verdrinken
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch verdrinken. Equivalent to ver- + drinken (“drink”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
verdrinken
- (ergative) to drown (to (cause to) die of suffocation while submerged)
- Synonym: verzuipen
- (ergative) to drown (to submerge completely in liquid)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to drown, drown out (to seemingly disappear in a mass)
- (transitive) to spend on drinking alcoholic drinks
- Synonym: verzuipen
- (transitive, figuratively) to drown (one's sorrow by consuming alcohol)
- Synonym: verzuipen
Inflection edit
| Inflection of verdrinken (strong class 3a, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verdrinken | |||
| past singular | verdronk | |||
| past participle | verdronken | |||
| infinitive | verdrinken | |||
| gerund | verdrinken n | |||
| 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 edit
Descendants edit
- Negerhollands: verdrink