verschalken
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch verschalken (“to subjugate, to mislead, to outwit”). Equivalent to schalk (“scoundrel”) + ver- -en.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
verschalken
- (transitive) to eat up, to catch and eat
- Uiteindelijk wist de tijgerin haar lichtvoetige prooi te verschalken.
- In the end the tigress managed to capture and devour her light-footed prey.
- (transitive) to mislead, to fool
- (transitive) to catch by means of cunning, to trap, to capture, to ensnare
- (transitive) to ambush
Inflection edit
| Inflection of verschalken (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verschalken | |||
| past singular | verschalkte | |||
| past participle | verschalkt | |||
| infinitive | verschalken | |||
| gerund | verschalken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verschalk | verschalkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verschalkt | verschalkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verschalkt | verschalkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verschalkt | verschalkte | ||
| 3rd person singular | verschalkt | verschalkte | ||
| plural | verschalken | verschalkten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verschalke | verschalkte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verschalken | verschalkten | ||
| imperative sing. | verschalk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verschalkt | |||
| participles | verschalkend | verschalkt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms edit
- (mislead): misleiden, bedotten, belazeren
- (eat): verorberen