luisteren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch luusteren, lūsteren, from Old Dutch *lūstren, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūstrēn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with German Low German lüstern (“to listen”), Old High German lūstarēn (whence obsolete or dialectal German laustern, Luxembourgish lauschteren).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlœy̯stərə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: luis‧te‧ren
  • Rhymes: -œy̯stərən

Verb

luisteren

  1. (intransitive) to listen [+ naar (object) = to]
    Luister je naar de radio?
    Do you listen to the radio?
  2. (intransitive) to listen, to obey, comply with
    Je moet naar me luisteren!
    You need to listen to me!

Inflection
Inflection of luisteren (weak)
infinitive luisteren
past singular luisterde
past participle geluisterd
infinitive luisteren
gerund luisteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular luisterluisterde
2nd person sing. (jij) luistertluisterde
2nd person sing. (u) luistertluisterde
2nd person sing. (gij) luistertluisterde
3rd person singular luistertluisterde
plural luisterenluisterden
subjunctive sing.1 luistereluisterde
subjunctive plur.1 luisterenluisterden
imperative sing. luister
imperative plur.1 luistert
participles luisterendgeluisterd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: luister
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