opeisen
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
opeisen
- to claim, demand
- In 1500 eiste de Portugese zeevaarder Pedro Álvares Cabral in het huidige Porto Seguro de Braziliaanse kusten op voor de Portugese Kroon.[1] — In 1500, the Portuguese seafarer Pedro Álvares Cabral, in the present-day Porto Seguro, claimed the Brazilian coasts for the Portuguese crown.
Inflection
Conjugation of opeisen (weak, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | opeisen | |||
past singular | eiste op | |||
past participle | opgeëist | |||
infinitive | opeisen | |||
gerund | opeisen n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | eis op | eiste op | opeis | opeiste |
2nd person sing. (jij) | eist op, eis op2 | eiste op | opeist | opeiste |
2nd person sing. (u) | eist op | eiste op | opeist | opeiste |
2nd person sing. (gij) | eist op | eiste op | opeist | opeiste |
3rd person singular | eist op | eiste op | opeist | opeiste |
plural | eisen op | eisten op | opeisen | opeisten |
subjunctive sing.1 | eise op | eiste op | opeise | opeiste |
subjunctive plur.1 | eisen op | eisten op | opeisen | opeisten |
imperative sing. | eis op | |||
imperative plur.1 | eist op | |||
participles | opeisend | opgeëist | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |