verraden
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (colloquial, dialectal) verraaien
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verraden, from Old Dutch farrādan, from Proto-West Germanic *frarādan. Equivalent to ver- + raden. Cognate to German verraten.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːdən
Verb
verraden
- to betray
- Ze voelde zich verraden door haar beste vriend. ― She felt betrayed by her best friend.
- to give away, to spoil (a secret)
- Zijn blik verried zijn ware intenties. ― His look gave away his true intentions.
- Hij wilde het verrassingsfeest niet verraden. ― He didn't want to spoil the surprise party.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verraden (strong class 7, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verraden | |||
| past singular | verried | |||
| past participle | verraden | |||
| infinitive | verraden | |||
| gerund | verraden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verraad | verried | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verraadt, verraad2 | verried | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verraadt | verried | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verraadt | verriedt | ||
| 3rd person singular | verraadt | verried | ||
| plural | verraden | verrieden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verrade | verriede | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verraden | verrieden | ||
| imperative sing. | verraad | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verraadt | |||
| participles | verradend | verraden | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
| Conjugation of verraden (weak with strong past participle, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verraden | |||
| past singular | verraadde | |||
| past participle | verraden | |||
| infinitive | verraden | |||
| gerund | verraden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verraad | verraadde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verraadt, verraad2 | verraadde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verraadt | verraadde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verraadt | verraadde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verraadt | verraadde | ||
| plural | verraden | verraadden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verrade | verraadde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verraden | verraadden | ||
| imperative sing. | verraad | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verraadt | |||
| participles | verradend | verraden | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: verraad, verraet
- Afrikaans: verraai
Participle
verraden
- past participle of verraden
Declension
| Declension of verraden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | verraden | |||
| inflected | verraden | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | verraden | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | verraden | ||
| n. sing. | verraden | |||
| plural | verraden | |||
| definite | verraden | |||
| partitive | verradens | |||