overvallen

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Dutch

Etymology

From over- +‎ vallen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌoː.vərˈvɑ.lə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑlən

Verb

overvallen

  1. to raid
    De piraten overvielen het naburige schip. ― The pirates raided the neighboring ship.
    Het leger is van plan het fort te overvallen. ― The army plans to raid the fort.
    Ze overvallen regelmatig handelskaravanen. ― They regularly raid trade caravans.
  2. to take by surprise, surprise
    Het nieuws overviel haar volledig. ― The news completely took her by surprise.
    Hij overviel me met een onverwacht geschenk. ― He surprised me with an unexpected gift.
    De vraag overviel me, en ik wist niet wat te antwoorden. ― The question took me by surprise, and I didn't know what to answer.

Conjugation

Conjugation of overvallen (strong class 7, prefixed)
infinitive overvallen
past singular overviel
past participle overvallen
infinitive overvallen
gerund overvallen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular overval overviel
2nd person sing. (jij) overvalt, overval2 overviel
2nd person sing. (u) overvalt overviel
2nd person sing. (gij) overvalt overvielt
3rd person singular overvalt overviel
plural overvallen overvielen
subjunctive sing.1 overvalle overviele
subjunctive plur.1 overvallen overvielen
imperative sing. overval
imperative plur.1 overvalt
participles overvallend overvallen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: overval

Participle

overvallen

  1. past participle of overvallen

Declension

Declension of overvallen
uninflected overvallen
inflected overvallen
positive
predicative/adverbial overvallen
indefinite m./f. sing. overvallen
n. sing. overvallen
plural overvallen
definite overvallen
partitive overvallens

Noun

overvallen

  1. plural of overval
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