From Middle Dutch luusteren, lūsteren, from Old Dutch *lūstren, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūstrēn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with German Low German lüstern (“to listen”), Old High German lūstarēn (whence obsolete or dialectal German laustern, Luxembourgish lauschteren).
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luisteren
Conjugation of luisteren (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | luisteren | |||
past singular | luisterde | |||
past participle | geluisterd | |||
infinitive | luisteren | |||
gerund | luisteren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | luister | luisterde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | luistert, luister2 | luisterde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | luistert | luisterde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | luistert | luisterde | ||
3rd person singular | luistert | luisterde | ||
plural | luisteren | luisterden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | luistere | luisterde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | luisteren | luisterden | ||
imperative sing. | luister | |||
imperative plur.1 | luistert | |||
participles | luisterend | geluisterd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |