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vernederd or vernedert?

Both spellings are correct, but they have different grammatical jobs.

vernederd
correctly spelled
  • Past participle
vernedert
correctly spelled
  • Present singular (jij/je before the verb; u/hij/zij/het)

Why?

vernedert is the singular present form with subject-first jij/je, with u (also after the verb), or with a third-person singular subject. In inversion, subject jij/je takes the ik-form instead. vernederd is the past participle of vernederen.

Verb forms

Infinitive
vernederen
Stem (ik-form)
verneder
Present singular (jij/je before the verb; u/hij/zij/het)
vernedert
Past participle
vernederd
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