wateren
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋaː.tə.rə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wa‧te‧ren
- Rhymes: -aːtərən
- Homophone: Wateren
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch wateren, weteren, from Old Dutch *wateron, *weteren, from Proto-Germanic *watrōną, *watrijaną. Equivalent to water + -en.
Verb
wateren
- (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.
- (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 | water | waterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | watert | waterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | watert | waterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | watert | waterde | ||
| 3rd person singular | watert | waterde | ||
| plural | wateren | waterden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | watere | waterde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | wateren | waterden | ||
| imperative sing. | water | |||
| imperative plur.1 | watert | |||
| participles | waterend | gewaterd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
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