negeren
Dutch
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin negō (“I deny”); the shift in meaning from deny to ignore dates to the second half of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəˈɣeː.rə(n)/, /neːˈɣeː.rə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ne‧ge‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
negeren
- (transitive) to ignore [from 16th c.]
- Hij negeert haar al een aantal dagen.
- He has been ignoring her for a number of days.
Inflection
| Inflection of negeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | negeren | |||
| past singular | negeerde | |||
| past participle | genegeerd | |||
| infinitive | negeren | |||
| gerund | negeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | negeer | negeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | negeert | negeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | negeert | negeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | negeert | negeerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | negeert | negeerde | ||
| plural | negeren | negeerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | negere | negeerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | negeren | negeerden | ||
| imperative sing. | negeer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | negeert | |||
| participles | negerend | genegeerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
From neger + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneː.ɣə.rə(n)/
- Hyphenation: ne‧ge‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːɣərən
Verb
negeren
- (now potentially offensive, transitive) to belittle, to torment, to treat like a flunky [from 19th c.]
Inflection
| Inflection of negeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | negeren | |||
| past singular | negerde | |||
| past participle | genegerd | |||
| infinitive | negeren | |||
| gerund | negeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | neger | negerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | negert | negerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | negert | negerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | negert | negerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | negert | negerde | ||
| plural | negeren | negerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | negere | negerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | negeren | negerden | ||
| imperative sing. | neger | |||
| imperative plur.1 | negert | |||
| participles | negerend | genegerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Anagrams
- regenen
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
negeren m
- definite singular of neger
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
negeren m
- definite singular of neger