Puzzle

"Puzzle" in Dutch

hersenbreker

(game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

mysterie

(thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

puzzel

(game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

raadsel

(thing which is difficult to make sense of or understand)

raadsel

(game or toy, or problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one’s mental ability)

in de war brengen

((transitive) to cause (oneself, or someone or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)

verbijsteren

((transitive) to cause (oneself, or someone or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)

verwarren

((transitive) to cause (oneself, or someone or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.)

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