Wiktionary

toveren

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch tôveren, from Old Dutch *tōvaron, from Proto-West Germanic *taubrōn, from Proto-Germanic *taubrōną. Equivalent to tover (“magic”) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoːvərə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: to‧ve‧ren

Verb edit

toveren

  1. (intransitive) To perform magic
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To do amazing things
    Hij kan toveren: met het kleinste budget behaalt hij de beste resultaten.
    He can do magic: with the lesser budget he gets the best results.

Inflection edit

Inflection of toveren (weak)
infinitive toveren
past singular toverde
past participle getoverd
infinitive toveren
gerund toveren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tover toverde
2nd person sing. (jij) tovert toverde
2nd person sing. (u) tovert toverde
2nd person sing. (gij) tovert toverde
3rd person singular tovert toverde
plural toveren toverden
subjunctive sing.1 tovere toverde
subjunctive plur.1 toveren toverden
imperative sing. tover
imperative plur.1 tovert
participles toverend getoverd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: toor
  • Negerhollands: tover
  • → Saramaccan: tófu
  • → West Frisian: toverje

Anagrams edit

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *tōvaron, from Proto-West Germanic *taubrōn. Equivalent to tôver +‎ -en.

Verb edit

tôveren

  1. to perform magic

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

Further reading edit

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