verheugen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch verhuegen. Equivalent to ver- + heugen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
verheugen
- (transitive) to make happy, delight
- Het verheugt mij dat je even de tijd hebt gevonden om bij mij te komen.
- It delights me that you found the time to come by.
- (reflexive) to rejoice, be glad
- (reflexive) to look forward [+ op (object) = to]
Inflection edit
| Inflection of verheugen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verheugen | |||
| past singular | verheugde | |||
| past participle | verheugd | |||
| infinitive | verheugen | |||
| gerund | verheugen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verheug | verheugde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verheugt | verheugde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verheugt | verheugde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verheugt | verheugde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verheugt | verheugde | ||
| plural | verheugen | verheugden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verheuge | verheugde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verheugen | verheugden | ||
| imperative sing. | verheug | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verheugt | |||
| participles | verheugend | verheugd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Descendants edit
- Negerhollands: verheeg