deugen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dōgen, from Old Dutch dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdøːɣə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: deu‧gen
- Rhymes: -øːɣən
Verb
deugen
- (intransitive) to be good, well-behaved, moral, etc.
- Die corrupte agent deugt voor geen meter. ― That corrupt policeman is not at all morally upright.
- (intransitive) to be of good quality, be reliable
- De sloten van dat merken deugen. ― The locks of that brand are of good quality.
Usage notes
- The first sense and particularly many of the terms deriving from that sense (see below) today have connotations of virtue signalling, particularly in right-wing populist discourse.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of deugen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | deugen | |||
| past singular | deugde | |||
| past participle | gedeugd | |||
| infinitive | deugen | |||
| gerund | deugen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | deug | deugde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | deugt, deug2 | deugde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | deugt | deugde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | deugt | deugde | ||
| 3rd person singular | deugt | deugde | ||
| plural | deugen | deugden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | deuge | deugde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | deugen | deugden | ||
| imperative sing. | deug | |||
| imperative plur.1 | deugt | |||
| participles | deugend | gedeugd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||