verkeerd
wrong / wrongly
/vərˈkeːrt/adverb
Word forms
- inflected: verkeerde (wrong)
- comparative: verkeerder (more wrong)
- superlative: verkeerdst (most wrong)
- partitive: verkeerds (something wrong, e.g., iets verkeerds)
How it is spelled and how it sounds
The unstressed prefix 'ver-' contains a schwa /ə/, the double 'ee' before 'r' produces a long /eː/ (or centering diphthong [ɪː]), and the final 'd' is devoiced to /t/ at the end of the word.
geleerdlearned / scholarlyvereerdhonoredbezeerdhurt / injured
In connected speech
In connected speech, the final /t/ (spelled 'd') in 'verkeerd' is often re-voiced to [d] when followed immediately by a word starting with a vowel, such as in 'verkeerd antwoord' [vərˈkeːrd ˈɑntʋoːrt].
In the lessons (1 sentence)
s2-les-11 · 38Martin snapt niet wat hij verkeerd doet.Martin doesn't get what he's doing wrong.Open in lesson ↗
In the frequency dictionary
Core #601
Marked known.