vertellen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vertellen. Equivalent to ver- + tellen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈtɛlə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧tel‧len
- Rhymes: -ɛlən
Verb
vertellen
- (transitive) to tell
- Ik heb het aan hem verteld. / Ik vertelde hem.
- I have told him. / I told him.
- (reflexive) to miscount
- Iedereen kan zich vertellen.
- Everyone can miscount.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of vertellen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vertellen | |||
| past singular | vertelde | |||
| past participle | verteld | |||
| infinitive | vertellen | |||
| gerund | vertellen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | vertel | vertelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | vertelt, vertel2 | vertelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | vertelt | vertelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | vertelt | vertelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | vertelt | vertelde | ||
| plural | vertellen | vertelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | vertelle | vertelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | vertellen | vertelden | ||
| imperative sing. | vertel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | vertelt | |||
| participles | vertellend | verteld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||