droogleggen

Dutch

Etymology

From droog (“dry”) +‎ leggen (“to lay”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdroːxlɛɣə(n)/
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Verb

droogleggen

  1. (transitive) to drain (water)
  2. (transitive) to ban consumption of alcoholic drinks

Inflection
Inflection of droogleggen (weak, separable)
infinitive droogleggen
past singular legde droog
past participle drooggelegd
infinitive droogleggen
gerund droogleggen n
verbal noun —
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular leg drooglegde droogdrooglegdrooglegde
2nd person sing. (jij) legt drooglegde droogdrooglegtdrooglegde
2nd person sing. (u) legt drooglegde droogdrooglegtdrooglegde
2nd person sing. (gij) legt drooglegde droogdrooglegtdrooglegde
3rd person singular legt drooglegde droogdrooglegtdrooglegde
plural leggen drooglegden droogdroogleggendrooglegden
subjunctive sing.1 legge drooglegde droogdroogleggedrooglegde
subjunctive plur.1 leggen drooglegden droogdroogleggendrooglegden
imperative sing. leg droog
imperative plur.1 legt droog
participles droogleggenddrooggelegd
1) Archaic.

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