verbloemen
Dutch
Alternative forms
- verblommen (archaic)
Etymology
From ver- + bloem + -en
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -umən
Verb
verbloemen
- (intransitive, of a plant) to blossom again, bear (at least) a second bloom
- (transitive) to ornate, to cover with flowers
- (transitive) to veil, soften by euphemistic phrasing
- (transitive) to excuse, treat apologetically
- (transitive) to mask, hide (something unpleasant)
- (transitive) to avoid, suppress, leave unspoken
- (transitive) to personify
- (transitive, chemistry) to effloresce, let crystallize
Inflection
| Inflection of verbloemen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verbloemen | |||
| past singular | verbloemde | |||
| past participle | verbloemd | |||
| infinitive | verbloemen | |||
| gerund | verbloemen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verbloem | verbloemde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verbloemt | verbloemde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verbloemt | verbloemde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verbloemt | verbloemde | ||
| 3rd person singular | verbloemt | verbloemde | ||
| plural | verbloemen | verbloemden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verbloeme | verbloemde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verbloemen | verbloemden | ||
| imperative sing. | verbloem | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verbloemt | |||
| participles | verbloemend | verbloemd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- (blossom again): herbloeien
- (ornate, cover with flowers): bebloemen
- (veil): inkleden, verhullen
- (excuse): goedpraten, vergoeilijken, verschonen
- (mask): maskeren
- (avoid): omzeilen
- (let crystallize): uitkristalliseren
Derived terms
- onverbloemd
- verbloemenderwijze
- verbloemer
- verbloeming
- verbloemsel