doen.
to do
Meaning & usage
to do
to put
Doe dat daar maar in.
to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
Dat doet mij denken aan vorig jaar.
to give, serve, bring
Doe mij maar een baco.
to do, to have sex with someone
Zou je haar doen?
to touch a nerve; to strike a chord in
Het doet me wat.
to be different; to make a difference
De beide camera's doen elkaar niet veel (onder).
to behave or act in some way
Doe maar gewoon.
Used as the finite verb after the fronting of an infinitive.
Werken deed ze niet meer.
Added to sentences without a specific meaning, when there is no other auxiliary.
Ik doe mijn eigen goed voorbereiden.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t.
routine
De mensen zijn uit hun doen, maar schikken zich wel.
Where this word comes from
Gerund of the verb doen.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.