toestemmen
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of toe (“to(wards)”) + stemmen (“to speak”), perfectly parallel to the cognate German equivalent zustimmen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuˌstɛ.mə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: toe‧stem‧men
Verb
toestemmen
- (intransitive) To consent, agree
- (unusual) (transitive) To award
- (unusual) (transitive) To allow
- (obsolete, transitive) To admit, acknowledge
Inflection
| Inflection of toestemmen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | toestemmen | |||
| past singular | stemde toe | |||
| past participle | toegestemd | |||
| infinitive | toestemmen | |||
| gerund | toestemmen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | stem toe | stemde toe | toestem | toestemde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | stemt toe | stemde toe | toestemt | toestemde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | stemt toe | stemde toe | toestemt | toestemde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | stemt toe | stemde toe | toestemt | toestemde |
| 3rd person singular | stemt toe | stemde toe | toestemt | toestemde |
| plural | stemmen toe | stemden toe | toestemmen | toestemden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | stemme toe | stemde toe | toestemme | toestemde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | stemmen toe | stemden toe | toestemmen | toestemden |
| imperative sing. | stem toe | |||
| imperative plur.1 | stemt toe | |||
| participles | toestemmend | toegestemd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- (consent): instemmen
- (award): toekennen
- (allow): toelaten
- (admit): erkennen
Derived terms
- toestem
- toestemmend (adjective)
- toestemmer m
- toestemmig
- toestemming
Related terms
- afstemmen
- tegenstemmen
- toezien
Anagrams
- stemmen toe