overvallen

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ vallen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌoː.vərˈvɑ.lə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑlən

Verb[edit]

overvallen

  1. to raid
    De piraten overvielen het naburige schip. ― The pirates raided the neighboring ship.
    Het leger is van plan het fort te overvallen. ― The army plans to raid the fort.
    Ze overvallen regelmatig handelskaravanen. ― They regularly raid trade caravans.
  2. to take by surprise, surprise
    Het nieuws overviel haar volledig. ― The news completely took her by surprise.
    Hij overviel me met een onverwacht geschenk. ― He surprised me with an unexpected gift.
    De vraag overviel me, en ik wist niet wat te antwoorden. ― The question took me by surprise, and I didn't know what to answer.

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of overvallen (strong class 7, prefixed)
infinitive overvallen
past singular overviel
past participle overvallen
infinitive overvallen
gerund overvallen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular overval overviel
2nd person sing. (jij) overvalt overviel
2nd person sing. (u) overvalt overviel
2nd person sing. (gij) overvalt overvielt
3rd person singular overvalt overviel
plural overvallen overvielen
subjunctive sing.1 overvalle overviele
subjunctive plur.1 overvallen overvielen
imperative sing. overval
imperative plur.1 overvalt
participles overvallend overvallen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Negerhollands: overval

Participle[edit]

overvallen

  1. past participle of overvallen

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of overvallen
uninflected overvallen
inflected overvallen
positive
predicative/adverbial overvallen
indefinite m./f. sing. overvallen
n. sing. overvallen
plural overvallen
definite overvallen
partitive overvallens

Noun[edit]

overvallen

  1. plural of overval
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