luisteren

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch luusteren, lūsteren, from Old Dutch *lūstren, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūstrēn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (to hear). Cognate with German Low German lüstern (to listen), Old High German lūstarēn (whence obsolete or dialectal German laustern, Luxembourgish lauschteren).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlœy̯stərə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: luis‧te‧ren
  • Rhymes: -œy̯stərən

Verb

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luisteren

  1. (intransitive) to listen [with naar ‘to’]
    Luister je naar de radio?
    Do you listen to the radio?
  2. (intransitive) to listen, to obey, comply with
    Je moet naar me luisteren!
    You need to listen to me!

Conjugation

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Conjugation of luisteren (weak)
infinitive luisteren
past singular luisterde
past participle geluisterd
infinitive luisteren
gerund luisteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular luister luisterde
2nd person sing. (jij) luistert, luister2 luisterde
2nd person sing. (u) luistert luisterde
2nd person sing. (gij) luistert luisterde
3rd person singular luistert luisterde
plural luisteren luisterden
subjunctive sing.1 luistere luisterde
subjunctive plur.1 luisteren luisterden
imperative sing. luister
imperative plur.1 luistert
participles luisterend geluisterd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: luister