No. 2,922 in Dutch
antwoorden
To answer.
In a sentence
Ik antwoordde op de vraag van de docent.
I answered the teacher's question.
Here, 'antwoordde' is the past tense of 'antwoorden', used to express the action of responding to a question in a formal sense.
Kun je antwoorden op mijn e-mail?
Can you reply to my email?
In this sentence, 'antwoorden' is used in the present tense infinitive form to request someone to respond, highlighting the ability to answer.
Hij weet eigenlijk niet hoe hij moet antwoorden.
He actually doesn't know how to answer.
Here, 'antwoorden' is used to express the capability or method of responding to something, paired with 'hoe' indicating the 'how' of answering.
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