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Noun-verbs (inseparable)
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Normally, the very fact that a verb is a compound verb (whether separable or inseparable) has consequences for the conjugation of the verb. The noun-verbs are an exception: They perfectly behave like simple verbs, as if they did not consist of two words at all:

Rangschikken

To order, to arrange in a certain order:

  • Rang = rank
  • Schikken = to arrange, to suit
# simple present # simple past
ik rangschik ik rangschikte
je rangschikt je rangschikte
hij rangschikt hij rangschikte
we rangschikken we rangschikten
jullie rangschikken jullie rangschikten
ze rangschikken ze rangschikten

The past participle is formed as if the verb were a simple verb:

Let us take rangschikken again:

We get the past participle by "ge + stem + t/d"

ge + rangschik + t = gerangschikt

The number of this type of verbs is quite limited: list of noun verbs

Note that the examples above give you the unstressed personal pronouns. Some pronouns change when they are stressed in a phrase: je/jij, we/wij, ze/zij (both singular and plural).


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Last updated on May 17, 2007 ::