verfouteren

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Dutch

Etymology

Blend of verbeteren +‎ fout. First attested around 2000.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrˈfɑu̯.tə.rə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧fou‧te‧ren

Verb

verfouteren

  1. (informal) to make a mistake in the belief that one is correcting mistakes, to hypercorrect

Conjugation

Conjugation of verfouteren (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verfouteren
past singular verfouterde
past participle verfouterd
infinitive verfouteren
gerund verfouteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verfouter verfouterde
2nd person sing. (jij) verfoutert, verfouter2 verfouterde
2nd person sing. (u) verfoutert verfouterde
2nd person sing. (gij) verfoutert verfouterde
3rd person singular verfoutert verfouterde
plural verfouteren verfouterden
subjunctive sing.1 verfoutere verfouterde
subjunctive plur.1 verfouteren verfouterden
imperative sing. verfouter
imperative plur.1 verfoutert
participles verfouterend verfouterd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.