droogleggen
Dutch
Etymology
From droog (“dry”) + leggen (“to lay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdroːxlɛɣə(n)/
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Verb
droogleggen
- (transitive) to drain (water)
- (transitive) to ban consumption of alcoholic drinks
Inflection
| Inflection of droogleggen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | droogleggen | |||
| past singular | legde droog | |||
| past participle | drooggelegd | |||
| infinitive | droogleggen | |||
| gerund | droogleggen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | leg droog | legde droog | droogleg | drooglegde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | legt droog | legde droog | drooglegt | drooglegde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | legt droog | legde droog | drooglegt | drooglegde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | legt droog | legde droog | drooglegt | drooglegde |
| 3rd person singular | legt droog | legde droog | drooglegt | drooglegde |
| plural | leggen droog | legden droog | droogleggen | drooglegden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | legge droog | legde droog | drooglegge | drooglegde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | leggen droog | legden droog | droogleggen | drooglegden |
| imperative sing. | leg droog | |||
| imperative plur.1 | legt droog | |||
| participles | droogleggend | drooggelegd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- drooglegging
Anagrams
- leggen droog