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Question 1
Wat is het tegenovergestelde van 'duur'?
What is the opposite of 'duur' (expensive)?
duur ↔ goedkoop.
Vocabulary & speaking · Topic 20 · A1 · 8 questions · about 20 minutes
Opposites
Tegenstellingen
groot – klein, duur – goedkoop, komen – gaan: more than 230 pairs of opposites with their English meanings, grouped into adjectives, words for time and place, people, and verbs.
Explanation
Learn opposites together
Learning words together with their opposites makes them easier to remember: groot – klein, duur – goedkoop. These pairs are also very useful for understanding a text in the exam: open ↔ dicht, toegestaan ↔ strafbaar.
In this list all the pairs of opposites from the book are arranged in topic groups, with their English meanings. For many adjectives the opposite is made with the prefix on-: eerlijk → oneerlijk, mogelijk → onmogelijk.
The word on the left and its opposite, with their English meanings.
| Word | Meaning | Opposite | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| aan | on (light, device) | uit | off |
| aanwezig | present, there | afwezig | absent, not there |
| aardig | kind, nice | onaardig | unkind, not nice |
| afhankelijk | dependent | onafhankelijk | independent |
| actief | active | inactief | inactive, passive |
| andere | other, different | dezelfde | the same |
| arm | poor | rijk | rich |
| bang | afraid, scared | moedig | brave |
| bekend | well-known, known | onbekend | unknown |
| belangrijk | important | onbelangrijk | unimportant |
| beleefd | polite | onbeleefd | rude, impolite |
| beter | better | slechter | worse |
| bewust | conscious, aware | onbewust | unconscious, unaware |
| bezet | occupied, taken | vrij | free, available |
| bijzonder | special, unusual | normaal | normal |
| blij | happy, glad | verdrietig | sad |
| bol | convex, bulging | hol | concave, hollow |
| bot | blunt (knife) | scherp | sharp |
| breed | wide | smal | narrow |
| dapper | brave | laf | cowardly |
| dicht | closed | open | open |
| diep | deep | ondiep | shallow |
| handig | handy, skilful | onhandig | clumsy, awkward |
| dik | thick; fat | dun | thin |
| donker | dark | licht | light |
| dood | dead | levend | alive, living |
| droog | dry | nat | wet |
| druk | busy, crowded | rustig | quiet, calm |
| duur | expensive | goedkoop | cheap |
| echt | real | onecht | fake, not real |
| eenvoudig | simple, easy | moeilijk | difficult |
| eerlijk | honest; fair | oneerlijk | dishonest; unfair |
| expres | on purpose | per ongeluk | by accident |
| fijn | fine (grain); nice | grof | coarse, rough |
| gebruikt | used | nieuw | new |
| geduldig | patient | ongeduldig | impatient |
| geschikt | suitable | ongeschikt | unsuitable |
| gewoon | normal, ordinary | ongewoon | unusual |
| gezond | healthy | ongezond | unhealthy |
| gierig | stingy, mean | vrijgevig | generous |
| glad | slippery; smooth | ruw | rough |
| glanzend | shiny | dof | dull, matt |
| goed | good | slecht | bad |
| groot | big | klein | small |
| half | half | heel | whole, complete |
| hard | hard | zacht | soft |
| heel | intact, in one piece | kapot | broken |
| heet | hot | koud | cold |
| helder | clear | troebel | cloudy, murky |
| hetzelfde | the same | verschillend | different |
| hoog | high | laag | low |
| horizontaal | horizontal | verticaal | vertical |
| interessant | interesting | saai / oninteressant | boring / uninteresting |
| jong | young | oud | old |
| juist | correct | onjuist | incorrect |
| knap | good-looking; clever | lelijk | ugly |
| kort | short | lang | long |
| koud | cold | warm | warm |
| deelbaar | divisible | ondeelbaar | indivisible |
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- groot – kleinbig – small
- duur – goedkoopexpensive – cheap
- open – dichtopen – closed
- vroeg – laatearly – late
- makkelijk – moeilijkeasy – difficult
- toegestaan – strafbaarallowed – punishable
- komen – gaanto come – to go
- kopen – verkopento buy – to sell
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