verflensen

Dutch

Etymology

Of ideophonic origin, arose from or closely related to earlier verslentsen. Can retroactively be analyzed as deriving from flens +‎ ver- -en.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛnsən

Verb

verflensen

1. (intransitive) to wither

   Synonyms: verwelken, verleppen

Conjugation

Conjugation of verflensen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	verflensen
past singular	verflenste
past participle	verflenst
infinitive	verflensen
gerund	verflensen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	verflens	verflenste
2nd person sing. (jij)	verflenst, verflens2	verflenste
2nd person sing. (u)	verflenst	verflenste
2nd person sing. (gij)	verflenst	verflenste
3rd person singular	verflenst	verflenste
plural	verflensen	verflensten
subjunctive sing.1	verflense	verflenste
subjunctive plur.1	verflensen	verflensten
imperative sing.	verflens
imperative plur.1	verflenst
participles	verflensend	verflenst
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “verflensen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute