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Noun-verbs (inseparable)

A2Verbs · lesson 21 of 79

Normally, the very fact that a verb is a compound verb (whether separable or inseparable) has consequences for the conjugation of the verb. The noun-verbs are an exception: They perfectly behave like simple verbs, as if they did not consist of two words at all:

Rangschikken

To order, to arrange in a certain order:

| simple present | # | simple past

ik | rangschik | ik | rangschikte

je | rangschikt | je | rangschikte

hij | rangschikt | hij | rangschikte

we | rangschikken | we | rangschikten

jullie | rangschikken | jullie | rangschikten

ze | rangschikken | ze | rangschikten

The [past participle](#/lesson/Verbs.Re13) is formed as if the verb were a simple verb:

Let us take _rangschikken_ again:

We get the [past participle](#/lesson/Verbs.Re13) by "ge + stem + t/d"

ge + rangschik + t = _gerangschikt_

The number of this type of verbs is quite limited: [list of noun verbs](#/lesson/Verbs.Co03)

Note that the examples above give you the unstressed [personal pronouns](#/lesson/Pronouns.Ps01). Some pronouns change when they are stressed in a phrase: je/jij, we/wij, ze/zij (both singular and plural).

Dutch compound verbs List of noun-verbs
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