versnellen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch versnellen. Equivalent to snel (“quick, fast”) + ver- -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈsnɛ.lə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧snel‧len
- Rhymes: -ɛlən
Verb
versnellen
- (ergative, physics) to speed up, to accelerate
- Synonym: bespoedigen
- (transitive, obsolete) to surprise, to ambush
Conjugation
| Conjugation of versnellen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | versnellen | |||
| past singular | versnelde | |||
| past participle | versneld | |||
| infinitive | versnellen | |||
| gerund | versnellen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | versnel | versnelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | versnelt, versnel2 | versnelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | versnelt | versnelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | versnelt | versnelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | versnelt | versnelde | ||
| plural | versnellen | versnelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | versnelle | versnelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | versnellen | versnelden | ||
| imperative sing. | versnel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | versnelt | |||
| participles | versnellend | versneld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: versnel