Surprise

"Surprise" in Dutch

verbazing

(feeling that something unexpected has happened)

verbijstering

(feeling that something unexpected has happened)

verrassing

(something not expected)

verrassing

(feeling that something unexpected has happened)

verrassings

(attributively: that is unexpected)

verbazen

(cause (someone) to feel surprise)

verbijsteren

(cause (someone) to feel surprise)

verrassen

(cause (someone) to feel surprise)

verrassen

(do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)

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