verdedigen
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch verdegedingen. Cognate with German verteidigen. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌvɛrˈdeː.də.ɣə(n)/, /ˌvərˈdeː.də.ɣə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧de‧di‧gen
- Rhymes: -eːdəɣən
Verb
[edit]verdedigen
- (transitive) to defend
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of verdedigen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verdedigen | |||
| past singular | verdedigde | |||
| past participle | verdedigd | |||
| infinitive | verdedigen | |||
| gerund | verdedigen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verdedig | verdedigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verdedigt, verdedig2 | verdedigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verdedigt | verdedigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verdedigt | verdedigde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verdedigt | verdedigde | ||
| plural | verdedigen | verdedigden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verdedige | verdedigde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verdedigen | verdedigden | ||
| imperative sing. | verdedig | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verdedigt | |||
| participles | verdedigend | verdedigd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: verdedig