versnellen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch versnellen. Equivalent to snel (quick, fast) +‎ ver- -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌvɛrˈsnɛ.lə(n)/, /vərˈsnɛ.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧snel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Verb

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versnellen

  1. (ergative, physics) to speed up, to accelerate
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to surprise, to ambush

Conjugation

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Conjugation of versnellen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive versnellen
past singular versnelde
past participle versneld
infinitive versnellen
gerund versnellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular versnel versnelde
2nd person sing. (jij) versnelt, versnel2 versnelde
2nd person sing. (u) versnelt versnelde
2nd person sing. (gij) versnelt versnelde
3rd person singular versnelt versnelde
plural versnellen versnelden
subjunctive sing.1 versnelle versnelde
subjunctive plur.1 versnellen versnelden
imperative sing. versnel
imperative plur.1 versnelt
participles versnellend versneld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: versnel