Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• doet (dialectal)

Verb

doen ‎(present doen, present participle doenende, past participle gedoen)

1. to do

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dun/
• Rhymes: -un

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t.

Verb

doen

1. (transitive) to do
2. (transitive) to put

   Doe dat daar maar in.‎

   Just put it in there.

3. (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs

Inflection

Derived terms

• doen alsof
• aandoen
• meedoen
• nadoen
• ongedaan
• ontdoen
• opdoen
• overdoen
• toedoen
• verdoen
• voordoen
• wegdoen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: doen

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb doen.

Noun

doen n ‎(uncountable)

1. routine

   De mensen zijn uit hun doen, maar schikken zich wel.‎

   The people are outside of their routine, but do accomodate themselves.

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• dinn (chiefly south-western dialects; remains common)
• dunn (dated)

Etymology

From Old High German duon, a northern variety of tuon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną. The phonetically regular form is dunn. The form doen seems to be a backformation from the past participle by analogy with verbs such as droen, schloen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːən/
  • Rhymes: -oːən

Verb

doen ‎(third-person singular present deet, preterite doung, past participle gedoen, past subjunctive déit or déing, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to do
2. to make, cause

Usage notes

• The verb is overall rare and widely replaced with maachen (even in many cases where German would use tun rather than machen).
• The preterite doung is obsolete in general Luxembourgish, whereas the subjunctive déit (déing) still sees some usage as an alternative auxiliary for the conditional tense: ech déit soen (“I would say”) instead of ech géif soen, ech géing soen.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duən/

Verb

doen

1. to do

Conjugation

Descendants

• Dutch: doen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• doet

Noun

doen m, n

1. definite masculine singular of do

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• doet

Noun

doen m, n

1. definite masculine singular of do

Welsh

Alternative forms

• delen (colloquial)
• desen (colloquial)
• dethen (colloquial)
• deuem (literary, first-person plural)
• deuent (literary, third-person plural)
• doem (literary, first-person plural)
• doent (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɔɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɔi̯n/

Verb

doen

1. (colloquial) first-person singular conditional of dod
2. (colloquial) third-person singular conditional of dod

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