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Etymology

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Borrowed from French décimer, from Latin decimō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deːsiˈmeːrə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧ci‧me‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

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decimeren

  1. (transitive) to decimate, to weaken
  2. (historical, transitive) to decimate, to kill every tenth person

Inflection

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Conjugation of decimeren (weak)
infinitive decimeren
past singular decimeerde
past participle gedecimeerd
infinitive decimeren
gerund decimeren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular decimeer decimeerde
2nd person sing. (jij) decimeert, decimeer2 decimeerde
2nd person sing. (u) decimeert decimeerde
2nd person sing. (gij) decimeert decimeerde
3rd person singular decimeert decimeerde
plural decimeren decimeerden
subjunctive sing.1 decimere decimeerde
subjunctive plur.1 decimeren decimeerden
imperative sing. decimeer
imperative plur.1 decimeert
participles decimerend gedecimeerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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