ontfermen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch entfarmen, ontfarmen, from Old Dutch *intfarmon, with two prefixes ont- and af attached to Proto-West Germanic *armēn, from Proto-Germanic *armāną (“to pity”). The word erbarmen derives from the same source, via Old High German and with a different prefix. Related to arm (“poor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔntˈfɛr.mə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrmən

Verb

ontfermen

1. (reflexive) to take pity [+ over (object) = on]

Inflection

Conjugation of ontfermen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	ontfermen
past singular	ontfermde
past participle	ontfermd
infinitive	ontfermen
gerund	ontfermen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	ontferm	ontfermde
2nd person sing. (jij)	ontfermt	ontfermde
2nd person sing. (u)	ontfermt	ontfermde
2nd person sing. (gij)	ontfermt	ontfermde
3rd person singular	ontfermt	ontfermde
plural	ontfermen	ontfermden
subjunctive sing.1	ontferme	ontfermde
subjunctive plur.1	ontfermen	ontfermden
imperative sing.	ontferm
imperative plur.1	ontfermt
participles	ontfermend	ontfermd
1) Archaic.