steunen

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈstøː.nə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -øːnən

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch stōnen, from Old Dutch *stonōn, *stunōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn (“to sound, crash, bang, strike, knock”), from Proto-Germanic *stunōną (“to make a loud sound, thunder, crash, rumble, groan”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).

Verb[edit]

steunen

  1. (transitive) to support, keep up, back up, assist
  2. (intransitive) to rest, be based or founded on
  3. (intransitive) to moan, groan
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of steunen (weak)
infinitive steunen
past singular steunde
past participle gesteund
infinitive steunen
gerund steunen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular steun steunde
2nd person sing. (jij) steunt steunde
2nd person sing. (u) steunt steunde
2nd person sing. (gij) steunt steunde
3rd person singular steunt steunde
plural steunen steunden
subjunctive sing.1 steune steunde
subjunctive plur.1 steunen steunden
imperative sing. steun
imperative plur.1 steunt
participles steunend gesteund
1) Archaic.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: steun
  • Negerhollands: staen
  • → Caribbean Javanese: setén, nyetén
  • → Papiamentu: sten, stèns, steun, steen

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

steunen

  1. plural of steun
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