nivelleren

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French niveler, from Middle French niveler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌni.vəˈleː.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ni‧vel‧le‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

nivelleren

  1. (transitive) to level economically
  2. (transitive, now less common) to level, to equalise, to flatten (physically or figuratively in senses not relating to economic distribution)

Conjugation

Conjugation of nivelleren (weak)
infinitive nivelleren
past singular nivelleerde
past participle genivelleerd
infinitive nivelleren
gerund nivelleren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular nivelleer nivelleerde
2nd person sing. (jij) nivelleert, nivelleer2 nivelleerde
2nd person sing. (u) nivelleert nivelleerde
2nd person sing. (gij) nivelleert nivelleerde
3rd person singular nivelleert nivelleerde
plural nivelleren nivelleerden
subjunctive sing.1 nivellere nivelleerde
subjunctive plur.1 nivelleren nivelleerden
imperative sing. nivelleer
imperative plur.1 nivelleert
participles nivellerend genivelleerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: nivelleer
  • West Frisian: nivellearje