duchten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch duchten, dochten; further etymology uncertain. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʏx.tə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: duch‧ten
- Rhymes: -ʏxtən
Verb
duchten
- (archaic) to fear
Usage notes
While most forms of the verb are archaic in standard Dutch, the past participle geducht has taken on a life of its own and is still commonly used.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of duchten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | duchten | |||
| past singular | duchtte | |||
| past participle | geducht | |||
| infinitive | duchten | |||
| gerund | duchten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | ducht | duchtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | ducht | duchtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | ducht | duchtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | ducht | duchtte | ||
| 3rd person singular | ducht | duchtte | ||
| plural | duchten | duchtten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | duchte | duchtte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | duchten | duchtten | ||
| imperative sing. | ducht | |||
| imperative plur.1 | ducht | |||
| participles | duchtend | geducht | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||