From Middle Dutch entfarmen, ontfarmen, from Old Dutch *intfarmon, with two prefixes ont- and af attached to Proto-West Germanic *armēn, from Proto-Germanic *armāną (“to pity”). The word erbarmen derives from the same source, via Old High German and with a different prefix. Related to arm (“poor”).
ontfermen
Conjugation of ontfermen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | ontfermen | |||
past singular | ontfermde | |||
past participle | ontfermd | |||
infinitive | ontfermen | |||
gerund | ontfermen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | ontferm | ontfermde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | ontfermt, ontferm2 | ontfermde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | ontfermt | ontfermde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | ontfermt | ontfermde | ||
3rd person singular | ontfermt | ontfermde | ||
plural | ontfermen | ontfermden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | ontferme | ontfermde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | ontfermen | ontfermden | ||
imperative sing. | ontferm | |||
imperative plur.1 | ontfermt | |||
participles | ontfermend | ontfermd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |