onderwerpen

Dutch

Etymology 1

From onder- + werpen, analogous to Latin sub- + iacere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔn.dərˈʋɛr.pə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: on‧der‧wer‧pen

Verb

onderwerpen

  1. to subject
    De Romeinen dachten de Frisii snel te kunnen onderwerpen maar dit bleek een misrekening.
    The Romans thought that they could quickly subject the Frisii but this, it became clear, was a miscalculation.
Inflection
Inflection of onderwerpen (strong class 3+7, prefixed)
infinitive onderwerpen
past singular onderwierp
past participle onderworpen
infinitive onderwerpen
gerund onderwerpen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular onderwerponderwierp
2nd person sing. (jij) onderwerptonderwierp
2nd person sing. (u) onderwerptonderwierp
2nd person sing. (gij) onderwerptonderwierpt
3rd person singular onderwerptonderwierp
plural onderwerpenonderwierpen
subjunctive sing.1 onderwerpeonderwierpe
subjunctive plur.1 onderwerpenonderwierpen
imperative sing. onderwerp
imperative plur.1 onderwerpt
participles onderwerpendonderworpen
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

onderwerpen

  1. Plural form of onderwerp
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