udder

[noun]
[de ui-er, de ui-ers]

“Uiers” are the mammary glands of ruminants: mammals that re-chew their plant-based food before further processing. The most well-known Dutch animal with “uiers” is of course a “koe”: a cow 🙂

Sometimes “uiers” are used to refer to a woman’s (large) breasts, but this is strongly sexist and derogatory.

“Uier” has nothing to do with “ui“: onion…

Examples:
– “Een koe produceert melk via de uier.” 
(“A cow produces milk via the udder.”)

– “Ken jij nog meer dieren met uiers?” – “Jazeker: geiten en schapen hebben ook uiers.” 
(“Do you know more animals with udders?” -“Sure: goats and sheep have udders too.”)

– “Anita is afgestudeerd op de invloed van uierbehandeling op de kwaliteit van melk.” -“Te gek! Dat wist ik niet!” 
(“Anita has graduated on the influence of udder care on milk quality.” – “Great! I didn’t know that!”)

Expressions:
– “Melk is goed voor elk”: (Dutch rhyme) milk is good for everybody.

Related words:
– Melk: milk [noun] [de melk, <no plural>].
– Melken: to milk [verb] [melken, molk, h. gemolken].

Example:
– “Koeien worden tegenwoordig niet meer door de boer zelf maar door een machine gemolken.”
(“Nowadays, cows are no longer milked by the farmer himself, but by a machine.”)

– Borst: 1. chest. 2. breast [noun] [de borst, de borsten].
– Koe: cow [noun] [de koe, de koeien].
– Schaap: sheep [noun] [het schaap, de schapen].
– Geit: goat [noun] [de geit, de geiten].

frustration

[noun]
[de frus-tra-tie, de frus-tra-ties]

We all suffer from it from time to time 🙂 If you do, then you are "gefrustreerd" ("frustrated").

Examples:
– "Ik kan me je frustratie goed voorstellen!" 
("I can imagine your frustration (very) well.")

– "Vroeg of laat krijgen we allemaal te maken met frustratie en spanningen." 
("Sooner or later we all experience frustration and tension.")

– "Ik heb helemaal geen last van frustratie!" – "Rustig maar hoor; ben je soms gefrustreerd ofzo?" 
("I am not bothered by frustration at all!" – "My, take it easy; are you frustrated or something?")

– "Nederlands leren was voor mij jarenlang een frustratie, maar nu is er gelukkig de DWOTD! 😉 " 
("For many years learning Dutch was a frustration (for me), but luckily we now have the DWOTD!")

– "Ik weet niet, dit roept bij mij eerder een gevoel van frustratie op dan dat ik het ervaar als een uitdaging." 
("I don’t know, this rather makes me feel frustrated than that I see it as a challenge.")

Related words:
– Gefrustreerd: frustrated [adjective/adverb].
– Frusti: frustrated [adjective]. Note that his is colloquial.

Example:
– "Let maar niet op hem, hij is een beetje frusti."
("Don’t mind him, he is a bit frustrated.")

– Frustreren: to frustrate [verb] [frustreerde, gefrustreerd].

goose bumps/pimples, chill bumps
[noun]

[het kip-pen-vel, <no plural>]

"Kippenvel" is composed of "kip" and "vel", which respectively translate to "chicken" and "skin". "Kippenvel" refers to the skin of a freshly plucked chicken, but is mostly used as common idiom for a person’s skin reaction to cold, fear or being overwhelmed: goose bumps…

Examples:
– "Het is fris buiten, ik heb kippenvel." 
("It’s chilly outside, I’ve got goose bumps.")

– "Het zal wel aan mij liggen, maar ik krijg kippenvel van dit weer." 
("It’s probably just me, but this weather gives me goose bumps.")

– "Het concert van U2 was geweldig! Kippenvel…gewoon kippenvel toen ze ‘With or without you’ speelden…" 
("U2’s concert was great! Goosebumps…(I) just (got) goose bumps when they played ‘With or without you’…")

Expressions:
– "Koude rillingen": cold chills.

Example:
– "Kun je de airco wat lager zetten, ik heb koude rillingen…"
("Can you turn down the air-conditioning a little bit, I’ve got cold chills…")

Related words:
– Kip: chicken [noun] [de kip, de kippen].
– Ei: egg [noun] [het ei, de eieren].

Example:
– "Wat was er eerst? De kip of het ei?"
("Which came first, the chicken or the egg?")

– Vel: skin [noun] [het vel, de vellen].
– Koud: cold [adjective].
– Fris: fresh, chilly [adjective].
– Rilling: chill [noun] [de rilling, de rillingen].
– Plukken: to pluck [verb] [plukken, plukte, h. geplukt].