verminken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch verminken, a dialectal variant of vermenken (“to injure permanently”), from ver- + menken (variant minken), from the root manc (“a limping or lame person”) (cf. Dutch mank), from Latin mancus (“maimed or defective”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *man-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvɛrˈmɪŋ.kə(n)/, /vərˈmɪŋ.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧min‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Verb

verminken

1. (transitive) to mutilate, to maim

Inflection

Conjugation of verminken (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	verminken
past singular	verminkte
past participle	verminkt
infinitive	verminken
gerund	verminken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	vermink	verminkte
2nd person sing. (jij)	verminkt, vermink2	verminkte
2nd person sing. (u)	verminkt	verminkte
2nd person sing. (gij)	verminkt	verminkte
3rd person singular	verminkt	verminkte
plural	verminken	verminkten
subjunctive sing.1	verminke	verminkte
subjunctive plur.1	verminken	verminkten
imperative sing.	vermink
imperative plur.1	verminkt
participles	verminkend	verminkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• verminking

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vermink