versteken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch verstēken. Equivalent to ver- +‎ steken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈsteː.kə(n)/, /vɛrˈsteː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧ste‧ken
  • Rhymes: -eːkən

Verb

versteken

  1. (transitive) to stab elsewhere
  2. (transitive) to stab in a different manner
  3. (transitive) to hide, to conceal
    Maar zij had hen op het dak doen klimmen, zij had hen verstoken onder de vlasstoppelen. (Jozua 2:6)
    But she had brought them up to the roof of the house and hid them with the stalks of flax. (Joshua 2:6)
  4. (transitive, Southern) to reject, to expel

Conjugation

Conjugation of versteken (strong class 4, prefixed)
infinitive versteken
past singular verstak
past participle verstoken
infinitive versteken
gerund versteken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular versteek verstak
2nd person sing. (jij) versteekt, versteek2 verstak
2nd person sing. (u) versteekt verstak
2nd person sing. (gij) versteekt verstaakt
3rd person singular versteekt verstak
plural versteken verstaken
subjunctive sing.1 versteke verstake
subjunctive plur.1 versteken verstaken
imperative sing. versteek
imperative plur.1 versteekt
participles verstekend verstoken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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