versterken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch versterken. By surface analysis, ver- + sterken (“to make stronger”) and sterk (“strong”) + ver- -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈstɛr.kə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrkən
- Hyphenation: ver‧ster‧ken
Verb
versterken
- (ergative) to strengthen
- Antonym: verzwakken
- (transitive) to reinforce, to strengthen
- Antonym: verzwakken
- De regering versterkt de dijken na de overstroming. ― The government reinforces the dykes after the flood.
- (transitive) to amplify
- Synonym: amplificeren
- Antonyms: verzwakken, dempen
- De dj had naar mijn mening het geluid wel wat mogen versterken. ― In my opinion, the DJ could have amplified the sound a bit.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of versterken (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | versterken | |||
| past singular | versterkte | |||
| past participle | versterkt | |||
| infinitive | versterken | |||
| gerund | versterken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | versterk | versterkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | versterkt, versterk2 | versterkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | versterkt | versterkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | versterkt | versterkte | ||
| 3rd person singular | versterkt | versterkte | ||
| plural | versterken | versterkten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | versterke | versterkte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | versterken | versterkten | ||
| imperative sing. | versterk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | versterkt | |||
| participles | versterkend | versterkt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: versterk
Further reading
- “versterken” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]