No. 4,656 in Dutch
eat
The Dutch word "eat" does not exist; you may mean "eten," which means "to eat" or "food" in English.
In a sentence
Ik eet graag appels in de ochtend.
I like eating apples in the morning.
Here, 'eet' is used as the first-person singular present tense of the verb 'eten', meaning 'to eat'.
Wil je iets eten voordat we vertrekken?
Would you like to eat something before we leave?
In this sentence, 'eten' is the infinitive form of the verb 'to eat', used as a complement to 'wil' (want).
Hij heeft al gegeten voordat het feest begon.
He has already eaten before the party started.
Here, 'gegeten' is the past participle of 'eten', used to form the present perfect tense.
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