nivelleren
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French niveler, from Middle French niveler.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nivelleren
- (transitive) to level economically
- (transitive, now less common) to level, to equalise, to flatten (physically or figuratively in senses not relating to economic distribution)
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of nivelleren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nivelleren | |||
| past singular | nivelleerde | |||
| past participle | genivelleerd | |||
| infinitive | nivelleren | |||
| gerund | nivelleren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | nivelleer | nivelleerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | nivelleert, nivelleer2 | nivelleerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | nivelleert | nivelleerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | nivelleert | nivelleerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | nivelleert | nivelleerde | ||
| plural | nivelleren | nivelleerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | nivellere | nivelleerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | nivelleren | nivelleerden | ||
| imperative sing. | nivelleer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | nivelleert | |||
| participles | nivellerend | genivelleerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: nivelleer
- → West Frisian: nivellearje