versmallen

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Dutch

Etymology

From smal +‎ ver- -en.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧smal‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɑlən

Verb

versmallen

  1. to narrow, narrow down
    De Grote Kazan is de beroemdste en de nauwste kloof van het traject: de rivier versmalt hier tot 150 meter en bereikt er een diepte tot 53 meter.
    The Great Kazan is the most well known and the narrowest gorge of the route: the river here narrows down to 150 meters and reaches a depth of 53 meters.

Conjugation

Conjugation of versmallen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive versmallen
past singular versmalde
past participle versmald
infinitive versmallen
gerund versmallen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular versmal versmalde
2nd person sing. (jij) versmalt, versmal2 versmalde
2nd person sing. (u) versmalt versmalde
2nd person sing. (gij) versmalt versmalde
3rd person singular versmalt versmalde
plural versmallen versmalden
subjunctive sing.1 versmalle versmalde
subjunctive plur.1 versmallen versmalden
imperative sing. versmal
imperative plur.1 versmalt
participles versmallend versmald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.