neerleggen
Dutch
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Verb
[edit]neerleggen
- to lay down
- (reflexive, bij) to resign oneself (to)
- Synonym: berusten (in)
- Al vroeg in de wedstrijd leek de voormalige kampioen zich te hebben neergelegd bij de nederlaag.
- Early on the match the former champion seemed to have resigned himself/herself to defeat.
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of neerleggen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | neerleggen | |||
| past singular | legde neer | |||
| past participle | neergelegd | |||
| infinitive | neerleggen | |||
| gerund | neerleggen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | leg neer | legde neer | neerleg | neerlegde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | legt neer, leg neer2 | legde neer | neerlegt | neerlegde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | legt neer | legde neer | neerlegt | neerlegde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | legt neer | legde neer | neerlegt | neerlegde |
| 3rd person singular | legt neer | legde neer | neerlegt | neerlegde |
| plural | leggen neer | legden neer | neerleggen | neerlegden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | legge neer | legde neer | neerlegge | neerlegde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | leggen neer | legden neer | neerleggen | neerlegden |
| imperative sing. | leg neer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | legt neer | |||
| participles | neerleggend | neergelegd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||