toveren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tôveren, from Old Dutch *tōvaron, from Proto-West Germanic *taubrōn, from Proto-Germanic *taubrōną. Equivalent to tover (“magic”) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtoːvərə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: to‧ve‧ren

Verb

toveren

  1. (intransitive) To perform magic
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To do amazing things
    Hij kan toveren: met het kleinste budget behaalt hij de beste resultaten.
    He can do magic: with the lesser budget he gets the best results.

Inflection
Conjugation of toveren (weak)
infinitive toveren
past singular toverde
past participle getoverd
infinitive toveren
gerund toveren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tovertoverde
2nd person sing. (jij) toverttoverde
2nd person sing. (u) toverttoverde
2nd person sing. (gij) toverttoverde
3rd person singular toverttoverde
plural toverentoverden
subjunctive sing.1 toveretoverde
subjunctive plur.1 toverentoverden
imperative sing. tover
imperative plur.1 tovert
participles toverendgetoverd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: toor
  • Negerhollands: tover
  • → Saramaccan: tófu
  • → West Frisian: toverje

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *tōvaron, from Proto-West Germanic *taubrōn. Equivalent to tôver +‎ -en.

Verb

tôveren

  1. to perform magic

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: toveren
    • Afrikaans: toor
    • Negerhollands: tover
    • → Saramaccan: tófu
    • → West Frisian: toverje
  • Limburgish: touvere

Further reading
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