English–Dutch dictionary
Dutch translation of the English word hit the right nail on the head
| English | Dutch (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (conduct; direct; guide; lead; drive; show the way) | de weg wijzen ; ; ; | |
| (pate) | ||
🔗 She almost took my head off. | ||
| (effigy) | ||
| (precede; lead) | ; ; ; | |
| (direct; guide; manage; steer; conduct; drive; lead; refer; address) | ; | |
| (govern; restrain; cover; master; be in charge; be in charge of; be at the head of) | ; | |
🔗 The most obvious recent example is the president’s nomination of Budi Gunawan to head the national police. | ||
| (boss; chief; leader; governor; master; prefect) | ||
🔗 Inflation in Russia could reach between 17% and 20% this year, Aleksej Kudrin, the head of Russia’s audit chamber, said on Wednesday. | ||
| ; | ||
🔗 Use your heads. | ||
| (boss; chief; leader; headman; kingpin) | ; ; ; | |
🔗 Ukrainians have now largely turned their backs on the Russian Orthodox Church whose head patriarch Kirill has backed the invasion. | ||
| (beat; strike; wallop; jab; belabour; belt) | ||
| (strike; smack; stub; poke) | ; | |
| (craze; vogue; furore) | ; | |
| (catch; strike; attain; encounter; find; run up against; befall; betide; ravage) | ; ; | |
| (blow; strike; whack; stroke; jab; lash) | ||
| (knock; blow; smack; strike; stroke; poke) | ||
| (strike) | ; | |
| (hit‐song) | ; schlager | |
trafita | ||
| (strike) | ; | |
🔗 Russia has refused to acknowledge that the ship was hit by missiles, but that’s no surprise. | ||
| (pummel) | ||
🔗 Europe’s possible agricultural import duties on corn would also hit red rural regions more than blue urban ones. | ||
| ; | najli | |
| (stud) | ; | |
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| hit the right nail on the head | ⇆ de spijker op de kop slaan; ⇆ de spijker op zijn kop slaan |
| head | ⇆ aan het hoofd staan van; ⇆ aanvoeren; ⇆ beeldenaar; ⇆ bolletje; ⇆ bovenaan staan op; ⇆ boveneind; ⇆ boveneinde; ⇆ bron; ⇆ categorie; ⇆ chef; ⇆ de eerste zijn onder; ⇆ de eerste zijn van; ⇆ directeur; ⇆ gewei; ⇆ helm; ⇆ hoofd; ⇆ hoofdeinde; ⇆ hoofdman; ⇆ hoofdpunt; ⇆ kop; ⇆ kopje; ⇆ koppen; ⇆ krop; ⇆ kroppen; ⇆ kruin; ⇆ leider; ⇆ manchet; ⇆ oorsprong; ⇆ opperhoofd; ⇆ overste; ⇆ punt; ⇆ rector; ⇆ rubriek; ⇆ schuimkraag; ⇆ spits; ⇆ stronk; ⇆ stuk; ⇆ sturen; ⇆ top; ⇆ toppen; ⇆ voorsteven; ⇆ wenden; ⇆ zich aan de spits stellen van; ⇆ zich aan het hoofd stellen van |
| hit | ⇆ aankomen in; ⇆ aankomen op; ⇆ bereiken; ⇆ gelukkige zet; ⇆ geven; ⇆ halen; ⇆ herinneren; ⇆ hit; ⇆ huurmoord; ⇆ klapstuk; ⇆ komen in; ⇆ komen op; ⇆ opduvel; ⇆ raden; ⇆ raken; ⇆ scheppen; ⇆ schlager; ⇆ slaan; ⇆ slag; ⇆ steek; ⇆ stoot; ⇆ stoten; ⇆ succes; ⇆ succesnummer; ⇆ successtuk; ⇆ topper; ⇆ treffen; ⇆ treffer; ⇆ uitmikken |
| nail | ⇆ <een lengte‐eenheid>; ⇆ betrappen; ⇆ klauw; ⇆ met spijkers beslaan; ⇆ nagel; ⇆ nagelen; ⇆ niet loslaten; ⇆ op de kop tikken; ⇆ snappen; ⇆ spijker; ⇆ spijkeren; ⇆ vastnagelen; ⇆ vastspijkeren; ⇆ vernagelen |