verscheiden

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈsxɛi̯.də(n)/, /vɛrˈsxɛi̯.də(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧schei‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch verscheiden. Compare German verschieden, Yiddish פֿאַרשיידן (farsheydn).

Adjective

verscheiden (comparative verscheidener, superlative verscheidenst)

  1. various, several
Declension
Declension of verscheiden
uninflected verscheiden
inflected verscheiden
comparative verscheidener
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial verscheiden verscheidener het verscheidenst
het verscheidenste
indefinite m./f. sing. verscheiden verscheidener verscheidenste
n. sing. verscheiden verscheidener verscheidenste
plural verscheiden verscheidener verscheidenste
definite verscheiden verscheidener verscheidenste
partitive verscheidens verscheideners
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch verscheiden, from Old Dutch farskeithan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ scheiden.

Verb

verscheiden

  1. (poetic) to pass away, to die
Conjugation
Conjugation of verscheiden (weak with strong past participle, prefixed)
infinitive verscheiden
past singular verscheidde
past participle verscheiden
infinitive verscheiden
gerund verscheiden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verscheid verscheidde
2nd person sing. (jij) verscheidt, verscheid2 verscheidde
2nd person sing. (u) verscheidt verscheidde
2nd person sing. (gij) verscheidt verscheidde
3rd person singular verscheidt verscheidde
plural verscheiden verscheidden
subjunctive sing.1 verscheide verscheidde
subjunctive plur.1 verscheiden verscheidden
imperative sing. verscheid
imperative plur.1 verscheidt
participles verscheidend verscheiden
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Participle

verscheiden

  1. past participle of verscheiden
Declension
Declension of verscheiden
uninflected verscheiden
inflected verscheiden
positive
predicative/adverbial verscheiden
indefinite m./f. sing. verscheiden
n. sing. verscheiden
plural verscheiden
definite verscheiden
partitive verscheidens

Noun

verscheiden n (uncountable)

  1. passing away, dying, death

German

Etymology

From Middle High German verscheiden, from Old High German firskeidan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraskaiþan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ scheiden. Cognates include Dutch verscheiden and Old English forsċeādan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯dn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧schei‧den

Verb

verscheiden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present verscheidet, past tense verschied, past participle verschieden, auxiliary sein)

  1. (euphemistic) to die, decease
  2. (obsolete) to separate, leave, pass by

Conjugation

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