verdraaien
Dutch
Etymology
From ver- + draaien.
Cognate to English forthrow & German verdrehen.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːi̯ən
Verb
verdraaien
- to twist, to contort
- to twist, distort (the truth, one's words etc.)
Inflection
| Inflection of verdraaien (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verdraaien | |||
| past singular | verdraaide | |||
| past participle | verdraaid | |||
| infinitive | verdraaien | |||
| gerund | verdraaien n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verdraai | verdraaide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verdraait | verdraaide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verdraait | verdraaide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verdraait | verdraaide | ||
| 3rd person singular | verdraait | verdraaide | ||
| plural | verdraaien | verdraaiden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verdraaie | verdraaide | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verdraaien | verdraaiden | ||
| imperative sing. | verdraai | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verdraait | |||
| participles | verdraaiend | verdraaid | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- verwringen