opklaren
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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of op (“up, on”) + klaren (“to (make/become) clear”). Compare also German aufklären, which is a calque of Middle Low German upklāren.
Pronunciation
Verb
opklaren
- (transitive) to (make) clear(er), clarify
- (transitive) to fix, solve (especially a riddle etc.)
- (intransitive, weather) to become clear(er), to clear up
- (transitive) to (become) clear(er), clear up physically
- (intransitive, figurative) to clear up, to look, to feel etc. bright(er) etc.
- (reflexive) to clear (up) oneself in either sense
Conjugation
| Conjugation of opklaren (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | opklaren | |||
| past singular | klaarde op | |||
| past participle | opgeklaard | |||
| infinitive | opklaren | |||
| gerund | opklaren n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | klaar op | klaarde op | opklaar | opklaarde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | klaart op, klaar op2 | klaarde op | opklaart | opklaarde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | klaart op | klaarde op | opklaart | opklaarde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | klaart op | klaarde op | opklaart | opklaarde |
| 3rd person singular | klaart op | klaarde op | opklaart | opklaarde |
| plural | klaren op | klaarden op | opklaren | opklaarden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | klare op | klaarde op | opklare | opklaarde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | klaren op | klaarden op | opklaren | opklaarden |
| imperative sing. | klaar op | |||
| imperative plur.1 | klaart op | |||
| participles | opklarend | opgeklaard | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||