Dutch reference

weten

to know (a fact)

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

weten: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI know
jijyou know
uyou (formal) know
hij/zij/hethe/she/it knows
wijwe know
jullieyou (plural) know
zijthey know

Simple past

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

Compound past

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

Past perfect

weten: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI had known (a fact)
jijyou had known (a fact)
uyou (formal) had known (a fact)
hij/zij/hethe/she/it had known (a fact)
wijwe had known (a fact)
jullieyou (plural) had known (a fact)
zijthey had known (a fact)

Future (zullen)

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

Future (gaan)

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

Question (jij)

weten: Question (jij)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jijdo you know (a fact)?

Future perfect

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

Conditional

Conditional

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

Conditional perfect

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

Imperative

Imperative

weten: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jijknow (a fact)!
uknow (a fact)! (formal)
jullieknow (a fact)! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Present participle
Past participle

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