The English term "be" matches the Dutch term "verkeren"

other english words that include "be" : dutch :
grebe aalduiker
to, upon, towards, toward, beside, by, at aan
behind aan het einde
commence, moor, begin aanbinden
because aangezien
supporter, adept, member aanhanger
assumingness, arrogance, overbearingness, pretence aanmatiging
number, amount aantal
beginning, commencement aanvang
commence, begin aanvangen
strawberry aardbei
worldglobe aardbol
alphabet ABC
abbey abdij
abbess abdis
abele abeel
aberration aberratie
subscriber abonnee
absorbent absorberend
behind achteraan
aberrant afdwalend
flog, thresh, clatter, thrash, whack, beat afranselen
aberrant afwijkend
aberration, aberrance, abnormality afwijking
abet, incite, agitate agiteren
alphabet alfabet
arrogance, presumption, overbearingness arrogantie
Phoebe, Artemis Artemis
aubergine aubergine
beard baard
Babylon, Babel Babel
clod, chunk, globe, palm, dance, ball, lump bal
neigh, bleat, bellow balken
bench, bank, workbench, tressle, easel bank
barber barbier
bed bed
beggar bedelaar
beg bedelen
putrefy, spoil, rot, bribe, injure bederven
Bedouin, Beduin Bedoeïen
beast beest
Botswana, Bechuanaland Beetsjoeanaland
beet beetwortel
commencement, beginning begin
beginner beginneling
commence, begin beginnen
beginner beginner
befit, must, should behoren
beige beige
Beyrout, Beirut, Beyrouth Beiroet
begrudge, regret bejammeren
jaws, muzzle, bill, maw, beak, mouth bek
besiege belegeren
Belgium België
Belgian Belgisch
Belgrade Belgrado
Belizian Belizaans
Belize Belize
beneath, below, downstairs, under, underneath beneden
Benedictine Benedictijner monnik
Benelux Benelux
bengal-light, bengal-lights Bengaals vuur
Bengal Bengalen
Benin Benin
Beninese Benins
Berber Berber
Bergum Bergum
Berkel Berkel
Berlin Berlijn
Berliner Berlijner
Bermudas Bermuda Eilanden
Berne, Bern Bern
Bernese Berner
currant, berry bes
describe beschrijven
Bessarabia Bessarabië
best best
bestseller, craze bestseller
proper, fitting, becoming, decent, suitable betamelijk
befit betamen
better beter
Bethlehem Bethlehem
begrudge, regret betreuren
beech beuk
beaver bever
liberate bevrijden
beseech bezweren
pray, beseech bidden
beefsteak, steak bief
beefsteak, steak biefstuk
ale, beer bier
beet biet
towards, by, at, beside, toward, to, bee bij
bee-keeper bijenhouder
beehive, bee-hive bijenkorf
bee-keeping bijenteelt
beeswax bijenwas
tube binnenband
bleat, bellow, neigh blaten
Bluebeard Blauwbaard
bed bloemperk
cube, pulley, pad blok
belch, burp boeren
goat, easel, workbench, tressle bok
globe, ball-bearing, sphere, vault bol
bean, haricot boon
shrubbery bosjes
Botswana, Bechuanaland Botswana
blackberry braam
beverage brouwsel
neigh, roar, bleat, yell, howl, bellow brullen
tilt, bend, curtsy, stoop buigen
obeisance buiging
belly, tummy buik
bellflower campanula
belt, girdle ceintuur
Celebes Celebes
Cerberus Cerberus
cybernetics cybernetica
there, yonder, because daar
below, downstairs, underneath daarbeneden
December december
cube derde macht
diabetes diabetes
at, beside, by dichtbij
beast dier
cube dobbelsteen
Danube Donau
bend doorbuigen
because doordat
suffer, bear, carry, wear dragen
alcohol, beverage, spirits, booze, liquor drank
beverage drankje
collection, bevy drift
nap, slumber druilen
diving-bell duikerklok
nap, slumber dutten
transverse, abeam dwars
abeam dwarsscheeps
alphabet eerste beginselen
rubber elastiek
Elba, Elbe Elbe
etiquette, label etiket
deliberately expres
tressle, ass, workbench, donkey, easel ezel
beautiful, refined, handsome, tasty, subtle, fine fijn
embellish flatteren
beautiful, handsome, fine fraai
beauty fraaiheid
raspberry framboos
grebe fuut
gaberdine gabardine
subscribe geabonneerd zijn op
curved, bent gebogen
recollect, recall, remember gedenken
deportment, behaviour gedrag
obedient gehoorzaam
obey gehoorzamen
deem, think, believe, opine geloven
seemly, becoming, appropriate gepast
clan, race, generation, sex, house, tribe geslacht
number, amount getal
well-being, health gezondheid
worldglobe globe
wildebeest, gnu gnoe
become goed staan
unimportant, good-hearted, benign goedaardig
well-being goede gezondheid
belt, girdle gordel
Grift, Grebbe Grebbe
Grift, Grebbe Grift
bevy, collection, group groep
bleat, neigh, bellow grommen
wardrobe, clothes-press hangkast
bewitch heksen
September herfstmaand
here, hither, behold hier
behold hierzo
bumblebee hommel
bee honingbij
crowd, pile, bevy, multitude, mass, collection hoop
befit, must, hear, should horen
believe, deem houden voor
position, attitude, deportment, behaviour houding
wood, timber hout
Iberian Iberisch
bee-keeper iemker
iceberg ijsberg
bee-keeper imker
forsake, betray in de steek laten
gown, robe japon
gown, robe jurk
chamber kamer
barber kapper
numberplate kentekenplaat
beetle kever
behold kijk
gooseberry klapbes
sensation, beef klapstuk
wardrobe, clothes-press kleerkast
clock, bell klok
bellflower klokje
sphere, globe, ball-bearing kloot
precize, intelligent, handsome, learned, beautiful knap
beauty knapheid
globe, bullet, ball-bearing kogel
cucumber komkommer
bead, enclosure kraal
childbed kraambed
curved, bent krom
beet kroot
gooseberry kruisbes
flock, herd, collection, livestock, bevy kudde
slobber, salivate kwijlen
label, etiquette label
bearing lager
betray laten merken
bedstead ledikant
liberal liberaal
Liberia Liberia
Liberian Liberiaans
member, limb, joint lid
limb, member lidmaat
membership lidmaatschap
chamber, place, local lokaal
tuberculosis, consumption longtering
tube, tyre luchtband
windpipe, tube luchtpijp
Maccabees Makkabeeën
beet mangelwortel
abettor, accomplice, abetter mededader
abetter, abettor, accomplice medeplichtige
abetment medeplichtigheid
suppose, deem, believe menen
deliberately met opzet
germ, microbe microbe
perhaps, maybe, possibly misschien
somber mistroostig
deliberately, intentional moedwillig
mulberry-tree moerbei
mulberry-tree moerbeiboom
possible, perhaps, possibly, maybe mogelijk
possibly, perhaps, maybe mogelijkerwijs
beautifully, beautiful, handsome, fine mooi
mussel-bank, mussel-bed mosselplaat
rebel, mutineer muiter
rebellion, mutiny muiterij
bear, suffer naar buiten brengen
gloomy, desolate, somber naargeestig
by, nearest, at, beside, next, alongside naast
at, beside, by nabij
nail-bed nagelbed
bequeath, overlook nalaten
Ndebele Ndebele
Ndebele Ndebele-taal
bill, beak neb
network, elegant, net, fine, beautifully, handsome net
Nuremberg Neurenberg
obeisance nijging
November november
temperate, sober, abstemious nuchter
numberplate nummerbord
Oberon Oberon
Uzbek Oezbeek
Uzbekistan Oezbekistan
October oktober
bend ombuigen
because omdat
bribe omkopen
underneath, beneath, for, below, whilst, between onder
mutiny, rebellion onlusten
guiltless, benign, innocent onschuldig
recollect, recall, remember onthouden
commencement, arise, beginning ontstaan
abed op bed
provoke, agitate, stimulate, abet, incite, rouse ophitsen
belch, burp oprispen
insubordinate, rebellious oproerig
rebel, mutineer oproerling
agitate, incite, abet opruien
mutiny, rebellion opstand
insubordinate, rebellious opstandig
abet, incite, agitate opstoken
embellish opwerken
moreover, besides overigens
conviction, belief overtuiging
conform, befit passen
conforming, appropriate, seemly, becoming passend
lawn, bed, frontier, boundary perk
pot, chamber-pot po
benefit, advantage pré
barbed-wire prikkeldraad
puberty puberteit
mutineer, rebel rebel
safety-belt, lifebelt, life-belt reddingsgordel
workbench, cabinet, easel, tressle rek
obeisance revérence
girdle, belt, oar, strap riem
roastbeef rosbief
robber rover
rubber rubberen
beef rundvlees
collection, band, bevy, gang schare
beetle schildvleugelige
shock-absorber schokbreker
beg schooien
beggar schooier
beautiful, handsome, pure, fine, clean schoon
beauty schoonheid
tressle, workbench, easel schraag
September september
Siberia Siberië
Siberian Siberisch
bedroom, sleeping-accomodation, sleeping-place slaapkamer
November slachtmaand
slumber, nap sluimeren
beseech smeken
bill, beak snater
beak, bill snavel
somber, desolate, gloomy, dark somber
beam, crowbar, crow-bar, ray spaak
tribe, clan, stem, race, tree-trunk, trunk stam
beam, ray straal
beach strand
obeisance strijkage
shrubbery struikgewas
diabetes suikerziekte
tabernacle tabernakel
amount, number tal
tuberculosis, consumption tering
Tiber Tiber
Tiberius Tiberius
Tibet Tibet
Tibetan Tibetaans
gown, robe toga
transistor, beetle tor
besides, moreover trouwens
tuberculosis, consumption tuberculose
bed tuinbed
bean tuinboon
beak, bill tuit
between, among tussen
bean veldboon
degenerate, bribe verbasteren
beyond verderop
numbed verdoofd
embellish verfraaien
treachery, betrayal verraad
chamber, departure vertrek
beget, generate verwekken
fibre, fiber vezel
clan, race, tribe volksstam
to, towards, until, like, before, toward, as voor
benefit, advantage voordeel
liberal vrijzinnig
deportment, behaviour wandel
bug, bedbug wandluis
wager, bet wedden
well-being, though, surely, now, although, source wel
worldglobe wereldbol
globe-trotter wereldreiziger
deliberately wetens
creature, be, essence, gist wezen
October wijnmaand
gnu, wildebeest wildebeest
obedient willig
December wintermaand
abele witte abeel
behave zich gedragen
recall, recollect, remember zich herinneren
behold ziedaar
behold ziehier
her, be, its zijn
abele zilverpopulier
bench zitbank
sun-beam, sunbeam zonnestraal
Dutch as an Influencer
The English language has much to thank Dutch for. Dutch settlers came to the American colonies during the 17th century and added a few words to the vocabulary. Words like Santa Claus, waffle, blink, cookie, bazooka, gin, and iceberg wouldn’t exist without it.
Learning Dutch is Easier for English Speakers
Given the influence Dutch has had on English, it makes sense that Dutch is easier for speakers to learn. This is in part because Dutch, German, and English have similar roots. It’s between English and German. It only has two definite articles, “de” and “het” to English’s one “the” and German’s “der”, “die”, “das”. But Dutch words are more difficult to pronounce. The way words are pronounced indicates to a native speaker whether they’re talking to a second-language speaker.
Dutch is a Melting Pot of Languages
Just as English owes a lot to Dutch for contributing to its vocabulary, Dutch owes the same to other languages. It picked up words like jus d’orange (orange juice) and pantalon from French, mazzel (lucky) and tof (cool) from Hebrew and others. Dutch also incorporates texting and social media slang from English as well as street slang from places like Morocco, the Antilles, and Suriname.