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Verbal prefixes
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There are various prefixes that can be used to form new verbs out of other words of various syntactic categories: native be-, her-, ver-, and ont- (all more or less productive), native er- and ge- (both unproductive), and non-native de- ( /de/) and dis- ( /dɪs/) (Haeseryn 1997 596 ff.).

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There are various prefixes that can be used to form new verbs out of other words of various syntactic categories:

  • Native productive be- as in bespreken to discuss < spreken to talk and bewegwijzeren to signpost < wegwijzer signpost;
  • Native productive her- as in hertrouwen to remarry < trouwen to marry;
  • Native productive ver- as in vergroten to enlarge < groot large, verafgoden to idolize < afgod idol, verbranden to burn (transitive) < branden to burn (intransitive);
  • Native productive ont- as in ontharden to soften < hard hard, ontgroeien to outgrow < groeien to grow, ontbranden to ignite < branden to burn and onthoofden to behead < hoofd head;
  • Native unproductive er- as in erkennen to recognize < kennen to know;
  • Native unproductive ge- as in gedenken to remember < denken to think.
  • Non-native de- and dis- as in desavoueren to disown and diskwalificeren to disqualify.
New verbs can also be constructed via suffixation, e.g. homogeniseren to homogenize (< homogeen homogeneous + -iseer) or via conversion (e.g. volleyballen to play volleyball).

References
  • Haeseryn, Walter, Romijn, Kirsten, Geerts, Guido, Rooij, Jaap de & Toorn, Maarten C. van den1997Algemene Nederlandse spraakkunstGroningenNijhoff
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