Blend of consumeren (“to consume”) + minderen (“to lessen”). Pun on the perceived presence of the Dutch word meer (“more”) in consumeren (in reality, meer and consumeren are etymologically unrelated).
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consuminderen
Conjugation of consuminderen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | consuminderen | |||
past singular | consuminderde | |||
past participle | geconsuminderd | |||
infinitive | consuminderen | |||
gerund | consuminderen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | consuminder | consuminderde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | consumindert, consuminder2 | consuminderde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | consumindert | consuminderde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | consumindert | consuminderde | ||
3rd person singular | consumindert | consuminderde | ||
plural | consuminderen | consuminderden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | consumindere | consuminderde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | consuminderen | consuminderden | ||
imperative sing. | consuminder | |||
imperative plur.1 | consumindert | |||
participles | consuminderend | geconsuminderd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |