minderen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch minderen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪn.də.rə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndərən
- Hyphenation: min‧de‧ren
Verb
minderen
- (transitive, intransitive) to cut back [with met ‘on’], to reduce [with met]
- (intransitive) to decrease
Conjugation
| Conjugation of minderen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | minderen | |||
| past singular | minderde | |||
| past participle | geminderd | |||
| infinitive | minderen | |||
| gerund | minderen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | minder | minderde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | mindert, minder2 | minderde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | mindert | minderde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | mindert | minderde | ||
| 3rd person singular | mindert | minderde | ||
| plural | minderen | minderden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | mindere | minderde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | minderen | minderden | ||
| imperative sing. | minder | |||
| imperative plur.1 | mindert | |||
| participles | minderend | geminderd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
minderen
- inflection of minder:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural