft
    bakker
    someone who bakes bread or cake
    ballonvaarder
    someone who flies a balloon
    barbediende, barkeeper, kelner, ober
    an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
    grondzee
    a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
    beenhouwer, slachter, slager
    a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
    kajuitsjongen, ketelbink, ketelbinkie, scheepsjongen
    a young man acting as a servant on a ship
    kalligraaf, schoonschrijver
    someone skilled in penmanship
    kanovaarder, peddelaar
    someone paddling a canoe
    inktkoelie, kantoorklerk, kantoorknecht, klerk
    an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
    cuisinier, keukenmeid, keukenprinses, kok, kokkin
    someone who cooks food
    afschrijver, kopiist, kopiïst, schriftgeleerde, steller, stelmonteur, wetgeleerde
    someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
    copywriter
    a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
    ambachtsman, bakkersknecht, handwerksman
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
    bemanningslid, opvarende, schepeling
    a member of a flight crew
    boodschappenjongen, krullenjongen, loopjongen, wijkbezorger
    someone employed to make deliveries
    mondhygiënist, mondhygiëniste
    someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)
    interimaris, lt., luit, luitenant, plaatsbekleder, plaatsvervanger, reservist, substituant, substituut
    an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
    butler, dienares, dienstbode, dienstmaagd, dienstmeid, huisbediende, huisknecht, maagd, meid, meisje
    a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
    opsteller, tekenaar
    a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
    hoofdredacteur, red., redacteur, redactrice
    a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
    elektricien, elektromonteur
    a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
    plaatgraveur
    a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching
    duivelstoejager, duizendpoot, duvelstoejager, factotum, manusje-van-alles
    a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
    pontwachter, veerman
    a man who operates a ferry
    visser, vissersvrouw
    someone whose occupation is catching fish
    afdelingschef
    an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems
    opsteller
    someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
    hovenier, tuinier, tuinman
    someone employed to work in a garden
    gasopnemer, meteropnemer
    someone employed by a gas company
    sprokkelaar
    someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
    gondelier
    a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
    pensionaris, raadpensionaris
    a person who works only for money
    jachtmeester, jachtpaard, jager, jagermeester, opjager
    someone who hunts game
    bokkenpoot, bokkenpootje, bokkepoot, bokkepootje, ledenpop, marionet, speelbal, stropop
    a person used by another to gain an end
    mooiprater, pluimstrijker, vleier
    a male servant (especially a footman)
    manegehouder, stalhouder
    a worker in a livery stable
    sasmeester, sluismeester, sluiswachter
    a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)
    kornak
    the driver and keeper of an elephant
    majordomus
    the chief steward or butler of a great household
    buste, gidsland, mannequin, model, pasdame, paspop
    a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
    ketellapper, mecanicien, monteur, onderhoudsman, reparateur, sleutelaar, technieker, versteller
    a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
    lastezel, pakezel
    a domestic servant
    gidsland, model, pasdame
    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
    begrafenisondernemer, lijkbezorger, uitvaartleider
    one whose business is the management of funerals
    roeier
    someone who rows a boat
    ambtenaar, beambte, commissaris, employé, functionaris, magistraat, officiaal, officier, overheidsdienaar, regeringsfunctionaris, staatsambtenaar, staatsdienaar
    a worker who holds or is invested with an office
    olieboer
    a worker who produces or sells petroleum
    brillenmaker, opticien
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
    pleisteraar, pleisterwerker, raper, stucwerker, stukadoor
    a worker skilled in applying plaster
    barman
    a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
    drukker, printer, typograaf
    someone whose occupation is printing
    cameraman, filmoperateur, operateur
    the person who operates the projector in a movie house
    souffleur, voorzegger
    someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
    landsdienaar, rijksambtenaar
    someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
    restaurateur
    a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
    nevenman, rechterhand
    the most helpful assistant
    dekzwabber, janmaat, jantje, maat, matroos, pekbroek, pikbroek, varensgast, varensman, zeeman, zeevaarder, zeiler
    any member of a ship's crew
    winkelbediende
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
    reclameman
    a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders
    onderminister, secretaresse, secretaris, staatssecretaris
    an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
    dienares, dienstbode, dienstmaagd, dienstmeid, maagd, meid, meisje
    a girl who is a servant
    krijgslieden, krijgsman, krijgsvolk, militair, soldatenvolk
    someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
    bonthandelaar
    a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
    metaalarbeider, metaalbewerker, smid
    someone who works at something specified
    personeelslid, redactielid
    an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)
    afmaker
    a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps
    hulptroepen, mindere, ondergeschikte, onderhorige, werkmaatschappij
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
    tolbeambte
    someone employed to collect tolls
    spoorbeambte, spoorwegarbeider, spoorwegbeambte
    an employee of a railroad
    afstemeenheid, afstemmer, intoneur, pianostemmer, stemmer, tuner
    someone who tunes pianos
    afsluitkraan
    one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off
    tikgeit, tikker, typist
    someone paid to operate a typewriter
    vigilante
    member of a vigilance committee
    wasvrouw
    a working woman who takes in washing
    werker
    an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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    eenling, enkeling, figuur, individu, mens, particulier, persoon, zelfstandige
    a human being
  6. noun
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
    synonyms: arbeider, arbeidskracht, loontrekker, tewerkgestelde, werkkracht, werknemer
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    a person or firm that employs workers
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    barbediende, barkeeper, kelner, ober
    an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
    inktkoelie, kantoorklerk, kantoorknecht, klerk
    an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
    afschrijver, kopiist, kopiïst, schriftgeleerde, steller, stelmonteur, wetgeleerde
    someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
    copywriter
    a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
    boodschappenjongen, krullenjongen, loopjongen, wijkbezorger
    someone employed to make deliveries
    afdelingschef
    an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems
    hovenier, tuinier, tuinman
    someone employed to work in a garden
    gasopnemer, meteropnemer
    someone employed by a gas company
    pensionaris, raadpensionaris
    a person who works only for money
    manegehouder, stalhouder
    a worker in a livery stable
    barman
    a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
    landsdienaar, rijksambtenaar
    someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
    winkelbediende
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
    reclameman
    a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders
    personeelslid, redactielid
    an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)
    tolbeambte
    someone employed to collect tolls
    spoorbeambte, spoorwegarbeider, spoorwegbeambte
    an employee of a railroad
    afsluitkraan
    one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off
    tikgeit, tikker, typist
    someone paid to operate a typewriter
    werker
    an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
    barjuffrouw, barmeisje, buffetjuffrouw
    a female bartender
    kopman, ploegleider
    a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
    krantenbezorger, krantenman
    a boy who delivers newspapers
    kolenboer
    someone who delivers coal
    betoger, demonstrant, manifestant
    someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
    alleenverdiener, broodwinner, kostwinner
    someone who earn wages in return for their labor
    volder, voller
    a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
    gasfitter
    a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances
    terreinknecht, terreinmeester, terreinopzichter
    someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
    arbeider, handarbeider, loonarbeider, werkman
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
    brievenbesteller, postauto, postbode
    a man who delivers the mail
    melkboer, melkman
    someone who delivers milk
    fabrieksarbeider
    a workman in a mill or factory
    verhuizer
    workman employed by a moving company
    emballeur, inpakker, pakker
    a workman employed to pack things into containers
    bladenman
    a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
    inktkoelie, kantoorbediende, kantoorklerk, kantoorknecht, kantoorpik, klerk, pennelikker
    a clerk who does boring paperwork
    inspeciënt, inspiciënt, toneelmeester
    member of the stage crew in charge of properties
    tollenaar
    the keeper of a public house
    kantonnier, straatmaker, stratemaker, stratenmaker
    a workman who is employed to repair roads
    besteller, bezorger, wijkbezorger
    a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
    bediende, griffier, kantoorbediende, kantoorpik, pennelikker, winkelbediende
    a salesperson in a store
    acquisiteur, advertentieacquisiteur
    a man salesperson
    machinist
    a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
    seinhuiswachter
    a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard
    agoog, hulpverlener, welzijnswerker
    someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
    ladingmeester
    one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
    kelner, ober
    a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
    baanopzichter
    a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard
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    arbeider, arbeidskracht, loontrekker, tewerkgestelde, werkkracht, werkmier, werknemer
    a person who works at a specific occupation
  7. noun
    (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
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    aantrekkingskracht, affiniteit
    the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
    topper
    the force by which one object attracts another
    drijfhout, drijfnet, drijfwant
    a force that moves something along
    spanning
    (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
    torsie, wringing
    a twisting force
    binding
    an electrical force linking atoms
    gravitatie, zwaartekracht
    (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
    magneetkracht, magnetisme
    attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
    breekpunt, elasticiteitsgrens, rekgrens
    the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks
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