verbranden
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[edit]Verb
[edit]verbranden
- (transitive) to burn, consume/kill in fire
- De dorpelingen verbrandden de heks. ― The villagers burnt the witch.
- (intransitive) to be consumed by fire
- Grote delen van het bos verbrandden afgelopen zomer. ― Large parts of the forest were consumed by fire last summer.
- (intransitive) to be sunburnt
- Mijn billen zijn verbrand, nu kan ik amper normaal zitten. ― My butt is sunburnt, now I can hardly sit normally.
- (transitive) to burn, affect gravely with corrosive etc. chemicals
- (intransitive) to burn, be affected gravely with corrosive etc. chemicals
- (transitive, figuratively) to discredit completely, ruin psychologically for future use, e.g. by scandal or media leak
- Synonyms: compromitteren, discrediteren, verknoeien
- Nadat uitlekte wie het plan van de premier verbrandde door het te lekken, was die minister zelf verbrand en moest ontslag nemen.
- After it was leaked who compromised the P.M.'s plan by leaking it, that minister was compromised himself and had to resign.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of verbranden (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | verbranden | |||
past singular | verbrandde | |||
past participle | verbrand | |||
infinitive | verbranden | |||
gerund | verbranden n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | verbrand | verbrandde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | verbrandt, verbrand2 | verbrandde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | verbrandt | verbrandde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | verbrandt | verbrandde | ||
3rd person singular | verbrandt | verbrandde | ||
plural | verbranden | verbrandden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | verbrande | verbrandde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | verbranden | verbrandden | ||
imperative sing. | verbrand | |||
imperative plur.1 | verbrandt | |||
participles | verbrandend | verbrand | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Synonyms
[edit]- branden
- opbranden
- verzengen, verschroeien
- (discredit): compromitteren, discrediteren, verknoeien
Derived terms
[edit]- verbrandbaar (adjective)
- verbranding
Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: verbran, verbranden
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