metselen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch metselen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛtsələ(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: met‧se‧len

Verb

metselen

  1. (intransitive) to lay bricks
  2. (transitive) to build

Conjugation

Conjugation of metselen (weak)
infinitive metselen
past singular metselde
past participle gemetseld
infinitive metselen
gerund metselen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular metsel metselde
2nd person sing. (jij) metselt, metsel2 metselde
2nd person sing. (u) metselt metselde
2nd person sing. (gij) metselt metselde
3rd person singular metselt metselde
plural metselen metselden
subjunctive sing.1 metsele metselde
subjunctive plur.1 metselen metselden
imperative sing. metsel
imperative plur.1 metselt
participles metselend gemetseld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: metsel
  • Papiamentu: metsel, messel
  • Sranan Tongo: mesre
    • Caribbean Hindustani: mesre kare
    • Caribbean Javanese: mésré
    • Kari'na: meserema