hoeven
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Unclear. Cognates are attested much more sparsely, and later, than those of the prefixed form behoeven. It therefore appears that hoeven is a back-formation from behoeven.
hoeven
Whenever a finite form of hoeven introduces a verb phrase, te is inserted before the first verb in the verb phrase.
As an auxiliary verb, hoeven is almost always negated (by niet (“not”) or geen (“no”)), or belittled (by adverbs such as nauwelijks (“barely”) or zelden (“seldom”)).
Conjugation of hoeven (weak with strong past participle) | ||||
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infinitive | hoeven | |||
past singular | hoefde | |||
past participle | gehoeven | |||
infinitive | hoeven | |||
gerund | hoeven n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | hoef | hoefde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | hoeft, hoef2 | hoefde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | hoeft | hoefde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | hoeft | hoefde | ||
3rd person singular | hoeft | hoefde | ||
plural | hoeven | hoefden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | hoeve | hoefde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | hoeven | hoefden | ||
imperative sing. | hoef | |||
imperative plur.1 | hoeft | |||
participles | hoevend | gehoeven | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
hoeven
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
hoeven
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