pleasen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]pleasen
- (informal) to please someone (in a psychologically unhealthy way); to pander, especially self-effacingly
- Ze pleaset de hele tijd haar ouders en denkt nooit aan haar eigen welzijn. ― She keeps pleasing her parents and never thinks of her own well-being.
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of pleasen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pleasen | |||
| past singular | pleasede | |||
| past participle | gepleased | |||
| infinitive | pleasen | |||
| gerund | pleasen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | please | pleasede | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | pleaset, please2 | pleasede | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | pleaset | pleasede | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | pleaset | pleasede | ||
| 3rd person singular | pleaset | pleasede | ||
| plural | pleasen | pleaseden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | please | pleasede | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | pleasen | pleaseden | ||
| imperative sing. | please | |||
| imperative plur.1 | pleaset | |||
| participles | pleasend | gepleased | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||