The singular grondvest - meaning the same - was in use in early modern Dutch. It comprises grond (“ground”) + veste (“secure place, bulwark, basis”).
grondvesten pl (plural only)
From the early modern singular grondvest (“foundation”) + -en.
grondvesten
Conjugation of grondvesten (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | grondvesten | |||
past singular | grondvestte | |||
past participle | gegrondvest | |||
infinitive | grondvesten | |||
gerund | grondvesten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | grondvest | grondvestte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | grondvest | grondvestte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | grondvest | grondvestte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | grondvest | grondvestte | ||
3rd person singular | grondvest | grondvestte | ||
plural | grondvesten | grondvestten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | grondveste | grondvestte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | grondvesten | grondvestten | ||
imperative sing. | grondvest | |||
imperative plur.1 | grondvest | |||
participles | grondvestend | gegrondvest | ||
1) Archaic. |