WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026:
| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| essentie nw de | (wezen) | essence n |
| | | gist n |
WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026:
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| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| essence n | (basic nature) | essentie, kern nw de |
| | The essence of civilized behaviour is courtesy. |
| pith n | figurative (essential part) (figuurlijk) | hart nw het |
| | (figuurlijk) | kern nw de |
| | | essentie nw de |
| | Let's talk about the pith of the matter, rather than avoid it. |
| nub n | (central issue) | kern, essentie nw de, ont. |
| | Cody understood the nub of the story. |
| kernel n | figurative (essence) (figuurlijk) | kern nw de |
| | | belangrijkste nw het |
| | | essentie nw de |
| | The customer service department is the kernel of the company. |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| heart n | (core) | kern nw de |
| | (formeel) | essentie nw de |
| | At heart, the issue is quite simple. It is an argument over money. |
| meat n | figurative (essence, crux, gist) | kern, essentie nw de |
| | | kernpunt nw het |
| | The meat of the issue was his refusal to pay for anything. |
| spirit n | (essential nature of sthg) | essentie, teneur, geest nw de |
| | The whole spirit of the meeting was negative, in my opinion. |
| thrust n | (main point of an argument) | essentie, kern nw de |
| | The thrust of this philosopher's argument seems to be that we cannot escape our freedom. |
| marrow n | uncountable, figurative (essence) | kern, essentie nw het, ont. |
| | The debater went straight to the marrow of the argument. |
| essential npl | (basics) | basisbegrippen nw mv |
| | | essentie nw de, ont. |