overzetten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch oversetten. Equivalent to over + zetten. Compare Danish oversætte, German übersetzen, Norwegian Bokmål oversette, Swedish översätta, English overset.
Pronunciation
Verb
overzetten
- to ferry (to move someone/something from one place to another in general, or over water in particular)
- (computing) to transfer
- (archaic) to translate
- Synonym: vertalen
Usage notes
The definition to translate is archaic and rarely used outside dialectal usage, but still exists in the Van Dale dictionary. The common term in standard use and in many dialects is vertalen.
Inflection
| Conjugation of overzetten (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | overzetten | |||
| past singular | zette over | |||
| past participle | overgezet | |||
| infinitive | overzetten | |||
| gerund | overzetten n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | zet over | zette over | overzet | overzette |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zet over | zette over | overzet | overzette |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zet over | zette over | overzet | overzette |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zet over | zette over | overzet | overzette |
| 3rd person singular | zet over | zette over | overzet | overzette |
| plural | zetten over | zetten over | overzetten | overzetten |
| subjunctive sing.1 | zette over | zette over | overzette | overzette |
| subjunctive plur.1 | zetten over | zetten over | overzetten | overzetten |
| imperative sing. | zet over | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zet over | |||
| participles | overzettend | overgezet | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||