opeisen
Dutch
Etymology
op + eisen
Pronunciation
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Verb
opeisen
- to claim, demand
- In 1500 eiste de Portugese zeevaarder Pedro Álvares Cabral in het huidige Porto Seguro de Braziliaanse kusten op voor de Portugese Kroon. — In 1500, the Portuguese seafarer Pedro Álvares Cabral, in the present-day Porto Seguro, claimed the Brazilian coasts for the Portuguese crown.
Inflection
| Inflection of opeisen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | opeisen | |||
| past singular | eiste op | |||
| past participle | opgeëist | |||
| infinitive | opeisen | |||
| gerund | opeisen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | eis op | eiste op | opeis | opeiste |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | eist op | eiste op | opeist | opeiste |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | eist op | eiste op | opeist | opeiste |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | eist op | eiste op | opeist | opeiste |
| 3rd person singular | eist op | eiste op | opeist | opeiste |
| plural | eisen op | eisten op | opeisen | opeisten |
| subjunctive sing.1 | eise op | eiste op | opeise | opeiste |
| subjunctive plur.1 | eisen op | eisten op | opeisen | opeisten |
| imperative sing. | eis op | |||
| imperative plur.1 | eist op | |||
| participles | opeisend | opgeëist | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Anagrams
- eisen op