From Middle Dutch verdienen, from Old Dutch farthienon. Equivalent to ver- + dienen.
verdienen
| Inflection of verdienen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verdienen | |||
| past singular | verdiende | |||
| past participle | verdiend | |||
| infinitive | verdienen | |||
| gerund | verdienen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verdien | verdiende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verdient | verdiende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verdient | verdiende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verdient | verdiende | ||
| 3rd person singular | verdient | verdiende | ||
| plural | verdienen | verdienden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verdiene | verdiende | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verdienen | verdienden | ||
| imperative sing. | verdien | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verdient | |||
| participles | verdienend | verdiend | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
From Middle High German verdienen, from Old High German firthionōn. Equivalent to ver- + dienen, calque of Latin deservio.
verdienen (weak, third-person singular present verdient, past tense verdiente, past participle verdient, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | verdienen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verdienend | ||||
| past participle | verdient | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verdiene | wir verdienen | i | ich verdiene | wir verdienen |
| du verdienst | ihr verdient | du verdienest | ihr verdienet | ||
| er verdient | sie verdienen | er verdiene | sie verdienen | ||
| preterite | ich verdiente | wir verdienten | ii | ich verdiente1 | wir verdienten1 |
| du verdientest | ihr verdientet | du verdientest1 | ihr verdientet1 | ||
| er verdiente | sie verdienten | er verdiente1 | sie verdienten1 | ||
| imperative | verdien (du) verdiene (du) |
verdient (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.