doen
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See also: dóen
Alternative forms
- doet (dialectal)
Etymology
From Dutch doen, from Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.
Pronunciation
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Verb
doen (present doen, present participle doenende, past participle gedoen)
- to do
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t.
Verb
doen
- (transitive) to do
- (transitive) to put
- Doe dat daar maar in. ― Just put it in there.
- (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
- Dat doet mij denken aan vorig jaar. ― That makes me think of last year; i.e. that reminds me of last year.
- (ditransitive, informal) to give, serve, bring
- Doe mij maar een baco. ― I'd like a rum and coke. (literally, “Bring me a rum and coke.”)
- (informal, transitive) to do, to have sex with someone
- Zou je haar doen? ― Would you do her?
- (with wat) to touch a nerve; to strike a chord in
- Het doet me wat. ― It strikes a chord in me.
- (with elkaar + indefinite pronoun, sometimes with postpositioned onder) to be different; to make a difference
- De beide camera's doen elkaar niet veel (onder). ― The two cameras aren’t much different [i.e. neither is much better than the other].
- (informal, with an adjective) to behave or act in some way
- Doe maar gewoon. ― Just act normal.
- Used as the finite verb after the fronting of an infinitive.
- Werken deed ze niet meer. ― She didn't work anymore.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of doen (irregular) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | doen | |||
| past singular | deed | |||
| past participle | gedaan | |||
| infinitive | doen | |||
| gerund | doen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | doe | deed | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | doet, doe2 | deed | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | doet | deed | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | doet | deedt | ||
| 3rd person singular | doet | deed | ||
| plural | doen | deden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | doe | dede | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | doen | deden | ||
| imperative sing. | doe | |||
| imperative plur.1 | doet | |||
| participles | doend | gedaan | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
adjectives and adverbs
nouns
proverbs
verbs
- aandoen
- aaneendoen
- achterdoen
- achternadoen
- achteroverdoen
- achteruitdoen
- afdoen
- bedoen
- bijdoen
- bijeendoen
- binnendoen
- buitendoen
- dichtdoen
- doen alsof
- doen alsof zijn neus bloedt
- dooddoen
- doordoen
- dooreendoen
- gedoen
- heendoen
- het doen
- indoen
- ineendoen
- leegdoen
- losdoen
- mededoen
- meedoen
- misdoen
- nadoen
- nederdoen
- neerdoen
- omdoen
- omhoogdoen
- omlaagdoen
- onderdoen
- ondereendoen
- ontdoen
- opdoen
- opeendoen
- opendoen
- opzijdoen
- overdoen
- rechtdoen
- samendoen
- terugdoen
- toedoen
- uitdoen
- uiteendoen
- vastdoen
- verderdoen
- verdoen
- voldoen
- voorafdoen
- voordoen
- voortdoen
- voortsdoen
- vooruitdoen
- wederdoen
- wederomdoen
- weerdoen
- weeromdoen
- wegdoen
- zakendoen
Descendants
Etymology 2
Gerund of the verb doen.
Noun
doen n (uncountable)
- routine
- De mensen zijn uit hun doen, maar schikken zich wel.
- The people are outside of their routine, but do accommodate themselves.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Adverb
doen
Conjunction
doen
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Verb
doen
- inflection of doar:
- third-person plural present indicative of doer
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German duon, from Old High German duon, a northern variety of tuon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn. The phonetically regular form is dunn. The form doen seems to be a backformation from the past participle by analogy with verbs such as droen, schloen.
Pronunciation
Verb
doen (third-person singular present deet, preterite doung, past participle gedoen, past subjunctive déit or déing, auxiliary verb hunn)
Usage notes
- The verb is overall rare and widely replaced with maachen (even in many cases where German would use tun rather than machen).
- The preterite doung is obsolete in general Luxembourgish, whereas the subjunctive déit (déing) still sees some usage as an alternative auxiliary for the conditional tense: ech déit soen (“I would say”) instead of ech géif soen, ech géing soen.
Conjugation
| Irregular with past tense | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | doen | |||
| participle | gedoen | |||
| auxiliary | hunn | |||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
conditional | imperative | |
| 1st singular | doen | doung | déing | — |
| 2nd singular | dees | doungs | déings | do |
| 3rd singular | deet | doung | déing | — |
| 1st plural | doen | doungen | déingen | — |
| 2nd plural | dot | doungt | déingt | dot |
| 3rd plural | doen | doungen | déingen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||||
Derived terms
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Etymology 1
Verb
doen
Inflection
| infinitive | doen | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | doe | dede |
| 2nd person singular | does | dedes |
| 3rd person singular | doet | dede |
| 1st person plural | doen | daden |
| 2nd person plural | doet | dadet |
| 3rd person plural | doen | daden |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | doe | dade |
| 2nd person singular | does | daets |
| 3rd person singular | doe | dade |
| 1st person plural | doen | daden |
| 2nd person plural | doet | dadet |
| 3rd person plural | doen | daden |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | doe | |
| plural | doet | |
| participle | present | past |
| doende | gedaen | |
Conjugation of doen (irregular)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adverb
doen
- Alternative form of doe
Conjunction
doen
- Alternative form of doe
Further reading
- “doen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “doen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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Alternative forms
Noun
doen m or n
Anagrams
Alternative forms
Noun
doen m or n
Alternative forms
- delen, desen, dethen (colloquial)
- deuem, doem (literary, first-person plural)
- deuent, doent (literary, third-person plural)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /doːɨ̯n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dɔi̯n/
- Rhymes: -oːɨ̯n
Verb
doen
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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