pleisteren
Dutch
Alternative forms
- plaasteren
Etymology 1
From plaaster (“a plaster”), (perhaps via Old French plastre, modern plâtre) from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “salve, plaster”), from ἐν- (en-, “on”) + πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”).
Adjective
pleisteren (not comparable)
- (made of) plaster
- cast in plaster
Inflection
| Inflection of pleisteren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | pleisteren | |||
| inflected | pleisteren | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | ||||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | pleisteren | ||
| n. sing. | pleisteren | |||
| plural | pleisteren | |||
| definite | pleisteren | |||
| partitive | ||||
Verb
pleisteren
- (transitive) To (apply) plaster, stucco
- (transitive) To apply a (medical) plaster
- (figuratively, transitive) To smear, cover (up) (notably cosmetically), hide
- (transitive) To pave (a road)
Inflection
| Inflection of pleisteren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pleisteren | |||
| past singular | pleisterde | |||
| past participle | gepleisterd | |||
| infinitive | pleisteren | |||
| gerund | pleisteren n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | pleister | pleisterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | pleistert | pleisterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | pleistert | pleisterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | pleistert | pleisterde | ||
| 3rd person singular | pleistert | pleisterde | ||
| plural | pleisteren | pleisterden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | pleistere | pleisterde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | pleisteren | pleisterden | ||
| imperative sing. | pleister | |||
| imperative plur.1 | pleistert | |||
| participles | pleisterend | gepleisterd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- afpleisteren
- bijpleisteren
- gladpleisteren
- pleisteraar
- pleistering
- pleisterkalk
- pleisterklei
- pleistermortel
- pleistermuur
- pleisterspecie
- pleistertroffel
- pleistervloer
- pleisterwerk
- witgepleisterd
Etymology 2
From peisteren, from Old French paistre (whence French paître) from Latin pascō (“I graze”). The l-sound may be added by influence of etymology 1.
Verb
pleisteren
- (intransitive) To interrupt a journey, take a rest, make a stop, notably to tend to the needs of traveler(s), vehicle(s), staff and/or working animal(s)
- (intransitive) To (take a) pause or rest in general
- (intransitive) To be, spend time, somewhere
Inflection
| Inflection of pleisteren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pleisteren | |||
| past singular | pleisterde | |||
| past participle | gepleisterd | |||
| infinitive | pleisteren | |||
| gerund | pleisteren n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | pleister | pleisterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | pleistert | pleisterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | pleistert | pleisterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | pleistert | pleisterde | ||
| 3rd person singular | pleistert | pleisterde | ||
| plural | pleisteren | pleisterden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | pleistere | pleisterde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | pleisteren | pleisterden | ||
| imperative sing. | pleister | |||
| imperative plur.1 | pleistert | |||
| participles | pleisterend | gepleisterd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- pleistering
- pleisterplaats, pleisterplek, pleisterplak