"volgen" meaning in Dutch

See volgen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɔl.ɣə(n)/ Audio: Nl-volgen.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔlɣən Etymology: From Middle Dutch volgen, from Old Dutch folgon, from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|volgen}} Middle Dutch volgen, {{inh|nl|odt|folgon}} Old Dutch folgon, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*folgēn}} Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*fulgāną}} Proto-Germanic *fulgāną Head templates: {{nl-verb}} volgen Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|volg}} Forms: weak [table-tags], volgen [infinitive], volgen [gerund, neuter], volg [first-person, present, singular], volgde [first-person, past, singular], volgt [present, second-person, singular], volg [present, second-person, singular], volgde [past, second-person, singular], volgt [formal, present, second-person, singular], volgde [formal, past, second-person, singular], volgt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], volgt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], volgde [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], volgde [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], volgt [present, singular, third-person], volgde [past, singular, third-person], volgen [plural, present], volgden [past, plural], volge [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], volgde [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], volgen [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], volgden [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], volg [imperative, present, singular], volgt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], volgend [participle, present], gevolgd [participle, past]
  1. (transitive) to follow (go after) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-volgen-nl-verb-Wz0uj6pK Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. (transitive) to follow (understand, pay attention to) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-volgen-nl-verb-kmgXAQaF Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cultuurvolger [noun], gevolg [noun], volgeling [noun], volger [noun], volgorde [noun], achtervolgen [verb], navolgen [verb], ontvolgen [verb], opvolgen [verb], vervolgen [verb] Derived forms (other): volgens Disambiguation of 'other': 0 0

Inflected forms

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        "noun"
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      "word": "cultuurvolger"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "noun"
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      "word": "gevolg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "volgorde"
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      "word": "achtervolgen"
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    {
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      "word": "navolgen"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "ontvolgen"
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    {
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      "word": "opvolgen"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "vervolgen"
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      "word": "volgens"
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      "word": "volg"
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      "word": "volg"
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    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
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    },
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      "lang": "Saramaccan",
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      "form": "weak",
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        "second-person",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "volgend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gevolgd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to follow (go after)"
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      "id": "en-volgen-nl-verb-Wz0uj6pK",
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        "(transitive) to follow (go after)"
      ],
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    },
    {
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          "english": "Do you still follow?",
          "text": "Volgt u het nog?",
          "translation": "Do you still follow?",
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        "(transitive) to follow (understand, pay attention to)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɔl.ɣə(n)/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔlɣən"
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  "word": "volgen"
}
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      "word": "cultuurvolger"
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    {
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      "word": "navolgen"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
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    {
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      "word": "opvolgen"
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      "sense": "other",
      "word": "volgens"
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      "word": "volg"
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        "past",
        "singular"
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "singular"
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "volgden",
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        "archaic",
        "present",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "volgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "volgend",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gevolgd",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Dutch transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "to follow (go after)"
      ],
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        [
          "follow",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to follow (go after)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    {
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        "Dutch transitive verbs"
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          "english": "Do you still follow?",
          "text": "Volgt u het nog?",
          "translation": "Do you still follow?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to follow (understand, pay attention to)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to follow (understand, pay attention to)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɔl.ɣə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-volgen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/Nl-volgen.ogg/Nl-volgen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Nl-volgen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔlɣən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "volgen"
}

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