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1 geheimzinnig
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2 een mysterieus iets
een mysterieus ietssomething mysterious, a mysterious somethingVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een mysterieus iets
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3 iets
iets1〈 het〉♦voorbeelden:1 een mysterieus iets • something mysterious, a mysterious somethingdat is een vervelend iets • that is a nuisance————————iets2〈 bijwoord〉1 a bit/little ⇒ slightly♦voorbeelden:we moeten iets vroeger weggaan • we must leave a bit/slightly earlier————————iets32 [een ding in meer bepaalde opvatting] something ⇒ 〈in ontkennende/neutraal vragende zinnen〉 anything3 [een beetje] something ⇒ a little/bit♦voorbeelden:hij heeft iets • 〈 ondefinieerbare kwaliteit〉 he has something about him; 〈 irritatie〉 something's bothering him; 〈 ziekte〉 something's the matter with himiets lekkers/moois • something tasty/beautifulze heeft iets met hem • she's got something going with himals er iets is dat ik haat • if there's one thing I hatedaar zit iets in • there's something in/to thatiets dergelijks • something like that/of the sortdat is iets anders • that's something else/different; 〈 figuurlijk〉 that's another/a different matteren dan (is er) nog iets • and another thingik hoorde zo iets • I was told as much, I heard something to that effectzo iets heb ik nog nooit gezien • I have never seen anything like iter is ook nog zo iets als • there is such a thing aszo iets doet men niet • that's not done‘Bedoel je X?’ ‘Zo iets, ja’ • ‘Do you mean X?’ ‘Something like that’(echt) iets voor jou • 〈het zal je aanstaan; ook schertsend〉 that would suit you, that's (right) up your street; 〈 van jou te verwachten〉 that's just like youbeter iets dan niets • something is better than nothing -
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♦voorbeelden:een mysterieuze verdwijning • a mysterious disappearance -
5 raadselachtig
♦voorbeelden:1 een raadselachtige figuur • a mysterious/an enigmatic figureraadselachtig spreken • speak in riddles -
6 bijgelovigheid
n. superstition, belief that is not based on fact; custom or action based on a superstitious belief; irrational fear of something that is unknown or mysterious -
7 duister
adj. dark; obscure, vague; hazy, dim; unknown, concealed; mysterious, dubious; gloomy, somber--------adv. darkly; obscurely, vaguely; dimly; mysteriously--------n. darkness, black -
8 enigmatisch
adj. enigmatic, mysterious, puzzling, ambiguous, unclear -
9 geheimtaal
n. secret language, mysterious language, language that is hidden or not well known -
10 geheimzinnig
adj. mysterious, secretive, reticent -
11 mysterieus
adj. mysterious, abstruse -
12 obscuur
adj. obscure, vague, hazy; unknown, concealed, mysterious -
13 occult
adj. occult, secret, hidden; inconceivable to the human mind, mysterious; magical, supernatural -
14 occultisme
n. occultism, belief in and the teachings of the hidden and mysterious; study of the occult -
15 raadselachtig
adj. puzzling, enigmatic, mysterious--------adv. puzzlingly, enigmatically, mysteriously -
16 verborgen
adj. hidden, secret, clandestine, covert, larval, delitescent, hole and corner, obscure, dark, inner, latent, ulterior, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, privy, recondite--------adv. clandestinely -
17 duisternis
2 [figuurlijk] darkness♦voorbeelden:1 het invallen van de duisternis • dusk, nightfallde vorst der duisternis • the prince of darknessin dichte/diepe duisternis • in pitch-darknessin de duisternis verdwijnen • 〈 figuurlijk〉 fall/sink into oblivionzich in duisternis hullen • act mysterious(ly)in duisternis gehuld • shrouded in mystery -
18 een geheimzinnige mededeling
een geheimzinnige mededelinga mysterious/cryptic messageVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een geheimzinnige mededeling
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19 een geheimzinnige verschijning
een geheimzinnige verschijningVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een geheimzinnige verschijning
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20 een mysterieuze verdwijning
een mysterieuze verdwijningVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een mysterieuze verdwijning
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