evenen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch evenen, from Old Dutch *evanon. Equivalent to even +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːvənə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: eve‧nen

Verb

evenen

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to make equal, to make level
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to bring into balance

Conjugation

Conjugation of evenen (weak)
infinitive evenen
past singular evende
past participle geëvend
infinitive evenen
gerund evenen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular even evende
2nd person sing. (jij) event, even2 evende
2nd person sing. (u) event evende
2nd person sing. (gij) event evende
3rd person singular event evende
plural evenen evenden
subjunctive sing.1 evene evende
subjunctive plur.1 evenen evenden
imperative sing. even
imperative plur.1 event
participles evenend geëvend
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ēvenen, derived from the adjective even, from Old Saxon evan. Cognate with English even, Dutch , German ebnen.

Verb

evenen (past singular even, past participle event, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to level

Conjugation

Conjugation of even (weak verb)
infinitive evenen
present preterite
1st person singular even even
2nd person singular evens(t) evens(t)
3rd person singular even(t) even
plural event, evenen evenen
imperative
singular even(e)
plural event
present past
participle evenen (e)event, geevent

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.