Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔmpə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dom‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɔmpən

Etymology 1

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Perhaps from the same root as diep and dopen, though the derivation is obscure.

Verb

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dompen

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to dip, to submerge
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to turn along the vertical axis, to point/aim in another direction
Inflection
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Conjugation of dompen (weak)
infinitive dompen
past singular dompte
past participle gedompt
infinitive dompen
gerund dompen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular domp dompte
2nd person sing. (jij) dompt dompte
2nd person sing. (u) dompt dompte
2nd person sing. (gij) dompt dompte
3rd person singular dompt dompte
plural dompen dompten
subjunctive sing.1 dompe dompte
subjunctive plur.1 dompen dompten
imperative sing. domp
imperative plur.1 dompt
participles dompend gedompt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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dompen

  1. (transitive, archaic) to extinguish, to dim, to put out (of light)
Inflection
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Conjugation of dompen (weak)
infinitive dompen
past singular dompte
past participle gedompt
infinitive dompen
gerund dompen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular domp dompte
2nd person sing. (jij) dompt dompte
2nd person sing. (u) dompt dompte
2nd person sing. (gij) dompt dompte
3rd person singular dompt dompte
plural dompen dompten
subjunctive sing.1 dompe dompte
subjunctive plur.1 dompen dompten
imperative sing. domp
imperative plur.1 dompt
participles dompend gedompt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
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