spierversterken
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From spier (“muscle”) + versterken (“to strengthen”).
Verb
[edit]spierversterken (not inflected)
- to strengthen one's muscles
- [1]
- Spierversterken in je dagelijks leven.
- To strengthen your muscles in your daily life.
- Spierversterken in je dagelijks leven.
- 1988, [2]:
- Spierversterken en spierrekken met elektrische stroom.
- To strengthen and stretch your muscles with electrical current.
- 2012, [3]:
- Excentrisch spierversterken verdient lichte voorkeur […].
- To strengthen your muscles in an eccentric way deserves a slight preference […].
- [1]
Usage notes
[edit]The verb is defective and is normally non-finite and not conjugated.
Noun
[edit]spierversterken n (uncountable)