From Middle Dutch verdegedingen. Cognate with German verteidigen. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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verdedigen
| Inflection of verdedigen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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| infinitive | verdedigen | |||
| past singular | verdedigde | |||
| past participle | verdedigd | |||
| infinitive | verdedigen | |||
| gerund | verdedigen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verdedig | verdedigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verdedigt | verdedigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verdedigt | verdedigde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verdedigt | verdedigde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verdedigt | verdedigde | ||
| plural | verdedigen | verdedigden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verdedige | verdedigde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verdedigen | verdedigden | ||
| imperative sing. | verdedig | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verdedigt | |||
| participles | verdedigend | verdedigd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||