compliceren
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French compliquer, with the consonant possibly modified under influence of Middle Dutch complice[1] or modern Dutch complicatie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔmpliˈseːrə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: com‧pli‧ce‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
compliceren
- (transitive) to complicate
Conjugation
| Conjugation of compliceren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | compliceren | |||
| past singular | compliceerde | |||
| past participle | gecompliceerd | |||
| infinitive | compliceren | |||
| gerund | compliceren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | compliceer | compliceerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | compliceert, compliceer2 | compliceerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | compliceert | compliceerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | compliceert | compliceerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | compliceert | compliceerde | ||
| plural | compliceren | compliceerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | complicere | compliceerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | compliceren | compliceerden | ||
| imperative sing. | compliceer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | compliceert | |||
| participles | complicerend | gecompliceerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Related terms
References
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press