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doen.

to do

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/dun/
  1. to do

    transitive
  2. to put

    transitive
    Doe dat daar maar in.
  3. to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs

    auxiliary
    Dat doet mij denken aan vorig jaar.
  4. to give, serve, bring

    ditransitive · informal
    Doe mij maar een baco.
  5. to do, to have sex with someone

    informal · transitive
    Zou je haar doen?
  6. to touch a nerve; to strike a chord in

    Het doet me wat.
  7. to be different; to make a difference

    sometimes
    De beide camera's doen elkaar niet veel (onder).
  8. to behave or act in some way

    informal
    Doe maar gewoon.
  9. Used as the finite verb after the fronting of an infinitive.

    Werken deed ze niet meer.
  10. Added to sentences without a specific meaning, when there is no other auxiliary.

    Brabant · 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.

noun/dun/
  1. routine

    neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
    De mensen zijn uit hun doen, maar schikken zich wel.
Where this word comes from

Gerund of the verb doen.

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