aarden
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːrdə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: aar‧den
- Rhymes: -aːrdən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch erdijn, from Old Dutch *irthīn, from Proto-West Germanic *irþīn, from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz, equivalent to aarde + -en. Reformed by analogy with aarde, undoing the effects of umlaut.
Adjective
aarden (not comparable)
Declension
| Declension of aarden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | aarden | |||
| inflected | aarden | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | — | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | aarden | ||
| n. sing. | aarden | |||
| plural | aarden | |||
| definite | aarden | |||
| partitive | — | |||
Etymology 2
Verb
aarden
- (transitive) to ground, connect an electrical conductor as a safety outlet
- (transitive, obsolete) to commit to the earth, bury
- Synonyms: begraven, ter aarde bestellen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of aarden (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aarden | |||
| past singular | aardde | |||
| past participle | geaard | |||
| infinitive | aarden | |||
| gerund | aarden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | aard | aardde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | aardt, aard2 | aardde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | aardt | aardde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | aardt | aardde | ||
| 3rd person singular | aardt | aardde | ||
| plural | aarden | aardden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | aarde | aardde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | aarden | aardden | ||
| imperative sing. | aard | |||
| imperative plur.1 | aardt | |||
| participles | aardend | geaard | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
aarden
- (intransitive) (used with naar ...) to take after, share (notably inherited) traits with (notably an ancestor)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of aarden (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aarden | |||
| past singular | aardde | |||
| past participle | geaard | |||
| infinitive | aarden | |||
| gerund | aarden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | aard | aardde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | aardt, aard2 | aardde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | aardt | aardde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | aardt | aardde | ||
| 3rd person singular | aardt | aardde | ||
| plural | aarden | aardden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | aarde | aardde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | aarden | aardden | ||
| imperative sing. | aard | |||
| imperative plur.1 | aardt | |||
| participles | aardend | geaard | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
aarden
- plural of aard
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːdən/
Noun
aarden
- plural of aard