microwave (oven)
[noun]
[de mag-ne-tron, de mag-ne-trons]

If you think that "magnetron" is the Dutch translation of the name of a character from the X-men or Transformers series, you’re wrong…

The Netherlands are probably the only country in the world where the microwave oven is called by its main internal component that produces the microwave radiation: the cavity magnetron… Even in Belgium, the Dutch "magnetron" is called "microgolfoven" (i.e. the literal translation of microwave oven).

Sometimes you will see the word "combi-magnetron", which means that the microwave also has an oven/grill function.

Examples:
- "Verwarm de saus drie minuten in de magnetron op 1000 Watt." 
("Heat up the sauce for three minutes in the microwave at 1000 Watt.")

- "Kunnen we die noedels van de afhaalchinees ook morgen nog in de magnetron stoppen?" 
("Can we put those noodles from the take-away Chinese in the microwave tomorrow?.")

- "Frank heeft nooit zin om te koken en haalt altijd een magnetronmaaltijd van de supermarkt." 
("Frank never feels like cooking and always gets a microwave dinner at the supermarket.")

Related words:
- Opwarmen: to heat up [verb] [warmde op, opgewarmd].
- Vermogen: power [noun] [het vermogen, de vermogens].

Example:
- "Hoe lang moet deze maaltijd in de magnetron?" – "Vijf minuten op vol vermogen."
("How long does this dinner have to go in the microwave?" – "Five minutes at full power.)

- Koken: to cook [verb] [kookte, gekookt].