verstenen
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Some versteend (petrified) material
Dutch
Alternative forms
- versteenen (obsolete spelling)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch verstênen. Equivalent to steen + ver- -en.
Verb
verstenen
- (transitive) to petrify, turn (something) into rock
- (by extension) to harden, make insensitive
- (intransitive) to be petrified, turned into rock
- (by extension) to be hardened, to become rigid, implacable
- (transitive) to equip, fit (a mill) with a(nother) millstone
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verstenen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verstenen | |||
| past singular | versteende | |||
| past participle | versteend | |||
| infinitive | verstenen | |||
| gerund | verstenen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | versteen | versteende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | versteent, versteen2 | versteende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | versteent | versteende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | versteent | versteende | ||
| 3rd person singular | versteent | versteende | ||
| plural | verstenen | versteenden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verstene | versteende | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verstenen | versteenden | ||
| imperative sing. | versteen | |||
| imperative plur.1 | versteent | |||
| participles | verstenend | versteend | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From ver- + stenen (“to moan, complain”).
Verb
verstenen
- (intransitive) to moan, complain
- (transitive) to bemoan, regret
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verstenen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verstenen | |||
| past singular | versteende | |||
| past participle | versteend | |||
| infinitive | verstenen | |||
| gerund | verstenen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | versteen | versteende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | versteent, versteen2 | versteende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | versteent | versteende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | versteent | versteende | ||
| 3rd person singular | versteent | versteende | ||
| plural | verstenen | versteenden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verstene | versteende | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verstenen | versteenden | ||
| imperative sing. | versteen | |||
| imperative plur.1 | versteent | |||
| participles | verstenend | versteend | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||