groeien

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch groeyen, from Old Dutch gruoien, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (to grow, become green). Cognate with English grow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrui̯ə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ui̯ən

Verb

groeien

  1. (intransitive) to grow

Inflection

Inflection of groeien (weak)
infinitive groeien
past singular groeide
past participle gegroeid
infinitive groeien
gerund groeien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular groeigroeide
2nd person sing. (jij) groeitgroeide
2nd person sing. (u) groeitgroeide
2nd person sing. (gij) groeitgroeide
3rd person singular groeitgroeide
plural groeiengroeiden
subjunctive sing.1 groeiegroeide
subjunctive plur.1 groeiengroeiden
imperative sing. groei
imperative plur.1 groeit
participles groeiendgegroeid
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

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