dorsen

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Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch derscen, darscen, dorscen, dorschen, from Old Dutch *therskan, *threskan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną. Compare Low German döschen, German dreschen, English thresh, West Frisian terskje, Danish tærske.

Verb[edit]

dorsen

  1. (transitive) To thresh
  2. (intransitive) To be threshed, take to that procedure
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To beat severely (as if) with a club etc., possibly to a pulp

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dorsen (weak)
infinitive dorsen
present tense past tense
1st person singular dors dorste
2nd person singular dorst dorste
3rd person singular dorst dorste
plural dorsen dorsten
subjunctive sing.1 dorse dorste
subjunctive plur.1 dorsen dorsten
imperative sing. dors
imperative plur.1 dorst
participles dorsend (hebben) gedorst
1) Archaic.

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(all these words have an obsolete spelling using dorsch-)

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