Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle Dutch ontbasten. Equivalent to bast (bark) +‎ ont- -en (privative circumfix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɔntˈbɑs.tə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ont‧bas‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɑstən

Verb edit

ontbasten

  1. (transitive, forestry) to remove bark, to debark

Inflection edit

Conjugation of ontbasten (weak, prefixed)
infinitive ontbasten
past singular ontbastte
past participle ontbast
infinitive ontbasten
gerund ontbasten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ontbast ontbastte
2nd person sing. (jij) ontbast ontbastte
2nd person sing. (u) ontbast ontbastte
2nd person sing. (gij) ontbast ontbastte
3rd person singular ontbast ontbastte
plural ontbasten ontbastten
subjunctive sing.1 ontbaste ontbastte
subjunctive plur.1 ontbasten ontbastten
imperative sing. ontbast
imperative plur.1 ontbast
participles ontbastend ontbast
1) Archaic.