ûnderdûke

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West Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ûnder +‎ dûke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈun.dərˌdu.kə/,
  • Rhymes: -ukə
  • Hyphenation: ûn‧der‧dû‧ke

Verb

ûnderdûke

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to dive down (to dive beneath a certain surface)
  2. (intransitive) to go into hiding

Usage notes

  • The second meaning has a context born in the Second World War, originally meaning to go into hiding to escape certain measures, to temporarily disappear from public life.

Inflection

Weak class 1, separable
infinitive ûnderdûke
3rd singular past dûkte ûnder
past participle ûnderdûkt
infinitive ûnderdûke
long infinitive ûnderdûken
gerund ûnderdûken n
auxiliary hawwe
main clause subordinate clause
indicative present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st singular dûk ûnder dûkte ûnder ûnderdûk ûnderdûkte
2nd singular dûkst ûnder dûktest ûnder ûnderdûkst ûnderdûktest
3rd singular dûkt ûnder dûkte ûnder ûnderdûkt ûnderdûkte
plural dûke ûnder dûkten ûnder ûnderdûke ûnderdûkten
imperative dûk ûnder
participles ûnderdûkend ûnderdûkt

Derived terms

nouns

References

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