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Detailed Translations for excuse from English to Dutch

excuse:

excuse [the ~] nomen

  1. the excuse (sham; story)
    het excuus; de smoes; het voorwendsel; de uitvlucht
  2. the excuse (apology; justification; vindication; thinking up a story; weathering)
    de verontschuldiging; het excuus; de reden; de verschoning; het pardon
  3. the excuse (apology)
    sorry; het pardon
  4. the excuse (forgiveness; mercy; grace; )
    de vergiffenis; de genade; de vergeving; de verschoning; het pardon
  5. the excuse (poor excuse)
    het smoesje
  6. the excuse (smooth over)
    de vergoelijking

to excuse verb (excuses, excused, excusing)

  1. to excuse (apologize; pardon; apologise)
    excuses aanbieden; verontschuldigen; excuseren
    • excuses aanbieden verb (bied excuses aan, biedt excuses aan, bood excuses aan, boden excuses aan, excuses aangeboden)
    • verontschuldigen verb (verontschuldig, verontschuldigt, verontschuldigde, verontschuldigden, verontschuldigd)
    • excuseren verb (excuseer, excuseert, excuseerde, excuseerden, geëxcuseerd)
  2. to excuse (forgive)
    excuseren; verschonen
    • excuseren verb (excuseer, excuseert, excuseerde, excuseerden, geëxcuseerd)
    • verschonen verb (verschoon, verschoont, verschoonde, verschoonden, verschoond)
  3. to excuse (forgive; pardon; give away; misdeal)
    vergeven; vergiffenis schenken
    • vergeven verb (vergeef, vergeeft, vergaf, vergaven, vergeven)
    • vergiffenis schenken verb (schenk vergiffenis, schenkt vergiffenis, schonk vergiffenis, schonken vergiffenis, vergiffenis geschonken)
  4. to excuse (smooth over; extenuate; palliate)
    vergoelijken
    • vergoelijken verb (vergoelijk, vergoelijkt, vergoelijkte, vergoelijkten, vergoelijkt)

Conjugations for excuse:

present
  1. excuse
  2. excuse
  3. excuses
  4. excuse
  5. excuse
  6. excuse
simple past
  1. excused
  2. excused
  3. excused
  4. excused
  5. excused
  6. excused
present perfect
  1. have excused
  2. have excused
  3. has excused
  4. have excused
  5. have excused
  6. have excused
past continuous
  1. was excusing
  2. were excusing
  3. was excusing
  4. were excusing
  5. were excusing
  6. were excusing
future
  1. shall excuse
  2. will excuse
  3. will excuse
  4. shall excuse
  5. will excuse
  6. will excuse
continuous present
  1. am excusing
  2. are excusing
  3. is excusing
  4. are excusing
  5. are excusing
  6. are excusing
subjunctive
  1. be excused
  2. be excused
  3. be excused
  4. be excused
  5. be excused
  6. be excused
diverse
  1. excuse!
  2. let's excuse!
  5. excused
  6. excusing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for excuse:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
excuus apology; excuse; justification; sham; story; thinking up a story; vindication; weathering
genade excuse; forgiveness; forgivingness; grace; mercy; pardon; remission absolution; benevolence; clemency; forgiving; loving kindness; mercy; pardon; remission
pardon apology; excuse; forgiveness; forgivingness; grace; justification; mercy; pardon; remission; thinking up a story; vindication; weathering absolution; amnesty; pardon; remission
reden apology; excuse; justification; thinking up a story; vindication; weathering cause; immediate cause; motive; reason
smoes excuse; sham; story
smoesje excuse; poor excuse
sorry apology; excuse
uitvlucht excuse; sham; story
vergeving excuse; forgiveness; forgivingness; grace; mercy; pardon; remission
vergiffenis excuse; forgiveness; forgivingness; grace; mercy; pardon; remission
vergoelijking excuse; smooth over explaining-away; extenuation; smoothing-over
verontschuldiging apology; excuse; justification; thinking up a story; vindication; weathering
verschoning apology; excuse; forgiveness; forgivingness; grace; justification; mercy; pardon; remission; thinking up a story; vindication; weathering challenge; change of; changing; clean diaper; clean napkin; clean nappy
voorwendsel excuse; sham; story
- alibi; apology; exculpation; self-justification
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
excuseren apologise; apologize; excuse; forgive; pardon
excuses aanbieden apologise; apologize; excuse; pardon
vergeven excuse; forgive; give away; misdeal; pardon give away
vergiffenis schenken excuse; forgive; give away; misdeal; pardon
vergoelijken excuse; extenuate; palliate; smooth over gloss over; play down; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize
verontschuldigen apologise; apologize; excuse; pardon
verschonen excuse; forgive consider; save; spare
- apologise; apologize; beg off; condone; exempt; explain; justify; let off; pardon; rationalise; rationalize; relieve
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- cancellation
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
pardon sorry
sorry sorry

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Related Definitions for "excuse":

  1. a poor example1
    • a poor excuse for an automobile1
  2. a note explaining an absence1
    • he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him1
  3. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.1
    • he kept finding excuses to stay1
  4. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with1
    • excuse someone's behavior1
  5. serve as a reason or cause or justification of1
    • Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work1
  6. grant exemption or release to1
    • Please excuse me from this class1
  7. ask for permission to be released from an engagement1
  8. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning1
  9. accept an excuse for1
    • Please excuse my dirty hands1

Wiktionary Translations for excuse:

excuse
noun
  1. explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement
verb
  1. explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement
  2. allow to leave
  3. forgive, pardon
excuse
noun
  1. iets dat als basis dient
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• excuse → voorwendsel ↔ Vorwand — vorgeschobene, erfundene Begründung für eine Handlung
• excuse → verontschuldigen ↔ entschuldigen — transitiv: freisprechen von einer Schuld
• excuse → vergeven ↔ verzeihen — jemandem etwas nachsehen
• excuse → ontslaan; vrijstellen; uitzonderen; distribueren; rondbrengen; verdelen; ronddelen; rondgeven; uitdelen; uitreiken ↔ dispenser — exempter de la règle ordinaire, par faveur spéciale, ou simplement exempter de quelque chose.
• excuse → excuus ↔ excuse — raison que l’on alléguer pour expliquer ou atténuer une faute.
• excuse → excuseren; verontschuldigen; verschonen; billijken; in het gelijk stellen; rechtvaardigen; begenadigen; vergeven ↔ excuser — disculper dans une certaine mesure, présenter une personne ou une action comme moins coupable qu’elle ne sembler.
• excuse → begenadigen; vergeven ↔ pardonner — accorder le pardon d’une faute commettre, ne garder aucun ressentiment d’une injure recevoir. — usage En ce sens il a toujours le nom de la chose pour complément direct et le nom de la personne pour complément indirect avec la préposition.
• excuse → voorwendsel; dekmantel; voorwaarde; smoes; pretext ↔ prétexte — Cause simulée, supposée.

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