overvallen
Dutch
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌoː.vərˈvɑ.lə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑlən
Verb
overvallen
- (transitive) to raid
- De piraten overvielen het naburige schip. ― The pirates raided the neighboring ship.
- Het leger is van plan het fort te overvallen. ― The army plans to raid the fort.
- Ze overvallen regelmatig handelskaravanen. ― They regularly raid trade caravans.
- (transitive) to rob, mug
- De dader heeft het slachtoffer rond elven overvallen. ― The perpetrator mugged the victim around eleven.
- (transitive) to take by surprise, surprise
- Het nieuws overviel haar volledig. ― The news completely took her by surprise.
- Hij overviel me met een onverwacht geschenk. ― He surprised me with an unexpected gift.
- De vraag overviel me, en ik wist niet wat te antwoorden. ― The question took me by surprise, and I didn't know what to answer.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of overvallen (strong class 7, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | overvallen | |||
| past singular | overviel | |||
| past participle | overvallen | |||
| infinitive | overvallen | |||
| gerund | overvallen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | overval | overviel | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | overvalt, overval2 | overviel | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | overvalt | overviel | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | overvalt | overvielt | ||
| 3rd person singular | overvalt | overviel | ||
| plural | overvallen | overvielen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | overvalle | overviele | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | overvallen | overvielen | ||
| imperative sing. | overval | |||
| imperative plur.1 | overvalt | |||
| participles | overvallend | overvallen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: overval
Participle
overvallen
- past participle of overvallen
Declension
| Declension of overvallen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | overvallen | |||
| inflected | overvallen | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | overvallen | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | overvallen | ||
| n. sing. | overvallen | |||
| plural | overvallen | |||
| definite | overvallen | |||
| partitive | overvallens | |||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoː.vərˌvɑ.lə(n)/
Audio: (file)
Noun
overvallen
- plural of overval