dorsten

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔrstə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dor‧sten
  • Rhymes: -ɔrstən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dorsten, from Old Dutch thursten. Equivalent to dorst +‎ -en.

Verb

dorsten

  1. (intransitive) to thirst
  2. (intransitive) to long
    • 2024 March 25, Marjon Bolwijn, “'Zonder spanning is het leven verdomde saai'”, in Volkskrant[1], archived from the original on 26 March 2024, page 16:
      Ik dorstte vaak geen lichte kleuren te gebruiken en voelde mij rustiger met donkere kleuren als donkerblauw.
      I often longed not to use light colours and felt calmer with darker colours like dark blue.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dorsten (weak)
infinitive dorsten
past singular dorstte
past participle gedorst
infinitive dorsten
gerund dorsten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dorst dorstte
2nd person sing. (jij) dorst dorstte
2nd person sing. (u) dorst dorstte
2nd person sing. (gij) dorst dorstte
3rd person singular dorst dorstte
plural dorsten dorstten
subjunctive sing.1 dorste dorstte
subjunctive plur.1 dorsten dorstten
imperative sing. dorst
imperative plur.1 dorst
participles dorstend gedorst
1) Archaic.
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: dors

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dorsten

  1. plural of dorst

Verb

dorsten

  1. inflection of dorsen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

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