Category:Dutch class 4 strong verbs

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  1. vrijkomen
  2. achterkomen
  3. doornemen
  4. terugkomen
  5. heroverwegen
  6. opbreken
  7. verwegen
  8. tekortkomen
  9. besteken
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  1. scheren
  2. bewegen
  3. breken
  4. komen
  5. stelen
  6. spreken
  7. overeenkomen
  8. thuiskomen
  9. opkomen
  10. uitkomen

Verbs where the ablaut vowel was followed by a sonorant (m, n, l, r) but no other consonant in Proto-Indo-European.


The fourth class of Dutch strong verbs is rather small with respect to the number of roots, is characterized by a vowel length change between the singular /-ɑ-/ and plural /-aː-/ forms of the past tense. A small group of the verbs in the fourth class have replaced the past tense vowel with the /oː/ of the past participle. The class contains one irregular root komen, its present tense vowel was influenced by a preceding w, which was subsequently lost. The etymological w is retained in the past.

The paradigms are:

Form Regular Anomalous
Generalized -oː- komen
Present tense /-eː-/ breken /-eː-/ scheren /-oː-/ komen
Past tense singular /-ɑ-/ brak /-oː-/ schoor /-ɑ-/ kwam
Past tense plural /-aː-/ braken /-oː-/ schoren /-aː-/ kwamen
Past participle /-oː-/ gebroken /-oː-/ geschoren /-oː-/ gekomen
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