luisteren
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch luusteren, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic [Term?], frequentative of *hlūstaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lūsteren, German hlūstrēn (whence obsolete or dialectal German laustern, Luxembourgish lauschteren).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlœy̯stərə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: luis‧te‧ren
- Rhymes: -œy̯stərən
Verb
luisteren
- (intransitive) to listen [+ naar (object) = to]
- Luister je naar de radio?
- Do you listen to the radio?
- (intransitive) to listen, to obey, comply with
- Je moet naar me luisteren!
- You need to listen to me!
Inflection
| Inflection of luisteren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | luisteren | |||
| past singular | luisterde | |||
| past participle | geluisterd | |||
| infinitive | luisteren | |||
| gerund | luisteren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | luister | luisterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | luistert | luisterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | luistert | luisterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | luistert | luisterde | ||
| 3rd person singular | luistert | luisterde | ||
| plural | luisteren | luisterden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | luistere | luisterde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | luisteren | luisterden | ||
| imperative sing. | luister | |||
| imperative plur.1 | luistert | |||
| participles | luisterend | geluisterd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- afluisteren
- beluisteren
- luisteraar
- luistervink
Descendants
- Afrikaans: luister