boetseren
Dutch
Etymology
From earlier bootsen, from Middle French bocer, bosser, from Picard Old French bocer (“to form, make a work of art in relief”), from boce (“protrusion, outgrowth, lump”), from Latin *bottia, from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to thrust, knock, bump”). Compare Middle Dutch bootse (“bump, swelling”), Italian bozza (“a draft or proof (of a document)”), Italian sbozzo (“a sketch)”), and Portuguese esboço (“a sketch”). Related to Dutch boots (“image, figure, sculpture, model, sketch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /butˈseːrə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: boet‧se‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
boetseren
- (transitive) to model (usually with clay)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of boetseren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | boetseren | |||
| past singular | boetseerde | |||
| past participle | geboetseerd | |||
| infinitive | boetseren | |||
| gerund | boetseren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | boetseer | boetseerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | boetseert, boetseer2 | boetseerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | boetseert | boetseerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | boetseert | boetseerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | boetseert | boetseerde | ||
| plural | boetseren | boetseerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | boetsere | boetseerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | boetseren | boetseerden | ||
| imperative sing. | boetseer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | boetseert | |||
| participles | boetserend | geboetseerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||