verstenen

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • versteenen (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈsteːnə(n)/, /vɛrˈsteːnə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧ste‧nen
  • Rhymes: -eːnən

Etymology 1

Some versteend (petrified) material

From Middle Dutch verstênen. Equivalent to ver- + steen + -en.

Verb

verstenen

  1. (transitive) to petrify, turn (something) into rock
  2. (by extension) to harden, make insensitive
  3. (intransitive) to be petrified, turned into rock
  4. (by extension) to be hardened, to become rigid, implacable
  5. (transitive) to equip, fit (a mill) with a(nother) millstone
Inflection
Inflection of verstenen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verstenen
past singular versteende
past participle versteend
infinitive verstenen
gerund verstenen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular versteenversteende
2nd person sing. (jij) versteentversteende
2nd person sing. (u) versteentversteende
2nd person sing. (gij) versteentversteende
3rd person singular versteentversteende
plural verstenenversteenden
subjunctive sing.1 versteneversteende
subjunctive plur.1 verstenenversteenden
imperative sing. versteen
imperative plur.1 versteent
participles verstenendversteend
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From ver- + stenen (to moan, complain).

Verb

verstenen

  1. (intransitive) To moan, complain
  2. (transitive) To bemoan, regret
Inflection
Inflection of verstenen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verstenen
past singular versteende
past participle versteend
infinitive verstenen
gerund verstenen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular versteenversteende
2nd person sing. (jij) versteentversteende
2nd person sing. (u) versteentversteende
2nd person sing. (gij) versteentversteende
3rd person singular versteentversteende
plural verstenenversteenden
subjunctive sing.1 versteneversteende
subjunctive plur.1 verstenenversteenden
imperative sing. versteen
imperative plur.1 versteent
participles verstenendversteend
1) Archaic.
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