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Dutch
Verb
op de zenuwen werken
- to get on someone's nerves
- Synonym: enerveren
Usage notes
The object of the sentence (the person whose nerves) may be a genitive/possessive (as in English):
Hij werkt op mijn zenuwen.- He's getting on my nerves.
Hij werkt op zijn moeders zenuwen.- He's getting on his mother's nerves.
It can also be a simple indirect object, or an indirect object combined with a reflexive possessive. The translations given here are literal to illustrate the Dutch sentence structure:
Hij werkt mij op de zenuwen.- He is getting (to) me on the nerves.
Hij werkt mij op mijn zenuwen.- He is getting (to) me on my nerves.
Hij werkt zijn moeder op de zenuwen.- He is getting (to) his mother on the nerves.
Hij werkt zijn moeder op haar zenuwen.- He is getting (to) his mother on her nerves.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
op de zenuwen werken: see
werken.