verliefd

English translation: enamoured/in love/amorous etc

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Dutch term or phrase:verliefd
English translation:enamoured/in love/amorous etc
Entered by: Evert DELOOF-SYS

02:35 Aug 8, 2001
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Dutch term or phrase: verliefd
In a letter from a friend.
Jan
enamoured/in love/amorous etc
Explanation:
Several possibilities depending on what you want to say:

Ik ben verliefd op = 'I'm in love with'
but you could also be referring to a 'love-sick youth' (een smachtend verliefde jongeman) or you could be 'love-lorn' (hopeloos verliefd) or you could be 'infatuated with' (dwaas verliefd zijn op).

Since it's in a letter I guess it plainly means: ...in love with...(sweet on..., gone on..., enamoured of...).

No references needed. Should be in any dictionary, as in Wolters' Woordenboek Nederlands-Engels.

HTH
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Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 06:10
Grading comment
Thank you very much for this answer - I very much appreciate the quick and efficient service you provide. My friend reckons it's a hard word to translate so thank you for the reply.
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Summary of answers provided
na +1in love with
paretsky
na +1enamoured/in love/amorous etc
Evert DELOOF-SYS


  

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3 mins peer agreement (net): +1
in love with


Explanation:
Kramer's dictionary says "in love with" or "enamoured of".

paretsky
Local time: 06:10
PRO pts in pair: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sven Petersson
9 mins
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7 mins peer agreement (net): +1
enamoured/in love/amorous etc


Explanation:
Several possibilities depending on what you want to say:

Ik ben verliefd op = 'I'm in love with'
but you could also be referring to a 'love-sick youth' (een smachtend verliefde jongeman) or you could be 'love-lorn' (hopeloos verliefd) or you could be 'infatuated with' (dwaas verliefd zijn op).

Since it's in a letter I guess it plainly means: ...in love with...(sweet on..., gone on..., enamoured of...).

No references needed. Should be in any dictionary, as in Wolters' Woordenboek Nederlands-Engels.

HTH

Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 06:10
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
PRO pts in pair: 1278
Grading comment
Thank you very much for this answer - I very much appreciate the quick and efficient service you provide. My friend reckons it's a hard word to translate so thank you for the reply.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yves Georges: comprhensive explanation
6 hrs
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