verwennen
Dutch
Etymology
Cognate with German verwöhnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈʋɛ.nə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧wen‧nen
- Rhymes: -ɛnən
Verb
verwennen
- to spoil (someone), to be extra nice to [from 16th c.]
- Synonym: in de watten leggen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verwennen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verwennen | |||
| past singular | verwende | |||
| past participle | verwend | |||
| infinitive | verwennen | |||
| gerund | verwennen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verwen | verwende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verwent, verwen2 | verwende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verwent | verwende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verwent | verwende | ||
| 3rd person singular | verwent | verwende | ||
| plural | verwennen | verwenden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verwenne | verwende | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verwennen | verwenden | ||
| imperative sing. | verwen | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verwent | |||
| participles | verwennend | verwend | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- verwenning
Descendants
- Afrikaans: verwen
- → West Frisian: ferwenne