versnellen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch versnellen. Equivalent to snel (“quick, fast”) +‎ ver- -en.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌvɛrˈsnɛ.lə(n)/, /vərˈsnɛ.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧snel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Verb

versnellen

  1. (ergative, physics) to speed up, to accelerate
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to surprise, to ambush

Inflection
Inflection of versnellen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive versnellen
past singular versnelde
past participle versneld
infinitive versnellen
gerund versnellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular versnelversnelde
2nd person sing. (jij) versneltversnelde
2nd person sing. (u) versneltversnelde
2nd person sing. (gij) versneltversnelde
3rd person singular versneltversnelde
plural versnellenversnelden
subjunctive sing.1 versnelleversnelde
subjunctive plur.1 versnellenversnelden
imperative sing. versnel
imperative plur.1 versnelt
participles versnellendversneld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: versnel
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