Sharp

"Sharp" in Dutch

acuut

(intense and sudden (of pain))

bijtend

(offensive, critical, or acrimonious)

gepunt

(pointed, able to pierce easily)

hoog

(musically higher-pitched than desired)

kruis

(of a note, raised by one semitone)

puntig

(pointed, able to pierce easily)

scherp

(able to cut easily)

scherp

(pointed, able to pierce easily)

scherpzinnig

(intelligent)

snerend

(offensive, critical, or acrimonious)

stekend

(intense and sudden (of pain))

sterk

(having an intense, acrid flavour)

straf

(having an intense, acrid flavour)

kruis

(sign for a sharp note on the staff)

kruis

(note that is sharp in a particular key)

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