chargen
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English charge.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑr.dʒə(n)/, /ˈtʃɑr.ʒə(n)/
- (Suriname) IPA(key): /ˈcɑr.sə(n)/
Verb
chargen
- (transitive) to charge, to add energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery)
- 2021 March 24, “Dorpen blijven in het donker door defecte generators [Villages remain in the dark due to faulty generators]”, in GFC Nieuws, retrieved 15 June 2021:
- “We kunnen onze mobiele telefoons niet thuis chargen en [dus] moeten we dat doen bij de polikliniek van het Mungra Medisch Centrum dat zonnepanelen heeft. Want telecommunicatie is niet meer weg te denken”, zegt Oda Banda, basya van Corneliskondre.
- "We cannot charge our mobile phones at home, so we have to do it at the Mungra Medical Centre outpatient clinic, which has solar panels. Because telecommunication is here to stay," says Oda Banda, assistant village chief of Corneliskondre.
Inflection
| Inflection of chargen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chargen | |||
| past singular | chargede | |||
| past participle | gecharged | |||
| infinitive | chargen | |||
| gerund | chargen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | charge | chargede | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | charget | chargede | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | charget | chargede | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | charget | chargede | ||
| 3rd person singular | charget | chargede | ||
| plural | chargen | chargeden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | charge | chargede | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | chargen | chargeden | ||
| imperative sing. | charge | |||
| imperative plur.1 | charget | |||
| participles | chargend | gecharged | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||