Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pirater or from piraat +‎ -eren.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌpi.raːˈteː.rə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧te‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

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pirateren

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to pirate (to steal or plunder ships) [from 17th c.]
  2. (transitive) to pirate (to replicate or acquire illegal copies)

Inflection

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Conjugation of pirateren (weak)
infinitive pirateren
past singular pirateerde
past participle gepirateerd
infinitive pirateren
gerund pirateren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pirateer pirateerde
2nd person sing. (jij) pirateert pirateerde
2nd person sing. (u) pirateert pirateerde
2nd person sing. (gij) pirateert pirateerde
3rd person singular pirateert pirateerde
plural pirateren pirateerden
subjunctive sing.1 piratere pirateerde
subjunctive plur.1 pirateren pirateerden
imperative sing. pirateer
imperative plur.1 pirateert
participles piraterend gepirateerd
1) Archaic.