verleden
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verleden, the past participle of verliden (“to pass by”) (modern verlijden).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
verleden (not comparable)
Declension
| Declension of verleden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | verleden | |||
| inflected | verleden | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | verleden | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | verleden | ||
| n. sing. | verleden | |||
| plural | verleden | |||
| definite | verleden | |||
| partitive | verledens | |||
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Jersey Dutch: vlêde
- Negerhollands: verleeden
Noun
verleden n (uncountable)
- (with definite article) the past
- We kunnen niet leven in het verleden, we moeten vooruit kijken.
- We can't live in the past, we need to look forward.