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Every form of the 231 most-used Dutch verbs: present, past, perfect and future, with the rule behind them. Search by infinitive, by any form or in English.

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How do you conjugate a regular Dutch verb?

Take the infinitive and remove -en to get the stem (werken: werk). Present: ik werk, jij/hij werkt, wij/jullie/zij werken. Past: add -te or -de (werkte, werkten). Use -te when the letter before -en is in 't kofschip (t, k, f, s, ch, p), otherwise -de. The participle is ge + stem + t or d: gewerkt.

When do you use hebben and when zijn in the perfect tense?

Most verbs use hebben. Zijn goes with verbs of change or of movement towards a place, and with zijn, worden and blijven themselves: ik ben gegaan, ik ben gekomen, ik ben verhuisd, ik ben gebleven. Verbs like lopen, fietsen and rijden take hebben for the activity (ik heb gelopen) and zijn when you say where to (ik ben naar huis gelopen). Each verb page shows which one to use.

What is a separable verb?

A verb with a prefix that moves to the end of a main clause: opbellen becomes ik bel je op. In a subordinate clause the parts stay together (dat ik je opbel), and in the participle ge goes between them: opgebeld.

Why do some verbs drop the -t after jij?

When jij comes after the verb, in a question or after a word like morgen, the -t drops: jij werkt, but werk jij? Hij and zij keep it: werkt hij?

Where do these forms come from?

From the verb list in the Dutch Fluency verbs app, checked form by form against Wiktionary. Where they disagreed, we corrected the form. Compound tenses are built from the fixed forms of hebben, zijn, zullen and zou.

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Forms checked against Wiktionary. Compound tenses use the fixed forms of hebben, zijn, zullen and zou.