verfilmen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German verfilmen. Equivalent to film + ver- -en.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
verfilmen
- (transitive) to make a film of, to turn into a movie [from 1913]
- 1913 March 14, "De zegetocht van de film", tr. from German, in Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië, Vol. 18, No. 61, folio 3, page 1; a translated and redacted article from Das Echo.
- En eindelijk worden alle levensverrichtingen „verfilmd” en blijft er van de taal, van het gesproken woord, niemendal meer over...
- And finally all activities in life will be turned into films and of language, of the spoken word, nothing at all will remain any more...
- 1913 March 14, "De zegetocht van de film", tr. from German, in Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië, Vol. 18, No. 61, folio 3, page 1; a translated and redacted article from Das Echo.
- (transitive) to store on microform [from 20th c.]
Inflection edit
| Inflection of verfilmen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verfilmen | |||
| past singular | verfilmde | |||
| past participle | verfilmd | |||
| infinitive | verfilmen | |||
| gerund | verfilmen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verfilm | verfilmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verfilmt | verfilmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verfilmt | verfilmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verfilmt | verfilmde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verfilmt | verfilmde | ||
| plural | verfilmen | verfilmden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verfilme | verfilmde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verfilmen | verfilmden | ||
| imperative sing. | verfilm | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verfilmt | |||
| participles | verfilmend | verfilmd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
verfilmen (weak, third-person singular present verfilmt, past tense verfilmte, past participle verfilmt, auxiliary haben)
- to make a film of
Conjugation edit
| infinitive | verfilmen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verfilmend | ||||
| past participle | verfilmt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verfilme | wir verfilmen | i | ich verfilme | wir verfilmen |
| du verfilmst | ihr verfilmt | du verfilmest | ihr verfilmet | ||
| er verfilmt | sie verfilmen | er verfilme | sie verfilmen | ||
| preterite | ich verfilmte | wir verfilmten | ii | ich verfilmte1 | wir verfilmten1 |
| du verfilmtest | ihr verfilmtet | du verfilmtest1 | ihr verfilmtet1 | ||
| er verfilmte | sie verfilmten | er verfilmte1 | sie verfilmten1 | ||
| imperative | verfilm (du) verfilme (du) |
verfilmt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.