verlezen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈleː.zə(n)/, /vɛrˈleː.zə(n)/
- Hyphenation: ver‧le‧zen
- Rhymes: -eːzən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch verlēsen. Equivalent to ver- + lezen (“to read”).
Verb
verlezen
- (reflexive) to misread
- Hij heeft zich verlezen in de instructies en daardoor de verkeerde afslag genomen.
- He misread the instructions and took the wrong exit as a result.
- Ik heb me een paar keer verlezen in de tekst.
- I misread the text a few times.
- Ze had zich verlezen in het nummer en begon op het verkeerde moment te zingen.
- She misread the song and started singing at the wrong moment.
- (transitive) to spend or waste by reading (i.e. time)
- (transitive, increasingly rare) to separate (the good items from the bad ones), to pick, to select
Inflection
Inflection of verlezen (strong class 5, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | verlezen | |||
past singular | verlas | |||
past participle | verlezen | |||
infinitive | verlezen | |||
gerund | verlezen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | verlees | verlas | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | verleest | verlas | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | verleest | verlas | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | verleest | verlaast | ||
3rd person singular | verleest | verlas | ||
plural | verlezen | verlazen | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | verleze | verlaze | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | verlezen | verlazen | ||
imperative sing. | verlees | |||
imperative plur.1 | verleest | |||
participles | verlezend | verlezen | ||
1) Archaic. |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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