verspillen
Dutch
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch verspilden, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *fraspilþijan. Equivalent to ver- + spillen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈspɪ.lə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧spil‧len
- Rhymes: -ɪlən
Verb
verspillen
- (transitive) to waste
- Synonyms: spillen, verbrassen, verkwanselen, verkwisten, verpatsen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verspillen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verspillen | |||
| past singular | verspilde | |||
| past participle | verspild | |||
| infinitive | verspillen | |||
| gerund | verspillen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verspil | verspilde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verspilt, verspil2 | verspilde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verspilt | verspilde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verspilt | verspilde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verspilt | verspilde | ||
| plural | verspillen | verspilden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verspille | verspilde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verspillen | verspilden | ||
| imperative sing. | verspil | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verspilt | |||
| participles | verspillend | verspild | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- verspiller
- verspilling
- verspilziek
- verspilzucht
Descendants
- Afrikaans: verspil
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Verb
verspillen (third-person singular present verspillt, past participle verspillt, auxiliary verb hunn)
Conjugation
| infinitive | verspillen | |
|---|---|---|
| participle | verspillt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | verspillen | — |
| 2nd singular | verspills | verspill |
| 3rd singular | verspillt | — |
| 1st plural | verspillen | — |
| 2nd plural | verspillt | verspillt |
| 3rd plural | verspillen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.