verpretparkiseren
Dutch
FWOTD – 17 May 2023
Etymology
From ver- + pretpark + -iseren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˌprɛt.pɑr.kiˈzeː.rə(n)/
- Hyphenation: ver‧pret‧par‧ki‧se‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
verpretparkiseren
- (ergative, figurative, derogatory) to turn into an amusement park
- 2000 November 9, Tijn Kramer, “Een overdosis amusement”, in NRC Handelsblad:
- Nederland verpretparkiseert.
- The Netherlands are turning into an amusement park.
- 2002, Michel Heesen, “Net een schoen”, Delta (TU Delft), 18 April 2002.
- Eens in de tien jaar wordt een flink stuk Nederlandse polder verpretparkiseerd tot Floriade.
- Once every ten years a substantial piece of Dutch polder is turned into an amusement park as a Floriade.
- 2015 May 2, “Oud directeur Efteling mag Tilburgse Kermis verpretparkiseren”, Pretwerk.nl:
- Oud directeur Efteling mag Tilburgse Kermis verpretparkiseren
- Former Efteling director may turn the Tilburg Fair into an amusementpark
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verpretparkiseren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verpretparkiseren | |||
| past singular | verpretparkiseerde | |||
| past participle | verpretparkiseerd | |||
| infinitive | verpretparkiseren | |||
| gerund | verpretparkiseren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verpretparkiseer | verpretparkiseerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verpretparkiseert, verpretparkiseer2 | verpretparkiseerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verpretparkiseert | verpretparkiseerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verpretparkiseert | verpretparkiseerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verpretparkiseert | verpretparkiseerde | ||
| plural | verpretparkiseren | verpretparkiseerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verpretparkisere | verpretparkiseerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verpretparkiseren | verpretparkiseerden | ||
| imperative sing. | verpretparkiseer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verpretparkiseert | |||
| participles | verpretparkiserend | verpretparkiseerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||