ontgroeven

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Dutch

Etymology

From:

  • ont- (“un-, de-”) +‎ groeven (“to wrinkle, to make a groove”)
  • groef (“wrinkle, groove”) +‎ ont- -en (privative verb-forming circumfix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɔntˈɣru.və(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ont‧groe‧ven
  • Rhymes: -uvən

Verb

ontgroeven

  1. (transitive) to unwrinkle, to remove grooves
    Verschooningh souder wel behoeven, Om haer t'ontrimp'len en t'ontgroeven, (Constantijn Huygens, 1672).
    She needs beautification, to remove the wrinkles and the grooves, (Constantijn Huygens, 1672).

Conjugation

Conjugation of ontgroeven (weak, prefixed)
infinitive ontgroeven
past singular ontgroefde
past participle ontgroefd
infinitive ontgroeven
gerund ontgroeven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ontgroef ontgroefde
2nd person sing. (jij) ontgroeft, ontgroef2 ontgroefde
2nd person sing. (u) ontgroeft ontgroefde
2nd person sing. (gij) ontgroeft ontgroefde
3rd person singular ontgroeft ontgroefde
plural ontgroeven ontgroefden
subjunctive sing.1 ontgroeve ontgroefde
subjunctive plur.1 ontgroeven ontgroefden
imperative sing. ontgroef
imperative plur.1 ontgroeft
participles ontgroevend ontgroefd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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