English-Dutch translations for curious

• nieuwsgierig
  Ik ben heel nieuwsgierig naar dat pakket. I am very curious as to the contents of this package.
  Ik ben er nieuwsgierig naar hoe de middelen in de praktijk zullen worden beheerd. I am curious to see how the funds will actually be managed.
  U mag misschien wel nieuwsgierig zijn, maar U gaat niet verder. You may be curious but you are not going to work on that subject.'
• apart
• benieuwd
  Ik ben benieuwd naar het antwoord. I am curious to know the answer.
  Ik ben benieuwd naar zijn reactie. I am curious to know his reaction.
  Ik ben benieuwd naar haar voorstellen. I am curious to hear its proposals.
• curieus
• merkwaardig
  Het laatste punt is nogal merkwaardig. My last point is a curious one.
  Merkwaardig genoeg is hier vandaag niet over gesproken. Curiously, there was no mention of it today.
  Het onderwerp dat wij hier bespreken is zeer merkwaardig. The subject before us is a very curious matter.
• zonderling

Definition of curious

• tend#Verb|Tending to ask#Verb|ask question#Noun|questions, or to want#Verb|want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; nosy, prying#Adjective|prying
• cause#Verb|Caused by curiosity
• lead#Verb|Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual
• Careful, fastidious, particular; demand#Verb|demanding a high#Adjective|high standard#Noun|standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy
• Carefully or artfully construct#Verb|constructed; make#Verb|made with great elegance or skill#Noun|skill

Examples

• Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it
• The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird

Related words

• curiously
• bi-curious
• incurious
• incuriously
• incuriousness
• bicurious
• heterocurious
• homocurious
• be curious