consuminderen
Dutch
editEtymology
editBlend of consumeren (“to consume”) + minderen (“to lessen”). Pun on the perceived presence of the Dutch word meer (“more”) in consumeren (in reality, meer and consumeren are etymologically unrelated).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌkɔn.zyˈmɪn.də.rə(n)/, /ˌkɔn.syˈmɪn.də.rə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: con‧su‧min‧de‧ren
- Rhymes: -ɪndərən
Verb
editconsuminderen
- (intransitive) to consume less (rarely conjugated)
Inflection
edit| Conjugation of consuminderen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | consuminderen | |||
| past singular | consuminderde | |||
| past participle | geconsuminderd | |||
| infinitive | consuminderen | |||
| gerund | consuminderen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | consuminder | consuminderde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | consumindert, consuminder2 | consuminderde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | consumindert | consuminderde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | consumindert | consuminderde | ||
| 3rd person singular | consumindert | consuminderde | ||
| plural | consuminderen | consuminderden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | consumindere | consuminderde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | consuminderen | consuminderden | ||
| imperative sing. | consuminder | |||
| imperative plur.1 | consumindert | |||
| participles | consuminderend | geconsuminderd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||