onderwerpen

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From onder- +‎ werpen, analogous to Latin sub- +‎ iacere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔn.dərˈʋɛr.pə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: on‧der‧wer‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɛrpən

Verb

onderwerpen

  1. to subject
    De Romeinen dachten de Frisii snel te kunnen onderwerpen maar dit bleek een misrekening.
    The Romans thought that they could quickly subject the Frisii but this, it became clear, was a miscalculation.
Conjugation
Conjugation of onderwerpen (strong class 3+7, prefixed)
infinitive onderwerpen
past singular onderwierp
past participle onderworpen
infinitive onderwerpen
gerund onderwerpen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular onderwerp onderwierp
2nd person sing. (jij) onderwerpt, onderwerp2 onderwierp
2nd person sing. (u) onderwerpt onderwierp
2nd person sing. (gij) onderwerpt onderwierpt
3rd person singular onderwerpt onderwierp
plural onderwerpen onderwierpen
subjunctive sing.1 onderwerpe onderwierpe
subjunctive plur.1 onderwerpen onderwierpen
imperative sing. onderwerp
imperative plur.1 onderwerpt
participles onderwerpend onderworpen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔn.dərˌʋɛr.pə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: on‧der‧wer‧pen

Noun

onderwerpen

  1. plural of onderwerp