cultiveren
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French cultiver with the suffix -eren.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧ve‧ren
Verb
[edit]cultiveren
- (agriculture) to cultivate (to grow plants)
- We reizen de wereld af om de meest winterharde palmen te vinden en cultiveren mooie, sterke planten die geschikt zijn voor de Europese tuinen.
- We travel the world to find the most winter hardy palms and cultivate beautiful, strong plants suitable for European gardens.
- (figurative) to cultivate (to nurture)
- Laat mensen eigenschappen cultiveren waarmee apparaten niet concurreren.
- Let people cultivate qualities that devices don't compete with.
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of cultiveren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cultiveren | |||
| past singular | cultiveerde | |||
| past participle | gecultiveerd | |||
| infinitive | cultiveren | |||
| gerund | cultiveren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | cultiveer | cultiveerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | cultiveert, cultiveer2 | cultiveerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | cultiveert | cultiveerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | cultiveert | cultiveerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | cultiveert | cultiveerde | ||
| plural | cultiveren | cultiveerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | cultivere | cultiveerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | cultiveren | cultiveerden | ||
| imperative sing. | cultiveer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | cultiveert | |||
| participles | cultiverend | gecultiveerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||