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Definition 2024
verdrinken
verdrinken
Dutch
Verb
verdrinken
- (intransitive) To drown, perish in liquid
- (intransitive, figuratively) To drown, seemingly disappear in a mass
- (transitive) To drown, submerge completely in liquid
- (transitive, figuratively) To drown (sorrow), hide temporarily by getting drunk
Inflection
| Inflection of verdrinken (strong class 3, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verdrinken | |||
| past singular | verdronk | |||
| past participle | verdronken | |||
| infinitive | verdrinken | |||
| gerund | verdrinken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verdrink | verdronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verdrinkt | verdronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verdrinkt | verdronk | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verdrinkt | verdronkt | ||
| 3rd person singular | verdrinkt | verdronk | ||
| plural | verdrinken | verdronken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verdrinke | verdronke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verdrinken | verdronken | ||
| imperative sing. | verdrink | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verdrinkt | |||
| participles | verdrinkend | verdronken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- verdrinking
See also
- drenkeling