aanrijden
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch aenrijden. Equivalent to aan + rijden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːnrɛi̯də(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: aan‧rij‧den
Verb
aanrijden
- (transitive) to collide with a vehicle
- Mijn moeder is gister aangereden door de bus.
- My mother was hit by the bus yesterday.
- (intransitive) to arrive driving or riding
- Mijn moeder kwam op de fiets aangereden.
- My mother arrived by bike.
- (intransitive, dialectal, colloquial) to depart driving
- Mijn moeder is net naar huis aangereden.
- My mother just left for home.
Usage notes
Although in common use in the southern Netherlands and Flanders, aanrijden in the sense of to depart is not generally understood outside of those regions.
Inflection
Derived terms
- aanrijder
- aanrijding
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