eat

This is the 4656th most frequent Dutch word.


eat

The Dutch word "eat" does not exist; you may mean "eten," which means "to eat" or "food" in English.


Here, 'eet' is used as the first-person singular present tense of the verb 'eten', meaning 'to eat'.

Ik eet graag appels in de ochtend.

I like eating apples in the morning.


In this sentence, 'eten' is the infinitive form of the verb 'to eat', used as a complement to 'wil' (want).

Wil je iets eten voordat we vertrekken?

Would you like to eat something before we leave?


Here, 'gegeten' is the past participle of 'eten', used to form the present perfect tense.

Hij heeft al gegeten voordat het feest begon.

He has already eaten before the party started.