Leech

"Leech" in Dutch

bloedzuiger

(annelid)

bloedzuiger

(person who derives profit from others)

echel

(annelid)

heler

(paganism: a healer)

laak

(annelid)

lijk

(vertical edge of a square sail)

lijk

(aft edge of a triangular sail)

parasiet

(person who derives profit from others)

uitzuiger

(person who derives profit from others)

aderlaten

(to apply a leech medicinally)

aderlaten

(to drain resources without giving back)

uitzuigen

(to drain resources without giving back)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.