bagatelliseren
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German bagatellisieren, or possibly a direct formation from bagatel + -iseren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːɣaːtɛliˈzeːrə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧tel‧li‧se‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
bagatelliseren
- (transitive) to trivialize, to play down
- De verdachte bagatelliseerde het gevaar dat had kunnen ontstaan toen hij een machinegeweermagazijn leegschoot op de openbare weg.
- The suspect trivialised the danger that could have arisen when he emptied the magazine of a machine gun on a public road.
Inflection
Inflection of bagatelliseren (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | bagatelliseren | |||
past singular | bagatelliseerde | |||
past participle | gebagatelliseerd | |||
infinitive | bagatelliseren | |||
gerund | bagatelliseren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bagatelliseer | bagatelliseerde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bagatelliseert | bagatelliseerde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bagatelliseert | bagatelliseerde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bagatelliseert | bagatelliseerde | ||
3rd person singular | bagatelliseert | bagatelliseerde | ||
plural | bagatelliseren | bagatelliseerden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | bagatellisere | bagatelliseerde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bagatelliseren | bagatelliseerden | ||
imperative sing. | bagatelliseer | |||
imperative plur.1 | bagatelliseert | |||
participles | bagatelliserend | gebagatelliseerd | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: bagatelisá
References
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