verrassen
Dutch
Alternative forms
- verrasschen (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verrasschen. Equivalent to ras + ver- -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vəˈrɑ.sə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧ras‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɑsən
Verb
verrassen
- (transitive) to surprise, to amaze, to awe
- Sommige mannen verrassen hun vrouw zo nu en dan met een bos bloemen. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verrassen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verrassen | |||
| past singular | verraste | |||
| past participle | verrast | |||
| infinitive | verrassen | |||
| gerund | verrassen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verras | verraste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verrast, verras2 | verraste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verrast | verraste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verrast | verraste | ||
| 3rd person singular | verrast | verraste | ||
| plural | verrassen | verrasten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verrasse | verraste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verrassen | verrasten | ||
| imperative sing. | verras | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verrast | |||
| participles | verrassend | verrast | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: verras