doen

See also: dóen

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• doet (dialectal)

Etymology

From Dutch doen, from Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dun/

• Audio:

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Verb

doen (present doen, present participle doenende, past participle gedoen)

1. to do

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dun/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: doen
• Rhymes: -un

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t.

Verb

doen

1. (transitive) to do
2. (transitive) to put

   Doe dat daar maar in. ― Just put it in there.

3. (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs

   Dat doet mij denken aan vorig jaar. ― That makes me think of last year; i.e. that reminds me of last year.

4. (ditransitive, informal) to give, serve, bring

   Doe mij maar een baco. ― I'd like a rum and coke. (literally, “Serve me a rum and coke.”)

5. (informal, transitive) to do, to have sex with someone

   Zou je haar doen? ― Would you do her?

6. (with wat) to touch a nerve; to strike a chord in

   Het doet me wat. ― It strikes a chord in me.

7. (with elkaar + indefinite pronoun, sometimes with postpositioned onder) to be different; to make a difference

   De beide camera's doen elkaar niet veel (onder). ― The two cameras aren’t much different [i.e. neither is much better than the other].

8. (informal, with an adjective) to behave or act in some way

   Doe maar gewoon. ― Just act normal.

9. Used as the finite verb after the fronting of an infinitive.

   Werken deed ze niet meer. ― She didn't work anymore.

10. (Brabant, auxiliary) Added to sentences without a specific meaning, when there is no other auxiliary.

    Ik doe mijn eigen goed voorbereiden. ― I prepare myself well.

Conjugation

Conjugation of doen (irregular)
infinitive	doen
past singular	deed
past participle	gedaan
infinitive	doen
gerund	doen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	doe	deed
2nd person sing. (jij)	doet, doe2	deed
2nd person sing. (u)	doet	deed
2nd person sing. (gij)	doet	deedt
3rd person singular	doet	deed
plural	doen	deden
subjunctive sing.1	doe	dede
subjunctive plur.1	doen	deden
imperative sing.	doe
imperative plur.1	doet
participles	doend	gedaan
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

adjectives and adverbs

• doenbaar
• doenlijk
• ongedaan
• zodoende

nouns

• doen en laten
• doener
• doevakantie
• genoegdoening

proverbs

• jong geleerd is oud gedaan

verbs

• aandoen
• aaneendoen
• achterdoen
• achternadoen
• achteroverdoen
• achteruitdoen
• afdoen
• bedoen
• bijdoen
• bijeendoen
• binnendoen
• buitendoen
• de ronde doen
• dichtdoen
• doen alsof
• doen alsof zijn neus bloedt
• dooddoen
• doordoen
• dooreendoen
• gedoen
• goeddoen
• heendoen
• herdoen
• het doen
• huiliehuilie doen
• indoen
• ineendoen
• leegdoen
• losdoen
• mededoen
• meedoen
• misdoen
• nadoen
• nederdoen
• neerdoen
• omdoen
• omhoogdoen
• omlaagdoen
• onderdoen
• ondereendoen
• ontdoen
• opdoen
• opeendoen
• opendoen
• opzijdoen
• overdoen
• rechtdoen
• samendoen
• terugdoen
• toedoen
• uitdoen
• uiteendoen
• vastdoen
• verderdoen
• verdoen
• voldoen
• voorafdoen
• voordoen
• voortdoen
• voortsdoen
• vooruitdoen
• wederdoen
• wederomdoen
• weerdoen
• weeromdoen
• wegdoen
• zakendoen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: doen
• Berbice Creole Dutch: dun
• Jersey Dutch: dûn, dûne
• Negerhollands: doe, du, due
• Skepi Creole Dutch: doon
• →? Aukan: du

See also

• maken

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb doen.

Noun

doen n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. routine

   De mensen zijn uit hun doen, maar schikken zich wel.

   The people are outside of their routine, but do accommodate themselves.

Derived terms

• in goeden doen
• nietsdoen

Etymology 3

Adverb

doen

1. obsolete form of toen

Conjunction

doen

1. obsolete form of toen

Galician

Verb

doen

1. inflection of doar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative
2. third-person plural present indicative of doer

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• dinn (alternative standard, chiefly south-western areas)
• dunn, dongen (now dated, dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle High German duon, from Old High German duon, West Central German form of tuon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn.

The phonetically regular Luxembourgish outcome is dunn; the form doen must be a backformation from the past participle by analogy with verbs like droen (“to carry”), schloen (“to hit”). Analogy with goen (“to go”) explains the past tense doung. By contrast, the present forms du dees, hien deet (continuing Middle High German -ei-) are very old; they are found in most dialects of Central Franconian, Limburgish and Low German (Middle Low German deist, deit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoː.ən]
• Rhymes: -oːən

Verb

doen (third-person singular present deet, preterite doung, past participle gedoen, past subjunctive déit or déing, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to do
2. to make, cause

Usage notes

• The verb is fairly rare and widely replaced with maachen (even in many cases where German would use tun rather than machen).
• The preterite doung is highly archaic in general Luxembourgish. The subjunctive déit / déing still sees some usage as an alternative auxiliary for the conditional tense: ech déit soen (“I would say”) instead of more common ech géif soen, ech géing soen.

Conjugation

Irregular with past tense

infinitive	doen
participle	gedoen
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	past indicative	conditional	imperative
1st singular	doen	doung	déing	—
2nd singular	dees	doungs	déings	do
3rd singular	deet	doung	déing	—
1st plural	doen	doungen	déingen	—
2nd plural	dot	doungt	déingt	dot
3rd plural	doen	doungen	déingen	—

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

• ausdoen
• hindoen
• ofdoen
• opdoen
• undoen
• ëmdoen

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch duon.

Verb

doen

1. to do
2. to cause
3. to put, to place

Inflection

Conjugation of doen (irregular)

infinitive	doen
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	doe	dede		doe	dade
2nd person singular	does	dedes		does	daets
3rd person singular	doet	dede		doe	dade
1st person plural	doen	daden		doen	daden
2nd person plural	doet	dadet		doet	dadet
3rd person plural	doen	daden		doen	daden
	imperative
singular	doe
plural	doet
	present	past
participle	doende	gedaen

Descendants

• Dutch: doen
  • Afrikaans: doen
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dun
  • Jersey Dutch: dûn, dûne
  • Negerhollands: doe, du, due
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: doon
  • →? Aukan: du
• Limburgish: doon

Etymology 2

Adverb

doen

1. alternative form of doe

Conjunction

doen

1. alternative form of doe

Further reading

• “doen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “doen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• doet

Noun

doen m or n

1. definite masculine singular of do

Anagrams

• endo-, done, node, oden, onde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• doet

Noun

doen m or n

1. definite masculine singular of do

Welsh

Alternative forms

• delen, desen, dethen (colloquial)
• deuem, doem (literary, first-person plural)
• deuent, doent (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /doːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɔi̯n/
• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯n

Verb

doen

1. first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of dod

Mutation

Mutated forms of doen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
doen	ddoen	noen	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.