"toelichten" meaning in Dutch

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Verb

Audio: Nl-toelichten.ogg
Etymology: From toe (“towards”) + licht (“light”) + -en. Etymology templates: {{affix|nl|toe|licht|-en|id3=denominative|t1=towards|t2=light}} toe (“towards”) + licht (“light”) + -en Head templates: {{nl-verb}} toelichten Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|licht|sep=toe}} Forms: separable weak [table-tags], toelichten [infinitive], toelichten [gerund, neuter], licht toe [first-person, main-clause, present, singular], lichtte toe [first-person, main-clause, past, singular], toelicht [first-person, present, singular, subordinate-clause], toelichtte [first-person, past, singular, subordinate-clause], licht toe [main-clause, present, second-person, singular], lichtte toe [main-clause, past, second-person, singular], toelicht [present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], toelichtte [past, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], licht toe [formal, main-clause, present, second-person, singular], lichtte toe [formal, main-clause, past, second-person, singular], toelicht [formal, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], toelichtte [formal, past, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], licht toe [Flanders, colloquial, main-clause, present, second-person, singular], licht toe [archaic, formal, main-clause, majestic, present, second-person, singular], lichtte toe [Flanders, colloquial, main-clause, past, second-person, singular], lichtte toe [archaic, formal, main-clause, majestic, past, second-person, singular], toelicht [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], toelicht [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], toelichtte [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], toelichtte [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], licht toe [main-clause, present, singular, third-person], lichtte toe [main-clause, past, singular, third-person], toelicht [present, singular, subordinate-clause, third-person], toelichtte [past, singular, subordinate-clause, third-person], lichten toe [main-clause, plural, present], lichtten toe [main-clause, past, plural], toelichten [plural, present, subordinate-clause], toelichtten [past, plural, subordinate-clause], lichte toe [archaic, main-clause, present, singular, subjunctive], lichtte toe [archaic, main-clause, past, singular, subjunctive], toelichte [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive, subordinate-clause], toelichtte [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive, subordinate-clause], lichten toe [archaic, main-clause, plural, present, subjunctive], lichtten toe [archaic, main-clause, past, plural, subjunctive], toelichten [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive, subordinate-clause], toelichtten [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive, subordinate-clause], licht toe [imperative, main-clause, present, singular], licht toe [archaic, imperative, main-clause, plural, present], toelichtend [main-clause, participle, present], toegelicht [main-clause, participle, past]
  1. to shed light upon, explain Synonyms: uitleggen Derived forms: toelichting
    Sense id: en-toelichten-nl-verb-lwmJP~W4 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch separable verbs with toe, Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for toelichten meaning in Dutch (6.4kB)

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        "t1": "towards",
        "t2": "light"
      },
      "expansion": "toe (“towards”) + licht (“light”) + -en",
      "name": "affix"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From toe (“towards”) + licht (“light”) + -en.",
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      "form": "nl-conj-wk",
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    {
      "form": "toelichtten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subordinate-clause"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licht toe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "main-clause",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "licht toe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "main-clause",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toelichtend",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "main-clause",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toegelicht",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "main-clause",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "toelichten",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "licht",
        "sep": "toe"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch compound terms",
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch separable verbs",
        "Dutch separable verbs with toe",
        "Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative)",
        "Dutch terms with audio links",
        "Dutch verbs",
        "Dutch weak verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shed light upon, explain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shed light upon",
          "shed light upon"
        ],
        [
          "explain",
          "explain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Nl-toelichten.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/Nl-toelichten.ogg/Nl-toelichten.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Nl-toelichten.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "uitleggen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "toelichten"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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