woekeren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch woekeren, derived from the noun woeker. Compare German wuchern (to practise usury; to overgrow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋukərə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: woe‧ke‧ren

Verb

woekeren

  1. (intransitive) to practise usury
  2. (intransitive, especially of plants) to overgrow
    zulke planten gaan snel woekerenplants like these will quickly start to overgrow

Inflection

Inflection of woekeren (weak)
infinitive woekeren
past singular woekerde
past participle gewoekerd
infinitive woekeren
gerund woekeren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular woekerwoekerde
2nd person sing. (jij) woekertwoekerde
2nd person sing. (u) woekertwoekerde
2nd person sing. (gij) woekertwoekerde
3rd person singular woekertwoekerde
plural woekerenwoekerden
subjunctive sing.1 woekerewoekerde
subjunctive plur.1 woekerenwoekerden
imperative sing. woeker
imperative plur.1 woekert
participles woekerendgewoekerd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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