ombouwen
Dutch
Etymology 1
From om + bouwen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔmˌbɑu̯.ə(n)/
- Hyphenation: om‧bou‧wen
Verb
ombouwen
- (transitive) to refashion, to convert, to remodel
- (transitive, informal, potentially offensive) to apply gender-affirming surgery to (frequently used in the reflexive causative phrase zich laten ombouwen)
- (transitive) to plough (UK), to plow (US)
- (transitive, dated) to prepare agricultural land for cultivation
Inflection
| Inflection of ombouwen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ombouwen | |||
| past singular | bouwde om | |||
| past participle | omgebouwd | |||
| infinitive | ombouwen | |||
| gerund | ombouwen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | bouw om | bouwde om | ombouw | ombouwde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bouwt om | bouwde om | ombouwt | ombouwde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bouwt om | bouwde om | ombouwt | ombouwde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bouwt om | bouwde om | ombouwt | ombouwde |
| 3rd person singular | bouwt om | bouwde om | ombouwt | ombouwde |
| plural | bouwen om | bouwden om | ombouwen | ombouwden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | bouwe om | bouwde om | ombouwe | ombouwde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | bouwen om | bouwden om | ombouwen | ombouwden |
| imperative sing. | bouw om | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bouwt om | |||
| participles | ombouwend | omgebouwd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- ombouw
- ombouwing
Etymology 2
From om- + bouwen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɔmˈbɑu̯.ə(n)/
- Hyphenation: om‧bou‧wen
Verb
ombouwen
- (transitive, dated) to wall, esp. to fortify by enclosing with a wall
- De stad is ombouwd met een hoge muur.
- The city has been fortified with a high wall.
Inflection
| Inflection of ombouwen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ombouwen | |||
| past singular | ombouwde | |||
| past participle | ombouwd | |||
| infinitive | ombouwen | |||
| gerund | ombouwen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | ombouw | ombouwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | ombouwt | ombouwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | ombouwt | ombouwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | ombouwt | ombouwde | ||
| 3rd person singular | ombouwt | ombouwde | ||
| plural | ombouwen | ombouwden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ombouwe | ombouwde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | ombouwen | ombouwden | ||
| imperative sing. | ombouw | |||
| imperative plur.1 | ombouwt | |||
| participles | ombouwend | ombouwd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||