pleisteren

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • plaasteren

Etymology 1

From plaaster (a plaster), (perhaps via Old French plastre, modern plâtre) from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, salve, plaster), from ἐν- (en-, on) + πλάσσω (plássō, to mold, form).

Adjective

pleisteren (not comparable)

  1. (made of) plaster
  2. cast in plaster
Inflection
Inflection of pleisteren
uninflected pleisteren
inflected pleisteren
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. pleisteren
n. sing. pleisteren
plural pleisteren
definite pleisteren
partitive

Verb

pleisteren

  1. (transitive) To (apply) plaster, stucco
  2. (transitive) To apply a (medical) plaster
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To smear, cover (up) (notably cosmetically), hide
  4. (transitive) To pave (a road)
Inflection
Inflection of pleisteren (weak)
infinitive pleisteren
past singular pleisterde
past participle gepleisterd
infinitive pleisteren
gerund pleisteren n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular pleisterpleisterde
2nd person sing. (jij) pleistertpleisterde
2nd person sing. (u) pleistertpleisterde
2nd person sing. (gij) pleistertpleisterde
3rd person singular pleistertpleisterde
plural pleisterenpleisterden
subjunctive sing.1 pleisterepleisterde
subjunctive plur.1 pleisterenpleisterden
imperative sing. pleister
imperative plur.1 pleistert
participles pleisterendgepleisterd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • afpleisteren
  • bijpleisteren
  • gladpleisteren
  • pleisteraar
  • pleistering
  • pleisterkalk
  • pleisterklei
  • pleistermortel
  • pleistermuur
  • pleisterspecie
  • pleistertroffel
  • pleistervloer
  • pleisterwerk
  • witgepleisterd

Etymology 2

From peisteren, from Old French paistre (whence French paître) from Latin pascō (I graze). The l-sound may be added by influence of etymology 1.

Verb

pleisteren

  1. (intransitive) To interrupt a journey, take a rest, make a stop, notably to tend to the needs of traveler(s), vehicle(s), staff and/or working animal(s)
  2. (intransitive) To (take a) pause or rest in general
  3. (intransitive) To be, spend time, somewhere
Inflection
Inflection of pleisteren (weak)
infinitive pleisteren
past singular pleisterde
past participle gepleisterd
infinitive pleisteren
gerund pleisteren n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular pleisterpleisterde
2nd person sing. (jij) pleistertpleisterde
2nd person sing. (u) pleistertpleisterde
2nd person sing. (gij) pleistertpleisterde
3rd person singular pleistertpleisterde
plural pleisterenpleisterden
subjunctive sing.1 pleisterepleisterde
subjunctive plur.1 pleisterenpleisterden
imperative sing. pleister
imperative plur.1 pleistert
participles pleisterendgepleisterd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • pleistering
  • pleisterplaats, pleisterplek, pleisterplak
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