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By Bieneke Berendsen
In order to conjugate a Dutch verb, you need to know how to get the verb stem.
We obtain the stem from the infinitive. The latter is the verb in its 'unconjugated' form, the way you
find it in a dictionary: to work, to see, to know, etc.
Dutch infinitives always end in '-en', e.g. werken (to work), zien (to see), or weten (to know).
The general rule for deriving the stem:
= '- '
We call this the crude stem, because a stem often needs one or two additional adjustments.
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