bersten
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bersten
Inflection edit
Inflection of bersten (weak with strong past participle) | ||||
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infinitive | bersten | |||
past singular | berstte | |||
past participle | gebersten | |||
infinitive | bersten | |||
gerund | bersten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | berst | berstte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | berst | berstte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | berst | berstte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | berst | berstte | ||
3rd person singular | berst | berstte | ||
plural | bersten | berstten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | berste | berstte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bersten | berstten | ||
imperative sing. | berst | |||
imperative plur.1 | berst | |||
participles | berstend | gebersten | ||
1) Archaic. |
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bresten, from Old High German brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną.
The modern form is from Middle Low German with metathesis of -r- from Old Saxon brestan (compare Bernstein, Born). Cognate with Dutch barsten, English burst, Old Norse bresta (whence Danish briste, Norwegian Bokmål briste and Swedish brista).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bersten (class 3 strong, third-person singular present birst, past tense barst, past participle geborsten, past subjunctive bärste, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive, chiefly literary) to burst
Usage notes edit
- The more general word is platzen.
- Bersten has a somewhat irregular 2nd person singular du birst, to avoid the regular but unpronounceable **birstst.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | bersten | ||||
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present participle | berstend | ||||
past participle | geborsten | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich berste | wir bersten | i | ich berste | wir bersten |
du birst | ihr berstet | du berstest | ihr berstet | ||
er birst | sie bersten | er berste | sie bersten | ||
preterite | ich barst | wir barsten | ii | ich bärste1 | wir bärsten1 |
du barstest | ihr barstet | du bärstest1 | ihr bärstet1 | ||
er barst | sie barsten | er bärste1 | sie bärsten1 | ||
imperative | birst (du) | berstet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną.
Verb edit
bersten
- to burst, to break apart
- to come forth, to arise
Inflection edit
Strong class 3 | ||
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Infinitive | bersten | |
3rd sg. past | barst | |
3rd pl. past | borsten | |
Past participle | geborsten | |
Infinitive | bersten | |
In genitive | berstens | |
In dative | berstene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | berste | barst |
2nd singular | bersts, berstes | borsts, borstes |
3rd singular | berst, berstet | barst |
1st plural | bersten | borsten |
2nd plural | berst, berstet | borst, borstet |
3rd plural | bersten | borsten |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | berste | borste |
2nd singular | bersts, berstes | borstes |
3rd singular | berste | borste |
1st plural | bersten | borsten |
2nd plural | berst, berstet | borstet |
3rd plural | bersten | borsten |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | berst, berste | |
Plural | berst, berstet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | berstende | geborsten |
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “bersten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bersten (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English edit
Verb edit
bersten
- Alternative form of bresten