duperen
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French duper. By surface analysis, dupe + -eren.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
duperen
- to victimize, unfairly burden someone with a problem
- Hij dupeert zo al zijn buren. ― He unfairly burdens all his neighbors this way.
- De gedupeerden eisten hun geld terug van de fraudeur. ― The victims demanded their money back from the fraudster.
Usage notes[edit]
- Used for victimization in a legal or social sense, rather than a physical or violent sense (i.e., a murderer does not dupeer anyone).
Inflection[edit]
| Conjugation of duperen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | duperen | |||
| past singular | dupeerde | |||
| past participle | gedupeerd | |||
| infinitive | duperen | |||
| gerund | duperen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dupeer | dupeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dupeert | dupeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dupeert | dupeerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dupeert | dupeerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | dupeert | dupeerde | ||
| plural | duperen | dupeerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | dupere | dupeerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | duperen | dupeerden | ||
| imperative sing. | dupeer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dupeert | |||
| participles | duperend | gedupeerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||