onderscheiden

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Dutch

Etymology

From onder- +‎ scheiden (“to separate”). Compare German unterscheiden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɔndərˈsxɛi̯də(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

Verb

onderscheiden

  1. to distinguish, to discriminate
    Goed van kwaad kunnen onderscheiden.
    To be able to distinguish good from evil.
  2. to distinguish, discern
    Een voorwerp onderscheiden.
    To discern an object.
  3. to treat with distinction
  4. to decorate (with a medal)
    Onderscheiden worden met een medaille.
    To be decorated with a medal.

Inflection

Inflection of onderscheiden (weak with strong past participle, prefixed)
infinitive onderscheiden
past singular onderscheidde
past participle onderscheiden
infinitive onderscheiden
gerund onderscheiden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular onderscheid onderscheidde
2nd person sing. (jij) onderscheidt onderscheidde
2nd person sing. (u) onderscheidt onderscheidde
2nd person sing. (gij) onderscheidt onderscheidde
3rd person singular onderscheidt onderscheidde
plural onderscheiden onderscheidden
subjunctive sing.1 onderscheide onderscheidde
subjunctive plur.1 onderscheiden onderscheidden
imperative sing. onderscheid
imperative plur.1 onderscheidt
participles onderscheidend onderscheiden
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: onderskei

See also

Participle

onderscheiden

  1. past participle of onderscheiden

Inflection

Inflection of onderscheiden
uninflected onderscheiden
inflected onderscheiden
positive
predicative/adverbial onderscheiden
indefinite m./f. sing. onderscheiden
n. sing. onderscheiden
plural onderscheiden
definite onderscheiden
partitive onderscheidens

Adjective

onderscheiden (not comparable)

  1. various, different
  2. diverse
  3. several

Inflection

Inflection of onderscheiden
uninflected onderscheiden
inflected onderscheiden
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial onderscheiden
indefinite m./f. sing. onderscheiden
n. sing. onderscheiden
plural onderscheiden
definite onderscheiden
partitive onderscheidens
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