pleisteren

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Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From plaaster (a plaster), (perhaps via Old French plastre, modern plâtre) from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, salve, plaster), from ἐν- (en-, on) + πλάσσω (plássō, to mold, form).

Adjective[edit]

pleisteren (not comparable)

  1. (made of) plaster
  2. cast in plaster
Inflection[edit]
Declension of pleisteren
uninflected pleisteren
inflected pleisteren
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. pleisteren
n. sing. pleisteren
plural pleisteren
definite pleisteren
partitive

Verb[edit]

pleisteren

  1. (transitive) To (apply) plaster, stucco
  2. (transitive) To apply a (medical) plaster
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To smear, cover (up) (notably cosmetically), hide
  4. (transitive) To pave (a road)
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of pleisteren (weak)
infinitive pleisteren
past singular pleisterde
past participle gepleisterd
infinitive pleisteren
gerund pleisteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pleister pleisterde
2nd person sing. (jij) pleistert pleisterde
2nd person sing. (u) pleistert pleisterde
2nd person sing. (gij) pleistert pleisterde
3rd person singular pleistert pleisterde
plural pleisteren pleisterden
subjunctive sing.1 pleistere pleisterde
subjunctive plur.1 pleisteren pleisterden
imperative sing. pleister
imperative plur.1 pleistert
participles pleisterend gepleisterd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Negerhollands: pleister
  • Papiamentu: plèister, pleister

Etymology 2[edit]

From peisteren, from Old French paistre (whence French paître) from Latin pascō (I graze). The l-sound may be added by influence of etymology 1.

Verb[edit]

pleisteren

  1. (intransitive) To interrupt a journey, take a rest, make a stop, notably to tend to the needs of traveler(s), vehicle(s), staff and/or working animal(s)
  2. (intransitive) To (take a) pause or rest in general
  3. (intransitive) To be, spend time, somewhere
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of pleisteren (weak)
infinitive pleisteren
past singular pleisterde
past participle gepleisterd
infinitive pleisteren
gerund pleisteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pleister pleisterde
2nd person sing. (jij) pleistert pleisterde
2nd person sing. (u) pleistert pleisterde
2nd person sing. (gij) pleistert pleisterde
3rd person singular pleistert pleisterde
plural pleisteren pleisterden
subjunctive sing.1 pleistere pleisterde
subjunctive plur.1 pleisteren pleisterden
imperative sing. pleister
imperative plur.1 pleistert
participles pleisterend gepleisterd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms[edit]