9th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
alleen	alone	We've had this before translated as only.
gek	mad	In the Longman list, gek is translated as crazy.
museum	art gallery	Museum means museum as well as art gallery.
filter	filter
matroos	sailor	Apparently, the English word matross comes from this word. It's not in use today, but it used to mean an artillery man, next in rank down from a gunner, according to http://www.word-detective.com/2008/04/11/matross/
van	of
vijg	fig
de handtekening	signature
ik kus	I kiss
steen	stone
heb jij gezien	have you seen	gezien is the past participle of the verb zien
deur	door
uur	hour
keel	throat