versnijden
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch versniden, versnyden. Equivalent to ver- + snijden.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /vərˈsnɛi̯.də(n)/, /vɛrˈsnɛi̯.də(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧snij‧den
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən
Verb edit
versnijden
- (transitive) to cut up, to cut in pieces
- Ze versneed de groenten in kleine stukjes voor de soep.
- She cut up the vegetables into small pieces for the soup.
- Hij versneed het vlees in dunne plakken.
- He cut the meat into thin slices.
- (transitive) to dilute, to mix, to adulterate, to step on
- Het is gevaarlijk om drugs te versnijden met onbekende stoffen.
- It's dangerous to adulterate drugs with unknown substances.
- Ze versneed de wijn met water om het sterker te maken.
- She diluted the wine with water to make it stronger.
- (transitive, of old beer) to blend or mix (with younger beer) (done to certain beers, like gueuze)
- (transitive, obsolete) to destroy by cutting, to ruin by cutting
Inflection edit
| Inflection of versnijden (strong class 1, slightly irregular, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | versnijden | |||
| past singular | versnee | |||
| past participle | versneden | |||
| infinitive | versnijden | |||
| gerund | versnijden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | versnij, versnijd | versnee | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | versnijdt | versnee | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | versnijdt | versnee | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | versnijdt | versneet | ||
| 3rd person singular | versnijdt | versnee | ||
| plural | versnijden | versneden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | versnijde | versnede | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | versnijden | versneden | ||
| imperative sing. | versnij, versnijd | |||
| imperative plur.1 | versnijdt | |||
| participles | versnijdend | versneden | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||