doorscheuren
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dōreschōren. Equivalent to door + scheuren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoːrˌsxøː.rə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: door‧scheu‧ren
Verb
doorscheuren
- (transitive) to tear apart, to completely separate by tearing
- Jason had alle liefdesbrieven doorgescheurd. ― Jason had torn all the love letters apart.
- (intransitive) to continue driving at breakneck speed
- Ondanks het risico op een botsing bleef de dronken man doorscheuren. ― Depsite the risk of a collision, the drunk man kept driving at breakneck speed.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of doorscheuren (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | doorscheuren | |||
| past singular | scheurde door | |||
| past participle | doorgescheurd | |||
| infinitive | doorscheuren | |||
| gerund | doorscheuren n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | scheur door | scheurde door | doorscheur | doorscheurde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | scheurt door, scheur door2 | scheurde door | doorscheurt | doorscheurde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | scheurt door | scheurde door | doorscheurt | doorscheurde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | scheurt door | scheurde door | doorscheurt | doorscheurde |
| 3rd person singular | scheurt door | scheurde door | doorscheurt | doorscheurde |
| plural | scheuren door | scheurden door | doorscheuren | doorscheurden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | scheure door | scheurde door | doorscheure | doorscheurde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | scheuren door | scheurden door | doorscheuren | doorscheurden |
| imperative sing. | scheur door | |||
| imperative plur.1 | scheurt door | |||
| participles | doorscheurend | doorgescheurd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||