scanderen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French scander, from Latin scandō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌskɑnˈdeː.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: scan‧de‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

scanderen

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to chant
    De hooligans scandeerden kinderliedjes.
    The hooligans chanted nursery rhymes.

Inflection
Inflection of scanderen (weak)
infinitive scanderen
past singular scandeerde
past participle gescandeerd
infinitive scanderen
gerund scanderen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular scandeerscandeerde
2nd person sing. (jij) scandeertscandeerde
2nd person sing. (u) scandeertscandeerde
2nd person sing. (gij) scandeertscandeerde
3rd person singular scandeertscandeerde
plural scanderenscandeerden
subjunctive sing.1 scanderescandeerde
subjunctive plur.1 scanderenscandeerden
imperative sing. scandeer
imperative plur.1 scandeert
participles scanderendgescandeerd
1) Archaic.

Descendants
  • Negerhollands: skanderier
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