Dutch reference

bedenken

to think up; devise

Irregular · 11 form tables

Dutch forms with separate jij and u rows. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

Present

bedenken: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI think up
jijyou think up
uyou (formal) think up
hij/zij/hethe/she/it thinks up
wijwe think up
jullieyou (plural) think up
zijthey think up

Simple past

bedenken: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI thought up
jijyou thought up
uyou (formal) thought up
hij/zij/hethe/she/it thought up
wijwe thought up
jullieyou (plural) thought up
zijthey thought up

Compound past

bedenken: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI thought up; I have thought up
jijyou thought up; you have thought up
uyou (formal) thought up; you (formal) have thought up
hij/zij/hethe/she/it thought up; he/she/it has thought up
wijwe thought up; we have thought up
jullieyou (plural) thought up; you (plural) have thought up
zijthey thought up; they have thought up

Past perfect

bedenken: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI had thought up
jijyou had thought up
uyou (formal) had thought up
hij/zij/hethe/she/it had thought up
wijwe had thought up
jullieyou (plural) had thought up
zijthey had thought up

Future (zullen)

bedenken: Future (zullen)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will think up
jijyou will think up
uyou (formal) will think up
hij/zij/hethe/she/it will think up
wijwe will think up
jullieyou (plural) will think up
zijthey will think up

Future (gaan)

bedenken: Future (gaan)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI am going to think up
jijyou are going to think up
uyou (formal) are going to think up
hij/zij/hethe/she/it is going to think up
wijwe are going to think up
jullieyou (plural) are going to think up
zijthey are going to think up

Question (jij)

bedenken: Question (jij)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jijdo you think up?

Future perfect

bedenken: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will have thought up
jijyou will have thought up
uyou (formal) will have thought up
hij/zij/hethe/she/it will have thought up
wijwe will have thought up
jullieyou (plural) will have thought up
zijthey will have thought up

Conditional

Conditional

bedenken: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would think up
jijyou would think up
uyou (formal) would think up
hij/zij/hethe/she/it would think up
wijwe would think up
jullieyou (plural) would think up
zijthey would think up

Conditional perfect

bedenken: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would have thought up
jijyou would have thought up
uyou (formal) would have thought up
hij/zij/hethe/she/it would have thought up
wijwe would have thought up
jullieyou (plural) would have thought up
zijthey would have thought up

Imperative

Imperative

bedenken: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jijthink up!
uthink up! (formal)
julliethink up! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Present participle
Past participle

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