rijmen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛi̯.mə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: rij‧men
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯mən
Etymology 1
From rijm + -en. In Middle Dutch there was still a strong verb rimen, but the modern verb is not descended from it in form.
Verb
rijmen
- (intransitive) to rhyme [+ op (with)] (to have a rhyme with another word)
- Nee, "yurt" rijmt niet op "yoghurt".
- No, "yurt" does not rhyme with "yoghurt".
- (intransitive, transitive) to rhyme, to speak or write rhymes
- De hulpsinterklaas rijmde erop los.
- The stand-in Sinterklaas was rhyming full speed ahead.
- (intransitive) to agree, to correspond [+ met (with/to)]
- (transitive) to bring into agreement, to reconcile [+ met (with)]
- Ik kan dat niet rijmen met zijn anders zo vriendelijk gedrag.
- I cannot reconcile that with his friendly behaviour in other contexts.
Inflection
| Inflection of rijmen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rijmen | |||
| past singular | rijmde | |||
| past participle | gerijmd | |||
| infinitive | rijmen | |||
| gerund | rijmen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | rijm | rijmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | rijmt | rijmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | rijmt | rijmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | rijmt | rijmde | ||
| 3rd person singular | rijmt | rijmde | ||
| plural | rijmen | rijmden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | rijme | rijmde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | rijmen | rijmden | ||
| imperative sing. | rijm | |||
| imperative plur.1 | rijmt | |||
| participles | rijmend | gerijmd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
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