verfouteren
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Blend of verbeteren + fout. First attested around 2000.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
verfouteren
- (informal) to make a mistake in the belief that one is correcting mistakes, to hypercorrect
Inflection edit
Inflection of verfouteren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | verfouteren | |||
past singular | verfouterde | |||
past participle | verfouterd | |||
infinitive | verfouteren | |||
gerund | verfouteren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | verfouter | verfouterde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | verfoutert | verfouterde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | verfoutert | verfouterde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | verfoutert | verfouterde | ||
3rd person singular | verfoutert | verfouterde | ||
plural | verfouteren | verfouterden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | verfoutere | verfouterde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | verfouteren | verfouterden | ||
imperative sing. | verfouter | |||
imperative plur.1 | verfoutert | |||
participles | verfouterend | verfouterd | ||
1) Archaic. |