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opeisen

to claim, demand
In 1500 eiste de Portugese zeevaarder Pedro Álvares Cabral in het huidige Porto Seguro de Braziliaanse kusten op voor de Portugese Kroon.— In 1500, the Portuguese seafarer Pedro Álvares Cabral, in the present-day Porto Seguro, claimed the Brazilian coasts for the Portuguese crown.

Inflection of opeisen (weak, separable)
infinitive	opeisen
past singular	eiste op
past participle	opgeëist
infinitive	opeisen
gerund	opeisen n
verbal noun	—
	main clause		subordinate clause
	present tense	past tense	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	eis op	eiste op	opeis	opeiste
2nd person sing. (jij)	eist op	eiste op	opeist	opeiste
2nd person sing. (u)	eist op	eiste op	opeist	opeiste
2nd person sing. (gij)	eist op	eiste op	opeist	opeiste
3rd person singular	eist op	eiste op	opeist	opeiste
plural	eisen op	eisten op	opeisen	opeisten

subjunctive sing.¹	eise op	eiste op	opeise	opeiste
subjunctive plur.¹	eisen op	eisten op	opeisen	opeisten

imperative sing.	eis op
imperative plur.¹	eist op

participles	opeisend	opgeëist
¹⁾ Archaic.