scanderen
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French scander, from Latin scandō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌskɑnˈdeː.rə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: scan‧de‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
scanderen
- (transitive, intransitive) to scan, to form a poetic metre by pronouncing out loud
- De docent klassieke talen leerde haar leerlingen Griekse poëzie te scanderen.
- The teacher of classical languages taught her pupils how to scan Greek poetry.
- (transitive, intransitive) to chant
- De hooligans scandeerden kinderliedjes.
- The hooligans chanted nursery rhymes.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of scanderen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | scanderen | |||
| past singular | scandeerde | |||
| past participle | gescandeerd | |||
| infinitive | scanderen | |||
| gerund | scanderen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | scandeer | scandeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | scandeert, scandeer2 | scandeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | scandeert | scandeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | scandeert | scandeerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | scandeert | scandeerde | ||
| plural | scanderen | scandeerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | scandere | scandeerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | scanderen | scandeerden | ||
| imperative sing. | scandeer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | scandeert | |||
| participles | scanderend | gescandeerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Descendants
- Negerhollands: skanderier