English–Dutch dictionary
Dutch translation of the English word descend
| English | Dutch (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (go down; drop; sink; lower oneself) | ||
| (get off; go down; alight) | ; naar beneden gaan ; komen … af | |
🔗 Carrying the candle she descended the stairs. | ||
descend (come down; subside) | ||
descendant (successor) | ; | |
descendant (young one) | ||
| (offspring; successor) | ; | |
🔗 There, Goídel’s descendant Breogán founds a city called Brigantia, and builds a tower from the top of which his son Íth glimpses Ireland. | ||
descent (downhill) | ; | |
descent (lineage; background; derivation; origin; provenance; ancestry) | ; | |
descent | ||
🔗 The descent through the fissure was less difficult than it had appeared from above. | ||
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| descend | ⇆ afdalen; ⇆ afgaan; ⇆ afzakken; ⇆ dalen; ⇆ komen … af; ⇆ naar beneden gaan; ⇆ neerdalen; ⇆ neerkomen; ⇆ neerstromen; ⇆ neervallen; ⇆ overgaan; ⇆ uitstappen; ⇆ vererven; ⇆ zich verlagen |
| be descended from | ⇆ afstammen van; ⇆ stammen van |
| descend to | ⇆ afdalen tot; ⇆ dalen tot; ⇆ een inval doen in; ⇆ landen op; ⇆ neerdalen tot; ⇆ neerschieten op; ⇆ overgaan op; ⇆ overvallen; ⇆ zich verlagen tot |
| descend to the level of | ⇆ afdalen tot |
| descend upon | ⇆ een inval doen in; ⇆ landen op; ⇆ neerschieten op; ⇆ overgaan op; ⇆ overvallen |
| descendant | ⇆ afstammeling; ⇆ nakomeling; ⇆ nazaat; ⇆ telg |
| descending | ⇆ afdalend |
| descent | ⇆ afdaling; ⇆ afhelling; ⇆ afkomst; ⇆ afstamming; ⇆ afzakken; ⇆ daling; ⇆ geslacht; ⇆ helling; ⇆ inval; ⇆ komaf; ⇆ landing; ⇆ nederdaling; ⇆ neerdaling; ⇆ overgang; ⇆ overval; ⇆ verval |
| redescend | ⇆ weer afdalen |