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Etymology

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From soepel +‎ ver- -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌvɛrˈsu.pə.lə(n)/, /vərˈsu.pə.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧soe‧pe‧len

Verb

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versoepelen

  1. (intransitive) to become more flexible, to relax
  2. (transitive) to make more flexible, to relax
    Overheid versoepelt limieten geldtransacties.
    Government relaxes restrictions on monetary transactions.

Inflection

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Conjugation of versoepelen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive versoepelen
past singular versoepelde
past participle versoepeld
infinitive versoepelen
gerund versoepelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular versoepel versoepelde
2nd person sing. (jij) versoepelt, versoepel2 versoepelde
2nd person sing. (u) versoepelt versoepelde
2nd person sing. (gij) versoepelt versoepelde
3rd person singular versoepelt versoepelde
plural versoepelen versoepelden
subjunctive sing.1 versoepele versoepelde
subjunctive plur.1 versoepelen versoepelden
imperative sing. versoepel
imperative plur.1 versoepelt
participles versoepelend versoepeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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