mankeren
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French manquer, from Latin mancō, from mancus (“maimed”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mankeren
- (impersonal, intransitive) to be sick, to ail [+ aan/met (with)]
- Iets mankeerde aan de kinderen op de slaapzaal, die allemaal moesten overgeven.
- The children in the dormitory, who all had to vomit, had some illness.
- (impersonal, intransitive) to be amiss, to be wrong [+ aan/met (with)]
- Wat mankeert er met jou, honneponnetje?
- What′s wrong with you, honeybun?
- (impersonal, intransitive) to lack, to be missing [+ aan/met (with)]
- Het mankeert hun aan een goed leerboek.
- They lack a good textbook.
- (transitive) to have an ailment or problem
- Hij mankeert veel.
- There's a lot wrong with him.
- (literally, “He has many defects.”)
- Deze hond mankeert iets aan zijn staart.
- This dog has a condition in his tail. (not an innuendo)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of mankeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mankeren | |||
| past singular | mankeerde | |||
| past participle | gemankeerd | |||
| infinitive | mankeren | |||
| gerund | mankeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | mankeer | mankeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | mankeert | mankeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | mankeert | mankeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | mankeert | mankeerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | mankeert | mankeerde | ||
| plural | mankeren | mankeerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | mankere | mankeerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | mankeren | mankeerden | ||
| imperative sing. | mankeer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | mankeert | |||
| participles | mankerend | gemankeerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||