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Verbs
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11.21 Verbs followed by prepositional objects
Some of the verbs below will be found under more than one preposition
with a difference in meaning. Many verbs are followed by the same
preposition in English and are thus not necessarily included here. Others
require no preposition in English but do in Dutch, e.g. trouwen met ‘to
marry’, genieten van ‘to enjoy’, houden van ‘to love’ (see ‘to pass/fail’
under footnote 45). The verbs are grouped under the Dutch prepositions
they are followed by in order to give the learner a feeling for the use of
prepositions in Dutch. This approach thereby fulfils a function the dictionary
does not.
Example:
aan
overlijden aan = ‘to die of’, e.g.
Zijn oom is aan kanker overleden. (thus not van as you might
otherwise expect)
His uncle died of cancer.
(zich) aanpassen to adapt to, assimilate to
beantwoorden to correspond to/with
besteden to spend on
bijdragen to contribute to
binden to tie to
deelnemen to take part in
denken to think of
doen to take part in, go in for (sport)
doen denken to remind s.o. of s.t.
zich ergeren to be irritated by
geloven (also in) to believe in (God)
geven to give to
grenzen to border on
behoefte hebben to be in need of
gebrek hebben to be short of
hechten to believe in