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doorbreken
doorbreken
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoːrbreːkə(n)/
Verb
doorbreken
- (ergative) to break, break through, break in half
- Toen de dikke man op zijn stoel ging zitten, brak de stoel door.
- When the fat man sat down on his chair, the chair broke.
- Toen de dikke man op zijn stoel ging zitten, brak de stoel door.
Inflection
| Inflection of doorbreken (strong class 4, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | doorbreken | |||
| past singular | brak door | |||
| past participle | doorgebroken | |||
| infinitive | doorbreken | |||
| gerund | doorbreken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | breek door | brak door | doorbreek | doorbrak |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | breekt door | brak door | doorbreekt | doorbrak |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | breekt door | brak door | doorbreekt | doorbrak |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | breekt door | braakt door | doorbreekt | doorbraakt |
| 3rd person singular | breekt door | brak door | doorbreekt | doorbrak |
| plural | breken door | braken door | doorbreken | doorbraken |
| subjunctive sing.1 | breke door | brake door | doorbreke | doorbrake |
| subjunctive plur.1 | breken door | braken door | doorbreken | doorbraken |
| imperative sing. | breek door | |||
| imperative plur.1 | breekt door | |||
| participles | doorbrekend | doorgebroken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doːrˈbreːkə(n)/
Verb
doorbreken
- (transitive) to break through
- De piloot heeft de geluidsbarriere doorbroken.
- The pilot has broken through the sound barrier.
- De piloot heeft de geluidsbarriere doorbroken.
Inflection
| Inflection of doorbreken (strong class 4, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | doorbreken | |||
| past singular | doorbrak | |||
| past participle | doorbroken | |||
| infinitive | doorbreken | |||
| gerund | doorbreken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | doorbreek | doorbrak | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | doorbreekt | doorbrak | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | doorbreekt | doorbrak | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | doorbreekt | doorbraakt | ||
| 3rd person singular | doorbreekt | doorbrak | ||
| plural | doorbreken | doorbraken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | doorbreke | doorbrake | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | doorbreken | doorbraken | ||
| imperative sing. | doorbreek | |||
| imperative plur.1 | doorbreekt | |||
| participles | doorbrekend | doorbroken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||