verwoesten

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from woest (“inhospitable, desolate”). Equivalent to woest +‎ ver- -en. Compare Middle Dutch woesten (“to destroy, waste, plunder”).

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ustən

Verb

verwoesten

  1. to lay waste, devastate

Inflection
Inflection of verwoesten (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verwoesten
past singular verwoestte
past participle verwoest
infinitive verwoesten
gerund verwoesten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verwoestverwoestte
2nd person sing. (jij) verwoestverwoestte
2nd person sing. (u) verwoestverwoestte
2nd person sing. (gij) verwoestverwoestte
3rd person singular verwoestverwoestte
plural verwoestenverwoestten
subjunctive sing.1 verwoesteverwoestte
subjunctive plur.1 verwoestenverwoestten
imperative sing. verwoest
imperative plur.1 verwoest
participles verwoestendverwoest
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Negerhollands: verwoescht, woest
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