koperen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoːpərə(n)/
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch copren, from Old Dutch *kuprīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kupprīn, equivalent to koper + -en.
Alternative forms
- koper (in fact attributive noun use)
Adjective
koperen (not comparable)
Declension
| Declension of koperen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | koperen | |||
| inflected | koperen | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | — | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | koperen | ||
| n. sing. | koperen | |||
| plural | koperen | |||
| definite | koperen | |||
| partitive | — | |||
Related terms
- kopererts n
- koperkleur m or f
- verkoperen (verb)
Etymology 2
From koper 'copper' (from Ancient Greek) + verbal ending -en.
Verb
koperen
- (transitive) to copper, mount, cover, coat or otherwise fit with copper or brassware
- (transitive) to copper, colour (e.g. paint) like brass
- (intransitive) to have the colour of brass
Conjugation
| Conjugation of koperen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | koperen | |||
| past singular | koperde | |||
| past participle | gekoperd | |||
| infinitive | koperen | |||
| gerund | koperen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | koper | koperde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kopert, koper2 | koperde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kopert | koperde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kopert | koperde | ||
| 3rd person singular | kopert | koperde | ||
| plural | koperen | koperden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kopere | koperde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | koperen | koperden | ||
| imperative sing. | koper | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kopert | |||
| participles | koperend | gekoperd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||