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Schoonmaken: Dutch verb forms

schoonmaken maakte schoon schoongemaakt

to clean

/ˈsxoː(n)ˌmaː.kə(n)/

Conjugation

PersonPresentPastPerfect
ikmaak schoonmaakte schoonheb schoongemaakt
jij, umaakt schoonmaakte schoonhebt schoongemaakt
hij, zij, hetmaakt schoonmaakte schoonheeft schoongemaakt
wij, jullie, zijmaken schoonmaakten schoonhebben schoongemaakt
  • Past participle: schoongemaakt, with hebben.
  • Schoonmaken is separable: in a main clause the prefix moves to the end, as in “ik maak schoon”.

Meaning in English

  1. to clean

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