figureren
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French figurer, borrowed from Latin figurare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfi.ɣyˈreː.rə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: fi‧gu‧re‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
figureren
- (obsolete, transitive) to form, to shape
- (obsolete, reflexive, with a reflexive pronoun) to assume form, to appear (in a certain way)
- (obsolete, reflexive, transitive, with a reflexive pronoun and a separate object) to imagine, to form a mental representation
- (obsolete, intransitive, theater, literally) to play a role
- (intransitive, movies, theater) to be an extra, to play the role of an extra
- (intransitive, figuratively) to play a role, to figure
Inflection
| Inflection of figureren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | figureren | |||
| past singular | figureerde | |||
| past participle | gefigureerd | |||
| infinitive | figureren | |||
| gerund | figureren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | figureer | figureerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | figureert | figureerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | figureert | figureerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | figureert | figureerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | figureert | figureerde | ||
| plural | figureren | figureerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | figurere | figureerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | figureren | figureerden | ||
| imperative sing. | figureer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | figureert | |||
| participles | figurerend | gefigureerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Related terms
- figurant