ontbenen

Dutch

Etymology

From been (leg, bone) + ont- -en (privative verb-forming circumfix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɔntˈbeː.nə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ont‧be‧nen
  • Rhymes: -eːnən

Verb

ontbenen

  1. (transitive, cooking) to remove the bones of, to unbone, to debone
    Voordat je de kip roostert, moet je de kip ontbenen om het vlees gelijkmatig te garen.
    Before roasting the chicken, you need to debone the chicken to cook the meat evenly.
  2. (transitive, rare) to remove the legs of

Inflection

Inflection of ontbenen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive ontbenen
past singular ontbeende
past participle ontbeend
infinitive ontbenen
gerund ontbenen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ontbeenontbeende
2nd person sing. (jij) ontbeentontbeende
2nd person sing. (u) ontbeentontbeende
2nd person sing. (gij) ontbeentontbeende
3rd person singular ontbeentontbeende
plural ontbenenontbeenden
subjunctive sing.1 ontbeneontbeende
subjunctive plur.1 ontbenenontbeenden
imperative sing. ontbeen
imperative plur.1 ontbeent
participles ontbenendontbeend
1) Archaic.
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