privatiseren

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German privatisieren. The sense “to privatise” is likely a semantic loan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpri.vaː.tiˈzeː.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: pri‧va‧ti‧se‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

privatiseren

  1. (transitive) to privatise (UK, Australia), privatize (North America)
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to live as a private civilian (not holding office or serving in the military), often without an occupation [from early 19th c.]

Inflection

Inflection of privatiseren (weak)
infinitive privatiseren
past singular privatiseerde
past participle geprivatiseerd
infinitive privatiseren
gerund privatiseren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular privatiseerprivatiseerde
2nd person sing. (jij) privatiseertprivatiseerde
2nd person sing. (u) privatiseertprivatiseerde
2nd person sing. (gij) privatiseertprivatiseerde
3rd person singular privatiseertprivatiseerde
plural privatiserenprivatiseerden
subjunctive sing.1 privatisereprivatiseerde
subjunctive plur.1 privatiserenprivatiseerden
imperative sing. privatiseer
imperative plur.1 privatiseert
participles privatiserendgeprivatiseerd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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