Belgian Dutch reference

falen

to fail; fall short

Regular · 10 form tables

Dutch as used in Belgium, with separate jij / je, gij / ge and u rows. Alternatives are retained where supplied.

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Indicative

Present

falen: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI fail
jij / jeyou fail
gij / geyou (Flemish) fail
uyou (formal) fail
hij / zij / hethe/she/it fails
wij / wewe fail
jullieyou (plural) fail
zij / zethey fail

Simple past

falen: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI failed
jij / jeyou failed
gij / geyou (Flemish) failed
uyou (formal) failed
hij / zij / hethe/she/it failed
wij / wewe failed
jullieyou (plural) failed
zij / zethey failed

Compound past

falen: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI failed; I have failed
jij / jeyou failed; you have failed
gij / geyou (Flemish) failed; you (Flemish) have failed
uyou (formal) failed; you (formal) have failed
hij / zij / hethe/she/it failed; he/she/it has failed
wij / wewe failed; we have failed
jullieyou (plural) failed; you (plural) have failed
zij / zethey failed; they have failed

Past perfect

falen: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI had failed
jij / jeyou had failed
gij / geyou (Flemish) had failed
uyou (formal) had failed
hij / zij / hethe/she/it had failed
wij / wewe had failed
jullieyou (plural) had failed
zij / zethey had failed

Future

falen: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will fail
jij / jeyou will fail
gij / geyou (Flemish) will fail
uyou (formal) will fail
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will fail
wij / wewe will fail
jullieyou (plural) will fail
zij / zethey will fail

Future perfect

falen: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will have failed
jij / jeyou will have failed
gij / geyou (Flemish) will have failed
uyou (formal) will have failed
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will have failed
wij / wewe will have failed
jullieyou (plural) will have failed
zij / zethey will have failed

Future (gaan)

falen: Future (gaan)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI am going to fail
jij / jeyou are going to fail
gij / geyou (Flemish) are going to fail
uyou (formal) are going to fail
hij / zij / hethe/she/it is going to fail
wij / wewe are going to fail
jullieyou (plural) are going to fail
zij / zethey are going to fail

Conditional

Conditional

falen: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would fail
jij / jeyou would fail
gij / geyou (Flemish) would fail
uyou (formal) would fail
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would fail
wij / wewe would fail
jullieyou (plural) would fail
zij / zethey would fail

Conditional perfect

falen: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would have failed
jij / jeyou would have failed
gij / geyou (Flemish) would have failed
uyou (formal) would have failed
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would have failed
wij / wewe would have failed
jullieyou (plural) would have failed
zij / zethey would have failed

Imperative

Imperative

falen: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jij / jefail!
gij / gefail! (Flemish)
ufail! (formal)
julliefail! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Present participle
Past participle

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