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Definition 2024

plegen

to do (something) habitually, customarily
- Mijn grootvader pleegt na het middageten een pijp te roken.
  - My grandfather usually smokes a pipe after lunch.
to usually happen
- Op onze wandelvakanties placht het vaak te regenen.
  - On our trekking holidays, it often rained.

Inflection of plegen (weak with past in -cht)
infinitive	plegen
past singular	placht
past participle	geplacht
infinitive	plegen
gerund	plegen n
verbal noun	—
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	pleeg	placht
2nd person sing. (jij)	pleegt	placht
2nd person sing. (u)	pleegt	placht
2nd person sing. (gij)	pleegt	placht
3rd person singular	pleegt	placht
plural	plegen	plachten

subjunctive sing.¹	plege	plachte
subjunctive plur.¹	plegen	plachten

imperative sing.	pleeg
imperative plur.¹	pleegt

participles	plegend	geplacht
¹⁾ Archaic.

From the same origin as above. The formation of the weak past occurred in early modern Dutch.

plegen

to commit (a crime)
- In Vlaanderen plegen elke dag drie mensen zelfmoord.
  - Each day in Flanders three people commit suicide.