durven

Dutch

From Middle Dutch durven. This verb originated from two Middle Dutch verbs:

durven

(transitive) to dare (do), to not be afraid (to do)
Ik durf dat niet.
I dare not do that.
(auxiliary, usually with te) to dare (to), to not be afraid to
Hij durfde de stap naar een autonoom natuurrecht nog niet te zetten, omdat zoiets zou kunnen impliceren dat God niet zou bestaan.
He dared not take the step towards an autonomous natural law, because by so doing it could imply that God would not exist.

Conjugation of durven (preterite-present)
infinitive	durven
past singular	dorst
past participle	gedurfd
infinitive	durven
gerund	durven n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	durf	dorst
2nd person sing. (jij)	durft, durf²	dorst
2nd person sing. (u)	durft	dorst
2nd person sing. (gij)	durft	dorst
3rd person singular	durft	dorst
plural	durven	dorsten

subjunctive sing.¹	durve	dorste
subjunctive plur.¹	durven	dorsten

imperative sing.	durf
imperative plur.¹	durft

participles	durvend	gedurfd
¹⁾ Archaic. ²⁾ In case of inversion.

Note: The irregular past tense dorst(en) is archaic.^[1]
Note: The past tense dierf/dierven is common in speech, but proscribed^[1]