English-Dutch translations for secret

• geheim
  Dat is volgens mij geen geheime stemming! I do not consider that a secret ballot.
  Betreft: Geheime gevangenissen en vluchten van de CIA Subject: CIA - secret prisons and flights
  Laten we alleen geheimhouden wat geheim moet blijven, namelijk militaire infrastructuurfaciliteiten. Let us keep secret only what must be kept secret - military infrastructure facilities.
• confidentie
• geheimenis
• geniep
  Is dat onze voorstelling van transparantie, of moet het kind in het geniep worden geboren? Is this our idea of transparency, or is this birth supposed to take place in secret?
• heimelijk
  Hoe zijn diens heimelijke programma´s voor massavernietigingswapens anderszins te duiden? How else can his secret programme of weapons of mass destruction be explained?
  Misschien wil de commissaris heimelijk dat het Parlement zich aan zijn oorspronkelijke agenda houdt. It may be that the Commissioner secretly wishes Parliament to pursue its original agenda.
  Mijnheer Cashman, ik heb veel respect voor u, maar dit alles is in stilte en heimelijk gebeurd, met een volledig gebrek aan transparantie. Mr Cashman, I hold you in great esteem, but all of this happened quietly and secretly, with a complete lack of transparency.
• verborgenheid

Definition of secret

• A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
• The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack
• Something not understood or known
• Private seclusion
• The genital organs
• Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant
• Being or kept hidden.
• Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded
• Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive, separate, apart
• Separate; distinct
• To make or keep secret.
• To hide secretly

Examples

• Can you keep a secret?" "Yes." "So can I
• The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.
• The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object
• We went down a secret passage
• He was so scared for his safety he secreted arms around the house.

Related words

• secretive
• secretary
• secretly
• secrete
• secretariat
• undersecretary
• secretion
• secretin
• secretarial