onteren
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom eer (“honour”) + ont- -en (privative verb-forming circumfix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editonteren
- (transitive) to dishonor
- Je kunt dat niet doen zonder zijn nagedachtenis te onteren.
- You cannot do that without dishonoring his memory.
- (transitive) to rape, to violate sexually
Inflection
edit| Conjugation of onteren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | onteren | |||
| past singular | onteerde | |||
| past participle | onteerd | |||
| infinitive | onteren | |||
| gerund | onteren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | onteer | onteerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | onteert, onteer2 | onteerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | onteert | onteerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | onteert | onteerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | onteert | onteerde | ||
| plural | onteren | onteerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ontere | onteerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | onteren | onteerden | ||
| imperative sing. | onteer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | onteert | |||
| participles | onterend | onteerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||