ontstaan

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ontstaen, from Old Dutch antstān. Equivalent to ont- +‎ staan. Cognate with German entstehen and Dutch Low Saxon untstån.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔntˈstaːn/
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  • Hyphenation: ont‧staan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Verb

ontstaan

  1. to arise, to come into being

Inflection

Conjugation of ontstaan (strong class 6, irregular, prefixed)
infinitive ontstaan
past singular ontstond
past participle ontstaan
infinitive ontstaan
gerund ontstaan n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ontsta ontstond
2nd person sing. (jij) ontstaat ontstond
2nd person sing. (u) ontstaat ontstond
2nd person sing. (gij) ontstaat ontstondt
3rd person singular ontstaat ontstond
plural ontstaan ontstonden
subjunctive sing.1 ontsta ontstonde
subjunctive plur.1 ontstaan ontstonden
imperative sing. ontsta
imperative plur.1 ontstaat
participles ontstaand ontstaan
1) Archaic.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: ontstaan

Participle

ontstaan

  1. past participle of ontstaan

Inflection

Declension of ontstaan
uninflected ontstaan
inflected ontstane
positive
predicative/adverbial ontstaan
indefinite m./f. sing. ontstane
n. sing. ontstaan
plural ontstane
definite ontstane
partitive ontstaans

Noun

ontstaan n (uncountable)

  1. start, beginning; arising, origination
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