wateren

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋaː.tə.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: wa‧te‧ren
  • Rhymes: -aːtərən
  • Homophone: Wateren

Etymology 1

From water + -en.

Noun

wateren

  1. plural of water

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wateren, weteren, from Old Dutch *wateron, *weteren, from Proto-Germanic *watrōną, *watrijaną. Equivalent to water + -en.

Verb

wateren

  1. (transitive) to water, to irrigate, to soak
    • 2021 June 19, vtwonen, DPG Media:
      Zorg bij het wateren van tuinplanten dat je vooral de aarde water geeft. Vermijd zoveel mogelijk de bladeren.
      When watering plants in your garden, try to water mostly the earth. Avoid the leaves as much as possible.
  2. (intransitive, common euphemism) to urinate
Inflection
Inflection of wateren (weak)
infinitive wateren
past singular waterde
past participle gewaterd
infinitive wateren
gerund wateren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular waterwaterde
2nd person sing. (jij) watertwaterde
2nd person sing. (u) watertwaterde
2nd person sing. (gij) watertwaterde
3rd person singular watertwaterde
plural waterenwaterden
subjunctive sing.1 waterewaterde
subjunctive plur.1 waterenwaterden
imperative sing. water
imperative plur.1 watert
participles waterendgewaterd
1) Archaic.
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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: water
  • Negerhollands: water
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