rijmen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛi̯.mə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: rij‧men
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯mən
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle Dutch rīmen which is a merger of:
- Old Dutch *rīman, from Proto-West Germanic *rīman, from Proto-Germanic *rīmaną (“to count”), a strong verb.
- Old Dutch *rīmen, from Proto-West Germanic *rīmijan, a weak verb. Analysable as rijm + -en.
In Middle Dutch the verb could still be declined as a strong verb.
Verb
rijmen
- (intransitive) to rhyme (to have a rhyme with another word) [with op ‘with’]
- Nee, "yurt" rijmt niet op "yoghurt".
- No, "yurt" does not rhyme with "yoghurt".
- (intransitive, transitive) to rhyme, to speak or write rhymes
- De hulpsinterklaas rijmde erop los.
- The stand-in Sinterklaas was rhyming full speed ahead.
- (intransitive) to agree, to correspond [with met ‘with/to’]
- (transitive) to bring into agreement, to reconcile [with met ‘with’]
- Ik kan dat niet rijmen met zijn anders zo vriendelijk gedrag.
- I cannot reconcile that with his friendly behaviour in other contexts.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of rijmen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rijmen | |||
| past singular | rijmde | |||
| past participle | gerijmd | |||
| infinitive | rijmen | |||
| gerund | rijmen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | rijm | rijmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | rijmt, rijm2 | rijmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | rijmt | rijmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | rijmt | rijmde | ||
| 3rd person singular | rijmt | rijmde | ||
| plural | rijmen | rijmden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | rijme | rijmde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | rijmen | rijmden | ||
| imperative sing. | rijm | |||
| imperative plur.1 | rijmt | |||
| participles | rijmend | gerijmd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- ontrijmen
- rijmelen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: rym
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
rijmen
- plural of rijm