rijmen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛi̯.mə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: rij‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯mən

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle Dutch rīmen which is a merger of:

In Middle Dutch the verb could still be declined as a strong verb.

Verb

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rijmen

  1. (intransitive) to rhyme (to have a rhyme with another word) [with op ‘with’]
    Nee, "yurt" rijmt niet op "yoghurt".
    No, "yurt" does not rhyme with "yoghurt".
  2. (intransitive, transitive) to rhyme, to speak or write rhymes
    De hulpsinterklaas rijmde erop los.
    The stand-in Sinterklaas was rhyming full speed ahead.
  3. (intransitive) to agree, to correspond [with met ‘with/to’]
  4. (transitive) to bring into agreement, to reconcile [with met ‘with’]
    Ik kan dat niet rijmen met zijn anders zo vriendelijk gedrag.
    I cannot reconcile that with his friendly behaviour in other contexts.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of rijmen (weak)
infinitive rijmen
past singular rijmde
past participle gerijmd
infinitive rijmen
gerund rijmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rijm rijmde
2nd person sing. (jij) rijmt, rijm2 rijmde
2nd person sing. (u) rijmt rijmde
2nd person sing. (gij) rijmt rijmde
3rd person singular rijmt rijmde
plural rijmen rijmden
subjunctive sing.1 rijme rijmde
subjunctive plur.1 rijmen rijmden
imperative sing. rijm
imperative plur.1 rijmt
participles rijmend gerijmd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: rym

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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rijmen

  1. plural of rijm