folteren

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German foltern, probably from Latin poletrus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔltərə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: fol‧te‧ren

Verb

folteren

  1. (transitive) to torture
    Synonym: martelen
  2. (transitive) to torment, to agonize

Conjugation

Conjugation of folteren (weak)
infinitive folteren
past singular folterde
past participle gefolterd
infinitive folteren
gerund folteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular folter folterde
2nd person sing. (jij) foltert, folter2 folterde
2nd person sing. (u) foltert folterde
2nd person sing. (gij) foltert folterde
3rd person singular foltert folterde
plural folteren folterden
subjunctive sing.1 foltere folterde
subjunctive plur.1 folteren folterden
imperative sing. folter
imperative plur.1 foltert
participles folterend gefolterd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Verb

folteren (third-person singular present foltert, past participle gefoltert, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to torture

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive folteren
participle gefoltert
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular folteren
2nd singular folters folter
3rd singular foltert
1st plural folteren
2nd plural foltert foltert
3rd plural folteren

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.