offeren

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

offeren

1. to sacrifice
2. to offer

Conjugation

Conjugation of offeren (weak)
infinitive	offeren
past singular	offerde
past participle	geofferd
infinitive	offeren
gerund	offeren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	offer	offerde
2nd person sing. (jij)	offert, offer2	offerde
2nd person sing. (u)	offert	offerde
2nd person sing. (gij)	offert	offerde
3rd person singular	offert	offerde
plural	offeren	offerden
subjunctive sing.1	offere	offerde
subjunctive plur.1	offeren	offerden
imperative sing.	offer
imperative plur.1	offert
participles	offerend	geofferd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• opofferen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: offer
• Negerhollands: offer
• → Lokono: offern

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh offeren, from Proto-Brythonic *oferen (compare Middle Cornish oferen and Middle Breton offeren), from Latin offerenda, from offerō.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɔˈfɛrɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɔˈfeːrɛn/, /ɔˈfɛrɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛn

Noun

offeren f (plural offerennau)

1. (Christianity, Roman Catholicism) mass (Eucharist or the celebration of it)

Related terms

• cymun (“communion”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
offeren	unchanged	unchanged	hofferen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “offeren”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies