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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɔr.pəˈdeː.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧de‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

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torpederen

  1. (transitive) to torpedo, to attack with a torpedo
  2. (transitive, figurative) to shoot down, to forcefully criticise or attack

Inflection

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Conjugation of torpederen (weak)
infinitive torpederen
past singular torpedeerde
past participle getorpedeerd
infinitive torpederen
gerund torpederen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular torpedeer torpedeerde
2nd person sing. (jij) torpedeert, torpedeer2 torpedeerde
2nd person sing. (u) torpedeert torpedeerde
2nd person sing. (gij) torpedeert torpedeerde
3rd person singular torpedeert torpedeerde
plural torpederen torpedeerden
subjunctive sing.1 torpedere torpedeerde
subjunctive plur.1 torpederen torpedeerden
imperative sing. torpedeer
imperative plur.1 torpedeert
participles torpederend getorpedeerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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