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Common Strong Dutch Verbs - Alphabetic List

Introducing Strong Verbs

50 Common Strong Verbs:
Alphabetic List - Patterns of Change
200 Strong Verbs:
Alphabetic List - Patterns of Change
100 Common Verbs:
Alphabetic List - 'Systematic' List

In the simple past tense, Dutch verbs have two forms: one for the singular, and one for the plural. For strong verbs, the plural adds ‑EN to the singular
The past participle is mostly used in the perfect tenses.

English List (Dutch below)
to ask  vragen - to appear, look like, 'seem'  lijken - to appear ('it turned out')   blijken - to be   zijn - to be (passive voice)   worden - to become   worden - to break, crack, rupture   breken - to bring  brengen - to buy  kopen - 'can,' to be able to  kunnen - to carry  dragen - to come  komen - to cut (with a knife)  snijden - to depart, leave  vertrekken - to do  doen - to drink  drinken - to drive // to ride  rijden - to eat  eten - to find  vinden - to get  krijgen - to give  geven - to go  gaan - to grab, seize  grijpen - to have  hebben - to hold  houden - to jump  springen - to know  (things) weten - to leave, depart  vertrekken - to let, allow  laten - to lie dow  n liggen - to lie, tell lies  liegen - to look  kijken - 'may,' to be allowed to  mogen - to move (yr body, items)  bewegen - 'must,' 'should.' have to  moeten - to pray  bidden - to pull  trekken - to read  lezen - to ride // to drive  rijden - to rub  wrijven - to say  zeggen - to search, look for  zoeken - to see  zien - 'shall, will' (for the future tense)  zullen - to sit  zitten - to slap, hit  slaan - to speak  spreken - to stand  staan - to start, begin  beginnen - to suffer  lijden - to swim  zwemmen - to think  denken - to understand, hear what is said  verstaan - to understand (things)  begrijpen - to fall  vallen - to walk  lopen - 'will, shall' (for the future tense)  zullen - to write  schrijven

English infinitive simple
past
singular
past
participle
example: to be was (I have)
been
to start, begin beginnen begon begonnen click to hear 2 ‑>
wij begonnen click to hear
to understand (things) begrijpen begreep begrepen click to hear ‑>
wij begrepen click to hear
to move
(yr body, items)
bewegen bewoog bewogen click to hear ‑>
wij bewogen click to hear
to pray bidden bad gebeden click to hear ‑>>
wij baden click to hear
to appear ('it turned out') blijken bleek gebleken click to hear ‑>
wij bleken click to hear
to break, crack,
rupture
breken brak gebroken click to hear ‑>>
wij braken click to hear
to bring brengen bracht gebracht click to hear ‑>>
to think denken dacht gedacht click to hear ‑>>
to do doen deed gedaan click to hear ‑>>
wij deden click to hear
to carry dragen droeg gedragen click to hear
to drink drinken dronk gedronken click to hear ‑>>
to eat eten at gegeten click to hear ‑>>
wij aten click to hear
(G inserted in the past participle)
to go gaan ging gegaan click to hear 2 ‑>>
to give geven gaf gegeven click to hear ‑>>
wij gaven click to hear
to grab, seize grijpen greep gegrepen click to hear ‑>
wij grepen click to hear
to have hebben had gehad click to hear ‑>>
wij hadden click to hear
to hold houden hield gehouden click to hear ‑>>
to look kijken keek gekeken click to hear ‑>>
wij keken click to hear
to come komen kwam gekomen click to hear ‑>>
wij kwamen click to hear
to buy kopen kocht gekocht click to hear ‑>>
to be able to,
'can'
kunnen kon (gekund) click to hear ‑>>
wij konden click to hear
(D inserted in the past plural)
to get krijgen kreeg gekregen click to hear ‑>>
wij kregen click to hear
to let, allow laten liet gelaten click to hear ‑>>
to read lezen las gelezen click to hear ‑>>
wij lazen click to hear
to lie (to say
what is not)
liegen loog gelogen click to hear ‑>
wij logen click to hear
to lie down liggen lag gelegen click to hear ‑>>
wij lagen click to hear
to suffer lijden leed geleden click to hear 2 ‑>>
wij leden click to hear
to appear, look like, 'seem' lijken leek geleken click to hear ‑>
wij leken click to hear
to walk lopen liep gelopen click to hear ‑>>
to have to, 'must' moeten moest gemoeten click to hear ‑>>
(only a consonant change)
to be allowed to,
'may'
mogen mocht gemogen click to hear ‑>>
to drive, to ride rijden reed gereden click to hear ‑>>
wij reden click to hear
to write schrijven schreef geschreven click to hear ‑>>
wij schreven click to hear
to slap, hit slaan sloeg geslagen click to hear ‑>
to cut
(with a knife)
snijden sneed gesneden click to hear ‑>>
wij sneden click to hear
to speak spreken sprak gesproken click to hear ‑>>
wij spraken click to hear
to jump springen sprong gesprongen click to hear
to stand staan stond gestaan click to hear ‑>>
to pull trekken trok getrokken click to hear ‑>>
wij trokken click to hear
to fall vallen viel gevallen click to hear ‑>>
to understand,
hear what is said
verstaan verstond verstaan click to hear 2 ‑>
to depart.leave vertrekken vertrok vertrokken click to hear 2 3
wij vertrokken click to hear 2 3
to find vinden vond gevonden click to hear ‑>>
to ask vragen vroeg gevraagd click to hear ‑>>
to know
(things)
weten wist geweten click to hear 2 ‑>>
to be (passive voice) /
to 'become'
worden werd geworden click to hear ‑>>
to rub wrijven wreef gewreven click to hear
wij wreven click to hear
(W before R is pronounced as Dutch V)
to say zeggen zei gezegd click to hear ‑>>
wij zeiden click to hear
D inserted in the past plural
to see zien zag gezien click to hear ‑>>
wij zagen click to hear
to be zijn was geweest click to hear ‑>>
wij waren click to hear
to sit zitten zat gezeten click to hear ‑>>
wij zaten click to hear
to search,
look for
zoeken zocht gezocht click to hear ‑>>
'shall, will'
(for the future tense)
zullen zou - click to hear 2 ‑>>
wij zouden click to hear 2
to swim zwemmen zwom gezwommen click to hear ‑>
wij zwommen click to hear

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