counteren

Dutch

Etymology

From counter + -en. English counter does not have this sense relating to sports in general.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯n.tə.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: coun‧te‧ren

Verb

counteren

  1. (sports, especially soccer) to counter-attack, to counter
    Na een prachtige redding van doelman Netjes wist het uitteam effectief te counteren via de rechterflank.
    After a beautiful save by goalkeeper Netjes the away team managed to perform an effective counter-attack via the right flank.

Inflection

Inflection of counteren (weak)
infinitive counteren
past singular counterde
past participle gecounterd
infinitive counteren
gerund counteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular countercounterde
2nd person sing. (jij) countertcounterde
2nd person sing. (u) countertcounterde
2nd person sing. (gij) countertcounterde
3rd person singular countertcounterde
plural counterencounterden
subjunctive sing.1 counterecounterde
subjunctive plur.1 counterencounterden
imperative sing. counter
imperative plur.1 countert
participles counterendgecounterd
1) Archaic.
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