verkleden
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈkleːdə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧kle‧den
- Rhymes: -eːdən
Verb
verkleden
- (reflexive) to dress up, put on a costume
- Zullen we ons als spoken verkleden?
- Shall we dress up as ghosts?
- Ze was verkleed als piraat.
- She was dressed up as a pirate.
- (reflexive) to get changed
- Synonym: omkleden
- Ik moet me nog even verkleden – dan kunnen we gaan.
- I need to get changed – then we can go.
- (transitive) to change someone's clothes
- Kijk! Ik heb mijn pop verkleed!
- Look! I changed my doll's clothes.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verkleden (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verkleden | |||
| past singular | verkleedde | |||
| past participle | verkleed | |||
| infinitive | verkleden | |||
| gerund | verkleden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verkleed | verkleedde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verkleedt, verkleed2 | verkleedde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verkleedt | verkleedde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verkleedt | verkleedde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verkleedt | verkleedde | ||
| plural | verkleden | verkleedden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verklede | verkleedde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verkleden | verkleedden | ||
| imperative sing. | verkleed | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verkleedt | |||
| participles | verkledend | verkleed | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||