pleasen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English please.

Pronunciation

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Verb

pleasen

  1. (informal) to please someone (in a psychologically unhealthy way); to pander, especially self-effacingly
    Ze pleaset de hele tijd haar ouders en denkt nooit aan haar eigen welzijn.She keeps pleasing her parents and never thinks of her own well-being.

Inflection

Inflection of pleasen (weak)
infinitive pleasen
past singular pleasede
past participle gepleased
infinitive pleasen
gerund pleasen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pleasepleasede
2nd person sing. (jij) pleasetpleasede
2nd person sing. (u) pleasetpleasede
2nd person sing. (gij) pleasetpleasede
3rd person singular pleasetpleasede
plural pleasenpleaseden
subjunctive sing.1 pleasepleasede
subjunctive plur.1 pleasenpleaseden
imperative sing. please
imperative plur.1 pleaset
participles pleasendgepleased
1) Archaic.
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