heersen

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Dutch

Etymology

From late Middle Dutch hêerschen (to command, rule), borrowed from German herrschen (Early New High German). Related to heer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeːrsən/
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  • Hyphenation: heer‧sen
  • Rhymes: -eːrsən

Verb

heersen

  1. to rule
  2. to prevail
    In de kamer voor hem heerste een onbeschrijfelijke wanorde.
    An indescribable chaos prevailed in the room before him.

Inflection

Conjugation of heersen (weak)
infinitive heersen
past singular heerste
past participle geheerst
infinitive heersen
gerund heersen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular heers heerste
2nd person sing. (jij) heerst heerste
2nd person sing. (u) heerst heerste
2nd person sing. (gij) heerst heerste
3rd person singular heerst heerste
plural heersen heersten
subjunctive sing.1 heerse heerste
subjunctive plur.1 heersen heersten
imperative sing. heers
imperative plur.1 heerst
participles heersend geheerst
1) Archaic.

Derived terms