verwijten
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛi̯tən
Verb
verwijten
- (ditransitive) to blame for
- Waarom verwijt je me dat? Ik heb het niet gedaan! ― Why are you blaming me? I did not do it!
- Ik verwijt de regering dat ze niets onderneemt tegen het slechte weer. ― I blame the government for not taking action against the bad weather.
Usage notes
- The indirect object is the one being blamed, the direct object is what they are being blamed for.
Inflection
| Inflection of verwijten (strong class 1, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verwijten | |||
| past singular | verweet | |||
| past participle | verweten | |||
| infinitive | verwijten | |||
| gerund | verwijten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verwijt | verweet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verwijt | verweet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verwijt | verweet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verwijt | verweet | ||
| 3rd person singular | verwijt | verweet | ||
| plural | verwijten | verweten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verwijte | verwete | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verwijten | verweten | ||
| imperative sing. | verwijt | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verwijt | |||
| participles | verwijtend | verweten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: verwit, verwiet
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