vergrijzen

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Dutch

Etymology

From grijs +‎ ver- -en.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯zən

Verb

vergrijzen

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to grey (make or become grey)
  2. (transitive, intransitive, of a population) to age

Conjugation

Conjugation of vergrijzen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive vergrijzen
past singular vergrijsde
past participle vergrijsd
infinitive vergrijzen
gerund vergrijzen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vergrijs vergrijsde
2nd person sing. (jij) vergrijst, vergrijs2 vergrijsde
2nd person sing. (u) vergrijst vergrijsde
2nd person sing. (gij) vergrijst vergrijsde
3rd person singular vergrijst vergrijsde
plural vergrijzen vergrijsden
subjunctive sing.1 vergrijze vergrijsde
subjunctive plur.1 vergrijzen vergrijsden
imperative sing. vergrijs
imperative plur.1 vergrijst
participles vergrijzend vergrijsd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms