onteren
Dutch
Etymology
From eer (“honour”) + ont- -en (privative verb-forming circumfix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔntˈeːrə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ont‧e‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
onteren
- (transitive) to dishonor
- Je kunt dat niet doen zonder zijn nagedachtenis te onteren.
- You cannot do that without dishonoring his memory.
- (transitive) to rape, to violate sexually
Conjugation
| Conjugation of onteren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | onteren | |||
| past singular | onteerde | |||
| past participle | onteerd | |||
| infinitive | onteren | |||
| gerund | onteren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | onteer | onteerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | onteert, onteer2 | onteerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | onteert | onteerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | onteert | onteerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | onteert | onteerde | ||
| plural | onteren | onteerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ontere | onteerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | onteren | onteerden | ||
| imperative sing. | onteer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | onteert | |||
| participles | onterend | onteerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- dieronterend
- mensonterend
- ontering