vernachelen
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from nagel (“nail”); compare (Rotwelsch) German nageln (“to fuck”). With the prefix ver-, the semantics of this word would then be comparable to verneuken (“to fuck up”). A Yiddish origin has also been supposed.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vernachelen
- (transitive) to con, to scam, to deceive
- (transitive) to mess up, to waste, to destroy
Inflection edit
| Inflection of vernachelen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vernachelen | |||
| past singular | vernachelde | |||
| past participle | vernacheld | |||
| infinitive | vernachelen | |||
| gerund | vernachelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | vernachel | vernachelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | vernachelt | vernachelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | vernachelt | vernachelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | vernachelt | vernachelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | vernachelt | vernachelde | ||
| plural | vernachelen | vernachelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | vernachele | vernachelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | vernachelen | vernachelden | ||
| imperative sing. | vernachel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | vernachelt | |||
| participles | vernachelend | vernacheld | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||