Category:Dutch class 3 strong verbs

Verbs where the ablaut vowel was followed by a consonant cluster in Proto-Indo-European.

• Category:Dutch class 3a strong verbs: Verbs where the consonant cluster begins with a nasal consonant.
• Category:Dutch class 3b strong verbs: Verbs where the consonant cluster begins with a lateral consonant or velar fricative.

The third class of Dutch strong verbs is the second largest.

There are three regular subclasses, and one anomalous root. Their paradigms are:

class 3a, for example klimmen – klom – klommen – geklommen

class 3b, for example zenden – zond – zonden – gezonden

Historically these verbs have a past tense singular in /-ɑ-/, however the modern language replaced this vowel with the /-ɔ-/ of the past plural and past participle. The associated nouns of action have frequently preserved the sound /-ɑ-/: zang, drang, stank.

class 3+7 contains verbs that did not adopt the uniform /-ɔ-/, but have instead received a past tense in /-i-/ due to the influence of the seventh class of strong verbs. For example sterven – stierf – stierven – gestorven

The verb 'worden' has become anomalous due to colouring of the preceding 'w' and the following 'r'.