Belgian Dutch reference

volhouden

to persevere; to maintain

Irregular · 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

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

Simple past

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

Compound past

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

Past perfect

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

Future

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

Future perfect

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

Future (gaan)

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

Conditional

Conditional

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

Conditional perfect

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

Imperative

Imperative

volhouden: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jij / jepersevere!
gij / gepersevere! (Flemish)
upersevere! (formal)
julliepersevere! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Present participle
Past participle

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