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Krijgen: Dutch verb forms

krijgen kreeg gekregen

to get, to receive, to come into possession of

/ˈkrɛi̯ɣə(n)/

Conjugation

PersonPresentPastPerfect
ikkrijgkreegheb gekregen
jij, ukrijgtkreeghebt gekregen
hij, zij, hetkrijgtkreegheeft gekregen
wij, jullie, zijkrijgenkregenhebben gekregen
  • Past participle: gekregen, with hebben.

Meaning in English

  1. to get, to receive, to come into possession of (anything ranging from concrete to abstract inputs such as news, gift, punishment, et cetera)
  2. to get, to be presented with
  3. to get, to (manage to) cause to become
  4. Used to form a passive sentence with a ditransitive verb, with the original indirect object becoming the subject of krijgen.
  5. to catch (a disease), to become ill with

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