verbinden
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verbinden, from Old Dutch *farbindan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabindan. Equivalent to ver- + binden. Cognate with German verbinden and Old English forbindan (whence Middle English forbinden).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈbɪn.də(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndən
Verb
verbinden
- to connect, link up
- Synonyms: connecteren (somewhat formal), connecten (informal)
- to bandage
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verbinden (strong class 3a, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verbinden | |||
| past singular | verbond | |||
| past participle | verbonden | |||
| infinitive | verbinden | |||
| gerund | verbinden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verbind | verbond | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verbindt, verbind2 | verbond | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verbindt | verbond | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verbindt | verbondt | ||
| 3rd person singular | verbindt | verbond | ||
| plural | verbinden | verbonden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verbinde | verbonde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verbinden | verbonden | ||
| imperative sing. | verbind | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verbindt | |||
| participles | verbindend | verbonden | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- verband
- verbinder
- verbinding
Descendants
German
Etymology
From Middle High German verbinden, from Old High German firbintan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabindan. Equivalent to ver- + binden. Cognate with Dutch verbinden and Old English forbindan (whence Middle English forbinden).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndn̩], [fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndən]
Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndn̩
Verb
verbinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verbindet, past tense verband, past participle verbunden, past subjunctive verbände, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to join, to combine, to connect, to interlink
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 46/2010, page 103:
- In nur 28 Minuten soll ein neuer Schnellzug künftig Tel Aviv und Jerusalem verbinden.
- In only 28 minutes, a new express train is to connect Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in the future.
- (medicine) to bandage
- (telephony) to put through
Conjugation
| infinitive | verbinden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verbindend | ||||
| past participle | verbunden | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verbinde | wir verbinden | i | ich verbinde | wir verbinden |
| du verbindest | ihr verbindet | du verbindest | ihr verbindet | ||
| er verbindet | sie verbinden | er verbinde | sie verbinden | ||
| preterite | ich verband | wir verbanden | ii | ich verbände1 | wir verbänden1 |
| du verbandest du verbandst |
ihr verbandet | du verbändest1 | ihr verbändet1 | ||
| er verband | sie verbanden | er verbände1 | sie verbänden1 | ||
| imperative | verbind (du) verbinde (du) |
verbindet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- durchverbinden
- Verbinden
- Verbinder
- verbindlich
- Verbindung
- weiterverbinden
- zurückverbinden
Related terms
Further reading
- “verbinden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verbinden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verbinden” in Duden online
- “verbinden” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *farbindan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabindan. Equivalent to ver- + binden.
Verb
verbinden
- to connect
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.