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verspannen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vərˈspɑ.nə(n)/, /vɛrˈspɑ.nə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧span‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɑnən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch verspannen. Equivalent to ver- +‎ spannen.

Verb

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verspannen

  1. (transitive) to span or harness in a different manner
  2. (transitive, dated) to strain or stretch extensively
Conjugation
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Conjugation of verspannen (weak with strong past participle, prefixed)
infinitive verspannen
past singular verspande
past participle verspannen
infinitive verspannen
gerund verspannen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verspan verspande
2nd person sing. (jij) verspant, verspan2 verspande
2nd person sing. (u) verspant verspande
2nd person sing. (gij) verspant verspande
3rd person singular verspant verspande
plural verspannen verspanden
subjunctive sing.1 verspanne verspande
subjunctive plur.1 verspannen verspanden
imperative sing. verspan
imperative plur.1 verspant
participles verspannend verspannen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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verspannen

  1. past participle of verspannen
Declension
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Declension of verspannen
uninflected verspannen
inflected verspannen
positive
predicative/adverbial verspannen
indefinite m./f. sing. verspannen
n. sing. verspannen
plural verspannen
definite verspannen
partitive verspannens

German

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Etymology

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ver- +‎ spannen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃpanən/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧span‧nen
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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verspannen (weak, third-person singular present verspannt, past tense verspannte, past participle verspannt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to tense up
  2. to brace

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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