1 a particular spot or area: “a quiet place in the country”
plaats, plek

2 an empty space: “There's a place for your books on this shelf.”
ruimte

3 an area or building with a particular purpose: “a market-place.”
terrein, gebouw

4 a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): “He went to his place and sat down.”
plaats

5 a position in an order, series, queue etc: “She got the first place in the competition”
plaats

6 a person's position or level of importance in society etc: “You must keep your secretary in her place.”
plaats

7 a point in the text of a book etc: “The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.”
plaats

8 duty or right: “It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.”
taak

9 a job or position in a team, organization etc: “He's got a place in the team”
plaats

10 house; home: “Come over to my place.”
huis

11 (often abbreviated toPl.when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.
straat, plein

12 a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: “Make the answer correct to four decimal places.”
decimaal cijfer na de komma

1 to put: “He placed it on the table”
plaatsen

2 to remember who a person is: “I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.”
thuisbrengen

'place-name (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

the name of a town, hill, valley etc.
plaatsnaam

go places

to be successful, especially in one's career: “That young man is sure to go places.”
het ver brengen

in the first

expressions used to show steps in an argument, explanation etc: “He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.”
in de eerste, tweede etc. plaats

in place

in the proper position; tidy: “He left everything in place.”
op zijn plaats

in place of

instead of: “We advise discussion in place of argument”
in plaats van

out of place

1 not suitable (to the occasion etc): “His clothes are quite out of place at a formal dinner.”
niet op zijn plaats

2 not in the proper position; untidy: “Although he had had to run most of the way, he arrived with not a hair out of place.”
overhoop

put oneself in someone else's place

to imagine what it would be like to be someone else: “If you put yourself in his place, you can understand why he is so careful.”
zich in andermans plaats stellen

put (someone) in his/her place

to remind (someone), often in a rude or angry way, of his lower social position, or lack of importance, experience etc.
iemand op zijn plaats zetten

take place

to happen: “What took place after that?”
plaatsvinden

take the place of

to be used instead of, or to be a substitute for: “I don't think television will ever take the place of books.”
vervangen
© K Dictionaries Ltd.

to place	zich afspelen (ww.) ; aanbrengen (ww.) ; aanleggen (ww.) ; bijzetten (ww.) ; deponeren (ww.) ; herbergen (ww.) ; huisvesten (ww.) ; installeren (ww.) ; leggen (ww.) ; onderbrengen (ww.) ; onderdak geven (ww.) ; onderdak verschaffen (ww.) ; plaatsen (ww.) ; situeren (ww.) ; stationeren (ww.) ; steken (ww.) ; stellen (ww.) ; wegleggen (ww.) ; zetten (ww.)
the place	de plek ; het stekkie ; de plaats (v) ; het oord ; de locatie (v) ; de hoek (m)
place	adapteren ; aanpassen ; afstemmen ; baan ; betrekking ; bewerken ; gebied ; lokaal ; lokaliteit ; monteren ; neerzetten ; plaats ; plaatsen in de zin van neerzetten ; ruimte ; stoppen ; zetel

Bronnen: interglot; Wakefield genealogy pages; Omegawiki.org; Vlietstra; Trueterm; MWB; Autowoordenboek; Download IATE, European Union, 2017.




EN: deposit
EN: dump
EN: establish
EN: fix
EN: forte
EN: function
EN: lay
EN: leave
EN: locate
EN: location

EN: place of worship NL: bedehuis
EN: take place NL: gebeuren, plaatsvinden
EN: it is not my place to do this NL: het ligt niet op mijn weg om dit te doen
EN: go places NL: (Am.) hier en daar heengaan
EN: at your place NL: bij u thuis
EN: he is out of place NL: hij is werkloos
EN: what you said was out of place NL: wat jij zei was misplaatst
EN: it is all over the place NL: ieder (de hele stad) weet ervan
EN: she was all over the place NL: ze was totaal in de war
EN: calculated to 5 decimal places NL: berekend tot in 5 decimalen nauwkeurig
EN: he was placed NL: hij behoorde tot de eerste drie (bij wedren)