counteren
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom counter + -en. English counter does not have this sense relating to sports in general.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcounteren
- (sports, especially soccer) to counter-attack, to counter
- Na een prachtige redding van doelman Netjes wist het uitteam effectief te counteren via de rechterflank.
- After a beautiful save by goalkeeper Netjes the away team managed to perform an effective counter-attack via the right flank.
Conjugation
edit| Conjugation of counteren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | counteren | |||
| past singular | counterde | |||
| past participle | gecounterd | |||
| infinitive | counteren | |||
| gerund | counteren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | counter | counterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | countert, counter2 | counterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | countert | counterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | countert | counterde | ||
| 3rd person singular | countert | counterde | ||
| plural | counteren | counterden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | countere | counterde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | counteren | counterden | ||
| imperative sing. | counter | |||
| imperative plur.1 | countert | |||
| participles | counterend | gecounterd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||