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Etymology

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From ver- +‎ branden.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vərˈbrɑndə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑndən

Verb

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verbranden

  1. (transitive) to burn, consume/kill in fire
    De dorpelingen verbrandden de heks.The villagers burnt the witch.
  2. (intransitive) to be consumed by fire
    Grote delen van het bos verbrandden afgelopen zomer.Large parts of the forest were consumed by fire last summer.
  3. (intransitive) to be sunburnt
    Mijn billen zijn verbrand, nu kan ik amper normaal zitten.My butt is sunburnt, now I can hardly sit normally.
  4. (transitive) to burn, affect gravely with corrosive etc. chemicals
  5. (intransitive) to burn, be affected gravely with corrosive etc. chemicals
  6. (transitive, figuratively) to discredit completely, ruin psychologically for future use, e.g. by scandal or media leak
    Synonyms: compromitteren, discrediteren, verknoeien
    Nadat uitlekte wie het plan van de premier verbrandde door het te lekken, was die minister zelf verbrand en moest ontslag nemen.
    After it was leaked who compromised the P.M.'s plan by leaking it, that minister was compromised himself and had to resign.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of verbranden (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verbranden
past singular verbrandde
past participle verbrand
infinitive verbranden
gerund verbranden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verbrand verbrandde
2nd person sing. (jij) verbrandt, verbrand2 verbrandde
2nd person sing. (u) verbrandt verbrandde
2nd person sing. (gij) verbrandt verbrandde
3rd person singular verbrandt verbrandde
plural verbranden verbrandden
subjunctive sing.1 verbrande verbrandde
subjunctive plur.1 verbranden verbrandden
imperative sing. verbrand
imperative plur.1 verbrandt
participles verbrandend verbrand
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: verbran, verbranden
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