versteken
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch verstēken. Equivalent to ver- + steken.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
versteken
- (transitive) to stab elsewhere
- (transitive) to stab in a different manner
- (transitive) to hide, to conceal
- Maar zij had hen op het dak doen klimmen, zij had hen verstoken onder de vlasstoppelen. (Jozua 2:6)
- But she had brought them up to the roof of the house and hid them with the stalks of flax. (Joshua 2:6)
- (transitive, Southern) to reject, to expel
Inflection edit
| Inflection of versteken (strong class 4, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | versteken | |||
| past singular | verstak | |||
| past participle | verstoken | |||
| infinitive | versteken | |||
| gerund | versteken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | versteek | verstak | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | versteekt | verstak | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | versteekt | verstak | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | versteekt | verstaakt | ||
| 3rd person singular | versteekt | verstak | ||
| plural | versteken | verstaken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | versteke | verstake | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | versteken | verstaken | ||
| imperative sing. | versteek | |||
| imperative plur.1 | versteekt | |||
| participles | verstekend | verstoken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||