dorsten
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔrstə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dor‧sten
- Rhymes: -ɔrstən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch dorsten, from Old Dutch thursten. Equivalent to dorst + -en.
Verb
dorsten
- (intransitive) to thirst
- (intransitive) to long
- 2024 March 25, Marjon Bolwijn, “'Zonder spanning is het leven verdomde saai'”, in Volkskrant[1], archived from the original on 26 March 2024, page 16:
- Ik dorstte vaak geen lichte kleuren te gebruiken en voelde mij rustiger met donkere kleuren als donkerblauw.
- I often longed not to use light colours and felt calmer with darker colours like dark blue.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dorsten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dorsten | |||
| past singular | dorstte | |||
| past participle | gedorst | |||
| infinitive | dorsten | |||
| gerund | dorsten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dorst | dorstte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dorst | dorstte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dorst | dorstte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dorst | dorstte | ||
| 3rd person singular | dorst | dorstte | ||
| plural | dorsten | dorstten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | dorste | dorstte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | dorsten | dorstten | ||
| imperative sing. | dorst | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dorst | |||
| participles | dorstend | gedorst | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dors
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dorsten
- plural of dorst
Verb
dorsten
- inflection of dorsen:
- plural past indicative
- (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive