verdedigen

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • verdadigen (obsolete)
  • verdeden (obsolete)
  • verdedingen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch verdegedingen. Cognate with German verteidigen. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌvɛrˈdeː.də.ɣə(n)/, /ˌvərˈdeː.də.ɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧de‧di‧gen
  • Rhymes: -eːdəɣən

Verb

verdedigen

  1. (transitive) to defend

Inflection
Inflection of verdedigen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verdedigen
past singular verdedigde
past participle verdedigd
infinitive verdedigen
gerund verdedigen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verdedigverdedigde
2nd person sing. (jij) verdedigtverdedigde
2nd person sing. (u) verdedigtverdedigde
2nd person sing. (gij) verdedigtverdedigde
3rd person singular verdedigtverdedigde
plural verdedigenverdedigden
subjunctive sing.1 verdedigeverdedigde
subjunctive plur.1 verdedigenverdedigden
imperative sing. verdedig
imperative plur.1 verdedigt
participles verdedigendverdedigd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: verdedig
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