ontspannen
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɔntˈspɑnə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑnən
Verb
ontspannen
- (intransitive or reflexive) to relax
- Synonym: relaxen
- Muziek is een ideaal middel om je te ontspannen. ― Music is the perfect way to relax.
- In een heet bad kon ze eindelijk ontspannen ― In a hot bath she could finally relax
- (transitive) to relax, untense
- Ga maar even liggen en probeer al je spieren helemaal to ontspannen. ― Lie down and try to untense all your muscles.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of ontspannen (weak with strong past participle, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ontspannen | |||
| past singular | ontspande | |||
| past participle | ontspannen | |||
| infinitive | ontspannen | |||
| gerund | ontspannen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | ontspan | ontspande | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | ontspant, ontspan2 | ontspande | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | ontspant | ontspande | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | ontspant | ontspande | ||
| 3rd person singular | ontspant | ontspande | ||
| plural | ontspannen | ontspanden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ontspanne | ontspande | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | ontspannen | ontspanden | ||
| imperative sing. | ontspan | |||
| imperative plur.1 | ontspant | |||
| participles | ontspannend | ontspannen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Participle
ontspannen
- past participle of ontspannen
- Hij kwam heel ontspannen over na de tweede joint. ― He seemed very relaxed after the second joint.
Declension
| Declension of ontspannen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ontspannen | |||
| inflected | ontspannen | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | ontspannen | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ontspannen | ||
| n. sing. | ontspannen | |||
| plural | ontspannen | |||
| definite | ontspannen | |||
| partitive | ontspannens | |||