neerschieten
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From older nederschieten with syncope of intervocalic -d-, from Middle Dutch nederschieten. Equivalent to neer + schieten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]neerschieten
- (transitive) to shoot down (to down with a projectile)
- De jager kon het wilde dier neerschieten met zijn geweer.
- The hunter was able to shoot down the wild animal with his rifle.
- Tijdens de oorlog werden vijandige vliegtuigen door de luchtafweer neergeschoten
- During the war, enemy planes were shot down by the anti-aircraft fire.
- (transitive, figurative) to shoot down (to criticise harshly)
- De criticus schoot de nieuwe film met harde woorden neer.
- The critic shot down the new movie with harsh words.
- Hij werd constant neergeschoten door zijn collega's tijdens de vergadering.
- He was constantly shot down by his colleagues during the meeting.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of neerschieten (strong class 2a, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | neerschieten | |||
past singular | schoot neer | |||
past participle | neergeschoten | |||
infinitive | neerschieten | |||
gerund | neerschieten n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | schiet neer | schoot neer | neerschiet | neerschoot |
2nd person sing. (jij) | schiet neer | schoot neer | neerschiet | neerschoot |
2nd person sing. (u) | schiet neer | schoot neer | neerschiet | neerschoot |
2nd person sing. (gij) | schiet neer | schoot neer | neerschiet | neerschoot |
3rd person singular | schiet neer | schoot neer | neerschiet | neerschoot |
plural | schieten neer | schoten neer | neerschieten | neerschoten |
subjunctive sing.1 | schiete neer | schote neer | neerschiete | neerschote |
subjunctive plur.1 | schieten neer | schoten neer | neerschieten | neerschoten |
imperative sing. | schiet neer | |||
imperative plur.1 | schiet neer | |||
participles | neerschietend | neergeschoten | ||
1) Archaic. |
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